Boone County Recorder . ew York. Nov. 1.—The recentwreck of the steamer Eldorado on thebanks nf the Bahamas has been the un-expected means of bringing to lightwhat the custom-house officials in thiscity believe to he an extensive and sys-tematic smugging seheme which hasbeen long continued and remunerative-to the smugglers. A grave feature ofthe case is the suspicion that cer-tain officials in the San Fran-cisco custom-house appear to be in-volved, unless all signs fail, in theway of conniving at the fraud ^Fhetreasury department at Washington hasbeen communicated with as to the as-pect of the
Boone County Recorder . ew York. Nov. 1.—The recentwreck of the steamer Eldorado on thebanks nf the Bahamas has been the un-expected means of bringing to lightwhat the custom-house officials in thiscity believe to he an extensive and sys-tematic smugging seheme which hasbeen long continued and remunerative-to the smugglers. A grave feature ofthe case is the suspicion that cer-tain officials in the San Fran-cisco custom-house appear to be in-volved, unless all signs fail, in theway of conniving at the fraud ^Fhetreasury department at Washington hasbeen communicated with as to the as-pect of the swindle which did not cometo light until a day or two ago and .-ec- brought to justice. CONVICTS RBLBA8ED. Throa Thousand Sorroand theBrleovtU* (amp—Tho gtocida Burnedand the Qoards hundred and twenty convictshave been released at Uriceville, Tenn.,and an immense stockade has beenburned. A battle has taken place be-tween, guards and miners. The fstall-ties are yet unknown.—A dispatch from. —:— Against OonvlouThe Georgia road congress, in ses-sion at Atlanta, Go., Wednesday, adopt-ed the following: It is the opinion ofthis congress that it Is to the Interestsof the people of the state that the laborof her convicts shall be utilized uponher public roads and that no lease ofconvicts should be made after the ex-piration of the present leases. We fur-ther hold that the present convict forcenow used in working publio roads canbe and should be greatly increased bylowering the penalties for certaincrimes .__ Anotusr Balloon have been daily balloonascensions at Raleigh, N. 0, at theInter-Southern State exposition, andWednesday Mrs. Hawkins, was toascend, carrying a dog that was to de-scend with a parachute. A Negro man,Anthony Jordan, employed to hold theballoon down, was caught in the roneend seised the balloon. He waa carriedup sixty ft ct, when he let go and fell,receiving fatal injuries. Mrs. Hawkinscame down withont Injury, and so
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