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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
\ DOUBTEUL BILL
1t is Believed that it will Mainly Benefit
Bounty Jumners

It is Believed that it will Mainly Benefit
Bounty Jumpers.
A few weeks ago, says the New York
Times, the House passed a bill to relieve
persons from the charge of desertion who
had left their commands before being
regularly mustered out. There was some
doubt expressed at that time as to whether
the measure was carefully prepared
one, Whether it was or not, another bill
of a similar character, and evidently not
prepared with care, was considered re-
Gently in the House, and through the man.
agement of Mr.. HiscOck, who took the
lead out of the hands of the majority, it
went over as unfinished business until
next Friday. When the bill was before
the House on March 90 Mr.. Geddes ex-
planned that it was of the same general
nature as the bill already passed.
Mr.. HscOck, who is of the opinion
that the bill is one devised by claim
agents, and calculated to open the way
tor immediate claims for arrearages
amounting to more than S2,000,00O, sug-
gested that it should be recommtted for
revision and correction. There is an ap-
prehensiOn among some of the members
opposed to it, that the bill, if passed. will
benefit principally the bounty jumpers,
who, by reason of repeated enlistments to
secure tempting bonuses, have been eX-
cluded from the benefits of the pension
laws. 1t provides that when the charge
of desertion has been removed from the
record of any soldier, that soldier. his
heirs, or legal representatives, shall re-
ceiye all pay and bounty which may have
been withheld; While Secretary Lincoln
has approved the general purpose of the
bill and suggested some changes, it is be-
lieYed by members who have examined it
carefully to be a bill which ought not to
be hastily passed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07

n Inc corner stone Of the new court house at
Bennetsyllle, Marlboro county. was laid with
interesting ceremonies on March q.
Ihere were only y deaths in Barnwell VII
iSge last year. There are 70 persons living
tHere now Who are over 20 years Of age.
On Tuesday a planter carried from Rock
II nm si'55z 30, the proceeds of recent sale of
the remainder Of his last years cotton crop.
Most Of the farmers in Kershaw county re-
port that they are nearly month behind in
the preparation of their lands for the coming
crop.
\ Presbyterian church is to be built in the
WaNhaws, Lancaster county. subscription
of S427 As was raised last sunday to help build
the church.
A large otter weighing fifteen pounds and
six ounces was killed by Mr.. 7. I. Gill, at
Reynolds Lake, near Blaekville, Barnwell
county, last week.
The Lancaster Reciea0 SAYS: "There is cat
in this town with eight distiuct legs, two tails.
etc. In fact it is a double -barreled cat
throughout, excepting the head, which is
single"
The Town Council of Blacks Station. the
only Incorporated town in York county in
which intoxicating liquors are sold, have
fixed the license for retailing spirituous
liquors at 1850 per annum.
4 l0-Year-Old daughter of W \. Payne.
who lives at Central was killed by the ex-
pioslon Of a lamp last Friday night. In pass
ing from one room to another with the lamD
in her hand it exploded, set her clothes on
fire, and burned her body to a crisp.
Thomas J. Barber, a commercial traveller
Tor Charleston house, married Miss Annie
Tate. Of Hendersonville, sent his samples back
to charleston and left Ostenslbly for Texas on
wedding trip. Barber thus deserts a wife
and four children, who live at Chester.
The Greenyile Ne1cs says that Lula Jones,
a colOred girl about IS years, who is now IN
jail IN that place, is wonderful contOrtiOn-
list. While sitting down she scratches her left
ear with her toe, locks her feet around the
back of her neck, combs her hair with her
feet, and assumes other extraordinary pos
lures.
Lewis K. Redmond, the famous moonshiner.
arrived in Columbia Saturday morning from
the Albany penitentlaTy in charge of guard.
His removal to the South Carolina peniten-
tlary was allowed by the United States au-
thoriues on account of the Wretched condi-
ton of his health, which necessitated his
transfer to a milder climate
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
LOVE AND AN IRATE PARENT.
Lillian Ludlow Leaves Her Mother to
Join a Young Law Student.

Lillian Ludlow Leaves Her Mother to
Join a Young Law Student.
Society circles in this Deighborhood,
says Long Branch special to the New
York World of the ID inst, are much ex-
ercised over love romance. Miss Lillian
Ludlow is an attractive little lady of
eighteen, and is considered one of the
relgnlng bellies. Her mother, the widow
Ludlow, carries on a large business at
Red Bank and is the owner of large es-
tate in Shrewsbury township. Mr.. Joseph
Kelly, law student in the office of State
Senator John S. Applegate, and Miss
Lillian became engaged month ago. A
few evenings ago Mrs. Ludlow was in
formed as to the state of affairs. She be.
came greatly enraged and said she would
turn the girl out of doors should she not
break the engagement. When, later in
the evening, young Mr.. Reilly called he
was ordered from the house.
Miss Lillian in the meantime went and
pleaded with her mother, but in vain, and
finally the mother IN her anger ordered
the young girl to leave the house, notwish-
standing that it was night. Joining her
lover, the young couple visited the home
OF Miss Llllian's paternal grandfather,
whose sympathies were enlisted by the
lovers story. Since then Miss Lillian has
been under the protection of her grand
father.
Mrs. Ludlow has shown no sign of re-
lentlng. She refuses to surrender the
clothes and effects of Miss Lillian, and
Mr.. Reilly has begun proceedings to COM
pei her to do so.
Miss Lillian says she is determined to
remain true to her plighted troth, and Mr..
Reilly says that he will get married first
and get his diploma next fall. The mar
riage banns will be ''read' in church
next Sunday, and wedding will speedily
follow =
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
CHOCTAw EXECUTIONS.
Indian Justice and How it is Melted out
HerOism of the Doomed.
=

a recent sojourner among the ChOctaW
Nation, in Indian Territory. said TO re-
porter the other day: ''Indian laws are
more severe than the laws among the
white people. If an. Indian commits
theft, he Is given thirty-nine lashes on the
bare back, provided 1t is his first Offense.
If it is his second offense, he is given
ninety-nine lashes, and should it be his
third oiiense OF stealing, he is stood up
and shot like a dog"
''YOu don't mean to say that they shoot
them for stealing?'
Eyes, that's just what | mean, and il
doesn't make any difference how small the
theft may be, if it is his third ofIense he is
shot for it,
''WhO does the shoOting?''
whoever the man to be shot may Sc
lect. He generally chooses his nearest
and best friend"
GLOW is the shooting cOnductedT'
'Well, the man is first stripped 10 the
waist. Then he stands up boldly. with
out being bound or propped up, and allows
the eXecutioner TO make black spot on
his breast, directly over his heart. Then
the eXecutiOner takes a bignayy revolver
steps back six or eight PAGES, takes de-
liberate aim at the black spot, and sends
a bullet crashing through his victims
heart"
''Is the victim blindfolded?"
''No, indeed; and, more than that. he
stands up bravely, with his arms and
shoulders thrown back and chest expand
ed, and meets death without a sign of
fiinching. They think it the braYest act
in life to stand up and show that they are
not afraid to die. They would rather be
killed than branded as towards, Why.
they have no Iails there at all, and an In
dian accused of = crime never attempts to
escape. ] have known of several Of them
condemned to be shot, who have been
given the entire freedom of the Territory,
and on the day liked for the execution they
turned up at the appointed hour, and took
their little leaden pill with as much un-
concern as you would a dose Of salts.
They like to die game and have il recorded
Of them afterward that they were not
afraid to face death.v
''Haye many of them been shot out
therew
"Oh, yes, there was one shot not long
ago, bue he was Shot for committing mur-
der. None have been shot for some time
for stealing, but there's been many a one
of them whipped the second time, and the
next 0fense means DEATH"
'DOn't the United States authorities in
terfere and try to put stop to such bar
barismY
"Oh, no; what have told you only ap-
plies to the Indians. If a white man com
mits theft or murder, he is tried and
punished by the United States authorities.
for the Indians recognize that they haven't
the right to punish a white man under
their own laws"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
THE PLUNIED KNIGHT.
The Boom for Him in Ohio.


Information from Ohio, saws a New
York SIN special, is that the Blaine fires
have been lighted. A gentleman who has
just returned from Buckeyedom says that
at least half the delegation from the State
will be for the Maine man on the first bal
lot. In the Youngstown district, the
Akron district, the old Garfield district.
the Cleveland district, and the Steuben-
vile district, all bordering on PennsyI-
vania, or lying near thereto. the delegates
Will either be instructed for Blaine or
men Will be chosen who need no instruc-
tions. The same is undoubtedly true of
tYe or six other districts lying
more to the south and west and
along the lake shore. Sherman is not
popular anywhere in Ohio, and never
was. 1t was only by the most tremen-
dous effort, aided by Garfield and Foster,
that he managed to secure thirty-four
delegates four years ago, Blaine getting
nine. Then it was believed that Sher-
mans prospects were fair for the nomi-
nation, aDd State pride was an important
factor. But now that Sherman is a mere
possibility, and is himself afraid to make
any effort or expression antagOnistic to
the Republican peoples undoubted pre-
ferences for Blaine, the prospects are
good that Sherman's name will 90 un-
presented to the June Convention, while
Blaine will receive from thirty to thirty
five OF the votes from the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
NUBAR PAsHA RESIGNS.
England's VacillatiOn Throwing Egypt
into a State of Anarchy.

into State of Anarchy.
CAIRO, April 6.-Nubar Pasha has re-
signed the Presidency of the Council of
Ministers and the other offices which he
held. His resignation is due to discord
with the English officials, and also to the
absence of distinct declaration on the
part of the English Government during
the debate on Thursday in the
House Of Commons of its future policy in
regard to Egypt. The officials and head
of every department in Egypt threaten to
resign. The discord with the European
residents in Cairo and Alexandria is In
tense. The uncertainty of the English
policy in regard to both Egyptian finan-
cial affairs and the Soudan question has
paralyZed commerce. The official bu-
reaus are in a state of anarchy. The
English and Egyptian officers are qL ar
reling and the English are referring every
dispute to London for settlement. 1t is
doubtful whether a successor to Nubar
Pasha can be found.
Nubar Pasha found 1t especially diff
cult and often impossible to cooperate
with Clifford Lloyd, Under Secretary Of
the Interior.
The roads beyond Berber are blocked.
being occupied by the rebels. 1t is i'm
possible to forward kilograms to Khar-
toum. The tribes between Shendy and
khartoum are in open rebellion, and are
in constant communication with the Bich-
ariehs, who are mOmentarily expected
to revolt. 1t is feared that Berber and
Dongola Will be invested in short time
Nothing has been heard from Gen. Cor
don for fortnight,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
THREE DAYS LATE.
Seventeen Men Watching for the Al
pearance of the Barrow Hill Ghost.

Seventeen Men Watching for the Ap-
pearance of the Barrow Hill Ghost.
A reporter, says the Nashville American
of the 9Th inst, was called by telephone
last night to witness the wild wanderings
of the headless woman, which is said to
haunt the vicinity Of Barrow Hill. When
the scribe arrived on the scene he saw
seventeen men lying scattered in groups
awaiting the appearance Of the apparitiOn.
The reporter interviewed several gentle
men and they all gave about the same YER
sion. Mr.. j. III. Meaders says that during
the last twelve months he has frequently
seen the uncanny visitor; that it was about
5H feet in height, wore a dress of some
dark material, and in passing turned
neither to the right nor left, but seemed
to glide over the ground, not making the
slightest noise. The weird creature is
said to have no head. Mr.. Meaders SAYS
and several others present indOrse his
statement-that on Sunday night, about
three weeks ago, at 1890 o'clock, the ap-
partition was seen to come from the direc-
ton OF an old well little to the right of
the old yellow fever hospital. 1t then
moved in a southerly direction to where
the men had stationed themselves, pass
ing apparently without the slightest noise
or movement and disappeared on the side
of the hill.
Mr.. Meaders states that the night of
the storm last Tuesday, as several Of his
friends were passing, they distinctly
heard woman screaming at the top Of
her voice.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
KIDNAPPING A PRETTY GIRL.
The Experience of the I6-Year- Old
Daughter of Syracuse Clergyman.

Daughter of a Syracuse Clergyman.
A Syracuse N. y dispatch to
the New York Sun says that a
few nights ago Bertha, the 16-
year-old daughter of the Rev. Anson Q.
Chester, was sent from her home in
Chestnut street down town on an errand.
Several hours passed, and, as sh did not
return, an alarm was sent to the police
station. At about II 80 p. m. she reached
home in an agtated condition, and
said that on her way back, and
while yet in a public street, she
was spoken to by woman in a closed
carriage, who asked if she was not Mr.
Chester's daughter, and who said that
she was going to Mr.. Chester's house on
business, and gave her an invitation to
ride, which she accepted. After taking
her seat in the carriage she was seized by
the woman, who applied chlOrOformed
handkerchief to her mouth, whereby she
was stupefed, and when she became con-
sciOus she was lying on a couch in a
sumptuously furnished parlor. Her
jewelry had been removed, and no one
was present except the strange woman.
Miss Chester says that she began to cry
for help, and that the woman then called
out to man in another room, saying that
they would have TO do something with
her. Her pin and ring were returned, and
she was blindlolded, gagged, carried into
the air, led through several streets, and
abandoned, her captOrs warning her to 90
Immediately home, and not say a word
about what had been done under pain of
being shot. She removed the bandages
from her mouth and eyes, and found her
self few blocks from her home.
The case has been reported to the police.
who are at work on it. Miss Chester is "a
bQ1nTIfTTl GIRL nnh chm Hnn1arnu hot
when she regained consciousness in the
strange house the woman said to her:
"YOu are such pretty girl; Pve had my
ewes ON YOU for LONG time.0
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
Is 1T A POLITICAL MOVE ?
A Candidate for State Treasurer OF
Illinois Sued to Compel His With
draWaI.

A Candidate for State Treasurer of
Illinois Sued to Compel His With
drawaI.
An action for $1,000, says a Chicago
special to the New York World, has been
entered in the name of the United States
against Theodore Stunning, an ex-soldier
and now the Superintendent of the North
Division post office, to secure the money
paid to Stunning while he was acting as
Quartermaster of the Thirty-flrst Iowa
Volunteers and Assistant Quartermaster
of the Second Brigade, First Division.
Fifteenth Army Corps. There is some
thing peculiar in the filing of the
suit twenty-One years after the act
is alleged to have been COM
mitted. Stunning is a candidate for
State Treasurer, and it is understood that
interests identified with those of Logan
are anxious that Gen. John c. Smith of
this city, now Treasurer, shall be nOmi-
mated for Lieutenant Governor. As Cook
county cannot have the Lieutenant Gov
ernorship and the Office of Treasurer too,
1t is said that Stimming's candidacy is
frOwned upon, and that efforts have been
made TO have Stunning draw ont, but
that his friends have refused to permit
him. The explanation is that every other
effort having failed the suit has been
brought against him, as he is a very poor
man, with the intention Of holding it over
his head as a threat and compelling his
resignation from the Treasurership race
in favor of David Littler, of Springfield.
Stunning declares he does not owe the
government a cent and has never been
asked for a settlement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
AT SEA IN A ROTTEN VESSEL
The Captain Sulks in His Cabin and the
Mate Assumes Command.

The Captain Sulks in His Cabin and the
Mate Assumes Command.
The Spanish steamship Ramon de Her.
rera, which arrived at New York on the
4th inst from Havana, brought as passen.
gers the mate and five other members OF
the crew of the British bark Latona.
which recently put into that port in dis.
tress, where she was condemned as un.
seawOrthy. Mr.. Joseph Woodall, the
mate of the LatOna, states that she sailed
from Pensacola for Amsterdam, with a
cargo of lumber, about Jan. 15. The YES.
sci was commanded by Capt. LOrentzen
Soon after leaving port the bark began to
leak. The weather became very rough.
and caused the vessel to roll so badly that
the leak increased, until the men were
obliged to remain almost constantly at
the pumps. The vessel was % years old,
and the seamen. thought that her timbers
were rotten. They grumbled at having
been sent to sea in such ship, and they
finally told Capt. LOrentzen that they
would refuse duty if he did not agree to
put into some port. The Captain was
anxious to continue the voyage, and he
said that he could not be held responsible
for the bark if they would not obey him.
The Captain retired to his cabin after
the men had replied that they would not
reconsider their determination, and the
mate then took command of the vessel.
promising to take it into Havana. The
weather continued bad, and the pumps
had to be kept going almost constantly.
On January % the bark touched bottom
on the Florida Banks, but this did not in
crease her leak, and on the following day
she reached Havana. Two different sur
veys were held on the baak, and each time
she was condemned. The cargo was
landed, and will be forwarded to Amster-
dam by some other vessel. The con-
demned hull was sold, and brought but
$3.50. She measured 693 tons, and was
owned bY merchants in London.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
Brutal Soldiers in Tonquin.

More disagFeeable to notice than this
unwhOlesOme tippling is the conduct of
the soldiers towards the townspe0ple, The
Annamese haveiregained sufficient conf
dence to come back to their houses, or to
come back and build new houses where
the old ones have been swept away, but
they nave no love for their cOnquerOrs. 1t
is no great wonder. The first thing one
sees in one of the comparatively narrow
cross streets is huge TurcO staggering
down the middle of the way, twirling q
vicious-lOoking stick. The women scuttle
indoors; the men squeeze themselves as
near the walls as they can; the children
saiaam Teyerentially, and can hardly get
out the usual @Bon jour, Capitaine," for
/ terror. A little further on we come upon
a couple of marine fusileers, one Of whom
takes umbrage at the animated tone
iii which an old woman is conduct
ing a bargain. With a kick of his foot he
scatters her tray and little pile of cash
| over the length and breadth of the street.
and his companions laugh bOisterously at
J the poor creatures misery. Even the ofii-
GERS. as they stroll along, relieve their
q. nui by playful cuts Of the cane on the
buttOcks of passers-by. The Annamese is
a cfinging, pitiful creature at the best OF
times. but he has still little self-respect,
and he scOwis as much as he dares under
such treatment. II is not wonderful,
therefore. that when he finds a solitary
European he proceeds to wreak his ven
geanee upon hia and wipes out a score OF
long-pent-up grievances, The Tonqulnese
is a very different man from the timid In
habitant Of Cochin China, and 1t will re.
Quire many years and a strong military
occupation before the country is brought
to ANYTHING like a peaceable state.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-07
THE SPANISH LEGATION NOW INDIE
EERENV
THE OUTLOOK FRoMNEw YORK
Talk of Hedging on the Republican Side
-Tilden as the - Barkis is Willin'"

Talk of Hedging on the Republican Side
-Tilden as the " Barkis is WiIIin'."
Evidences accumulate that the Presi-
dents supporters for renommation, fear
ink that their hopes may not be gratified,
says New York special to the Phiadel-
phia Press, are hedging in favor of Sena-
tor Edmunds. Congressman Burleigh.
who has been one of Arthur's staunchest
friends, passed through here yesterday
EN- route home. He spoke very disparaG-
ingly of Blaine and doomed Edmunds.
saying the New York Republicans would
be solid for him.
The defeat of Gen. George II. Sharpe.
an Arthur candidate in the StalWart
stronghold of Ulster, by Thomas Cornell.
is regarded as a severe blow to the Pres
ldent. For two or three days past Mr..
Tilden has been inviting visiting Demo-
Gratis to call on him. 1t leaks out to-day
that he is putting in his work to secure a
compromise of the tariff differences. To
those who respond to his invitations he
urges the necessity of securing COM
promise, and asks them to write to mem-
bers of Congress in that vein. Beyond
this 1t is suspected he is also doing a little
sly engineering for a Presidential can
didate friendly to himself.
Many Republicans here refuse to believe
that he is not still candidate himself.
Governor Gibbs, of Oregon, expressed
that opinion to-day, saying that Tilden's
reHeated refusals to be a candidate were
only shrewd bids for favor.