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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
The Fossil of a Megatherium.

Surprises from Wyoming Territory are
not at an end. Not only is the country
prolific in mineral wealth, but fossil re-
mains are being discovered in abundance.
A mining expert, who has been in the
Sweetwater country for three years, has
just arrived in Council Bluffs, bringing
with him portions of the skeleton of a
megatherium found in a sand bed in the
valley of that river. The portion brought
with him is one OF the vertebra, measuring
twenty-five inches in diameter. The gen.
tleman himself is we'll known for credi-
billty, and reports the following
facts in regard to the find I:
The discovery was made while
the party were prospecting for new road
to the mines. 1t lay in sandy pocket of
what is known in that country as ''bad
lands" volcanic formation. The posi-
tion of the skeleton indicated that it had
turned on its side to die, and when found
part of the head and shoulder was above
ground. The whole frame was exhumed
and kept entire, with the exception of the
vertebra, brought away for exhibition.
and measurements were made of the skel-
eton left on the ground. The le@ meas
ured 1S feet inches in length and 20
inches in diameter at the smallest
point. The jaw is IL feet long.
The skeleton had never been disturbed in
any way, and its size indicated its weight
at about 80 tons. The exact location of
the g find' has been kept a profound Sc
cret. AS it is the largest specimen yet
found Of that extinct animal, the Smith
sonian Institution has made an effort to
secure it, but correspondence with persons
in the East would lead to the belief that
the latter will get the prize. A short dis
tance from the same spot the same pros
pector found, after blasting in shale rock.
specimens of sharks teeth, crayfish, bats,
frogs, and vegetable fossil remains. The
gentleman had these with him, as corrobo-
ration of his story of the richness of the
Sweetwater country in curious fossil re-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
SENATOR TABOR'S TWO WED
DINGS.
a Private Marriage Contracted in st.
Louis Last September.

| a Private Marriage Contracted in st.
Louis Last September.
| A special dispatch from st. Louis says:
The performance of the public ceremony
uniting Senator Tabor and the belle of
Oshkosh has lOosened the tongues of
select few who were cogniZant of a quiet
ceremony performed in st. Louis several
months ago. The truth is that the elabO-
rate nuptials in Washington on Thursday
were a sham. Mr.. Tabor and Miss Lizzie
McCouEt were made husband aud wife
on the Both of last September, and the
marriage was plebian sort of an event.
all except. the fee. The ceremo-
ny took place in the law office
Of Colonel Dyer, in this city.
Mr.. Dyer had been associated
in mining enterprises with Mr.. Tabor, and
the latter chose him as a cOnfidant, ,sm his
matrimonial venture. Miss McCourt
came here by appointment. Justice
Young was called in and the job was done.
A fee Of $100 was paid, not so much as a
tribute to the JUNCTION with which the
words were said as to induce secrecy on
the part of the Justice. The witnesses to
the ceremony were Mr.. Dyer and one 9TH
er person. After very brief honey
moon Mr.. and Mrs. Tabor separated to
come together again under the brilliant
programme carried out at Washington
Col. Dyer was asked what the strange
act OF the senator meant, and
replied: "Well, there isn't mucn of a
story to tell. Senator Tabor is an
old friend of mine; in fact, we are jointly
interested in a piece of property, and
have for a long time been his attorney.
He came here in the latter part of last
September, and from what l afterwards
learned | am satisfied he came by ap-
pOintment with the lady he married and
for the purpose of marrying her, although
his ostensible purpose was to attend to
some law business. The lady arrived
here the same day or the day after he did,
and was accompanied by her brother, Mr.
McCourt, who, | understood, is in busi-
ness in. Oshkosh, where the family re-
side. As he knew me probably more in
timately than any one else here, Mr.. Ia
Dor naturally called on me to help him in
arranging for the marriage, as they want
ed it kept secret.'
''What was the purpose of secrecy?''
"Oh, it was for very good and legitimate
reasons. You see at that time, although
he had been granted a decree of divorce
] from his first wife, she was suing him for
alimOny, and the marriage during the
pending of that suit might compiicate
matters-so that they thought it would be
best to make no announcement until the
case was disposed of"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
The "Eenecred BIacI<guardism'' of
Idle British Youth.

The London World, in a recent issue.
says: Hundreds and thousands of young
men in this country spend their whole
existence IN a battle with time. They
have absolutely nothing else to do except
to kill it. Beyond the race course, the
covert and the hunting field they have
no appreciable interest. The low black
guardiSm which was universal among the
golden youth of five and twenty years ago
may be veneered by social affectations,
but the quality, the fibre, and the tastes
of the race are unchanged. Our insular
brutality has been crossed by a strain of
exotic dandyism, and the attractions of
two or three play houses have eclipsed
the charms of the rafting ring and the
cider cellars. While, as is only fair to
say, hecOurage ofour young men remains
what it has been at all stages of our his
tory, they are as desperately unintellIgent
as ever. Art, literature and politics are
as much sealed books as ever to the
"chappies" and ''mashers'' of the period.
The dullness of metropolitan dissipation
is periodically relieved by rural recrea-
tiOns, to which a flavor is given by
their latent or aVOwed ferOcity. Our
young barbarians-and,f for that matter,
our old barbarianS-muSt, when they
are in the country, have their appetites
whetted by blood. To kill something
during the day; to crown the exploits of
Jne uay WIN dinner SuDStantlal enough
for Squire Western TO lounge afterward
on chairs and sofas in state of soporific
stupOr-so runs the interesting pro-
gramme. The more closely the culture and
civilization of the age are examined the
more apparent will be the basis of cruel
ty upon which the whole social structure
rests. The condition of English schools,
public and private, has improved enOr-
mously in the course of the last fifty
years; but there are no signs whatever
that the mutual intercourse of English
school boys is becoming purged of its in
yeterate taint of savagery. Our sons are
still brought up to believe that there can
be nothing free or manly in a system
which does not accord the privilege to in
tlict maximum of mutual discomfort
and misery. We are told that this con-
stitutes an essential part of genuinely
English training, and perhaps that may
be the case. At any rate, it is not to be
wondered at if the boys who start life
with these ideas develop into the men to
whom there can be no perfect enjoyment
without the consciousness of %I1illing
something" and if. after time, the mere
enjoyment of killing is subordinated to
the legitimate pleasure of sport.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
Brief TeleQrauls,

Mr.. Lichtoller, cotton manufacturer OF
Bolton, England, has failed, with liabilities
of ESQ, 900.
The authorities in Schleswig have COM
menced to eXpel the Danes for refusing TO
serve in the army.
The Secretary of theTreasury has asked
for the resignation Of Mr.. Haines, COllec-
tor of Customs at Galveston, Texas.
One hundred thousand pounds in bullion
was withdrawn from the Bank of Eng
land for shipment to New York yesterday.
Geo. W. SwepsOn, formerly a banker
and railroad president, and later a large
manufacturer, died in Raleigh, n. c.,
yesterday.
The Episcopal Convention at Indian
apOlis has elected DR.. Isaac L. Nicholson,
rector of St. Marks Church, Philadelphia,
Bishop of Indiana.
1t is reported that the French Govern
ment are determined to suppress the
Socialist demonstration which is adver-
tised to occur on the Esplanade des In
valides on Friday.
Judge Lawson, in opening the Dundalk
Assizes Yesterday, said the revelations
made at the hearing of the conspiratOrs in
Dublin, far from unhinging his mind, had
given him the liveliest satisfaction.
The appointment of General Blumen-
thai as German Minister of War has
been revoked. General Bronsart Won
Schellendorff was definitely appointed to
the office yesterday, and subsequently
had an audience with the Emperor.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
LITTLE PEGGY" DEAD.
Painting on the Stage and Carried Home
to Die.

Fresh white flowers lay on casket in a
mouse OF mourning in New York Sunday
night, and they seemed in keeping with
the sweet baby face looking up from If.
The little face had time and again made
others, like its own, glow with plea
sure, and delighted staid elders in the
footlights glare; for it belonged to Peggy
Miller, the child actress, of Fritz's PLAYS.
The little enc had been with Emmet's
company since the Sth of last
May. She was then eight years old,
and as the comedian watched her
from the wings he said she was
the best child actress he had ever seen,
because she was always a child and moth
ing more. Since that time she had been
with the company in tours through the
country, playing 'Lena" and "Master
Herbert" in "Fritz in Ireland.v y and
'klina" IN "Fritz Among the Gypsies.Y
Her father is the stage manager. Mr.. VIM.
70. Miller. Her mother is known profess
sionally as Jennie Christie. The child
had been brought up among the associa-
tions in which she appeared, and her in
stincts leaned toward them. The glare of
the lights, the music of the orchestra, were
familiar to her from babghood. She loved
her work, and when she fell sick at Phila-
delphla wanted to keep at it. She had re-
Gently been ailing, and on Tuesday the
end came. 1t was at the Novelty Thea
IRE, lIAalnsDurg. Fritz In Ireland"
was the play, and, dressed as Master
Herbert, she was standing at the wings
ready to go on. The moment for her
dance with Fritz was approaching. The
opening bars of the air were already
floating up from the orchestra. Little
Peggy looked up in her fathers face and
said: "Papa, Pm afraid of that dance.v
''Be careful, my dear; do it easily"
he whispered. The next moment She
was before the audience. The dance be-
gan and went on uninterrupted to the
close. But Fritz suddenly felt the little
figure tremble and sink. Then it Law
dead weight upon his hands. He lifted
her tenderly, carried her to the wings and
laid her i'll her fathers arms. Little Peg
gy had tainted. She recovered soon. ana
the doctors who attended her till Sunday
believed she would get over her illness
entirely. But it was not to be, and she
suddenly passed away. Her parents
Sunday night sat incOnSolable in their
hOme,at No. 245 East Thirty-fourth street,
New York city.
And the casket lay there with the flow
ers upon it and that in it which had with
cred so soon in an atmosphere unconge-
nial to its growth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
WIGGINS' SKIRMISH LINE.
A PRECURSOR OF HIS PRE-
DICTED CATACLYSM.

A Severe Gale In Great Britain-Eight
Vessels and Nineteen Lives LOst-The
Worst Snow storm of the Season in
Canada-What the Weather Prophet
Claims.
LONDON, March "A severe gale, ac-
companied by snow storm, has pre-
vailed for the past twenty hours. Two
vessels and three men were lost at
Dundee, three vessels at Scarborough,
one vessel at Isle of Man, and two lives at
Whitstable. Two vessels have been
wrecked at Ocheverigen, Holland, and
fourteen persons were drowned.
MONTREAL, March 7.-Snow fell here
yesterday and last night, and was the
heaviest of the season. The depth of
snow in the streets is fully five feet.
QUEBEC, March THE snow storm is
somewhat abating. 1t has been the worst
of the season. All the Western trains
are late. The North Shore train from
Montreal, due this morning, is blocked at
Batiscan.
Virgins claims this storm as the
skirmish line of his cataclysm predicted
for the 10th inst
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
THE EUROPEAN WHEAT CROP.
Gloomy Prospects on Account of the
FIOOds-Cattle Diseases.

WASHINGTON, March THE statisti-
cal agent of the Department of AgrieuI-
ture in London reports continued rains
and floods, doing great injury to the wheat
crop, and there are gloomy appre-
tensions of the worst failure for
years. The area is reduced, and
much resolving will be necessary.
There is also much alarm of the spread of
foot and mouth disease among the cattle.
Local fairs throughout Great Britain have
been closed, and orders in council prohibit
the movement of farm animals from Scot
land to Ireland until the 31st of March.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
SENSATION IN CHURCH CIRCLES.
New Functions of a Cleveland Rector
Confession and AbsOlutiOn.

Confession and AbsOlutiOn.
A special dispatch from Cleveland SAYS:
considerable excitement was created in
church circles here to-day by the publica-
ton in one of the city papers OF rather
sensational article regarding the pro-
nounced departure of a ritualistic Episco-
pal church, in admitting the Roman
Catholic functions Of confession and the
power to grant absolutioD. The church
referred to is the Grace Episcopal Church,
the congregation of which is one Of the
most wealthy and aristocratic in the city,
and its rector, the Rev. Geo. w. Hinkle, is
prominent High Churchman. 1t is stated
that he has recently become known TO his
communicates as Father Hinkle, and has
a 1ned the rights to listen to recital of
sins committed, and upon proper spirit
of repentance on the part Of the sinner to
grant absolutiOn for the same. Father
Hinkle has been rector of Grace Church
for several years, and attires himself in
the distinguishing costume of Catholic
clergy. His pastorate has been marked
for ritualistic tendencies, he having intro
duced from time TO time many Catholic
forms and ceremonies in his services and
adOrnIng the chancel of the church with
an array of candles and crucifiXes.
"Your correspondent calledon the Right
Rev. Bedell, Bishop of Ohio, who is a Low
Churchman, but he refused to have any
thing to say ON the matter until he has
given it further thought. Other Episcopal
clergymen were in like manner reticent,
except the Rev. n. S. Reelison, who ex-
pressed his hearty disapproyal of DIR.
large portion of the congregation Ia
Grace Church are unaware Of the depart
ure toward Romanism which their rector
is said to have made.'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
Ex-President Diaz in Texas.

AUSTIN, March 7.-EX-President DiaZ,
of Mexico, and his party arrived here to-
day direct from New Orleans, en- route to
Monterey. Mexico. Austin being the only
Texas city visited by them. The party
were met thirty-eight miles below the city
by Joint committee from the Senate and
House and by representatives of the press,
who escorted them to the Governors office
and both houses of the Legislature and
gave them drive around the city. The
streets were thrOnged with people.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK.
An Invalid Lady and Her Daughter
Su1fOcated by Smoke.

NEW YORK, March IA fire broke ont
this morning in the Cambridge fats. a
large building in East Sixty-fourth street.
Mrs. Wakeman, aged Sc, and her daugh-
ter Rose, who occupied the fourth floor,
were suffOcated by the dense smoke. The
building was damaged $4,000 and the
furniture $4,000.
Mrs. Wakeman was the wife of Abram
Wakeman, who was Surveyor Os the Port
during President LincOln's administra-
uOn. She was an invalid, one side Of her
body being paralized. Her daughter was
also suffering from illness. Both mother
and daughter were found ON the stairway
OF the third floor, to which they had de-
scended, and where they had evidently
been overcome by the smoke. Many
more lives would have been lost had it
not been for the fire escape in the rear of
the building.
The fire broke out in the basement, and
was probably caused by a heater. When
the fremen reached the scene the flames
were bursting from the windows on the
upper floors and from the basement. The
iremen's efforts to enter the building
from below were hindered by the flames,
and they got on the roof and entered by
the scuttle. There they rescued a stout
colored woman, who was bewildered and
partly overcome by the smoke.
1t is believed that no lives were lost but
those Of Mrs. Wakeman and her daughter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
Twenty Years AQo

In 1863, Mr.. WILSON, now of Lawrence,
Mass, was in the Commissary DEPART
ment in Washington. Somehow or other.
he was taken with a violent soreness of
the throat. Several army surgeons exam
ined his throat and decided that il was a
case of diphtheria, and that it was hope
less. After they had given him up. he
tried PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER. The
next day the scales began to come off his
throat, and in two or three days he was
well. -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
'VOItaire's" Reputed Interview with
O'Kelly.

LONDON, March IA Paris dispatch
saws: {" VOltdiFe publishes an interview
with O'Kelly, member of Parliament. The
latter stigmatiZed the PheniX Park MUIR
ders, but declared that Burke, as the
permanent representative Of the Castle
Government, was to have been the sole
victim. He SAYS that if ParnelPs land
reform bill were rejected. Parnell would
resign and 90 to America" 1t has been
ascertained that there is no foundation
whatever for the above statement by
O'KelIy in regard to ParnelPs intentions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
serious Injuries by a Run-On.

DANvILLE, VA, March 7.-Passengers
by the Midland Road report a train on the
Pittsylyauia and Franklin Road OFF the
track Yesterday evening. William Payne.
the conductor, was seriously if not fatally
injured, and Charles Fortune, the engin-
eer. was badly scalded. The fireman,
name unknown, had leg broken. There
are no telegraph wires on that road, and
avnct infnrn afinn is hard 10 obtain.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08

CLEVELAND, OHIO, March This af-
ternoon VIM. Lyon, fifty-tive years old,
went to the dwelling of a woman who was
divorced from him five years ago, and
asked her to make bowl of soup for him.
While she was preparing to comply with
his request he drew revolver and shot
her in the face, infiicting severe, per-
haps fatal wound. Then he put the pistol
to his right temple and fired, killing him.
self iiletantIy. He had been drinking
heavily of late
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
FUNERAL OF COZ. -GInMoR.
HOnOrs to the Remains of the Distin-
guished ex-COnfederate

guished ex-COnfederate.
BALTIMORE, March THE funeral of
Colonel Harry GilmOr, the Confederate
cavalry officer, took place this afternoon
at the Boundary Avenue Presbyterian
Church. After the services the
remains were escorted to the Union
depot by a military escort under COM
mand of Gen. Bradley L. Johnston, con-
sisting of a detachment Of police, the
Fifth Maryland Regiment, the Baltimore
Rifles (cOlored), the Mayor and City
Council, the Society of the Army and
Navy of the Confederate States and the
Association of Maryland. In the line there
was also a large number of members
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
ex-UniOn soldiers, including General Ross,
Gen. Adam +. King, Gen. Felix Agnus
and Gen. Charles L. Phelps From the
Union depot the cOrtege were taken in
train on the Baltimore and Potomac Road
to Loudon Park Cemetery, where the re-
mains were inferred. All the city offices
were closed during the obsequies.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
CEIId-eo RnrDed to death.

LAWRENCE, OHIO, March 1.-Two
children of Azriah Evans were burned to
death in a small stable yesterday. A
boy of four years set fire to some straw,
and he and his sister (aged two years, }
were unable to escape.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
After Twenty-nine Years.

DETROIT, March IA life convict
named Samuel Ulam has just been par
dOned out Of the State prison, where he
has been confined twenty-nine years for
the murder of a man named Estabrook,
in st. Joseph county in 1853. There is lit
tie doubt that Ulam is entirely innocent
of any connection with the murder.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
NATIVE MAGISTRATES.
Excitement and Indignation on the In
crna in India

ENcitement and IndignatiOn on the In
crease in India.
LONDON, March Calcutta advices
to the Times state that the excitement
aroused because of the proposed law Civ
ing native magistrates criminal jurisdic-
ton over whites in certain cases has
spread to the army. A letter from an
officer doing duty in a large garrison is
published. He says the danger is most
serious, and that it will be impossible to
control the men if a cOmrade is sentenced
by a native Judge. The feeling of eX-
treme and violent Indignation is universal
among both Officers and men.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
Shot neadin Cnnrt

NEW ORLEANS, March IA special
from Texarkana says: ssA. L. johnson, a
popular young man, was shot dead to-day
in the court room of Miller county court
house, in the presence of the Judge, jurors,
attorneys and spectators, by c. +.
Dixon, Sheriff of that county. The trouble
arose from DixOn's making war on gamb-
ling institutions in which johnson was
silently Interested -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
THE RUIN IN EGYPT.
Disasters which Threaten the COuntr,
Under British Protection.

Disasters which Threaten the Country
Under British Protection.
A correspondent writing from Cairo,
Egypt, says: The situation in the country
is getting from bad to worse. Egypt is,
after all, only large farm. Her annual
revenue of $45, 900, ,000-of which so. .50O,-
600 goes directly into the pockets of the
''blOated bondhOlders"- derived almost
exclusively from the crops of cotton, In
dian corn, wheat, sugar and barley. The
agrlculturlsts are now getting frightened
about the cotton and sugar crops. Land
which twelve years ago yielded per acre
ten cantars of cotton the cantar equals
ninetT-eight pounds) now only produces
two or three cantars. Chemical inYesti-
CATION has now proved that this startling
falling off is due to the fact that cotton
takes more out of the soil than.is put into
1t by the yearly deposit left by the Nile in
undation. Previous to MehemetAli no such
eXhausting crops as cotton and sugar were
grown in Egypt. Consequently the cotton
and sugar have for the past forty years
been annually drawing upon the deposit
of the Nile that had for centuries been
gradually accumulating. This reserve
fund ofphosphates and nitre required by
cotton is now coming to an end. Hence
the astounding decrease in the production
per acre.
There are now over one million acres of
land in Egypt under cotton cultivation
The Itotal value of the Egyptian cotton
crop is about $60,000000. The decrease
in the annual yield per acre has hitherto
been compensated for by constantly plant
ing more acres in cotton, and this has in
great measure been done by trenching
on the land producing Indian corn, which
is the staple food for the fellah. But the
number of acres under cotton cultivation
cannot be increased forever, and the sOle
remedy which can avert the failure of
Egyptian cotton raising-a catastrophe
that would at once plunge the country in
to hopeless bankruptcy-is the use of ma
nures and artificial fertilizers. At present
all the bones in Egypt, which would be
worth their weight in gold when convert
ed into fertilizers, are exported to Europe.
The Egyptians steadily refuse to allow
any concession to be made to any artificial
manure company on the ground that ''the
bones of some MOslem saint might be dis
turbed and put to vile uses" If plebis-
cite were to be taken to-day the over
whelming majority of the Egyptians
would vote against the use of artificial
manure. English diplomacy will soon
find itself face to face with this manure
question.