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ROMANCE OF A SLAVE.
He IL Zachary Tsylor's Son and . Full
Biooded White Man.

He IL Zachary Tsylor's Son and . Full
Bioodsd White Man.
Macon (Ga.l Telegraph
John Taylor, of Gainesville. Ga, could never
pose for the hero in Gebsults" Un Homme Sans
Une Historic He claims to be the son Of
President Zachary Taylor, to have been taken
into Kentucky by his fathers orders aud sub.
sequently TO have served in the Mexican war.
ALTHOUGH as white as his master. Taylor wsa
brought up among the mulattoss on the plants-
ton Of William r. Johnson, q great Kentucky
horseman in those days, and always supposed
himself to be possessed of q slight taint of negro
blood. but after the death of General Taylor, in
1850, the secret leaked out that his mother wass
young Spanish creole, who died . year after his
birth. He had then been married to q mulatto
about six weeks.
Near the close of the rebellion he had sccumu.
lated q fortune of $50, 900, which was invested
IN tobacco when the bombardment OF Atlanta
occurred. 1t was then that the federal soldisry,
armed with an order from headquarters to
search certain warehouses, broke open aud con-
hscated the entire contents of Taylors barn and
left him almost penniless. A tobacco ware
house was of great value at that time.
Taylor happily recoIlected his services &C valet
In 1867. and what . good hair-dresser he had
been. 1t was of frequent Occurrences for him 70
be complimented by Northern and Southern Of
fcers alike on his phenomenal skill as Q tousor-
ial artist in those days. so ne sold his house
and personal effects. bought for q song q shaw
ing palace on Decatur street, Atlanta, and com
menced to make money. He had the entrse. as
it were. into military circles. and had for regu
lar customers at various times Generals Sher
man, Slocum. Cobb, Judah, johnson. Steven
son. Bob Toombs Ben Hill and Alexander II.
Stephens. His shop was the rendezvous of mill
tary characters of all shades OF distinction, from
suffers boy to the commanding general himself.
In addition to this Major Taylor, as he was
called, carried on a huge boarding and gamblinI
house.
Soon after q terrible order was issued which
forced Taylor to 60 South and be shot for . rebe.
or 60 North and be under federal protection.
There was no time to think; he was obliged Il
make an immediate exodus. He tried f~rantical.
ly, but in vain. he told me as l sat In his shor
1T Gainesville the other day, to sell for SL25 .
massive plate mirror which lad cost him nearly
$50. he was offered $40 in gold for his house
and shaving palace. with fixtures. He fed to
Chattanooga, and engaged himself to General
Steadman as a body-servant In the summer Of
1865 he came to Gainesville, and is now en-
sconcsd in q little l2xl4 shop. shaving the boards
Of his occasional patrons aud Eliminating on the
past He has never since set foot in Atlanta,
and says he never will. The mans appearances
is striking, and his resemblance to old Rough
aud Ready" is prom ouncsd. Taylor is now liz
his sixtieth year.
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ILLINOIS.

Danger of Displaying a Stree Whisky" Ban
ner in the Sight OF Democrats.
special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
MARSHALL, Aug. 8-There was q remarkable
and highly amusing incident connected with
yesterdays Democratic rally which 10 just now
the theme of conversation. In one Of the coun-
try delegations was q large banner, with the
legend Free Whisky" inscribed on it in large
~letters. and borne by . young Democrat on
horseback. As soon as the parade was over. she
bearer broke for q saloon ct once, and on going
in set the banner against the wall outside. Men
began pouring into the saloon-the proprietor il
a strong DEMONSTRATING for whisky ana then
hastily retiring. The bar-keeper was dunn
founded, and could not understand why 90 many
were trying to defraud him out of his liquor.
Finally he went to the front door and there saw
the large ''free whisky" banner standing against
the wall. The mystery WAS then explained. but
not until the saloon keeper had suffered consid.
cradle loss.
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to expire in 1893. When he observed these
signs he publicly declared he would remain IN
til the end of his term. reinforced the eendarm>
erie in Porr-au- Prince by 3, 900 men. and thu
secured himself AGAINST any sudden coup. Tho
two aspirants for his place were Senator Leee
time and Deputy +. Manieut, and for these the
President sent and they were induced TO become
voluntary exiles from the country"
Have you any further apprehension o,
TROUBLED
% course IL is impossible TO say that Q crisi,
may not arise. Solomon, however, is backed by
IN army OF y, 600 men, with only 5000, 600 Of
population 20 look after. and these troops arx
armed with Remington rifles. AS long as the
conservative sentiment Of the island can be
made to prevail. the present government viii
stand. The commercial interests involved are
great. for from New York alone the exports =.
Hayti amount TO s.. 600. 900 annually. while the
imports are about So. 900. 000."
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HAYTI TRANQUIL AGAIN.
President Solomon Has ~Strang;ed n Re
luton for q Time.

President Solomon Has Strang,ed the Revo.
luton for q Time.
New YORK. Aug. 8.-Ths Sun prin to the fol-
lowing: Those directly interested. from COM
mercial or other reasons. in Hsytian affairs have
been in q state of alarm and doubt since the re-
cent revolutionary episodes. These embraced
tho firing of the city of Port-au-Princs by incen-
diaries at various and simultaneous points. the
destruction Of 500 houses. the burning of the
Official buildings, including the government
printing Office. the Department of the Interior,
the Chamber of Deputies, the Protestant cathe-
dral. and other notable structures. These
conf1agrations occurred on the 4th and 7th Of
July. and they were supposed to be the fore
runners Of bloody revolution on the island. But
the fear proved to be unfoundsd.
Mr.. Z. d. Bassett, the consul general at this
port, is now at Port-au- Prince, and has been
there since the firing of the city on July q.
Frequent letters have been received from him
since the troubles began in the capital, and the
latest advices received from him day before
and throughout the city. An official attached
to the embassy said to the Sun reporter, refer
ring to the recent publications:
81 cannot imagine the motive for such state
ments as have been printed In New York repre-
senting the condition of affairs at Port-au-
49,
ing and murder. To be sure there we're two
disastrous fires in the capital, but there was no
footing, and only . single case Of detscred in
cendiarism. and the drunksn culprit. after flair
trial was summarily shot. Nor was there any
assault on an American lady by four soldiers as
has been described. There 10 only one Ameri-
can lady in Port-au-Prince, and che is the wife
of the American minister, Mr. Thompson. OF
course when one-eiehth OF q city. embracing a
population of As. 900, 10 burned up. there 10
naturally great excitement and exaggsration.
snow, as to the statement that President
Solomon has sent So, 800. 900 out of the country
as q personal nest-seg for future uses. that il
preposterous on its face. There is not that
amount Of ready coin. in the whole country.
Hayti has, in fact, q contract with the Credit
Industriel of France, which collects the revenue
and banks it, and therefore the President has
no actual control over the funds of the republic.
Indeed, he is far from being the rich man he 10
represented. He has q salary of $25, 900 a year.
As for being q Voodooist. he Is, IN fact, like his
wife, a devout Roman Catholic, the religion Of
the country, and . close personal friend of the
Roman Catholic bishop of Hayti, which, like
the Latin powers of Europe, has q concordat
with the Pope"
"And that was the reason of the recent dis
turbance2'
Yes. An idea got abroad that President Sal
ONION was about to retire voluntarily from his
post. to which ne had been re-elscted for . torn
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Totals. 4 s27 II Al Totals 1 5:
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Merchant TaiIors' Exchange

WASHINGTON. Aug. 8-Ths executive COM
mittee of the Merchant Tailors' National Ex-
change adjourned this afternoon. Among the
more important measures adopted was a law
making it obligatory upon every exchange to is
sue q rating book containing the names oiunreli-
able and delinquent customers. aud also to sup
ply each exchange in every city of the country
with q copy of sush book for the use OF its mem
beers. so as to prevent q delinquent from
being able to order clothes anywhere where an
exchange exists. Instructions will be issued to
subordinate exchanges to establish trades schools
TO teach boys and girls the art of tailoring. This
morning the members OF the committee were
escorted to the White House by REPRESENTATIVE
Butterwortn and introduced TO the President.
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Rrief Mention.

Chicago, have abandoned the prospecting shaft
at Monticello, east of tho illinois Central rail.
road, after going GIL feet down and expanding
much money in the attempt to find . paying
vein of coal there.
Preparations are com for the State Holt.
ness camp-mesting at Oakland Park. Decatur.
The large pavilion will seat 1000 people. The
Rev. William Mcdonald, of Boston; the Rev.
Mr.. Pepper and the Rev. Joseph II. Smith. of
Philadelphia, and S. A. Dodge. Of Atlanta. Ga.
will be among the notable divines present The
attendance will be about 5000 daily, with l,500
tenters on the ground.
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Burned.

EAST SAGINAW. Mich, Aug. a-At3:45 O'CLOCK
this afternoon, q fire broke ont 10 Charles Less
planning mill, and in a few seconds the
entire structure and adjacent sheds, filled with
stock, were enveloped in flames. which
communicated to the lumber piles on the dock
quickly consuming LOGO, 900 feet Of lumber.
Ten dwellings were totally destroyed. q number
of others badly damaged. Lees loss is go. 000,
with no insurance. The other losses aggregate
$40, 600, with little or no insurance. Al IL: 30 P.
NJ. the fire was under control.
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Fine Racing as Buffalo.

BUFFALO. N. ", Aug. 8.-More than $500
persons witnessed the races here to day. and
they saw fine sport. Notwithstanding a strong
westerly wind, two records were broken, aud
good time generally was made. The first race
was the 2:27 class. trotting; purse, 81, 600. Sum
mary:
J.B. Richardson 3 3 l 1 ] Indigo..-....-55455ro
Philosee ------.22l24 3 Harrison .-.-.- dis.
Frank Bulford. a 3 2 William H..-..dr.
Protection 1911 3 Lucille's Baby dr..
Time-2:21s, 2:23si, 2:214 2.21la, 2:22L,
2:22.
In the frse-for-all pacing race, Gossip, jr, in
the second heat, paced q dead heat with Arrow,
in 2:I3.., and broke his record by three-quarterl
of a second. Arrow out-classed his competitors
after the first two heats. and took three straight
with ease. Summary:
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minor Notes.


The Windsor Hotel. of Rushville. has been
cold to J. B. Schofeld. of Indianapolis. formerly
q landlord in Wellington, Kan. Mr.. Geo. P.
Davis, the retiring landlord. will return to Gin
cinnati.
The pioneers of northern Indiana aud south.
ern Michigan held their annual picnic at Simon
ton lake, near Elkhart, yesterday. Several
thousand persons were in attendance. special
programme was presented and prominent speak
ers delivered addresses.
Nathan Hastings, residing three or four miles
north Of Martinsville. was od ICED in Jail on Tues
day for horssstealing. He took one OF j. N.
Cobb's fine horses from a field on the latser's
farm and was going south with the animal when
he was overtaken by Deputy Sheriff Fuselman.
William Griffin, who has been for many years
engaged in the buying anc shipping OF stock from
Rush and adjoining counties, died at his home,
Tuesday night, from disease of the brain. He
was in lis SEVENTEEN year and was On active
man up to within two months Of the date of his
death.
James Hawkins, one Of the most proninen,
farmers of Benton county. was accidentally
killed Monday evening. He was riding on
horseback when the animal stumbled and fell,
falling upon Mr. II. in such a manner as to press
. truss he was wearing into his abdomen, caus
ing death in q short time. His sufferings were
terrible.
Four of the "White Caps who warned the
Mormon elders to leave Byrneville, q few days
ago, under penalty of White Cap punishment,
are known, and the grand jury of Harrison
county will have q whack at them at the next
sitting of that body. Elder Scott, of the Nor
mon missionaries, left the unwholesome atmos-
phere of Byrneville Immediately upon receipt oil
the threat, but Elder killen, his companion. il
still there.
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Hannibal Hamlin's Story of Gov. Kent.

Lewiston Journal.
The only time" said Mr.. Hamlin. 'that Gov.
Edward Kent was known to make q joke was
one winter day just as he left Seavey's Hotel. at
Unity, in Waldo county. On getting into the
sleigh he found he had forgotten to take a cigar.
and he called the bar boy and said: Please get
me a cigar lit was before the day of lucifer
matches The bar boy hurried away. and pretty
soon came back putting a brand new cigar, and,
pulling it out of his mouth, handed it to Gov.
Kent. WE'LL said his Excelleucy, Il suppose I
could stand that easy enough before election,
but IT'S a little too much after election The
boy went back. aud finally the Governor drove
off with q cigar OF his own dedication"
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Other League Games.
BOSTON, ); PITTsBURG, 3.

BOSTON, 5; P~ITTSBURG, j.
BosToN, Aug. 8.-Luck favored the Bostons
in the first half Of to-day's game. and that and
the poor base running by the visitors Kept the
latter from scoring for seven innings, although
men reached third base in each of the first three
innings. In the same time Morriss pitching.
backed by perfect field work, prevented any of
the homo team from crossing the plate. A COM
bination of hits hid errors gave both sides their
runs in the eighth and ninth. The game was
called on account Of darkness. Attenance, 9, loo.
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SPtJIdI % 1T IHUIdu6DU1f6S UuIuu"
MENToNE, Aug. Sat 6 o'clock tonight a ter
rife explosion was heard in the direction Of
Craft & Mills's chemical laboratory, situated in
the outskirts of town. A moment later the en-
tire building was enveloped in flames. Hun
dreds of people rushed to the scene, but were
unable to render any assistance. G. R.. Craft,
one of the proprietors. was, fortunately, the
only person in the building ct the time, and
narrowly escaped q horrible death. The labora-
tory was used for the manufacture of Crafts
distempsr cure and other veterinary medicines.
and the explosion was probably caused by some
of the volatile oils coming in contact with fire in
the furnaces below. The estimated loss is
a, 300, but it may be much moro. as there Was q
large ousntity of medicine destroyed. The
laboratory will be rebuilt immediately on a
larger scale.
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The Personal Rights League.

CHICAGO. Aug. s.-The vice-president of the
Personal Rights League, which was recently or
ysnized in this State. held a preliminary meet
ING yesterday for the purpose Of canvassing
among their number for permanent officers Of the
trganization- Il 10 intended to ask one of the
United States Senators of Illinois to accept the
presidency. In q few weeks the league will
commence their weekly publication, which will
be circulated In Chicago. New York, Milwaukee,
Buffalo and New Orleans, in which cities there
are branches OF the league organized. The to-
tai number of members already enrolled is over
Q mn
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l6la; 2:13l4; 2:154; 2:16; PIG.

Irme-Z:lOL2; Elsa; Z:to3; Z:lo; Z:1S.
The free-for- all trot was q big surprise. Prince
Wilkes was backed heavily in the pools. such
odds as $25 TO So being given on him against the
field. The other starters were Guy and Rosa
line Wilkes. In the two heats that we're trotted
Guy had . perfect walkaway, particularly IL
the first. when. at one time. he led Prince
Wilkes by twenty lengths. Guy lowered his
record from PIC TO 2:14ss. His work was simply
wonderful. The race will be finished to-mor-
row. The time in the heats trotted was 2:203;
2:l4i.
Only two heats were trotted In the 2:20 class.
Thornless got frat, and Spofford second. Time
Pisa, 2:20. Tomorrow the great four year-old
race, in which Susie S.. and Houri are entered,
will be trotted.
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The Fair at MiddletOwn.
SDecfal IN tina I~ndianapoIi JouPuaA-

0oSSioi W III inulhuhpoiis
MIDDLETowN, Aug. 8-The eighteenth an
nual session Of the Henry, Madison and Della
ware County Agricultural Society opened at this
place Tuesday morning. There never has been
so favorable an opening. The grounds are
crowded with exhibits OF different kinds. More
horses of every class are On the
grounds than were ever exhibited before. The
races promise to be unusually interesting
and exciting. Runners. ~trotters and PAGERS are
here by the score, and some Of Thorn are among
the best owned in the State. The other depart
ments are equally we'll filed. The attendance
to-day has been very good. With fair weather
will be on the grounds. The pacing and green
%trottiug races. this afternoon, were exciting.
The officers are more than pleased with the out
look for thu fair
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Lord Salisbury Tells What the Tories Have
Done for Ireland.

LONDON. Aug. 8.-The Ministers were ban
Quoted by the Lord Mayor tonight. Replying
to the usual toast. Lord Salisbury said the great
curse Of Ireland was poverty. The government
Vas not able to diminish poverty or to
enrich men. but it could enable men, without
interference, to enrich themselves. The govern
ment had been successful in lessening
the tyranny which an association exer-
cised over the Irish people, and
had increased tie sanctity OF contracts. II the
government of Ireland were administered with
the same judgment and frmness as now for a
Few years longer. the liberty and prosperity Of
she country would be restored.
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Earned runs-New York, 2; indianapolis, /.
Two-base hits -Tiernan, Daily, Hines.
Stolen bases-Tiernan (2), Slattery, Glasscock,
Bassett.
Double piay-Glasscock and Buckley.
First base on balls-keefe. Seery, Hines.
Hit by pitched bal--Tiernan, Bassett.
First base on errors--New York, 2; indianapolis, /.
Struck out-By Keefs. 8; by Boyle, 4.
Passed ~balls-Ewing, /; Myers, J..
Time-2:00.
Umpire-Kelly
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The High Court of For.ste,.

LONDON, Aug. s.-The High Court of For.
estsrs, sitting at Reading. has reconsidered its
action touching American courts and has de-
cided 70 resdmit all those courts which apply for
admission. on condition that their action meet
the approval Of the next high court
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latter Looking mt the Party.

Kansas City Star (Mo.)
When one takes q calm look. if calmness 10
possible whore there has been SO much turbu-
lence. at the two last Democratic primaries in
this city he is reminded of the fact that both
''hell and harmony begin with h"
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What a Time

People formerly had, trying to swallow
the old-fashioned pill with its film Of
magnesia vainly Disgusting its bitter
ness and what a contrast to Ayers
Pills, that have been well called "med-
icated sugar-plums"-t the only fear be-
ing that patients may be tempted into
taking too many at a dose. But the
directions are plain and should be
strictly followed.
j. T. Teller, NJ. D., of Chittenango,
N. Y, expresses exactly what hundreds
have written at greater length. He
says: "Ayer's Cathartic Pills are highly
appreciated. They are perfect in form
and coating, and their effects are all
that the most careful physician could
desire. They have supplanted all the
Pills formerly popular here, and I think
it must be long before any other can
be made that will at all compare with
them. Those who buy your pills set
full value for their mo~rsJ"
"Safe, pleasant, and certain IL
their action" is the concise testimony
of DR.. George E. Walker, of Martins
vile, Virginia.
ayers Pills outsell all similar prep
arations. The public having once used
them, will have 10 others" Berry.
Venable s. Collier, Atlanta, Ga.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared by Dr. j.. G. Aver & Co., Lowell. Mass.
Sold by all Dealers in Medicine.
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The Killing at Danvilie.

Special to the Indianapolis Journs.
DANvILLE, Aug. S.--Ths c~oronsr's jury in the
case of the killing Of the tramp by . man
that was deputized by Deputy Sheriff Hall.
brought in a verdict that Allen, who did the
shooting, be held to the next term of court to
answer to the charge of deliberately numbering
George 3. Smith. The jury also c~ensursd Hall,
the deputy sheriff.
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Bulletins.
Utica Herald.

CtICd Ik5TdIUs
We move that when the next man loved Of
the Nation falls sick the doctors let the bull
letin business alone. From Garfield to Sher-
idan they have covered the ground Of misin-
formation amply. 1t is best to quit.
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Horses Killed by Lightning.

epeclaI 10 the indianapoIls JOURNAL
MIDDLETowN, Aug. S.-Durine q thunder
storm yesterday evening. lightning struck a herd
of seven valuable horses owned by John NJ
Shoemaker. two miles east Of this place, killing
all Of them instantly. ME. Shoemaker 9 loss u
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Bicycle Racing.

LONDON, Aug. Sat Birmingham, to-day.
Temple, of Chicago. won the half and ten-mile
bicycle championship. defeating the best Eng
lish bicyclists and several Americans. Temple,
during the week, has defeated Howell, the Eng
lish champion, four times in succession.
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Not Caught That Way.
Peoria Transcr

Peoria Transcript.
MI. Cleveland did very we'll as q fisherman.
He always spits on his bait. But when he at
tempts to catch votes by spi lifting on the old
soldiers he makes a mistake.
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A Plasterer Fatally Injured.

Special to thu Indianapolis journal
CHAMPAIGN, Aug. 8-Charles ". Anderson.
q mason engaged in plasterins st. Mary's Cath
Ole Church. stepped upon a loose plank. this
morning. and fell headlong upon the joists of the
floor below, about twenty feet. A terrible cash
was cut across his head, and his collar bone and
several ribs were broken. He also received in
ternal injuries. His death is momentarily ex-
pected.
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A Mean Remark.
Peoria Transcril

Peoria Transcript.
A German professor has decided that the
earth's crust 10 thinnest at Findlay, o. The old
phrase locating hades on the Wabash was not 20
far wrong after all, then.