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8 USA 31 SMALL AT Till MTV. THE EVANGELIST TRAINS HIS GENS ON SAVANNAH. Opening' of the Revival at Trlr.i’y Church Last Night- Prof. Maxwell to Aid Mr. Small in His Work A Fore - ble Sermon on the Duty of Christiar - Some Things that, Savannah Needs The Revivalist Tackles the Saloon- Keepers. Trinity Met,lav list church was crowded last night. Her. Ram Small was announced eo speak and everylwdy wanted to hoar the Southern evangelist, who. next t<> Pam Jones, is proving the mast effective re Vivalist in this country. There was not a Vacant pew in the church, and the galleries Were filled. Mr. Small has been seriously ill forever a •month at his home in Atlanta, and for (awhile it was thought that ho would not iv icover. hut by the careful attention of his dr 'voted wife and the hclpof enforeeil is-st from (pulpit labei-s he is now-o far iwi.v*.l a- So give the hope that, lie will soon lie asst tong ■nd active as evet. llr. Small is so li-artily In love with his evangelistic lalsus and o fcnergetic in his pros *cutiou of them that h* ■rets somewhat, under the counsel of physi fcians and friends, and has been for sortie ftinie impatient to get Kick into the liar ipess. He is aeeompanied here by (Prof. M. J. Maxwell, of Cincinnati, who, Jfor more than a year, has been musical <ll - for the great revival services held by | ißevs. Jones and Small in all tlic prineijial | pities of the Union and of Canada. Prof, i {Maxwell is ail accomplished inusieinn of es kablished reputation in the West. He lias Kvritten much popular church and revival imusio, and is the compiler of the songs •which will be sung in the meetings here. SERVICES OK SONG. Mr. Small and Prof. Maxwell were together in the recent meetings held at {Worcester, Lynn and Chelsea, Mass. At Worcester in four days over fifty were fedded to the church; at Lynn, in one week. fliO persons iiegiyi the Christian way: and of [Chelsea, the Boston (Join- reported that last (Bahbath seventy-live persons joined the s hurch there as the fruit of the week of Jtreaehing by Mr Small. The young revivalist looked very’ pale ■when he entered the pulpit last night, and tiis sermon was not as forcible ns many that /b< has preached. Prof. Maxwell sat, with f hint and led the singing. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL. In outlining the purpose of his visit, here [Mr. Small said that lie did not come as a (sensationalist, and he does not propose to [use any gush or sentimentalism in his work. •He is here, he said, to preach the Gospel of [Jesus Christ and to seek the salvation of wools. Rev. T. T. Christian offered a fervent jpraver, invoking the divine I Jessing upon fihe meetings which it is purposed to hold land upon those who will aid in the pros ecu ftion of the great work of bringing souls to 'Christ. Prof, Maxwell sang with wonderful effect, Eternity is Drawing Nigh." The evange list took for his text, 11. Corinthians, vi., 1: •“We then, as workers together with Him, (beseech you also that, ye receive not the ■ißraee of God In vain," and preached a plain, practical sermon. TO SAVE SOIIIA. pod. he said, has committed to you nnd ifo nie the privilege and power and duty of rliecnining 00-workers with (tu ist and the , Holy Ghost in securing the sal ration of souls, and let us see to it that we <i!o our duty. The field of work which he proposes to enter lis right here in Savannah. On his way from (Atlanta yesterday morning Mr. iHmall read the Mo uni kg News’ (report of the great anti-coercion (demonstration at the Theatre on Tuesday might. The eloquent words of the gifted jtp"t leman who spoke at that meeting, ho eaid, sent a thrill through his bivly as he ■saw pictured before him the sufferings of It lie Irish people under English misrule and •oppression. COERCION IN SAVANNAH. “But,” he added,“there are oodreive meas f ures. and rack rent*,and eviction , and suffer j ings in Savannah just as terribln as those iu J reland, and I would rather nut for under the tyranny and oppression of the meanest landlord in Ireland than to be under the irlomination of a single one of the 800 rumsellers of Savannah. Hulk about j ack rents and evictions in Ireland; why the Rendition of the people there is almost para klisiacal compared with that of hundreds, pnd 1 might say thousands, in .Savannah. [Don’t cable all your sympathy Jaway,” he said. ‘ : lt Gists *1 la word to send a cablegram to Ireland It, leasts nothing to speak words of sympathy to jjieoplc who need them at, home. “If I had the jiencil and the pnwer of a IHognrth," he continued, "1 would drawn "“picture of suffering in the lanes and alleys fend hack yards of Savannah tl*it would ■aval anything that could lie irnpo' toil from (Ireland. ONE THING THAT SAVANNAH fiSEDS. “If there is any one thing that 11 ivannah Heeds more than anything else it is religion. ’’ The revivalist referred to the work of the tfrialvation Army. “There have been few 'things that I have heard since I was con verted,” he said, “that have made me hap ipier than when I heard tliat tthe Kalvatioij Army had ((Hacked 'Atlunta. I was glad when it, rf,tacked [Cavannnh, but I felt outraged when I gtearrl how Savannah had attacked it. God ■lt nows that when a "country will pernilt such ui outrage iu its midst it is in need of re ligion.” He then asked all those in the oingre cat.eui who were willing to go to worn and feid in bringing souls to Christ to stand up. SNearly the entire congregation arose. “Thank God !” the preacher exclainitd. KNEELING ABOUT THE AI.TAR. He then asked those who were willing to devote their time to the work to knt*ol About the altar and in the pews while the pastor prayed. The altar aud the space in front of the pulpit were crowded with kneeling men and women. It was an impressive ta|;ht. The pastor prayed earnestly for the siownpouring of the Holy Spirit, and tiod’s blessing upon the people. "Nearer my God to Thee” was then sung, and during the singing Mr. Small osked all who walked Ju become Christians and lead a ('hrisli an )ifd to ime forward and take him Viy the Land Several went. The meeting clGnit witM the lienedietion. Makings will lie bi'ld • very afternoon and evening during the ■week at 4 and 8 o’clock. •THROUGH THE CITY. tteran Gathered Here and There by the Nows Reporters. Zerubbabel Lodge K A. M. will moot In flight. Fotir criminal oases are aligned for ti ii.l in the City Court Unlay. Joseph A. flan t inn wax appointed ,t; i Uniter! Hi rites Deputy Marshal yesterday. Tbe Telephone Exchange added No. lIJ. lon. W. H. Cliishobu, residence, to its lietl ecterdo y. The Savannah Mutual I/vm V.-ociatb® adit hold its seventy fourth regular Inoiit.lily meeting at Metropolitan Hall to-night. An ejectment cnw brought by David W. Mayer against Sninuei L. ilover was begun Iti the Hujmrmr Court veaterrtny. Tbe prop "rty in dispute is located an the western mv lion of the city. The choir of the ludejieiid' iit church gave. t recital of “Farmer's the Iwturoi fK/m of Lite church last evening. This mag nificent m;tat was finely I'eti .iced by tin, well ®ainei| void-, andorrlicstrn nivoni.Xi.iii tnetit. winch thrilled tin* audience. Ev< , v neat imid standing planar was filled Yellow stone Kit in ttds city today from Jh* I .on . Will given gland, fine elltor talnoieiil Willi Ills Juf MU less | I Oil |1 to rugt>> at 1 'HI ou lot vuruur Liberty and i flu sliveUi AN ELOPER’S HONEYMOON. Constable Oooiare Jones and Mr3. Ilato McEvady Enjoying It. George I'. 11. Jones, a constable of the Sec mm Georgia Militia district, and Mrs. Kate 1 Evady, a plump and lmxsome brun* to . have not been heard from by their friends t this city, and ire believed to l*e enjoying tin - el,ijier-' In me v mo*ui. Jones has not Iksui >tii here since early last week, and Mis. MeKvady disappeared about the same time. The latter is tine wife of a watchman, and while (!•■ was away from home at nights the coastal *]e wooed. The constable first met his inamorata last. January when he served some warrants in a case in which she was the prosecutrix. Their aequaintance rapidly ripened. and each wits smitten witli the tender ]>assion. In the course of three months they came to love each other so ardently that the w ife decided to slip the marital knot which hound her. She owned a little property in Robertsvill-■. nnd it i. report *d tint she quietly disposed of that, nnd pocketed the money without her husband's knowledge. One rumor is that she got SfiOO for it, al though others say that it was as much as $l,lOO. Oil the day before be left Jones told a friend that he was going to Texas to Imv some rattle, and remarked that he had $->OO. It e said that In* was seen in Jacksonville last. week, llis aequaintance think that, he went to Cuba, and thence probably to Texas or Mexico. He was quite a large man physically, and has liecn a constable aud jail guard for a number of years. WORK FOR THE GRAND JURY. An Unusual Case Before it for Investi gation. At, the meeting of the County Commis sioners yesterday a letter was read from Dr. R. I*. Myers, calling attention to some unu sual cases which had come to his notice. Dr. Myers is the attending physician at the Georgia infirmary. He stabs! in his letter that some time last January nine colored men were sent to the infirmary on one day. The men were poorly clad, and were suf fering from various forms of disease, ap parently contracted from exposure aud want of sufficient, nourishment. The physician says that he was told by the men that they hud l*een working on McQueen's Island, grading the Tyliee railroad. They bail not been .given enough to eat, they said, and they stated that, they had not l*een able to get away from the island. They bad no boat, aud the contractor would not furnish them with one to get across Wilmington river, they said. Every one of the sick men died in the Infirmary. The physician in charge reported the matter to the Commissioners for investigation, and the board referred it to the grand jury. The contractor for the Tyliee railroad has lieeu summoned with other witnesses to appear before the grand jury this after noon. and an investigation will in* Ugun. NOTHING BUT A BUBBLE. The Central Railroad Not After the Brunswick and Western. Some of the papers throughout the State have published a rumor stating that the Central railroad of Georgia is about to secure control of the Brunswick ayil West ern. According to one report the deal is to be consummated to-morrow. The matter was mentioned yesterday to Gen. Alexander and he remarked that it was news to him, and that there is ab solutely no warrant for the report. The. rumor seems to have grown out of the visit to Brunswick of Mr. John C. Cal houn, Pat, Calhoim, Esq., directors of the Central, and Mr. M. S. Belknap, the road's General Manager. Prom Brunswick they went up to Albany in a private car, and then took a run over the Southwestern road. Some attached significance to the visit of the officials to Brunswick, just as the res ! - dents of Port Royal did to Vanderb It’s visit to their town, but the Central's Presi dent says there is nothing in it. The report that the Central is after the Brunswick and Western is an old one that was widely cir culated about three years ago, aud has got to be sort of a “chestnut.” HEAVY DAMAGES, H. C. Beck Gets $13,750 Against the Charleston and Savannah. The suit of H. C. Beck against the Charleston and Savannah Railway Company for $30,000 damages was argued yesterday by It. G. Erwin, Ksq., for the defendant, and A. H. Cox, Esq., nnd Col. Rufus E. Lester for the plaintiff. The defendant, claimed that Beck was not of sound mind before the accident when he was injured. The com pany declared that if he had been sound in mind he would not, have allowed his head to strike the water tank along the track. The jury remained out an hour, and returned a verdict in favor of Beck for $13,750. A motion will lie made for anew trial, and the court will lx* asked to set, the ver dict aside on the ground that it is exorbitant. Beck is about 25 years old. Ho declared in his bill that he has U*en unable to work since the accident, which occurred in July, 18*4, at Monteith. He charged the company with negligence in running the train too fast. STRIPES FOR SMITH. A Letter Thief to go to the Penitentiary for One Year. Henry Smith, a negro bov, was convicted in the United States District Court yester day of stealing a letter that was in the cus tody of the postal department. The letter w;is one of several that were stolen from the Anderson street depot, of the City and Suburban Railway ('omiwny about March 0. 'The particulars of the case were published in the Mohning Nkwh at the time. Smith got nearly #.VI from ,the letter. The money lielonged to the matron of the Episcopal (iiphans' Home. Smith’s display of cash, which was lavish for a car driver, first attracted suspicion to him. Jmlge S|sst sentenced him to one year in the Albany county (N. Yd peniten tiary. •Wire Small was found gtiilf v of stealing a hatchet out of the Custom House building and wn*. sentenced to jiuv a Hue of *Tfi and aIJ costa or serve two months in the Chat hum I'ounty jail. Raymond’s Savannah Ventures. Editor Morning Newt: In your remi niscences of “Col. Mulberry Hellers” there are one or two errors in leganl to his origi nal apiioiiraiioe in Savannah. You say: “St Andrew's llall, now Turner Halle, was the scene of Raymond and Hamilton's venture,” Tiie fact is, their original venture was in tic Savunimh Theatre, and they afterward rented 8L Andrew’s Hall. You further suy: “Hamilton, his partner, rcmaunsl in Havunnnh for sonic time nit t (lie colhi|s' of his theatre n l run an advertising ; Jns-I, which afterward liecame, unde,’other mail agenieitt, tile Kavamiuh tkiili Adver tiser." The fact in tins cas" is that Kuv ni< uid and Hamilton. In connect ion with their management of the theatre, started n:i advertising slant culksi tile t 'ihj .1 tin el .r, and managed it just one week, when they discoven*l that they could rot do iwo thin: nt. tlic same time, manage a theatre and run a ;xi|sT. They prevailwt oil me P> take tie' pap i part of ils concern off their bunds, and 111* 1 only euimc' tion they Im I with It after wired was to furnish copy for their theatrical ads. Hamilton had no lijrlhcr connection with it after his thixitriral tail ure. <M>KoK N, NlrMol.s. For n Run. A. it Altmayci A Cos, will offer to-da;, 100 Jimmii thfijt Knot Fringe Damask’Towel•. Fancy Border, at J-s . rie'ii, peitively worth ! *' House me wy < Oil tr<. . Ku-. Pauls u leu Ufip'lA Klmmil ran tnini.li fou llh wiu at , V-,s MMU U‘ size ato II M*. f SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1887. COUNTY AFFAIRS, The Matters Disposed of by the Com missioners at the April Meeting. Commissioners Walker, 1 .awton and Casey were present at the regular monthly meeting of the County Board yesterday. A re piest from R. H. MacLeod, Road Commissioner, for 4.000 toot, of lumber, to lx* used in bridges on the Gun Point road, was referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges. The report of Mr, K. .1. Thomas, the County Engineer, showed that the Bonnven ture drainage was completed by the chain gang last mouth, and among other work doin'was the cutting of ditches along the Waters road and draining south of Estill avenue. In ten days forty-three men dug nearly two miles in’ ditelie- When the system of drainage oil which Shuman's gang is engaged is completed many hundred acres of land which hn\p heretofore been iunecos silile will tie reclaimed. Hamer's gang 'Vox at work the latter part of March clearing the ’right ol way on the Harmon canal. The bids for the erection of u bridge and making the ct/t iu the Isle of Hope cause way were al/ rejected liecause the bidders did not comply with tin* requirements in agreeing to keep the bridge in repairs for seven years. The ]x t if inn of Gugie Bourquin and others for an election on the fence question was read, but no action was taken. \ number of applications for relief from double tax were read and referred to the proper eonnnitto. Bills against the county amounting to ?10,- 174 wen* ordered to lie paid. GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS. Matters of Money and Management About Various Lines. The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia earnings for the fourth week in March were *100.591, an increase of $33,081 over the cor responding week last year. ( apt. Robert, of the engineering corps of the Macon and Athens railroad. states that cars will be running to Monticello by May I. and that grading will be completed to Ma lison about the same time. It is said that the owners of the Oconee White Sulphur Si>rings property hove offered to the management of the Augusta and Chattanooga railroad #5.000 to run the road by that resort. The offer is being con sidered bv the railroad, and it is likely the line will be surveyed. It is reported that the Savannah, Florida and Western will build a line directly from Branford or Fort White, Fla., to Pember in's ferry, on an air line, to connect their two systems of roads and give a direct out let, from Southern F)ori<la over their lines. This route will cross the Florida Railway and Navigation atornear Bronson, and will open up one of the finest sections of agricul tural, timber and orange lands in the State. The line of the Alabama, Florida and At lantic railroad, now being surveyed by a corps of engineers under County Surveyor Fries, of Orange, Fla., crosses the Sanford and Lake Eustis road on the west end of Mr. J. C. Young’s homestead. From there it runs down close to the mill at Indian Spring, and the surveyor will continue north via Lake Joanna. It is said that the new road will,cross over the Sanford and Lake Eustis on a trestle work. The Buena Vista Branch. The Buena Vista Patriot, referring to the Central railroad’s proposition to aid the building of the Buena Vista branch, says in regard to the extension of the line to Ameri cas that the proposition means more than a mere change of the eastern terminus ot the road from Anderson to Americas. “It is our opinion and the opinion of many of our people,” the Patriot goes on to say, “that the line will eventually run from Columbus to Ainericus. We would be glad to have direct communication with both of these cities, as the rivalry and competi tion between cotton merchants would en hance the cotton market wonderfully and we would be able to ]mv close margins on the staple. As we have said before the Colum bus (Southern will cut off a large per cent, of the passenger and freight traffic, which formerly passed over the Central lines, from the west to the southern sea coast. The Central will soon have a direct connection between Columbus and Birmingham, and it seems to us almost a necessity on the part of that rood to cut through from Columbus to Ainericus by the way of Buena Vista.” Rome’s Railroads. Tiie Rome Courier is informed that all arrangements for the building of a road from Rome to a point on the Western and Atlantic railroad have been completed. The new road will be only a part of the ex tension of the Rome and Decatur from Rome to Gainesville. This road will ktart from Print up City and will strike the Western and Atlantic railroad at Hall’s mill, or near there. A corps of engineer will be put on the line immediately,mid the work will lie rapidly pushed forward that a connection with tiie Western and Atlantic may tie had as soon os the road from Atlanta to Rome will lie fin ished. The Rome and Decatur people are work ing hard and earnestly in the building of their lines as rapidly as possible. The road from Attalla to Oanaden will lie finished in a few days, and the grating from the latter city towards Rome will lie commenced. Al- I'eailv twenty miles from Rome, with the exception of a few patches here and there, have boon graded, and ns soon as the bridge across the Oostunaula is finished track-laying will be recommenced. Sale of tbo Cuthbert Roadbed. A Cutliliert correspondent of the Morn ing News writes that tiie owners of the old Columbus, Cllthliert and Hainbridge rail ro;id l*‘d went to Albany Monday to close the sale of the road, which is graded from Cuthbert to Hainbridge, to the Birmingham, Georgia mid Florida Railroad Company. It is thought that it will commence work im mediately, ns the company promised the subscribers to the mad that it would com plete it, from Cutliliert to Bainliridge bv Feb. I, |sks. The mad, when li:ilt, will lie of incalculable benefit to Cuthbert and the suiTou i iding country. The Mobile and Girard Extension. Columbus is absorlied in new railroad projects. It. is given out, on good authori ty, that the extension of the Mobile and Girard railroad to Pollard, Ala., is a settled fact. The corps which has Ihx-ii engaged in surveying the propisisl extension nt the < ol mill HIS and Rome railroad has bi*m eallisl in. and will he put to work at mice surveying the route from Troy to pollard. The Mobile and Girard lias found this ex tension liece-snry in view of the projected line from Montgomery to ChattuhiNsliec, Fla. THE PUBLIC BUILDING. The U. S. Grand Jury Ur gen Itu Early Erection. The United State;. (’ircuit (’ourt grand jury ivjsirted a n-s liiitiou yesterday asking ; Judge Kniory Speer t< urge the pro|icr I authorities to hasten tin- erection if the new public building. The resolution set forth ! that the present location and arrangeiiient ■ i ti,e post office and of the Unit*) .Stales < ’ourt. n situs are uusiiltahle, iutjssle the trauMv-tion of public business mid is iasion tmiiece' ii i discomfort to all |* rvuis in any imi liner iHtercst.si therein. Tile grand jury w as excused until the sec ond Motrin) in \|.n A Thunder Htorm Mav put ily tile air, but nothing except Hit /oisivr will purify the iicnith tilled with n<- gl*sld leetb, and rescue thoan faithful sin ..iiilsol Mumkllid trom litter rilili lielore It r tsi iat!* Don't iiegteel. lo try It, You will ls> urprisoi and ilrtightod with Its iw sU.tl THE WAY IT WAS DONE. THE HOME CLUB BEATEN SIX STRAIGHT GAMES. Charleston Wins the Interstnto Cham pionship with Hands Down The Car olinians to Open the League Season at Nashville on Saturday Parker Signed by the Savannah Management Other Changes Likely to be Made Before the Team Goes to Memphis. The Charleston “aggregation” left last night for Nashville where they will open the league season on Saturday. What there is left of Savannah will leave to-night for Memphis. Manager Powell went away hugging his championship record like a child hugs anew doll. It is something new for Charleston to get more than even games in a series, and six consecutive victories is too much for th* Carolinians to stand up under. It, fairly staggers them. Manager Powell and his men have made a good many friends in (Sa vannah, who want to see them do in Nash ville just what they did hero. It was an easy victory for them yesterday, although the score dues not show it. Somers pitched against “Billee" Taylor, and was very effective. Although a little inclined to be wild, his delivery is puzzling in the ex treme. With another week's practice he will b in shape to do good work. The home team made rower errors than in any game yet except one. Ilciliy, Somers and Hutchinson did the batting, and Reilly anil Somers scored it the first inning the only runs that Savannah made. Campau. wVki was erroneously credited with a “muff ed fly” in Tuesday's game had very little to do. Grady. Hines anil Powell did the hitting for Charleston. “Billee” Taylor has cenmi to be a “phenomenon,” and his days of usefulness as a pitcher are about over. About 800 witnessed the game, and both clubs were cheered. There was not a very groat interest taken, as the game was too one-sided. The following ie the scora: SAVANNAH. A.II. R. li.ll. P.O. A, E. Reitz, c. f 4 0 0 0 0 0 Campau, I. f. 4 0 1 0 0 0 Keilly, 3b 4 1 2 t 4 0 Somers, p ... 113 17 0 Hutchinson, s. s 4 0 3 e e j Brower, lb 4 0 1 0 1 0 McAdams. 21* 4 0 1 5 2 0 Overstreet, r. f 4 0 0 0 0 l Dallas, e 4 0 0 6 0 2 Totals 30 2 9 31 10 4 CHARLESTON. A B. R. H.H. P.O A. E. McLaughlin, 2b 3 2 1 6 3 1 Hines, r.f ..8 2 2 1 0 0 Grady, c 4 1 3 5 1 0 Powell, lb 4 0 2 St 0 0 Glenn, l.f 4 0 1 2 1 1 Williams, c.f . 4 0 0 1 0 0 Carl, s.s 4 0 1 1 4 1 Taylor, p 4 0 0 1 4 0 Corcoran, 3b 3 0 I 1 8 0 Totals 33 5 11 27 16 3 SCORE BV INNINOS. 12345 6 7 8 9 Savannah 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 2 Charleston 1 0 10301 0 x— 5 Earned runs—Charleston 1. Two base hits—Grady, Powell, Reilly. Three has** hits—Hutchinson. l*eft on bases—Savannah, 7: Charleston, 6. Double plays—Glenn and McLaughin. Stmek out—By Somers, 3; Taylor. 2. Bases from being hit by pitched ball—By Somers. 2. Passed balls—Dallas, 1. Wild Pitches—Somers, 2. Bases stolen—Hines. Powell, Me Adam:;. Time of game—Two hours. Umpire—Jones. Nothing further has been heard from Manager Morton since his telegram to the directors on Tuesday. It is expected though that he will join tfie club at Memphis on Saturday with several new players aud that the team will start the league race with its weakest, points strengthened. Parker, who caught in Tuesday’s game, has been signed and will be a valuable acquisition to the team. A meeting of the directors will be held this afternoon before the club leaves for Memphis and several other changes are likely to lie made. Nashville Knocked Out. Nashville, April 13. —Nashville was completely done up by Detroit to-day. The score was l'.J to 2. The game was full of errors and was uninteresting. The batteries were: Nashville, Hayes and Mannion; De troit, Getzein and Briody. Errors: Nashville 11, Detroit 2. Base hits: Nailivitle 8, Detroit 15. INNINGS. Detrot 0 1 4 2 10 10 x—l 2 Nbshville 000l000ift_2 A Cannon-Ball Catcher. The latest thing in the catching line is C. B. Blatt. A few days ago a score of men climlxxl to the top of the Police Gazette building in New York to see this wonderful catcher catch a twenty-five pound cannon ball fired from a cannon with halt a pound of powder. Mr. Blatt is a man of medium size. He has arms as large and nearly as hard as the cannon, with green running gear, that stood on the top of the building with its mouth open toward Brooklyn. About two years ago he began playing at ball with a cannon as pitcher. He catches the ball on a level with his face, and in one encounter with the missile he wrecked a finger, and, again, the bull mashed in his bearc..esscoun tenance. Mr. Blatt first made the spectators look down the gun to see that it had no spring concealed in its mouth. Then n preliminary charge of powder was turned into it and fin'd off, after w hich Mr. Blatt took off his diamond anil other encumbrances, mopped out the gun and turned the cannon ball into the mu zzle. The ha 11 is .Vly inches round the waist. A charge of powder was put into the breech loading cannon, and the spfx'tatnr* in the front of the gun dodged behind a chimney. Mr. Harding stuffed pic,-cs of cotton in his ears and took his place t, the stem of the gun, while Mi , Blatt went out thirty feet from it and lookixl the cannon koiuuv in the mouth. ‘ Fire:” said Blatt. Mr. Harding pulled the string, the gun I loomed, the liafl sailed gaily up mel outward and Blatt caught it. There was a brief wrestle hr tween the missile and the man. and then the mail went down with a badly bruised linger and the ball eseajiwd. Mr. Blatt danced about the mom in agony awhile and then declared Hint lie would have another bout with the bull if it would kill him. The eamioii was again loaded, and the catcher, within bleeding hand, braced him self and shouted “Fire!” The cannon roared, not very ferocious;!v: the Iwll shot out, and plucky Mr. Blatt caught it., and held it, too. Then the sjss'tjitors applauded, and Mr. Blatt,’n feat, like the rich young favorite nt htisliand hunters, was declared the greatest catch of the season. The 801 l Buoy Adrift. The Ml buoy marking the end of Tyhoe knoll spit, at the entrance of the Savannah river, is adrift from its jmsilinn, and has groumhsl in Isizaietto ereek. Coni. Igim oerton, of thi' Light Hoiis' Ikiard for this district, minomiees that another Imoy will lw plui'isl 111 |s(sit,iii as soon as iiosHjlhc. “fjcarlot Fever” liaiing np|H*ared in our village Ilnihys Frophylailie Fluid was usisl for disinteeting the College buildings. The dlrmasc lU'vir went Iwvond ii inglo case, either in the College or i lwwhen where th* Fluid was ii.s-l. Iti i I’m s, li F. PitH’K, \tiburn. Ala I im bvs Fluid iiiH|N*is all lorins ot i piili’inie ills, ns# • b\ destroying the sjsiri*s or germ lnsnn that i ;iii , contagion A Hurprialng Bargain, **•> dozen U lot# |huiiask Dm lie HntJn finish, 'ti Inch. iiuare ~i :ri ,rd >zeti ulsoililtely wotlli f! Mi. at Altlnater' No rlniicc h I -iklll M Ml A|,|- | 4 rtnhaut • '/let fleet C'liUliiez i ‘ttur h 4 insilifs is ssi< THE GREAT IOWA GEYSER. Unsuccessful Efforts to Control Iv— How It Breathes. From the Belle Plaine (la.) Union.. We have hoped from week to week to be able to announce the successful stoppage or control of our great well, but week after week has passed with tio further promise of success, and while we have contemplated giving a full history of this wonderful well and the attempt to control it, the demand for par ticulars of its present condition impels us to give some facts even though the complete sketch be left for a future time. The first attempts to control the well were, first, the insertion of a 18-inch pipe made of one-quarter inch baler iron. Seventy-seven feet of this was inserted, and went out of sight. Next, an iniinpnse cone, made of boiler iron. 'l4 feet long and 40 i n<-lies across at its base, with 9:5 feet of .V inch iron pipe attached, was let down. This, too, dropped down out of sight. The situation when Mr. Ivink, the present contractor, took charge was: The water was boiling up nt the airfare, w hile the iron pipe and cone were both down the well —somewhere. It was believed that these could be felt by soundings, but it is evident by present surroundings that they have been gradually settling down into the sand stratum from which the water comes. Mr. King put in a pipe Hi inches in diame ter. It is made of 3-10th iron. He succeed od in getting lti:* feet and five indies of this pipe in the hole before he met wit :i an ob struction which impeded its progress. This leaves a space of 550 feet and seven inches from tlie bottom of his casing to the bottom of the original hole through the clay or the i upper side of the water stratum. The pre- I sumption is the obstruction met by his cas ing was the top of the pipe or cone origi nally put down. His next work was to throw rock around the outside of the casing with a view of shutting off the flow outside and driving it into the casing. It is impossible to sav just how many feet he has tilled around the casing with rock, hut wo are able to account for over 75 feet of stone tilling, lies ides an immense quantity of sand, clay,broken brick, etc. During all this time the flow through the casing was spasmodic. Some days it would flow and others not. Of the effort to secure * ‘dead water" by the erect i< >n of a da m or tank it is not necessary to speak now. After several ineffectual attempts to accom plish this a sounding of the inside of the cas ing was made, aud it was found that it was choked up with sand fully eleven feet from tlie bottom. This was pumped out. and im mediately the water of came rushing out of tlie casing, throwing out sand. There was no little rejoicing over this, and it was lie lieved to lie the beginning of the end. But the rejoicing was short-lived. After a couple of hours the pipe and the rock filling surrounding it took a drop, showing that the sand had washed out from below. An at tempt to raise the pipe was unsuccessful, and it became necessary to lower the ditch which carried the water off to correspond with the mouth of the pipe. After this was done more rock and clay was thrown in. The water meanwhile was not coming out from around the easing. So far there has been no headway made in filling around the casing. It settles down as fast as thrown in. One day, after working all (lav hard, there was a foot less filling around the pipe than when work began in the morning, and now of the seventy-five or more feet of filling he has put in there is less then twenty feet of it around the easing, so that the outlook for tilling up around the casing does not look very encouraging. The water is now l ush ing out of the easing with great force and is vomiting out sand and gravel. It is this movement of sand that causes the settli g of the rock and other filling. It is unfortunate, too, that in consequence of this new move ment of sand and water the wells up-town have been tapped and ceased to flow The unknown quantity in tlie solving of the problem of controlling this well is the depth of the sand stratum from which the water comes. It inav be twenty-five feet and it may lie 250 or 2,500. It now seems as if the botton of this (presumably solid rock) must be found before a foundation can be secured. It is evident that the liig pipe and the cone have botli gone into this stratum. The presumption is that a vacuum has been created there immediately underneath the hole, and the motion of tlie water keeps the sand loose and in constant motion, so that any weight will gradually settle down into it. The pipe put in by Mr. Ki ug is held up by chains fastened to cross ties on top of the ground. If it were not for this it would probably settle like its predecessors. A peculiar fact regarding this well is its seeming breathing, which is as regular as a clock, and at a rate of forty to fifty pulsa tions per minute. This has been noticeable, ever since the first break, and is more so* now since the water comes direct through the casing. We regret wo are not able to announce the attempt to control the well a success. It would give us great pleasure to do so, but we give the facts as they are, hot as we should like them to tie. Local Personal. Among the arrivals at. the Pulaski House yesterday were Mrs. A. Amis, Saratoga, N. Y.: H. B. Hall, S. M. Hall and wife, E. Lie land, wife and son, Boston: J. D. Dun woody, Charleston, S. C.; T. Witherspoon, Florida; Harry Hill, Atlanta: W. E. An drews, Augusta; L. Dana, St. Louis. At the Screven House were S. D, Hmis man, New York: J. Ralph Murray, Mon treal; William Donovan, Wadley; J. L, Keeling, Philadelphia; William E. Welch, Boston; Miss Sohier, Edward L>. Sohier, Na hnnt. Mass.; Rev. P. J. Lynch, Gaines ville; Harry Hill, Atlanta; Charles L. Bucki. Florida; B. M. Call and wife. Jack sonville; J B. English, J. M. Johnston, Macon; George S. Swinev, Baltimore; W. E. Johnston, Atlanta; John I. Davis, Ala bama. At the Marshall House were Thomas T. Brown, Chattanooga: 1,. Ramvh. Cincin nati,;C. S, Kemey, Chicago; Miss Emma C. Hatton, Ocala, Fla.; W. J. Roberts, J. J. 1 Envoy. Boston: F. D. Ferris. Providence, R. I.; R. T. Causey, Hampton, S. c.: Joseph S. Reynolds, Augusta; W. S. Tupts, Boston• Prof. M. J. Maxwell, Cincinnati; Samuel W. Small, Atlanta; Mrs. M. M. Hop*. Mr. M. M. Hope, Dr. L. Y. Glen and wife, Chattanooga, Toon. At the Harnett House were E. H. Lii.n bert, W. J. Curtis and wife, New York; \V. 11. Rutherford, Rochester, N. Y,; 1. M. Platt. M. W. Nye, New Haven, Conn; Mis. M. Monimnn, E, W. Kendrick, Boston; James Merritt, Nashville, Te-.in,; <(;. 5 ("Hi and wife, Cleveland, O.; IV Grover mnn, Pittsburg, Pa.; L. W. O'Brien. Au gusta: H. Miller, Mot die, Ala.; M. Green, Brooklyn. N. Y.; William S, Sheppard, Bath, N. Y.: A. D. Payne, Elmira. !V Y. The Moat Reliable to be Obtained. A good deal has be ai said in praise of the Farmer Girl, but not enough to halfway hii’iress one with an idea of tin* merits of this standard stove. Persons who are using them are ever ready to announce themselves in their favor and to at once testify to their genuine worth. Every jsiiut that could Is* desired in tliex, really most iuqsafaut arti cles in households is combine I in the Farmer Girls. For sale by Lovell rv Ist lti more, Hardware and Stoves, 155 and 151 Congress street. Marvelous Offerings in Now Paranoia. To-day A. R. AI tinny er will offer tor salt! one lot Coaching Parasols in all shades at *1 each, worth *1 50. One lot Novelty Striped and < 'becked Parasols at J each, sold els* where for !, and one lot L tee l 'oven* I Para sol. tn Tin and Cream al h ', each, worth *1 50. Ar.nouni ament Extraordinary. I would re*|ientfuffy niniotini'e to Ifc* rill/en of Mitvnmmb tftiaf tJji 'Mi* * Ito liHii< ft< >t ipi ►. i i it**ffi***U'• Miih Chm Ih'l >, L i-* MJii'if miiiJ f|* iHv-ftinOHlitii/ Gouda. trill do well Il! Mil<| Will Mtv* uioii#y 111 Ico lu*' lt* \* SflgliOM'llHtfJr-, J 4 ISott£f-NMI Mrr*M, MM flw rt'UMi l* MUiU Wi4l*l/ut U C. \* Ml!' HI AtdviJ* SURPRISES FOR THE BRIDE. Her Husband Takes Her to Germany to Meet His First Wife. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. On the arrival of the night express from Cleveland at the Union depot last night at 15 o'clock a party of Germans, every thing about them indicating their nationality, got out of the ears. One was a rather elderly man. and he was aecomjianieil by his wife and several small children. The party was completed by a good-looking man of about forty-five, to whose arm clung very confid ingly a remarkably pretty young woman not much over twenty. There was nothing un usual or peculiar about any of them. After they had proceeded on their journey on board the Eastern express a reporter learned that there were some extraordinary circumstances attached to them. The con ductor of tlie train in which they came from Cleveland told the story. Ho said: “I got into conversation with the elderly man m the party after we left Cleveland. He told me they were al! from Sandusky and bound for (Germany. The pretty young woman had attracted every body’s attention. 1 asked lam who she was and he replied that she was the bride of tlie man who sat beside her. He had come out from Germany a year ago, leaving a wife and family behind him. Notwithstanding this lie had paid his addresses to the young woman as a single man and finally married her. To make things even mere extravagant, the bigamist was taking the young girl he had pretended to make his bride to his native place, where his other wife and children awaited him. The elderly man told me all this quite cooll y. He didn’t seem to think it was a crime he was an accomplice to. He had known the guilty man in Germany, and that seemed to ease his conscience. I could do nothing, of course. All the parties seemed respectable people, and tlie one who talked to me told me that he was going back for a time to Germany because the lime-water of San dusky had not agreed with his family. He said they had secured berths on tlie steam ship Fulda.” It, was discovered from another source that the name of the man alleged to be a bigamist is Wilhelm Maegerstein. while Ins bride's maiden name is probably Katrina Velose. The other family is named King, and one of their trunks bore a railroad tab with the word “Coblenz” upon it, from which it is supposed that that town is their destination. Weather Indications. [Special indications for Georgia: FAIR Fair weather, east to south winds, slight changes in temperature. The height of the river at Augusta at 1 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was 15.8 feet —no change during the past 24 hours. Comparative statement ot temperature at Savannah April 13, 18815, and 1885: 1881).; 1887. 6:36 a.m 152 6:36 a m 57 2:36 P.M 74 2:36 P.M 715 9:36p.m lit 9:36p.m ... 64 Maximum 74 Maximum 79 Minimum 60; Minimum 55 Mean temperature Mean temperature of (lav 66: of (lav 65 Rainfall 0.011 Rainfall 0.00 Observations taken at the sam* moment of time at ail stations. Savannah. April 13. 9:3s p. m.. city time. Temperature. Direction. j - 5 Velocity. ~ Rainfall. Name of Stations. Norfolk 19 N E 9 Cloudy. Charlotte 72 SAV Clear. Wilmington 64 S ].. . ..Clear. Charleston 65, j.. Clear. Augusta 71 S !.. ... ('lea r. Savannah (USE 1 .... < 'War. Jacksonville 67 E ! . ... Clear. Key West 73 E 11 .. . .Clear. Atlanta 74 SEj 5i.... [Clear. Pensacola 70 S j Clear. Mobile 68 S . |.... Clear. Montgomery 75 S E Clear. New Orleans BBS E 8 ... Clear. Galveston 70 S E. 8 Clear. Corpus Christi 70S El 4 ... Clear. Palestine IS XIV Clear. Brownesville 70 X j 7 ... Cloudy. Rio Grande.. 80 E j..| Clear. AV. W. David, Signal Corps, U. S. Army. Big Drives in Boys’ Clothing. A. R. Altmayer & Cos. will offer to-day the following special bargains: <5.5 Boys' Kiit Suits at 85k*., worth $1 50; 330 Boys’ Cassi mere Suits, Knee Pants, size 4 to 12 years, at $1 75, and 84 each, regular price 82 50, 84 and 85 75. Also So pairs Boys’ Knee Pants at 7!oc. and 50e., worth 50c. and 75c. OIL STOVE.*. Housekeeping Made Pleasant in Sum mer. Get the best. The A. &W. Wire Gauze Non-Explosive Oil Stove is the lies!. All who have used them say so. They last longer, don't smoke, don't smell, cook quick er and hake better than any oil stove yet out. Comfort and economy. Saves enough to pay for itself in six months. Call and see them at Crockery House of James S. Silva & Son, 140 Broughton street. Sole agents for A. A W. Stoves. Easter Joys. Asa boy looks forward with happy heart to ward his first pants, so do many grown up men enjoy the donning of anew suit. Many men may deny this, tint, with the great majority it is a natural and irrepressible feeling. To all we now announce our regular spring display of Dress and Business Suits, StVT. Soft and Straw Bats. Catchy Neckwear, Elegant Hosiery and all Kiirnixhings required by men and hoys. We praised our stock some tart week the half has lias not ls*“n told, nor have we space for any thing like an intelligent description of the hand some materials in vogue this season. AVe ask a visit the guuils and prices will do the balance. We can guarantee tailor tils and tailor work in,ms-hip our own tailors. Sis* to this, without charge to purchaser. Look at our line of shirts. Collars, etc. it, is absurd to pay fancy prices at exclusive furnishing store*;, as we can supply identical articles on a smaller margin of profit. The hoys are safe. Haven't we got the latest and nobbiest styles for the boys - Just come and see the immense variety of Suit- Shirt Waists, etc. Parent* hare found out that ill,-, can save money and get the lasst at. 161 ('.ingress street. B. H. lA* v \ A Bro. 1! is certainly not very pleasant to see your friends pay more or leas for the identical suit you bought at the same plae. Appel A Solum 1 nave but One Price to ail. and a low one Four Notable Events Will take place this week at the |stpular dry goods house of David Woisbein, namely. On four days, as specified in his new ad., an un heard of slaughter in dry goods is announced that will sit rely crowd his store from eariv morning. The success of his tqjpt'ial sales are indisputable, at least in so far as to crowd his store. There is no question of doubt ns to the genuine Imrgntn, to Is* ote tabled tlnM'e. Read his ad. carefully. Apt* I & Schaul, One Price Clothiers. 163 Con gross street, Invites ln*|M.'tlmi to their new Spring Styles and prices. All the latest, style* of K. Jt AV, Collars and Cuff* and also complete line of sizes of Worllt's or Goshy s Linen < 'overed Reversible Paper t Til lars at Appel A Schuul'a Harnott liouso. Cois ci-nitig a |*i|milhi hotel in HavMiitiah, (in., the Florida Thin- Union say-: *\Vc iiotz* from the hotel arrivals h* published in tlie Mavatuiali |miteis, Unit the lluruett House still listds all Ihe other hotel* ill the city, lu lu<t they luive as inutiy n the (itlri combined. There i, a gn.nl nistali incut of Floridian* always rogi*teivs| tin re.” i loler Knit*, nil marked ill plain figure *, which will ,i.fon(*li you, for I llllitiell. Itoysaud lienla, Mi X Hrlmul'ii Nt'ft hpfiuji Htyl*** iii Hmi*. Km nidhitiji <•<*!, vW , ni A||*d A bciuiul #, ioi < LCDBEX A BATES S. M n MARRIED'! To those who contemplate matrimony we would suggest an investigation of our f ac ii[, ti° s for supplying Wedding Invitations and announce, ments. We do the fi nest grade of copper-plate engray. ing, and at lower prices than tlie old established firms 0 J tlie East. We show samples of work and make quotations, guaran. teeing prompt and careful execution of orders. L. & B, S. M. H N. B. —Another large in voice of fine Correspondent'! Stationery jusi, received. AH the newest designs now iq stock. M I 1.1.1 \ EH Y. PLATSHEK'S! 13 BROUGHTON ST. OUR GRAND ARRAY OF BARGAINS Has become tlie universal talk of this ecouo mizing public, for a better selection of values and their exceedingly low prices cannot be found elsewhere. dVL X LLINEEY I MW) DAWES' White, Black and Tan < -L I ored Straw shapes at 'Sjc ; cheap foj 3Ke. *,\2o(> Ijftdies* AV bite, black and (’olored Milai Straw shajies at .V>c: worth fully 75c. I.HOO C’hudren's Trimmed Straw Hats, in all colors, for school wear, at afkr. 3.0110 Misses' Trimmed Straw Hats, in rougt and tine straws, worth everywhere 75c; ui will sell them for 50c. 5.000 assorted Misses' and (.‘hildren'i White Fine Miltins. in every conceivable sbaj* for this season's wear; lowest prices guaran teed. ti'o bunches French Flowers, of the nobbiest combinations, at 50c a bunch; grand valueevei at sl. 50 cartons Ostrich Tins, styles pretty and full, only 50c a bunch; wortn elsewhere 75c. 1 ,(VK> piect‘s Ribbons, in every width, quAlitf and shade, at popular prices. Gloves. Mitts, Gloves. Being the acknowledged headquarters foi these goods we open this, as seasons heretofore with an unusual large line, embracing all styles known. 20 dozen ladies' (> length Jersey Lisle Gloves, in tans, 15c per pair. :•) dozen ladies' 0 length Black and Tan Pure Silk Jersey Gloves 50c per pair; worth exactlj 75c elsewhere. •H) dozen Ladies' Hdength Black and Tn Heavy Stitched Backs Taffeta Silk Gloves only 50c p r pair; worth fully H7e. 3)0 pairs Ladies'Bilk Mitts at 25c; cheap fc*i 50c. 475 pairs ladies' fidength Jersey Silk Mitts al 50c: in all the shades of the season. Also, grand line** of Indies' and Children J ft loves and Mitts in all the richest tints at tin very lowest prices. Grand Line Laciias’ Muslin Wear Infants' Long and Short Slips, Ladies’ and Children's Aprons Ladies and Children’s Neckwear, In Ruching. Lace Collars and Linen Collars, al bargain prices. I*. S Country orders promptly and care fully Attended to. — MVIJX MULES FOR SALE. SIX MULES In first-clans condition. DIXON & MURPHY 6 DRAYTON STRLET. sIOV KS. Oil & Gasoline STOVES. A FULL LINE OK THE BEBT MAKES Cornwell & Chipmai) ODD KKLLOAVS IRON WORKS. Mctoonoji & BaUanUM, IRON FOUNDERS. Murhinisls, Boiler Millers sod -MAxurACTt-Rtna or STATIONARY and ROUTABLE EN'dS VERTICAL UNUER UI'NNER TOY RUNNER CORN MILLS. S2UGAK MILLS and RANG ' rt “a*>*<• Uh *nli all of th” hott .""•'C"' 1 f n *V- ir v and n: lo’ Also Agent* l• >r tli* • l*“-y vu.ivrntaa ,H],vin* Wuiks. and Old hnßn.vc'l L-’ l ’ l Boiler Kred'T. ' II ord’MN promptly tfttcu l. a. McCarthy, Huorewoi-1 t.'ha*. E. Wakcfi*' 1, * - (-,1 a 1 Moot BAM AXFaK. GA Tclepln#ue 574. At.HI! I LTI' HVL I.M I'l.l '• 1 N l '. Cultivators • CHEAPEST AND BEST. row hau Weed & Cornwell, State of Weather.