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FORTUNES MADE BY A TOY
YANKEE DEVICES FOR GATHER
ING IN THE NICKELS.
7b a Advance Made in Inventions of
This Character—A Future Financial
Prince—Some Points About Jay
Gould’s Oldest Boy.
New York. June 11. —The ingenious toy
makei-of old who made a coach-and-four,
complete as to all details, so small that the
shell of a hazelnut would cover it, has lxxm
surpassed in the line of ingenious plaything
by a Rhode Island Yankee. With true Yan
kee shrewdness this toy maker lias so con
structed his creations that they make money
and draw it from two channels into one
coffer. 'The devices are the little gold and
silver steamboats, locomotives, fire engines
and Corliss engines, which are found in the
lux; irious New York saloons and hotel lob
bies, in one amusement hall and in public
resorts all over the Union. The idea of con
structing these toys, whose mechanism
should be made to move by dropping nickels
into a slot in the pedestal on which they
rested originated with an ingenious New'
England model maker, and fortunes are
now living made out of the enterprise. One
large firm in Providence, R. 1., has a large
factory devoted entirely to the business and
scores of men employed Strange to say,
the makers refuse to sell their goods.
Last week the proprietor of the principal
hotel on Union Sijuare offered the manu
facturer in question $5,000 fbr the model of
a steam fire engine, the machinery of which
runs to the tunes of a music box after one
has drop]>ed a nickel into the slot in the ped
estal. The offer was refused tiecausc the
firm never permits its goods to go out of its
possession. They lease the toys for the
handsome sum of BSO per month or give the
proprietors of profitable resorts a peroent
age of the income. In cases where a per
centage is given the collector of a bank,
designated by the owners, calls once a week
to clean out the nickels that the toy has ac
cumulated and to give the proprietor of the
place his share, which never exceeds 38 per
cent. In popular resorts the income from
these toys amounts to and sl2 a day.
They are models of tire engines, locomo
tives or steamers of certain well-known
manufacturers or lines, w hich pay the com
pany for making them a handsome sum for
advertising their corporations. Thus money
from two sources accrues to the rich Yan
kees who originated the idea. One of the
first of their machines was the model of a
6teamboat placed in a Chicago saloon of
note. Since that steamer was put in profit
able vibration more than a dozen devices
have been placed in New' York resorts, and
the makers have their models in saloons as
far West as Denver and as far South as
Texas. In the places frequented bv the
poorer classes they have music boxes, which
are operated by dropping cento into the
.slots. The average income from these is
$5 per day. The Yankee has not yet been
able to make music boxes that equal those
of the Swiss manufacture, and the makers
of the toys in question, all of which are pro
vided with music boxes, send abroad $50,-
000 a year for them. Tho most profitable
model is a steam fire engine. A magnificent
locomotive, perfect as to every detail, ranks
next in popularity. Its machinery works,
its electric headlight blazes forth and a
music box underneath it plavs popular airs
at the instance of a nickel. In a few weeks
habitues of one New York place who
choose to spend their nickels on the .device
will see the perfect model of a modern per
fecting printing press, which will throw off
as souvenirs copies of a newspaper. The
manufacturers will derive income from the
nickels, from the royalty paid by the news
papers advertised or from certain firms
whose advertisements apjiear in tho souve
nirs.
In addition to these toys arp the machines
made by a New York firm which gather in
the nickels at a surprising rate in much fre
quented resorts. One of these gives the
depositor of a nickel a shock of electricity,
and another shows him his weight. One of
the most popular inventions in this line is a
little apparatus w’hich, when a nickel is
dropped into it, throws out a receptacle and
presents the donor of the 5-oent piece with
a package of candy. The stock of the com
pany making these machines last men
tioned is so greedily tnken up that none is
on the market. Branch corporations for in
troducing their nickel collectors in Europe
as to be organized.
Tlie New England Yankee inventor who
first originated the idea is making a minia
ture race course for sporting resorts. Sev*
eral little horses rim around a circular hur
dle track so constructed that no one can tell
which horse will win. The toy will give
betting men a chance to wager their money
on the miniature horses and thcownerof the
invention a handsome income from the
nickels of the betters.
AmosJ. Cummings.
U.
A young man of about 24 years of age. five
feet eight inches in height, with a rather
swarthy complexion ami jet black eyes, en
ters the great Western Union building every
morning abort 9 o’clock, goes up to the third
story in the elevator, enters his private office,
throws off his coat and plunges into work.
'About -1 o’clock he leaves the building,
walks down to the Battery and boards a
steam yacht, which immediately sails up the
Hudson river, txmnd for Irvington, about
twenty miles distant. The young man will
one day be one of the great financial powers
of this country. It is George
G. Gould, son of Jay Gould, whose
fame is world-wide. Young Gould during
the winter lives in Forty-seventh street, one
door below his father's large double brown
stone house, ou the corner of Fifth avenue
and Forty-seventh street. He and his wife
will pass tire summer with the elder Gould
at Irvington. He is identified with the
Western Union Telegraph Company, the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the Man
hattan Elevated railroad and tlie Missouri
Pacific, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Texas
and Pacific, Bt. Louis and li-on Mountain
and other Gould roads. As is well known,
he has been married for about a year to a
former actress, who made some reputation
on the stage as a soiibrotto. Young Gould
is a sensible fellow, and t his fact was illus
trated by a little incident on the day of his
wedding. Late on tho eventful day the fact
that he was to lie quietly * married
at his father's mansion, in Irving
ton, became known in tho city, and
naturally the city editors, those journal
istic generals who command the reportorial
coq>s, were impressed with the importance
of the occasion, and they sent their re
porters here and there in a frantic hunt for
the news. Few thought it worth while to
go up to Irvington, but one bright young
writer for n well-known luminary decided
that he would draw truth from the fountain
head. Arriving at Irvington, the pleasant
town named after the genial author Of the
“Sketch Book,” he hired a barouche and
told the driver to take him up to the resi
dence of Mr. Gould, several miles distant.
They had gone hardly more than a mile
when the driver, nodding in the direction of
an approaching equipage gav with jingling
silver trappings and spirited horses, driven
by a liveried coachman with a pompous
little footman by his side, said:
“Khure, here comes Mr. Gould now, sor.’’
“IV heel round,’’ said the rejxu'ter, “and
don’t let him bcut you iu getting t>ack to
the depot.”
The reportorial turnout was not one which
a pennon would le proud to show in Central
Park, The horses were atigulnr in their ap
pearance and seemed like emliodied remiu
tsceneeH of the seven years’ famine in Egypt.
ut if they stymied to lack siietsl apiieHi*-
anoes were deceptive, for they won the race
to the depot by several lengths. Young
nml!' t* 1 ba 1 hwtboon married
wedding trip. When
ret hi? Ma ’Y thl ‘ reporter lie looked
Iffy“ rpl ?' <1 u " rt n llul ” sheepish. Such
unpleasant to news,,,,
nnfl character, what
■HL m *Y the opinions of fat
vitted snobs on the subject, and
the young writer in question of
course had no wish to intrude ujxm a happy
bridegroom, though he had known him for
several years, lie hoped that there might
lx> some opportunity of securing a few par
ticulars of the event on the train going down
to New York from Mr. Gould himself, and
t hus avoid mistakes that would tend to make
the whole affair ridiculous. But the future
millionaire, having secured his tickets, came
over to the newspaper man, shook hands
pleasantly, and in response to a few polite
inquiries, and knowing that he was talking
to as thorough a gentleman as lumself, gave
a modest account of an affair in which the
public were so much interested and which
the newspapers were therefore compelled to
notice, and it is of interest to add that the
young millionaire afterwaajb sent a letter of
thanks to the newspaper wfftter for the good
taste in which his account of the event was
written. The future heir to forty millions
had what some of the wealthy cads and
snobs of this and other parts of the country
would not have had, namely: the good sense
to recognize the fact that his father's promi
nence made the public interested in the son,
and that a correct and modest account of
the affair was better than the mistakes of
exaggerations that might, result from refusal
to set the newspapers right. “Make
it modest,” was his only request.
This remark was characteristic. There
is nothing of the vain, pretentious
snob about him. Many an idle young
fellow heir to possibly a fiftieth part of this
young man’s coming fortune, struts a I suit
with an insolent air, affects the English
stare, and generally makes himself ridicu
lous, but George Gould is liked for his quiet,
modest manners and respected for his abili
ties and industry. He is a graduate of Cor
nell University and a member >f the Union
and Manhattan Clulis. He relieves his father
of much of the routine work of the various
Gould interests. Mis. George Gould is a
patronness of several well-known charities,
and the young couple in time will doubt
less become prominent in societ3’.
Osuah Willoughby Riggs.
A MANIA FOR MARBLES.
The Morbid Passion Suddenly Develop
ed by a Chicago Hoss.
FVom the Chicago Neve.
Gen. Grant is one of the oldest hack
drivers in Chicago. His name is not Grant,
but that is the name he is known under—
presumably because in his younger days he
looked like the famous statesman-soldier.
Well, he is in sore trouble now, all on ac
count of the horse that he has been driving
for the last eight years.
“That hoss is 1“ yeato old,” said Grant
yesterday, “and I’ve had him so long that it
seems like we was brothers or relations o’
some kind. Nobody else could drive him
like I could; he understood me and I under
stood him —we got along fust-rate. About
three months ago I changed 1113- stand from
Dearborn street, near the Trbtune office,
around to State street in front of the Pal
mer house. Business boomed and ever3 r
thing went well until one day last April—it
was on a Thursday, I recollect, for on the
same day I bought anew harness for the
hoss. Waal, that very sameday along came
a gang of the raggedest little newsboy 3'ou
ever see an’ began to play marbles on the
sidewalk alongside of where my cab was
slandin’. At first the hoss didn't notice ’em,
but l)3 r ’n’ by his ’tention was attracted by
the noise an’ he looked round. Likely as
not he had never seen a game of marbles
afore, for bosses isn’t particularly observin’
critters. At any rate, it was clear that he
was amused an’ fascinated —I could sec that
by the expression into his eyes. He laid his
ears forward kind of attentive like anil
watched them bo3's as earnest as any growed
up man yon ever seen. Ever since that day
that hoss haz been stuck on marbles—jest
insane on the subject. I have tried to drive
tho newsboys off’n the pavement, but, Lor’s
sake-! it ain’t no use tryin’; I don’t own the
pavement and they’ve jest as much right to
it as I hev. But the hoss is ruined, and
marbles lias done it. There he stands
gawpin’ at them boys for hours at a
time. When a party comes along as wants
to ride —
“ ’Carriage?’ says I. ‘Nice, clean cab an’
rapid hoss.’ *
“ ‘Get out,’ says they, ‘that hoss is sick.
Jest see how liis 03’os look, andwot’sthe
matter with him that he twist his head
round so?’
“When Tdo get a load it’s as much as I
can do to get the darned hoss awa3’ from
the stand—he wants to hang around an’ see
’em play marbles. Then he’s in a hurry to
git back; or, if he strikes a game of marbles
anywhere along the line of our trip, bless
my e3'es if he dosen’t shy up to the side
walk and want to watch the perceed
ings?
“I took him to the veterinarian’s t’other
<ln3’,” continued Grant. “The veterinarian
bled him an’ pln'siekod him an’ looked him
all over.
“ ‘Grant,’ says he at last. ‘I don’t know
what ails your hoss, but ’pears to me like
some insijious vice was sappin’ his system
an’ a-preyin’ 011 his vitals. He hez all the
symptoms of sof’nin’ of tho hrain; ef lie
wasn’t a hoss I’d say he was a board o’
trade man who had been dealin’ in pork an’
wheat. ”
“ ‘lt’s them marbles,’ wez I, and then I
told the veterinarian all about it and
asked:
“Is it too Into to save ’itn?’’
“He kind o’ shook his head. ‘lt’s a hard
t hing to save a hoss when be gits on the
downward path,’ sez he. ‘Houses is a good
deal like men; ef t.he3' oncet get into bad
habits it’s hal'd to break up. 1 have heerd
that Mayor Roche wos goin’ to stop all
gamblin' in Chicago; if he does, why, of
course, them boys can't play marbles for
keeps no more, an’ that’ll do away with the
vice as is impairin’ the usefulness of this
’ere hoss. But if the Mayor don’t keep his
word there ain’t nothin’ I knows on as will
restore your boss to a healthy, moral, an’
business-like wa3 r o’ thinking”
The Death of Mrs. Cartwright.
fYaneie M.Hayee in June Century.
On jxige 522 of The Century for Feb
ruary there is a note on the death of Mrs.
Cartwright. The meeting referred to was
in charge of tlie Rev. Hardin Wallace, now
a resident, of California. By request of
the Rev. John I J . Brooks, editor of tlie /loa
ner of Holineas , 1 was at Bethel ( 'impel as
a reporter for that paper,-and l wrote the
nets Hint of “Mother” Cartwright’s wonder
ful death for that paper.
Permit me again to state the facts of her
death, as 1 witnessed it all, seated as 1 was
not. more than six feet in front of her, and
with my eyes upon her at the moment. It
was about two o’clock in the afternoon.
Son(e, teU persons had spoken, or given their
“testimony.” She was not called upon to
speak, but was about to rise from her sent,
when the Rev. Mr. Wallace requested her
not to rise, and turning to the congregation
said, “We will now listen while Mother
Cartwright gives her testimony.”
Bhe sjxike of her long and arduous life as
the wife of an itinerant Methodist Episcopal
minister, of the goodness of God, of the joy
and peace she then enjoyed, and with rnuen
feeling concluded by sa3'ing: “The past three
weeks have been the happiest of all my life;
lam waiting for the chariot.” I wrote her
words as she spoke them. The meeting con
tinued in a quiet way, others speaking for
about twenty-five minutes longer, when 1
observed that, Mother Cartwright leaned
her head on the shoulder of Mrs. Huett.who
sat beside her, and as she did so, closed her
eves. I arose and stepped to her seat,,
oiiened the window, and found her dead.
Then it was that tho Rev. Mr. Wallace
said: “The chariot has arrived.”
Both Were “Cornered” Perhaps.
Chicago, June 11. —When the case of
Charles Wright against P. D. Armour, the
well-known packer, for cornering pork, was
called this afternoon, neither of the ]>aitios
were present, and the case was dismissed.
Bishop Stevens Dead.
Philadelphia. June lb—William Bacon
Stevens, D. D. L.L. IX, Bishop of the Dis
trict of Pennsylvania of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, died at his residence at
™ Spruce street at !> o’clock this morning.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1887—TWELVE PAGES.
A CRIMINAL AS THEIR JUDGE.
Craig Tolliver’s Red-Handed Rule in
Rowan County, Ky.
A dispatch to the New York World from
Lexington, ICy., says: Craig Tolliver, of
Rowan county, Ky., has lieen a hunted
desperado and murderer for years and years.
Warrants have been served ngainst him, in
dictments found against him, posses have
searched for him, and a whole company of
soldiers went after him and proclaimed
martial law in all of Rowan county. But
they did not get their man. Cunning, reck
less. dare-devil, he fought them from am
bush, hid away in the mountain fastnesses
when the country grew too hot for him, and
when matters quieted down again he came
forth cool and unharmed and went at his
old tricks. Of course a feud was at the
bottom of it. John Martin killed Bill Tolli
ver, Craig’s brother, and so, of course, the
natural result was that the Tolliver family
and their friends set out to kill the surviving
members of the Martin family and their
friends. Craig shot a few men, and the
whole county took sides.
Troops were ordered to Moreliead, the
dtmnty seat of Rowan county, to quell tho
disturbances that had been caused there by'
two factions—one under the leadership of
(’raig Tolliver, and the other marshaled by
Cook Humphries, who was looked upon as
being every bit as dangerous as Tolliver,
and possessing even more courage. After a
long trip in the mountains by the State
Guard, peace was j finally restored by ah
armistice on the part of the Commonwealth,
whose attorney agreed to withdraw prose
cution on condition that the two leaders
should leave tho State. The principals
readily agreed to this, and it was thought
that the disorders which had brought the
State into such bad repute had come to an
end and the troops were ordered withdrawn.
Scarcely had jieace been restored when
information was received that Tolliver was
back at, his okl haunts.
But he came back in anew character.
Tired of being hunted like a dog, he con
ceived the brilliant idea of hunting Instead
of being hunted. He thought the matter
over in his own rude way and figured things
out about like this: The only thing he had
ever been forced to fear was that intangible
something men called the law. What was
the law? he asked. Tlie Judge on the bench
was the only peraonal exponent of it that he
knew. So his mind was made up. He
would become the law. He would make
himself Judge. His friends would vote for
him. Where was the man brave enough to
ride up to the polls and deposit a ballot
against him i
And so Craig Tolliver, murderer and des
perado, a criminal hiding from justice, was
elected a Judge of Rowan county.
No further need had ho to llee from jus
tice. He was justice himself now. The
man whose outbreaks had brought shame
and disgrace to the fair soil of that section
had turned the tables, and with a high hand
prepared to turn prosecutor instead of being
prosecuted. It was a dazzling stroke of
genius.
The great opportunity of his life was
right at hand, and lie prepared to pay off
old scores, and j>ny them off in the name of
the law. There are many indictments
against Tolliver for serious crimes; vet so
terrified are the jieople that they allow a
criminal to hold office and exercise the
rights of that office. Since the election of
Tolliver to the office of Police Judge three
gisxl citizens have been compelled to flee
from Morehcad. Their lives, their fortunes,
their homes, sons, daughters and wives were
in danger. In the reports of the elections
Tolliver received 20 votes, thereby electing
him. People who were against him were
afraid to go to the polls, and a man who
cannot sign his name legibly is elected to an
office which requires knowledge of the law,
equity of judgment and .justice in all things.
Immediately after taking possession of
his office he began the persecution of his
enemies. Yesterday afternoon he issued
warrants for the arrest of William Logan,
24 years old, and his brother John, 18,
charged with Kuklux plans. WaiTants
were placed in the hands of Marshal Mali
nin to serve. About 3 o’clock Mannin and
Tolliver and a posse went to the Logan
house to serve the warranto on the two
boys. Upon arrival at the Logan home
stead Marshal Mannin asked if the boys
were at home. The housekeeper answered
no, but Mannin knowing to the contrary,
forced his way into the house and up-stairs.
Immediately the Logan boys, who were
secreted upstairs, opened fire upon Mannin,
riddling him with slugs from shotguns and
killing him instantly. The two Ixl3-3 then
attempted to make their escape by getting
out b3' the back way of the house, but the
two men who accompanied Mannin were
stationed in the rear, and as soon as the two
I toys made their appearance the posse
oiiened fire upon them. When the smoke
cleared away it was seen that the Logan
boys lay dead—killed at the first shot. The
two men who formed tho posse returned to
Morehead, gave themselves up and gave the
facts as stated. The Logau boys were
buried this afternoon at the old burying
grounds about five miles north of the town
of Morehead.
Dr. H. 8. Logan, the father of the two
dead boys, is confined in the Lexington jail
for safe keeping on a chai'ge of conspiring
to kill Taylor Young and Judge A. C. Cole,
of the Circuit Court of Rowan county. Dr.
Logan, when seen, said that the object was
to arrest the boys so that they could lie
placed in the hands of Craig Tolliver, who
is Police Judge, so that Tolliver could wreak
his revenge on them. Howard Logan, an
uncle of these bo3's, was one of the parties
who was forced to fiee from Morehead a few
da3's ago and seek a place of saftriy. That
whole section of the State is wild over the
affair, and the end is not 3'et.
Craig Tolliver is about 55 years old, and
has been a desperate character for thirty
years. He revets in bloodshed. In 1884, at
the August election, the Martin-Tolliver
feud was started, and since that time more
than a dozen men have been killed in en
counters liotween these factions. At the
first breaking out of the feud John Martin
killed Bill Tolliver, a brother of Craig, in a
fight. Martin was placed in the Flemings
bm'g tail, from which he was taken b3' Bill
Bowling and others on a forged writ of
habeas corpus, and shot dead while on the
cars on route to Morehead. The warfare
has been carried on openly or in ambush
ever since that time. Two yeans ago martial
law was proclaimed in Rowan county, but
as soon as the troops left, the old troubles
were renewed. Tolliver protended that lie
intended to reform, and somo people were
foolish enough to believe his professions. It
is the general opinion at Morehead that
nothing but the death of Craig Tolliver
will restore peace to that section.
In Favor of the Ballot.
St. Louis is the pious city where a recent
violent attack wasinade on the ballet. Dur
ing the late engagement of the National
Opera Company in tho “future great reli
gious,’’ the Bf. Louis Republican one night
secured u ballot on the ballot from the
audience in attendance. Cards were dis
tributed liearing the question: “Shall tlie
ballet lie retained?” Voters were requested
to write “vos” or “no” with remarks. The
voting resulted: For the ballet 1,823, against
201. The following wore some of the re
marks of those who voted no:
“Also low neck dresses should go.”
“Demoralizes the young men and gives an
air of res|>ect t<> show of forms.”
“Not unless they can wear panto.”
“Its effects on the opera are degrading,
and it should tie eliminated.”
“It seems to lead old men astray more
than the young, since they are always in
front.”
“Not in the st3'le given this evening.”
“’Tis too suggestive.”
“Chestnut*.
“Because it is indecent.”
“Most emphatically, no.”
.“Has liad effect on the rising generation.”
"Not because it is immoral, as tho length
of a woman’s dress does not measure her
chastity, but because the ballet show is not
worth wliut it costs.”
“I think it neither adds to the music nor
to artistic effect.”
“I’d rather see a song and dance."
Use the surest remedy for catarrh—Dr.
Sago's.
BILL NYE MEETS MR. CLEVELAND.
A Strange Encounter With the Presi
dent in the North Woods.
From the New York World.
Saranac Lake, June 9. —The ihy' closed
quite warm here, and, as the hot dusk set
tled down among the sombre green hills, the
black flies pulled in their stingers and went
home, giving place to the murmur of hot
headed mosquitoes. Driven from my quar
ters U>3' the heat and the torturing remorse
which sometimes comes to a man who has
fished not wisely but too well, I strolled
forth for some time beneath the gathering
wings of the great, quiet night, and finally
backed up against a softly sighing pine to
scratch my blotched and corrugated back
between the shoulder blades, where no hu
man hand could reach. I look forward with
horror to the day when our forest trees will
be utterly swept from the face of the earth,
and when with all the agony shed over our
race by the mosquito we will not have a for
est tree to our backs.
I bad only been a few moments braced up
against the solemn pine, when I heard alow
sigh, welling up from the very heart of
some unknown ]x>i-son, who was evidently
scratching his back against my tree.
“ Who are you, sir?” I hissed through my
front teeth, cocking a small pocket pistol
and resolved to sell my life dearly.
“Do not shoot, for God’s sake,” answered
a low, greas3' voice with blanched face. "1
am a friend to you. lam a friend to every
bod3' now. lam the President in disguise.
Do not, oh, do not contribute another mar
tyred President to our already gory histoiy.
I pimply came out here to scratch my back
under a nom de plume and in a quiet, Jef
fersonian way to agitate my bites under an
assumed name. I did not know that this
was your tree, as heaven is m3' judge.”
“It is all well enough for 3'ou here, where
no one knows you, to claim that > r ou are the
President of the United States,” I thun
dered, “but how are you going to prove it/?
Identify yourself and show that 3'ou are or
ever have lieen one side of a President nnd
I will spare you,' But if you are deceiving
me I will injure you severely.”
“Well, sir, I have been driven to decep
tion b3‘ the newspapers. The New York
papers seem to think that a public officer is
a public cuss, and that I ought not to do
anything that it would be wrong for
the people to know about, so I
am up here on tho quiet, where
I can unbend and go fishing and
spit on my bait and be a boy again. Here
ghoulish glee can never come. Here I do
not have to think. You cannot imagine
how disagreeable it is to have to think and
to be responsible for what you do and be
criticised if you do not do it right. My
early life ran quiet as the clear brook by
which I babbled, and to be tossed about on
the tempestuous tide of politics at Washing
ton, and to be held accountable every time
I appoint a man to office, if he turns out to
be a retired convict, I tell you, is tough.”
“Oh, yes, all that sounds well,” I said,
reaching for him nervously, “but how can
you prove that you are the man we are
talking about? Can you show that vou
lin ve over done anything by which to iden
tify yourself with the Presidency V'
“Why, of course I can. I got married,
didn’t If’
“Yes, several of us have done that, and
we were most of us proud of it at the time.
If 3'ou are the man who eloped a year ago
and acted ashamed of yourself at tlie time
and want to point to it now with pride as
the 011I3' distinguishing feature of your
Presidential career, I will admit that" you
are Grover Cleveland, for nobody else would
do that way.”
He then further identified himself by pro
ducing a rabbitt’s foot sent to him by a South
ern admirer. It had his name on it, also
markes of desiccated fish bait and yellow
threads of fine-cut chewing tobacco.
So we becajne friendly and chatted on
ga3'ly about the prospects for ’BB, and as to
whether a fish ought to be cut open jpn the
back or 011 the stomach in order to mjiove
his viscera, and whether the press yrauly
molded public opinion or whether, our
moldiest opinion did not really hiva its
origin in tne White House, and what was
good for prickly heat, and the Drecf Sciott
decision, and what to do for membraneous
croup and the Wilmot Proviso, and whether
it was a bad sign to drop a dishcloth, and
as to who struck Billy Patterson, and other
live issues of the day.
Before we parted, at his request I ex
tracted a wood-tick from the back of the
President’s neck, and it was given to me by
Mr. Cleveland as a keepsake. He said I
might have it with pleasure. He also said
that he wished it was in his power to give
each of his friends a wood-tick or some other
little souvenir that did not cost an3’tliing,
and that whenever they looked at it it would
remind them of him.
Just then Daniel Lamont called through
the summer twilight to Mr. Cleveland that
it was 9 o’clock and time that he was in bed;
and so we parted, and as I came away with
1113' little Adirondack wood tick clutched
tightly in my tremulous fingers, I could not
helji thinking that I had never met a Presi
dent who presented a more intellectual or a
more commanding appearance in the dark
than Mr. Cleveland, and I regret to read
da3’ after day the be.toll and vituperative
comments of various journals throughout
the country, who make a specialty of in
dulging day after day in what Mr. Cleve
land very justly and very orthographically
refers to as ghoulish glee. Bill Nye.
A Kentucky Desperado Not Yet Dead.
Locirvii.i.x, K"v. , June 11.—A special
from Morehead, Ky., says there is no truth
in tho report of the" killing of Craig Tolliver.
He was seen well at 10 o'clock last night.
A Virginia Snow Storm.
Lynchburg. Va., June 11. —Snow fell on
the peaks of Otter this morning. This is
the first snow since 1857 so late in the sea
son. The weather is chilly.
“I Know What Ails Me,”
says many a sufferer. “I have the ‘blues’
frightfully; I am troubled with headache
and dizziness; I have lost my appetite; there
is a bad taste in my mouth constantly.
What is the matter with me?’ We will tell
you; you are "bilious.” Get a bottle of I)r.
Pierce's “Golden Medical Discovery,” use it
faithfully, and you will soon be anew man
again. All druggists have it.
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, but we challenge
them to show the quality of goods we give
for the low prices. Best clothing for the
least money can only be hud of the Famous,
HO Congress street.
Harnett Ilouae.
Concerning a popular hotel in Savannah,
On., the Florida Times-Union says: “We
note from the hotel arrivals as published in
the Savannah palters, that the Harnett
House still leads all the other hotels in the
city. In fact they have as many as the
others combined. There is a good install
ment of Floridians always registered there.”
A coniplete line of Seersucker Coats nn
Vests at Appel & SchauTs.
Do not fail to see our Fancy Striped Wit
of Underwear sidling at i?l 50 per suit. Ap
l>el A Schaul, 108 Congress street.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from min and tho little cherub
awakes as “bright as a button."
It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the
chilli, sn'ftups the gums, allays all puin, re
lieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is tho
lif'st known remedy for diarrluea, whether
arising from teething or other causes.
cents a bottle,
A complete line of Underwear at Appel
Schaul’s, 108 Congress street.
A few more of those White Flannel Suits
left at Appel A Sc’ snl's.
DEATHS.
GIBBONS. Died at Morristown, New Jersey,
Thursday, June nth, 1887. William Heyward
Gibbons' in the 57th year of his age.
RAY.—Died, June Bth. 1887, Daniel, infant
son of Mr. and Mr. W. 11. Ray.
KI NKRAL INVITATIONS.
MEHRTENS.—The friend* and relatives of
Mrs. Catherine Mebrteus, Mr. James L. Me.hr
tens, Mr. John S. Mehrtene. Mrs. Henry Mebr
tens, Mrs. M. A Mehrtens, Mrs. J. G. Mehrtens
and of Mrs. F. Knite and tlieir families are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Catherine Mehrtens, from her late residence.
No. 85 Jefferson street, at 4 o'clock THIS
AFTERNOON.
IN NI EMORI A M .
J.ANIER. —William M. Lanier was bora in
Scriven county, Ga.. May 21th. 1841, and died in
Savannah, Ga., May 30th, 1887, aged 4(1 years
and three days. He was manned April 24th,
1864, to Miss Jennie E. Stieftali, who still sur
vives him. From boyhood he was a citizen of
Savannah until about two years prior to his
death, when he removed to Oliver, in Scriven
county, Ga.. where he engaged in merchandise
and other pursuits. Asa business man, his
great industry and energy gave him success
lie was always regarded as an honest, useful
citizen, and ever ready to help the needy and
the friendless. Charity was one of the most
prominent characteristics of his life. He made
many friends wherever he went, and especially
was the appreciation of bis fellow-citizens made
manifest l>y the large concourse of people who
met his body at the church in Scriven county,
where it hail been taken for interment.
For years lie had been a sufferer from a
chronic trouble. This assumed a serious form
some few months ago. and, in despite of the
best medical skill and the constant, patient
nursing of a devoted wife and loving friends,
death ensued.
Though he is dead, sorrow not as those
without hope. During In', sickness, and while
there was good hope of his recovery, he gave
his heart to God, was received by Rev. T. T.
Christian into Trinity Methodist Church, and
for weeks rejoiced in the Holy Ghost. He fre
?ueutly expressed his great regret to his old
riends for having lived so long a time in sin,
and exhorted them to turn to Christ, His con
version was bright, and he was enahied unnuir
muringly to liear up under his severe illness.
When the dying ho ir came, with his mental
faculties still clear ami rtror,*. he declared his
readiness to go. and trusting in Jesus, he fear
lessly stepped out of time into eternity.
A few days before he died, while friends and
loved ones bad gathered round his bedside, he
clearly and sweetly joined in singing his favorite
hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee.” His feet
had been taken out of the pit, and anew song
placed in his mouth. Only a short while before
he breathed his last, he looked up into his wife's
face, while she was still holdiug his hand, and
said: “Darling, God's will must be done." With
this he entered Heaven. “For thou. Lord, art
good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.”
In the death of our brother, the community
has lost one of its most valuable citizens, and
his devoted wife a loving husband. T. T. C.
MEETINGS.
SAVANNAH CADETS.
HEADQUARTERS SAVANNAH CADETS, i
Savannah, Ga., June 11, 1887. j
General Order Xo.
I. The Company will assemble at the Ar- X i
mory, on MONDAY, 13th inst., at 2:30p. ra„ §]
in full summer uniform (white pants, gray WQ
blouse anil helmet with spike), for target Wfl
practice at Greenwich Park. The car will I J
leave West Broad street at 2:50 p. m.
11. Prizes will be given to the best shots teas
three classes of uniformed men and one of un
uniformed Pay and Honorary Members. The
lat ter class of members are cordially invited to
be present and take part in the contest.
111. After the individual contest the Company
will be exercised in skirmish and platoon firing.
By order of
Capt. H. M. BRANCH.
R. P. Lovell, Ist Sergeant.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
CHATH AM SUPERIOR COURT,
JUNE TERM. 1887.
By direction of His Honor Judge Adams,
the Petit Jurors below named will appear at 10
o’clock TUESDAY NEXT, instead of Monday,
that is to say, Messrs. Davant. Butler, Perkins.
Immen, Thompson, White. Anderson, Mercer,
Cade c, Darnell, Phillips, Apple, Berrien, Porter,
Houston c, Carson, O'Gorman. West, Gearon,
Doyle, Hanley, Orr, Brown, Collins, Einstein,
Corbett, Canty and Cornwell.
JAMES K. P. CARR,
Deputy Clerk S. C. C. C.
June 11, 1887.
NOTICE TO RAILROAD CONTRACTORS.
We, the undersigned, have contracted for
building the Savannah, Dublin and Western
Railroad. All who wish to make contracts for
grading, trestling or furnishing ties, will apply
to
CARPENTER, GRANT. MUNDAY & CO.,
Pulaski House, Savannah, Ga.
Good prices paid for same.
BUSINESS FOR SALE.
Wishing to retire from trade, we offer for
sale or exchange for good city property
our Jobbing Grocery and Provision Business,
with a good line of first-class customers. Has
paid over $60,000 profits lastaine years. Stock
and fixtures about $5,000. The business is in a
benlthy condition, and only needs push and at
tention. We will retain office room and assist
the purchaser. GRAHAM & HIT BBELL,
181 and 183 Bay street.
31 DOZEN VERY PRETTY
Assorted STRAW HATS just opened from last
New York steamer. For sale very low by
JAUDON, 150 St. Julian Street.
NOTICE.
I have sold out my Bakery, formerly known as
the “New York Variety Bakery,” to MR. C. A.
VETTER, and rejiectfully ask my patrons a
continuance of past patronage. Respectfully,
GEORGE HELM KIN.
NOTICE. *
Having bought the Bakery on the comer of
South Broad and East Broad streets, known as
the “New York Variety Bakery,” of MR.
GEORGE HELMKIN, l respectfully ask the
patronage of the former. Respectfully,
C. A. VETTER.
NOTICE.
The LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
hitherto represented in this city by Mr. 0. G.
FALLIOANT, 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 164 Bay street.
DIVIDEND NO. iff.
Augusta and Savannah Railroad, )
Savannah, Ga., June 7. 1887. t’
On and after THIS DATE a Dividend of
THREE DOLLARS AND A HALF per share
will lie paid to the Stockholders of the Augusta
and Savannah Railroad, at t he hanking house of
CHARLES 11. OLMSTEAD & CO., between the
hours of and 1 p. w.
w. s. LAWTON. President,
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Kainnnalt Fire nml Marine Insurance
Company.
A call is hereby made upon stockholders, in
accordance w%i the charter, for an installment
of TWENTY FIVE (25) DOLLARS per share of
thuE apital stock of this Company, being the
due on said stock, payable at tin-office
Company, No. Wl Bay street, Savannah.
■Porgln, to tbe Secretary, on or before the Isln
NE, 1887.
' By direction of the Board of Director.
w. 11. DANIEL, Secretary,
EEMoi\L
DR. B. S. PURSE
Has removed his office an I residence to 140
Liberty, between Whitaker and Bull streets.
Oil. HENRY FOLDING,
DENTIST,
Office oom“r Jones and Drayton streets.
• Bl JJ. STREET.
Over W. U. Telegraph < >fflce,
SAVANNAH.ri
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOT KICKING!
HAVE YOUR PRINTING AND BINDING
Executed by the
WIDE-AWAKE AND LIVE PRINTER AND
BINDER.
Don’t Send Yonr Work Away. There is Com
petion Enough in this City to Give You
the Benefit of Low Prices.
TOWNSEND
Is Not Cramped for Money to Get Material or
Paper Stock, but He is Working Hard
to Handle a Bigger Trade.
“TELEPHONE 841.”
TOW NSKND.
FINE PRINTER AND BINDER,
86 and 88 Bryan Street. Savannah, Ga.
A. KRIEGER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, JEWELER
AND ENGRAVER,
Formerly with the late F. I). Jordan, and for tbe
last ten years with M. Sternberg, informs his
friends and the public that he has opened busi
ness for himself, aud is now located at No. 139
Broughton street. Anything entrusted to him
will he promptly attended to, and satisfaction
guaranteed Charges will be according to the
times, as I do the work myself.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Central R. R. & B'k'g Cos. of Georgia. I
Savannah, Ga.. June Ist. 1887. (
A dividend of FOUR DOLLARS per share
from the earnings of this Company and its de
pendencies has been declared, payable on and
after the 22d inst., to the Stockholders of record
JUNE 10th. The transfer books of the Com
pany will be CLOSED ON THE 10th, and remain
closed UNTIL THE 23d INST.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
Fill'lT AND GROCERIES.
BEST LI ME JUICE.
Quart bottles 35c
Best Raspberry Vinegar,
Quart Bottles 60c
Best Quality Syrups,
Pint Bottles 45c
Best Essence Vanilla,
Four Ounce Bottles SEc
Best Essence Lemon,
Four Ounce Bottles 20c
GOOD ESSENCE VANILLA 10c
GOOD ESSENCE LEMON 10c
NICHOLAS LANG,
19 BARNARD STREET.
I WILL SELL
The following articles cheaper
than can be bought elsewhere:
Raisins, Starch,
Nnts, Soap,
Figs, Clothes Pins,
Dates, Clothes Lines,
Dried Apples, Soda,
Dried Feaches, Olive Oil,
Tea, Toilet Soap,
Extracts, Pickles.
LEINS BY THE BOX.* *
LEMONS BY THE HUNDRED.
LEMONS BY THE DOZEN.
Call and get prices before buying elsewhere.
K. POWER,
Comer Congress, Bull and St. Julian.
PICNIC HOODS!
WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF
TABLE DELICACIES
SUITABLE FOR PICNIC PARTIES.
"We A.lso Handle I;argely
Staples Fancy Groceries
-A.l Bottom Prices.
CALL AT
The Mutual Co-Operative Association
And See for Yourselves.
John R.Withington, Agent
hay!
CHOICE'EASTERN HAY.
FANCY WESTERN HAY.
Cow Peas.
BPECKLED, BLACK EYQ, CLAY aud MIXED.
LEMONS.
FRESH STOCK MESSINA LEMONS.
CORN, OATS, ERAN. CORN EYES.
PEANUTS, ONIONS, ETC.
Close Prices on Car Lots of Hay and Grain.
109 BAY.
W. D. SIMKINS & CO.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
City of Savannah, 1
Office City Surveyor, v
June 6th, 1887. )
P ROPCS AL S
\\7TLL BE RECEIVED at the office of the
y * Clerk of Council until 12 m., MONDAY,
JUNE 13th, for paving the eastern walk or
Abercorn sireet through Lafayette squire, two
walks of Macon street, miming east and west
through Madison square, two walks of Barnard
street, running north and south through Chat
ham square, with host quality Savannah gray
brick, or best quality Chattahoochee, Atlanta
or Mae. n living brick or pat. >nt stone; curbing
to be either blue stone or patent atone, Bids
lints* specify each square separately.
The right to reject anv or all bids reserved
JOHN B. HOWARD,
Cffy Surveyor.
PUBLICATION'S.
City Delivery
-OF THE
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS.
The undersigned is prepared to deliver the
Morn:no N*ws .payable in advance, at the fol
lowing rates:
bu Months v ft mi
Three Months 2 /gi
One Mouth 1 UU
WILLIAM LSTILL.
(Eatill'a News Dvr* >t No. 23 Butt St>
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATRE;
Thursday and Friday, June 16 ar.d 17.
The Fords.
Their opening a grand success. The Press
and Public unanimous in their praise.
Their efforts appreciated.
On above dates we have the honor to present
to our many friends T. W. Robertson's charm
mg Comedy
HOME,
as presented at WalUck’s Theatre, New York,
preceded by the
Famous Q,uarrel Seen*
From Julius Caesar, by special request.
BRUTUS Mr. Thomas F. McCaia.
CASSIUS Mr. Lawrence RakucC,
bale of Reserved Seats commences TUESD A I
DAVIS BROS.’ without extra charge Pricw
75c., 50c. and 25c
Savannah Yacht Ci.
LADIES’ DAY.
THE CLUB WILL CELEBRATE
THURSDAY, 16th JUNE,
—BY A—
REGATTA OF FIRST and THIRD CUSS
Yachts from the Cluh House to a stake boat
at mouth of Herbs river and hack to Club
House and repeat for a prize of silver cun to
each class. Race to start at 8)4 o'clock.
A band of mnsic will be present.
The Club House grounds will he illuminated
and dancing can be etijoyed as late as desired
WM. HONE, '
... _ . , Commodore.
Wm. D. Johnston. Secretary.
BASE BALL
AMATEURS vs. WARRENS.
'TPHE first of a series of five games, for the
X Amateur Championship of Savannah will
be played at Base B ill Park TUESDAY, JUNH
14th. Admission 25 cents, with nrivilege ol
Grand Stand. Ladies cordially mvfted, free.
_ PICNIC’S.
Remember the Orphans’!
THE ANNUAL PICNIC!
OF THE
St. John the Baptist’s T. A. B. Society
WILL BE GIVEN
Thursday, June 16,1887,
M outgo m e ry!
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Orphan Boys of Washington,Ga,
r piC!KETS 25c. and 56c.; can be purchased al
X J. B. Fernandez's, E. M. Connor’s. J. G,
Keller & Co.’s, W. F. Reid's, P. B. Reid's, front
the lady collectors, and from members of th
society.
Refreshments on the grounds Dinner 25c.
Cars leave Anderson street at 9:31, 16:25. 12,
2:25, 3:25, 4:80, 7. Leave Montgomery at 6, 7, 8,
EXCURSIONS;
Virpia Summer Resorts.
0 '
ON LINE OF
Norfolk and Western Railroad.
ROUND TRIP TICKETS are sold during th
Summer Season to
EGGLESTON'S SPRINGS,
MOUNTAIN LAKE, *
MONROE RED SULPHUR
YELLOW SULPHUR,
MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR,
ALLEGHANY SPRINGS,
LAKE SPRING,
ROANOKE RED SULPHUR,
COYNER’S
BLUE RIDGE.
BEDFORD ALUM,
OLD POINT AND VIRGINIA BEACH.
Guide Books, Schedules and all information
can be had upon application to
. W. B. BEVILL,
Gen. Pass, and T’k't Agent.
Roanoke, Va.
“WATCHES AND JEWELRY'.
’crciftorj Stk
-OF—
SIMM, JEWELBI,
CLOCKS
A IN' D
Fancy Goods
REGARDLESS OF
COST AND VALUE.
Y\ J E beg to announce to our patrons and the
< V community at large that we have re
moved our stock, damaged by water at our late
fire, to
116 1-2 Broughton St.,
DIRECTLY OPPOSITE LUDDEN & BATES,
where we propose to sell the same regardless of
cost and value, and invite an early inspection.
We do not intend to bring these goods back
to our regular place of business, when ..com
pleted, and mean to make this the JEWELRY
SALE of the season.
Those coming EARLY will have the best
selection.
M. Sternberg,
THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY
WEDDING PRESENTS
Such as DIAMONDS, FINE STERLING SIL
VERWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY,
FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found at
A. L. Desbouillons,
21 BULL STREET,
the sole ngent for the celebrated ROCKFORD
RAILROAD WATCHES, and who also
makes a specialty of
18-Karat Wedding Rings
AND THE FINEST WATCHES.
Anything you buy from him being warranted
as represented.
Opera Olasse* at Cost-