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VOLUME VIII.
Church Direc:ory.
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METHoDl3l’.—Douglasville Fi rm, tb i
*nd fifth Bunday*.
Salt Springs—Second Snnd .y, m d Satin- «
before.
Midway—Fourth Sunday, and Rrtnrclav 1- {
fore. W. H. FX) IE. lUstob.
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Bap i ist—DougiaaviHe, firat and fourth Sun
days, Bev. A. B. Vaughn, pastor.
Masonic,
Douglasville Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meet«
on Saturday night before the first and third
Sundays in each mouth. J. 11. Carter, W. M.,
W. J. Camp, Secyr.
County Directory,
Ordinary—H. T., Cooper.
Clerk—4J, N. Dorsett,
Shmff—islepry Ward. ,
Depitiy Sheriff— G, M, Souter.
Tajc Receiver—E.
Ta* Collector-W. A, Sayer.
TroMurer—Samtiel -SI iu nn on,
Surveyor—John M. Huey.
Coroner—F. M. Mitchell.
BVPBBIOB COURT.
Meets on third Mondays in January and Julj
*nd»otds two weeks.
4<we —Hon. ftattvon W. Karri*.
Sol. Gen!.—lTou. Harry M. Beid.
Clerk—S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward.
COUNTY COURT.
Moots in quarterly session on fourth Mon
days in February, May, August and November
and holds until all the cases on the docket are
, nailer]. In monthly session it meets on fourth
, Mondays in each month,
. Judge—Hon. 11. A- Massey.
< Sol. Goul.— Hon.'W. T. Robert*.
BaiUfl-D. \¥. Johns.
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OBDINAUYB OOUBT <
Meet* for ordinary purposes on first Mondar,
and for comity purposes on firat Tuesday i*
’ each month.
Judge—Hou. 11. T. Cooper.
IUSTICXB COURT*.
780th Diet. G. M. meets firstThnrsdavin each
J. I. Feely, J. P., W. H. Cmli, N. P.,
l>. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. 0.
730th Dist. G._ M., meets second Saturday,
A. JI, Bouioi, J. ]?., B. A. Arnold, N. I’., 8. C.
VmtgeK, L. C, ‘
784th Dist. G. M. m-ets fourth Saturday.
Fraukhn Caivr, J. P., C. B. Baggett, N. I'.,
J. C. Junes and M. 8. Gore, L. Gn.
1259t.1i D'g!, G. M, meets th'Td Saturday. T.
M. Hamilton, J.P., M.’ L. Yates, N. P., 8. W.'
Biggers,. IA.CI A .C, f S. J. Jourdan, L..Q,
1200(11 Di»t.. Q. 51. meets third Saturday. N.
Hl’iVl"I’’ 1 ’’ J ' l ''’ W ’ 8 ’ bUd * oU ’ N- **•» J ’ A
U. Wntofifj. P. Alberry Hembree, t K. P.,
1272nd Di«t. O. M. meets fourth Friday.
O4i W, Smith, J. I’., C. J. Robinson, N. I'.,
L. (J» ,
_ WJrdDisL O. M. meet* third Friday. Th..*,
White, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P. f W. J.'Harbin,
’ .Professional Cards.
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ROBERT A. MASSEY,'
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
obfiico lii front room, Dorsett's Biii’lUpg. y j
Will practice anfwliero except in tliu county
• Coiut of Douglttss county. ' . “
“w. A? JAMES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice in nil tl»e courts, Slate an
Federal. Oflice on Court House Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
ATTORNEY AT I AW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Court*. All legs
tiiiaincss will receive prompt attention, Office
tu Court House,
c. r>. camp.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
________
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts, State and '
Federal.
JOHN M, EDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DOVKLASVILLE, OA.
Will practice in all the courts, and promptly
attend to all business cut rusted to hi* tare.
J. S. JIIYES?
ATTORNEY AT IAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
.Will practice in the court* of Dunglaea. !
(tempi#U, Carroll, rattiding. Cobb, Fulton and
adiu iiitK,’ eouiitii*. Prompt attention ci'iu
to all bQMfusa.
J. H. McLarty, ; ;
A FTOHNEY AT LAW. <
DOVULABVIIXE. OA.
Wd! practice in all tlw> tx tirta. both Stale and
Fob tai. t oiirction* a epeeraity.
JOHN V. EC GE.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW. |
DOUGLASVILLE. GA.
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JOB PRINTING |
NEATLY DON®
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AT THE “STAR” OFFICE ; !
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«ROYAL.£6WJ:|X
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
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1 his powner never vm ies. A marvel of pur
ty. sir: ngth ami whoiesomeueas. Mare econ
omiqal than the ordinary kinds, and can
no: be wild in comretition with the mu titndc
of low test, short tveight alum or phosphate
p wdeiH. b‘/jld onli/in cari.i. Roym, Baking
PowdeJi Co.. 106 Wail St.. N. Y.
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AURANTI I
Mort of th. diwaaeß which atftiet mankind are hriain
ollycimaed by a di4>rdemd condition of the LIVER*'
For all complaint# of thia kind, aach as TorpMity of '
th. Lhw, Biliouaneas, Nervous
etion, Irregularity of the Bowqls, Cdnafipation. Flatu
lency, Eructatldna and Burning of.', the .Btoratai h
(souMtimos called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, ''
Bloody Hull, Chills and Fever, Brtwkbono Fever.
Lihaurtioa before ar after Fevetu, Onronte Dtar-
of Appetite. Headache, Foul Breath,
Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down
S-TAOIGEB’S ajBAM! I
ta Invaluable. It is not» panacea for allais#Ssea,
bn all diseases of the LIVER,
will S*S*J*J& STOMACH and BOWELS.
U ebanses tho complexion from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes
low, gloomy apirita. It ia one of the BEST AL
TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE
BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC.
STADICER’S AURANTI!
Fur aal« by all Druggirta Price SI.OO per bottle.
G. F. BTADICER, Proprietor,
140 80. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
C H I CA G O
COTTAGE
ORGAN
Has attained a standard of excellence wh. h
Ahnits of no superior.
It contains every Improvement that to venfl /.
peniue, skill and tnoni y can produce.
OUR BVERY
h ORGAh
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13 RANTED
ova
FIVE
excel. years.
Those Oiwans uro cclebratisl for volume,
quality of tone, quick response, artistic detdgr
beauty in finish, perfect construction, maktoi
them tho most deKirah’e ntsans for home..
wclioolb, churches, lodges, Ma-toties, etc.
I.SrABI.ISIIED BEPI’T.VWOX.
IM.QUALED FACILITIES.
MHLLLb WQSMMBM,
BIST MATERIAL.
eOMMSEU, HAKX THI3
THE POPULAR ORGAF
Instruction Books and Piano Stools.
kitnlotruca and Price Hits, ou a’q-Ucatim, riiur
CHICAGO COTTAGE Dmi C 9.
<or. and Ann Sts.. CH/CAGd. u.
The above Or gm is re presented in
Dniigitis County by Chas. O. Teavv,
who will sell vou anv kind of organ
you want. CHEAP?
The Country’s Need.
“How do vou find bvkincss in the ter
ritory f“ asked an Eastern man of a friend
whom he met on the train.
“Pretty f tir, but we need more East
ern kpcculster* to make it boom. ”
“1« that so f*
*‘Yca, we want more of them to come
out an I invest. Now for instant e I’ve
got a pita e of land up here and hare
been ready for two years now to plant a
gold mine, or silver diggins or an oil
well or anything else the occasion seemed
to require and not a speculator has
shown up. I tell you it • discouraging
for an hantvt young maa. A few of
the*? wealthy New Yo-ker# would make
a better feeling in financial circle*.”—
(JMk) Sdi.
FA-WNINGI TO NONE-CHAIiITY TO ALI,.
DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1886-
■ THE NEWS IN GENERAL
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
FROM ALL POINTS.
EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES.
O. Thompson, leader of the New
Demo raej-. ex-Conirnis;ioner
or rublic VVorks, and for years a prominent
figure in -Metropolitan politics, was found
dead in bed a few days since. He was thirty
seven years old, and his death was caused by
cerebral apoplexy.
The great Be tm pork-packing establish
ment of John P.Squire & .Son has discharged
all employes. This action is understood to
mean war on the Knights of Labor. Mr.
oquire said in an interview he could not con
tinue business with employes who are liable
to strike at any time when ordered to do so.
A supposed attempt has been made to
blow up the Brazilian Prince, Dom Augusto
Leonoldo, grandson of Ernperor Dom Pedro,
with a dynamite bomb. The Prince is making
a tour of this country, and the alleged bomb
was discovered on board a steamer from
■ Coney Island, to which he had been taken on
an excursion.
A bitter fight is waging in New York
City between the Knights of Labor and the
Cigarmakers’ Progressive Local Assembly,
both workingmen's bodies.
William P. Pierson, head-bookkeeper of
the Amer can Baptist Publication Society, of
Philadelphia, with an assistant bookkeeper’s
help, has embezzled $30,000.
Charges of conspiracy to "obtain his offl'e
have been preferred against Rollin M.
Stjuire,the New York Commissioner of Public
VV orks. A letter by Squire is published in
which he bargained with M. & Flynn, a
contractor, to practically put'his office in
Flynn's hands in consideration of that indj
yidual’s procuring enough votes in the Board
Os Aidermen of 1834 to secure his appoint
ment.
Connecticut Prohibitionists in State Con
vention at Hartford nominated a complete ’
ticket, headed by Rev. 8. B. Forbes for Gov-
• ■ ernor. Pull Cougressioual and Senatorial
tickets will al: o be placed in the field.
Great activity prevails in the iron and
steel industries. The production of jug iron
and steel rails has largely increased the past
six months.
About 3,000 New York eigarmakers quit
work rather than leave their union and obey
the orders of the Knights of Labor. An
agreement has been made between many
bosses .and the Knights of Labor to compel
all cigarmakers to join the K. of L. organi
zation. -
The Vermont Greonbackera have nomina
ted a State ticket with T. B. Smith for Gov
ernor at its head.
SOUTH AND WEST.
Two f-attlo herders were ‘struck by light-'
ning near Andrew Station, Neb., and in
stantly killed. ’ •'
. Colonel W. 11. Bolton, Superintendent
of Second Class Matter at the Chicago Poirt-
Qffiio/nnil Weigher Stewart- have been ar
rested on a charge of conspiracy and embez
zlement. The amount involved may reach
SIOO,OOO. r
During the past fiscal year the postoffice
appointments made numbered 22,747—an in
crease of 13,200. The total number of post
offices is 53,014,
Wilxie Sells, the Kansas boy murderer,
has been convicted at Osage Mission of kill
ing his father, mother, brother and sister.
Ohio and Wisconsin Prohibitionists have
<u*t held State Conventions and mode full
nominations.
The Georgia Democratic State Convention
at Atlanta nominated General Gordon for
Governor. The old State House officers were
nominated for their respective positions, and
Cleveland's administration was indorsed.
A witness nt the trial of the Chicago An
archists testified that he saw Editor Spies,
one of the eight prisoners, light the fuse of
the bomb thrown with such deadly effect at
the police during the Haymarket riot. The
witness also test itied that Schnaubert, another
prisoner, threw the e< plosive.
Mr. Jacobs, ex-Mayor of Louisville, has
resigned as Minister to the United States of
Colombia.
A Dallas dispatch says that "the war
spirit again-t Mexico is ramjmnt throughout
Texas, extending to the most remote haiu
let«. ’’ A scoreof volunteer companies have
; been organized.
WASHINGTON.
j The Senate has confirmed the nominations ■
j of J. 8. Hagar, Collector of Customs at Sau
Francisco, and Israel luiwton, Superintend-
I ent of the Mint in that city.
The President has nominated Charles M.
■ Thomas, of Kentucky, to be Associate Jus
j tice of the SupremeUourtof Dakota; Nathan
j D. Fates, of Connecticut, to be Marshal for
i the District of Connecticut; Ezra Baird, to |
be Marshal for Idaho; Dupont Gnerry, to be
i Attorney for the Southern District of
j Georgia.
Senator Blatr, from the Committee on
; Education and Ijibor, has submitted a favor
able report to the Senate from the mawity
: of the committee, on a joint resolution pro- j
• posing that on amendment to the ConstiUi- I
tioa in relation to alcoholic liquors and other
j poisonous beverages be submitted to the Iz»g- ;
i islatures of the States for ratification. The !
amendment provi&s that from and after the !
I year 1900 the manufacture and sale and irn- |
Gortatien oi distilled alcoholic intoxicating
quors except for medicinal, mechanical,
chemical amt scientific purposes and for use
In the arts, shall cease.
Prince Fushimi. a high Japanese digni
tary, has called upon the President
The Senate on the 27th rejected the nom
inations of Internal Revenue Collector Han- i
i lon. of Indiana, and Postmaster Rosette, at
I Dekalb. 11l ; also the nomination of a Terri- >
; tonal Judge in Washington Territory, A j
large number of nomination* were con
i finned.
j Additional nominations by the Presi
! dent: George A. Jenks, of Pennsylvania, to ;
j be Solicitor-General; James L. Mathews, to
I be Postmaster at Ellicott City, Md.; Bradley
M. Thonuts to be Rro-eiver of Public Moneys
at Ea>t Saginaw. Mi b ; Thomas B. Gavis,
] to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Lincoln,
, Neb.
FORKIKN.
( Serious conflicts have taken place at
, Amsterdam, Holland, between the populace
and the polke and troops, arising from the
; prohibition of popular game* on Sunday.
, The rioters eret'ted bam cades, and were fired
j upon by the police. Ten. persons were re-
I ported killed and many wounded.
Latxh reports from the starving poop".- o*
I Labrador rtate that a thousand Arctic beauv,
j driven into the settlements by hunger, are
s devastating the country and have eaten the i
I food remaining. The Indians are eating
J their dead companions. The pojHilation. In
; dians and all, of the region north of Sand
I vnch Bar is e-timaied at between 10,900 and
; These people ar* all likely to perish j
of starvation.
Lord Saussvit. th® new British Prime
’ Mtotstar. Imw met with considers bia dribculty .
to forming a ww Cabinet.
DAMAGES DEMANDED.
Secretary Bayard’s Action Regarding- the
Fishery Seizure.
The President has transmitted to the Sen
ate a report from Secretary Bayard made in
compliance with tho Senate resolution re
specting the seizure of American fishing ves
sels asfollows: ‘ ‘lnstantly upon receiving au
thentic information of the alleged seizure from
the owners of the vessels or their agents, or
from the consular officers of the United States ,
in Canada this department gave instructions
to the consular officers to make full and com
plete investigation of tho facts in each case,
and wherever an infraction of treaty rights
or of commercial rights and privileges of cit
4z®iis of the United States appeared to have
occurred, representation was promptly made
to her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at this
Capital, calling for redress, and notification
given of demand for compensation for all
loss and injury to the vessels in question and
their owners.
din orefer properly to assert and maintain
therightsof dur citizens and our international
rights under conventions and by the law of
nations which might be brought in question
by these proceedings and by the action of
the Canadian Government, the profes
sional services of two gentlemen learned
in the law Mr. George W. Biddle,
of the city of Philadelphia, and Mr.
William T. Putnam, of the city of Portland,
Mh.—were retained by the Executive, and
since the 20th of May ’last these gentlemen
have bestowed their careful consideration
upon the circunis-tances and the law in con
nection therewith in each case. Proceedings
have been commenced in the Vice-Admiralty
Court at Halifax, N. S., in the name of Her
Majesty the Queen, as plaintiff, against
the schooner David J. Adams and the
schooner Ella M. Doughty, in both of
which cases tho complaint is substantially
the same. Copy is hereunto appended of the
complaint signed by the solicitor for the At
torney-General of the Dominion of Canada,
against tho Ella M. Doughty, which sets
' forth at length the alleged grounds for the
seizure and detention of that vessel.
. “Concurrent with these events correspond
ence has begun and is still proceeding be
tween this department and the British Min
ister at this capital, and, also between the
Minuter es tho United States in Ixmdon and
.the Foreign Office of Her Britannic Majes
ty’s Government to obtain suitable recogni
tion and enforcement of our rights un
der treaty and international law and the
laws and commercial usages of both
countries, which are brought in question
by the action of the Canadian authori
ties in making seizures and detentions of
American fishing vessels herein referred to
and described. Upon this correspondence,
which it is believed must soon terminate in
amicable settlement, mutually just and hon
orable, and therefore satisfactory to both
countries and their inhabitants, the under
signed is unable to recommend the President
to communicate its contents in its present in
complete status, believing that to do so
would not be compatible with the public in
terest* as connected with the transactions re-
I ferrod to.
“T. F. Bayard, Secretary of State.”
r -Bnoro op." two fe-Pwtu-. l *. The first merely
gives in tabular form tha names of the ves
sels seized and detained, the date, amount of
bail or fine, or length of detention. The
other, a very long legal document, embodies
the charges "against the Ella M. Doughty.
PERSONAL MENTION.
The health of ex-President Arthur is now
sa d to l>e considerably improved.
Mils. Margaret Van Cott, the evange
list, is making a tour of the White Mountains
and holding occasional meetings.
Cleveland is the first American Presi
dent to whom Prince Bismarck has sent a
personal letter and a photograph.
Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, is a
total abstainer from intoxicating drinks, but
is a groat smoker of twenty-five-ceut cigars.
Ex-Governor Moses, of North Carolina
who is now an inmate of the Massachusetts
Penitentiary, is said to be in a failing condi
tion.
Senator Hearst, together with another
California millionaire, have recently pur
chased 350,000 acres of land in Northern
Mexico.
Francis Murphy, the temperance agita
tor, says that he has administered the pledge
to <>o,ooo persons since last September. He is
still at work in Ohio*
Mme. Ristori, the great Italian actress,
is writing her autobiography, and it will
cotno out simultaneously in Italian, English,
' French and German.
Captain Constantinus, the tattooed ,
Greek, who went around with Barnum sev
eral years ago, has become blind. He lives
in England and has hoarded away plenty of
money.
Winslow, the Boston forger, is a big man
in Buenos Ayres. He edits the leading paper
there, is an unequaled lobbyist, a shrewd I
diplomat, the founder of several banks, and
the chief lion of society.
HEWSI GLEANINGS.
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The latest comet is traveling at the rate of
>. 565.00 ) miles an hour.
The Central New York hop crop is re
ported a total failure.
Our government loses $1,000,000 a year in
the smuggling of opium.
This year's California wine product is es
timated at 25,000,004 gallons.
A direct cable between this country and
Brazil is to be laid during the fall.
About 80,(MM barrels of oil are produced
. daily by the wells of Pennsylvania.
Vermont proposes ttbestablish a State in j
stitution for the criminally insane.
Choijera is spreading with great rapidity j
and deadliness in Southern Japan.
The rush of American travelers to Egypt
is unprecedented. Thousand- of coiuuinp
r tive* go to Luxor for the pure air.
The song-birds of New Jersey are now pro
tected by a statute which forbids the capture
or wounding of the feathered bipeds.
i The sea wall which Chicago is building fm
the proteotisa of the lake front of Lincoln
Park will be nearly two miles in length and
cost $501,0)0.
The first 110-ton gun made in England has
been finished by Sir W. Armstrong, and it
will be used on ths Benbow. It is 41 feet
long and 16 indies in bore.
Current estimates of the total wheat crop
for 1886 now range from 390,0 X>,oo) bushels
to 425,<Xh>,tXM bushels. This represents an in
crease of from 33,000,000 to '38,000,1X0 in ex
cess of 1885.
A t.argh came has recently been discov
ered in the Orange range, forty railed north
of nJ I aso, which in size and in the beauty of
of its stalactitis and stalagmites bids fair to
rival the Mammoth Cave.
The reason the anarchists are opposed
to money saving is because thev never
receive any interest, and the thev
j never receive any interest m i
1 they have *o little principle. *
THE GRAND ARMY.
SAN FItANSISCO’S great street
PARADE.
Thousands of Veterans March Through
the Streets-Over Three Thonsaiid
People Applaud Them.
Never before have so many persons
been seen on the streets of San Francisco
as on Tuesday. The greater number of
them were, of course, Californians, but
all came to see the Grand Army of the
Republic parade. Close estimates place
the number of men in line at 11,000
while 350,000 others looked on. The
time occupied in passing a certain point
was two hours and seventeen minuts,
but as there were frequent stops, some of
them of long duration, the exact march
ing time would be about one hour and a
half. The demand for seats on Market
street was so great that five dollars was
asked for standing room on stands that
had been erected, and in some cases this
sura was paid. From the start to the
finish the march was a triumphant one.
Ei stern delegates were especially mark
ed as objects of attention, and all along
the line, when au eastern band was dis
covered it was greeted with hearty and
prolonged cheers. The New York bullet
shot flags were especially favored in be
ing not only cheered, but reverently sal
uted.
One unexpected result of the process
ion. and which w as very serious to many,
was the rush to the restaurants immedi
ately after the parade was over. Three
hundred thousand persons had been stand
ing from eight o’clock to 2:40 without
eating. As soon as the cry, ‘ ‘lts all over, ”
went up the half famished spectators
rushed to the restaurants, and so great
was the crush that within five minuts the
proprietors had to close the doors, or it
would have been impossible for the wait
ers to serve those who had secured places.
Several women fainted from hunger and
fatigue. Those who had to wait until
the first rusn. was over, made a descent
upon the bakers and street fruit stands
and cleaned up every thing in sight To
make the matter worse most of the large
restaurants, although they had laid m
large supplies, ran short of both bread
and meat, and as the markets were closed
it was found impossible to replenish the
larders. All sorts of devices were resor
ted to and with such success that overy
ibne managed to get something to cat.
As the day was delightfully cool no ac
cidents resulting from heat occurred.
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KILLED ON THE RAIL.
Terrible Death of Jnaso Dobbin* nt Cen
tral, Month Carolina.
Jesse Dobbins, an employe of the,
Ri< hinonuand Danville Air-Line railroad,
met with a horrible death at Central, »
South Carolina, Tuesday.
For six years past Dobbins has lieen
working for the road, and was a faithfu*
and trusty man. Some time ago he was
given the position of hostler at Central.
Tuesday he attempted to get on an en
gine while in motion. He made a misstep
and fell under the ponderous wheels,
which passed over his body, cutting him
entirely in two. As quickly as possible
the engineer stopped the engine, but it
was too late. The sight was a sickening
one. The poor man’s body was horribly
mangled. He. leaves a wife and three
children who live at Central. The wife
was almost crazed when the remains of her
husband were carried home. The unfor
tunate man belonged to two benevolent
societies.
THE TEXAS TROUBLE.
The iteople Willing to Onranlz.e and Make
War Without Govcrmeut Aid.
The voice of Texas is for war with
Mexico. The citizens of Texas have been
outraged in Mexico at frequent intervals
since Texas declared her ludependance
lof the “Lond of God and Liberty.” The
imprisonment of Cutting and the assass
: ination of Kassures has incensed the peo
i pie of Texas, The Governor of Texas
has been deluged with telegrams and
; letters offering to raise companies and
regiments for the war, and all the organ
-1 ized militia companies in the state have i
served notice on the commander-in-chief j
that they are awaiting orders. If the '
Washington authorities should now back i
down, the Cleveland administration
would become extremely unpopular in
Texas.
TWO CAMELS KILLED.
Ao Elrph»nt’» Fatal Work In a Circo*
Car.
While Bobbin’s circus was on the way
Tuesday from Manor to Sag Harbor, !
Long Island, via the Long Island railroad,
a large elephant in a car with two camels
attacked the latter, and killed them both.
The keeper, who attempted to quiet the
elephant, was driven from the car, nar
rowly escaping with his life. The noise
made by the elephant excited the lions
and tigers to such an extent that they
attempted to break out of their cages,
and a terrible uproar prevailed for some
time.
HIS SKFLI. CRC3HED.
Wash. Barfield, a worthy colored man,
met his death instantly, three miles south
cf Hampton, Ga„ in a'very singular way.
He was down in a well on Mr. Joe. i
Griffin’s plantation, cleaning it out, and i
his son was drawing off a load of mud.
The windlass broke and the bucket fell >
back fifteen feet, striking the unfortun
ate victim ob the head, crushing the I
skull and breaking his Deck. The body |
was recovered by means of a party going ;
down and attaching a rope.
NUMBER 27.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN DEAD.
THE GREAT CIUEFTAIN PASSES
PEACEFULLY AWAY.
Flans at Half-mast all Over the Conntry
in Respect to His Memory—Sketch
of Ills Eventful IJfe.
Samuel J. Tilden died at Greystone
Wednesday morning at ten minutes be
fore nine o’clock. He had been enjoying
his usual good health up to last Saturday
evening While sitting on the stoop of ,
his residence after sundown on that eve
hiug he was taken with a slight chill, f
which settled on his stomach and bowels,
producing inflammation, from which he
suffered all night. On Gunday he was z>’.'
slightly better and was able to ride out.
On Sunday evening he felt much worse,
and continued to grow w'mker. But
until Tuesday night there were no fears
of the consequences. Wednesday morn- s
ing it became apparent that the end was
near at hand.
Dr. Charles E. Simmonds, and Miss
Gould, a relative of Tilden, were at the *
bedside a few minutes before Mr. Tilden
died. He tried to speak, but only moveci
his lips, failing to make any sound. He t
passed away quietly and peacefully,, .
As soon as the news of Mr. Tilden’s
death was received there was intense ex
citement over it. Instantly the flags of
the city buildings and newspaper offices .
were displayed at half mast and expres
sions of regret heard on all sides at the
death of the eminent statesman.
Samuel Jones Tilden was born in New •
Lebanon, Columbia county, New York,
February 9, 1814, w here his grandfather,
John Tilden, settled in 1790. Samuel .
entered Yale college in 1833, but soon
left that institution and graduated at the
University of New York. He was ad
mitted to the bar in 1841, and began” ’
practice in New York city. In 1844 *«
Morning News, a daily paper, was.estab-’- .
lished in New York to advocate the clec- " T<
tian to the presidency of James K. Folk. s
Mr. Tilden invested capital in this enter
prise, and becatqe the editor of tho
journal, which position he held until
after the election. In 1845 he -was elected .
to the New York, assembly, aud in 1864
was chosen a member of the constitutional
convention, where he was made a mem
ber of the committee on finance and
canals. Tn 1855 he was defeated as the
“Soft Shell” democratic candidate for ■’
attorney general : of New York. Mr.
Tilden now devoted himself to his pro- A .
session. His practice was very extensive, ?.
and by it he amassed considerable wealth.
Besides other important cases, he was
counsel, in 1856, for Azariah C. Flagg, in.
the case growing out of the contested
election for the controllership of New
York city. Mr. Tilden became chair
man of the. democratic state committee in
1866. He became an indefatigable la
borer in the cause of judicial and po
litical reform in the city pf New York,
and in 1869-70 was active in the organi
zation of the bar association. When
the contest was waged against the mem
bers of the “Tammany ring” holding
city offices, and who were charged with
defrauding the city treasury of many
million dollars. Mr. Tilden rendered in
valuable service to the cause of reform
by his famous analysis of the accounts of
the Broadway bank, showing conclusive
ly how the alleged culprits had shared their
spoils, and furnished legal proof for con
viction. In 1842 he was again elected to
the general assembly, where he continued
his exertions in the cause of reform. In
1874 he was elected governor of New
York by a plurality of 50,317 votes over
John A. Dix, (rep.) and Myron H. Clark,
(pro.) He was inaugurated January 1,
1875, and soon after declAfcd war against
the “canal ring,” which resulted in the
overthrow of that organization. When
the national democratic convention as
sembled at St. Louis in June, 1876, Gov
ernor Tilden was the leading candidate
for the first p’ace on the ticket. On the
first ballot he received 4031 of 713 votes,
cast. When the vote for the second bal
lot was finally announced, Governor Til-'
den bail 585 in a whole vote, of 738. * The
nomination was made unanjmous, and he
was declared the candidate for the pres
idency. He accepted the nomination in
a brief speech on July 11th. His formal
letter of acceptance, written under date
j of July 31st, was considered one of the
ablest of the kind ever given to the pub
lic. The result of that memorable eiec
j tion is still fresh in the minds of the
people.
the president’s sympathy.
The president sent the following tele
gram to Colonel Samuel J. Tilden, Jr.,
Greystone, Yonkers, N. Y.
I have Ahis moment learned of the sudden
death of yonr illnstrious it ative, Samuel J.
[ Tilden, and hasten io express my individual
sorrow in an event by which the state of New
York has lost her distinguished son and
' *.h > nation one of its wisest and most patriotic
; counsellors. Grovkh Clevkland.
Business men throughout the principal
cities of the Union lost no time in paying
respect to the statesman’s memory by
displaying flags at half-nujst. Aknort
every Tmilding of prominence hul its flag
lowered to half-mast. Flags were also
displayed as half -mast on all public build
ings as soon as the death was verified.
EXPLOSION OF A BOILER.
A large boiler in use at the shops of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, at
Lansford, Pa., exploded with terrific
force at about noon on Wednesday. The
shops employ four hundred hands and
forty machinists work in the building in
which the boiler was situaterl. So far as
heard fourteen men were injured, one
killed and two others are expected to
die. The boiler was put in fifteen years
ago when the shops were built and has
been condemned several times. The ma
chine shop is a total wreck and the black
smith shop is partially destroyed. Ths
low will be heavy.