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Index to New Advertisement#.
Catholic Library Association.
Georgia Historical Society anniversary.
Card from Dr. K. B. Harris.
Notice—H. Blun, Treasurer.
Wanted—E. J. Kieffer.
Savannah Theatre—Fanny Davenport.
Grand masquerade ball. ,
Grand hop of F. C. S. Club.
Excursion to the Mardi Gras Carnival.
Georgia State Gazetteer.
Weatherbe's Duplex City Directory.
Joseph S. Oppenheimer,'confectioner.
Embroidery at I’latshek’s.
Handkerchiefs, etc., at Altmayer'e.
Water filters —John A. Douglass A Cos.
Spring goods at Eckstein's.
Clothing—Chas. Logan A Cos.
Dancing—Miss Thompson.
It all’s Balsam for the Lungs.
Brown's Iron Bitters.
Clothing—J. Belsinger.
Guns, etc.—P. O. Kessler A Cos.
Three-story dwelling for rent.
Land for sale or exchange.
Instantaneous photographs.
Potatoes —John Lyons A Cos.
Macon sheeting—l. Dasher A Cos.
Acid phosphate—Perry M. DeLeon.
Savannah Art Company.
Pretty building lots for'sale.
Ground feed—Harmon & Kemshart.
Valnable business house property for sale.
Seed rice—Kutherford & Fawcett.
News agents wanted.
Position wanted in a drug store.
Two front rooms for rent.
Floor of four rooms for rent.
Wanted, loan of >2OO.
Dressmakers wanted.
Basement front room for rent.
Room and board tor man and wife.
I-eesons given in music and German.
Desirable store for rent.
Weather Indications.
In the South Atlantic States to-day:
Slightly colder, fair weather, southerly
winds, shifting to northerly in northern
portions, and generally higher barometer.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:41 o’clock p. m, yesterday (Augusta
time) was T feet 1 inch—a rise of 1 inch
the past 24 hours.
Comparative statement of temperature
at Savannah, February 9, 1883 and 1884:
ms | mi,.
*6:08 a.M 55 ! *4:08 A. X 57
*2 08 P. M 64 I *2:08 P.M 74
*10:06 P.M 58 *10:08 r. M 63
Maximum 04 Maximum 74
Minimum 53 5: Minimum 56 7
Mean temperature ! Mean temperature
of dav 59 t of dav 64.7
Rainfall 0 00i Rainfall 0 00
*Citytime; corresponding to 6:44, 2:44 and
10:44 sun time.
Religious Services.
St. John’s Church, Madison square,
Rev. Chas. H. Strong, rector.—Septua
gesima Sunday. Morning prayer, litany
and sermon at 11 o’clock. Sunday school
at 4 p. ni. No evening service in this
church on account of the anniversary of
the Port Society. Service on Wednesday
at 4 p. m.
Christ Church, Johnson square, Rev.
Thomas Boone, rector. Septuagesima
Sunday. Morning service and sermon at
11 o’clock. Sunday school at 4 p. m.
Evening service and sermon, followed by
the annual meeting of the Savannah Port
Society, at 7:45 o'clock.
St. Matthew’s Chapel, corner Hunting
don and Tattnall streets, the Rev. Charles
Wright Freeland, deacon in charge.—
Septuagesima Sunday. Sunday school
at 9:30 a. m. Morning prayer, lit
any and sermon at 11 o’clock. " On ac
count of the annual meeting of the Port
Society at Christ Church, evening ser
vice will be omitted.
Evangelical Luthermn Church. Di
vine services at 11 a. m. SaUmth school
at 3:30 p.m. No service at night. All
are invited.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
Rev. Thos. T. Christian, pas
tor.—Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pastor.
Subject: “Parental Responsibility; the
Consequences of Neglecting It.” S'undav
school at 3:30. Seats free. 'All are kindly
invited to attend our services.
Wesley Monumental Church, corner of
Gordon and Abercorn streets, Rev. W. M.
Hayes, pastor.—Preaching at 11:00 a. m.
by the pastor. Sunday school at 3:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening,
at 7:3oo’clock. Seats free and'visitors to
church services and school always wel
come.
New Houston Street Methodist Church,
Rev. G. W. Mathews, pastor.—Preaching
jit 11 a. m. by the pastor. Sunday school
at 9:30 a. m.
Baptist Church. Chippewa square, Rev.
J. E. L. Holmes, pastor.—Preaching l>y
the pastor at 11a. m. Young men’s prayer
meeting at 10 a. m. Sunday school at 3:30
p. in. Prayer meeting and lecture Wednes
day at 7:30 p. m.
First Presbyterian Church, Monterey
square. Rev. J. P. Strider, pastor.—
Preaching at 11a. in., by the pastor. No
evening service. Young men's praver
meeting at 10 a. m. Sabbath School at 4
p. m.
Independent Presbyterian Church, cor
ner Bull and South Broad streets. —
—Usual services bv the pastor at 11 a. m.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Anderson Street Presby terinn Church.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev.
J. S. Lefevre. Sabbath'school at 9:30 a.
m. Prayer meeting on Wednesday nisht
at 7:30.
At Metropolitan Hall, by Rev. A. O.
Brickman, at 11 a. m., sermon from Num
bers 6, 24-26, on “The Lord’s Counte- •
nance Shining upon Man.” At 7:30 p. i
m., lecture on “The Day of Pentecost, or :
by what Means did the Apostles Speak in )
so Many Languages, and all at the Same
Time.” The public is kindly invited.
Christian Church—Services at Armory
Hall.—Preaching at 11 a. m. (city time), |
by Elder R. C. Bryant, pastor. Morning ,
subject : “Moses and Christ.” Evening
subject: “The Witness of the Holy
Spirit.’’ Sunday school at 10 a. m. We
extend to all a hearty invitation to attend
our services. j
Penfield Mariners’ Bethel, Richard
Webb, chaplain.—Preaching in the morn
ing at 11 o'clock: no service at night on
account of the anniversary of the Port
Society, which will be held in Christ
Church, at 8 at night.
Second Baptist Church (colored),Greene
square, Houston street.—The pastor, Rev.
A. Ellis, will preach at 11 a. m. Sub
ject: “Strength in Weakness.” And
at 7:30 p. m. on “Deliverance from Evil.”
Sunday school at 2, and the Lord's Sup
per at 3:30. strangers are welcomed
here.
Look Out for tlie Bunko “ Steerer.”
The bunko steerers and confidence men
are doing a thriving business in Florida.
A gentleman informed the Morning
Jlews yesterday that it would
be well to look out for some of them
in Savannah, as the number of strangers
now staying over in this city, and the
large attendance of agriculturists ex
pected here next week, wi 11 probably at
tract them to this city.
The Improvement of Tybee Island,
A letter from Hon. John C. Nicholls
states that he has received the memorial
of a number of citizens of this city asking
au appropriation for the drainage of the
government lands on Tybee Island, and
will refer the same with a bill to appro
priate the money necessary for the pur
pose to the proper committee. Mr. Cox,
Chairman of the committee, has promised
to report favorably on the matter.
Brevities.
Tuesday next will be the return day for
cases on the civil docket ot the Superior
Court.
The Catholic Library Association will
hold a special meeting at 12 o’clock in.
to-day.
Yesterday applications were made to
the Ordinary for two marriage licenses,
in which the two female would-be con
tracting parties were 10 and 13 years old.
The applications were refused.
The following are the delegates from
Schley county to the State Agricultural
Society meeting: Maj. C. R. Tondee, Mr.
J. F. Woods. These names were not re
ceived by the Secretary in time lor publi
cation in the regular list.
A colored child about 2’ - years old was
found yesterday, near (he corner of
Broughton and Drayton streets, without
any attendant. It was taken in charge
by Hester Leonard, colored, and may be
found in Congress street lane, between
Drajtcn and Abercorn streets.
The F. C. S. Club will give their second
hop of the season at Turner’s Hall, on
Friday evening, 15th instant. The com
mittee of arrangements consists of J. M.
Wilbon, Win. McDonough, S. E. Meyers,
M. Sullivan, E. Y. Pollard. Prof. Mc-
Collum will lead the grand march.
The condition of George C. Sutcliffe, who
attempted to kill himself with a pistol a
week ago last night, has improved during
the past two or three days, but Dr. Stone
is of the opinion that the crisis or turniug
point in the condition ol the patient will
not be reached until next Wednesday or
Thursday.
The fire in the eastern suburb of the city
yesterday morning was the burning of the
grocery and house in which the Haertel
family was murdered last August. The
building was located on Waters’ road and
Jvers’ lane, and was owned by Mrs.
Henry Sack. It was occupied by Gustave
JLebenstein and was totally destroyed.
THE BICYCLISTS.
Organization of the Savannah Club— i
Their Differences With the Shell
Roads.
The Savannah Bicycle Club has been !
organized with the following officers:
President—W. W. Mackall.
Vice President—A. H. MacDonell.
Captain and Drill Master —W. A. Tur- ;
pin.
Lieutenant—J. Turton.
Bugler— J. R. Saussy, Jr. j
Secretary and Treasurer—U. H. Me- j
Laws.
The club has adopted as a uniform blue
knee-pants, blue stockings, low-quarter
shoes, white polo shirts, and caps to
match suit. Its membership comprises
some of the best young men of the city.
Mr. Turpin, the Captain Drill Master,
is a nephew of Dr. Stone, of this city, and
late of the Genesee Bicycle Club, of
Rochester, N. Y„ and is a rider of rare
ability and expertness.
A reporter of the News, in conversation
with Secretary McLaws, asked about the
alleged attempt of the authorities of the
shell roads to keep the bicycle from being
ridden.
“Yes,” was the reply, “ the shell roads
wanted to keep us off and consulted their
attorneys to that effect. We showed the
attorneys our law upon the question, and
that the roads would not be responsible
for any damages that the bicycles might
cause,' and they have concluded that our
rights are not inferior to the rights of
buggies and carriages.
“We are well assured of our rights to
ride on the shell roads and all other pub
lic thoroughfares, the same as any other
vehicle. The principles defining these
rights are now well established by the
adjudications of the courts in England
and the Northern and Western States.
We have abundant authorities on these
points, and, in addition, the Attorney oi
the Pope Manufacturing Company, Mr.
Charles A. Pratt, of Boston, and Mr.
Frederick A. Jenkins, Secretary of the
League of American Wheelmen, of New
York, have kindly favored us with their
briefs upon the question. So, you see, we
are well fortified.”
“The attempt was made up North,”
continued Mi. Me Laws, “to exclude
bicycles from the roads by charging a
heavy toll, but the courts have decided
that none but a reasonable toll can be as
sessed, and now on nearly all the turn
pikes at the North they are allowed to go
free. The White Bluff Shell Road has not
required any toll of us so far. The Thun
derbolt road demanded $1 apiece of us and
we have offered 10 cents. Upon this being
refused, we have ridden the gates through
without opposition.”
“How many members has the club?”
“There are now about twenty-two, but
we expect that in the spring when busi
ness is not so pressing many more will
join us.”
“Do you expect to take a jaunt in the
country this summer?”
“Yes, we will go from here to Augusta
by rail and from Augusta we will ride to
Charlotte, N. C. There is a splendid road
from Augusta to that point, and the trip
is anticipated with much pleasure.”
This club is the first one in this part of
the South, and will no doubt become one
of the most popular organizations of its
kind ot the city. Bicycling has become a
popular means of amusement in all of the
Northern and Eastern States, and in the
vicinity of New York and Boston the
bicycle is used extensively as a vehicle of
travel instead of a buggy. There is no
doubt but the membership of the Savan
nah club will be increased to a large num
ber at au early date.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
The Central’s Request for Restored
Rates to be Discussed on Tuesday.
The Board of Trade will meet on Mon
day to take action upon a communication
addressed to the board by the Secretary of
the Railroad Commission, requesting the
board, if it lie deemed advisable, to send
representatives to Atlanta to appear before
the commission on Tuesday to discuss the
pending petition of the Central Railroad.
This petition, it is understood, asks the
commission to restore the rates on classes
C, D and F to the figures prevailing
previous to tbo issue of circular No,
20, and in consideration thereof the Cen
tral proposes to give to competitive points
in Georgia the benefit of the division
which it receives on these classes of ship
ments coming from Ohio river points to
said Georgia cities. For instance, the
Central receives on 100 pounds of grain
between Atlanta and Macon about 5
cents when the shipment comes from Cin
cinnati. This, it is understood, the road
proposes to accept on all shipments of
grain either from Atlanta to Macon or
from Macon to Atlanta. And likewise
between all competitive points in the
State. As it will probably be some time
before the matter is decided the commis
sion will be glad to hear from every sec
tion interested, and. besides the Board
of Trade in this city, the Boards in Au
gusta and Macon have also been invited
to send representatives to apj>ear before j
the commission.
FOREIGN EXPORTS.
Yesterday's Clearances for European
Ports.
Messrs. Wilder & Cos. cleared yesterday
the British bark Paromatta for Liverpool
with 3,525 bales upland cotton, weighing
1,644,778 pounds, valued at $174,718, and
955 sacks cotton seed, weighing 84,000
pounds, valued at $766 33, and 7,750 cane
reeds, valued at slls, and 6 cedar logs,
valued at SSO. Total value of cargo, $175,-
649 33.
The Norwegian brig Thela was cleared
yesterday by Messrs. Syberg-Petersen &
Cos. for Cronstadt with 2.550 barrels rosin,
weighing 1,051,035 pounds, valued at
$5,142 56. Cargo bv Messrs. S. P. Shotter
& Cos.
Local Personal.
Col. Flovd Jones, of the United States
army, is at the Pulaski.
Albert B. Wrenn, General Southern Pas
senger Agent of the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis Railway, is on a visit
to the city.
G. W. Jack, Esq., Superintendent of the
Southern Express Company, is in town.
Like all expressmen, he is an able and
amiable gentleman.
T. L. Burrill, Esq., of Washington, D.
C., W. S. Miles, of the Copakelron Works,
New York, and C. D. Alexander, of Lon
don, England, are registered at the Screven
House.
L. W. Bates, Esq., formerly a merchant
of this city, but now a resident of Ballston
Spa, N. Y., has donated, through Mr. Ed
ward Lovell, of this city, $25 to the Union
Society.
Mrs. Edmunds, the wife of Senator Ed
munds, of Vermont, and Miss Edmunds
and several otner ladies who have been
spending the winter in the West Indies,
will return home by way of Savannah,
and will remain here for several weeks.
They will come by a steamship from Nas
sau, N. P., the vessel stopping at this
port expressly to land the ladies.
Col. M. J. O’Brien, General Superinten
dent of the Southern Express Company, is
in the city. He is getting ready to enter
tain the Convention of the Expressman's
Aid Society, which meets at Jacksonville
next week. Col. O’Brien was once a
printer boy, and like all others who have
once smelled printers’ ink, naturally
gravitates towards a printing office. He
is one of the best administrative officers
in the great express business.
Dr. R. B. Harris has opened an office at
No. 108 South Broad street, near Drayton.
Dr. Harris recently came to this city
from Darien, where he has been a resi
dent and practicing physician for a num
ber of vears. He is a brother of Dr. Ste
phen S. Harris, who died with the yellow
fever in Savannah in 1854, and who was
well known as a citizen and physician.
The presence of Dr. Harris adds an able
practitioner to the Savannah medical fra
, ternitv.
Death of an Estimable Lady.
Mrs. Ann Cavanaugh, wife of the late
Mr. Jeremiah Cavanaugh, and mother of
James J. McGowan, Esq., died yesterday
morning at her residence on Congress
street, after a few days’ prostration.
Blessed with a long life, free from bodily
ill-, she sunk, in her seventy-fourth year,
quietly and gentlj r to rest, fortified by all
the rights and consolations of her church,
of which she was a consistent and practi
cal member, and surrounded by three gen
erations of her children. By all who
knew her she will long be remembered for
ber simplicity of manner, affable disposi
tion, genial hospitality and warm friend
ship.
The Savannah Port Society.
The anniversary of the Savannah Port
Society will take place this evening at
Christ Church. There will therefore be
no evening services at the other Protes
tant churches. The annual sermon will
be preached by Rev. Thomas Boone, and
the reports of the officers will be read.
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1884.
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY.
A Glance at the Missives of Love and :
Hate—Some of the Styles.
A glance into the show windows of any
of the stationery and book stores in the j
city will announce the approach of St. j
Valentine’s Day without the necessity
of being told. The dealers say that the
sale in the city has not been so
large this year as last year, and
that the custom of sending valentines
seems to be going out of fashion. The
orders from the small country towns,
however, acre larger than last year, and
the trade from the interior is brisk. The
styles are much the same as those of
former years, except the handsome fringed
and painted satin cards. The old lace
card, which for a year or two has seemed
to be going out’ of use, is revived,
and has by far the largest sale of
any. The sale of the cheap comic valen
tine sis about the same as heretofore. Of
the handsome designs, one of the pretti
est is printed on satin in a frame of dark
plu sh, and represents a lion at the feet of
a p retty girl, who is seated in a wood.
Th e lion is looking up, and appears to be
adm iring his fair charmer. The verse
with which it is inscribed reads:
“Stronger than tempest, than the tameless
sea—
Stronger than time, than life or death mav
be.
Is tender love, and neck of dreadest powers
She bendeth gently w ith a chain of flow
ers.”
The comic penny valentines have the
usual blots of colored ink in the most hid
eous shapes.
“A Selfish Man” is depicted in the most
outlandish manner, and is lectured thus:
i “I love to see a man that has some feelings
! kind for others,
: Not one like you. whose bitter heart each gen
erous passion smothers."
A street corner masher is spoken to this
j way:
“I've seen you stare lieneath the bonnet
Of some line maiden as she tripped,
j* But bear in mind, my saucy fellow,
That ill-bred puppies oft'get whipped.”
A bad looking female, duly marked
“Mrs. Disagreeable,” is spoken to in this
stanza:
! “ 'Tis my belief that God created wives
To sweeten all the troubles of men's lives,
But surely you exert your utmost power
' To poison his best joys and turn them sour."
A miserable dame is serenaded thusly:
i “A mischievous woman does what hann"slie
can
By tattling the tales that she hears.
1 Or with rancorous spite she earnestly tries
| To set all her friends by their ears.”
; The large piles of these pictures of un
couth ness and ugliness are culled over by
| boys and girls, and occasionally by au
! older person, in a quiet, unobserved sort
of way, with a kind of don’t-look-at-me
look on their face.
A TILT AT MACON.
j A Grand Cavalry Tournament to le
Given in Macon Some Time in May.
j Capt. W. W. Gordon, of the Georgia
j Hussars, has been addressed a letter in
j regard to the participation of the troop in
j a cavalry tilt at Macon some time
in May. The tournament is to oc
cur at the fair ground in Macon,
j and will be under the auspices,
j it might be said, of the Governor’s Horse
; Guard of Atlanta. It is stated that one
| object of the proposed contest is the pro
; motion of good feeling and the creation of
■ enthusiasm and interest among the cav
' airy companies of the State by getting the
j different companies together in a city in
which there is no cavalry company. The
i Governor w ill be requested to attend the
I tournament and review the sabre com
panies. The contest will consist of a
: competitive drill and a sabre exercise,
; each company selecting members from
! its ranks to represent it in the contest,
j At night there will be a grand ball, and
j the successful knight will crown the lady
! of his own selection, who in turn will
choose her three maids of honor. The
j prize will be a handsome horse, that will
be on tha grounds for the successful knight
i to take immediate possession of, and a
SIOO diamond ring will also be given, con
ditioned that it be presented to the lady
who is crowned qu£sh of the evening .and
who must be a Macou lady. Capt. Mil
ledge, of the Horse Guard, has conferred
with Mr. George Brown, of the Brown
House, Capt. Carnes, of the Macon Vol
unteers, and Mr. Sam Jaques, who state
that the people of Macon will be glad to
welcome the Horse Guards and all the
: cavalry companies of the State if they can
be gotteu together there. The following
gentlemen have been written to on the
subject, besides Capt. Gordon: Capt.
I Clark, of the Richmond Hussars, ot Au
gusta, and the officers of the companies in
Liberty, Mclntosh and Effingham ooun
ties. The Bartow cavalry company will
also be invited to revive and join in, and
perhaps the companies of Edgefield and
Charleston will also be invited.
THE MORTUARY RECORD.
The Health Officer’s Report of the City’s
Health.
The report of Health Officer Dr. J.T.
McFarland, for the week ending last Fri
day night, shows that there were 21 deaths
in the city—9 whites and 12 colored—as
follows:
Whites.
Male. Over
Female Years.
Male. Under
Female 10 Yfar *-
Diseases.
Alceholi.in 1 1 .j .. j... 11... I ... I
Brain, cong'n f 1 : . f 1
Bronchitis,sen j... 1 .. j j j ...;.. j...
Consmp., lungs ! IjM 1
Cholera infant 1 ii ...j 1 ! ... .j...
Convulsions.... I ... j . . j...... j j......... | 1
Diarrhoea, chr. ... j 1 j... 1 j
Dropsy,general ... i... 1 1 .. 1 ]... ...
Dropsy |.. .; .. . j ..: 1 .........
Fever, typhoid. .. i 1.. ... 1 ... j..
Heart, paraly’s 1.. !.. j j..
Marasmus 1., j... lj. t .
Old age j 1; ... I .. L.. 1... ...
Pneumonia .... j... | ... I ...... I ... I 1
Senile decay...... I .. j ... 1|... ..
Undefined '. i . .. l lj l
Total 1 31 3 1 2 3l 5 1 l' 3
Recapitulation. —Deaths in city: Whites, 9;
blacks and colored. 12: total, 21. Exclusive
of still births—Whites, 1; Blacks and colored,
2. Died from a burn, ! colored female.
SUMMARY.
Ages.
Under 1 year | 11.. 1 1 3
Between 1 and 2 years .. j i .1
Between 2 and 5 years .1 1 2
Between 5 and 10 years I I . j.. 1 1
Between 10 and 20 years j., ]. j 1:1
Between 20 and 30 years l ii 13
Between 30 and 40 years ... l).. 12
Between 40 and 50 years . 1
Between 50 and 60 j-ears 11 s
Between 00 and TO years 1 . i l 2
Between TO and SO years 11
Between 80 and 00 years 1 1
Between 100 and 105 years 1 i 1
Total 45|4 8 21
Population—Whites 23,839; blacks 16,652;
total. 40,491.
Annual ratio per 1,000 lor week—whites,
19.62; blacks, 37,46.
Annual ratio per 1,000: Whites lor year ISB2,
19.2. .1. T McFarland. >l. L).,
Health Officer.
The Georgia Historical Society.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
Historical Society will be held on Tues
day, the 12th inst., at 4 o’clock p. in., at
Hodgson Hall. The election of officers
and the usual business of the meeting will
be transacted at this hour, and in the
evening at 8 o'clock the anniversary ad
dress will be delivered in the library room
of the hall by Hon. P. W. 3leldrim. His
subject will be, “The Trial ot Charles 1.,
its Causes and Consequences.”
They are Quick and Sure.
“I use Benson’s Capcine Porous Fibsters
constantly in my practice.” Dr. J. M.
Wandell. Price 25 cents.
A Popular Confectionery.
The confectionery store, No. 139U,'
Broughton street, recently owned by Mr.
John Nugent, has been bought by Mr.
Joseph Oppenheimer, who will coutinue
the confectionery business, and informs
the public that be is prepared to supply
the best quality of cakes, confectioneries,
soda water and ice cream. The Morn
ing Nkws bespeaks for him a liberal pat
ronage.
Plain and Colored Bordered Handker
chiefs at Belsinger’s, Lyons’ Block.— Adc.
LAND AND WATER SPORTS:
A BRILLIANT BASE BALL SEA
SON IN SAVANNAH.
The Reorganization of the “Dixies ”
and the New Club—The Proposed State
Association— Track Meetings in the
North and West—A Season of Brilliant
Races—News in the Aquatic World.
The base ball interests are being re- .
vived for the coming season, and it is •
probable that in the South as in the North
and West, the national game will be pro- J
moted with far more than usual vigor
during the spring and summer. The
Georgia Base Ball Association, which was
organized in this city last year, did j
not reach a large membership, and the
chief interest in this game was here in
Savannah. Augusta and Columbus had
good clubs, but they were independent of
any association. The “Dixies,” “Ogle
thorpes” and “Forest Citys,” of Savan
nah, did good work, but from the present
prospects the coming season will be
marked by better equipped clubs than
ever before. It is probable that there will i
be two clubs in this city. The “Inde- j
pendents,” anew club organized from the
“Oglethorpes” and “Forest Citys,” will
enter the field. Tfie “Dixies” will re
organize next month, and with a battery
of strong players will go into practice as
early in the month as possible. The club,
it is expected, will be ready to open the
season in April with a month’s
practice to rely upon. A meeting
will be held in a short time
to determine the programme of the sea
son. The matter of a State Association is
being discussed in the northern part of
the State. The Columbus Enquirer says:
“We learn that an effort is being made to
organize a State league, composed of the
base ball clubs of this city, Atlanta, Sa
vannah, Macon and Augusta. The Colum
bus club has taken the initiative step, and
has written to the other clubs asking
them to become members. Some of the
clubs have not yet been heard from, but
we guess they will join in the organiza
tion.” The Savannah organization has
not been advised of any effort in this di
rection, and it is doubtful if it would re
spond to a membership if it were invited.
The boys here are determined to put a
nine in the field that will throw dirt into
the eyes of tire State clubs, and are bound
itodo it independently. The base ball
park will be put in fine condition, and
with the grand stand which was erected
| last fall will form one of the finest and
1 most accessible and convenient base ball
i grounds in the South.
Sporting Noteg.
The stakes which will be run at the
spring meeting of the Memphis Jockey
Club will close February 15.
The State ot Virginia Regatta Comiuit
| tee have examined the course at Norfolk,
j Va., and decided to hold a regatta there
j on July 4 next.
The amateur boat clubs of Boston are
unwilling to make the necessary expendi-
I ture of time, work and money, and the
! National regatta of 1884 will not be held
! there.
The Committee of the Louisville Jockey
| Club are investigating the alleged frauds
at the fall meeting, and new charges
have been preferred against some of the
parties.
Harvard University Boat Club has ac
cepted the challenge of Columbia Col
lege Boat Club for an eight-oared
race, whose date will be agreed upon
hereafter.
At the sale of the stud of the Count de
la Grange, in France, on the 24th ult.,
among the more important lots sold were
Chimere, 21,000 francs, Faveur, 4,000
francs, Iphigenie, 4,100 francs, and Dulce
Domum, 3,450 francs. The Imperial stud
of Russia secured Consul, by bidding 28,-
000 francs, and Conscrit for 25,000 francs.
It is said that there is a prospect of a
match between the sloop Hildegard and
the cutter Ileen, to be sailed early in the
season. The Spirit hopes this may be
correct, and feels certain that with any
thing like a fair time allowance, the
skimming dish will beat the loaded
wedge. The Ileen, by the way, arrived
at Savannah January 29.
The Cincinnati base ball club has closed
a contract with James J. Waulfe, ot New
Orleans. This Is the young man whom
the Lucas Union club, of St. Louis, en
gaged at a salary of SI,BOO. When Waulfe
insisted on an advance of money the Lu
cas club dallied with him. He refused to
play with them on the uncertainty of the
“job.” The Cincinnati club Have se
cured him for less money, as he knew he
would take no risk in signing with
them. Waulfe is a young man who has a
high social standing in New Orleans, be
ing the junior member of a notary and
broker firm, which pays him liberally.
He is well educated, lias no bad habits, is
of fine character and is much admired
personally by a host of frieuds in New
Orleans.
Capt. M. J. Doyle, of this city, has sold
his celebrated trotter “.Smith O’Brien”
to Wallace Pierce, of Sharpsville, Pa.
The following paragraph from Wilkes’
Spirit will be read with interest by those
who are interested in fine horses: “Wal
, lace Pierce, of Sharpsville, Pa., who bets
high in the Grand Circuit, recently visited
his friend Ed. Geers, at Columbia, Tenn.,
who has Mr. Pierce’s pacers, Joe Braden
and Warrior, in charge. While there he
bought, from Mr. Doyle, the trotting
stallion Smith O'Brien, 2:29)4, by Sweep
t stakes, as a mate for Mr. P. Phoenix’s
I King William, 2:20%, and shipped him
here by express a few days ago. Od being
j tried to the pole* they mated perfectly in
speed, steadiness aed disposition. Geers
says: ‘1 believe this stallion can easily
beat 2:20 with running mate.’ ”
Eootliglit Flashes.
Mrs. Lester Wallack is in Florida.
Germany has 454 theatres and nearly
10,000 actors.
Chicago is to have a grand opera house
: that will cost $600,000.
Millocher, the composer of “A Beggar
j Student,” has completed anew operetta,
| “Gasperone.”
The advance sale of the Emma Abbott
! engagement in Ban Francisco has already
reached $4,000.
Walter Goldschmidt, eldest son of Jenny
Lind, is soon to marry a lady of the nobil
ity in England.
Young Sothern it is thought will in a
i very brief period surpass bis father, espe
cially as “Dundreary.”
i Bret Harte has dramatized his famous
I story, “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” and
the Madison Square Theatre will present
it after revision by David Belasco.
A Scandinavian company is touring
Minnesota and the Northwest playing
Swedish dramas. There is a large Nor
| wegian and Swedish population in that
j country.
Charles E. Ford has bought from*Linn
& Cos., the right to “Madame Boniface,”
the new comic opera. Theo will do the
piece in French next September at Wal
lack’a, New York.
There is some prospect of Mrs. D. P.
Bowers returning to the stage. Frank
Mayo has invited her to assume a leading
role in “Nordeck,” his new play, which
is to be produced in Chicago in May.
Miss Rose Coghlan receives S2OO per
week at Wallaek’s Theatre, N. Y*. Among
, the many rumors attaching themselves to
the lady is one to the effect that she is
about to marry Mora, a brother of the cel
; ebrated photographer.
A company of twelve Vienna swords
i women, who are said to be as remarkable
I for their beauty as for their skill, will
j soon arrive in Paris to give a series of
, entertainments and try tbeir strength
with some of the leading French ama
teurs.
Mr. W. S. Scanlan closed his Savannah
engagement last night in “The Irish Min
strel” before a small audience. Mr.
Scanlan is an excellent actor, and a large
audience would have been as delighted
as the small one was enthusiastic last
night.
Miss Maud Granger, having abandoned
“Her Second Love,” will star during the
balance of the season under the manage
ment of Mr. Henderson, late of the Stan
dard Theatre, New York. Marie Pres
cott is to replace Miss Granger in “Her
Second Love” Company.
To insure his good faith with Cincin
nati patrons, Col. Mapleson, it is said, has
; deposited with one of the local banks the
j sum of SIO,OOO as a guarantee that the
trio, Patti, Gerster and Josie Jones Yorke,
| will all be beard during the week of Feb
i ruarv 11 at Houck’s New Opera House.
Miss Grace E. Thorne has received an
ofler from Dion Boueieault for leading
parts next season, and it is probable that
she will accept. Miss Thorne is now a
popular and prominent member of the
Boston Theatre Company. She possesses
much of the talent for which her father,
the late Charles R. Thorne, was noted.
The sale of seats for “Fedora,’’ in which
Miss Fanny Davenport will appear next
Thursday "evening, will begin Tuesday
morning, two days in advance of the per
formance. The event will be one of the
Blacks
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Female 10 Ytar *'
Male. Under
Female 10 Yfars -
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most brilliant theatrical occurrenceii of ,
the season, and it is expected that the j
house will be crowded from the stage to !
the walls.
Morris Greenwald, Mrs. Langtry’e man- J
ager, wants that lady to make a tour of j
Australia, but it is said she does not want
to go. Mrs. Langtry says she has cleared
$30,000 so far this season, over and above
all expenses. Before the winter and
spring are over she expects to make
$75,000 additional. Last season her profits
were over SIOO,OOO.
The New Orleans Picayune says of the
performance of the play in New Orleans:
“The judgment of the public ha9been ren
dered. The play is pronounced one of ab
sorbing interest, and the actress perfect.
Throughout the piece the audience was
kept spell bound by the magic power of |
the gifted Miss Davenport. The applause !
Was deafening in every act, and several
times Miss Davenport had to appear be
fore the curtain. It was a night of un
qualified success to the popular trage
dienne, and she exercised the full toree of
her rare talents upon an audience that
stood riveted with attention, and only
broke the panting silence when, unable to
be restrained any longer, thunders of ap
plause were freely given.”
The Charleston News and Courier of
yesterday says: “Mr. Bartley Cam pbell’s
thrilling melodrama, ‘The White Slave,’
was produced for the first time in this
city last night, and made a pronounced
hit. From the abundance ot rich dra
matic material in the history of slavery
days Mr, Campbell has selected a series
of incidents in the life of a young girl,
woven them together with consummate
skill, added to them the requisite number
of pictures of plantation life, and made
one of the most successful plays of the
day. The scenery is picturesque and
striking, and the mechanical eflects real
istic and startling. The rainstorm of real
waUtf, falling on the floating wreck and
its human freight, was an affecting spec
tacle.”
To the Public.
Savannah, Jan. 10, 1884.—The following
decision, among others promulgated by the
Supreme Court of tnc State cf Georgia on the
21st day of December. 1883, and published in
the Morning News of the 27th, same month
and year, I desire, because of its connection
with"my affairs, to reproduce it as the pre
liminary step upon which to base a statement
of my interest in the case. Before dwelling
on a subject for many causes difficult Vo ex
plain, I desire to express my thanks for the
wisdom that dictated the conclusions arrived
at by this higher court. They are in keeping
with the spirit of fairness, and are so regarded
by many citizens of this community. The de
cision has placed the seal of condemnation on
the worse than questionable rights claimed by
the corporation of this citv to a certain class
of property known as ground rent lots, under
circumstances at any time likely to arise.
The people of this city have of late years
become familiar with 'a remarkable line of
conduct on the part of certain persons who
have had much to do with the regulating of
public affairs, and who, through the rights
claimed to exist in the corporation of
this city, caused certain persons, who
had joint interests in a valuable property, to
be virtually robbed out of it. In fact, there is
no knowing how many may have in the same
way been deprived of their rights under the
pretext that title absolute vested in the cor
poration to property re-entered for non-pay
ment of ground rent. So llrmly has this false
theory been impressed on the minds of many
citizens that the right of the corporation to do
as it pleased with such property has been
accepted as sound legal doctrine. ’ The corpo
ration of this, like all other cities, iias an
undeniable right to collect its taxes, through
which alone the general good of the whole
people can be the more readily accomplished,
but in doing so the idea should not be lost
sight of that the destruction of every interest
of one or more delinquent tax-payers is not
necessary, and is entirely contrary to the
wishes of the only persons who are iramedi
: atoly interested in providing the means to
meet all just obligations due from the city.
There are many ways in which amounts
past due for ' taxes and ground rent
pan be collected without resorting to
harsh measures. Through legal methods of
doubtful propriety a garnishment can be served
on the income from any property, and what
ever the pressing needs of the owner may be
the right of the city to collect in this way
would be conceded, and it is fair to presume
that the cases would be quite rare that would
require even this harsh measure on the part
of the citv authorities.
decision' as rendered by the supreme
court.
Lawrence et al. vs. Mayor and Aldermen of
Savannah et al. Equity from Catham, Be
fore Judge Adams. Contracts, Lease, Re
entry. Landlord and Tenant.
Hall. J.
1. The city of Savannah conveyed a lot in
this citv to a"certain person on condition that
the lessee should, at specified times, pay a
i certain sum as ground rent, and, in case of a
failure therein for a certain time after said
rent became due, then the lot and premises
were to revert to the grantor, who reserved
j the Dower of re-entry. This right was exer
; cised in the present case and the property
sold in manner held to be valid in 61 Ga., 248.
! Tlie question here is, who is entitled to the
surplus in the hands of tlie city arising from
\ the sale after the claims of the c'ity for ground
, rent taxes and costs, etc., are satisfied?
Held, the right reserved by the city was
onlv a pledge or security for the debt that
might be due it. It was reserved to enable
the city to collect its rents expeditiously as
they fell due, and tlie city seems to have been
so ’accustomed to regard it. This custom
seems to have been to satisfy their demands
and to account to the true owner for the ex
cess. 1 Stk., 603.
2. The true ground of relief against penal
| ties, conditions and forfeitures, is from the
| original intent of the case, where the penal
i ty, etc., is designed only to secure money, and
the Court can give by way of recompense all
! that was expected or desired. 1 Strange, 447;
j 1 Bro. C. C., 418; 2 White & Tudor, Cases pp.
I 746, et seq.
; 3. The right to redeem and continue the
1 lease, even after forfeiture, and re-entry ex
ists whenever the leasee will pay what is due,
\ and if the lessor declines to receive it when
i tendered, the amount will he ordered paid
| into court and he will be enjoined from oust
' ing the tenant. See White and Tudor's Sea
j Cases, pp. 788, 789, 790; 1 Hare, 128, 129.
4. In this case the city by the resale got
what was due it and secures its future rents,
and by returning to the original lessee what
[ is over and above the amount due at the time
( of the resale he gets nothing more than lie was
, entitled to under his contract.
5. As between the other parties to this case
the citv is a mere stakeholder and the equity
| between them as well as their legal rights can
; be settled on the final hearing of the case,
j Judgment reversed.
John M. Guerard & Win. D. Harden for
plaintiff: Chisholm & Erwin, H. C. Cunniug
i ham, contra.
In conneution with this decision, it will not
lie out of place to explain some facts that I
have recently ascertained about the charac
ter of the Lawrence claim, and will com
mene by reproducing the following petition,
obtaineu many years ago :
PETITION OF MARY J. POOLER,
Adminirtratrix of the estate of Caroline M.
Eraser, of Mary J. Pooler, and of Caroline
M. F. Pooler, by their next friend. Alary J.
j Pooler.
It appearing to the court that it will be for
the benefit of said estate to make sale of said
lot No. 55 Brown ward, and it further ap
pearing that all parties on interest are rep
resented and consenting, aud that there is no
question of fact in dispute, it is ordered that
the said Mary J. Pooler, administratrix as
aforesaid, do make sale of and execute title*
to said lot No.; 55 Brown ward, city of
Savannah, at either public or private sale;
provided, that the said lot shall not be sold
for a sum less than $5,000.
It is further ordered that the cost of this
proceeding be a charge upon the proceeds of
sale. W. B. Fleming,
Judge E. D. Georgia.
M. G. Sheftall, Deputy Clerk S. C. C. C.
January 8, 1859.
Filed January 15, 1859. Folio 290-91.
It will be seen that a valuation was placed
upon the property before tlie order of court
was granted, ami its correctness is clearly es
tablished by several facts, first of which is
that when transferred two years and nine
months ago the price realized was only $5,750,
or $750 in excess of the price paid when sold
by order of court over twenty-five years ago,
although extensive and costly modern im
provements were put upon the house when I
became the owner, costing over $3,000, and
continued repairs made yearly. A short time
previous to the transfer, the house was thor
oughly repaired and renovated, both on the
exterior and interior, at a cost of over SI,OOO.
It is, however, proper to say that if the sale had
been fairly conducted the result would have
been a large increase in the price realized in
consideration of the valuable improvements
referred to. It is quite clear, however, that a
full value was put upon the property when
sold by Mrs. Fooler, for at the time the city's
valuation was $2,500, and for a number of
years after, but a small increase on that
amount took place.
Ciaim of Mr. Lawrence in behalf of his mi
nor children and its justice.—Some time ago, I
went to see a lady who lived with the Pooler
j family for a number of years and whose
1 special duty it was to take care of the mother
of the Lstwrence minors in her youthful
days. In June, 1858, she accompanied Mrs.
Pooler and tlie mother of the minors, who was
then herself a minor, to New York. On their
return Mrs. Pooler did not go back to reside
in her own house, which is located next to the
property bought bv me, but went to board
with a" family named Smith on Congress
street, where, in company with her ward, the
j mother of the Lawrence children and the ser
j vant, they occupied one room. This aecom
| modation, so limited, caused the servant to
i seek employment elsewhere, Mrs. Pooler's
want of means being the cause of the change.
It is fair to conclude that this statement is
i correct, from tlie fact that on the sth day of
j January, 1859, the property purchased bv me
was sold to John F. Tucker, as trustee for
Mrs. Geo. W . Banks, less than two months
; after the return of Mrs. Pooler from New
York. These and other facts that follow iu
! their train show clearly that the share of the
: mother of the children'of Air. Lawrence had
been judiciously ex-pended on her, and it is
quite strange,if it was not, that Mr. Lawrence
had not found out that his children had inter
ests in the property that ought te be looked
after, since I purchased from Banks over
thirteen years ago, aud that he or any other
representative of the family had not claimed
any rights they may have had daring the
twelve years previoi’- to my purchase from
Dr. Banks cannot but be regarded as some
what strange, in view of the action taken at
this late day. Soon after I acquired title to
inv property Mr. Lawrence commenced suit
for the recovery of a house ami lot adjoining
that bought by me aud which was the house
Mrs. Poo er left when she went to New York.
In that case, for certain alleged reasons, the
claim was considered favorable to his chil
dren. The final decision, however,was against
him. There are at present living in this city
many respected relatives and friends of the
Pooler family, and I am justified in thinking
from what I nave learned of Mrs. Pooler, of
whom I knew nothing personally, that among
all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance
there is not one who would approve of the
course of Mr. Lawrence or any one else in
bringing fromjhe grave her name aud mem
ory, in order to show that the part of the pro
ceeds derived from the sale of a house for
which a full price had been paid, was not ju
diciously expended on her ward, who from
early life was generously and gently cared for
by her grandmother, in’ whose home she first
saw the light of dav. Capt. John M. Guerard,
a respected and able lawyer, was the counsel
for Mr. Lawrence in the case to which I have
alluded, and even he in his searching
investigation of the records did not
discover any claim that would re
sult in profit’to Lawrence or his children.
During the several years that he had been in
the courts it was often said that my property
was that about which the litigation was going
on. The unfortunate manner under which it
was proposed to sell my property caused the
renewal of the rumor, and, in fact, I may
have been the innocent means of creating
undue alarm, for at the time my health was
completely broken down, and my attorney,
appearing as I supposed to treat my demand
upon him with comparative indifference, I
called on Mr. Guerard with a view to finding :
out where Mr. Lawrence resided. I believed
then, as I do now, that if I had continued well |
and succeeded in having with him an inter
view, even after proceedings had been com
menced, he would cause them to be discon
tinued. for lie would understand the injustice
of a different course when certain facts that
could not fail but appear to him reasonable
would be made clear to his mind, and the first
of which would he that his wife had received,
in judicious expenditures, all that was hers,
and which is now claimed through
him for his children. .On this point
there can be no doubt in the minds
of any persons who knew the relation
that existed bet wean the family. The counsel
of Mr. Lawrence knows well that the proper
ty in question when purchased by me was of
insignificant value, and that its improved
character is the result of my industry, so that
it is difficult for me to understand why he
should undertake a oase with so little justice
to sustain it, and that too when his high char
acter as an attorney and citizen is admitted
by all classes of his’fellow citizens.
Some additional facts.—Caroline M. F.
Pooler became the wife of Mr. Law
rence June 19, 1872. Her graudmother
died in 1873, one year after the
marriage of Mr. Lawrence, whose wife was
then 22 years old, certainly of age to say
whether'her protector in all the days of her
life had dealt fairly with her. If there ever
was a case where the limited means of a minor
was prudently regulated and used where it
would do the most good, it was in this in
stance. The fact that the mother of the wife
of Mr, Lawrence is still living, and that in the
long run of twenty-six years, she never once
intimated as far as can he known that Mrs.
Pooler had not acted fairly with tier daugh
ter, nor will she now do so', if I am correctly
informed as to the affectionate relations
that existed between them, her home
being with Mrs. Pooler during her
early married life and for many years, which
warrants the hope that in her will he found
one who will cheerfully certify to the ever
anxious solicitude of Mrs. Pooler for her
daughter’s happiness. Was there any irregu
larity in the manner of obtaining the order of
i court, or in the way in which it was granted?
j Even if so, and no wrong was intended or m
i jury to any oue accomplished, then in that
| case it is hardly fair to find fault at this late
' day, when the lips of client and attorney who
obtained the order have long since been seal
ed in death. But if any more substantial
proofs were needed to sustain the position
taken that the mother of the children of Mr.
Lawrence was fairly treated, and that much
more than she had’any claim to had been
6j>ent on her, the single fact that the late Col.
George A. Gordon, a gentleman who was as
eminent in his resectability as he was in his
profession—the law—being not only the coun
sel of Mrs. Pooler, hut a near relative, would
place the rights of the parties in interest be
yond the possibility of donbt. I have no fault
to find with Mr.’ Lawrence or his coun
sel. The blame for the unfortunate
condition of things brought upon me rests
with other parties, and at present I can only
say that do human foresight on my part could
have prevented the state of things’ that enter
ed into the-regulating of my affairs, and
i through which every plan of mine hoped to be
profitable has been completely broken up, and
moneyed interests I could ’ have protected
swept away. In fact, the misfortune brought
upon me can’t be estimated on the basis of a
moneyed valuation, for I have felt much
difficulty in trying to regulate my conduct in
accordance with my views of prouriety. No
one could more readily than myself forget the
loss sustained if the highwayman, or midnight
assassin had deprived me of my means, hut
that the corporation of this city should con
tinue the state of things of which I have
complained so long, under the pretext that
legal enactm nts are necessary to be main
tained in order to regulate the means ac
quired through my own industry between my
children and myself, on the rcdiculons plea
that the death of their beloved mother
concluded my trust, which plea was promtly
set aside by the presiding Judge, but
owing to the questionable conduct
of persons pretending to respectability
and fair dealing, a decree of
court was obtained on the second position as
sumed that a re-entry by the city destroyed
my trust. This false’and infamo’us doctrine
has been disposed or by a court of law, but
not before the management of my affairs had
been taken out of my control by the foulest
conspiracy that ever disgraced a civilized
community, on the ground that I must give
bond in double the amount of the proceeds de
rived from the fraudulent transfer of my
property, in order that the parties to whom
title was made might be protected from
trouble in the future by my minor children.
Here is a corporation claiming absolute
ownership in property, and then requiring an
order of court to accomplish what was un
necessary. If the position assumed lie cor
rect, it would appear that absolute owner
ship in anything would create a right to dis
pose of it without resorting to legal methods
of a worse than questionable character. If
by the will of Divine Providence, or any other
cause, the trust reposed in me was concluded,
it is difficult to understand how the property
of children known to be minors o’f
tender years would be sold on the
petition of.one who had no more right to ap
ply for the sale under such a state of facts
than if the application had been made for the
sale of the City Market. If I were competent
to explain all the facts in this case, some ad
dition would he required to language in order
to enable me to place the bold outrage on my
rights in its true character before my fellow
citizens. During the time the condition of
things to which I refer were being carried on.
the public affairs of this city were conducted
with a looseness which no fair minded citizen
j could regard with any degree of satisfaction,
' and I regret to say the same line of conduct
| was the sole reason and controling motive that
[ caused my affairs being now the source of the
fravest anxietv to my mind. In conclusion,
will simply say, that in the near future, and
j as I acquire' the means. I will lay every fact
j in connection with this iniquitous’ outrage be-
I fore my fellow-citizens, many of whom I have
cause to thank for suggestions as to the best
j means of getting from the present Council an
honest investigation of my affairs, that the
! rights of my children, which are and ever will
1 he inseparable from those of mv own, may be
; established. Chbi’s. Murphy.
P. S.—l have been asked by no inconsider
j able number of my fellow-citizens why the
j oroceeds of sale was not turned over to me,
less what wa3 due the city. Desiring to dis
abuse their minds of an impression quite
reasonable to exist, because of the unfortu
nate course pursued by the present Council,
owing to certain influences by which they ap
pear to he controlled. I have'in each case and
on every occasion asserted the ■fact that it was
not contemplated to sell my property except
on conditions agreed with nic. The only idea
j I could possibly suppose would enter into the
matter was that it would be simply a business
: transaction, such as has been done in
l other cases, and none of which had
the safeguards I supposed sur
rounded my arrangements with the
City Council and its legal adviser. I have
never had the slightest misunderstanding
with the corporation of this city in relation
to any taxes due from me. Like’ many others
1 was a debtor to the city, owing to circum
stances unprofitable and'out of place to refer
to. hut there was no question of dispute at
ativ time on either side, until an utterly in
! comprehensible condition of things were spe
' cially created to meet my case, when a charge
J over twice in excess of tne amount due was
i made and published in the official organ of
: the city against the property, and because of
i such alleged indebtedness, absolntelv untrue,
' as the books in the office of the City Treasurer
! will prove. It has been asserted tiiat the
| property was sold, and right here I beg the
j consideration of the reatier who may take
j the trouble to peruse this necessarily tedious
! communication to the following few lines
1 plucked from the resolution under which the
; sale was to be made. After dealing with the
! subject in the usual manner in such cases, it
; goes on to say: “And also that the minimum
price to lie fixed shall he the amount of ground
rent and taxes due by Mr. Murphy on said
t property at the time of its re-entry by the
J city, and from the time of such re-entry to
time of sale, to wit: the sum of $2,066 33, with
interest at 7 per cent." Now, surely, the fore
i going, if it means anything at all, it must he
construed to mean what it says. The lan
i guage and intention, as far as the matter
i itself is concerned, is unmistakably plain, but
! the undeniable fact is of record
lin the Treasurer’s office that the
i property did not owe half the amount
specified, and after the transfer an additional
sum of S3OO was deducted from the proceeds
of sale, if the expression is a proper one to
use before concluding what must be cause for
comment by my fellow-citizens. I may be ex
cused for purloining a few more lines from
the resolution uuder which the sale took
place:
This property, with improvements,
consisting of rtwo first-class dwelling-houses,
is now offered for sale in fee simple; terms
cash, purchaser depositing 12,509 cash in the
hands of the Marshal upon the property being
knocked down to him or them, purchaser
paying for all pajiers. L. L. Goodwin,
City Marshal.
On the sale of the first house under a condi
tion of things delicately touched upon $4,700
more than was due the city was realized, but
under a grand dream of official authority, and
with utter disregard for all enstom and de
cency, another house of great value was put
up and knocked down for $7,900, and title
made to it after for several hundred dollars in
excess of the amount realized, and which sum
has not been credited to the proceeds of sale.
C. M,
Open front Shirts at Belsinger's, Lyons’
Block.— Adv.
Chatham Superior Court.
This court met yesterday morning at 10
o’clock, when the following proceedings
were had:
State vs. Major Lee. Murder. Remit
ter of Supreme Court filed and order
granted, making the same the judgment
of this court.
The Ocean Steamship Company of Sa
vannah vs. The Georgia, Florida* and In
land Steamboat Company. Illegality.
Order granted extending time lor Audi
tor’s report to April 1, 1884.
Florence B. Woodbridge, complainants,
aud E. A. Woodbridge, guardian, etc.,
complainants, and R. W. Woodbridge et
al., defendants. In equity. Order grant
ed authorizing the 6ale ol’the property in
the hands of the receiver.
Hayms & Bros. vs. The Liverpool, Lon
don and Globe Insurance Company.
Case. Continued for the term.
S. B. Lufburrow et al., complainants,
and M. G. Lufburrow et al., defendants.
Motion to strike name ot YY.G. Lufburrow
from complainants’ bill. Disposed of by
interlocutory decree rendered February
Bth, 1884.
Martha Crosby vs. John Crosby. Motion
to reinstate case. Motion granted on pay
ment of costs.
Talulah Warner vs. George Warner.
Motion to amend libel. Dismissed.
Francis E. Mirault vs. Frances A.
Mirault. Motion for temporary alimony
and counsel fees. Rule nisi granted, re
quiring defendant to show cause. If any
he has, on Monday next at 10 o’clock in
the morning, why the petition should not
be granted.
State vs. Peter Johnson. Assault with
intent to murder. Argument heard on
motion for new trial and decision re
served.
John Scholl, plaintiff in certiorari, vs.
Margaret Geibelhouse, defendant in cer
tiorari. Dismissed.
J. J. Dale et al.. plaintiffs in certiorari,
vs. O. A. Clark, T. M. Fleetwood, John G.
Sexton and John 11. Craig. Four cases.
Continued for the term.
Ellen Kent vs. Ezra U. Kent. Alimony.
Settled.
The court then adjourned until to-mor
row morning at 10 o’clock.
White Flannel Yachting Shirts at Bel
singer’s, Lyons’ Block.— Adv.
Silk and Alpaca Umbrellas at Bel
singer’s, Lyons’ Block.— Adv.
funeral
CAVANAUGH.—The friends and acquaint
ance of Mrs. Ann Cavanaugh and family,
and of her eons, J. J.and J. C. McGowan,
are respectfully invited to attend her funeral,
from her late residence, No. 71 Congress
street, at 3:30 o’clock THIS AFTERNOON.
ROACH.—The friends and acquaintance of
Mrs. S. Roach ami family are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral of her Youngest
daughter, Nettie, from her residence,
corner of McDonough and Montgomery
streets, at 3 o’clock THIS AFTERNOON.
llraUio.
February
Emma S., only and beloved little daughter of
Henry J. V. and Janie Hattrich, aged lyear,
4 months and 1 day. Safe in the arms of
Jesus.
jUlrrttnao.
Catholic Library Association.
A special meeting of the Catholic Library
Association will be held THIS DAY at 12
o’clock si.
As business of much importance is to he
transacted, a full attendance is requested.
P. F. GLEASON, President.
M. J. O'Connor, Rec. Sec’y.
I Georgia Historical Society--Its Forty-
Fifth Anniversary.
The members of the Georgia Historical So
; ciety will meet in the Business Room of
i Hodgson Hall on TUESDAY, 12th inst., at 4 p.
31., for the annual e'setion of officers and for
the transactions of o her business. A full at
, tendance is requested.
At 8 p. m. the Auni.crsary Address will
he delivered in the Library Boom of Hodg
son Hall by the Hon. P. W. Meldrim. sub
ject: “The’Frial of Charles I. —Its Causes and
Consequences.”
The public are invited to attend. Bv order
<ff the COMMITTEE.
Savannah, Feb. 9,1884.
Sprrial Uoltrto.
A Card from Dr. Harris.
My professional services are respectfully
j offered to the citizens of Savannah; Office ICS
| Soutli Broad street, one door from Drayton
! street; Residence 170 Taylor street, immedi
| ately in the rear of the Public School on
! Barnard street. Calls left at my residence
| or at my office will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully, R. B. HARRIS.
Notice.
In obedience to a resolution by the Trustees
appointed for the Oglethorpe Barracks pro
perty, the undersigned respectfully calls the
attention of subscribers to the fact that he
has been elected Treasurer, and that the final
payment of $6lO is called in from each of the
subscribers parable on demand.
HENRY BLUN, Treasurer.
Savannah, February 6,1884.
Subscribers will pleaise send in their checks
for the amount named.
Wanted.
Apollinaris Water Bottles, pints, any quan
ity, delivered at either of my stores, corner
Waldburgand West Broad streets and Stewart
and West Broad streets.
E. J. KIEFFER.
TEN CENT STOKE.
No. 154 BRYAN STREET.
Each article in the store sold at Ten Cents.
Hardware, crockery, glassware, tin, wood
and willow-ware, cutlery, and all kinds ef
notions and novelties.
Dr. Best, Dentist,
Has special facilities for repairing and re
fitting Artificial Teeth.
Office corner Congress and Whitaker streets.
Established 1869. No other address.
Jlcm AOuevtiocmcnto.
Georgia State Gazetteer!
Business & Planters’ Directory,
I*B *B^4.
3d Volume, containing 1,282 Pages.
THIS volume contains more information
than any book of the kind ever published
in this country. It is invaluable to business
men whodesire information concerning Geor
gia. her cities and towns and her people. Ex
amine the table of contents and see if it is
not just the book you want for reference:
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS.
ALPHABETICAL LISTS OF TOWNS.
BUSINESS OR eOMMERCIAL DIREC
TORY.
CENSUS.
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CLERGYMEN.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
COURT DIRECTORY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
DIRECTORY OF TOWNS.
EDUCATIONAL.
FARMS AND IMPROVED LANDS—num
ber of Acres.
FISH CCLTURISTS.
FINANCIERS OF COUNTIES.
GENER AL ASS EM BLY.
GENERAL DIRECTORY.
GOVERMENTAL.
LEGISLATURE.
MINES.
NEWSPAPERS.
PLANTERS AND FARMERS.
PRODUCTS OF COUNTIES.
RAILROADS.
R AILROA D A BBR EVI AT IONS.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.
STATE OFFICERS.
SUPERIOR AND SUPREME COURTS.
TEACHERS.
UNITED STATES COURTS.
The price is only $5 delivered in Savannah,
or it will be sent post paid to any address in
the United States or Canada for $5 40.
J. U. ESTILL,
Savannah, Ga.
THE CELEBRATED
Macon 4-4 Sheeting,
MACRANIE TWINE, all shades, at
I. DASHER & CO.S.
Acid Phosphate
KAINIT
For sale by
PERRY M. D'LEOY,
llH BAY STREET. SAVANNAH, GA.
POTATOES, POTATOES,
*1 JS PER BARBEL, IN LOTS.
275 barrels CHOICE EARLY ROSE.
—AT—
JOHN LYONS & CO.’S.
Jhmtertttfttlfl.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
ONE NIGHT ONLY—FEBRUARY 11.
A TRUE PICTURE OF THE SOUTH.
Bartley Campbell’s (author of “My Partner,”
“Galley Slave.” “Siberia,” ete.)
great success,
THE WHITE SLAVE
SEVEN BEAUTIFUL TABLEAUX.
1. The Old Kentucky Home/’
2. The Quadroon’s Oath.
3. “She is My Steve. ’
4. On the “Belle Creole.”
5. The Floating Wreck.
6. Red Devil’s Island.
7. She is a Free Born White Woman.
See the most realistic scene ever produced
on anv stage, the wonderful
Rainstorm of real water.
New and Picturesque Scenery and Startling
Mechanical Effec’ts.
Prices as usual. Seats on sale at Davis
Bros.’
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
St. Valentine's Night r
THURSDAY, FEB 14.
Special engagement of
FANNY DAVENPORT
In her matchless rendering of Victorian Sar
dou’s master work,
FEDORA!
A modern Tragedy, supported by the Original
New York Company, including MR.
R. B. MANTELL.
npHE strongest piay produced in 20 years.
A The incaraation'of all feminine charm,
and defects. Admission as usual. Reserved
seats $1 50. Box sheet opens at Davis Bros.'
Tuesday, February 12.
Next attraction-LIGHTS O’ LONDON.
Centrai. R. R. and Banking Cos. op Ga..j
General Passenger Department. J
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 10, 1884. >
i; xcuhsion :
The Maidi Gras Carnival
OF 188-4,
AT f4EW ORLEANS,
Is Expected to Eclipse in Grandenr
and Elegance all Former Display*.
rrMIE Central Railroad will sell Excar- *
A Tickets from Savannah, commencing Fw
ruary 20th and until 24th, inclusive, good ♦
return until March 10th, inclusive, at
S2O 85 FOR THE ROUND TRIP.
TUESDAY, February 26. will lie the Carr. -
val day. G. A. WHITEHEAD,
General Passenger Agent.
Grand Annual Masquerade Ball
—OF TBS—
: Savanna! State talMaft
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY,
FEBRUARY 14, 1884,
At the M asonic Temple.
j 'TMCKETS, admitting gentleman and hi •
; A $2, can be had of the following
COMMITTEE:
William Diers, Chairman;
; Max Krunss, Jos. Hirschhacli. J. F. Wi< ,
N. Marin, A. Seyden, or at tiie door.
Admission to gallery 50 cents; ladies 2 cent*.
Second Grand Hop
WILL BE GIVEN BY THE
F. C.S. CLUB,
—ON'—
Friday Evening, February 15,
AT—
TURNER S HALL,
TICKETS $1 50, admitting one gentleman
and two ladies; ticket includes supper,
and can be had from the following
COMMITTEE.
J. M. WILBON, WM. MCDONOUGH,
S. E. MEYERS. M. SULLIVAN,
E. Y. POLLARD.
Prof. McCOLLUM will lead the Gran#
March.
LEAP - YEAR TEA
THE LADIES’ CHURCH AID SOCIETY
will give an entertainment at Masonic
Temple MONDAY' EVENING, February 11.
Mr. N. E. Solomons will furnish music for
| dancing.
! The hall will he open for children in the
afternoon at 4 o'clock, when thev can enjoy
dancing and the novelty of blowing 6oap
hubbies.
Admission in the evening 25c. Supper 25e.
SCHUETZEN PARK
THE PLACE TO SPEND A PLEAS
ANT DAY.
1 EXCELLENT Accommodations for Lao c*.
Amusements of all kinds. Boats for fisfi
mg and shooting. First-class Restaurant Re
freshments of all kinds.
OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE
Take Coast Line Railroad cars as follows:
Week days—Leave Savannah 3 and 6:20 r. X,
“ Leave Park 4:40 and 7:00 r. m .
Sunday—Leave city 11:40 a. m., 2:20, C
3:40,4:20, 5:00, 5:40. 6:20 v. M.
“ Leave Park 3:00, 3:40, 4:20, 5:00. S:W,
6:20, 7:00 r. M.
MISS THOMPSON’S
School for Dancing, Grace A Decorum,
At Metropolitan Hall. Instructions o Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday Afternoons at!
o’clock. Latest Dances taught. Terms: K
for 12 lessons. Reduction niade for thief or
more in family. Payable in advance.
Suburban UailroabD.
City and Suburban B y
Office City and Suburban Railway.'
Savannah. Jan. 19, 1884. I
ON and after SUNDAY. 20th inst., the.
lowing schedule will be observed on th€
Suburban line:
MONDAY', WEDNESDAY AND FrTi> \V_-
outw‘D-1 Inward.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
CITY. CITY. | ISLE HOPE MONTG’ST.
3:2‘>P.M.! 8:40 a. MJ 8:15 a. M. 7:45 a. X.
6:40 p.m. 6:00 p. m. 5:30 p. M. 5:00 r. X
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY^
OUTW’D. | INWARD.
LEAVE ARRIVE j LEAVE j LEAVE
CITY. i „ CITY. ISLE HOPE; MOXTG’RTj
10:25a.m. 6:40 a. m. 8:15 a.m. 7:4i a. x.
6:40 p.m. | 4:00 p. m. 3:30 r. m. 3:00 r. ju
SATURDAY' AND SUNDAY.
OUTW’D. | INWARD.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
CITY. CITY. ISLE HOPE. MONTG KT.
10:25 a.m. 8:40 a. m. 8:15 a. x.j 7:45 A. X.
*3:25p.h.1 2:20 p m. 1:50 P. M. 1:20 P. X.
6:40p.m.S 6:00 t. m.| 5:30 p. m. S:(M r. x.
•Sunday this is the last outward train.
J. H. JOHNSTON. Preside:^
£urmotiing @OOIIO.
J. BELSINGER.
—DEALER IX—
FINE HATS
USD —
Gentlemen s Furnishing Goods.
NO. 24 WHITAKER STREET,
fLYONS’ BLOCK , SAVANNAH. GA-
Yumbrr.
BACON, JOIIXSOX & CO.,
In addition to their large stock oi
Planed Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Etc.,
Have a full stock of
DRY CYPRESS AND PINE BOARDS*