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TWELVE HOUSES BURNED.
FIRE ROBS SEVENTY PEOPLE OF
THEIR HOMES.
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars Worth
of Property Destroyed at Lincoln and
New Houston Streets- Incendiaries
at Work in the Southern Part of the
City-Firemen Have a Hard Fight—
The Losses and Insurance.
Twelve bouses at Lincoln and New Hous
ton streets were burned yesterday morning.
The fire broke out a lew minutes before 4
o’clock in nu uncompleted tenement on the
west Ride of Lincoln street, next to New
Houston, For some reason, not explained,
the alarm was not turned in until the fire
had gained an almost irresistible headway
so that when the firemen arrived they could
do nothing more than resist a further spread
of the flames, and in this direction they did
efficient work, though they fought against
almost overwhelming odds.
WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.
Mr. Salomon Cohen is building a row of
six two-story frame dwellings between
Waldburg and New Houston streets facing
Lincoln. The three nearest to New Houston
street were roofed and lathed and ready for
the plaster. The fire started in the rear of
the house that . tood next to New Houston
street and in the corner that was on the
street. Mr. Thomas Wakefield said that
when ho was awakened by theories of fire
he looked out of his window, just across
the stiwt, and saw the flame which was
then not more than six feet high. It
spread with almost incredible rapidity,
awl in a moment the whole house was on
fire. The flames quickly communicated to
the house on the north, and then blew back
on the residence of Police Sergt. Lingg,
on New Houston street. From the second
the fire communicated to the third of tho
new houses, then leaped across Lincoln
street and began its work on the dwellings
there; then from the house in which it orig
inally staited it jumped New Houston street
and caught the houses on the south side.
RUSHED INTO THE STREET.
The first work of those who discovered the
fire was to awaken and save their families,
and when they were taken to a place of
safety the men returned to save their house
hold goods, but the firo was burning too
hotly and the houses could not be ap
proached. In a short time the roofs of two
of the three now houses and of Sergt.
Lingg’s residence fell in, and just then the
fire department arrived. The hook and
ladder company, which was the first to ar
rive, started up New Houston street, but
when it got between the burning buildings
the heat was so intense that the horses re
fused to proceed further. Tho hose reel
had dropped a line of hose on Drayton
street and was running it out on New Hous
ton. A blockade was threatened when the
reel reached the hook and ladder truck, but
the driver.of tho latter managed to get a
little tp one side find trie reel dashed by.
Tlje truck awl its crew and horses, however,
were suffering terribly, and it was evident
that both men and horses would soon
lie lost if they remained there, anti
the truck would be burned. Half a dozen
•men rolled the truck back down New
Houston street into a safe place. The
hose that had been left in the street was
coupled to the engine but could not be used.
There was no pressure on the pipes.
THE HOSE BURNED IN TWO.
Whilo the hose was lying in the middle of
the street waiting for water it was burned
in, two by the intense hoat. The reel went
back over its course for an other line and
■while mnking the trip one of the horses
was burned atout the head
and one whole side of his
body was blistered. That was reel No. 4.
One of the horses of reel No. 1 suffered in a
similar manner. At last the water began
to flow, but the pressure was light, ana at
no time was it sufficient to enable the depart
ment to work advantageously. These were
the difficulties under which the firemen
labored, yet they succeeded in preventing a
further spread or the flames, and a reconi of
their effective work stands in the shape of
the north wall of the last of Mr. Cohen’s
houses that burned. Three walls fell in, but
the fourth remained standing. There the
fire was stopped on that side.
TWELVE HOUSES BURNED.
The houses burned were four on the east
side of Lincoln street, four on the west side
south of New Houston street, and four on
the northwest corner of the streets men
tioned, aud a large outhouse- in the rear of
Eergt. Lingg’s residence. The walls of the
grocer} store of Mr. John H. Wilder, on
the southeast corner, were badly blistered,
nad tho walls of all the adjoining buildings
were injured to a greater or less oxteut. Tho
four houses on the northwest corner were
owned by Mr. Cohen and Sergt. Lingg. The
four on the southwest corner belonged to
Mr. Andrew McConnick. Mr. John H.
Wilder owned the two on the east side
facing New Houston street, and the two
i'uat behind them were owned by Mr. John
1. Fernandez.
Three of the dwellings were unfinished,
and the others were occupied by Charles
Hawkins. Mrs. Wetters, a widow, Sergt.
Lingg. John Hunt, Thomas Wakefield,
Mrs. Segure, Cato Powell (colored) and
Hagar Robinson (colored). The remaining
two were small tenements. No accurate
figures could be had. but withiu the twelve
dwellings there lived not less than seventy
two pereons. While they lost all t here prop
erty no one was injured, though some of
them were frightened into a nervous sick
ness.
THE ESTIMATED LOSS.
The loss ou the buildings is placed at
about SIB,OOO aud on the furniture at $4,000.
The latter was insured lor about three
fourtiis of its value, except the furniture of
Mr. Thomas Wakefield, which was valued
at $1,500. Mrs. Wetter had just purchased
a $250 set of furniture.
Regarding the late arrival of the depart
ment, Chief Fernandes said that there was
a fatal delay somewhere, but whore he did
not know, llis house Is less than half a
block from the firemen’s headquarters, and
he counted the alarm, 41, as it struck,
and ran immediately to the engine house.
He met tlie hose reel as it came out.
Thef-uck hud already gone out and the
reel left the house just as the first tap of
the second round sounded, and no time was
lost in rotting to the fire. As soon as he got
out of doors the Chief know thnt the fire had
a long start of hint, for the light was so
bright that ho thought the fire must be
north, although tho box from which the
alarm sounded wrs south, but when he
turned the corner of South Broad and Dray
ton streets the light was so much brighter
that he ut once located the blaze. Tins he
stated to show that tho fire had got well
under headway when the alarm was turned
in. and ttiai fact became more )*ainfully
evident when he reached 100 spot and found
that three of the houses had already fallen
in.
THREE FIREMEN INJURED.
The firemen worked with a will to put a
limit to the loss of property, and three of
them are quite seriously "injured. Pat
< *’< ’.onnell, driver of reel No. 4, Petal' Wako
llold of hose company No. 3, and William
Cantwell, of the same company, aro now
wearing a plentiful lot of old linen to cover
the blisters ou their faros nnd hands. The
only cans*' that can lx* unsigned for the fire
is incendiarism. This is the third time
within a few months that houses nearly fin
ished have mysteriously taken Are. The
families thnt were left without shelter were
given reiuge in the houses of neighlxirs.
Mr. Joseph Phillips has opened one of his
bouse* on Anderson street to them, and
shelter will lx? provided until they can pro
vide for themselves.
“The Best
and most desirable Hotel In Boston is the Unite!
Slates, where there is no attempt ut style, but
■ great deal of attention paid to the comfort
of patrons."- Bottun Demid,
THE THREATENED STRIKE.
What the Stevedored Say About tho
Trouble With tho Longshoremen.
Tho threatened strike of the longshore
men. while not generally credited by lead
ing stevedores, is causing some uneasiness
among them. Mr. J. P. Larsen, of Larsen
& Cos., was spoken to last night regarding
the trouble that is said to be brewing Ik>
tweeu the stevedores and the longshoremen.
Mr. Larsen is a heavy handler of rosin and
turpentine, and concerning that brunch of
the business he said there are no difficulties
to lie settled, so far as employer and em
ploye are concerned.
On April 15 the Longshoremen’s Associa
tion asked for an advance and got what
they wanted and they are satisfied. Former
ly live men were employed in a gang, but
the association demanded that the steve
dores should employ six, three white and
tlireo black, and the stevedores are now
working in that way. The only differences
that exist are between the stevedores them
selves, and their differences are in regard to
the prices to be received from the vessels.
Prior to April 15 the wages were as fol
lows: Two men S3 per day, two men $2, one
man $1 50, making sll 50 for the force. The
stevedores received from the sliips 8 l-2c.
per barrel, but out of that they had to pay
74C. for hoisting, leaving them 2J4C. A
gang of five would load 700 barrels a day,
which would give the stevedores sl9 20, and
deducting sll 50 wages would leave them a
net profit of $770. Under the new rule the
wages are: Two men $4, two $8 50,
and two $2 50; total ss3o, and the ships
agreed to pay 4 l-2c. per barrel, which, less
%c. hoisting, would give the stevedore
$26 25 on the 700 barrels, or a profit of
$6 25. This reduced the profit of tne steve
dores, but still they seemed to be satisfied
until one or two of them, it is claimed, be
gan to cut prices to get vessels, which they
would not otherwise have obtained. The
first cut was to t and then another firm
cut that to 4c., which will give them but
*22 75 from the ship, or a profit of only
$2 75 a day.
Mr. Larsen said that the idea that ships
will lie driven away from the port is sim
ply ridiculous. The advance to 4 l-2c. only
increases the port charges S3O, and if the
stevedores are going to do the work for 4c.
the advance is only sls on loading the ves
sel, and it is absurd to talk about a vessel
going elsewhere because she lias to pny sls
or S3O; or, for that matter, SIOO more for
taking on her cargo. As for the lumber
men, Mr. Larsen is not at present handling
lumber, but he is confident that there is not
going to be a strike; he thinks that the ste
vedores will give the men what they want
and that will end it.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Georgia Tent of Rechabites will meet to
night.
DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., hold a
meeting this evening.
The firemen have received their new uni
forms and will don them to-day for the first
time.
The St. Patrick’s Total Abstinence and
Benevolent Society at its meeting last night
decided to give its annual picnic on Thurs
day, June 9, at Montgomery.
There were 142 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's last week,
against 167 in the preceding week, and 152,
164, 187 and 166 in the corresponding weeks
of 1886, 1885, 1884 and 1883.
The city water supply yesterday, except
for the impurities in the mains, which will
require some days to remove, was pure ar
tesian water. The river water was cut off
Saturday night and only artesian water
was pumped yesterday.
Officer Neidlinger reported last night the
finding of the body of a negro floating in
the river between Whitaker and Barnard
streets. A boat was procured and the body
was taken to the Market wharf where it
was identified as that of Keny Fields, who
was drowned last Friday.
The police reported the arrest last night
of Thomas Walsh and Thomas Hall on the
charge of stealing a gold watch and chain
from James Mullen. The watch was found
in the possession of one of the men and the
other nad the chain. Five arrests were
made for drunkenness and three for disor
derly conduct.
The German Friendly Society will cele
brate its fiftieth anniversary at Greenwich
Park on Thursday. The society is one of
the leading German organizations in the
city. The committee in charge of the semi
centennial celebration are Mr. George A.
Gemunden, Chairman; C. A. H. Umbach,
William Sclieihing, J. H. Helmken, C. H.
Harms, G. Macher, A. Krieger, Adam Kes
sel, Eugcn labielie, Otto Vogel, Jacob
Lutz, Jacob Kraft, and H. G. Kuckuek,
Secretary.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Savannah Typographical Union on the
Sun's Boycott.
The Savannah Typographical Union, in
consequence of tho efforts of labor organi
zations in New York to boycott the Sun
because of the ground it has taken in regard
to the recent ’longshoremen’s strike, yester
day passed the following resolutions.
Savannah Typographical Union No. 183, in
regular meeting assembled, hereby resolves:
1. That the privilege or the press to a free and
full expression of opinion ujniii all matters of
daily concern should tie unquestioned and uu
trammeled.
2 That any attempt of labor organizations to
interfere with the business of any newspaper
for the exercise of this privilege should be con
demned and censured.
Local Personal.
Among tho arrivals at the Screven House
yesterday were H. Miller, Easton, Pa.; E
Xi Thompson, Pittsburg; C. C. Fitzgerald,
George W. Knott, W. B Beldon, John Muy
her, New York; H. E. Block, Louisville; J.
Pinkussohn, Miss R. Pinkussohn Miss J.
Pinkussohn, Charleston; M. F. Plant, Flori
da ;J. Schioss, Baltimore; C. A. Bullock.
Philadelphia; T. S. Paint, Atlanta; Thomas
E. Hicks and wife, Clarkesville.
At the Pulaski House were C. D. Ritz
wold, T. F. Flynn, 8. V. Rosenstein, Mitch.
Flatan, Arthur Isreol, F. K. Terry, Charles
ton, 8. C.: A. H. Porter, Baltimore; J. A.
Polhill, Milieu; Thomas P. Henry, Augusta;
Arthur Parker, New York; Louis M. Lain,
Virginia; J. C. Kont, Marblehead, Mass.;
T. W. Aston, Detroit; Thomas W. Biller
way, Boston.
At the Marshall House were Janira M.
Raleigh, Cleveland; J. P. Ravi, Hamp
ton, N. C.; George B. Hack, llaokton; Tam
Brennan, Ed. Cartwright, Joeb Wells, Jack
Brennan, Jules Pujol,Ed. Clark, H. Vaughn,
H. Murphy, H. Fuller. New Orleans; John
H Griffin, Atlanta; C. W. Wilkie, Charles
ton.
At the Harnett House were James Steele,
Jesnp; J. F. Kendall. J. H. Dorman, Cin
cinnati: G. W. Austin, Godfrey Austin.
H D. Burnett. A. W McClure, Hardevllle,
S. C.; C. J. Neal and wife, E. J. Brenner,
Pcoiia, 111. ;U. A. Felton and wife, Adrian,
Mich.; F. J. Durden. Midville; P. G. Lang
ley, Houth Carolina: Hugh G. Powell, Jack
sonville, Fla.; J. W. Barnett and wife, ],ake
City, Fla.
A Sea Sick Passenger
On the ocean cares little about a storm. He is
positively indifferent whether he is washed over
board or not. Hut. set right by a wineglassful
or two of Hostelter's Stomach Hitters, he feels
renewrd interest In his pci-sona! safety. Tills
fine corrective neutralizes in brackish water—
often compulsorily drank on shipboard, to the
grievous detriment of health ih- pernicious
Impurities which give rise to disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels. To the mariner, the
tourist, the Western pioneer and miner, the Hit
ters is invaluable ns a means of protection
against malaria, when Its seeds are iutent in air
end water. To the effects of overwork, mental
or manual, it is a most reliable antidote, ami to
tho debilitated aud nervous, it affords great and
speedily fell relief and vigor.
Boys' Sailor Butts tor 76c.
The Famous, 149 Congress Rtreet, has just
received u lot of blue flannel suilor suits,
which are Bolling for 75c.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 23, 1887.
THE SCHEDULE CHANGED.
THE MEMPHIS CLUB TO TAKE UP
MOBILE'S DATES.
Now Orleans to Ply in Savannah and
Memphis in Charleston This Week—
Nashville Still Lf.ylng Off The Home
Team to be Reorganized at Once.
The sixth week of tho Southern League
season will begin to-day. Tho New Or
leans team arrived from Charleston yester
day evening and will play here to-day, to
morrow, Wednesday and Thursday.
Mobile was to have played in Charleston
this week. In order to give Birmingham
time to get her li*m together the Memphis
club, which should have laid off this week,
has changed dates with Birmingham, and
will play in Charleston to-day and the rest
of the week, giving Birmingham until June
Ito prepare. By this time she can doubt
less muster a strong team, and will take the
field for an active campaign.
Mr. Haas was to have left Atlanta last
night and will probably lie here this morn
ing. A meeting of the Savannah directors
will be held and steps will be taken at once to
reorganize the home team. In its present
shape the team is in no condition to play. Just
what changes will bo made it is impossible
of course to state, but it is very probable
that some releasing will be done in
a day or two, or as soon as new men can be
obtained. Savannah has some first-class
players, but the weak points of the team
will have to be strengthened before it can
go into a game with any show of winning.
Games Yesterday.
At Louisville—
Louisville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 x— 6
Metropolitan 01001100 0— 3
At Cincinnati —
Cincinnati 3 62 1 04 00 I—l 7
Baltimore 0 2 0 0 0 0 2,3 0— 7
At St. Louis—
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 0— 5
Brooklyn 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 I—o
Around the Bases.
The Pelicans are a solid looking body of
men.
Nichols and Dallas will probably be the
home team’s battery in to-day’s game.
The Memphis league team was defeated by
Atlanta’s amateurs at Atlanta on Saturday.
The score stood 12 to 4. Andrews, Phelan
and Black played on the Atlanta team and
an Atlanta man played on the visitors’ team.
Including the games played Saturday the
Detroit* have won 18. lost 2, with a percen
tage of .900: Boston has won 13, lost 5, with
.722; New York has won 11, lost 8, with
.579; Philadelphia has won 8, lost 11, with
.421; Pittsburg and Chicago have each won
7, lost 10, with .412; Washington has won 6,
lost 12, with .353, and Indianapolis has won
4, lost 16, with .200.
Counting Saturday’s American Associa
tion panics St. Louis has won 20, lost 4 and
has a percentage of .833; Brooklyn has won
13, lost 8 and has .619; Baltimore has won
14, lost 10 and has .583; Cincinnati has won
15, lost 11 and has .576; Louisville has won
13, lost 12 and has .520; Athletic has won 10,
lost 13 and has .435; Cleveland has won 5,
lost 19 and has .208, while the Metropolitans
are still at the foot of the list, with 4 won,
17 lost and a percentage of .190.
Manager Spalding mentions anew project
that is on foot among the leading base ball
magnates. The plan is to drop the Metro
politans and Clevelands front the American
Association and the Indianapolis and Wash
ington nines front the National League at
tho end of this season. Then the League
and the Association will be consolidated
under the title of the American League.
The New Yorks, Philadelphian, Athletics,
Bostons, Brooklyn* and Baltimores will
comprise the Eastern section, and the
Chicagos, Detroit?, St. Louis, Louisvilles,
Cincinnati* and Pittaburgs will form the
Western division.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
John H. Griffin, of the Chicago and East
ern Illinois route, is in the city,
Jacksonville, Ala., is stirred up over the
Central’s proposed Carrollton extension
which is expected to pass through Jackson
ville.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Buena Vista and Ellaville railroad has been
called for June 11, for the purpose of decid
ing whether or not the eastern terminus of
the road will be changed from Anderson to
Americas. The stockholders and the people
at large are almost unanimous in desiring
' the change. The survey of the new route
will be in order in a few days, and work will
commence about July 1.
Big Railroad Scheme.
The objects of the stockholders’ meeting
of tho Georgia and Carolina Midland rail
road at Columbia, 8. C., on Wednesday, it
is reported, will be to consolidate tho Augus
ta, Edgefield and Newberry aud the Caroli
na Midland to Blacks, on the Air Line, with
the Chicago, Cincinnati and Charleston rail
road. which are engaged in a gigantic
scheme to build tietween 609 and 700 miles
of railroad, reaching from Camden, 8. C.,
to Ashland, Ky., and thence to Cin
cinnati and Chicago. Capt. Frank
Cox, owner of tho Battery
Parle Hotel, at Asheville, is President of tho
road and the Boston and Southern Construc
tion Company is at the liackof the enterprise.
The company has just bought for $700,000
the road from Ashland, Ky., to Chaltroy,
Ky., a distance 01 fifty miles, and 2,000 hands
are now engaged in building tho road from
Camden to Blacks. The Georgia and Caro
lina Central from Blacks, passing through
Newberry, Union and Edgefield, is already
graded afxiut sixty miles, and when gobbled
( <>r consolidated by Cox’s road, will be likely
to become part of the C., C. and C.
Atlanta's New Roads.
Atlanta expects to have four new roads in
the next twelve months. The Atlanta and
Hawkinsville road is already under con
tract, and is being built to Fort Valley.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern is
under contract from Monroe to Chester, and
it is expected that the contract for the
road from Atlanta to Athens will
be let within the next sixty days.
The Macon and Athens road is ex
pected to tie in Athens by Christmas, and
will be extended to Monticello (o connect
with the Marietta and North Georgia road.
The Marietta and North Georgia is to be
completed to Atlanta and extended to
Knoxville.
Thomaaville and Monticello.
Capt. John C. Reynolds, the Thomaaville
Enterprise says, 1 cached there on his re
vised survey Thursday. He immediately
proceeded to tho work of locating the line
to Monticello. When Jie has completed this
lie can then give u more accurate statement
to the citizens of Monticello and Tallahassee
ax to the amounts which will lx? neoeseary
for them to raise. Monticello now has on
deposit, in laud and money subscriptions
$11,434 and Tallahassee has $38,000,
Stoppod by a Gopher.
A few days ago an engineer of the Ten
nille, Wrightsvillo and Dublin railroad
spied something on the track which he
could not at first make out. Ho rang his
bell and whistled on brakes. Htill tho in
truder moved not a jxg. Fearing some
thing like dynamite, he brought his engine
to a dead standstill, and lo! it was nothing
but a harmless wiregross gopher.
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practices, speedily and radically cured.
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DESTINY SHOWN IN A GEM.
Tho Remarkable Sights Seen Through
a Sapphire.
The recent lecture by Mr. Alfred Phillips
has aroused the dormant interest in a sub
ject which, until lately, occupied so much
attention amongst connoisseurs in, perhaps,
the most refined of all the arts—that of the
gem engraver, which, in the mediaeval ages
m Italy, ranked higher than that of either
painting or sculpture, says the Birmingham
(Eng.) Post. It was curious to observe that
tho specimens furnished us illustrations in
tho lecture given by Mr. Alfred Phillips lie
long to English amateurs. Lord Revel
stroke, one of the last of the enthusiasts,
contributed his famous saphir mervcilleux,
once belonging to the famous Egulite, Duko
of Orleans, which has been carefully pre
served from publicity for so many years.
It was said that the late Emperor Napoleon
111. had expressed such earnest desire for
possession of the gem that he had more than
once offered the' most fabulous sums to
obtain it. Tho superstition of the time in
which it flourished on Egalite’s fat finger
ascribed miraculous powers to the stone,and
that in its depths had been revealed the
fatal destiny of its owner, when he one day
had lain himself down to rest in tho park at
St. Cloud.
The weather was hot (so goes the story),
and as the Duke lay musing on the varied
chances of hts own and of his father’s life,
wondering whether the sweeping doctrines
of the encyclopaedists would lead the people,
a blinding ray of the noonday sun, piercing
like a flaming shaft through the leaves just
stirred by the wind above his head, fell
straight (as lie afterward described the oc
currence), like a pointed finger upon the
sapphire which adorned his hand. Beneath
the my of light it seemed to increase in size
and grow all aflame.
In astonishment he raised it to his eye and
there beheld the scaffold and the beadsman
and tho surging crowd; nay, so excited did
he become that he actually fancied he could
hear tho trampling of tho horses of the
guard and the roll of the drums which an
nounced the arrival of the cart bearing the
prisoner to his doom. Presently the victim
ascended the steps, his back was turned; in
another second he was made to kneel before
the block, and then the faco, pale and livid,
full of horror and indignation, was recog
nized by the terrified gazer as his own.
Mme. de Genlis refers more t han once in
her “Memoirs” to the secret circumstances,
the memory of which now and then over
came tbe poor debauched Egalite with dread
and melancholy, but of course was turned to
luughter and mockery by . the high-born
gamblers of whom the Dulse’s society was
composed.
Tho diamond naturally occupied the
greater portion of the lecturer's attention,
and he expressed the greatest objection to
the engraving of the diamond which has
been essayed of late, as it deteriorates from
the value of the stone, which is dependent on
its brilliancy. The largest diamond in the
world—the Draganza, belonging to the King
of Portugal—is said to weigh 1,000 carats,
and to be worth $224,000,000. It is to bo
supposed nobodj’ has, however, offered to
purchase it. The mad Queen Joanna always
carried it about her person, and every morn
ing dedicated it in all solemnity to St. Jago,
holding it in her grasp all the time she laid
it on the altar.
The three historical rubies once also be
longed to the Grown of Portugal, said to
have been dropped by Don Sebastian in the
sand of the beach at Tangier's, when he
landed on his flight from his country, are
still hunted for by credulous treasure
seekers, and are supposed to be only con
cealed for awhile until some fisherman more
lucky than his fellows may bring them to
light.
Polish tradition tells of a diamond con
cealed in tho treasure vaults of the Sapieha
family at Warsaw, which is unique in the
world, possessing the faculty of reflecting in
brilliancy of color every object placed near
it.
In short, there is no end to the legends fur
nished by the diamond in all countries, and it
is a pity to behold the trade decrease of its
value in consequence of the great quantity
being poured upon us from the Cape. Never
did fashion show more malevolent caprice
than in the case of the diamond, for just as
it becomes more easy of acquisition the
usual, and once the only, wearers of the
precious gem, refuse to" acknowledge its
value as an adjunct to the full dress toilet.
A Western View of Buffalo Bill.
Prom the Salt Ixike Tribune.
America has had worso representatives in
England than “Buffalo Bill.” He is a hand
some man, a brave man, a splendid shot, a
perfect rider, and if any London toughs get
him in a close place and press him too far,
they will find that he is a fighter “from
away back.” If he keeps sober he will not
disgrace his country, for he is shrewd
enough to know his own defects and lie con
ceals them splendidly by a retiring and
courteous manner If he happens to go on
a spree we are not sure tnai. he will disgrace
his country even then, because he drinks as
he rides and shoots, and ho will give London
such,a shaking up as it hnannt luul for a long
timeC’ Deep down “Buffalo Bill” is a brainy
maii', a born general. That ho can keep such
au organization as his under control is a
proof of magnificent administrative ability,
backed by a pluck that never falters. "A
couple of years ago a horse was procured
thnt tossed off all his vaqueros and Indians,
and they reported to him that ho was too
much of a terror for them all. Bill’s answer
was, "We came from the West advertising
ourselves ns masters of horses and guns; are
we going to he thrown down by a country
bred Quaker animal ! Bhow me this horse"”
Thereupon Bill mounted him aad kept his
seat and conquered him, and the vanqueros
and savages said ho was chief.
Throe years ago, by tho sinking of a steam
lioat on the Mississippi, Cody lost a groat
number of his animals, including the mule
team which served in his show to haul the
stage which is attacked by Indians.
In refitting he bought six wild mules for
the coach. They wore large animals, that
hail tho obstinate jaws characteristic of the
“imjienitent mule.' When ready for a per
formance to liegin the next day, the driver
went to him aud said: “Mr. Cody, those
mules are wilder than Comanehes and sav
age as grizzlies. When the shooting com
mences they will take to the hills and you
mightas well try to stop a cyclone.” “That
means” said Cody, "that you don’t want
to drive them?” “There will lie no drive
about it,” sail! the man. "It wall be simply
a ride while ■ its lasts,” “Very well,” said
Cody, "hitch up your cyclone anil tell the
Indians wo will "have a rehearsal.” Cody
had secured the fair grounds of
some Eastern town for a place for
bis exhibition, and a race track was one
of the featutes of the grounds. The mules
were harnessed to the coach and held until
Cmly get on the box and secured the reins.
He had ordered the Indians to commence
firing when lie started, and to keep it up ns
king ns the jionies could keep in reusonable
distance of the stage. Then he told the men
who were holding the mules to fall back,
and the race began. The mules ran around
the track six times. Cody merely tried at
first to keep them within the indotAire.
When, alter three miles the blown animals
lx>gan to show signs of distress, Cody began
whipping them, cracking his whip and yell
ing like an Apacne. When the last, three
miles were completed the mules stopped at
the word, just abio to stand. Cody gave
it as his belief that they were thorough
ly brokeh, and “one of the sweetest
driving teams ’" ihat he hod ever tried to
engineer, ami tho employes who watched
the performance quietly passed the word
from one to the other that the “old man is
chief, sure enough.” it is by such means
that “Buffalo Mill" holds his motley hand of
cmvlioys and Indians in subjection and
when they show symptoms of a quarrel
among themselves, lie goes direct to the one
who is making the trouble and tells him m
a soft roll?', but with the old dangerous
glitter hi his eyes, that he always takes a
hand when there is trouble in camp, mid
that is enough. In other words, he is alto
gether a manly man, and this the men of
England, from high to low. will discover
before he has boon novum thorn very lone.
THE PRINCE’S BAD BOYS,
The Youths Are Very Rapid and Are
Not Overly Brilliant.
tendon tetter in Philadelphia Telegraph.
People are asking why it is that the sec
ond next King of England has been suddenly
ordered off to the sterile rock of Gibraltar,
whither he has just departed in company
with or in charge of a couple of equerries
not too remarkablo for youth or bonhomie.
No one who knows “Gib” will think that
Albert Victor has gone out there of his own
accord, and the official explanation that it
is necessary for him to do duty with the
Riiles out there it is only a genteel way of
letting the young Prince down easy. The
fact is that his royal highness’ papa has
been so busy of late going round with the
liat for the Imperial Institute that he has
not hiul time to look alter his hopeful sons,
who arc just about the age when hopeful
sons require a little supervision, and
who arc getting more like their father
every dav.
It is whispered that the elder has been a
little bit on the spree, and that various con
siderations have induced the temporary ex
ile of this promising chip of the old Guelph
block. Meanwhile brother George has been
displaying a praiseworthy readiness to keep
up with the times. Quite recently he pre
sented papa, they say, with a big bundle of
bills, which he confessed his inability to
meet. Albert Edward scratched his iiead
in the place where the wool ought to be, and
finally let fly at his promising No. 2 with
more” vigor than elegance. How dare he run
up such Dills? Hoiv dare he ask his father
to pay them out of his slender resources?
“When I was your age,” said he
in conclusion-*-*: You were, sir, twice as
bad,” said young George completing the
sentence for him. “Ah, well,” said papa,
“I’ll see wliat I can do for you.” And now
he bethinks it rather rough on a father that
the little doing3 of his youth should be
brought to his remembrance by his own son.
But George must take care, or we shall read
one fine morning that he, too, has been de
ported to some arid and eminently resfK'eta
ble spot. He is mother’s darling, though, is
George: and when she heard of the earth
quake she was in a fearful state of mind
until reassuring news came to hand from
her son.
The elder son is a nice looking lad, al
though not very strong physically. Asa
lady remarked, on seeing him with his
sloping shoulders at the theatre one night
recently: “Why, bless the boy! he looks for
all the world like a champagne bottle.” A s
possible future King, it behooves its to look
upon him with due respect, but candor com
pels me to say that he is intellectually far
Inferior to his father and brother George,
who, by-the-way, is a general favorite with
all.
A friend of mine a few weeks ago was in
vited to meet Prince Albert Victor at a
country house in Surrey, and had the
honor of assisting at the important func
tion of the Prince’s first rat hunt, over
which he (tho Prince) was moved to greater
enthusiasm than he was ever known to ex
hibit before. A little joke occurred on the
same day, which amused the Prince
mightily. Sir Francis Doyle was one
of the party, and ’ was duly
introduced to " Albert Victor; but,
being very shortsighted, he mistook an
equerry for the genuine simon pure, to
whom he made profound obeisance. The
Prince was hugely delighted at the mistake,
and would not have the worthy Baronet un
deceived. He watched during the rest of
the day with the keenest enjoyment Sir
Francis royal highnessing and kow-towing
to his eauerry, and to this moment Sir
Francis Doyie is ignorant of the mistake he
made.
HE BOUGHT HIS OWN COFFIN.
A Nonagenarian Takes Pride in Secur
ing a Substantial Casket.
“Can you tell me where a person could
buy a coffin for himself?” was the singular
question an old gentleman propounded at
one of tho hotels last Thursday afternoon.
The unusual inquiry, says the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, rattier astonished the
bystanders, who were inclined to regard the
speaker either as demented or as one who
was probably contemplating suicide as a
quick exit from this world or trouble, but a
second glance at the kind and benevolent
face of the old man, whose hair was
whitened by the frosts of ninety-six winters,
assured every one that he was sincere and
honest in bis inquiries.
An undertaker who happened to be pre
sent voiy promptly offered his services in
escorting the old gentleman to one of the
leading coffin factories in the city, where he
assured him tliat the assortment was ex
tensive enough to suit the most
fastidious.
“Well, I want something nice,” the old
man said when he arrived at the factory.
“You see, I’ve been stumping around this
world for near a hundred years, and I guess
I’d better be getting ready to leave for the
next one. so I just thought I would come to
town and buy a first-class metallic coffin
and take it home to Indiana with me. I’ve
got the money to pay for it, too,” he ex
claimed, tapping his coat pocket.
“Now take my measure young man, and
be sure and give me plenty of room. I used
to measure 5 feet 6 inches, and I guess 1
won’t grow an}' more,” he said, smiling at
the grim joke.
After carefully examining a numl>er of
metallic eases he settled upon one that
struck his fancy. A certain sum bad been
asked, but he was determined to strike a
good bargain and beat down the price as
much as possible, saving: “Iron is much
cheaper than it was sixty years ago, when
I used to deal in it. You see, I bought a
good monument, too, for a small sum, and
the man said he would put all the lettering
on that I wanted with no extra charge, and
as it is going to stay above ground and the
coffin going underneath, I think there should
not be such a difference in the price.”
The good natures! young salesman and the
undertaker both assured the old man that
he was getting the worth of his money, so
finally he was induced to take the coffin he
had selected.
Then, with the faith and confidence rare
in this generation, he handed the salesman
his well-filled purse and said:
“Now, take out the money, and be sure
that you have that coffin packed well and at
the depot for the 3 o’clock train to-morrow.
J ust direct it to Mr.——, care of Mr.
and I’ll get it all right. I think myself I
have gotten a first-class article, and I guess
I will look pretty well in it;” and with a
smile of serene content that his visit to Cin
cinnati had bean productive of sucli satis
factory results, the old man doparted, seem
ingly not at all disturbed by the near pros
pect of death.
Delicate Children, Nursing
Mothers, Overworked Men, and for all dis
eases where the tissues are wasting away
from tho inability to digest ordinary food,
or from overwork of the brain or lxidv, all
such should hike Scott's LmulsioN or Pure
Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. “I
used tlie Emulsion ou a lady who was deli
cate 1 and threatened with Bronchitis. It put
her in such g.xxi health and flesh that, I must
sav it is tlie Gist Emulsion 1 ever used.”—
L. P. Waddell, M. D., Hughs’ Mills, S. C.
At EetiH's News Depot.
Savannah Daily Morning News,
Lippincott’s for June, London News (l()c.
edition) No. 2, Sportsman’s Referee, The
Mftortsinin, Harper's Monthly for June,
Sporting Life, American Field, Harper’s
Biuear, Spirting News, Sporting Times,
Peck’s Hun, Family Story Paper, Fireside
Companion, Saturday Night, New York
Lodge#,Now York Weekly, Banna* Weekly,
Arkansaw Traveler, Merchant Traveler,
Philadelphia Call, Boston Herald, Boston
Globe, Philadelphia Times, Philadelphia
Press, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore American,
Now York Herald, World, Times, Star, Sun,
Tribune. Graphic, Florida Timos-Union,
Nashville Union, Jacksonville Morning
News. New Orleans Times-Democrat, New
Orleans Pycayune, Macon Telegraph, An
Sushi Chronicle, Cincinnati Commercial
azetto, Charleston News and Courier. At
lanta Constitution.
Weather Indications.
For Georgia and Eastern Florida:
FAIR Slightly warmer fair weather, pre-
Iceded by local rains, light variable
winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, May 22, 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years. . . .
Departure Total
Mean Temperature from the Departure
Mean . Since
for 15 years May 22, 'B7. -|- or Jan. 1,1887.
7545 j ~<M.O 7.5 221.4
Comparative rainfall statement:
’Si A TT* IKjkJSSL
16 Years, j May 22, W.j (ja.TftV
~098 .50 | 4- .402 I— 5.953
Maximum temperature 71.7, minimum tem
perature. 66.7.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was 6.5 feet —a rise of 0.3 feet during the past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing 6p. m., May 22, 1887, 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. Average.
Name Max - Min - Ra > rl^
tions. Temp Tem P fal >-
1. Wilmington 10 T 9 62 .07
2. Charleston 8 76 64 .54
3. Augusta 11 81 61 .17
4. Kavnn nail 11 80 68 .29
5. Atlanta 9 82 62 .01
6. Montgomery 8 86 64 OS
7. Mobile 7 89 61
8. New Orleans 8 91 66
9. Galveston 16 89 66
10. Vicksburg 4 89 62 .01
11. Little Rock 1 86 60
12. Memphis 19 87 64 .01
Averages 84 6 _63 8 | .10
Observations taken at the seme moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah, May 22, 9:36 p. m., city time.
| Temperature, j
Direction.
| Velocity. 3 |
| Rainfall.
Name
or
Stations.
Norfolk (Vi S E Clear.
Charlotte 64 iN E 7 .04 Light rain.
Wilmington 64! E 9 .08 Light rain.
Charleston 66 NE 14 .74 Th'nd’r st’m
Augusta 60 NW 9 .06 Cloudy.
Savannah 68 NE .. .01 Fair.
Jacksonville 68! S 6 {Cloudy.
Key West 74jNW T Clear.
Atlanta 66|S E 11 .... Clear.
Pensacola 74 W 6 {Clear.
Mobile 74 SW (Clear.
Montgomery 78{ N 1 Fair.
New Orleans 74 SW ~1 {Clear.
Galveston 76; S 8 : {Clear.
Corpus Christ! 76(8 EB, {Clear.
Palestine 76 Clear.
Brownesville 74: E ..I |Fair.
Rio Grande 78 jS E 111 [Clear.
G. N. Salisbury, Signal Corps, U.S. Army.
There is a story going about town of an odd
conception of dissipation on the part of a
group of student Japanese which ought to
be printed as a contribution to the litera
ture of social ethics. There were three or
four young Japanese students, the story
goes, who were in the habit of dining on
Sunday at a Back Bay residence. One of
the party was a young man of high rank and
great dignity, and when, one Sunday, he
was missing from the table, the host asked
with some solicitude the cause of his ab
sence. “Oh, he cannot come,” said the
spokesman of the party, shaking his head
sadly—“he very dissipated—he very dis
sipated 1” The host thought it best not to
make any further inquiry at the time,
but after the meal he ventured to ask the
same young man, in private— “You say
Mr. Nim Shi is not well?” “No; hefuot well—
he verv dissipated.” “Bless me! He hasn’t
—ah—been drinking.” “Oh, no, no! He
no gamble.” “May I ask what he has been
doing, then?” “Oh, he very dissipated. He
eat spongee cake allee time—he all broke up
now.”— Boston Transcript.
THE TENTH OF $50,000.
How a Colored Boy Became Rich, and
the Effect His Wealth Has Had Upon
Him—One Dollar in the Louisiana
State Lottery.
Of course a majority of our citizens are
opposed to gambling, but there is considera
ble pleasure when you try it to know that
you are going to play a game that is fair.
Clifford J. Tweedy, the colored boy who was
the lucky holder of the one-tenth of ticket
23,80S) —the second capital prize of $.>0,000 —
received about a week ago his one-tenth, or
$5,000, and our renders would perhaps like
to know something of this colored boy’s
life, and how he won the prize, and what
he has done and intends doing with his
monev.
Clifford is a likely colored boy, about 21 or
22 years of age and was raised liy Mr. Henry
T. Peay, with whom lie has been for the
past sixteen years. At the time of his draw
ing the $5,000 he was in the employ of Mr.
Peay, getting $8 per month. He has re
tained nis position with Mr. Peay, and does
his work as faithfully us ever.
After receiving his 85,000 he deposited $4,-
000 in the Georgia Railroad Bank and took
81,000 and divided a portion of it amongst
his poor colored relations. Be it to his
credit, too, he did not forget his employer,
Mr. Peay, to whom ho gave a present of 850.
He says with the $4,000 that he has de
posited in the Georgia railroad he intends to
buy Augusta’s real estate, another sign that
he has a level head. In answer to the ques
tion how much he had invested before win
ning. he replied that he had bought a ticket
regularly every month for* tlie last fifteen
months, and it was the fifteenth dollar that
did the work.— Augusta ( Ga .) Chronicle,
April 30.
Straw Hats Given Away.
For ten days longer we wall give a straw
hat free of cost, in grade corresponding
to price suits purchased. Our competitors
may sneer at tho offer, but we challenge
them to show the quality of goods we give
for the low prices. Best clothing for the
least money can only lie had of the Famous,
140 Congress street,”
Harnett House.
Concerning a popular hotel in Savannah,
Ga., the Florida Tim os-Union says: “We
note from the hotel arrivals as published in
the Savannah papers, that the Harnett
House still leads all tlie other hotels in the
city. In fact they have as many ns tlie
others combined. There is a good install
ment of Floridians always registered there.”
1
Individuality.
The Famous, 140 Congress street, in man
ufacturing their own clothing, besides mak
ing a saving in the price to purchasers,
avoid handling the same colors and styles of
goods which tlie other houses show, who
buy their clothing of the manufacturer.
Seersucker Coats lor $1
At tho Famous New Vork Clothing
House, 140 Congress street.
SALE OF ODDS AND ENDS.
Lively Times at the Crockery House
of James S. Silva & Son.
Wo have been so busy getting rid of odd
goods last week that we were unable to show
all the bargains we have. This week, being
relieved of such a largo lot, wo will offer
greater inducements than ever. We ore
glad to get rid of our odd stock, end our
customers are glad to get such bargains.
The odd chamber sets are nearly all gone,
but we have a few dinner and tea sets which
wo have cut down below cost Ask to see
them.
Don’t stop at the cheap goods we show
outside, but come inside and see the nice
goods. Odd Cut Glassware, Fancy Good:,
etc. James S. Silva & Son,
140 Brouirhtou street.
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AND
LOW PRICES.
Sheet Music
at 2 cents a copy. Sells first rate,
and the way it is selling don’t give
us much time to keep cool.
L. & B. S. M. H.
Accordeons
are now so cheap that we sell them
in the place of Jews Harps, and if a
man wants a violin or a young lady a
Guitar, “why, we have got ’em” and
are almost ready to give ’em away.
L. & B. S. M. H.
Stationery
“Don’t say a word;” we are con
vinced that a good article is what
you want, and we can give you,or will
come so near it by the low prices we
will offer, that you need never again
try to keep your pen from going
clear through your paper. The
Pens, Inks and Paper we sell you
are first-class, and we show you the
largest assortment of fine correspon
dence Stationery this side of New
York. L. & B. S. M. H.
State
or
Weather.
Money M is
ICE.
Country Buyers, Attention!
Reduction in Price.
ICE!
ICE PACKED FOR SHIPMENT. ,
100 to 500 POUNDS
Seventy-five Cents,
COMMENCING .TONE Ist.
Special rates for larger packages. Write fof
particulars.
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Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Etc.
I HAVE a very large and well assorted stock
of all sizes of the above goods, which I
now offering at VERY LOlv PRICES, (hW® 1
nection with my usual immense stock of ran™.
Oils, Railroad. Steamboat and Mill Supply*.
Lime, Plaster, Hair, Cement, Sewer 1 ipe, W;
Call and get my prices on above goods.
on Slate, Iron anil Wooden Mantels, all si) 1
and prices.
Grates complete, or any sepnrate P’ 1 * 0 *?-
Agent for Kr. Beck & Co.'s Plain and Decora
tive Wall Papers, etc. _ . ~.. .
NOTICE—House, Fresco and Sign Paintuw
specialty.
ANDREW HANLEV.
COAL OOP*
Coal & Wood
AT —
Reasonable Prices.
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Office No. 6 Drayton street. Telephone No. &
Wharves Price hnd Habersham streets-
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