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■MEMORABLE SCENES
Which Blaine Bore a Conspicuous
in ’ Part in Congress.
remington Letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
In the days when sectional feeling was
’raught. and the oligarchy of the slave
L er commanding, the heated debates in
he Congressional halls have led to duels
1 and tragedies. The gradual growth of power
*** .sed hi the States of the North while it
T 1 * mollified the climax of such con
* versies did not for years abate the acri
nnv ami bitterness which such contests
v raked In these piping times of peace
Editions have much changed. The in
feeling engendered by the war has
ihsided rartv lines are not welded by
?L„se feeling, and a scene in either
branch of Congress is now the exoep
tioU' BLAINE'S DAYS IN CONGRESS.
Contemporaneous with his servieo as a
Representative and Senator no one charac
ter has passed through such momentous and
Mi lting periods as James G. Blaine. While
in the Speaker's chair Blaine kept aloof
from personal controversies. He may have
{L n behind some of the quarrels, but he
never led them. As Speaker he was an
autocrat in that he shaped the legislation of
the lower branch. Unlike all the presiding
officers who have succeeded him, Blaine
never allowed a point of order to be
debated. He gave to paliamentary law
instantaneous effect through prompt rul
ing The only recourse from his decision
was through appeal, and he was never over
ruled.
THE CRISIS OF BLAINE’S HISTORY
was in 1876. Tho Democrats had secured
joutrol of the lower house, and Michael
C Kerr, a pronounced invalid, succeeded to
the chair. Blaine was then an open candi
date for the Presidential nomination. On
the floor he was recognized as the leader of
his wing. He was alert, aggressive, de
fiant, hut never obtrusive. Had it not been
tortile investigation of the Fort Smith
and Kittle Rock railroad ho might have
remained passive. This inquiry, however,
led to scenes in the legislative hall the
like of which had not been seen before or
since.
It was in 1576 that ono Harrison, of In
diana, who was a government director of
the Union Pacific railroad, reported the
loss or, misuse, or misdirection of certain
bonds of the Fort Smith and Little Rock
railroad. Two of the newspapers of tho
West who then supported Bristow for tho
Presidential nomination, and which now
support Blaine, were used as the instru
mentality to work up public opinion against
Blaine, and the result was a Congressional
investigation. The loading spirit of the
Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad was
Josiah Caldwell, who at the time the in
vestigation was ordered was in Europe. The
Judiciary Committee, of which J. Proctor
Knott, of Kentucky, was Chairman, had
charge of the inquiry, but the responsibility
was turned over to a sub-committee, of
which Eppa Hunton, of Virginia, who
subsequently was a member of the cele
brated electoral commission, was Chair
man.
As the investigation proceeded there was
the desire on the part of Blaine's maligners
to show that Col. Tom Scott, of the Penn
sylvania system, had bought from Caldwell
certain bonds, aggregating in the value of
SIOO,OOO, which were given to Blaine. Scott
had been on the witness stand two days and
made forcible denial of the allegation. Still
the inquiry seemed to bo directed to the one
point, Caldwell, the principal witness, was
abroad and beyond the reach of the Speak
er's subprena. He alone could fully exoner
ate Blaine.
A FIELD-DAY IN ,THB HOUSE.
I review this for the antecedent history,so
that the climax may be better appreciated.
It was one of the warm, lazy days of June,
when the House of Representatives was in
prosaic session. Blaine interrupted the
sleepy proceedings and arose to a personal
privilege. His usual pallid face was flushed.
It was plain that he was laboring under
great mental excitement and strain. Proc
tor Knott sat in his seat, one in the front
row, near the Speaker, unconcerned. From
hm seat, well in the rear, Blaine, addressing
him said:
"1 want to ask the gentleman from Ken
tucky a question. Has he heard from Josiah
Caldwell?”
To this Knott made somewhat an evasive
answer, when Blaine advancing quickly to
where Knott sat, repeated the question.
R ith great excitement, he added, “I want a
categorical reply.”
Mr. Knott said he would answer in his
own time and way, whereupon the ex
bjpeaker, livid with rage, charged that on
the previous night Knott, as Chairman of
Investigating Committee, had received
a cablegram from Caldwell, duted at Lon
don, wholly exonerating him from the im
putations cast upon him, and that he sought
to suppress it.
This declaration, thus made publicly, pro
voked the spirit of fair play, and for ten
minutes there never was such a scene in any
legislative hall. On the floor there was bed
lam. Every one in the crowded galleries
were on their feet cheering and yelling like
mad. Blaine, himself, was the central figure
01 ms admiring friends, pale and haggard,
while Knott's usual blooa-red face was al
most vermilion.
It was that scene which inspired the sug
gestion of “The Plumed Knight” to Bob
mgersoll, who nominated Blaine for the
rresMency in the Cincinnati Convention in
iOiO.
IN THE COMMITTEE-ROOM.
Th, very next day there was a sequel,
j,. committee of Investigation was pur
*ts work w ith Eppa Hunt-on as its Sub
coairnian, when Knott came into the room.
™ carried in his hand a blackthorn cane,
no, however, he usually carried. It was
‘‘(try and gnarled. Blaine sat at the centre
1 quite a long table. Knott came to where
? ■ aH ‘l asked him if he did him the in
of the belief that he would be a party
oppression of a dispatch which might
tae judgment of tho investigators.
J*, m 'without raising his eyes, instantly
, f* fta withholding of its contents
&tf T lO ' 1 . a conc l Uß i <in - This angered
Jr* 011 A l #®* ll - in a more imperious tone, ho
prated his question, but the only reply
Biaino gainsaid was:
1 nave made you an answer.”
W s" ne t ' m ° ** looked as if Knott might
' ms temper, and not a few who witnessed
till scen< -' '.'-xpecttsi a personal assault. When
to >'A n H n ' tte e adjourned Knott walked over
iaiil'
__ your friend Blaino is tho worst
, *h America."
tv, ' ij° u forgot yourself," said Frye. Mr.
.. • ' "id not put the emphasis on the word
in '" lrsp ‘f. but one of the local newspapers
® reporting it did.
MR. JAMES MULLIGAN.
lliiiT' persecutor of Blaine was Jimmy
m. ~n P ' *ro was scarcely of average height,
h(v> frame,with a pinched,malignant
v l ,s head, no bigger than a coeoanut,
liirn propped close to the scalp. Wit h
t•> ' orren Fisher, of Boston. Atone
I" t idler had been a man of affairs. He
s,l< 'rumbi, however, to John Barley
an,‘ his excesses have made of him an
Physical wreck. Mtilligun had lioen
~.'i er s book-keeper, and wliilo holding
0 f rotilidential relation he got possession
wlilr.| Hnot ’ letters to his employer,
tion U 1116 ,low *'°° f amous to need explana
ciL??i rpcall w e the night Mr. Blnine was
" 'ese letters by Mulligan under tho
"l their return. Ho lmd hod them lie
in- in'il- f}' v,, n them buck. I was stand-
Kr, .mi" "lard’s Hotel at the west corridor,
i, ' r ® “ flight of steps led to the second
y. o f, a hall the full length of the building
it h'! ’!!' 1 . s Hall, on F street. Mulligan was
l{p,..,iriggs House, on Fifteenth street,
w iIJ.-V'P the package Mr. Blaine doubtless
to Wm "'!*'!/ifto**nth sttsot to F. along F
hot,.! „". r u * Hall, and Into the hall of the
nn ti, ' . which it connected to the landing
n.Vr£? la ! n floor i where I met him. He ap
toot wholly abstracted. From the
1001 of the stairs he
WALKED INTO THE BARROOM
wtly ojqsjsite. bonwwhat surprised that
he should enter the public bar, I quicklv
made way-to the avenue-front to see what
might do. Before I reached the front
view of the bar he had retraced his steps
ana by the same route he entered the hotel
he passed out of it. He was then evidently
cogitating whether or not, the letters l>ing
his own, he should keep them. What might
have_ been his conclusion then, the fact is
that he did keep them, and subsequently
under pressure read them himself from his
* 10 House of Representatives.
n hen Mulligan found that Mr. Blaine
intended to retain the letters he was
, rage. The next afternoon lie
I-’ Gibson i who was then the
tv astungton correspondent of the New York
Sun.
After reciting the fact that Blaine re
fused to give them up, Mulligan intimated
that after all their contents in substance
would be known, as he had made a nio
moramdum of each, “let me see it,” said
Gibson. Then he fumbled through each
pocket thrice repeated, and as the search
proved futile he shouted with disappoint
ment:
“Ky , he's got the mimirandi.”
SCORING MASSACHUSETTS.
Blaine while being a good friend is also a
wary enemy. He loves well and hates well.
In his early ambition for the Presidency he
found antagonism in Massachusetts among
a class who imagined they could find the
perfect man for the office. In the conven
tions of 1876 and 1880, the dudish element in
politics represented Massachusetts as dele
gates. Quite a coterie opposed Blaine,
among them Senator Hoar and his brother,
Ebenezer Rock wood, who was Grant’s At
torney-General atone period, and whom the
United States Senate did not find good
enough to confirm as an appointee on the
bench of the United States Supreme Court.
Blaine made no open manifestation of his
disappointment, but bided his time. It came
when he was a member of the United States
Senate. The State of Maine had presented
as its contribution to Statuary Hall a statue
in marble of Governor William King. The
exercises incident to its acceptance took
place in the Senate Chamber. It gave
Blaine the chance to review the history of
Massachusetts, and in such a way that he
exposed the utter ignorance of the Bav
State Senators of the history of their own
commonwealth. It was a terrific assault
on the patriotism of the early history of the
State, and to this day it is grudgingly laid
up against him.
TIIE ELOQUENT JOHN YOUNG BROWN.
Away back in the days when there were
frequent tilts in Congress, John Young
Brown represented, I think, the Mountain
District of Kentucky. Ho was the most
brilliant orator in the body. A young man
of signal gifts, he had been elected to Con
gress before he had acquired the required
constitutional age. He seldom spoke, but
his rising to address the body was notice of
itself that something more than common
place might lie expected. There had been a
debate on some measure of reconstruction
in which Ben Butler had figured prominently.
Brown was a man of strong sympathy with
his Southern people, and somewhat impul
sive under excitement. He took the floor
to reply to Butler. I quote from memory
in recalling the scene:
“Ms. Speaker,” he said, “once there lived
a man whose trade was murder, and who
made a living by selling the dead bodies
of his victims. His name became so as
sociated with his crime that throughout the
civilized world to-day it is known as
Burking. Were I to describe all that
is pusillanimous in war, forbidden in
peace—”
At this point Speaker Blaine’s gavel fell
with a sharp rap. “Does the gentleman
from Kentucky contemplate a personal
allusion?”
“I am putting a hypothetical case,”
was the answer. Then continuing, Brown
said:
“Were Ito describe ail that is pusillani
mous in war ;forbidden in peace,inhuman in
thought, indecent in morals, I should call it
Butlcrism.”
This parallel of Ben Butler to Burke the
murderer naturally created an explosion,
Butler sat in his seat,his imperturbable face
and strabismic eye a study. For the nonce
the members were dazed.
Then Hale, a burly member from interior
New York, demanded that the words be
taken down. While they were being tran
scribed efforts were made to induce Brown
to recall or modify them. This he refused.
When the objectionable words were read
him his answer was:
“I stand by the record.”
At first flash it was thought he would be
expelled. The end was that he was ar
raigned at the bar of the House for the
Speaker’s censure. On passing this judg
ment upon him Blaine, who liked him, let
him <>lr easy with tho declaration that the
proceedings of the House were of themselves
sufficient censure.
A SCENE WHICH DID NOT EVENTUATE.
When Robeson was Secretary of the Navy
under (Jon. Grant, W. C. Whitthonie. of
Tennessee, was Chairman of the Naval Com
mittee. After the Belknap exposure the
Naval Committee, under Whitthome’s lead,
made a hot pursuit of Robeson’s administra
tion of his office. Indeed, the inquiry led to
the feelings of bitter hatred between the
Cabinet officer and the Tennessee member.
Subsequently Robeson was elected to Con
gress, Deing in the body to which Whit
thome had also been elected. Robeson
was then in a position to strike back. He
took tho floor one day and charged that
Whitthonie, when pursuing him, had
begged favors, and went on to particularize
them. During fcbeir recital Whitthorno be
trayed undue excitement, and attempted re
peated interruptions. A threatened scene,
however, was intercepted by a wise restraint
of temper.
The next day Robeson was asked what he
would have done had Whittbome made an
assault upon him in the House, as some
thought he might. “I would have shot him
dead," was tho answer, “and I was prepared
to do it.”
OTHER “ECCENTRICITIES" OF GENIUS.
A quite ludicrous scene was Drought about
by a question of veracity between Gen. W.
A. J. Sparks, once Commissioner of the
General Land Office, and Heister Clymer,
who represented a Pennsylvania constit
uency. The weather was quite warm and
both waxed wroth. Clymer had a good
deal of the Quaker in him, though his con
stituents were Germans. It was a war of
words and it so ended, but both at one
time had their coats off for a rough-and
tumble.
Conkling in the Senate was quite exasper
nting. To Butler, of South Carolina, who
once interrupted him in a speech, lie said;
“I have no time to make answer to the
member’s vaporing*.” Even Mr. Bayard an
swering a charge of a colleague, said:
“HeTies in ins throat.”
Quite a character in his day was Beverly
Dougluss, of Virginia, This man failed to
kupa proper equilibrium because of Ins
want of capacity in a stimulating sense. His
prey seemed to be newspaper men. He
f-amo into tho reporters’ gallery one day and
threatened to eat any one of tho number
who dwelt upon his infirmity. Then lie
went to t lie flair and tried to make a siieech,
despite tiio Speaker's admonition that lie
was out of order. “1 don’t care for the
gavel,” was his remark us friends led him tp
n loss exiiosed place.
Thus is it soon that as we grow older as a
nation wo grow wiser as a people. To wit
ness even now an exciting scene in Congress
is a rarity. The era of good-will shows let
ter in this respect than the attempt to
hand over a lot of captured tattle flags.
True reconciliation has come between tho
sections, to the disgust and discomfort of
the politician.
A Family Blessing.
Simmon’s Liver Regulator—the favorite
home remedy—is entirely vegetable, and is
the purest and best family medicine that is
compounded. No error to be feared in ad
ministering, no injury from exposure after
taking, no loss of time. It is the best pre
ventive medicine, and safe to take, no
matter what the sickness may prove to lie,
aiul in any ordinary disease will effect a
speedy cure.
THE MORNTNG NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1887.
THE BRIDE WILL HAVE $1,000,000.
A New Orleans Belle Who is to Marry
Thurlow Weed’s Grandson.
Nelo York Letter to Indianapolis .Veins.
One of the sweilest weddings of next
fall will take place in October. It will lie
the culminator of a most romantic story.
The parties to the contract are Thurlow
Weed Barnes, grandson of the late Thurlow
Weed, and Miss Frances Isabelle Morris,
daughter of John A Morris, the Louisiana
lottery king, whose fortune is estimated at
from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. Miss Morris
is his only child. She is worth $500,000 in
her own right, and bn her wedding day she
wiU receive $1,000,000 more from her in
dulgent father. The ceremony will take
place at the family mansion, at Throgg’s
Neck, Westchester County. Thousands of
invitations will be sent out to all sections of
the United States—to New Orleans, where
Mr. Morris married; to Chicago and San
Francisco and to Europe, where the bride
elect went to school. The Morrises, it is
said, intend to make the wedding an
epilhalmiuin in every sense of the word—a
general rejoicing over the recovery of their
daughter, who had been quite ill for several
years. The magnificent residence will bo
literally filled with the choicest flowers the
world can produce, and the days following
the wedding will be a series of fetes. The
homestead is surrounded by seventy acres of
land, beautifully laid out and dotted here
and there with artificial bowers and
parterres of rich green. Here the beautiful
daughter will be married, surrounded by
her friends and kindred. It is her wish that
every one she ever knew should receive an
invitation. Her life for the past few years
has boon one of pain, and all that money
could do was done to restore her to health
again. Miss Morris was born twenty-four
rears ago in New Orleans. She has black
hair ami eyes, regular features and fair com
plexion. Her lire began among the pictur
esque scenes of Louisiana, among the orange
groves, druidical oaks festooned with gray
moss, the fragrant magnolia trees and the
shrinking mimosa. Her beauty was more
radiant and sparkling than that of the
languid, dreamy daughters of the French.
Her father went to New Orleans over a
generation ago and engaged in business. Ho
married Miss Cora Henneu, of that city,
and prospered He became interested in
the Lousiaria State lottery, and his wealth
accumlated rapidly. What he is really
worth now is variously estimated at from
$10,000,000 to $15,000,000. He spent his
winters in New York and traveled with his
family in Europe until he purchased his
home in Westchester County.
Miss Morris grew up healthy and appar
ently strong. When she was 17 years of
age she was sent to Europe to school, where
she remained four years. She sjjeaks French
and German fluently, and before lier illness
was accounted a great pianist. She studied
a while under Liszt. The daughter, after
enjoying the best advantages of France and
Germany in the educational line, returned
home and entered society, where she became
the In die and a great favorite. Several
years ago the greatest honor that the Cres
cent City can bestow upon a fair daughter
was conferred upon Mias Morris,that of being
queen of the carnival. Three years ago she
was taken ill. It was not thought seriously
of at that time, as the illness was not so
violent and dangerous. Doctors were sent
for, and no relief was afforded the young
patient. It was evident that she suffered
from nervous prostration and irritation of
the spine. Everything that science anti
money could do was done, but tho patient
got no better. Finally she was placed under
the treatment of I)r. William Todd
Helmuth, of this city. He was attending at
that time the late Catherine L. Wolfe.
When Miss Wolfe went to a watering-place,
Miss Morris, accompanied bv her parents,
took a cottage there too, anti Dr Helmuth
gave up his summer practice to attend them.
Mr. Morris bought a large house, corner of
Thirtieth street and Madison avenue, and
furnished it elegantly. The streets adjacent
were covered with tanbark to prevent the
noise of vehicles disturbing the patient.
For months, though; she could not move at
all, and had to be wheeled around the room
in an invalid chair. Her cheeks, once so
rosy, were pale and sunken, and tho bright
eyes had almost lost their lustre. The
gradual but sure improvement Dr. Helmuth
brought about caused great joy in the Morris
household. To be able to walk on crutches
was a beginning. Dr. Helmuth last October
called in the noted electrician, Dr. W. H.
King, and Miss Morris underwent his treat
ment. A powerful electric battery was
rented and placed in the patient’s room.
Every day Dr. King called and gave her
the benefit of his skill. The combined treat
ment of both the doctors had the desired
effect and the patient grew better. Last
March she went to Lakewood, N. J., to
breathe the fresh air from the resinous pines
and enjoy the quietude of that well-known
retreat. Curing the latter part of the month
Mr. Barnes appeared and began at once to
pay devoted attention to Miss Morris. It
was the first time he had met her since she
was a little girl, .She was not romping
around then as in her girlhood days, but
getting about slowly by the aid of a stick.
She had discarded the crutches some weeks
previous. Mr. Barnes was a chivalrie lover
and loved at first sight, and the wedding
day was set. Mr. Barnes resides in Albany.
He edited the memories of his grandfather.
He is a widower, aliout thirty-four years
old, is li feet 4 inches high, rather heavy set
and has a clean-shaven, solemn-looking
face. It is said that he is now n member of
the firm of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Cos.,
publishers, Boston. Miss Morris is now
thoroughly recovered, and is at Bar Harbor
with her parents and Mr. llamos. Mr.
Morris is going to have a fine summer resi
dence erected there to present t<. his daughter
as a wedding gift in addition to the $1,000,000
above mentioned.
CAPTURE OF A SILVER FISH.
A Boy Lands a Monster With an Ordi
nary Hook and sc. Line.
A dispatch from Mississippi City to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, says: The
exploit of tho Florida (fisherman, who
lauded a tarpon, more familiarly known as
the silver fish, with rod and reel, has been
excelled by a young lad of Handslsiro
named Germain, who, with a common fell
ing |Hile, a 5 cent line and an ordinary trout
hook, landed a 300 pound tarpon at this
place on the 4th. Germain was fishing for
mackerel on the canning factory wharf,
when his Lait went under with a jerk. It
seemed so like a mackerel bite ho essayed to
land his game in mackerel style. The
resistance offered und the immediate
appearance of the silver-coated monster,
who broke the water and threw himself into
the air, only to dive liack to the deep, showed
that a tarpon was hooked.
The lad held on to the pole like grim death
and yelled. Messrs. Willie Hayward, a keen
sportsman, Thai! Lyons, an expert fisher
man, and Jack Craig, another expert, being
on hand, relieved the lad at intervals and
the fish was skillfully played, until exhausted
it laid panting on its side by the pier posts.
Three thursts of the harpoon glanced off.
The fourth transfixed him.
Its junqis meantime had been immense.
It threw itself from the water and turned
with that peculiar wriggle which, it is said,
throws the hook from the jaws, but every
effort it rnudt) to get a straight tension on
the line was met by tho man at tho end of
tho ixilc, and, almost lifeless, tho grand
game laid by the |iosts of the pier. To get
tho monster on tho pier was the next ques
tion. As ho laid supinely on his side Juek
Craig skinned down one of the posts and
inserted a big hook in his Kills. This move
ment of Craig’s resulted in a retaliatory
movement On the part of the fish, which gave
what old whalers have described as tho
death flurry, and Craig was struck on tho
head by the end of the fish’s tail, which for
amomont stunned him. Upon hisrecovcry
the parties immediately pulled the grand
catch up on the pier. Its weight was in the
neighborhood of 300 poumls. It, is regretted
that the fish was sculwl and its scales
distributed among its captors and their
friends, as if well mounted it would have
been a beautiful specimen for display.
A few more of those White Flannel Suits
left ut Ajrm.l St ScUaul g.
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six months with interest. FI VE-ACRE Lot* in the
TOWN OF ROSEDEW, with river privileges, at
$lOO. payable s2ocashandssevery three' months,
with interest. Apply to Dtt. FALLIOANT, 151
South Broad street. Mto 10 a. m. daily.
STRAYED.
CTRAYBD OR STOLEN, from comer Aber
tO corn and Broughton streets, on Monday
morning, one large Dark Bav Horse, with white
star in the forehead. A suitable reward will be.
given by delivering him to Carson's ’ stables.
LUKE CARSON.
PHOTOGRAi-il V.
Cl FECIAL NOTICE THOTOtIRAPIIA Prices
~ reduced Petites $1 50, Cards $2, Cabinet
$3 per dozen, and larger work in the same pro
portion.
J. N. WILSON,
> Bull street.
SU MXI El! BES<) RTS.
i | 1 EAST 23d STREET, NEW YORK CITY. -
111 Transient guests accommodated with
cool, pleasant rooms upon reasonable terms.
Refers by permission to Mr. P. W Meldritn,
Messrs. L. and It. Millen, Savannah, Ga., Mr. C.
W, Pike, Brunswick, Ga.
H ealing springs, Bath county, Va. mm.
H. CARTER EUBANK. Send for descrip
tive pamphlet.
}NOR HEALTH and comfort go to Gower
Springs, Gainesville, Ga. The best of fare,
delightful shades and splendid mineral waters;
terms reasonable. Address P. B. HOLZKN-
IiORFF, Owner.
boarding!
SJEVKRAL GENTLEMEN can obtain board
kN and southern rooms at 172 South Broad
street.
MISCELLAN KOUS.
I M. McBRIDE. House, Sign and Decorative
el , Painter. Kalsomlnmg. Graining, Gilding
and Glazing, 101 t-a Montgomery street.
INRKBH lots Potatoes. < minus und Cabbage by
every steamer at A. DOYLE'S, near the
Market, No. b 4 St. .Julian street.
I >KI( 'KLY HEAT and Chafing powder, BORA
I CINE; a sure cure; 25c. a package. O. M.
HEIDT & CO.
RECEIVED of steamer to-day, fine fresh
IV Cabbage, Onions and Potatoes, at A.
DOYLE'S.
T ADIES find the largest assortment of the
I j Is'st Toilet Articles and moderate prices at
HEIDT’S.
(i O and get your fine Cabbage from At
I DOYLE.
NO drink has equaled HEIDT'S Egg Phos
phate. Try it; you will like It.
\T A. DOYLE'S. Long Island Cabbage, Po
tatoes and Onions at A. DOYLE'S.
kj A VANN Ail STEAM DYE WORKS, 131 State
o street, will close July 19 for tw o weeks.
PUBLICATIONS
THE WILMINGTON STM.
REDUCTION IN PRICE.
Attention In culled to the following reduced rates
of ftiilmcrlption, cash in Advance:
TIIK DAILY STAR.
One Year $0 00
Six Months 3 00
Three Months 1 to
One Month oo
THE WEEKLY STVYIt.
One Year $1 00
Fix Months to
Three Months .10
Our Telegraph News service has recently been
largely increased, and it is our determination to
keep the Stab lip to the bigtn-sl standard of
newspaper excellence. Address
WM. H. BERNARD.
WUuuuktou. N. G>
LUIJDEN & RATES S. M. It.
L.&B.S.M.H.
The Longest Pole
Knocks the Persimmons
\I7K OFFER BETTER INSTRUMENTS,
M IjOWKR PRICES and EASIER TERMS
than can be offered by any other house in our
lino, and in consequence we an* flooded with
orders and correspondence requiring
Knights of Labor
, AND
Days of Toil
to keep up with the rush, (’an it he possible that
in this hot weather, with the thermometer so
high as to endanger its safetv, that people are
really purchasing rhinos and t >rgans?
YEA, VERILY YEA !
If you have any doubts ns to this, call in and
let us show you indisputable proof a of what we
say, and convince you that orders at home and
from abroad an U'TUALLY CU< )WI)IN( i US.
We offer you a superb line from which to
select
Chickering,
Mason & Hamlin,
Matiiushek,
Bent & Cos.,
anil Arion Pianos.
Mason & Hamlin, Packard and
Bay Slate Organs.
KEW
Organs $24, Pianos $2lO
Second Hand Pianos and Organs
Almost Given Away, to Make
Room for New Stock,
BIG BARGAINS
AT
hidden & Bales Southern Music House,
SAVANNAH, GA.
IlltV GOODS ETC.
SUCCESSORS TO
B. P. McKenna & Cos.,
137 BROUGHTON STREET,
Will close out the remainder of
their Spring and Summer Stock
of White Goods, Table Linens,
Towels and Napkins, Marseilles
and Honey Comb Quilts, Ladies’,
Gentlemen's and Children’s Un
dervests, Ladies', Gentlemen’s
and Children’s Hosiery, Para
sols, Embroideries and Lac as.
N. B. —The redactions in the prices of
these goods will he worth the attention of
parties wanting the same.
Kl UNISIIIM. GOODS.
Straw Hats!
HEAP STRAW II,ITS!
All our MACKINAWS reduced to close out.
WHITE AND FANCY PIQUE SCARFS,
25c. PER DOZEN.
Unbleached and Fancy Half Hose at 25c. Fair.
Now is the Time to Buy.
An elegant line of BALBRIGOAN and LISLE
THREAD UNDERWEAR and HALF HOSE.
JEANS DRAWERS and OAUZE DRAWERS,
all sizes.
NIGHT SHIRTS, Plain and Fancy,
HAMMOCKS, with Stretchers, for comfort.
CHINESE, CORK HELMETS and BARK
HATS.
SUN UMBRELLAS, GINGHAM and SILK
UMBRELLAS, and the GLORIA CLOTH that
wears so well. All sizes and all prices.
RUBBER PILLOWS, RUBBER COATS and
LKGOINS, SATCHELS and VALISES, WALK
ING CANES and BATHING SUITS, nt
LaFar's New Store,
Lit! mII A. STREET.
fro COUNTY OFFICERS Books aixl Blank*
1 required, by county officers for tho use of
the courts, or for office use. supplied to order by '
the MORNING NEWS PRINTING IJOUBE, 3
W wuiw Mtivet, bavftuuali,
MI Ed .VERY.
Platshek’s,
138 Broughton St.
Positive Clearance Sale
OK OUR ENTIRE REMAINING STOCK OF
SUMMER GOODS
IN
Millinery,
Parasols,
Gloves,
Hosiery,
Embroideries,
Laces, Collars,
Infants’ Laco Caps,
Ladies’ Muslin Underwear,
Canton Mattings,
Linen Ulsters,
Knit Underwoar,
Jerseys, and
Our Great Line of Novelties
Those wishing to buy real, live bargains can
never avail themselves of a bettor chance than
we arc now offering, for what we Htuto is posi
tively bona tide.
N. R Country orders will receive the same
benefit of reduction given to our home trade.
Your orders we respectfully solicit.
ICK.
,C 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.
i o i
Pocked for shipment at reduced rates. Careful
and polite service. Full and litoral weight.
KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO.
344 BAY ST.
FRUIT ANI> GROCER IKS.
Choice Long Island Early Hose Potatoes,
Cabbages,
Onions,
Apples,
Lemons,
By Every Steamer.
50 Cars Corn, 25 Cars Oats,
25 Cars Hay.
BRAN, CORN EYES, PEAS OF ALL KINDS,
GRITS, MEAL, STOCK FEED, &C., &e.
T. P. BOND & CO.,
lT>r> Hay Hlr€>et.
CABBAGE.
NORTHERN CABBAGE.
ONIONS, POTATOES, LEMONS, COW PEAS,
TABLE PEAS, FEED MEAL
THE BEST COW FEED, EYES, BRAN, CORN,
OATS AND HAY.
GET OUR CARLOAD PRICES.
169 HAY.
W.D. SIMKINS&CO.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.”
33 IEEE XJ H, Xi„
Wholesale Grocer,
Flour, Hay, Grain and Provision Dealer.
IAREHII MEAL and GRITS In white sacks.
I 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 ml satis
faction guaranteed.
OFFICE, ffl BAY.
WAREHOUSE, No. 1 WADLEY STREET, on
line Central Railroad
S A.R DIN Ills.
100 CASKS AMERICAN SARDINES.
FOR HAIM BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
STOCK
SEED PEAS,
Keystone Mixed Feed,
—AJCD—
All Kinds of Feed For Horses
and Cattle, Sold By
G.S.McALPIN
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE.
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT
MUCH I,ESS PRICE.
Weed & uomwelLi
C. 11. HORSETT’S COLUMN.
1 Hi 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.
Mil OFFERINGS.
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. <£ W. Ry. Depot
I 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 AveP'tes.
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 30s
145. This is a bargain.
For 510 per muoth and SSO Cash,
I will sell a beautiful lot in
Southville. Southern front,,
magnificent oaks and thickly
settled neighborhood.
For S2OO,
To be paid in-reasonable time
after purchase is made—.
$l4O one year thereafter,
$ 150 two years thereafter and
$165 three years thereafter,
and no interest—l will sell a
lot 30x100 on Lorch street,
between Jefferson and Mont
gomery streets.
A WEST BROAD STREET 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.
G. H. Oorsett,
ML ESTATE DEALER.
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