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THE BAY STREET DEAL.
BUSINESS MEN'B VIEWS IN REGARD
TO THE BAI.E.
A Question as to Its Legality—An In
junction Talked of—Fire Insurance
Men to Increase the Rates of Insur
ance if the Street Is farrowed—The
Purchasers’ Plan3 to Improve the
Property.
The merchants and property owners of
-Bay street are very much exercised over the
sction of the City Council iu consenting to
the sale of a part of Bny street as a com
promise with Wilcox, Gibbs & Cos. and tho
executors of the Waldburg estate.
The matter was the subject of general
talk yesterday, and some rather severe com
ments w ere made on the course the Council
has pursued. The Legislature, it is true,
will have to confirm the sale before it can
take effect, and no doubt there will be a
good deal of work done on both sides in en
deavoring to influence that body if the sale
goes before it for confirmation, which to
some is & matter of doubt, as several promi
nent Bay street men are already talking of
asking the court to issue an injunction to
restrain the Council from making the sale.
No steps in that direction, however, have
fet been taken.
OPINIONS OY DAY STREET MEN.
Mr. C. H. Dorsett was asked what he
thought of the sale and ho replied that he is
not a lawyer, but in his opinion the Coun
cil had no right to make it. Bay street is a
part of the public domain, and the Council
rould no more sell it than it could sell any
other street. He did not know what had
Influenced the city authorities in consenting
to the proposition or what their idea could
■for the city he thought that a poor way to
win it.
■V The argument of the purchasers was that
■xlie blocks are sir shallow that merchants
■rannot get stores deep enough to hold t heir
■Stock; that they will build large, deep stores
Hpnd fine buildivgs and increase the amount
Kt)f taxable preyrerty, besides adding to the
jßppearanoe of the street and making it at
■fractive to strangers instead of repulsivvea
Hi is now.
"But,’’ said Mr. Dorsett, / n coun ty t has
■conditions attached to ti^j aTO , )Uan -y near
■nothing to compej yg}, un g out some very
■puddings now $ g&fe
t Purcell is waiting orders from
firkae "rirdon before going to Aiken for
iU.iCkwood. He will be trim next week for
forgery on three indictments.
Jose Addy, of Hollowville, had his safe
blown open Wednesday night. Fortunately
Mr Aday had carried all the money home
that day. Dynamite was used.
Two Notaries Public were commissioned
Monday. Isham Vest for the i>74th district
of Dade county, and B. M. Evans for the
1269th district of Richmond county.
The District Conference of the Macon
district of the Methodist church convened
at Hawkinsville on Tuesday last. Rev. J.
W. Domingos preached the opening sermon.
Mr. Camp, the Secretary and Treasurer of
the Benevolent Association of Columbus
says that the membership of the aswocifftay
now numbers 114, and is increasturuv give
day. Pie railroad
It is reported that the npo built to con
“ Dock” Gray near Fes' above and be
lieen shot bv some but oven granting
■or him. His Intention the Council got no
■jbvamp. aid one merchant, instead of
j® Two r'-i exchange of property, the city
HL&xre he lots in front of the buildings for
How does it know that when the
are moved up, and it wants to use
the property vacated, that it will nrft lie held
for *50,000' Then, too, what is the use of
filling one block and erecting houses there,
ably to make the street line fagged and spoil
Ms appearance* Unless all tue buildings are
moved forward it will do no good to move
one block.
THE INSURANCE QUESTION.
1 A fire insurance agent made a statement
Hiat nuts another phase on the deal. He
Hud tnat if the widtn of Bay street is lessen-
Hi it will increase the lire haaard of the city
Hid the rates of insurance will be advanced.
Bvw now Bay street is not too wide, for if
H vessel above the city should catch fire on
■b ebb tide, or one below on a flood tide, it
Bould sweep around the crescent, and set
H-obabiy half a dozen others, and the Are
■apartment would not be able to cope with
■ With the present width the flames might,
Beeep across Bay street, but if it was nar
to anything like, say 100 feet, the
rlhnger would tie many times greater.
Some of the Bay street men are consider
ing the advisability of calling a meeting of
those interested, bilt the matter has as yet
taken no definite shape.
The purchasers propose to erect a block of
handsome buildings on the site for business
purposes. _ ood many look upon this in
the light of an Improvement,and they believa
that the city has done wisely iu disposing
of the useless and unoccupied space so that
it will substantially build up and the part
of the street will lie improved and beauti
fied. There are a large number who take
this view of the deal and who believes that,
it is a wise move on the part of the city to
dispose, of the property as it has done.
THE SUMMER EXODUS.
People Beginning to Leave for the
Mountains.
The summer exodus to the mountain and
lake resorts has begun. The railroads put
on their summer rates June 1, and peo
ple who spend the hot season out of the city
ire leaving every day. The Baltiraoi-e and
Hk’w York and Boston steamers are crowded
■ every sailing, and staterooms are en
gaged weeks ahead.
■The railroad excursion rates to
H->st of the resorts are the
as last year. There is
Hy little difference in the rates to any of
Southern resorts. The excursion rates
■ill be given until Oct. 1, and the season
Will end Nov. 1. The Central and Charles
ton and Savannah roads are competing for
western North Carolina travel to Asheville
and the mountains, the former roud via
Augusta and Spartanburg and the latter
via Cliarlenton, Columbia and Spartanburg,
rate to Asheville by either route is the
The Coast Lina people are working
the Virginia and Tennessee travel and
arranged close connections oil all
outlook for the near-by < ieorgia, Car-
HHn and Tennessee respite is for a heavy
■Hon. Many families have already left
’• city, going early, liefore the season reg-
opens, but the rusli cannot be said
begun yet.
weather during the Inst mouth was
cool, and people who, in for-
MF'T years, have left early on account of the
Boot weather,liavo delayed going this year
■because 'if the cool weather at home.
I By the middle of this month railroad and
Htea’nisbip agents say the rush will have
■begun, and by July 1 travel will be at its
Height. The Northern travel so far has
Been verv heavy and promises to keep up
Huring the entire season.
RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS.
Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
Ross & Sanford's dredge Savnn
llph was hauled out on Willink s marine
|Biway yesterday for the purpose of having
isittom cleaned and other repairs.
■The Norwegian bark Lnugen wan cleared
for Rotterdam with 1,123 barrels
spirits turpentine measuring <2,458 gn'-
Bn - -, valued nt js& r >,s!lii. Cargo and vessel
Hpamt by Mossrs. H. T. Moore & Cos.
■Messrs. A. H. Rulas & Cos. cleared yester-
Hky the Norwegian bark Hama for Pootee-
Hnt Harlior with 1,100 barrels of rosin
Hbighing I .*72, (150 pounds, valued al SB,IOO.
Hhruo by Messrs. W. P. Shutter & Cos.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
Nows Reporters.
Landrum Lodge, F. A. M., will hold a
regular communication to-night.
The Savannah Rifle Association will hold
its weekly practice shoot at Greenvrich Park
this afternoon.
There were thirw arrests by tho police yes
terday for disorderly conduct, oue for lar
ceny and one for drunkenness.
A commission of lunacy will meet at the
Ordinary's office at 4 o’clock this afternoon
to inquire into the sanity of S. S. Roberts,
the negro Bishop who is in jnibunder a com
mitment for lunacy.
In the enso of Darnell & Susong vs. J. Ben
Wilson and J. S. Woods'& Go., garnishees,
a garnishment trial in the City Court,
the jury found a verdict in favor of the
answer of the garnishees and against the
traverse.
Bam Burke and William Williams got
into an altercation yesterday afternoon in
a house on Jones street and a cutting affair
was the result. Burke drew a knife and
stabbed William,-., and the wound may
prove fatal. Officer McQuade arrested
Burke and took him to the police barrack!.
MACKEREL COMING SOUTH.
The Schooner “ Susan Ray” Runs
Through Schools of Them.
The schooner Susan B. Ray, Capt. Steel
man, arrived here yesterday from Norfolk
with a cargo of coal to G. I. Taggart. She
was eleven days on the voyage and had light
head winds all the way down. Capt. Steel
man related to a News reporter a rather
remarkable experience that he had on the
trip.
On May 28, about 11 o’clock in the morn
ing, off Cape Lookout, with light south
west winds, ran into sn immense school of
sharks in seventeen fathoms of water. The
sbai'ks measured from three to eight feet in
length. They wore as thick as they possibly
eomd be and could lie seen as far as the eve
could reach. The schooner ran through
them for fully an hour, malting only about
three miles.
After leaving the sharks the vessel ran
hi to a tremendous field of mackerel and
s'Ulft'Through them for four hours. The
he an 'rued fishermen and caught 180 fine
will douVchet el with a common cotton line
of the fin vessel’s stern. Capt. iSteelmsu
and the prt: was the longest school of rqucfc
and cultured’"'' ever seen, and all the more
a nit woe ♦ he had never before seen
cult Court at outh f rn waters./They were
American Bel’ kno^ n ° sout l of
Southern Tel., Therehasbeen a scarcity of
pany against J h " grounds
Rome, in wt w *™ i A ,,nn fs„ th P nf f
fendants have i. l ' chf>ol ' V|H . . furnish
pl , ;r jfs
Ido they come as far South as
*■ sharks were evidently brought
tue die S'j-osenceof the mackerel, and were
Aem .
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papers SBERY IN
Allan*
case oprro's Jewelry Haul from Boss
It Switchman Dublin’s House.
in Duncan, a ginger-colored negro, was
c reated on West Boundary street yesterday
by Detective Wethevhorn for robbing
Abram H. Dublin's house, at Sims and Lum
ber streets.
Dublin is a boss switchman on the Central
railroad. He went out last week to make a
trip over the road, and did not return until
Wednesday night. On Tuesday his house
keeper got Duncan to cut some wood for her.
The negro saw his opportunity while the
housekeeper was out and went through the
house. He broke open Dublin's trunk and
got awav with a gold watch and chain, sev
eral gold rings and badges, a watch charm
and a small pistol—altogether about SIOO
worth of goods, and escaped before he was
detected.
The robbery was not discovered until
Wednesday night, and Duncan was at once
suspected. Detective Wetherhom shadowed
him, and yesterday morning found the negro
in a relative’s house on West Boundary
street. When the officer entered the room
he attempted to escape, but finding that he
was cornered gave himself up, though not
before he tried to hide the pistol and some ot
the stolen property under an old sofa. He
was taken before Justice Waring Russell,
Jr , and committed to jail for larceny. The
watch mid chain and some of the other jew
elry was recovered on East Broad street.
Duncan says that he came here from North
Carolina.
THE MACON SHORT LINE.
The United States Construction Com
pany to Begin Work at Once.
The Savannah, Dublin and Western
Short Lino lias taken anew start.
The United States Construction and Im
provement Company has undertaken
the work, and in furtherance of im
mediate action has sublet the contract to
Carpenter, Grant, Mundy & Cos. All the
outstanding indebtedness of the company, it
is said, has been satisfactorily settled or
provided for by the United States Construc
tion Company, and work will be commenced
within the next ten days. Engineers, with
a lerg<* force, will start hefe and build to
ward Macon.
President Douglass Green, who is also
President of the Construction Company, as
well as of the railroad, telegraphed the di
rectors here yesterday that everything has
been arranged to begin work at once. The
contract to complete the road between here
and Macon has been let, and there will be
no delay in pushing the road through.
About sixty miles have already been graded
and are ready for the ties.
A corps of engineers was started from
Dublin on Wednesday to survey the Hawk
insville and Anierieus branch. The pro
moters of the enterprise have met with
many reverses, hut they have backed their
faith in tho road by capital. The say now
os they liave said all along that the people
can rest assured that it will bo built. It is
expected now that trains will be run over
the road by February.
Messrs. Carpenter A Mundy, who
have the contract to build the riavannah
mid Macon division, and who will probably
build the entire road through to Birming
ham and the Atnerieus branch, were in Ba
vuuuah a week or two ago, and looked into
the matter carefully. They are men of ex
jierience and capital, and are satisfied that
the road, when completed, will tie a strong
link in the Southern railway system.
MAY’S COLD DAYS.
Last Month with Two Exceptions the
Cokleßt May In Fifteen Years.
Signal Observer Salisbury in his May re
port givbs some interesting statistics in re
gard weather. At this
stat was characterize, 1 by a
d : 'll' "pVWHp raiulnll and temperature,
and thunder storms, nine
the city during the
exceptions it is the
c’Oldert ■HpP’ifecord in Savannah, and up
to m vs it was one of the driest.
The p ftldc shows the mean tent
‘'amfall for the month at
the
Rainfall
Tt'iujt. anti trnl
7l 3 I
mmUttm 2.8
Augusfl, fair 74 1.6
Tvii aaMFTIa 76 j.k
Jacksonville, Fla 74 7 2
Oiorimton 78 4,8
Wilmington, N. C 71
tluirloUe, X. U..., 71 3 6
Savannah, G*. 72 2J
The hottest day here during the month
was the 25th. and then mereurv did not go
above Ml”. Tho lowest mercury went was
56' on the Kith. The prevailing direction of
the wind was,south, uml th total movement
> mifssk
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 3, IHH
THE WORLDS ABOVE US.
Wanderings of the Plan6ta During the
Month of June.
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and
Uranus are evening stars. Mars and
Neptune are morning stars.
The Juno moon fulls on the sth. Ou the
94th the new moyn, only three (fays old, is
in conjunction with Venus. The evening
star aud the young moon will be fair to see
as they hang side by side in the western sky.
On the 28tli, at Oh. lftm. a. m.. the moon
has passed by all the plane ts, and is in cou-
Junctiou with Uranus for tho second time
during the month. On the 80th. at Oh. 4m.
p. in., she is in conjunction for the second
time with Jupiter.
The sun continues to move northward
until the 20th. when his northern course is
Stayed, the longest (fay fa reached. He ap
pears to stand still for nine days and then
he turns his face southward, the days de
creasing in length from that time..
The summer solstice, the great event iu
the sun’s apparent course, occurs on the
21st at 1 o'clock in the afternoon when he
enters the sign Gemini, and the astronomi
cal summer begins. The great luminary
reaches his extreme point of northern
declination, just grazing the tropic of Can
cer. After standing still for a few days
before and after the solstice, ho will retrace
bis steps toward the equator, shortening as
he goes, the length ot the summer days,
lessening his meridian altitude and contract
ing the broad circle that marks his path in
the heavens.
The sun will be above our horizon on the
longest days, for fifteen hours and thirteen
minutes, there will be no sunset to the
and wellers w 1 thin the Arctic circle,and the phe
nomenon of the midnight sim as it slowly
circles above the horizon will be witnessed
from many a mountain height just oulside
the boundaries of the frigidxone.
Events, however, will be quickly reversed.
As the sun leaves the north his warmer
beams will reach the south, lift the mid
winter cold from the southern temperature
zone and bring light after six months night
to the regions around the southern pole.
CRUELLY TREATED AT SEA.
The Bark Nannie T. Bell Libeled By
One of Her Crew.
EM ward Peterson died a libel in the United
States Court yesterday against the bark
Nannie T. Bell. He is a seaman, and he
stated that be shipped from New York for
a trip to Savannah and return as steward of
the bark. On the way be was taken sick
with inflammatory rheumatism. The Cap
tain, h claims, refused him medicine and
medical attendance, and on arriving
at Sat.illa Bluff, where the vessel landed in
stead of coming to Savannah, be refused to
send for a physician or to pay him his
wages, and dissuaded others from giving
him money. He laid there and suffered
great agony until the wife of one of
the mill men at Satilla gave him
a dollar, with which he purchased
a ticket to Brunswick, where he was re
ceived by the customs authorities and sent to
Bt. Joseph’s Infirmary. He claims in the
liliel that the hark is liable for his care
when sick, for damages for cruel treatment,
and that it owes him for wages.
THE QUARANTINE MATTER
Some Points to Which the Health Offi
cer Calls Attention.
Savannah, June 2.— Editor Morning
Neics: Your report in the News of this date,
regarding the official investigation which is
to be held regarding the management of the
qimratine department at this port, is, I feel,
unintentionally unjust to me in the follow
ing particulars, and I ask the courtesy of
publication of this communication.
1. I object to your head lining of the re
port which is: “To Get at the Facts”—
‘‘Charges of Lax Quarantine to he Investi
gated. This sensational preface will, to the
many dancers of newspapers at home and
abroad, fix in their minds tbefore an official
investigation! the assurance that, there fa
laxnees in discharge of duty of the quaran
tine officials at this port and is calculated to
do injury to the sanitary record of Savan
nah.
2. You commence your report by trans
posing the reading of Council proceedings,
with tnc following paragraph, which prop
erly belonged to the closing of Council pro
ceedings, viz:
“The City Council last night ordered an
investigation of the quarantine department.
There nave been rumors for some time of a
lax enforcement of the Health Board’s
regulations, and that people have been
allowed to visit the quarantine station with
out permission from the Health Officer.”
This action of the City Council was taken
after the report of the H-alth Officer, asking
for an investigation, had been read to them,
not prior, as can be inferred from above
paragraph.
The Board of Sanitary Commissioners,.at
my urgent solicitation, passed a resolution
that City Council thoroughly investigate the
reports 'as talked by Alderman Reid, said
Alderman refusing to give the name of his
author. Before the Sanitary Board ad
journed Alderman Reid stated to them that
but one iieinop had lieen reporting these vio
lations to him, and he was James Mcßride,
ex-quarantine boatman.
I desire to plainly set forth that Alder
man Reid made no charges to the honora
ble the City Council against me or the Quar
antine Department’s management, and to
have it understood that I reported the vile
rumors to the City Council in order to check
them if such is possible. I would not aek
this correction but for the reason of the
wide outside circulation of vour paper.
J. T. MpFarlanp,
Health Officer.
Local Personal.
Rev. I. P. Mendes was last night re
elected rabbi of the Miokva Israel congre
gation for the next three years.
Among the arrivals at the Screven House
yesterday were E. G. Hunger, Atlanta: 8.
H. Emanuel, George Chamberlin, L. B.
Mnllaby, J. Laßoyteaux, New York; E. K.
French, Whitefleld, N. H.; W. A. Miller,
Auburn, Me.; R. L. Jones and wife, Char
lotte, N. C.: 8. S. Stubb, C. P. Wai.le, D.
B. Eddy. Boston; I H. Richardson. Balti
more: Joseph Fried, Macon; J. B. McHhane,
Philadelphia.
At the Pulaski House were G. A. Wash
burne and wife, Aiken 8. C.; Miss Oebb
peek,Boston; Mr. mid Mrs. J.Randolph,Cool
edge. S. C.; Miss Ella 8. Babbitt, Burlington,
8. C.; J. Sam Howard, Valdosta: A. 8. Pen
dleton, Philadelphia: William G, Jatho and
wife, L. N. Colburn, P. A. Due, Charleston;
George A. Dearborn, flrooklvn, N. Y.; C.
McLaughlin, lAncaster, Pa.; Lawrence
Hawler, J. H. G. Carson, city; Roliert 8.
Lang. P. Q. Dußois. Marblehead. Mass.
At the 51111*11811 House were E. C. Fair
cloth. Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. L. F. Crun
don, Boston; James Council, Rod Bluff; B.
R. Nash, Durham. N. C.; J. K. Gordon,
North Carolina; TV. H. Blitoh, wife and
son, Bliteh; R. A. Augusta; TV.
L. Doran, Philadelphia; D. C. Newton,
Both well; H. G. Hyatt, Norwalk, Conn;
D. F. Orimnon, Miss Hattie TV. Crimnon,
Wilcox county; E. D. Gibson, New York;
Tliomas Ornuind, Hartford, Conn.
At the Harnett House were TV. J. Hyde
and wife, M. C. ICddv, New York; R. A.
Chaff in and wife, St. Louis; G. F. Griggs.
I/O well, Mass.; Mrs. E. C. Daniefa, Boston;
Mi* E. C White, Calais, Me.; E. B. Floyd,
St. James, Fla.; Thomas Howell, Mrs,
Thomas Howell, Miss T. E. Day, Andover,
Mass.; C. I’. Soimottand wife. Miss F. E.
Weston, Atlanta; TV. H. Davidson, St. Au
gustine, Fla.; H. (i Dowd, Orlando, Fla,
A Pock of Peas iP’si.
Here are a Peck of Pi<as, sweet Pivis, if
you will. Pei’sevsronce, Patience, Prompt
ness, Proficiency, Push and Politeness. Add
to these Or. Pierce’s “Pleasant, Purgative
Pellets” and you will get well through the
world without much trouble. Tho Pellets
prevent constipation and surplus of bile,
which leinl* to many different complaints.
Enclosed in glass, always fresh, entirely
vegetable, prompt and perfectly harmless.
Any drn-vtst.
ABOUT READY TO GIVE IN
IDLE LONGSHOREMEN WILLING TO
COMPROMISE, •
The Longshoremen’s Union Adopt a
Wage Schedule of 20c. and 26c. an
Hour for jCoastwise Vessels-A Com
mittee tf Meet the Stevedores This
Mon Anxious to Re
sume Work.
The Lumber Longshoremen’s Union met
last night and agreed upon a wages compro
mise, which they will submit to the steve
dores this morning. The union proposes a
compromise of 20c. and 25c. an hour, which
fa an advance of sc. ou the wages paid lie
fore the strike, for coastwise vessels, but
they will stand out for the 10c. an hour ad
vance demanded for foreign vessels.
The longshoremen struck May 20, aud
have been out just a week. Thirty-four
have returned to work during that time,
leaving eighty-one still idle. They expect
the stevedores to accept their compromise,
and if they do the men will re
sume work this morning. Six ves
sels arrived here yesterday to load,
and unless an agreement is raachea
the crews will be put to work. The vessels
now in port are being loaded with very little
delay.
The stevedores do not say whether they
will accept the union’s compromise and
accede to the demand for sc. advance ou
coastwise vessels or not,. A committee from
the union will meet the stevedores at the
wharves this morning and will endeavor to
bring about an agreement, as the men are
anxious to get back to work.
CHARLESTON HAS A PICNIC.
Birmingham An Easy Prey to The
Sturdy Carolinians.
Chahi.kston, June 2.—Charleston at
tempted to equalize thing* somewhat to-day
by putting up a pony battery against Birm
ingham, Forsythe being in the box, with
Grady as hack stop. Birmingham has an
abundance of material here and had five
new men out this afternoon, Tl'ebber and
Sneider being their liatterv in the opening
inning the visitors pounded Forsythe for
2 runs, but after that the “Ice Wagons”
organized a procession around the bases
which was terminated only by the darkness.
In the last inning Charleston began monkey
ing with the visitors and allowed them to
get, in S runs. The Birmingham club has
now sixteen men and a surgeon here. The
following is the score:
Charleston 1042340 3 o—l 7
Birmingham 02000 0 00 3 5
Base hits—Charleston 10. Birmingham 7.
Two-baggers—Grady, Weber and Duffy.
Total hits—Charleston 20. Birmingham 0.
Earned mns- Charlestun 9, Birmingham 2.
Jjeft on bases—Charleston 7, Birmingham 6.
Htolen bases—Charleston 15. Birmingham 4.
Struck out—-By Forsythe 4. by Weber 1.
Rnseson balls-Charleston 1, Birmingham 1.
Wild pitches—Forsythe 1, Weber 1.
Passed balls-- Grady 1, Sneider 1.
Errors—Charleston 5, Birmingham 11.
Time of game—Two hours.
Umpire—Suck.
MEMPHIS STILL KICKING
The Pelicans Outplay the Tennessee
ans All Around.
New Orleans, June 2.—Memphis wasted
so much wind in kicking that it did not have
sufficient left to play its usual ball to-day.
Umpire Skinner says that if it had not been
an exhibition game “Bobby” Black and
several others would have but little salary
left this month. New Orleans hit Veac'n at
the right time, and outplayed Memphis at
every point. The centre field work
and second base playing on
both sides was the feature,
as well as Powell’s catches in the right field
and the lotting of Guss Klusmau and
Veaeb. Sommers and McVey male their
first appearance for the locals and did well.
Black' and Powell will be the opposing
pitchers to-day. Catcher MoKeogh and
Davy Force, of Memphis, are still sick.
The score by innings was:
New Orleans..... 10018020 o—ll
Memphis 1 1 1 0 00 0 0 0— 2
Base hits—New Orleans 13. Memphis 7.
Stolen bases—New Orleans 13, Memphis 4.
Errors—Memphis 5, New Orleans 4.
Games Elsewhere.
At Philadelphia—
Boston 000 20000 0— 2
Philadelphia 000000000-0
Base hits—Boston 7. Philadelphia 7. Errors—
Boston 1, Philadelphia 4. Batteries—Madden
and Tate, Ferguson and Clements.
At Washington—
Washington 0 10 21001 o—B
New York 0 0 0 0 00 2 1 o—3
Base hits -Washington 10, New York 9. Er
rors-Washington 6, New York 3. Batteries—
Whitney, Gilliganand Deaiy, Welch and Deas
iey.
At Indianapolis—
Indianapolis .... 20000001 0— 8
Pittsburg 00203001 x— 8
Base Hits -Indianapolis 15, Pittsburg 12. Er
rors—lndianapolis 4. Pittsburg 1 Batteries—
Kirby aud Mvers, Galvin and Miller.
At Baltimore—
Baltimore ~J 01 621 1 0 I—lß
Cincinnati 102 001 300-7
Base bits—Baltimore 20, Cincinnati 12. Errors
Baltimore 5, Cincinnati 7.
At Brooklyn—
Brooklyn. 1 10000120—8
St. Louis 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 x— 9
Base hits— Brooklvn IS. St. Louis 14. Errors—
Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 5.
At Detroit—On account of the soggy con
dition of the grounds to-day. the game be
tween Chicago and Detroit' was postponed.
Sporting Briefs.
Dallas and Nichols have signed with Den
ver, Col., aud left yesterday morning.
Now that professional base ball in Savan
nah is over with for tills season the gun club
tournaments will become more popular.
Clay pigeon shooting is rapidly becoming
one of the tiest organized ana most popular
s(K>rtß in the country.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
Col. C. H. Phimzy bns resigned the
Presidency of the Carolina, Knoxville and
Western railroad, and Columbus Powell, of
Knoxville, lias been elected to succeed him.
Mr. Charles K. Shattuc, of the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad, passed through the city
yesterday on hi* way west from Florida.
President Robert Garrett, of the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, has changed his
sailing day for Europe from June 11 to June
18, and it is said the extension is on account
of the railroad negotiations It ia stated on
authority close to Mr. Garrett that the nego
tiations contemplate a combination with
roads in the West, mainly at Cincinnati,
where the Ohio and Mis-'isrtppi road has
l*>n the Baltimore ami Ohio traffic ally, but
will not lie so very much longer. A South
ern “combine” with the Baltimore road is
also promised, aud Mr. Garrett will con
tinue a* the Baltimore and Ohio President.
Take Your Choice.
We call attention to the advertisement of
Messrs. Haywood, Gage & Cos. in another
column. This firm is the only one in this
city liandling ice manufactured here, and
they also keen constantly on hand an unfail
ing supply of natural ice. Country buyer*
will do well to send them orders, as they
have reduced the price on packed ice to 75c.
pel' 100.
Families, stone and nfficea are supplied by
yellow wagons with either natural or man
ufactured Us-. Families, stores or bofelß
having p rishable urtirles for which they
desire cold storage would do weir to send
them to Haywood, Gage A Cos., as they
have a very largo refrigerator, and their
terms arc reasonable.
Excursionists to Jacksonville
Will find the hit. Charles Hotel, opposite the
Duval, kept, by Mr. C. H. Moon, a very
comfortable house, setting a good table,
with "able.
ROMANTIC REALITY.
A Compromise Put an End to the Con
test Over a WUJ.
From the Baltimore American.
The famous Cloud will contest, involving
an retat* valued at 850,000. was dismissed
on Tuesday last by the Circuit Court of
Pettis county, Mo., a compromise having
been effected. A couple of years ago Col.
William F. Cloud was married to Mrs. Sarah
F. Buchanan, a widow, well advanced in
years, and jswsessed of, considerable cash
and property. The miOrTiage created much
comment, owing to the prominence of the
parties, and the pretty general l>elief enter
tained that it was not an alliance in which
love flgiu'ed to any great extent Soon after
the tving of the matrimonial knot, Colonel
and Mix. Cloud removed to Oregon, and
subsequently returned to Kansas, locating
at Topeka. Last fall Mrs. Cloud died sud
denly in that city, and the body was brought
to Sedalia. Alo., for burial. Speculation
was rife as to the deposition the deceased
had made of her estate, but it was soon set
tled by the filing of a will in the Probate
Court, in which the entire estate, except a
few minor legacies, was bequeathed to the
husband. Before the will was admitted to
probate, however, further consternation
was created by the arrival here of Oscar
and Charles Jeffrey, prominent citizens of
New Jersey, who aunouuced tbenselves as
half-brothers of the late Mix. Cloud, and
their misson was to contest their sister’s will.
Col. Cloud stoutly maintained that the
Messrs. Jeffrey were impostors, ami that his
late wife had no relatives living. Both sides
employed able counsel, and for several
months past a dozen different States have
been traversed for the purpose of securing
testimony bearing on the case. That the
plaintiffs weir successful in their mission
is shown by the dismissal of the suit to
dav.
The case was a remarkable one. being sen
sationul as well as romantic. Old man Jef
frey. the father of the plaintiffs, was mar
ried in New York State more than three
score years ago to a most estimable lady,
and four born of the union,
one of whom, the eldest, was the late wife
of Col. Cloud. The mother of the girls died
after they had attained their majority, and
the father married again. The second mar
riage was distasteful to the four daughters,
and especially so after two sons had been
bom. Finally, it is said, the girls induced
their father to desert his wife. He left her
and her two boy babes in New York State,
and came West with his daughters, settling
at Peru, Ind. The deserted wife died,
and her boys were placed in a foundling asy
lum. where they remained several year’s.
They grew to useful manhood without learn
ing of the family’s dark history, and finally
settled in New jersey.
On his bridal tour Charles Jeffrey for the
first time learned of his father's baseness,
and entered upon the task of locating the
family. He was successful, but discovered
that nis father was dead, while his four half
sisters were married and living in as many
different States—the eldest, Mrs. Cloud, be
ing a resident of Sedalia, Knowing that
his sisters were the cause of their father
having deserted bis second wife, a reconcili
ation was not hoped for, and matter of
further search wa* dropped. Mr. Jeffrey
imparted his information to his brother,
Oscar Jeffrey, and they decided to keep their
own secret. When Mrs. Cloud died last
fall, the Messrs. Jeffrey learned of the fact,
and also that he had left a valuable estate,
and eventually they decided to contest the
will, with the'result stated. By the terms
of the compromise, as learned from one of
the attorneys in the case, Col. Cloud re
ceives all of the personal property of his
w ife's estate, amounting to $7,0(4 The
half-brothers of Mrs. Cloud have boeft placed
in possession of the remainder of the estate,
worth over 830,000.
For Rick eta, Marasmus, and Wasting
Disorders of Children,
Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with
Hypophoephites is unequaled. Therapidity
with which children gain flesh and strength
upon it is very wonderful. Reed the follow
ing: “I have used Scott's Emulsion in cases
of rickets and marasmus of long standing,
and have been more than pleased with the
results, as in every case the improvement
was marked.'’—J. M. Main, M. 1)., New
York.
•New York’s Great Hotel.’
The card of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, appears elsewhere in to-day's News.
The world-wide reputation of this excellent,
house is sufficient to guarantee to those visit
ing New York perfect rest and comfort
while at the Fifth Avenue. It is the largest,
best, appointed and most liberally managed
hotel in that citv, and the location is cen
tral and delightful. t
A House for Fifteen Cents a Month.
lam going North June 7. Have decided
not to take my house with me. It’s for rent
at any price. Rather take fifteen cents a
month than shut it up. Call and see about
it. Corner Taylor and Whitaker streets.
J. A. Bates.
The largest stock of Boys’ Clothing in the
city is offered at first cost at Altmayor’s.
Boys’ Knee Pants for 26c.
We have just received a lot of Boys’
Pants, ages 4to 13. which we will sell for
25c. per pair. Every pair of them are worth
three times the money. Rea! bargains can
only be had of the “Famous,” 140 Congress
street.
A. R. Altmayer & Cos. are offering their
entire stock of Parasols at actual cost.
Thin Suits at B. H. Levy 4 Bros’.
Lovely Ifcie of White Vests at B. H. Levy &
Bros’., 161 Congress street,.
Well to Remember
That while almost everyoue has a com
plaint, either reel or imaginary, all which
arise from skin troubles, such as Tetter,
Ring Worm, Ground Itch. Eczema, Profuse
Dandruff, etc., etc., can be cured by a few
applications of Totterine, the great skin
remedy: painless, harmless anil fragrant.
At all Druggists or sent by mail, price 50c.
per box. J. T. Shupt'hine A Bro.,
Savannah, Ga.
Seersucker Coats for $1
At the Famous New York Clothing
House, 140 Congress street.
Boys’ Suits umi Shirt Waists a specialty, at B.
11. LeVy 4 Bl’o ’s., 161 Congress street.
Gents', Youths' and Boys’ Business and Dress
Suits in Che volts. Corkscrews, Cassiineres,
Diagonals, etc., cheaper than ever Known at B.
H. Levy Jt Bros'., 161 Congress street.
Boys’ Sailor Suits for 75c.
The Fatuous, 140 Congress street, has just
received a lot of blue flannel sailor suits,
which arc soiling for 75c.
Rome novelties in Gents' Thin Suits at B. H.
Levy & Bros!
Nice line of Seersuckers and Summer Flan
nels at B. H. Levy 4 Bros’.
When you want Fine Shirts for dress, or styl
ish solid w earing for ordinary use. look over B
H. Levy & Bros’, immense assortment before
buying.
Our Rummer Neckwear exhibit takes the
lead. U. H. Levy 4 Bros., 161 Congress street.
Harnett House.
Concerning a popular hotel in Savannah,
Ga., the Florida Timst-Unlon says: “We
nob’ from the hotel arrivals us published in
the Savannah papers, that fhe Harnett
House still leads all the other hotels in the
city. In fact they have as many ns tho
others combined. ’ There is a good install
ment of Floridians always registered there.”
B. H. levy 4 Bros’, display of Grata ’ Fancy
Hosshould be seen by ull wearing low quarter
shoos.
Fine Mackinaw and other Straw Hats for
genta and hoys, lower than anywhere else, at B.
H. Levy 4 Bros’., 101 Cougross street.
cations.
for Georgia:
FAIR [.Soul fail- weather,
.st itio^^^^Hratui
Comparison ‘rature at Savan
nah. June 2. 1887JBPMB** > of same day for
riftceu years. __ __
'* jlfeptirt ure Total
Mean tho i Departure
—n i since
for 15 years,June Jan. 1,1887.
— 244.6
Comparative rainffWtaiement:
~ , . l Departure I Total
Mean Daily j Amount ; froln t j, e Departure
Amount for for , Meau j
16 Tears. June 2, 87.i or _ | Jau K [SS7.
.264 .0 234 ' - 5.173
“Maximum temperature 89.4, minimum tem
perature 78.0.
The height of the river at Augusta at
lo'clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was 12.8 test—a rise of (i.o foot during the
past twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing tip. m., June 2, 1887, Toth Meridian
time.
Districts. Aveßag*.
! N ’°' of Max. Min. Roln
tioM. TempjTenip, fall.
| 1
1. Wilmington. I 11 83 | 60 j .75
2. Charleston 8 89 ! 68 ! 3
8. Augusta 12 84 j 63 , .99
4. Savannah 12 89 , 70 I .19
5. Atlanta 11 71 j6O {1.06
6. Montgomery 7 87 j 71 .10
7. Mobile 87 66 j .35
8. New Orleans 14 96 I 72 | .00
9. Galveston 20 96 j 73 i ...
10. Vicksburg 5 89 68 .07
11. Little Rock . 6 80 i 61 ! .08
12. Memphis 19 80 |54 29
Averages.. {B6 4 65.5 I .81
Observations taken at the seme moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah, June a, 9:36 p. M., city timo.
| Tempera f ure. j
Direction. $
'A
Velocity. ®
1 tain fail.
Name
of
Stations.
Norfolk 08 SW 9: 65 Light rain.
Charlotte 70 s W Cloudy.
Hatteras 76 8 W 17'— Fair.
Wilmington 76 SW 12 . Fair.
Charleston 76 8 W IS Fair.
Augusta 76 ......! Cloudy.
Savannah 76 S' I 6j. Fair.
Jacksonville 76 g |,.| .08 Fair.
Key West . 80 ElO . .iCloudy.
Atlanta 70 8 W|12|.... Cloudy.
Pensacola 76! N jl6| .02 Light rain.
Mobile 72 SE 16 12 Cloudy.
Montgomery 76 S j.. Cloudy.
New Orleans 78 S Ei 8 Clear.
Galveston 80 S E ll: Clear,
Corpus Christi 80|S E|2o! Cloudy.
Palestine I 80 ! S 18 ! Clear.
Brownesville .. ..
Rio Grande | |—l
G. N. Salisbury, Signal Corps, U.S. Army.
Rough on Rats,”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants,
bedbugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rab
bits, sparrows, gophein. 15c. At druggists.
“Rough on Corns.”
Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick
relief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bun
ions. 15c.
"Rough on Itch.”
“Rough on Itch” cures skin humors, erup
tions. ring-worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted
feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber’s
itch. 50c. jars.
“Rough on Catarrh”
Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete
cure of worst chronic cases; also unequaled
as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul
breath. 50c.
A NEW AD
Some Interesting Information From
the Crockery House of James S. Silva
& Son.
The odds and ends sale continues. We have
closed out wagon loads of our old stock at
prices which make our customers happy.
We have some left which mvut go at some
price. In addition we will now offer our
largo new stock of Lunch, Market, Picnic
and Flower
BASKETS
at a tremendous reduction bought for sharp
cash. We can offer them at eye-opening
prices.
Remember, too, that we are headquarters
for
WATER COOLERS,
Ice Cream Freezers, and all other goods in
our line. Come and set? us.
James 8. Silva & Son.
Largest stock and variety of Plain and Col
oretl Imported and Domestic Summer Under
wear in Suits and separate. B. H. Levy & Bros.,
101 Congress street .
Straw Hats Given Away.
For ten days longer we will give a straw
hat free of cost, in grade corresponding
to price suits purchased. Our competitors
may sneer at the offer, hut v.-e cballeuge
them to show the quality of goods we give
for the low prices. Best clothing for the
least money can only tie had of the Famous,
140 Congress street.
Look at those nobby Flannel Coats and Vests
at B. H. Levy £ Bros'.
NEW CROP
Kennebec Ice
P FIRST cargo of this season's crop re’-eived in
Savannah, just arrived direct from Kennebec
river per schooner Win. H. Allison, consigned to
Only house in Savannah offering Ice made
from dist illed Artesian Water. Take your choice,
Kennebec River Ice
—OR —
Manufactured Ice.
GREAT REDUCTION FOR PACKED ICE.
75c. ]>er 100, packed and delivered in anv part
of city; former price 90c. Lower prices ou
larger quantities,
FAMILY TRADE
Carefully looked after. 20 tickets, good for 100
pounds ice, 75c.
Discount on large purchases of tickets at one
time hy same person.
Cold- Storage.
We have the largest, refrigerator In Savannah.
Fish. Meats and Perishable* can he placed in
our refrigerator by families, stores, hotels and
others on reasonable terms.
Watch for the Yellow Wagons.
Xatnral or Artificial Ire as You Please.
188, 190, 192 AND 194 BAY ST.
HAYWOOD. GAGE t CO.
U NDKRTAKKR. -
W. I). pi^onT
UNDERTAKER
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
43 Bull street. Residence 59 Liberty street.
SAVANNAH. GKOROU.
BAKING POWDER.
g
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of p unt ,
Strength and Wbolesomeness. More economi’
cal than the ordinary kiuds, and cannot he kXi
in competition with the multitude of low
short weight alum or phosphate powders Sob
only in cane. Royal Baking Powder Cos tm
Wall street., New York. o'lo4 0 ' 104
U' DD.KN & BATES S. M. H.
Gash System
AND
LOW PRICES.
Stats
OF
Weather.
Sheet Music
at 2 cents a copy. Sells first rat*,
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.
Stationary
“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 yon 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.
Money Saved is Mafie.
■ ' . - ' -—--i-
ICE CREAM FREEZERS, ETC.
WHITE "MOUNTAIN
ICE CREAM FREEZERS,
Water Coolers,
REFRIGERATORS,
FLY FANS, BATH TUBS,
French. China,
Dinner anil Tea Sets.
LIBRARY AND HALL LAMPS
COTTON PLANT,
IROISr KING
AND
SOUTHERN GIRL
COOKING STOVES.
FOR SALE BY
John 1 Route <S I'd.,
0
161 BROUGHTON STREET,
SAVANNAH, - -
HAMS.
ASK YOUR GROCER FOfi
AND BREAK FA ST BACON
potoou jnt u iN-E
JNLItS MARINO OU* PATtMTtD TNAPt-MAK*. A UftKT
MtTAk.UO AL. ATTAONIO TO TMC HTNINO. ANO
TMK BTRIPCD OANVAB. AS IN THE
COM Mis.Blo S M ERCIIA
US YEARS ESTABLISHED.
Of. H. PALNirK. .
Wholesale Commission Me r ch
SOUTHERN PRODUCE AfiPECIAL 11 'it
ItiU Item Jo Htvoet.. New Y* .J
Consignments solicited and f j
promptly- stencils and Market report' >
ou application. Thus
JUfekknosh: Chatham National BanK.
her, Whyland & Cos., New \ork. Also, D
ami established Produce Merchants
Yorl- lhlUc-lob;. Ualthaoi-c and
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