, 1881-09-09

was well known years ago as a successful
speculator and extensive farmer.
The public administrator Of san Fran
cisco, benjamin \ Reynolds. has applied
To superior Judge Finn for letters uf al
mIHiStrdtlOn on the estate of Mark Hop
kinS. deceased. The petitioner plac,-s ihr.
value of the estate at Slo,OD,On.
The following has been sent 10 the pa
pers in Chicago and Is published a. a curl
osity more than Il warning: Americans
and friends of Ireland ara hereby warned
against embarking upon ans vessel lis ing
the British flag after Thursday. SEPT. 1T.
Many may reach their destination, but
none are safe. by order oi central COM
mittee.''
What is know As the Jacob Forsyth
tract, comprising 5000 acres in the regior,
of Wolf lake, below South Chicago. has
been purchased for 81 10000, by a syndi-
cate composed of the chief maniDulatOrs
of the Western Indiana. the Chicago Belt
and the New York, 81. Louis * Chicago
roads. The tract il said to command 4U
miles of water frontage, and the plaE Is To
create manufacturing center To rival
Pullman.
News of most horrible affair in Cook
county, Texas, has been received. Some
time since Ben BlantOn, ex sheriff of Cook
county, and desperate man, met James
Todd, who had been witness against
him IN a law suit. and abused and insulted
him in most outrageous manner. They
separated, each vowing t. meet the other
for final settlement The men met to-day.
Both drew weapons and fired. Todd was
shot through the heart and in the breast.
The top of Blanton's head was blown off.
Both the men were lying dead when dis
covered
A Washington special to the Tribune
gives u column long dissection Of NennoT.
the weather prophets predictions. the
signal service bureau has furnished a
complete statement ia regard to the
points covered by Nennor's letter On the
weather record for July. The Tribune
says that the result shows that Nennor's
alleged prophecies are the sheerest non
sense. The predictions Of Nennor for
changes of temperature from the 10th 60
the 10Th and for the 9th and 2Sth OF July.
81 have been verified. All other predic-
tions contained in the letter have not been
verified in the slightest extent So far a.
the data of the signal office shows the per
cent. is much less than Il would have
been under the law of chance in blind
Guessing.
The smartest railroad scheme ever
worked in the south has Just come 10 light
in Georgia. For months past Gen. John
B. Gordon and his brothers. Eugene Cor
don and Waiter Gordon. with Gov COL
quitt, has been projecting railroad from
Atlanta TO Greenville on the Mississippi
river and POSSIBLY TO Texarkana. In con-
sideration Of n promise on the part Of
these gentlemen 10 build the road via
Columbus and Aberdeen, Miss. Columbus
donated to them Sl00, 900 in bonds, Aber-
deem Sl00, ,O00in bonds aud Monroe county,
in which Aberdeen Is, $780, 900 in bonds.
In addition TO this the owners of rich coal
lands in Alabama through which the road
WAS to pass donated TO them two hundred
Thousand acres. Not one dollar of capital
has been put in by the fortunate quartette,
but they have simple punched these
heavy donations with the charter of the
Georgia x Western railroad owned bv
Gen. Gordon and transferred the whole
TO the Georgia & Pacific Railroad Co., and
will receive i'll return 10000 29-70 of the
first 81, 100000 taken in by the Georgia &
Pacific The subscription books of the
company will be opened at once, and
work upon the Georgia and Pacific will
be begun by the Richmond and Danyille
Construction Co. Immediately. General
Gordon still remains president. This
master stroke has made Gov. Colquitt and
the Gordons immensely rich men. The
contract will be let TO the construction
company tomorrow, and the road. which
will run from Atlanta to Texarkana, will
pass through bIrmlngnims
somewhat sensational episode is re-
ported to have occurred at CranstoR's
hotel, West Point, on the 2Gth. The story
Is that young man calling himself Capt.
Burslem, and representing himself as an
officer in the British army, arrived at the
hotel three weeks ago and registered AS
from Windsor Palace, England. He had
brought a letter of introduction from
Grace Greenwood to President Garfield,
and made many friends in NeY York
among the Wall street brokers, by whom
he had been introduced at the Union Club.
At the hotel he met a Miss Scofie, of San
Francisco. daughter of mine owner,
who was sOjOurning at West Point with
her mother. A few mornings since Burs-
lem, it is stated. in conversation with
Miss Scotie, informed the young lady
point-blank that she lied, and she al once
laid the case before the manager of the
house, with the statement that q person
possessing such characteristics should not
be tolerated by the guests. Burslem,
however, WAS too Intimate with the hotel
proprietor and too firmly supported by
the male guests to permit his being turned
away. Miss Scofie went with her mother
to 4 cadet hop and as they were ascending
the steps leading TO the veranda the Young
lady met Burslem, who was leaning
against Il post smoking. AS she attempted
to pass he blew Il cloud of smoke into her
face and quickly followed it up by an
other, al the same time smiling at her
discomfitnre. Miss Scotie appealed to
the bystanders for protection but none
being offered she struck the alleged cap
tain full in the face, knocking his cigar
from his mouth. She followed this up
with second blow with her fist. Burs-
lem raised his hand containing a cane to
ward off the blows, she caught the stick.
wrenched it from his grasp and boiling
with rage struck him squarely in the face
several times, cutting him badly. The
captain, who has a false leg, was thrown
to the piazza in the melee. Later in the
evening Mrs. and Miss Scofie were, il is
| said, requested to leave the hotel, which
they did, going at once to New York.
| Burslem claims to have served in the
Zulu war and to have been with the
| prince imperial when the latter died. He
+ SAYS that he is captain in the English
| army, and is 33 years of age. The English
ARM register shows only one officer of
that name, who was commissioned i'll
| 1885, and who is retired and now lives in
| India. Burslem, it is said has engaged
| himself TO handsome and rich girl at
! West Point. Public sympathy runs
! decidedly with the young lady for the