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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-03

eeiyed warm welcome from the citizens of
@tuat @ place. Inc ladies' hOnOred the meetings
Win their presence, Several Of the appoint
ed speakers delivered their addresses The
labor question seemed TO attract most atten-
tlOn. There were no new facts or ideas ad-
Fanceu- but there was a general interest
up"
A Manning correspondent writes to the
Setcs ana courier that the drought continues
an many sections. In some places the farmers
SIc cuttlng down corn and drying it for fOd-
ueL- lotion IS shedding leaves. forms and
small Dolls The rain clouds have played
strange and unaccOuntable freaks. some
times the rainfall would he heavy. the width
oI a half or three-quarters Of a mile, and eN-
tend IN length two OF three miles. stopping as
suddenly as II began. AT one place three rain
fails marked the base and perpendicular Of a
triangle ami the section of the hVDOthenuSe
getting none. This, too, in a small area.
y Union correspondent writes: 'sSince nv
note Oi the 18th IN reference to the supposed
poisoning Of some Of those who attended the
hop on the 2jth. further develOpmeDts have
satisfied the most skeptical that the ice cream
used on that occasion contained a very Viru-
lent poison. most probably the sub-acetate of
copper tyerdlgrisl. coming from some brass
vessel used IN preparing the cream. Opinions
are somewhat divided as TO the precise cause
but the result Is that between thirty and forty
persons are suffering from its effects, more or
less seriously. and IN several cases the svmD-
toms are very alarming
Aiken Reyie1c: Last week Mr.. Henry Wilson
forged an order on Mr.. l.. 4. Ashley. of Ellen
ton, for fifty dollars. The forged order was
written in the form Of a note to Mr.. John
lDnner. requesting him TO pay 10 MF. Wilson
hfty dollars. and IL had Mr.. T.. \. Ashley :
name signed 10 IL. The order was presented
at Mr.. BOnners store 10 be cashed. but Mr.
Bonner being absent, his clerk refused to cash
Il. Wilson then took the order over to Mr.
Joseph Ashley's. brother Of Mr.. l.. A. Ash e.
ley. where he succeeded in getting it cashed.
the money being paid by Mr.. Ashley's clerk
af ha fta1l4
he jumped on board of the first train for Au-
gusta, and has not since been heard from"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-03
MISS JOHNNIE MORGAN.
The Heroine of the Late Confederate
Reunion at Lexington.

Miss Johnnie Morgan, the Generals
daughter, was the heroine at the Morgan
reunion in Lexington. 1t did not require
a practiced eye to detect the warm admi-
ration entertained for her by her fathers
faithful followers, and considerable time
was spent in presenting them to her. Her
close resemblance to her father awakened
III them many of the memories of the
eYent1ul past, and her sweet face, lady
like grace, calm and gentle voice,
as she expressed her great JOY at
meeting them, stirred their hearts and
secured for her all the love and venera-
ton they once had for her father. At
ter paying glowing tribute to General
Morgan, Orator Black turned to Miss
Johnnie, who rose gracefully at his greet
ing. lie told her that his comrades, who
had loved her illustriOus father while liv-
ing and reYered him while dead, had ac-
corded him thr pleasing task of conveying
to her from them gentle token of the
faithful allegiance which her father en-
JOyed and the warm admiration they felt
for her. He became eloquent as he pro-
ceedcd with the theme and closed by
saying that ''never since the days of an
clent chlyalry did gallant knight crown
falrer queen" and handed her velvet
case containing handsome gold watch
and chain.
She stood up bravely under the trying
ordeal, during which old soldiers eyes
were blinded by unrestrained tears, and
turning to the sea Of faces she said, with
beautiful cOmpOsure: ''Dear friends, /
can't begin to tell you how happy you
have made me, and how grateful / feel to
ysu for it. l assure you that love you
as dearly as my father did, and | sincerely
hope that you may always be as happy as
you have made me to-day" AS she
bowed her acknowledgements the giant
oaks trembled under the deafening shouts
that went up from a thousand threats and
the boom of the artillery.
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amend so that whisky could not be given
away to induce trade or for any other
purpose. There was no good reason for
connning the restriction simply to giving
to customers. The motion was lost.
Section seven was adopted without
amendment.
Mr.. Pringle moved to strike out that
part of section eight in regard to licensed
physicians and add ''such," so as to read.
''such wines being domestic wines for
sacramental purposes" 1t was lost by
vote OF 32 yeas to 70 nays. The section
was then adopted without amendment.
Mr.. Breck, of Lumpkin, desired to
strike section 9 from the bill. The mo-
tiOn was lost. The section was amended
by striking out "or other place in the
state so as to conform to section l and
adopted.
Mr.. Jordan, of Hancock. moved to
amend so as to make the section read
"shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
on conviction, etc." which was adopted
and the section carried.
Mr.. Crenshaw, of Troup, then stated
the bill had been so amended that the au-
thor would run from it and he moved to
recommit it to the Temperance Commit
tee.
Dir. Humber, of Putnam. the author of
the bill to which this is a substitute, sec
Onded the motion and asked that the bill
be recOmmitted.
Mr.. MiddlebroOks moved to recommit to
the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.Ienkins- Putnam said that oouF-
tesy required that it should 20 back to the
Temperance Committee.
Mr.. Sweat, Of Clinch, opposed any kind
OF recOmmittal, as did Mr.. Redding, of
Pike, with the design to have the bill
come up tomorrow morning as unfinished
business.
Mr.. McGregOr. of Warren, moved to
print the bill and lay it on the table with
out liking the time TO resume the debate.
The motion to table was lost, and the
Dill was carried over as unfinished busi-
ness for tomorrow.
The friends of the bill are very much
discouraged at its fate, as the amend
ments eliminate its best features.
NOTES ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
Another mad dog was killed here to-day
by the police.
An intoxicated man fired pistol in the
hlmball House rOtunda tonight, and the
ball passed between Judge John Il. Clarke,
of Cuthbert, and b. T. Hatcher, ESQ.,, of
Columbus, who were engaged in CONVEX
satiOn.
The Southern Dental Association to-day
elected II. j. McHellops, of Missouri,
President; \. G. BOutOn, of Georgia, First
Vice President; NJ. A. Bland, of North
Carolina, Second Vice President: A. O.
Rawls, of Kentucky, Third Vice Presi-
dent: Recording Secretary, DR.. Hoffman,
of North Carolina; Corresponding Secre-
tary, John Holmes, Of Georgia; Treas
urer, Dr. Low Rance, of Georgia. An
excursion will be made to Tallulah Falls
tomorrow.
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WALLS FROM THE RAILS.
Vermont the Scene of Another Disas
trOus Train Wrecking

Vermont the Scene of Another Disas-
trOus Train Wrecking.
BOsTON, MASS, August 2.-Another
bad railroad accident occurred yesterday
in Vermont. An express train on the
Southeastern Railroad, from here to Mon
treal, was derailed three miles from North
Troy. Vermont, and the whole train was
wrecked. Two parlOr cars, one baggage
and one passenger car and new engine
were made complete wreck. One lady,
from Derby, was fatally injured, and some
fourteen others were seriously hurt.
Telegraph operator johnson, who
is responsible for the accident on
the Troy and Greenfield Railroad
yesterday, is l. years of age. He
had been on duty all night, and at 8
O'Clock in the morning had not been re-
lieved, owing to the hardness of A. c.
HOag, the station master. johnson had
orders to flag these trains and have them
pass at Petersburg Junction, and forgot
to do it. He set up an instrument on the
ground near the scene of the accident,
and sent and received messages. The
loss on rOlling-stOck and merchandise
will reach $4,000. The wrecked cars and
engines were totally burned, and the
bodies of the six men killed were con-
sumed, nothing remaining but their
bones.
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A HOTEL LAID IN ASHES.
TOWNSVILLE BEREFT OF THE
MITCHELL HOUSE.

A COlored Barber Victim to the Catas-
trOphe-The Losses over One Hundred
and Forty Thousand Dollars and the In
surance Eighty Thousand Dollars
Carelessness the Cause of the Fire.
TOWNSVILLE, August AT O'Clock
this morning dense cloud of black smoke
and lurid tongues of flame We're discov-
cred issuing from the Mitchell House. A
desperate effort was made to save the
building, but it proved unavailing. and.
together with the larger part of its con-
tents and those of the stores on the ground
floor, it was reduced to mass of smoul-
dering ruins.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
The losses and insurance are stated as
follows:
L: &. Mitchell, loss $125.OOO; insurance
$67 800.
steyerman, loss $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
Forbes, loss unknown; insurance 81, 800.
w. NJ. Reese, loss unknown, but
covered by insurance of $4,000.
Cassidy q Bro, loss $1,000; insurance
$1,000,
s. G. McLendon and DR.. Mcintosh
saved their Libraries and office furniture
without loss.
&. w. SUegaIl and the Singer Machine
Company lost little.
The post office was i'll the Mitchell
House, but nearly everything was saved.
ONE LIFE LOST.
After the fire it was discovered that
William Brown, a we'll known colored
barber employed in the shop in the hotel
building, had perished in the flames. A
search of the ruins resulted in the find
ing of many of the bones of the un-
fortunate mans body. All of them were
charred and devoid of flesh. His death
must have been Que Ofunspeakable agony.
He was sleeping in the third story of the
kitchen, and as the fire is thought to have
started in the kitchen and had gotten
considerable headway before he was
awakened, his egress was effectuallv
barred. There is no clue to the origin of
the fre beyond conjecture of careless
ness.
MODEL HOSTELRY.
The destruction of the hotel is a severe
blow to ThOmasYille. 1t was built in 1879
by Thomas c. Mitchell, wealthy and en-
terprising citizen Of the place, at cost
of $4,000 or 100000, and south wing
added about two years ago at cost OF
$4,000 or $4,000. 1t was also fitted
up and furnished at great expense
accommodated about three hundred
guests, and was altogether one of the fin
est built and best appointed hotels in the
South. The building throughout was
constructed Of the best materials, fronted
1870 feet on Broad street, 50 on jackson,
and about the same on Madison street, five
stories high, with all the rooms large and
airy, with two grand Railways 100
feet long for thorough ventilation.
1t has been kept during the past two
years by Mrs. NJ. A. Brewer, under whose
management the house acquired con-
siderable reputation, and was usually
crowded during the winter months with
Northern visitors to the South.
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Florida has -eventy-0ne newspapers.
There is but one bar-room in Jasper now.
New corn meal is on the market in south
Florida.
Town lois have been selling in Tampa for
$1,000.
P1lk county has 10000 bearing orange trees
lut crop of 5,OU0,o0O Is expected.
Cabbage palms have been set out ON the
streets af Bronson for shade trees.
a ueW town has been christened near Mi
canopy. under the name of Tacoma.
DeLand requires five saw mills working day
anil night TO fill her orders for lumber.
Magnolia and Green Cove are To hc con-
uegied 10y telephone the coming winter.
The orange crop ON the west coast in and
lHure Clearwater II looking promising.
Real estate is advancing iu and about Green
cove at the rate Of per cent "a week.
Wednesday the steamer Magnet, while low
uz q lighter. broke the crOsS-head of her en-
-ue while OF Point LaNista.
Lake Weir i'm Marion county. is one of the
most thriving parts of the state. IL was 81
noted summer resort IN 0lden times.
s mill man IN Ocala Is making arrange
meut- t0 ship 100000 feet of lumber weekly To
NeW urk 10y the Mallory Steamship line.
Contracts for the construction of a new
Catholic church in Pensacola have been let.
aur the beginning of the work Is DELAYED be-
cause brick cannot be had.
q new town named Mcdonald. two miles
l'lIN Hl -NlAtI-tN- HIS At-tu started. the
scheme being inaugurated by a company To
He known as the summer Land and Improve
ueUt Company.
Nine hundred dollars have been subscribed
OBJ build telegraph line from Point Wash
il-iou to some point ON the Pensacola and
Atlantic Railroad. Lake de FWniak seems TO
he the favored point.
The preliminary examination Of Doc smith
lHr shooting 80 and WOundiug Jack kecfe.
took place go Jacksonville Wednesday morn
l-. auI resulted I'M the prisoner being held
u $4,000 for trial. Bail has not been furnished
Fef
oB sunday morning there arrived i'm the
l-raUr at 81. Augustine a cat-riEged boat
with cooking utensils aboard. together with
uiler miscellaneous goods. The only person
alHarl was Young man about eighteen years
% age who sald he purchased the boat on
Indian river. ON his arrival he disposed of "a
Violin, blanket and other articles Co those who
would purchase. ami was about 10 dis
Nlse 30 the Yacht, which he called the
'Ninl. for about $50. Two persons whose
who the custom house official for the sec
Pun tle information Of the arrival Of the
"Nua- Nr. Paine, upon examination
Or ,le Yacht. was satisfied that the
-at was the blanche owned by
d4lg- Bell, who has the contract To carry
.le ilaIi to Lake Worth. Mr.. Paine left for
tacEsouville on Monday morning. and the
i-tlt was put i'm charge Of Mr.. McMillen.
all u the meantime word was rWarded 10
Ar James Bell on Indian river. The young
aan has since disappeared and no trace Of
llLu cam Dc found.
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Five Days in Freight Car,

'"tNNetott
Workmen employed at Washington
avenue wharf yesterday observed a small
stick protruding from hole in a freight
car standing on the tracks. The stick
kept moving around, and the men decided
to open the car. The door was thrown
open, and there, to their great surprise
was half-starVed lad. The bows conn.
tenance was haggard, and he was too
weak TO walk. He was taken to the
second district police station. DR.. Nebin-
ger gave the boy some restOratiyes. and
prescribed light but strengthening food.
The boy told the following story: 1sMy
name is Frank Harris. | live in Chicago.
where both my parents were buried some
time ago. / am 13 years old. had no
one to take care of me and earned a few
pennies whenever / could. On last
wednesday | saw the men loading the
cars IN the depot at Chicago. At dinner
time when the men left the car was only
partly loaded. | crept in and hid in the
corner behind big box. | thought |
would take a short ride, and when / got
out into the country ! would get off the
car and lind work. The men came
back and filed the car and locked
tho door That afternoon we started off
and L have been in the car ever since. We
often stopped, and hallooed but could
make no one hear me. Then we would
rumble of again, and l would throw nv
self back and cry. / don't know how
long was in there or how far we WENT,
After the boy had sufficiently recovered
TO walk he was taken by Policeman
Adams to the latter's home.
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GALVESTON FLAME LIT.
\ Suburban Resort and WhoIesal
Grocery the PROPERTY DESTROYED.

\ suburban Resort and "a Wholesale
Grocery the Property Destroyed.
GALVESTON, August 2.-Yesterday at
ternoOn the Pavilion, GalvestOn's favor
ite beach resort, owned by the City Rail-
way Company, was burned. A number of
other buildings in its vicinity were swept
away at the same time. RObt. Springer.
late of Milwaukee, a drummer in the Pa
VlliOn band, was killed almost instantly
by jumping from window in one of the
turrets and striking his head foremost on
a plank sidewalk. The origin of the fire
is not definitely known. The total loss is
$4,000, and the insurance $25, 900.
On Tuesday night the store of J. E..
Turney, wholesale grocer, was DESTROYED
by fire with its contents. The loss is
$4,000. During the fire a quantity of
powder exploded, jarring the earth for
blocks away, and causing man named
Davis, who was sleeping on an upstairs
porch square distant, to jump down and
break his right thigh bone and both fore
arms. His recovery is doubtful.
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Pike New Hampshire's Choice.

CONCORD, August 2-The 10th Joint
ballot for United States Senator was taken
to-day and resulted as follows: Whole
number of votes cast 318; necessary to a
choice 100; of which Patterson had /,
Stevens l, Ladd ,, Spalding ,, Tappan ,,
Chandler 6, Barnard >, Gallnger 6, Mars
ton 50, Burns Al, Pike 81, Bingham ia.
Pike gained over Yesterdays vote.
Burns lost and Chandler 6.
The following is the fOrty-second ballot
Whole number 315, necessary for choice
l5S, of which Rollins had l, Stevens 1,
Ladd /, Marston 10, Binghama112, Pike
1Sl. Pike having a majority, was de-
clared elected Great annIanse followed
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Stray Cases of Yellow Fever

NEW ORLEANS, August 2.-The steamer
Capri four days from Vera Cruz, has
ancnoFea OF mlle OIL, on Iort lads, with one
inspector at Port Eads has given orders
not to allow the Capri to come in, and to
warn all boats against towing or plotting
any vessels from infected ports.
NEW YORK, August 2.-On the arrival
ofthe steamer Saratoga, of Wards Ha-
vana line to-day, James Barnes, the
steward, was removed to the hospital at
quarantine suffering from what is sup
nnSed to be YellOM fnYnr
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-03
A TamanIinas Revolt snnnressed

GALVESTON, August A special from
Laredo says that the rebellion in the State
of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been quelIed
by the troops forwarded recently from
New Leon
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A Missile Thrown at the PresideDt

A Washington special to the New Or
leans 1tmeS-Denl0crdt says that las Satur.
day night the Pennsylvania Railroad train
on which the President was a passenger
had just left the Gunpowder Bridge, six
teen miles north of Baltimore, on its way
South, when there came crashing through
the plate-glass window of the Presidents
car a stone nearly as large as an egg,
which struck the fiagman, Charles Sparks,
ON his left cheek. The President, at the
time, was about midway the car, some
ten feet behind where Sparks was sitting.
Perhaps this will be claimed as the ftil-
filIment of the prediction of ZaidkeI. the
London astrolOgist. for July, which reads |;
s'The President Of the United States will
be in personal danger at the latter part of
the month, and he should take precau-
tions accordingly
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CHOLERA's ELEVEN THOUSAND.
\ Terrible Mortality Showing Since the
Cnmme mencement of the DIsease.

ALEXANDRIA, August 1.-Two deaths
from cholera occurred here yesterday. The
total number Of deaths in Egypt since the
first outbreak Of the disease to date is
1l,0O0. The deaths from cholera among
the British troops in Egypt 50 far num-
Der 81.
LONDON, August 2.-There were SS7
deaths from cholera in Egypt on Wednes-
day, including 273 at Cairo, where there
were three deaths among the British
troops. Twelve English doctors arrived
at Alexandria to-day. They will proceed
to Cairo
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AFTER TwENTY-EIGHT YEARS.
Wedding Her Lover of Quarter of "a
Century Ago.


The arrival at this port yesterday MORN
ing of the American Line steamship
British Crown brought to a climax a
truly unique love affair, which has been
developing since the year 1855. The
first act of the romance was enacted in
England thirty years ago, when the hero,
Henry Ball, aged 40, fell in love with
Miss Benedlcta Price, then with the
bloom of 80 years upon her cheeks.
The course of true love did not run
smoothly. Trusting that he could soon
return and claim his belle, Henry left
England in 1855 and came to this country
to make his fortune. From that time
until yesterday the lovers never met, but
although three decades have slipped
away their love has never faltered.
Bushels of tender missiyes have kept
alive the flame kindled in their hearts by
Cupid during his campaign of '53.
Mr. Ball, who is now 20 years of age. is
tall and spare, with white hair, NOUS
tache and beard. Upon the arrival of the
British Crown the happy pair left for
South Jersey, with the intention of get
ting married at once.
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The Deputies TaI[e = Vaca1ion

PARIS, August 2.-An extra budget for
1884 has been submitted to the Chamber
of Deputies by the government. 1t
provides for a loan, at per cent. interest.
of 3OO,O00,000 francs, of which 12I, 600 OO0
francs are to be devoted to military and
naval purposes.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the
convention with the railway companies
clOGad
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KATE FIELD SAYS: ''The way women
travel with miserable little dogs fills me
with amaEement. Men don't; and when
think of the pampering these creatures
get, ana what nuisance they are to
travellers, and how the same amount of
care bestowed upon children would re-
suit IN untold benefit to mankind, / be-
come cynical. The affection wasted upon
poodles would, if properly distributed,
supply all poor orphans with homes,"
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NAPLES, August liking Humbert YES
terday visited the scene of the earthquake
on the Island Of Ischia and went over the
ruins of the destroyed towns. He ex-
pressed the deepest sympathy with the
sufferers and directed the distribution of
money and provisions to those in need.
Another severe shock of earthquake was
felt on the island last evening, which put
a stop to the work OF searching the ruins
for the bodies of victims.
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Cloak Makers Garry Their Points

NEW YORK, August 2.-The last con-
tingent of striking dress and cloak makers
returned to work this morning, having
gained their point, and the trouble is at
an end. The Manhattan Suit and Cloak
Company was the last to give in. The
employees will now get SO week for ten
hours a days work, and no night work
unless paid extra.
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Artlnr,s Ouafion

CHICAGO, August 2.-President Arthur
arrived here tonight from Louisville.
His journey to-day was a continued Ova-
tion. Crowds gathered at stations where
no stop was made merely to catch a
glimpse of the gaily decorated train Bear
ing the President.
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No Foot or Mouth Disease.

WASHINGTON, August 2.-The Treas
ury Cattle Commission has made a re-
there is not single case of foot and
mouth disease in the United States. and
has not been except among herds recently
imported from Great Britain. These
herds were subjected to a close quaran-
tine until every vestige of the disease dis
oDDparQ1
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Taking a Road out of CbaDcerv

CHICAGO, August "A mortgage for
$l6,OOO,O0O was recorded yesterday at
Springfield, Ill. Cyrus c. Hynes, OF In
diana, and the Union Trust Company. of
New York, lend the money to the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad. The object of
the mortgage is to enable the company to
regain the custody of Its property, which
has been in the possession of the courts
under foreclosure proceedings since 1876.