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NEW YORK’S SOLITAIRES
SINGULAR CHARACTERISTICS OP
SOME MEN.
How They Hedge Themselves With
Barriers-A Fortune for the Man who
Invents a Noiseless Cart - What is
Done With the Ashes and Garbage
An Italian who Found a SIO,OOO
Bond and Retired Rich.
New Yoke, May 14. — I feel sorry at times
tor the men who are always alone. I have
no doubt that they would resent such a
sentiment on my part, but they are such
mournful and forsaken looking beings as
they wander desolately about the streets of
a crowded city, that they inspire pity in
spite of the airs of hauteur and exclusiveness
which they invariably assume. I have
known one man by sight for ten years who
never by any chance speaks or bows to any
one, aud who is yet a frequenter of the
theatres, the opera and the cafes , aud pos
sessed <>f an ample fortune. He passed me
in a ghost-iike manner one night in Del
nionico’s as 1 stood by the side of one of
those agi'ceable young society men who
know everybody on earth. My companion
stared after the melancholy arrival, and
said shortly:
“That's Thompson’s brother—Thompson
of the Union Club, you know. He's always
alone. He’s so infernally blase that all of
his friends have shaken him, and now I
rather fancy he’s t rying to shake himself.
At least, he wanders up and down with the
expression of a man who would give every
thing on earth if he could get away from
himself, if only for half an hour.”
Thompson’s heard is trimmed to a sharp
point, ms moustache is waxed upward, and
he weal's a large single glass without any
string. I liave sometimes thought that, it
would be impossible to dislodge the glass |
with a hammer. He stapes with wearied
melancholy at every face he meets, and
steals along with a stealthy and limping
gait. His attire is invariably of the most
fashionable cut, and his horses, traps and
grooms unexceptional!y correct. He is a
member of six clubs, but no - , er enters any
one of them.
Another solitary who has attracted my
attention at various peri oils during the past
fifteen years has no other aim in life than
the care of his nails, as fa- as I can see. I
have known him to spend three hours over
an elaborate dinner at Dclmonico’s, and
then, after pulling his chair under a par
ticularly bright light, labor with gentle us
sidu'ty at his nails with a jeweled knife
until 1 o’clock in the morning. Then, with
an approving glance, he would give the
waiter a liberal tip, pour down a stunning
slug of whisky and wander sedately home.
He walks like a drum-major, is perhaps 50
years of age, and is a model of courtesy and
propriety in public places, but he never by
any chance speaks to a man or acknowl
edges the salutation of waiter, policeman,
clerk or passer-by.
Another man who is apparently too weary
of the world to take the slightest interest in
(inching that is going on around him is a
heavy, broad and solemn broker—if one can
fancy a solemn broker—who hedges himself
about with the most extraordinary barriers
to prevent people approaching him. It is
said no man has ever gained access to his
inner oflice in Wall street, and the junior
members of the firm transacts ail the neces
sary public business. At a stated hour he
drives down in a closed brougham, enters
by a side door, and drives up town again
■when bis work for the day is finished. At 5
o'clock precisely he “tools” a magnificently
appointed tandem through the park, with
only a morose groom for a companion. He
has twelve or fourteen horses in his stable,
and at least two of them are famous. Ho
is, besides this, n man of largo property, and
yet he never in his dail, drives salutes a
iriend of foe. 1 have seen him enter his
box at the opera and sit alone in solemn
magnificence, with an unmoved face and a
lusterlesE eye, while five thousand people
were shouting themselves hoarse over the
singing of a great prima donna on the stage
below him. He invariably left after the
principal solo, to avoid the crowd.
it would be interesting to know the causes
that have led such men as these to isolate
themselves so thoroughly from the rest of
mankind, for they are absolute hermits in
the midst of the busiest hive of men in
America, t know a dozen by sight and
name who are well connected and well
known, but who are absolute strangers to
all other men in New York. They surround
themselves with ail icy reserve that nothing
ever melts, and pass 'through life the mil
lionaire hermits of our crowded metropolis.
Blakely Hall.
11.
A future awaits the mail who will make
for New York a practicable noiseless cart.
The street cleaning department is now at
tempting to gather the ashes and garbage of
the city at night. Over 450 carts are used
in the service, and the noise, as thpy rumble
over the pavements in the dead of night, is
exasperating to a nervous person. Victims
of insomnia gradually become used to the
thundpr of trains on the elevated railways,
but a now noise disturbs them us much as it
would persons front tho quiet rural districts.
A gentleman with waxeuju mustache and the
courtly manners of a typical French count,
Stands in an office on Park Row. hears their
complaints, and assures them that the street
deal ling department, which he represents,
is endeavoring to secure carts with rubber
tires that wiil make no noise.
Every twenty-four hours over ‘2,312 loads
of ashes and garbage are collected in the
city, and hereafter it is to be gathered at
light. The ash cans will be set out in the
ivening, and the morning spectacle of the
sollectoi-s of rags exploring ash barrels with
iron hooks will be no longer witnessed. The
inovation means a fortune to the enterpris
ing Italian, who assorts the contents or the
ash carts on the dumps, and illustrates the
tendency of the times toward monopolies.
When the garlwge and ashes have been col
lected the carts drive to one of the seven
teen docks on the water front of the city
known as dumping boards. They nre bridge
iyHßftictures extending out over the river,
them lie the scows, into w hi- li
of the carts an' < 1 mn|s-1.
and -.vitl, I . 1i,.-
viiHßtifmn'i i: i•:i tl" load hat the \ -
-’MKHc profier! V. I'l'-C
i*aid by lie- < ;y. t -. :
the 1 1‘: .1'1.1.-
*\n lial, •;i • < t ■■
|||l> iff IT work lor n. ••hm- ■: a! ..v 1 r..
rags and I .ones need i" tie- re-me
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din an I ne: i a- a. :i! 1 ■
IMP* l '- A brisk competition for the
privilege of doing the unsavory work sprang
up. but' the Italian outbid all conqietitor.x
Mid astonished even the city authorities by
agreeing to pay $336 a week for the priv
ilege of doing tile trimming of the scows.
He hires a groat force of men and every
Monday morning he pays* in to the city
Sreasury $330. Although his employes must
work night or day at a low rate of w-ages,
die supply of laborers far exceeds the de
mand. There is to them a fascination about
she work akin to the excitement of digging
rold, for at every one of the seventeen
lumping boards in tho city some trimmer is
lure to find u coin or some article of value
saeh day in the year. It is an unwritten
but rigidly regarded law that the trimmer
Swns all the money or plate that" he finds.
The trimmers tell of one of their number
who found a SIO,OOO negotiable bond on the
dum(is. He ceased work on the scows, in
vested in real estate, and is now rich and
well dressed anil moves in the upper tendoin
of Italian society.
The Italian trimmers regard with suspi
tion a structure of corrugated iron that has
been built on the end of a dump at the foot
>f East Seventeenth street. It is a crema
tory, and its inventor claims tliat it will
tort* the contents of the carts ns well ns the
tiPoreinnow do, and consume the garliage
without saving off unpleasant smoke.
Even the most perfect crematories wiil
not, htiwcvttttqpKxap
, , XSVs tori n half tons Af
ashes are made every year in New York,
aril 278,928 loads of’street sweepings were
gathered last year. Formerly tne city wins
jiaid $2,000 a year for its sweepings, but
now they are with the ashes and garbage
dumped in the sea about eighteen miles out.
The dumping grounds are in t lie direction of
Coney Island, and during the bathing sea
son the scows are towed farther out than the
distance required by law. An inspector
superintends the dumping, and sites that the
scows are unloaded only at the 'time when
the outgoing tide will take the refuse out to
s, a. If the sea is rough the scows lie in
Gravesend Bay until it is safe to go out.
Not long ago a fleet of thirty of these
scows were anchored iu the bay two days.
Men employed at unloading the scows are
occasionally lost overboard and drowned in
rough weather, but the spirit of invention
has invaded their domain also, and self
dumping scows whose loads one man can
dump in the sea are taking the places of the
old boats.
Bones found in ash ban-els are the source
of great profit to the contractor, and it is
said that he makes nearly enough from the
sale of them to pay the city its royalty of
$520 a week. They are cleansed and used
m the big sugar refineries of Brooklyn as
lone black. After the rags have been col
lected from the dumps they are put in iron
cages and submerged in the river several
hours. They are then sold to paper dealers,
and the citizen reading his paper and sugar
ing his coffee at the breakfast table may tie
indebted to the ash ’Darrel for the sheet on
which his paper is printed and for the white
ness of his sugar.
Amos J. Cummings.
THE PENSION BUREAU.
Facts About Commissioner Black’s
Administration of the Office.
Washington. May 14.—Probably no one
of President Cleveland’s minor appoint
ments has Imi‘h so severely condemned as
that of Gen. John C. Black, of Illinois, to be
Commissioner of Pensions. The friends of
Gen. W. W. Dudley the famous Indiana
political manager, who was given the Com
missiouership of Pensions as a reward for
his services to the Republicans in the Gar
field campaign, have kept up a continual
growl which sometimes amounts to
a howl in Congress about the maladminis
tration of liis successor, Gen. Black. A
statistical comparison between Commis
sioner Dudley’s administration and Com
missioner Black’s administration shows that
the latter’s is far superior in every respect.
In the fiscal year ending June SO, 1883, under
Commissioner Dudley’s administration,
there were 52,279 pension certificates issued,
of which number 158,161 were original cases
and the balance increase and miscellaneous
claims. For the fiscal year ending June
30, 18*4, the total number of certifi
cates issued was 56,729, of which 34.180 were
original, and the balance increase and mis
cellaneous cases. In the next fiscal year up
to March 17, 1885, when Gen. Black entered
upon, the duties of his office there were 39,154
certificates of ail k inds issued. From March
17 up to June 30 of the same year, a period
of only two months anil a half, were
issued 31,252 pension certificates. The fiscal
year ending June 30, 1886, made a splendid
showing for the new administration, there
having been issued 79,654 pension certifi
i uU, 40,852 of which were original cases.
In that same fiscal year of 1886 there were
also issued 79,985 supplemental certificate:;
to widows and dependent relatives whose
pension had been increased by act of March
19, 1880, n grand total for that one year of
159,643 allowances. These supplemental
certificates were issued within very few
months after tlie passage of the law, the
Commissioner of Pensions having person
ally directed how the work should bo done.
At no time in tlie history of the office has
such an enormous number of pensions
lieen increased, without interference with
the regular work of the office or
without a call upon Congress for
additional help. From July 1,1880, up to
and including April 30, 1887, there were 74,-
608 certificates issued, of which 34,852 were
original cases. There are yet two months
of the present fiscal year remaining, anil the
result will boa magnificent showing, greater
by far than any previous year in the history
oil the office. It should lie borne in mind
that this immense amount of work has lieen
performed with a reduction of the clerical
force of over 100.
To meet the constantly increasing demands
on the office as well as to bring up the long
arrears of the work Commissioner Black re
sorted to a strict application of business
methods. He stop) k'll the practice of giving
"election” leaves of absence to employes
with a turn for practical politics. He cut
down the “sick leaves” by throwing out all
sham cases. lie required a close application
to business during business hours, and by
a rigid discipline be brought every employe
to see and do his duty. Asa result he
brought up nil the arrears, including cases
which had been neglected by attorneys, and
disposed of all cases as they came in so that
now he is abreast of the current work. It
is doubtful whether a better showing could
be made by any other bureau chief.
THE SUPREME COURT.
The Chances of a Democratic Suc
cessor to Justice Field.
Washington, May 14. —The death of Mr.
Justice Woods and the rejxH'ted intention of
Mi-. Justice Field to retire, so that he may
tie certain to lie succeeded by a Democrat,
have drawn public attention to the United
States Supreme Court again. Already tho
possible successors of Woods mid Field are
being talked about, and the great Demo
cratic lawyers who have been practically
shut out of this court for twenty-five
years, are lieginning to think * that
they may soon be represented in
it more fully than they have recently
been. As everybody knows Mr. Justice
Field Is now the only Democrat in the court.
If he should retire he would proliably be
succeeded by a Democrat representing his
circuit —the Pacific coast. The old money
bags have so completely captured the poli
tics of that section that none of its best law
yens have come to Congress in l-ocent years,
so that the relative merits of the leading Dem
ocratic lawyers of California, one of whom
would probably lx? selected, are not known
hem The President would undoubtedly
consult ilr. Justice Field before making the
selection. It is thought that the
President would appoint his suc
cessor from the Southern Circuit which lie
represents. 1 have heard Gen. Lawton of
Georgia, Senator Pugh of Alabama, ox-
Hepr..sen tat i ve John Randolph Tucker of
Virginia, nnd Senator Walthall of Missis
sippi, mentioned for this place. There can
lie little doubt that Secretary Bayard could
have it if lie desired it or Speaker Carlisle.
But either would rather bo Chief Justice,
and neither would feel like deserting his
present duty. Attorney General Garland
would like a place outlie Supreme bench
1 sitter than any other honors liis country
could bestow. It has been his lifo-long
ambition. But his unfortunate connection
with the Pan-Electric Telephone Company,
innocent though he undoubtedly was ot' all
wrong intention, lias thrown such a cloud
around his name, that I think the President
would not uppoint him to the Supreme
bench even if his friends asked it.
More Shocks in Arizona.
Tucson, Abi., May 14.—Three distinct
shocks of earthquake wore felt here between
1:90 and 2:25 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
but no damage was done. Shocks were also
severely felt about Tombstone.
California’s Pioneers.
Washington, May 14.—The California
pioneers of 1849-50 formed a national as
sociation here to-day, with Gen. John C.
Fromout as President.
Decline of Man.
Mental or organic weakness, nervous de
bility and kindred delientediseases, however
Induced, speedily and permanently cured.
For large illustrated book of particulars in-
and address World’s
''"l Aw!oc ‘ at '‘ on ’ Mam
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1887-TWELVE PAGES.
A BORROWED LITTLE GIRL.
A Queer Story, Showing Curious Fea
tures of Metropolitan Life.
New York, May 14. —In the crowd that
gathered at the Cunard wharf last Satur
day to see the Etruria off for Liverpool
was a tall, emaciated woman in plain,
scanty garb, who held by the hand a bright
little girl about 5 years old. The child was
dressed in mar kill contrast to her com
panion. Her clothing was not only gayly
colored, but it was made of the richest
stuffs. She bubbled over with animal
spirits, hopping about from side to side,
getting into everybody’s way, chatting in
cessantly, and altogether giving the old
lady no little trouble to keep her
under control. It was as if a butterfly
were harnessed to a beetle and the butterfly
were too gayly dressed to keep company
with solemn, shiny black. A cloak of cost
liest. crimson plush fitted the woo figure to
perfection. The pretty pointed hood hang
ing from the shoulders was lined with bro
caded yellow silk, and with one hand the
child held back a corner of the garment,
displaying a lining of the same rich yellow.
Crimson silk stockings clocked with golden
silk showed between the cloak and the
dainty French kid boots, the piquant little
face was framed in a bonnet of the crimson
plush with a cream-colored ruch of rare old
lace, the finest Mechlin formed cuffs for the
tiny sleeves, gold bracelets tipped with tiny
but brilliant diamonds clasped the slender
wrists, and the palest of yellow kid gloves
completed the costume.
Incongruous? Out of season? Out of
place? Yes, but not without its significance,
all of it.
These two did not follow the throng that
crossed the gang-plank and went upstairs to
the deck, biding the signal to say a last
good-by and hurry to the shore again.
They stood a little .apart and watched the
passengers and then* friends troop along.
Presently a typical Englishman accom
panied by his wife and attended by two or
three acquaintances apppenred. The child
jumped up and down, clapped her hands,
and shouting “There he is, mammy,” would
have darted forward to meet the group had
not the old lady grasped her arm with a
gentle shake and held her back. But the Eng
lishman had seen her, and as he passed he
nodded good naturedly to the old lady anil
said “Good-by, Laura,” to the child. The
child did not respond, but holding “mam
my’s” hand looked steadfastly and gravely
at the passing group. When the Etruria
steamed away they started off home, the
child strutting along the walk a few paces
in advance of the old lady, aping in her
gait and actions the demeanor of fashionable
ladies who permit themselves to be seen
abroad when the sun shines and the dust
lies low. She never for an instant forgot
to display the rich lining of her cloak, ami
when she crossed the street she held up her
dainty skirts with one hand as if she really
feared the mud a foot or more below, and
dqftly showed the lace ruffles on her petti
coat.
I had occasion to lie at the Cunard wharf
at the sailing of the Etruria, and recognized
in the old lady and the child two acquaint
ances. I went to their home with them. It
was a single small room at the very top of
a lofty building, used, except in the attics,
for commercial purposes. They seemed to
be a; I lmd known them before, miserably
poor, and my curiosity was excited by the
little one’s extravagant dress. Where had
the child’s clothes come from? The grand
mother told me.
“It was just like this,” she said. “Laura
and I were walking in Madison square one
day late last autumn, and she was frolicking
about as usual, when an Englishman ap
proached me and asked mo if tne child was
mine. He seemed so pleasant spoken and
respectful that I told him all about our
selves. Then he said that he and his wife
had come to New York to spend the winter;
that they had no children, but were very
fond of them, thought they carried such a
sunny air about them, and so on, and finally
he said that if i would lend him Laura
at odd times during the winter he would
dress her well and see that she
enjoyed herself. I didn’t quite understand
him, and he went on to explain tlpit he had
seen us the night before at the opera. (It
should be said that the old lady lias many
a time denied herself a supper and a break
fast, too, that she might gratify the child’s
passionate love for the theatre.) Ho had
noticed how she applauded, and what a
keen delight she took in tho performance,
and it seemed to him that she would
make a very attractive ornament to
a box. Well, the result was that I
took Laura up to see his wifo and an
arrangement was soon made. All winter
long whenever they have gone to the
theatre thej have taken Laura with them,
end put her in a chair right in front of
their box, where everybody could see her.
She was never so happy before. When she
saw oilier people applaud she would clap her
hands and shout with pleasure, and when it
was a pathetic scene she would lay her little
head on the rail and wee n, and all so pretty
that everybody noticed her, anil from her
looked at the people in the box and said to
themselves: ‘What a beautiful child that
couple has!’ They- gave her several dresses,
and once or twice took her driving
with them. To tho acquaintance they
made they said that she w r as a niece
they had discovered here, but to most
people she passed for their own child.
Funny vanity, wasn’t it? No, they paid no
money for the use of Laura other than the
cost of her clothes, but now and then they
gavo her a little silver to take home. My
only trouble is that the clothes won’t fit her
long; but I suppose they will bring some
thing at a pawn shop, though I’rn afraid it
w ill almost break the child’s heart to give
them up.”
The story had not been told without
numerous interruptions from the Du-rowed
girl, and when it was concluded there was
no escape from a series of imitations of high
life at the theatre which the child gave with
the greatest vivacity and considerable
fidelity to the actual. She seems to con
sider herself started in a life business, and
is confidently awaiting another Englishman
to whose unique vanity she may eater.
F. R. Bukton.
The President at the Theatre.
If there had been present at the National
Theatre on Wednesday evening any of the
newspaper writers who chatter about “an
aristocratic special entrance” having been
constructed for President Cleveland so that
lie might “avoid contact with the common
people.” they would have had tlieir eyes
ojiened. The President and Mrs. Cleveland
sat, through the evening in their box enjoy
ing the opera., and applauding cordially
whenever they felt like it—as at the pleas
ant intequilation of “Home, Sweet Home,”
udde.l to the entertainment us an acknowl
edgment of tho presence of the distin
guished guests.
When the curtain fell ujion the unhappy
I.mora the President and Mrs. Cleveland
tiled out, with no footman, servant or po
liceman in sight, and mixed as usual with
the audience advancing to the exit. They
were not saluted or crowded or stared at,
and they spoke to those they happened to
know, as anybody else would. On reaching
the steps they waited and took their chance
with the rest when their carriage could lie
got out of the tangle, treated with respect
ful deference by nil.
Tho President anil Mrs. Cleveland have
none of that “pride which apos humility.’’
They are not ostentatiously humble, but
they are simply and naturally democratic.
Joseph Jefferson says he lias never been In
Texas, but hopes to play in several cities of that
Ftato next season. He has visited hut one place,
he says, w!n-r>* the people del not appreciate bis
acting. That pile" n Hcn'iny, Pern, V.Ti -n
lie was a ls>y he lived In that neighborhood, and
he supposes the people Icin- an Idea lU.tl
no one who ever lived there can amount to
much.
The last work of the late Duchess of Norfolk
wav to build the convent at Arundel. On It is
this inscription, writton by herself: "This con
vent is built, to the glory of Ood, and to insure
imriK-tua! prayer fur those who. whether known
to her or uukuowu, have by their charitable
prayer* helped the foundress in times of trial
and Si stow”
POINTS ON HOTEL DETECTIVES.
They are Worse Than the Private De
tectives.
New York, May 14.—Oneof the nuisance*
about the leading hotels of New York is the
hotel detective. With one or two excep
tions he is considerably worse than the aver
age private detective. On account of being
connected with the hotel he has great facili
ties for making money in a doubtful sort of
way. I heard ft story of one of these fel
lows, who has just been discharged, and it
convinced me that the hotel detective can
lie a very dangerous person to deal with, if
he is devoid of principle. Being connected
with the hotel, he naturally learns all about
the business of the guests, and has little
difficulty iu getting acquainted with them.
There is hardly an officer of the
hotels who make so much money
ns these detectives. Outside of their
duties in looking out for the af
fairs of the hotels, they are allowed to act
os guides in showing guests the dark ways
of city life. Nearly every night a party of
gentlemen get together who are desirous of
seeing the city by gaslight and they engage
the detective to pilot them about. For this
he is paid very liberally by the gentlemen
and he is also paid something by the owners
of the places where be takes 1 hem. This, of
course, i3 a part of his business, but it gives
him an opportunity to levy blackmail should
he see fit. I know one detective who es
corted a very nice old gentleman, who is one
of the largest dry goods merchants in a pros
perous Southern city, to the Arion ball a few
months ago. The old gentleman went sim
ply out of curiosity. At home he is very
pious and is the superintendent of
a Sunday school. In fact, lie is con
sidered a fanatic on religion. After
getting to the hall he was jiersuaded
by the detective to drink a little wine. Not
being used to it, it went to his head, and
the old man possibly did one or two silly
things, particularly for a Sunday school
superintendent. On his way home he re
marked to the detective that he would not
have anyone in his town know that he went
to tbe ball for $l,OOO. Only a short time
after his return home he got a message from
the detective asking for the loan of $5OO.
It was also intimated to him that should the
request be refused an account of his con
duct at tbe ball would be male public at
his home. The merchant was weak enough
to send his check for $5OO. This detective
has been guilty of a number of similar
things, which were nothing short of black
mail.
A Montana cattle king who had been
spending the winter at the hotel was his vic
tim for over $l,OOO. Then, another trouble
with some of these men is that the}' presume
tqion their acquaintance. While tliev are
out with a party as guide they are shown
some courtesy, and for tills reason they as
sume that they are on an equality with any
of the guests. A short time ago a detective
came to me and told me of a very important
piece of news. He told me he would give it
to me on one condition, and that was I
should publish a paragraph to the effect that
lie and a very prominent United States
Senator were seen promenading on Broad
way arm in arm. I could mv no objection
and promised. I afterward asked him what
his object was and be told me that it gave
him standing with other men, from the fact
that if it were known that he was on
intimate terms with prominent men
other people in the hotel would
not lie ashamed to lie seen
talking with him. Another thing that
nearly all the detectives are given to is
taking bad debts for collection. They will
get a debt, which in many cases is not a just
one, on some well-known society man who
frequents the hotel at which they are em
ployed. Every tune the debtor comes into
the hotel the detective is sure to dun him
and make it so disagreeable for him that ho
is ashamed to come into the hotel. Only
the other day the proprietors of the Windsor
Hotel were sued for $lO,OOO damages on ac
count of a case like this. The detective
there was given a debt to collect from a
well-known society man who spent a great
deal of his time in the W indsor. He claimed
tlie bill was not a just one and refused to
pay it. Nevertheless, the detective, he
claims, dunned him every time he came into
the hotel, and finally ejected him publicly
from the place. Then, when the young man's
father came to the hotel for the purpose of
complaining to the proprietors, the detec
tive put him out as he bad his son.
Harry Walker.
Starved Herself to Death.
Chicago, May 14.—A widow named
Hughes died yesterday noar Tuscola, 111.
She had suffered from paralysis several
months. Thirty-six days ago she refused
food or medicine, announcing her intention
to die. She starved herself to death. She
left a large estate.
Heavy Receipts.
Washington, May 14. —The receipts are
$17,801,114, and the expenditure $5,155,165,
a net gain of $12,645,9-10. The available sur
plus according to the Treasurer’s calcula
tions is now stated at $12,000,000, an in
crease of about $10,000,000 since May 1.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
President Alexander returned yesterday
from a trip over the Port Royal and West
ern Carolina system.
The people of Tuscaloosa, Fla., just at
present are very much exercised over the
ft trail's of the Tuscaloosa anu Northern Rail
road Company.
The Charleston cheap excursions will be
inaugurated by the Charleston and Savan
nah railway to-day. The fare for the round
trip to Charleston, Walter boro or Beaufort
is $l.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Columbus Street Railway Company
the following officers were elected: Direc
tors—C. B. Grimes, B. T. Hatcher, F. D.
Peabody. W. P. Hunt. K. C. Weisiger, G.
W. Dillingham and O. S. Jordan.
General Manager Belknap, of tho Central
railroad, returned to Savannah yesterday.
The plans for the now general offices of the
road will be submitted to him by the archi
tects, Messrs. Fay & Eiehberg, and the con
tract will probably be awarded early this
week.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Wrightsville and Tennille railroad on Fri
day full power was unanimously given to
the directors to extend the road, lea\ing the
terminus and route optional with them.
Much interest is felt in the extension, and
work will lie commenced at an early day.
President Sully has issued a circular of
ficially announcing t hat Henry Fink has
been elected a V ice President of the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company, and
has been placed in charge of the property of
the company and of its leased lines, with full
power mid authority in all matters pertain
ing to or connected with tho operating and
traffic departments. His office will be in
New York.
A company has lieen organized at Knox
ville to grade the Atlanta, Greenville and
Western railway to the North Carolina line,
and a survey is now lasing made of that
liortion of the route preparatory to the
people of Sevier county, S. C., voting a tax
to <lo the work. In North Carolina. Transyl
vania and Haywood counties, through which
the line passes, are reported ready to sub
scribe $lOO,OOO each to the grail ing. As the
road bed is now practically graded to Green
ville, the company asks Greenville to com
plete tho work to the North Carolina line,
thereby completing the air line from
Augusta to Knoxville.
Delicate Children, Nursing
Mothers, Overworked Men, and for all dis
ease! where the tissues ore wasting away
from tho inability to digest ordinary food,
or from overw< rk ot the brain or bodv. all
such should take Scott’* EmulsioN of Pure
Cod Liver (til with Hypophosptaites. “I
used the Emulsion on a indy who was deli
cate and threatened with Bronchit is. It put
her in such good health and flesh t hat 1 must
say it is tho best Emulsion I ever used.”—
L. P. W AiiDELL. M. D.. Hughs' Miils, S. C.
CHURCH SERVICES.
[Notices of services in other churches are pub
lished by request on Saturday.]
Christ Church. Johnson Square, Rev.
Thomas Boone rector. —Full morning ser
vice. Offertory and holy communion at
7-30 o’clock. No sermon.
St. John’s Church. Madison square, Rev.
Chaudes 11. Strong rector.—The fifth Sun
day after Easter. Morning service and
sermon at 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 4:30
p. in. Evening service and sermon at 8
o’clock. On Thursday, being Ascension day,
there will be holy communion at 7:30 a. m.,
aud morning service and sermon at 11
o’clock.
Christian Church, corner Bolton and How
ard streets. —Preaching at 11 a. in. and 8 p.
m. by Rev. ’ll E. White, Pastor. Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m.
At 5:30 this afternoon a meeting will be
held in Masonic Hall, and addresses will be
delivered bv Miss Jennie Smith and other
speakers. The ladies have especially invited
the printers, and other trades, and fixed
the hour of the meeting for their accommo
dation. Prof. Beasdslee will lie there, pre
pared to aid the meeting by his melodious
voice.
Young Men’s Christian Association, new
Odd Fellows Hall building, corner Barnard
anil State streets. Gospel service 5:45 to
6:30 sharp. Singing, short talks, good time.
Ail young men invited. Come.
COLORED.
St. Phillips’ A. M. E. Church, S. H. Rob
ertson pastor.—Sunday morning prayer
meeting at 5 a. m. Preaching 10:30 a.
m. by Rev. J. M. Chavis, of Charleston, S.
C. Preaching at 3p. m. and at 7:40 p. m. by
Rev. J. M. Chavis. Sunday School at 1:30
p. m. ,will be addressed by Prof. J. W.
Proy, of Richmond, Va.
Second Baptist Church, Greene square,
Houston street. —The pastor, Rev. A. Ellis,
preaches at 11 a. m. ana Bp. m. Sunday school
at 3p. m. Young people's prayer meet
ing at 6:30 p. m. Morning subject: “Don’t
fret but pray.” Evening subject: “Not
peace but a sword.” Strangers always wel
come.
Charleston Happenings.
Charleston is to have the Kinness.
Bishop Becker will preach the sermon at
the consecration of the new St. Patrick’s
church in Charleston to-day.
The annual meeting of the South Caro
lina Sunday School Union, which was to
have been held last night, was postponed for
the want of a quorum.
Weather Indications.
Special indications for Georgia:
FAIR ''air weather, cooler.
____ For Georgia and Eastern Florida:
Cooler, fair weather, light winds,
generally easterly.
For North Carolina and South Carolina:
Fair weather, winds generally easterly, fall
ing followed by rising temperature.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah. May 14, 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
Departure Total
Mean Temperature from the Departure
Mean Since
for 15 years May 14, ’B7. r [-or Jon. 1,1837.
72.7 | 69.7 3.0 206.1
Comparative rainfall statement:
„ _ | , . j Departure Total
Mean Dailj Amount j f rom the Departure
A ,!?s£.- or -a- Mean Slice
lb \ears. May 14, 87.| or Jan. 1, 1887.
Jl9B | TO I -I- .002 - 5.000
Maximum temperature 74.5, minimum tem
perature 63.2.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. ra. yesterday (Augusta time)
was 8.1 feet—a foil of 0.7 foot during the past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end
ing 6p. m., May 14, 1887, 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. | Average.
„ „ | N „°' of Max. Min/Hain-
J,ame. ! tl^j Temp Temp fall.
1. Wilmington 10 j 77 59 j .03
2. Charleston 8 I 81 62 ; .62
3. Augusta 12 88 58 1 .08
4. Savannah 13 |B6 61 .09
5. Atlanta 13 85 59 .01
0. Montgomery 9 89 62 .03
7. Mobile 9 90 60 j .10
8. New Orleans 13 91 65 j
9. Galveston 19 88 68 .01
10. Vicksburg 5 91 65 j ...
11. Little Rock 4 86 68 .03
12. Memphis 19 88 60 ...
Averages i 86.2 62.5 i .08
Observations taken at the some moment
of time at ail stations.
Savannah, May 14, 9:56 p. m., city time.
Temperature.
Direction. I 2 1
Velocity. 1 ?
Rainfall.
Name
op
Stations.
Norfolk 521N E . !.... jOlear.
Charlotte 62 E ‘ ti ... Clear.
Wilmington 56 N E !• ... Clear.
Charleston 06 E j I*s jClear.
Augusta 70SE. Cloudy.
Savannah OS E i !> Clear.
Jacksonville 72 N E 6 Clear.
Key West 78 E M B’air.
Atlanta 74 E j 9 : . . . Clear.
Pensacola 76 E 11* 17!Cloudy.
Mobile 74 N E Cloudy.
Montgomery 78 E 7 Clear.
New Orleans 74 N EllO 1 ...jOlear.
Galveston 70 S E (i .... Fair.
Corpus Christ! 76 E |22 .. Clear.
Palestine 72* S !..| .06;Clear.
Brownesville 74 S E i>*.... Cloudy.
Rio Grande is N E .. . Cloudy.
G. N. Salisbury, Signal Corps, U.S. Army.
It is a Pact
Well established, that consumption, if at
tended to in its first stages, can be cured.
There is, however, no true and rational way
to cure this disease, which is really scrofu
lous ulceration of the lungs, except through
purifying the blood. Keep the liver in per
fect order and pun.' blood will be the result.
Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery,” a
purely vegetable compound, does all this and
more; while it purifies the blood it also builds
up the system, strengthening it against fu
ture attacks of disease. Ask for Dr. Pierce’s
“Golden Medical Discovery.” Take no other.
Of druggists.
Buy our brands of flour. You will be satisfied.
Strauss Bros.
Mote Appel & Sehaul’s ad. in this issue.
Straw Hats Given Away
To every purchaser of a suit pi our clothing.
To our $2 50 Knee Suit a nice straw hat is
given free which sells for 50c. To our finer
grade of Boys' Suits a white Mackinaw is
given free which sells for 75c. and $l. To
our $5 00 Men’s Suits, a white or mixed Hat
is given free; to our finer grades Men’s Suits
every purchaser will receive a straw hat
free of cost, corresponding to grade of suit
purchased. With our finest Suit a fine $3
Mackinaw Hat or light color Derby is given.
The low prices on our own manufactured
clothing remain unchanged.
The above offer we make to induce a more
rapid sale of our Spring and Summer Cloth
ing. Tho “Famous” is always on the look
out to give their customers a benefit. These
hats are not a cheap lot bought for the pur
pose, hut our regular assortment, purchased
before any thought of their being given
away.
Come nml get a Straw Hot free of cost of
the Famous Sew York Clothing House, 140
Congress street.
A fine assortment of Gentlemen's Under
wear, Hosiery, Neckwear and Dress Shirts
always on hand at reasonable prioes.
Rock bottom prices on Sugars, Rice, Soap,
Starch. Strauss Bros.
New Spring Butter. Strauss Bros.
Note Appel & Bcha ul’s ad. in this issue.
Price our groceries before purchasing else
where. Strauss Bros.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
Savannah Board of Trade, I.
Savannah. Ga., May 14, 1887. )
Whereas, The Great Ruler of the universe
has. in his infinite wisdom, removed from our
midst our worthy and esteemed fellow member.
Walter McNeill; and .
Whereas, The immediate relation held during
a successful business life by him with the mem
bers of this Board of Trade makes it fitting that
we record our appreciation of him; therefore,
Resolved, That the wisdom and ability which
he has exercised in aid of our association’s work,
by counsel and service, will lie held in grateful
remembrance.
Resolved, That the sudden removal of such a
man from the Savannah Board of Trade, of
which he was Vice President, leaves a vacancy
and shadow that will be deeply realized by all
its members and its friends, and will prove a
grievous loss to this city and the public.
Resolved, That with deep sympathy for the
afflicted relatives and friends of the deceased,
we express our earnest hope that even so great
a bereavement may be overruled for their high
est good.
Resolved. That these resolutions be spread
upon the minute book of the Board of Trade;
that a copy lx* sent to the family of the de
ceased, and that a copy be furnished our city
papers for publication. John R. Young,
Walter Coney,
S. S. Guckenheimeh,
Committee.
f?The Robertsonian, of Lumberton, N. C.,
and Sumner Free Trader, of Sumner, Ga., please
copy.
1 j asa
DEATHS.
THOMAS.—Died, in this city, May 15, at 12:25
o’clock a. m.. King S. Thomas.
Funeral will take place Monday.
MEETINGS.
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA.
Special meeting of Branch No. 88, C. K. of A.,
at their Hall THIS AFTERNOON, at 5:30
o’clock, to make full and final arrangements for
the Picnic on WEDNESDAY NEXT, in behalf
of the female orphans. A full attendance is re
quested. By order of the Branch.
WILLIAM CANTWELL, Rec. Sec’y.
TRAVELERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA
TION.
The Annual Convention of the Georgia State
Division of the Travelers' Protective Association
will be held in Mijeon on MAY 23d and 24th next.
T. P. A.'s and all other traveling men are re
spectfully invited and cordially requested to at
tend. Reduced rates will be given from your
town.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
IHGdT" " ~~~~ ~ 1887.
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Georgia.
All members of the Savannah Lodges, Knights
of Pythias, and transient brothers, are requested
to assemble at Castle Hall TUESDAY MORN
ING, May 17th, at 8:30 o’clock sharp, to partici
pate .in a parade in honor of the Eighteenth An
nual Session of the Grand Lodge of Georgia.
Lodges and Uniform Divisions will form on
South Broad street, right resting on Bull, at 9 A.
a., in the following order:"
* MUSIC.
DuGuesclin Division No 1, Savannah.
Teutonia Division No. 3, Savannah.
Capitol City Division No. 5, Atlanta.
Augusta Division No. 6, Augusta.
Oglethorpe Division No. 4, Brunswick.
Calanthe Division No. 2, Atlanta.
LODGES.
Forest City No. 1, Savannah.
Teutonia No. 7. Savannah.
Calanthe No. 28, Savannah.
Excelsior No. 8, Savannah.
Myrtle No. 6, Savannah.
Each Lodge will be under the control of a
Marshal, who will report to the Grand Marshal
by 9 a. m.
Badges and Tickets for the Picnic can be ob
tained from the Committee on Entertainment
at Castle Hall.
LINE OF MARCH.
South Broad to Drayton, to Bay, to West
Broad, to Broughton, to Bull.
DRILL AND REVIEW.
Uniform Divisions assemble on South Broad
street, right resting on Bull, at 3 p. m., march to
Park Extension, where Prize Drill and Review
will take place.
SIR KNIGHT CAPT. R, F. HARMON,
Grand Marshal.
W. T. LEOPOLD,
Chairman General Committee.
VISIT IIIM NOW AND JUDGE FOR YOUR.
SELF!
TOWNSEND’S
RIVALS ARE HIS HELPERS I
He is not limited to hours, and can turn out
good work cheap.
HE IS NOT A CLAM!
He works for the trade and the public!
MONEY IS WHAT HE WANTS!
The best labor in the city and the cheapest rent.
TOWNSEND,
FINE PRINTER AND BINDER,
“Telephone 341,"
86 and 88 Bryan Street, Savannah, Ga.
State
op
Weather.
NOTICE.
All persons are warned not to play ball on
Hermitage premises under penalty of the law.
J. W. McALPIN.
NOTICE.
After Fifty-two Years of uninterrupted pros
perity, the house of N. A. HARDEE'S SON &
CO., founded by the late Noble A. Hardee, ceases
from and after THIS DATE to exist, by reason
of the retirement from active business of itk sole
member, JOHN L. HARDEE.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS BRASS
AND STRING BAND is now prepared to fur
nish Music for Balls, Parties, Picnics, Ex
cursions. etc., at reasonable terms Orders
can be left at 105 Bay street or 28 South Broad
street, ami will receive prompt attention.
JAMES Ji. WHITEMAN, Manager.
James B. Roms son, Leader.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Ga., May 5, 1887.
We, the undersigned grocers, do hereby agree
to close our respective places of business at 7
o'clock from May 15,1887, to Sept. 1, Saturday
excepted:
John Lyons & Cos., A. M. & C. W. West,
S. W. Branch, William G. Cooper,
J. G. Nelson & Cos., D. B. Lester,
James McGrath & Cos., R. I). McDonald & Cos.,
Ilirsoh Brothers, Mutual Co-operative As-
A. H. Champion, sociation,
Strauss Brothers, J C. Thompson,
Nicholas Lang, Mrs. K. Power,
John Sullivan.
DU. HENRY 8 COLDING,
DENTIST,
Office comer Jones and Drayton streets.
THE NEW BRICK COMPANY.
Bert'."s wishing to take stock in the
PIONEER STEAM BRICK COMPANY
will And the subscription list at
D. R. KENNEDY'S,
FOR H\LE.
190 Horse Power ENGINE for sale at a bar
gain. Cylinder 90x30. About new and in per
fect order. A. B. HART,
_ lake City, Fla.
8 BULL STREET,
Over W. V. Tel -graph Office,
SAVANNAH. UA.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SPECIAL NOTICE. ‘
A ward of the judges of the Floral and Art Ft
hibition, held at Chatham Artillery Hall £ r
week: “Messrs. Davis Bros., best-toned r.iano
diifloma." * ’
Blease excuse us for mentioning the fac t b-it
as this was our first competitive exhihit
feel naturally more or less elated. 5Ve carry an
elegant line of pianos always in stock, and from
the volume of business that we now control in
this line we imagine the above verdict is wide
spread and unanimous. We handle the Knabe
Kranich & Bach. Augustus, Bans & Cos ami
Estey pianos. Call or write. Prices and terms
liberal. DAVIS BROS
42 and 44 Bull street.
AMU SEMENTS.
baseball:
GUYTONS,
OF GUYTON, GA..
-VS.-
AMATEUES,
AT BASE BALL PARK,
TUESDAY, MAY 17.
Admission 25c ; Ladies free.
EXCURSIONS.
Charleston and Savannah Railway Cos,
UST ational
DRILL AND ENCAMPMENT
AT
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 22d to 27th.
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATE OF
sl2 05 PER CAPITA!
Savannah to Washington and Return.
Will be given to parties of TWENTY-FIVE OR
MORE traveling in a body on a solid ticket.
TICKETS ON SALE
MAY 18th TO MIDDAY MAY 22i
Good only when presented for passage on
day of sale. Not good after departure
of 12:15 p. M. train May 22d.
Good only TO RETURN when stamped and
signed by Ticket Agent Pennsylvania Railroad
at Washington.
tat- EXTREME LIMIT JUNE SIXTH. .JEJ
Single Tickets S2B 95. On sale from May 18 to
23. Good to return not later than June 3.
For Tickets and organization of parties, call
on WILLIAM BREN, Ticket Agent, Bull street.
E. P. McSWTNEY,
General Passepger Agent.
PICNICS.
AIFTHE ORPHANS!
A Mammoth Picnic
—UNDER THE AUSPICES—
BRANCH 38, C. K. OF A.
—WILL BE GIVEN—
Wednesday, May 18, 1887.
AT MONTGOMERY,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
ST. MARY’S HOME.
Tickets 25 and 50 cents. Can be purchased at
E. M. Connor's, J. B. Fernandez’, \V. F. Reid’s,
P. B. Reid’s, Henry Blun's, M. Cooley’s, Kehoe's
Iron Works, and from members of the Branch.
Two bands of music will be in attendance. Re
freshments on the ground. Dinner 25 cents.
No baskets needed.
Cars leave Anderson street at 9:30, 10:25, 12,
2:25, 3:25, 4:30, 7. Leave Montgomery at 10:30,
12, 1, 3:30, 6, 7, 8.
CJOTiIING.
For the Benoit of Bis Creditors
Assignee’s Sale,
THE BALANCE OF THE STOCK OF
Fine Clothing,
Underwear, Shirts,
Furnishing Goods, Hats, Valises, Etc.,
MUST BE SOLD
WITHIN 30 DAYS.
In consequence prices have
been reduced to an extent that
should accomplish the object.
This is an opportunity which
no one who values money
should neglect to profit by.
It is absolutely compulsory
that the stock be disposed oi
in the shortest possible time,
therefore these goods
Will Be Sold at Almost
Any Price.
S. Elsinger,
ASSIGNEE FOR MAX BIRNBACM.
Northeast Comer Congress and Whltoker_Bts
NOVELTIES.
Paris Novelty Store,
139 Broughton Street.
For the most, elegant Baby Caps and Bo n "?j*
for Corsets of everv description, for finest La. "s
Embroidery, Ruchings, for all shade* ofj oa
for painting, for Belts, Satchels, ( , y,UaI 7L ( .. tt
Cuds, for largest variety in Veilings, for lor
prices, at the
Paris Novelty Store,
18'J BROUGHTON ST-