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RATHER A QUEER PLACE.
THE HOUSE TWO GENTLEMEN GOT
INTO AFTER SOME TROUBLE.
A Little Child, Eight Unhappy Women,
a Fat Athlete, a Fair Young Person
With a Tousled Head, and a Maniac.
From the Xew York Sun.
Two men, who had been appointed a com
mittee from an uptown club to select a
future club house for the organization, met
yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock arid walked
around to Madison avenue arm in arm.
One was a city justice and the other a Colo
nel of militia. Both were suave, easy-going
and amiable men of the world, and they
smoked placidly as they stood on the stoop
of the first house on their list and talked of
their mutual friends. Afte- they had been
standing there some time, the Colonel turned
inquiringly to his friend and said:
“Lemme see; have you rung?”
“Twice,” said the other.
“Well, 1 will have to go at it.”
He seized the bell, yanked it back and
forth with some enthusiasm, and took up an
easier position against the rail while he dis
cussed the shapeliness and grace of a pretty
girl who was moving spiritedly along
across the street. The two men watched
her with great interest until she disap
peared around the corner, and the Judge
yanked the bell again. After this they took
turns at it for a time, and then, descending
to the sidewalk, they looked the house over
carefully.
It was a city residence of handsome pro
portions, four stories and a basement in
Bright, brown stone, and worth about $50,-
1)00. The pealing of the gong could be heard
plainly in the street when they rang, and
yet they did not get any response. There
was abundant signs of life about the house.
There ■was a short consultation, and then
the committee descended to the basement
and rang the lower bell sharply. Almost
instantly the door was opened, and the
woolly and alert head of a small negress was
thrust forth.
“What d’ y’ -wan’?” asked the child, sus
piciously.
“We want to look over the house,” said
the Colonel.
The child edged her way out slowly toward
them, keeping her big eyes fixed alertly on
their faces, and then suddenly, without say
ing another word, she dashed between the
two men and scudded out into the street,
where she leaped upon the tail end of a cart
that was rumbling by, and went sailing out
tf sight.
The visitors looked at each other, and
then pushing their way into the passage
wandered along through the dark interior
until they came to the kitchen. There they
found a colossal negress sitting on a low
bench by the stationary tubs, and poring
with the keenest enjoyment over a yellow
revered novel, out of which she was spelling
the words slowly and half audibly. She
did not pay the slightest attention to the
Intruders, and they examined the range and
passed through two other rooms without
meeting anybody, and, ascending the stair
case, knocked gently at the door of thfe
back parlor. No response. Another
knock. They could hear the noise
of feminine voices from within,
and, as their second attempt to
gain recognition failed, the Judge opened
the door and looked into the room. There
were seven or eight unhappy and rather
dishevelled-looking women of the boarding
house variety dressed in wrappers and loose
morning gowns, all sitting around the table
and indulging in cakes and tea. One or two
of them looked up curiously at the intrud
ers, and then they went on talking, while
the committee backed out, closed the door
softly and knocked at the door of the ad
joining apartment. A muffled scream of
“Come in” reached their ears, and
as this was the first recognition they
had so far had in the house, they
walked boldly into the room. In the far
corner they saw a large and bulky woman
with a wet towel bound around her head,
going through a series of athletic exercises
with ropes, pulleys, and weights fixed
against the wall, rfhe weighed about 300
pounds, anil she was clad in a heavy and
serviceable bathing suit. She puffed and,
snorted wildly from the violence of her ex
ertions, but, hammered away with unceas
ing vigor and enthusiasm. The vitit irs
stepped forward, examined the machine
with great gravity, commended it, apoio
§ized for the intrusion, and with
rew. The burly athlete had neither
time nor breath to say anything, and she
kept steadily at her work. The door was
closed softly, and the committee, after
some natural hesitation, ascended to the
next floor. Here they rang the boll wlijch
communicated with the basement and leaned
over the bannisters to see if any servants
would respond. No ono came. They rang ’
again, and, after another wait, the Colonel
approached the nearest door and knocked
sharply with his knuckles. A feminine
voice bade him enter, and they stalked
Into the room. At the mirror between
the windows there stood a tousle-headed
young woman in a single and very much
abbreviated garment powdering the end of
her pretty pug nose. When she saw the re
flection of the two strangers in the glass she
gave a startled shriek, there was a flash of
white arms and feet, and the young woman
landed in the middle of the lied, whoro, by
a single and spiral motion, she twisted her
self up in the lied clothes and sat a mournful
heap with nothing visible except the tousled
head and a pair of very big blue eyes.
“By gracious!” said the Colonel earnestly.
“Beg a thousand pardons. Most unwar
rantable intrusion.”
“Oh, never mind," said the young woman,
good-naturedly. “It’s all right now, but it
rather startled me first, because I was ex
pecting the chambermaid.'’
“We were looking over the house,” said
the Judge, “with an idea of hiring it for a
dub. It seems hue a substantial house."
“Oh, it is just like all the other New York
boarding-houses,” said the girl, pleasantly.
“It is every man for himself and the devil
take the hlndermost. The plumbing is very
much out of order, but it’s nice and big, and
l suppose if you redecorate it it would look
very nice. I’his room would bo big enough
for a billiard table, wouldn’t it?”
They discussed the question gravely, and
then the two men withdrew with repeated
ipologies. At the door of the front room
Dn the same floor the C-olonel rapped lightly.
“Come in," instantly replied a voice that
was surcharged with emotion and perturba
tion. “Come in, and if you have a few
friends bring them with you. I like to have
i large, varied and noisy bodv of strangers
intrude into my room at nlf hours of the
day. It conduces to general comfort, and
is an unquestioned aid to reflection.”
All this comes from an ink -stained and
unhappy man who was writing in the
comer. ’ He was not particularly ugreeable,
and the committee withdrew from his room
without more ado. They started up the
next flight of stairs. Extraordinary noises
rame from the room above. There was a
rattle and a bang of furniture, and at short
Intervals there would boa jump, invariably
followed by a long exclamation that
lounded something like “go-oo.” The
roice was so full of melancholy
shat the committee stopjied for a nto
nent to listen, and retiring from the
Iront door, went to the rear room and
mocked gently. No response. They
mocked again, and a voice bade them come
n. As they entered an asthmatic cough
bat almost shook the ceiling greeted them,
Hid they found a man of feeble physique to
taling the fumes of a drug which was burn
ng on the window' sill. He was as indiffer
nt to the entrance of strangers as most of
(he others lmd been, but he raised his head
long enough to say that the water did not
run on that floor, and they hail better lie
careful how they entered the front room.
One of the committee remarked that por
hufis it would be better not to go there at
all.
"You’re right,” said the asthmatic patient
•olemnly. “Do you know what’s going on
in there I Come here and I’ll show you."
He led the way with a final and frame
shattering cough to a closet that opened into
the next room, and placing some chairs un-
derfV k h an upper window the three men
elunWo* looked in Between the win
dows sat'ii' heavy-browed man
reading a novel 1 . He had the professional
look of a detective or award“ Occasio
nally he would raise his eyes from the book
and look intently at a poor wretch w'ho was
galloping around the room at a terrific rate,
approaching a chair every now and then
and jumping over it with immense gusto.
He was rather an oldish man, and it
was lie who gave vent to the long-drawn and
melancholy ‘‘Go—oo’’ that had attracted the
committee’s attention. Ho was undoubtedly
an idiot, and the asthmatic man whispered
to the others that he would only be there
one day longer, when his papers would be
made out and he would be taken to the
asylum. Meanwhile he fancied himself a
hurdle racer, and rushed around with the
pitiless intensity and earnestness of a maniac.
He was worn to a shred, and his lips hung
back from his teeth in a fashion that gave
his face a peculiarly wolfish and repulsive
appearance.
The committee withdrew silently and as
cended to the last floor, where they were re
ceived with great affability by a gentleman
of portly aspect who was playing a flute
with an' air of abnegation and humility.
This floor was divided into six rooms, occu
pied, most of them, by women. The com
mittee sauntered about at random, and
finally wandered down stairs again and out
into the street without having met anybody
who seemed to be connected with the man
agement of the house in the most remote
degree. They had been more than an hour
going around.
•‘That’s rather a queer place,” said the
Colonel carelessly, as he lighted a cigar on
the steps.
‘‘There are a hundred thousand houses
here just as interesting, absurd, uncouth
and extraordinary as this one,” said the
other with a sage nod of his head, “and yet
the novelists say there is nothing in New
York worth writing about.”
MEKCER’S COMMENCEMENT.
The Trustees Rescind the Order Au
thorizing a Land Sale.
Macon, Ga., June 27. —The trustees of
Mercer University met at the college this
morning at 10 o’clock, a full board being
present. About the only business of im
portance transacted was the rescinding of
the order recently issued at Albany au
thorizing the sale of a portion of the uni
versity grounds to raise money with which
to build a college chapel. The trustees
concluded to wait until the real estate boom
revived. To-night the sophomore prize
declamation took place. Masonic hall was
crowded, the contest being one of the most
spirited in the history of the college. The
following were the speakers: John
G. Harrison, of Washington coun
ty; James R. Johnson, of Bibb county;
Thomas Wooley, of Hall county;
Joel H. Sanders, of Coweta county;
Curran R. Ellis, of Isibb county; Samuel C.
Hood, of Franklin county; Robert N. Harde
man, of Jones county; William A. Tillery,
of Stewart county; G. O. Ogden, of Bibb
county; Judson B. Geiger, of Montgomery
county; Asburv B. Green, of Jones county;
Cineinntus YVhithurst, of Wilkinson
county.
Toynorrow morning at 10 o’clock the an
nual oration before tho association of the
alumni will be delivered by the Hon. Thomas
G. Lawson, of Eatonton, and the annual
oration before the literary societies by Rev.
R. H. Harris, of Columbus.
HARVARD AND COLUMBIA.
Both Crews Break the Record, But the
Former Wins.
New London, Conn., June 27. —The
eighth annual four-mile straight-away race
between eight-oared crews representing
Harvard and Columbia Colleges was rowed
this afternoon on the Thames course, from
Gates’ Ferry to Winthrop Point, and
proved to be one of the most hotly contested
races ever rowed, both crews breaking the
record of 20 minutes and 31 seconds made
by Yale in 1884. The official time is: Har
vard 20:20, Columbia 20:29. All the condi
tions were favorable for fast timo. The
water was comparatively smooth and the
tide was running out very strong, being
greatly increased in volume by a heavy
Freshet, occasioned by the late rains, and a
fresh breezo blew directly down the course.
HORSES ON THEIR METTLE.
Exile Beats Greenfield After a Despe
rate Finish.
New York, Juno 27.—The Sheepshead
Bay races of the Coney Island Jockey Club,
to-day resulted as follows:
First Rack— Three-quarters of a mile. Ovid
won, with lehi Ban second, and Provatore third.
Time 1:15)4.
Second Race -One and one-eighth miles. Fe
renzi won. with Lady Primrose second, and
A1 my.third. Time 1:56.
Third Race— Three-quarters of a mile. Torch
light won, with Mercury second, and Fordbam
third. Time 1-.16U.
Fourth Race— One and one-eighth miles.
Grimaldi won, with Boaz second, and Telie Doe
third. Time 1:54W.
Firm Rack— Hampton Ridge handicap. Mile
and a half. At tho head of the stretch F.xile
and Greenfield closed and had a desperate finish.
F.xile won by three-quarters of a length, with
Greenflehl second, and Ten Booker third. Time
2:34)4.
Sixth Race— Hurdle. Ono and one-quarter
miles. Sam Brown won, with Value second.
Time 2:26. Three horses fell, but neither horses
nor jockeys were hurt.
At the Brighton Beach races to-day,
Jockey Mohan was kicked so badly that he
had to lie carried home. Seven horses out
of eleven starters in a hurdle race fell. One
broke his leg and was killod. No jockey
was hurt, however.
Cae,unities at Columbus.
Columbus, G-a., June 27.—J. T. Clayton,
an employe at Quizard’s planing mill, in
this city, had his left hand cut off just above
the wrist to-day. Ho was trying to throw
off a licit which runs the saw when his arm
became entangled in the belt and was forced
ugainst the saw, cutting his hand ontirely
off.
A heavy piece of iron fell on the feet of
William Higgs (colored), at the Columbus
Iron % to-day and mashed them so
badly*that it will probably be necessary to
amputate them.
Coal Near Glen Falla.
Troy, N. Y., June 27. —William Bttllis, of
Glens Fall, claims to have discovered a
mountain of coal in Warren county in the
vicinity of North creek. Ho has taken to
Glens Fall several pieces of ore as large as
a nail keg. The coal is smooth and bright
and makes splendid fuel. The discovery is
causing considerable excitement. It is be
lieved that the mountain contains millions
of tons.
A Race Scare in Greenville.
Charleston, 8. C., June 27. —A special
says that the people in the Fairview section
of Greenville county are arming and organ
izing in view of the formation of secret
labor societies among the negroes.
Key West’s Unwelcome Visitor.
Key West, June 27.—There has been
one new case of fever since yesterday and
one death. Mr. Harold, of Baltimore, died
at the hospital. •
Social Customs in Texas.
Fro ni the Colonel.
A gawky, piney woods Texan walked into
tho palatial home of Senator Reagan this
morning just as the Senator and family
were seating themselves at breakfast.
“Won’t you sit down and have breakfast
with ttsf" asked the Senator, who saw a
probable legislator six years hence.
"No; I’m blecged to yer, Gin’rel,” said the
Texan, with a broad grin. “I’m full now.
Yer see dad died last night an’ we’uns hcv
all been oatin’ an’ gwine on all night. I
corned over to borrer yer shovel to dig a
hole to plant the old man to.” *
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r n , fE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JUNE 28, 1887,
REAL SWORDPLAY.
Fighting In Mexico for More Than Gate
Money.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
“Pshaw,” ejaculated Old Sport last, night,
“those sword combats that Ross and \\ alsh
are working over the country are purely
exhibitions, and nothing in them. The fact
of the matter is that a scientific sword ex
hibition has but little interest for the gen
eral public nowadays, and tho more scien
tific they arc the less interesting to a large
majority. Time was when almost every
one could fence a iittle; then a contest for
points was interesting; but the times have
changed in the past forty years,
and comparatively few know anything
about fencing. The general public has
been used to see these stage combats, where
they knock sparks from the blades in one,
two, t hree, four up and down machine lit
tle, where the bass drum is used with telling
effect ar.d the curtain drops on a dead
villain; but let the actors do a scientific
bout, and it would fall very flat on an audi
euce of the present day. A genuine en
counter with swords, however, is the most
thrilling and intensely exciting thing
imaginable.”
“Did you ever see a genuine encounter for
blood—a duel with swords I” was asked.
“I should say I had,” answered the sport.
“The first ono I ever saw was many years
ago, when I was a young man, aiid on it
more depended than any I have ever seen
since. I had been traveling about over the
world and hail brought up in the City of
Mexico, At that tune the Mexicans had
even less love for the Americans than they
have now, and I had to keep my eye wide
open all the time to keep from lieing drawn
into a brawl in which the chances were
I would have a knife or sword thrust
through my ribs. One day I fell in with a
young fellow, nn American who had been
m Spain, and had bested all the Spanish
swordsmen of that day. He was going un
der the name of Tom Montvey, though that
was not his proper cognomen, and a finer
looking and more companionable young fel
low you never saw. He spoke the Spanish
language like a native, and, made up in the
costume of the country, he readily passed
for a Mexican.
“We became great friends, and he pre
vailed ui>on me to take a trip with him
through the country. I found that in the
little towns and villages remote from the
capital the feeling against an American
was more bitter, and I would have fared
badly had it not been for Tom. We stopped
for a long time in the city of Guanajuato,
capital or the State of that name. There were
many Spaniards and native Mexicans there
who considered themselves masters
of tho sword, and Tom soph had his hands
full. I never saw a man with such a sword
arm. His wrist was like steel, and when en
gaged in a combat he appeared to me more
liko a fiend than a human being. His great,
broad chest would heave, his nostrils would
expand, and his eyes glitter with a most
devilish light when engaged in a contest,
for ho hated a Mexican, and delighted in
seeing their blood upon his weapon.
“Well, he conquered several of their best
swordsmen and the whole country was talk
ing of his prowess. They called him a devil,
and many a gay Mexican youth would have
given his entire fortune to have been able
to run a sword through his heart, for the
beautiful senoritas of Guanajuato were
smitten with Tom’s handsome figure, and
to tease their lovers, it became fashionable
for them to promise their hand as
soon as the lover should succeed in
wresting a victory from Tom. In this
way it came about that almost every gay
youth in the city cordially disliked Torn, and
thev hated me because I was an American,
and, if I do say it myself, could handle a
sword about as well as some of them. Things
were getting warm, and to clap the climax,
1 found favor in the dark eyes of a rosy
lipped beauty, and two or three yellow
skinned youngsters who had in vain sought
her smiles put up a job to shut out my light.
“Tom got wind of the affair, aiid fore
warned is forearmed. We were to attend a
grand festival given by one of the nabobs of
the State, whose residence and beautiful
grounds were in the outskirts of the city.
This was the occasion which was to be taken
advantage of by four young Greasers to
forever settle my chances with the sweetest
little Mexican girl I over saw. Well, we
went to the fete, and I was so taken up with
the fascinating senorita, that I forgot about
the scheme on my life; but, thanks to ever
vigilant Tom, he was cognizant of every
move made by the enemy. Of course he
was the great lion of the occasion, but as
everybody thought he was a Mexican it was
all right.
“To make a long story short, the four con
spirators set upon me in a little grove near
the house. The moon was shining through
the branches of the trees, and, save for tne
shadows, it was light as day. I was taken
by surprise, and never thought of a sword;
but I banged the first fellow a pelt in the
jaw with my fist, and laid him out. The
others were making at me with drawn
swords when Tom jumped in and took up
the fight. Talk about sword play. I don’t
believe there was ever another battle like it.
Tom’s cuts, thrusts Rnd parries were so
rapid that it looked as though he was using
a dozen swords. Not a word was spoken,
and I stood there like a jay watching the
fight. I suppose I should nave come to my
senses hail Tom been getting the worst of it;
but, as it was, I never moved until three
Mexicans were stretched on the grass. The
follow I hail knocked down had disappeared.
“That was a sword contest that, was a
contest. Though it wasn’t to the regular
order for a stake, it would have cost us our
lives had Tom lost. As it was, we made a
dead sneak out of the city that night, and
got back to the City of Mexico as fast as
wo could. I would never have been here if
we had remained to see the result of the
fight.
“Well, Tom cleaned out all the host
swordsmen in the country, and when he re
turned to the States he brought a Sfianish
wife with him. I hear from him occasion
ally now. Ho taught fencing for a time in
New York, and is now teaching young as
pirants the use of hts favorite weapon in a
city not far from Chicago under an assumed
name. He is an old man now, but a most
remarkable one, and I would put up a large
sack of dust that if he should enter iuto a
contest he could lieat any swordsman in
America to-dav. He can give any of them
pointers on their business. You couldn’t get
him into a fake, though; he is too fine strung
for that.”
HUMORIST AND EDITOR.
Bill Nye Tries to Touch the Humorous
Chorda of Mr. Dana.
From Ihe Few York 'World.
Just before Mr. Charles A. Dana hied him
to Europe under a cross fire of infantry and
artillery I did him tho honor to interview
him in the Sun office. Ho is a pleasant man
to meet He belongs to the old kindergarten
school of humor. His literary habits are
simple nnd his methods of work unostenta
tious. Mr. Dana rises previous to taking his
breakfast, and, inserting himself into a iwir
of heavy-set pantaloons of his own design,
he gradually adds other art icles of clothing
to those until he isdressed for the day. His
day’s work practically liegins at the break*
fast table, where he peruses tho other morn
ing papers and in his mind marks out apian
of distortion relative to tho attitudo taken
by the press generally.
After breakfast he takes a ear to the
office, but, much to tho surprise of every
one, returns it to tho owner as soon as he is
through with it.
When not actually engaged in his office
or making up the forms, Mr. Dana loves to
mingle in the mad whirl and maelstrom of
the social world. Hardly a day passes that
he does not put on his other coat and go out
to dine with Veritas, or P. B. Publico or
Old Observer, who frequently writes for his
paper. And thus are his declining years
brightened up by the adulation of our great
est minds
During tho heated term he frequently
takes a small bar of soap, and leaving tho
blistering pavement* of the great, struggling
city behind him, flees away to the shelter
ing arms of the booming and billowy sea,
where ho mativ 3d subscribers who
ask him to stop their paper. Thq report
that Mr. Dana said he left his paper and
went down to the sea because he liked to
be near something that was booming proves
to have been a canard, whatever that is, for
he indignantly told me that he never made
use of the expression.
Mr. Dana’s hearing is a little impaired,
but his mind is just as subtle and buoyant
as ever it was. His memory is inordinately
active as is sometimes the case with men
well advanced in years, enabling him not
only to refall readily what has actually oc
curred during his lifetime, but a great many
things that have not.
A call on Mr. Dana is rather more satis
factory than one male at the office of other
morning papers, because one is not disturbed
by people who have business with the paper.
“You are still connected with a newspa
per, are you not, Mr. Dana?” I inquired.
“Eh!”
“You are still connected with a newspa
per, are you not?” I asked, raising my voice.
“Oh, yes, I have always been connected
with newspapers. For years I wrote over
the nom de plume of “Cad, 1 my initials run
together in lower ease.”
“And you still do write, do you not?”
“Sir?”
“You still do write I say.”
“Well, I try to, but a man who is going
to do right ought to begin early in life, and
then it will not lie so difficult as it is to ex
periment with it at my age.’.’
“No, you do not understand me. I in
quired if you still write pieces for the paper.”
“Yes, yes, of course, I still write for my
own paper.”
“And does the paper print what you
write?”
“Yes, mostly. Some days the cat gets
hold of it, but all those humorous editorials
alwut prominent people who are dead or
gone to Europe are mine.”
“Then you arc fond of humor, are you
Mr. Dana!”
“Yes, I like humor very much when it is
Explained to me, but I believe that I enjoy
taking my cat with me and prancing over a
f reat man’s grave better than anything else,
tis very funny and is perfectly safe. Own
ing a paper, in a measure, as I do, I can get
things printed as humorous which other pa
pers might object to.”
“I just hoard of an accident up on Mott
street that you might make a funny para
graph of. A Chinaman fell down two
flights of stairs this morning and fractured
himself just above the opium joint.”
“I beg pardon.”
“I say that a Chinaman fell down two
flights of stairs to-day on Mott street and
shattered himself just above the opium
joint. The man is dead, and so it would be
right in your line.”
“I know; but why should you refer to the
opium joint as though it was a part of the
Chinaman ? An opium joint is not a part of
a man. It is a place. It is a locality. It
should not be confused with anatomy. I
can’t do anything with it myself, but if you
will write it out and sign your name to it I
can comment on it adversely and claim that
you are opposed to people who fall down
stairs, especially foreigners, and that vou
are trying to hold them up to ridicule. That
is what I call fun. My humor is different
from anything else in that line. I deal in
what may be called the strabismus style of
humor. I always thought that was a mighty
good thing about ‘When is a little dog’s tail
like a door?’ and the answer is, ‘when it is
ajar. ’ ”
“But a little dog’s tail is never a jar. You
have got two jokes mixed up. You are
thinking of •\Vnou is a little dog’s tail not a
little dog’s tail T and the answer is, ‘When
it is a waggin’.’ The door joke is entirely
different. The two are not contemporane
ous. There are at least fifty years’ differ
ence between the inauguration of the two.”
Just then a man came in to tell Mr. Dana
that they were ready now to go to press
with the inside of the paper and needed him
in the press-room. Mr. liana excused him
self by saying that since they had been a
little short of hands he had been helping to
run off the papers and write wrappers for
the mail. He said that now he only wroto
the wrappers, and if I could wait a few min
utes he would be right back; but I said I
could not remain, and so, shaking hands
with the eminent journalist and sanguinary
war spotter, I came away.
Those who have been in the habit of
criticising Mr. Dana’s policy and objecting
to what he says about his superiors should
remember that he has to write about some
body. A paper that does not deal with
people at all is dull and uninteresting, and
so Mr. Dana is almost forced, as it were, to
write about his superiors! Bill Nye.
THE SNAKE SAVED HIM.
A Deacon’s Character for Veracity
Endangered, but Vindicated.
A dispatch from Rondout, N. Y., to the
New York Herald says: It was through a
serpent that Adam and Eve lost caste.
Farmer L. Trentor, of Lane's Siding, who
is also a deacon, came near losing a well-es
tablished character for veracity through a
curious specimen of the ophidian tribe, or
rather by his story of a fight with one.
The fight took place yesterday morning.
Mr. Trentor was cutting grass near a pile of
stone in the rear of hi3 bam, when he saw
crawling out from under the stones a queer
looking reptile, about four feet and five
inches in length, and of a reddish brown
color. On the tip of his tail there was a
horn over a quarter of an inch in length.
Farmer Trentor says the snake showed
fight even before it was attacked, and
struck vigorously at its assailant with its
horned tail. Mr. Trentor is not as familiar
with horned reptiles as he is with shaggy
bruin,* but all the same he “pitched to” to
his horned snakeship with a determination
not to be worsted in the fight. The roptile
struck the air with its tail, and Farmer
Trentor also struck the air many times with
a big crooked stick that he was fortunate
enough to find near at hand. A random
blow stunned the reptile, however, and it
was quickly dispatched by a well aimed rap
at the farmer’s bands.
The homed snake, like the sea serpent, is
considered a myth and a delusion by many
people, and the good folks of Inane’s Siding
were not to be imposed upon by Farmer
Trentor’s story until the dead reptile had
been gazed at by many of the doubting
neighbors. Then confidence in the good
deacon was once more restored. The snake
saved him.
The creature is quite new to this region,
though several of the same specie have been
seen in Georgia and other ports of the
South.
Wipe (to second husband)—Ah, James, you
are so different from my first husband.
Husband—Yes; that's so, when you come
down to tlje fine point. He died four years ago,
and I didn't.— Harper '* Bazar.
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FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
COYL.—The friends and relatives of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Coyl are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral of the former from his late
resilience, corner of East Boundary and Mc-
Donough streets, at 3:30 o’clock THIS AFTER
NOON.
COYLE.—The friends and acquaintance of
Mr. and Mrs. John Coyle, and of Mr. Michael
Ryan, and of Mr. John Murphy, are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral of John
Joseph, son of the former, at 3:30 o'clock THIS
AFTERNOON, on West Broad, second door
from Hall street.
MEETINGS.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MASS^iIEETING.
@A petition has been largely signed by
the members of the Order in this city,
requesting the President of tho Asso
ciated Board of Trustees to call a Mass
Meeting of the Order at an early day to
take into consideration the advisability.
of purchasing a lot, and building a Knights of
Pythias Hall. In compliance with this request
a Mass Meeting will be held at Castle Hall,
TUESDAY EVENING, June 28, at 8 o'clock.
When every member of the Order is requested
to be present, that a full and free expression of
opinion may be had on a subject of vital interest
to the welfare of the Order.
W. K. PEARCE,
President Associated Board Trustees.
Wm. Orh, Sec’y. Associated Board Trustees.
OGLETHORPE LODGE No. 1, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Tues
day) EVENING, June 28th, at 8 o’clock.
An election of officers for the ensuing term
will be held. Brothers of our sister lodges are
cordially invited to meet with us.
W. H. FLEETWOOD, N. G.
Charles Gross, Secretary.
CHIPPEWA TRIBE NO. 4, I. O. OF R. M.
A regular meeting of this Tribe will he held
THIS EVENING at 8 o’clock (and hereafter;,
corner Bull and Bay streets.
Visiting and transient brethren fraternally in
vited. S. A. BORDERS. Sachem.
C. F. M. Bernhardt, Chief of Records.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
~ SPECIAL NOTICE
State of Georgia, Chatham County, (
Court of Ordinary, June 27, 1887. (
Executors, Administrators. Guardians and
Trustees are hereby notified and required to
make their annual returns to the Court of Or
dinary on or before the FIRST MONDAY in
July next, otherwise they will be dealt with as
the law directs. Herein fail not.
HAMPTON L. FERRILL,
Ordinary C. C.
POTATOES, POTATOES.
LEMONS, LEMONS.
BANANAS, BANANAS.
We have in stock a fine lot of Western Po
tatoes.
200
BOXES FANCY MESSINA LEMONS.
130
BUNCHES FINE RED BANANAS.
VIRGINIA HAND-PICKED PEANUTS.
EGYPTIAN ONIONS, etc., etc.
For sale cheap at
__ J. S. COLLINS & CO'S.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES FROM JULY
Bth TO JULY 13th, INCLUSIVE.
JAMES COBB,
Secretary.
DR. HENRY S COLDING,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ELECTION NOTICE.
• CITY OF SAVANNAH, 1
Office Clerk of Council, >
Savannah, Ga., June 16th, 1887. )
Under and by virtue of a resolution adopted
by Council at meeting of June 15th. 1887. Coun
cil will elect at its next regular meeting, that is
to say on WEDNESDAY, June 29th, IBS', a Cor
poration Attorney to fill vacancy occasioned by
the resignation pf H. C. Cunningham. Salary
$1,500 per aunum. Applicants must hand in
their applications to the Clerk of Council at or
before 2 o'clock r. m., WEDNESDAY, June 29th,
1887. By order of Council.
FRANK E. REBARER.
Clerk of Council.
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.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
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.
BUTTER.
BEST
Table Butter
ONLY
i
25c. lb.
STli BROS.,
22 and 22 1-2 Barnard St.
BY MLAMU,
PRO F. 31 A WKi: S ,
\\ r ITH another expert Oculist, will be at
T ' Butler's Pharmacy for a few days, where
HAWKES' CRYSTALLIZED LENSES can be
had. AH Eyes fitted.
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
COR. BULL AND CONGRESS STREETS.
IRON PIPE.
RUSTLESS IRON " PlPi
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT
MUCH LESS PRICE.
Weed & Cornwell.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
Tuesday and Wednesday,
JTTNTE; 38 AND 39.
GRAND FAMILY MATINEE
Wednesday Afternoon at 3 O’clock.
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON
The First and Only Double Bill.
THE FORDS!
In DRAMA AND FARCE.
The Beautiful Pastoral Drama
DORA.!
Founded on Tennyson’s Poem. To be followed
by tne Roaring Farco
THE YOUTH WHO NEVER SAW A WOMAN.
Prices 75c., 50c., and 25c. Seats on sale at
DAVIS BROS.’ without extra charge. Matinee
Prices 50c., and 25c. Box Sheet opens Monday
at 8:00 o’clock. 1
EXCURSIONS.
Charleston and Savannah Ry.
Reduction in Rates
-TO—
NEW YORK.
THIS company has now on sale tickets
at sls to New York via Atlantic Coast
Line and the magnificent steamships of
the Old Dominion S. S. Company, sailing from
Norfolk. Va., every Monday, Tuesday. Wednes
day, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at New
York on following evenings. Meals and state
room on steamships included.
Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan
nah at 8:23 p. m. on days previous to those men
tioned above.
This route affords a delightful sea trip, avoid
ing Cape Hafteras.
Pullman accommodations and elegant state
rooms secured on application to Wm. Bren,
T. A., 22 Bull street, or J. B. Oliveros. T. A.,
Depot. E. P. McSWINEY,
Gen. Pass Agent.
FOR CHARTER.
FOR EXCURSIONS!
BARGE WARSAW, Towed by Steam Tug
WINPENNY. Church and Sunday School
Picnics solicited, being provided with Awnings,
Benches, Stools and other requirements for the
safety anil comfort of passengers. Tybee Bell
Buoy, Warsaw, Potter's Grove and other points
selected by committees. Apply to GEO. F.
BYRNES, office No. 6 Drayton street.
DRY GOODSL
IS O T I C E .
Preparatory to Taking Stock
I will offer Special Inducements in
MY ENTIRE STOCK,
With exception of my Empire State Shirt.
THE following goods will be sold cheaper than
ever offered in Savannah:
Summer and India Silks.
Cream, White and Light Shades of Albatross.
Colored and Black all Wool Dress Goods.
Black Camel’s Hair Grenadines at 85c.; 40-inch
wide.
Printed Linen Lawns at less than cost.
Real Scotch Ginghams at less than cost.
Black Henriettas at $1 40 and $1 75; sold at
82 and 82 25.
Ladies’ and Children's Silk and Lisle Thread
Hose in black and colored.
Ladies’ and Children's Undervests; best goods
in the market.
Linen Sheeting and Pillow-Case Linen.
Cream and White Table Damask.
9-4 White Damask at $1; former price $1 50.
Napkins and Doylies in cream and white.
Linen Damask Towels in white and colored
bordered.
Linen Huck in white and colored bordered.
Pantry Crash Doylies at great reduction.
The above goods will be offered at prices to
insure quick sale.
'J. P. GERMAINE,
Next to Furber’s, 132 Broughton street.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
DonY Do It! Don’t Do What?
YI7HY don’t walk our tony streets with that
I V nice dress or suit of clothes on with Stains
or Grease Spots in, to which the Savannah dust
sticks “closer than a brother,” when
Japanese Cleansing Cream
will take them out clean as anew pin. 25c. a
bottle. Made only by
J. R. HALTIW ANGER,
At his Drug Stores. Broughton and Drayton,
Whitaker and Wayne streets.
GROCERIES.
NOT 1C II
TO MY KIND PATRONS AND FRIENDS.—
My place of business now being enlarged
and repaired, after June 27th Inst., I will close
every afternoon, Saturdays excepted, uutil
Sept. Ist., at 7:30 o’clock. Entrance to store
will be on Taylor street, in new addition, where
I will be found, and all orders filled promptly.
My driver. SAWNEY, will make his rounds as
usual and my patrons trill reoeive prompt at
tention as heretofore. Hoping to soon come to
the front again with a well selected stock of
choice Groceries at reasonable prices, Iwhich will
not require a “wild cut” advertisement of prices
to sell them; with many thanks for past favors,
and wishing a continuance of same in the future,
I am yours truly,
JNO. LYNCH,
Whitaker and Taylor streets.
HOTELS.
WASHINGTON HOTEL
7th and Chestnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
JOHN TRACY, PROPRIETOR.
RATES, $3 50 PER DAY.
Centrally located, only a short walk from
Fenn’a and Rending Depots. New Passenger
Elevator, Electric Bells, Now Dining Room and
all modern improvements. Polite attendance
und unsurpassed table.
NEW HOTEL TO ON I,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Ncwnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
'T'HF, MOST central House in the city. Near
A Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bells,
Baths, Etc. 82 50 to $-1 per day.
JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.’
r I'l UK POPULAR Hotel is now provided with
1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in the
city) and has been remodeled and newly fur
nished. The proprietor, who by recent purehaso
is also the owner of the establishment, spares
neither pains nor expense in the entertainment
of his guests. The pat ronage 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 eaii uttord.
MARSHALL HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - . GA.
(A UO D. HODOF.K, rropr etor. Formerly of
' * the Metropolitan Jlot-I. w York, and the
Grand Union, Saratoga K -a. lxH!ution cen
tral. All parts of the cit and piece* of inter
est (uteessihle by street e • . onrtantly passing
the doors. Spreial lndo nta to those visit
ing the city for bust re easure
THE MORBIBuN HOUSE.
One of the Largest Boarding Houses in the
South.
\FFORDR pleasant South rooms, good board
wi tn pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit
more wishing table, regular or transient accom
modations. Northeast corner Broughton and
Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House.
SUMMER RESORTS.
WAE% SPBINGS,
Meriwether County, Ga.
YX7TLL BE OPEN JUNE Ist., with first class
V V accommodations at reasonable rates.
'Warm Springs are ori the north side of Pine
Mountains, 1.500 feet above sea level and sur
rounded by beautiful and romantic scenery.
The climate is delightfully cool and dry. No
mosquitoes, dust or mud.
The Spring one of Nature’s wonders, flows
1,400 gallons of water (90 degrees temperature)
per minute, affording the
FINEST BATHING
in America. The baths are six large pools tea
feet square, two to five deep with CLEAR,
FRESH, WARM WATER unlimited.
This water is a sure cure for Dyspepsia and
most cases of Rheumatism, Skin and Kidney
Diseases. There is also here a fine Chalybeate
Spring.
Amusements of all kinds provided. Good
Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Saloon, Fine
Band of Music for Ball room and Lawn.
The Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad, now
running two daily trains from Columbus to
Warm Springs, will, on the 15th of June, be
completed to Griffin, connecting there with the
Central Railroad for all points North and East.
Two daily mails and Telegraph. For further
Information address
CHARLES L. DAVIS, Proprietor.
the Arlington;
Open the year round. This popular hotel,
bavmg a commanding and central location,
is a brick structure, in modern style of
hotel architecture and in completeness of ap
pointment is second to no hotel in North
Georgia. The commodious office, with an
open arcade, dining-room on first floor, and
large, airy rooms are newly and handsomely
furnished and fitted with all modern conven
iences throughout. In the hotel is located the
post office, barber*shop and a first-class billiard
parlor. The cuisine is unequaled, and the ser
vice in every respect is in keeping with that of
the best and hoine-like hotels of the larger cities.
Under a most liberal management everv effort
will be made to provide for the comfort and
enjoyment of its guests; with this in view,
Wurm's Celebrated Orchestra, of Atlanta, has
been engaged to furnish music during the
months of July and August. The grand open
ing will be given Thursday evening, July 7th,
1887. Any information regarding climate, water
and the advantages of our “Queen City" as a
summer home will be cheerfully given on ap
plication. Special rates to families. Address
WINK TAYLOR, Proprietor, Gainesville, Ga.
MITVALE SPRING^
Blount County, - Tennessee.
THIS Health Resort will be open May Ist, 1887.
The most celebrated Dyspeptic Water
known. Elegant Hotel and Grounds. Excellent
Table. Telephone connection with Knoxville.
Rates: $1 per day ; $25 per month for May and
June; $2 per day, $lO and sl2 per week, $35 and
S4O per month for July and August. Half rates
for children. J. C. ENGEL, Prop.
The Niagara of the South.
TALLULAH, FALLS, GA.,
ON the Piedmont Air Line, in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, 2,000 feet above sea level.
CLIFF HOUSE
AND COTTAGES,
Open from June to November. For full par
ticulars address
F. H. & F. B. SCOFIELD, Proprietors.
Late of Hotel Kaatusltill. CatskiU Mountains,
N. Y., and Leland Hotel, Chicago.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
Cornwall Heights, New York,
ON slope of Storm King Mountain; elevation
1,200 feet. Now open for reception of
guests. Climate positive cure for malaria.
Healthiest summer resort in United States;
hours from New York by West Shore railroad,
'hi by Mary Powell. Dancing in grand pavilion
every night. Electric bells, new bowling alley,
billiard parlor, tennis court, horseback riding.
Refers to Austin R. Myres, of editorial staff
Savannah MorLing News. Address J. W.
MEAGHER.
LONG BRANCH, N. J.
United States Hotel,
A Select Family and Transient Hotel.
OPENS JUNE 25, 1887.
LAIR D & VAN CLEAF,
POPULAR PRICES.
Congress Hall,
SARATOGA SPRINGS,
Accommodates 1.000 persons. Rates. $3 per day
for rooms, except those on parlor and first floors.
Open from June 18 to Oct. I.
CLEMENT & COX, Proprietors.
11. S- CLEMENT, Manager.
THE KENSINGTON. 1
Union Avenue, opposite Congress Springs Park,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
OPENS SATURDAY, JUNE 18th.
For particulars address £29 Broadway, Room
18, N. Y., or 42D Oates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
PAUL C. GRENINQ, Proprietor.
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs,
VIRGINIA.
—SEASON 1887.
OPEN JUNE Ist. First class in all its equip
ments. Terms reasonable. Special rates
for families aud largo parties.
For particulars address
GEORGE W. FAGG & CO..
Montgomery Springs P. 0.,
Montgomery county, Va.
McABOY HOUSE, LYNN, N. C.
IATF.I.Y remodeled and refurnished. Bath
J rooms and modem sanitary arrangements.
Terms $25 per month.
For further information address
L. S. BELL.
meet each train.)
ARDEN PARK HOTEL AND COTTAGES
ARDEN, NT. C.
r pENTH successful season. Now open. Send
l for descriptive circular. E. G. KEMBLE &
CO., Proprietors.
r rMIE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock, N.
A C. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4.000 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi
cal graduate ou the premises. Terms the low
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for tha
Reason. For information address WATAUGA
HOTiiliOO., Blowing Rook, N. C.
'T'HOI SAND ISLANDS -Westminster Hotel,
A Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. —
“Unquestionably the finest location in tho
Thousand islands.”— Harper's Magazine, Sept.,
1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F.
INGLEHART, Proprietor.
PLANS WANTED.
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS
r PHE Commissioners of Chatham County.
1 Georgia, invite Architects to submit designs
of a Court House building to bo located in the
city of Savannah.
The successful competitor will ho charged
with the execution of the work at the usual feo
of f> per rent, on cost for plans, specifications
and supervision. The selection of a design will
he made under competent professional advice.
Full particulars may Ist bad hv addressing
JOHN R. DILLON,
Clerk C. C. C., Savannah, Qa.
nursery!
KIESLING’S NURSERY,
Whit© Bluff Hoad.
rI.ANTR, BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUT
FLOWERS furnished to order. Leave or
ders at DAVIS BROS.', corner Bull and York
street*. Telephone call 240.