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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-12
SPORTING! NOTES.
End Of tho Contest for tho O'I,oary BnIt
Murphy tic Winner.

NEW NnHN. Oct. II. Tho walking tpslrna
mont for tho OLpary holt ends to night M,
tho Er"atest Nxotrnont prevails nj The gAr
dnn which la tlensnly packed with spectators,
| Murphy IL far enough ate,d to insure victory
4 having, Mt O'Clock this evening co,npnLe,
| 500 mills Toward Is second having n score
W tso. Eaber third, 4al. and l,riody fourth
tG7 Miles.
Mu,phy's success has puzzled tho sporting
men, and lost 'hcm no end Of money. lIn Is
q comparative youth, from Iavorstraw
where he Is employed IN u brlck yard. He Is,
| ha tirelcss na n steam engine.
At 4 30 Murphy retired with BOT miles it1
HIS credit, reanpearing iiftoen minutes later
| wearing the lenry belt and rolling before
| bin n wheelharrow well filled with bricks
| The applause that went up Wna indeeoriabe
Nlan aud women arose and yelletl vpCifsrousIy.
llnthen withdrew for good. Howard finished
his oOtl, mile nj 10 40 performing II IN run I'm
tOa2. and with this tho performance ended.
tnhrr's score was iH9 MT 8 ~, when he retired.
Rrtady. Mahnney, Allen, Rlssoll. Nurran and
Walker scored 475 4G7 A52. d,9, $50 pnn $50
mites r"Epeotively. Fearoo accomplished soa
and Mckee 3n3 miles. or tho thirty five
stnrtetR only tho eleven mentioned walked to
tho close
THE JEROME rAHK RACES
JEROME PARK, Oct, III Notwithstanding
tho threatening weather there WAS u largo at
tendance ut to-day's races. Tho pool booths
were crow,'esl by n body OF anxious betting
mon, with brttnp active.
Walenatein won The first race. Checsmats
scenpd Lady Middleton third 1ime ;ab.
Thr SECOND race WIS won by tho fnvuritn,
Wiih"rs' lilly, Time. ~. Odnn was second
nnd Rathuna's iiliy third.
Th" third rnce, II handicap awoapatnkes Tor
MI ag"s, n mile nfl a furlung. WnH won by
Glanutura In ~, Flidh SECOND. FORTUNE,
third
The fourth raco. for n purse Of slnO. for all
ages nlile eand thrnn furlungs, was won by
Vagrant iii 2.26'p. Una soeond. Warlleld
third
Tho fifth race, n handicap stnepla- chase had
i've entries, and WINS won by PDmeroy In
1 10 4, lialding aecond and Derby third.
..@ TltE NASHVILLE RACES.
NASHVILLE, Oct. II. On this, tho Inst iay
or the Nashville races, tho attendance wns
largo Tho weather was hot. and tho track
good.
Fuat Race Mile dash for two-year olds
Two started Won by Torso. VontrilCsIuist
second. Time. 52.
Second Rncr -Sewanee stakes. two milo
heats. Won by James .Iohnson, disiancing
Babe Il, tho only other contestant in tho first
hnt fnc, 3:3o
Third Rncc One and n quarter milo dash
Won hy Monarch. Bob Shelby second. Buck
shot third. Tim" 2:l2,qq
Tho meeting just closed has been the most
successful for years, the class Of hors. $ being
and tho support glven by the public
gratifying.
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Another Texas Tragedy.

GALVESTON, Oct. -To-morrow's .Ne,cs
will publish the following special:
DALLAS, Oct. 1.-THE following Is report
Of the Fannin county outrage. The cabin OF
negro woman named Esther, on AldridRes
plantation, early this morning was visited by
band Of forty disguised men, who demanded
her son Charley. Upon refusal the door OF
freedman inside fired on the attacking party,
wounding one The door was forced open
and Esther and her family, with negro from
a neighboring cabin, carried away. Several
OF the negroes escaped, but Esther and her
son Charley We're shot dead, both being
riddled with buckshot. Several arrests have
been made; others are to follow.
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Reception or u Member or the Rritish II
Parliament

FHILAnELriIIA. Oct. 10. nj. j. H. PaIcstln
Nj. t.. was entertained at dinner here to- night
ny II number Of prominent PennsyIvanians
Speeches were made By John W. Furnoy, MI
palestin, ex-senator Cameron and others
Nh Pae@ttn. In tho course Of his romarks
after speaking Of the exigcncics OF the war
which some years ago cngag Il his services 1T
Washington. expressed his qualification nj
finding. on his return. the spirit Of brother
hood and patriotism which now reigns s,l-
preme throughout the land. lie also men
toned. as q gratifying incident of his visit,
tho presence Of the Southern soldiers In Phil
adelphia tonight and their cordial welcome
from their old antagonists.
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THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

To the Editor nf tho D"mnntn':
Ihe pest ppunruent pr tha nomination IN thn
Third Congressional ntatlIot unli tho rcts,l.
lar time fu, Congressional nominations.
haa excited slight comment from one OF
two pnpors, md the,efuro give you Tie
s,ae.
y wna 'l""'noI hoaf hy many Frinmls ~ NJ y
Aeklon THAT y nomination should ba made ut
This Natlv 'lnto In order That ample time
might ha allowed to over,nrne tho Four thou
Hand Republican mnjntity ri his diatrirt
Ihls ho nla" favored, provided 1t was tho
unnnin'n'la nctlon ~ Tho district. Tho FOL
l"wIng was tho exact stntus of tho rnse ut
l!atnu Rouge
The total n'l,nhor of votes from tho district.
excluding Ascension md Vsrmliion whose
he"Entes wrtn not auihnrlzstl Il, net and
Cameron, which wtH untopiesellteh, was 81
ilftH snvrn drlcgntns wrra prcrrut nt the
convention. OF these forty ihr~ favored
nHllng n nomination md twolvo worn u,-
posed. lfla vote on this question stood. In
faynr "f nomination. a.. oupnseti. H.
lhl''v-"no votes. T. will hn nlaersn,I was q
oti'y euiIlnl"nt 10 have forced tls r,prni1n
'inn. nud Nv, Aokl"u Enl forty four fnvntlug
n nomination, But as n protest WAS ontcrml
ng,,tnst such notion at thls tine ~ the 80,
Vnntion, md Us nll tbs uaiisIss werN mol MI
thOIiHod tonct. hn deemed II bret moi i,crnate
nnY division IN tho dist t',hy prntnnt,ns no
iinn. IN n fnW brief rnnnrss hn pointed clt
what no n'lenlnAtl tho advantages tp ha letiVrd
FROM nll carly nomination.. That he Fnrnd lhN
district could not otherwise hn cntte hrl'.
Tint finding some opposition on the grpr,nd, t,f
party policy and precedent. .hn moved that THIS
convention adjourn without making any nom
lnntipu. lf the district IL lost next yfnr the
responsibility Will now rest upon those who
oppnsed n nomination.
Antp- 4
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CARPETS. -Messrs. Elkin & Co. 100 Canal
street. have made large additions to their stock
OF carpetings this fall. and are now prepared to
offer one Of the most elegant assortments OF
carpets ever brought to this market. glance
In at their mammoth establishment will reveal
roll after roll q new styles in Administer. Mo-
quette, velvet body Brussels tapestry Brussels
with borders to match, and pils upon pile Of
exquisite Smyrna. Wilton. Administer and Brus-
sels rugs; Nottingham lace curtains. window
shades. etc. See their advertisement in another
column.
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The AFFAIRS OF the rimes-Journa,.

ST. LOUIS. Oct U.-Mr. Beck, of the 7Fmcs
Journal, in All interview with n reporter last
evening, stated that the conditions upon
which he purchased the paper were that
Chambers should secure S50ooO bonded In
dehtedness against the paper. which he has
failed to do. therefore The purchase Il off and
be retires. Naturally the paper reverts to
Chambers, but that gentleman has not been
about the office to-day, and nothing Is yet
known Of his Intentions
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Shot Through the He,rt

SULPHUR SPRINGS. Texas, Oct. lo.-At II
O'clock last night, while City Marshal John
Norris was taking a drink with friend,
some one outside the saloon shot Norris
through the heart. killing him instantly the
murderer escaping In the darkness. The as
sassin Is supposed to be the friend OF a man
shot by Norris while resisting the marshals
arrest,
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TURK Ei.

PARIS. Got. IL. It is rnmnrei that the Rus
aian government has demanded from Con
stantlnoplc tho rnparaton, within twenty
four hours, tur tho Insults to which the Rus
sian ConA,Il- General ut Salpnica wnH recently
subjected Ivy tho popnlacrof TINT city, thr"nt-
cnnK to send war vessel 10 SaloniCa II tho
demand IA not complied With Other foreign
cunsllls at Salonica have asked their govern
mcltS for in&trMctInLA.
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We have received from Louis Grunewald the
October number Of Grunewald's Musical Jour
nal. giving. with all the latest musical items
some beautiful songs with words and music
Grunewalds bulletin OF new music for October
is worth looking at and all the gems therein
mentioned can be found at his palatial store
Nos. 16, 49, 90 and % B aronne street.
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The CeerEiS Treasurer To BE sued-Pea
body sch0larships.

Cured III the House resolution for the Gov
ernor to issue executions against Treasurer
Renfroe and his securities to recover interest
on the deposits, amounting to about $4,000
State School CommissionerlOrr appointed
to-day fourteen coiored pupils to the Peabody
scholarships In the Atlanta University.
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II

TAurs. Oct. Il. A duel tooh pInoo on the
Spanial, frontier on Thursday betwoen NJ.
Jaa, Jacunfa Aliroi former Republican
,lnruty from tho Department OF ilautea
lyrcnNeH, and M. Saseoro. IL HonapnltiEt.
'rh" lnttsr was anroualy wounded In tla arul.
The diil,rrncn aroan from u political pt,tdao
growing out of thN affair of tic sixteenth Of
May.
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BERN, Oct. ln.-A dispatch reports that
AiHhaniatan have either hern or nro about to
hn made. rha Cznr desires nss,lrancn that
England viii! not occupy 4crnt or tho Eadall-
shan plnts,u
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LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.

IThe DEMOCRAT Ia responsible for none Of
tho views Expressed IN the communications
under this head, but no communications viii
to printed except from responsible pnrtles.I
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SWI1'X ElsLAND.

GENEVA oet. H. After series ot pro
lonGrd debates tho great council nj Gonovn
has adjourned consideration nf hc separation
of Church ana State until next May.
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rhe cate city Guards In New york.

New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Gate City Guards
OF Atlanta arrived this afternoon, under COM
mand Of Capt. Burke, and were met at the
gortlandt street ferry by detachment OF the
Seventh Regiment and escorted to the City
Hall, where they were received BY the mayor
and aldermen.
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Az Outraged Husband Avenses Himself

CENTRALIA, Wis, Oct. 11-W. I'll. Cochran,
bank cashier, yesterday shot and killed
Judge Hayden without parley, from which it
is inferred the act was premeditated Cochran
suspected Hayden Of improper relations with
Mrs. Cochran. The assailant surrendered to
the officers, but was afterward released, and
Is performing his usual duties at the bank.
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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11.-John Cannon, the
stolen bond receiver, Was to-day sentenced
TO pay fine of $500 and to imprisonment in
the penitentiary for ten years.
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The Cotton Crop in Georssa and FLORIDA.

SAVANNAH. Oct. 1.-THE following is the
Cotton Exchange report for September:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES replies have been
received from "a counties. The weather during
the month OF September, in Southern Geor-
gia, was unIaVoraDle, there being too much
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column

The sporting reporters In San francisco
note that Grant shook 104s hands In one hour
and eight minutes.
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p,lxincss Failure.
tbVTEsA Y.

NEW YoRK, Oct, II. j. 4 M IIoi1lnge
brewers, failed. Liabilities $lOO,uOO
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A NEW sToRE.-In another column OF our
paper will be found the advertisement Of Mr..
NJ. Kranz, who has removed his furnishing
goods store from Bourbon street to No. 1ei
Canal street. DIR. Kranz could not have selected
a more desirable location for his tastty ar
ranged store. and will no doubt do elarge busi-
ness In shirts. neckwear, underwear. and In
fact every thing In that line. He is an ener-
getic and thrifty young merchant. and is de-
termined to succeed in pleasing bis customers.
not only In the class OF goods he will sell then,
but the prices will be 30 moderate as to insure
second visit.
Mich Covs-Psrties desiring fine Western
milch cows for family purposes will find very
choice lot for sale at the Southern Stables. cor
ner Dryaces and Delord streets.
REMovAL.-The large coal dealers. W. G. CoyIe
d Co., have removed their Office to No. 50 Caron-
delet street, between Common and Gravier, aud
hereafter their extensive business will bs son-
Quoted from that point
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-25

At this period Of the year there is man
who is of infinitely more importance, in
the eyes of thousands Of estimable people
and himself likewise, than any political
candidate or saver of the Union; he is the
carpet layer. The cleaning which "a well
Edered house receives before it is sup
posed to be prepared for the winter season
generally begins with the carpets, and oil
good housekeepers know that when the car
pets are ''up," or off the floor, is the proper
time to make any alterations in them
that may be desired {; they also know that
to survey carpet not entirely new is to
discover that some changes are absolutely
necessary. bit Of border badly worn be-
cause directly in front of q much used par
lor door needs to DO shifted to some part
of tho room where it will be hidden by
sofa, piano or other furniture the breadth
in front of an oft frequented window seems
dingy enough to 60 into retirement, or, per-
haps, the whole carpet IL to make
way for new one and be recon-
structed for room Of different di-
mansions. SO the carpet layer--perhaps
he calls himself an upholsterer--is called
in. All tho contrving that has been
done about the carpet is promptly set at
naught by him he suggests an entirely
new plan of Encouragement, and does it
with such ease, such sense Of superiority
over the unprofessional and feminine
mind that he seems a genius born. Best
of all, he promises to attend to it at once,
4 a Al. a.
regular tasks to remove the furniture from
tho room, 80 that the wonderful man may
have nothing to hinder his work. But In Oc-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-25

THE WEATHER. The disturbance has almost
entirely passed eff the Nova Scotia coast. but
the gradients continue steep in the New Eng
land States, owing to the rapid advance OF the
area OF high barometer from the West The
centre of highest pressure is now over the Ohio
Valley. In the Northwest the barometer is be-
ginning to fall again, and there are indications
of the approach of depression from the regions
of Washington Territory. Rain and snow have
fallen in the lake regions. New England and
Middle Atlantic States. Elsewhere the weather
has been clear. The temperature in the
extreme Northwest. and icll decidedly in the
other sections of the country. The winds
have been from brisk TO high in the Northwest,
brisk in the lake regions, Middle Atlantic New
England and Gulf States and fresh in the
other districts. a tornado is reported in Ohio.
The weather over the British Islands is UNI
settled. Tho weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will he cold aud fair, with occa-
sonal snow iiurrics in the early portion. To-
morrow it will be cold and clear.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-25

Rarely has the cable brought us a more
thrilling story than that contained in our
special despatch about the floods in south
eastern Spain. The story is terribly sad one.
and yet it gives us pictures from only single
city so suddenly overwhelmed by disaster.
These are the only details, however, that
have reached London. The devastation
has extended over so wide district,
has SO completely destroyed the means
OF communication and locomotion, that
it will take yet several days before
anything like a clear idea can be
gathered of the misery that has over
taken the yesterday smiling districts of
most fruitful portion OF Spain. Hans
Christian Andersen paints the valleys
along the coast in enthusiastic colors
'Betore u.s." he wrote, sin the centre
of this large fruit garden, we beheld
Murca; the slender spire of the cathedral
lowered far above the other buildings, as
if it were standing up to bid us welcome"
1t is charmed land that the Danish poet
describes but looking beyond it, toward
the mountains, the poet shudders Travel
''The dark, naked hills seemed to recede
more and more toward the HORIZON" Leav-
ing Murcia toward Cartagena he says -
For the first hour or SO we drove through
the fertile campagna, but this pleasure was
soon over the country became stony and
burned up all around was waste. weari-
some to the eye and deserted by human
beings" This gives us an excellent idea
of the country, It's delicious valleys and
its dark stony mountains-the cause, as we
pointed out yesterday OF the ca
lamity. Denuded OF their forests. they
can no longer retain the excessive
rains, which consequently overflow
the plains and valleys below. This
theory of the value of forests as pre-
ventives of floods and foundations is not
disproven by the story of the Jamaica
floods. The hills around Kingston are
covered with luxuriant forests, and the
disaster there is doubtless much less in
the hills had been denuded of
their natural covering. The peasants
there knew Of the danger and persisted in
the attempt to cross the swollen streams.
The Spanish story is a terrible one and
warning to governments who do not
study the influence OF forests upon climate
and in preventing foundations and such
catastrophes as that recorded in our cable
despatch. The ancients were not so foolish
when they allotted the groves and woods as
dwelling places for gods and goddesses.
Schiller has q beautiful idea in '.Williau
Tell" The boy Walther asks the famous
marksman, Father, list true that on the
mountains yonder the trees do bleed when
they are struck by the cruel axe?" And
Tell replies =
The trees are sacred, and the avalanche
Had long ago our Atdorf surely buried
Beneath its weight, had not the forest stood
Up yonder like faithful sentinel.
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The British Mission.

The Evening Post gives currency to ru-
NOR from Washington that President Hayes
desires Secretary Evarts to accept the Brit
ish mission, which, of course, would vacate
his seat in the Cabinet. The evil minded
naturally will infer that the mysterious de-
lay in appointing Minister to London
means that Secretary Evarts is reluctant to
comply with the Presidents desires. We
do not undertake to say that either this in
ference or the rumor itself is justified by
facts. We mention them only as proofs of
the impolicy of leaving Mr.. welshs place
so long untitled. If they are unpleasant to
Secretary Evarts he himself is chiefly to
blame for their existence, for he should
have insisted upon the appointment OF Mr..
welsh's successor long ago, nor should he
suffer our Legation at st. Petersburg to drift
along without a Minister. 1t is impossible
for two such conspicuous and mental
places to lie empty month after month with
out giving occasion for O multitude OF un-
complimentary rumors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-25

Some interesting particulars of negotia-
ton that is just now attracting attention
are given in an interview with Mr.. Thurow
Weed, which we publish to-day. Mr.. Weed
tells very directly the story Of his visit to
Paris in the early days Of the war and Of
what he did with the assistance of a
Frenchman well disposed toward this
country in changing. as he believes, the
intention of the Emperor Of France at the
time he was disposed to commit himself to
an official declaration against us which
would probably have been only prelimi-
nary to declaration OF war. If any influ-
ence was thus brought to bear upon
the Emperor's mind it was through
the Duke de Morny, and apparently by
the use Of an argument which put in a new
light the obstruction of the harbor of
Charleston. 1t has been generally believed
hitherto that Napoleon III. was, as between
England and France, the active spirit in
pushing steps against our cause, and if he
was, the case of Charleston was only pre-
text and he not did care u button for con-
sstency or precedent so far as these may
have stood in his way. If, therefore. the
purposes of our enemies in Europe were
changed by consideration Of precedent
which showed that England had once re-
quired the destruction OF great French
harbor that argument must have been used
as against English urgency that the Powers
should act ON the pretext Of Charleston.
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tober there is more than one household with

toper there is more than one household with
carpets to relay. and the men who are to do
the work are too obiging to refuse their
services to any one, so some people have to
wait. The carpet layer has been too con-
siderate OF the feelings of these latter to tell
them OF their doom-it would only lengthen
their period Of hope deierred-so he keeps
his own counsel as closely as if he were in
wall street or bent on becoming President
OF the United States. and his victims wait.
If the scene of his promised labors is the
parlor the family is sometimes for days COM
PEELED to receive visitors in sitting room or
dining room. and the trifling fact that
party is 10 be given on certain
date and the invitations are already out
does not in the slightest degree hasten the
coming of the carpet layer or improve the
temper of the family. Approach the auto
crat reprovingly, and he is fuller of explana-
tons and promises than an impecunious
debtor; speak angrily to him, and with the
calmness becoming the master of the situa-
ton he strikes terror to the soul by suggest
ing that some other man-one of the same
kind be employed. Finally he comes, prob
ably before any one is awake or when every
one wants to retire, or during the hours for
piano practice, and to nerves wrought up
by successive delays to extreme sensitive
ness the tap of the persistent hammer upon
the head of the somewhat obdurate tack is
a little the most dreadful thing Of the sea-
son. And yet no one ever heard Of carpet
layer being shot, stabbed or found drowned
in the river. He seems to bear charmed
life, but there is little that is charming
about his ways during the fall cleaning
season.