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CALHOUN FOR COUNSEL. WHAT ATLANTA HEARS AS TO GEN. LAWTON’S SUCCESSOR. A Convict Offers to Divulge Important Information If His Sentence is Short ened Pour Years -The Governor Still Looting Into the Requisition Muddles —Supreme Court Decisions. Atlanta, Ga., May 3. —At n joint meet ing of the Ladies’ Memorial Association and Confederate survivors this afternoon it was decided to put marble headstones over the 4,000 soldiers’ graves at Oakland, and a committee was appointed to raise the money. It is reported here by well informed par ties that when Gen. Lawton resigns his posi tion as general counsel of the Central rail road it will be tendered to Patrick Calhoun. A CONVICT'S VFFER. E. W. Petts, a convict in camp near Al bany, writes to the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary giving a graphic history, well written, of his life. He asserts that he was once a highly esteemed citizen of Hall coun ty. with a happy family, but was led into crime by wicked men, who blighted his life and rained his home. He is very repentant and will reform when he gets out. He sug- f eoted if his sentence is conunutethto four or ve yhars he will furnish evidence" to capture eleven long term escaped convicts, mentioning their names, crimes, sentence and the date of escape, and will further furnish evidence to convict a dozen or more desperate crimi nals who have never been apprehended. Fetts was convicted under divers uliases in Lumpkin county in 18*4 for horse stealing, and sentenced to twelve years. He escaped last year but was caught and four years were added to his sentence. Col. Tarver will investigate his proposition. south Carolina’s requisition. The Governor has requested Salem Dutch er, counsel for J. P, McNally, to be here Wednesday with McNally and his prosecu tor, and make a showing as to the genuine ness of that prosecution. He has also tele graphed Solicitor General Wright for a full statement in regard to the indictment against Stone, the policeman. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. The following Supreme Court decisions Were handed down to-dav: J. B. Holst vs. J. G. Bums et al., from the City Court of Columbus. Affirmed. Renter Dampier vs. J. G. McCall etal., from Brooks. Affirmed. John Aldridge, executor, vs. Mary A. Aldridge, front Appling. Affirmed. FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS. State Convention of the Knights of Labor—Two Regattas. Jacksonville, Fla , May 2.— The Grand State Assembly of the Knights of Labor assembled at Mechanics Hall this afternoon. The attendance of delegates from sub assemblies throughout the State was good. Organization was perfected bv the election of T. J. Mott, of this city, as Most Worthy Grand Master. Much routine business of a se cret nature was transacted. The mechanics’ lien law and other matters now before the Legislature, uffecting the interests of work men, were discussed and resolutions respect ing them passed. Another session was held to-iught_at Bowden’s Hall, at LaVilla, at which various standing committees were •■point'd and much other routine business Has transacted. mx the sub-tropical exposition. Write directors of the Sub-Tropical Expo held a meeting this afternoon at the Hurl of Trade rooms at which the stand committees report'd much progress in ways and means for insuring final success of the ent*rprise. Hub Bfcptious to the capital stock are coming in Several eligible sites for buildings have been offered. The hotel and transpor tation companies have responded liberally, and the prospects for a successful exposition are very bright. W. M. Dallam, doing a wholesale grain, hay and feed business, made an assignment to-day to A. Solary, assignee. The liabili ties are probably $5,000. The assets are nominal. THE INDIAN RIVER REGATTA, An excursion will loave here to-morrow morning h> attend the eleventh annual regatta and picnic of the Indian River Yacht Club, which takes place at Oleander Point, Indian river. The gallant yachtsmen composing the club have sent out" elaborate invitations, and will leave nothing undone to make the event a pleasant one for all who attend. Four hundred and fifty dollars in prizes for the victorious yachts have been subscrib'd, ranging from £2O to SIOO, and there will be a number of com petitive yachts from visiting clubs. An elegant dinner willl be served, air-address of welcome from President Andrews, of the club, responses by Hon. John T. Graves, of this city. Gen. W. H. Sebring, of Bronson, and others, and withal the day will be most enjoyable. Frank Wigktman, of this city, will take his yacht Hero down on a special oar, and expects to capture come of the leading prizes. I JACKSONVILLE'S YACHT CLUB. The annual regatta of the Florida and Ivereide yacht clubs, of this city , will come fon May 12. A number of spirited con sts are looked for. Competing yachts from Bt. Augustine, 'rnandina, Brunswick und Port Royal are : pec ted to enter. A MARRIAGE. Society circles are agog over the approach ing marriage of L. Hamilton, of Atlanta, to Miss Mamie Jones, a jxtpular young lady of tliis city. The event will take place to morrow evening at the Newnan Street Presbyterian church, the Rev. W. 11. Dodge officiating, after which a reception will lie given the bridal party at the resi dence of It. H. Jones, brother of the bride. The spring term of the Circuit Court con venes in regular session to-morrow. The civil docket is light, and it is expected that most of the term will lie consumed in the trial of criminal cases, which arc* numerous. Among the defendants are several charged with cupital offenses. Brooksvdlle Briefs. Brookhville, Fi.a., May I.—Recently Walter Gwynn, of Hanford, sold a largo number of acres of land to juirties in Rus selville, Ky. A rail mail meeting was held here yester day at 10 a. m. for the purpose of taking final action on the proposition of the Orange Belt Railway Conqiany to extend their line to BrooksviJle. Friday afternoon a fire was discovered in the kitchen of the WilsoVi House! of Bixtoks ville. hut soon the engines were in operation and it was extinguished. About six months ago the town purchased two Connelly im proved chemical engines for S9OO. A Break for Liberty. Blackhhkar, Ga., May 2.—Daniel An thony, after inflicting serious wounds on Jailer W. J. Booth, escaped from the county jail this afternoon. Marshal Tutan. after a lively rare*, overtook ami captured Dan, and returned him to his cell. St. Augustine’s New Postmaster. Washington, May 2.—The President has appointed Henry Gaillard Postmaster at Ht. Augustine, vice Mr. Cooper, resigned. Revisiting Old Battlefields. Norfolk, Va., May 2.—A party of eighty-three survivors of the Fifty-.sevent|h and Fifty-ninth Massachusetts regiments of vohuiteers, who served in the army of the Potomac during the late war, arrived hero by the Bouton steamer to-day. The pnriy were entertained by committees of the mili tary and citizens, and left on the afternoon train for Petersburg, where they will visit battlefields made famous by the closing mouths of the war. AUGUSTA’S ANNALS. Solicitor Wright 111 and the Black wood Case Not Heard. Augusta, Ga. , May 2.—Because of the illness of Solicitor Boykin Wright, the Su perior Court was not in session to-day and will not convene before Wednesday. There fore, the Blackwood case may possibly be staved off till after the halloas coraus hear ing. The charge under which McNally is held is that of stealing a dog from Oakman Ganter, not obtaining goods under false pretenses as has been reported. The alleged theft is said to have occurred three mouths ago. At any rate McNally is under bond for appearance. This case lias grown into national repute. The big dailies the country over are watching its progress and are ask ing to be posted on every turn of the trial. THE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. The Augusta Improvement Company, organized for the purpose of building rail roads, warehouses, cotton presses, etc., but really for the purpose of constructing the Augusta aud Chattanooga railroad, started a subscription list to its capital stock today and in a few hours raised SIOO,OOO. Thus insures the air line to Chattanooga. The City Council in regular session to-dav again refused the Coskery hotel people the privilege of building an arcade over the sidewalk on Jackson street. The idea was to erect a vestibule something like the Kim ball's. The Council refused even to listen to the architect for the purpose of explanation. There is more than one indignant citizen to night who severely criticise the discourtesy and unprogressiveness of the City Fathers. LEGGING IT AT LEXINGTON. The Spring Racing Meeting Opens With Four Lively Events. Lexington, Ky., May 2.—To-day’s rac ing events here were as follows: First Race- Three-quarters of a mile. Alle gheny won, with Rose second and Violet third Time 1:16m. Second Rack —One mile and a quarter. .Taco bin won. with l’oleen second aud Orvid third. Time Third Rack —One mile. Big Head won, with Mary Ellis second aud Brilliant third. Time 1:44. Fourth Rack—Half a mile. Perkins won, with Santalene second and 'Caststeel third. Time o:sO>£ RUNNING AT NASHVILLE. Nashville, May 2. —Alxmt (5,000 persons witnessed the opening day of the new West Side Park. The events were: First Rack— Three-quarters of a mile. Editor won handily, with I x*\vis Clark second, and Mamie Hunt third. Time 1:15. Second Race— Seven furlongs. Birthday won, with Aristocrat second, and Charley Marks third. Time 1:S0. Third Race — Half mile. Merei won, with Corrigan s filly second and Bertha third. Time 51 to Fourth Race— Five furlongs. Buck Hound won, with Ivanhoe second aud Annibar third. Time 1:04(4 Fifth Race— One and one eighth miles. Eg inont won, with Hottentot second and Big Three third. Time I :57Uj. Killed the Wrong Man. San Francisco, May 2.—Mrs. Herman Lyons was murdered on her ranch near Napa, Feb. 17, by a farm hand named Peter Olsen, who escaped, and for whose capture a large reward is outstanding. A report reached here Saturday that Olsen had been killed while resisting" arrest near Bakers field, Cal. An investigation shows, how ever, that the wrong man had been killed, the victim being M. H. Seibert, a farmer, who lately settled near Bakersfield. A Cotton Factory at Auction. Montgomery, Ala., May 2. —The Pratt ville cotton factory was sold at auction to day for $25,000, and was lwuglit by a com pany, of Montgomery and Prattville. The factory was doing a fine business and was worth $100,(XXI, when great damage was done to it in April of last year by a freshet, which washed away much of the building. Since then work has been suspended. The new eompany will put it into llrst-class condition at once. Down the Mississippi. St. Louis, May 2.—There has been sent, down the river since navigation opened early in February, for export to Euro)**, 4,212,672 bushels of corn and 1,459,088 bushels of wheat. These are official figures. WHAT MR. CLEVELAND REALLY SAID. Mr. Rickey, to Whom Senator Vest Talked, Gives the Interview in Detail. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Washington, April 28.—1 t seems that the person who gave the information about a Senator saying tiiat Cleveland would not run again was Mr. Joseph Rickey, of Mis souri, generally known in Washington. Said I to Mr. Rickey: “I have heard it suid that you gave the information that Cleveland had said that he should not run again f” “Yes; and I do not mind telling you all about it. Mr. George Vest, in a conversa tion at Chamberlain’s, after a good meal, talked freely about the President, and he was combating the views of others, who thought Cleveland was pulling wires for a renomination. What he said was so impor tant that I told Richardson and Jim Young, 1 wo writers for Baltimore and Philadelphia I then thought it was the proper thing to give un equal chance to Mr. Knapp, who writes for one of the Ht. Louis papers. Mr. Knapp used the matter; the otherx waited.” “Now, what was it that Mr. Vest did Bay?” “He said that he and Don Cameron had keen riding out Teuleytown road, and had encountered the President going to his Ib*d Top mansion. A day or two after that Mr, Vest met the President and had some con versation with him. The conversation hap pened on Wednesday, April 20. Mr. Vest told the President he was glad to have seen him on the road, and said: ‘You ought to go out more* for your health.’ The President said that ho could only afford to go out there two days in the week, though he would like to go every day. Said he: * I have to work at the details of this govern ment in my office, where the papers and in formation "art*, and I can not afford to take more than two days.’ Mr. Vest told the President, according to his statement, that he must keep himself in good trim anil be ready for the behests of the party, which would surely nominate him this summer a year. The President said, decidedly: ‘No, sir ; if I van get through this term of my office and leave the Democratic party in "a better situation than I found it, I' want them to nominate and elect some good Dem ocrat. I shall not consume my strength und health any further with the place.’ “This was said so emphatically by the President that Mr. Vest was astonished, and he told the President that he would have a walkover. The President intimated tiiat ho doubted if he could lx* elected in view of the hostility throughout his own party. But lie said that the work was wearing on his health and patience; that the details of the otllco required careful examination; that other people said he could delegate this work, lmt lie aid not see his way clear to do so. There was no way to understand the government but to look at it for one's owu self with one’s own spectacles. He repeated that he wanted to retire; that the calls upon him, the interruptions to his daily life, the sense of responsibility he carried, self-conscii >usni -ss and complaint ill the pert y, ail made him feel that one term of such office was enough for any man to have and live.” If the at>ove is anything like a transcript of what the President said to Mr. Vest it shows that the President cannot carry as stout a load of work us his predecessors have done. Is 1888 Amundabai Joshes, a high cast Brah min woman, entered the Woman’s Medical Col lege at I'hilailwipbia. Two years ago she was gradualist with the degree or M. I) Dr. Joshes luis recently died in Poona, Hlndoetaa. By her death India loses a valuable and earnest worker for the elevation of women. Wulle in this coun try Dr. Joshee wus a familiar figure in Boston, L>l Li socially aud as a speaker. She was very winning in bur manuer and was a brilliant scholar. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1887. MORE OF THE 11IGII-EU LAW THE SHOOTING OF M'NEELY BY THE SHACKELFORD BROTHERS. People Condemn the Brothers For Waiting- So Long Before They Slew - The Higher Law Ought to be Exe cuted More Quickly. From the New York Sun. New Orleans, April 27.—When, in No vember last year, Dr. T. G. Ford, of Shreve port, shot down the seducer of his wife on Canal street, in this city, his act was almost universally approved. Dr. Ford was ar rested, charged with murder. He refused to go to trial in order to keep the details of his wife’s infidelity fro‘m being exposed in the courts, and pleaded guilty of manslaughter. Immediately from all parte of the State came a demand that he lx* pardoned. Gov. McEnery himself called for a pardon. The press of the State, with one exception, urged it, declaring that while the law of Louisiana did not encourage or tolerate murder, “the higher law” and public opinion not only jus tified a man in shooting down the seducer of his wife, daughter, or sister, but made it his duty as a man to do so. So unanimous was the demand for Ford’s release that oil March 1(5 the Board of Pardons released him, and he left the Parish prison a free man and a hero. Within barely a month of his pardon another appeal to the higher law had been made, which is puzzling the supporters of that doctrine very much, and convincing them that it, like the statute law, needs some provisions and restrictions, nnd that it is sometimes dangerous to allow private ven geance to punish the crime of seduction. This latest murder, which is causing great, excitement on Red river, and may at any time be followed ly other homicides or a hostile meeting between the friends and families of the victim and the murderers, is the killing last week of N. C. McNeely by Gus and Walter Shackelford, for the seduc tion of their sister. All are of gixvl families, and both parties have many followers and partisans. McNeely is the nephew of C. C. Nash, one of the most prominent men in the parish. Sheriff in 1872, and leader in thut fearful political disturbance which on Easter Sunday, IST.'!, resulted in the death of over a hundred negroes, and is known as the Col fax affair. More than a year ago Mc- Neely, who was a married man at the time, seduced Miss Shackelford, and her seduction soon became known to her relatives. Public opinion required that they should slay the seducer, and the choice of avenging the wrong fell upon Gus Shackel ford, the brother. In eases like this, where an appeal is made to “higher law,” it is not necessary to give the victim any notice. The despoiler of female virtue, the destroyer of the home, is treated like a mad dog, and any close relative of the woman he lias ruined is justified—so says public opinion— in shooting him down as Ford shot Cunning ham, without giving him any chance to de fend himself. Accordingly, it was arranged that young Shackelford should conceal him self in the court house, where his " .tiler, who was Clerk of the court, had an office, anil as McNeely passed by on the way to his store should shoot him. McNeely" passed the retreat of the brothers. Gus Shackelford had his gun aimed at him; but fear, or mercy, or some other cause, prevented him from shooting, when he hail the seducer’s life in his hands, and McNeely escaped, Finding that the brother would not kill the offender, the Hhnekelfords contented themselves with insisting that McNeely leave the country, threatening his life if he remainod. He obeyed the order, and left Grant parish for four months. Then he began to npiiear at Colfax, the county seat, at intervals of a week or ten days, and finally made his stay there permanent. Gus Shackelford also had left the parish, bt re turned about the same time. For a While a shooting scnqie between the twr> mew was expected, hut ns days and weeks and months went by and they passed each otfiri* Without “an affair,” people began to feel eosv again and to imagine that the Shackelford* had determined to forget the affront find hot to revive the unpleasant story of the seduction. The tragedy of last week proves the error of thus belief. The Shackelford brothers, Gus and Walter, watched their chance with the dogged determination of slaying McNeely whenever a rare opportunity pre sented itself. On Wednesday last they lav in wait for him iu the very room hi which a year pre vious they had stationed themselves to kill him, and as McNeely passed the court house the two brothers opened on hint with their shotguns. There was no defense; there could be none. He died where he stood, iiis body showing eleven buckshot wounds, a majority in the hack. As McNeely hail many friends, public opinion naturally ran very high. The two -Sh ackelfords virtually admitted the killing, as they surrendered to the Sheriff. The lat ter feared to confine them in the parish jail, lest the McNeelys might break into it anil lynch or their friends and relatives attempt to rescue them. Such is the story of the murder. Are the two Shackelfords justified by “the higher law” is what cannot lx* determined by the advocate. Public opinion hesitates, and the Colfax Chronicle , which was willing to sup port Ford for killing the seducer of his wife, h not willing to justify the Shackelfords for killing the man who ruined their sister. It says: ,‘Had this killing taken place a year or several months ago, when hot blood ran high, the unwritten law of the land, which tolerates the slaying of a man who invades the sacred precincts of a home, would, in a measure, have condoned the crime in the eves of the public; but to wait and wait and wait, until the matter has become cold and clammy, and then to waylay the victim and kill him in tiie presence of his wife nnd fam ily in such a deliberate manner, is so horri ble to al! fair-minded people that they can not think of such a deed with any degree of patience. As it is, the condition of the un fortunate sister is made worse by stirring up fresh comment, and the two young men will have to go through life with the stain of a fellow creature’s blood constantly weighing them down, an:l the further proba bility of felon being branded on them.” If the Chronicle voices public opinion in Grant iiarish anil the State, ns it probably does, Ford was rightly pardoned, but the Shackelfords will be punished. The higher law must lie executed promptly. Dr. Ford himself waited some months before aveng iug his dishonor, mid the fact weakened his case in the eyes of many; the Shackelfords, who waited a year, waited too long, and are murderers, with no right to appeal to the "higher law.” In'view of these two eases, it is evident that the higher law will fiave to determine more accurately the time within which the seducer must be killed. Grandmother’s Sowing. From I he Queen. Sewing machines have revolutionized the working world; but when I see, as I only too frequently do, intelligent and otherwise well educated girls of 10, 12, aye, and older, tot), so ignorant of plain needlework that I would not cat e to use a pocket hand kerchief of their hemming, I do not feel quite sum that all innovations are improve ments. A lovely young doetreas of divini ty, or of law, or of medicine may be a very bewitehiiqr and fascinating personage, a potent evidence of the inarch of intellect; •nit it may lie permitted to grandmammas to doubt if a beloved and loving wife,a sweet de voted mother, skilled and deft in all woman’s work, be not, even though innocent of any tongue save her own, *he 1 letter of tho twain. But the world is wide enough for both. I have heard my own mother say that when she was seven she wore an Indian muslin of her own embroidery at a ball given by her parent- on her birthday; and the almost microscopically minute and deli cate old work in finest linen and cambric, and the marvellous “true darning” which I sometimes show to my young friends, cause bright eyes to ojien widely with aston ishment and almost incrislulity of what they hoc, so for is the perfection‘of neatness iii that ancestral stitching beyond anythiug now seen or attempted. HE DIED THE DEATH OF A HERO. A Freight Conductor Sacrifices His Life in an Attempt to Prevent a Dis aster. From the New York Sun. Brookfield, Mass., April 28.—A brave man lost his life while striving to prevent a great disaster on the Boston and Albany road near here yesterday afternoon. A freight train, climbing the long steep grade between South Spencer nnd East Brook field, broke apart near the former station, and tho rear ears start'll off at a speed that soon became terrific. There was no one on board the runaway cars to set the brakes. The grade continued steadily down hill for more than five miles to this town, and if the cars could not be stopped before reaching the station here they were sure to crash into an east-bound passenger train which was almost due. James Deblois was the conductor of the broken train. He signal) and his engineer to reverse and run back at full speed in pur suit of the runaway ears. The chase was instantly begun, anil the distance lietween tho two sections of the train rapidly lessened. The speed was so great, however, that Con - ductor Deblois dared not ruu up close enough to couple on to the flying ears, for the shock would probably have derailed both sections of the train and resulted in a general wreck. Brakemen partly controlecl the speed of the pursuing cars when the runaway sec tion was almost reached, and Conductor Deblois prepared to jump over the space be tween the two sections. He could then set the brakes on the runaway ears und get them under control while the other section of the train was being slowed down in the same manner. The two sections had coine within a few feet of each other in their mad race w hen Deblois decided to jump. He leaped with all his might across the chasm, but he fell short, anil dropped to the track below and was ground to pieces by the pur suing ears. The chase of the flying ears was abandoned by the horror-stricken train hands, and the sjieed of the locomotive was checked. The runaway cars kept on with still in creasing speed toward Brookfield. It was chance and prompt presence of mind that averted a great calamity. The wild cars had almost reached the East Brookfield sta tion when Baggagenmster James Corcoran, standing on the platform, happened to catch sight of them. He took in the situation in ah instant, and thought of the approaching passenger train, only two miles further on. He was within a few feet of a switch leading to on unoccupied siding. He ran to it, un locked it, and threw the lever just as the cars came abreast of him. The cars took tho siding nt first, but the speed was so great, that they could not hold to tho sud denly deflected roil, and they plunged in a heap down the bank and into> the marsh meadows. Ten cars loaded with potatoes, flour, bananas, and general merchandise wrecked, involving a lass of alxiut $20,(100. Conductor Deblois lived in Springfield, where he leaves a widow and two children. He was :54 years old, and“had had charge of this train for two years. “* BULLETS BY TELEPHONE. Some Curious Experiments Made by Prof. Bell. Font the New York Star. Paterson, April 29. —Prof. Bell, the tele phone inventor, is at present oa a visit to Paterson as the guest of I)r. Eli J. Marsh. This afternoon, in the presence of a number of prominent physicians gathered at the residence of Dr. Marsh on Market street on invitation of Prof. Bell, the professor made a number of very important and interesting experiments with the telephone In locating bullets in parts body. The professor had an unusually good subject to confluct his experiments with in the person' of Adolph Grube, a saloon-keeper, who about a month ago made a desperate attempt to commit suicide while bordering on delirium tremens. Grube fired two balls into his head, and was prevented from tiring more by his wife, who came oil the scene at the time. Grube is still living, to the surprise of the doctors, and his two wounds in the head have both healed up, and he experiences no trouble whatever from the lead in his head. The doctors, when Grube first shot himself, gave him a few days to live, and he was removed to the Ladies’ hospital. Grube was kept there a few days iu quietness, for the doc tore said tiiat it was what he needed to pre vent inflammation of the brain. Grube was not of that opinion, and so ho went home. Thus afternoon Prof. Bell located one of tho bullets and partly located the other. Heretofore the physicians had been unable to do this. The balls did not enter the brain but flattened against the skull. The Profes sor says that he is positive that lie has got the jxisitiofi of the second Iqiill. Tho other he is not positive about. (The instrument used was an ordinary earphone and a small instrument containing a coil of wire, just what kind the professor would not say, nor would he explain the mechanism of the lit tle instrument. This was passed over the head and the earphone kept to the ear. As soon as the coil of wire passed over the loca tion of the balls a curious noise was detect ed, whieh was given out at no other part of the head. The balls were near the wounds. After experimenting with Grube’s cra nium, experiments were made with a piece of roast beef, in which bullets were in serted. DR. SABINE’S CHANCE REMARK. Secret of the Popularity of the Little Church Around the Corner. From the New York Evenino Sun. “Of course,” said Col. T. AUstou Brown, the veteran dramatic agent and ex-critic, tho other day, “of course the popularity among actors of the Little Church Around the Corner is famously known all over the country. I doubt, though, if many recall the circumstances leading up to tho first funeral of an actor from that church, and I know there has always lieen a great mis conception of the subject. George Holland, ail excellent player and tho father of the pres ent George, died in this city Dec. 20, 1870. A committee of professional friends in charge of the funeral arrangements culled on the Rev. Dr. Sabine, of the Church of the Atonement, Fifth avenue and Twenty ninth street, and solicited his services for the performance of the funeral rites. It was at once widely published that when informed Holland had been an actor Dr. Sabine re fused to offii-iate, and even went so far as to contemptuously remark that he wouldn’t open his church for the reception of the re mains of a mere actor. “That report,” said Col. Brown, “had not the slightest basis sf truth. The facts are that a wedding was to take place in Dr. Sa bine’s church a little later on the same day, and the minister, conducting the committee to the church, showed them the emblems of joy already adorning tho walls and pulpit, and asked whether a funeral at nearly the same hour would bo appropriate. Thecom mittoe agreed that it wouldn’t. ‘But,’ added one of theirtnumbur.‘we can’t post pone the burial. ‘ What is to he done? •Well,’ ssid Dr. Sabine, reflecting a moment, you might trv the little church around the corner here. Dr. Houghton’s.’" “That was all them was to it. The com mittee had no difficulty in getting the Little Church Around the Comer—so christened, you see, by Dr. Sabine’s chance remark— and there the funeral occurred. But mean while the incident had been so distorted that much public feeling was aroused, and Dr. Sabine was very unjustly censured. The whole affair resulted, os you know, in es tablishing Dr. Houghton as the favorite minister with the profession, and it was the direct moans of swelling to vast proportions the benefit for the family of George Hol land. “Talk about benefits nowadays! I sup pose you think C. W. Coukteck’s advance sale ot $4,000 is big; but it wasn’t a marker to Holland s. Willie Winter had charge of tile affair, and after the performance Hol land's family were richer by $13,000, in vested in ft js-r cent, government bonds.” HER ARMS TORN OUT. A Frightful Accident to Mrs. Hannah Perrine in Jersey City. From the New York Sun. Mrs. Hannah Perrine, a widow 33 years old, who was employed as a packer in Loril lard’s tobacco factory in Jersey City, fin ished her work at about yesterday afternoon. With Mary Cosgrove, another packer, she stalled on a walk through the department to kill time while they were waiting for the paymaster to come along, when the young women reached the part of the room" where there is some machinery the hands employed there had finished, and the belting which had been thrown on the pulleys, was hanging between the machines a few feet from the floor. To rest herself, Mrs. Perrine sat in the belting as in a swing. The shaft which ran along the ceiling, ten feet above the floor, was revolving, and it is explained that in some way the woman’s weight had the effect to tighten the lielting on the pulleys. With her hands on either side of the belting, Mis. Perrine had begun swinging herself to and fro when she felt a jerk, and was carried towards the ceiling. Before she knew her danger she had reached the shafting about which the belting was being drawn. Both her arms were caught in the machinery, and both were torn from their sockets at the shoulder. She fell to the floor and the dismembered limbs, having been released from the shaft ing, fell by her side. The hands who saw the accident, which was all over in a few seconds, turned their heads in horror. The girl was carried into the firm’s office, and five physicians were sent for, but despite their efforts the woman died at 5 o’clock. Mrs. Perrine was a pretty brunette, and was a favorite with her employers and the hands in the department in which she worked. Her husband died four years ago, a year after her marriage. Her mother and stepfather are living, but her friends do not know where they are. They Accidentally Found His Money. From the New York Sun. Milwaukee, April 38.—A discovery of hidden treasure was made in the cellar of a house on the South Side. The gainers by the discovery are the family of Henry J. Peters, an old resident who died nearly a year ago, aged 60 years. Peters, who for many years kept a grocery and saloon, was always poorly dressed and bore the reputa tion of being a miser. When on his death bed he declined to make a will or give his wife accurate information as to his affairs, but told her that after his death she would find that he had loft plenty for herself and children. After the old man’s death the place was ransacked from top to bottom, but no signs of money, bonds, or securities of any kmd were found. Months went by and the heirs were in clined to give up nope. To-day, however, as the sewer had become clogged, workmen were engaged to remedy the trouble. On taking up the flooring of the cellar prepara tory to their work the men came across a heavy box, securely locked, and too heavy to be easily moved. On opening the chest it was found to be filled with gold coin— dollars, eagles, and foreign money—to the aggregate of $30,000. The Probate Judge was immediately notified. Weather Indications. —— ~| Special indications for Georgia FAIR North Carolina, South Carolina and East Florida: Fair weather, fol lowed by local rains, cooler, varia ble winds, generally southerly, shifting to northeasterly. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing 6p. m., May 3, 1887, 75th Meridian time. Districts. j Average. w ,„ ! Max. Min. ißain- ton. Tem P Temp faiil. 1. Wilmington j 9 86 55 0 2. Charleston I 6 84 51 0 3. Augusta 5 89 58 0 4. Savannah |l3 88 58 0 5. Atlanta j 13 89 57 0 6. Montgomery ! 8 89 04 0 7. Mobile I 7 88 68 0 8. New Orleans I 12 88 70 0 9. Galveston* 86 63 7 10. Vicksburg 2 86 60 11. Little Bock | 4 SO 59 53 12. Memphis | 19 83 68 Averages 1 86.3 60.9 j 05 'lnappreciable. Observations takon at the same moment of time at all stations. Savannah, May 2, 9:38 p. M.. city time. ! Temperature, j Direction. C' z Velocity. D Rainfall Naue of Stations. Norfolk CO, S 9 IClear. Charlotte 74 J S 6.. ... ( Clear. Wilmington 68 ( 8 jC'lear. Charleston 68 S Clear. Augusta 78,8 E i Hear. Savannah 08 S Ej ! Clear. Jacksonville 68 S E Clear. Key West 76 E 88.... Cleat. Atlanta 76 S E 8 Clear. Pensacola 72 S E 18 Clear. Mobile 74SEi Cloudy. Montgomery 80 S E Cloudy. New Orleans 74,S El 4 Fair. Galveston 74j S jIB Cloudy. Corpus Christ! ! | Palestine 06 NE 30 63 Th’nd'r st'm Brownesville J.. Rio Grande i ! | G. N. Salisbury, Signal Corps, U. S. Army. Using Them for Fifty Years. Arkansaw, Pepin Cos., Wis., Dec. 2, 18S5.—For upward of fifty years I have used Brandretii’s Piles. lam now near ly eighty years old and in good health. That my facilities are still intact is duo to this fact, and this only, that I have almost relied on Brandreth’s Pills to the exclusion of stronger medicines to restore me to health whenever either seriously indisposed or in great suffering from colds, backache, etc., and am deeply grateful, next to my Maker, to the blessed man who originated and placed within reach of his follow beings so simple and efficacious a remedy. For bilious derangements and kidney disturbances, their usefulness, in my experience, is particularly noticeable. Mrs, Favette Dixon. Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain and the little cherub awakes us “bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taut". It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re lieves wind, regulates the 1 towels, and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. 2o cents a bottle. At Eetill’s News Depot. Savannah Daily Morning News, It, Century Magazine for May, North Amer ican Review for May, Southern Cultivator for May, Outing for May, Budget for June, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Times, Evening Star, Philadelphia Press, Baltimore Sun, Bal timore American, New York Herald, World, Times, Star, Sun, Tribune, Graphic, Florida Tiines-Union, Nashville Union, Jacksonville Morning News, New Orleans Times-Democrat, New Orleans Picayune, Macon Telegraph, Augusta Chronicle, Cin cinnati Commercial Gazette, Ch irlestou News and Courier, Atlanta Constitution. Whose Boy Can go untidy or ill-dressed while B. H. Levy ,t ro. lead in variety of Boys' Suits and low prices? SWEET oil.. For Family Trade. Choice sweet oil. bottled cider. Choice FAMILY FLOUR in half laurels, OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, CHOICE lEA. FRED. M. HULL. MEETINGS. CHIPPEWA TRIBE, I. O. R. M. An extra meeting will be held at your Hall THIS EVENING at 8 P. M. All members are requested to attend. S. A. BORDERS, Sachem. C. F. M. Bernhardt, K. of R. TIIE GERMAN AMERICAN MITTAL LOAN VND BOLDING ASSOCIATION. The eighth (9) regular monthly meeting of this Association will be held at the office of the Sec retary. 107 Bay street, THIS (Tuesday) EVEN ING,'at 8 o’clock. JOHN SCHWARZ, President. S. L. Lazaron, Secretary. I'NITEO HYDRAULIC COTTON PRESS COMPANY. Savannah, Ga., May 3d, 1887. A meeting of the stockholders of this Com pany will be held THIS DAY at 12 o'clock M., at the office of the Savannah Cotton Press Asso ciation, No. 104 Bay street, down stairs. J. B. RIPLEY, Secretary. UNION ROAD CO. A meeting of Stockholders of Union Road Cos. will be held at the office of Wm. Neyle Haber sham on SATURDAY NEXT, the 7th May, at 12 o’clock. THOS. P. SC’REYEN, President. SPECIAL NOTICE. Savannah, Ga.. April 25th, 1887. An important meeting of the stockholders of the OGLETHORPE REAL ESTATE COMPANY will be held at the Supper Room of the Arsenal of the Savannah Volunteer Guards, on THURS DAY. May sth. prox.. at 8:13 p. M., to consider offers made with a view to the final disposition of the property for hotel purposes. By order of the Board of Directors. ED F. NEUFVILLE, Sec'y O. R. E. Cos. SPECIAL NOTICES. GRAND FAMILY EXCURSION! BY REQUEST, THE STEAMER POPE CATLIN, , CAPT. W. H. SWIFT* Will leave KELLY’S WHARF, foot of Bull street, ON WEDNESDAY MAY 4th, at 2 o'clock p. M„ passing the SCHUETZEN PARK, BONA VEN TURE and THUNDERBOLT, returning by way of WARSAW, WILMINGTON RIVER, etc. FARE 50 CENTS. CHILDREN HALF PRICE. Refreshments on board. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals in duplicate will be received for the erection of an office building for the CENTRAL RAILROAD will be received by the undersigned until TUESDAY, MAYYOth, at noon. Drawings and Specifications may lie seen at the offices of Fay Eiehberg, No. 3 Bull street, Savannah, and 19*4 South Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. Bond and Security will be required for the performance of the contract. Work to be com pleted on or before SEPT. Ist, 1887, under for feiture. Bids will be received either in whole, or for separate parts of the work. FAY & FJCHBERG. Architects. SAVANNAH FLORAL AND ART ASSO CIATION. FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Exhibitors of artistic work at the Floral Exhi bition, opening at the Chatham Artil>ry Hail on the 4th inst., are requested to attach a card firmly to the work which they send to exhibit, with their name and title of work distinctly written upon it. COMMITTEE ON EXHIBITION. PROPOSALS Will be received up to MAY 15th for offices in the new COTTON EXCHANGE building. De tails in reference to terms and conditions fur nished upon application to E. F. BRYAN, Superintendent. NOTICE. Ail persons are hereby cautioned against fur nishing any supplies for Steamer POPE CATLIN without a written order from the undersigned. W. H. SWIFT, Master. ANOTHER LOT Of those WHITE STRAW HATS by last steamer from New York, for sale very low by JAUDON, 150 St. Julian street. DR. HENRY S COLDING, SURGEON DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton street*. 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. State of Weather. MILUXEBT. NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. Caps, Caps, and Sun Bonnets. Normandy Caps, Nurses' Caps, Shirred Oap3, Corded Bonnets, Lace Caps, Embroidered Bonnets, Embroidered Caps, Cambric Bonnets, Pique Caps, Pique Bonnet.3, French Caps, Ruffled Bonnets, Mull Caps, Insertion Corded, Bonnets made to order. 412 Styles to Heleet from. Mrs. Iv. Power, No. 137 St. Julian and Bull. REAL ESTATE. ELEGANT Building Sites. I-ot 30x106 feet on Duffy street, nearly in front of the New Baptist Church. Two lots on Duffy street, adjoining the new store and hall lining erected by Hi. Julian It Yonge; 30x105 feet. lot 40x108, corner of Hall and Tattnall streets. All these lots are within the wooden districts. I have ot her desirable lots and some flue dwell tags for sale. M. J. SOLOMONS, 118 Bryan Street. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. DonfDo It! Don't Do What ? WHY don't walk our tony streets with that ’ ' nice dress or suit of clothes on with Stains or Crease Hpots in, to which the Savannah dust sticks closer than a brother." wlinigMMg Japanese Cleansing Orfin jvill take them out clean as anew pf*. SSc. a oolMe. Made only by J. R. HALTIWAIjIpkER, At his Drug Stores, Broughton e*l l.Tsytoti WnlUiUer and Wayne stns^^H AMU SEME NTS. SAVANNAH THEATRE: OIDTIE WEEK: ■—AND— Wednesday and Saturday Matinees Engagement of the Bright and Charmim, * little Soubrette, n CORA VAN TASSEL, and her excellent Dramatic Company in' a repertoire of popular successes THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, MAT 3 will be presented GrIP. Entire change of Programme each evening People's popular prices: 13c., 25c. and 4. during this engagement. Reserved seats ou sale at Davis Bros. " A MAY PARTY ANDB&L FOR THE BENEFIT OF TIIE EPISCOPAL ORPHANS’ HOI At GUARDS ARMORY, May 3. The May Party in the afternoon from 5 to 8 o'clock. The Ball beginning at 8:30 o’clock. Tickets for the afternoon Party Ise. each en titling the holder to vote for May Queen. ° Tickets for Ball sl, including refreshments. MANAGERS. Mrs. Joseph D. Weed. Mrs. Walter G. Chariton Mrs. W. H. Daniel. Mrs. L. M. Warfield 1 Tickets can lie had of any of the lady Man agers of the Home or at Davis Bros., fheus to Bro., Ludden & Bates S. M. H. and Osceola Butler’s. “ FLORA ITeXII IHITIO N. ~— SAVANNAH " ‘ FLORAL AND ART ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION Chatham Artillery Armory Hall, IVT/AY 4th, sth and. 6th. RULE 13.—A1l articles in every department entered for competition must be delivered at the hall before 6 p. m. on the opening evening Articles simply for exhibition received at any time. Special prize offered by Mr. A. C. Oelsehig re duced to allow competition as follows: For the best 12 named Hybrid Perpetuals and 6 named Tea Roses. A prize of 30 for first and 20 for second Assorted Hybrid and Tea Rose Plants. Flowers for competition must be in uniform baskets furnished by the association, which may be had at Jacob Gardner’s or Jno. F. La Far's. Bull street. Doors open May 4th at 7 p. m., on May sth and 6th from a to 6 and 7 to 11 p. m. Admission—Adults 25c., children 15c. EXCURSIONS^ Tenth Annual Excursion! May 9th, 1887. SAVANNAH, FLORIDA A WESTERN —AND— Charleston & Savannah Railways Employes’ Mutual Relief Association. St. John's River by Moonlight on Steameri Palatka and Sanford by Rail or Steamer. Sanford to Kissimmee and Tampa by Rail. Beautiful Lakes and Rivers on the route. Jack sonville to Femandina, Palatka to Gainesville by Rail. The Ancient City of St. Augustine by Rail. GO AND SEE THE INDIANS Pablo Beach, uninterrupted drive for 30 niilei Handsomest Beach on the Atlantic Coast, only 17 miles from Jacksonville. Arrangement made for board at hotels and on steamers at reduced rates. Fine Band ol Music accompanies the excursion. Tickets will not be sold to colored persons. Nurses in charge of children only will be 'ad mitted. Price of Round Trip to Places Mentioned: Savannah to Jacksonville “ “ St. Augustine 300 “ “ Palatka 321 “ “ Sanford 43) “ “ Kissimmee : 5 73 “ “ Tampa TOC “ “ Gainesville 480 “ “St. Augustine via Palatka... 423 “ “ Pablo Beach 2 M Coupons for places lieyond Jacksonville 'rill be furnished by Committee on train after leav ing Savannah. Children under 12 years of agenalf price. Honorary Committee.—H. 8. Haines, Chair man; H. B. Plant, Robert G. Fleming, W. 8. Chisholm. Charles D. Owens, J. W. Craig. W. P. Hardee, William Duncan, R. LePage, William Bren. General, Committee.—C. W. Keogh, Chair man : James Bemiett, J. E. Smith. Jr.. B. P. Lockwood, Joseph H. Bandy, H. Z. Harris. Junior Committef..—Charles A. Gradot, Chair man: John F. Glatignv, C. 0. Haines, JohnJ. Rogero, John F. Walsh. Tickets for sale by the Committee, at William Bren's Ticket Office; John F. Walsh, Savannah, Florida and Western Ry. Freight Depot. Trains leave Savannah at A. m., standard time. All Excursionists must leave on this train, and be on the return train not later than the p m. train on SUNDAY, May 15. F. EUGENE DURBEO, President. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. White Com, Mixed Can, OATS, IHI-ATY, PEAS FOR PLANTING AND EATING, ALL VARIETIES. Eating Potatoes, Florida Oranges, Messina Oranges, Turdips and Onions. Grain and Hay in Car Load Lots AT LOW PRICES. T. P. BOND & CO., _A__ B. HULL WAREHOUSEMAN , AND Commission Merchant WHOLESALE OROCER, FLOUR, HAY, GRAIN it PROVISION DEALER THRESH MEAL and GRITS in white sacks, i awl r mill stuffs of all kinds always on hW>| Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also I LA any variety. Special prices on large lota. . Office, K) Bav street. Warehouse, No. * ley street, on line C. It. It., Savannah, PLANS WANTED. NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS 'T'HE Commissioners of Chatham QJSgJ 1 Georgia, invite Architects to submit of a Court Ho ise building to be located city of Sftvannah. . ..s.nrtMi The successful competitor will be PjJ, 1 with the execution of the work at then. I of 5 per cent, on cost for plans, speed l '* I and supervision. The selection of a I be made under competent professional n't, 1 ” I Fifil particulars may bj Q U I Clerk C. C. C.. Savanuub. G*