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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

Ills beau-eous night; the stars look brightly
dowu
No light CLEANS at the window save my own
Which caves lis cheer 90 m cnizht and 10 me
Aud now with noi>e.ess step. sweet Memory
comes
And leads me gently through her twilight
realms.
What poets tunefaI lyre has ever sung,
or delicate penci. e'er portrayed.
Tie enchanted shatO1y 3 land where Memory
To has irs valleys. cheerless. lone and drear.
Dalkshsded by the meurnful cypress tree:
and et IT, stIl--ir mountain tops are batLei
In heavens oWu blue Upon it, craggy cliffs,
kOUef in rUa dreamy light Of dis ant ears,
Are clustered JOYS serene Of other DAYS.
Upon its gentle ~lopiuC hillside bend
The weeping willow DER the sac eel dust
Of dear departed ones; AMI Vet in that land,
Where 'sr our f0ots;eus fan upon the shore
They that Were sleeping riss from out the dust
OF deah's long. silent years, and round Us
stand,
Aserst thev ,lid Fefore The rrisou-tomb
Received their clay within ITS vOIreless halls.
The heavens that bend above that land are
hung
with clouds Of various hues; some dark and
CHI l
Surcbarced with sorroa. cast their sombre
shade
Upon n sunny. JOYOUS lau7 o. low.
Others are q atiHg through the dreamy air.
White as thr tai. ing snow. their margins tinged
With Eoli and crims0led hues, their shadows
Upon tho fnwery meafs and sunny slopes.
Soft as the shadow Of an Angels wins.
When the rough battle of The day l. done.
And evenings peace falls gently on the heart,
! bound away across he noisy years
Unto Tie utmost verge of MrmoFy's land.
Where earth and sky dreamy distance meet.
And Memory, dim. v ith dark oblivion joins:
Where woke the first-remembered soHEds that
fen
Upon the ear in chH5hood's early morn:
And wandering thence LlpuE the rolling years
7 see the shadow 0f my former s-lf
Gii-ius from chil hood up to mans estate.
Ihe r7+r youth winds down through many
vale.
AuI CA tae Drink OF many 6read abyss,
From ont whose darkness comes no ray OF
light.
save THAT phantom dances Ger the gulf
Aud h@c-9Us toward the verge. Again the
path
LEAH, Cd rr a summit where Sunbeams fall;
And thuS IN light and shade. sunshine and
gloom,
sorrow and JOY, this life-nath leads along
JAMES a GARFIELD.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
A WOMAN SHOOTS A BURGLAR.
Tragedy at an Indiana Toll Gate.


The toll gate on the Greenwood and
E anklin pike Is a half mile south of
Greenwood, and about a quarter of a
mile from any neighbor The toll gate
IS kept by lady named Mollie Hurt.
she IS hardworking woman, and is
trying to support herself and four chill
dren by adding to her pay as toll keeper
the small pay which she receives from
"saSnIng done Tor persons living near by.
ABOUT year ago Mrs Hurt was startled
IN the night by the presence in her house
OF burglar. She was seized honnd
win cords. gagged, all her money taken
from her. and left TO the mercy of tho
first traveller who might chance alone
\" trace was ever obtained of the rohber.
Suce this robbery Mrs. Hurt has kent
two dogs in her room, one of them a
savage and trusty watch dog.
Friday night at midnight she was
awakened by the barking of these dogs.
The house stands east and west facing
the road on the east. There is door
entrance on the east from the road. and
one on the north from the well. About
two feet from this door there is win
dow, and after Mrs Hurt was aroused
by the barking of the dogs, she got up
and started toward the door, when one
OF the panes of glass of this window
came crashing in. Then she heard
noise at the door. She asked, What is
wanting?' A gruff voice replied: make
the dogs stop barking and | will tell you
what is wanting" Then he said:
Get all the money yoa have got and
hand it out of this window, or we will
come in and kill you and your children"
She went and got all the money she had,
amounting to s. ~, and handed it to
him She put her head out through
the window To get sight of him, when
he said: God damn you, stick your
head back" and cursed her for the
smallness of the amount she had given
him. The robber insisted that she had
more. and he wanted it, but she assured
him that he had all she had
Then he said, Give me that revolver
you have got in there Mrs Hurt re.
piled. You shall have it." She pro
cured the revolver, and, as she held it in
her hand, she determined that he should
not have it until it was empty. Stand
ing by the door of the room, some twelve
feet from where the robber was. she
aimed the revolver in the dark toward
the voice and fired through the door
Then she instantly fired again. All
was still She was lst ready to fire the
thHd and last shot when her little son,
remembering that there were only three
charges IN the revolver, said
"Oh. mother. save the last shot; he
may Try to get in"
She acted oa his suggestion and wait
ed few moments TO hear the sound Of
his movements No sound came. when
she opened the south window and put
Willie, her second boy, out OF it, ard
told him to 60 to Mr.. Singles and tell
them about il.
When the gentleman and boy returned
Mrs. Hurt told themlo 90 around to the
north door and see if they could see any
thing. There lay the robber weltering
in his blood
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
A DISASTROUS DEFEAT.
AFOOB KHAN ROUTS THEAMERR.
Wholesale DesertIOns TO the Insur-
gent Chief-The Rulers Forces In
Full Retreat.

LONDON, July 2S.-The Globe save: I'VE
are officially Informed that a report has
reached the India Office, representing that
the army of the Ameer OF Afghanistan has
been completely defeated by the forces
under Ayoob Khan" The same journal
learns from another source that serious
troubles will arise In consequence OF the
defeat Of the Ameer, and that the Indian
Government is greatly concerned at the
gravity Of the situation.
The Viceroy of Iodia telegraphed that
the Ameer OF Afghsnistan has been totally
defeated at Karezi, after losing all his bag
gage and eighteen guns. A Khelat regi-
ment and his Csndahar Horse deserted to
Ayoob Khan. The Ameer's General fled to
wards Cabul. Sirdar Sham Suddin ia still
at Candahar with four hundred Cabulese
and some police.
In the House of Commons Tonight, Mr.
Gladstone, replying to Sir Stafford North
co'e, read telegram confirming the report
of the defeat of the Ameer He stated that
there Was an Anglo Indian force In the
neighborhOod OF CandAhar.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
BRAVE KATE SHELLY.
An Iowa GRIPS PerilOus Trip Across
Bridge Through Night and orm
TO Save n Train.
Oqden Ioral Reporter. JuIu 1s.

Oqden (iOUd) Reporter, july 16
On last Wednesday night, when o Neill
DOnahue and O!mstead went down TO
death. a noble girl, but fifteen Neais of
age, was watching and praying for those
whose duty called them out over the
railroad in the fearful storm. Kate
Shelly, whose father was killed on The
railroad some years ago, lives with her
mother Just on the east side OF the river.
and nearly opposite where the engine
made the fatal plunge aud DOnahue aud
Oimstead lost their lives. Miss Shelly
and her mother heard the crash. and.
realizing what had happened, Kate took
lantern and. amid The hurricane of
wind, tie deluge of wafer, the incessant
glare of the lightning and peal after peal
of thunder. left her home and started
for the wrt OK. Her light soon went out.
but she felt her way through the woods
and fallen tiIhbers to the edge of The
dashing waters that covered the drowned
men. She could hear, above the roar of
the tempest, the voice Of Wood. the en-
gineer. who had caught in tree top.
She knew that the express, with its load
of passengers, was nearly due, and none
to warn them Of their danger She, "a
young girl, was the only living being
who could prevent an awful ca'asirO-
phe. The telegraph office at Moipgo-
na or Boone was the only place
where she could notify the officers. To
Boone was five miles over hills and
through the woods, aud before she could
get there the express would have passed.
To MoingOna was only mile, but he
tween here and MongOna was the Des
MONIES river ten or fifteen feet above its
natural height, and TO cross this she
must pass over the railroad bridge. fifty
feet above the rushing waters. She
must Cross this bridge, four hundred
feet long, with nothing but the ties and
rails, the wind blowing a gale, and the
foamlpg, seething, muddy waters be.
meath. Not one man in thousand but
would have shrunk from such a task.
Not one man in five hundred would have
gone over at any price or under any
circumstances. But this brave, noble
girl, with the nerve of giant, gathered
about her her flowing skirts, and on
hands and knees Crawled over the long,
weary bridge. Tie after tie was passed.
1t was time for the express train to come
dashing over the bridge, and to hnrl her
down to death amid the dark and muddy
waters Of the rushing, roaring river.
The blood from her larcerated knees has
stained her dress, but she does not falfer.
She reaches the shore. and the remaining
half mile she flies almost. to The tele-
graph office. Breathess, and i'm broken
accents, she tells her tale of death and
destruction, and faiuts in the arms of
the hystanders. The wires were set at
work and q more horrible dis lster
averted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
The Internal MachIne.

WAsHINGT N, July 2S-The Secretary Of
the Treasury to day addr' S ed a commuulc2-
zion to the Collectors of Customs at Boston
and New York, from which ports the alleged
Internal machines aud comhusHbles which
recently arrived at Liverpool, were shipped.
The letter. contained instructions 10 use
every endesvDr TO asctr ain the name Of the
consigne, of the packages. The Secretary,
duriI z a conversation to-day, said that
white it may be impossible to ascertain di-
rectly the lame Of the person. H. h lpes to
di-cover a clue which msy lead to the dc
lection OF the guilty one.
BcsToN, July IS The Deputy Collector
states hat it is impossible, by the keenest
scrutiny Of the manifpsts, to either detect
the persons who shipped the internal ms-
chimes or 10 prevent tu ure shipments. 1he
ste m50at authorities are on the alert, and
are doing al in heir power to discover the
authors CT the late importation
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

A wealthy landowner at Gonesse,
France, has founded upon his estate a
private asylum for superannuated ami
mails, which, except for his prott ction,
would perish of neglect. Many of the
inmates of this strange establishment
have attained extraordinary ages; d,
the figures representing the number Of
their years, which their benefactor care
fully records, severely tax credulity.
The patriarch of the family is mule IN
his seventythird year; next come COW
thirty-six years old. pig of twenty.
seven, and goat of eighteen summers.
In the quarters assigned to fowls the
visitor is introduced to a goose in its
thirty-eighth year, whose paunch touches
the ground, and whose feet are dis
figured by countless warts. In the
aviary are sparrow in his thirty second
year, and bulfnch reputed to be
Iwentyeight years old Young and
frolcsome creatures need not apply for
admittance to this asylum, for only the
aged are received.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
FLASHES FROM ATLANTA,
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Long Session CertaIn-The Rail.
road BilI-SalarV of the Governor
and Judges-A Number of Measures
Passed-FataI Accident.

ATLANTA, GA Jaly 2S The House re-
fused to reconsider its action on the
amendment to the distress warrant bill, and
after a renewed discussion the bill was re-
committed to the Agricultural Committee.
The bill making the liquor license in Ei-
fngham county five thousand dollars was
passed.
Also, the bill making the liquor license in
Scriven county ten thousand dollars.
AlsO, the till repeating the act consolI-
dating the offi,e of Couaty Treasurer and
Clerk of the Superior Court OF Webster
county.
Also, the bill amending the act creating
a Board Of Commissioners for the same
county.
Also, the bill charteriug the Savannah
Storage Company, as amended by Mr..
Basinger, with a liability clause.
Also, the bill exempting licensed pilots
and their boat keepers from jury duty.
Also, the bill allowing Glynn county to
issue new bonds, to refund cid ones aud
paw IFS floating debt
A'so, the bill prohibiting the sale OF
liquor 10 LOwndes county.
Alfo, similar bill for DoOlev county.
Also, a hill Incorporating the Planters
Banking, Warehouse aud Commission Com
pany OF Camilla.
A number of bills were put on their
SIC nj rtGdirg.
A bill for protecting children from de.
mOraliziug Influences was lost as imprac.
ticable
Numerous local bills were passed or lost,
but they are not OF general interest.
There was another call of counties for
new business in the morning, and the pros
poets for long session grow clearer every
dav.
The railroad bill is bound to create
lively and extended debate.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate again took up the bill pro-
vidiDg for the payment of insolvent costs to
Solicitors General, and passed it In the
shape Of a substitute.
Also, the bill regulating the fees of Ordi-
naries. Also, the bill exempting dentists
from jury duty.
The following new bills were introduced
Bv Mr.. Guerry-AmeDdlng the oath OF
claimants.
BY Mr.. Winn-Providng for the amerd-
ment OF cOrpOr .tion charters.
By Mr.. Gorman-Amending section 4l51
of the Code.
BY Mr.. Carter-For enlarging the educa--
tiOnal facilities of the State Universitv.
The bill increasing the salaries Of Judges
and the Governor was made the special
order for Tuesday
Private James Reed, of the Fifth Artil-
lery. was thrown from an army wagon on
Peters street to-day and killed. He was
a native Of Boston.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
FRENCH POLITICS.
why the General Elections are to be
Bzastened.

LONDON, July 2S The Paris correspond
fastening the date OF the general elections is
that the Governor Of Algeria snt conf len
tial reports to Paris to the effect that seri
Gus iusurrection might be exp c;ed to
break out in 8 SEPTEMBER. A great effort
would then have to be made,
md formidable army sent to
Africa, perhaps the mobiHz alton of the
army wou even be necessary. 10 short. it
would be netdful to take rapid and decisive
steps, which might cause uueasiness amorg
the electors. This report made the govern
ment alter the date of the elections, as, If in
September the country is confronted with
serious African campaign, the elections
might be seriously compromised and a for
midable argument afforded to the opposi-
tion -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

A BAPTISM AND A TRAGEDY A ter
rble accident happened at Suresnes.
France, on Thursday last in the house of
the famous mil.iner Worth. The family
were celebrating the baptism of the
youngest child of Worth junior. The
sister of Madame Worth. a young girl of
eighteen, had come from Pau to be god
mo- her 10 the child. After dinner this
young person went up stairs to her bed
room to change her silk dress for
muslin one; candle set fire to the
muslin, and before help could arrive the
girl was terribly burnt, and death ensued
after a quarter Of an hour of terrible suf-
teTing
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
SaraiOgn Races.

SARATOGA, July 2S.-TCe rain made the
track heavy.
The first race, three quarters of mile,
was won by Sir Hugh. Victim second, Ga
briel third. Time l:1S15.
The second race, the spinaway stakes,
five eighths of mile, MementO first, Night
cap second. N'scoolasa third. Time :O6.
he third rsce, a free handicap sweep
stakes. one mite and five furlones, FeIiiea
won, VIII retO s,cond, Wind Rush third.
Time 2:5S15.
The fourth race, a selling race, one mile,
Governor Hampton won, KNIGHT Temp!ar
seeoLd, Potomac third. Time 1:47.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

duced to invest in these bonds and get plsts of
water and swamp lands that v i'll never do them
any good Interpretations Of great land Com-
PAM in this SAFE sh uld be watched. The
leacers have little or TO interest in develop
ment. Their OBJECT is to enrich themselves at
the expense of The public ami there is no
Stronger evidence of this tn n the fact of the
Okescho6ee Company pushing their bonds on
The market Sure enough, the land company
might wait until it could give some evidence Of
the successful draining of the lands
Jacksonville Union: Mr.. S Fairbanks
agent Board of Immigration, has received
some fine specimens of silk cOcoons-white
light yellow and bright yellow These were
raissd ry Mr. d. Millspaugh. at New Berlin a
few miles below Jacksonville. There is no
q e, ton but that every thing favors success in
silk raising The mulberry grows rapidly. and
IS not sUtject to destruction by cold. heat
drought wet or insects; it will grow as rapidly
from cuttings the grape ss the potato
from slips It's foliage is so abundant that it
Is easy 10 feed two crops Of worms in single
season. he cOcoons command alWavs ready
cash market, and the labor is so light that the
most delicate and young can erfOrm it. Amy
ordinary land will answer to plant the null
berry; ground k pit clean about the tree or
slip the first year after that the tree will take
care OF itself
The Journal states that Captain J. F.
LeBa-on. United States Assistant Engineer,
and party arrived in Cedar Key on thr ISL h
instant from Punta Rassa where they have
been ergag ged for four months making surveys
for United States ship canal to connect the
st Johns with the waters of the Gulf Caot9in
I-eBarOn was charged with the examination
and photographic survey of the Trola Ap pka
river Peace c eek, and the CaloOsahatchie
RIVER to and through Lake OkeechObee. Also.
with the surrey Of line to connect the head
I of the Trol4 Ap pka river with the j In 5
at Lake Winda via Lakes Streety, Livingston,
LOchapopka and Istapega Yoxra. This work
havug been c-mpleted to the extent of the
appropri 4tion, the party is on it, return.
They have carefully sounded the Caloosahat-
chic to and through Lake Flint from san Carlos
Bay and the other streams before mentioned.
The Captain reports finding a more feasible
and less costly route than has yet been sur
veyed, requiring not more than one lock for
the entire length of the canal and it is possible
that after the data obtained has been carefully
elaborated, that even thus single lock may he
dispensed with
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
The Cnnhuhnh Meo1tnm

LONDON, July 2S The race for the Good
wood cup, distance two and half miles,
was won by Mr.. Perkins six-year old bay
mare Madame Dubarry, Mr.. Craven's Not
tingham second, Mr.. Gretton's Fernando z
third
The racing stakes, for three-vear olds, one
colt Privateer, Mr.. LOTillard's Passaic
second. Mr.. Chsplin's Wandering Nun
third. Five ran.
The Singleton stake, one mile, was won
by Mr.. Lefrever's three year -old chestnut
colt Trysting, Mr.. Lorlllard's Barrett second,
Mr.. Ingram's Rose third. Four ran.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

SLIGHTLY MINED. Two babies were
born in the same house at Oakland, Ten
nessee. The mothers were sisters, close
ly resembling each other, and the infants
were both girls. In the excitement of
the occasion the little ones got mixed,
and this happened before they had been
dressed, or in any other way marked for
identification. There seems to be no way
out of the.uncertainty. for three months
have passed without developing any re-
semblance to the father in either Cas-
aud if the children grow up, as they
seem likely to, with the physical charac
teristics of their mothers, nobody will
ever know their exact parentage The
present agreement is to decide the us
ton by lot.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

PARIS, July 2S "A telegram from Tunis
announces that fifteen hundred Arabs have
advanced to Radeuss, kilometres from
Goletts. -Four Europeans and three Arats s
have been murdered on the road to Tunis.
There is great excitement. The Bey has
ordered the removal of the bridge OF boats
between Goetta aud Rldeuss. a de'ach-
ment OF French troops IS making recoT
noisauce, and the dispatch says the Arabs
can be seen within four miles Of Tunis.
There is great alarm. Many Of The shops
are closed
TUNIs, July IS The Arabs have left this
vicinity, aud the panic has subsided, but
the greatest anxiety prevails concerning the
safety of the Europeans in the interior.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
Nnted Mormon Numbered.

CHICAGO, July % A special from San
Francisco says: "News has been received
here that Bishop Philip Kliner Smith. at
one time OF high standing, and influence in
he Mormon Church aud ihe exp0ser Of the
Mountain Meadow massacre, and psrsici
pant therein. Is dead. His body was found
in prospect hole in Sonora, Mexico, under
circumstances indicatiT murder. Bishop
Smith has died as he expected. After con
victing John d Lee of the Mountain
Meadow massacre be said L know the
church will kill me sooner or later. l. Is
ouly question of time Af;er return ing
from he trial, by order of the church his
wife left him, and he started south and
lived in Ariz ma. In that Territory two at
empts were made to kill him."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

New Y RK Ju'y % The stock market
opened strong, aid continued to advance
throughout almost the entire day. There
were occasional slight reactions, bu5 the
general tendency was in the direction of
higher prices, aud a the close quotations
were al or rear the highest points touched,
the Improvement from yesterday ranging
frt m % to per cent, th- latter In Memphis
and Charleston, Metropolitan E!evat, d,
Western Union, Nil uTi Pacific, Denver
and Rio Grande, aud u lion Pacific Grang
er and Coal shares were also prominent in
the advsnce. The strength of speculation
wa due to the report that the rel 1ad war
had been brought to an end, which caused
the "short" interest to cover. Sales argre-
gated 502, AL shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29

GENERAL SHERMAN ON THE ANXIOUS
SEAT-General Sherman is in the field
a year ahead of lime, protesting against
the Preside is right to put him on the
retired list of the army. Because the
bill cheating the Office of General has no
special provision for retirement General
Sherman thinks he is entitled to con-
tinue in office under full pay during life.
This is mere quibble. however. The
law provides that all commissioned off
GERS of the army and navy, who shall
have served certain number of years,
or shall have attained a certain age
sixty-two-may be retired at the option
of the President st. Louis Globe Demo
cTat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-29
A MINER FooD FOR RATTLEsNAKEs :


A lady IN HoutZdale communicates the
following remarkable story TO her par
ents in this place: A Swede miner of
that place Oa Sunday last went upon the
mountain to gather whortleberries Not
returning home in due time search was
made for him, when he was found dead,
with innumerable rattlesnakes fastened
to and feeding upon his body The
searching party had much difficulty in
dislodging the snakes so as to recover
the body, and then only succeeded d after
building fire around them and the free
use of firearms. The man in the search
of berries had evidently invaded one of
the haunts of these dangerous reptiles.
who usually gather in mass to chosen To-
calities, and fell victim TO their united
lts.-ALtOOhG ECehjnq CdU