davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
FLoRrB

Jay Gould returned TO jacksonville satur-
day.
The Methodists of Palatka viii supervise an
excursion TO St. Augustine to-day.
Little river. in Gadsden county. Is sand to
be higher than IL has heen for years.
a proprietor of a ''Aying jennie has been
fined 81 at Apalachicola for cruelty TO his
horse.
The AdgaRes- Gasete is advocating the es-
tablishment Of a public institution at Pensa-
cola as home for the poor.
The Mayor Of Er0nt0n. Ohio, has received
S4S from St. MOnica's Church. at Palatka. TO
aid IN relieving the wants of the flood suffer-
ers.
Isham Hunter, the negro from Columbus,
who was badly burned in Apalachicola a
short time ago, diet in the hospital on Friday
of last week.
The ladies Of the NJ. E. Church at Apa-
lachiCOla have succeeded in raising forty sub
scribers TO the Chris!iQn Adr0c1fe This en-
titles the church 10 a handsome silver service
While some men We're employed at the
Cypress Mill, near ApalachicOla, last week
boring we'll piece OF cypress ninety weight
feet under the ground was brought to light.
Madison has a seining company composed Of
htteen Young gentlemen. The company has
lately received IA net lfty yards long and
twelve feet deep. haul was made IN the
Pope pond, near the railroad, and about 500
fish We're caught.
Sundays Palatka Herald saws: Mention
was made ia these columns few DAYS ago of
the finding Of headless corpse that had been
thrown up 10y the waves at sunny Point in
side of the corporate limits. The body was so
mutilated by fishes and alligatOrs, and in such
a state of putrefactiOn, that no attempt was
made at the time to hold an inquest and the
body was buried in the POtter's field. Among
the articles taken OF the corpse az the time it
was found was a wooden cigar holder. with the
stumpOf a cigar fixed IN it. This was found IN
the vest pocket and along with other articles
OF small value were turned over TO the sheriff
and by him placed in q secure place. On yes
terday Deputy sheriff MOutm 'llin obtained
powerful magnifying glass and subjected some
OF these articles to inspection. and the name
of w. Bright was, singularly enough, dis
covered written in ink on this cigar holder. 1t
is to be hoped that this clue may lead to the
fun Identification Of the dead stranger There
Is something very remarkable and yithal sad
about his mysterious fate
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
THE GREAT FLOOD.
1925 Disastrous Height Nearly Reac
ed by the Rushing Waters.

1925 Disastrous Height Nearly Reach
ed by the Rushing Waters.
NEW ORLEANS, March ia Vicks-
burg special gives the following report on
the flood in Tallatchie: SAT Sharkey, $50
miles above Vicksburg, the water has
reached within six inches of the point
reached in 1882. From Sharkey down to
Greenwood, 100 miles below, the water is
over all places except a few mounds suffi-
cient for stock to stand on. The town
of Greenwood is under water except
one warehouse and the court house.
The water is within six inches of the
mark Of 1882. The Standshell mounds,
thirty miles below Greenwood, and SidOn,
twenty miles south, are both oyerflowed.
The water at Ichula Lake is rising
slowly. About dozen fine plantations
on lchula Lake are still above water.
Capt. Smith found no suffering, and no
loss of life or stock is reported. Planters
are in good spirits and believe that the
worst is over. There is no demOrali-
ZatiOn of labor, and it is believed that the
water will recede in time to make good
crops.
''At Delta the backwater is falling slow.
ly."
A special from Bayou Sara says: "The
river has declined eight inches since the
MorganZa break. The creYasse is now $40
yards wide. The authorities believe that
they can save 1900 feet on each end of the
lQVpn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
\ MYSTERIOUS PERSECUTION.
The Letters Which Have Been Pouring
i'm Upon a Young LADY of Portland

in Upon Young Lady of Portland.
I'VE have received altogether more
than 800 letters like this" said a young
lady to a Philadelphia Press correspond
ent at Portland, Me-, day or two ago. as
she handed him a piece Of paper about
two inches wide, and in quality of the
finest note. On it were traced in a fine,
delicate hand these words:
''4our lovers wife and child are in st.
Louis. spy,
There was no date or other Indication
whence the letter came. Connected with
it is mystery and romance. The first
letter was received by the young lady
eight months ago, just three weeks after
she became engaged to an estimable
young man, resident in this city. 1t told
her that her ''lOver's wife and child were
in Boston"
Shocked at the supposed perfidtv of her
fiance, the young lady abruptly broke the
engagement and forbade him the house.
Many letters followed, and at last the
much tormented girl fell sick, and for
days her life was despaired of. BY this
time her lover had learned the cause of
his dismissal and her sickness, and went
vigorously TO work to prove his entire
innocence. The engagement was re-
newed, but the letters continued to come,
and in all sorts of ways. They were
folded into the morning papers, found in
baskets of groceries left at the house, and
at one time twenty-five of the notes,
rolled together, were discovered in the
front yard.
The notes bearing the Portland post
mark were followed by others, sent from
outside the city. In several instances
letters were sent from Baltimore, two had
the st. Louis pOst-mark, some thirty came
from New York, one from Philadelphia,
and one from Chicago. Stranger still,
one came from San Francisco. To the
present day the peculiar ANNOYANCE has
continued. Every effort has been made
to discover the author of the letters, but
in vain. No one is suspected, and the
family is not known to have any enemy.
Meanwhile the young people are get
ting reeOnciled to the situation. "We
shall be married next month"; they said.
1--WE guess the letters won't come any
more. Anyway, we'Il risk all the writer
of those letters can do. sane or insane"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
THE "RUsTLER' OF THE LEvANr
How the MOurmOurismenl Takes, in
Smyrna, the Place of the Texan Cow
Lecant Herald.

Lecd4t Herdtd.
Every one who has lived any length of
time at Smyrna knows that, amongst the
Greek population of the town. there is a
class Of ruffians, heroes of the knife. who
60 by the name of UOurmOurismeaf. They
may be compared with the desperadoes
of California and Texas in everything
save in courage. These persons enioy
the admiration of the society to which
they belong, swagger and bluster, with
the reputation of having murdered GER
tam numbaD of their fellow creatures.
compose their stock in trade. They ex-
tort money by threats of assassination,
and some of them have risen so high in
the world as to keep brilliant
saloons and cafe-chantants on the
aristOcratic quay. Two of these
swells were pointed out TO me
as having scored respectively 10 and 20
murders. When MOurB1Ourtsn1enOS
dies, or gets killed in a drunken brawl, he
is buried with more pOmp than If he were
a public benefactOr. The immunity from
punishment which these worthless enjoy
is due to the fact that each of them has
certain number Of protectors among the
upper class Of Levantine society. When
he is in want of money. or gets into
trouble with the police, he applies TO
Tchelebi Dick or Tchelebi Tom, his pat
rons, who are ever ready to help him with
buciI purses VI LnGlf influence Inc Ia
miliarity subsisting between the SMYRNA
rough and members of the upper classes
is a symptom of the unhealthy moral con-
ditiOn into which the Levantine society
of that town, for many generations vir-
tually deprived Of intercourse with the
civilized world, has gradually drifted.
The patrons of the -HOurBe01srtsn1enos are
generally to be found amongst the ''yOung
men about town." the local jeaneSSe dOree,
by whom it IS considered a legitimate OBJ
ject Of ambition to be on good terms with
some we'll known cut-throat. Amongst
his own class the latter is an object of re-
spect and veneration, so that it is no mat
ter Of surprise if he generally manages to
defy the police. Nor is it to be disbe-
lieved that in society where the profess
siOnal assassin finds such effectual en-
cOuragement and support, the Greek bri-
gand has no difficulty in obtaining secret
information and assistance in time Of
need.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
Two Aged southern students


We knew in Granville county two aged
gentlemen who were farmers and who
lived half a mile or so apart. One Of
them. now in his grave, in his seventy
fourth year sat down and read over for
mental sOlacement and refreshment and
for use several leadIn@-L Latin poets. He
was the finest scholar in Shakespeare
that has yet lived in the South so far as
we know. He was a man OF sweetest
character, and wrote with considerable
elegance. When John G. Taylor fell
asleep one of the purest and best of
North Carolinians passed to his reward
His neighbOr still survives, aged 81 years.
He, too, is a classical scholar, and reads
his Horace in his old age. He is a man of
very accurate reading, and is more fa-
miliar with Chaucer than any man we
have known. He reads the best and only
the best. 1t was only last year that it
was our pleasure to publish a very clever
contribution from his fertile pen that was
as sparkling, fresh and humorous as if it
had been written by~some gifted man of
30. 1t was this article that gave the fin
ishing blow to the supposed authorship Of
'Cousin Sally Dillard," and that showed
that Ham Jones had only reYamped an
old Virginia story.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
CAPTOR AND PRISONER.


4 middle-aged man approached Gen.
Hampton the other day, says James Il,
Randall in a Washington letter, and
asked his influence in pressing a claim
before the Military Committee of the Sem
ate. The stranger then said: General,
l am glad to see you again. You do not
recognize me, but you personally made a
prisoner of me during the war; Com
pairing notes, Hampton found out that it
was a fact, and recalled the circum-
stance. He was accommodating one night
and missed his way. Around him burned
many more camp fires than he had
left behind him. Entering a house
he discovered that he had strayed
into the enemY's lines. A few
soldiers were seated at a table. and alb
ruptly addressing them, as if a suneriOr
officer of their own army, he asked who
they were and what they were doing there.
One man spoke up and replied: 1--WE be-
long to the Eighth New York Regiment,
and Gen. Warren sent us to get milk"
Hampton felt that all of his nerve and ad-
dress would be required TO eXtricate him
self from this dangerous position He
reached for his pistol, held il along his
thigh, and, on leaving the house. COM
manded the man who had spoken to him
to follow. He did so. Hampton mounted
his horse and called the man to him.
Bending down to the Federal soldiers ear
he whispered: II have a pistol aimed at
your head and VIII shoot you if anv alarm
is made" The surprised soldier whis-
pered: "DOn't shoot. l surrender"
Hampton then bade him move on lust
ahead of his horse, and so brought HIM
into the Confederate camp. 1t was this
man who, after more than 20 years, met
his captOr and asked favor of him, as a
Senator, that he was more than willing to
grant. 1t was a strange and romantic CO
incidence in the returning cycles Of time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
WEARING OF THE GREEN.
Members of the House AdOrn Their But
ton Holes With Patrick's Day Rib
bOns

Members of the House AdOrn Their But
ton OIes With Patrick's Day Rib
bOns.
w WASHINGTON, March 17.-Something
unprecedented on the floor of the House
occurred to-day. 1t was in the nature of
a boom in honor of st. Patrick's day. Mr..
ONeill, of Missouri, brought upon the
floor roll of green ribbon. He distribut-
ed pieces OF it. Many members were
soon seen with a bright piece of green
in their buttonhOle. Richelieu Robinson
wore about a yard of it about his person.
Mr.. Hewitt, whose action is alleged by
the lrish-Americans to have killed the eff
feet OF the O'Donnell resolution, wore
almost as much, Leopold Morse,
Hebrew, created good deal of amuse-
ment by his conspicuous wearing of the
green" MIR. Deuster. of Wisconsin, a
German, paraded under the same
cOlors. There were dots of green
all over the House. Among those who
displayed the color were Messrs. Burns,
LeFevre, McGinniss, Springer, Glass
cock, Lamb, Beach, Wakefield, FOllet,
Foran and Curtin. Mr.. Belford was con-
spicuOus with large bunch of genuine
shamrock uDOn his breast
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
The Outbreak in Illinois Pronounced n,
the Foot and Mouth Disease.

The Outbreak in Illinois Pronounced n OF
the Foot and Mouth Disease.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE experts
examined by the Treasury Cattle Com
missioner pronounce the outbreak among
cattle in Illinois not the foot and mouth
disease.
DR.. Law, Of the Cattle Commission, has
gone to Kansas to investigate the reported
appearance of the foot and mouth disease
there.
ENGLIsHMEN GETTING THEIR SENSES.
MANCHESTER, Eng. March IA
meeting was held at the Town Hall here
to-day to protest against the restriction
placed upon the Importation of foreign
cattle. Jacob Bright and John Slagg,
members of Parliament, made earnest and
able speeches in furtherance of the object
of the meeting, and supported the resolu-
ton, which was carried, condemning the
House of Lords for meddling with the
contagious diseases of animals bill.
United States Consul Shaw declared that
American cattle and food producing ami
mails were the best fed and watered, and
the healthiest in the world. A similar
meeting was held at Stafford, at which
Messrs. Armitage and Arnold, members
OF Parllament, were present.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
SPANS DIsAFFECrED ARMY.
Several Arrests of Suspicious Persons
Made by the Government.

Several Arrests of Suspicious Persons
Made by the Government.
MADRID, March 17.-Gen. Velarde,
cavalry Ensign, three Sergeants and two
civilians, were arrested at Gen. Ve1arde's
house Saturday. Several other persons
were arrested at other places, including
Brigadier Villacamp. The government
has for sometime been aware that con-
spiracy was being hatched for a military
uprising similar TO that which took place
in August last. Many more persons were
arrested to-day, including Senator Moran,
Secretary for Gorilla, priest, fourteen
Sergeants, and three other army officers.
The government has forbidden a proposed
Communistic banquet and public sere-
made in honor of Senior PortuondO, the
Well-known Democratic Deputy.
TWENTY-FIVE ARRESTS MADE IN ALL.
MADRID, March II, 1880 P. M-The
total number Of persons arrested is twen-
ty-two. The newspapers EL Progress and
III POTGeBtr were seized and will be
prosecuted for attacking public institu-
tions.
A BOLD PLOT.
MADRID, March II, II P. M.-The con-
spirators who were arrested yesterday
and Saturday had formed plot to seize
the Palace some time when the Ministers
were assembled and King Alfonso was
presiding. Several of the prisoners have
been liberated for lack of evidence.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
THELAsKER REPORT ADOPTED.
Recognition of the Action of the Lib
erals Under Fire

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs adopted to-day,
without amendment, the resolutions and
report of the subcommittee on the
Lasker Resolution, and will submit them
to the House tomorrow. The committee
has also adopted, and will report to the
House, a resolution acknowledging the
expressions of kindly feeling on the part
of the German Liberals, and providing
that their action in acknowledgment Of
the Lasker resolution shall be made a
matter of official record. There was con-
siderable discussion IN the committee as
to the prOpriety of alluding to the resOlu-
ton of the Liberals.
Mr.. Eaton opposed any such allusfon
on the ground that it was impolitic to re-
fer to the action of u faction.
Mr.. Phelps admitted that the objection
would have great force were the paper
the committee was preparing intended to
be sent to the German government. The
committee was reviewing, he said, all
papers connected with the Lasker resolu-
ton and from the review drawing conclu-
slOns which were to be the opinions of
the House. Mr.. Phelps was of the opinion
that in the review there ought not to be
omitted any recognition of the Liberal
members OF the German Parliament.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18

world. Is it not strange. gentlemen. that the
government established over this people by
these same men viii persist in the maintenance
OF policy which must ultimately produce
substantially the same result-namely.
the cutting of of our trade with ali
parts Of the world2 Applause. Let
us see to il that the foundation for such
an accusation against the government
Of the Union is removed as speedily as cir
cumstanees will admit. Applause.
TAXATION FOR REVENUE ONLY.
Taxation only for the purpose Of raising a
revenue for public use [applausel commercial
regulation in time of peace, only for the pur-
pose Of protecting and fostering legitimate
trade, will strengthen the Union, insure the
prosperity of the people and perpetuate the
system OF government under which we live.
For myself, Mr.. Chairman, I will cheerfully
cooperate with all men ana all organizations.
by whatever name they may be known, in all
proper efforts to bring about these grand re-
suits. Applause. =
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
GeOrgia's Interest ir a Broken Bank
The Republican State Convention.

ATLANTA, March 17.-Hon. z. D. Har-
rison, Clerk of the Supreme Court, is
again in very critical condition. and
fears are entertained that he will not re-
cover.
SPEER OFF FOR sPARTANBURG.
State Treasurer Speer had a long inter-
YiewAwith Gov. Mcdaniel to-day and goes
to Spartanburg, S. c., tonight to attend
meeting of the Spartanburg and Asheville
Railroad. BY the failure of the Citizens
Bank of Atlanta the State owns S53, 600
worth of stock in the road, which Treas
urer Speer desires to protect as best he
can. The West Point Terminal Company
now control the road.
PROF. HENsLER DEAD.
Prof. VIM. L. Hensler, found insensible
IN his rooms few days ago, died at St.
Joseph's Intrmary yesterday.
MAY GONE FOR GOOD.
t. d. May, the bigamist, is still unheard
from, and has probably skipped for good.
RAILROAD RATES.
Railroad officials are arriving to take
part in the important meeting tomorrow
OF the rate committee of the pool. Great
interest is felt in the result. Atlanta
wants better rates.
sPOILs THE ONLY CONTENTION.
The cOlored Republicans in the neigh
boring counties are having a lively con-
test over the election of delegates to the
state convention, which promises to be
the most turbulent ever held in Georgia.
The wrangle is not over Presidential can
dldates, but who shall go to Chicago and
share the spoils.
A MISSING BOY.
Zeddie Harrison, aged 10 years, son of
James p. Harrison, State printer, has
been missing since yesterday noon. All
the searching parties and kilograms up to
this time have failed to get any trace of
him. His parents are overwhelmed with
grief and anxiety.
EXPLANATIONS ASKED.
LONDON, March IS, A. M.-Gen.
Graham and Sir Evelyn Barring have been
asked for explanations concerning the
proclamation Offering reward for Osman
Digna's head. Admiral Hewitt and Capt.
Speedy, who are going on a mission to
King John, of AbYssinia, have been
authorized to offer the king a strip of the
Red Sed coast south of Dankerla, with
two ports, excluding MassOwah, large
section OF southern Soudan, and perma-
nent treaty OF friendship with England.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
REFRIGERATION NoT REVOLUTION.

In other words, I am in favor Of reforma-
tiOn, not revolution. lCheers. But, Mr..
President, this process Of reformation must 20
on until the power Of taxation is used only
for proper purposes. There must be no step
backward (cheersl, nor any deviation from
the correct principle and sound policy. ASH
have already briefly lntimated. this Federal
Union Is commercial as well as a poll
teal one. Politically we are free. COM
mercially we are not When our an
cestOrs determined to rebel against the
British system Of government in America
the Declaration Of Independence was that
It had cut on their trade with al parts Of the
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
COMMUNISTS IN LONDON
SHOT EACH OTHER DEAD.

Two Men Wipe Out an Old Feud with
Each Others Life-bIOod.
GALVESTON, March ia special from
GreenYille says: 81. Parker and Joe
Baker, between whom an old feud existed
met in the town of Black Jack Grove on
Saturday last, and after a few words
Baker shot Parker through the lungs, in
fiicting fatal wound. Bystanders took
sides and exchanged a number of shots.
but without result. Baker then ran into
an adjoining house, got another pistol and
was returning, when he was fired upon
with shotgun by his victim Parker and
instantly killedo
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
ANARCHIST ExTRADITIoN.
No Political Immunity to Anyone VIII
has Attacked Life or Property.

No Political Immunity to Anyone who
has Attacked Life or Property.
LONDON, March 17.-Germany has eX.
pressed its willingness to join other
powers in measures providing for the ex-
tradition of anarchists.
At the British Foreign Office nothing
has been heard in relation to the reported
proposals of Germany for an Anarchist
eXtradition treaty. The Berlin papers
urge the formation of European league
against the dynamiters. The National
Gazette says: 'The powers are preparing
to combat the Anarchist plague with all
their means and energies. The question
of political asylum is to be put to a
trial, and no Anarchist will be allowed to
claim political immunity if he has at
tackled life or property"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
Most, the Fire Eater

NEW HAVEN, March 17.-Herr Most,
the SOcialistic agitatOr, in a speech at
Turn Hall tonight in reference to the
Commune of 1911, said that it was great
mistake to have spared so many lives and
to have left so many million dollars
worth of property undistributed. He
cOunselled the audience to be ready. to
give no quarter, and the world would be
theirs. Other speakers made incendiarv
speeches, and advised workingmen to
obey Herr Most,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18

TORONTO, March 17.-In the Ontario
Legislature tonight the Speaker an
nOunced that three of the members
Messrs. MeKim, Balfour and Dowling.
government upporters-had been offered
bribes to vote against the government.
Two of the leaders in the conspiracy to
GUST the Liberal government, named
Lynch and Kirkland, were arrested and
taken to Jail tonight.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18

NIAGARA, ONT, March 17.-Henrv
Brown, colored, aged 12l years, died here
to-day. He was born on the plantation
of Lionel Clayton, on the james river,
near jamestown, Va, and when So years
old escaped to Canada, where he has
lived ever since. He claimed to remem-
Der Gen. George. Washington, and SAID
that on one occasion he drove that gentle
man from his masters plantation to
Washington.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-18
THE JURY LAWS LEFT INTACT.
Another Evidence of the Bloody Shirt
Tendencies of the RenubIicans.

Another Evidence of the Bloody Shirt
Tendencies of the Republicans.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Repub-
licans in the House to-day gave another
instance of how ineradically the princi-
pies of the bloody shirt are engrafted in
their systems. The Committee on the Re-
vision of Laws had reported unanimously
bill so amending the Federal jury laws
as to make it impossible for district at
torneys, as at present, to organize juries
to suit themselves. The Republicans i'm
mediately went at the alleged ballot-boX
stu1hng and ku-kluXing in the South.
Georgia and South Carolina were es-
pecially referred to. The Republicans
voted solidly against the bill, which was
lost.