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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
DEATH OF MRS. HUGH GoRDoN.-Mr

DEATH OF MRS. HUGH GORDON. Mrs
Hugh Gordon, nee Miss Williams. died
at the residence of General Gordon,
at Kirkwood. last night at o'clock.
Mrs. Gordon was the only sister
OF Mr.. Howard Williams, of this
city. She was lady of rare Chris
tian grGces, and was highly esteemed
aud greatly loved by all who knew
her. On Tuesday last she was IN Allan
ia in apparent good health. but late yes
terday evening was seized with sudden
illness, followed by hemorrhage, which
terminated in death. She leaves two
children, a broken hearted husband, a
grief -stricken brother and large circle
of friends to mourn for the great loss that
has befallen them. General and Mrs
Gordon, who are in New York, have
been telegraphed the sad intelligence,
and will return Immediately. Atlanta
Constitution Of Saturday.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

The Boston Herald's Qnd) Washing
ton correspondent explains the removal
of Pension Commissioner Bentley a:
follows, in substance: The ring OF
claim agents who had long been trying
to get Bentley out, raised $15, 600 during
the campaign and offered it to the Re
publican campaign managers, saying
If the next administration will take of
Bentley, you can have this money The
money was accepted, Bentley was re-
moved and his place filed with Dudley,
the Indiana politician. There is, says
the Bridgeport Farmer, considerable
reason to believe that all of the impOr-
tant offices were similarly sold to raise
the millions with which the Republican
success in November last was purchased.
Nevertheless, there are those who talk of
reforms to be effected by that party.
Figs do not grow on thistles.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

It is stated in recent statistics of sui
eide that in the four years from 1875 TO
1873. the average number of suicides To
the one million inhabitants in London
was IS. in Berlin 2SO, in Vienna 2S5. in
Paris 400, and in Leipsic 450. Why there
should be fge times as many, proper
tionately, among the French and Germans
as among the English is q problem which
German Investigators are trying to solve.
One writer thinks the increase in sui
cides is due to "a peculiar disteEper in
our modern development" an explana-
ton which teaches us little that We did
not know before. One remarkable fact
Is the unusually large number of suicides
in Saxony. Leipsic is called the Chin
borszo of suicide" end what is strange,
too. is that as the investigators approach
saxony the proportion increases till it
reaches its height in that country An
other curious general fact is that the
largest number Of suicides everywhere
eake place in the months of May. June
and July, and the favorite hour is be
tween 6 and s o'clock in the morning.
WHY these things should be so Is a ques-
the PSYCHOLOGISTS cannot answer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

George Washington Williams, the
leader Of the colored people of Ohio. and
the only negro member of the Legisla-
ture of a Northern State. has turned out
a black sheep indeed. Williams was
discovered by William Lloyd Garrison
and educated by Charles Sumner. He
made az attempt to wrest from Fred
Douglass the position Of representative
colored man of the country, and for a
time succeeded in acquiring considerable
notOriety. He was leading man in the
Ohio Legislature and also one Of the
movers in one Of the exOd s schemes,
and was rendered a gorgeous reception
by the colored people of Cincinnati.
Now, however, all Is changed. Williams
ran his credit for all it was worth, and,
having made some big bills, has skipped
to another cline If the Republicans
had control Of any of the Southern States
to-day We should probably hear Of his
turning up in it as one Of them and
figuring as a great political leader.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

In the convention of the United Irish
men, in session at Chicago, internal
machine Grove made the remarkable
statement Tuesday night that the infer
nal machines, about which so much has
been said, cost just $40 fer the entire lot,
and that the scheme of sending them to
England was a put up job. by which a
member of the United Irishmen's Society
secured a reward of $4,000 for having
notified the British Consul in New York
OF their shipment. The $4,000 obtained
from the British Government has gone
into the Irish fund. to be used against
Great Britain Vernon Harcourt, Home
Secretary, is said to have acknowledged
this statement of Groves to be fact.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

A few days since, says the Missoula
(Montana) MiSsOuliaR, loud noise was
heard in the mountains on the west side
of the Bitter Root, the report resembling
the firing of cannon and reverberations.
The noise was caused by the falling of a
high peak on one of the mountains about
opposite Corvallis, and was so loud that
it was distinctly heard at Eight-mile,
below Stevensville. Probably thousands
of tons of rock, the foundations of which
had been crumbling for ages, came down
in the grand crash.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

Hartmann is having the benefit of q
great many indignation meetings in his
behalf, as a much prosecuted person.
Meetings of this kind were held in New
York aud Brooklyn Monday, and in BOs-
ton Tuesday. Large crowds attended
all Of them, and a number Of women
were present. Hartmann had come, the
orators declared, ION a sacred mission
to explain the woes of a dOwn-trOdden
people, and was threatened here with ex-
tradition" Resolutions were adopted
declaring that it would be a disgrace TO
this country to deliver up the revolu-
tiOnary hero to certain death, while he
found a refuge. as a political exile, even
in the British monarchy. The secretary
was instructed to inquire whether Secre-
tary Blaine agreed to views expressed by
Hit, relative TO the extraditiOn OF Hart
mann. A subscription was then taken up
for the refugee Nihilist.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

Grove, the internal machine man, ap-
peared before the Irish Convention. in
session at the Palmer House, in Chicago,
the other day, carrying with him several
bags and bundles. Somebody started
the story that these were models of his
internal machines, and perfect panic
vas the result. Everybody in the hotel
grew alarmed at the danger and walked
slowly and lightly through the hall, fear
ing that there might be torpedo or in.
fernal machine lying around loose. A
hotel clerk was commissioned to hunt
Grove up and remove him from the
building, and not until he was gone with
all his bundles did the guests of the Pal
mer House breathe freely again.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

Advices from Panama TO August are
to the effect that party of CalifOrnians
have arrived, and are erecting buildings
for the engineers and labOrers on the
canal. These temporary houses are to
be constructed with due regard to sani-
tary principles and the comfort of those
who are to occupy them. Cottages,
store rooms, shops, hospitals and other
buildings are 10 be set IN quadrangles 400
By 600 feet. The tools furnished the
Iaborers are represented to be clumsy and
Anticipated. Four leading employees of
the company have died recently, namely:
Mr.. Etienne, sub-directOr at Aspinwall,
of sofJening of the brain; Mr.. Bertrand,
his secretary, of malarial or possibly
yellow fever, and on the Panama side
Messrs. Barber and DZiembOwski, both
chief of field brigades, who Overworked
themselves and succumbed to the
climate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

GarfieId's signature of the demand for
the extr4di;iOn of criminal in Canada
was his first official act since his injury.
Il Is likely he viii soon be called on to
do more signing. One class of persons
who are suffering greatly from the block
ing of executive business caused by his
illness are those who have been found
guilty of some crime by the Federal
courts and are awaiting punishment.
There are several persons under sentence
of death at Fort Smith. Ark, who have,
since their trial, been shown by late les
timOny to be guIltless Of the crime for
which they were sentenced. The only
way To rectify the blundeT Is by a PresI
Dental pardon 1t is said that IN case
the President IS not in the condition 10
sign a pardon when the time for the exc
CutiOn of these prisoners comes around,
it viii be postponed, in some manner OF
other, 10 escape "a judicial murder.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

A writer in Land and Water says there
are from one 10 two thousand English
!sndholders in Virginia, with farms OF
from 100 TO ]. 800 acres. and that they are
remarkably happy. He especially re-
comm -uds Virginia for gentlemen emil
grants with large families. 1T offers
almost the only genuine country life with
congenial surroundings to the expatris-
ted gentleman"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

WhIttaker's assertion that he intends
to fight a verdict of guilty of commit
ting outrage upon himself, moves the
Philadelphia North AHleri an (Rep.) to
say: No new trial of any kind or under
any circumstances should be given him.
There are great many people who
think that it was a mistake to or
ganize aeourt-mArtial to pass judgment
upon his case. 1t has cost the country
S25 600. and the policy of spending this
sum of money in that particular way is
very questionable. But any how there
must be no more of it. Whitaker has
been fairly and thoroughly tried. He
must abide by the result"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

Il is understood, says he Boston
TrqreVer. that the report Of the sub
committee on the Worlds Fair, when
made. will recommend that it be held IN
Boston four years hence; that So 600, 600
he secured as a guaran ee fund, and that
the B sex Bay site originally proposed be
the place selected for its location.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

The Cincinnati Commercial has very
poor opinion of James Redpath, the lee
turer, correspondent and alleged patriot,
judging by the following expression in
its editorial column:
The London Morning AdUertiser
speaks of Mr.. Redpath as a firebrand.
In sober truth, Mr. Redpath is a lunatic.
He daTes England to arrest him, and the
United States to allow him to remain in
PRISON. Pooh-put him in a lunatic asy-
lumi 1t was only year or two ago that
he was wandering around the world out
OF his mind, his friends not knowing for
months what had become of HIM. JUST
now he manifests his demented condi-
ton by prepOsterous speeches and letters
touching Ireland. He should be taken
care Of.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

The American Consul at Canton
writes to the State Department gloomy
account of American shipping in the
East. Not one American vessel has
been seen in that port during the past
quarter, and only two during the pre-
vious quarter. 1t is the same, he writes,
in ali Aslatlc waters. This is not q
very favorable showing for the intro
duction of American cotton goods in
China, which we have been endeavoring
to bring about.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

There are radical differences of opin-
ion in the Republican press on the Presi-
Dental inability question. For instance,
the Cincinnati Gazette suggests that Mr..
Arthur might be sworn in as acting
President and act as such until Mr..
Garfield should appear in the Executive
office as evidence of the removal of the
disability aud as a notice to the Vice
President to retire" On the other hand,
the Cleveland Herald holds that the bust
sineSs now awaiting transaction does not
constitute ''an exigency sufficient 10 jus
tify the doubtful constitu tiOnal expert
ment Of permitting the Vice President
to act as President" and that, there
being no legal definition of Presidential
inability" nor any definite mode of de
termining either its existence or cessa-
ton, there would be some danger in
establishing a precedent without the
sanction of law"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

The report of the Bureau of Statistics
shows some improvement in the trade OF
this country with Mexico. For the past
year our net imports we're $14. 524, 500,
as compared with $12. 691 $50 the previ-
Gus year; and our exports $6.O69. 345. as
compared with s. 4O5 400 the previous
year. Our Central American trade was
s. $50. OO2. an increase of 40 per cent.
over the previous year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

The cry of the Readjusters of Virginia
that the people of the State are too poor
to pay their debts does not argue high
sense of self respect, to say nothing at
all about honor. The Auditors report,
by which the valuation of property is
shown to be largely augmented, in spite
of all that the Readjuster assessors could
do to reduce it, demonstrates, moreover,
the utter insincerity of the poverty pre-
taYt
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

Russia is this cOuntry's greatest rival
in the production Of wheat On the
authority Of an American consular Off
ciaI. il is stated that the Russian crop
will be unprecedentedly great. But, on
the other hand, the crops elsewhere in
Europe are reported as below the average,
and 1t is therefore probable that the sur
plus of both American ami Russian
wheat will fad a market. particularly as
the American surplus is likely to be
somewhat smaller than that of last year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

On Tuesday, Jay Gould started at ST.
Louis what is known as the Refrigerator
Line, a line of cooling and ventIlating
cars. which will run on all the Gould
roads for the purpose of carrying fruits,
vegetables and other perishable freight,
such as dressed meat. butter, eggs, beer,
poultry and game. An attempt will be
made to develop, by this line, trade IN
the transportation of dressed meats be-
tween Texas and the North. The com
pauy starts with forty cars. st. Louis
will be the centre Of the business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

The Malone wedge was expected 10
divide the Virginia Democracy but Il Is
one Of those inventions that have habit
If turning to plague their inventors, and
has spIit the Republican party wide open
instead
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

X EORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. = whereas.
u ELLA PEYTON win apply at the court
of Ordinary for Letters OF Admlnlstratl99n on
the estate of MARTIN PEYTON. deceased.
THESE are therefore, to cite and admonlsh
all whom it may concern TO be and appear be-
fore said Court to make objection Qf any they
havel on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
witness the Honorable JOHN o. FERRILL1
Ordinary for Chatham county, this 9TH Gay Oh
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
Clerk @. 0. @. @.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
ClerE 4 q q O.

n EORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. - Whereas
VI PETER J. HOBART will apply at the
Court of Ordinary for Letters of AdmInstra-
ton on the estate Of JOHN II. HOBART, de-
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to be and appear before
said court, TO make objection Of any they havel
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN SEP
TENDER NEXT, otherwise said letters will be
granted.
Witness the Honorable JOHN O. FERRLI,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this 3Oth day OF
July, 1881. r-r,nDrrY
Clerk G. o. @. Q.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

EORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY. = Whereas,
VI ROBERT c. ZITTRCUER will apply at the
Court of Ordinary for Letters Of Administra-
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to he and appear be-
fore said court to make objection Of any they
have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
SEPTEMBER NEXT, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness the Honorable JOHN o. FERRILL,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this S0th day OF
July, 1881. -
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
miscellaneous.

ITO STOCK OWNERS. Owners Of crippled
Il and otherwise disabled horses, mules or
cows will find it greatly to their advantage 10
call upon A. F. ENGLISH, Veterinary Surgeon,
No. rs Montgomery street. second door from
Jones street
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
geoal Autites.

~ EORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. Whereas,
u MARGARET NJ GRIMM win apply at the
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Administra-
ton on the estate Of DANIEL GRIMM, de-
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and appear
before said court to make objection Gf any
they have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY
IN SEPTEMBER NEXT, otherwise said letters
viii be granted.
Witness the Honorable JOHN o. FERRILL.
Ordinary for Chatham county, this 30th day Of
July, 1881. -
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
Clerk @. o. @. @.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
for Bent.

DOR RENT, TWO connecting rooms and
4 kitchen. with use Of bath, at "a South
Broad street Terms reasonable
ENOR RENT, Floor. consisting of two rooms
Il and kitchen, with privilege of bath. An.
ply at 101 Liberty street -P
ENOR RENT, Nicoll & MERGERS warehouse
a Also, Central Press wharf Apply to JNO'
SULLIVAN & CO., ia Bay street
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
fur SaIe.


FOR SALE. sidewheel steamer GEN. sEDG-
WICK, 467 tons. In Al condition. viii char.
ter. Only parties Of undoubted responsibility
treated with. For particulars address
n. s. BRIGGS,
3S4 West street, New York.
ENOR SALE, one car load Of extra HORSES
and MULES to arrive Thursday morning at Ten.
nessee Stables, West Broad st. JAS. DALEY.
EOR sALE.-5OO.OOO CYPRESS SHINGLES,
CYPRESS LUMBER, ASH FLOORING ami
wAINSCoTTING, OAK and HICKORY
LUMBER.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
D. C. BACON & co.

EOR SALE, steamboat boiler and engine,
u lO1k inch bore and 80 inch stroke, stamped
all in good order. Also, one engine AXIS, all
complete. JOHN F. ROBERTSON, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15
STanted.

w Ar LED Ted, colored boy. Must come n,
street recommended. Apply at Is Ljbsr
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-15

w come x 2 competent bookkeeper; must
g. care Of Morning News o 9fceo Address T.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-04
A FUNNY OLD story.

Tom Marshall was engaged in the
trial Of case in the interior of Ken
tucky. when q decision of the Judge
struck him ss 90 bad that he rose and
said:
There never was such q ruling as
that since Poutius PLATE presided on
the trial Of Christ
Mr. Clerk. responded the Judge,
'fne Mr. Marshall $40 for contempt OF
court
i confess. your honor.' continued
Tom. that what / said was little hard
on Ponsius Plate. but it is the first
time In the history Of Kentucky juris
prudence that il is held that to speak
diarespectful.y of Pontius I'ilats 10
contempt Of court.
Mr. Clerk. make the fine $40 for con-
tinuous contempt, said the Judge.
solsmnly.
Well, Judge Tom added. as you
Won oil my money last night ct poker.
lend me the twenty
Mr. Clerk. cried the Judge, hastily.
remit the fne. The State can afford
TO lose the money better than can.'
i congratulate the Court upon its re-
turn to . sane condition. said Tom, res
turning to his ssat amid roars oi
laughter.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-04
POPULAR DELusroNs.

That sny fool can write poetry. /,
10 only fool here and there that can
do il.
That small boy hates an overeoat.
de loves it 50 well that be disiikss to
wesr 1t out.
That people bate to be lhuxhed It.
Look at the comedian. for Instance.
That women 60 TO church to see other
women's bonnets, They merely 60 to
show their own.
That Q boy thinks be knows more
than his father. He only prides HIM
self on his superior i.telligence.
That q widow wears weeds to catch q
husband. She would rather catch q
man who Is not husband.
That the self -conceit.d man thinks
everybody 10 . fool. He does not in
clude one person 10 that category. him.
self
Thai the average married man dis
likes marriage. He is all the time
yearning for another opportunity to
enter the sacred state.
That milk is . compound OF water,
chalk aud Sleeps stomach. Milk al
ways comes from the cow great way
from the COW.
That parents love their children be-
Gauss the little ones are so much like
themselves. That is Just what they
punish them for.
That the market is over rburdenei with
spring poetry. The waste basket cap
lures 90 much of il that very little OF il
comes in the market.
That railroads are intended for the
benefit Of corporations. They are in
tended fer the benefit of the people
the people who hold the majority oil
stock.
That Bob Ingersoll talks Christianity
for the sake Of his bread and butter
Bob never stoops to plain bread and
butter. His lectures pay too well for
that.
That brass band music is unpleasant
to the ear. We know Of 0 man who has
lived for years next dosr to q band
room and has never uttered one COM
plant in that time He is deaf mute.
That druggists are extortion&te in
their pr:ces. They pay su h high sa o.
ries TO their clsrks that they are forced
to sell their goods at one thou.and per
cent. above cost in order to make any
money for themselves.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-04
SENSE.

Praise makes O wise man uoi,s., q
fool arrogant
Wisdom and goodness , :,he vile
seem vile.
Who ever loved that loved no, 1T first
sigbtf
Though patience be tired mare yet
she will plod.
They that govern most make the
least noise.
People are known by the company
they keep.
Sin hath great many tools; bat lie
ID the handle that fits them all.
Use every man after his desert, aud
who should escape whippingf
Persons who do mean acts throw poi
son into their own well.
Prefer to be doer OF wisdom rather
than q professor Of it.
A clean glove very often hides dirty
hand.
The guarded aud twisted oak has Its
counterpart in the narrower and stunted
mind.
a man had better be poisoned in his
bjood than In his principles.
The most dissgreeable situation for q
man is to be unable to reconcile his
heart and conduct.
Those who come to you 10 talk about
others are the ones who 60 to othsrs 10
talk about you.
Every effect has its cause, and every
man must reap as he sows. TO thrive
or suffer 10 his actual desert.
Time 10 what We want most, but use
worst, and for which we must account
for when time is nc more.
Tolerance comes with age. see no
fault committed that myself could not
have committed some time or other.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-08-04
Notice Of Application to Purchase
Timber Land.

UNITED SgArKs DISTRICT LAND OFFroK,
OLYMPIA. WASHINGTON TERRrroRY.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT, IN COM.
IN pliance with the provisions of the Act Of Con-
gress approved June 8. 1878, emitted IAN Act for
the sale Of Timber Lands in the States Of Califos-
MIA. Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory, I"
Eddy Price, of Snohomish county, washing ngton Ter.
ritory, has this day led in this ONCE his appics-
ton to purchase tho SEA Of Section No. IT, In
Township No. SO North. Range No. East OF the
Willamette Meridian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the said
described land, or any portion thereof. are here
by required to file their claims In this Office with
In sixty 1901 days from date hereof.
Given under my hand. at my Office. in Oiympia,
W. T., this the 10Th day Of July, AID. 1881.
J. T. BROWN,
j23-l1w Register Of the Land Ofice.