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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-19

EJNOR REAIsa store, with three rooms at
a tacheu IN a good locality for retail gro
Gerry. G. II. DORSETT.
THOR RENT, ONCE on the northeast corner
a Of Buli and Bryan streets; possession given
Oct.l. For terms apply to GEORGE w.
OWENS, No. Bull street.
JNOR RENT. two-story on basement house
4 with garden attached, No. 81 Charlton
street. For terms apply to GEO. W. owl EMS,
No. bull street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-19
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

bert and the mother OF his Childen; the
present volume excites ridicule as well as
ribaldry for the prominent place II gives
in lieu of the Prince consort, 10 John
Brown, whom some 20 50 far even as 10 in
sinuate the Queen had privately married
Poor Brown, who !, described AZ coarse
illiterate, hrly Scotchman, insolent and
tyrannicai toward, his equals and inierior'
but obsequiuu> & "a degree 10 his superlors
comes in tor qui;r Il number of pages OF
sympathy and coincidence in the Queen
DIARY" on account OF II fall he hat II
which he received quite wound on one
of his legs. That leg is the making of the
book. II is caricaturcd in every stationer',
shop window in England and the gratui
tous advertising thus secured has caused
such a rush for the volume that the pub
fishers are strained 10 meet the demand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23
HE WANTS THE ROCK ISLAND.

There was decided sensation in New
Judge Donahoe, Of the Supreme Court iII
that city, an order was asked for To compel
the Secretary of the Chicago Il Rock Island
Railroad to furnish the court with a list of
the stockholders of the road and the attorl
ney who asked for the order "indiscreetly'1
admitted that he was prompted, in making
the motion, by w. II. Vanderbilt. Why
does Vanderbilt want such list? Simply
because there is soon to he an election of ID
new board of directors Of the road, and
Vanderbilt meantime wants TO gobble1
enough stock, or at least to buy up enough
of directors as will give him control of thd
road But what is Nanderbilts motive foI
wanting such control? Mr. Tows, Secreta
nv of the Rock Island, thus explains il TO a
World reporter:
Vanderbilt is the largest stakeholder i'm
the Chicago and Northwest. His interest
in that road is twenty times as large as that
in the Rock Island. Now, the Rock Island
has been developing and extending its in
tereSts in the Northwest and is probably
treading ON Nanderbilt's toes. Hence he
is now endeavoring to get control of the
Rock Island and force IA change in the
management Others interested in the
prosperity of the road are opposing him,
The anti Vanderbilt party, however, are
confident he will not succeed and sent out
the following ticker"
Mr. Nanderbilt's efforts to acquire con,
troll of the road is in the interest Of the
Northwest and cannot succeed. While Mr..
Vanderbilt is the largest individual stock
holder, the present management control Il
majority of the stock, and will not consent
to any change President Cable was the
nominee of eX-President Riddle, and the
latter gentleman is in accord with the pres
ent policy of the road,
Meantime the Vanderbilt effort To gobble
Rock Island stock has sent the shares up
at such Il rate that the cost Of the under
taking is likely to be more than he may
consider il worth.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.

The defeat on Tuesday of the resolution
in the English Parliament to cen>ure the
Gladstone ministry for its policy in Egypt
naturally suggests the question, what Is
that policy: England has allowed two
small Egyptian armies to march to the
Soudan and be chawed up by the False
Prophet, but beyond sending small force
and Il few gunboatS to protect the ports on
the Red Sea adjoining the Soudan, She has
made no movement towards reasserting the
authority Of Egypt in the reyolted territory
though standing in the relation of pro.
tector" to the khedive of Egypt under a
sort Of bond to maintain his sovereign au-
thority over the country. II is thus appa-
rent that while England has no idea of re-
leasing her hold on Egypt proper, she has
at the same time no idea Of undertaking to
suppress the revolt in the Soudan On the
contrary the action of Gen. Gordon, who
goes there as the acknowledged agent of
the British Government, reveals the policy
of the Gladstone ministry rs touching the
relations Of the Soudan to Egypt 70 be
based on the theory that FL Mahdi is right:
that the rising of which he is the head is
the Legitimate action of an oppressed pee
pie against bad rulers; that this rising will
and ought to succeed, and that England
takes its position on the understanding that
such is to be the result
Accordingly Gen. Gordon, MS the nomi-
nal viCeroy of England over the country
known AS the Soudan, proceeds without
molestation to Khartoum, and at once issues
proclamation recognizing the right of the
Arab tribes in the Soudan to their indie
pendence of Egypt and declaring the False
Prophet the rightful sultan of the country,
at the same time RENTING half the
taxes of the people and announcing that
England proposes such complete with
drawal of her authority and that of
Egypt from the country that she will
henceforth not even interfere with the
slave trade In short, the proclamation of
Gen. Gordon reveals that England's policy
Us to the SOudan means "hOme rule" for
the Arabs They fought on that point the
government of the khedive; Englands
officer has taken the place Of that govern,
mcnt and says in her name, there is no use
of fighting further about this, because we
are of your opinion England prefers that
you should govern here rather than that
YOU should he governed by little official
thieves from Cairo As for the great point
Of the taxes, they were an overwhelming
burden, and England lightenS that burden.
"Jingoism" is repudiated as Il feature rf
English policy towards the False Prophet,
the government succmbS to the inevitable,
and invites and accepts n peaceable solu-
ton OF the problem.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The OUTRAGE MHL-The Republicans
evidently place large dependence on the
southern outrage mill as an electioneering
machine in the next presidential contest,
and are already hard at work to get ii in
working order. A San dispatch from Dial
las Texas, says;
Two white emissaries from the North
have been in Dallas several days posting
the ne ro leaders how To act; that they are
ouietly visiting all the leading towns of the
State ON the same mission and are paid foT
This service by the National Republican
Executive Committee. The expenses OF
the negro delegates ~ the Pittsburgh Con.
yeu,ion are also 10 be paid by the Commit
tee, One of the ambitious Dallas negroes
who was defeated for a delegate, gave the
plot away To the reporters. He says that
they are working up bloody shirt stories
about the alleged race troubles in east and
central Texas last summer, for the Presi-
dentiai campaign. The country should be
warned against these outrage-manufactur-
ing emissaries. as there is not now nor has
there been any real race troubles of a polit-
ical or other character in this State for
wears, and everything has been as quiet and
peaceable as in any part of the North.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The New York SIN says the Democrats
are suffering with an embarrassment OF
riches" in the way of Presidential candI-
dates, and names the following rs the list :
Illinois has Morrison, Indiana boasts OF
Hendricks and Mcdonald, Kentucky re,
ioices in Carlisle, Ohio presents Payne and
Hoadly, while Pennsylvania glories in sam
Randall. In New York, too, we hear men
ton of at least five, namely, GOV CleVe-
land. Mr. Hewitt. Mr. Flower, Mr., Hutch
ms and Mr.. Dorsheimer.
The SIN should have added, by way OF
videlicet, with a large number OF countie.
vet To hear from" Why bless you, We
have dozen of others in Illinois alone
like Trumbull, Palmer, Carter Harrison
&c, and then how can the Sun ignore Bel
Butler. and half u dozen of other "tida
wave" Governors?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

presidency At each such mention the
republican papers proceed To demonstrate
the impossibility of Tilden being a cahu''
date. Why, he is II mere physical wreck
paralyzed in every limb, &c, they say
Meantime Tilden makes n journey every
day from his home on the Hudson 10 Ne"
York City, steps briskly from the cars INTO
his carriage and alighting from mat
mounts briskly up the steps to his Office IN
New York, while his mind is admitted 10
be as clear and vigorous as ever Wen
the country is ready TO take Tild"n WIN
All his physical infrmities rs long as ms
mind is all right. 1t is brain WORK lor
which the country want president, not 10
run foot races.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

bracing not over dozen Of men, who by
the employment OF less than thousand
laborers have monopoli2ed the entire cop
per business Of the country, closing every
other mine and smelling establishment in
the country and raising the price Of cop
per. which a, a raw material enters into
20 large II variety of our great industries u
double what il ought TO be-, besides, as
above indicated, throwing thousands OF
men out of work in all parts of the coun
try. Is il right To continue a tax which
amounts 70 millions "A year and is 50 widely
extended in it, expressions, merely 10 on
rich dozen OF millionaire monopoli-tSE.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23
OPENING OF THE CYCLONE SEASON.

The dispatches announced the opening
spring at Waco, Texas, on the 18th, though
of mildish type; but this was followed
by Il severer one two days later that swept
over portion of the state of Georgia; and
now come accounts of II still severer one
Il regular cruSher-that swept across North
ern Georgia and Alabama on the 18th, 1t
was preceded by IA heavy rain, 10y which
the Cassammatic and Elijay rivers were so
swollen that they overlooked their banks,
sweeping away Il number of dwellings on
their banks. This passed off, but few
hours later the clouds porteuded another
storm, when the rain again poured down,
accompanied with cyclone of wind. In
its track lay Walker, Paulding, Chattanoo-
Oh. &c, and over Il thousand dwellings
were blown down in Floyd county alone,
attended with fearful loss of life, run
ming up to scores at least At Jasper,
Pickins county, Il large number of children
were III Ntn'bl With tIt ltd'Hti SiN lilc
portendng clouds. He dismissed the
scholars and sent them home. On the way
they We're overtaken by the storm, when
they huddled together in vacant build
ing A gust of wind carried the building
away, the crashing timbers killing and
mangling the unfortunate little ones, a
great number of whom are dead
At Anderson and Ludiga, Ala, fourteen
persons were killed, and every house in
both these towns was blown down. The
whole track of the storm, which was 100
miles long and several miles in width, pre-
sentS nothing but Il scene of wild destruc.
ton.
The destruction of the telegraph lines in
its route delays anything like full particu-
lars, but it is believed the tornado was one
of the worst in the history of this country
The loss of life in Georgia alone is estima-
ted by some correspondents at no less than
800. Five thousand houses were damaged.
Terrible destruction was wrought in North
Carolina, and a score of people were killed ;
and Kentucky and Tennessee We're visited
by at least two tunnels.
The resumption of the tornado destruc-
tive work should prompt the states
most liable to its ravages to provide better
means than now exist for the local pre-
vision and telegraphic warnings in antici-
patton of such storms Though it may be
impossible in the present state of science
TO predict just the locality in which tor
nado will develop with fatal effect, it is
certainly possible to SO organize the state
weather services that forewarnlngs of great
local value may be issued. At any rate,
the districts in which these disturbances
may be expected on "a given day one cant
neip but think might be put on their
guard
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The Republican party is fortunate in
having at present only three very conspicu-
ous aSpirants for its presidential nomina-
ton. These are Gen. Arthur, John Sher-
man and George F. Edmunds-Ne,o YORK.
Sun.
Great Scott! hasn't the SIN ever heard
of John A. Logan: Why the west and
south are just wild for Logan-the west on
account of his splendid record as a Union
soldier and the south on account of his
pronounced rebel sympathies and the re-
cruits he sent them at the beginning of the
war
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The Chicago Tribune is evidently get
ting ready to do something grand for
Uncle Dick OGlesby. 1t sent man to
Lincoln the other day who wrote a seven
column description of the old man, sand
wiched with biography, tlapdoOdle and
gush. This is the picture Of Dick as he
now exists;
The eyes are dark grey, bnt are incess
antly changeful. They are full of emitting
life; they are now and then gloOmily in
Prospective; they are sad; they flash with
fun: and, in brief, like every feature of his
countenance, they are kaleidoscope in their
variety. He has in no respect that immo-
bility so much admired in pictures of great
historical characters. He has none of that
impenetrability of face in which one reads
nothing, but whose solemn eyes seem 70
pierce ones inmOst soul. The eyebrows
are long handsomely rounded and black.
The nose is neither small nor large, but one
which, somewhat pointed and projecting,
seems to aid him in his moments when he
is concentrated in his thought and speech
At such moments the entire face seems TO
thrust itself forward as if to constitute .
species of pointed wedge, with the nose as
the terminal and entering point. The
brows rally on the center, the eyelids fall
as if to protect the eyes in the approaching
charge the mouth nalTows, even the cheeks
are thirst towards the common center.
Oglesby is one of the great statesmen al
ter the order Of John A. Logan, despising
English grammar and placing his main re
lance ON cheek and jaw,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

Bismarck having ordered the return of the
Lasker resolution of Congress To the U. 5
Secretary of State, congressman Bedford
"the flaming haired Avenger of Colora
do" has offered Il resolution in the House
calling for copy of the Bismarck missive
There will be hilarious time in the
House." the WoHd predicts, when Ochil
tree, Bedford, Finnerty and Richelieu Rob
inson rise in the arena and proceed, as they
say in the West, TO limb, skin and jayhawk
the insOlent German Chancellor"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

California, Nevada and Utah are having
their storm season as well as the south
The Central Pacific Railroad is blockaded
by snow in Nevada and Utah, and impeded
by floods in California; while the Southern
Pacific road is entirely disabled in southern
California, where immense damage has
been done and some lives lost by the over.
flowing of streams and bursting of dams
The heaviest rains known for years have
recently visited that region.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The Democratic National Committee
met at Washington yesterday to decide on
the time and place of holding the next
Democratic National Convention. The
feeling among the members seems TO be
in favor of putting the convention off to
midsummer-sOmc advocate as late as
August the reason given being that the
Democratic party is too poor to meet the
expenses of long campaign. There
seems to be IA general preference among
the members for Chicago AS the place for
holding the convention
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The German Sanitary Commission sent
10 Egypt and India by the Imperial Board
of Health, to study the nature and causes
Of the cholera, have forwarded report
from Calcutta in which they say they have
discovered the cholera germ In a water
tank at Calcutta, and found In a suburban
village, where the cholera made its appear,
spcc, the same microscopic organism
which they had discovered in the lower in,
testines of the cholera victims in Egypt,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The British government has done hand
some and graceful thing in the matter OF
the ship Alert, the mention ef which in the
House at Washington on Thursday drew
out repeated cheers from that proverbial
" staid and dignitied body In the poverty
of our navy, no suitable vessel could be
found for the proposed expedition for the
relief of Lieut.. Greeley and party, now ice
bound in the Arctic regions but on looking
around il was remembered that the Alert
owned by the British government, and
which had been the advance ship in the
Arctic expedition under Sir George Mares
was admirably adapted for the service in
view, and our Minister at London was di
rected TO sound the British Admiralty on
the subject of her purchase. John Bull, i'll
his bluff way, said No, the vessel is not
for sale, but if she can be Of any service to
YOU, | shall be pleased to make you pres
ent of her" Our minister, completely sur
prised, began to humble some words of
gratitude, but John Bull cut him short with
Not word--not word sir! and then he
recalled the case of the Resolute, British
vessel that had been abandoned in the Arc
tic region, but which American seamen
had found and brought to the United States
where she was purchased by the govern,
ment of her salverS, put in complete repair
and sent back 10 England with Uncle Sans
compliments With such M example be
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The Annual Report of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company for 1883 has just
been made public and shows another pros
perous wear. The lines in Illinois and
Iowa and the Chicago, st, Louis and New
Orleans Road 1928 miles in length, earned
sI3O64, 74339, an increase over the proceed
ing wear of $iO3,0iS0S The net earning,
during the year were S5,1G4 ,3ol %, AN in
crease of x9,12G60 From this fund were
paid interest ON debts and rental OF the
Chicago & st. Louis Road se,O4',953,5O
leaving applicable to dividends enough tc
paw about 1917 per cent. for the year on
the capital OF S29,000,O00
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

MORE REsUMING.-A Mondays dispatch
from Pittsburg states that there will he
general resumption of work this week in
the iron mills, the glass factories and the
river coal mines Many mills that were
flooded out started up last week, and the
balance will he running in few days
All the glass factories will be in operation
by tomorrow, after n seven months sus
pension ON account of "A strike. The river
coal mines, which have been closed nearly
all winter, owing to depression in trade, re-
sumed to-day, where no attempt was made
u reduce wages. The assumptions give
employment To many thousands Of men
The railroad miners at Scott Haven struck
against reduction ON Saturday and the
mines were shut down"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23
PENSIONS.

Congress had an ali night session on
Tuesday night accompanied with the us
ual scenes of disorder on such occasions
over the bill to pension the veterans of the
Mexican war. The opposition to the bill
arose principally from the fact of its toe
great omprehensivcneSs, including not
only all persons who served sixty days On
over in the Mexican war, but all who were
engaged in any way in the Indian wars in
Florida, the Creek war in Georgia, or the
Black Hawk war in Illinois. 1t alsorepeal>
the clause now in the Revised Statutes for
bidding the payment of ap ension TO any
person who served in any way in the ar
mics of the South during the rebellion
After an all night session the bill was
postponed until Thursday, but was mo-
reached on that day. No doubt however
the bill will pass the house with all its oh
iectionable provisions, to be again defeated
as the proposal To pension the Mexican
veterans has so often been heretofore. il
the other house. Indeed it seems Ia be
presented and rushed through in its pres
ent shape solely for that purpose.
A better measure than this, or any othe
of the two hundred pension bills now be
fore the house, would he the passage OF
the simple bill proposed by Mr.. Hender
son, of Illinois, To pension all soldiers
whether Mexican or of the late war, ol
their attaining the age of IS years, having
done six months actual service in the arm,
and been honorably discharged
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

their teacher, He had habit of saying,
after making an explanation and on tax
ing his seat Stick pin there" The
temptation to put pin upright in his
chair, under these circumstances was ire
sistible The question is whether the cul-
prits ought 20 DE expelled.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

Bradlaugh, who week ago was for
about the twentieth time refused permits,
sion % take his seat in the British House
Of Commons on account of his refusal, rs
AN atheist, to take the oath of Office, and
whose seat was thereupon declared vacant,
was on Wednesday reelected to parliament
by the borough of Northampton, and again
refused seat in the house next day by a
vote of 226 to l73
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

English politics for week past had
been in that exciting state called there q
"crisis" on account Of "A resolution Offered
in Parliament, by Sir Stafford Northcate
the leader of the opposition, ccnsuring the
Gladstone ministry for its policy in Egypt
The passage of the resolution would have
involved the resignation of Gladstone and
his colleagues and the organization of Il
new ministry, with Sir Stafford Norhcote
or some other prominent tory at the head
On final vote on Tuesday, however
Gladstone, in vote of j13, triumphed by Il
majority of 49-not very large majority
it is true, but enough 10 keep him safely in
his present position for another year at
least
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

An Englishman representing syndicate
desiring Ia invest tj,OOOOOO in ranch prop
erty in Texas has left that state III disgust,
and will make IN adverse report To his
principals He thinks there is more Sc
curity for property in Ireland, and no pros
pcct of improvement in the near future
v. J. Sun.
Texas has reason 10 congratulate herHell
ON the decision of the Englishman No
greater misfortune could happen that state
than to have her best lands gobbled by
such syndicate Northern Illinois was
greatly retarded in her early growth by 81
many large tracts of her best lands being
gobbled by Eastern spectators, and it took
half century TO get the lands out OF their
hands and freeze them out dozen OF
bona iide settlers, with just enough money
to pay for quarter section of land, build a
cabin on il and own an OK team and q
wagon and pillow or two, would he worth
more to Texas than any S25,UO,OOO Eng
lish syndicate land monopoly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

Dakota, Nebraska, &c, have just had
the severest blizzard of the present winter,
with very cold weather, snow blockades,
&c. We had the tail end Of II at Ottawa
On Tuesday, where, however, less than an
inch of snow fell and the thermometer re
NAMED above zero.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23

The entire city of Shawneetown is now
submerged to the depth of from five To
twenty feet, and half of Gallatin county il
under water. The same is measurably tho
case for miles above and below on both
sides of the river, and necessarily there il
vast amount Of suffering and destitutiOn]