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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

A TERRIBLE DEATH AT UpperVille,
Va, last Monday night, Mr.. B. +. Con-
rad, a well known merchant of that
place, having returned from his store,
he and his wife, Mrs Lizzie Conrad, who
was carrying lamp, were ascending the
stairway preparing to retire. Mr.. Con-
rad had just reached the landing when
he heard a scream, and on looking
around, he was Mortified to see his wife
lying at the foot of the stairs in blaze,
the lamp having exploded and the ignited
oil flying all over her, having wrapped
her in flames in an instant. Mr. Conrad
and his niece, Miss Fannie Byrne, ran to
her assistance at ONCE, but he being
cripple and Miss Byrne being palsied
with fright, were scarcely able to do
anything. Mrs Conrad's screams soon
brought two young men from a store
near by, who broke upon the door and
attempted to catch her, but she sprang
by them into the yard and endeavored to
bury herself in the snow, her shrieks
and cries being most pitiable. The
young men soon extinguished the flames,
but not until nearly every particle of her
clothing was burned off and she was al
most roasted alive. A blanket was inn
mediately wrapped around her, and,
strange as It may appear, she walked up
stairs to her room without assistance,
begging them not to touch her. She
suffered extreme PAIN until Thursday,
when che died.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
Divorces In Maine.

The striking statistics of divorces in
Maine have engaged attention and dis
cussion before the Legislature of that
State with reference to providing RENE
dy. The Portland Argus correspondent
writes that Rev. Mr.. Dickerman and ex-
Governor DingleY. of Lewiston. have
addressed the Legislature on the subject.
The former is reported thus: I'm 1878
there was one divorce in Maine to every
1,357 Inhabitants, in Massachusetts one
to every 1906, in New Hampshire one
to every ,439, in Vermont one to every
l,7O5, in Rhode Island one to every
1,411, and in Connecticut one to every
1859" Maine, he confessed. makes the
worst showing of either of the New
England States. The rapid increase of
divorces, said the latter, first attracted
his attention as journalist, and he
added that in 1874 the number of di-
vorces was 454; in 1880 it ran up to $40,
an increase of sixty-s in six years.
Two propositions are thus established
which admit of no dispute. The first is
that Maine exceeds all other New Eng
land States in the number of divorces,
and the second is, that the evil has been
constantly On the increase,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
GranfinaN ar Rnie.

Editor Morning Aeses; The announces
ment that General Grant has been cho-
sen President OF the Centennial Commits
sion for the Worlds Fair IN 1888 will
take a great many easy-going people by
surprise. The objections to this selec-
ton are many and palpsble.
First. Grant has neither the character,
culture nor capability to fit him for the
position, which calls for scholar, a gen.
tleman and man of frst-class business
habits and acknowledged integrity.
Second. Grant is an active and often
sive political partisan with whom q
large portion Of our people cannot cor
daily cooperate.
Third. Grants outrageous attack on
General Hancock repels the association
of honorable men.
Fourth. Grant is ambitious for third
Presidential term, aud he will use this
Office to promote that ambition.
Fifth. If Grant is true to his antece-
dents he will make this Office minister to
his personal greed. 1t is not forgotten
that he used his military position TO steal
cotton in Tennessee, or that, as Presi-
dent, he conferred the best offices upon
those who subscribed most literally for
his brown stone fronts.
Sixth. Grant has an affinity for bad
men. His administration was controlled
by such, and there can be no doubt that
he will bring those men. or others like
them. into the management of the fair
Seventh. Grant is poor 1nancier. He
had received more money, in salaries and
gratuities than any other public man;
yet he claims to be poor, and clamors
for additional rewards.
notice that his nomination by one of
his pampered satellites, Rev. DR.. New
man, was promptly seconded by Mr..
Ogden, who represents Georgia
on the Commission. / don't understand
this The South has no enemy libe
Grant For eight years he pinned her to
the earth with his bayonets. while his
carpetbag banditti robbed her. He
threatens to do it again, and he hopes to
obtain the power to do it through the Of
fee to which Mr.. Ogden promotes him.
| object. think every Democrat, es-
pecially every Southern Democrat,
should object. We should set night
down upon this fair until Grant is with
drawn from It's management
FAIR PLAY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
The Next German War.
RnpkeHe.

The other day German called on a
grocer to pay bill. giving him a ten-dol-
lar note. The grocer examined it close.
ly. and said:
'Hullo, where did you get this note?"
'Vot is de reasons NIT dose note2' re-
piled the honest Teuton. Don't she
was goot. heinz"
"GoodP answered the grocer. "Why,
you're lucky man; that note is worth
$40 go"
''Ish dot soG Why fort"
"You see the signature over here, don't
your"
Dose tings like corkscrew NIT de
worms? Yah
"VellF"
well, Mr.. New is now Treasurer of
the United States"
"You don't tole me so. vell?"
"Well, the notes signed by Mr.. Spin
ner are getting scarce, and people pay
tve per cent. more for them than for the
new issue"
by shiminy ish dot so?
Let me see your bills Why, every
one of them is Spinnerl Man alive,
your fortune is nader
In pursuance of the grocer's advice.
Mr.. Schneider called at the sub Treasury
Saturday afternoon to get the premium
on his bills.
What success he had it is impossible
to state, but he was seen later in the
evening lurking around the street by
which the grocer must go home, and be.
ing accosted by an acquaintance, the
following conversation took place;
Der PEBBLES Won Sharmany fight
well, heinz"
ooh, yes; the Germans are unques.
tionably military nation of the first
class.
Some big fights, heinz"
'tLeipsicf"
Yea"
"Und sadowaH"
Eyes"
"Und Konniggratz3"
Certainly"
"Und Worthf"
eyes"
''Und MARSHA Tour, und Gravelotte,
und Sedan?"
'Of course, of course.
dose vas all big battles, und the
Deutch licked"
Eyes"
"Vell, you joost wait till dot grocer
store shuts himself, und you saw a
Deutch victory vot makes you forget all
dem little ones.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
Garfield's Cabinet-An Ohio Report
of the Slate.

According to Cincinnati correspond
eut of the New York Herald, who is
spoken of by that paper as friendly to
Mr.. Garfield and supposed to be &C
quainted with his purposes" he Gar
feld) will make Mr. Blaine Secretary of
State. He will not succumb to the pres
sure to appoint a New Yorker to the
Treasury. He will appoint Western
man-perhaps Mr. Allison-to that pc.
sition: but at present he is undecided
about any name. He will solve the diff
fculty of favorihg either of the Republi-
can factions, Conkling and anti-Conk-
ling, in New York, by refusing to take
any one from that State into
his Cabinet He will call into the Cabi-
net Robert Lincoln, of Chicago (the son
of the great Presiden0. who is sound
lawyer and jealous Republican, and
whose appointment will be particularly
gratifying to General Grant and Senator
Logan. lie will use special care to have
no Indian or public land robbery in the
Interior Department. He is determined
that its administration shall not fall
below that of Secretary Schurz in char
acter and efficiency, and he has seriously
thought of calling General Francis
Walker, the present Superintendent Of
the Census. to this place. There will
probably be no Southern man in the
Cabinet, the same authority states.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
The Color Line and the White
House.

A correspondent of the Washington
Star relates with much indignation the
experiences of colored woman, for
mer friend and admrer of the late Presi-
dent Lincoln, who recently paid visit
to the White House for the purpose of
seeing the apartments in which he had
lived, The writer relates the story as
follows
'She is now the serving woman in the
house of Northern lady in this city,
and last Saturday, by her employers ad-
vice. she went to see the reception, the
kindly faced lady who on that day re-
celves the people, and get glimpse of
the rooms through which Mr.. Lincoln
used to walk. Dressed tidily in calico,
her clean white cotton apron glistening
with the polish of the iron, she went to
the White House. At the door she was
stopped by the attendant turnkey, who
demanded her business She told him
she had come to see Mrs. Hayes, the re.
ception, and the house where Mr.. Lin
coin used to live. The A. F. informed
her that colored people were not allowed
to enter that door; that she should go
around to the south door and wait until
it was opened for black folks. The poor
woman went, waited nearly two hours,
and then went home chilled, mortified,
and conscious of having been cheated,
as she said in the vexation of her soul,
by poor mizable fellow who probably
never had any position before and didn't
know how to 'preciate it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
what He Saw In ireland.

TltervtelU NTH the Hon. W p Letchtoorth,
81 landed at Queenstown early last
June. The committees were at that
time all still busy distributing relief. /
must confess that do not find that ter
rible, all-pervsding restitution which l
had been led to expect. The county
poor houses and other charitable institu-
tons were full, but did not appear to be
unusually crowded. In county Done
gal, and all along the west and north
west coasts, where the restitution was
reported to be the greatest, saw moth
ing Of the absolute starvation reported.
| do not mean TO say Ireland did
not need aid, nor that there was no
suffering, but it has been painted In
too high colors. So large a proportion
of the people there 1--we from hand
to mouth, are in debt TO storekeepers.
and have such large rents to pay for
their miserable holdings, that even par
tial failure Of single crop must cause
much distress. do not regret the aid
America sent to Ireland; they needed
temporary relief. But it is demoralizing
to any people to be led INTO . belief that
if they fail to accomplish anything aid
will come in from other countries, or
that government aid will be established.
The first and great cause of the land
trouble in Ireland, think, is the law of
primogeniture and entail BY these, es.
tates continue to grow larger and the
land falls into fewer and fewer hands,
and the property goes, perhaps, 10 the
least worthy members of families. The
bad effect of absentee landlordism"
is conceded even by many very
conservative Euglishmen. All the land
in sight OF Lake Killarney is owned
by one lord, whose annual rents are
976, 900. He is spoken of very highly
by his tenants, but his income is all
spent in London or Paris, or invested in
steamship lines or American railways.
No country can stand a continual drain
like that upon its resources. l saw how
Ella covered with turf on the open moors,
where it seemed impossible for one to
raise what we would get from little
garden patch, and yet their inhabitants
have to pay considerable rent. They
have nothing to look forward to, as
Americans have, and intemperance is a
very common vice. The three F's,' so
frequently mentioned in the cable dis
patches--fixity of tenure, free sale, and
fair rents-express Ia a Grade way the
general demands of the Irish, which
must be satisfied before there can be any
genuine improvement in their condi.
ton"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

There is wild excitement in Rich
mond, Ind. over the publication of
"Dead-beat directory" which threatens
to culminate in violence. 1t appears
that few Of the business men collected
the names of all persons in the commu-
nifty who were reported as having failed,
neglected or refused 70 pay bills they had
contracted. the names were published
in a pamphlet, which was entitled the
''Dead-beat directory" Tue appearance
Of the pamphlet raised perfect storm,
as it contained nearly 5000 names,
among which were those of some OF the
good citizens, together with the names
of honored men who were in their
graves. An indignation meeting was
attended by about. 1000 people. and
speeches denOuncing the action of the
business men were delivered by leading
men, among others the Mayor of
the city. The feeling runs so high
that all the business men are included in
the denunciation, though some of them
protest that they had nothing to do with
he publication.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

There is a growing chance that the
nomination of Stanley Matthews to
Supreme Court Judgeship. may not be
confirmed. Strong opposition to it has
developed throughout the country,
which may possibly override that intan-
gible but powerful influence, 'the cour-
tesy of the Senate" which may be briefly
described as a Senatorial conceit that
whoever has been Senator is fitting
person for any Office. If to the popular
pressure is added the sntagonlsm of the
Grant Senator'S. Mr.. Matthews ambition
will undoubtedly receive harsh blow.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

United States Internal Revenue Collec-
tor BuckneF. of louisville, KY, was an
ardent Grant man last year. Iir. w. s.
Wilson, of that city. manager of the Re
publican daily paper there, was also a
Grant man. but Topped over to Sher-
man. The Secretary now proposes to
reward the latter with the formers place.
despite the fact that no charge can be
brought against Buckner. The matter
is scarcely worth a mention, except as
an instance Of the manner In which OH
eial power is frequently abused.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
A Cornoration Without a S0nl.

The adage that corporations have no
souls has been strikingly exemplified in
New York city recently. The late severe
storms played havoc with the telegraph
wires in the city, and while the wind was
still blowing almost gale the American
District Telegraph Company began the
work of repairing. The damage was SO
extensive that the force of line men,
whose special duty it is to repair lines,
was insufficient and the company ordered
other classes of employees to assist. A
messenger boy, sixteen years of age,
named Farley, was ordered to help
repair the broken wires running across
the top of the Fifth Avenue Theatre. He
refused at first, saying he was employed
as a messenger at the small pay of
So rs per week, for which amount he
was not willing to risk his life. The
superintendent threatened him with dis
charge unless he Obeyed the order, and
under this pressure he ventnred upon the
roof of the building. Being unused to
such dangerous Work, ne was blown OH
the roof and killed. The fact that the
messenger boy was the sole support of a
widowed mother was reported to the
company, and the superintendent sent her
the sum of $25 as the price of her
sons life. This was adding outrageous
insult to the most grievous injury that
could have been inflicted. The repre-
sentatives of the telegraph company at
tempted to dispose of the whole mat
ter, by saying it was an accident and &C.
cidents would occur but they "were
really sorry the boy lost his life" 1t is
gratifying to know that relative of the
boy has determined TO prosecute suit
for damages against the company in be
half of the widowed mother, and, as it
was no part of the messengers duty to
repair lines, there can scarcely be a
doubt that the courts will value the boys
lsfo 81 Cog
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
TAPPTNG THE WIRES.

In the United States Senate yesterday,
after some unimportant business, Mr.. Nor
gan, Of Alabama, called up the resolution
introduced BY him in June last declaring
that the President of the Senate is not
vested with the power to count the electo-
raj vote. E1munds, Of Vermont, offered
an amendment thereto, which was prompt
IL voted down. After some discussion,
vote vas taken on Mr.. Morgan's resolution,
and resulted in ayes 30, nays l,
the Republicans sustaining from voting.
The roll was called to ascertain whether
q quorum was present and forty Senators
ans Eered to their names. At this point
there were indications Of a protracted ses-
sion, but Mr.. Morgan offered 9 resolution
to adjourn, which was carried The priDci-
pal business before the House was the con-
sideration Of the spportionment bill. After
considerable discussion the subject was
dnally laid aside, and soon after the House
adjourned.
The House Of Commons was crowded
yesterday afternoon, and was the scene OF
considerable excitement. Mr.. Gladstone's
resolution to suspend members guilty Of
wiIlfullY obstructing the proceedings, was
carried. Immediately Mr. Parnell and sew
eraI Of the Home Rulers Ia turn we're
ssnamed" as coming under the pro
visions of the resolution, and were
expelled, and finally % Home
Rulers, declining to vote, were suspended
T. has Tod
members refused to leave the House, and
were elected by the Sergeant alarms. In
the evening Mr.. John Dillon was suspended,
and was expelled By the Sergeant-at-Arms
amid cries Of shame from the Irish mem
bers.
The reservoir dam Of FrsnktoWn, Nevada,
which was mile long, three-qusrters Of 5
mile wide, and fifty feet deep, burst yester
day, washing away nearly the entire town.
No lives were lost, as the people had q few
hours warning OF the danger. Nearly mile
OF railway track was washed away.
The consolidation OF the Western Union,
American Union and Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Companies, was ratified by the
directors OF said companies IN New York
yesterday.
The Board Of Trustees of the Peabody
fund met in Washington yesterday. The
report of the General Agent shows crafty
ing progress IN the cause of education in
the South. A committee was appointed to
memorable the Mississippi Legislature in
regard to $1,000. 600 worth Of repudiated
bonds Of that Stste given to the board by
Mr.. Peabody for educational purposes. The
next meeting will be held in New York in
December, 1882.
Justice Woods denies having rendered
any decision In the case Of the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway, and has never
intimated 70 any one what line his decision
would take.
Judge Barrett, Of New York, has denied
the application OF Rufus Patch for an In
junction to restrain the Western Union,
American Union aud Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Companies from consolidating.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

The New York Tribune states that the
bill erecting the State of Dakota from a
portion Of the Territory of Dakota Twill
be sure to pass the next Congress-. "
The proposed State has, according to
the census of 1880, population of
S1,671. If, in the new apportionment of
Congressional representation, no change
is made in the number of members of
the House, the ratio for one member will
be about 1853. 200. That is, the proposed
new State would have two Senators and
one Representative, though her popnla-
ton would be less than half that re-
CURED elsewhere for one Representa-
tive. The explanation Of the 7ri6une's
certainty that the next Congress viii adj
nit the half-qualifed State Of Dakota
may, however, be found in its statement
that the proposed new Stats would be
sure TO send two Republican Senators to
Warrington"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

Each county in Texas has received q
donation of four leagues of land to con-
stitute fund for the support of county
academies or high schools. This pro-
vision was made in the early legislation
of the State. and many of the counties
now have fund of from $25. 900 to $780,
900, but the interest mas never been used
except to aid in the support Of public
schools, which was not the intention Of
the endowment. The Secretary OF the
State Board of Education now demands
that each county establish en- academy
ct some central point with this fund.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

GRANT GoISG TO MEXICO. General
Grant has written to friends in Wash
ingtOn that he expects to make visit to
Mexico, starting within the next week
or two. This visit is in connection with
he railroad enterprise with which he
mas associated himself for the extension
OF the through railroad system of the
United States from New York to the
City of Mexico. General Grant has. it
is said, subscribed for forty thousand
dollars of the stock of the new enter
prise, and he and those associated with
him expect to secure an abundant
amount of capital. During his trip he
viii probably take in the silver mines
owned and operated by the company of
which his chum Boss Shepherd is q
prominent member
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04

A New York letter says: THE ten
dency Of the government toward cheap
rate of interest is gradually having its
effect on real estate, which commands
better prices than for long while, while
loans on bond and mortgage (three years
20 rum have been taken by some Of our
savings banks as low as A per cent.
This is something unheard of in the
present or any other generation. Nor is
the value of the property reduced by
such loans; rather, on the contrary, is it
increased above what it was rated at six
months ago"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04
Totals. .4,4s7,ss1 4.444,s1s 600

The above is doubtless more correct
than any table yet printed. The Charles
ton Neacs and Courier, however, makes
correction of the vote of South Carolina, as
given by the Sun, which slightly increases
Hancock's majority. 1t seems that the
Sun took its figures from the Secretary
Of States report. in which the vote Of
Hampton county (sincc heard FROM was
omitted. Without Hampton county the
vote in South Carolina was: Hancock
112, 312, and Garfield 9,071. In Hamp-
ton county the vote was Hancock 2 1893,
and Garfield 1901, making the total vote
in South Carolina; Hancock 114,905,
and Garfield 59.S72. Hancock's ma
jority over Garfield 55. 533. This in
creases Hancock's popular majority over
Garfield, in the United States, to 1914
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-04


The valley of the Teche in Louisiana
has been termed. not inaptly, the Italy
OF America. Unlike other valleys, it is
not formed by its vIcinage to the sloping
base of opposite mountains, leaving but
a narrow channel for the passage of a
stream. The lands of the Teche, Dor
dering the bayou from which this valley
takes its name, form a gently declining
area to its waters from a rising eleva-
ton that can hardly claim the dignity of
q mountain. The grassy shores of the
bayou are shaded with every variety Of
forest trees, which in many places dip
their branches into the water. The
streams of the bayou are as clear as crys.
tai, abound with fish, and seem the
favorite resort of both inland and sea-
going birds, which may be seen skim
ming over their surfaces at all hours of
the day. Its sloping lawns, dotted
every few miles with pretty draw
bridges, facilitating neighborly inter
course, give it quiet, domestic atmos-
phere. The prairies of the Teche are
inexpressibly beautiful, and form one of
the most pleasing features Of the scenery.
When the south wind moves over the
HeiQS OF Tall rank grasses WHICH cover
their undulatipg surface, they resemble
the pillows of some vast inland lake.
These prairies are situated west of
Bayou Teche and south of Bayou Coco
drie. In the south they are limited by
an impossible sea marsh, and in the west
by the Calcasieu and Sabine. The prai-
ries of the State embrace upward of
2, SOC, 900 acres. Owing to the richness
of its soil and its wonderful adaptability
to the culture of the cane, this district
is also known as the sugar bowl" of
the United States.