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A WIFE'S REVENGE.
Deceived by Her Husbaad, She Regis
ters an Oath Never to Speak to Him
Again.
On Madison avenue, in the city of Balti
more, says a correspondent of the Cincin
nati Enquirer, there are living a married
couple who, for the past five years, have
existed surrounded by the most intense
atmosphere of mental gloom. Although
the husband is actively engaged in busi
ness, making money thereby rapidly, and
possesses many companionable and social
characteristics; although the wife is a re
fined, maturely beautiful woman, with
the usual hereditary trait Of conversa
tional anility so common to her sex de
veloped in ’ her case to an extra
ordinary degree; although three at
tractive and lovely children complete
the domestic roll call of this particular
family, yet for the past five years not one
solitary" word has been exchanged be
tween this husband and wife. They each
day partake at the same table and at the
same hour of three solemn, silen*.—as far
as they are concerned —meals. The chil
dren, of course, chatter some, but the
father and mother sit dumb like monu
mental statues in a 6now storm. Each
night they occupy the same room, but not
one word ever escapes their lips. A reci
tal of the cause for this most remarkable
state of daily affairs, especially as far as
the lady i9 concerned, certainly portrays
a most extraordinary and romantic life
drama.
Ten vears ago the lady who now suc
cessfully enaets the role of the “Silent
Wife” was a beautiful society belle of this
eitv. Among her suitors at that time
were two persistent young men, both
armed with culture, education, wealth
and energy. One of those she loved and
ultimately formally accepted him and
tnev became publicly betrothed. The oth
er, "as may be safely surmised, then took
a back seat in the "arena of life lor the
time being; but he did not mourn in ob
scurity and despair for a very lengthy
period. Iu an evil hour, by the most sub
tle arts, he succeeded in convincing the
lady that the gentleman to whom she was
engaged was a perfidious libertine, and
bad " betrayed a certain young lady
with whom she was casually ac
quainted. When an explanation
was demanded by the lady, the accused
returned an indignant reply, and the re
sult was an open rupture. The rejected
suitor now had the opportunity which he
had sought for, and again laid a most vig
orous siege to the citadel of this belle’s
heart. In a moment of desperation and
pique the young lady accepted this once
rejected voung man and hastily married
him. Five years after the marriage this
lady, accompanied by her husband, went
to a fancy dress ball given under the aus
pices of a’charitable organization in which
she was deeply interested. During all
these vears of her supposed happy mar
ried life she had never seen nor exchang
ed words in any way with the geutleman
to w hom she had once been betrothed,
aud who, in true reality, was the only
man she ever loved.
During the height of the festivities she
was invited to dance by what seemingly
was a stranger. Iler husband at the time
was temporarily absent. She, feeling
strangely and irresistibly attracted to
ward the masked gentleman who asked
her for the honor of a waltz, although he
was apparently a stranger, reluctantly
consented. During the dance she become
fully conscious of the most singular and
unaccountable impressions. At its con
clusion the supposed stranger drew her
apart from the throng, and in a quiet and
obscure corner unmasked, showing the
even yet dear, familiar features of the
gentleman whom she had loved for many
years. He hail know n her even masked as
she was, and sought this opportunity to
convince her how terribly she had
been deceived five years before. Then
and there, in that scene of festivities, sur
rounded by gayly and fantastically dress
ed crowds of laughing people, amid the
sweet sounds of music, m an atmosphere
perfumed only with merriment and con
tentment, the"culmination of a sickening
life sorrow was unfolded. In a very few
moments this gentleman drew from the
pockets of his rich and handsomely decor
ated costume documents aud papers, the
import of which at once convinced the
ladv that five years lielore she had been
the" victim of a" most terrible deception;
that tuis gentleman was guiltless of the
infamous social crimes with which he
had been charged, anil that her own hus
band, prior to marriage, bad lied to her
anil had deceived her in the most
cruel and heartless fashion. This
ladv is a woman of the most decided aud
energetic character. She at once parted
forever from the gentleman before
her, who eagerly pleaded that he might
be permitted to see her, it it was only
once more. Thus she parted with the
only man she ever loved with feelings in
hi r" heart which no tongue could de
scrilie. Then she sent for her husband
and both at once left the ball room. That
night she talked with him for the last
time in this world. The first thing the
next morning she went in her carriage to
the office of a prominent Notary l’ublie
on St. Paul street, this city, and legally
made a most solemn oath that she would
never again speak to her hushanil.
In an interview which to-day your rep
resentative had the honor to have with
this heroic woman, she said: “I will talk
to von freely, but 1 rely upon your honor
as "a gentleman not to "give my name, or
any name in connection with mv life, to
the public. But you may publish the
facts in any way you see tit. 1 was like
a great many other girls were and are and
will be until the end of time. I was
hasty, impulsive, and easily convinced.
In other words, I made up my mind in a
minute, and then acted out the impulse
the next minute. And I believed nearly
nil I heard. I know from what you have
said that you are thoroughly familiar
with the fact that I was terribly deceived
some years ago. You know that that
changed the entire current of my life,
1 speak freely to you because the
way my husband and myself live together
has been meat and drink for the gossips
for a long time. And when anyone asks
me why we live in this way, in my own
defense'l freely tell them. Now, you will
naturally inquire, in view of all the facts,
why did 1 not, if it were possible, get a
divorce from my husband in place of liv
ing in this most extraordinary manner.
Well, I will continue to be trank and tell
you. It was solely on account of the chil
dren. 1 love them with all the inexpressi
ble devotion of a mother’s heart. 31 y
husband loves them, too, of course. We
both want them with us. If the
case had gone to the courts there
would have been a long, bitter contest
over the possession of the children,
and then probably the eldest would
have been given to the father and the
youngest to me. When I told him 1 would
never sjieak to hint and he must never
speak to me, or 1 would at once leave
him, he begged me terribly hard to have
me alter my decision. Blit I would not-
I was and am as firm as the rock of Gib
raltar in this respect. I said for the sake
of the children I would continue to live
with him if he so desired, but it must all
be as I said. He at last reluctantly con
sented rather than have me leave him,
and tor five years past we have lived this
dreary, cheerless life. I will show you
the affidavit you have twice during your
visit asked to sc*.” Then she handed your
correspondent the following emphatic anil
forcible affidavit:
St.it? oJ Maryland, Baltimore city. Set. : On
this 3d day of January, A. I>. IS7S, personally
apjieared’bcforo me, the subscriber, a notary
public of the State of Maryland, in and for
the city of Baltimore, Mrs. , and made
oath on the Holy Kvangely of Almighty God.
that she resides in the city of Baltimore, and
state of Maryland; that from this time hence
forth and forever she will never speak one
word of any kind to her husband.
And she further made oath on the Holy
Kvangely of Almighty God that if he here
after direct'y addresses one single word to
her. the said Mrs. , she will at once
leave him and never again see him. And she
further made oath on the Holy Kvangely of
Almighty God that she will never, from this
time henceforth and forever, hold direct writ
ten communication with lum, the said
Notary I’nblic of the State of Marylandin and
for t’he city of ltaltimore.
A far as can be ascertained from the
neighbors and persons who might nat
urally l>e supposed to know the most
altout this sad and novel case, the wife
has inviolately kept the singular and
stringent vow which ‘he has legally
taken, and from present indications bids
fair to maintain it until the hour of
death.
Tlie ICosadalU.
ltosadalis is a sovereign remedy for all
diseases of the blood. It has no equal for
the cure of all nervous disorders. Read
this certificate: I would like to bear tes
timony to the merits of ltosadalis, by say
ing that some eight years ago I was total
ly prostrated and could get no relief from
our family physician, hut after taking one
bottle of ltosadalis I became entirely re
stored to health. I now weigh 175 pounds,
hut wheu I lirst took your medicine I
weighed only 130. 1 cheerfully recom
mend it to all, and especially to those af
flicted with nervous debility.
Mrs. A. A. Mabon, Baltimore, Md.
PALL OF A HISTORIC HULK.
The Old New Orleans Parts Amidships
with Fatal Result
Between 10 and 11 o’clock this morning
the old war ship New Orleans, which has
been on the stocks in Sackett’s Harbor
since 1815. and has been undergoing
demolition the past three weeks, says a
Watertown. N. Y., special of the9th inst.,
parted directly in the centre and fell to
the ground, instantly killing a workman
named John Oates and seriously injuring
Ralph Godfrey, 31. Jeffrey, and a man
named Hcmens. Eight other workmen
narrowly escaped. Oates was terribly
mutilated, a spike being forced entirely
through his head and a bolt through his
back. The New Orleans was begun by
Henry Eekford, of New York, about the
Ist of January, 1815, under contract with
the government. Her name was fixed by
the authorities after Gen. Jackson’s vic
tory at New Orleans on Jan. 8, the same
year. She was to be 3,200 tens burden,
IST feet length of kael, 66 feet beam,
and 40 feet depth of hold; pierced
for 110 guns, but coujd carry 120.
When Eekford was awarded the con
tract a large force of men was secured
and timber was gathered from the sur
rounding forests. Nails, spikes and bolts
were forged on the ground, the bolts being
entirely of copper. The timbers were
mostly cedar and oak, the beams in the
keel being of an extraordinary size. The
gun carriages were carted ’ across the
country from the Mohawk valley, and
were composed of mahogany and lignum
vita-, and are still in the storehouse at
Sackett’s Harbor. The Peace Commis
sioners from England and the United
States met at Ghent, Belgium, and de
clared peace on December 24, 1814. The
news did not reach Washington till the
February fallowing, and it was not until
two week 9 later that Eekford received or
ders to cease work, which he did about
March 1. During sixty days the immense
ship had been nearly finished, the main
deck was laid aud supports for the bul.
warks raised. The New Orleans was in
tended to be used as a sort of float
ing battery, to be stationed at the
head of St. Lawrence river to prevent
the British fleet from entering the lake.
As she was constructed entirely of green
wood it is an open question whether she
could ever have been navigated. Eekford
some years later accepted the position of
Superintendent of Naval Construction
under the Turkish Government, and he
died abroad. In 1823-4 he built several
vessels for tjie United States, among oth
ers the Jefferson, whose hulk may now
be 6een during low water at Sackett’s
Harbor.
The government caused a house to be
erected over the New Orleans several years
ago, but that was finally destroyed, al
though the place was visited by hundreds
of tourists and curiosity seekers each sea
son. In 1882 Congress "ordered the sale of
the New Orleans at Auction. Last August
Alfred Wilkinson, of Syracuse, bid her in
for S4OO. While being demolished under
his orders the accident occurred. Wil
kinson, it is said, will net about $4,000
from his investment.
SMUGGLING THE KORAN.
Valuable Seizure at ttie Constantinople
Custom House.
A Western museum has just sustained
a very great loss, says the New York
Herald's Constantinople letter, by the
seizure at the Custom House of a mag
nificently illuminated Koran dating from
the thirteenth century. This manuscript
was considered unique. It had been
shown in Paris last year, eliciting as a
first offer 140,000 francs, but its proprietor
had reason to expect a much larger sum
from its sale in London, and was~sending
the precious book there with that object.
This Koran has been in the possession of
a very respectable Jewish family as an
heirloom tor more than a century.
Their right to its possession will be diffi
cult to prove, as it was originally pre
sented by 31ahomet the C'onqiierorto the
3fosque of St. Sophia. As the family in
question have been bankers for genera
tions, this Koran was probably pledged
with an ancestor by some needy Sheikli
ul-Islam or hard up Ulema who hail ac
cess to the archives. It is rather hard
tor the ex-proprietor to lose such a valua
ble article. Its seizure by the customs
authorities can hardly, however, be con
sidered an outrage, seeing that a law ex
ists against the exportation of antiqui
ties, and as a non-31ussulnian he had no
right in the eves of a “true believer” to
have possession of a Koran.
That he should have attempted to ship
it through the custom house is an indica
tion of the atmosphere that prevails there
in spite of the German reformers. A sil
ver key, as a rule, is a good passport, and
the gentleman in question had every
reason to imagine that, being among per
sonal effects, it would escape observation
as the luggage of a traveler. Unfortu
nately for him, the departure of certain
mail "steamers having been delayed on
account of bad weather, the officials had
very little to do, and his very anxiety to
prevent their opening a box led them to
expect a valuable find therein. He got
them to postpone the examination of the
box until the morrow, on the plea of his
being busy, hoping in the meantime to
liiul some way of squaring the officials,
but his back was no sooner turned than
the chisel was at work again, and the
Koran coming into view was sent off at
once to the Sultan. It now remains with
His Majesty to consider whether some
compensation or not is due, for the return
of the Koran is not to be expected.
yi:i;i;N victokia’S book.
llow Her Majesty Writes About John
ISrown, Politics anti Things In General.
“The Queen’s new book, ‘Life in the
Highlands,’ ” says a London cablegram of
the Oth instant, “will be out in two .or
three days. The dedication is couched
in the following words:
“To iuy loyal Highlanders, and especially
to tiie memory of my devoted personal at
tendant and. faithful friend. John Brown,
these records of my widowed life in Scotland
are gratefully dedicated. Victoria. It.”
In her opening chapters the Queen de
votes a number of pages to John Brown.
She tells how Brown became the favorite
of Prince Albert, and gives fully the
secrets of her own reasons for trusting
him. Then she minutely describes the
functions that Brown fulfilled in the royal
household. Oh, his praises are loudly and
feelingly sung. Other domestics of the
court are mentioned in kindly terms. In
all personal references the Queen invari
ably uses the plural number. “Our be
loved daughter Beatrice,” “Our devoted
attendant John Brown,” “Our beloved
uncle, the Emperor of Germany,” and
“Our deeply lamented daughter Alice”
receive frequent illusion. There is scant
reference to the Prinee ot Wales. Only
once, in fact, does she speak ot him at any
length. This was on the occasion of his
severe illness from typhoid fever. The
Queen makes long comments upon politi
cal events, and gives many opinions on
men of the times.
She often expresses an especially high es
timate of Lord Beaconfield. She discloses
Beaconsfielu’s views on the.results of the
general election of 1880, and also his ideas
on the foreign situation about the time of
his death. In this manifest preference
for the ideas of the departed statesman
there is an obvious implication of criti
cism of the policy of Mr. Gladstone. In
another part of the book the Queen gives
an account of the growth of the friend
ship between herself and the Empress
Eugenie after the fall of Napoleon. The
Queen professes to hold the character of
Napoleon, especially under misfortune, in
very high estimation.
The book, as a whole, refers less to the
Queen’s domestic life than was antici
pated, while it has vastly more comments
than were expected upon the social and
political events of the period. The first
edition numbers 100,000 copies. A French
edition by Marie Drousart is announced to
appear next week. The radical papers
make light of the whole thing.
Oliljflier I.aw.
Comptroller Lawrence, the gentleman
from Ohio who attempted to interfere with
the lion. T. P. Ochiltree’s salary as Con
gressman, considers the lion. T. P. Ochil
tree a violent and profane person, and
takes an observation from the Treasury
portico before venturing into the neigh
borhood el Willard’s, where the Terror so
journs.
Comptroller Lawrence has all his de
cisions lMHind, and woe betide the unfor
tunate who comes before him without
knowing every line in these volumes.
Home of the expositions of law in them
caused an ancient lawyer of this town to
remark that he had spent the best part of
his life learning the law; then came a so
called higher law that trampled on all the
law he knew before, and then came the
Ohighor law, by Judge Lawrence, that de
molished the last vestige of his original
conception.
••Brown’s Bronchial Troches”
are excellent for the relief of Horseness
or Sore Throat. They arc exceedingly
effective. —(JhrinUan World, London, Eng .
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1884.
PERU’S RAILROAD BUILDER.
The Debt that Henry Meiggs Repaid Af
ter Forty Tears Had Passed.
“The story of Henry Meiggs,"’ said one
of his old acquaintances to a New York
Sun reporter the other day, “is almost
pathetic in that part of it where in his old
age he sought to repair the errors of his
youth, especially in reference to his finan
cial obligations. One day a young Long
Islander, the son of wealthy parents, was
buying a Christmas present for his mother
at Tiffany’s, when he saw a superb silver
set,the pieces of which bore the monogram
‘II. M.’ He learned that it had been made
at great cost for the Peruvian railroad
contractor. He told at home of the mag
nificence of the silver set, and, as he pre
sented his mother with the single piece of
silver which had purchased, said that
he hoped to lie able some day to buy her
as fine a set as that ordered by Henry
3leiggs.
“ ‘lf Meiggs will pay me what he owes
me,’ said the father, ‘you could do it. 1
hold $7,500 of his notes dated in 1832. I
bought a quantity of lumber for him
down the Hudson river, aud he failed to
pay me except in these notes, aud they
proved worthless. We were intimate
Iriends until this transaction. I never
told any one of these notes, because I did
not want to further expose one who had
been my friend.’
“The young man, without his father’s
knowledge, got hold of the notes and
wrote a letter calculated to appeal to
Henry 3leiggs in its reference to the
friendship of his early life. Then he sent
the letter, with the notes inclosed,
through Duncau, Sherman & Cos. to
Meiggs. In response there came from
the contractor a manly and affectionate
letter, inclosing a draft for $15.0110, being
the principal and interest of the debt.
“The father bought for his wife with
the money a duplicate of Henry 31eiggs’
silver service, and every Sunday night
this is used in memory" of the railroad
king. The father and his son sent a joint
letter to Mr. JJeiggs relating how they had
disposed of the money, anil he wrote back
asking for leave to reimburse them for the
present, but this was declined.
“When his son came to America he was
instructed by his father to look up the
Long Island acquaintances, aud a warm
friendship followed between the sons
of the contractor and his old-time friend,
whose loan had been repaid after forty
years.”
A Lakeside Musing.
Chicago Tribune.
“I want to see the poetry editor,” said
a young lady who stepped very briskly
into the room—“the gentleman that puts
all those lovely pieces m the paper every
Saturday. Don’t you thiuk they’re
sweet?”
The horse reporter nodded acquiescence
in the saccharine character of the efforts
alluded to.
“I would like to see him personally,”
continued the young lady, “because it
would be so nice to talk with him about
Tennyson, and Longfellow, and all those
other dear old things, wouldn’t it?”
The personal friend of Maud S. again in
clined his head.
“You don’t think he’ll be in again this
afternoon, do you ? I’d like awfully to see
him. But perhaps you can help me. I’m
in an awlul fix.”
“What’s the matter?” asked the horse
reporter.
“Why,” continued the young lady, “I
live over on the West Side," anti we’ve got
a literary society, and at the next meet
ing 1 am "down to read a paper on ‘Poetry
as an Art.’ and ,
“Is poetry an art?” asked the horse re
! porter. “I thought it was an affliction.”
“Well, I don’t know about that,” said
the young lady, “but anyhow I’ve got to
get up this paper, and it occurred to me
that perhaps one of you editors could as
me. I want to get some extracts from the
works of our best known poets to illus
trate what I shall say. Now there’s Mr.
Tennyson, for instance; he’s written some
fine poetry, hasn’t he?”
“Yes. Alf has occasionally shot some
pretty fair verse athwart the literary, hori
zon.”
“Could you give me a specimen of his
style?” eagerly asked the young lady. “I
never read a line of those big poets in my
life—nothing but what the Tribune poets
write.”
“We have got some daisies from Daisy
ville on our staff,” said the horse repor
ter, “but if you want a few gems from the
old masters I suppose you can have them.
Tennyson’s ‘3!ay Queen’ is one of bis most
popular poems." Avaut some of that?”
“Why, yes. I should think two or three
verses would be just the thing.”
“Well,” said the horse reporter, “it
goes like this”:
You must wake aud call me early, call me
early, mother dear: '
To-morrow’ll be the boss old day for pop and
ginger beer:
And when they strike the pie, mother, I’ll say
my little say—
For I’m to be Queen of the May, mother. I’m
to be Queen of the May.
There's many a nifty girl, they say, but none
lays over me;
There’s Margaret, aud Mary, and cross-eyed
Lucy Lee;
But you bet your life I take the cake, and of
biscuit sweep the tray;
So I'm to be Queen of the May, mother, I’m to
he Queen of the May.
“Do you think that is enough?” asked
the young lady.
“O yes; those verses will give ’em an
idea of All ’s gait. Variety is what they
want, you know. You ought to have
something from Bryant. His ‘lndian
Girl’s Lament’ is pretty well thought of.”
“Is it? I’m sure I don’t know. I shall
leave it all to you.”
“Well, 1 can give you a chunk of it.”
“Do, if you please.”
“This is"the way it starts:”
An Indian girl was sitting where
Her lover. Walking-Flea-Patch, lay;
Beside her stood a spavined horse
That sadly chewed some musty hay.
Upon a stump herself she flung,
Aud then this simple lay she sung:
“I’ve placed the bottle at yoitr head,
O Walking-Flea-Patch, so that when
You strike the town and paint it red.
You will not miss your Laughing-Hen,
Who, sitting in the wigwam, will
Adore her noble warrior still.”
“Now, you see,” said the horse reporter,
“those selections over the childish glee
and loving trustfulness rackets. What
you want to finish with is something pa
thetic—something that will make the
young women sniffle. Hood’s ‘Song of the
Shirt’ ought to do that nicely. Suppose
we sling ’em a few lines of that.”
“Very well,” said the young lady. “You
know I depend wholly cn your judgment
in this matter.”
“Well, here it is:”
With lingers weary and worn.
In a little live-room flat,
A woman sat with eyelids red
Trying to trim a hat,
Itin, turn, twist,
Then give it a spiteful flirt,
While beside her lies like a ghostly thing
Her husband's buttouless sliirl.
O girls, with brothers dear!
O girls who hope to he wives!
Remember that shirts with buttous are
The dream of men's hard lives!
Rip, turn, twist.
Till your hands arc weary ami worn—
But the wind will sweep with a wading sigh
Through the pants that are ever torn.
“You are very kind,” said the young
lady, preparing to go.
“Don’t mention it. Comeiu again when
you think we are all out.”
Country Butter.
Detroit Free Press.
“Talk about creamery butter,” saida
grocer on Woodward avenue, “give me the
old -fashioned- sweet -cream -home-made
churned butter in the country, like this,”
and he laid a roll on the counter aud pro
ceeded to butter some crackers. “Eh!
what’s that?” inquired a customer.
“Country butter? Let me taste It.” So
more crackers were buttered, which he
ate greedily. “How much of that butter
have you got?” he asked, wiping his chops
with a smack of satisfaction. “Took the
most of it home to my own family. Col.
M— bought some, and will be in after the
rest. You see, it isn’t easy to get June
cloved fed cream butter at" this time of
year. You couldn’t find a pound in any
other store in town,” said the grocer,
proudly. “Send me up the lot,” said the
customer; “1 don’t want any creamery
butterine after eating that. You can’t
100 l me on genuine butter. I was brought
up on a farm, I was, and know good but
ter when I see it.” And he paid for his
goods anil went out. “Where oid you
strike that butter?” asked a man who was
eating prunes and pickles near the stove.
“Down at the factory where they make
it,” replied the grocer, calmly. And tlie
beating of their own hearts was all the
sound they heard.
The Tain of the Paine Teeth.
False teeth may tell lies in a quiet way.
But a real tooth tells the solemn truth
when it sends its messages of pain through
all the nerves anil muscles of the face.
“1 have the toothache!” is the almost
audible howl. And the echo is, “Yes,
and the toothache has me!” 3Vhen the
pains of neuralgia settle in a decayed
tooth, something must be done. Get
Terry Davis’ Tain Killer.
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ALTMAYER’S
135 Broughton Street.
HANDKERCHIEF
DEPARTMENT.
Unapproachable Bargains.
\Y r E are aware that Handkerchiefs must he
v > sold at an amazing saeriflco in order
to create any interest so soon after the holi
days. Acting under this impression we have
secured a manufacturer’s stock of HANDKEE
CHiEr 8. and shsll put the entire lot on sale
at prices that will astonish the multitude of
buyers that will throng our Bargain Counter
on MONDAY, February 11.
Manufacturer's stock of Ladies’ Linen
Cambric, Plain and Colored Bordered Hem
stitched HANDKERCHIEFS at 3'k cents
each, worth 10 cents.
Manufacturer's stock of Ladies’ All Linen,
Solid Colored Bordered HANDKERCHIEFS
at 8 cents, real value 15 cents each.
Manufacturer’s stock of Ladies’ All Linen
White and Colored Bordered HANDKER
CHIEFS at 10,12!*, 15,17and 19 cents, are re
markable bargains.
Manufacturer’s stock of Ladies’ White Scal
loped and Embroidered, in fine grass linen, in
great variety of patterns, at 57 cents each.
There is not a style of Handkerchief in this
lot which was sold for less than $1 to 1 50 in
December.
One lot of Children’s All Linen Colored Bor
der Hemstitched HANDKERCHIEFS at 10
cents; the cheapest ever sold.
One lot of Gents’ All Linen Plain and Col
ored Bordered HANDKERCHIEFS at 25
cents; cost $3 75 dozen to import.
A. R. ALTIYIAYER & CO.,
135 BROUGHTON STREET.
PLATSHEK’S!
GRAND CLEARANCE SALE NO. 3
OF OVER
25,000 Yards Embroidery
EMBRACING IX ALL A 3IOST EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF BEAUTIFUL
DESIGNS IN
Irish Point, Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss
EDGINGS AND INSERTIONS,
AT SUCH MARVELOUS LOW PRICES
That they are bound to meet with a speedy sale. Every lady should take the
opportunity and call early‘to secure the "choice.
Kid Gloves Still at Bargain Prices t
Piamon'oo, iUatrljeo, <£tr.
Diamonds! Diamonds!
THE undersigned begs to acquaint his many patrons and the public at large that he has
purchased one of the largest and most select stocks of these precious stones which were
eve under one roof in this city. I invite an inspection, and feel satisfied that! can suiteverv
tas e. I guarantee every article as I represent them to be, besides I DO NOT CHARGE
FANCY PRICES, hut sell my goods at a very small advance above cost and at strictly but
one price, thereby placing the amateur and the judge upon the same footing.
■a a ■ a VII D |£| ■| > H V AIIP A I have every grade of these celebrated
|asSl 3 | Ul C] §4|y l]tf ft I I*LI L V Watches, in Gold and Silver Cases, and
fVAL I Hflm ifHI unto.^ B^
IP9IIPI pa \g There is no better assortment of all kinds of Jewelry to he found,
I ! || 3 I 31 W and I can suit everybody, whether it he for a BRACELET, EAR
IFW PI 111 RINGS, PINS, CHAINS. LOCKETS, or anything else that may he
J Sat sfff Esßb.Bß I I wanted In the jewelry line.
Cnlirl Cilunrujnro The goods I handle are from the most reliable manufacturers. I in-
OUIIU OIIVCIYVatC. vite comparison in quality and price. I mean Strictly Business.
M. STERNBERG,
22 1-2 BARNARD STREET.
Spovtinnt’o ©OODO.
Attention, Sportsmen.
Arms & Ammunition a Specialty
P. O. KESSLER & CO.,
174 BROUGHTON ST., SAVANNAH, GA.,
IMPORTERS aud Dealers in Guns. Rifles,
Pistols, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle,
offer their Hoc stock ol BREECH-LOADERS,
at importers’ prices. Call and see for your
selves before purchasing elsewhere. Send
for illustrated price list. GUNS FOR HIKE.
SHELLS LOADED. Repairing done with
neatness and dispatch.
SStCt>o.
A FRESH SUPPLY
—OF—
Bnist’s Premier Extra Early
And Early Frame Peas,
Valentine, Mohawk and Wax Beans,
CUCUMBERS,
CABBAGE and TOMATO SEED, etc.
B. F. ULMER,
Corner Broughton and Houston streets.
Sects llotatoro, Cgtr,
SEED POTATOES!
Seed Potatoes!
A Few Barrels of the Early San Rise
Left.
DON'T wait too long or they can’t be had.
Also, allother SEEDS needed for tlifc
season, at
CARDNER’S, SEEDSMAN,
SoDa iUatcr.
ECO NOG SYRUP
SUPERIOR ICE-COLD
SODA WATER
Wilh Choice Fruit Syrups.
Mineral water from Saratoga
and POLAND SPRINGS, drawn from
the MAMMOTH FOUNTAIN at
C. M. HEIDT & CO.’S,
llrltiug.
.lUST RECEIVED
A large stock of
Rubber and Leather Belting,
Lace Leather, Beit lluoks, Rivets
and Burs,
Which I am offering at very low prices in
connection with my large stock of RAIL
ROAD, STEAM BOAT and MILESUPPLIE3,
PAINTS, OILB, DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS,
MOULDINGS. BUILDERS’ HARDWARE,
PLAIN and DECORATIVE WALL PAPER,
CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER, HAIR, Etc.
ANDREW IIANLEY,
Cor. Whitaker, York and President streets.
ALTMAYER’S
135 Broughton Street.
JERSEYS!
JERSEYS!
Grand Display This Week!
THE latest and most elaborate assortment
ever shown in this city in Ladies’, Misses’,
Children’s and Boys’ JER’SEYS, in all colors
and all sizes.
Our stock of IMPORTED JERSEYS sur
pass anything ever befere exhibited in regard
to quality and perfect lit, aud prices having
been made to favorably impress all as to their
excellent value.
Parasols, Parasols.
In addition to our immense stock of Para
sols shown last week, we received per steam
er Chattahoochee Saturday, Bth, a most ele
gant and superb line of IMPORTED PARA
SOLS, which stand without a parallel in all
our previous presentations. Ladies desiring
to avail themselves of these superior values
should lose no time in doing so.
Oar Unprecedented Bargains in
KID GLOYES
Will lie continued for this week only.
A. R. ALTMAYER & CO.,
135 BROUGHTON STREET.
s>rot?iotoUo, etc.
GINGER PRESERVES.
AN EXCELLENT RELISH FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
WHOLE POTS. ~
HALF POTS.
QUARTER POTS.
CRYSTALLIZED GINGER.
DRY CINCER.
ALL IMPORTED FINE GOODS.
A. M. & C. W. WEST’S.
FOR SALE
X7IUGINIA, Tennessee ami Georgia I’EA-
V NUTS.
APPLES. ONIONS and SEED POTATOES,
FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, SYRUP, SOAP,
etc. CANNED GOODS, all kinds. Sugar
cured and Dry Salt MEATS, WHITE BEANS,
NUTS, RAISINS. LEMONS, BANANAS,
FANCY CRACKERS, EGGS, BOLOGNA
SAUSAGE. SWEET POTATOES, Augusta
RATTLESNAKE WATERMELON SEED.
1! Select, Imperial, Pine Apple ami Old live
WHISKY. GEORGIA SCUPPERNONG
WINE, very line.
—BY —
A. H. CHAMPION,
154 Congress and 153 St. Jnlian streets.
ITALIAN DRIED PEACHES
FRENCH SOUPS, In glass.
STRAWBERRIES, in'glass.
BONELESS SARDINES.
FRY’S EXTRACT OF COCOA.
BAKER’S COCOA.
EPP’S COCOA.
MILK FOOD.
DRIED SW EET CORN.
HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA.
For sale by
F. L. CEORCE,
COR. STATE AND WHITAKER STS.
NO PRESENTS!
But Your Money's Worth.
r HOICK GUNPOWDER TEA *l. 75c.. 50c.
CHOICE OOLONG *l, 75c., 50e.
Extra CHOICE YOUNG IIYSOX *l.
And don’t forget our unrivaled 65c. TEA.
It never fails to please.
Fine OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA 35c.
CHOICE RIO at 25c. and 20c.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
BARBOUR BROS.,
NEW HOUSTON AND BARNARD STS.
BEEF TONGUES”
.Just received a choice lot of BEEF
TONGUES. For sale at 50c. each.
AT—
JAS. McGRATH & CO.'S.
Cuban Molasses.
HOGSHEADS and 32 tierces New
Crop CUBA MOLASSES; cargo of schooner
Arthur Burton; now landing, for sale by
C. L. GILBERT & CO.
Pitiorrro.
A GOODRICH, Attorney at Law, 124
. Dgiu-boqsi street, Chicago. Advice free.
18 years’ experience. Business auieti v and
legally transacted
glOtfrtHQ.
WONDERFUL, BUT ITS A FACT t
Great Reductions! Great Reductions!
IT IS WONDERFUL, THE GREAT REDUC
TIONS WE AUK MAKING IN PRICES OK
CLOTHING, BUT OUR FALL AND WINTER
GOODS MUST GO TO MAKE ROOM FOR OCR
SPRING STOCK, WHICH WE SHALL RE
CEIVE IN A FEW WEEKS. IT WILL PAY
YOU TO BUY CLOTHING NOW TO CARRY
THEM OVER UNTIL NEXT FALL AND WIN
TER. WE HAVE OVERCOATS, SUITS, CASSI
MERE PANTS, ETC., IN CLOTHING. HATS
IX VARIETY OF STYLES AND PRICKS. UN
DERWEAR IN ALL PRICES. EARL A WIL
SON AND OTHER COLLARS AND CUFFS.
NECKWEAR IN VARIETY. ALWAYS RE
MEMBER WE ARE THE AGENTS FOR THE
“KING OF SHIRTS,” THE BEST SHIRT IN
THE CITY FOR THE MONEY.
Chas. Logan & Cos.,
Tills SAVANNAH
Clothing & Hat Store,
139 CONGRESS STREET.
Uulctttinro.
Agriculturists, Attention!
Y*7 E cordially invite every delegate to this
vv city to call on us ana inspect our im
mense stock of
STATIONERY
And Artists’ Material.
We are now in the midst of our
VALENTINE
trade. For these and all cards we claim to
Vie headquarters. Then come, one and all;
don’t buy unless you want to, hut we must
see you.
DAVIS BROS.,
42 and 14 BULL STREET.
VALENTINES!
We have just opened an elegant line of
Prang’s Valentines, Love Albums,
Satehet Valentines, Box Valen
tines, Easel Valentines,
Comic Valentines,
N. B.—You can always rely on getting from
us the choicest lines at lowest prices.
The Savannah Art Cos.,
47 BULL STREET,
Headquarters for Artists’ Materials, Sou
venir Books, Picture Frames and Mouldings.
(fljiita, Ctr.
ON THE PROGRAMME
OR SHOULD BE, FOR THE DELEGATES
AND VISITORS TO THE
Agricultural Convention
TO VISIT THE
CROCKERY HOUSE
OF
JAS. S. SILVA.
HO BROUGHTON STREET,
And purchase a
A DINNER SET,
A TEA SET,
A LAMP,
OR SOMETHING ELSE, AS A MEMENTO.
All are cordially invited, whether desiring
to purchase or not.
CTljauhrlitro.
CHANDELIERS!
The handsomest and best selected stock of
Chandeliers, Globes,
AND—
GAS FIXTURES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Ever displayed for inspection iu this city, can
be seen in
OUR SHOW ROOMS.
\LL are cordially invited to inspect the
magnificent stock befsre purchasing else
where. All goods sold at manufacturers’
prices. .
JOHN NICOLSON,
30 and 32 Drayton Street.
(*>rutit nuO iJvoiiioioito.
Hay,Oats,Corn,Bran,
Cowpeas, Corn Eyes, etc.
G.S.McALPIN
172 BAY STREET.
-ALSO—
A Choice Lot of White Oats.
GEORGE SCHLEY,
GENERAL.
Commission Merchant,
S3 BAY STREET.
Consignments Solicited.
\LWAYS have on hand stock of MEAL,
GRITS and CORN EYES, at lowest
market prices. Delivered free of dravage
anywhere in the city.
ILnutl Store Sartor.
J, H WALKER & 10.,
Naval Stores Facte is
AND—
General Commission Merchants
102 BAY STREET, SAYANNAH, GA.
iiiriiiaiiitlfilit!
The balance of our winter stock of DRY GW3DS is herewith offered
FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE!
We call especial attention to our BLANKETS, COMFORTERS, SHAWLS
CLOAKS, DRESS GOODS, dark shades of KID GLOVES, which we sell now at am’
price rather than to pack them away. Remember, we mean all this.
Now is Your Time to Invest!
OUR SPRING GOODS
Are rapidly making their appearance, and we propose to make things liTelv by cat
ting prices down to the lowest possible figures.
Embroideries and Laces.
Embroideries and Laces.
Embroideries and Laces.
As heretofore we have always had the choicest and largest assortment, and we
shall not be outdone this season. Our prices will be found
Lower than any Offered in this City!
Prudent buyers will please examine our goods before purchasing elsewhere.
WHITE GOODS, WHITE GOODS,
Such as LONSDALE CAMBRICS, CHECK NAINSOOKS, SWI3SES, VICTORIA
LAWNS, will be found in the greatest variety at the right prices. We offer the
Genuine Lonsdale Cambric, 36 in. wide, at 11 c., by the yard or piece
We have an immense line ol PARASOLS at unheard of low prices, beginning with a
COTTON PARASOL at 10c., a SILK PARASOL at $1; therefore do not purchase a
PARASOL before seeing ours. All the new styles of
Percales, Seersuckers, Ginghams, Figured Lawns, Calicoes
Suitable for spring, are already open for inspection at positively such prices that
leave no margin to undersell us.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS!
TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS, DOYLIES, TOWELS, BEDSPREADS, QUILTS,
CRASHES, TICKINGS, we offer at attractive prices. We will quote a few:
’ All Linen Crash Toweling from 3 l-2e. np.
All Linen Dice Towels, yard long, at 10c.
All Linen I)iee Towels, 44 inches long, at 15c.
All Linen Huckaback Towels, 30 inches long, at 12 l-2c.
Yard wide, best quality Fruit of the Loom Shirting, at 8 3-tc.
by the piece.
Itood quality Cheeked Ginghams at 5c., worth Bc.
Best quality Shirting Cambrics at 5c., worth Bc.
mi mm k cd.
ffnoinro.
J. J. MCDONOUGH. TIIOS. BALLANTYNE.
McDonough & bajllantyne.
MANUFACTURERS OF
STATIONARY, PORTABLE, ROTARY
AND MARINE ENGINES,
Locomotive, Return Talmlsr, Fine aid Cylinder Boilers,
Mill Gearing, Sugar Mills and Pans, Vertical and Top-Running Corn
Mills, Shafting, Pnlleys, Hangers, and all Machinery in General.
YV K alsoh :ve special facil ties for overhauling LOCOMOTIVE, TRA3IWA Y and LOGGING
tI ENGINES. Our facilities for building SAW MILL MACHINERY is unsurpassed,
being the builders of the MCDONOUGH MILL, at Surrenrv, Ga, this mill having sawed in
one day 176,990 feet of lumber. Heavy am; light CASTINGS in iron ami Brass; also, PAT
TERNS on short notice. We also keep a full line of WROUGHT IRON and PIPE and PIPE
FITTINGS, GLOBE VALVES, CYLINDER LUBRICATORS, INJECTORS: in fact, all
other machinery and fittings to he found m any first class shop in the South, all of which we
sell at manufacturers’ prices.
In publishing this card we desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that we hav.-
engaged the services of an EXPERT MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND DRAUGHTSMAN,
who wil! have charge and personally superintend all work intrusted to us. using nothing but
the best materials and employing ski led mechanics. WE GUARANTEE ALL WORK. W.
so’iei. the Boiler and Machine work of our friends and the public, with assurance that il will
receive prompt and satisfactory attention.
WcDONOUCH * BALLAIMTYNE.
SnSiUto, ijaritroo, etr.
HORSE BLANKETS, HORSE BLANKETS,
LAP ROBES, LAP ROBES,
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE LOW BY
E. L. NEIDLINGEE, SON & CO.,
DE ALERS IN
SADDLES, HARNESS and BELTING,
Gin Roller Strips, Gnm, Hemp an<l Usudurian Packing. Headquarters for
Army McClellan Saddles.
166 ST. JULIAN and 163 BRYAN STS., SAVANNAH, CA.
W. B. MELL & CO.,
(Successors to N. B. KNAPP),
lttO CONGRESS STREET (Market Square q SAVANNAH, GA.,
DEALERS IN
Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Belling, Trunks,
VALISES, TK.VVELIiNG IJAGS,
RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING,
Packing, Hose, Calfskins, Sole Leather, Shoe Uppers, Findings, Etc.
G-in Bands, Roller Leather, Gin Bristles, Etc.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.—We would call the attention of merchants and planters visiting
our city to lay iu their Fall and Winter supplies to our assorted stock of the above men
tioned goods, which we arc prepared to offer at low prices. Call and examine our prices
when visiting the city, or write for prices N. B.—Stock Saddles for the Florida trade a spe
cialty. Agents for GATH RIGHT’S PATHS T S ADDLES just the thing for old men. HILL''
CONCORD TEAM COLLARS the l est.
lotrlff.
WINDSOR HOTEL. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. ~
NOW OPEN.
The Windsor is one of the most elegant and perfect hotels in tbs United States. Its loca
tion, facing east ou the City Burk suit south on Monroe street, is the finest in Jack-wav rile.