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2 GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS. Goneral Indications Good and All Crops in Fair Condition. "Washington, June 10. —The June re turns of the Agriculture, in dicate a reduction of neany 12 per cent, in the area of winter wheat. The changes in the acreage of the State's are very slight, except in Kansas, where a reduction of 22 per cent, is reuoi’ted, caused by the bad har vests and low^Hces. The spring w heat area has licen enlarged (1 per cent, from the increase of commerce and farm making west of the Mississippi, in the districts traversed by the Northern Pa cific railroad. Most of the increase is in Dakota, which reirts an increase of 24 per cent, LARGER WHEAT AREA. The total area of wheat is aixjut 37,000,- 000 acres, a fraction of 1 [ter cent, more than that of the previous crop. In the con dition of winter wheat there is no marked change, the average being .849, a reduction of nine-tenths of 1 per cent. In 1880 the June average was .927. The reports of short straw are very numerous. In some districts there are indications that the yield of grain will be larger proportionally than of straw. If there is no increase from this cause, the yield must be less than the average. The harvest is already in progress up to the 38’ degree of noi th latitude. SPRING WHEAT REPORTS. The condition of spring wheat is good in the localities westward, but below the aver age l'ecords in Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa and Nebraska. The general average for spring wheat is .873, which is lower than in any recent years, and but thirteen points higher than in 1881. At harvesting last year the condition averaged .80. The dry weather in April has been injurious to the winter wheat, and the insects have com mitted greater depredations than usual. The centi'al belt westward from Pennsyl vania and Virginia has suffered lots of dam age from the Hessian flies and the chinch bug, but we note no injury in Illinois, Mis souri and Kansas. The area of winter rve lias been diminished over ti per cent., mainly by the large reduc tion in tKansas. The condition is better than that of wheat, as the usual average is 8.89. An apparent large increase of barley acreage of 3 per cent, is a good indication. The increase is in Dakota, Califqjrniu. Oregon and the Territories. The condition averages .87, being slightly above that of wheat. There is a continuance of the extension of oats culture—an increase of 4 per cent. This crop has taken a part of the area formerly planted in wheat in Kansas, an advance of 30 per cent. over the acreage of last year. The increase is large in the Northwest, and there is a tendency to en large the acreage in all sections of the coun- It is a good beginning, but does not ensure a good crop. The State averages are: Vir ginia 99, North Carolina 99. South Carolina 98, Georgia 99, Florida 98, Alabama if.*, Mis sissippi 99, Louisiana 92, Texas 91, Arkan sas 98, Tennessee 97. General average 96.1. COTTON PROSPECTS. In the acreage of cotton an increase of 1 per cent, is reported. There appears to be a slight decline in the States of the Atlantic coast and an increase west of the Mississippi. The State averages are Virginia 90, North Carolina 99.5, South Carolina 98, Georgia 98.5. Florida 97, Alabama 100, Mississippi 100.4, Louisiana 102, Texas 100, Arkansas 102.5, Tennessee 100. The condition of the cotton is higher than in any year since 1880, averaging!*;.!), and has only been ex ceeded three times since 1870. The best yield in that, period was in 1882, when the June condition was 89, a figure that has been dis counted only six times since 1870. There is generally an unusually good “stand - ’ or ’‘plant." In Texas the seed planted did not come up well. Late plant ing is better There is not a full plant in some fields in Arkansas. Clean culture is reported as the rule, and healthy color and good growth. FAVORABLE COTTON REPORT. New Orleans, June 10.—The following is the National Cotton Exchange crop report: “The returns have been quite full from all parts of the cotton belt, and our revision of the acreage, based on the county reports, is complete. Favor able weather during the winter in pretty much the entire cotton belt enabled the plantei-s to make such headway in their work that rarely has the land ever been so generally well prepai’ed for the crop as at present. The plant is healthy, stands, and with but few exceptions, are good, and the general rendition of the crop is supciior to that of last year. Over a good portion of Arkansas, however, and contiguous thereto, the com plaint is made of grassy fields, though no actual damage has occurred. All through the Atlantic Htates the use of fertilizers has very materially decreased, while the younger States have, to some extent, made more use of them. Labor is plenty and working well, with exception of South Carolina. There has been an increased acreage, slight in most of the States, but showing well in Arkansas and Texas, making an average increase for the belt of ]*r cent, and, giving in round numlx'rs, an nrea of 18.000.000 acres under cultivation in cotton, distributed as follows: States. Ter Cent. Acreage. Virginia, l .... ... , Missouri, f U 1 North Carolina 10) 1,045,200 South Carolina 9744 1,550.400 Georgia 1004 J 2,950,000 Florida 101 247,200 Alabama 10044 2,705,800 IteanPSsee 10244 882,000 Mississippi lOlj-2 2.358,800 Arkansas 104 1,825,000 Louisiana 10044 1,025,800 Texas 10-144 3,774.800 Total 101.4 17,991,500 A Well Mended Man. Font the Chicago Herald. The recovery of Stephen W. Coakley, a Well known and respected resident of this city, from wounds of a most frightful nature, is perhaps one of the most remark able on record. Previous to last summer he had lieen for a numlter of years in the employ of the North Chicago Railway Com pany, and having obtained leave of absence, paid a visit to tno old country, reaching Itondon in the course of his t ravels on J uly 29. On t hat that day, while awaiting a train at Nottiug Hill station, on the Metro politan (underground) railway, his foot Became entangled in it frog or was caught by some obstruction in an unaccountable manner, and be 1 .re he could effect his release was precipitated headforemost to the ground and immediately in front of a rapidly ( advancing train, which struck nim with all its force. The train was stopped as s<x)n ns possible, but not. until it had run a distance Df seventy five yards, when Coakley was found tightly wedged in beneath the fire box. He was extricated from this position with considerable difficulty, and was appar ently deud. his scalp !x>ing literally covered with ghastly cuts and bruises, his right leg crushed beneath the wheels und Ins arm broken. The lxxly was conveyed to the London Hospital, Hammersmith, W., where a careful examination showed lti. injuries to consist of twenty-five scalp wounds, his right leg crashed, the right arm broken hi two places and the collar-bone broken, besides several internal injuries, from which the surgeons at once expressed the Opinion that Coakley could not possibly re rover. Delirium set in almost at once, but recovering consciousness during a short respite on the following day, Coakley seemed te comprehend bis frightful situation, and determined to brave death as long as possi ble. He was assisted' In this, no doubt ,by the experience gained as a soldier during the late war, and as a result he waR finally enabled to reoroHs the Atlantic withni three months from the time of his terrible mishap, and is now a familiar figure on the streets of Chicago, where he U|Jl ** seen daily walking about oil crutches. TURF EVENTS YESTERDAY. Ormonde Wins the Two Thousand Guineas- Races Elsewhere. London, June 10.—This was the last day of the Ascot heath race meeting. The race for the Hardwick stakes of 2,000 sovereigns was won by the Duke of Westminster’s four year-old colt Ormonde, Mr. Rliiner’s four vear-old eolt Minting second, and H. T. Barclay's aged Bendigo third. There were four starters. EVASION SECURES £I,OOO. In the race for the Alexandra plate of 3,000 sovereigns, J. Hammond's five-year old chestnut horse Evasion won, with Lord Hartington’s five-year-old bay horse Sid Kenneth second, and Mr. Vyner’s live-year okl chestnut mare Stone Clink third. Seven started. INTERESTING ST. LOUIS RACES. St. Louis, June 10. —The following were the events to-day: First Race -For all ages, one mile. Font won. with Egmont second and Malaria third. Time 1:4244- Second Rack— Two-year-olds; selling: three quarters of a mile. Yandeland won, with Jack Cocks second and Oscar third. Time 1:5744- The winner was bought in by his owner, Dan Honig, for $8,700. Third Race— Mechanics purse; selling: one and one-eighth miles. St. Valentine won, with Gold Flea second and llopedale third. Time 1:3844 St. Valentine was bought in by his owner, R. W. Thomas, for $1,500. Fourth Rack—The Charles Green stakes; $1,500 was added for three-year olds; one and one-quarter "miles. Terra Cotta won, with Carey second and Mahoney third. Time 2:12*4. Fiftr Rack —One and one-sixteenth miles. Panama won, Florence E. second and Horopii>e third. Time 1:5044. Sixth Race— An extra, one mile. Peter Wellis won. Enchantress second and Emma Manley third. Time 1:4544- ON THE JEROME PARK COURSE. New York. June 10. —The following were the events at Jerome Park to-day: First Race—Maidens; two-year-olds; five furlongs. Billy Brown won, with Tonique sec ond and Flitaway third. Time 1 ;0744- Becoxu Race—Handicap; mile and one sixteenth. Quito won, with Alniy second and Anarchy third. Time 1:5444. Third Race —Handicap for 3-year olds; mile and one-sixteenth. Stockton won, with Bryn wood second. Time 1:58. Fourth Rack- Handicap, all ages; mile and a quarter. Ten Booker won, with Brown Duke second and Greenfield third. Time 2:18. Fifth Rack Handicap; all ages; Welter weights; gentlemen riders; three-quarters of a mile. Bier won, with Himalaya second and Burgomaster third. Time 1:22. Hale broke down. Sixth Race— Selling: three quarters of a mile. Little Minnie won, with Strathspey second and Queen of Hearts third. Time 1:1944- John Alexander milled up lame. Seventh Rack- Handicap: steeplechase; full course. Griffith won, with Harborough second aud Disturbance third. Time 4:3144. WAS NOT SAVED. The Influence of a Salvation Army Banjo. From the Brooklyn Eagle. A tall, angular individual, with a Van Buren silk hat artistically tipped over one eye and bearing the air of “a very bad man,” sauntered listlessly up the aisle in the Salvation Army barracks, in the old Re formed church, in Harrison street, near Tompkins place, last evening just after the services had commenced. “Git over and gi’ me room,” he snapped, as he wedged himself into the end of a seat next to a fat man with goggles. “I’m a bad man and I’ve come here to see this show.” Capt. Alice Terren was in charge of the meeting, and was in the act, of sending forth an exhortation burdened with fire and blood when the angular individual seated himself. The bail man listened to her for a few moments and then yelled, “Shut up, or I’ll clean out the shebang!” The Captain shut up. Then Lieut. Walsh, who thumps the banjo as an alleged accompaniment to the singing, stepped to the front of the stage and liegan tramming an air that evidently grated harshly on the bad man's nerves. He eyed his tormentor a moment and then drew a huge self-cocking revolver which he delib erately leveled at the peace destroyer. He didn’t say a word, but there was a sudden confusion of chair legs and vanishing hu manity, and all that was loft to mark the sjxit where he had been was a flats'hosted banjo with a broken neck and dismantled strings. The iwid man quieted down. Then a sweet-voiced maiden, a recent recruit, sought to soothe him by the richness of her voice. The bad man rather liked it and was soon lulled to sleep. The meeting went on uudisturbed for half an hour. Then the bad man awoke with a screech and an nounced that he wanted to be saved. There was a rush of female soul savers’to his side and the doctrine of salvation was copiously applied. The result was astonishing. The bad man asserted that he was saved anti wan Us 1 to lie received into the ranks of the army, provid ed he be made a General. Everything was arranged to his apparent, satisfaction as re gards the rank he was to assume and he was requested to eonte forward for prayers. He shuffled with faltering steps up to the plat form and there knelt on one kins', while Captain Alice ami her able corps "of lieu] tenants poured forth their apjieals for his salvation. This was the situation of affaire as Detec tive Gray, of the Rutler street precinct, walked into the barracks. The praying continued and all went well until he of 1 the Iwutjo ventured to return. He resurrected his dismantled instrument from the chair legs and struck up a tuneful dirge. This was more t han the bail mail’s nerves could possibly stand. Out flashtsi a revolver, and its gleaming barrel was leveled at the heart of the unfortunate musician. Thorn was a flash and a rejxirt and Welsh fell to the stage, ns everyone thought, mortally wounded. A panic ensued and there was a rush for the door. Again the murderous revolver cracked spitefully and the shrieks of the famulus Iteeame louder and more piercing. But the voice of the bail man could be heard clearly altove the din. “I’m a bad man from the Chain Gang in New York and 1 come here to kill a man. Whoop! Clear out o’ here or i’ll fill ver skins so l ull of holes they won’t hold water.” Again the revolver suapptd, but for some reason did not go off. Detective Gray was trying nil this tune to force his way through the crowd. He succeeded in reaching a clear spare at lost and sprang upon the innn. A straggle ensued. The man with the pis tol was fully six feet high and of powerful build. Detective Gray is a somewhat shorter man, but is heavily built und very muscular. To and fro the straggling men swayed, falling over benches aud chairs, but the officer never let go his grasp. The re volver was knocked from the man's band during the struggle. Suddenly Gray’s list sought the Iwid man’s jugqlar and the strug gle was ''tided. The prisoner was taken to the Butler strrat Police Station and there registered as George W. Parsons. He admitted that he had Ihsu convicted several times in New York and had been a member of what was formerly known us the famous Chain Gang which infested the East river docks. The man was arraigned before Justice Massey on a charge of carrying a revolver without a permit. It was supposed that some of the .Salvation Army people would be on hand to prefer a charge of disturbing religious worship, but as none came he was sent to jail for ten days and his pistol for feited. He hud over fifty cartridges in his pockets w'hen arrested. Referred to the City Authorities. Editor Morning News: While the city officials are exerting themselves so strenu ously to abating all nuisances detrimental to the public health, why do they not purge our city of one of the worst nuisances, a half-witted negro commonly known as “Capt. Peck”? It is hard enough in the winter to let him roam around collecting the tilth and trash from some garbage barrel and then scatter it all ever the city, but in such hot summer weather as this, it is simply dreadful. Health. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1887. WICHITA WANTS HER OWN WAY. The Attorney General of the State Proposes to Close the Saloons, and Is Likely to Meet With Some Spirited Opposition. From the New York Hun. Wichita, Kan., June 8. —Asa frontier town and a boom town Wichita has claimed immunity from the law prohibiting the manufacture aud sale of liquor in Kansas. There are several towns on the border which have never tolerated any interference from the Prohibitionists, but Wichita is the first to claim indulgence on two scores—one that it is yet wild and woolly enough to have liquor whether the State authorities want it to or not. and the other, that as the most progressive and rapidly growing city in Kansas, it ought not to be interfered with to its injury. Temperance reformers in other States may not clearly understand the size of Kan sas, or the difficulties under which their brethren here labor, unless it is stated that while there are sections of the State where the law is as rigidly enforced as the most pious temperance advocate could wish, there are other sections in which even the sugges tion of espionage is so hateful to the people that they prefer to kill a man rather than submit to it. When the prohibitory law was passed, and the full force of the enactment broke on the minds of the people of Dodge City, Wichita and other towns along trie southern and western border, simply decided that there would be no such foolish ness in their locality. It was with this de termination firmly in mind that the editor of a newspaper here published a card: TO ALL PROHIBITIONISTS. :The saloon keepers of Wichita have S3OO on: deposit in this office : FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOW of the : Son of a Gnu who makes THE FIRST COMPLAINT against ; THE LIQUOR DEALERS OF THIS TOWN.: When this proclamation was made Wich ita was enjoying a man for breakfast every day, and everybody knew that there was more or less likelihood that the threat would he carried out if occasion offered. For this reason the years went by Without any active temperance labors here, and w hile towns to the north suffered from thirst Wichita had as many saloons as ever. Since the boom struck the town there has been a large tic cession to the law and order and temper ance element, and owing to the agitation w'hich the newcomers nave maintained, some of the saloons have so fat yielded to public opinion as to do busi ness wholly by the side door. Others have run wide open as usual. A few weeks ago the temperance people persuaded the Mayor to order the saloons closed. A proc lamation was issued in due form, and the police were notified that if they found any body selling liquor after a certain date they were to arrest him without delay. To this the saloon keepers and their friends, includ ing one or two newspapers, replied that there were bigger men than the Mayor in the town, and that if he undertook too much “he might get a run,” or words to that effect. Before the time for the execution of the order arrived the City Council had a meeting, and by almost a unanimous vote repealed the ordinance giving the Mayor power to close objectionable houses, and passed another specifically prohibiting him front interfering with any of the businesss enterprises of the town. This was more than any of the new coiners had counted on, and tor a few days the saloon keepers had things their own way. One of them said on this point: “When I came to this town the preach sang mighty small. Ho didn't dare own that he was a preach, and he never inter fered with things. Now, look at him. He's around with a white choker on showing himself. This ain’t as it was when he ha<l to camp outside the town until dark, and then come in shooting a gun so’s not to at tract attention.” The “preach” is indeed at the fore to some extent. When the Council passed this new ordinance, he and his assistants besiged the Mayor until that functionary vetoed the measure. Then the Council delayed action on the veto, and in the meantime six or seven new saloons opened on the main street, and ran nil night with three phal anxes of men. Moreover, one of them put out a sign as follows; THE GOSPEL BELL. Schooners 5 Soul Searchers 10 EXPERIENCE MEETING DAILY. This made the new comers mad, and as they saw that the Mayor could not cope with public sentiment and the saloon keep ers, they appealed at once to the State au thorities. When it beoMne known here that the Attorney General mad been asked to come to Wichita and take charge of the prosecution of the saloonists uud<?r the State law, a - l<x-al newspaper gavo that official notice that he was not wanted here. He had better keep away, the paper said. Wichita has never done him any harm and it does not want to, but if he sticks his nose within the municipality he may get it damaged. This wonderfully progressive city is in no mood to be trifled with. Let the State of Kansas take care of itself, and Wichita will look out for the rest. And so on. A day or two later this cheerful jour nal announced that it was pained to hear that Attorney General Bradford was coming, but it assured him that he would not he able to accomplish anything. The people Had him marked, and if he did not walk a chalk line from that time on he would probably rue the day. In reply to these threats the Attorney General has sent word that he is coming, all the srme, and that whether he has any assistance from the local authorities or not "he will close every saloon in that town. Each side thinks the other is bluffing, but of one thing there can Ixi no doubt. When the Attorney General arrives there will be a bigger crowd at the depot to meet him than was ever seen at any circus in Kansas. The new men here want to welcome him, and the old-timers are rather anxious to see a man who has no reputation as a killer, but who announces that he is coming about as Doc Halliday and Bat Masterson used to do when they had a now rifle, and wanted to try it on somebody. While Wichita is waiting for him it is hav ing all it wants to drink. Another Kitseane Victim. From the Pittsburg Chronicle. “I can tell you another of Kissane’s ras calities,” exclaimed a man front Butler county, ns he came in and seated himself on the snake editor’s desk. “He cheated me—” “Hold!” interrupted the snake editor. “Whose rascality is this you are about to relate!” “Kissane’s. He cheated—” “But who is Kissanof” The gentleman from Butler county open cd his eyes wide and ejaculated: “W-w what?” “I asked who Kissane is,” replied the snake editor. “I don’t want to listen to any of Ills rascalities unless I know who he is.” “Don’t you know who Kissane iRi" “Never heard of him till this minute.” “Why, the papers have ixsen full of his meanness for a couple of months,” ex p tail ted the visitor. “Oh, come now,” replied the snake editor, "you can’t impose on me like that. T read the papers every day, and I certainly should have seen it if there had been any thing in them ulxiut him.” “Whv, he is guilty of all the crimes imag inable.” “He is! Well, that’s interesting. You may tell me how he cheated you.” “ Well, it was in the fall of 1856—” “Stop!” again commanded the snake edi tor. "Wedon’t want anything quite that ancient. If you have a nice fresh fraud to report, bring it in, but you can’t Impose any back-number cheatery on us in that sham-. The fall of 1856, indeed! This is a dally newspaper, sir, not a monthly magazine. Good morning.” • And the latest, Kissane victim left the office in n 'lev 1 condition of mind. BATTLING WITH A BURGLAR. Hand-to-Hand, With the Odds of a Dagger Against Him. Danbury, Conn., June B.—Samuel A. Bamum, a retired business man whose resi dence is on West street, was awakened be tween 3 and 4 o’clock this morning by a noise in his room. As he opened his eyes he saw that daylight was approaching, and at the same instant he saw a man standing by his bedside. Mr. Barnunt thrust his arm under his pillow, pretending to feel for a pistol, and said: “Who are you The intruder poised a drggor over Mr. Barnum, and said: “Hush!” Then the man seized Mr. Bamum’s trous ers from a chair and made a rush for the door. Mr. Barnum sprang out of bed and grappled with the burglar, who stabbed him twice in the face. They fought the length of a long hallway, tearing up the carpet and streaking the walls with blood. Mr. Barnum got hold of the burglar’s throat and threw him. They fell into the bath room. After a terrific struggle Mr. Barnum managed to get on top of his adversary. The fellow then begged, but Mr. Barnum tightened his grip and tried to strangle him. At this moment the burglar thrust his dag ger into Mr. Barnum’s shoiflder and twisted it around. Mr. Barnum then shouted for help. By this time the whole family were in the hall. Mrs. Barnum was screaming and her daughter was frantic with fear. Arnzi, Mr. Bamum’s son, rushed to his father’s assis tance, and they disarmed the burglar. Mrs. Barnum went down-stairs and procured a clothes line, and the prisoner was tied hand and foot, carried down ;stairs and lashed to the stair rails. A messenger was sent for Officer Waggoner, Arnzi and Mi s. Barnum watching their prisoner and the daughter trying to stop the bleeding of her father’s wounds. He had been stabbed five times — twice in,the face, twice in the shoulder and once in the foot. The point of the dagger was broken off in the scuffle, and to this fact, possibly, Mr. Barnum owes his life. He is still suffering from excitement and loss of blood. The prisoner was taken to pdice headquar ters and locked up. He had entered the house by the kitchen window, removed his shoes and lighted a lamp. The dog, which usually barks at the slightest noise, was found stupefied with some drug. The pris oner gave his name as Joshua Jones, of Bos ton. In his pockets were two empty pocket books, two pairs of handsome sleeve buttons, a pair of nippers, a bunch of skeleton keys and Mr. Barnum’s silk handkerchief. He seems to be about 19 years of age, and has very light blue eves. "Detective Wade, who travels with P. T. Barnum’s circus, thinks the prisoner is a fellow who has been follow ing the circus and was of a party of thieves who were broken up by the police when the circus was at Pittsfield. If he is, he belongs in Philadelphia. He was bound over to the Superior Court under $5,000 bonds. Mr. Barnum retired from business some years ago, and is very well known through out Western Connecticut. SAM STRATTON’S HOME. A Scene From David Copperfleld Re produced. From the Baltimore Sun. Among the pen pictures of lowly homes drawn by Dickens, the interest he threw around the domicile of Pegotty, in the up turned boat on Yarmouth sands, was per haps one of the most original in the author’s catalogue of scenes described among the class front which he chose so much mate rial. The ingenuity of man and the forces within him are shown in his practical appli cation of whatever is at hand to contrißute to the creative comfort of himself and fam ily. Peggotty’s home was one of these inci dents, and its surroundings inside and out, as portrayed by the great author, showed the ready wit and grasp of men of the sea. Their very education, in its cosmopolitan character, gives them a command of things that but few landlubbers would even consid er in cases of necessity. In the harbor of Baltimore there is a re production of the Yarmouth fisherman’s home. The only difference is that the Balti more home is a "floating domicile, which can he moved to suit the whims of wharfinger or harbormaster, and a change of location does not mean a change of residence—a perhaps anomalous condition of things. Its owner is Sam Stratton, a stalwart boatman, who, like the bird of prey in “Our Mutual Friend,” is nightly on the waters, bent on making a livelihood by means tar remote from those exployed by Gaffer Hexam on the broas-t of the Thames. Sam Stratton is a night ferryman who carries belated passen gers across the river from the foot of Broad way to Locust Point. Lying in a sort of wallabout at Woodall’s shipyard is Sant Stratton’s home. It Is a mastless schooner of fifty tons, called the Edgar, and once hailed from Crisfield. It is Sam’s boast that he bought it for $4 75 from an Eastern Shoreman, who was wrecking the vessel, and while doing so was suddenly called home by his wife’s illness. Sam had his purchase towed out on the flats in the hollow under Federal Hill, and there began to fix it up as a home for himself and aged mother. The cabin, which is quite spacious, is used as a parlor and the berths serve as bedrooms. Neat carpets and other adorn ments make it a cozy habitation. On deck is a summer kitchen, which also serves the purpose of a dining-room, chicken house and pigt-on boxes, alt of which are inhabited. On top of the cabin a miniature railing protects a neat flower garden from the at tacks of the poultry, and gives a pastoral air to the vessel’s deck. The hold serves the purpose of a cellar, in which the coal and drift-wood that Bum picks up are put away for future comfort. It is Peggotty’s homo reproduced, and in Sain is picture! the Yarmouth fisherman,while the aged mother, sitting under an awning, suggests Mrs. Gunnnidge. As Peggotty’s sister came down front London, so Sam’s sister comes down from the city several times a week to aid the boatman and his mother to keep the house shipshape. David Copperfleld and Hum and Emily, however, are not repre sented in Sam Stratton's homo on Ixinrd tho schooner Edgar. Tho Lost Kis3. From the Chicago New*. Senator John Sheri nan is a pretty cun ning politician, but he slips up once in a while. Ho took a walk around Springfield one day last week. A buxom young lady, holding a baby in her arms, was loaning over the gate in front of a large, fine look iun residence. ‘•What a lovely child,” exclaimed Senator Sherman; “pray, may I kiss itf” ‘•Certainly,” said the buxom young ludy, and the eminent Ohioan gave the baby a smack that made it putout its under lip and wrinkle its red face all up for a howl. “That's ns fine a child ns I ever saw, madam! I’ll warrant you it’s the picture of its father!".said the Senator. “In fact, the child interests me so much that Fd like to have ita father call on me at the hotel.” With t his he handed out. a card. “Snkes alive, sir!” cried the buxom young lady, “It haint got no father; this is lujt orphan asylum!" A Queer Notion. fVom thr New York Evening "Here's a red headed girl, and horse," remarked Mr. John Mathev.s, the well known sporting man who wan walking down Broadway with a reporter. “What do you mean?” he was asked. “Didn’t you ever hear that liefore? Every thin* you meet a red-beaded girl you will gee a white horse." Half a bleak further another red headed girl was met. "Where's your white horse now?" asked the reporter. 'There's one turning the next corner," he re plied. and. sun* enough, around the corner came a white horse drawing a dray. "They never fall, I tell you. I have heeu say ing. Here’s a red-headed girl and there's‘a white horse' for 111 teen years. I've never got left yet," After parting the reporter met one more red headed girl, and. looking for the while horse, was not surprised to see a car jiass draw u by two of them. . FUNERAL INVITATIONS. BRYAN.—The friends <:< Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Bryan are invited to attend the funeral of their infant daughter Bessie, at the family resi dence, No. HO Liberty street, 10 o’clock THIS MORNING. WILLHARM.—The friends and relatives of Sirs. Mandoline Willharm, Mr. Charles Baker. Sir. Rudolph Pair and their families are respect fully invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Will harm. from her late residence at Thunderbolt, at 6 o'clock. Interment at Bona venture. _ SPECIAL, NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICE. We, the undersigned, engaged in Real Estate and Auction Business, do hereby agree to close our respective places oil SATURDAYS AT 2 P M., from and including JUNE 11th, 1887, TO SEPTEMBER Ist, 1887. C. H. DORSETT, DANIEL R. KENNEDY, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & SON, i. and. Laroche’s sons, ROBERT H. TATEM. CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM PROVEMENT COMPANY. Savannah, Ga., June 11th, 1887. This is the LAST DAY for paying the Twenty fourth Installment to avoid tines. M. J. SOLOMONS, Sec’y and Treas. 31 DOZEN VERY PRETTY Assorted STRAW HATS just opened from last New York steamer. For sale very low by JAUDON, ISO St. Julian Street, NOTICE. I have sold out my Bakery, formerly known as the “New York Variety Bakery,” to MR. C. A. VETTER, and repeetfully ask my patrons a continuance of past patronage. Respect fully, 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 & Bros, B'red M. Hull, Smith Bros & Cos., A. Ehrlich & Bro., Bendheim Bros & Cos., Geo. AV. Tiedeman, Rieser & Stem, 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. Ouckenheimer & 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 1(M Bay street. DIVIDEND NO. 49. Augusta and Savannah Railroad, ) Savannah, Ga., June 7, 1887. f On and after THIS DATE a Dividend of THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF per sliare will be paid to the Stockholders of the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, at the banking house of CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD & CO., between the hours of 10 A. M. and 1 r. 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 Insnrance Company. A call is hereby made upon stockholders, in accordance with the charter, for an installment of TWENTY-FIVE (25) 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. 93 Bay street, Savannah, Georgia, to the Secretary, on or lief ore the 15th JUNE, 1887. By direction of the Board of Directors. W. H. DANIEL, Secretary. DR. HENRY S COLDLIG, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR. This 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 prizes awarded, and in dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00 a bottle. Freight paid to any address. E. F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. PICNICS. Trinity & E. Church Sunday School WILL GIVE A PICNiC TO WARSAW TuSHay, June (4tli, 'B7. Steamer DAVID CLARKE will leave wharf foot of Lincoln street at 7:30 a. m. ® TICKETS: Cjyldren 25c [ Adults 50c W PRINTER ANI) BOOKBINDER. 1834-FIFTY-THREE YEARS-1887. At tlie Kuslness, and up with the Music nil the Time. GEO. N. NICHOLS, PRINTING, BINDING —AND— BLANK BOOKS. Every thltiK complete for the ItvMt Work. No Mlouchy work men. No poor work. CONTRACTORS. P. J. FALLON,' BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH MATES promptly furnished for building l v of any class. EXCURSIONS. Charleston & Savamiah Ry. In! fortlieMountains! Through Pullman Service. COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman Buffet service will lie rendered daily be tween Savamiah and Hot Springs, N. C., via Spartanburg and Ashville. Leave Savannah ...... 12:26 p m Leave Charleston 1:45 pm Leave Columbia 10:20 p m Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 am Arrive Asheville 7:00 a m Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 a m EXCURSION RATES. To SPARTANBURG $l3 30 To ASHEVILLE IT. 1.5 To HOT SPRINGS IT 13 Sleeping ear reservations and tickets good until Oct. 31st, 1687, can be had at BREN’S TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. Agt. CMrleston anil Savanna! RAIL’WAX. Summer Excursions Commencing SUNDAY, MAY 15th, this Com pany will sell round trip tickets to CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT AND PORT ROYAL, By following Trains and at following Rates: By train leaving Sundays only, at 6:45 a. m.; re turning, leave Charlestonat 3:35 p. m., Port Royal 3:30 and Beaufort 3:45 p. m. same day $1 00 By train leaving Sunday only at 6:45 a. m,; re turning, leave Charleston Monday 3:45 A. M $2 00 By train leaving Saturday at 8:23 p. M.; return ing, leave Charleston Monday 3:45 a. m. . $2 50 Tickets for sale at WM. BREN'S, Bull street and at Depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. Agent. 11H IT ANI) 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 Congress, Bull and St. Julian. MIC_GOODS! WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF TABLE DELICACIES SUITABLE FOR PICNIC PARTIES. "We A.lso Handle Largely Staple & Fancy Groceries VYt Bottom Prices. CALL ATC The Mutual Co-Operative Association And See for Yourselves. John R. Withington, Agent I I A Y. CHOICE EASTERN HAY. FANCY WESTERN HAY. Ocrw~ 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. CLOTHING. / \i;R STOCK at all times containing the " t apparel of correct and seasonable taste is now complete with an assortment of goods which avtll lie found especially interesting for those preparing for the country. Partlcula attention is invited to our line of DUSTERS, NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, Bathing Suits, House and Lounging Coats, NEGLIGEE CAPS, P O J A M A S , And the many little fixings which add so materially to coinfort and appearance during an Outing. We are also showing several novelties in SUMMER WEAR, which are delightfully cool and of the styles and fabrics used in fashionable centres. We will consider it a pleasure to show any one through our mock. A. FALK & SON. SUMMER RESORTS. MONTYALE SPRINGS, Blount County, - Tennessee. THIS Health Resort will be open May Ist 188? The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville Rates: Si per day; 825 per month for Mavand June; S2 per day, SlO and *l2 per week. $35 and S4O per month for July and August. Half rates for children. J. C. ENGEL, Prop THE WHITE SULPHUR SPli^ GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA. The most celebrated of all the Mountain Resorts, and one of the oldest and most popular of American Watering places, will open for the season June 1. Elevation above tide-water 2,000 feet; surrounding mountains, 3,500 feet’ Send for pamphlet describing hygienic advan' mgPS- B. F. KAKLE, Sup’t POPULAR PRICES. Congress Hall. SARATOGA SI’JRUNTCGS, Accommodates 1,000 persons. Rates, $3 per day for rooms, except those on parlor and first floors Open from June 18 to Oct. 1. H, 8. CLEMENT E Man£en C ° X ’ Pr ° prieto "- THE KENSINGTON. Union Avenue, opposite Congress Springs Park, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 18th. For particulars address 229 Broadway, Room 18, N. V, or 420 Gates Avenue. Brooklyn X Y PAUL C. GRENING, Proprietor. CLARENDON HOTEL, ■ Saratoga Springs, IST. Y, OPENS JUNE 25th. Popular rates $8 00 per day I. STEINFELD, _ Proprietor. pAPON SPRINGS AND BATHS, Lithia and Superior Iron Waters, Hamp shire countv, 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. Rend for circular and rate sheet (for medi cal and other testimony). WM. H. SALE, Pro prietor. r PHE WATAUGA HOTEL, Btowing Roek, N. A 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. dutcher 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. r pHOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, A Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the finest location in the Thousand Islands.”— Harper's Magazine, Sept., 1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F. INGLEHART, Proprietor. HOTELS. ~ WASHINGTON HOTEL 7th and Chestnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR, RATES, $3 50 PER BAY. Centrally located, Ally a short walk from Penn'a and Reading Depots. New Passenger Elevator, Electric Bells, New Dining Room and all modern improvements. Polite attendance and unsurpassed table. KTTSELL’S PRIVATE HOTEL 91 FIFTH AVENUE, NEAR 17th STREET, NEW YORK. A MERICAN and European plans. Location 2 V most central. Roo. en suite or singly. First-class board and accommodations. Prices reasonable as a boarding house. JAMES KITSELL, Proprietor. new hoYbl togniT (Formerly St. Mark's.l Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. THE MOST central House in the city. Near Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells, Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $3 per day. JOHN B. TOGN’I, Proprietor. S. A. UPSON, Manager. MARSHALL JUTU S E, SAVANNAH, - - GA GEO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen tral. AH ports of th“ city and places of inter est accessible by street cars constantly passing the doors. Special inducements to those visit ing the city for business or pleasure. _ DUB’SSCREVEN housed THIS POPULAR Hotel is now provided with a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the city) and has beetn remodeled and newly fur nished. The proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spares neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage 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 in the South. VFFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board with pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit those wishing tahle. regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton and Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House STOVES. The Active Fortune Range WITH HAYES' PATENT CIRCULATINQ BOILER AND SUPPORTERS. Something New, Good and Cheap. It is the best Range on the market. Call and see it, at Cornwell & Chipman’s, Sole Agents, undor Odd Fellows Hall. “PROPOSALS AVAN TELL City op Savannah, | Office City Si’bveyoh, > June 6th, 1887. 1 PROBOSABS '11711.1. BE RECEIVED at the office of the YY * Clerk of Council until 12 a., MOM>Ai, JUNE 18th, for paving the eastern wa.k or Abercorn street through Lafayette square, two walks of Maeou street, running east and west through Madison square, two walks of Barnard street, running north and south through Chat ham square, with liest quality Savannah gray brick, or best quality Chattahoochee, Atlanta or Moron |siring hrielc or patent stone; curbing to be either blue stone or patent stone. Bid* must specify each square separately. The right to reject any or all bids reserved. JOHN B. HOWARD. City Surveyor MOLASSES. • ' M OL A S SBS. 500 BARRELS MOLASSES FOR ftALB Bk C. M. GILBERT k CO