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BRIDGING THE STREAM.
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY AT
STAUNTON.
An Ex-Federal General Delivers the
Address of the Day -Parade of Troops
and Civic Organizations Gov. Lee
and Other Distinguished Virginians
Attend.
Staunton*, Va., .Tune o.—The largest
crowd ever seen in Staunton assembled to
day to witness the celebration of the Con
federate Memorial Association. The chief
attraction was the presence of Gen. W. W.
Averill. orator of the occasion. The column
was a mile long, consisting of military and
civil organizations, etc. In an elegant car
riage, drawn by four black horses, rode
Gov. Lee and Gen. Averill, and as they
passed along they were frequently cheered.
After the parade the speaking took place in
the opera house, whifch was crowded to suf
focation.
pleasant recollection.
In introducing Gen. Averill, Gov. Lee re
ferred to their long acquaintance, beginning
when both were boys at West Point, and to
their subsequent associations in the old army.
Their commands had met fact* to face in
hattle during the war that followed, and he
was prepared to testify that no braver men
contends on either side than
the troop commanded by that
gallant officer, whose " warfare
was upon men and not upon helpless women
and children. In closing, the Governor re
ferred to the obliteration of the sectional
lines and the reunion of the people, as
shown by the presence of a Federal general
joining with the Southern veterans in hon
oring the Confederate dead.
GEN. AVERILL’S ADDRESS.
Gen. Averill was greeted with ringing
cheers as he stepped forward, and from
time to time during his speech he was en
thusiastically cheered. The following ex
tracts give the drift of his speech:
Fellow Counts then —I think you for the
honor that your invitation brought to me, and
for the great pleasure of meeting you on this
occasion of the yearly reawakening of the
chenshed memories of your detiarted soldiers.
Your courteous summons mode rae happy by
informing me that I was yet alive, for to be
forgotten is to be dead, and I gladly come to
assist in a memorial service which shall keep
alive in memory the days and deeds of those
brave men of yours who are not dead but living
immortally-just beyond the bourne of earthly
sense.
LONG RANGE SOLDIER.
Undoubtedly there are many people in this
countrv who were acquainted with the war at
long range, and are not yet aware that “ is
over. And some double-tongued statesmen
inav feel surprised that one who had invaded
and pervaded your country with an active
armed force, should be asked to receive your
hospitality on an occasion like this, when you
are perpetnatmgtbe sad but heroic memories
he had helped to create.
When last I was here, twenty-three years ago,
these hills had been resounding with the dread
ful thunder of artillery and the deadly rattle of
musketry, and the dust of these trampled fields
had been reddened with the blood of contending
armies.
Now the Shenandoah valley brims to the
mountain tops with the quiet atmosphere and
sunny glow of peace, and the fields, as far as
the eve can reach, are covered with a billowing
mantle of prosperity.
****** * *
Since your invitation to me was announced I
have received letters from many of my officer*
and men in different parts of the country, ex
pressing their gratification at your action.
*•••• >•
THE LEVER THAT MOVES THE WORLD.
Among those who greet me hgre to-day I ob
serve the beaming races of a generation who
roust have been too young to realize the tre
mendous struggle or life and death to which
this occasion mainly relates, and whose notions
about its cause and conduct must be dim, and
perhaps they sometimes wonder what it was ail
about. But they ne>*d not regret their
lack of undei-standing, for very few
oi our leading men in government, litera
ture, legislation or politics, at that time,
or even utis day, have reached down to the
broad and truthful premises which should under
lie any philosophical and candid consideration
of the origin and the results of the war. Not
remembering that that organized aggregate of
humanity called society the parent government,
derives its character from the character of the
labor that supports it-that the ieople of the
North and South were sustained by entirely
different forms of labor—that the different
social eondßlorfs which resulted, were originally
united by ties of helplessness and mutual
dependence in resisting the oppressive exactions
of the mother country and achieved the
independence of the Republic and
afterwards tried to perfect and
perpetuate the Union of States by*
adopting the constitution— that great men of
both social conditions strove earnestly and long
to maintain the Union in spite of the natural
and irresitib'.e diversities which sprang from
social, political and commercial antagonisms
hetween these different social conditions, the
accumulating aggravations of which no govern
ment devised by man could repress, until it fell
to the lot of the eighth generation of Ameri
cans. no longer able to control or harmonize
them, to resort to the arbitrament of arms.
Then followed a heroic period which
gave birth to great names, glorious
achievements and heroic deeds. One of
these antagonistic social forms bad to be
crushed. The strength of anything is measured
by the force required to break It. The strength
of Southern society was measured by a million
men and $9,000,000,000. Incidentally and neces
sarily the character of human labor became
liomogeneous throughout the land. Political
parties had do more to do with the cause of the
war than the church militant has to do with the
earthquakes. The costly lesson we learned was
that labor is the lever that moves the world of
human life, and in a republic it must tie 'free.
Human labor is God like in This, that it mate
rializes thought and is creative in Its functions.
It is unrequited whenever any portion of its
wages are expanded on ficticious values.
GREATNESS IN ADVERSITY.
The nation can remember with honorable
pride that Southern men were great in war; it
remembers that when their cause was hopeless
ly lost they were greater in accepting with the
dignity of brave men the conditions and conse
quences of defeat; but posterity will never for
get that they showed themselves greatest in
meeting promptly and manfully the exigencies
of free labor. For over S,otio years mankind has
been instructed and civilization benefited by a
picture of Cincinnatus called from his plow to
assume the dignities and wield the power of the
Roman Htate. A far greater picture In its
effects and benefits was furnished mankind
.when your Governor. Gen. Fltchugh I as-, whom
I mention as representing the liest and highest
type of Southern manhood, after the war took
off bis coat and put his liands to the plow for
the first time.
God who gave us our path and motion in the
Universe and said, "B> the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread. - ' w ill smile on a people
who recognize and respect the dignity of labor.
gah’s DREADFUL NECESSITY.
Amid the younger generation before me I
recognize the faces of those who must have
been my comrades of the war. We certainly
are comrades in several relations. In our cam
paigns and battles the same sky covered us. the
lame storm drenehed us, we wep' bespattered
oy the same mud and begrimed by the same
itist and our marches and fatigues were cotem
poraneoiis and coequal. We assaulted each
Dther until we became well acquainted. With
regard to the personal feelings existing between
those who were acquainted with each other
or were friends when the war divided
them, 1 may mention a conver
sation 1 once had wdth President
Lincoln, which may be of Interest. It was
shortly after the first great cavalry battle of
the war, at Kelly’s Ford, on the Rappahannock,
early in IHtST The President came down to visit
the army of the Potomac opposite ITvdericks
bnrg. and to rcvl-w it. He old me the honor to
send for me to visit him in the evening. We had
an interview of an hour in his tent. He asked
me many questions about the army, und
especially Ue cavalry service and its expense.
He expressed great interest in the fight we hiul
hail at Kelly's Ford, and inquired jiartlcidurly
about the Confederate commanders. I told him
how- the fight came to pan*, anil showed him a
Dote which I had received from Gen. Fitzhugh
L i with reference to his wounded. He put on
his spix-tacles and read it carefully. Then he
Ssked; “Wep* you and Gen. Is*e frtenda?”
“2*rtainly,” said I, “always had linen.”
'What would happen,” he asked, “should you
meet on the battle-field*”
b ?* h of “* wouM •* badly' hurt or
•died. Isold, ‘obliged to be, Mr. President"
He leaned that picturesque and mournful face
m nis on his hand, and. after n pause, said with
wi. S& Giy ttorl, what a dreadful thing Is
js!L ,h J where personal friends must slay
*®?h other and die as friends!''
* SS h'njthf l “undoubtedly Los thought he
” n£ h dutJ ' * wl 1 t£n '’ w 1 h" 1 * was doing
¥, said Mr. Lincoln. “1 understand your
feelings, but there are many who would think
that you ought to hate each other. ”
Finally' he said "Gen. Aver li, I wish you would
give me this letter of Lee’s"
“Surely, take it, Mr. President" 1 replied, and
I have heen told by one of his biographers t hat
he carried the note in his pocket for a long time
and would frequently show it.
This statement of personal relations and feel
ings seemed to make a revelation to Mr Un
coin, but he had a heart and an understanding
large enough to consider every relation and
every emotion of all the people in this country,
which he so longed should be a nation.
ALL WERE AMERICANS.
The memories of the four years* war which
cluster above the graves of the •Blue " and the
'Gray." ap'identical and equally dear to the
surviving comrades of each. There is one grand
memory which we may ever enjoy, the fortitude
and devotion of the American soldiers. North
and South, and their manhood in battle will not
fail to awaken the admiration of mankind so
long as any people ap- called Americans. The
grandest efficient result of the war was to forti
fy our nation with a public opinion which has
since environed the world. Where is the nation
that does not recognize its power, or that can
afford to diurcgapi it? The migrating thousands
who are pouring into our country from all na
t ions and races, attest the universal and con
tinued effect and grandeur of that opinion.
It needs no thundering navy nor consuming
army to make it manifest.
THE UNDYING MOTHER OF CIVILIZATION.
Religion is the first necessity experienced and
the last comfort p-linquished in every human life.
In this mother's arms we are suspended between
two infinites, as in a hammock, otic end of which
is held by memory, the other by hope. The his
tory of this nation, the only one which can now
be studied from its beginning, is already anew
and original page in the story of the world. Not
yet a hundred years old, and on anew conti
nent. a nation that employs 2.000.000 men in a
social war, and succeeds in uniting itself and
knitting its people together is certainly original
Another wonderful thing is that the very sol
diet* of loth armies who did the fighting enjoy
the readiest mutual confidence and broth-rlv
esteem, and mayhap, in spite ef indifferent and
ignorant politicians, they and their children will
become the strongest social cement of our per
manent union.
We dashed together like waves on rocks,
W' fought 'till th<- ground was red;
We met in the shuddering liattle shocks.
Where none but the freed soul fled.
Now side by side in the nation's life,
And shoulder to shoulder are we:
And we know by the grip of our hands in strife,
What the strength of our love may be.
Brief addresses were also made by Gen. I.
D. Imboden. Him. A. J. McCall, of New
York, and Hon. Carlton McCarthy, of Rich
mond. Both Gens. Gordon, of Georgia, and
Jackson, of Tennessee, were expected, but
neither came. The celebration was a grand
success, and was witnessed by 10,000 people.
OUR RED CITIZENS.
A Strong Memorial for the President
On the Land Question.
St. Louis, June 9. —A special from Eu
faula, I. TANARUS., says: The Indian council re
sumed its sessions Wednesday morning
with delegates from eighteen tribes present,
who expressed their satisfaction at the re
port of the committee appointed Monday to
draft a memorial to the President on the
land question. The preamble enumerates
the tribes that are to sign the memorial,
to-wit, the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws.
Chicasaws, Seminoles, Sac and Fox, Osage
and others. With many misgivings they
assume that the United States government
intend to the Indians the
benefit of civilization, without de
priving them of rights. Having lived
under this policy they claim to be fair
judges of its utility, They do not wish to
antagonize any policy of the government,
but to contribute to its efficiency; but
they make an earnest appeal in behalf
of the civilized and the wild tribes of the
Territory, against the act providing for all
ownership of the lands in severalty, to the
Indians. It will be a detriment to their in
terests, as it will in the near future eugulf
all of the Indians and the tribes of the Ter
ritory in one catastrophe, to the enrichment
of the land monopolies, against whom even
those with the civilized machinery of
justice seem powerless to secure
their rights. They deprecate any meas
ures which will place the
Indians in so unequal a contest.
The Indians need political identity, in
allegiance, called elsewhere patriotism,
in order to make any true progress in
the affairs of life. *
GIVES HIM HIS OWN PROPERTY.
The law to which objection is urged en
ables the Indian to become a member of
some other body politic by selecting and
taking to himself any quantity of land
which is at present the common property of
all. The land, in the severalty law, appor
tioned to each individual is only a part of
that which is already his property, and
leaves the balance for sale to others who
will be composed of the class having no
sympathy for the Indians, who will rush
into the new country in their mad race for
gain and crowd out every hope and chance
of Indian civilization.
THEY HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE.
They rail attention to the sad experience
of an individual nature with the United
States in 1880 and 1833. The tribes ask that
the President stay tho operations of the law
until they shall lje in a condition to tie liene
iited by it. They further requost that the
act be not enforced until they have an op
jiortunity of testing the validity of their
rights before the judiciary of the United
States. The memorial, after being inter
preted, was unanimously adopted.
ON THE TURF.
The Gold Cup at Ascot Heath—Events
at Jerome Park.
London. Juno 9.—The weather at Ascot
Heath to-day was brilliant and the races
were largely attended. The spectators in
cluded a strong representation of royalty
and crowds of aristocratic people.
The race for the gold cup, value 1,000
sovereigns, was won by Douglas Baird's
five-year-old bay horse Bard of Freedom,
(Japt. Bowling's three-year-old bay colt Car
rasco came second and Mr. Feu’s three-year
old bay colt, The Baron, was third. There
were six starters.
ON THE JEROME PARK COURSE
New York, June 9.— The attendance at
Jerome Park was again excellent to-day,
but a succession of heavy showers through
out the afternoon made the track a vast
mudpuddle and marred the enjoyment of
the day’s sport. The following were the
events: .
First Race—Seven-eighths of a mile. Saxony
won, with Viceroy second and Flageoletta third.
Time 1:88.
Second Race— For two-year-olds: five eighths
of a mile. Tea Tray won. with King Fish see.
ond and Sow Or Never third. Time 1:(15$£.
Betting was seven to one ugainst the winner.
The mutuals paid S(SO 80.
Tmnn Race —One and one-half miles Han
over beat Oneka. Only two started. Time 2: l.'lty
Fourth Rack—One and one-eighth miles.
Greenfield won, with Phil Lee second und
Florence Fonao third. Time 2:01*4, Betting
was seven to one against the winner
Fifth Race—One and one-sixteenth miles.
Petticoat won. with Nellie Van second and Bur
ton third. Time 1:56.
Sixth Race—One and three-qnarter miles;
seven hurdles. Palanca won, with Harry Mann
second and Drumover third. Time il:i£%
THE ST. LOUIS RACES.
St. Louis, June 9.—The events to-day
were as follows:
First Race One mile. Estrella won, with
Modesty second and Spalding third. Time 1:15.
Second Race Three-quarters of a mile.
RacelUtnd won, with Aliunah second and lajs
Angeles t bird. Time 1:1 ~V6-
Third Race — One mile and a quarter. On
rendu won, with Volante second and Fort third.
Time 2:lojg.
Fourth Race— Steeple chase: full course.
Aseoli won, with Bucephalus second and Wei.
ington third. Time 5:8014. Bucephalus was set
back third for riding out of the course.
Hon. Harry Bingham for Senator.
Concord. N. H., June 9. —The Democrats
of the legislature to-day nominated Hon.
Harry Bingham, of Littleton for Senator.
Pennsylvania Republicans.
Philadelphia, Pa., June 9.— I The Re
publican .State Convention is called to meet
at Harrisburg Aug. 17.
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of most careful nnd original manufacture.
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THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1887.
HOW SEWARD WAS STABBED.
A Tragic Scene Described by One of
the Witnesses.
fVom the Washington Star.
A plump, pleasant-faced woman, with a
richness of dialect that proclaimed her birth
upon the green shores of Ireland, occupies
the position of messenger in the office of
loans and currency of the Treasury Depart
ment. Messengers' positions are generally
held by melt, most frequently by wounded
soldiers; but this is an exceptional case.
Her name is Margaret Coleman. She was
the housekeeper of Secretary Seward and
was.painfully injured while 'trying to im
pede the flight of Payne, the would-be
a-srasdn, after his attempt upon Seward's
life.
’Yes. and that was a terrible night,” she
said, recounting her experience to a re
porter. “It was a terrible night. The way
t hat Payne cut and slashed at him! And he
was a good man, too! I lived with Mr.
Seward a long time, and heard how he
talked and knew him. He had no bitter
ness in hint, and he felt amiable toward
the Southern people. White he wanted to
free the negroes, he never thought as much
of them as Sumner did I lived with Sum
ner afterward, and I used to hear him talk,
too. He was another good tnan. Mr.
Seward never went quite so far. Many
and many’s the time I heard
him say to himself: ‘Yes, the negroes
should be freed! But they should
not be put on an equality with the whites,’
he would add. I have often heard him say
those words. He was a nice man in hts
household and liberal with everyone. He
always gave dinner parties once a week, at
least, and held receptions on Saturdays.
Democrats and Republicans alike were at
his table. He was too great a man to go to
extremes and to cherish bitterness. At tbe
Saturday receptions hundreds of p<sij%
would be present, and lie always had
refreshments served. He used to entertain
the common soldiers and sailors.
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
“That night,” she continued, returning to
the night of Seward’s attempted assassina
tion, “he was very sick. You know about
two weeks before his horses had run away
and, throwing hint from his carriage, broke
his jaw. His jaw was bandaged up and
supported in a wire frame, and it was
terribly swollen. There was great march
ing and celebration that night on account of
the victory, and everybody was off to see it.
Miss Fannie was in the room with her
father, and there was a man nurse from one
of the hospitals there. They had told me
that Mr. Seward was a little easier, and I
hail just gone into my room to go to bed,
when I heard Miss Fannie scream. It was
then about 10. I ran into the hall and there
was Mr. Fred Seward holding himself up by
the door sill, with his face and head all cov
ered with blood so weak that he could not
stand alone. And in Mr. Seward's room
was Miss Fannie screaming, and Payne
there with the bloody knife in his hand. It
was an awful sight that no theatre play
ever came near to. Payne was a powerful
man. He looked as big as two men. and he
was very handsome. He wore a gray suit,
with high riding boots up above his knees,
and a soft white hat with a broad brim. He
was powerful and as active as a cat. He
dropped his hat and pistol in the room. I
stood in his way as he went out, and he
simply brushed tne aside and rushed out
of the" house. He did not hit me, and I don’t
think he intended to hurt me, but I fell
against a door and dislocated my shoulder.
He did not offer to touch Mrs. "Seward or
Miss Fannie, and I don’t think he would
have hurt me, only in his hurry- as he
rushed out. He did not want to harm the
women folks, but he tried to kill the men.
HOW PAYNE ENTERED THE HOUSE.
“When he first came to the door,” she
continued, “and asked to see Secretary Se
ward, he said he had a message from the
doctor. The butler, who went to the door,
you know, was nothing more than a boy,
and he did not know what to do. Payne
just walked right by him and up the stairs.
His heavy boots made a great noise, and
Mr. Fred Steward (he was his father’s Secre
tary, you know, and was in an adjoining
room) came out in the passage to see what
was the matter. When he would not let
Payne into the room, Payne reached down
into his boot leg and drew out a revolver
and snapped it right at his hreast three
times, but it did not go off. Then Payne
took the butt of his pistol and beat him over
the head with it until his head and face was
a mass of blood. He did not throw him
down stairs, as many folks think; he just
left him where he was, too weak to do any
thing. Then he rushed at the bed
WITH A LONQ KNIFE.
“Mr. Seward had the presence of mind to
pull the covers over his head and roll over
toward the wall, and the assassin cut and
slashed at him awfully. He cut him i*t sev
eral places, and cut the bed clothes all to
pieces, but did not succeed in striking the
throat on account of the wires that had been
put about the jaw. Seward, all covered
with blood, succeeded in throwing hitusolf
between the bed and the wall, and at first I
thought Payne had thrown him out of the
window. Blit after the assassin was gone I
got the Secretary up on the bed. and we
tried to do something for him. The man
nurse was all cut and bleeding. Mr. Fred
was nearly- dead, and there was nobody to
do anything. Oh! it was an awful time.
It was all so terrible; it was like att awful
dream. It all did not take more than five
minutes, and the assassin had gone
OFF ON Ills HORSE.
“The soldiers and people got around the
house, but there was no doctor. The doctors
were all at President Lincoln's bedside, but
we did not know that. We did not know
that Mr. Lincoln had been shot. For three
quarters of an hour I think we waited for a
doctor, and all the time I had to liathe the
Secretary’s wounds with iced rags to keep
him from bleeding to death.
“But he lived to see Payne hanged. Hived
with him after that, and then I kept house
for Mr. Sumner. Then they- put me in the
Department here, where I guess I can stay
to raru a support as long as I live.”
YACHT RACES.
Gallant and Easy Victory for the Peer
less Atlantic.
New York, June 9.— This is the day set
for the annual regatta of the New York
Yacht Club. It Ls almost a dead calm at
Owl’s Head, where the start is to be made.
At Sandy Hook the wind blows only five
miles per hour, from the west-northwest.
The sky is clear, but it, is hazy off shore,
with a smooth sea. The prospects for a good
race to-day are diminishing, as the wind has
been steadily going down all the morning,
At 7 o’clock this morning the wind was
blowing fourteen miles an hour, from the
west.
In the regatta to-day the Atlantic took
the lead early in the race, and maintained it
to the , end. The Shamrock, Priscilla,
Oalati'a, .Sachem, Titania, and the others
were handicapped at the start. The firpt
ran into a brisk squall on the west .bank of
the lower bay, and all except the schooners
and the Galatea and the Gracie lowered
their topsails, and hauled down their jib
topsails. The Atlantic stood well in the
squall ns the Titania also. The Shamrock
did not show up so well, but afterward did
good work.
A Double Divorce.
New York. Juno Charles D. Keep,
editor of the Wall Street AVuv* died this
morning at Long Branch. His wife only
yesterday obtained a divorce from him in
Philadelphia.
The following is said to lie a sure test for
ascertaining whether wall paper contains
arsenic: Take a piece of paper and pour
upon it strong aqua ammonia over a sau
cer. If there beany arsenic. present tnis
will dissolve it. Collect the liquid in a vial
or tube and drop in a crystal of nitrate of
silver. If there lie arsenic present little
yellow crystals will make their appearance
about the nitrate Of silver. Arsenical green,
when washed with aqua ammonia, either
changes blue or fades.
BURIED TREASURE.
Looking For a Fortune Near the
Earth’s Surface.
FVom the Houston Post.
Some years ago a rumor got afloat that
there were large sums of money buried in
the old Schrimp field, just beyond the Gal
veston draw bridge in the Second ward, and
despite the vigilance of the owners of the
place the rays of the morning sun would
daily beat their way through the forest of
trec-s into large excavations that had been
made by credulous people in searching for
the treasure. If anvone has ever been the
richer for his midnight exertions he lias kept
it profoundly secret, although stories of an
incredible nature have been circulated by
negroes and others living in the neighbor
hood. The origin of the wild stories regard
ing the buried wealth, briefly stated, is
about as follows: Years ago, when Houston
was in its infancy and the scene of the nar
rative was considered “away out in the
country,” there lived a family"whose name
is indeiiblv attached to the place, by fru
gality and" united exertion
THEY BECAME WEALTHY.
Their increase of fortune, however, did
not affect their style of living or their ex
penditures of money, and they soon obtained
a reputation for penuriousness. In course
of time the head of the family died and was •
buried in what Is termed the field, although
it more resembles a forest, and in time his
helpmate occupied a place beside him. Their
closeness in money matters, together with
the fact that the old lady was so frequently
soen aimlessly-—suspiciously it was consid
ered —wandering around the old tomb of
her husband and in the shadows of the trees,
soon excited the suspicions of the idle in the
neighborhood, and when she died, without
leaving any great amount of money, stories
of all sorts flew in the wildest mariner. The
ground was torn up in all directions at the'
dead hours of night, when the heirs of the
place were least expecting it. Whether the
surviving members of the family knew or
believe anything of the burying of money •
is not known, but it is thought that they
did little if anything in
THE DIGGING LINE, •
but confined their attention to holding what
they had, an occupation in which they- were
not very- successful, as a lawsuit resulted in
most of the property going into the liands of
other parties. For a season nothing would
be heard concerning the money supposed to
be l.ving with its owners, and the old field
would remain untouched. Then, some per
son going through the place, would discover
fresh traces of a search and remarkable yarns
would again follow. This thing was kept up
tor several years, and ended, it was thought
and hoped, long ago. But again the old field
is the source of topics and superstition.
A few weeks ago a party of gentlemen
strolling through the old deserted field dis
covered that several bricks had been re
moved from the vault in which the old
couple lay for so long a time. A few days
ago in again passing through they dis
covered a large hole in the plat* of the
small one, and in again passing the place
last Sunday they saw that the whole struct
ure had been knocked in. A reporter vis
ited the scene yesterday and found it to be
true. In addition to the demolition of the
tomb and the absence of its contents a large,
deep hole, evidently but recently dug, was
seen a short distance from the vault and
INNUMERABLE TRACKS
indicated the work of the believer in the old
stories. A negro who was found a short
distance beyond the field, and who manfully
refused to go within its limits when re
quested so to do, stated that he was positive
there was money “hid in dah somewhar, but
I isn’t gwine in dah to look foh it.” When
asked why, he said because there’s “sperits
movin’ roun’ dah all de time," and that he
and everybody in his household had at vari
ous times “seen ’em.” When told of the
hole dug near the grave he lifted up his eyes
from the cork that he had been watching as
it lazily floated on the water, and said: “Dey
is?” Twisting around in his place and
holding up his finger, he continued: “I seed
two men nar.gin’ Votin’ hyar, lemme see, hit
wus Saturday night. One of’em had a sack
an’ a spade, an’ de yother had some’in’ in his
han’ wot looked like one o’ dese hyar things
■what a surveyorlooeks through.” Whether
the negro's story is correct or not, or what
ever the cause or result of the depredation,
the fact stands forth that the bodies that
so long rested in the old vault are gone and
the law is thereby violated. To forever
settle the question whether or not there is
any treasure on the place it might be well
for all parties interested to make one final
and thorough search and let the old place
rest.
A BAREFOOTED HERO.
A Little Boy Captures a Wild Team
and Saves a Child’s Life.
From the Sacramento (Cal.) Bee.
At about 6 o’clock yesterday evening a
thrilling scene was witnessed on Twentieth
street, between I and J. The people residing
ia that neighborhood were horrified to see a
team of horses come dashiug along the
street, drawing a carriage in which was
seated a beautiful little girl, not more tnan
5 years old. The carriage bounced along
the rough street, and everybody expected to
see it overturned every instant. The little
tot held fast to the sides of the vehicle with
a bravery that was surprising in one so
young. Women screamed, some nearly
tainted, and strong men remarked that the
babe could uot escape death.
Presently a little barefooted boy-, who
could not have been over 13 years old, was
seen to dash right in front of the swift
running horses, grab one of thorn by the
bridle and cling desperately to it. He
jerked the horses and yelled to them, and
finally managed to turn them into a fence
corner, where they were stopped without
tiny damage being done. It was a most
daring feat on the part of the boy, and
those who gathered about the carriage
patted the brave little fellow on the head,
and the women were so overjoyed that they
fairlv smothered him with kisses.
After the little girl had been tenderly
lifted out of the carriage an old German
came running up, almost out of breath. He
managed to exclaim: “Oh, ntein Gott, is
der norsos hurt?”
“Kay, Mister, there’s der kid wot stopped
yer hewses,” said an urchin, pointing to the
little hero, who stood at the head ol' the
horses.
“Oh, ish dot so?” remarked the G*rman,
in an indifferent way. ”
“Johnny, I guess der man means to thank
yer,” said the talkative boy; “but I guess
lie’s too tired to say so.”
The German entered his carriage and
drove leisurely away, without even looking
Rt the liny who had saved his child’s life.
Those who stood around, and who had wit
nessed the horrifying event, muttered
curses lierause tho lad had not bran given a
handful of money, or at least a heartfelt
"thank you.”
It Staggered the Mule, Too.
From the Cheater (Pa.) Times.
A tall man and a short man boarded a
street car yesterday as it rumbled down
Third street. The tall passenger stooped tej
get in the doorway, while the little iuaHjr,
head was not far above the handle okv?
door. '
“How much fai*-f” asked the of
the conductor. wKf
"Five cents,” was the reply.
“How much for muf asked the sawed-off
man.
“Five cents.”
“Five cents|for me, too.”
“Young man, don't you know the law
regulates the difference between the ‘long’
and ‘short’ haulf”
One passenger fell off the platform, and
even the mules staggered.
MRSERV.
KIESLING’S NURSERY,
White Bluii - Road.
PLANTS, BOUQUETS. DESIGNS, CUT
I FLOWERS furnished to order. Leave or
ders at DAVIS BROS.’, comer bull and York
streets. Telephone call -M0
.MARRIAGES.
FARMER LAMOTTE. Marri-d. in Spartan
burg, S. C\. Sunday June 5, by Rev. Jesse Clif
ton. Mr. David G. Farmer of Macon. Ga.. and
Miss Mary E. Lamotte. ‘laughter of the late
Charles O. Lamotte. of this city.
FVK KB AT. IVVITATIO KB.
McAULIFFE.—'The friends and relative's of
Mr. Dennis McAuliffe and Misses Maggie and
Julia McAuliffe. Mrs. H. Schroder, Mrs. Higgins.
Mrs. Grimm and Mr. Patrick Cavanaugh, and
their families, are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral of Dennis Mc.An.irFE from the resi
dence of Mr. p. Cavanaugh. No. +1 East Broad
street, at 8 o’clock THIS AFTERNOON.
MEETINGS.
NOTICE.
The Manufacturers of Naval Stores who do not
approve the action of the "Naval Stores Protec
tive Association” at Jesup, on April 11th ult.,
are respectfully requested to meet at the Mar
shall House, in Savannah, on JUNE 23d. there
to take such action as they may deem best to
protect their own interests.
WILLIAM LETFORD,
JOHN MORRISON,
B. T. OUPLAND,
R. S. THIGPEN,
J. C. POWELL,
McNEIL A PAXTON.
PIONEER STEAM BRICK COMPANY.
An adjourned meeting of the above company
will be held on FRIDAY' AFTERNOON, 10th
inst., at 4 o'clock, at the office of Messrs. Lester
& Ravenel, 3 Whitaker street. A full attend
ance of stockholders is desired, as the report of
the Committee on By-Laws and Officers will be
submitted.
FOREST CITY GUY CLCB.
The annual meeting of the Club will be held
THIS (Friday) EVENING at 8 o'clock. The
election of officers for the ensuing year will take
place. By order of
E. J. KIEFFER, President.
J. D. Helkxen, Sec. and Treas.
THE JASPER MITTAL LOAN' ASSOCIA
TION.
The sixty-sixth regular monthly meeting of
the Jasper Mutual Loan Association will be held
THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, at the office of
Wooten & MacDonell, MS Bryan street,
P. W. MELDRIM, President.
J. E. Wooten, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
I have sold out my Bakery, formerly known as
'the “New York Variety Bakery,” to MR. C. A.
VETTER, and repectfully ask my patrons a
continuance of past patronage. Respectfully,
GEORGE HELM KIN.
NOTICE.
Having bought the Bakery on the corner of
South Broad and East Broad streets, known as
the “New York Variety Bakery,” of MR.
GEORGE HELMKIN, I respectfully ask the
patronage of the former. Respectfully.
C- A. VETTER.
NOTICE.
Savannah, Ga., June 9. 1887.
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to close
our respective places of business on Saturdays at
2 p. m., beginning with June 11th, and ending on
August Ist.
Epstein & Wannbacher, H. Myers A Bros,
Fred M. Hull, Smith Bros & Cos.,
A. Ehrlich & Bro., Bendheim Bros & Cos.,
Geo. W. Tiedeman, Rieser & Stern,
A. Leffler, Lee Roy Myers & Cos.,
C. M. Gilbert Cos., Herman & Kayton,
M. Mendel & Bro., Isaac G. Haas,
M. Ferst & Cos., R. G. Dunn & Cos.,
S. Guekenheimer & Son, P. B. Springer,
H. Solomons & Son, C. D. Rogers.
Grady, DeLettre & Cos.,
NOTICE.
The LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
hitherto represented in this city by Mr. C. G.
FALLIGANT, is now in the hands of Col. R. J.
DAVANT, who will be glad to serve the patrons
of the Corporation and the public generally.
Office 1W Bay street.
LIMITED COPARTNERSHIP.
The limited copartnership heretofore existing
was renewed ana extended under the laws of
Georgia on May 19th, 1887, between JACOB A.
EINSTEIN and FRANK A. EINSTEIN, of Sa
vannah. Ga., as general partners, and L. S.
EINSTEIN, of;Savannah. Ga., as special part
ner, beginning on the above stated day and to
terminate on the 19th of May, 1892, under the
firm name of A. EINSTEIN'S SONS, for the
transaction of a wholesale boot and shoe busi
ness, said special partner contributing to the
stock the sum of $50,000 (Fifty Thousand Dollars)
Certificate has been placed on record, filed and
registered In the Clerk's office of the Superior
Court of Chatham county. Georgia
JACOB A. EINSTEIN.
FRANK A. EINSTEIN,
L. S. EINSTEIN.
DIVIDEND NO. 49.
Augusta and Savannah Railroad, I
Savannah, Ga., June 7, 1887. )'
On and after THIS DATE a Dividend of
THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF per shale
will be paid to the Stockholders of the Augusta
and Savannah Railroad, at the banking house of
l CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD & CO., between the
hours of 10 A. m. and 1 p. m.
W. S. LAWTON, President.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
From this date and until further notice the
STEAMER KATIE will be withdrawn from the
Savannah river, for the purpose of general over
hauling. Due notice will be given of the re
sumption of her route.
JOHN LAWTON,
Manager.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Savannah Fire and Marine Insurance
Company.
A call is hereby made upon stockholders, in
accordance with the charter, for an installment
of TWENTY-FIVE <S5i DOLLARS per share of
the capital stock of this Company, being the
balance due on said stock, payable at the office
of the Company, No. !)M Ray street. Savannah,
Georgia. 115 Secretary, on or before the loth
By direction of the Board of Directors.
________ \V. II DANIEL, Secretary.
DR. HENRY - COLDINU, '
C>
DENTIST,
4
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' Office corner Jones and Drayton street*.
DR. MONTAGUE L. BOYD
Has removed his office and residence to 159
LIBERTY STREET, between Whitaker and
Barnard,
ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR.
ThU vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prises awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. 81 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D ,
Pharmacist, Snnnnah. Ga.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
' SPECIAL NOTICE.
Central R. R i B'k'g Cos. op Georgia, i
Savannah. Ga.. June Ist. 1887. t
A dividend of F< >UR DOLLARS per share
from tb° earnings of this Company and its de
pendencies has been declared, payable on and
after tie- 23d inst.. to the Stockholders of record
JUNE 10th. The transfer books of the Com
panv wifi be CLOSED ON THE 10th, and remain
closed UNTIL THE 33d INST
T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier, _
REMOVAL.
DR. B. S. PURSE
Has removed his office and residence to 140
Liberty, between Whitaker and Bull streets.
AMUSEMENT-.
~ SAVANNAH THEATRE.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JUNES & 10
OPENING OF THE NINTH REGULAR SEASON
—or—
The Ford s!
In a magnificent production o? the Grand
Realistic Play,
THE MARBLE HEART.
Miss Clara Baker as Marco
Miss Maude White as Marie
Miss Mollis Maeder as C'lexentine
Miss T. Farrer as Madam Duchatlet
Mr. Thomas F. McCabe as Volage
—AND—
Mr. Lawrence Hanley as Raphael,
Together with the Leadioe; Members of the
Association.
Beautiful costumes, fine scenery, music, etc.,
etc. Tickets 75c.. 50c. and 25c. Reserved seats
on sale at Davis' Bros, without extra charge.
Box sheet open Tuesday.
M I Li.l N KKY.
Unmerciful!
Will we cut the prices down until the bulk
is cleared out of our
MILLINERY
AND
PARASOLS!
PLATSHEK’S,
138 Broughton Street,
Offers the following bran new elegant goods,
with view of closing them out, at prices
less than any house in this city:
1 500 an<i Ends adies ' hats at sc.
Vd Misses' well trimmed School Hats at 25c.
each.
500 Ladies' and Misses' $1 Straw Shapes re
duced to 50c. each.
400 Ladies' and Misses' elegant Novelty and
Plain Straw Shapes reduced from $1 50 to 75c.
each.
600 Misses’ Handsome Trimmed Hats at 50c.
each; our former $1 goods.
Artificial Flower Bunches, Os
trich Tips, Ribbons and
Silks will be uniformly
slaughtered.
1 lot Ladles' 22-inch Sateen Coaching Para
sols, light patterns, down to 50c. and 75c.; regu
lar $1 50 value.
1 lot Ladles' 20-inch Satin Parasols, lined in
white colors, down to sl, $1 25, $1 50; our for
mer prices $2, $2 50, $3.
1 lot Children's Sateen Parasols, light and
dark patterns, down to 50c. and 75c ; was sl.
$1 50.
Over 500 pieces Twilled Silk Parasols in 20. 22,
24, 26 and 28-inch lengths, with Natural, Ebony,
White Celluloid, Silver and Gold Handles, at
greatly reduced prices.
Also our entire line of novelties in Parasols
(which we have not space to mention: will be
sold at nearly your own price. We have them,
the prices are down, and at such prices they will
go fast.
P. 6.—Country orders promptly filled.
FRUIT AMD GROCERIES.
I WILL SELL
The following articles cheaper
than can be bought elsewhere:
Raisins, Starch,
Nuts, Soap,
Figs, Clothes Pins,
Dates, Clothes Lines,
Dried Apples, Soda,
Dried Peaches, Olive Oil,
Tea, Toilet Soap,
Extracts, Pickles.
LEMONS BY THE BOX.
LEMONS BY THE HUNDRED.
LEMONS. BY THE DOZEN.
Call and get prices before buying elsewhere.
K. POWER,
Corner Coogrew, Bull and St. Julian.
HAY.
CHOICE EASTERN H AY.
FANCY WESTERN HAY.
Cow Peas.
SPECKLED. BLACK EYE, CLAY and MIXED.
LEMONS.
FRESH STOCK MESSINA LEMONS.
CORN, OATS, BRAN. CORN EYES.
PEANUTS, ONIONS, ETC.
Close Prices on Car Lots of Hay and Grain.
169 BAY.
W.D. SIMKINS & CO.
PROPOSALS 5\ ANTED.
City of Savannah. 1
Office City Surveyor, -
June oth, 1887. )
PROPOSA LS
A A ’ILL BF. RECEIVED al the office of the
", Clerk of Council until 12 m„ MONDAY,
JUNE 18th, for paving the eastern walk of
Abereorn street through Lafayette square, two
walks of Macon street, running east and west
through Madison square, two walks of Barnard
street, running north and south through Chat
ham square, with le st quality Savannah gray
trick, or best quality Chattahoochee. Atlanta
or Macon paving brick or latent stone; curbing
to lie either blue stone or patent stone. Bids
must specify each square separately.
The right to reject any or all bids’ reserved
JOHN B. HOWARD.
City Surveyor.
Custom Housx. |
_ _.. „ Savannah, Ga.. June 9, 1887. i'
(LEADED PROPOSALS will be received until
>7 8 June'lß. 1887. for furnishing Fuel.
Light, Water, Ice and miscellaneous supplies
required for this building during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1888. Particular* on applica
tion JOHN K. WHEATON. Csirimb in
SUMMER RESORTS.
.MALE SPRINGS,
Blount County, - Tennessee.
THIS Health Resort will be open Mav Ist jgp
The most celebrated Dyspeptic Ware,
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent
Table. Telephone connection with KnoxviliU
Rates: $1 per day; $25 per month for May ami
June; ?2 p-r day. $lO and sl2 per week. *35 a L
S4u per month for July and August. Half ran*
for Children. J. C. ENGEL Prop
THE WHITE SCLPHUUPRffi
GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA.
The most celebrated of all the Mountain
Resorts, and one of the oldest and most popular a
of American Watering places, will open for rha N
season June 1. Elevation above tide-water
2.000 feet; surrounding mountains. 3 300 feS’
Send for pamphlet describing hygienic advan
B F. EAKLE. Sup't.
CLARENDON HOTELr"
Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
OPENS JUNE 25th.
Popular rates ?3 00 net day
I. STEINFELD.
___________ Proprietor.
HI KM ANN’S HOTEL
Walhalla, S. C.
O ITU ATED at foot of the Blue Ridge Moun
V tams - Delightful summer resort. Good
climate Excel ent water. Also, a direct hack
line to Highlands, N. C. Terms reasonable.
D. BIEMANN & SON, *
* Proprietors.
McABOY HOUSE, AYM.YI
TATELY’ remodeled and refurnished. Bath
-J rooms and modern sanitary arrangements.
Terms $25 per month.
For further information address
. , L. S. BELL
i Carriages meet each train. > •
DAGGERS WHITE SULPHUR-SPRING^
(Gala Post Office.;
BOTETOURT COUNTY, VA.,
Y\7ILL open JUNE 30. Circulars to be had
at this office.
BEAN & TAYLOR,
Managers.
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS'
G LEAWOOD HOTEL,
FJSHE finest and healthiest place in the moun
tains. All kinds of amusements. Board $3.
Send for circular.
V. BRAMSOX. Catskill, N. Y.
CAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS, Alkalis
Lithia and Superior Iron Waters, Hamp
shire county. W. Va.—This celebrated mountain
resort for health and pleasure; Baths of any
temperature: a summer climate unsurpassed: a
charming summer home with its many improve
ments, accommodating 800 guests, opens June
Ist. Send for circular and rate sheet (for medi
cal and other testimony). SVM. H. SALE, Pro
prietor. 4
THE WATAUGA HOTEL. Blowing Rock, N-
C. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4.000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi
cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the
season. For information address WATAUGA
HOTEL CO., Blowing Rock, N. C.
BUTCHER HOUSE.
PAWLING, N. Y.. on the Harlem railroad: a
large brick structure, first class in every
particular. Now open. Terms reasonable. Send
for circulars. WM. H. BURROUGHS.
Proprietor.
GILES COUNTY. Vi
Elevation 4,000 feet. Pure, cool air and
water. No hay fever or mosquitoes. Grand
scenery. Unequaled attractions. Rates per
month S4O to SSO. Write for pamphlet. Ad
dress MANAGER
I -1 HOI'S AND ISLANDS^—Westminster Hotel
Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y T .—
“Unquestionably the finest location in the
Thousand Islands. "—Harper's Magazine, Sept,,
1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F.
INGLEHART, Proprietor.
HOTEtil
Fifth Avenue Hotel,
MADISON SQUARE, N. Y.
r pHE largest, beet appointed, and most liber
ally managed hotel in the city, with the most
central and delightful location.
HITCHCOCK, DARLING & CO.
A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle House
Mobile.
HIRAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St
Charles Hotel New Orleans.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
7th and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR.
RATES, $2 50 PER DAY.
Centrally located, only a short walk from
Penn'a and Readiug Depots. New- Passenger
Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room and
all modern improvements. Polite attendance
and unsurpassed table.
new" hotel togni,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
THE MOST central House in the city. Neat
Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bell*
Baths, Etc. $250 to $3 per day.
JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor.
8. A. UPSON, Manager. ______
MABSHALL HOUS E,
SAVANNAH, - - GA.
p EO. D. HODGES. Proprietor. Formerly of
IT the Metropolitan Hotel. New York, and the
Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen
tral. All parts of the city and places of inter
est accessible by street cars constantly passing
the doors. Special Inducements to those visit
ing the city for btMjne— or pleasure.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r PHIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with
1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the
city land has been remodeled and newly fur
nished. The proprietor, w'ho by recent purchase
is also the owner of the establishment, spares
neither pains nor expense in the entertainment
of his guests. Tne )>atronage of Florida visit
ors is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at home or abroad can afford^
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
One of the Largest Boarding Houses hi tb
South.
\FFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board
with pure Artesian Water, at prices tosuit
those wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations Northeast corner Broughton and
Druyton streets, opposite Marshall House.
STOVES.
The Active Fortune hm
u
WITH HAYES’ PATENT CIRCULATING
BOILER AND SUPPORTERS.
Something New, Good and Cheap.
It Is the best Range on the market. Call and
see it, at
Cornwell & Chipman’s,
$ol“ Agents, under Odd Fallows Hall