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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27

NEW YORK, February 25 Share specula-
tion opened strong and 1s TO 2 per cent.
higher for the general list than the closing
prices of yesterday, the latter for Houston
and Texas and Alton and Terre Haute,
while Richmond and Danvile was 4 and
Boston Air Line pre- erred per cent. higher.
During the entire forenoon the market was
irregular and unsettled, the most important
changes taking place in Louisville and
Nashville, (which advanced 81 and reached
1% per cent; Nashville ana Chattanooga,
which advanced 2 and fell of per cent ;
which advanced 81; Hannibal and ct. Joe
preferred Q. Alton and Terre Haute pre-
ferred AZ Ohio Central 15s, Memphis and
Charlestt n d per cent, while st. Paul de-
clined l and Richmond and Danv.lle per
cent.
At noon there was a general downward
tendency. Between the boards the market
recorded an advance of Is to 19s per cent =,
Louisville and Nashville, Hannibal and St.
JO preferred, Wabash preferred, Missouri
Pacific and Union Pacific being the most
prominent In the downward movement. In
the late dealings the market sold up u to
per cent, Richmond and Danville, Louis
vile and Nashville Lake Shore, Missouri
Pacific, Wabash common and preferred,
Nashville and Chattanooga, Denver and Rio
Grande, and Erie common being the most
prominent in the advance. Richmond and
DAnville fell off 2 and Lake Shore "a per
cent 10 the final dealings the market closed
strong, at about the highest figures of the
day. transactions aggregated 100000
shares
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
A BLAST FIRED BY LIGHTNING.
Several WOrkmen Injured by a
Premature Explosion.


A number Of persons who passed the
gates at the Hoboken ferry last evening re-
ported to officer Flsttery, who was on duty
there, that forty men had been killed at
one Of the shafts OF the new tunnel OF the
New York, Ontario and Western Railroad
In Weehawken, by an explosion. The story
went from mouth to mouth till it had be-
come generally reported all over the city
and Jersey City. Wherever inquiry was
made the number of killed was variously
stated at from twenty three to forty. A re-
porter of the Times went at once to the
scene OF the accident and learned that
there had been an explosion at shaft No.
OF the tunnel, but that, so far from there
having been the appalling loss of life
reported 20 one had been killed, though
about half dozen men had been injured.
The blasts at the tunnel ere fred by cleo
tricity. During the thunder storm just be-
fore six O'Clock last evening the ligh'ning
struck the wires and exploded the charge
in one of the blasts. About ten men stood
near at the time preparing to fire the blast,
and six OF them were struck by flying frag-
ments OF rock. Louis Falk, the foreman of
the la5orers, wSssbsdly cut on the head and
shoulders. 4 man named CurleY, another
named Connolly, and James Lynch, with
two others whose names could not be
learned, were also somewhat injured. Lynch
was removed to st. Mary's Hospital In Ho-
boken. His skull is thought to have been
fractured, and he may die, but the physi-
clans hope to save his life. The others
were taken to their homes and medical at
tendance was procured. At one O'Clock
this morning men were at work in the shaft
as though nothing unusual had happened
there during the day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
THE UTAH PROBLEM.
A Protest from the Mormon LegIS-
IaGure.

SALT LAKE CITY, February 26 The
Legislature yesterday adopted a memorial
to Congress. the opening paragraph Of
which is as follows:
owe, your memorialists, of the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Utah, respect
fully represent that in consequence of base
less rumOrs and monstrous eXaggerations
the peope whom we represent
have been placed in jeopardy
and are now threatened with
deprivation of the right of local self govern
ment. Persons, whose aim is to gain con-
troll of this now wealthy and prosperous
territory and manipulate its finances, have
succeeded in arousing the ire of the clergy,
aud through them the anger of many peo-
ple against the large majority of citizens Of
Utah, and thus pressure has been brought
to bear upon your honorable body, which
shows It's Effects in the proposed
measures, containing provisions utterly
a. variance with the fundamental principles
of republican government and which, while
OF but a small portion of the people, WILL if
carried into effect, deprive the whole Terri
tory of the vested rights secured to 1t by the
organization act and the Constitution Of the
United States"
The memorial then denies at great length
everything ever charged against the Nor
mons, and accuses the representatives of
the Federal Government I'm Utah o. every
species Of wrong doing possible to officers
or men,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
CONKLING'S NOMINATION.
How the News Affected the Half
Breeds.

Nelo York Correspondence Philadelphia LedQer
The nomination of ex-senator Conkline
as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is
accepted here as a notification from the
President that his friendship for that distin-
guished statesman has not been impaired by
recent events. The "hslf breed" politicians
received the news with feeling akin to
CONSERVATION. In their estimation It i'm
plies that no favor is to be obtained from the
ADMINISTRATION by occupying a position of
hostility to Conkling or "ConklinqisEn. a
and that the peculiar phase of Republi-
can politics which Conkling represents is
not to be extinguishtd just yet If the
President can help it. This may be forced
inference, but, for the moment 1t is the one
that Is generally accepted by the class of
politicians alluded to. They say the har-
mony of the party, especially In this State,
would have been better conserved had the
President permitted Mr. Conkling to drop
out Of sight than by thus rendering him the
highest post at his disposal. One hears a
great deal of talk of this kind at the custom
house, but the "Conkltng mon" themselves,
1t is unnecessary to say, are heartily con-
graduating one another upon this turn of
affairs. Though Mr.. Conkling's professional
practice is worth at least fftY thousand dol
lars per annuIn, and the salary OF Supreme
Court judge mere bagatelle compared to
that, they have no doubt he will accept the
position, at least until such time as the Re-
publican party may have further use for
him.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

A large buoy, supposed, from marks upon
It, to belong TO the United States Lighthouse
Department, has been washed ashore at
Lands End.
The discovery is reported of 'frich gold
bearing belt" IN ChilcOt county, British
Columbia, above the sixiieth parallel of
latitude, just back of the Alssk4 line.
The Presbyterian churches of Chicago
have appointed committees to confer with
other churches, "with q view TO closing
theatres on Sunday, and putting a stop to
indecent performances.
In Raine's mills, Raneocas, New jersey, a
few days ago, mill band named Scott was
caught between two large wheels revolving
in opposite directions and was literally torn
apart, his arms and feet being pulled off.
The east wind ard the severe cold of the
past few days have jammed the ice in the
river at Quebec, and several persons have
crossed on foot. 1t Is believed that the ice
bridge is g fixture for the rest of the win
ter.
All the gambling hells in Chicago were
closed few nights ago for the first time in
the history of that city. One of the largest
of the dens was shut by the police in the
afternoon, and the paraphernalia cOnfis-
Gated.
The House Committee on Naval Affairs
uahE dklNGA ~ AAG poAA Va Aho 9hb
tee recommending an immediate spprOpri2-
ton Of slO, 900, 600 to begin the construction
Of a new navy. a sub committee was sp-
pointed to prepare bill in accordance with
the views embodied in the report.
Tie House Committee on Private Land
Claims have agreed to report favOrably a
bill for the issue OF land scrip to Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines in lieu of about thirty
thousand acres Of land in Louisiana, hereto
fore claimed by her as heir to General
Gaines, the title to which has been judicial
ly confirmed TO other parties.
William B. Twombly, while crossing Lake
Champlain on the fee with his 13-yesr-O old
son and Is year old girl during a furious
snow squal, drove his horses and
sleigh into an open piece OF water. MIR.
TwOmbly was picked out unconscious, and
his son, who was kicked by one of the
horses, was dead when taken from the
water. The girl was uuiDjured.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
THE LAND ACT.
The Proposed Committee of Inquiry
Criticised.

LONDON, February 25.-In the House of
Lords last evening Lord Salisbury stated
that the objects of the committee appointed
to inquire into the workings of the land act
had been misrepresented. He said it would
neither try the Land Commissioners. nor
seek to repeal the act. Any change must
be In the direction of redressing the wrongs
OF landlords rather than diminishing any
thing which the tenants may have acquired
by the act.
The Daily NeaoS points to the significance
OF certain remarks of the Marquis of Lands
dOwne, who is no votary Of the land act.
He pointed out that the committee, formed
mainly OF the landlords, was not likely to
be regarded as very impartial tribunal to
investigate the workings Of the act devised
in the interest of tenants. The Times says
a House of Lords committee cannot possi
bly, arrive at any useful conclusion. 1t Is
already hopelessly discredited by the fact
that it does not represent the House OF
Lords, but only section of It.
The House of Commons went into a
committee of supply at o'clock last even
ing, when the Irish members seiz ed the op-
poriunity to attack Mr.. Forster's admins
tration of coercive action. On a discussion
OF the vote for the Irish constabulary,
which was ultimately carried by vote OF
1S3 to IS, the sitting was prolonged till 3:20
O'Clock this morning.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
BISHOP LYNI II DEAD.
A Long Life of Usefulness Ended.

CHARLESTON, 8. c., February % Right
Rev. Patrick n. Lynch, Roman Catholic
Bishop of Charleston, died this morning,
aged 65. He was consecrated in 1883.
Bishop Lynch was much beloved by all
classes in the community, and was eminent
for his scientific learning no less than for
his theological attainments.
The death of Bishop Lynch was a surprise
and shock to the entire community, and the
announcement was received by all classes
with profound regret. He had undergone
a surgical operation in Boston in 1877 for a
complicated disease of the kidneys, which.
however, afforded only temporary relief,
and, although his physicians warned him
that a continuance of the labors imposed on
him by his position was dangerous to his
life, he labored to the end.
Saturday afternoon about FIVE o'clock he
was suddenly thrown into comatose state,
and his physicians having been sent for an
operation was performed without giving
relief, and he continued to sink until 1880
this morning, when he breathed his last.
Since the war Bishop Lynch has nearly
paid off debt of over $200, 900, which hung
over lut ulUE6Scs anu HAS tAfCEubu duu
furthered the interests OF the church by his
administration. The Very Rev. D. J.Quigley,
the Vicar General. has charge Of the diocese
until the new Bishop is appointed. The
remains, to-day, lay in state in the episco-
pal residence and were visited by thousands
Of persons of all classes and sects.
This afternoon at six o'clock they were
conveyed in solemn procession, headed by
the clergy, TO the Cathedral chapel, where
they will lie in state until Wednesday next,
when the last rites will be held. Invitations
have been telegraphed to Cardinal McClos-
key, who is expected to be here, and to
Archbishop GibbOn and all the Bishops in
the province of Baltimore, which includes
the diOceses Of West Virginia, Richmond,
Wilmington. Del, Savannah, st. Augustine
and North Carolina, and ndmber Of 9th
ers. The remains will be inferred by the
side of Bishops England and Reynolds in
/ the Cathedral Cemetery.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
Stocks In London.

LONDON, February 25 The Econonais
says: "The rate Of discount for bank bills
sixty days to three months, is 3sz to 31s pei
cent, and for trade bills, sixty days to three
month";, ~ to AZ per cent. The speech OF
General Skobelt IF has counterscted the good
effect of the reduction of the rates of dis
count by leading European banks. The
feeling of uneasiness has increased, both iu
Germany and In Austria. Prices showed q
tendency to revive on Friday.
"Iu Americans Louisville and Nashville de.
cllned IA, St. Louis and San Francisco pre-
ferred 10, San Francisco common and Cairo
and Vincennes common preferred 6 each,
Denver and Rio Grande and Wabash pre-
ferred 5 each, Wabash ordinary and St.
Louis Bridge preferred each, Erie prefer
red, Ohio and Mississippi and Oregon and
California preferred 3 each, Central Pacific,
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern each
Anglo-American cable l, deferred ~, pre-
ferred g.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
TIE PALMER-SULLIvAN CON-
BINATION.
What a Kate EmpIOye HAS 20 say
About the RumOr of q Collapse.
Me,v orleans TYmes-Demoorar

NeR orleans Times -DeHeOcT6k
A reporter of the Times Democrat yes
terday interviewed Mr.. Chas H. Patter.
son, civil engineer, who has recently
been in the employ of the Palmer Suli-
van corporation. who have the right-of-
way through Mexico for an important
railroad and branches.
Mr.. Patterson declared the reported
collapse of the company to be untrue.s
He said that the report probably grew
out Of the fact that large number Of
the laborers and many of the profession
al men employed by the company had
been discharged.
The grading of the road from Laredo
to Monterey was progressing too fast for
the construction trains following. 1t had
got so far ahead that there was danger of
the roadbed being beaten down and
washed away at the further end before
the track layers could reach it. The
grading had been carried within SO miles
of Monterey, or about $50 miles south Of
Laredo There had been 46 miles of
track laid, and the work of placing the
rails was progressing at the rate of one
mile day.
The grant to the company called for
surveys and plans for ninety miles every
year, and the lines have been run far
enough to cover this stipulation for two
years, hence the company was able to
dispense with a number of professional
men, Mr. Patterson included.
Mr.. Patterson said that the combina-
nation had promptly met all its obliga-
tions, had paid up the discharged men
in full, and had even given extra com
pensation to the engineer corps. He
said further, that at Laredo, there were
spikes, rails and ties enough to build
seventy-five miles of the road, and more
material was coming in daily. while
there was large quantity at Corpus
Christi.
Work on the Matamoros and Monterey
branch was progressing slowly, but he
understood when he left Laredo on Feb.
10, that a sloop with locomotive and
rails for the line had left Galveston.
Mr.. Patterson said that when he left
Laredo there was no talk either of col
lapse of the combination, or of deficit
in the funds of the freasnrer
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
THE EGOMANIAC.
A RumOr that He dad Been Shot
UnfOunded.

A Washington dispatch, dated February
"a, SAYS It was rumored on the street this
afternoon that Guiteau, the assassin.
had been sbOt. The rumOr was unfOundedi
as at l O'Clock the egomaniac was taking
his exercise 90 the corridor and anXiOusly
watching the door ,csding TO the rotunda
for visitors, in the expectation OF selling
photographs or autographs.
He is confined on the east side OF the
south wing CT the jail, does not look so
shabby since he dOnned hiE new suit of blue
cloth, and in the afternoon, when be is
allowed the use of the corridor for pedes-
TRAN exercise, walks in a lively way, and
seems 70 he rapidly regaining bis
spirits and assh. As has been hereto
fore stated, whenever &c is kept
to himself for a few days he goes
down in health and becomes feverish and
il-natured. Allowing him to see visitors
occasionally he soon regains his tone.
Among the few persons admitted to see
him Yesterday were two ministers. The
Iscst Of The conversation with them was as
to his improved looks aud his photographs.
He took one OF the fac SMILES of the fiat
tened bullet shot at him 5y Sergeant Msson,
ana. holding up photograph aud putting
himself Ia position, said 1t was perfectly
wonderful that the ball should have made
such a good likeness. The ministers had
some little conversation OF spiritual ehsr~
scter with him, in which he said he was q
Christian and was endeavoring to live as
one. As they ~eye leaving he passed out
card on which he had written; 81 offer this
sentiment: The Republic IN party. Wreck
ed by Garfield; saved by Gutteaus 1nspira~
tion and Arthus's statesmanshiD." He does
not seem to be inclined 70 talk OF his case
much now, and such conversation with
visitors is prohibited.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
WALL STREET EASIER.
Bears Turning Bulls and All Hands
Helping TO Hold Up the Market.
Nesv York San, a5th.

NcW LOth O&fSs ~SUt.
The stock market yesterday was steady
and marked reaction from the general and
rapid decline of Thursday. The operators
who engineered the bear movement which
began last Monday morning had, according
to all indications, carried it as far as they
dared for the time being. 1t was a common
remark yesterday that the bears had been
obliged to turn bulls In self-protection.
The operators who, during the last few
days, have hammered most vigorously and
effectively at certain stocks are long of
other stocks which have suffered, and which
1t is for their interest to protect
1t is cited that the most conspicuous in
stance of this is Mr.. Gould, whose attack
upon Louisville and Nashville led the bear
raid. However much he may wish to dspress
certain stocks, it is not reasonable to suppose
that he would wish to have the market go
entirely to pieces as long as he has mas
ter's interest IN the Southwestern ard the
elevated railroads, to say nothing in West
ern Union aud Wabash
So far as the brokers are concerned, be-
yopd courteous expression OF sympathy
and perhaps loss of future commissions,
they do not care how much their custom ers
lose, but they don't like to see each other
go to the wall. so they, too, were willing
to call halt.
According to Stock Exchange reports Mr..
Gould was buyer of stocks yesterday to
large amount, but doubtless a good proper
tton OF his purchases, as were those for
other people, were against short sales.
There was the usual volume of talk about
good investment buying which is generally
heard after a considerable decline. 1t was
also asserted by brokers who claim to have
traced and studied the transactions that Mr..
VIM. 81. Vanderbilt was In the market as
purchaser.
Richmond and Danville and its appendage,
West Point Terminal, were more depressed,
hut less active than on the previous day.
The latter dropped from 235 to $50 on sales
of 1900 shares. The days transactions
aggregated about 500, 900 shares, which, It is
safe to estimate, is 150,C COO less than the
actual business of Thursday. The list of
active stocks, with the two exceptions
noted, advanced pretty steadily ali day,
and the closing prices were from l to per
cent. better than those of Thursday.
The large operators and the brokers gen
orally expressed the opinion that for the
present prices would be sustained on about
the present level, and only the most san
guine talked of a general and decided
advance.
One result of the continued depression
has been to tone down the brokers' ideas of
the offices they will occupy next year. The
views of many upon this subject are not as
ambitious as they were a few days ago, and
soma are debating as to whether they can
not get along by simply renting desk room.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
SOTELDO'S LOVE AFFAIR.
The story OF His EIOpement With
and Marriage TO the Daughter OF a
Wealthy Railway King.

Biddeford (Afe) Special to Chicago Tribune.
A. M. Soteldo, the journalist who was
the victim of a tragedy at Washington
last week, was known to a number of
people in this city and Saco. He was
here last summer, and was an assiduous
suitor for the hand of a Miss Clement,
whom he came to visit. Miss Clement
is the daughter of the Hon. William A.
Clement, of Cincinnati, one of the rail-
road kings of the West, and General
Manager of the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, and for many years has
been in the habit of spending
the summer here with his
family, stopping at the Yates
House at the pool. Miss Clement was a
beautiful and attractive young lady, and
has been one of the society bellies of Gin
cinnati. Soteldo's attentions to the
young lady were not pleasing to the
father, who used every possible means
to break off the match, but Miss Clement
reciprocated Soteldo's love, and parental
influence and lntreaty were of no avail
to move her to give him up. Soteldo
disappeared for time, but kept up a
secret correspondence with Miss Clement
while she remained here. One day last
August he appeared on the ground
again, with arrangements perfect
to secure his promised bride.
An elopement was planned and
carried out. BY prearrangement Miss
Clement went to Saco and met her lover
at the Saco House on the nth of August.
The services of the Rev. DIR. Nichols, of
the Unitarian Church, had been secured
and the two were quickly made man and
wife. The young lady returned to her
family, and 1t was some time before her
parents learned of the marriage, When
they were finally apprised Of it, they
were filed with modification and indig-
nation, feeling that their daughter had
made mesalliance. The marriage short
ly after became generally known, and
created quite a sensation in society cir
cles at Washington and Cincinnati.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-27
MRS, SURRATT'S GRAVE.
The stone that Marks Her Last
Resting Place.
WnshinQton Gtar.

Washington GtGr.
In Mount Olivet Cemetery, on the
Blsdensburg road e short distance be-
yond the terminus of H street,. repose
the remains of Mrs. Mary e. Surratt,
who, 1t will be remembered, was hung
on the I'd day of July, 1865, as one of
the conspirators implicated in the assas-
sination of President Lincoln. Her
body was buried in the arsenal grounds
near the seaffold with those of Payne.
Herold and Atzerodt, and subsequently
Wirtz, of AndersonVille notoriety, was
buried near them. While the bodies
were lying there plain headboards were
placed over their graves. When the old
penitentiary building was torn down
the remains of John Wilkes Booth.
buried In the end of the building, and
the bodies above named, were all moved
into one OF the large storehouses of the
arsenal and placed under the tagging.
About the close of President Johnson's
administration Q869) the bodies were
surrendered to the friends or relatives of
the deceased persons, and were removed
elsewhere-those Of Writ and Mrs. Sur
ratt being taken to Mt. Olivet. When
the body of the latter was exhHmed
small black ribbon, tied in bow knot,
was removed from her dress as a me
mento. A number of her former friends
were present when the reinterment was
made in lot at the extreme northwest
corner of the cemetery. Stones marked
with the letter s. were set at the corners
Of the lot
With no other mark the spot was diff.
cult to find without guidance, and Mr..
T. Duffy, the sexton at that time and for
several years afterward, was frequently
called on to point out the spot where
Mrs. Surratt was buried. About 1875
MIR. Gustsvus Craney, stonecutter, re-
siding at No. 1922 New Jersey avenue.
southeast, was engaged in putting ND
some headstones in the grounds, and Mr..
Duffy called his attention to the want of
stone to mark Mrs. Surratt's grave. Mr..
Craney agreed to cut the letters on q
stone If Mr.. Duffy procured one. Mr..
Duffy having procured a stone it was
chiseled by Mr.. Craney, who cut the
name 'Mrs Surratt' upon 1t and set 1t
at the head of the grave. Since Zen
there have been two other ;:orertnents in
the lot, one grandchiid of Mrs. Surratt
and the other DR., Thomas of New Or
leans.