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BOASTING OF HIS CRIME.
ALLEN BRYANT'S murderer
BEHIND THE BARS.
The Coroner'! Inveitlcttlon of
Night's Tragedy—The Jury 1 ! Verdict
—Wallace Regrets that He Did Nut
Kill HU Wire—Story of the Murdered
Mail ! Wife.
The midnight murder of Allen Bryant
by “Mose” Wallace created a great sen
sation among tne colored people when the
particulars of the brutal crime were
learned yesterday morning. 8 >me con
demned Wallace, while others excused
bis mad act on the ground that the
adulterous conduct of bis wife and Bry
ant was sufficient provocation.
The half-mule body of the murdered
man lay on ibe ground where he fell until
davlight, when it was removed to a house
on Charlton street lane, near East Broad
street. Ugly gaping wounds were scaU
lered all over the chest, face, arms and
back. From sunrise until long p*st noon
York street lane, in the neighborhood of
Wuitaker street, was crowded with
groups of morbidly curious negro men
and women, who were discussing the
crime
louring the forenoon Coronor Pix >n
summoned a jury and held an inquest.
Policeman Clayton, who made the arrest,
and Nanny Bryant, the murdered man’s
wife, were examined.
The officer stated that he reached the
gate just in time to prevent Wallace from
running out. Bryant was not then dead,
hut was crying for someone to help him.
Nanny Bryant said that she was the
dead man’s wife, and that they liv-d in i
basement near Price street. She last
uw her hu-band alive early In the night,
when he left home to attend a meeting of
'longshoremen.
Toe jury’s verdict read:
*‘We find that Allen Bryant came to his
death by a knife wound inflicted by the
hands of Moses Wallace, and we consider
It murder.”
Bryant was accordingly transferred
from the barraeKS to the jail. He seemed
to take delight in telliug of how he sur
prised the two in the room and stabbed
one fatally and the other seriously. He
ha# served a term on the chain-gang for
beating his wife, hut he claims that she
lied about him. He stated that she would
not coolt for httn, and that when he re
monstrated she would scream and make
a big noise by throwing tinware and
chairs around. Then she would call a
policeman and say that her husband had
been beating her aud making all of the
noise.
The Coroner searched for W r allace's
wife ail day. Late in the afternoon she
returned to her room where the tragedy
beg an. She was suffering very much lrom
the cuts, and said that she had been at
Mrs. Green’s, on York street lane, and so
weak that she could not get home. She
made the following statement to the Cor
oner :
‘•Moses Wallace was ray husband. We
were married eight years ago. Four
weeks ago we separated, because he was
bo brutal I could not live with him. He
packed up my things and put them and
me out ol the house, lie came Into this
yard last Sunday, and wanted me
to go back to him, but l re
fused. because be was always beatiug
me. When Mo e broke the door open last
night 1 ran to get out. As 1 did he cut
me on the right arm, right shoulder, and
on the back with a dtaife- 1 screamed
•murder,' and ran into the street. He
then turned and cut Bryant, who was
going out ot the door. I was only slightly
acquainted with Bryant.”
THE DAT OF A lON AMENT.
The Hebrew Feast of Ymu Klppur—A
Solemn Fast liar in the .Jewish World.
On Friday evening at sunset will begin
the Day ot Atonement, or the feast of
Tom Kippur, the holiest day of the year
In the Hebrew church. It is celebrated
here as all over the country by the He
brews with 6olemn and impressive cere
monies. The day is set apart as a day of
fasting, devotion and repentance as com
manded in Leviticus xxtii.: “Hut on tho
tenth day of this seventh month is the
I)av ol Atonement, a holy convocation
shall be unto you and > e shall last. No
manner of work shall ye do on this same
day; for it It a day of atonement to make
at> atonement for you before the
Lord your God. For whatever
person there be that fasted not
on this same day shall lie cut off from
among his people. And if there be any
person tnat doth any work on this same
day, then will I destroy this same person
lrom amang his people. No manner of
■work shall ye do; it shall be a statute
forever throughout your generation In all
your dwellings.”
in the times of the temple at Jerusalem
this dav was distinguished hv a peculiar
mode and order of sacrifice and offerings,
aud the service was obliged to lie per
formed by the high priest alone, who was
then also to be permitted to enter, on this
one day only aud no other through
out the entire year, into the
holiest ol the holies. The various por
tions of the Scripture and the Rabbinical
literature relating to the peculiar mode of
aervlces are read during the exercises of
the day.
The day is universally observed by the
adherents to the Jewish faith in conscien
tiously ahstainmg from all manual labor
and business pursuits, even if some do
not believe in indicting the body, by
total abstinence from all nourish
ment fur 24 hours in succession. Lax, us
some may lie in the observance of many
ot the ceremonial laws throughout
the year, yet they all tuel
the importance of observing tho Day ot
Atonement. It falls ou the Mlh of the
month Tishri, corresponding to our
(September. The high priest in the
temple at Jerusalem, on the dsy alter
performing the common sacrifice, re
ceived from the prmces of the people two
goats for a siu offering and a ram for a
burnt offering, to tm offered in the name
of the nation. It was decided bv lot
which of i lie two goats should be set at
liberty, and which should Vie sacrificed.
The blood of a goat upon which
the lot fell was sprinkled in
the sanctuary before the ark and
▼ell, and also upon the altar. The prical
then caused trie goat, which escaped by
lot, to la* brought to him, aud putting his
hand on the animal's head confessed bis
own sins and the sins of the nation. 11c
then gave the animal to soma person,
whom he directed to take it into some
desert place and lot It loose or throw it
over a precipice. He then offered up a
burnt offering of two rams, one tor Ulin
sell aud the other for the people.
•‘OLD HOkl” S LE.
Buyers that Trails “bight Unseen”—
Amusing Scenes.
The red flag of the auctioneer and the
soil tinkling of his bell lured a crowd to
the auction house ol Mr. C. 11. Dorsett
yesterday morning. A large two-horse
wagon of the Southern Express Compa
ny piled full of boxes aud parcels was
hacked up to the shed. It was another
lot of “old boas,” and the usual apecu*
lators in thut cluss of merchandise were
present.
The goods were put on tho market In
that way because the company desired to
get the express charges. “No packages
to he removed and none to be opened” w as
the rule, ami the transactions were strict
ly “sight unseen.” The first article put
Up was a huuills of barrel staves. Home
one, said not to lea a cooper, bid li cents
and got the lot. l'ack ages large and
small, square, round aud of every other
geometrical form, the most of them
wrapped in stout paper, were rapidly put
up and knocked down to the highest bid
! der.
When the sale was over a few purerias-
I ers opened their packages. Some st uck
good bargains, while others were stuck
! pretty badly. The high'—t price obtained
lor snv article wa f 12. The express
j charges on it were $5O. It proved to he a
lot of floe paper that had never been called
for. Three articles on which the charges
were $BO sola tor $25. One customer got
a number of white duck vests and a big
bargain. One young man paid 35c. for a
prize box from which lie drew a 2oe.
cooking utensil. Another purchaser paid
13 or $i for a nieelv-wrapped package of
old handbills and posters. A mat little
ickage f half a hundred cigarettes went
to an elderly father who would thrash his
boys if he caught any of them with so
much as a cigarette paper. Very few of
the bundles brought over $1 apiece.
A BRIGHT TRADE OUTLOOK.
Business Men Not Looking for a Boom,
but a Steady Trade.
The outlook for a season of renewed ac.
tivity in trade circles seems to be bright,
judging from the opinions of a number of
leading merchants who were spoken to
yesterday on the subject.
No well-defined bootn is expected in any
branch ot trade, but it is anticipated that
the volume cf business will be greater
than during any corresponding period for
several years. The grocery men say that
it is almost too early yet to firm a correct
idea of what the business of the season
will approximately amount to.
“August and the first half of Septem
ber,'' said a prominent dealer, “are gen
erally a dull time among dealers in the
interior who makes advances to planters
predicated upon the growing crops of
corn, cotton, etc. June and July are ap
parently promising ones, but August or
'b-ptember often bring destruction to the
most promising stands of cotton. A
cvoloue comes along, or the caterpillar
visits the fields, and in a few hours
plunders the cotton plant of its wealth.
Nearly all the planters are, however,
more prudent than formerly, and only
make purchases of necessaries in such
quantities as are needed to meet their
current wants. Heuce, although they
may have asked some indulgence, tem
porarily, in the way of meeting their obli
gations, they are on a satisfactory footing.
We have had no reuson to complain on
account of collections up to this time,
and don’t expect to have any.”
A leading provision dealer, in discussing
the situation, said: “Everything looks
fair. We are doing as fine a run of busi
ness as could be expected, and the indica
tions are that the season will be an active
one. It is true that some of the dealers
have already been well supplied with
stocks on orders given eurly in Auetist,
in anticipation of unusuallv large crops of
all kinds, anu that it will take them some
time to work them off. Collections
are not prompt now, but in two or three
weeks, when the cotton shall have been
sent in from the field to the merchant, the
obligations will be discharged. Hence
there is no complaint to be made about
collections.”
YESTERDAY MORNING'S FIRE.
The Lon I’robaliljr About #l,soo—Fully
Covernl by luiurauce.
The loss by yesterday morning’s fire in
the repairing shop ot the Wheeler. & Wil
son Sewing Machine Company, on Bull
street and York street lane, will probably
foot up about $1,500. Mr. B. H. Webster,
agent of the company, was unatile to say
exactly what the loss would be, hut it
will probably be somewhere about that
amount. The insurance, if any, can not
be reported at present, but it is thought
tne VVheeler & Wilson tiewing Machine
Company lias the property insured. The
building is owned by Maj. John Schwarz,
who is at present out ol the oitv. It is
estimated that the damage to the building
will amount to about SSOO, and is fully
covered tty insurance. The origin oi the
fire is believed to be incendiary, as it first
destroyed a number ol boxes stored in
the yard some distance lrom the nearest
lane or thoroughfare and close to the
building occupied by the Davis Bros, as
well as that occupied by tho sewing ma
chine agency.
C WIDEN COUNTY WHISKY.
It Gets the Colored Copulation tu a
Bad Way.
Ellis Owens, colored, whose case was
postponed from Monday, was before
United States Commissioner Beckett yes
terday. Owens was the fourth of the
offenders from Camden county who were
charged with bartering moan whisky in
small quantities among the colored popu
lation along the south bank of the Little
batilla.
The evidence was all against the pris
oner, and it showed that when he was uot
at work in his rice field Owens was ped
dling liquor around the county in a o art.
He could not produce a government lax
stamp authorizing him to carry on his
perambulating wet grocery, and he was
held under s2s<> bond.
Owens is said to be quite a planter on a
small scale, and has a shipment of new
rice on the Savannah market already.
McDoauugii .V Itallautyue.
This enterprising firm—iron and brass
founders, machinists ami pattern makers
—is one of the best known and oldest es
tablished in t' e city, aud is the oldest in
tbe South In their line of business, its
works are located on East Broad street,
corner of i’errv, near the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway depot, and
are convenient for shipping iu all direc
tions. Tile manufacturing department is
one of tin- most complete In the South,
aud possesses facilities for turning out
all kinds of work, stoatn engines and
hollers, iron building trouts, iron
verandas, aud ornamental brackets and
railings for gardens, cemeteries an.l other
purposes. One of the specialties of the
firm Is their well-known sugnr mill and
pan, which are said to he superior to
those of Northern manufacture imih in
material and construction. Their price
list appears in another column. The
fir n gives special attention to iron and
brass castings of every pattern, and ma
chine work will lx- executed promptly
aud by skilled machinist#.
Mult for Damages.
The suit of E. C. Gleason, proprietor of
tho Fttlaski house stables, to recover $lOO
damagt * from the late firm of Kennedy &
Bluu, was tried before Magist rate Waring
Russell yesterday. Mr Gleason stated
that on July 27 last the lirui hired a horse
from him, and that their representative
Hnd one of the firm, C. 8. Hlun. drove the
horse so hard that it died. The defense
claimed that the horse was not over
driven or over-heated. The Magistrate
decided that the preponderance ot evi
dence was in favor of the plaintiff and
gave a decision in hi# favor for $lOO. aud
all costa. Tho plaintiff w.s represented
by P. J. O'Connor. Esq., aud the deletiae
by Richards & Heyward.
Trnriifr' tCl*l||| n||iu.
Superintendent linker will hold a com
petitive examination to fill the principal
ship of St. Patrick’s school, and also an
intermediate position in the Barnard
street school. 4ft Chatham Academe on
Wednesday, Sept. 23, between 10 Hnd 2
o’clock. Another examination will be
held at the same hours at the East Broad
street school on Thursday, the 21th, to fid
two primary positions iu the West Broad
street colored school.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER It!, 1885.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Dashes llere anil There by the “News’’
Reporters.
Magnolia Encampment No. 1, 1. O. O.
F., meets this evening.
The next attraction at the theatre will
he “The Black Flag,” on Sept. 24.
Centra! railroad stock advanced 2
points yesterday. The stock market was .
lively. ’
Among the operatic attractions at the
theatre in the near future are “The j
Mikado,” on Oct. !> and 10, and the 1
Academy Opera Company, from the Bal
timore Academy of Music, on Nov. 10, j
11. and I*2.
The maximum temperature at Savan
nah yesterday was #7.7 deg., while the
minimum was 73.3, and the mean 80.6.
The average amount ot rainfall over the
savannah section of the cotton belt,
predicated upon reports from sixteen sta
tions, was 0.06.
COMEDY AM D MUSIC.
A Charming Entertainment by St. .John
the Itaptlst Temperance and Benevo
lent Society.
Catholic Library hall held last night as
large an audience as any which has at
tended the free entertainments of St.
John’s society during the summer.
The programme was strictly carried
out, the opening trio from Verdi’s opera
of“ Attila” being splendidly rendered by
Mrs. L. C. Berrien and Messrs. H. W.
Readick and C. W. King. Loud and long
applause recalled the singers, when they
repeated the selection.
Frank Readlck next sang “The Old
v exton,” a selection which admirably
suits h’s voice. He never sang better
than he did last night.
The third number, Mozart’s fifth sonata
for violin and piano, was artistically
given by i’rof. Warth and his well-known
little pupil, Master Eddie Connor, Savan
nah's boy violinist.
The fourth number was indeed a gem,
aud was received with great enthusiasm,
being one ol Glover’s sweet melodies,
“The Curfew Bell,” sung in exquisite
duet by the Misses Agnes and Mary
Nolan. On being recalled they sang
“What are the Wild Waves Saving?”
Messrs. Warth and Frank Keilhach ap
peared for the filth number, and gave in
masterly style Liszt’s Rhapsodic Hon
groise No. 2 for the piano, arranged for
lour hands. Its rendition was a thorough
and artistic piece ot work.
The solo for the zither, by Mr. Otto
Vogel, v\ as one of the greatest attractions
on the programme, eliciting hearty ap
plause, to which Mr Vogel responded.
The seventh number. Father Ryan's
Conquered Banner, music by LaHache,
was sung witii excellent effect by Mr. U.
W. King, the dramatic stvl * of the music
being well suited to his rich and expres
sive voice. Recalled, he delighted ttie
audience with “My Little Woman,” a
serio-comic jewel.
The musical part of the programme
closed with a quartette for male voices,
“There’s Moonlight on the Lake,” sung
by Messrs. H. W. and Frank Readick, J.
N. McDonough andC. W. King. It is not
saying too much to say that finer music
has rarely been listened to by any
audience. They were, of course, re
called, when they sang “Tho Soldier’s
Farewell.”
The stage was then set for the presenta
tion of the farce, “Browne, the Martyr,”
previous to which, however, Mr. T. B.
Catherwood returned thanks to the ladies
and gentlemen who had kindly assisted,
and on behalf of the society presented
Mr. H. W. Readick with a handsome
gold-beaded cane, in recognition of bis
repeated appearances at their entertain
ments.
The farce kept the audience in an up
roar from first to last. Being played as a
farce it should be sharp, quick, snil full
of vim. Larry Doyle vvas simply im
mense, while Joe played bis part to the
very life, making one believe that light
• play is ills forte alter all. Miss Dolly
i O'Dwyer played “Mrs. Browne” oapi
j tally, showing that she only wants proper
i support to be a creditable actress,
| A more enjoy able evening could not be
j spent, and the N lews congratulates actors,
I audience and society, as well as the pas
| tor of St. Patrick's, on the substantial re
i suits.
The artistic success of the evening’s
music was largely due to careful instruc
tion under direction of Prof Warth, who
gave much time to the rehearsals.
HE SWALLOWED A QUARTER.
Tlie Way a Fond Father Made His 4-
Year-Old Hon Oigtrg;*.
A gentleman living In tho southern part
of the city, the other day conceived the
'doa of giving his family an
afternoon airing, and suggested to
his wife tho plan he had arranged. In
the cool of the afternoon they would take
the children up town to see the sights,
aud then close the day's walk with a visit
to the cake stores. 80, witii ail of them
dressed iu their best lob and tucker, they
started from home, each one <'l them with
a silver quarter in hand to keep them in
good humor. The futher and mother,
happy and proud of tln-ir lovely little
brood, were quietly walking along the
street, but before tiiey were fifty yards
from borne, the eldest, a buy, gave a
scream ami yelled oui that he had swal
lowed his quarter. Here was a predica
ment. The mother was anxious, and the
father did not know what to do. At last
the happy idea struck him of turning the
boy upside dow u, shaking him t boroughly,
and perhaps the money would drop out.
He collared the little fellow, and quick
as a wink had his legs dying in the air.
While he was shaking him the young one
was screaming, but the quarter seemed
determined to stick. Asa last resort he
gave the little chap two or three smart
slaps on the most prominent part ot his
anatomy In the air, and oil' dropped the
quarter on the ground. By this time
quite a large crowd had collected, and
the father’s successful expedient was
loudly applauded by ttie admiring specta
tors. He says, however, that the next
time be makes up bis mind to give his
children an airing the servant will be
called Into requisition, as he doesn’t wuut
the reputation of a prestidigitator.
Loral Personal.
t’harles Logan, ot l.ogati A Cos., cloth
iers, has return and from a trip North.
J. J. ltyun. manager of the Black Flag
Company, was iu the city yesterday.
Among the arrivals at tii Screven
house resterd y were J. h. Reynolds.
Augusts; S. Itensnn, .. A. Green," C. 11.
' oilins, New York; J. Mutt', Jacksonville;
M. Franklin, Augusta; C. C. Grace,
Screven, Ga.; J. 11. Latimer, N. C. and St
1., railroad: W. A. Harrison, Georgia; K.
T. Jaques, l’tnlad'dphia; Kd. W. Cant
well, South ( urolina.
At the l’ulaski house were O. A.
Heifer, Macon; T. F. Hussey and wife,
Falatka; 1.. M. Murray, Orlando, Fla.j
Tims It. Keyword.C. A. Williams. South
Carolina; John Richards, New York.
At the Marshall bouse were N. E. Fry,
Valdosta; W. M. Way, Mclntosh; C. A.
Alford. Surrenev. Ga,: L. Han Ison, Lake
City, Fla.; Mrs. A. M. Ivee, Jacksonville;
H. M. Wood and wife, Live Oak; James
D. Holllston, I’aia'ka, Fla.; J. A. Towcll,
Tar boro, 8. C.; Mias E. L. Ohler, Balti
more.
At the Harnett house were Judge J. ,J.
Mormgand wife, Swainshoro, Ga.; Mrs.
8. A.Dye, and Mrs. A. M. Oliver and
daughter, Eden: B. T. Gray and wife,
Reading, I’ii.; (J. W. Wilder, I'hiladid
phia; J, D. Moore, Dayton, O.; T. I’. Lit
tlefleld, Jesuit; 11. A Middleton, Tampa.
Ida.; J. li. Wardweil and It. E. Carter
uml son, Chicago: L. T. l’eauoek, Coch
ran, Ga.; 8. W. Williams, Swainshoro.
BASE BALL MEN UNHAPPY.
Dissatisfaction Brewing in the South
ern Leas u-l he Pennant the Trouble.
Atlanta will hardly fly the Southern
league pennant without a contest. Au
gusta and Nashville are both coming for
ward with counter olaims. The Nash
ville American says the figures sent out
from Atlanta are not correct. “The At
lanta# have a percentage of either find or
652, the actual record being required to
show whether they have 31 entnes or 32
games. The Nashville# have won 58
games and lost 32. It is possible for them
to increase their percentage to 063, though,
it must he admitted, ruch is not very
probable. If they win one more game
from Macon, and every game from the
Augustas, the pennant is theirs despite
the trickery of the Atlanta*. President
Grady, of the Southern league, it will be
remembered, predicted that the Atlantas
should win the pennant or he would break
1 up the Southern league- In tho .mean
\ while, the Secretary of the league, Jehu
H. Reeves, of Nasi vide, will op"ii up ids
books and make out tue correct records,
not depending upon the calculations of
the Atlantas.”
The Augusta Chr micle adds: “Whether
the official record will make any changes
in that, kept by the press is not known,
but. accepting the latter record as corre t
Augusta still has a fair fighting chance
for victory. For, though it is true that
Atlanta’s percentage is 659 and four
straights from Nashville would only make
Augusta’s 653, there is a deferred game
Iroin the last series with Atlanta which
mav yet have to determine the contest.
Should Augusta take four straights from
Nashville and win tne deferred game from
Atlanta it will increase her percentage to
657, while the defeat would add another
to Atlanta’s losses and decrease her per
centage to 652, thus giving Augusta the
lead. But we have still another chance
which, added hi the foregoing, will
increase Augusta’s lead another point
still, in a series of games played by the
Augustas in Nashvil •, Kelly, a released
Augusta player, umpired the game. Nash
ville was at bat with one man out, and
a runner on third and first base. Tne
striker hit into the diamond, and a dou
ble play retired him at first and the
runner at second, and ended the inning.
The man on third ran in and Umpire
Kelly allowed the ran scored, in clear
violation of the rules of the game. That
run gave the game to Nashville and the
Augustas protested it. Wnen this pro
test comes to be acted upon tbe game
must either be given to Augusta or
srlcken from the record. In either ease
Augusta will receive the same benefit—
in tbe first ease it adding to her victories,
j in the latter decreasing her losses.”
I In view of these possible changes,
I Augusta claims that she is not without a
chance at the pennant. If they can beat
! the four games with Nashville, they have
; no fears for the decGive game with At
j lanta. The situation, therefore, remains
I undecided.
Manager Sullivan, of the Memphis
team, on being asked in regard to the re-
I organization of the league next year, said:
j “New Orleans and Savannah should by
all means he added to the league. My
i reason for wanting N’ovr Orleans is be
cause it is a large city, iti which the game
would pay, and its name would lend pres
tige to the league. The directors, in
making rules for the government of the
league next season, should establish such
rules as will do away with this continual
bickering and wrangling.
“The President should he a gentleman
of standing not connected with any base
ball organization; the Secretary and
Treasurer should be a man who lives out
of any of the club cities, and he should
have the appointment of the umpires.
The staff of umpires should be composed
of competent and temperate men. Strin
gent rules should be adopted as to the
conduct of the players off' and on the field.”
ENGLAND ANI) TURKEY.
Tho Koglfsh People and Tlieir Foreign
Complications.
Editor Morning Mhos: Sir Henry Drum,
mo ml Wolff, who has been dispatched by
the British government to Constantinople
with a view of art iinglng with the l’orte
an offensive and defensive alliance with
England against Russia, in tbe event of
an Anglo-Kuasian war In tbo near future,
has been snubbed by the Sultan’s Minis
ters, and is evidently regarded askance
as only another in tho long list of visitors
from the West who have traveled to Stam
boul to remind tbw Fadishnh again and
again that he has fallen from his high ee
tate.
The history of the more recent relations
•between England and Turkey has been
one of misconception, irritation, ami dis
appointment. Indeed, the relations ot
Turkey with Christendom generally have
borne this character. But what aggra
vates tbe sense of soreness in the case of
Kn.dand is the sense that It was not al
ways so—that Turkey atone time looked
upon her as a loyal adviser and a faithful
ally. Now. wuat better is England tnan
the rest of the world—than Russia that
filches Batoum, than France that pur
loins Tunis, than Austria thut “occupies”
Bonn a aud the Herzegovina, than Italy
that covets Tripoli, anil meanwhile plays
the hesitating marauder along tbe coasts
of the Bad tea? They are all infidels
alike, and England is perhaps tbe worst
of all; for has she not annexed Cyprus,
and what is she doing all this time in
Egypt?
Tula is the state of mind In which Sir
Henry has found the statesmen of Con
stantimude, and he has. accordingly, to
cope with a sentiment ol distrust, the ac
cumulation of a series of vexations and
crosses. In the good old days of Lord
Stratford do Kedolltfe, England had only
to ask for anything at Constantinople
and it was granted. But then Tur
key knew she would receive an
equivalent, and that whatever Enir
lund suggested was suggested in
i he interest of England and Turkey alike.
They were partners, England being
the wiser, tho stronger, and the
richer member of the alliance. Turkish
soldier* (ought side by side with English
ddlers, because their interests were
id* nttcai. Blr Henry will havs to explain
how such a very different slate of affairs
tias now arisen tietween the two coun
tries. and ambiguity will bo useless in
dealing with the matter.
Wherever European politics are studied
tlie general opinion seems to 1> Hint tla<
change was caused by one man, whose
permanent retirement will abolish the
only obstacle to a return to better thing*
between England and Turkey. This is
complimentary to Mr. Gladstone’s tire,
eminence rather than fair. Tbn condition
of the Liberal party was responsible, ami
would be so again, for many of the worst ;
characteristic* ~f the late Premier's I
policy, lie that as It may. a repetition of j
recent history is not to lie feared. If,
when Mr. Gladstone made his solemn
covenant speech, war had broken
out between England amt Kusla,
Turkey would have kept the
Dardanelles closed against tbe
former country; and England could
have struck no blow In behalf of Central
Asia lrom the Black eea. Tills fact alone
ought to make sentimental politicians
ponder. Let us hope that, thanks to wiser
counsels, war between Ruia and Eng
land i averted. But what has happened
once may happen nvaln. It is for the
English people to learn wisdom by the
bitter experience of the pant, five years.
They have gratuitously alienated Turkey,
as they have gratuitously alienated other
powers, by their impracticable flounder
ing in theoretical depths. It is not too late
to get into saler water, but it is high time
they did so. G. O. |
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
DASHES ALONG THE IItACK
AND CROSS-TIES.
Some Interesting Railway Statistics
Gathered from the Various Countries
of tlie Murid—Progress of Rail,
roads in South America—General Gos
sip Picked up Xiong the Lines
Griffin claims to have subscribed $30,000
to the Georgia Midland railroad project
up to date.
Within the next two weeks the Georgia
Paeitio road will run Mann boudoir cars
between Atlanta and Shreveport.
It is stated that the construction of the
Chicago, Burlington and Northern road
will give employment to 13,000 men.
The gross earnings of the Louisville and
Nashvillef>r the first week in September
were $258,045, against $270,800 for the cor
responding week in 1884. Decrease,
$12,815.
The earnings of the Cheraw and Chester
(8 C.) railroad for the month of July,
1885, amount to $1,518 08, an increase of
$156 90 over the receipts for the same
month last year.
Time from Atlanta to San Franoiscobv
the Atlanta and New Orleans short line
anil Southern Pacific railway has been re
duced to five days. The distance is 3,000
miles, and this is the quickest time on re
cord.
The Mann Boudoir Sleeping Car Com
pany is now having c instructed four
handsome cars for the Australian com
mission. They will be forwarded to Aus
tralia as soon 'as finished, which will bo
in about two months.
An examination of the books ot the Cen
tral Pacific Company shows that for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1884, the national
government retained on account of trans
position, over $400,000 in excess of the 25
per cent, ut net earning# due it from this
road for that period under the Thurman
act.
Saturday afternoon papers were for
warded to Judge W. A. Hawkins, in At
lanta, tor the purpose of getting out a
temporary injunction, restraining the
Auiericus, Preston, and Lumpkin road
laying its iron on the lands of Dr. S. B.
Hawkins and J. D. Shepherd, in Webster
county.
Mr. John Scott, ex-president and gen
eral manager of the Cincinnati, New' Or
leans and Texas Pacific railway, was
presented with $3,000 in government bond*
by the officials and employes of the road
at Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 1. His wife was
also the recipient of a handsome silver
service of 100 pieces.
Work has at last begun on the long
talked-of road from Chattanooga, Tenn.,
to the summit of Lookout mountain. It
has been decided to operate the road by a
cable instead of locomotive power, and
tbe line adopted is a more direct one than
the one first proposed when it was in
tended to use locomotives.
The twenty-fifth semi-annual report of
the Guarantee Company of North America
for tbe six months ending June 30, 1885,
shows assets, besides paid-up capital,
amounting to $462,818, more-than half of
which are in United States government
4j-a per cents., and a surplus to policy
holders, after deducting reserves for un
earned premiums and all other liabilities,
of $358,062. Ihe number of bonds execut
ed for the half year was 5,385, and the
total number since the organization of
the company is 0G,1C4.
Rail from London to Bombay.
The proposed railway from London to
Bombay will, It is estimated, extend over
a distance of nearly 7.000 miles, and this
distance, it is calculated, can be tra
versed in nine days, or an average of
thirty-five miles an hour. The route con
templated is through Parts. Madrid. Gib
raltar, Tangier#, Tunis. Tripoli. Cairo,
Bassorah, Keiat, to Kurrachto and Bom
bay.
Railways in Argentine Republic.
The railway statistics for the province
of Buenos Ayres during the year 1884
have just been issued. The total revenue
is stated to have been $3,128,995. distrm.
uted as follows, viz: Passengers, $814,-67;
merchandise, goods, etc., $903,211; par
cels, etc., $184,851; miscellaneous, $15,675.
The total expenditure amounted to $1,953,-
723. The net product was, therefore,
$1,175,292. The number of passengers
carried was 894,587, and the total of the
goods trau#i*orted was 800,200 tons.
From Stiefflylii to Birmingham,
The proposed completion of the railroad
from Sheffield, Ala., on the Tennessee
river, to Birmingham, it is believed, will
prove of vast benefit to an undeveloped
country, it is believed that this new out
let for coal will revolutionize the coal
trade of the Mississippi valley by the in
troduction of Alabama coal in lieu of that
of Pennsylvania. Krom Sheffield, tlie
northern terminus of the proposed Shet
tield and Birmingham railroad, water
transportation can be had on any part of
the Mississippi valley at a eost much
lower than can be secured from Pitts
burg.
Queen and Crescent Earnings.
The earnings of the Cincinnati South
ern division of the (jueen and Crescent
for August, when fully reported, will he
found to be about in jine with those of the
-nine month in l.ssf, when they were a
fraction over $236,000. This, in view of
the general depression, is very encourag
ing, and there are rumors of successful
negotiations of tlie management lor funds
needed by the other divisions of the road,
which, when ’ortbconiing. cannot but fail
to indirectly benefit the Cincinnati South
ern, even if it he not true, as some have
often asserted, that advances have been
made from the Southern division’s cant
inas to help some of the other roads out of
temporary tight places.
Tits German Way,
Out of thirty.six German railroads re
plying to an inquiry, nineteen already oil
their stock exclusively at regular periods;
stx are trying the plan, eight have intro
duced it partially, and only three prac
tice the old method of oiling as needed.
Most roads use axle-boxes requiring a
wrench for opening, and almost all use a
broad spring under the journal covered
with felt, which draws up the oil from the
reservoir below, and, being in constant
contact witn the journal, keeps tho latter
neatly and constantly oiled, homo reads
use also an extra reservoir on the upper
half ot the box, which drops oil by a wick
through a hole in the bruss. Where the
two are used in connection with the peri
odic oiling, tight journal boxes and large
bearing surfaces, hot boxes are almost
unknown.
Fifty Years A<r<
The foil 'wing incident, published in tho
Philadelphia Uatctte. In August, 1.835,
vividly portrays the simplicity of that
day: “Incident—We are informed that
yesterday, when the traiu of cars on the
Germantown railroad was in full motion,
an object was descried on the road and
the velocity of the car was checked, on
approaching nearer a child was found on
the road asleep. Its little arm and bead
were resting on the railroad, aud It was
some time before tbe unconscious inno
cent was awakened. The youngster had
probablv got tired of play and selected
this perilous pillow to enjoy a comforta
ble nan. We may remark, by the way.
that tlie managers ot the different
branches of this road deserve great credit
for their care and vigilance. At starting
the engine large crowds collect around
tbe cars, and nothing but tlie constant
and commendable attention of the man
agers would prevent the frequent occur
rence of deplorable accidents.”
Keep a Sharp Lookout.
“Keep a sharp lookout while on the
run ?” echoed an engineer. “Should say
we did. The man who tries to run an
engine without keeping his eyes peeled
gets left 60oner or later. I’ve heard about
fellows out West that would start out on
a run with a hoard reaching across from
the driver’s seat to the fireman’s and a
deck of cards, but 1 never triedthat. Just
to show you how necessary it is for a
man to keep his eye on the rails ahead of
him, let roe tell you a little story. I was
running along one night in Ohio some
years ago. It was a blowy, rainy, nasty
night, and in times like that a man is dou
bly watchful. For hours I never took my
eves fsom the wet. glistening rail’s
ahead of me, except, of course, when we
stopped at stations. All at once I saw- in
trout ot me—how far ahead I couldn’t
tell—a glimmer of light. It was just a
spark. 1 barely saw it before it disap
peared- Was it a lightning bug? I hadn’t
seen any that night. Wbat was it ? That
I couldn’t answer. But my instinct told
me to stop the train, and stop I did. It
was mighty lucky that I looked at it that
way, for a glimmer of light was caused
in the oddest way you ever saw. Y'ou
couldd’t guess it in a week. A, fnrmer
was walking along the track when he
discovered a short bridge so badly washed
out by the freshet that to run upon it
with a train meant a wreck.
He tried to start a fire with -paper
and hi* clothing, but couldn't doit, lie
had one match left. He kept that until I
cot close to him, his plan being to strike
that match, hold it in his hat and wave it
across the track as he had seen brakemen
do when they wanted to signal stop. It
was his hope that 1 would see the blaz •
before it was blown out. He no sooner
struck the match t han out went the blaze.
It was merely a flash, but I saw it, arid
the farmer had saved the train. What if
l hadn’t made it a rule to keep my eyes
peeled along the rails every minute while
running?”
Dandy Dudes Down on Duffy’s Delight.
Good authority reports the swellest tip
town dudes to have concluded that Duf
fy’s Pukb Malt Whiskey is unfitted
for their requirements, because Us use
forces such sunshine intelligence through
their empty brain cavities as sets their
stray ideas chasing each other in wild
glee, which frightens their possessors and
astound# all their acquaintances. And
“that, aw! you know, aw! would nevah
do. awl! old boy.” At all respectable
druggists and grocers. Selling agents for
Savannah, Lippmati Bros.
You Must Eat or Die.
But be very careful what you eat, or
you may die eating. For at this season
of the year when stale or green lruit is
eaten, a disordered condition of the bowels
often proving fatal is tue result. Y'ou
should attend to it at once bv taking
Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Cordial, the
(treat Southern Remedy for the bowels
and children teething.
At EstiU’s.
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ly News, In Peril and Privation (No. 2
Harper’s Handy Series), Harper’s Month,
ly for October, Peterson for October, Dem
orest Monthly for October, Through Mail
Magazine, Philadelphia Call, Spirit of the
Times, New York Dailies, Sporting Life,
li ston Herald. Baltimore Sun. Philadel
phia Press, Philadelphia Times, New Or
leans Times-Detnocraf, Cincinnati Enqui
rer, Cincinnati Commercial Gnzette, At
lanta Constitution, Augusta Cnronlcle,
Macon Telegraph and Messenger, Charles
ton News and Courier.
The Harnett Bouse, sstsnnsh.
The wonder of those who go to the Har
nett House, in Savannah, is that so excel
lent a table and such comfortable rooms
can be offered to the public at such mini
mum rates. Without exaggeration, the
table of the Harnett is as good as that of
tbe Screven House, and the rates just
one-half as large. Courteous treatment
makes up the sum of its attractions.
The public largely testified their appre
ciation.—Jacksonville ( Fla.) Hernia.
The Slaughtering of the Innoceut
going on in this community without some
people being any the wiser tor It, is re
markable—the papers can’t tell you every
thing. The “Famous” has been killing off
Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’—Clothing—at
a tearlul rate, actually murdering—prices
—but as we announced, our season’s goods
must go, and those in need ot Clothing
patronizing the “Famous” derive the
benefit. We have plenty good Clothing
ieft yet (more than we wish we had) which
must be sold, and you can buy a fine Cas
sirnere Suit with a reduction $5. This is
not a mere figure of speech, but actually
a fact. Here is a chance for poor, hard
working people to buy fine, well-made
Clothing, as cheap as they generally pay
lor common trash. Call at the “ Famous ”
\ew Vork Clothing House, and we will
murder market prices, and save you
money. 140 Congress street.— Adv.
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