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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
YELLowFEvER NEAR NORFOLK
Precautions Taken Which Will Keep the
Disease in Quarantine.

W WASHINGTON, July 25.-Surgeon Glen
non, of the Marine Hospital Service at
Norfolk, reports that one man died last
night of yellow fever on the steamer An
dean. The steamer was living at quar-
antine at Craney Island, but put to sea to
bury this man. The following answer
was Immediately sent to Surgeon Glen
non: Employ physician and one nurse
for the barge Selden, and remove the sick
to the barge Immediately. Advise the
Health Officer to forbid any infected YES
sci from going to Craney Island. The
Newport Board of Health has been
advised
a message was also sent to Colonel l..
BremOnd, President of the Board of
Health of Newport News, Va, as follows
I'm my judgment the sick from the
steamer Andeau should be Immediately
removed to the hospital barge Selden at
Willoughby's Cove, opposite Rip Raps.
Please send the steamer Andean to that
point to anchor. All persons having had
any communication with the vessel should
be isolated for ten days and their clothing
fumlgated.
"LSignedl HAMILTON.
surgeon General"
The Surgeon General saws he has ad-
vlsed the removal of the infected vessel
from Craney Island, because from a per-
sonal inspection he has become satisfied
that it is too near Norfolk for the safety
of that city, being distant about two miles,
and experience shows that previous out
breaks of yellow fever at Norfolk have
always proceeded from Craney Island
when that point was used for quarantine
purposes.
Secretary FOlger telegraphed to the Col
rector oil customs at Baltimore this after
noon as follows: Instruct the revenue
steamer Ewing to stop foreign vessels
from entering the Capes. If there is any
sickness on board require them to anchor
near Ocean View until boarded by a
Health Officerv
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
NO HONOR AMONG ROGUES
THREE FRAUDS FALL OUT AND
ONE TELLS THE POLICE.

A FEMININE Swindler ImpersOnates An
other Woman and Obtains SI,7s5
Pension MOney-Her Male Companions
Grab the SpOils and Seal Their Fate
by Refusing to Divide.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-On June %
last an application for pension which
had been made by Mrs. Priscilla Carpen-
ter for the death of her husband, John f.
Carpenter, was passed by the Pension
once, and papers bearing that date were
forwarded to Pension Agent Syckel
and the applicant yesterday. A
woman, purporting to be Mrs.
Carpenter, called at the Pension Office and
made demand for the money. A
voucher was prepared, and the alleged
Mrs. Carpenter signed her mark, and two
men, who accompanied her, signed their
names as George Smith and Henry Frank.
a check on the sub-Treasury for 81. .7S5 OF
was drawn and handed to the woman.
ohe appeared at the sub-Treasury
this morning and drew the
money. Soon afterward the woman
reported to the police that she had not
been given fair proportion of the money.
She SAID her name was Lillian L. Briggs
and her home Wilmington, Del, that She
had never seen either of the men until
Yesterday, When she met them on the
street, and was persuaded by them
10 impersOnate Mrs. Carpenter and
obtain the money. After securing
the money to-day she said that Frank
seized the package and ran away, De
tectlves were at once placed on the case
and both men were arrested. Smith was
recognized as George Rankin, a profess
slonal bail-goer. When Frank was
searched, $l,635 of the money was found
in his possession. The prisoners were
arralgned before United States Com
missioner Gibbons, and Frank
and Rankin were committed in
default of $4,000 bail for their
hearing tomorrow, and the woman was
held in 500 bail as witness.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
THE COUNTESS.
Adventures of a Gallant Able and a
Fair italian Dame.



A case will shortly be tried in the Paris
law courts in which a gallant abbe will
hgure as a principal witness and in which
plquant disclosures are to be expected
some days ago a remarkably handsome
lady, representing herself as an italian
Countess, called on the well-known Com
missary of Police, NJ. Tomasi.
and gave information of the rob-
berry of some costly family Jewels
from her apartments in the Rue
Lafayette, stating that her suspicious
rested ON one of her servants. NJ.
Iomasi, who, besides being an exemplary
official, is not proof against the charms Of
the talr sex, went forthwith to make the
necessary Investigations. After a
lengthy examination, he failed to discover
the slightest clue to the alleged robbery.
and on the completion of his INQUIRY was
shown into a beautiful drawing-room to
await the arrival of the Countess, with
whom he wished to discuss the advisa-
blllty OF taking further measures.
Although some time elapsed before her
arrival, he found himself well occupied in
admlrlng the lovely works of art with
whlch the rooms were furnished, and par
ticularly some very valuable specimens
of the old masters. All at once his atten-
tion was attracted TO a painting of Judith
by Murlllo, which aw0ke certain strong
recollections in his mind, but while he
was thinking over the matter the Countess
entered and disturbed his meditatiOns.
After his interview with her he went
home, referred to his official records to
refresh his memory with regard to the
MurillO, and found that certain Span
ish adventures had obtained this picture,
together with a large sum of money,
from a too cOnfiding abbe. 'sCan it
be, he questioned, ''that this adventures
and the Italian beauty are the same per-
SonsE He at once communicated with
the abbe, who soon arrived and accOmpa-
MED him to the Countess rooms. AS
soon as the lady caught sight of the abbe
she recognized him, screamed out and
was promptly arrested. 1t is needless to
say that her patent of nobility was not
as old as her Murillo, as she turned out
to be one Bertha Gonzalves, the daughter
of journeyman tailor, her mother being
the prOprietress of a small green grocer's
shop. She is said to have made many
victims in the character of a Polish
countess, and the able was only one of
her numerous dupes in her Spanish char
antar
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
FLORIDA.

Auigatoruea are selling at 10 cents apiece
m kev West.
An effort is being made to build a church
so WhIte-vllle-
From five 20 eight cents per pound is paid
for beef at Live OAK.
The ST. Johns and Lake EUstis Railroad is
HuIdng new depot at Umatilla.
sumter county Is selling enormous quanti-
ties of Iand and record deeds by the 500.
Alexander J. Jarvis. the Jacksonville jew
eTer has been put under bonds for perjury.
directors Of the prospective 81. Andrews
and Florida Railroad have been elected at
Mlrlauna.
place i'm the suburbs Of Waldo. that Will yield
f0rtv-ive bushels per acre.
The plans and specifications of the new
Tgvares Opera House have arrived IN that
place and the contract Is 90 be let soon.
p Bean is expected in Jacksonville in about
two weeks. when ne viii commence at once
the work of curing and shipping Florida
lemons and lines
ON and after August lst no melons weighing
less tbau fifteen pounds Will be sold in Jack
sOnvtUr. The sale Of stale melons VIII also be
prohibited.
II is estimated that -. 900 crates Of vege-
tables and ql.15S boxes of oranges have beer
shipped from the ApOpka region for the sea-
son of lsS3-4
Last Monday W. Jerome Green. the princi-
and Halifax Railroad. purchased from Col.
~. =. LawtOn his interest in the road for
$4,000.
The First National Bank of jacksonville
viii soon Issue new check, upon the face Of
which will be handsomely engraved picture
Of General r. +. spinner. with the Generals
autograph
The C0rOner's jury. sitting 10 Madison on
fHa Uodv Of little Fred Erwin. has rendered q
verdict that he came 10 his death by blow
from the hand of Gabe Ashley. The latter
VIII be held for murder.
By the mail arrangements between DeLand
and Here-f1rd Spring Garden Centre and
Spring Garden. it takes a letter from three To
-iNdavs % arrive nc any of tie towns, when
q day 40 the most. would be all the time
necessary.
b. e.. clayton. of New York. editor of She
Hies rHT Fruit 6r0sreFs' Journal, Is the owner
of one hundred and fifty acres Of land in the
v.cialty Of Altoona. and will ht uD a fruit
canning establishment at that place during
the summer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
The MURDER IN GLAssC0CK
The Coroner's Verdict.

l.rrssponde1cs Qf TIE H0THing Mars.
GIBSON, GLAssCOCK COUNTY, July 22.-
The little village Of ScruggsyiIle, situated
in GIasscOck county. was thrown into a
fever Of excitement Saturday last, when
DC was learned that DR.. Z. G.. Scruggs had
shot and killed his brOther-in-law, Adrian
r. Underwood. From what could be glean-
ed it appears that both men nave not
been on friendly terms for some time, the
cause being the alleged criminal intimacy
existing between DIR. Scruggs' wife and
Underwood. About 1:1j a. m, Saturday,
Underwood came along riding horseback,
aud when about fifteen steps from
Dr. Scruggs' gate, he en-
countered the Doctor in the road, who
was just then coming from his Office TO
his house. DIR. Scruggs, recognizing
Underwood. immediately began war of
words. Underwood answered: Doctor.
I want YOU to let me alone. I've not
got anything TO do with you and your
wife. Don't curse and use prOfane Ian
guage. ] don't use bad words before my
family 9nd / don't want you or anybody
else 90 % it." These remarks caused
the Doctor 20 become angry, and he said,
-Didn'tI tell YOU Betsy Snyder was n
harE" Underwood replied, "IOu are
nothing but "a - rascal.r With that
Underwood struck the Doctor in
lhe face with a short stick, III
Mcting an ugly scar on the Doc
Tors right cheek. The Doctor. who
was prepared for the attack, put his
d0uble-bdrreled shotgun TO his shoulder
and fired, the charge taking effect in the
region Of the heart. Underwood fell dead
instantly The report of the gun brought
humber OF people 10 the scene OF the
tragedy. The greatest excitement pre-
vailed. The news of the shooting spread
IKE wildfre. An inquest was held sat
tFday afternoon by Coroner ;. I. Wal
uen- who impaneled a jury and held the
e9lft IN the little store in the village
throughout the evening the store was
eloWed tO suhOcatiOn. The main witness
l9f the State was J. ID. johnson.
several other witnesses were examined
non +. b. Rogers, School Commissioner
u St ulascock county, and Judge William
Uils1n represented DR.. Scruggs. The
Jury were out about half an hour, when
Jney returned a verdict of self defense.
hen Underwood fell to the ground a five
Sleotef dropped from his pocket and a
N5Tfihg ger was found on his person.
Ut ecruggs Is a graduate of the Au-
susla Medical College and has repre-
ssflted GlascOek county several times in
,Ie legislature. and was we'll Known
oossLoushout the state as a peaceable, in
eusiFe man. The deceased bore an
eNstlient reputation. NJ. +. c.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
The Way the Peoples Money Goes.

About $20O,O0O, 900 worth of printing is
annually done in the government printing
office. The documents are printed under
joint resolution of both Houses of Con.
gress, and each member is credited with
a prOportiOnate share. AS the close of
the season approaches. the members 90 to
the document rooms and find out how
their account stands. If any books are
still to their credit they order them
sent home to their rooms in Washing-
ton, or authorize some other disposition
10 be made OF them. Very frequent
ly members make exchanges, and often
the exchanges are in the shape of cash
from dealers. 1t is frequently the case.
again, that member can pay Off some
obligation by load of valuable public
documents. ltis alleged that once a Sitting
member, who held contested seat, saw
by the vote in progress on his case that in
lew more minutes he would be unseated.
and, wise in time, he rushed to the doom
ment room while the yeas and navs
were being called, drew all his hooks
ranked and directed them to a friends
mouse, and saw them off safely before the
vote was announced,
A members share of public documents
is by no means an insignificant Deroui-
site. He, gets, roughly speaking. one
iour-hundredth part of the publications.
VI Po'VVV "oiI III, an amount equal In value
to his salary. The collection would not
sell for that sEIa, of course, and vet the
cash value Of complete set of pnhIic
documents for year would be consider
able. While much rubbish is printed
some OF the looks are valuable, and much
desired by certain Glasses of constitn-
ents. The greatest demand is for
agricultural reports. An edition of
duo,uo0 copies is ordered of this vol
ume, but even this enormous number is
insufficient TO supply all, and. i'm conse.
quence, members from rural districts
oIten exchange or buy large quantities
from city members or book stores. So
large and steady 10 the sale of these re-
ports that they have a regular price.
4Aey are rated at ten cents apiece, and AT
this price some country members bay them
Oy the 500 worth. One member bought
5,oOO copies last year at his own expense
LOT uistrlbutl9a among his constitu-
ents1 IA addition to his own supply and
al he could get from fellow members. 1t
Is said that some members supply cons
stltuents with all public documeRtsl even
though they have to purchase the hooks,
and that sometimes members spend hun
dreds oi dollars in this way. They may
have the means, aud rather than risk
giving offense they quietly buy the docu-
meAt, frank 1t and send 1t off.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
FOES TO THE FLOWING BOWL
The Good TempIars Elect Officers and
Proclaim Their Platform

The Good TempIars Elect Officers and
Proclaim Their Platform.
ATHENS, GA, July 25.-In It's session
to-day the Grand Lodge of Good Templars
elected the following officers: G. r., j. G..
Thrower; c., B. Fl. Patterson; V. r.,
Miss Mary Christie; s., w. H. Hunt; T.,
r. A. McMahan; Superintendent of Juve-
nile Templars, J. J. Keith; Representa-
tive to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge,
Il. NJ. Mitchell; L., n. L. jackson.
The G. w. c. T. made the following ap-
pOintments: W., j. w. Mitchell; ID. W.,
Miss 5. E. Newsome; c., j. t. Smith; j..
g., II. F. Quillian; o. g., w. b. jackson;
A. S, w. j. COler: W., George Ware
The platform declares this an order ready
to extend a helping hand to the weak and
tempted; that While having no quarrel
with man and man, we are engaged in a
lifelong warfare against the traffic of the
rum-seller; that we will never give up
our work until the last beer saloon be
closed; that to procure prohibition the
people must be educated in relation TO its
evils; that nothing less than total pro-
hibition will satisfy; that we recognize
all other temperance organizations as CO.
workers in the good cause; and that we
are in favor of the majority ruling.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
pistol Practice in Kentucky.

Boston TrdgelieT's Washington Letter
said Congressman Culbertson, OF Ken
lucky, the Gther evening: "There are
q Great MANY geatle!nen who can take a
deliberate aim and mak6 sne shot with
: pistol, but to draw, fire at once, AID hit
the nsark, is an entirely different matter.
We 6~acties hat great deal down in
Kentucky" :" "How5H Was asked. ''Why,"
responded the Coisressmsa, I'VE COM
mence when we are boys. ! remei'4asT
that when was a boy we used to go out
and stand back to the mark. and then we
would turn and fire instantly, and we
hnaliy became so expert that we could
hit every time" "HOW large was the
maFkl' said gentleman vino was pres
ent. 'Oh, IL was plank cut out the size
of an ordinary man." significantly an
swered the Kentuckian.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
N1ORGAN,s MEN IN CAMP.
"Reminiscences of BygOne Days Recalled
In BiVOuac on Henry CLAWS Estate.

"reminiscences of BygOne Days Recalled
In BivOuac on Henry Clay's Estate
LEXINGTON, KY, July 26.-The re-
union of John Morgan's Confederate COM
mand is now in progress here. Several
hundred members of the notable force are
now in camp on a part of the estate of
Henry Clay, in tents furnished by the
War Department. Jefferson Davis was
invited to be present, but sent letter in
which he said that ill health preven-
ted him from attempted the fatigue
of so long a journey, and
the excitement attendant upon such a
joyous occasion. A daughter of John
Morgan is among the guests, as is also
Mr.. Tiffany, who was Federal Postmaster
at Camp Chase. Addresses were delivered
yesterday by Frank Water, General
Preston, General Dula, Ex-Governor Me
Creary, General John 5. Williams, and
others. Last night DR.. w. H. Jones.
of Richmond, Va, gave lecture on "The
BOYS in Grey"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
MICHIGAN sTORM-wRECKED.
Many Lives Lost and Buildings Ruined
by MondaY's CYCLONE

many Llfes lOsJ anu builulnSS hulneu
by Mondays Cyclone.
DETROIT, July 25.-The details are just
coming to hand of the tornado which
passed over Ingham county Monday.
The house of Mrs. Elizabeth Barlow was
picked up by the wind and torn to pieces.
Mrs Barlow, who was in the house, was
instantly killed. Her body was af-
forwards found two rods from where
the house stood, with her neck
broken. The tornado struck two miles
east of Eaton Rapids, in Eaton county,
destroying a large amount of property.
Several barns were demolished. Eugene
Henry's house, one mile east of Winfield,
was blown to atoms, his wife and seven
children being inside at the time. Two of
the children were found dead forty rods
distant. Three others and the mother
were badly hurt. The baby was unhurt,
although the crib in which it was Sleep
ing cannot be found. One child had its
neck broken and another its skull
crushed. Rue Perrin's house, on the line
between Eaton and Ingham counties, was
also wrecked. His wife was injured.
Fences, orchards and forests were swept
away along the track of the storm, which
seems to have been about four rods wide
and extended over tract of country two
miles long in this vicinity.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
NO CHOLERA AT LONDON.
SHIPS GIVEN CLEAN BILLS To
THE UNITED STATES.

The Disease Raging With Unabatad
FURY in Egypt-COffins and Amin
lances Everywhere-Naples Believed
TO be Invaded-TOurab Horrors to he
Repeated at Barrage.
LONDON, July 25.-It is reported that
quarantine will be enforced at Dover and
Leith against vessels arriving from ports
infected with cholera.
"A dispatch to the Times saws that the
number of deaths from cholera at Man
sourah yesterday was 10, at Chibin 1l3 at
Zltteh -, at Mahallet 43, at Ghizeh o..
and at Tantah IS. Two hundred and
eighty-four deaths from the disease have
occurred at Cairo within y hours.
Bills of health which were oiven vas.
sells leaving London to-day declare that no
chOlera exists here. The American Vice
COhsul and acting Consul General has ap-
pointed physician to inspect all vessels
going to America.
dispatch to the Central News Agency
states that 55S deaths from cholera have
occurred at Cairo during the last twenty
four hours.
A large part of Bulak has been burned.
GGorpseS were found in many of the houses.
Inc elght hundred inhabitants of Rulak
encamped at TOurab are surrounded by n
GORDON. Nothing is supplied them. and
they are dying of famine. Cholera is
spreading among the guards
Bulak mas worldwide reputation. fue
to its museum of Egyptian antiouities.
IL Is about mile from Cairo, of which il
Is the port 1t formerly stood on an island.
Inc vessels navigating the Nile here dis
ena;Ige tneir cargoes. 1t has manufac-
tories OF cotton and silk and a govern
ment printing house.
CAIRO, July 25.-It is impossible To
walk one hundred yards without meeting
CONN or an ambulance. The eyictions
oI the inhabitants at Bulak and the hurn-
ing OF their dwellings continue. The
eVlcted people are sent to Barrage. where
a repetltlon OF the Tourab horror is proba-
Die. Baker Pasha has forcibly compelled
Tourab o. W
NAPLES, July 25.-There have beap
several suspicious cases of death here
Wltnln the last few days. The officials
declare that they were not cases of
choIera, but the effects of the deceased
persons have been burned.
PARIS, July 25.-The government have
introduced in the Chambers of IDENTITIES
and demanded urgency therefor, credit
OF oO,OoO francs for paying the expenses
ol sclehtlnc commission which it is pro-
posed TO send to Egypt to investi-
gate the cholera epidemic. A paper has
been read by NJ. Faunet before the Acade-
my OF Science, in which the writer saws
that cholera in Egypt is likely to end in
SIX weeks. He says that previous expe-
rlence shows that the rapidity of the de-
crease of the disease is always in accord
ance with the rapidity of its spread.
BERLIN, July 25.-The National Zei-
taag reports that several of the powers
are negotiating for the establishment of
at Geneva or Lugano. ''0A
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
AsTORS MAMMOTH YACHT
TO be Built of Steel, Regardless Of Ex-
pense.


The competition among milliOnaires az
10 who shall have the largest and finest
steam yacht appears likely to result in
the construction of steam pleasure Gro n
as large as the Arizona or Alaska. The
latest wealthy man to enter the lists is
Mr.. William AstOr, who has Contracted
with the Harlan & Hollingsworth Comma
ny, OF Delaware, to construct a steam
yacht that shall excel in style and finish
as we'll as size, anything that has ever
oeen built in this country. Mr.. Astor's s
proposed yacht, the keel of which was
laid at w llmingtOn last Saturday, is to be
OF steel, all the other boats, the Polynia.
Namouna, Corsair, Stranger and Ataianta
being of iron.
Inc new yacht will be of enormous di-
menslons, 245 feet over all, 235 feet on
water line, 30 feet beam and 20 feet depth
lows:
Atalanta, over all, 2O6 feet 3 inches :
Namouna, 226 feet 10 inches; Yosemite
iS2 feet; Stranger, 100 feet; Corsair. ISL
ieet, etc. The cost of Mr.. Astor's Yacht
VIII also be greater than any of the others
by about 100000. 1t is estimated that
Mr.. Gould's Atalanta cost $3.50, 1000. The
neN new boat, therefore, will cost fully $780,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
TWO OPERATORS ARRESTED
Wire Cutting the Charge-The Atlanta
Shot Explained.

ATLANTA, July 25.-The police have
discovered to-day that an air gun was
used yesterday, the ball of which went
into the telegraph office and hit Samuel
Wall, was accidentally fired by small
boy upstairs in the Markham House.
This fully relieves the striking operators
from any suspicion. Everything is serene
here, and expert operators and clerks
keep the business moving all right.
CHICAGO, July 26, 3 A. Mail the
wires of the Western Union Company, on
the Wisconsin and Milwaukee divisions
of the Chicago and Northwestern Roads.
were cut at 11:45 last night at points
about six miles from the city. The breaks
were discovered, and the wires are work
ing all right this morning
BUTTE, MONTANA, July 23.-Two strik-
ing operators were arrested yesterday for
malicious interference with the wires of
the Western Union Telegraph COmpanv
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26
WESTERN UNIONS COMMITTEE
Meeting Held, but the Strike Re
ported Not Considered

A Meeting Held, but the Strike Re-
ported Not Considered
NEW YORK, July 25.-In an interview
with the members of the subcommittee
appointed by the Western Union Company
to hear the grievances of the employees of
the company, the latter stated that only
three persons have communicated with
them. One of these had been dismissed
for cause, and the name of another was
already on the list for promotion,
The committee had ascertained that
during the past twelve months 5000
employees had had their salaries advanced
on merit, and further, that several lists
were in the hands of officers by the rec
concentrations of the Chiefs of the differ
ent departments for an advance of sala-
ries for meritorious service. The sub
committee did not consider the question
of the strike, except that incidentally a
feeling of satisfaction was expressed in
regard to the present posture of teIe-
graphic matters,