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2 JURISDICTION AT ISSUE. tTHS STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN A CLASH. DoKalb County's Distillery Case Gives Rise to the Controversy A Communication to Gov. Gordon on the Subject Other News of the State’s Capital City. Atlanta, Ga., April IS.—The following Bu{ircine Court decisions were handed down to-day: E. S. Tangmade rs. J. T. 'Tuggle, et al.; from Haralson. Reversed. W. N. Rogers vs. 8. S. Lawrence; from Chattooga. Affirmed. The DeKalb county local option case, now ir the United States Circuit Court under a writ of halfeas corpus, promises to l>e promi nent as involving a conflict; of jurisdiction be tween the State and general government. Judge Richard H.Clark,of the Stone Moun tain circuit, has laid the following communi cation before the Governor, which,on account of the importance of the matter at issue, is sent in full. To His Excellency. John B. Gordon, Governor of the State of Georgia: Dkar Str I take the first opportunity 1 have after the adjournment of DeKalb Superior Court to officially inform your excellency that during the recent regular session of that court tb‘ Hon. Judge Pardee, of the United States Circuit Court, ordered the writ of habeas corpus to tee against the Sheriff of that county, com fc/i idling him to produce )>efore said Judge at tli*' ■ ourt room in Atlanta the person of one G. Miller, alleged to be illegally re firaiiicd of bis iil>erty. Said Miller was a pris in 'he custody of nr.id Sheriff by virtue of a bench warrant issued by myeelf su- Judge of said Superior Ooui*t, against whom afhiil of indictment had been found by the gram! jtuy of said county, then in session, for mnnu far xuriug whisky in violation of the local prohj for ion law of said county The petition for m*' 1 " * * orpus set forth (as I am reli.ibly in tJhat the imprisonment of Miller .vs illegal, oecause said prohibitory law was a vie lation of the constitution of the United States. I was urged to pill said Miller on his trial not *viUi*tand;ng said writ, but believing that delay was preferable to the e v ils of a conflict of jurisdiction. and ton* Judge Pardo** would remand the prisoner r*. r•>** state authorities aa soon as tlie case could b* Itonrd on its merit*. I advised the Sheriff to <*U*\ tiio writ and produce the prisoner in a<’ cor-jaucc with its terms. On account of the j >t**i ippenrance Of Judge I’irdee the he.uir.g n;i> postponed until the firs' Monday in May Vtie Solicitor General of the circuit, Hon. H 5-nes. not lieing able to attend said invesriga 14cm on account of the pressure of criminal business in IX Kalb Superior fiom t. employed ip>oj M ' r Alexander. Esq., of Alexander A: Turnbull, to represent him therein 3Wr. Alexander did appear and filed the answer of the Sheriff, setting forth as stated.his author fty for the arrest. To interfere with it would is* /in usurpation of jurisdiction on the part, of the United States Court, ami an illegal interference with the lawful conduct of the State courts and their officers. While I have no doubt Messrs. Alexander and Turnbull are fully competent to vindicate the jurisdiction of the State courts in tjiis and similar cases, yet 1 deem the matter of sufficient importance to inform your excellency of it, that you may take such action as you jnav set* proper to defend the honor, th** dignity and the sovereignty of Georgia, lH*lieving as I do that all are involved in this issue, and that the jptnte should make itself a party thereto. If the Prohibitory law of DeKalb county is in violation M the constitution of the United States it is to Se presumed the courts of Georgia will give the Hrisoner the full measure of liis rights, and if Whey do not he can appeal to the Supreme Court the United States. As I understand it. it is a Bin against the very alphabet of the law Ijo convert the writ of habeas corpus into a con for defeating a criminal trial on its Pfce*rits in any court having jurisdiction of the Ittei-son an d subject matter, obtained in a lawful jtnd constitutional manner. ■ I have the honor to subscribe myself truly ■lour-. Richard H.‘ Clark, Judge of the Superior Court. & The Governor Ills instructed the Attorney General to represent tlie State at the hear ing. mdore's lynching. Last. fall, at the request of Judge Siinmonß ■Jid Solicitor General Hardeman, the Gov ernor offered a reward of £SOO for the arrest, with proof to convict, of any two or more of the parties engaged in t h> lynching of .lames Moore at Macon Ati". I'.’ last Recently the grand jury of Bibb county inflicted five men. Isse .jarnes, Fred Perkins, H. Parker, W. <l. Ford and P. A. Johnson, who are fugitives. The Governor has now revoked the original reward and offers £l5O for each of the five. J. L. Turner, Oak Moore and John Mc- Onire, convicted moonshiners serving sen tences in Pulton jail, have petitioned the President for pardons on the ground that th eir dependent families are destitute. The President has instructed the District Attor ney to report the fac ts in their eases with an opinion as to the propriety of Executive ftfluieuey. Delegates from ten companies of the Third Georgia Regiment met here to-day to arrange for the reunion on Thurs day of the first week in August. Col. Claiborne Snead, of Augusta, presided. Eatonton was selected as the place of the reunion and J. \V. Matthews, of Fort Valley, was elected orator. The Twelfth Georgia Regiment was invited to participate. Invitations were extended to the Governor and others. M. H. Riley was to-day commissioned Or dinary of Taylor Superior Court. Shot by a Black Train Robber. Jerup. Ga.. April 13.—Last night about 11 o’clock B. King, watchman for the East Tennessee road, discovered a negro break ing into a car. Upon lieing hailed by King the negro drew a pistol. King, lieing un armed, turned. The negro fired and the liail look effect in King's left shoulder, inflicting a very painful wound. Tlie negro escaped, but the Railroad Company and citizens are using every means to capture him. Dr. G. W. Drawiiy and Miss Jennie Humph were married last evening at the residence of the bride’s mother, Rev. A. Clark officiating. Columbus Chapters. Columbus, Ga., April 13. I’. V. Chancy, a painter, committed suicide by taking laudanum to-day. He said he was tired of living. He leaves a family here and a brother in Tallahassee, Fla. Delegates to the Macon Presbytery are ar riving. The fii-st business meeting will be held to-morrow morning. The annual meeting of the Public Library Association was held to-night. The address xvas delivered by L. C. Levy and was a rare treat. The library is entirely free of debt. A Sunday School Festival. SvlVania. Ga., April 13.—At the Epis rojml church yesterday afternoon all of the Scholars belonging to the Sunday school con ducted by Mrs. Black, at that place, w ere leathered together to participate man Easter festival. A few appropriate songs were Bung and a short talk given, after which Iktster nests and candies were distributed turning the children. After the services were concluded inside the children re/si in si At the front of the church, where they en §f>yed themselves in pluying games until late M the evening. The Digger of 100 Graves. U Svlvania, Ga., April 13,—At Bascom i** metery, seven miles above this place, Green D. Sharpe was buried over thirty fernr* ago. He was the first person interred feii'-n - . and liis grave was dug bv a young Br’uve of his named Wash Zeagler. There lire now over 100 graves in the cemetery, uud all of them without a single exception have been dug by this same negro. New Orleans Races. New Orleans, April 13 To-day’s m*-i- Were as follows: I ikht Hack One ami one sixteenth miles r iMiiite won. with Mahoney second nml Mis.- I'dy third Time 1V) Ski osii Hack tine mile Panniiis won, with Phil L*e second and Hulhiluy third Time | 41 , I man Rack -One and urn-eight Ii miles \V Li"' wise with Osceola second uud our Friend Hunt Time IB7L. ConaTH It",t Three miaileni of u mile llurr 1 1 -k won w!A|TvtMaavmmtaaaAM^^^uu. ■ . is THE JOCK2T OUGHT TO DIE. A Premising Racing Oolt Dealt a Blow That Brings on Death. Lu'!sv:t.T.E, Kv. April 13. —Asfaltus, a b;iv colt by King Ban, the property of Mrs. (. M i iqinpliell, met with an accident at the .i" key Club race course this morning which necessitated his being shot, and also si riously injuring his jockey, Charles Tay lor. He was exercising with another hoise from the same stable. They had reached the quarter pole when Asfaltus swerved. Taylor had s heavy whip and brought the butt of it down heavily between the horse’s ears, causing him to fall to his knees, and in doing so to break one of his legs. The horse fell upon Taylor, and in falling obstructed the way of the horse following him, so that he and his jockey both fell upon Taylor. Taylor may recover. There was no hope of saving Asfaltus, and he was shot. Asfaltus was a 3-year old candidate for the Derby and was getting into good form for the Lexington meeting. Shoe Dealers Assign. Boston. April 13. — Hunt & Russell, hoot and shoe dealers at No. 125 Federal street, have assigned. Their liabilities are £40,000. ASSIGNED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. Milwaukee, Wis., April 13. —Goodrich & Wagner, successors to Ball & Goodrich, the oldest wholesale grocery house in Mil waukee, made a voluntary assign ment to-day to B. K. Miller, who furnished bond in the sum of £170,000 This sum represents the assets. The liabilities are unknown. A member of the firm says the assignment was brought about to settle a disagreement between the partners and not owing to pressure of creditors or poor business. Chicago a Game Ahead. Cincinnati, 0., April 13. —The Si Louis club went into to-day's championship game badly handicapped. Carruthers and Foutss were both disabled, and Boyle was put in to pitch. After one disastrous inning he changed places with Foutz, and the latter pitched a strong game despite his laine arm. Fully 8,000 people were present. The Browns won tue toss for umpire, and chose McQuade, who gave Chicago the best of it, especially on balls and strikes. The score bv innings was: si. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 o—3 Chicago 2 1 3 0 0 0 0. 0 0-6 “GOV. HILL” KNOCKS THEM OUT. A Feature of Yesterday’s Egg-Rolling Festival at the White House. From the New York World. Washington, April 11. —There were gathered in the White House grounds to-day at least 7,000 children, accompanied by 3,000 mothers, sisters and nurses. Each was well supplied with baskets and buckets of eggs. The Easter Monday egg festival originated in this city a great many year's ago, but never before has it been so'great a holiday for the little folks. As early as 9 o'clock the grounds were well filled, and from that time until 3 they came in droves of hundreds. The children, like the eggs, were not all of one color. The colored youth was as frisky as his white neighlmr and in many instances he rivaled him in the stock of eggs, both in quantity and variety of colors. It was a novel sight to see a thousand or more eggs go rolling down the terraces, with as many little folk, girls and boys, falling over each other in the grand rush for the eggs of the most flashy colors. Occasionally some over-enteimrising youth, in his excite ment, would destroy his rival’s property, which was generally followed by a fight, w ith their nurses as referees. In one instance there was a collapse of a shell, which revealed a sad but effective sight, and one boy went home not particularly impressed with the grandeur of the occasion. The egg was an eient, and his rival had struck him on the head with it. Politics was not entirely eliminated from the festival. There were Republican eggs and Democratic eggs, named resjiectively by youthful jmlitiral aspirants. Frequent were the contests between them as to which could break the other's first,. There were ( leveland eggs, Blaine eggs, Randall eggs. Hill eggs and eggs of all the political favorites. One bright lit tle boy, the son of a prominent Democratic Uongressnmn. was the proud possessor of a highly colored egg upon which were inscribed in red letters, “Gov. Hill." The egg was a warrior. After knocking out a great many of the Blaine andcleve land eggs the namesake of Gov. Hill was carried through the grounds in great triumph, with offers to fight any other egg on the grounds. At 1:30 o'clock the scenes for a time w ere transferred from the grounds to the East Parlor in the White House, where they w ere received by the President. It scenes! more like a Christmas tree, with the President as Santa Claus, than that of an ordi nary reception. After the President hud greeted about one-half of the T.tXHI urchins he grew tired and was compelled to order the doors clos.d, not allowing the remainder to enter. This order provoked an outburst of indignation from tlie mothers, and with those whose children were not allowed ad mission Mr. Cleveland was at once in great disfa v< >r. An effort? was made in the early part of the reception to have the President kiss the children as they passed, but it was no use. He shook their hands, and jiatted them on their heads and accepted eggs from them until he had the junkets iu the skirt of his Prince Albert coat bulging out like those of n schoolboy in green-apple time. An Honest Confession. • From the, Dover (IY. IT.) Times. The editor of this piqier was at one time night editor of the Boston Daily AVies, and as the paper was not financially strong, the night editor was expected to net also as city editor, telegraph editor, religious editor, base ball editor, book reviewer, musical critic, etc. There was a setni-Aniericaniz' and German boy employed as re] "liter, but his duties were so multifarious that he was rarely on hand when needed. One rainv evening the night editor was desirous ! of obtaining a report of a tenqieninoe lee ture that was to lie deliverod at the Young ! Men’s Christian Association building, and I not lieing able to use the German re|iorter, i determined to evolve a report of th“ lecture I from his inner consciousness. So lie wrote what he thought the 1> -turer would be likely I to say, anil the next day the A’cics published j it. The following afternoon on entering the office the night editor was requested to make a visit to the manager’s office, and going there was confronted by the person whose lecture he hud reported. “I want to thank you very much,” said this person, “for the kind words you wrote aliou.t toy lecture, blit hot ween you and me—l wouldn't like it to go any further—l didn’t speak hist night at all. The lecture was postponed on account of the rain.” A Sailor’s Compliment. From the Chiroyo VV/Vium*. A compliment, true and genuine, wnsjxiid by a sailor who was sent by Ins captain to carry a letter to the lady of his love. The sailor, having delivered his message, Ktnml gazing in silent admiration upon the Italy, for she was very Lautiful. “Well, my g'Knl man,” she said, “for what do yon wait) There is no answer to he returned.” "Lidy.” replied the sailor with humble deference, “if you please, I would like to know your name.” “Did you not see it on the let ter.'' “Rariion, lady—l never learned to read. Mine has been a hard, rough life." “And for what reason, my gissl man, would you know my namef” “Hi'cause," answered the old tar. I'mking up honestly, * “in a storm at sc.i. w ith dan ger nfore me, I would like to cull tbeiwmc ■it tlw Lightest thing Id ever seen in ruv life. Thi reil In* sunshine in it even iu the ilurkncHt For styles ami a gnnd tit n >tc Appel \ Kebaui's t fliv. si.v fit. nu its, fin, *4’ Knits cti "I < unit st) t* If Tt-TTii'; 1 * ' mty I SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1887. THE PROPHETS SON TALKS JOSEPH SMITH, JR., DENOUNCES POLYGAMY. A Remarkable Sermon in the Famous Old Temple at Klrtlar.d- Mormons on the Wrong Track. ' Vein the New York Times. KJutland, ()., April 10. —Joseph Smith, Jr., the son of .the celebrated Mormfm prophet, gave polygamy a black eye to-day. He said he had been reviled and slandered at the great Mormon conference here, be cause he was the son of the great Mormon. The finger of scorn had been pointed at him on the street, and men had said: “There goes Smith, the polygamist.’’ Mr. Smith thought he had stood this treatment long enough. He therefore gave it out two or three days ago that he would talk on polyg amy, and would show why he took no stock in that clause of the Mormon religion, although a Mormon himself. He fulfilled his promise to-day in the presence of a crowd of 3,‘300 jitojTe. At times during his address there were attempts at applause, which the stern countenances of the dozen or more elders gathered in solemn though ununiformed conclave about the speaker soon smothered. Mr. Smith wasin no ordinary mood. His feelings had tieen wounded by the taunts and jeers of unfeeling Gentiles, and his whole frame trembled while he proceeded to demonstrate t he fallacy of polygamy and the soundness of the Mormon religion, mi nus the clause in the by-laws. He did not confine himself to immoderate thunderings or ponderous expletives. Nor did he en deavor to frighten his hearers into his way of thinking by hammering the scolloped sides of the curiously cut uj> pulpit, and at tempting to wreck the furniture. He took up the Book of Mormon and the book of the covenant and faith of the Mormon Church, and showed by them that the followers of Brigham Young were on the wrong track. He went, about nis task in an argumenta tive fashion, and when he had finished polygamy hung limp and lifeless over the pulpit rail. At least this is the way it ap penred to the eyes of the congregation. The crowd was so large in the famous old temple that it overtaxed tlie eajiaeious build ing. All the little towns for 12 nr 15 miles around sent wagon loads of curious people. The Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints and Utah lmlygamy were.synonymous terms to many of the visitors,and they looked disappointed whpn the different elders and brethren marched up the aisles with only one wife each. Just as the son reached that point in the sky where the rays fell through the western window full upon the front of the pulpit a tall form entered the front door. He walked erect, his broad ‘shoulders well thrown baek and his arms keeping up a vig orous swinging by his side. A great mass of white hair covered his large and rather in tellectual head, and his eyes sparkled as he advanced toward the pulpit. ILL gray hair stamped him as a man of 70. His waik and manner were those of a voung man of 30. Mr. Smith is just about half way between these extremes. He is 55 years old and seems in perfect physical condition. As lie came up the aisle a score of hands were extended to him from the narrow little boxes into which the people are penned. No one failed of a greeting. When lie reached the pulpit the elders grasped his hand, and said: “How de do. Brother Smith'"’ The great prophet’s son took up a hymn book and asked every one to sing. The first two lines of the hymn run like this: “Hark' listen to the trumpets, They sound for volunteers.” Rome of the voices that joined in the singing had stirred uj> echoes in the same old temple sixty years ago, when the cause of Mormonism was leading a precarious existence on the very same hill. The memliers of the church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints think every verse in a hymn was written to be sung, and in the little hymnals in use here it is an un fortunate hymn that has loss than a dozen stanzas. So the singers manage to keep in good practice, and the preacher has time to prepare his sermon while the first hymn is being rendered. Mr. Smith began his sermon by the em phatic declaration: “I have no belief in this philosophy of polygamy. I am identified with a people many of whom have gone over with the extremists and cast their lot with the advocates of plural marriages. I desire to state publicly that I am not of their number. This question of ljolvgainy has Lhhered the American nation for years, and it is the ambition of every statesman to solve the problem. Asa pimple we, tlie members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, have believed it so far as our allegiance to the mother church is con cerned. It is now a matter of little contro versy between us. 1 ncssi make no personal onslaught ou those who accept the polyga mous clause in Ur* Mormon religion, nor shall I. We ought to take it for granted that God knew what He was about when He created the world. “When the earth was ready for man God placed man upon it. He placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. If he lmd in tended two wives for Adam he would Lre given them to him. When Adam and Eve wen joined together they were immortal ami the marriage was celestial. When live wandered away from the lien ten track Adam followed her and 1 don't ' Janie him. Now there came a time when it was necessary to liegin pojiulating the earth over again. Men and women had sinned, and God wished to crush wickedness out of the world. If he had made a mistake at the creation in giv ing Adam lmt one wile here was n grand opjKirtunitv to reverse the order of things and give Noah two wives. Did God do sof No. He commanded Noah to take one'wife and his servants one wife. Do not you, my brethren, believe that God is wise enough to have improved that opportunity to rectify any error in judgment in parcelling out to man hut one helpmeet f “But God had another opportunity to cor rect the mistake, if one nod been made. When He led Lhi and his wife out of the land of Judea if God had desired to reverse His judgment in giving Noah but a single wife He could have pul Himself right. But lie did not <lo it. 1 take these thi’iv great events as proof positive, unanswerable and overwhelming that Got! intended man to have but one wife. But men say Unit this is an age of progression, that men are be coming more liberal and broad minded. Aye, but God’s laws never change. The law of 0.000 years ago is the law of today. God ha- no right to lie to us and he will'not. We believe that when He gave Adam and Ninili and Leiii but one wife each, lie intended that for all time man should have but one lielji lneet.’’ Asa prelude to the sermon a marriage eeremony war- performed Elder John \V. Like, of ('auauu, promising to love and pro tect Sister Mary Goodin, of Pittsburg. Three middle aged women were baptized into the churc h to-night. Found at Lord Bute’s Place. From the Jj/ndon Truth. A curious discovery was nude In I Weiliies lay in the grounds of Mntuitattiart, I<ord Bute's splendid place near Hotln-uy, Home workmen were making excavations for n fence, when tli *y struck upon a very large scone slab, which 'timed out. to be flic top of an ancient grave, in which were the remains of u human body), the skull uinl tis'tli I icing almost jierfect), around wiiu'lt were a grout numlsir of large jet lieads with ti pendant, which had evidently firmed a necklet. Ail tirn of clay was at the feet of the remain*. Lord But . who is a zealous antiquarian, has forwarded the relies to Dr. Anderson, of Edinburgh. The slab bail Ls ii brought Iroui tin* shore, mid the grave had evidently been lined with sea pebbles and -1 in I Dtoith tit Hwtunsboro. .'IniMLLK. Ga , April 13 i'ol. John D. Ashton died very sudilenly at MwaneLs'o tills morning. . LIGHTS IN THU DARK. Seme Strange Scenes ia the New Home For the Blind. From itie New Y"ii. licruhl. Eighteen years ago, i ough the untiring zeal of the ldte Rev. East bum Benjamin, a home for the relief of the destitute blind wus founded at No. 219 West Fourteenth .street, and duly incorporated in April. 1869. Since then there lias been no lack of workers in the noble cause, and, as a consequence, in June last a handsome new home was opened at Tenth avenue and One Hundred and Fourth street. The new home, which cost $60,000, is a superstructure of common brick relieved with terracotta set upon a rather high base ment of rough-faced blue stone and crowned with a roof in black slate. It provides for its beneficiaries large, cheerful sleeping rooms (the men and women on opposite sides of the house), sitting rooms and comfortable work rooms. Under the same roof is a chapel, in which service is held every Sunday afternoon; also an in firmary, where the sick can be properly cared for. Through the courtesy of the President of the society, Mr. Charles Leland, a reporter was recently permitted to go over the insti tution and to chat freely with the inmates, of whom there are now (mt forty, although there are accommodations for 100. Mr. Be laud explained that the vacant rooms would be gradually occupied, but that it would be necessary for the friends of the blind to come forward with their usual liberality to help pay the expenses, for the home Is supported entirely by voluntary contributions the workshops. After making a tour of the dormitories, infirmary and chapel, the reporter visited the men’s workshops, which are pleasantly situated on the first floor above the street They consist of three large rooms, fitted up with every convenience requisite for the va rious trades that the blind men are able to work at. The extreme room has large bins, eajiable of holding several lutles oi hair and moss, and tables for making mattresses, the ticks and binding of which are neatly done by the blind women, who have their work room on the south side of the house. The hair used for the mattresses is all carefully j licked over by hand by those men who are too feeble or too old to learn a trade. This is done in a room used only for that purpose, to the left of the mattress room. The centre room has tables for recaning chairs, with the necessary clamps for hold ing them steady; closets far the cane, which, with the hair, moss and tampieo, is stowed in large quantities. For 1 u usli making there are lienches, tools and machinery suitable for the purpose. This branch of industry was taught some of the inmates by crippled boys connected with the Newsboys’ Lodging House, who have a shop at No. 314 East Thirty-fifth street. a carpenter and miner. Passing into the centre room, where a number of chair menders were silently working, John D. Mills, lieing the only man resting, was sjmken to by the reporter and give the following outline of his affliction: e said that he was L>m in Newark, N. J., and when quite a boy commenced to work at the carpentering trade. In 1871 he was stricken with small-pox, which left him blind for a short time, but he subsequently could see tolerably well. However, he was at times much troubled with his right eye, which eventually he had removed by a celebrated oculist. He then went to work in a coal mine, and continued this labor mi til one day in I**4 he was the victim of a painful accident. He was driving a nail into a hard jiieee of wood when the nail broke, and a part of it rebounding struck him in the left eye. breaking the lens. This caused a cataract and rendered him temjio rarily blind. An operation was satisfacto rily performed in this city, but after the lajise of a short period inflammation set in, and it was found necessary to remove the eye entirely. Mills has been at the home for two years. He said that he would rather have lost an ann and a leg than the sight of one eye. A GLASS BLOWER AND BOTTLER. Patrick McNamara is one of the most ox- Ileft brush makers in the Home. He is a single man and was lorn in Cork, Ireland, about thirty-I wo years ago. He came to this country with his parents alien s years old. and the fu st work lie did was in a glass blower’s shop. He continued as a glass blower until the year 1575. when he went to work for a ginger ale merchant, doing busi ness at Nos. 402 and 404 East Twenty-fifth street. His duties were to bottle the ginger ale and cork the liottles. One afternoon, eight years ago, a Little that had been filled and which was lying on a bench near where he was working exploded, and a pie<v of the glass Ik ittle rested in his left eye, where it was embedded for eleven mouths. He spent two weeks in Bellevue Hospital, after which lie was treated as an outside patient for it short time. The eye commenced to heal and he went to his old master, who put him to work at driving one of his mineral water wagons. Meantime McNamara was suffering the most intense agony, and it was uot long before he had again to apply for treatment at the infirmary. The physicians at the infirmary advised him to undergo tlie operation of having his eye removed, but some acquaint ance prevailed upon him not to do so. At ; the expiration of eleven months the piece of glass showed itself above the pupil of the eve, and was promptly removed by one of the stuff at the Ophthalmic Hospital. A short time previous to this operation the un fortunate McNamara lost his other eye, which the doctors saitl was the result of the sympathetic action of the nerves. BOTTLE CORKING WHEN BLIND. Being thus reduced to total blindness Mc- Namara found it difficult to get any sort of work, hut at length his former master, ap predating his previous services as a bottler, again employed him as a Little corker. McNamara hail become so accustomed to corking from previous experience that he found tlie work comparatively easy. He said that he could perform the work just as well as he did when he had his eyesight. “I worked,” said McNamara, “tennoursa day, and 1 received only £1 a week and tny board Before losing my sight my salary for doing precisely the same work was sls u week. I'm reconciled to my misfortune, but fortunately only few jieonle can realize what it is to have seen the light of day and then to live in continual darkness.” AN OLD HOTEL CLERK. Charles A. Plummer, who is totally blind, is a widower. Ho is a tall, refined looking man. and wears n long, well trimmed gray heard and whiskers. Mr. Plummer was born in Maine in the year 1*29, and when a ■ voung man went to California, after which lie came to this city and obtained employ ment as hotel clerk and remained in the same position for a great number of years— in fact, until he hail to retire in consequence of his failing sight. Mr. Plummer jwys for his board at the home, and con- on. iitly is not asktxl to do i any work. Tin- Herald rejiorter found him I eiiHconeed in a comer of the zinc liLnaiiy | i usjmdoivd floor of the smoking •mm, where h ■ was taking the life out of the contents of I Ins briar pijK-and emitting it in long Lends I o| white Kiiiol;o which struck the ceiling and | then hung lazily within a few inches of it, only to dispel ■ when the room door opetrsi ; auu admitted i dwarf of a draught from tin* outer hell. Tipping the flour gently Mr. i’lui.uu *r relaied his iiiwfortuiie, say mV tlmt Is cmtld not account for Ills blindness,ns his family were uob-1 for having ms>| cyieight. “I lirM lo t ilii* sight of my l ight eye,” ho ?aid. ••.•ill'! the singular thing is that I can ini form tin- lightest idcu us to w lieu this occurred,” V SINGULAR CASE. “1 may have liecii blind of the right evo for a lie.nils :• .>! isos or only a fc*i mo ments. Ito .ml it out this way. I nus vis iting mt ii 'nils in the Host One night, "lien 1 L ij . i.iloLsl mid my Lad sunk I'm into tin* jkJlow 1 was on my left side, with n.v right eye lififieniiosl 1 wa. usl‘in (shed t. tied IRC room in darkm-w This apjK mi si 'I range, L- u-e I hud left .. lump liuruing on in) licensing table lUosjms my ll* 'll f I*'" 1 1 t lie pillow I W fis si dl 11 .| D T He tom so “I t , m- tjic lump bunting and tie* ruo.il Ilerfe.tly hglitoi. 1 tli-NJ pm < hard over my left eye, and li:id the mortifi cation to discover that there was no sight in my right eye. Then, on Thanksgiving day, five years ego, I became a totally blind man. Yon might now light all the electric lights in the city and I would not be able to see an inch before me. But perhaps the worst af fliction is that when a man becomes blind he loses his friends. This is sad, but a fact; vour friends have no use for you when blind.” 3lr. Plummer has still another affliction. For many years he has suffered a severe penance in the shape of locomotor ataxia. He cannot, stand still: if he tried to do so he would fall. He cannot walk alone, and a good natured policeman has generally to lie relied upon to pass him from block to block. He is all right so long as he can touch a per son’s body, and his case was the subject of a lecture by Professor Seguin seven years ago, when he said that he had only once met a similar case. A MARBLE CUTTER. James Kav, although 73 years old, is a hale man and a great favorite among the inmates. He is not positively blind, for he can distinguish light from darkness, and is much sought after by those less fortunate than himself, for he is able to act as a guide in strolls in the park and elsewhere. Mr. Kay was born in Bristol, and coming to this country thirty-seven years ago he settled down in Jersey City, where he work ed at his trade as a marble cutter. On a summer’s day, a quarter of a century since, while using his hammer and chisel, a piece of steel from the hammer clapped off and lodged in his right eye, destroying the lens. He worked until four years ago, when his other eye failed him and he became for a time totally blind. Always Giving Satisfaction. Brandreth’s Pills have always given satis faction. In fifty years there has been no complaint of them. That is about their life in the United States and millions of persons have used them. There is no doubt that they have established themselves by merit alone. They cure rheumatism, dyspepsia, piles, diarrhoea, liver complaint and fevers, and greatly' prolong the human life. One or two at night on an empty stomach, for a week or two, will keep you in good form and tone up the system. "Rough on Catarrh” Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chrome cases; also unequaled as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath. 50c. The Savannah Weekly News. Sixteen J?ages. For Saturday, April 9, 1887. NOW READY. CONTENTS. First Page—“ For I Know That My Redeemer Liveth;” That Duck Pond, illustrated story: The Wooden Indian; A Typical Beggar, il lustrated; Woman's Wanity Exceeded; “Elocu tionist to Congress." Second Page —Shiloh's Heroic Soldier; Mont gomery's Drill; An Official Tilt; Law and Or der’s Triumph; A Woman’s Brave Fight; Geor gia's Capital; A Church Sensation; Florida's Legislature; Sapp's Killing; Almost, a Race War; Tragic and Pastoral; The President as a Boxer; Death in the Coai 'linos; Many Firms Burned Out; Congressman Aiken Dead. Third Page— Fisheries Retaliation; Blaine Has* Fever; A Tornado in Dakota; Invited to Chicago; Cotton's Movement; Railroad Revolu tions; Killed by a Chinaman; Laws for the Floral I.a ml; Florida's New Senator; Georgia’s Capital; An Epistle to Mormons; Savannah Presbytery. Fourth Page Low Rates for Actors; Reagan a Prohibitionist; A Typical Desperado; Scooped by Garrett; New York's Hospitals; Blaine's Ill ness; Bessemer's Boom; Washington Social Life: Florida's Big Sensation. Fifth Page London Gossip; The Nude in Art: Trousers Cheap at $25; A Bachelor's Rev erie; A Graduating Class’ History; Bone One Hundred Years Old; Ochiltree's Reminiscence; Sure Sign of Spring; Petticoats and a whip; Fashion Notes. Sixth Page - Cucumber's Lament; Old Hickory’s Hermitage; Some Remarkable Cats; Just to See Joe; Dress Reform; The Bustle; A Jacksonian Indorsement; Mrs. Cleveland’s Girlish Conquests; Mexican Broomstick Mar riages; New Financial Light; Standing Alone. Seventh Page- Agricultural Department; The Navel Orange; Manuring for Potatoes; April Work; A New Watermelon; When to Plant Seeds; Cultivate a Garden; The Cabbage Mag got; Silver Polish Fowls; Household, Farm and Stock Notes. Popular Science; Women Wurth Winning; The Basswood Gods’ Home; Haverly and the President . Eighth Page Death Has No Victory; Knights and the Church; Spies and the Turners; Texas Crying for Haiti: An Easter Earthquuke; John T. Raymond Dead: Russia in Alarm; Oakland News Acorns; Fort Meade Facts; Gainesville Gleanings; A Tribute to Beecher; Three Terri ble Crimes. Ninth Page— Pan Handle Plunderers. The Story of Their Doings the Topic of the Day; Toryism’s Stab at Erin, Attorney General Holmes Backs the Crimes Bill; St. Augustine's Big Fire, The Old Cathedral Among the Build ings Burned; A Gale Lurid with Fire, Many Lives Lost in the Flame Path on the Prairies; Other Important Telegraphic Items. Tenth Page The News in Georgia, Gathered from Co-respondents and Exchanges; Texas’ Drought Unbroken; Drowned in a Cistern; l’lattsburg's Explosions. Eleventh Page— Round About In Florida; Rioting in Denver; South Carolina Items; Rah way's Cruel Crime; Hyde Park's Big Bally; Brief Telegraphic Summary. Twelfth Page— Editorial: Gov. Perry's Mes sage; High License and Local Option; A Chari table Woman; Manual Training in Common Schools; Labor and Prohibition; Prohibition in Texas; Memorial Day; the Savannah and West ern. Trainmen Play Bandit; St. Mary’s Mu nicipal Board. Thirteenth Page— Local Deimrlnient: Cranks menat Work; The City Council: Struck Down in a Field; Easter's Glad Festival: Blaze in a Cellar; A Dwelling Burned; The Public Schools; Smoke in a Barroom: The City's Water Supply; Died in a Car; Through to Birmingham; The Mac n Short Line; To Aid a New Road; Base Ball. FoniTKESTit Page -Gov. Perry's Message; Glidewell's Ghost; No Passes, No Puffs; Bill Nye to Hen N.-'e; George Washington's Farm; Fair Mountains of Flesh; A Black Tigress; Glittering Gold; Using the Hemp: Cleveland and Carlisle; Harbored an Angel Unawares; The Command ant’s Chagrin. Fifteenth Page Wisard Edison in Florida; A Canary that Talks; A Wise Bull Pup; St. Augustine's Big Well; William J. Clements; Mexican Barliarism; Hard to Kill; A Notable Convert: Senator Vance's Odd Position; Her Pupa's Bible. Sixteenth I’aoe Itevlew of the Savannah Markets; Florida's Caucus Vote, Perry Takes the Le'ad on the Second Bullot; Other General Telegraphic News; Advertisements. Just the paper to send to your friends. Single copies 5 c<ni!s. Fur side at Esi ill's Ness lie pot and at the of fice, ;i w hltokar street. REX MAGNUS. roii mam! in' - - C. M. GILBERT & CO., for Georgia and Florida FUNERAL INVITATIONS, BEYTAGH.—The friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Beytagh and family are re spectfully invited to at tend the funeral of their only daughter, Kate, from their residence, cor ner East Broad and Perry streets, at 10:30 o'clock THIS MORNING. MORGaN. —The friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Morgan and family, are invited to at tend the funeral of the former at the residence of the latter. No. ISO York street, at 4 o’clock THIS AFTERNOON. MEETINGS. 2ERUBBABBL LODGE NO. IS, F. A A. M. A regular communication of this Lodge will be held THIS (Thursday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. The M. M. degree will be conferred. Members of sister Lodges and transient breth ren are fraternally invited to meet with us. By order of A. C. HARMON, W. M. Frank W. Dasher, Sec’v. GEORGIA HUSSARS. Headquarters Georoia Hussars, I Savannah, Ga., April 14th, 1887. f General Orders No. 13: The regular quarterly meeting v • of the Troop will be held at the >|aJ Drill Room THIS (Thu rsday) JjfißjM* EVENING at 8 o'clock. yMjgSjHft Members will come prepared' [ to pav their dues. By- order Of azsiaszsaakw G. fi. PRITCHARD. Ist Lieut. Com’dg G. H. F. A. Habersham, Acting Ist Serg't. SAVANNAH MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIA TION. The seventy-fourth regular monthly meeting of the Savannah Mutual Loan Association will lie held THIS (Thursday) EVENING at 8 o’clock at Metropolitan Hall. By order of GEORGE N. NICHOLS, President. H. C. Cunn'Hsgham, Secretary. SAVANNAH FLORAL AND ART ASSO CIATION. A meeting of this Association will lie held on THURSDAY EVENING, 14th inst.. at Guards Arsenal (entrance on i'resilient street). Busi ness of importance. S. P. HAMILTON. President. C. Y. Richardson, Recording Secretary. SPECIAL, NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICE. All persons are hereby cautioned against har boring or trusting any of the crew of the. Nor wegian Barks “Try,” “Platon” and “Flora,” as neither their Captains nor consignees will be re sponsible for debts contracted by them. A. R. SALAS & CO.. Consignees. DR. HENRY S GOLDING, SURGEON DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. Graduate Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and'take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. B. F. ULMER, M. D.. Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS City Treasurer's Office. ) Savannah, Ga., April 1, 1887.) The following taxes are now due: REAL ESTATE, first quarter 1887. STOCK IN TRADE, first quarter 1887. FURNITURE, ETC., first quarter 1887. MONEY. BONDS, ETC, first quarter 1887. A discount of feu per cent, will lie allowed upon all of the above taxes if paid within fif teen days after the first of April. C. S. HARDEE, City Treasurer. ELECTION NOTICE. Citv or Savannah, j Office Clerk of Council, V April Pth. 1887. 1 Under and by virtue of a resolution adopted by Council at meeting of April fith. 1887. Coun cil will elect at its next regular meeting, that is to say on WEDNESDAY! APRIL *Jl>th, 1887. a City Marshal to fill vacancy occasioned by the resignation of L. L. Goodwin. Bond, $5,000. Salary, $1,500 per annum. Applicants must hand in their applications, with names of bonds men (two required) stated therein, to the Clerk of Council at or before 2 o'clock p. si.. WED NESDAY, APRIL l'Oth, 1887. By order of Council. FRANK E. REBARER. Clerk of Council. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. Office Health Officer. 1 Savannah, Ga., March 14, 1887.) From and after this date, and until further instructions, the following regulations regard ing vessels arriving at this port will be enforced: Ist. All steamships and vessels from South America, Central America, Mexico. West Indies, Sicily, Sardinia, ports of Italy south of 40 degs. North latitude, Algeria and coast of Africa lie tween 10 degs. North and 14 degs. South lati tude, will be subjected to close quarantine and be required to report at the Quarantine Station. 2d. All steamers and vessels from foreign ports not included in section first, direct or via American ports, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise, and vessels and steamships from the port of New York (other than those of the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah) will lie re quired to remain in quarantine until boarded and passed by the Quarantine Officer. Neither the Contains )uir any one on hoard of mu h ves sels n ill he allowed to rome to th- city until the vessels are. inspected and passed hi/ the Quaran tine Officer. The quarantine regulation requiring the Hying of the quarantine flag on rennets mihjerted to detention or inspection will he rigidly enforced •1. T. McFARLAND. Health Officer. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Office Health Officer, ) Savannah, March 25th, 1887. f Pilot* of the Port of Savannah are informed that the Sapelo Quarantine Station will be open ed on APRIL Ist, 1887. Special attention of the Pilots is directed to sections Nos. 3d and 14th, Quarantine Regnla tions. Most rigid enforcement of quarantine regnla tions will be maintained by the Health authori ties. j. t. McFarland, m and„ Health Officer. QUARANTINE notice. Office Health Officer, I Savannah, April sth, 1887. ( Notice is hereby given that the Quarantine Officer is instructed not to deliver letters to ves sels which are not subjected to quarantine de-‘ tent ion. unless the name of consignee and state ment that the vessel Is ordered to some other P”rt uppe’ars upon tile face of the envelope. This order is made necessary in consequence of the enormous hulk of drumming let ters sent to the station for vessels which are to arrive j. t. McFarland, m. and., Health Officer. HARDWARE AND STOVES. ESTABLISHED isi.v LOYELL k LATTIMORE, UKADqt'AKTKKH FOR Hardware & Stoves, HTOKEH 1.18 AND 117 CONGRESS STREET r Pni- hi —t pl.fie lot of CARPENTERS' 1 T< G* I /*• (firwt uIUMM Olllvl JlojiM*k****|M*f 8 a*ti ntion D <*fill<l to th#* larpr- I •*-<! jn.tr ll it v of HTOVKM nn<J Mol'HK H’K I NJHftING G< )< >DS In tb* dlv - < ON I H \( I OffN, P. J. FALLON, IIHIJ)i:il AMI riIXTHAITOK. U DKAVTOH HTKLET, SAVANNAH l/NTIMATKM piompUy fiuubJexi for UiUdiiig J • vf any claw DRY GOODS. ilAlill®, SUCCESSORS TO B. F. McKenna & Cos. 137 BROUGHTON STREET. SAVANNAH, GEORg U DEALERS IN FIRST-CLASS Reliable Dry Goods, The latest Novelties in Foreign and Domestic DRESS GOODS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. Black and Colored Silks, Black Cashmeres •—-AND Silk Warp Henriettas BLACK NUNS’ VEILING, SUITABLE FOR MOURNING VEILS. Mourning Goods a Specialty, ENGLISH CRAPES AND CRAPE VEILS. EMBROIDERIES AND LACES. Housekeepers’ Groods. TRTSH TABLE DAMASKS, Napkins and To* J els of the best manufacture, ami selected especially with view to durability. Counter panes and Table Spreads, Cotton Sheetings Shirtings and Pillow Casings in ail the best brands. HOSIERY, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS Regularly made French and English Hosiery Jnr Ixidies and Children. Balbriggan Hosiery- Gen tlemen’s aud Boys' Half Hose; Ladies' Black Silk Hosiery. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Linen Handkerchiefs in a great variety of fancy prints, aud full lines of hemstitched and plain hemmed White Hand kerchiefs. Gentlemen's Laundried and Unlaundried Shirts, Boys’ Shirts, Gentlemen's Collars and Cuffs, Indies’ Collars and Cuffs. CORSETS.—lmported and Domestic, in great variety, and in the most graceful and health approved shapes, 5 ESTS.—Ladies’, Gentlemen's and Children s Vests, in Spring and Summer weights. PARASOLS, The latest novelties in Plain and Trimmed Parasols. ORDERS.—AII orders carefully and promptly executed, and the same care and attention giVn to the smallest as to the largest commission. Samples sent free of charge, and goods guaran teed to be fully up to the quality shown In samples. Sole Agents for McCall's Celebrated BAZAR GLOVE FITTING PATTERNS. Any Patterns sent post free on receipt of price and measure. Ti leph< mo No. 101. Note the Following Will offer on MONDAY a special sale of All Wool Albatross In Newest Shades, also Cream and White, at Sc per yard. Black and Mourning Goods -A SPECIALTY. THIS Stock will le found to contain a large assortment of tin* newest fabrics and latest styles in SILK and WOOL. T call attention to mv extra quality of HF.X* HI ETTA ('LOTH at ?I'so ™ r vanl C( and 'RTAT'LJTS ENGLISH CREPE all grades. 42 inch WIDOWS’ CREPE VEILING. Will arrive by to-clay's steamer anew supply of CHECK and STKJuPED LAWNS at The remaining: stock of 4-Button Black and Colored KTD GLOVES I will offer at $1 per pair to close. These Gloves have been sold at $1 and give general satisfaction. —AT GERMAINE’S, 132 Broughton Street, next Furbers. —■■ n " , PROPOSA LS W \ NTED. TO BRIDGE 111 ILDER*. Office of C’omm'ers and Ex-Officio Judges! Chatham County, Georgia. V Savannah. Ga.. April 13, lwC-l SEALED PROPOSALS will lx* received at this office until ‘J o'clock p. m. on TIESPAi, May 10th, prox. for building a bridge on tn* Isle of Hope causeway, ana for keeping the same in rc|>air under terms of the law; section 671 Code of Georgia. Items and sjiC''ideations to be seen in tnu office and in the office of the County Engineer, third door. City Exchange. . , The right to reject any or all bids is rese.vca By order of (’< >minissioners of < ’hatham ( ]ounty JNO.Ji. DILLON. Clerk C. (. C._ PROPOSALS FOR PI KC II AsK OF LAND. City df Savannah. t Office Clerk of Coumtl, > April 11. 1887. ) T T NDKR and bv virtue of a resolut ion a<inpt l bv the City 'Council of Savannah, at p Hirel ing on the Bth day of April. 1887. bids are imit* for the purchase of all that portion of domain recently lsuight by the city of from Surah ,\. Mousaeauand others, knonii w that portion of the Dillon tract lying *’"'h Seventh stn-t and west of Barnard street. saj portion of said tract being bounded on the non* bv Seventh street, east by Barnard street, sotit by West Twelfth street, and west by street, said portion of said tract containing hundred and seventy two lots, the city re . all streets laid out in said tract, and also'" portion of said tract laid out and k Wells square. No bid for a less amount “ $70,*0 si lull lie considered, the city reser the right to reject any and all bids. Terms One fourth cash, one-fourth first of September, 1887. balance to P*” itl one and two years from date of pan h* • interest on deferred payments at n fft' , .g annum. A correct map of the above descrire property can be seen at the ofß* v ot .. Surveyor on aud after Wednesday, Ap 1 All bids to is- presented to the <‘U rk <>f f cil by 8 o'clock p. M. on V EDNEKDAi. AI IHH7 By order of Council. ru.-mBER FRANK E. RLBAKr.n. Clerk oM "’“" 'L DA l>. LADIES I I They lire sold everywhere. I rio Jreiigtfcl decolors. They have no equal fft|l|llrtt | bright. iittiM, uiiHHint in pouKagy** ,p. y ( | ( > n<*l of color, or non fading 'l'wbtire ' ' n.| crock or miml. Kor wait* by H* \ Rough’ll Pharmacist, corner Broughton aril si- Is; B. I’li.FoKn; P. B Apothecury. corner Jones and \ n-gfl F.uwakii J. Kiefkkb. Druggist. ■ Broad and :dt.-v in I -ti '-'-ls —■ FOR SALK- - -I To Newspaper Potlistol pB HALE, a Hoe 3- Revolution Pl ena. Bed 33 by ♦*' Just th- machine ft 1 _ *iU turn oul *■ ii*w m|ih|M*r requiring n pnn* * m liHiiiiaomc sheet at til'' rate of h'"' w * ■ per hour Hls lhe fastest ■y* M pros* mode Will is* sold si a b.og fiS Folding Machine (VunMith' „ J. 11. WTUre. IN 'Siioab* ■