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2 A HOT Ml) OF SENSATION. ATLANTA FURNISHES SOME VERY RACY READING. ▲ Negro Company Tender? Gov. Gor don Its Services as an Escort to the Washington Drill A Prominent Rea! Estate Agent Takes to His Heels - The Forsyth Prohibition Case Decided .Against the Temperance People The Salvation Army Barracks Project on a Boom. Atlanta. Ga., April 15.—The following Supreme Court decisions were handed town to-day: City of Conyers vs. Kirk & Cos.: from ttockdale. Affirmed Mrs. L. F. Ayeock vs. John Runnolds; from Rockdale. Affirmed. Livingston et al. vs. Langley; from New ton. Affirmed. Turner et al. vs. the Mayor and Council of Forsvth. Affirmed. This was the Forsyth prohibition case, the facts of which were Wired the Nkws last night. In sustaining the court below the Supreme Court said it was simply because the complainants had a remedy by certiorari, and therefore the court below was l ight in refusing the extra brin iary writ of prohibition. •hi the merits of the case he said that the ordinance com plained of was invalid and could not. lie en forced bv the City Council. It is likely the Forsyth City Council wilf accept tins as final and abandon the ordinance. INTERSTATE AGRICULTURE. Pursuant to a call issued some weeks ago by Commissioner Henderson for a prelimi nary conference to be held here to-day by those interested to confer as to the expedi ency of holding an interstate agricultural convention, a large meeting was held in the FVmn'e chamber this morning There were gait. Gov. Gordon, J. T. Henderson, missioner of Agriculture; Samuel Bar of Wilkes; W. L. Peek, of Rockdale; ;. Harrell, of Webster; W. H. Felton, of on; John A Cohb, of Sumter; G. W. Jordon and J. P Brown, of Pulaski; A. C. Greer, of Bibb; J. O. Waddell, of Polk; I* F. Livingston, of Newton; J. B. Jones, of Burke; Primus W. Jones, of Baker; T. J Flake, of DeKalb; A. D. Candler, of Hall; ■V A Stewart, of Henry; J. Y. Curmiolmel. of Coweta; G. W. Benson, of Cobb; R. W. Everett, of Polk; C. H. Smith and J. 0. (McDaniel, of Bartow. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTED. Hon. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agri culture of South Carolina, and Messrs. Cammoud and Wolford, of Spartanburg, Were present and ware invited to partici pate in the proceedings. Gov. Gordon was called to the chair and extended a welcome. Congressman Candler presided the greater poi ton of the time, the Governor being trailed into the executive office. It was de rided to hold an interstate convention at At lanta on the third Tuesday in August.. The convention is to he made Up of delegates of one from each bounty in the States of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi. Arkansas, Tennessee. Louisiana and Texas. The object will lie to consider file condition and wants of agriculturists, Inquire what legislation, State or national, needed and investigate such measure's as will advance the fanner and interest and pro |onote the general prosperity of the several States. CONDITION OE THE CONVICTS. E. T. Khubriok. assistant keeper of the penitentiary made hi;, monthly report to Hie Governor to-day of the condition of the teonvicts .in tlw oa.nps for March He re torts the*camps and convicts in good condi tion Out of 1, ‘3 •> convicts the percentage of sickness is less tiffin 1 ' 4 . Moses Bentlv, Captain of the Georgia Cadets, of Atlanta, a coloi-ed company, has (formally offer"; the company as an •■mxirt to •he Governor on his trip to Washington at the national encani|mient It is lielieved that somebody lias put up a job on Moses. A. H. Hutchinson w as to-day commissioned Second Liefltenaut of the Hancock Van guards. The Governor today- offered a rewai'd of $l5O for the arrest, and delivery to the Sheriff of I'ulasici county of Ben F. Wil liams, indicted for forgery. FLIGHT OF A REAL ESTATE AGENT. John Kershaw, of thti city, has sworn out n warrant against R. H. Knapp, for ycatv. a prominent real estate dealer hero, ehargirg him with lar.-eny after tinst. The v.-ufranr he it t that two years ago Mr. Knapp -old u la uttAfi lo for All. Kerehaw to James f. Harrison of thiaerty m-i <■ ule.-t •! ism: KatuLaM, mMcb :h>' --i-iiin. so. All efforts of Bailiff Owens to serve the warrant on Knapp have proved fruitless. He cannot be found, and his friends assert that he has left the city for parts unknown. Mr. Knapp came to Atlanta from Canada several years ago, and, being a well-educated man of genial manners and shrewd business sense, soon tnalc a host of friends and won tlie confi dence of the business community, which he retained until within a recent period. It is rumored that he has been guilty of much other disreputable conduct,, which will come to light soon. THE SALVATION ARMY BARRACKS. The Salvation Army have concluded to Bert permanent barracks in this city. Capt. la Brack** - announced to-night, at a crowded meeting that W. I*. Findluv, W. P. Italian. W. A. Moore. J. B. Hawthorne, George Muse, L. P. Grant and Green T. Dexia all prominent men of means, liarl lioen choeen as a Board of Tru-d/es to build the barracks. Th<* Captain also stated that •5 ,000 has been raised for the object, atui the trustees say that the sum will not be enough and that they will raise #25,000 to put up a Darrackß. SWINDLING ALLEGED. Photographers Take Negatives but Fall to Deliver Finished Pictures. Hoboken, Ga., April 15. Two men, claiming to represent the photographic es tablishment of B. F. Goth well, of Thoinas ville, are going the rounds of the saw mills in this section baking photographs, for which they collect in advance. They forward tlie negatives to Thomas ville and promise their patiDns that they will receive them in a week nii-ely finished. During a lour day’* stay in this town they reduced the exchequer about $25. After waiting p tiently nearly a month for the arrival of the coveted pictures without, receiving them citizens wrote to B. F. Gotliwell, who informed them the parties were indebted to him and that he held some negatives of theirs which he would not finish; oonse nuently we are minus our cash. They played i.... game at. other mills, and recent leads us to think they are oper jUting at; ' sent between Wayerous and Ha VgUOAh. 1 They are middle-aged men. well ffnMtd, apparent i v foreigners, act In a very misiiMw 'ike manner and invariably suc wwea in their imposition. A GROWING COAST TOWN. Points About u New Railroad and Ooeeip About Personal Matters. Ckdab Kjcy, Fla., April 14.—The Board ol Trade has been fully organized, directors el* -'ted and committees appointed. The early building of the railroad from Hi milord to this plane liecomt* more certain •lay by day, and a bill is now Ixffore the Ix-gisiatsm- to cliarUu' a mail from Daytona via * ('Vila to Cedar Key, Tluw is no doubt that tiie eioallanctc* of soil, timlier and re pairce* of tills section have at last attractmi the attention of jMnS|x-tiiiK capitaJists and the rxiuntry will mum Iw ds>velo|id fully. New UprUgi Htfle* Ui lists, (Mias' Furnlsking otv., u( Appel a Schaui , l(el CviwruM tI#SSA MACON’S FORGER. Mickle.iohn Secures a Postponement of the Hearing Till Monday. Macon. Ga.. April 15. —Yesterday after n in Off!-or Goodroe arrested Frank M. y: i klo.iolin at the home of his father-in-law, J Adamson, near Tatnall Square. He was arrested on the charge of attempting to forge a check on the Exchange Bank signed "Central City Ice Company. Abe Ellis, Manager.” The check was presented at the Exchange Bank by an unsuspecting country man named Welch. Abe Ellis, manager of the ice works, swore out a warrant against Mieklejohn and he was lodged in jail. He was carried be fore Justice Freeman this morning and asked a postponement of the hearing until Monday. He was placed under a SSOO bond. Failing to give this he was recom mitted to jail. Mieklejohn stood opposite the bank while Welch went in to present the check. Tiie officials pronounced it forged, and Welsh then pointed out of a window to Mieklejohn as the man who had told him to get it cashed. Mieklejohn rail away.at the approach of officers, but was subsequently arrest-si as stated. COLUMBIA EXCITED. The Mere Whisper of a Railroad Starts Talk of a Boom. Fort Gaines, Ga., April 15. —1 tis learned that Columbia, Ala., is o tsiom and that much excitement | >erv cs that quiet little town over news br< 'lit by Capt John T. Davis, who has just eturned home, of the certainty of the extension of the Southwestern railway from Blaklov,Un. to their place. They feel ■•oiifident now of a bright future for their town and e very is sly w eal's a smije It will probably cause an ml vanee in the value of real estate Capt. Davis and Mr. Koonceare the lucky owners of such as will he in immediate demand. The weather is warm and dry and rain is nun'll needed. Farmera are complaining tliat the ground is too hard to plow, though some are planting. The cold did but little dam age to fruit and gardens. STARKE ITEMS. Returning Visitors—The Pennsylvania Orange Grove Company. Starke, Fla., April 14.—We are having quite an influx of visitors at present, many of them from South Florida, where they have been spending the and are now returning. Some members of the celebrated Pennsyl vania Orange Grove Company are here, having just arrived. This grove is situated north of Starke about two miles, and con sists of lUO acres in vigorous trees, which are gradually coming into bearing. The com pany contemplate adding 100 acres more of orange trees to this already mammoth grove, which will make it the largest enterprise of the kind in the State. Rev. Dr. Armstrong, of Pennsy-lvania, has instituted a lodge of Knights and Ladies of Honor here, made up of many of our best people. This is the first lodge of this order m the State. Strawberries are not bearing as they should, although shipments continue. The cold east winds cause the plants to shed then bloom. A colored man near here set out three or four acres in berries, anil has already re alized between S3OO and S4OO oil the same. He has not paid out one cent for commer cial fertilizers, but made all used on his place. He has quite a curiosity in the w-ay of help in his strawlierry field. Criekets get under the straw-bedding around the plants and destroy and mutilate many of the her vies, and this mail's children are daily em ployed in killing the pests. Their little dog accompanies them to the field and has learned to tap on the straw with his fore foot., which, frightening the cricket, causes him to come to the surface for observation, when he is pounced upon and crushed by the jaws of the industrious little canine. This lie keeps up as long as the children re main with him. He kills three crickets to the children's one. THE SUWANNEE AND GULF. A Liberal Donation of Land by the Town Improvement Company. Cedar Key, Fla., April 14.— Mr. H. C. Benson, connected with the Eagle Pencil Company of New York, has been on a visit to our city for a few days. He was for sev eral years a resident of this place, filling while here various posts of honor and re sponsibilitv in the city government, The lands of the Florida Town Improve ment Company in this place have been placed on sale, and the town is now enjoying a steady cotue-to-stay advancement, which will place Cedar Key in the foremost rank of Florida towns. The company, owning the greater part of Cedar Key, and almost the entire water front, has made a liberal donation of lots, lands, right of wav and water front to the Suwannee and Gulf railroad,to he built from this place to Branford, where direct connec tion wit h the Savannah, Florida and West ern railroad will furnish anew and an air line from Savannah to the Gulf of Mexico and the west coast of Florida. The titles to this valuable franchise are now in the hands of the incorporators of the new road, who are sanguine of the early construction of their line. <>n Monday evening, at the Episcopal church, Mr. Walter K. Haile and Miss I ,con tine Lockett were married. The church was tastefully and beautifully decorated with evergreens and flowers. A large crowd was present to witness the nuptial ceremony be tween two of its most prominent and popu lar young members of society. Chicago’s Windfall. Chicago, April 15. —To-day in copying and renewing the public records partly burned during the great fire of 1371 an em ploye of the City Clerk’s office made a sensational discovery. It was noth ing less than a deed to the city of a twenty-foot strip of property, which now forms the South dock, Chicago river, stretching from State street cast nearly to the lake, a distance of about half a mile, through one of the most valuable districts in the business portion of the city. The prop erty is worth several million dollars. The Bivouac in New Hands. Louisville, April 15.— The announce ment is made here this afternoon by t he pub lishers of the Southern Bit'ovae magazine, devoted to war pujiors and Southern char acter sketches, that the monthly lias Usui purchased by the Century Company of New York, and that, commencing with the May numlier the periodical will be issued from that house. The Century Company become* possessor of the cuts, etc., belonging to the Bivouac, and will fill unexpired subscrip tions under the former owners. A Letter Pouch Robbed. Louisville, April 16. was discovered this morning that the New Albany closed pouch which left the Louisville post office at <l:4o,o’clock last evening was robbed at the Jeffersonville. Madison and ludiauapolis railroad depot last night. The pouch was found ujxm the plutfonu cut. ojsui and rifli-I of its contents. The extent, of the loss is not yet known. Cattle Muet Pay by Weight. Chicago, April 15.—The Northwestern railway lines today made an impirtant change ill freight practice by din? ling that hereafter charges for live stool trunqsirta Roll U‘ by the hundred pounds instead of by tiie carload as hen tofort'. This d-s-s away with all discrimination and imitroversy re gardiug tlx* size of cars furnished shippers. Suicide on the Eve of Hanging. Hl’lMl'K, Cal, April 15 Michael K>-fe, the wife murderer who was to l I tango I to •lay, int his throat with a |sa ketkiil7e ye let dm morning II ■ resist*?l the efforts of |h> virgin, to * Ires# the wvunl and died yes torday uitornwoii SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, APRIL 16. 1887. A PAPER OFFICE RAIDED. Masked Men Wreak Vengeance on an 1 Obscene Print at Troy. Troy, N. Y., April 15.—A gang of un- j known men, said to U' Knights of Labor, raided the office of the Oirl, an o’oscene j weekly publication in this city, this morning. I The proprietor, John Pan - , was not on the premises at the time, and the only person round by the alleged Knights of Labor was the foreman, Carlos B. Conant. He savs that the men, who wore masks, after asking him one or two questions beat him over the head with clubs until he became unconscious. When he reeot#red conscious ness he found the type all pied, the cases dumped, the rack's and imposing stones broken and general chaos. Recently the Owl has been noted for the virulence of its attacks on the Knights of Labor, and Fore man Conant claim.' that he recognized sev eral of the attacking party as members of the order. DEAD IN HIS CELL. A Doctor Charged With Poisoning His Wife Commits Suicide. Milwaukee, April 15.—Dr. Brail, of Dodgeville, Mis.. who was arrested a few iveks ago charged with having poisoned Uis w.ic m secure insurance amounting to $lO,- < * Kt. died in jail this morning. It is sup |ri'"d that he committed suicide This note ias found on him: "I feel as if I was about t" tuk • a change of venue to the Supreme Judge on high. If so. the Judge is just and iimr 1 inclined to mercy. lam feeling very I •ally. My heart soems to have quit work to-day. Don't let them remove me from jail to die.” J )r. Bruil was a leading physician and pol itician. BURNING DRUGS. An Explosion Following the Fire In jures Two of the Clerks. Milwaukee, April 15.—The wholesale drug store of Charles Baumbach & Cos., on Market square, (flight fire accidentally in the cellar this morning and was completely destroyed. The loss on stock is $150,000. The insurance is onc-half. The loss on the building is $22,000, and the insurance $15,000. Two clerks were badly burned by an explosion which almost instantly fol lowed the outbreak of the fire. One will die. COMMERCIAL CRASHES. Dun & Cos. Report Failures Decreasing in Every Part of the Country. New York, April 15. —The business fail ures throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported to R. G. Dun & Cos. ’s Mercantile Agency to-day by telegraph, number for the United States Mb, and for Canada 2t*. a total of 175, as compared with a total of last week, and 2£i the week previous to last, and 182 in the corres ponding week of last year. Business casual tit's are on the decline in every section of the country. In New York city there were only two insignificant suspensions this week. New Orleans Races. New Orleans, April 15. —To-day’s races here were as follows: First Race—Seven-eighths of a mile Charley Marks won, with Probus second and Miss Paly third. Time 1:3014. Second Race One and one-eighth miles. Fa vor won. with Gov. Bate second and Weeks third. Time 2:05. Third Racb - One and one-fourth miles. With now won. with Volcano second and Hindoo Rose, third. Time 8:11%. This is the best time ever made over this track for a 3-year-old with weights up. Focbth Race One and one sixteenth miles Our Friend won, with dlandy Andy second ami Watchelll third. Time 1 l.Vi Supposed to Have Defaulted. Hoboken, N. J., April 15.—Water Com missioner Murphy is missing. His office is in much confusion, and there seems to he but little doubt that lie is a defaulter. His accounts have not lioen examined during the nineteen years lie has held office. The amount, ranm it be ascertained, but it is be lieved to be large. Ruling Out Bogus Butter. Dover, Del., April 15.—The Senate passed this morning the House bill prohibit ing absolutely th“ manufacture and sale of all kinds of imitation and adulterated but ter. Roach’s Atlanta All Right. Washington, April 15. The Secretary of the Navy says the cruiser Atlanta will probably be accepted on the result of her last trial. A NICE HORSE STORY. It Carries Its Own Moral, Which is a Most Excellent One. From the Chicago Herald. On Madison street one day I paused to pat the nose of a beautiful horse which stood by the curb and to commiserate his misfortune. For this lieautiful animal, though sleek of coat and shapely ift body and limb, was ap parently suffering most excruciating tor ture. His head had been checked inhuman ly high, and the cruel bit, drawing tightly in his mouth, disfigured an animal face <if unusual charm and intelligence. 1 fancying that the horse had begun to under stand and appreciate my words of sympa thy, when the lady who sat in the carriage holding t.he reins fumbled in her picket, produced a lump of white sugar, and asked me to give it to thy horse. "He is very fond of sugar,” she ex plained, "and 1 have quite won his heart hv reeding it to him. I always carry sugar in my junket while out driving, and give him a lump at every opportunity. I never knew a horse to lie so fond of sugar. Will you please give him another lump.'” “Certainly,” I replied. “1 see that you are quite as fond of the horse as he is of sweets.” “Yes, I think everything of him ” I “Then why do you torture him?" I “Torture my Prince.'” “Yes, that is just, what you are doing. Do you not know that the poor animal suffers agony because his heart is checked so un naturally bight His neck is drawn out straight, producing a most ungraceful angle, he holds his head awkwardly, the bit is hurting his mouth, and that graceful cur vatu re of neck "and carriage of head which arc his in nature are now entirely lost. Why do you check him so high'” She didn’t know. She was not aware that high checking was a source of pain to horses, nor that it destroyed their natural lieauty. She was amazed at the discovery. “May I trouble you to loosen his check?” she asked. When the strap was ininraiiped the horse immediately lowered his bean, straightened the cramps out of his handsome neck, shook himself to be sure that he had actually been released from bondage, and then looked round with such a grateful, delighted ex pression in his intelligent eyes that liis mis tress declared no more checking straps should be used upon him. A Well Paid Artist. From the Sew York Sun. The liest paid artist in the American Opera Companv is Mr. William CandiduH, who receives jif.dGH n week. Mr (’aiididus was heard in New York some twenty years ago in a performance of “Dor Freischutz,” given in German in the Academy of Music. Mine. Parana Rosa was “Agathk” and Mr. (’aiididus "Max," and the chorusen wen* sung by the Arum Society, Inter on Mr Candi'llis went to ElirO|ie to study, and in |v*l lie returned to America to take part in the music festival iietd at the Seventh Uogi ment Vrniory under Mr Thomas'direction. F’|a' liis lalsirs during tills and lasi season Mr. Candidas has lsui pud. thus far, clone u(k hi s4s.<>>i. A goodly share of his aura lugs will !■ invest*?! In the new house lie is now building in Frankfort on the Maine, w here he has sung 111 op-i a for a long while, nod where lii' plopose, , apparently, to end his day , amid a genial and udiuii nig popu ktUvn A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENT. Watching a Drop of Water for Eight Years and a Half. From th" ls<nd'r Telegroph. Rev. Dr. Ballinger, Pridentof the Royal Microscopic Societv, re vntly delivered an address which gives an example of the ad mirable and unceasing devotion shown by our best scientific men. After dwelling on certain recent improvements in the con struction of lenses, the President, on the oc casion referred to. proceeded to describe a series of experiment.- which lie ha- conduct ed for nearly ten faithful and |>atient years. Long ago Darwin expressed the opinion that if we would actually observe and de monstrate the manner a which living crea tures adapt themselves, by inward and out ward modification-. to changed circumstan ces, and so produce what are called new species, it must be by watching the lowest and least visible organisms. To such a task Dr. Ballinger set himself. His project was to place and keep under his lens several va rieties of those minute monads, which are incessantly multiplying by fissure or divi sion. and which are'nearly at the bottom of animated nature. The generations of these creatures succeed each other about every four minutes: so that in the course of ail hour he can view the passage of fourteen or fifteen generations, w hich would answer to something like 450 years of human history, while a day of monadic existence would represent more than 10,000 of our years. These monads live in water, and by connect ing the drop that serves them for a habita ble and roomy ocean with the ingenious ap paratus of Prof. Schaefer, the temperature of this drop can be either kept constant or raised very slowly, and with absolutely steady precision. Here, therefore, were the conditions requisite for gradually altering the climate in which these monads throve; and, if it could be proved that such tiny in fusoria could indeed he slowly accustomed to changes greater than would lie suffered by animals removed from the equator to the pole, then bright and trustworthy light would be cast on the modifications of life which we see arrived at on the earth, and Darwin’s great law would lie largely re moved from theory to recorded fact. To carry out so very delicate an investigation, however, it would have to !>e prolonged for months, and even years, in order to imitate the immense delitieratiou with which nature herself accomplishes every • substantial change in her highest productions. Night and day, winter and summer, the patient gaze must be fixed oil those merest specks of silvery life which had to be nursed into new conditions of existence. The slightest acci dent to the apparatus might in one moment render the whole experiment void and leave the drop of water as iiteless as these islands would l>e it another glacial period suddenly arrived. The only reward, on the other hand, for successful and almost incon ceivable perseverance would be the discov ery of truth, anil the re-enforcement of Darwin’s sublime generalization. But, for the sake of these, which always satisfy the noble ardor of science, Dr. Ballinger has given as many years of bis life as was spent ny the Greeks in the siege of Troy, and has apparently won a scientific victory, the value of which is a- signal as his ingenuity and devotion are admirable. We will endeavor very briefly to describe the method and the outcome of liis most re markable experiments. The group of mi croscopic monads were put under the lens in a well-fitted water eel! at their usual tem peratiireof 40' F.. the apartment, the appa ratus and all around being carefully kept in precise unison. The doctor t hen spent the first four months of his observation in*rais ing the temperature time after time by stages less than one-sixth of a degree, until his swarm of potozoa had reached the now and advanced reading of 70’ F. The change, nevertheless, had no more disturbed them tlian that experienced by a British family when it migrates to bunion or Gape Town; the life liistory ol each group remained un altered; they moved, gyrated, fed and split themselves into new individuals and in just the same manner, aid within much the same periods as he fore. When, however, three more degrees had been added to the 70’, the monad- showed signs of Iming de cidedly in-tom eninsi ed, They were neither as lively nor productive as formerly; yet, by keeping them exactly at this range during two quiet months, they regained their full vigor, and might he compared to emigrants who had become seasoned bv sur viving the first- hot spall in a tropical coun try. They could now stand—by gradual steps of increase—the enhanced heat of 7- , which was reached at the commencement of tlie twelfth month. Yet here, again, a long pause was found to he mice..wary; the new generations of those silver specks of life un iter the glass were not all alike strong enough to live and thrive What answers to sunstrokes and fever with us hud caused vacant space to appear in the water-drop, and it was only'when the monads showed themselves once more livelv and prolific by a long era of repose that the careful doctor administered a further dose of caloric. Du ring eight years and a half did he thus slowly and nnweariedlv proceed in the same course, augmenting the heat of their sur rounding element now anil then by slow and slight additions, pausing afterward for months to give the minute creatures time to accommodate themselves when signs were visible that they were under difficulties, and always going forward to new trials of en durance when they hail recovered. In this manner, after all those years. Dr. Dallinger brought his small patients to the astonishing range of 15H Fall., at which the latest, gen eration appeared “ns jolly as sand boys.” It is not [Kissihle to say how much farther their tiny constitution could have heen trained to defy increasing warmth, liecau.se the research was at this point accidentally terminated; but it. will be seen that the doc tor had brought the little jieople of his drop world to sii-tdn a heat nearly 100' higher tliau the flourishing |ioint of their ances tors, and species of which, if taken at the beginning, would have been completely and inirtuntaueously killed in water of 140°. When we have added that these minute sal amauders perished directly they were put back into their ancestral medium of 65 it will lie manifest that the indefatigable doc j tor hud, by the magic of science, effected a miracle of nature almost as striking as if the protocol mis navilis, which stains the Arctic snow with crimson, had been transformed into the grant grasses and feathery bamboos which clothe the burning sides of a moun tain under the equator. A Youthful Hero. Washington Diupatch to Chicago .Vet vs, Ati application has heen made to the Sec retary ol the Treasury fora medal to be given to a boy of 12 years under the law which permits ihose who have saved human life by heroic rescue to be so distinguished. The lad's name is Walter Kernochan. His father is a merchant of wealth in New York ami his uncle is Lorillurd, the tobacco manu facturer. Last fall, while wandering along the banks of the Shrewsbury river, in New Jersey, near his father’s summer home, the I toy's nurse, Annie Savette. fell into the water. She sank twice, Mini then, accord ing to the affidavits presented, the child, hearing her cries, ran to her assist ance, and, throwing off hi- coat, sprang into the st rerun, jwiSed her by the hair, held her head aisive water and swam ashore. He weighs less than sixty pounds, she more than 120, He is shown by evidence to be a phe nomenal immer for a lad of hisnge,andto have taken to tire water like n duck iielore he shi?l liis jiettienats. While the claim is f .'urdisl a* mm -ml. and there are -koptic* who cannot I? induced that such a lent could l' jm rl.irm,?i by a I>_v of Ids age and weight, it is pi'olmMe Hint he will lie given a iiindnl by the government, as lie lias already received one from the Human • Ksui' iif New York. The matter lias U?<ii roiomsi to a onnunitL?'consistiug •if Air Kiuilsill, tlie Kuis'i'iiitondoiit ol the Life Hn\mg Ser vin', K.tin ii4ii McCueainl Mr. Alortou, the Su|tcrnili tidi-nt of the Revenue .Marine. The Kngiullne Bouquet. At km Min s new perfume. This su|*rb did illation sweetly i*s!| fragrant Bw iw. flow era Bi *ghl jv web in u tvlUuu ol te'ipi luJ sg< w BERNHARDT IN A BLAZE. A Panic Averted in t.he Brooklyn Theatre. Fnmi thf Sew York Meriting JounuU. Sarah Bernhardt showed herself to be last night not only a great aetre*., but a hero ine, and her presence of mind saved the lives of hundreds of people in the Brooklyn Tlnsjre. The play was “Fedora.” and. as all thea tre-goers know, the scene in the first act is set as a drawing-room, with three double doors at the back, one supposed to lead to the street, the second one to “ Vladimir V bed-chamber, and the third, on the extreme left, to an ante-room. The unconscious body of “Vladimir” had been conveyed to his chamber, the doctor had come out and warned “Fedora" of Ins patient's dungerous condition ar.d retired, when the servant entered with a bottle of medicine. Jlme. Bernhardt as “Fedora’’snatched the bottle from the servant and knocked at the ante-room door. M. Fournier, who played “Dr. Louck," threw open the double doors and received the bottle from her, and told her that she could not see his patient, who was dying. Then he closed the double doors, Bern hardt sank in a seat near the front of the stage, and “Detective (fretch" went on ex amining the servant as to the manner in which their master had been wounded. Suddenly there was a crackling sound heard through the theatre, and a tiny jet of flame burst from the top of the door that had just l>een closed by the “Doctor.” None of the players saw it, as they all hail their backs turned in that direction. The crackling sound increased and the flames crept slowly up the scenery, spread ing as they went. Suddenly a woman shrieked and fainted, and was carried out into the lobby by two gentlemen. The people in the gallery had watched the flame spread, and some of them began to whistle and shout to the actors: “Look be hind you; the scene is on fire!” Then the entire audience rose to their feet, and women screamed while men shouted: “Sit down; there is no danger!” For a few moments the actors had been puzzled at the gesticulations of the audi ence, and Bernhardt was the first one to turn mnl see the blazing scene. “Allons, messieurs,” she cried, and sprang at the burning doors, while all the rest fol lowed suit. By this time the entire scene was burning fiercely and it looked as though the theatre was doomed. Bernhardt sprang at the door, and with her own dainty, white kid-gloved hands tore down the blazing canvas and stamped the fire out. By this time the male members of the company had recovered their senses, and, rushing at it, Messrs. Angelo and Decori did good service as amateur firemen All this time the audience was standing, awaiting developments. They behaved no bly, as only two or three started to leave the theatre. After a fierce battle of several minutes the Bernhardt Fire Brigade triumphed, and the flames were completely extinguished. The scene was ruined, and a black hole five feet long and two feet wdde in the door showed what might have proved the start ing of another Brooklyn Theatre disaster. After it was completely put out Bernhardt grasped the back of a chair with her black ened kid gloves and bowed to the audience. They responded by several rounds of the loudest applause ever heard in a theatre, and a man in the gallery cried loudly, “Three cheers for Bernhardt!” They were given with a will, and then those who had gone out into the lobby came back looking rather ashamed of themselves. The lady who had fainted returned with her husband and mother and took her seat. As soon as the audience was seated and complete order was restored, Sarah turned as pale as death, and, dropping into a chair, buried her face in her hands. For a mo ment it looked as if she had forgotten the actors and was about to indulge tn a good cry. The applause, however, seemed to stimulate her, and in a moment she proudly raised her head and glanced around in a queenlike manner. The scene proceeded without further in terruption until the close, and as the curtain fell Sarah was cheered again wildly. She simply responded by bow ing gracefully, and seemed relieved as the curtain fell for the second time. When the fire first broke out Manager John W. Hamilton was seated just behind a reporter in section Cof the orchestra. Both saw the flames at the same moment, and turning the reporter asked: “Why, what’s that?” Manager Hamilton at first sprang to his feet to go on the stage, but suddenly think ing that he had better remain where he was and calm the audience, he whispered: “Oh! don’t say a word. They can put it out on the stage.” Then he waved his hands to the audience, many of whom were facing toward the door, and shoutej}: “Sit down. There is absolutely no danger.” He stopped one or two men who were slinking out, and reasoned with them until they returned to their seats. Manager Hamilton said afterward, as he drew a long breath: “Whew! Well, that was a ciose call. When I saw the flames a cold chill ran up my spine. The audience be haved w-ell, but I never saw a greater exhi bition of pluck than that of Bernhardt, Most of the emotional actresses of the pres ent day would have fainted instead of tear ing down the burning canvas. “I knew there was really no danger, lie cause this theatre is thoroughly fire-proof, but there is no telling what might have hap pened if the audience had been seized with a panic. That is where the real danger comes from in case anything happens in a theatre. I have known a case where one man walk ing rapidly out of a theatre to catch a train has almost caused a panic.” As Manager Hamilton had just returned from behind the scenes he was asked the cause of fire. ♦ “1 have just made a thorough investiga tion,” lie replied, “and find that a ‘bunch light’ was placed too near the scene. A bunch light is a group of lights on a stand that can I*' moved to any part of the stage. When t he “Doctor” opened the door it rested against this light for a second, and the in flammable canvas, saturated with paint, ignited. It was fortunate that it was dis covered so soon." An Island With Nineteen Families. AVo m the I'it 11 Mall Gazette. The islanders of Tristan d’Aounha, al though isolated in the South Atlantic, have received the distinction of having a Blue Book devoted to them and their concerns. According to the latest report there are now on the inland lit families, comprising !)7 souls, namely: Aged men, and; aged women, . r i; men 30 yearn of age and over, 11; boys from 1-1 to 30 years of age, tt; married women, .‘1; widows (with large families), l(i; girls over 14 years of age, 30; children under 14 ycal's of axe, ;i0 of both sexes; total, 1)7. Some time stiice they sustained a disas trous loss, tho wlyileboat in which 15 of their men put to sea to intercept a |mish ing vessel 1 icing lost and every one Is ing drowned. Reduced in numliors in this way, they have lieou put to great straits. A | plague of ruts has also invaded the island and done great destruction to the potato crop. The vermin landed from a ship wrecked vessel which came ashore on the coast The government has considered the question of conveying the Maud.-in to the <'u|iv or Australia, but in the im-aniinio they have contented themselves with in structing a si l 11 1 of war to |iay an iiiuiuul visit to the island The islanders have a rule after the republican fashion, but they regard tin :u |\, s as under the English crown. I’eter \V. (ifc'ii, who was ship wreck'd on the island u I suit fifty years ago, is lit the hen I of the eoiuiiaiii'l y. KIESLING’B NURSERY, White* I Mull Itoiui. l)I.A)i1f fttujl KTK DUoUINK. CUT I fbiktlts fumlfcliet to oisler leave re tiers ol DA Via llUiMv comer Bull end \*Hk ■Uuvts IvdapUmo wall %L Ft'NTRAT, INVITATIONS. CHASE.—Died, in this citv. on the morning of the loth of April. IgW. at the residence of her son-in-law-. I). V. Esq.. Mrs. Mary A. Chase, of Chari - ton. S. C\, in the 71st year of her age. Her fri put and acquaintance, and of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Lebey. of Mr. ami Mrs. J. P. Chase and family, and of Mr. ami Mrs. P. C. Koteneau and family, and of Mrs. John I. Ward, are respectflilt)' invited to attend her funeral services at the residence of I>. V. Leliey, No. 190 Waldburg, near Jefferson street, THIS MORN INI lat 10 o'clock. Interment at Bonaventure. pt(T>ers please copy. PRATT —The friends and acquaintance of Mr. George Pratt, w ho was drowned near Ossabaw i Island, are respectfully invited to attend his fu neral THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON at Laurel Grove Cemetery at 2 o'clock. DOODY.—The friends and acquaintance of Mfs. Julia Doody and family, of Macon, Ga., and of W. J. Harty and family, are respectfully inetted to attend the funeral services of the for mer THIS MORNING at the Cathedral at 8:30 j o'clock. DEATHS. ROACH. -Dim! April 18, at 11 p. M.,at 178 Hull ! street, Henry B. Roach, formerly of Boston, j Notice of funeral hereafter. ■ i ii i- - NOTICES. BYYV.YAS! BAY AN AS! POTATOES! POTATOES! ONIONS ! ONIONS ! Will receive this morning: One Car Load. oo BUNCHES CHOICE RED AND YELLOW BA NANAS IN STOCK. 200 BARRELS. CHOICE BURBANK POTATOES. 50 BARRELS CHOICE RED ONIONS. FOR SALE (-HEP. J. S. COLLINS &CO. NOTICE. Neither the Captain nor Agents of the Aus trian Bark “Lincoln," Cattarinich, Master, will he responsible for any debts contracted by crew of said vessel. M. S. COSULICH & CO., Agents. NOTICE. All parties are hereby cautioned not to trust or harbor the crew of the German Bark “Juno,” as I will not be responsible for debts. E. F. LINDT, Master. SPECIAL NOTICE. A fine Lunch will he served TO-NIGHT from 7:30 to 10 o'clock at the Merchants' Exchange, 149 Congress street. Ml are cordially invited to call ami see me. CHARLES F GRAHAM, Proprietor. NOTICE. Office Savannah Gas Light Company, ) Savannah, Ga.. April 15, 1887. f An election for President Treasurer and eight Directors to manage the affairs of this Compa ny will he held on TUESDAY, the 19th inst., be tween the hours of 11 and 1 o'clock. A. G. GUERARD, President. Deviled Crab. Terrapin Soup. Chicken Salad. Lettuce Salad, Prawn and all the delicacies of the season will he served for Lunch TO-NIGHT at the Merchants' Exchange. 149 Congress street. C. F. GRAHAM. GRAC'D EXCI RSIOA: DELIGHTFUL SAIL ON THE SALT WATER, SUNDAY, APRIL 17th. STEAMER POPE CATLIN, CAPT. W. H. SWIFT, Will make an excursion, leaving Kelley’s Wharf, foot of Bull street, at 2 o'clock p. m., passing Bonaventure and Thunderbolt, through Warsaw Sound and lAzaretto creek and round Tybee Bell Buoy, giving passengers a flue view of the French man-of-war lying off Fort Jack son, and returning about 7 o'clock p. m Refreshments on board. FARE FOR ROUND TRIP, 50 CENTS. Tickets for sale at the Boat. 137T11 WATYERHARY OF THE I\lo\ SOCIETY, Bethesda Orphan House, Will he celebrated at BETHESDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1887. The anniversary address will he delivered by Rev. L. W. BACON, D. D., Of the Independent Presbyterian Church. The meeting will be held at 1 p m. Members and their families and friends, and those who have been Wards of the Society, and the public, are cordially invited to join in the celebration. A Band of Music will be in attend ance. and rooms in the Orphan House placed at tin* disposal of those who wish to dance. Railroad fare from Anderson street depot to Rethesda and return, 50c.; Children and ser vants half price. Tickets can be procured from the Managers and Stewards of the Society and at the usual places where tickets are sold. I)R. HE.YRY S <OLI)I\G, SURGEON DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. Graduate Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. ELECTION NOTICE. City of Savannah, ) Office Clerk of Council, > Ap’il 9th, if<K7. \ Under and by virtue of a resolution adopted by Council at meeting of April Oth, 1887. Coun cil will elect at it s next regular meeting, that is t: say on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th. 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. m.. WED NESDAY, APRIL 90th, 1887. By order of Council. FRANK E KEBARER, Clerk of Council. HI VIUYIIMi REGULATIONS. Office Health Officer, I Savannah, Ga., March 14. 1887. ( From and after this date, ami until further instructions, the following regulations regard ing vessels arriving at this port will be enforced; Ist. All ‘Heamsbips and vessels from South America. Central America, Mexico, West Indies, Sicily. Sardinia, ports of Italy south of k> degs. North latitude, Algeria and coast of Africa be tween in degs. North and 14 degs. South Inti tude, will be subjected to close quarantine and be required to report at tlie Quarantine Station. 2d. All steamers and vessels from foreign ports not included in section first, direct or via American ports, w hether 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 be re quins! to remain in quarantine until boarded and passed l>y the Quarantine Officer. Neither the Oaptain* nnr any one on board of such ren net# u'ulhe alUni'cd to come to t/u city until the, vessels are inspected and passed by the Quaran tine Officer. The quarantine regulation requiring the flying of the tpiarantine Hup on vessels subjected to detention or in*j>ecU<tn will be rigidly enforced. J. T. McI'ARLANP. Health Officer. i|l \K\NTI\E NOTICE. Office Health Officer, ) Savannah, April sth, 1887. ( Notice is hereby given that th<* Quarantine Officer is instructed not to deliver letters to ves nobi which an not subjected to quarantine de tent ion, unless the name of consignee and state j incut that the vessel is ordered to some other 1 port apjM*urs upon the face of the envelope. Tics order i, mad* nee*-Hilary in consequence of tin* enormous bulk of drumming letteie sent to the station for \**-i*lH which are to arrive. J i. McFarland, m and., Health (ir ot \k mm; notice. orrii'S llkai/ui OrricßN, I Havaxmah Hai < b 1887. ( Pilots of the Port of Havuimah hi** infuriat'd t list the Srtiwio Qiiaiaiitiue Mat ion will Is* oiien ed on APRIL let. IAC hpe**lal at but ion off fj* Pliote I* dtre* trd to No*. Yl end Ittb, Quarantine lu*guVfc U>n M*>si rigid enforcement of quarantine regula Uniis will be uislideumd by tfj* H“Hh aiitnoft UM I T Mi KAHI.A.SI< M |i . ’(<**:** Im notices. SIVASiUH WtMMiiir GAME REPORTED IN DETAIL AT Tm THIS AFTERNOON’ THEa ‘RF Doors open at 3 o'clock. 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