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$0)1 E MIXING STORIES.
gUEEE tales about mine plac
ing AND MINE SELLING.
0 !d Tom John’s Exploits-Claims Lo
cated Under Perpetual Snows A
Newly Organized Swindle-Tricks of
Dishonest Miners.
•kilt'd- (Cos/.) Utter to the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
The ride from Kansas City to Denver is
the dullest, dustiest, hottest and most tire
some. at this time of the year, that it is pos
sible to imagine. The distance is <Ws> miles
by the Union Pacific, and civilization is
strung out so thinly and at such wide inter
vals that the trip has a desert flavor, and
with the thermometer ranging from 90” to
100”, and with the cars crowded to the last
platform of the train, there is little comfort
and less enjoyment in it than in anything
else that I know of. But the journey was,
to an appreciable degree, enlivened by some
stories told by men concerned in one way
or another with Colorado mining. These
stories will interest St. Louisans, for they
involve some of the mine-buying and mine
stocking talent of the Future Great. They
will, of course, have no effect upon legiti
mate trading in mines wh'cii is carried on
to such a large extent in St. Louis, but thev
will serve as pleasant illustrations of the
reckless and extravagant ways in which
many people have been led to invest in
“holes in the ground” without giving the
subject any consideration whatever, or al
lowing their discretion to guide them, as they
would in other business ventures. The cause
of this rash and impetuous dash for fortune
is thoroughly appreciated by the genuine
Westerner, who keeps cool and resists im
pulse under the most shining or trying cir
cumstances. He knows all about the Gran
ite Mountain strike, and to the millions
there suddenly exposed ascribes the mad
rush of the thousands over the brink of
speculation in the chasm of disappointment
and despair. And the Westerner never fails
to make this simple explanation to every
St. Louisan he meets. I have had it dinged
into my ears a thousand times since I ar
rived in Denver, and it was during the pre
liminary dinging on the trip West that I
provoked a few story-tellers to unbosom
themselves, and drew out a torrent of bust
ed bonanza lore that I propose to repour into
this column for the delectation of the read
ers of the Globe-Democrat.
PLACING MINES.
“You are from St. Louis, are you?” a
gentleman asked, who is a superintendent
of a prosperous mine near Georgetown.
“Yes,” I answered as meekly as I knew
how.
“Well, you came from a great mine mar
ket," said the gentleman; “and your citi
zens own some very fine properties; but say,
St. Louisans must be the worst lot of un
peeled suckers that a grub-staker or tunnel
worker ever ran across. They tell me it’s
as easy to place a mine in St. Louis as it is
to catch the cholera in Constantinople when
an epidemic is flourishing there. All a man
has got to do is to land in the town with a
map of a prairie dog hole, or some kind of
two-days-old excavation, and go around
with a subscription paper, and if he starts
out early in the morning, he can have his
document full of names and his pockets
full of money before night. I have
heard that it is only necessary to make
a success of such a scheme to get
some big broker or banker or some
prominent citizen with a reputation
for driving hard bargains or making
careful investments to head the
list of 1,000 shares and then the mine-placer
is thoroughly equipped and his fortune is
assured. Mind I have only picked up this
statement. It seems to be a part of the
reputation which St. Louis has acquired in
this direction since she became a mme mar
ket. I know myself of a case in which a
mine was placed where the placer had no
other recommendation than a general sort
of letter of introduction. His mine was
located in Ouray county, and nothing was
known about either it or him until lie
began to push it in St. Louis. His
letter of introduction was from the Chair
man of the Republican Cennty Committee
of Gunnison county,Col.,and oh the strength
of this writing, without a sample of ore, a
certificate of assay or location, or anything
else, he succeeded in a very short time in
selling his property for 5575,000. It was
stocked, of course, and the Lord only knows
how many hundred peoplo now hold the
stock.”
OLD TOM JOHNS.
“You have heard of old Tom Johns.*”
another Westerner broke in. “What! not
heard of old Tom Johns—the old fellow that
played the specimen trick on Anna Dickin
son when Com. Decatur was showing her
over the mountains, near Georgetown?
Well, I’ll tell you. Tom Johns took the
St. Louis and Boston folks in in good style,
and has made more money selling mines,
which nobody has ever seen or heard of,
than any man in Western history. He sold
a mine in St. Louis for $100,900 that paid
$24,000 dividends in two years.
He paid the dividends himself,
and when he got tired of paying
them he just quit, nnd I believe the owners
of that mine have been looking for it ever
since. I don’t suppose old Tom himself
knew where it was—or cared either.
FOOLING A BOSTON SYNDICATE.
“He broke one family in Boston, Tom
did, and got S:3OO,(X>O out of a syndicate at
the Hub that were the worst-l'oolcd lot of
money-bags that ever struck Colorado.
This syndicate, or it may be only a delega
tion of them, came West to see the mine for
which they had paid their money, and of
which Tom gave them an account ten times
more glowing than the Book of Revelations.
lien Tom got word that they were en
route he was not worried in the least. He
hired a big house up in the mountains just
beyond Georgetown, some kind of a hotel I
think it was, and he got servants and
groceries and champagne anil all necessary
arrangements to furnish first-class enter
tainment. He met them at Denver and es
corted them the rent of the way. The party
were tired and they stood the entertaming
three or four days; at the end of that tiino
thev wanted to see their $300,000-mine
Old Toni took them out apiece and up a bit
and pointing to a row of stakes driven in
the snow, said:
“There she is, gentlemen. Right under
them stokes, which I have had put, there by
surveyor, just, ovor my stakes in the
ground, is your mine. Yoil can't see it now
•".‘cause the snow’s on it, but when the snow
goes she'll ho all hunky, nnd you can bet it’s
a bonanza.”
“That’s all the Boston syndicate ever saw
of their mine, which was located on Gothic
l’eak. I think. Those stakes in the snow
cost, them $: 100,000, Old Tom Johns was a
dandy for placing mines. Rt. Louisans will
recollect him and so will Bostonians if they
hopr or lead his name. I ityn't know where
lie is now, or what has become of him, but l
guess he Is comfortably located somewhere
enjoying the fortune ho made in mining,
Mhich is all the more astonishing ns ho was
never known in the mining region *s any
hnrg more than a day-laborer.”
KNOW MINES.
“Talking about snow investments,” said a
tinning expert who was in the party, “did
you ever hear of the man who ran a 200-
foot tunnel into a snow-ban It? No? IV ell,
this man was some kind of an engineer, and
sonic Eastern people who hail bought, a mine
--Maybe they were Rt. Louisans —engaged
him to run a tunnel for them, and he din it
-he ran it through ‘2OO feet of snow nnd got
lud for it, and whi n the snow melted and
the greenhorns went, out to look for their
tunnel it hail heon dissipated by the sun and
skirmishing down toward th“ basin of
.h* Mississippi valley by way of the Ar
kansas river.”
! hen another story was told about a
J°ung man who belonged to an Illinois
} h'bento t hat purchase l a mine in seine
part of the mountains and came out to look
!’ ’t. 1 his was two summer.- ago. Rnme
heltsvAJilfl/M locate the claim, and
they found it under a muss of snow.
Row cttu we get at it?" he asked.
“You can’t get at it till the snow melts,’’
w.is the answer.
“And when will the snow melts”
“Don't know.”
lie waited all that summer, and the snow
was still there, when he packed his grip and
started back for the Sucker State. The fol
lowing summer he tried it again, but the
snow was still there. Re has not been
around yet this summer, but he’s exjiected.
If this should meet his eye before he starts,
ho may save himself a long and mean
journey, for the memory of the oldest
pioneers Is authority for the statement that
the same old snow has been covering the
side of the mountain on which liis claim is
supposed to be located ever since Denver
was a settlement, or the white man came to
these foothills in search of gold.
A PUT-UP JOB.
“But the toughest thing on St. Louis that
I have heard,” said the man who told the
stories about Tom Johns, “is about a Colo
rado mine which has been just placed there,
and which. I have no doubt, is going to be
one of the biggest and meanest swindles in
mining or anything else that St. Louis or
any other place have yet known. I am
familiar with these facts myself, and they
are straight. A few weeks ago a Colorado
man appeared in St. Louis with a mine
which he had only recently lionded for
SIO,OOO. He did not misrepresent it in any
manner, but was honest enough in his way;
he wanted to sell it for $15,000, and was, you
see, satisfied to make a profit of $5,000 on
the transaction. In his efforts to sell he
ran across certain parties in St.
Louis who apparently were not as
honest as himself. They urged him
to put the price of his mine up to
SBO,OOO, and give them a chance to place it
in their own win’ —that is by subscription or
selling stock. The Colorado nmn at firet de
murred, but was won over at last, and only
the other day the sale was consummated.
There are four men in St. Louis in the
scheme, and the man from Colorado. One
of the St. Louisans is actively placing the
stock. The other three, as stockholders,
visited the mine, or pretended to do so, and
made a most favorable report. They repre
sented it as a bonanza, and stock, I under
stand, is selling very rapidly. The mine
may be a good one or it may not; the chances
are that it is entirely worthless, but what
ever its value, you can clearly see the con
spiracy has for its object the skinning of a
number of innocent people who will be in
duced to purehaso stock on the representa
t’ons of three of the interested parties, who
will obtain a clear profit after paying the
SIO,OOO for which the mine was bonded, of
over $12,000 each.”
I suppose this stock, as the gentleman
said, is going like hot cakes, and it is a little
unfortunate that the names of the schemers
and of their property cannot be given, so as
to protect the public from what on its face
looks like a gigantic swindle. The names
may come later, though, and it is to be
hoped that they will.
THE BOSS MINE.
“A curious case of fleecing,” said the ex
pert, “is the sale of the Boss mine to a St.
Louis crowd for $40,000. A fakir went to
Louis with some rich specimens of wire
gold, and displayed them as the product of
the Boss mine, up near Breckenridge. The
glittering metal caught the eyes of a num
ber of gentlemen, who sent from their midst
a baker, a restaurant keeper and a
broker, neither of whom knew
a mine from a meat-ax, and
one of whom was so deaf that a job could
be put up on him ire any number of people
using fog horns. The two visited the mine.
They were shown into a tunnel, and the
wire gold was pointed out to them fairly
dripping from the rocks. This was enough.
They never stopped to investigate the title
to the mine. They hurried back to St.
Louis and paid over their $40,000. The
very day the money was paid a telegram
was sent West and the same night the offi
cers of the law took possession of the Boss,
which was in litigation at the time of the
sale, as a blind man could have seen by look
ing over the records, which are open to
everybody. It is claimed that the Boss
tunnel, which Is under the Key West mine,
is part of that property, and the mine has
been in law for some time.”
When the St. Louis stories gave out the
gentlemen turned their attention to the sub
ject of dishonest miners and the difficulty
of preventing mine employes from stealing
and carrying away specimens, particularly
where the specimens are rich. It was agreed
by the party, all of whom had experience to
speak from, that Cornish miners, though the
best workmen, are to be less trusted than
any’o#)er class. The Idaho gold mine, in
Grass valley, Cal., has the reputation of
furnishing the finest specimens in the world,
and for a long time it suffered from the dis
honesty of its employes. Then the proprie
tor, Mr. Coleman, devised a plan which he
thought would entirely do away with the
possibilities of stealing. He built a large
room at the entrance to the mine and
unother some fifty feet or so inside the mine.
The men, on coming to work, entered the
first room
STRIPPED TO THEIR PELTS;
then they walked naked past a number of
inspectors to the inner room, where they
donned their working clothes. At the end
of the day they left tneir working clothes in
the inner room, walked naked through the
guarded passage to the first room, put on
their clothes and went home, but not before
their dinner buckets were closely examined.
In this way Mr. Coleman thought he had
completely circumvented the dishonest Cor
nishman. But he was mistaken. Speci
mens got out and were sold in the neighbor
ing town. He began an investigation, and
a Cornish miner was arrested, who finally
confessed that when ho found an unusually
rich specimen he boat it smooth with his
hammer and concealed it on his person so
that he was able to carry it past the guards,
even though in a state of nudity.
At Nevada City 18,0IHJ pounds of ore wero
sold a short time ago for SB,OOO. It was
identified as the product of the Eberhard
mine, near White Pines, and there was a
great deal of curiosity to learn how it had
been carried out of the mine. The story
was obtained in some way, and this is it:
A Cornish miner employed in the Eberhard
had his dinner bucket made with a false
bottom, into which he put a specimen every
day, carrying it away safely to a cabin
which he shared with another Comishman.
who worked on the night shift. As his part
ner was absent when lie was present, he had
no trouble in secreting the ore, placing it
cadi night under the floor of the cabin and
keeping its presence and whereabouts a
secret. One morning he informed his part
ner that he was going to quit the Eberhard
and leave the country. The partner must
have been suspicious, for lie only waited for
the ore thief to get out of sight, when he
tore up the cabin floor, and, borrowing a
horse and wagon, loaded up the 1,800 pounds
of Stuff, and driving to Nevada City, sold
it He then disappeared, ami the original
thief never got a cent for his share of the
plunder. .
Rough on Piles.”
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Wells' Hair Balsam.
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Our great success in thin Coats and Vesta
go far this season, compelled us to telegraph
our New York buyer to purchase anew
0 f them, which he has done, and now
we can show the prettiest styles in the city.
Appel & Rehaul.
W- still have a great variety of Patterns In
Gents’ Colored Percale Bbirta, cheap and he
coming for summer wear. B. H. Levy A bro.,
iui Cownvas street.
TTTK MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JULY 1. 19R7.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
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Everybody who has any want to supply,
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accommodationsto secure; indeed,any wish
to gratify, should advertise in this column.
PERSON A 1,.
YY7 ANTED, information from the wagoner
t I who brought a sailor and his baggage from
the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Depot last Saturday morning. Apply to HOLST
& CO., Bay street.
IF parties don’t return today the black
bateau, with yellow deck, stolen from Upper
Press Wharf, they will tie arrested. Were seen
yesterday; names known.
r pHE party who has the card receiver and six
I theatre tickets will return them at once to
LIVINGSTON’S PHARMACY, Hull and State.
HELP WANTED.
YITANTED, a colored woman as cook for a
VV small family. Apply at the ARCADE
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VI - A NTEI'. a good cook. Apply to No. 66
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\T on Savannah, Dublin and Western Short
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"employment wanted.
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A STEADY YOUNG MAN wants a situation
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VV Apply 8.. Morning News.
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ROOMS TO KENT.
I7OR RENT, rooms, furnished or unfurnished,
’ single or connecting. 153 South Broad.
ISOR RENT, eight rooms, with bath. Apply
IIIRSCH BROS.. 21 Barnard street.
HOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT.
IT’OR RENT, from Ist October next, brick
’ store 192 Broughton street, three stories on
cellar. H. S. THOMASSON, 114 Bryan, near
Drayton street.
FOR RENT, Cottage House, comer Drayton
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FOR RENT, the conveniently located house
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EBOR RENT, three-story brick house on Macon,
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I!" OR RENT, the houses 24 Lincoln street and
’ 62 Broughton. Apply >4 Lincoln street.
IBOR RENT, residence No. 99 Liberty street;
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FAOR RENT OR KALE, the large and commo
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FOR RENT, 146 Hull, on northwest corner of
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Apply to JOHN FLANNERY & CO.
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FOR sale cheap, a large horse, suitable for
wagon or farm work. Apply corner of
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BROKE HORSES; work in harness and good
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children to learn to ride, at COX’S STABLES.
MATCH PAIR BAY PONIES, match well and
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IjM>R SALE, Laths, Shingles, Flooring. Coiling,
Weatherboarding and Framing Lumber.
Office and yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 211. KEPPARD & CO.
FOR SALE.—ROSEDEW Lots, 60 feet on
Front street along the river and 500 feet
deep, at $125, payable $25 cash and sl2 50 every
sixmonths.withinterest. FIVE-ACRE Lots in the
TOWN OF ROSEDEW, with river privileges, at
SIOO, payable S2O cash and $5 every three months,
with interest. Apply to Du. FALLIGANT, 151
South Broad street, 9 to 10 A. m. daily.
BUMMER RESORTS.
HOUSE, Mnriet tsTl bTco”-
paeity, 125 guests; lurge, well furnished
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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 first-class hotels.
M. G. WHITLOCK. Owner and Proprietor.
Hot springs, north carolina.-rut
LAND PARK COTTAGE (old Rumbougb
Mansion), one of the finest private boarding
houses in Western North Carolina. Send for
circular. WM. T. MESSENGER, Proprietor.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
CPEfTAITNOT IC E PHOTO GRAPH
it reduced Petites $1 50, Cards $2, Cabinet
$3 per dozen, and larger work in the same pro
portion.
J. N. WILSON,
21 Bull street.
lIFE Size Crayons in handsome frames for
j sls; fine photographs of all sizes as rldicu
lously low in price. Call and see at LAUNEY
& GOEBEL'S GALLERY, 141 and 143 Brough
ton street, Savannah, Ga.
MI SC ILIA N KOUB.
MISS SALLIE SULLIVAN will ODM bar
School on Oct. 3.
1 JOB a summer medicine use that which you
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cpilE last chance to get a Sponge as large ns
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THE largest line at most reasonable prices of
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from factories and n enables us to sell them
lower than you can buy at any public sale, w
also carry a complete line of bouse furnishing
goods at NATHAN BROS.. 186 Congress street.
~/k h. u Return tubular boiler for
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V I<:s !
AND within its walls you will find an army of
clerks, who, notwithstanding the hot
weather, are pushed to their utmost to keep up
with the orders flowing in upon us from Maine
to Mexico. Yea! It seems that the hotter the
weather the greater the stream of orders,
llenco 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 ORGAN we’ll crowd your order in
rather than disappoint. Now is your time to
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138 Broughton St.
These 3 Colossal Lines
\V r ILT, be closed out pretty well if low prices
V V and grand value can accomplish such ends.
Those not the least in need of these goods would
profit by purchasing them and laying them
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Gloves! Cloves! Gloves!
LADIES’ ELEGANT USI.E GLOVES in tans,
black and white, which we formerly sold at 25c.
85c. and 50c. are now reduced to 15c., 25c. and
35c.
Ladies’ Best Pure Silk Gloves in tans, black
and white, that we formerly sold at sl, $1 25,
$1 50 are now reduced to 50c., 75c., sl.
300 pairs 8-button length Lisle Jersey Gloves,
Cuffs, elaborately embroidered with silk, only
25c. per pair, worth formerly 75c. Childrens’
Gloves in uniform cheapness.
lilts! lilts! litis!
500 pairs Childrens’ Pure Silk Mitts, in cream,
tans, pinks, white and blues, reduced to 25c.
Ladies’ Pure Silk Jersey Mil ts in every new
shade, of this season's wear which were.s!, $1 25,
$1 60 are reduced now to 60c., 75c., sl.
600 pairs Ladies’ Short Black Knit Silk Mitts
reduced to 25c. a pair.
HOSIERY! HOSIERY! HOSIERY!
1,000 pairs Childrens’ Fancy Rtriped Hose,
sizes oto B>6, reduced to RJdje., formerly sold at
15c. pair.
20 dozen Childrens' Superb Ribiied Hose, solid
shades, sizes 7 to (% reduced to 12J4c. from 20c.
pair.
36 dozen Childrens’ English Thread Regular
Made Hose in fancy stripes, dark and light
ground patterns, reduced to 15c.; formerly sold
at 25c. and 85c.
200 dozen Ladies’ Fancy Stripe Cotton Hose at
6Vie. pair; former price 10c.
125 dozen Ladies Black Hose, white feet and
extra length, reduced to IzVac.; was formerly
20c.
50 dozen Ladies' Very Best Superfine Regular-
Made Balbriggan Hose reduced t025c.; price 40c
Cheering reductions proportionately in all
other styles of Ladies’, Gents’ and Childrens’
Hose.
Closing; Out Bargains in
Fresh Canton Mattings, Ladies' Muslin Under
wear, Linen Ulsters, Ladies' and Childrens’
Aprons, Millinery and our other varied
branches.
P. S.—Country orders promptly attended to.
fruit".
PEACH ESI
Received in large quanti
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suit all buyers.
For Sale Very Cheap
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LEGAL NOTICES.
(t KORGIA. Chatham Countt —WhereasE. I;.
* NEIDLINOER ha* applied to Court of Ordl
nary for D-Hern Dtamissorj’ ua Executor on the
estate of WILLIAM J. FREUND, deceased,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to lx* and appear before
said court, to make objection (If any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST
NEXT, otherwise said letters will Is* granted.
Witness the Honoroable Hampton L Fkhkill,
Ordinary for Chatham Comity, this the 30th day
of April, 1887.
PHILIP M. P.UBBF.LL, Jit
__ Clerk CO. C. C.
4 ' 1 ' •*:.! v Cm i oeirnr.
4 * GAZAWAY lIvKTRIDGK lias applied to
Court of Ordinary for letters Dismissory as Ad
ministrator on tho estate of JULIA 8. HART
KIDGE, deceased
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may Concern to be and appear before
said court, to make objection (If anv they have,
on or i*dore the FIRBT MONDAY IN SEP
TEMBER NEXT. othoiw|*e said letter* will be
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton 1,. Fitnntu,,
Ordinary tor Chatham county, this the 31st day
of May, 1887.
PHILIP M KUBBELL, Ja„
Clerk C. U.. C. C.
LEGAL NOTICES.
(v EORGIA. Chatham Oovnty. -Whoreaa,
1 NANCY 1,. THOMAS has nppliotl to Court
of Ordinary for Letters Dismissal > as Executrix
of the will of MARY ANN MARTIN, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to lie and appear before
said court, to make objection (if any they have)
oner liefoi-e the 1-TRST MONDAY IN SER-
Tr.MRK.R NEXT, otherwise said .letters will tie
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton 1,. Fritßiu,,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 81st day
of May, 1887.
PIIILII’ M. RUSSELL, Jr.
__ Cleric C. 0., C. C
("v EORGIA. Chatham Cortrrv. Whereas,
I CAROLINE G. BOU RS has applied to Court
of Ordinary for letters IMsmissor.v as Adminis
tratrix on the Estateof JOHN 81LRO, doceasei,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to be and appear before
said court, to make objection (if any thev have!
on or before the FIRSt MONDAY IN AUGUST
NEXT, otherwise said letters will be granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fr.RRtt.L,
Ordinary of Chatham county, this the 80th day
of April. 1887.
•PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr„
Clerk C. O. C. C.
(t EORGIA Chatham County. Whereas,
I CHARLES 11. OLMSTEAD and SAMUEL
H. ADAMS have applied to Court of Ordinary
for Letters Dismissory as Executors of the Will
of LAVINTA LAURENCE, deceased.
These utv, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it nmy concern to be and appear before
said court to make objection (if auv thev have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN At JOUST
NEXT, otherwise said letters w ill be granted.
Witness tlie Honorable Hampton L. Ekiirill,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 30th day
of April, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jh.,
Clerk 0. O. C. C.
EOROIA, Chatham County. Whereas,
VJ WILLIAM SHEPHERD has Applied to
Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Ad
ministrator oil the estate of JAMES SHEP
HERD, deceased.
These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to be and appear before
said court, to make objection (if any they have)
on or before the FIRSt MONDAY IN aUoUNT
NEXT, otherwise said letters will lie granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fkrrill,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 30th day
of April, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr.,
_ __ _ _____ Clerk CO. C.C.
(t EOROIA, Chatham County.— Whereas,
* WILLIAM P. HARDEE has applied to
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Admimstration
"de bonis non” on the estate of FARLEY K.
SWEAT, deceased.
These are, therefore, to ette and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and apjiear be
fore said court, to make objection (if any they
have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
AUGUST NEXT, otherwise said letters will lie
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fkrrill,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the SOtU day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP. M. RUSSELL, Jr„
. Clerk C. 0., C. C.
("A EOROIA, Chatham County.— Whereas,
T ALVIN M. BELL has applied to Court of
Ordinary for Letters of Administration on the
estate of MARY L. WILKINS, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to he and appear lie
fore said court to make objection (If any they
have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
AUGUST NEXT, otherwise said letters will lie
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton 1., Ffrrill,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 3'Jtb day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jn.,
Clerk C. 0., 0. C.
(f EOROIA. Chatham County. Whereas,
I WILLIAM P. HARDEE has applied to
Court of Ordinary for Let Let s of Administration
on the estate of ARABELLA V. SWEAT, de
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
all whom it may concern to be and ap
pear before said court to make objection (if any
they have) on or before tbe FIRST MONDAY IN
AUGUST NEXT, otherwise said letters w ill be
granted
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fr.nntr.r,.
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 80th day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr.,
__________ ClerkC.O., C. C. _
(“1 EOROIA, Chatham County. Whereas
I MARIA SWOLL has applied to Court of
Ordinary for Letters of Administration on the
estate or WILLLAM SWOLL, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to lie and appear before
said court, to make objection (If any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST
NEXT, otherwise said letters will be granted.
Witness tbe Honorable Hampton L. Fkriull,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 30th day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr.,
ClerkC.O.. C. C.
/ ' EORGIA, Chatham County. Whereas,
IT CHARLES H. OLMSTEAD has applied to
Court of Ordinary for Lettersof Administration
on the estate of MARY C. BRIGHAM, deceased.
These, are. therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to be and hppear before
said court, to make objection (if any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN AUGUST
NEXT, otherwise said letters will be grunted.
Witness, the Honoruble Hampton L. Ferrill,
Ordinary fur Chatham county, this the 30th day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr.,
Clerk V. 0.. C. C.
L. &B.S.M.H. BUILT.
('i E< IROIA, Chatham County - Whrrcaa,
J RUFUS E. LESTER and DAVID WEI-US
have applied to Court of Ordinary for Letters
IliMiilsaory as ExeciuorH on the Estate of JOHN
R. IIAMLET, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite ami admonish all
whom it may concern to be anti appear before
said Court to make objection (if any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
NEXT, otherwise said letters will be created.
Witness the Honorable Hampton 1,. Fcitniu,,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 30tb
day of Juno, 18*; .
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jit.,
Clerk 0. ()., C. C. _
/"GEORGIA, Chatham County Whereas,
IT OEOROE WALTER has applied to Court
of Ordinary for letters Dlsmiasory as Ad
ministrator on the Estate of FANNIE A. WAL
TER, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to be and appear before
said Court to make objection (if any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER
NEXT, otherwise said letters will tie granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fkrki i.i.
Ordinary for Chatham County, this the 30th
day of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jr.,
Clerk C. (>., C. C.
( t EOROIA, Chatham County Whereas,
T JOHANNA DELANEY has applied to the
Court of Ordinary for letters Dlsmiasory ns
Executrix on theEstatoof DANIEL DEI.ANEY,
deceased. •
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom itJm ay concern to he and appear lief ore
said Court to make objection (If a y they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDA A' IN 1 M , I'OUER
NEXT, otherwise said letters will be granted.
Witness the Honorable Hamptow L. Kiiriuix,
<lrdinary for Chatham county, this the doth
day of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jk.,
Clerk C. 0., 0. C.
(t EOROIA. Chatham County. - Whereas,
I ALEXANDER R. LAWTON and T. M.
CUNNINGHAM have applied to Court of Ordi
nary for Letters Dismisaory as Executor* on
the estate ot ANDREW LOW, deceased.
Thesti are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to be and apfsiar tie
fore said court, to make objection (if any they
have) on or before lb" FIRST MoNDAY IN
OCTOBER NEXT, otherwise said letters will bo
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. FuKriiij,,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the .'kith day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jn„
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
('EOROIA, Chatham County. Whereas,
I MARTIN HEEMKKN has applied to Court
of< inlinary for Letters Dismiascry as Adminis
trator on the eatato of ANDREW BAILEY, do
remind..
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom it may concern to Is - ami appear be
fore said court, to make objection (If any they
havi' l on or iieforr the FIRST MONDAY IN
OCTOBER NEXT, othenvise said letters will bo
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fehrux.
Ordinary for Chatham County, this the 3Pth day
of June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSESLL, Jr..
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
(n EOROIA. Chatham County—Whereas. H.
T SAUER has applied to Court of Ordinary
for I Alters Dlsmissory as Admlnistratt r 011 the
estate of MARY M. HAUER, deceased.
These an*, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it muy concern to be and appear before
said court, to make objection (If any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN OUTO*
RER NEXT, otherwise said letters will le
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Krrriul,
Ordinary for Chatham County, this 80th day off
June, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Ja ,
Clerk C. Q., C. C
AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.
Sals Carpets, Finite, to.
By J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON,
THIS DAY AT 11 O'CLOCK.
2 HANDSOME PARLOR SUITS, RED,
STEADS. MATTRESSES. PILLOWS, COTS
Hi REALS, WASHSTANDS, TABLES, CHAIRS’
BLANKETS, MATTING. MAHOGANY SIDE
BOARD, SECRETARY. BOOKCASE. STOVE
and UTENSILS, etc.
—ALSO—
ISO Boxes CIGARS, CADDIES TOBACCO,
SMOKING TOBACCO, TOILET SOAPS, OIL
PAINTINGS, OLIOGRAPHS, 1 Case SHOES, 88
SUITS BOYS’ CLOTHING, CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE, Etc., Etc., Etc.
LEGAL SALES,
CITY MARSHAL’S SALE.
City Marshal’s Office, \
Savannah, June 7, 1887. f
ITNDERANDRY VIRTUE of a special tax
l execution placed in my bands by 0. S.
HARDEE, City Treasurer, I have levied on, and
will sell in accordance with law, on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN JULY, 1887, between the legal
hours of sale, before the Court House door, in
the city of Savannah, Chatham county, Geor
gia, the following property, to wit:
One Pool Table, Cues and Balls, levied on as
the property of J. L. MURPHY,
Purchasers paying for tit les.
ROBERT J. WADE,
City Marshal.
PETITIONS FOlt INCORPORATION.
/"8 EORGIA. Chatham County.— To the Bupe-
VI rior Court of said county:
The petition of the CATHOLIC LIBRARY
HALL ASSOCIATION respectfully shows that
It was duly Incorporated bv order of said Court
on June IMtb, 1887, lor a js’iiod of twenty years,
ti nt it is now organized and is eurrying on busi
ness under the terms of said charter.
Your petitioner shows that it desires to amend
said charter bv striking out the word
’Twenty” in the thirty-first line on the first page
of said order of incomoration, and inserting in
lieu thereof the word ’'Ten;'' and also by strik
ing out the word "Two" in the thirty-second
line on the first page of said orderof incorpora
tion, and insert ing in lieu thereof the word
“One;” so that from the thirtieth line on the
first page of said order of incorporation to the
fifth line on the second page thereof, both In
clusive, said charter, as amended shall read as
follows: "The amount of capital to be employed
by said Hall Association is Ten Thousand Dol
lars, divided into one hundred shares of the par
value of one hundred dollars each, to be mid in
monthly installments of two dollars, with the
privilege of increasing the capital from time to
time to any sum not exceeding Fifty Thousand
Dollars ”
Wherefore, petitioner prays that an order tie
passed amending its said charter In manner and
form as hereinbefore specified. And your pe
titioner will ever pray, etc.
M. A. O’BYRNE,
Petitioner’s Attorney.
Petition for amendment, etc., Hied in office
and recorded this 30t h day of June, 1887.
|L. s.] JAMES K. P. CARR,
Deputy Clerk B. C, C, C.
RAILROAD RONDS.
Tlie undersigned offers for sale at par ex-July
Coupon $500,000 of the MARIETTA AND
NORTH GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY'S
FIRST MORTGAGE 0 PER CENT. FIFTY
YEAR BONDS, in multiples of SI,OOO to suit
buyers.
eiMIKSE bonds can lie safely taken by inves-
I tors as a reliable 0 per cent, security, which
will, in all probability, advance to 15 points
above par within (he next three or four years,
as t his road w ill traverse a country unsurpassed
for mineral wealth, for climate, for scenery, for
agricultural purposes, ami for attractiveness to
the settler.
The company has mortgaged its franchise and
entire line of railroad, biillt and to lie built, and
all it* other property, to the Boston Safe Deposit,
and Trust Company to secure its issue of 50-year
(5 per cent, bonus. These bonds will be issued at
the rate of about sl7,(Kill per mile, on a line ex
tern Ung from Atlanta, Gu., to Knoxville, Teuti.
A sinking fund is provided for their redemption.
It will be one of the best paying roods in the
South. It will lie of standard gauge and will
develop a region of country extending from
Middle Georgia, through North Carolina to
Knoxville, Tenn., where it will connect with
lines leading to Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis
and Pittsburg.
The road is now completed to Murphy, N. C.,
and is to be pushed on to Knoxville as fast as
the nature or the country will permit. The high
financial standing and energy of the men prin
cipally interested in it sufficiently guarantees it*
ea rly completion.
Further information will be furnished upon
application to A. L. HARTRIDGE, Savannah,
Ga , or to BOODY, McLELLAN & CO., 57
Broadway, New York.
ICE.
1C E !
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 large buyers.
ICE
Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful
and polite service. Full and liberal weight.
KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO.
11l BAY ST.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
J&l. 33. HTJLL
WAREHOUSEMAN
AND
CommisHion Merchant,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
FLOUR, HAY, GRAIN L PROVISION DEALER.
Ir'F.F.SH MEAL and GRITS In white sacks, and
1 mill stulTs of all kinds Always on hand.
Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also PEAS,
any variety. Hpeuial prices on large lots.
Office, 83 Bay street. Warehouse, No. 4 Wad
ley street, on lino 0. R. K., Savannah, (in.
HARDWARE.
EDWARD LOVELL & SONS,
HARDWARE,
Iron and Turpentine Took
Office: Oor. State and Whitaker streets.
Warehouse: 138 and 140 State street.
< ONTRACTORB.
P. J. FALLON™
BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,
!M DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH.
IT'STTMATEH promptly furnished for building j
J of any class.
Tfl WEAKMCM&MThK
S IYS S llrort. ar(jr decay, lost
manhood, etc. I #lll nend a valnable treatiaaCacnlad)
contain i.v full particular* for Uom cure, free of t
Add<Wi'twl.F.U.FUYVLklkMavdumCvaa. I
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C. IT. DORSETT* COLUMN.
Commissioners’ Safe for Partition
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer.
Under and by virtue of an order granted by tha
Honorable Superior Court of Chatham county,
in the esse of SARAH A. WALTON versus
HETTY E. WHALEY and tbe MERCHANTS
AND MECHANICS' LOAN ASSOCIATION,
petitition for partition, wo will sell, before the
Court House door In Savannah, during the
legal hours of sale, on TUESDAY, JULY 5,
1887,
All of that certain portion of land and the
tenements thereon, known as sub-divisions Noe.
1 and 2of lot Number 12 Trustees Garden, hav
ing a front on Reynolds street of seventy-seven
feet and six inches, with a depth of eighty-two
t eet for sub-division No, 1, and slxty-Jve tea*
for No. 2. Terms cash.
C. H DORSETT,
J. L. WHATLEY,
U. H. McLAWS,
(’ommisaionera
riritl Residence
FOR SALE,
Containing three bed cham
bers and bath room on third
floor; a parlor, back parlor
and piazza on second floor;
dining room, store room and
kitchen on first floor.
The two-story outbuilding
contains four rooms.
This house is in a good
locality, convenient to two
lines of cars, churches and
schools. As the owner is
moving from the city a good
bargain can be had.
other Sire.
A handsome, well-appointed
dwelling near the Park. In
point of location, surround
ings and general “make up”
the most critical should be
suited with this piece of realty.
Near S., F. & \l Ry. Depot
1 have a fine property, well
adapted to business purposes,
private dwelling or a board
ing house.
No City Tax.
Beyond Anderson street, I
can sell one corner lot Second
Avenue and Whitaker, and one
inside lot between Whitaker
and Barnard on Second Ave
nue.
—also —
One lot on Montgomery,
facing east, between First and
Second Avenue*
For $1,500
I will sell in the New Addi
tion (beyond Anderson) a
two-story residence containing
three bedrooms, parlor, dining
room and kitchen. Lot 30x
145. This is a bargain.
For JIG per month and SSO Cash
I will sell a beautiful lot in
Southville. Southern front,
magnificent oaks and thickly
settled neighborhood.
For S2OO,
To bo paid in reasonable time
after purchase is made—
sl4o one year thereafter,
$l5O two years thereafter and
SIGS three years thereafter,
and no interest —I will sell a
lot 30x100 on Lorch street,
between .Jefferson and Montr
gomery streets.
A WEST BROAIfSTREET CORNER,
In a good locality, good for
business or residence, size 75
feet on West Broad by 49 feet
deep.
One Other Chance.
For SIOO Cash
And time payments as follows:
One year after purchase, S9O;
Two years after purchase, $95:
Three years after purchase,
SIOO, without interest, I will
sell a lot on New Houston
street, near Burroughs.
C. H. Dorset!,
REAL ESTATE DEALER.
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