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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08

Palatka Herald: "The car shops OF the
Florida Southern Railway, in this place. for
the first division, have been finished Dinen-
sions OF building 60x36 feet. The machine
shop IS also up and the construction Of the
round house and turn table will be commenced
Immediately. Seven box and twenty fat cars
are now being built In these shops which will
nave a carrying capacity of thirty
thousand pounds. nearly as much again as
that OF the broad gauge. The order for
nfty additional cars is now out and iron for
the same IS being turned out by the Tredigar
Works, at Richmond Va and will arrive here
about the latter part Of July or the LIST of Au-
gust. A number OF passenger, express and
oo2 cars VIII reach here at the same time
Ihe IRON on this road has been laid distance
OF twenty miles, and the trains are run-
ming daily. The following are the stations
along the line with distances from Palatka to
S5aiinesviile, viz To Francis miles; 10 Mac
johnson, q miles; 70 McMeekin, s6 miles; to
Waites' Crossing. 30 miles; to Magnesia
Springs, IS miles: 70 Perry, 3s miles; to Tarver,
% miles; 20 Gainesville. 50 miles"
Tallahassee FIoridian: There must he
some mistake about Mr. Kings immense al
legged ownership Of cattle. The Mirrors cor
resPondent credits him with the pos
session Of upwards OF 75,COJ head Nr
King returned cattle in 1880 in two
egunues only. one OF these Is Manatee.
where he resides, and in which he returns 5000
head OF cattle and two horses, the whole val
ued at S3.250 or a fraction over s. cents a
head the other county is Monroe, where the
return is 900, valued at S3OO). or 50 a head
Thus il is quite evident that either the CORES
pOndent of the Mirror or the tax books of
Manatee and Monroe do this so-called cattle
king great injustice Can the Mirror ex-
plainf III he owns the large numbers cred
tied to him, Why does not the fact appear
on the tax bOOksf On the other
hand, II his r-turn in the two counties OF 1000
head is an honest one, where is the sense in
calling him The Cattle King Of Florida, -
where there sre Others, ike f. A. Hendry. Of
Monroe, for example, who returns more than
thrice the numberg Another thing IN this con
nection requires explanation. Mr. Kings herd
of cattle, including two horses. are valued in
Manatee at the insignificant sum of ffty. iUe
cents q head. and in Monroe the value is 50.
Why this discrepancy; aud what sort Of a
system have we in operation which allows
such returns and such valuatlons?"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
A GRACEFUL ACT.
dent Garfield was a Compliment TO
Gen. Hancock.

Among the last official acts done by
President Garfield before the great ca
lamity fell upon him and the nation by
assassin hands was to place Assistant
Adjutant General James B. Fry upon
the retired list of the army. This re-
tirement makes Lieut.. Col. Robert
Williams. he who married the widow OF
Stephen A. Douglas, a full Colonel, and
promotes Major Thomas NJ. Vincent to
Lieutenant Colonelcy. To fill the
vacancy thus created, the President
makes Aide-de- Camp William G. Mitch
ell, on the staff of Maj. Gen. Hancock,
a Major in the Adjutant Generals De-
partment
The latter appointment was made by
the President upon the personal request
of General Hancock, and it is one OF the
most graceful acts the Chief Executive
has perfOrmed-aside from the fact that
there is no officer in the army more de
serving or better fitted for the position
than is Major Mitchell. Major Mitchell
has been constantly with General Han
cock from the early days of the war un
til the present time, his trusted friend
and able assistant.
While more favored general officer:
found no difficulty in securing field GnC
staff positions in the regular army FOL
their volunteer aids, the best that Han
cock could DO for Mitchell was to have
him appointed a Captain of Infantry
which has been his real rank since hi
appointment to the regular service IL
1866.
1t may be remembered that Genera
Hancock once wrote pleasantly to Presi
dent Hayes saying that he had no favor
to ask for himself, but that he woulC
like to have Capt. Mitchell made Majo
and Assistant Adjutant General. NJ
notice was taken of the request, though
during his term of Office President Haye
promoted to staff positions large mum
Der OF friends and relatives Of his wife
| family.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
AMERICAN BULL FIGHT.
The National Sport of the Sister Re-
public and Hts Popularity.

Correspondence st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The leader of the caudrilla, the great
Ponciano DiaZ, steps forward, cleaning
in satin and silver, with scarlet banner
in one hand and straight sword IN the
other. He is handsome, athletic young
fellow of twenty.seven, with bright eyes
and cleaning white teeth, and his jet
black hair tied up in a pigtaiI. lie
waves his banner at the bull, which
charges at him; another wave and anoth-
er charge, but as the bull rushes by he
takes downward thrust from the sword
so quick that the eye can scarcely follow
it, but we see the sword red with blood
for two feet of its length. Diaz turns
away carelessly without looking at his
victim. He knows that thrust went to
the bulls heart, and the bull knows it.
He stands still, humps up his back,
hiccOughs in a helpless way, falls on
his knees, sinks to the ground. A
butcher steps up, plunges short knife
into the spinal cord, and the bull is
dead. The band strikes up a lively air,
three etblack mules with nodding
plumes and hitched abreast are driven
in, and they drag out the carcass with a
clown sitting on its ribs. Five fine bulls
were killed that afternoon, with but lit
tie to vary the programme. The most
attractive variation was when Diaz came
out on horseback, riding bareback a
beautiful black horse, which he gallOped
by the bull at full speed, and as he pass
ed, before the clumsy brute could reach
him, he leaned over and planted his
banderillos with unerring accuracy in
the bulls neck. 1t was a magnificent
feat and deserved the applause it receiv-
ed. Another one of the band stood in
front of the bull with lance, and when
the bull charged he ran at him
instead of away from him, and
trying little pole vaulting, cleared the
animal at bound. All of the bulls tried
to Jump over the barriers, but in vain,
all of them tried to butt down the shell
ters, which were placed at equal dis
tances around the ring, and behind which
the tormentors retired when hard press
ed. Once bull got his horns caught in
the thick leather armOr of horse and
remained helpless prisoner. A lassa-
| dor threw his lasso over the horses head,
and, galloping away, jerked the horse
| ten feet away with the sudden vigor of a
country dentist pulling out back tooth.
Hats were thrown into the ring in recOg-
milton of special feats of pluck and dar-
ing, and 5000 spectators evidently en-
ioyed and appreciated the cruel sport,
! and it is very popular.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
Accidental Death of a Young Bride.
San Francisco Cal.


One of the saddest tragedies imagina-
Bile in real life transplred in this city a
few days ago. A beautiful girl, by name
Kitturah j. Horn. had for some time
been engaged to William F. Oliver, a
young man well known in San Fran
cisco. For reasons best known to the
contracting parties it was deemed advisa-
bic to have quiet wedding at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, and subse-
quently to give a general reception to
their friends by way of surprise. The
happy day arrived, and the ceremony
was none the less solemn because
performed privately. This was upon
the 9th of June, and it was ar
ranged that the reception should take
place this week. Invitation lists were
made out, and pleasant time antici-
pated. In the fore part of last week the
young wife visited her husband at his
Office down town, and after remaining
some time together they started to de
scend the steep stairs that lead to the
ground floor AS Mrs. Oliver reached
the top of the flight she entangled the heel
of her shoe in her skirt, and, losing her
balance, fell heavily, and rolled down
the stairs until caught by her husband,
who had preceded her a short dis
tance. Although severely shocked
by the fall, she was enabled to
reach home with her husbands as
sistance. Symptoms of serious internal
injuries soon made their appearance, aud
the unfortunate lady sank, until, on Sun
day, every hope was given up and her
favorite sister was summoned from Mon
terey. 1t was the heartfelt prayer of the
dying girl that she might die in her sis
ters arms, but her prayers were moi
answered, for she expired two hours be
fore the expected one arrived. The first
intimation that many of the friends oi
the young lady had heard of her mar
riage or death was conveyed through the
medium of Tuesdays papers, wherein
both the marriage and funeral notices
appear.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
A Pretty Bird Story from Michigan

Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
While strolling through the woods at
Goguan lake recently l suddenly
came across half a dozen birds of
the variety known as brown thrush or
mocking bird. They were all busy
working at some object ON the ground,
and did not notice my intruding till l
was upon them, when, with shrill cry
they flew off a short distance, and
perched on the trees to watch my move
ments. Having my curiosity aroused I
went to examine what | supposed was a
nest of young birds, when to my sur
prise found the dead body of female
thrush, which had been killed by shot
from some hunters gun, and had fallen
where it lay. The birds which noticed
about it had been covering it over with
leaves, sticks, little tufts of grass, ETC.,
until only its feet stuck out Immedi-
ately the story of the Babes in the
Wood" covered with leaves by robins
came to my mind, and all seemed real
as the time when in childhood | read
the story and believed it to be true.
Anxious to see what the birds would
do, l stepped back of a large tree
to little distance and watched them.
Slowly the birds came back one by one,
and continued the work of burying the
dead bird While engaged hopping
about after leaves and grass, they would
chirp in a low, melancholy key, what
took to be the dirge notes of the little
birds funeral. did not have it in my
heart to disturb them, and watched them
ut their labors for full half hour, at the
end of which time the dead bird was
completely buried.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
BRITISH TOPICS.
MIR. Gladstone misrepresentation
Railway Carriage Murder.

LONDON, July IA special dispatch from
New York says Mr.. Gladstone is criticised
for suggesting in the House of Commons
that the shooting of President Garfield was
the result of a political conspiracy. Mr..
Gladstone made such suggestion public
ly nor, so far as known here, privately.
What he did say In the House of Commons
on Monday In response to Sir Stafford North
cote's inquiry, whether the government could
communicate anything touching the terri
Bile and atroeious crime, was simply that he
was not surprised that question should be
| asked In regard to the outrage, the charac-
ter of which was such as to attract the at
tention OF the whole civilized world, and
which so greatly affects the feelings and
welfare OF a nation not only friendly to
| England but growing more friendly yearly.
The Coroner's inquest In the case of T. j.
Gold, recently murdered on the Brighton
Railroad, was concluded to-day and resulted
| in verdict charging LEROY with the mUr-
der. LEROY has not yet been captured.
1t is now stated that Mr.. Bradlaugh will
not attempt to enter the House of Com
mons until the land bill is passed.
The contract price at which the bank
| ers take the new Italian loan is about 81.
1t is expected that the loan will be offered
ito the public at S915.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
Railroad from Union Point to San
derSYille.
CorresDondence Athens Banner.

LOTTeSDOuucflCC AthehS b0fAteI.
Mr. ED1ToR-The project of arailway
from Union Point, on the Georgia Rail-
road. TO Sandersville, on the Central,
passing through White Plains, in Greene,
Sparta. in Hancock, with two or three
other places of minor note, has been dis
cussed in a desultOry, speculative sort
of wav for a number of years. but from
various causes has ended in nothing
more practical than in surveying the
route. We think the time has now ar
rived when, by proper effort, the road
may be constructed.
The feasibility of its construction has
never been a subject of debate, as, by
the report of the surveyor. ''the road
can be built at cheaper rate than any
line of the same length in Middle GeOr-
gia, " no point in its entire length of nifty
miles presenting a single obstacle to
engineering skill"
With the Northeastern completed to
Babun Gap. and meeting the Knoxville
Road, nothing further is needed to bring
Savannah in communication with the
West than this short gap of fifty miles,
from Union Point to Sandersville, while
the section of country through which it
NOulu pass liAospCAoNo am hiSA4f ="
vOred naturally, would, under this de-
velOpment, become the garden of the
State, and briag to Athens and Savsn-
nah patronage which would add fifty
per cent TO their material worth.
These two points, Athens and Savan-
nah, are sufficiently interested in this
project to build it single handed, but if
they will only cooperate literally with
the immediate patrons of the road, those
directly on the line will ask nothing
more.
Mr.. Editor, take down your map, ex-
anime the situation to the bottom. give
the country the result of your retiec-
tiOns, and let US unite and build the
road. Just this one link more is needed
to perfect the chain of the Georgia rail
road system. WHITE PLAINS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Features of the Paget HIggs Svs-
tem-A Serious Matter for the Gas
Companies.
Neg York Euenfmo Post.

NeA0 YORK Evening Post.
The first definite offer to supply the
electric light in houses at cost far
below that of gas is now made by the
Paget Higgs Electric Light and Power
Company. of this city. DR.. Higgs is an
English electrician. who for ten years
was associated with Wheatstone, and is
the author of standard work on electric
lighting. The novelty of his system, which
is similar to that used by Faure, and re-
Gently tested in England, consists IN
storing electricity from weak current
from ordinary batteries. A current
from small battery may not be strong
enough to furnish light, but if the whole
power of the current during twenty four
hours can be concentrated into four or
five hours. it is quite sufficient for light
ing purposes. The means by which
such storing of electricity is effected are
kept secret by DR.. Higgs, and are not
fully explained in the dispatches from
Europe describing Faure's process.
The power is stored in what Dr. Higgs
calls his secondary battery, the weak,
permanent battery constantly pump
ing electricity into the secondary
battery to be used when wanted.
DR.. Higgs' lamp is small arc lamp, in
which the carbOns-or what are called
carbons, notwithstanding that their COM
position is as yet secret-burn when al
/ most touching each other. The wearing
away of the carbon is slow, one set last
ing week and being replaced in half
minute. The whole plant for the pro-
duction of electricity for private house
can be stored in box in the corner OF
the cellar, and need give no more trou-
BILE than the battery now used in many
houses for the burglar alarm.
The offer made by this company is as
follows: The plant and lamps will be
placed in the house of any responsible
person and put in working order. No
pavment will be asked until the end of
| a month, and if at that time it is found
that the cost of running the light, to-
gether with the interest ON the cost of the
plant, is more than the amount of light
furnished would cost at the rate of sew
enty-five cents for thousand feet of
gas. the company will take back the ap-
paratus. The company is now making
the lamps in large quantities, and will
light up their offices at No. 30 East
Twenty third street within the next ten
days The chemicals necessary to keep
up the energy of the batteries are in
expensive; no engine and no dynamo
machines are required; there is no dan
ger of any interruption in the light.
The lamp is so arranged that 1t can be
turned up or down from the faintest
flicker to a power double that OF the
best gas burner.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
MEN NTH TAILS.
Darwin vindicated a wonderfuI
9 Discovery in Brazil.

In Maranham, province of the en-
pire of Brazil at plantation of Mr.. 8.
Viera, a well was being dug down by bis
negroes. When they had dug down to the
lower bed of the tertiary strata they came
upon some bones which appeared pecu-
liar to them. They sent to the house
for their master, who, upon seeing them,
eomprehended theimportance OF the dis
covery at such depth. He Immediately
ordered the work stopped and sent to the
city of Maranham for Drs. Brandao,
Sogner. Barbosa and Jansen Penelra,
who, after studying the subject, agreed
that they were human bones ia fossil
state.
They repaired to the place, and, after
twentY-four hours labor in eXcavating,
succeeded IN taking out a complete
skeleton Without the loss of the least
PARTICLE. The skeleton is of colossal
dimensions, measuring eight feet and
three inches in height And what is more
extraordinary is the prolongation of the
dorsal spine more than twenty inches.
If this skeleton does not belong to an in
diyidual who had such deformity, then
we have the most brilliant confirmation
of the doctrine of Darwin. What Is
necessary Ifow is TO continue the ex-
cavation and discover another skeleton,
and at once the great scientific problem
of man is solved. What this discovery
has already absolutely solved is the ex-
istence of man before the tertiary epoch.
To what nation, then, does this skeleton
belong? Can it belong to any nation of
the red men who inhabited South
America at the time of its discovery
Or can it belong to any nation extinct
before that epoch? All corroborate the
latter hypothesis. Extensive investiga-
ton will yet one day give to humsnity
the solution of these problems. The
whole skeleton has been brought to Ma.
ior Polycaroo Pinheiro to be prepared
for exhibition. 1t Is to be sent to the
museum at Rio de Janeiro, with box
of the clay In which it was buried, as a
/ cYNooitl3 on.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
Florida Affairs.

The Tampa Progress and St. Augustine Press
are in favor OF a Press Association for Florida.
Palstka Herald: "A large logging camp has
t,san established at Sweerwauer Branch, on the
Florida Southern Railway The stables have
bseu built and TWENTY-FIVE mule teams are en-
gased in hauling saw logs"
Tallahassee FVOrididH: I'VE learn thai
chicken cholera has appeared among the pOul
try in some parts Of this county An almost
infsllibIe remedy for this malady IS q decoctlon
OF red oak bark TO be used IN mixing the food
This Is also one OF the best aud most available
remedies for summer complaint IN chlldren,
as well as for cholera mOFbuS-
Jacksonville U-nfOn: IAN escaped negro con
Vict by the name or Shells was arrested near
EHterprise about two weeks ago, after rob0ing
q store at Orange City, ami lodged IN jail. A
few DAYS since he attempted to make his
escape by burning hole in the wall OF the
isiI but the fire threatened TO burn him as
well as the Jail, and he set up howl that soon
brought assistance. The fire was extinguished
and the prisoner started on his journey TO
McClenny 8 camp
PiRe Level correspondence Of the WdHGtee
Nelrs: I've had little excitement to day.
George CasOn overlook Bailey, who had
bought q horse under false pretences near
LeesbuI g.sn1 brought him before Justice Barn
hill. While Cascn was getting the warrant for
his arrest Bailey and his attorney were busy at
work and when Bailey was wanted he was not
mere, but the attorney had a new saddle that
- ley mad bought on twelve months time.
CasQn ieIt thls evening with . broad smile, and
elAa mat &c got his horse, if he did not get
justice"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08

The Australian census, of which the
approximate results were made known
early in May, has surprised and disap-
pointed the people of Victoria, who find
themselves less numerous by more than
100, 900 than they had supposed them
selves to be. The total population of
Victoria is 655, 796. Allowing for the
natural increase by births, the statistics
reveal an actual loss of q, 900 during the
decade, and it is furthermore en-
tirely among the male population. This
state of affairs revealed by the cen
sus has provoked expressions of discon-
tent throughout the colony. A CORE
spondent of the London Globe says that
the most obvious cause is the faulty sys-
TEN of land legislation, which tempts a
poor man to settle on the land though he
may have no capital and no experience
in farming or grazing. After few
years of miserable existence his discon-
tent urges him to remove to some other
colony where the land laws are still more
liberal, in the hope of bettering his con-
dition. 1t is supposed that New South
Wales has absorbed the larger part of
the population which Victoria ought to
have retained.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08
The French Programme in Northern
Africa.

LONDON. july lie Soir, of Paris, re-
ferring to the Havas Agency's denial of the
Morning foSt's statements that France in
tends to mobilize 120, 600 men, and ask the
Chamber for credits for their dispatch and
the employment Of the same for three
months, saws: 1.-The news, which is denied,
is in the necessity of the situation, and,
though perhaps exaggerated in form, ought
to be true in principle. There may not be
10000 men required, but it is evident
that General Saussier cannot expect any
result in Algeria without a large rein
forcement.
The Post, in leading article, refused to
accept the denial in preference to the au-
thority upon which it made its statements,
and says "The recent French explanations
and denials regarding the designs in North
ern Africa are too well remembered to allow
the world 10 credit smooth assurances In
contradiction to the whole bearing and &C
tion of the French authorities at home and
In African
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-08

The protection organs, with all their
noisy bOssting about the permanency Of
their extOrtiOn system in the United
States, are evidently getting nervous.
Every few days they reveal their anxiety
about the growing vitality of the move
ment against the existing tariff. The fall
lacies of their arguments have been
thoroughly exposed, and it is apparent
that the true course for all who desire to
have the unlawful restrictions removed
from commerce. is to combine and urge
a relentless warfare againsttha infamous
legislation which has created a special
class empowered to levy tribute on their
fellow citizens. If this is only done in
earnest the present system of extOrtion
will soon be replaced by a tariff for re-
venue only, under which import duties,
levied at a moderate rate, will go into
the Federal Treasury, instead of the
Golfers of a protected class.-haHsds
CEfV Times.