The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, June 03, 1887, Page t, Image 8

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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 . formatior 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 t