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8 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. * * * * Decline of man or woman, prematurely induced by excesses or bad practices, speedily and radically cured. Book (illustrated), 10 cents in stamps. Con sultation free. World's Dispensary Medical Associ-tio-. Buffalo. N. Y. 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. baking powder 9? /f R OYALm;q jjv POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purls Strength and Wholesomoness. More econoS eal than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be Ju in competition yvith the multitude of low ten short weight alum or phosphate powders 3 only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos m Wall street, New York. ” ™ LCD DEN fc BATES S. mThT^ Cash System 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. mem ice cl 14,4, BAY ST. t DOORS, BASH, ETC. i’B Trj rv| : | TO BUY White Pine Doors, 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. DIXON&MURPHY Office No. 6 Drayton street. Telephone No. & Wharves Price hnd Habersham streets- ELECTRIC BXI, Efoetrio Belt Free. rpo INTRODUCE 11 and obtain Agents we I for the next six ,y days give wfGjJ* t charge, in each county In the Unitjd rialvenlo limited numlier of our German Electro (. )j|t . Kupensorv Hells- price, $5. 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