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2 GOTHAM’S GREAT RESORT CONEY ISLAND AND THE PEOPLE WHO GO THERE. An Incident in Which an Actress, a Millionaire and a Gambler Figure- A Bet Which Was Quickly Won. New York, July o.—Every twenty-four hours from now until the otwilpr weather comes a dailyaverageof 50.000 or more New Yorkers will leave the city to get fresh air at the neighboring seaside places. Coney Island, the most famous of American sea side resorts, will get the majority of this immense traffic. The iron steamers, each capable of carrying -.000 passengers, make Seeventeen trips a day. The Bay Podge route, half steamer ami half rail, transports its immense complement of pleasuro-seek ers, and lines of railway from Long Island City and Brooklyn take thousands of ex cursionists through paradises of gardens and green trees to the cool shores of the island. It is remarkable that so few acci dents occur on these many lines of travel. Steamboats densely crowded and rushingat full speed through the dense fog that rise so suddenly on the waters of the ftay traverse the track of scores of vessels, and trains of open ears peopled with passengers as thickly as they can sit, run at the rate of :sn to 50 miles an hour over the confusing labyrinth of tracks, leading to the island, but about the only deaths on these avenues of traffic that have occurred since the great watering place of Coney Island was opened iu ]*‘ s nave been those of little children in arms, who have expired from the suffocating heat of the great crowds. Another notable fact is the absence in latter years oi drunken fights on the lines of travel leading to and from the island. Anyone who has 50c. at hand can make the trip, and the cheapness of the luxury invites a miscellaneous crowd, but there seems to be a certain salutary el feet in the salt sea air that quells the quar relsomeness of the “tough.” Yet one iscon stantly reminded that tlie tough is abroad. This was exemplified a few evenings ago by an incident that happened iu one of the coaches that ply between the iron piers at one end of the island and the Brighton Beach Hotel about lialf the distance up the beach. The Coney Island hackmau hasn't yet learned the system of exorbitant charges that distinguished the Niagara Jehu, nnd the fare is only sc. On the night in question the conductor came around with the usual call of “Fares, please!” A young man with keen, restless eyes, said: “1 paid you my fare.” To the astonishment of the other passengers the conductor called the young man a liar and said in forcible languarge: “Oh, 1 know your gaino! Fork over or I’ll throw ye out.” The young man forked over. Later one of the force of Pinkerton’s detectives who guard the more aristocratic end of the Island drove the young man away under pain of arrest as a suspicious character. He sought refuge on that part of the shore patroied by the eighty police of the Gravesend force, and they compelled him to take a train and return to New York. He is a famous sneak thief and pick pocket. The police surveillance of Coney Island is now so perfect that dissolute characters have in the luaiu.been driven away, and all the gambling hells, which last seusou dis graced the place, are closed. No where in.Americn can such a cosmo politan crowd be seen. On one of the steamers bound to the island a few after noons ago, was an Indian, two Turks wear ing their red turbans, and smoking cigar ettes of Turkish tobacco, a well to-do Chi naman, glorious in a lavender-colored rol>e, black trousers and gaily-embroidered, wooden-soled shoes, an Italian bund of mu sicians, several Hebrews talking in their na tive tongue, no end of Germans, and Ameri cans and Irish almost innumerable. At the rear of the steamer sat two dark-featured, marvelously handsome ladies, with great blazing black eyes They were drests-d in ex quisite taste and were earnestly talking iu a peculiarly musical tongue with a dark cont plexioned young man. They were Creoles from New Orleans, and the ladies were voted the most beautiful ever seen ut Coney Island. Four big hotels on tho Island serve an av erage of 5,000 meals each ilay, to say noth ing of the vast quantities of elieup lunch eons sold at the lunch liooths. Even an old habitue of the resort cannot quite discover how all those provisions reach it. The steamers seem to carry little or no freight, and no one ever sees a freight or express train carrying goods to the great caravan saries. Nevertheless tons of fresh and very palatable food go down daily from New York and it appears to reach its destination as if by magic. Gallons of champagne of the finest brands, linrrels of beer and thou sands of cigars are consumed there doily. One hotel sold $9,000 worth of meals on the Fourth of July, and three of the largest houses get not less than $1 50 for each meal served. It is a matter of mystery, too, where all the waiters that scamper through the din ing rooms are found. The old habitue of prominent hotels will discover that they liave been drafted from houses all over the Union. They arc an oddly assorted lot, ranging ail the way from the short jacket waiter front a Western restaurant to the benign, elderly - appearing, old servitor from mi uptown New Yoi k liotol. They are inclined to lie independent and to take the guest's most liberal fee without so much as a "Thank you.” Some of them have been going to Coney Island ever since it became a popular resort nearly a decade ago, and several of them are reported to be well-to-do us the tho fruit of their tills. Thousands of concert singers, shoutersfor shows and photogruh galleries and em ployes of the six merry-go-rounds and other catch-penny devices live constantly ut Coney Island during the season. The lodg ing accommodations, aside from the big ho tels, are limited and one is led to wonder where this vast army of outsiders sleep. That they are not given to devotional exer cises or literature is proven by the absence of churches or book storm, but that many pe, sons nave to take drugs to counteract the effects of the violent liquors sold at the resort, and the imprudent eating so preva lent there is attested by the several little cir cular drug store scattered along the shore. Each of t lie prim ijml hotels has displayed in its office the sign of a resident physician, and the practice is so lucrative that skilled doctors crave the up|>ointment which comes at the hands of the hotel munager. Coney Island is a great place and it has great ho tels, but at least one of the merry-go-’rounds is accredited with making more clear protit than auy house on the shore. Amos J. Ccmminus. 11. I was immensely amused the other night at an incident which concerned the affec tions of a millionaire, a burlesque actress and a gambler. There was a contest. The gambler won. In New York nowadays the gambler always does win. His o|<erntions on tlie racing tracks have Ihshi legalize 1, bo lives at Delmnnico's, putronizes the l*t tailor in town and is invariably well mannered. placid and polite. The particular gambler w ho was one of the three principal actors in the little drama that entertained a crowd of loiterei’s is pcrhuim the most popu lnr bookmaker in New York, lie is 38, calm-eyed, equitable, handsome nnd good natured, and lie lives luxuriously. He sat well down in his chair in thi< Hoffman House smoking nnd listening with an ai.r of quiet amusement to the talk. There wore eight or ten men about town, actors and rounders in the circle. Beside the gambler ■at a well-made young fellow who is of a good old Knickerbocker family, worth a mil lion dollars and un arduous and hard-work ing slayer of feminine hearts. He affects tb<- women of the stage. The latest comic opera or burlesque success always catches his fancy. A woman has recently risen rapidly on the stage here. Hhe is the god dess of the worshippers of stage divinities just now, and enjoys the pleasing nickname “frixMk” The conversation lagged for a moment and the young millionaire yawned slightly and said in a reflective sort of way: “I believe I'll send up to the theatre and have Trix comedown to supper with me.” "I was just thinking of sending for her myself,” said the gambler, straightening up and smiling at the other. The others chaffed them both for a moment; women of tho stage who do not protect t heir own reputa tions will not easily find others to do it for them. “She’ll come to me,” said the Knicker bocker quietly, as he surveyed himself in an opposite mirror. ‘"Not if she knows I want her,” said the bookmaker. “Oh, yes.” “Oh, no.” “Go you a hundred she comes to me,” said the millionaire, hotly. The I let’was made, a famous comedian held the stakes"and acted as referee. Pen, ink, paper and two messenger boys were called and the following notes were dispatched. The millionaire wrote: “Dear Trixie —Please come down to tho Hoffman House and cat supper with me. Pm lonely and shall to delighted to see you. We can take a drive in the park afterward you know. I will send for the horses the very instant I hear from you. Don’t keep me long in suspense. 1 am dying to see you. Affectionately, Etc. Etc. Etc.” The gambler scrawled carelessly across the paper: "What's the matter with having supper at the St. James. Signed, J. TANARUS., Etc.” The names of different hotels were given so as to avoid a complication, and the boys hurried off as it was time for the theatre to dose. A few side bets were mode in tho in terval. The millionaire was tho favorite. Alter a wait of about twenty minuti's the toys returned, the notes were handl'd to the rcleree. He opened the one addressed to tho millionaire first, and read: “Dear Friend i am astonished at your effrontery. If I did not know you so well I would be seriously angry. Tlic idea of ex pecting a lady to'travel down town ut this time of night and meet you. 1 urn always pleased to meet you ut home when inutiima is there, but of course cannot accede to your invitation to-night. Very truly, Etc. Etc.” Tho comedian passed the letter along and opened the one addressed to the gambler. It was in lead pencil and read: “Dear Jimmie —You bet your sweet life. I’ll to with you in ten minutes as sure as shootin’. With dearest love. Trixie.” There was a bowl of delight from the crowd as the millionaire stalked out of the room beside himself with rage and mortifi cation while the gambler collected his bets and drifted amiably off to meet Trixie, but perhaps Tricksy would to- a totter way to spell it. Blakely Hall. GEN. PICKETT’S WIDOW. How She Became Reconciled to tho Boys in Blue. From the Xew York World's Gettysburg Letter. I had a conversation with Mrs. Pickett upon her return to tho Springs Hotel from the battlefield. She has been profoundly impressed by the friendship and courtesy extended to the men of her husband’s old division and with the touching anil deli cate kinddess exhibited toward her self. While we sat talking, numbers of the Philadelphia brigade, in couples and fours and sometimes in larger numbers, wyre frequently calling to pay their respects 1 icforo departing from Gettysburg, and to assure her of their interest and kindly feeling. In almost every instance these men left their organization badges with her, and the wife of one of the Seventy-first, who accom panied her husband, took from her breast and pinued upon that of Mrs. Pickett a bow made of bine and gray ribbons. Neither of the ladies could utter a word during tho touching performance, but the tearful eyes and warm pressure of the hand as they separated were more eloquent than any words that were struggling for utterance. “Do vou know,” said Mrs. Pickett, as she pointed to the ribbon souvenir of blue and gray, “that I have been mingling these colors for twenty years. When the war w’ns over the women of the South were far more bitter than our defeated soldiers. Wo refused all overtures looking to reconstruc tion and declined every offer for reconcilia tion. Twenty years ago I was in New York city. Gen. Ingalls called uj>;i me. I sup pos 41 showed by my maimer of greeting Gen. Ingalls that I did not liave very warm regard for him. Gen. Ingalls noticed this, and said: ‘My dear Mrs. Pickett, you should not entertain and perpetuate hostile feelings toward your husband sunny friends. Why, he and I were together at West Point. We slept under tlie same blanket and fought side by side under the same (lug in a foreign land. There should lie no bit terness in your breast toward me, and his other army friends.’ That speech of Gen. Ingalls caused my reconciliation. It ex plained tho feeling that bravo soldiers en tertain for each other. The following day I took my husband’s watch, the same that was presented to him upon his graduation at West Point, to a jeweler, had the Union and Confederate flags placed upon the out side of the case with their staff crossed, and upon its inside I had engraved the names of the battles in which he participated under the Union flag in Mexico, and those in which he participated under the Confederate flag. ” She said that on the morning of July 3, 1863, while Pickett’s division lay in the woods, preparatory to the fatal charge, the General wrote her a letter, in which he told his wife about his orders to charge upon Cemetery bill. In his letter he referred to his ting with Gen. Longstreet in oonnec tion with the order to charge, and the lies: tating manner of the latter when Pickett asked Longstre.'t if ho should move on Cemetery hill with his division. “After he had concluded and signed his letter, - ’ said Mi's. Pickett, "the General addi-d a postscript in which he said, ‘I know that Longstreet's nod, if it meant anything, means death. God bless you, little one.’” WINDSOR WAIFS. A Lino of Boats to bo Put on Lake Nowimn Fruit Growing. Windsor, Fla., July 7. — A company of Windsor’s enterprising citizens have or ganized and will at once put a good lino of boats on Lake Newnaii that will ply be tween Windsor and the Florida Southern railway via Prairie creek. The Windsor and Campville Railway Comixuiy have made a survey and expect to Imild their road soon. G. B. Griffin, a citizen of Wind sor, with plenty of money and energy, is President of the company, and the road is likely to to' built, and by that means con nection will be made with' the Florida Rail way and Navigation road. Windsor is well adapted to the culture of the orange, peach, pear. grapes and semi tropical fruits generally. There are some splendid young orange groves here and some of them are coining into hearing. Windsor is taking considerable interest in vegetable culture for Northern markets. One party realized as much as #‘.‘.’(o net per acre on cucumbers. The acreage this year was small, but will lie extensive another year. Corn, potatoes, cotton and other crops are excellent and show great fertility of soil. Windsor!* a temperance town, and her lieottlc only want those who are npixosed to wine traffic to settle among them'. There was a grand picnic and temperance rally here on July 4. Tlieneigbtoinng towns anil country were well represented, swelling tho attendance to near lOun. Mr. Brooks tt'ul ker and Rev. Mr. Tiller, of Georgia, aud Prof. IV. N. Slients, of Gainesville, Fla, were the orators of the day. Theodore Thomas has advertised his with drawal from the National <>|icra Company. Mrs. Thar tier says that she is sorry to lose him, hut that there are other conductors cenqieteut to carry ou the work. Mr. Thomas, she suys, received StS,OdO salary last reason and this sea son he has been paid $I?.HOO in cash and $7,000 in personal notes, which will be met. In cases of Cholera, Brown's Ginger does good. IT-d'i p i; Brown. Philadelphia. is THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 11, 1887. EVILS OF HOTEL LIFE. A Few Suggrentions Submitted by Ex- SentAtor Conkling. New York, July 9. —Ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling is vpyy seldom seen around public places nowadays. Particularly is this the case at night time. He Ims a great dread of visiting hotel eorridons, where he was once such a conspicuous figure. I saw him in tho Hoffman House a few' days ago for tie- first time in many months, and he had no sooner made his appearance than he was surrounded by a group of admirers. He took particular pains to let it be known that ho was there upon business, and that had it not been of a most urgent character lie would have avoided it, as it brought him to a place that he held in-absolute abhor rence. “It wili seem strange, gentlemen,” he said, “that I, who have been in public life so long, should say that I hate to lie seen in this public place, but it is a fact. I think that any man who will keep out of these places, except when bo has business, will Ist much happier. I dislike to see a man hang ing around these public resorts for it creates the impression that ho has nothing better to do.” Here be raised his hat and brushed back his Hyperion curl, which is a favorite habit of iiis, and turned to a well-known charac ter, who is always conspicuous about the hotel corridors, and said in a half joking manner: “I am ashamed of you. Why ore you not good liko me! (Jet a room in a quiet neighborhood instead of fooling away your time around here—read or do some thing that is useful. Nothing hurts a man more in the eyes of business men than being continually before the public gaze. If you would once follow my example you would learn that this hotel life is a miserable one.” The cx-Henator again paused to toy with his Hyperion curl and then abruptly added: “(food night, gentlemen; l have been here too long already,” and beat a hasty retreat. I could not help pondering over what I had heard Mr. Conkling say, and tho more I did so the more I was impressed with the wisdom of his remarks. Htill, passing the evening around the hotel is considered by many to be a very fasci nating feature qf New York life. Many prominent men seem to think it a great thing to to a favorite around the hotels and cafes, ami to iiave their company sought after by this one and that; but it eventually means ruin to nine men out of ten if they continue it. Prominent men who come to New York to live usually pass tho nights of their first year’s residence about those places, aud they would feel lonely anywhere else. This was the case with Col. Ingersoll when he first came here. Then there is a popular impression that the extensive acquaintance that can be acquired by frequenting the hotel lobby can be turned to great advan tage. Besides, the society of prominent mon is greatly sought after in these resorts, und this naturally apjieals to a man’s vanity. It adds to the fascination of the life, and with wine and lute suppers, which are the rule, the average man is apt to become dissi pated. A prominent young business man came here a few years ago from a Western city to a position lit the head of a large corporation and got into the swim with the hotel crowd. This resulted in his keeping late horn’s and neglecting his business, lie came near meeting financial ruin, and when he needed assistance it was not the hotel acquaintances who proffered it to him. Indeed they gave him the cold shoulder. He is on his feet again, but, is a stranger to the hotels. Prominent actors are great victims to this butterfly existence. One winter of this life came near being the death of Nat C. Good win, and the other day he sailed for Europe in holies of regaining his health. During liis engagement here last winter there was always a crowd running after him who re garded him in the light of a hero. Almost every night at the close of his performance he was induced to sit down to a late supper at one of the hotels while ho told funny sto ries. Harry Dixie used to to a conspicuous figure about public places, and there was no end of people who sought introductions, but he was finally smart enough to avoid these places like the sensible man he is. Harry Walker. WEDDED TO CHINAMEN. Two Irish Lassos Given Away in Cam den's Marriage Mart. iron t the Philadelphia Prens. Camden beat her record yesterday by a double Chinese-Irish wedding. Squire Cassady officiated nnd then left town. The brides and grooms belonged to Philadelphia, of course. Camden ran out of her own bridal couples long ago. Judge Cassady’s family has gone to Pit man Grove, and whenever his honor gets lonely he marries a couple at the city resi dence. He was lonely six times ycsterdav. Ennui held him, languid nnd perspiring, in her clutches, when about 2 o’clock in the af ternoon the servant ushered into his pres ence two black-eyed, well-dressed white girls and two almond-eyed Chinamen. One of the Chinamen wore a four-buttoned cutaway coat, low vest, white tie and high standing collar. Ho was Charley Sing. The other after the style of the orient, wore a beautiful blue silk shirt outside his pantaloons and wooden shoes. He was James Markee, Charley’s cousin. On Mr. Sing's arm hung Miss Bridget Car lin, delicately done up in u black jersey and SI years old. Mr. Markee jealously guarded Ellen Marsellcs, one year younger, wearing a Shanghai cockatoo on tier little straw hat and a blue checked silk basque with white lace down the front. Squire Cassady said “Bless my soul!" and then Charley Sing said: “We get nutlllcd.” The girls grinned and Mr. Markee made a dignified bow of approval. AN ASSOHTMKNT OF GROOMS. Squire Cassady had just married a Rus sian couple, after mating a line old Irish gentleman, aged 00, who had gone through the experience of burying a wife ami eight children, with a young lady ten years his junior- but he hud not expected this. Lead ing them into the parlor he arranged them in couples and married them without a sigh of remorse. At the conclusion of the cere mony the Chinamen were at a loss as to just what was the right tiling to do. Mrs. Sing saiii said “pay him,” and her husband did for both. It is said the Squire sold the cer emony on this occasion at the rate of two for live. The brides kissed the grooms, and the latter gave their address as Eighth and Race streets, Philadelphia, and their busi ness as laundrymen uud tea merchants. Then they i opnrted for this city, ami were followed totho ferry by a crowd of boys who indulged in cat calls, and unpleasant "Amer ican gibes. There were no cards, but a reporter called at the house last evening to offer congratu lations. Their abode is situated on the Northeast corner of Race and Chester streets, and the lower floor is occupied by Wing Lung, a droll oriental philosopher, who takes in washing for a pastime. “Are Charley Sing and James Markee at home!” he was asked. “Las’ me knew going to lest ’em," lie re plied, with evident delight. He disappeared up stall's and returned in a moment saying, “They out, they mallieil this aft'noon. Wife pome.” THE BRIDES’ STORY. The door opened and in walked Mrs. Sing and Mrs. .Markee in street dress, pulling on their gloves. "What do you wunt with inv husband,” said the former. She was told that the story of the marriage was all that was wanted. “Goon, Bridget, tell him straight, wiiat do we care. None of our folks live here. We are from Ireland,” suid Mrs. Markee. To the question how they caiuo to marry them, Mrs. Sing said, “We got stuck on ’em. We are going to China on a bridal trip.” Both laughed. “Are you going to hit the pipe i” “No, a woman don’t have to smoke opium because she marries a Chinan mu." The brides vanished, and Wing Lung looked up from anew shirt bosom and, shak ing his head, remarked: “pelican wife is too flesh.” Then he laughed in Chinese and added; “'f yl ■ roe mslly some dnv.” THE LATE FLUSHING DUCKING. Does it Really Improve Married Men to Keep Them Home After Dark? From the Xew York Evening sun. One section of the morals of Flushing, L. 1., is in the keeping of a lot of ten pin play ers ranging in age from 'it) to3o years. They are young natives who covet the task of making married men attend to their fami lies instead of owling around nights and getting in the way. They meet in the bowl ing alley on Main street and lay out their plans and specifications for the night. They have taken an oath, it is said, that any married man who is caught out ufter 11 o’clock must be thrown into the public fountain and compelled to soak there dining their pleasure. Few escape the vigilance of these young men. At first the marriageable giris clapped their bands and jumped up and down in high glee. They, in their’ innocence, thought that it would be a real good way to keep their husbands home when they got mar ried ; but now the girls are wavering as to the correctness of their first impres sions. They are (till single and nave no prospect of changing their condition. The young men do not take kindly to mat rimony when they reflect that some night they may be thrown into the fountain. Anyhow the husband ducking still goes on. It was only on Saturday night last that one Charley Dorscher, an expressman, got into the fountain head over heels. He is unable to tell how it happened or who did it. He scented to be raised up and dropped in by some unseen power. Dorscher is an innocent looking man. He does not look as though he would do any harm if he should stay out all night, but still they threw him in and ho is quite agi tated about it. Being publicly ducked in a public fountain is more than be is willing to stand, and he has entered a complaint to Capt. Hance about it and demands satisfac tion, be it ever so humble. But as the Cat>- tain was within twenty feet of the fountain when Dorscher went in, ho knows as much about it as anybody, and he laughs heartily when reference is made to it. “Well,” said the Captain, “it was the funniest thing you ever heard of. I was standing right over there,” he said, pointing to a spot near the fountain, ‘ ‘talking with two of my officers aud three citizens. It was about 13:30 o'clock. We saw two of the gang standing down u little below us, and I thought I would watch them; but I didn’t, it seems. The first thing I heard was a splash and a yell. I turned • quickly, but nobody was in sight. We ran to the fountain, and there poor Dorscher lay floun dering in the water. He must have gone in head first and hadn't turned around vet, for all we could see were a pair of legs kicking like the mischief., The officers got the man straightened nut, and dragged huu to the ground, stood him right end up, and fired questions at him. He said that he wouldn't tell who ducked him. Ho didn’t see anybody, but he felt two men grab him, and the next he knew he was in the water.” Dorscher says it is nobody's business what kept him out late. Nobody but his family had any right to kick, aud they didn’t care a fig if he never came home. Capt. Hance says he did not see anybody throw the man in, and he does not believe anything can be done about it. If the right men were arrested, it was doubtful whether a jury would convict them. The young people of Flushing think that the morals of the city will improve if married men can be kept in the house after dark. Weather Indications. I Special indications for Georgia and RAIN Eastern Florida; Southerly winds lin the eastern portion, westerly winds iu the western portion, sta tionary temperature and local rains. In Western Florida, westerly winds, local rains and stationary temperature. In South Caro lina, local rains, southerly winds, aud sta tionary temperature. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah. July 10. 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. I Departure 1 Total Mean Tempera ture j from the I Departure —— Mean Since for 15 years JeiylO.‘B*. j -|- or— J Jan. 1,1887. -I 6 81.8 B.B I— 406.0 Comparative rainfall statement: Mean Daily Amount fr( ‘ in , the Dp ., artlire Amount tor for Moan Since it. Years. July 10. 8., j or _ j an g 187 ! .. i -I- .187 ! -I- 069 Maximum temperature 91.8. minimum tem perature 75 0. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. in. yesterday (Augusta tiinei was 7.4 feet—a fall of 0.4 during tho past twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing Op. m., July 10. 1837, 75th Meridian time. Districts. I Average. „ ! N sS'^ f iMax.i Min. Rain- N Hons. T ” I, 0 > Ten 'Pj falL 1. Wilmington 9 95 73 .00 S. Charleston 8 95 72 .00 3. Augusta 12 95 78 02 4. Savannah 12 92 75 04 5. Atlanta 9 93 70 .02 6 Montgomery. 8 93 72 .01 7 Mobile 5 91 71 61 6. New Orleans 9 94 75 .03 9. Galveston 17 97' 75 .00 10. Vicksburg 3 92 71 30 11. Little Rock 15 96 70 .01 12. Memphis 18 94 72 .12 Averages 94 2 72.4 I .10 Observations taken at tho same moment of time at all stations. Savannah, July 10, 0:36 p. M.. city time. Temperature. Direction. M <• _ I as I Velocity. } 9 , Rainfall. Name op Stations. Port land | 04 .1 .It < 3oudy. Boston ] Oil W 110 .58'Fair. Block Island j 08 Wj llj. cloudy. New York city OS JJWi jfloudy. Philadelphia 74 XW flj. ..{Cloudy. Washington city. 70 X W 101.. 'Clear. Norfolk .. ... 80 \V Clear. Charlotte 78 XW Clear. llatteras 785W.18 clear. Wilmington no s W ti clear. Charleston 805W,10.. Clear. Augusta 84 SW Cloudy. Savannah 80S WO Clear. Jacksonville 70 W 56 Clear. Titusville 78 S 7... Clear. K<‘v West.. . 82 W ,15 Clear. Atlanta 71 W 0 Cloudy. Pensacola 78 NW| 1 04 Fair. Mobile 1 72 N I 71 18 Clear. Montgomery. 74 X ' S' Fair. Vicksburg 72 B E 7 Fair. New Orleans j 70 1 03 Clear. Htareveport. 74: K, 10 18 Cloudy. Fort Smith s| i t %,r. Galveston ...I 88 SW IClear. Corpus Christ!. 1 B*B ElO i loir. Palestine ttl X I- I! .( tear. Brow nesville. 80 S K 0 ' clear. KioGrande. . 84 S KlB . Clear. Knoxville an X K clear. Memphis i 78; 8 7:. Clear. Nashville iB2 X , ,clear. Dullsville 78 X E .. I. Clear, liidiuuapnlls, . 70‘ X '.. 'Clear. ('lncinmit ii “5!....... 1.... k'iear Pittsburg 70 XW Clear. Buffalo 08 W 15 Clear, Cleveland ' 72 Clear. tlarquette. 64 W 6 clear Chicago J 70S E 7 . 'Clear. Uulu'h | 01 X E ..clear. Ft. Paul : 70 Clear. Pavenport 78 E . Clear. Calm 78 x E Clear. St Lulls ... | 80 N K Clear. Leavenworth . 78 S E I 'Clear. Omaha 7s S IJJI ! Clear. Yankton 84 S 15! . (Hear. Bismarck .. re xV i: cloudy. Deadwood 08. NE, Ti.. 'Light rain. Cheyenne .. 41 N E 88 cloudy. North Platte . 82 sF. 18 Fair ' 1 lodge City 84 BE 12 Cloudy. ■ Fe 0.1 X K 7 Cloudy. O' N. Baoisbiimy Signal Corps, IT.S. Army. Young or middle aged men suit ring (root nervous debility and kindred weaknesses should send 10c. in stamps for large illus trated treatise suggesting sure means of cure, World’s Dispensary Medical Associa tion. Buffalo. X Y Drives About San Jose. From the Overland for June. The streets of the city are broad: the roadways a solid, smooth, and cornjact 1 bed of gravel and clay; the sidewalk.- w le and well paved. The business portions <•( the town are of brick, substantii 1 aid sightly. Its water supply is from a .-tiea u in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and is fi o and abundant. The streets and squares a- 1 lighted by electricity. Gas is generally' em ployed for interior illumination. A sewer of the most approved plan and durable material, and of capacity for a city' ol a million inhabitants", traverses the city at a depth of from 12 to 00 feet, and connects with tide water near AJviso. The roads to San Jose and vicinity ore wide, well graded and ballasted with gravel and rock, of winch there is an inexhaustible supply in the immediate vicinity. Unaffected by frost or flood, they improve with use, and require but little attention to maintain them in the finest condition. To the visitor who drives at random over these roads, every turn brings anew surprise, reveals a new beauty. Now the road is through an avenue of stately trees; then comes a succession of gardens; and again it is the abandoned channel of a former stream, where giant and gnarled sy'camore and old oaks shade the way, and then for miles, a bewildering suc cession of vineyards, orchards, and fruitful fields; while everywhere, half hidden in the orchards, nestling among the vines, em bowered amid the roses, stately' mansions and beautiful cottages bes;>cak alike the thrift and refinement of their occupants. When the stranger thus finds each day r , and for months, anew avenue, with new beau ties before and about him, he will give cre donce to the assertion that here aro to be found more delightful drives than in any other city of the Shite, and will declare it fitly named the “Garden City.’’ < if the hundreds of miles of these drives, which lead in every’ direction, some are de serving more than this general mention. The Alameda, a broad and beautiful ave nue, leading to Santa Clara, is four miles in length, as level as a floor, and shaded by trees planted bv the Mission Fathers 100 years ago. Bordered through its whole ex tent with beautiful residences, it puzzles the passer-by to know where San Jose ends and her sister city’ begins. Fine Wedding Notice. From the Colonel. A young man from out in the Pan-handle came down to Austin last week to marry' Miss McNeester, daughter of Gen. McNees ter, who suddenly struck it rich while herd ing his cattle on the public lands. The Mc- Neesters w r ere not going to do things by halves, so they hail a swell supper, and in vited the reporters. Next morning one of the daily papers, among equally florid sen tences and paragraphs, contained the follow ing; “The jellies were pure amber and agate masses of quivering, delicious, translucent sweetness, catching the scintillating rays of chromatic showers as they were flung from the transfiguring prisms of the dazzling chandelier, and made the perfumed air rosy and violet as they seemed to hold them a moment in their tremulous embrace before darting them forth on the assembled beauty and chivalry.” Gen. McNeester, with the bridegroom, met the reporter next morning and said: “Young man. did you write this beer no tice of the wedding?” “I—ah! —let me sec?” said the reporter, in doubt as to the object of the inquiry. He was an old Texas reporter, and knew he had better leave a loop hole for emergen cies. “O, you needn’ter denv it,” said the Gen eral, while the groom blushed; “It’s the finest thing ever written up, and I’m going to have the tailor to make you a fine suit of clothes.” •‘An’ I’m goin’ to send y r ou a hoss an’ a par o’ spurs an’ a six-shooter—a reg’lar gentleman’s outfit,” said the delighted groom. An economist has sagely observed that no matter how large its population may become, there will always be enough earth to go round. — Jjfe. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. 13 HULL, Wholesale Grocer, Flour, Hay, Grain and Provision Dealer. MEAL and GRITS in white sacks. JT Mill stuffs of all kinds always on hand. Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, also PEAS; every variety'. Special prices car load lots HAY and GRAIN. Prompt attention given all orders and satis faction guaranteed. OFFICE, 83 BAY. WAREHOUSE, No. 4 WADLEY STREET, on line Central Railroad. SAEDIN E ST 100 CASES AMERICAN SARDINES. FOR BALE UY C. M. GILBERT & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS. <ITY BONDS. CITY BONDS. \\ T E will receive proposals tor thirty days for ' the purchase of F’ifteen Thousand Dollars of the bonds of the Town of Thomasville, Geor gia. The Bonds are in the sums of Five Hun dred Dollars with coupons bearing five per cent, interest, payable January and July of each year, and have thirty years to run. they are the only bonds ever issued by tile town and they offer a rare opportunity for investors. A. P. WRIGHT, Chairman Finance Committee. GROC DRIES. O -A. 33 BAGE. NORTHERN CABBAGE. ONIONS. POTATOES, LEMONS, COW PEAS, TABLE PEAS, FEED MEAL THE BEST COW FEED, EYES, BRAN, CORN, OATS AND HAY. GET OUR CARLOAD TRICES. 169 BAY. W.D. SIMKINS&CO. PUBLICATIONS. CITY DELIVERY OF THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS. Tin* undtrHgncMl is prepared to deliver tho Mowmno Nkws payable in advance) at the fol low ini? rates: One Year $lO no Six Months 5 oo Three Months g 40 W I LLIAM EBTILL, (Estill's News IVpot. No. SI Bull street.) ... . - - ■— ■ NURSERY. KIESLING’S NURSERY, White Bluff Hoad. PLANTS, BOUQUETS, DESIGNS, CUT I FLOWERS furnished to order Leave or ders at DAVIS BROS ', coiner Bull and York streets Telephone call 340. Sim DION PE EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT MUCH LESS PRICE. Weed & Cornwell. State op Weather. MEETINGS. c VLANTHE LODGE NO. 2S, k. of p. A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held THIS i Monday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock. Members of other Lodges Nj Invited to attend. Vjaaffiiy Conferring of ranks and installation wyy of officers. _ ~ G. H. MILLER, C. C. W. Falconer, Iv. of R. and S. GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The regular monthly meeting of this Society will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, in Turner's Hall, at 8 o'clock, July 11th. W. SCHEIHING, President. A. Heller, Secretary. S„ F. A \V. AMI C. & S. RAILWAYS E. M. R. A. Attend regular quarterly meeting at the Gen eral Office, Long Room, on MONDAY,JJuIy 11th, at 7:30 p.m. A full attendance requested. By order F. EUGENE DURBEC, President. Attest: C. W. Keogh, Sec. and Treas. GEORGIA TEAT AO. 151, I. O. R. Attend a regular session of your Tent THIS (Monday ) EVENING at 8 o'clock. Installation of officers. Every member earn estly requested to be present By order C. O. GODFREY, C. R. Thomas M. Hoynes, R. S. OeKALIi LODGE AO. 9, I. O. O. F. A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. Amendments to By-Laws to be acted upon. The First Degree will lie conferred. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By order of H. W. RALL, N. G. John Riley, Secretary. GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION. The Fourth Annual Meeting will be held at Atlanta Aug. 3 and 4, 1887. The programme for the two days’ session includes the annual address which will be made by Hon. Thomas M. Cooley; the address hy Hon. Clifford Andersou, Presi dent of the Association; papers by Messrs. I. E. Shumate, R. S. Lanier, Julius Brown, H. E. W. Palmer and John W. Akin: reports of the Stand ing and Special Committees of the Association. WALTER B. HILL. Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAMER SEMIAOLE Will leave for Beaufort, Bluffton and Landings TUESDAY, 12th inst., at 9 o’clock sharp. Freight must be punctual. II. H. STROBHAR, Captain. NOTICE. Skidaway Shell Road Company. I July 9th, 1887. ( A Dividend of ($4) FOUR DOLLARS A SHAKE will be paid Stockholders on demand. GEORGE W. LAMAR, Secretary and Treasurer. FIXE MI LES, ETC. Just received and for sale carload Large Tur pentine and Lumber Mules. Also some good Driving Horses; one fine saddle mare 5 years old. W. J. O'BRIEN, 35 West Broad street, Savannah, Ga. Tennessee Stables. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. City Treasurer’s Office, I Savannah, Ga , July 1, 1887. j The following taxes are now due: REAL ESTATE, second quarter, 1887. STOCK IN TRADE, second quarter, 1887. FURNITURE, ETC., second quarter, 1887. MONEY. SOLVENT DEBTS, ETC., second quarter, 1887. W ATER RENTS, sir months in advance , from July 1, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1888. GROUND RENTS, two or more quarters in arrears. A discount of ten per cent, will be allowed upon all of the above 'except Ground Rents) If paid within Fifteen Days after July Ist. CHARLES S. HARDEE, City Treasurer, HR. HENRY S COLDING, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to the sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other ills, caused by a disordered liver, It cannot bo 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. THE .MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Morning News, embracing Job and Book Printing, Lithograph ing and Engraving, Book Binding and Account Book Manufacturing, is the most complete in the South. It is thoroughly equipped with the most improved machinery and employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of PAPERS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. These facilities enables it to execute orders for anything in. the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices consistent with good work. Corporations, merchants, business men and others are requested to get estimates from this establishment before sending their orders abroad! BATH TUBS. Bath Tubs AND TIN TOILET SETS. A LARGE SUPPLY FOR SALE CHEAP AT LOVELLS LfITTIMORE'S Hardware and Stove Stores. l.v> und 157 Congress street, near the Market. Fit I'll. PEACH ESI Received in large quanti ties daily. In packages to suit all buyers. For Sale Very Cheap A. H. CHAMPION, ELECTRIC BELTS. Klootrio J3olt Free. rpo INTRi IDUCE It and obtain Agents we will J for the next sixty days give away, free of charge, in each county in the United .States a limited number of our German Electro Galvanic buiientory Belt:, -price, *5 A positive and un failing cure for Nervous Debility, Varicocele, Emissions, Impotency. Etc. gnu reward |ial.l il every Belt we manufacture door, not generate i.€!*"2UVL current. Address at one* ELErrtUC BELT AGENCY, P. O. Box 178, AMUSEMENTS. TE XAB AT Tlb-ixm. cL e nrIDOIL ON MONDAY, JULY 18, 1887. Trotting RACE over the Thunderbolt Park Course for a purse of SSO, divided, $25 to first, sls to second, $lO to third horse, three in five in harness.* Open to all Texas Horses now owned in Savannah. Four or more to enter; same to start. Entries to close on THURSDAY, the 14th, by 6 o’clock p. M., with M. J. DOYLE, Market square. EXCURSIONS. Grand Family Excnrsion TO WARSAW Wednesday, July 13. Steamer POPE CATLIISi. CARS will leave Coast Line depot at 9:30 Am., connecting at Thunderbolt with Steamer POPE GATLIN for ’Warsaw, returning to city at about 7:30 p. m. Fare for round trip 50c. R. E. COBB, Supt. TWIT ISLAND THE STEAMER Pope Catlin WM. H. SWIFT, Master, Will leave W'harf foot Abereorn street, DAILY, as follows. Schedule will be run by city time: SUNDAY, JULY 10th. Leave Savannah 10 a. m . 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. Leave Tybee Island 12 m., 5 p. m. and 10 p. m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday July 11, 12, 13, 14, lo and 1(3. Leave Tybee Island 7 a. m. and 4 p. m. Leave Savannah 10 a. m. and 6 p. m. All freight must he delivered on wharf thirty minutes before leaving time of steamer, prepaid. No freight received on Sunday. For further information apply on wharf, or at office of D. G. PURSE, Presiat. 11l Bay street. W. C. PURSE, Agent. Charleston & Savaunahßy. Mr Willis! Through Pullman Service. /'’COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman V ■ Buffet service will be rendered daily be tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via Spartanburg and Ashville. Leave Savannah 12:26 pm Leave Charleston 4:55 p in Leave Columbia 10:20 p m Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 am Arrive Asheville 7:00 am Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 a ill EXCURSION RATES. To SPARTANBURG sl3 30 To ASHEVILLE 17 in To HOT SPRINGS , t 17 lo Sleeping car reservations and tickets good until Oct. 31st, 1887. can be had at BREN’S TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass. Agt. Charleston and Savannah Ry. Reduction in Rates -TO— ISTETW 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 ami Saturday, arriving at New York on following evenings Meals and state room on steamships ii eluded. Passengers should take train 78 leaving Savan nah at 8:23 p. u. on days previous to those men tioned above. This route affords a delightful sea trip, avoid ing i ape Hatteras. 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. < J.OTIII \(,. OUR STOCK at all times containing the apparel of correct and seasonable taste is now complete with an assortment of goods which will he found especially interesting for those preparing for the country. Particular attention is invited to our line of DUSTERS, NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, Bathing Suits, House and Lounging Coats, NEGLIGEE CAPS, POJA M A S , And the many little fixings which add so materially to comfort and upiiearanco during an Outing. Wo are"also showing several novelties in SUMMER WEAR, which arc delightfully cool and of the style/ and fabrics used In fashionable centres. 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