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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of communications to that effect having passed between Messrs Bloxham and Perry, they would both be formally withdrawn from the contests.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 1 i 1 1 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. 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