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PASCO TO BE A SENATOR.
THE CAUCUS MAKES THE SPEAKER
ITS NOMINEE.
He Gets 55 Votes on the First Ballot
After the Withdrawal of Bloxham
and Perry, and His Nomination then
Made Unanimous-Bills Passed Dur
ing the Day.
Tallahassee, Fla., May IS.—As an
nounced in to-day’s News, ex-Gov. Blox
aam yesterday addressed a letter to Gov.
Perry suggesting that both u ithdraw their
names from the .Senatorial race. Gov. Per
ry replied that he would be guided by the
•actions of his friends. Last night the
friends of Gov. Perry held a private caucus
and agreed to accept Gov. Bloxham's propo
sition. To-day Gov. Perry addressed a
letter to ex-Gov. Bloxham saying he was
willing to allow the caucus to with
draw his name if it desired but
it would be without condition or stipulation'
During to-day little else was talked of ex
cept this correspondence, putting anew
phase on the Senatorial struggle. As night
approached the excitement grew more in
tense while rumors of all kinds were afloat
as to the real intention of Messrs. Perry and
Bloxham'to withdraw and the chances of a
dark horse.
The Senate to-day passed the bills grant
ing anew charter to Tampa, granting cer
tain oyster privileges on Indian river to
Gardner Hardee and others, and the bill
providing for a division of counties into
County Commissioners’ districts.
The bill granting anew charter to Jack
sonville was passed to third muling.
The House passed the railroad commission
bill. It is substantiallv the same as the
present Georgia law. It also passed the
bills forming Lake county from portions of
Orange and Sumter ; incorporating Wood
lawn Cemetery at McClenny; legalizing the
city government at Plant City; incorporat
ing the Key of the Gulf Railroad Company;
also the Apalachicola and Alabama Rail
road Company; for the protection of fish in
the lakes of Putnam and Volusia countiw;
legalizing a change of gauge on the South
Florida railroad.
The joint vote for Senator to-day re
sulted;
Bloxham Si
Perry 8.1
Finley <i
McWhorter 3
Spear 3
lucks 1
Love 1
Goodrich 10
PASCO THE WINNER.
Just before the hour for the meeting of
the joint Pc •of.'-Jit: caucus to-night a
committee of the supporters of Gov. Perry
and ex-Gov. Bloxham met in the Senate
chamber ; and agreed, that in consequence of
communications to that effect having
passed between Messrs Bloxham and Perry,
they would both be formally withdrawn
from the contests. When the caucus as
sembled Messrs. Bloxham and Perry were
withdrawn.
Mr. Lamar then nominated Samuel Pasco
and the nomination was seconded by Messrs.
Hicks, Bryan and others.
Mr. Mallory nominated George G. Mc-
McWhorter, and the nomination was sec
ondoi by Mr. Campbell.
Jjhjlloting at once began. The first ballot
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Mallory then withdrew Mr McWhor
name and moved to nominate Mr.
by acclamation, which was done
amid the wildest excitement
■ft known in Tallahassee. Crowds then
to the St. James Hotel to congratu-
fortunate nominee. All parties are
with the result and the best of feel
prevails. There is great rejoicing
Niftong ail classes, particularly among Mr.
Hvs personal friends.
MR. PASCO’S CAREER.
Samuel Pasco, Speaker of the House,
j itivo of England, having been bom in
Hdon. When quite young he was brought
country ty &'•; parents,who settled in
M •. Pasco was educated at
University and came to Florida to
■HU school. He was so much pleased with
new State that he decided to make
future home, and since that time he
advanced himself in the esti-
of the proplo of the Stafo. In 1870
made chairman of the Democratic
executive eommittee.and has ever since,
important place. He was elected n
of the late oon.-titutional •-on vent a *n
opposition in a Republican count y
became President of the convention.
of his ability and services the
of his county unanimously elected
the present legislature, and as a
mark of confidence and esteem he
Speaker. Although a mere youth
HHhc outbrerk of the fate war he entered
Confederate service and served with
until the Appomattox surrender,
BBig often compliineuted for gallantry,
B| was promoted to Captain.
THE POLL TAX BILL.
Sov that the most troublesome features
it the railroad commission bill have been
so as to give comparative sntisfac-
to all parties, attention is strongly
to the poll tax bill. To this moan
there is much stubborn opposition, and
• Mng, determined fight over its several pro-
Hlftons is confidently expected. Democrats
Republicans alike oppose it. but the
of the bill ai-e sure of its passage by
BBbod majority.
Hjjjills granting new charters to municipal
railroads and other oompa
together with all special or local legls
taftnn, receive little favorable action from
Vbl Legislature. The lawyers of the body
as to the authority of the Legisla-
WMt to jiaas such laws, and others
advantage of this doubtful question to
JJftose all measures not general and public
; Mixture. The formation of new counties
■i dp- not come under this head and they are
ftHpiving much indulgence. Of the eight
counties proposed perhaps five will Ik;
■(tried. all being in the peninsular iwrtion
flf’jihe State.
CUT BY HIS MATE.
|||B Captain of a Bark Dangerously
if f l Wounded at Pensacola.
; t#ENSACOLA, Fla,, May 18.—The dis-
second mate of the Danish bark
Kaint Edmunds to-dav assaulted
Ht. Nelson of that vessel with a sheath
plfe, inflicting a severe wound which may
£Bkve fatal. The assault occurred about 8
on Pnlafox street. The disagreo-
BBht between the master and mate started
awjr a settlement of the latter’s wages, ho
that fill more was due him than
Hm master would allow. The mate ap-
Hfcred very cool and deliberate at the time
occurred and since, stating that
ft v. as his purpose to kill the Captain. Capt.
Nelson has made many voyages to Pensa-
Bjftfta. and was generally liked by all who
him.
A Murderer Kills a Deputy.
Ga., May 18.—Near Cuthbcrt to-
Bailiff Hkipper went to a negro cabin
Sam Knelling for the murder of an
negro. The officers found the man
■lig behind the bed. When ordered to
out he arose with a pistol in his hand,
quickly opened fire. Bailiff Skip)per
instantly killed and one of his deputies
■is badly wounded. As the murderer ran
■<>•o the house he was badly wounded by
other deputy, but he escaped.
Four Fatally Injured.
May 18.—Four Mexican
on the Mexican National railroad
Mkre fatally injured to-day by the derailing
el a haud-<;ar which they were ridiMtHiftGy
■Hbing down a long grade.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MEET.
The Twenty-Sixth Conclave in Pro
gress at Atlanta.
Atlanta. May 18. —The twenty-sixth
grand annual conclave of the Knights
Templar of Georgia met to-day. Largo
delegations from the seven Georgia coin
manderios from Macon, Savannah, Augusta,
Columbus, Americus. Bamesville and At
lanta were present. The grand procession
formed at the Kimball House and marched
through the principal streets to Masonic
Hall, where the opening ceremonies occurred.
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Sir Knight Watson, Deputy Grand Com
mander, and Maj. Cooper, with response by
Knight Eminent Sir Bailantyne, Grand
Commander. The refreshment room during
the day, in charge of a corps of skillful
waiters, was a great attraction of the
session. All manner of refreshments are
served anti liquids are flowing freely.
A PUBLIC SESSION.
The conclave held a public session at the
First Methodist church to-night The au
dience was a very large one. The conclave
will lie in session till to-morrow night.
Judge Pardee, of New Orleans, is presiding
over the Circuit Court. A DeKalb county
halieas corpus case occupied the time to-day.
The News has published that under its
local option law the DeKalb county grand
jury indicted W. G. Miller, who was
operating a registered distillery, and a
Deputy Sheriff arrested him. Mis counsel
sued out a writ of lialieas corpus in the
United States Court,.on the ground that the
prohibition act is unconstitutional. The
Attorney General, by order of the Gover
nor, represented the defense to-day. The
case is still pending.
cases in the court.
In the case of the Singer Sewing Machine
Company against the State, where the
Singer company seeks to enjoin the Comp
troller General from collecting a special
tax of S4OO from the company and 810 for
each agent, a decision was handed down in
the United States Court to-day. The Singer
company claimed that the special tax is
unconstitutional because it is not imposed
on local dealers selJlng machines, and is
therefore discriminating. The case was
argued some time ago. Judge Newman to
day, in a lengthy written opinion, holds the
special tax constitutional. The Singer corn
fit ny has appealed to the United States
Supreme Court.
the vacant judgeship.
At a meeting of the Atlanta bar to day a
committee of leading lawyers was appointed
to urge President Cleveland to appoint N. J.
Hammond to the Supreme Court Judgeship
made vacant by the death of Justice Woods.
A number of those present, prominent
among them Henry Jackson, while disclaim
ing any reflection on J udgo Hammond, spoke
in favor of Attorney General Anderson, and
thought the bar ought to indorse him for
the place.
Capt. Davis, the one-legged veteran who
attempted to commit suicide yesterday, is
all rignt to-day and his friends' are actively
working to get him employment.
A WINE ROOM MAN FINED.
Julius Martine, who runs a wine room on
Whitehall street, was find 8500 by Record -
er Anderson to-day and tjound over to the
City Court in the sum of 11,000 each in two
cases, one for violation of the prohibition
law and the other for selling liquor to a
minor.
Hon. Clifford Anderson stated to-night
that he will not oppose Hon. N. J. Ham
mond for the fKwition in the Supreme Court
ol the United States made vacant by the
death of Judge Woods.
FAIR KISSIMMEE.
The Surveyors of the Florida Midland
Road Running a Line.
Kissimmee, Fla., May 18.—The survey
ors of the Florida Midlaud railroad are run
ning the line for traffic connection with the
South Florida railroad. They expect to be
running trains into this plafce regularly by
or before July 15.
The effects of the Okeechobee Drain
age Company’s work are beginning to
show up in the shape of thous&uiis of acres
of vegetables marketed and hundreds of
acres of sugar cane growing on land which
never l>efore felt the direct rays of the sun.
Work on Messrs. Fell & Davidson’s brick
block is now under way.
There is a rumor that the South Florida
railroad will very soon build a handsome
freight and passenger depot here.
Knoxville’s Now Bank.
Washington, May 18.— The Comptroller
of the Currency to-day authorized the Third
National Bank of Knoxville, Tenn., to be
gin business with a capital of 8:150,000.
Five Injured by a Boiler.
Gallipolis, 0.. May 18.— The boiler at
the saw mill of Betz & Morrison exploded
-yesterday, wrecking the mill and injuring
five men, three fatally.
Jake Sharp's Jury.
New York, May 18.—The work of secur
ing a jury to try Jake Sharp was resumed
this morning at noon. There were nine
jurors in the box.
CANNIBALS.
British Columbia Indians Who Indulge
in Human Flesh.
fYowi the Victoria (if. C.,) Colonist.
Prof. J. Jacobsen, who hns been in tlB
province for some years collecting Indian
curios for the Hamburg Museum and writ
ing up the habits, customs, ami traditions of
the aborigines, arrived down ornate Bosco
witz. from Bella Coola. The proßssor spent
all last winter nt Tucalo, the head of the
southernmost of the Bentinck arms, which
is distant from Bella Coola al>out eighty
miles. Here he found the Indian in his
primitive state, a wild untutored savage,
with but a scant knowledge of the arts or
customs of civilization. The inlet, running
inland and being every way out of the
course of traders or prospectors, is never
visited, and the Indians say no white men
ever went up to the head or it before. They
live there as they do in most places around
the coast, by hunting and fishing, deer and
fur-bearing animals abounding in large
numbers. They are without missionaries
and cannibalism is rampant. The profes
sor tells of some sickening sights which he
witnessed there during the post winter,
which at this day one could
scarcely believe capable of being
witnessed so near home, did tho in
formation not come from a reliable person.
The custom is still carried out there of men
ambitions for the honors of chieftain be
taking themselves to the woods, and after
remaining there for some time, coining hack
possessed of a spirit and biting pieces of
flesh from the bodies of those whom they
first meet. One who wished to graduate
last winter went out ami remaied from
sight for several weeks, though ho came near
the camp occasionally and made night hide
ous with his yells. When he returned to
the tribe ho came naked, noth withstanding
it was the middle of winter, with two or
three feet of snow on the ground. The first
man he met he seized, knocked down, and
bit a piece out of his arm, which he chewed
ravenously. This was repeated many times
over, liis face becoming besmeared with
blood, und presenting a fiendish appearance.
The victims of the would-be chieftain’s bites
receive in return for their pains a small pe
cuniary compensation, ami it is an honor to
carry the scar. The more scars of this kind
decorate an Indian's body the more numer
ous are his honors, and when he comes to
have a great many he becomes a chieftain
himself in a little way. The biter on one
invasion inode a break for the professor,
who soon gavo him to understand that lie
was going to experience something pretty
tough if he tackled him. He was not further
molested.
It is the intention of Prof. Jacobsen to re
side in the province parmanently, and he
will go North again in a few weeks. He
with him many valuable
which will be forwarded to Uer-
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1887.
TRIED FOR HIS MURDER.
THE TRAVELER WHO DISPLAYED
HIS WEALTH AT AN INN.
A Web of Circumstantial Evidence
Which Tightened Itself About the
Neck of a Prisoner—The Saber
Wound on the Cheek.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
If any man could look into the Sybilline
leaf of the future, and catch a glimpse of
the various vicissitudes and misfortune
with which he must struggle, he would turn
sharply round and seek the nearest course
short of suicide to rid himself of those trials
which might shako his manhood; and so
give up all the sunshine of existence to
avoid its shadows. Fortunately, however,
man has not the privilege to foreknowledge,
a faculty which few would have the cour
age to render serviceable, and which most
would convert into an engine of misery and
affliction.
Justice has indeed been painted blind,
and a very expensive portrait she makes in
that way. If not really blind, justice is
certainly, in some cases, near-sighted; and
this same blindness or short-sightedness has
very often placed the uecks of many unfor
tunates within the grasp of the merciless
legal halter.
•i uan Suarez, a Mexican by birth and a
wanderer by nature as well as by necessity,
had for many years been a wanderer from
his native country, seeking to grati fy"a
love of variety and to amass a fortune.
Having accomplished both to a consider
able degree he thought he would
EXPLORE MEXICO ON FOOT.
Up from the river Tobaseo, in the extreme
southeast of Mexico, there stood, at the time
of our story, an ivy entwined cottage which
was dignified by the term inn. Having
traveled considerably one day, Suarez, hot
and fatigued, stopped at this'inn to refresh
himself, and was soon seated among the
motley group of the usual hangers-on at
such places of resort. Finding that about
two miles further on the road he should ar
rive at a small market town, where accom
modation for the night of a much more con
venient nature could be procured, he
resolved to go thither.
When he took out his purse to pay his
bill he casually exposed a quantity of
money, and the boors of the village who
surrounded the table looked upon the
wealth with avaricious eyes. While Suarez
counted out a certain sum he noticed a
greedy-eyed, ill-looking fellow fix his eyes
upon him and his purse in a way that did
not please him.
Suarez soon took his departure and pro
ceeded leisurely on to his destination. The
evening began to close, and on arriving at
a dull part of the road, overhung by high
banks and covered with furze and briars, he
suddenly found himself
STUNNED BY A BLOW
by someone from behind, and he fell insen
ble to the ground.
When he became semi-conscious he discov
ered he was bleeding and lying in a wet
ditch, half-drowned, apparently in his own
blood. A man was leaning over him, and
humanely endeavoring to assist him. Fi
nally ho concluded that Suarez was dead,
and started off to make known his discov
ery. It was nearly dark when Suarez roused
himself and resumed his tramp. His
clothes were wet through.and after washing
himself he put on another suit, which he
carried in a knapsack. He recalled the ill
looking fellow at the inn, who cast such
sinister glances at his money, and immedi
ately suspected him as his assailant. The
fellow, however, had not secured Suurez’s
money, and the latter thought it very funny
that the fellow had not rob tied him, as the
object of the assault was undoubtedly rob
bery.
After a fatiguing walk Suarez arrived, at
the inn in the adjoining town, and had
scarcely taken his seat before he. overheard
a conversation among several men, sta
tioned at the other end of the room, accom
panied by expressive looks directed toward
him. As he was a stranger in the place he
was not particularly sutprised. The con
versation soon became louder, and, at
length, Suarez heard a strangely exagger
ated story of
HIS OWN MURDER.
It was confidently asserted that a stran
§er had been robbed and murdered a short
istance from the town, and that ho had
been found in a ditch with his skull frac
tured, his brains scattered about the read
and his jKickete turned inside out. Suarez
listened to this marvelous history with con
siderable amusement, and tliought how
easily a strange story is made to pass cur
rent, though based on the flimsiest of facts.
After taking some refreshments Suarez
proposed to return, and took a quantity of
money to pay in advance for his accommo
dation. As he did so, one of the party of
men conversing together, came up to him,
and after impudently gazing into his face,
turned to his companions and mysteriously
whispered:
‘ ‘ There’s blood on this man’s face. He has
got a quantity of money. Where did he
come from? Who is he?”
The crowd seemed excited and the old fel
low again approached Suarez, and asked
him where he had got the money then in his
possession, and sarcastically asked if such
money grew on bushes. Being answered in
a careless manner he put his fingers cun
ningly to his nose, and closely scrutinizing
Suarez, remarked aloud that the latter had
blood on his fact*, and that his appearance
was somewhat suspicious.
At this juncture the man who had found
Suarez in the ditch put in an appearauce
and proceeded to relate in the most pictur
esquo style how he found a strange man with
bis skull fractured and his pockets turned
inside out lying in the ditch quite dead. He
stated he went for assistance to the village,
and on inquiring at the inn there he had
discovered that a man dressed and answer
ing the description of Suarez had been there
aud had displayed a quantity of money.
Having obtained assistance, he returned to
the spot where he left the murdered
stranger, but, instead of finding him, he
discovered that during his abeence the body
lmd lieen stripped and removed, and. as he
believed, buried, and the clothes were lying
SCATTERED ABOUT THE DITCH.
Suarez listened to all with an amused
smile, and when the man had finished his
story Suarez observed that the group of
men were (listing inquisitive looks at him,
and be heard the words “dollars” and
"blood” whispered among the men. At
length the man who first approached
Suarez left liis companions, and going out
of the inn returned shortly after with a
constable, aud without further ceremony
handed Suarez over in charge of the official,
who immediately proceeded to search his
prisoner. When the prisoner’s purse con
taining the money was produced the man
who found the murdered stranger set up a
shout, and fixing his eves on the blood on
the prisoner’s face, said he was sure he was
the murderer and robber, and at. the profier
time would tell all about it. No assertion
or explanation of Suarez could serve him
one jot, and he was finally conveyed to the
jail and looked up.
The next day Suarez was conducted after
much peril into the presence of the Ullage
magistrate. His accuser was placed before
him, ami in a blunt, straightforward man
ner told his story—how he was passing
along the road; how he found the stranger
with a fractured skull lying dead, and cov
ered with blood and brains; how he went
for assistance, and on his return found the
clothes scattered about aud
THE BODY REMOVED.
Buarez’s own money and his own blood
on his face was given in evidence against
him; the story was complete in all its de
tails, and the investigation ended in the
prisoner being committed to the county jail
to await trial for the willful murder of a
jierson unknown, and the constable was
ordered to make dilligent search for tho
bodv.
Shortly alter his commitment, as if all
circumstances conspired against him, the
people, after an active search, succeeded in
discovering the body of a strange person,
almost in a state of nuditv, in a canal,which
ran along the back of the’town, upon which
the Coroner sat in due form; and thus, to
the satisfaction of his persecutors, a chain
of evidence was made out sufficiently strong
to out Suarez on trial.
Let those good Deople, who preach so
strongly in favor of the comfortable feelings
arising from conscious innocence, and build
so much on inward fortitude, and who join
in the declaration of the poet that “what is,
is right”—let them place themselves for a
moment in Suarez’s position—let them feel
the horrors of a man charged with his own
murder, and unable to convince the Judges
that he is
ACTUALLY IN EXISTENCE.
How obtuse are the intellects of many
worthy people, who, in the eager pursuit of
truth, hug to their hearts any antic that
may chance to assume the garb of that
rarely discovered personage!
Already Suarez fancied in his gloomy re
flections that he heard the jury declare him
guilty; and in his dreams he saw the fatal
black cap placed over his head. Then he
fancied he heard his last dying speech and
confession chanted about the streets, and
posted on cottage walls, and children taught
the necessity of virtue. Thru the horrors
of an ignominious death—the halter—the
gallows—the shouts of “monster,” mur
derer, etc., all echoing around him in his
examination.
At length the accused man was placed on
trial. Ills own conviction of his personal
identity was complete, but would it avail
him anything? The story on which he had
to depend was nothing in the face of the
evidence to lie adduced. Should he bo
allowed to set up himself as the murdered
man, when the witness saw him dead, and
the body was afterward found in the canal?
It was contrary to common sense, and
would, of course, be looked upon as the des
perate attempt of the hardened villain
TO BAFFLE THE ENDS OF JUSICE.
The trial proceeded. The audience shud
dered as they heard the glaring facts. And
oh! what looks of horror and reproach were
cast at the prisoner! Prejudice, with her
myriad ears, was gaping on, and gulping
down the palpable story. The witnesses
gave their evidence with clearness and pre
cision. The landlord of the little public
house where Suarez first stopped was called
to prove his having seen the dollars in the
possession of the murdered man when at his
house. During all the previous proceedings
this man had never before looked at Suarez
face to face; but when he was confronted
with him he gave an involuntary start, and
seemed unable to utter a syllable. He fixed
his eyes intently on the prisoner, and point
ing to his own cheek, stammered out:
“He is not guilty! he is not guilty!”
Hearing this exclamation, and seeing him
point to his cheek, Suarez remembered that
he had a large scar on his own, from a sabre
wound he received years before; and when
the witness had gained his composure he
proceeded to identify Suarez as the man
who came to his house w ith a quantity of
money on the evening of the supposed mur
der and asserted that the prisoner could be
none other than the
SUPPOSED VICTIM OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE.
But the Ixxiy found in the canal—had it a
scar like Suarez’s on the cheek? No —the
witness who found it remembered it had uot.
Hope dawned on Suarez warmly enough.
He was called on for his defense and told
his tale simply and composedly and his
heart beat calmly.
The Judge summed up briefly and di
rected the jury, as usual, that if there was
any doubt, the prisoner should be entitled
to the benefit of it. The jury obeyed the
direction of the Judge, and the verdict of
“not guilty” alone afforded Suarez the mel
ancholy satisfaction of relating to the
writer sufferings not to be found among the
destinies of any other man in the world.
Some ill-natured people, notwithstanding
the verdict, still believed Suarez to be guilty,
but the majority called him innocent; and
while the newspapers wen* zealously arguing
pro and con the question, he quietly slipped
off to this country, and is now living in tol
erable ease in Brooklyn, and no one has ever
since ventured to dispute the point with him
whether he is dead or alive.
BOSTON NEARNESS.
Romances Retailed in the Unromantic
West.
Correspondence Minneapolis Tribune.
There is a story going around in print
about a Boston man who was touring with
a party in California, and who gave a
capital illustration of the thrift of the pen
nies that enables men to lay up large shires
of dollars. He was in a' San Francisco
hotel, and to the darky porter who corn
broomed him he tendered two whole cents
which ho had carefully extracted from a
large aud fat poeketbook. The boy pretested
that money in that particular denomination
was not current in that region, where, as Is
well known, the nicklo is the smallest coin in
use. “Oh, keep it,” said the great Boston
man, with a grand indifference to the sac
rifice he was making; “‘you may go East
some time.” And I supposo the boy is now
carrying around in his pocket these two
coins as a testimonial of Eastern magnifi
cence in tips aud w-aiting for the chance
that he may one day have to spend them in
an Eastern city. It is not easy to think of
men starting out on pleasure tours with their
ideas of expenditure narrowed down to that
basis, but wo know that they do it. They
know before they start how- much the hotel
bill will be in this place, how much the oar
fare is from thence to thither, and they
never go over the limit which they place
upon the mouth of the poeketbook before
starting. Wliat ever they can save from
the figured expense adds fust so much to
their satisfaction, and if the dollar that they
have laid out for “tips” can be cut down to
eighty cents, their pleasure and their pride
in their own acuteness are heightened just
twenty rents’ worth, and that means a great
deal. One needn’t wonder at Boston’s
wealth after living here a short time and
seeing the small economics practiced by the
old fellows who have the most of it. And it
is in their hours of pleasure—their diversions
—as in the case of the tourist at Han Fran
cisco, that they show their economical lient
as well as in their business habits. Up at
Somerset Club, a large and jialutml Beacon
street house, tho old cocks who amuse them
selves at the pool tables not long ago started
a crusade against the charge of sc. a cue
that was exacted for the benefit of the house.
They were willing to pay something, but ob
jected to exorbitancy, and now the price
lias been reduced to lie. a cue and the old
follows are proud of the stroke of business
and the Ik*, a game that each one of
them has gained at the expense of the
‘‘Kitty.” I sometimes have occasion to go
into tne'homeopathic pharmacy on Beacon
street which for years lias been the head
quarters of the medical fraternity who are
disciples of Honhemann and I>>r the thousands
of Bostonians whose small ilLs they take
pleasure in doctoring for themselves. I am
almost never there without seeing some old
and respectable Bostonian come in and hold
out one or more small 10c. vials to be
refilled with some particular medicament.
Anew liottle and contents cost 10c. but if
you save the bottle and bring it back for
replenishment you have to pay only Bc., and
let me tell you few of those lie. fragments
of blown glass are lost among the old fami
lies of Boston.
Slightly Acquainted.
Toicn Topics.
It is getting to be as dangerous to talk to
a clubman on domestic matters as it is to
talk to an actor. The other afternoon Jiggs
mill Figgs were walking down tho avenue
when a lady passed them going up. She
glanced so intently at them that Figgs was
immensely flattered. He cxiianded his
chest brushed a sjieck of dust from his
paunch and said:
“Fine figure of a woman, old man, eh?”
Jiggs assented.
“Beckon l caught it that time, eh?” con
tinued Figgs.
“Think so?" asked Jiggs. with a queer
look in his eye.
“Why not?” demanded Figgs. “Do you
know her?”
“I used to," replied Jiggs, “before we
were divorced."
HERE’S AN ABLE STORY,
Its About Rattlesnakes, Giant Powder,
and a Cliff of Solid Gold.
From the Denver Tribune.
A hunter who has hunted and mined from
Arizona to the Yellowstone, and who is
highly esteemed for truth and veracity, was
telling me that he bad the other day made a
most wonderful discovery, and that he had
seen gold that would put the Treasury of
the United States at a discount. The dis
covery was made in the mountains not more
then ten miles from the goverment bridge
over Yampa river, in Routt county, Col.
He said that when he was on top of one of
the mountains seen from the bridge that
he saw at the bottom of a cliff that he
was peering over that the ground was smooth
and clean, as if deer or Dear had been in
the habit of resting and sunning them
selves through the heat of the early spring
days.
Being anxious to get a deer or have a fight
with a bear, he-decended by a circuitous
route to the foot of the cliff. Peering cau
tiouly around for game, he was somewhat
startled at hearing the rattle of a snake.
Looking about, he saw large numbers of
them lying around, while there was a con
stant stream of them going into a round
hole in the rock near the bottom of the
cliff.
Being anxious to destroy as many of the
reptiles as he possibly could, he procured a
forked stick, and placing the fork over the
neck of one of the largest, he pinoned him
to the ground; then tying a half dozen sticks
of giant gowder to his tail, set a slow match
to it and then let the snake go, After see
ing his snakeship go into the hole, the hun
ter retreated to a safe distance to await de
velopments. He did not have long to wait.
First there was a slight trembling of the
ground, then a burst that shook the moun
tain like an earthquake, and with that burst
the whole side of the cliff toppled off and fell
to the ground, and up went more snakes than
was ever thought of by either Gulliver or
Baron Munchausen.
The face of the rock was honeycombed
with round holes, out of which snakes were
pouring like water through a knot hole as
long as the hunter stayed, and he stayed
long enough to see many thousands seeth
ing and hissing in their rage and agony,
when he became weary of the sight and
left, but not until he had seen that the
whole face of the cliff was covered with solid
gold.
Visitors to the East
This summer should not fail to order from the
United States Hotel, Boston, a set of their hand ■
some Maps and pamphlet edition of Boston and
its attractions. Enclose 10c in stamps for
postage.
The Savannah Weekly News.
Sixteen 3?ages.
For Saturday, May 21, 1887.
NOW READY.
CONTENTS.
First Page— Lightening the Burden; Jack
and Jill, an Illustrated Story; Southern Mer
chants in Many Cases Attempt to Settle Ante-
War Debts; More Proof that the Sea Serpent is
Visiting the Pacific Coast; A Mountain Bully
Who Turned Out to be One of the Bravest of
the Brave; Fashion Notes.
Second Page —The Garfield Monument at
Washington Unveiled; A Tax on Yankee Grain;
Commerce by Rail; Powderly’s Foes; O'Brien
Enters Canada; Arizona’s Earthquake; Famish
ing Texans; Mutiny at Sea: Called Back to Life;
A Yellow Shower; Louisville's Derby Day;
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Grandson.
Third Page.— Macon's Big Prize Drill; Geor
gia's Capital City; Dragged to Death by a Mule;
Georgia's Editors; A Railroad's Big Dividend;
Shot by Two Brothers; Florida’s Legislature;
Florida's Metropolis; Remarkable Materializa
tion; Soldiers’ Superstitions; The Affecting
Story of an Outcast Found on the Street.
Fourth Page— Jefferson Davis at Meridian;
Cardinal Gibbons at London; A Life Insurance
Fight; Chicago's Big Strike; An Episcopalian
Split; Sedgwick's Last Battle; Stories of Mr.
Beecher; Nerve Bracers; The Senatorial Contest
in Florida; Jacksonville Items; Emory College
Fifty Years Old; Terra Firma in a Quiver;
Judge Cooley's Views:
Firm Page— Singular Characteristics of Some
New York Solitaires; Justice Woods Dead; The
Supreme Court; The Pension Bureau; Explosion
of a Boiler; Mississippi; Cross-Country Riders,
illustrated; Points on Hotel Detectives; Bis
marck and the Czar Playing a Desperate Game;
Episcopacy's Split; A Cyclone in Nebraska
Sixth Page —Truth Stranger in the Southwest
than Eastern Fiction: Barney O’Hoolihan and
His Wife Try to Pick Out Spring Raiment; A
Borrowed Little Girl; A Strange Suicide; Queen
Victoria’s Ride; A Story of Two Artists; Freaks
of the Insane; A Touching Story of the Custer
Massacre; Parson Jinglejaw’s Fish Preserve.
Seventh Page— Agricultural Department:
Fertilizers: The Coming Orange Crop; Change
of Seed; Horse Radish; A Staple Plant; Farm
and Notes; Popular Science; Society at
the National Capital; A Very Serious Row Near
Valdosta; The Pine Barren Murderer Captured;
Why Ex-Confederates Will Not Visit Gettys
burg.
Eighth Page— Rev. Talmage on “Watchman,
What of the Night?" A Texas Tragedy; Hot
Words and Pistols; Austell Notes; The Tele
phone Case; Rain Needed Badly in Many Locali
ties; One Policeman Killed and Another Wound
ed by Burglars; A Home Ruler Abroad; Loco
motive Firemen.
Ninth Page— A Tumult at Toronto, Roughs
Try in Vain to Break up the O’Brien Meeting;
Gould and the Pacific, the Imputation of
Knavery Irately Denied; Filled With Morphine,
an ex Confederate Has a Close Call at the
Capitol; Bloxhamand Perry Out; Other General
Telegrams.
Tenth Page—The News in Georgia, Gathered
from Correspondents and Exchanges; South
Caroliua Items.
Eleventh Page— Round About in Florida;
Starke Sensations; Jacksonville Incidents;
Struck by a Hurricane; Florida's Legislature;
Crushed by the Wheels; Wielders of the Birch;
Atlanta Items; Base Ball.
Twelfth Page— Editorial; One Code for nil
the States: Hawley Coming to tne Front; Things
Which Makes the President Popular: Admission
to the Bar; High License iu Pennsylvania;
Southern Farmers; An Extra Session Advisable;
Recent Southern Literature; Points About Pe
troleum; Earning*of a Great Singer; The State
Fair; Brief Telegraphic Summary.
Thirteenth Faok— Local Department: Negro
Cracksman Caught; The Savannah Yacht
Club’s Twelfth Annual RegHtta; Trinity Sunday
School's Sixty-Fifth Anniversary; Great Coun
cil of Red Men; Proceedings of the W. C. T. U.
Convention; County Commissioners.
Focrteenth Page— Some Cincinnati Ghosts;
Smoking Men; From Forecastle and Coal Yard
to the Pulpit; A Supposed Corpse Shipped on a
Railroad Regains Consciousness; A Newsboy's
Nerve; A Snake Stovy on the Good Old Plan;
Roach, the Terror; Curious Specimens of
Money; He Saved Five Cents; A Comedy of One
Error.
FiETKErrH Page— Dead ?loscs; His Depth of
Woe; Earthquakes; His Lilly of the Valley: A
Close Bargainer; Mrs. Maloney's Tooth; What
Sort of Girls are Loveable; A Clergyman
Dumbfoundod; Caught by a Lump of Sugar;
Bathing the “Hang-Ups;" A Queer Case; Cur
rent Comment; Bright Bits; Personal; Items of
interest.
Sixteenth Page— Review of the Market for
the Week; Five Millions In Bonds; The Central's
New Issue Placed at Other News Items;
Advertisements.
Just the paner to send to your friends.
Single copies 5 cents.
For sale at Estlll's News Depot and at the of
fice, 3 Whitaker street.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
HARRISON.—The friends and relatives of
John Harrison and of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Groves are respectfully Invited to attend the
funeral of the former from the residence of the
latter, 86 Tattnall street, at 10 o’clock THIS
MORNING.
WHITFIELD.—The friends and acquaintance
of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Simson, and of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Warde are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral of their mother, Mrs. Nancy
Whitfield, from the First Bryan Baptist
Church, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON at 3
o’clock.
JONES.—The friends and acquaintance of
Clarence Jones and of his wife and Mrs. Laura
Robinson are respectfully invited to attend his
funeral from St. Stephen's Church at 3:30
o’clock THIS AFTERNOON.
MEETINGS.
80L0VI0.VS Lv)DGE N0 1, F <b A. M.
A regular communication will be held A
at Masonic Temple THIS (Thursday)
EVENING, May 19th. 5887, at 8 o’clock. JLjT
Visiting and transient brethren oor-/ \
dially and fraternally invited. By order
J. R. SAUSSY, W. M.
Thomas H. Laird, Secretary.
ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of the St. An
drew's Society will be held at Metropolitan Hall
THIS (Thursday) EVENING, 19th inst., at 8
o’clock. By order of the President.
HENRY A. McLEOD, Sec’y .and Treas’r,
SPECIA LNOT 1C ES.
TO SHIPPERS.
S., F. &W. Ry., Freight Department, )
Savannah, Ga., May 18th, 1887.)
The station known as ORION, FLA., will, on
and after MAY 30th, 1887, be discontinued as a
regular station, and will be known as FLAG
STATION B, 226. All shipments must be pre
paid. WM. P. HARDEE, G. F. A.
LOST.
On the evening of May 17th, 1887, either in
Gainesville, Fla., or on the S., F. and W. R. R.
train, a note of $2,000 drawn by Power &
Moloney in favor of Mrs. M. J. Strous. Persons
are cautioned against trading for same.
MRS. M. J. STROUS.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Ga., May 18, 1887.
The Lumbermen's Association, to Whom it May
Concern:
We. the Association, met and agreed that on
and after the 25th day of May, 1887 we would
work under and about the wharves for 25c. and
30c. per hour. R. H. PARLING,
W. B WILLIAMS.
RICHARD POOLER,
Committee.
JUST OPENED.
A good assortment of SUMMER CLOTHING.
For sale very low by JAUDON,
150 St. Julian street.
FOR SALE.
120 Horse Power ENGINE for sale at a bar
fp.in. Cylinder ix3o. About new and in per
ect order. A. B. HART,
Lake City, Fla.
~~ DR. HENRY sTcOLDING,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
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.
FRUIT AND GROCERIES.
ill ini
7 Pounds Green Rio $1 00
7 Pounds Good Ground Rio 1 00
Assorted Pickles! Assorted Pickles!
Pint Bottles, two for 15c
Quart Bottles He
Half Gallon Bottles 23c
Soda, Soda, Soda.
10 Pounds Washing Soda 25c
1 Pound Boss Soap, 8 for 25c
7 Dozen Clothes Pins 10c
50-foot Clothes Line 8c
12 Packages Starch 23c
Dried Peaches, a pound 10c
Nuts. Nuts, Nuts.
Mixed Nuts, per pound 10c
Pecan Nuts, per pound 9c
2 Pounds Raisins 25c
Coleman’s Mustard.
Half Pound Can 10c
Quarter Pound Can 7c
Blacking, Blacking.
2Largeßexe6 Blacking 5c
Blacking Brushes 10a
Scrub Brushes 54
Scrub Brushes 7c
Gallon Apples, a can 22c
Capers, per bottle 18c
K. POWER,
138 Congress, cor. Bull and St. Julian sts.
ONIONB
BERMUDA ONIONS IN CRATES.
Potatoes, Oranges, Lemons, Peanuts.
BLACK EYE ~T) T J A (Tt SPECKLED
CLAY I JliAh BLACK
HAY AND GRAIN.
Special Prices on Car Lots. Eastern Hay,
Feed Meal, Bran, Corn, Oats, Grits and Meal.
109 BAY STREET.
W.D.SIMKINS&CO.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
Proposals Wanted.
BIDS will lie received up to the Ist of JUNE
for the buildings on the eastern half of lot
on the corner of Whitaker. President and State
streets, and also for excavating to the depth of
10 feet the lot above mentioned, measuring 00 by
1)0 feet. The buildings to lie removed within ten
days and the excavating to tie finished by the
first of July, 1887.
Bids must be mode separately. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids.
J. H. I.STILL,
D. R. THOMAS.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM,
RUFUS E. LESTER,
Committee Union Society.
U. 8. Treasury Department, 1
Marine Hospital Service, -
Savannah, Ga., May 14, 1887. \
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
87 office until noon of MAY 25. 1887, to fur
nish subsistence ant! other supplies, including
telephone service, during the fiscal year ending
Juno no, I Mss. for the use of the Marine Hospital
Service at Sapelo Quarantine Station. Schedules
and further information may lie obtained upon
application to the undersigned. The right is re
served to waive Informalities, and to reject any
or all proposals. J. H. WHITE,
Surgeon in Charge.
T AWYKRS. doctors, ministers, mercha
Ia mechanics and others having books, naga
zlnes, and other printed work to lie bound or re
bound can have such work done in the best style
of the binder's art at the MORNING NEWS
BINDERY, 8 Whitaker street.
AMUSEMENTS.
BEOALLTOniAY;
MOBILE VS. SAVANNAH.
TICKETS AT USUAL PUCES.
Grame at 4 Q*cn roie
RESORTS. ~
Salt WHJ
AUSTELL, GrA.
ntiRXTs
week. The accommodations are first-claw in
every respect. For further information
drcss T. J. MAY, Proprietor, “
Austell, Ga.
LONG BRANCH, N. I
United States Hotel
A FIRST-CLASS FAMILY HOTEL
OPENS JUNE 25, 1887.
T-. AIR I) & VAN CL 35 A F
MONWALE SPRINGS;
Blount County, • Tennessee.
THIS Health Resort will be open Mavlst 1887
The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent
Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville
Rates: $1 per day; $25 per month for May and
June; $2 per day, $lO and sl2 per week, $35 and
$lO per month for July and August. Half rates
for children. J. C. ENGEL, Prop.
POPULAR PRICES '
Congress Hall.
SARATOGA SPRINGS,
Accommodates 1,000 persons. Rates. $3 per day
for rooms, except those on parlor and first floors.
Open from June 18 to Oct. 1.
CLEMENT & COX, Proprietors.
H. S. CLEMENT, Manager.
THE KENSINGTON.
Union Avenue, opposite Congress Springs Park,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 18th.
For particulars address 229 Broadway, Room
18, N. Y., or 420 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N Y
PAUL C. QRENING, Proprietor.
CLAREN DON HOTEL,
Saratoga Springs, IS". Y,
OPENS JUNE 23th.
Popular rates. $3 00 per day
P. STEINFELD,
Proprietor.
the Columbian;
SARATOGA SPRINGS,
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIANB
Opens June 25th.
JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor.
Indian Harbor Hotel,
GREENWICH, CONN.
Will Open Saturday, June 18th,
Address WM. H. LEE
Grand Hotel, 81st street and Broadway, New
York
THE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock. N.
C. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4,000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi
cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the
season. For information address WATAUGA
HOTEL CO., Blowing Rock, N. C.
hotels. “ ~
WASHINGTON HOTEL
7th and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR.
RATES, S3 50 PER DAY.
, Centrally located, only a short walk from
Penn’a and Reading Depots. New Passenger
Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room and
all modern improvement*. Polite attendance
and unsurpassed table.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI
(Formerly Bt. Mark’s.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
THE MOST central House in the city. Near
Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bela,
Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $3 per day.
JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor.
S. A. UPSON, Manager.
KITSELL'S PRIVATE HOTEL
91 FIFTH AVENUE, NEAR 17th STREET,
NEW YORK.
AMERICAN and European plans. Location
most central. Rooms en suite or Sjnsjl-
First-class board and accommodations. I no*
reasonable as a boarding house.
JAMES KITSEIX.
Proprietor^
HOTEL VENDOME
BROADWAY A FORTY-FIRST STREET
NEW YORK.
A MERIC AN PLAN. Centrally located, ijj
A the latest improvements. Cuisine ana ser
vice unexcelled.
Special rates to permanent guests.
I. STEINFELD, ManMM ,
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
THIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided*!*
1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one “
city) and has been remodeled and newly
nishod. The proprietor, who by recent P u^"—
Is also the owner of the establishment, spa
neither pains nor expense in the entertAim
of his guests. The patronage of Florida
ors is earnestly invited. The table of _
Screven House is supplied with ever) h‘ ,
that, the markets at home or abroad cancan
MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GA -
ri EG. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Forroerl'’
V T the Metropolitan Hotel. New York, *
Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Idoatio
tral. All parts of the city and P. lac^f„°L <s in)j
est accessible by street cars constantly pa""
the doors. Sfiecial inducements to tuo
iiig t he city for business or pleasure.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
Ono of the Largest Boarding Houses >"
South.
t FFORHS pleasant South rooms. gorM
A with pure Artesian Water, at price*>
those wishing table, regular or transient
inodations. Northeast corner Eh ‘
Drayton streetß, opposite Marshall_H^^<f
Eligible Lois fe Site—a ■•• Jj
On easy terms and reasonable prices. The
desirably located of any unlmproveo l l
offered for sale. Situated on Oorda.
and Huntingdon street*. FiveSi YiStiß
lota. Apply to GEO.
114 Bryan atrecL or at Fuat
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