The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, June 26, 1887, Page 5, Image 5
MEXICO'S LOST WEALTH.
THE CUSTOM OF BURYING GOLD
AND SILVER COIN.
Traditions and Itineraries—A Poor
Family Made Independent-The San
chez Hacienda Mystery—Conditions
Which Prompt the Hiding- of Treasure
A letter from the City of Mexico to the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat says: “The Fed
eral Treasury of Mexico derives its revenue
the coming year from thirty-four distinct
sources, according to the fiscal statement re
cently published. One o£ these sources is
given as follows:
Revenues arising from money, real estate
values and rights that under any‘title whatever
may fall to the, nation from any source.
Naturally enough, no amount of revenue
anticipated under this class of items is given
The financiers evidently inserted the lan
guage Quoted to cover certain possibilities
■which they had in mind. Mexicans under
stand what these possibilities are, but it will
be a matter of some surprise to Americans
■when they are informed that this govern
ment expects to derive a considerable in
come from its interest in the long-forgotten
jars and pots of coin which may ie dug out
of the ground during the next twelve
months.
MEXICO’S LOST WEALTH.
The republic requires a great deal of
money for its business. The banks are few
and far apart, and the masses have yet to
make the acquaintance of drafts and checks
Mexico has supplied the rest of the world
■with untold millions of precious mineral.
In the churches of the country the orna
ments and images and vessels of gold and
silver stand lor millions. But when the
wear and tear and all this scattering of the
wealth produced from the mines of Mexico
have bn taken into consideration there is
still a great deal of the product unaccounted
for by any other explanation than that it
has been buried and lost. That is a
much more reasonable explanation
than it may appear at first
thought. The amount in circulation is
known, and also that which has been coined,
approximately. The former sum is but a
fraction of the latter. Ever since the con
quest, nearly 400 years-ago, there has been
going on in Mexico the interesting process
of gettting out gold and silver ore, turning
the bullion into coin, burying the money for
safekeeping, and losing it. And before the
Spaniards came this same custom of hiding
precious metals was practiced by Aztecs,
Toltecs, Chicimecs, and no one knows how
many other “ecs.”
Lieut.' Flipper, formerly of the United
States army, whose land explorations in
Mexico for several years past have enabled
him to collect much valuable information
about the people and the country, recently
told some interesting things about this cus
tom of burying coin.
THE MOST COMMON OF TRADITIONS.
“I have found very few plae?s in Mexico,”
said the Lieutenant, “which could not fur
nish several traditions of hidden treasure.
This is a great country lor traditions.
Much of the history of Mexico is tradition.
The churches abound in traditions. Every
one of the old mines has some tradition con
nected with it. But I believe that of all the
varieties of tradition that relating to hidden
treasure is the most common'.
“In many Mexican towns,” continued the
Lieutenant, “I have found the traditions
supplemented by documents. These papers
are called itinerarias. They purport to de
scribe and locate the places where fortunes
have been buried. Many a long and weary
search has been made on the strength of
these itinerarios, and with varying suc
cess.”
you recall any particular search;”
was asked.
“Yes,” said Lieut. Flipper, “a Mr. Sala
zar in C'usihuiriachi, Chihuahua, is the
happy possessor of numerous documents of
this kind. Some of them wore sent to hira
from Spain bv persons who had inherited
them from Mexican relatives. The Mexi
cans had died in Spain, and the papers were
among their effects. Mr. Salazar had made
something of a specialty of following up
these clews. I remember one instance of
which he told me. He said he searched in
the place indicated by the itinerario and
was rewarded by finding eleven old Spanish
coins, thus establishing the fact that there
was some foundation for the itinerario.
The bag or box in which the treasure was
originally buried had rotted away entirely,
so great a time had elapsed, and it is quite
possible many of the coins had ‘crawled’
away.”
The Lieutenant smiled with liis listener
at the theory he had advanced; but he went
on to say: “This ‘crawling’of buried coins
isn’t so extraordinary as you \navthink. It
happened in the South during the late war,
as many Southern people who buried their
treasures upon the approach of the Federal
army can testify. My father buried quite
a sum of gold and silver in a stocking in
Atlanta during 18tS5, and when he dug for
his money, several months later, the stock
ing had entirely disappeared, and the coins
were scattered over a space of considerable
extent, comparatively speaking. They had
‘crawled’ even in a few months. In a cen
tury or two they might have gone much
greater distances.”
THE QUIROOAS’ DISCOVERT.
Replying to the inquiry if he hud ever
known of any considerable hidden treasure
being found, Lieut. Flipper told this good
story: “A few- years ago a poor family liv
ing in the town of Surie, in Sonora, stum
bled upon a buried fortune beneath their
own jaeiil or hovel, and the members are
now enjoying independence in consequence.
Tile floors of most of those jacals are made
of the same mud from which the adobes
forming the walls are molded. The Quirogas
—the family of whom lam telling you—
were having the floor of their house re
paired, and had employed a peon. He was
engaged in doing some digging to fix the
foundation for the floor, when Seuora
) Quiroga camo into tho room to call
him to dinner. Just as she ap
proached him she heard his pick strike
something hard and her suspicions were
aroused. She sent the peon off and called
in one of her ons, who in a few moments
uncovered a jar in which the coin jingled.
When the Qnirogas got through counting
the treasure they found that they had
SIB,OOO. The newß was too good to keep.
Soon the whole villugo knew and envied.
Among the first to conn with congratula
tions was the priest, and he suggested that
a good percentage ought to goto the church.
To this tho Quirogus turned a deaf ear.
Then the priest threatened them with im
prisonment in this world and damnation in
the next. Tho Quirogns fled tho country,
taking with them all of the mouy. They
now live in Nogales Aid., and are good
American citizens. The sous are doing well
ns merchants, the discovered treasure having
supplied the capital to RfciTt them.”
A PERSONA I. EXPERIENCE.
This narrative was so well received that
the Lieutenant was uneouruged to proceed
with another in which lie figured ns a "it
ness of tho events described. Said he: ‘‘On
the Bavispe river, in the .Moctezuma district
of Sonora, a short distance below the town
of BuvUpo, recently destroyed by an earth
quake, there is a very line luicicnda known
as La Golem do Buvispe. Itis the property
of a fine old Mexican gentleman, Don Caye
tauo Sanchez, who has owned it for half a
century. This hacienda was abandoned in
1870 on account of the raids of the Apaches.
In September, iSSti, Sonor Sanchez sent his
son, Don Fernando, with a number of (icons,
to repair tho old houses, to build new
ones, and to put tho place in flon
dltion for reoccupation. The old buildings
" ere largo and contained mouy rooms. The
roof timbers had rotted in many places and
laid fallen in, but the walls were good, and
some of tho rooms wore easily made habita
ble. Young Sanchez and his force cleared
out the rubbish and began repairs. But the
usual Mexican feast come round before they
finished. Master and neons stopped work
Rnd went to the town of Bavispo to have a
pood tlmo. I mot them there ami took a
bund hi tho festivities. After the feast. I
chained a lino from Bavispe up tho river,
■*rd had for traveling couipaniMW young
Sanchez and his party, who were going; back
to complete the work at the hacienda. It
was night when we reached their place, and
there, occupying ne of
the roofless rooms. Don Fernando, with
whom I had become quite friendly, under
tooK to show me the hacienda, avid I went
aooiit with him, expressing admiration for
the arrangements and extent of the build
, 2 s ; a we entered one room, Don Fer
nando threw up his hands and exclaimed in
astonishment: l Que est cstoV (What is
tins.) i looked and saw a heap of wheat
straw, some loose earth and a large hole in
the floor close up against the east wall. We
examined the hole and found it was about
tour feet deep, three feet in diameter at the
top and two feet across the bottom. The
hole was lined with masonry and well ce
mented. Lying nt the bottom was a piece
of paper, and we reached for this in the hone
that it would furnish some solution of the
mystery. On the scrap was written badly
m Spanish the following: *We have just
taken out of this holeatreasnreof ? 10,000.’ ”
STILL. A MYSTERY.
The Lieutenant stopped to permit an ap
propriate expression of astonishment, and
then concluded the story: “The most curious
part of this afl’air is that Don Cayetano had
grown up at this hacienda, and had raised a
numerous family there, and no one of them
had ever heard of this hidden treasure. The
money must have been put there by a
iormer owner who was perhaps killed by
the Indians. Very likely he left some
utnerario describing the location of the
treasure, and the party into whose hands it
fell made a good use of his knowledge, dig
ging up the coin at the first opportunity
upon learning that the hacienda was about
to be occupied. The absence of Don Fer
nando at the feast had furnished the oppor
tunity. So far as I know the Sanchez fam
ily never obtained any clew to tbo person or
persons who dug up the money.”
illustrating still another phase of the
buried treasure topic, Lieut. Flipper told
this: “A few years ago a wealthy but
eccentric gentleman died in Hermosillo,
Sonora. He was known to have a good
deal of ready money and it was also a mat
ter of notoriety that he had been in the
habit of burying his surplus cash for safe
keeping. His end came suddenly in an
epileptic fit, and to this day nobody has been
able to find a dollar of the hidden wealth.
He left his family in indigent circumstances
because of his secretiveness. They used
what little money they could scrape to
gether in hunting for the old gentleman's
hoard, and they have since worked and
spent in vain effort to discover what is
legitimately their own.”
WHAT FOSTERS THE CUSTOM. \
Continuing, the Lieutenant explained how
the peculiar and uncertain conditions pre
vailing in Mexico had developed this custom
of burying money, and showed why there
was reason for putting some degree of faith
in the tradition. He said: “In the town of
Alamos, of the district of the same name in
Sonora, there is said to be considerable
buried treasure, a large amount having
been put underground as late as 1875 and
1870, during the time of the Macheteros and
the Sema-Pesqueira revolution. The people
who buried their money were killed during
thb .•evolution, or died without disclosing
the hiding place of their wealth. This
custom of burying valuables in Mexico
was at one time general, mid is still prac
ticed by many people. The absence of
banks or other place for safe-keeping, and
the numerous revolutions, are the chief
causes. Usually the finder of buried treas
ures retains the most of it. a percentage
going to the government. The belief that
great sums of money have been hidden and
lost to the original owners is universal in
this country. The government shares in
this faith, and Congress has placed upon the
statute books a law relating to the discover
ies of these long-lost treasures. This law
requires that the finder shall pay into the
Federal treasury a percentage of the amount
unearthed, and he thus secures a recognized
title to the remainder. Receipts under this
law are anticipated annually, and the dis
covery of buried money is now classed as a
regular source of revenue by the Mexican
government.”
A VERY BUSY KINO.
How Humbert of Italy Employe Him
self Nineteen Hours a Day.
Rome letter to the Paris Register.
The King of Italy is known for his tem
perance in all things, except in that of
smoking. It has often lieen noticed what
an exceedingly small eater the King has
shown himself on all occasions, and, as to
drink, his guests may have it in plenty, but
his favorite “tipple” is water. His one
great weakness was (for it is a thing of the
past) a good cigar. He was a formidable
smoker, but ho abused his tastes in
that line to a:r extent that recently
he lias taken anew departure, and has
“sworn off” from the fragrant weed. His
nerves had begun to suffer, he had asthmat
ic turns, could sleep but little, and then had
to be propped up by plenty of pillows.
Some weeks ago his physician told him
what was tho matter, and King Humbert
said: “From this day forth I will not smoke
another cigar, or anything in the shape of
tobacco.” His majesty has kept his word,
and tho result has been a most noticeable
improvement in his health. King Humbert
Is a man of iron will, and no one doubts that
he will keep his self-made pledge. The Italians
are getting to be excessiv e smokers, and the
f roster part of the tobacco used is from the
'lifted States, which they do not adulterate
with weaker materials; hence it is that the
Italian cigars aro stronger than any that
can bo found in Europe. It seems to me
that this excessive use of the weed cannot
but help, in time, to produce diseases of a
nervous kind. If, however, the Italians
should all follow the example of their sover
eign, there would be a great falling off in
revenue, for, with two exceptions, tobacco
renders the State tho largest income from
anv one source.
Speaking of King Humbert giving up
tobacco, and the consequent improvement
of his nervous condition, makes me recall
what work that monarch has to go through
in the course of a year, and reconciles me to
tho occasional notice which I see in the
newspapers, that "to day his majesty went
wild-boar shooting in the woods of Porci
ano,” or "last Saturday his majesty went to
Ins shooting-box on Lake Licola, where
the clucks are plentiful, and he gave
half tile dav to the feathered game, and
in the afternoon went to tho woods of
Diana and brought down several wild boars,
wild sows and wild pigs.” I presume,
with the exception of those few days of
recreation, King Humbert is, from Novem
ber tft June, tho hardest-worked man in
Europe, and from June to November his
life at Monza (his favorite summer palace,
nine miles north of Milan) is anything but
a holiday. For tho last three weeks the
King's duties have led him to Venice for the
opening of the great and interesting art and
industrial exliibitiou there; to Florence, for
all the ceremonies, artistic and historic,
connected with the unveiling of tho com
rileicd facade of the Cathedral: and to
Milan, whore there is a large exhibition of
milling, baking and kindred machinery.
Between all those openings of cxhib.tions
and ceremonies in these different cities, ho
has hail to hie him buck, by express trains,
to Rome, to preside over Cubinot councils,
to examine projects, to sign bills anil to
attend to tiie ordinary routine of Parlia
mentary and diplomatic duties—to say
nothing of officers returned from Africa and
private citizens who had some claim upon
him or were sent for by the King. But to
cive an idea of what a day’s work tho King
find at Milan on Juno 10, I will, from notes
taken by one of his gentlemen-in-waiting,
write down what he actually did at the dif
ferent hours of the date in question:
At ha. in., the King was already up and
at work hi his cabinet. Seven o’clock, a
slight refection. From 7:30 to 0 o’clock tho
King read his correspondence.
At 0:30 o’clock he left the palace and
went to tho exhibition at the linzza, di
Ca-tello As soon ns ho arrived tho King
liatl to stand and listen to several very ong
speeches, and afterward ho took a turn
through the galleries and engaged m apeak
ng asking questions and informing him
scl’ paanll/ about the machinery oX
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 2G, 1887-TWELVE PAGES.
milling, baking, etc., and all this amidst the
w.iirr and rumbling of wheels, the wheezing
and putting of steam, aud anuast nil the iu
} femni concatenation of villainous smells
that came from gas and from furnaces for
engendering steam ami electricity.
At 12:45 p. m. lie was back at the palace,
1 an i took his colazione {dejeuner a lafour
chette); then received thoso whose official
positions or other claims made it incumbent
upon his majesty to receive them.
At 1:45 p. rn. the King went to the Palezzo
di Brora, where for two and one-naif hours
he examined the plans for the new facade of
the Milanese cathedral, and received the
explanations for the same from the eminent
writer, Cesare Cantu, and from the Mayor
of Milan.
At 3 p. m. he was back again to the pal
ace, which he left at 8:80 o clock for the
drive and the races at Castellazzo.
At 7:15 he was at his Milanese home
again, where ho gave a state dinner to the
leading military and civil officials. At such
dinners, like his father, Victor Emmanuel,
he is present to entertain his guests and not
to eat. The dinner and reception being
over at 0:80 the King went to tho opera at
10, whore he remained exactly one hour.
Then he returned home end applied himself
until 1 a. m. to the reading of his afternoon
correspondence and to answering his letters,
in which occupation he was aided by one of
his private secretaries. Then at l” o’clock
in the morning of the 20th the King retired
to rest, having been almost constantly em
ployed nineteen hours.
KING BANKS OF RARETONGA.
An Albany Young- Man Who Has Come
to Great Things Out There.
From the New York World.
That wickedness sometimes prospers is
evidenced by the rather romantic career
within the last few months of Charles \V.
Banks, formerly of Albany, this State, later
of San Francisco, Cal., and now elevated
by the power of love to the throne of King
of Cook’s Island, in the South Pacific
ocean. A history of Mr. Bank’s
life in Albany would add so little
interest to his later life that it is unneces
sary to refer to it now, except to state that
in that rolling town he married a very in
teresting yr#)g lady, for whom, according
to his latt'slM'tter to friends in this city, lie
still entertis the most touching affection.
It is also lordly necessary to say that the
lady in question, Mrs. Fanny A. Banks, who
is now in this city, plaoes so little faith in
these assurances of unbounded love that she
has begun a divorce suit and charges his
kingship with desertion and infidelity.
Soon after the marriage of the” couple
they journeyed to San Francisco, where
Mr. Banks, being intelligent and bright, as
well as a handsome young man, obtained
employment ill the ex'press office of Wells,
Fargo & Cos. There he prospered; pros
pered too well for his personal good, for
having obtained a position of trust, and
gained the entire confidence of his em
ployers, he suddenly disappeared six months
ago, carrying with him over $50,000 belong
ing to the company. His many friends at
the Golden Gate mourned his departure, for
he was a good fellow, reckless with
his money, an interesting talker and
a good story teller, while his little suppers
at home and at his club were the talk of so
ciety for days after each event. Mrs.
Banks, too, mourned his loss, hut her rea
sons were widely different, and she came to
this city after gathering enough evidence in
San Francisco to prove to her that her hus
band had not been all that she hail expected.
Consulting the law firm of Messrs. Johnes,
Benner & Wilcox here, the papers for a di
vorce were properly drawn up. but pending
information as to the whereabouts of her re
creant husband, she withheld proceedings.
Meanwhile Wells, Fargo & Cos. had sent
detectives after the defaulter, who tracked
him to Tahiti, Sandwich Islands, but the
wily young man fled in a schooner a few
hours before the sleuth-hounds of the law
reached there. From this point the gay de
faulter's movements much resemble those of
Billy Kid, the illustrious hero whom Rosina
Vokes sings about in her clever song, “His
’Art was True to Poll.” Like Billy Kid,
Mr. Banks:
Landed on a strange shore and looked out for
an inn
When a noble savage lady, of a color rather
shady
Came along and accosted bira.
“‘Oh 1 stay with me and the King you'll be.
And in a palace 1011,
Or I’ll eat you like a fillet;” so he gave his hand,
did billy,
But his 'Art was true to Poll.
Mr. Banks was certainly in luck. He had
sailed away from Tahiti for a point any
where out of the grasp of the law, and
favoring gales had directed his craft to the
shores of Raretonga, Cook’s Island, in the
South Pacific, where thd*bcautiful but
dusky Queen Ulakea (Ulakea in English,
hut something else in her own picturesque
language) reigned quietly and kindly over
her loving tribe. She is a widow-, but
ceased abruptly to grieve for her departed
lord when the handsome face and manly
bearing and figure of Mr. Banks loomed up
before her in her quiet, luxurious home.
He was a wanderer, weary aud forlorn, and
she a widow, sad and lonely, but with lots
of this world’s goods and a large heart,
which she unhesitatingly threw at his fret.
Her kindness w-on him, coupled with his
own Yankee ingenuity, which told him that
he had struck it rich, to use an American
ism, and he availed himself of the fortunate
opportunity equally as unhesitatingly as it
hail been opened to him.
There, at Raretonga, safe from tho law’s
strong grasp, where the climate is glorious
and warm all the year round, Banks is now
living, duly domosticated and acknowledged
as King, and receiving tho homage of the
people, who adore him, because their beloved
Queen had set them the example. The de
tectives who found him there say he ex
presses no desire to return to his native
country, but seems satisfied to continue his
life of idleness and power.
Mrs. Banks has lieard of her husband’s
fortune, and has decided to begin divorce
proceedings at once. Her counsel, Edward
R. Jones, appeared before Judge Lawrence,
in the Supreme Court chambers yesterday
and obtained an order for the publication of
a summons in the suit, a copy of which will
be mailed to King Banks l. at his palace
at Rarotonga. Although Mrs. Banks had
sufficient evidence to secure a divorce
without reference to her husband’s present
position, the detectives who have traced Mr.
Banks and discovered his new mode of life
will make affidavits which will be used in
the suit in order to show the man’s utter
uuworthiness. Wells. Fargo & Cos., have
not given up hope of bringing Banks to
justice or of obtaining fromthe money
no embezzled. Bank’s time of
the discovery of his theft sensa
tion. The publication of
movements will probably pi’^^Bgreater
surprise to tho many so people
of both Han Francisco who
know him and his wife. *
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front; water in yard; low rent to good tenant.
Apply 53 Reynolds street.
IYOR RENT, cottage house corner of Drayton
and Waldbnrg streets, possession given
July Ist. For terms apply to THOS. BOWDEN,
214 Broughton street
ITtOR RENT, double residence No. 53 Harris
1 street; gas and water: kitchen in yard. Also
dwelling No. 61 Harris street. Apply on prem
ises.
I,X)R RENT, two-story house on Hall street,
' west of F,ast Broad; seven rooms: modern
improvements; sl2. Inquire on premises.
}X)R RENT, house 5 room*; water; sl2: Har
’ ri" street, between Price and East Broad.
P. R. COHEN, Lower Cotton Press.
Ail; | RENTS the conveniently located 6-room
eh —’/ house 151 York street; just put in e*
collent condition.
IYOR RENT. Oct. Ist, residence 161 Liberty
1 street; will bo put iu perfect order. D. B.
'R. _____
FOR RENT, a house comer Tavlor and Price
streets. Apply to M. W. BULTER.
FOR RENT, house on Tattnall, between Harris
and Liberty streets, with all modem im
provements. GEO. W. PARISH, No. 133 St.
Julian street.
IYOR RENT. Residences Nos. 13 and 15 Hab
' ersliam street, corner of tit. Julian and Con
gress streets. Apply to W. J. HARTY.
IYOR RENT, handsome cottage north side
1 Tvbee Island, furnished, cheap. Apply to
D. G. PATTON.
I TOR RENT, the Ew-idtigham House at the
’ Isle of Hope, with hath house; artesian
water on place Apply to THOS. HENDERSON,
133 York street.
IXIR RENT OR BALE, the large and commo
dious dwelling No. 138 Gaston street, three
stories on a basement and tbrre rooms deep,
fronting tho Park. For terms address J., P. O.
Box No. 106.
JYOR RENT, 146 Hull, on northwest corner of
1 Whitaker. Apply to Dr. PUUBK, 140 Liberty
street.
FOR SALE.
1"OK HACK, lot und Improvements No. Ul4
New Houston street, containing four bed
rooms and bath room on second floor, with nur
ior. dining, kitchen, storeroom* and eight-foot
hallway on first floor, with stable on lane and
laundry In yard; gas and water throughout tho
entire building, with newer connection and well
ventilated. For further particulars Inquire on
premises or at P. E. MASTERS, corner State
and Jefferson streets.
I, "Olt SALE, Savannah Poultry Yards, now in
1 successful ojieralion; to move on a large
farm near Macon reason for selling; Incubators
row hatching. For terms call at yards opposite
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
I7OR SAFE, cheap, Trunks of all kinds: also,
1 Trunks made to order In any style desired,
at SAVANNAH THUNK FACTORY, 83 Whita
ker street, corner State. (
Manhattan wad sir-’ ■■ •■•■•■•'•
ond hand-i SO, with' stop WStaefcioautJ7;
Waterbury Watches Ju M. Guaranteed perfect
timekeepers. HCHWAKZBAUM’B, 147 Congress
street, near SVliltaker. __
|"OR RALE. Milk. Cream. Curds. Clabber,
J Fresh Butter, ltutterroiik. Oglethorpe Bar
racks, Bull street. W. BARNWELL*
HORSES FORSALE.~Juiit arrived. car load
of line Kentucky Horses: will sell them at
bottom prices TM OS. BOWDEN. _____
BRICKS.— Geveral thousand good Bricks for
sale cheap !>v N. WILSON, at Lower Press
wharf.
1j"OR SALE, or will exchange for Georgia
’ property, a good improved farm (100 acres),
also village property, good buildings on the
aamo; alt on the lino or three railroads In Her
nando county, Florida. No better land nor
healthier place In the State. Am compelled to
sell: give me a call at onue If you want a good
home (or almost nothing. Address DOCTOR,
ii Jefferson street. &WMMA
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE, Showcases and Counters, In good
onler, at 1881$ Broughton street.
WHITE CLOTH HELMETS, 60 cents: Seer
* v sucker Helmets, 85 cents; Black Self Con
forming Perbys for $1: Straw Hats at cost.
Our entire stock of Low Quarters at and below
cost. Our stock must be reduced. COLLAT
BROTHERS.
COTTON COMPRESS FOR SALK.—One 90-
inch Morse Cotton Compress, with boilers
aud every requisite complete, in perfect order,
and ready to be removed and operated in time
for next "cotton season. For particulars apply
to MYERS ft CO , Norfolk, Va.
VTKIDLINGER ft RABUN urostill selling Sura
i' toga Trunks, Satchels and Buggv Harness
very cheap. Garden Hose .it 80. per foot.
IPOR SALS ROSE DU w Lots, 80 feet on
1 Front street along the river and 600 feet
deep, at 9125, payable 936 cash and $l3 50 every
six months, with tut arret. FIVE-ACRE Is its 111 the
TOWN OF ROSE DEW, with river privileges, nt.
$lOO, payable $3O cash and ssevery three months,
with interest Apply to Dr FALLIGANT, 151
South Broad street, 9 to 10 a. m. daily.
LOST.
lOST, a lady's gold ring, with garnet set and
J three initials Inside. Finder will tie re
warded by leaving It at E. S. MEYERS' Cigar
Store. Whitaker and President streets.
SUMMER Resorts.
HOT SPRINGS. NORTH CAROLINA.--RUT
LAND PARK COTTAGE told Rumbough
Mansion), one of the finest private hoarding
houses in Western North Carolina. Send for
circular. WM. T. MESSENGER, Proprietor.
CTRICKLAND’S SPRINGS HOTEL. Large
!' grove: cool, quiet. Take Airline Bell I.
N. STRICKLAND, Duluth. Ga.
r PHE WHITLOCK HOUSE, Marietta. Ga. Ca-
I pocity, 125 guests; large, well furnished
rooms; handsome dining room; house lighted
by gas; large, shaded grounds: billiards, lawn
tennis, croquet, and bowling alley, all free for
guests. Hot and cold water, shower, electric
and Turkish baths, all new. Terms for board
more reasonable than other llrst.-cla.ss hotels.
MUG. WHITLOCK, Owner and Proprietor.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
cFECIAL NOTICE PHOTOGR APHY Prices
O reduced Potites 91 50, Cards $3, Cabinet
$8 per dozen, and larger work in the same pro
-1 ortion.
J. N. WILSON,
H bull strnat.
I,’ 1 PLURIP.US UNIBUS GO BRAUGII As
l j you can't go hraugb, go to LAUNEY ft
G< >EBEL for your fine Photographs: all modern
styles made; always up with the latest novelties;
fine work and low prices.
j IFE Size Crayons in handsome frames for
Ii 815: fine photographs of all sizes as rldieu
loosly low in price, ( ill and see at LAUNEY'
ft GOEBEL’S GALLERY', 111 and ltd Brough
ton street, Savannah. Ga.
AllSt T.LLA M IG ".
n AIRWORK. from tho prettiest Curl to the
most lieooming Wig or Toupee to cover
the ravages of sickness or premature baldness.
New York prices duplicated. Save 25 per cent,
by having your Combing made up before going
to summer resorts. Switches, l'nngs. Wigs,
etc., etc., can lie made up with them. Children s
Haircutting in a fashionable arid becoming
style. Convenient place for Undies to wait for
them. Shampooing, Singeing and Bangs
trimmed by EMILE F. 1 EGEAS, Brough
ton street, Hair Store. Country orders promptly
tilled. _
lOOAN’S STALLS the only place to get
J Northern Meats in the city.
CAY', dill you know that the WHITE CLOVER
C DAIRY has the Stall 72 iu the Market and
is aeliing the best Butter for 20c. and 2fn’. per
pound? also Cheese 2ik". per pound and 3 pounds
for 28c.! LEWIS W. WILL!AMS, Proprietor.
H LOGAN. Butcher, Stulls ff anil HB, the
• place for your Choice Meats.
lIELLEOF BALTIMORE. A Beautiful Cow
) ulexion. Ladles, use Mine. Sounalea's Paris
ian Nut Oil and Milkweed Powder. It removes
and prevents wrinkles, beautifies and preserves
the complexion, and keeps It youthful. For sale
at DAVID I' l IRTER s. 183 Broughton street.
I BOSTON and Baltimore Boneless Corn Beef,
> .fust the thing for hot weather, at LO
GAN'S.
WJUATOHES end Jewelry cleaned and re
\ V paired. Work guaranteed and no fancy
charges. "You want money?'' "Look in the
corner* pf your bureaus for old gold and silver
and take it to 1101$ Broughton street. There
the highest price Is paid for it. Mind the num
ber, 110^."
BEEF, Mutton, Veal and Spring Lamb at
LOGAN'S.
('LOTIIING cleaned, repaired, braided, altered
J and dyed; new suits cut and made in latest
styles; charges moderate; satisfaction guaran
teed. A. GETZ, tailor, 81 Jefferson street.
y OGAN delivers your marketing on Sunday.
TXTANTED, customer* for Watches and Jew
> * dry at A. KKIEUF.R'H, No. 139 Broughton
street; repairing and engraving done promptly
in first class style and work guaranteed.
BEEF a specialty at LOGAN'S.
TNRUNKS, Bags and Valiaes repaired at BA-
L VANNAH TRUNK FA (TORY, :J8 Whita
ker street. Leave your order*.
44 t~vON’T forget to remember it," that the
I ' place to have your watch repaired is at
SCHtVARZB \UM'S, 14? Congress street, near
Whitaker. All work guaranteed for one year.
RADKRICK'S ICE CREAM and Sherbets are
i pure, rich and delicious, and always ro-
Uable. ■
J J 1.0(1 AN, Headquarters for Choice Beef.
MRS. M. GROOVER, Dressmaker, has re
moved to 111 Charlton street. _
DON'T fail to call and we our Children's Car
riages. Our goods are bought direct
from factories and it enable* us to sell thesn
lower than you ctin buy at any public sale. V*.
also carry a complete line of house furnishing
goods at NATH AN Congress street.
I"kON’T FAIL to go to NEIDI.INOER A RA
-1 / BUN S for bargains in Trunks, Satchels,
Harness and f larden Hose.
DR V GOODS.
Wo r r i oe.
Preparatory to Taking Stock
I will offer Special Inducements in
MV ENTIRE STOCK,
With exception of my Empire State Shirt.
rpjjE following goods will be sold cheaper than
1 ever offered ln Savannah:
Sumner and India Silks.
Cream, VUtite and Llglit Shades of Albatross.
Colored and Black all Wool Dress Goods.
Black Camel's Hair Grenadines at H6e.; 40-inch
wide.
Printed Linen Lawns at less than cost,
heal Scotch Ginghams at less titan cost.
Black Henrietta* at $1 10 and $1 15; sold at
$2 and $9 25.
Ladies' and Children's f'.ilk and Lisle Thread
Hose in black and colored.
Ladies' and Children * Undervesta; best goods
in the market.
Linen Sheeting and Pillow-Case Linen.
Cream and White Table Damask,
n i White Dainai.il at SI; former price $1 50.
Napkins and Doylies In cream and white.
Linen Damask Towels In wnlto and colored
bordered.
Linen Uuck in white and colored bordered.
Pantry Crash Doylies at great reduction.
The above goods will be offered at price* to
Insure quick sale.
J. P. GERMAINE,
Next to Furber's, 132 Broughton street.
HAY.
CHOICE EASTERN IIAY.
FANCY WESTERN HAY.
Ocrw - Peas.
SPECKLED, BLACK EYE. CLAY and MIXED.
LEMONS.
FRESH STOCK MESSINA LEMONS.
CORN. OATS, BRAN. CORN EYES.
PEANUTS, ONIONS. ETC.
Cloee Price* on Car Lota of Hay and Grain.
109 BAY.
W.D.SIMKINS&CO.
L.&B.S.M.H.
THE HOUSE THAT
);
Hadlfe
Big House, Ain't It?
V ICS !
\NP within its walls you will find Aft armjr of
Herks. who, notwithMandiiifc th hot
weather, are pushed to thoir utmost to keep up
with the orders flowing in up a us from Maine
to Mexico. Y**n! it seems that the hotter the
weather the greater the stream of orders.
Hence we are
BIZZY AZ BEZE!
Still we, like the much abused conductor, can
make room for one more, and if you want a
PIANO or ORCIAN we'll crowd your order in
rather than disappoint. Now is'your time to
make a purchase and have
BIG MUZ IC K
> all summer Ion?. Give in, a call ami we'll
astonish yon Bargains hcrtdofoiv unheard of,
almost endless time and minute installments to
help you out in making a purchase, while our
line embraces the (Hit'KEKIN'G, MASON ,t
HAMLIN, MATHUBHKK. BENT and AkiON
PIANOS, MASON .A HAMLIN. PACKARD OR
CHESTRAL and BAY STATE ORGANS.
DROP AROUND AND SEE US.
Liiddrn & Half* Music Honsp, Savannah, (ia.
FRUIT AND GROCERIES.
PRICES GOOD IMIL iili OF M
Lemons 15c. a Dozen.
LEMONS! LIONS! LESIONS!
EXTRACTS. TWO BOTTLES FOR 15a
Potash, Potash, sc. a Ball!
Raw and Roasted Peanuts!
Nuts, Dates, Raisins, Oranges.
COFFEE, ROASTED RIO, 20C.
Six Pounds Coffee SI.OO.
TEA, GOOD, FINE AND
CHOICE TEA.
Don't come it week after and expect to buy at
these prices. Only k<xhl until Fourth of July.
K. POWER,
Congress, fit. .Julian and Bull Streets.
NICHOLAS LAM.,
COFFEES
at
BOTTOM PRICES.
OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA, Parched, 80c. per
pound, !t<4 pounds for sl.
BEST RIO, Parched 25c. per pound
CHOICE RIO, Parched 20c. per pound
BEST OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA,
Green 25c. per pound
BEST RIO, Green 20c. per pound
TURKISH PRUNES at sc. per pound
EVERYTHING IN PROPORTION.
-AT- . ,
Nicholas Lang’s
19 BARNARD STREET.
PICNIC GOODS!
WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF
TABLE DELICACIES
SUITABLE FOR PICNIC PARTIES.
We A_lmo linrullo Largely
Stapled Fancy Groceries
At Bottom X?rioeta
CALL A.T
The Mutual Co-Operative Association
_A.nrt See Tor Youreelvee.
John R. Withington, Agent
\s vi< HIS AVI) JEWELRY.
"the CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY
WEDDING PRESENTS
Such an DIAMONDS. FINE STERLING SIL
VERWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY,
FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., ia to be found at
A. I. Desbouillons,
21 BULL STREET,
the*dole agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD
RAILROAD WATCHES, and who aLo
makes a specialty of
18-Karat Wedding Rings
AND THE FINEST WATCHES.
Anything you buy from him being warranted
as represented.
AUCTION sales future days.
Eleguntßuildinglot
AT AUCTION.
I. D. Laßoche’s Saiis, toioneers
On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, w
will sell on the promises,
That elec,ml BUILDING LOT (No. 30 Wesley
ward) situate on three (3) streets, Taylor, Price
and Wayne. This la one of the moat desirably
located vivant lota now offering and would nutlce
a good stand for grocery trade.
Titles perfect. Termscish.
LEGAL SALES.
CITY MARSHAL'S SALE '
City Marshals < irric*,
T_ . _ Savannaii, .lune 7, 1887. I
NDER AND BY VIRTUE of a special tax
■ execution placed in my hands by C. S.
; \RDEK, City Treasurer. ! Imre levied on. and
wiil sell in accordance with law', on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN JULY, ISfC. between the legal
hours i c sale, liefore the * ’curt House door, in
the city of savannah, Chatham county, Geor
gia. the follow ing property, to-wit:
One Pool Table, Cues and Balls, levied on aa
the property of J. L. MURPHY,
Purchasers paying for titles.
ROBERT J. WADE,
City Marshal.
MILLINERY,
Platshek’s,
138 Broughton St.
These 3 Colossal Lines
U’ ILL he closed out pretty well if low prices
and grand value can accomplish such ends.
Those not the least. In need of these goods would
profit, by purchasing them and laying theta
aside for future use.
Gloves! Gloves! Gloves!
LADIES’ ELEGANT LISLE GLOVES in tana,
black and white, which we formerly sold at 28c.,
85c. and 50c. are now reduced to 16c., 33c. and
36c.
Indies' Rest pure Silk Gloves in tana, black
and white, that we formerly aold at $l, $1 35,
Si (id are now reduced to 60c., 76c , $l.
300 fiairs 8-button length Lisle Jersey Gloves,
Cuffs, elaborately embroidered with silk, only
25c. per pair, worth formerly 78c. Childrens’
Gloves In uniform cheapness.
Mills! Mills! Mitts!
600 pairs Childrens’ Pure Silk Mitts, In cream,
tans, pinks, white and blues, reduced to 36c.
Ladles' Pure Silk Jersey Mitts lu every new
shade of this season's wear which were #l, (1 25,
SI 60 are reduced now to 60c., 75c., $1
•100 fiairs I Julies' Short Black Knit Silk Mitt*
reduced to 25c. a pair.
HOSIERY! HOSIERY! HOSIERY!
1,000 pairs Childrens' Fancy Rtrlped Hose,
sixes rt to ftyj, reduced to BVic., formerly aold at
16c. |>air.
30 dozen Childrens’ Superb Ribbed Hose, solid
shades, sizes 7 to BV4. reduced to 12Vjc. from 30c.
pair.
86 dozen Childrens’ English Thread Regular-
Made Hose In fancy stripes, dark and light
ground fmt.terns, reduced to 15c.: formerly sold
at 35e. end 86g.
300 dozen Indies' Fancy Stripe Cotton Hose at
#V4c. pair; former price lOe.
125 dozen Ijidlcs Block Hose, white feet and
extra length, reduced to ISJ^je.; was formerly
Jfle.
50dozen (Julies’ Very Rest Superfine R fiiiar-
Jbide Halhriggun Hose reduced to 26c., priite tOe.
Cheering reductions projsirtlonately in all
ot her styles of Ladies’, Gents’ and Cmldreigg
Hose. ,
Cloning Out Bargain* in
Fresh Canton Mattings. Ladies’ Muslin Under,
wear. Linen Ulsters, Ladles’ and Childrens’
Aprons, Millinery and our other varied
branches.
P. 8. Country orders promptly attended to,
ICE. _
ICE !
~
Now is the time when every
body wants ICE, and we
want to sell it.
PRICES REASONABLE!
20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c.
140 Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5.
200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7,
50 Pounds at one delivery 30c.
Lower prices to larg* buyers.
ICE
Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful/
and polite service. Full and liberal wrfjfkt.
nan ice co.
144 BAY ST. '
RAILROAD BOND*. ~f
The undersigned offers for sale at par nt-.3
Coupon $500,000 of the MARIETTA AND
NORTH GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY'S
FIRST MORTGAGE PER CENT. FIFTY
YEAR BONDS, in multiples of 91,000 to suit
buyers.
r PHKSE bonds can be safely taken by Inves
-1 tors as a reliable per cent, security, which
will, in all probability, advance to 15 points
above par within the next three or four years,
as this road will traverse a country unsurpaasa®
for mineral wealth, for climate, for scenery, for
agricultural purposes, and for attractive™** t
the settler.
The company haa mortgaged its franchise and
entire line of railroad, built and to be built, and
all its other property, to the Boston Safe tk-postt
aud Trust Company to secure its issue of 60-ycaif
8 per cent, bonds. These bonds will be issued at
the rate of about $17,000 per mile, on a line ex
tending from Atlanta. Ga„ to Knoxville, Tenu.
A sinking fund is provided for t heir redemption.
It will be one of the best imying roads in the
Month. It will bt of standard gauge and will
develop a region of country extending from
Middle Georgia, through North Carolina to
Knoxville, T>nn., where It will connect with
lines leading to Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis
and Pittsburg. ,_ „ t _
The r„ad Is now completed to Murphy. N. C.,
and is to he pushed on to Knoxville as fast ax
the nature or the country will permit. Tbehlgh
financial standing and energy of the men prin
cipally Interested lu it sufficiently guarantees its
early completion.
Further information wilt be furnished upon
application to A. L HARTRIDOE, Savannah.
Ga , or to BOODY, McLELLAN ft 00*89
Broadway, New York.
STOVER. | jM
—FOR SALK BY— /a Wgl
! mwr t** r. r JLr. / ijljl-LjpC— ———.
L.&B.S.M.H. BUILT.
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