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LEGISLATORS FELL LAZY.
SOTH BRANCHES OF THE ASSEM
BLY TAKE IT EASY.
Mr. Lampkin Advocates an Extension
of the Aid to Maimed Confederates
Not Now in Georgia A Resolution
to Look Into the Affairs of the
Western and Atlantic In Tennessee.
Atlanta, Ga., July do. —The Senate
Hardly lad a session this morning. Mr.
Lumpkin irtrodueed a bill to extend the
provisions of the maimed Confederate sol
dier act to maimed soldiers who enlisted
from this State, but are not now residents.
After reading a few bills the first time the
Senate adjourned.
In the House.
In tbe House tlie sticcial order was the
resolution of Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, for
a special committee to investigate the Agri
cultural Commissioner. After some discus
sion the matter was referred to the Commit
tee on Agriculture.
Mr. ( lay of Cobb in some remarks oppos
ing the special committee, referred to form
er investigations ol’ this department as only
whitewashing affairs.
Mr. AVatts of Stewart offered a resolution
for the appointment of a joint committee of
Bve from the House, and three from tho
Senate to investigate and report to theGen
aral Assembly what amount of taxes have
been paid by the lessees of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad to the
State of Tennessee and the city of Chatta
nooga; the nature and character of the
property of the State road in Tennessee;
what amount of the property has been sub
let by the iessess of the road; what tene
ments have Ins'll erected by them in the
State of Tennessee, and their nature: and
the present condition of the road anil its
'oiling stock.
SOMETHING AROYT THE PROPERTY.
Mr. Watts said that he had made some
personal inquiry concerning the pro|ierty of
the road in Tennessee and lie believed the
facts to be that the State of Georgia had
purchased valuable property in ('hattnnooga
before the lease and had before that time
ased only a portion of it for a depot
nd car shed. After the lease a
large number of tenements, abont ninety,
be nehevod, two stories in height, had been
erected and let by the lessees of the road.
Important and valuable concessions bad
lso tieen made to other roads
by which they were allowed for
a consideration to run their tracks upon
this property. He believed that nil the rail
roads entering Chattanooga were run upon
this right of way. His information was
that, the taxation mentioned in the letter of
President Brown was laid upon this prop
?rty, so much upon the franchise and so
much upon the tenements. The facts ought
to be made known to the Legislature. The
resolution was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
During the reading of bills the second
time the Marietta and North Georgia rail
road bill, which was adversely reported,
come up again. An effort was made to
have a day set apart for its consideration,
but the liiii was finally tabled.
The unfinished business was the bill to
prescribe the manner of filing defenses to
distress warrants, which was killed after
discussion in which eight or ten lawyers
Tarticipated.
BOSTON’S BUDGET.
Great Preparations Being Made to
Handle the Coming Cotton Crop.
Boston, Ga., July 25. — Verily this town
fs on a “boom” and does not intern la to bo
covered by the dust of ng“s. Great prepar
ation is being made for handling tho cotton
crop, which is estimated to lie the heaviest
ever known in this section. Boston has
already a splendid cotton warehouse built of
iron and also a steam cotton gin and planing
mills. A large brick cotton warehouse wifi
be finished in time to handle a share of this
season’s crop.
Another stem ill grist mill and gin will Ih>
srected at an early ilao.
The city fathers have about decided to
buy a hand tire engine and organize a fire
,'ompuny. This will greatly reduce insur-
Uieo.
One of Boston’s most dignified dry goods
clerks, who sleeps in a two-story building, w as
rudely awakened a few uighls ago about 11
oclock, by the noise of the cannon ball
train. As he was dreaming of storms when
the train rushed by he jumped from his
bed and yelled cyclone and went down tho
•taircase four steps at n time, lie had no
time to dress. His room mate says he was
the worst scared man he over saw. The
“boys” have named him “Cannon Ball.”
The City Council has notified the Savan
nah, Florida and Western Railway Com
pany that they must desist from running
their trains through here at a higher rate of
tpoed than five miles per hour.
About 2,500 crates of pears have been
slapped from here this season, principally to
Eastern points. The returns are highly
satisfactory.
Thomas Dukes and Mr. Watson were
st ruck by lightning during the recent hail
storm aud severe!}' shocked. They are
gradually recovering. They live in the Dry-
Lake district.
A TIGRESS FROM SAVANNAH.
Macon Police Detect Her Cruelly Pun
ishing a Small White Boy.
Macon, Ga., July 25. —Yesterday Officer
Grace saw- a colored woman uomod Male
line West, severely whipping a white hoy.
The child screamed with pain under every
ash of the whip. The officer reported the
jeeurrenee to the Chief of Police, and the
woman was placed under surveillance. The’
woman and child were carried to tlie city
ball to-day and the matter was lnvesti
rated. The boy gave his name as Clarence
oailly. He is a delicate little fellow, ap
parently about 8 years old. He was
anable to give his age, but said
ihat he lmd been living with the
woman n longtime. His clothes were taken
jff and bruised places were found all over
bis body. He said that the women had
whipped him with a cowhide, hurting him
badly. Madeline West hails from Savan
nah and is said to bo worth a few thousand
dollars. She was arrested several weeks
ago on a charge of disorderly conduct. The
Chief of Police and Mayor will fully invosti
gate the matter.
COLUMBUS CHAPTERS.
An Old Negro Dangerously Stabbed—
The Sixth Georgia Battalion.
Joumevs, Ga., July 25.—Jordan Bras
well, a farmer living near Huntshoro, Ale.,
yesterday liaii a difficulty with Osborne
Schley, an old negro' titan, in which the lat
ter was badly cut in several places with a
knife. The old negro lmd discovered Bras
well’s cows in bis fields anil not ified him that
if the cows were not kept up he would im
pound them. This angered Braswell to
such an extent that ho used his knife with
lerious effects.
The first issue of the Woodbury Hot
Riant will appear next Wednesday at
Woodbury, on the Georgia Midland road.
It svil! lie a strong advocate of prohibition
in Meriwether county.
The Sixth Georgia battalion will estab
lish their encampment at Warm Springs on
Aug. 8.
Durable as clover is for mellowing and
deepening the soil, says the New York Her
nia. it is essential tliut it lie grown on dry
land. Where stagnant water remains clover
roots will not penetrate the subsoil, and it is
almost a pity, for there is scarcely any Bit
ter vegetable pump tlmn a field of growing
slovcr, with several tons of leave*and stems
constantly exhaling moisture. If driver can
get a start on wet land, its network of roots
soon dry out the surface and penetrate the
subsoil, where they form natural water
courses, needing only to connect with some
rain to make the subsoil a Dvr. vs dry.
REMARKABLE STORY.
I Persecuting John Rohn for a Murder
Never Committed.
From the Kansan City Times
The Prosecuting Attorney of Tania
county, la., boarded an early morning train
yesterday for Toledo, followed by Johan
Holm, both on their way to clear up a mys
terious case of supposed murder. There was
not, perhaps, a citizen in Tnina county,
la., who, up till yesterday, did not believe
that Johan Hohn lmd been foully mui
dered. The grand jury of that county
had twice convened to consider the
ease, and the suspicion of guilt
was turned strongly against John Rohn, a
well-to-do funner and boarding-house
keeper. Twice had a mob, led by hot
headed citizens, attempted to take Rohn
out of his house and hang him to the near
est tree. Each time he concealed himself
and finally disappeared in as equally mys
terious manner as John Hohn. A heavy re
ward was offered, and the county went to a
heavy expense to track tho supposed fugi
tive murderer.
All this time Johan Holm was serving ns
a waiter in the restaurant at No. 571 Wal
nut street in this city. He had applied for
work almost two months ago, and about
two weeks after his disappearance from
Toledo. During that, time the grand jury
had investigated the ease, a warrant had
been issued, and Kohn’s preliminary exam
ination on the charge of murder had been
hold. Robn was release*!, because no
evidence could tie brought against him,
A number of citizens m the German
settlement of the town were sus
pected, and the town was up in arms over
the fearful murder which they suppled had
ban committed. A vigilance committee
was formed and one of Rohn’s neighbors
was strung up to a tree three times and left
almost dead. He was asked to reveal the
place where Holm’s Ik sly had liven concealed,
and declaring eaeli time that he knew noth
ing of it, was repiatodly hung by the neck
until he was black in the face.
After the preliminary examination was
over and .Bonn was released, public anger
rose to fever heat. A mob visited his house
twice with the intention of lynching him.
The first time he made his way out of a back
door aud c uiccaled himself in the woo s The
second time lie crowded himself under a bar
rel in the cellar, and during the search one
of the mob leaned his arm upon it without
disiovering hint. Finally matters grew too
warm for Rohn. and ho left the country.
This fastened suspicion upon him stronger
than ever, and a heavy reward was offered
for him by the people at, a mass-meeting.
About two weeks before this occurred
Johan Hohn, in speaking to a crowd of loaf
ers, said:
“I will tell you fellows one thing, and that
is this woman you were talking* about is
not exactly the best, in town.”
One of them asked which woman he
meant, but he would not say. The crowd,
however, had been speaking of two or three
women, including Rolin’s w ife. Someone
then went to Rohn and told him that Hohn
had made some remarks about his wife.
Hohn was boarding at Rohn’s place at the
time. He was probably told by Hohn that
ho intended to kill him should he bear any
more rumors regarding any alleged miscon
duct of his wife.
In the aoi-ounts told by the local news
papers at the time when it was supposed the
murder had taken place it was said that
Hohn was paid to superintend Rohn’s farm
and the care of his horses and cuttlo. It was
charged that Rohn became intensely jeal
ous of Hohn, and thought he was alienating
the affections of his wife. The remarks
Rohn wns charged with making wore cited
in favor of this theory. It was shown that
Rohn entered Holm’s bedroom at 10 o’clock
at night.. He then ordered him to get up and
feed some salt to the cattle and horses. In
mates of adjoining rooms heard Rohn do
this, and heard Hohn tell him that it was a
strange hour of the night to get him out to
salt cattle. They heard Rohn say: “Well,
you forgot it to-day, and will have to do it
now. ”
Rohn then arose and left the house and
was not seen again. All the facts in the case
were against Rohn. and it appeared that he
had committed a very foul and deliberate
murder and had concealed his victim.
Rohn protested that he was innocent in
vain,unu on account of the anger of the ]>•*>’
pie left town. Instead of doing so to avoid
the law, a* everybody supposed, he carried
a roll of $5OO in his pocket and liegan a
search after the matt With whose' murder he
was accused. Rohn was a German, could
talk only broken English, and made a very
poc >r detective. He traveled all over lowti,
and in the face of the heavy reward offered
for him he managed to keep from being
arrested.
About three or four days ago ho returned
home quietly. He entered tne house in the
dead i>f night and visited his wife’s room.
She showed him a letter addressed to him
which she received the night before. This
lettc vread:
“Mm Rohn: Please send my clothes,
trunk and everything to 571 Walnut street,
Kansas City, where I tun now staying.
“Johan Hohn."
Mrs. Rohn told her husband that the let
ter had been shown to the prosecuting at
torney of the county. Rohn, however, did
not wait till morning. He hurried out of
the house and took a freight train that was
just moving out of the town.
Yesterday morning aliout 10 o’clock Rohn
entered police headquarters. He told Chiet
of Police Squeers about the trouble he hail
undergone, and said he had spent a great
deal of money attempting to trace Holm
up and prove liis innocence. Ho said that
his search had been vain and his visit to
Kansas City fruitless, for just before lie ar
rived the restaurant at 571 Walnut street
•had tieen closet! on an attachment. He said
the Prosecuting Attorney had looked on tho
latter from Hohn as a hoax, and he feared
that be should always be supposed guilty of
Holm's murder.
Rohn saitl, however, that he intended to
search the town over for the missing man.
He then started out to do so, nr.d Detective
Groelv accompanied him on the search.
The detective learned that, the Prosecuting
Attorney had been in town on the same er
rand, and that he lmd left the night preced
ing with Hohn for Tama county. De
tective Greely says that probably
there never was n more delighted man
than Rohn when he learned that Hohn
had Vieen found. He admitted
that he luid used threats townrd Hohn, and
that this, perhapn, had frightened him into
supposing that probably ho intended to kill
him. This, ho thought, was perhaps the
reason why Holm left so suddenly.
Rohn is a German with u long beard and
only one arm. He talks broken English, and
his swarthy face was bright with smiles last,
evening as he boarded the return train for
Toledo, lowa.
THE TEN-HOUR LAW.
Cotton Mill Presidents to Speak Be
fore tho Committee.
From the Aujutta (Go ) Chronicle of Monday.
The antagonism of our mill interest to
Hon. Chas. Z. McCord's ten-hour bill, now
pending before the Georgia Legislature, will
be presented by Presidents Estes, Yerdcry
and Hickman, who leave this morning to
appear before tho eommitte and s|ietik
against the same. The bill and another, the
minor bill prohibiting the employment of
children under ton years of age, have boon
championed by lion. Charles Z. McCord,
our youngest member from this county,
who, through his commanding position in
that body, has made many friends for it.
Tho mill employes now average about
eleven hours and twenty minutes a day,
atid should the bill pass, contracts will be
necessary to permit the running for that
numlier of hours. The matter is the sub
ject of much comment among the lalKiring
classes who seem deeply interested in its
success. A minor, which lacks confirma
tion, has it that n committee is to lie sent
from the local district assembly of the
Knights of Labor to Atlanta to. present |m--
titions on tho subject, supplementing the
remarks of Mr. P. J. Sullivan, who ap
1 ■ r and in their interest la-i week.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JULY 2fi, 1887.
THE DODGE MAN OUTDONE.
| Newt Vorce, a Typical Desperado of
the Frontier.
I Denver Dispatch to St. Joseph'(Mo.) tJazette .
A typical border desperado is flourishing
at. Deer Trail, fifty-five miles east of here, on
the Kansas and Pacific Railroad. Deputy
sheriffs from Denver have gone out to cap
ture him, and came back with blanched
faces and trembling hearts. The cattlemen
of tin* neighborhood, who suffer daily by
his depredations, are seriously think
ing of taking the law into their
own hands. anil they are loud
in denunciation of the Arapahoe county au
thorities, who, they say, are afraid to tackle
the man. The fellow is an escaped convict
named Newt Vorce. He lias been in Colo
rado for ten or twelve years, but nobody
knows where he camo from. For the last
four or five years lie has worked for the cat
tlemen around Deer Trail. His last em
ployers were the Mill Iron Cattle Company
of this place, who have a large horse ranch
some distance from Deer Trail. Newt,
who is about 35 years of ago, and rather
a good-looking man, had no particularly
bad habits when he first appeared in the
country.
He would got drunk once in nwlile, and
had a playful way of shooting at his fellow
men’s feet when he wanted to make them
dance. Many a cowboy has executed a
Highland hornpipe to tne music of Newt’s
revolver. Otherwise he was a nice, pleas
ant sort of a companion, good-hearted,
agreeable and hard-working. He got along
very well until a grass widow, who owns a
house and some horses and sheep within 1(H)
yards of the Doer Trail Station, won his af
fections. Then he drank all the more and
turned his revolvers loose more freely when
he felt himself yearning for a cowhide toot
ballet. The woman helped to keep him
drunk. He would ride to her twenty-five
miles at night anil get back to liis range by
daylight next morning. He became a nui
sance, and twice the Mill Iron Cattle Com
pany discharged him. Last fall he nearly
killed an old cattleman named Gallagher,
smashing him over the head with a bottle in
George Hixlgo’s saloon. The blow felled
Gallagher, when Vorce began jumping upon
him, and afterward shooting promiscuously
around the saloon.
The crowd, of course, broke for the door
and got outside. One of the boys, braver
than the rest, poked his rifle through the
door, pushed it open and, covering Vorce,
made him throw up his hands. They de
termined to arrest him. Ho surrendered,
but on leaving tho saloon ran among a
lot of railroad men and began firing.
His pursuers followed and again cap
tured him. He was brought to Denver
and tried for an aggravated assault, nnd
convicted and sentenced to nine months
in the county jail. He served several
months, when he made his escape and re
tumed to Deer Trail, where he has been
ever since. He has seven stolen horses
staked out, and almost daily breaks open
stable locks and kicks in cabin doors and
does some stealing. He hides in the ravines
around Deer Trail during the day. the grass
widow and her little girl carrying him his
meals. At night he usually sloops in the
widow’s house. He has been at large for
six weeks, and continues to grow bolder tho
longer his capture is delayed. He has a
brace of revolvers and a Winchester, and
has given out time nnd again that he will
never be taken alive.
The woman watches every train that
stops at Deer Trail, and if a stranger guts
off she jumps on a horse, rides to the town,
anil ascertains if lie is an officer of the law,
or if lie is after Newt. A few weeks ago
Capt. Burrows and another Sheriff deputy
went to Deer Trail and surprised Newt in
the widow’s house. They covered him
with revolvers, but instead of throw
ing up his hands as they ordered,
he ojxsned fire on them and got away.
They came to Denver empty-handed,
and no further attempt has been made to
capture him. The cowboys sometimes ride
over a hill to be alarmed by a threatening
Winchester and the cry “Hands up,” but
Newt lowers his weapon when sees who they
are and they pass along and leave him in his
sheltering ravine. Dave J. Cook,the Rooky
Mountain detective asks SSOO to effect his
capture, and says he will not go after him
unless he has a warrant, as he ex[iects to
have to kill him.
The saloon in which Newt assaulted Gal
lagher was recently acquired by George
Hodge, an ex-State Representative, under a
mortgage foreclosure. Twelve men have
been kilted in it, and there isn’t part of the
wall to which a finger may be pointed that
does not possess a bullet-hole. Mur
derer Wilson, who shot a Sheriff
at Trinidad, and was afterward shot
and killeil by detectives in a neighbor
ing county, was in the habit of snuffing
out the lights with his revolver anil making
the habitues of the place “hide out”—that
is, getting ouf of range of the bullets which
he sprinkled through the room in tho dark
ness. Popping out tho lights and making
the customers hide out is a favorite amuse
ment of the bad men who ilrink at Hodgo’s
bar, and the record of their pastimes is pre
sented in the abundance of bullet holes in
the walls and ceiling.
NO PARTNERS FOR ROYALTY.
How the Duchess of Connaught Util
ized an Opportunity.
From the London Meir-nrg.
Talking of the Duchess of Connaught, they
say that a short time before leaving India
her royal highness was present at a dance
where dancing men wereprovokingly scarce.
There were plenty of ladies waiting to dance,
but very few men. The Duchess looked
upon the lamentable state of things with
very apparent dissatisfaction, as well ns
sympathy for those without partners. If
everybody was to join in tho fun, her
royal highness saw there was only
one way to accomplish it, so sho rose
from her seat and set an example to the
other ladies present. Making straight for
Mrs. Lyttelton, she dropped a pretty little
curtsey, and requested the pleasure of the
flext vaise. Mrs. Lyttelton, of course,
promptly accepted, and the next minute
the Duchess nnd she wore whirling round
the ball room quite happily. Noeoless to
say other pnrtnerless ladies followed the
royal example, anil soon everybody was
dancing. I never cun understand how peo
ple can dance in India, and am very much
m synmathy with that Eastern potentate
who, on his first introduction to an English
ball rixmi, expressed the most unqualified
amazement at the insular eccentricity of
people who would undergo such fatigue
when they could pay others to do it for
them. Uertos, in the tropical heat of Lon
don last week, any exertion was a trouble.
The combined effects of hard London water
and blazing sunshine nearly [leeled every bit
of skin off my unhappy face, until relief
came, in the shape of a lotion prescribed for
mo by Dr. Anna Kingston!. I am quite
certain that my readers ivilj give me credit
for a desire to do them a kindness in men
tioning this exquisite emulsine, compounded
chiefly of the juice of ouounito'rs, ami made
up by Mr. Philip Mason, of Bank Plain,
Norwich.
A Rare Thermometer.
From the Sparta (Go.i lehmaelite.
During the prevalence of the late torrid
weather the toiiqs’rnture, as indicated by
thermometers, has been a common subject
of conversation. Even the blacks have
found interest in therinometrical (malversa
tions. The following dialogue in txunt Le
twis'ii two leiimle.i of that persuasion was
overheard on Monday:
“Say, ain’t it hot?’’
“Well, fora fact, it is powerful hot.”
“How docs it stand by your mometer f
“I ain’t seed my mometer to-day; but ves
tidday it went lower an Iso over knowed it
before.”
A “mometer" indicating a low tempera
ture on lust Sunday would have brought
more than its weight in nickles in this mar
ket on the day following.
Potato Ik used to clean oteel pens, and gen
erally acts as a pen wiper. It removes all ink
crust, and gives a |k cullin' smooth flow to the
ink. Pass new pens two or three I hues through
a ga. It nee ovl then the ink will flew fie fir.
A RAID ON THE CHINESE.
$505 Stolen—Gambling Room and
Opium Den Invaded.
From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
All tlie Chinamen in the city are in a state
of excitement over a robtory of Lee See of
$505. AVoo Jam was arrested on suspicion
of being the principal and Charlie Lou
Chang as accessory for receiving tho stolen
gixxls. It appears from what can to' gleaned
that lasi Sec, who boards at the laundry on
Mclntosh street, had received $505 from
various quarters SSO in silver of Woo Jang
—all of which Woo Jang knew was in Ixxi
See's trunk. His key was taken from his
pocket, and tho tray of his trunk that had
the money in it taken out, and the key put
back in his pocket. When yesterday morn
ing he woke and found all his treasures
gone ho was sorely grieved.
The movements of Loo Chang were such
ns to arouse suspicion, he going all day be
tween Tom Loo Chang and Charlie Lou
(’hang. A search warrant was issued anil
• )fiii'er Radford repaired to Charlie Lou
Chang’s, where an nimising scene occurred.
Alter the officer had made the search ami
found $271, and told Charlie he must go to
jail, his mulatto wife pleaded not
to take Charlie to Jail. but the
“hard-hearted officer” insisted that
liis duty had to to* done, nnd with the
Chinaman and his wife Elln, starts and to
share his fate. Charlie and tlie officer both
wanted to go to Tom Lou Chang's, Charlie
to give his key and the officer to serve a
warrant on Toni. The officer was followed
by Attorney M. P. Foster, a. Chronicle re
porter and one nr two others. On reaching
Broad and Marbury streets tho party
went up a dark flight of steps
to the noted opium and gambling
den that the Chronicle so fully wrote
up about a year ago. The gambling table
and checks and opium beds were all in con
fusion—checks strewn over the tables and
the cards under the table, and on the long
wooden toils the pipes and other utensils of
the opium smokers lay.
In one room was found several white
women, and with a Chinaman sat a mulatto
woman indulging in the intoxicating opium
pipe. Whilst there a number of young
white men, frequenters of thp opium
den, .dropped in. This place is leailing
quite a number of young men into this
intoxicating debauchery. The house
was searched, hut the Chinamen had been
on the alert and one was seen to jump the
fence and it is supposed got away with the
balance of the boodle. Only a small amount
of the money was found in the search at
Tom Loo Chong’s. Charlie Loo Chong
claims the $271 to be the receipts of his two
stores for Saturday. Officer Williams came
in on the scent, and catching a sight of the
gambling utensils, tables and other ap
paratus made a report against Tom Lou
Chang for keeping a gambling house. The
opium and gambling den is run all the week.
On Sunday nights nearly all the Chinamen
gather there to gamble. The opium dens in
other large cities are prohibited by special
law, and unless our council passes the ordi
nance to break them up many of our young
men will be ruined by this infatuating vice.
A KING’S HORROR OF SMOKE.
Means Adopted by a Private Secre
tary to Kill the Tobacco Smell.
From the Gentlemen's Magazine.
King Ernest, of Hanover, uncle of Queen
Victoria, who ascended the Hanoverian
throne ou the same day as his niece became
Queen of England, could not endure to
hayco, and his dislike of it was such that liis
private secretary, Gen. A T on During, who
was a slave to the habit, as most military
men in Germany are, was put to most severe
and laughable straits to indulge it and yet
not to offend the King.
Half-past nine was the General’s hour of
morning attendance. Five minutes before
that time four servants stood in the passage
leading to the ante-room. One held an old
horse-soldier’s cloak with a slit behind; one
held a red-hot shovel with a long handle
like a warming-pan; one held a decanter of
water and a glass and a bottle containing a
colored liquid, and one was there to hold
tho papers and to take the pipe, which the
(General smoked down tho passage to the
very last moment. No. 1 covered the old
Secretary’s shoulders with the threadbare
and stained old cloak, which had gone
through the Peninusular war and
which was now buckled tight
around the neck. No. 2 poured
some incense into the hot shovel and in
serted it between the General’s legs through
the slit behind. The process continued for
a minute or two and the old man was
nearly stifled, but only impregnated. Then
No. 3, from decanter in hand, [toured out a
glass of water, of which the General took a
hearty gulp, rinsed Ins mouth out and spat
it out on the carpeted floor; then he threw
off his cloak, seized his pa]>ers and letters
from No. 4 and rushed steaming into the
King’s presence as the various clocks struck
tho half-liour.
A DOG’S DEVOTION.
Watching for Hours Beside a Play
mate That Dropped Dead.
From the Philadelphia Press.
A touching incident of animal affection
was witnessed by a large crowd on Walnut
street, below Seventh, yesterday morning.
Two dogs, one a half-brini setter, and the
other a half-bred pointer, were playing to
gether iu Washington Square, when the
setter become exhausted from tho heat and
crawled to the gutter to slake its thirst.
The pointer quit its pranks and followed,
seemingly knowing that something was
wrong with its playmate. AVhile the latter
lay in the gutter lapping the muddy fluid
it was seized with convulsions, and rolled
over dead. The other dog squatted beside
the dead animal and affectionately lapped
it about the head. For two hours the
pointer kept faithful vigil over its former
companion, nnd would permit no one to ap
proach it.
Numerous efforts were made to call away
the dog. but it was difficult to Induce it to
move more than a few feet, and then it
would bound back as soon as an attempt
was made to reach tho carcass. Finally the
heat became so intense that the watch r
was rimqiellod to leave. It cast a last sad
look on the body nnd then reluctantly trotted
off, unknown, but admired. The carcass
lay in the street beneath the broiling sun all
day.
Col. Pat Donan In Danger.
From the Chico ao Mornimj Newt.
A sad creature is the Dakota schoolmarm,
and she holds Col. Pat Donan responsible for
her melancholic condition. Aliout three
years ago Donan wrote a seriesof newspaper
articles setting forth in flamboyant rhetoric
the alleged lieauties of life in Dakota, and
he represented each of that vast majority
of Imchelors its standing around the railway
stations of Dakota waiting for a \yiman to
come along that would have him for a hus
band. There was the chance for every
limn ingeble female, and it wasn’t long be
fore the railway trains were loaded down
with spinsters from every port of the coiui
try, and nil hound for Dakota,
where hnshands were said to be
thicker than huckleberries in n ten
nere lot. But when the spinsters
got to Dakota they found everything they
expected to find except the hustmiKls. There
were plenty of men, to 1* sure, but they
were not hungering for matrimonial sweets.
Miss IlaiTiet Boswell tolls us that she has
been in Dakota two years and hasn’t been
approached with ant proposal of marriage.
Miss Miranda .Slmmwnv says that she nos
been in Dakota three yea re and has lmd the
question popped but once; then she had to
reject the suitor because he was a Fargo
gambler who was bankrupt ami blind. • So
the stories go. A scolder lot of dcludisl
spinstere never bail to come down from tlio
sublime realms of hymeneal exjioctuney to
Die humdrum plane of jHxlagogy. There
are aliout HOO ot them, and eaehi of them
would give n your'* salary to ho alone with
that horrid l‘ni Dnrvvi for five minutes—for
live minutes. the* i :
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
SULLIVAN. -The friends and acquaintance
of Mb. Morris Si u.ivas and of Mrs. Mary Sulli
van and family are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral of the former from corner of
Price and Congress street lane THIS AFTER
NOON at 4:30 o'clock.
meetings!
CHIPPEWA TRIBE NO. I, I. O. OF R. >l.
A regular meeting of this Tribe will be held
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock and hereafter),
corner Bull and Bay streets.
Visiting and transient brethren fraternally in
vited. S, A. BORDERS. Sachem.
C. F. M. Bernhardt, Chief of Records.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE .MORNING NEWS
STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
3 Whitaker Street.
The Job Department of the Morning News,
embracing
JOB AND BOOK PRINTING,
LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING.
BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK
MANUFACTURING,
is the most complete in the South. It is thorough
ly equipped with the mo6t improved machinery
and employs a large force of competent work
men, 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. J. H, ESTILL.
NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS.
City of Savannah, )
Office Ci.erk of Council, July 23, 1887. f
The collection of the dog tax having been ac
complished heretofore with considerable diffl
cutty, and the efforts made in tins direction by
the city authorities having resulted in a partial
collection only, notice is hereby given that in
order to secure the payment of the tax on all
the dogs in the city, the authorities will pro
ceed, on and after the first day of August, 1887,
to place on the information docket for trial in
the Police Court, all persons owning dogs who
have failed to make a return thereof as provided
by the tax ordinance for 1887. Owners of dogs
are requested to come forward at once and pay
the tax. No further notice will be given.
By order of the Mayor.
FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
TO SHIPPERS g., F. & W. R'Y. CO.
Office General Freight Agent, I
Savannah, July 25, 1887. )
The Station known as UPTONVILI.E, GA.,
will, on and after JULY 27th. be discontinued
as a regular Station, and will lie known as FLAG
STATION No 121. All shipments must be pre
paid. WILLIAM P. HARDEE,
General Freight Agent.
CONTRACTORS WANTED.
Parties wishing to contract for the piling on
the Savannah, Dublin and Western railroad will
address JOHN A. A. WEST,
General Manager.
66 Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
NOTICE.
On and after TO-DAY, and until further no
tice, we shall discontinue the delivery of lee
after 3 o'clock p. m daily, Saturdays excepted.
We are compel led to do this in justice to the
men and in consideration of our stock on ac
count of the excessive hegL Our lee House
will remain open until 7 e. at. daily for retail
trade. HAYWOOD, GAGE & CO.
Savannah, July 25th. 1887.
DR. HENRY S FOLDING,
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 be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D„
Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga.
HARDWARE.
155 and 157 Congress Street..
Heavy and Sliclf Hardware,
Stoves and. Ranges,
Tinware and House Furnishing Goods,
Etc., of Every Description.
FOR SALE BY
LOVELL & LATTIEVIORE,
Savannah, Gra.
EDWARD LOVELL & SONS,
HARDWARE,
Iron and Turpentine Tools.
Office: Cor. State and Whitaker streets.
Warehouse: 13.8 and HO State street.
STOVES.
IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAIL
In this Hot Weather think of the Cold to come,
and confer with
Cornwell & Chipman
About keeping Warm next Winter.
We are Agents for the famous BOYNTON
FURNACES, HEATERS, Etc., the best in the
world, and we don't charge anything extra for
the reputation.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE
AT
Griffin 3 G-a. y
ON SOUTH HILL STREET,
VNKW 6-room house,with all modern improve
ments; <• lore let, graded, and lawn in gr ihs;
gas, cold and hot water in every room; toutMuiu
in front of lipase; tine barn and servant houses;
new wind mill; good water: house well fur
nished. and will l*e sold with or without furni
ture. and will in' sold ut a bargain if sold this
month. Write or call on
J H. KEITH, Grinin, (in.
IRON PIPE.
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE.
EQUAL To GALVANIZED PIPE. AT
MUCH LESS toiler..
Weed & Uornwell.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVAMAHTHEATRE
Thursday and Friday, July 28 and 29.
Close of the Season and last Regular Bill.
Three shows in one. Tragedy, Comedy aud
Farce. Four Stare. The Fords
in a triple bill.
SECOND ACT
TTs GOMATi.
Mr. THOMAS JIcCABE as Ingomar, Miss
CLARA BAKER, as Parthenia.
ACT THIRD
VIRGINIUB.
Mr. LAWRENCE ■! A S),LS as Virginius. To
conclude with the roaring farce
HIS LAST LEGS.
Mr. Larry Doyle as O'Callaghan, (the funniest
part ever written.)
Tickets 75c.. 50c. and 25c. Reserved seats on
sale at Davis Bros, without extra charge.
Note.— Thursday Aug. 4. Grand testimonial
tendered by the Fords and the citizens of Savan
nah to the popular favorite Mr. Lawrence Han
ley. _
“BASE BALL TO-DAY.
GUYTONS vl AMATEURS
AT
BASE UAL L PARK.
Admission 25c. Hoys 15c. Ladies free.
DRY G()OI)s.
iirtii.
ieniel Hogan
WILL OFFER DURING THIS WEEK
50 Saratoga Tranks
At One-Half the Regular Price.
Anybody needing an article of this kind will
find this an exceptional opportunity, as I intend
to close out the entire lot within the next week
or two.
White Goods, White Goods.
50 Pieces CHECK NAINSOOK at 5c.; reduced
from BT6e.
40 Pieces CHECK NAINSOOK at Bc.; former
price 10c.
75 Pieces PRINTED ORGANDY MUSLIN at
10c.; reduced from 15c.
50 Pieces PRINTED INDIA LINEN at 10c.;
reduced from 15c.
50 Pieces PLAIN INDIA LINEN, at B>cc.;
reduced from 12Wc.
25 Pieces LONDON CORD at 6J4c.; reduced
from 10c a yard.
100 Dozen LADIES’ HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS at 1214 c. each; former price 18c.
100 Dozen Ladies’ HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS at 15c. each; former price 20r.
50 Dozen LADIES’ HEMSTITCHED HAND
KERCHIEFS at 20c. each: former price 25c.
50 Dozen GENTS’ LINUX HANDKERCHIEFS
at $1 50a dozen: worth 82 a dozen.
50 Dozen GENTS’ LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
at S2 a dozen: worth $2 40 a dozen.
25 Dozen GENTS' LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
at $3 a dozen; worth at least 50.
25 Dozen GENTS’ REINFORCED SHIRTS at
75e. each; reduced from S! each.
50 Dozen GENTS’ REINFORCED SHIRTS at
50c. each; reduced from 754. each.
25 Dozen GENTS’ BALBRIGGAN UNDER
VESTS at 50c. each; former price 05c. each.
SUMMER SILKS
At 2214 c., 25c., 30c.. 35c., 40c. and 45c. a yard.
These figures do not cover halt the cost of im
portation.
MATTINGS, MATTINGS.
100 Pieces C ALCUTTA (all new, fresh goods)
at prices ranging from 20c. to 50c. per yard.
)! Hogan
PROPOSALS WANTED.
Proposals for Culverts and Ditches.
Office of the City Surveyor, i
Savannah, (4a., July 15th, 1887. f
I>ROP( >SALS will be received until WEDNES
DAY NIGHT, July 27th, tit 8 o'clock,
directed to Mr. F. E. Hebarer, Clerk of Council
of tin* city of Savannah, for the furnishing of
materials and building forty-one feet of forty
eight inch half round culvert, and forty-one feet
of thirty-six inch culvert, together with such
bulkheads and catch-basins ns may lx- required.
Also, for the digging of three hundred and
sixty-one feet of ditch, two and one half feet
widest the bottom, seven feet wide at the top
and five feet deep; and, also, seventy-five feet of
ditch, two feet wide at the bottom, five feet wide
at the top and four feet deep.
Plans and sjverifications may be seen at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. #
All bids must he signed by two sureties, before
a Notary, for the faithful |voi*formance of the
work. J. ueBKCYN KOPS, C. K.,
Acting City Surveyor.
Proposals for Sewers and Culverts.
Office of the City Surveyor, 1
Savannah, <la., July lftth, IHS7. (
PROPOSALS will h*> r velvet unlil AVEDNF.S-
I DAY NKiltT, July aTth, at H o’clock,
ilirecterl to Mr. F. K. Rebaror, Clerk of Council
of the city of Savannal), for furnishing inatcr
lrla nod building three hundred and sixty-oue
feet of forty-two inch sewer. seventy-live feet
of thirty inch sower, forty-one feet of
sixty incli half round culvert, toi{ether~with
sundry cntch lKtsins and bulkheads .is mav lie
iviiuirc l. Thu said sewers, culverts, bulk),ends
and catch-basins to In- built on the 'A liters Road,
near the proper ty of Air. John Schwarz.
Plans.-liid specifications may lie seen at the
office of the City Surveyor.
The city reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
All bids must be signed by two sureties, before
a Notary, for tin faithful performance of the
work. J. mcURUYN KOPS, C. K.,
■Acting City Surveyor.
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NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla
WINTER AND HUMMER.
'■pill'. Most central House in the city. Near
1 I’ost Other, Stri ct Cars nnd all Ferries.
New and Lie,rant Furniture. Electric Bella,
Baths, Etc. st- ’'ll to :>■'! per day.
John p. TOGNI, Proprietor.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r J''HIS Pi iPFI )K Until is now provided with
1 n l’assi-iijrur Elevator (the only one in tho
citvtand has been remodeled nnd newly fur
nished. The pro irletor. who by recent purchnse
is also the owner of the eitablisbmont, spam,
neither |vuins nor expense in the euti-rtainmeiit
of his quests. The patronaife of Florida visit
ors is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with everv luxury
that the markets nt home or abroad can afford.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
Ono of the Largest JioaiYilug ihmsos In tho
Fontn.
\IT'OUDH pleasant. Bomb rooms, goorl board
"'***? l v,r, ‘ Artesian Water, at prices to suit
\)n*io wis.iing table, regular or transient acenm*
r> mtions Northeast corimr Brou/htoa and
I 1. Ston MU' vmii,. Vf'xfr‘ ’! r • •
SUMMER RESORTS.
WARM SPRINGS,
Meriwether County, Ga.
WILL BE OPEN JUNE Ist., with first class
> accommodations at reasonable rates.
Warm Springs arc on the north side of Pins
Mountains, 1,500 feet above sea level and sur
rounded by lieautifui and romantic scenery.
The climate is delightfully cool and dry. No
mosquitoes, dust or mud.
The Spring one of Nature's wonders, flows
1,400 gallons of water (90 degrees temperature)
per minute, affording the
FINEST BATHING
in America. The baths are six large pools ten
feet square, two to five deep with CLEAR.
FRESH, WARM WATER unlimited.
This water is a sure cure for Dyspepsia and
most eases of Rheumatism, Skin and Kidney
Diseases. There is also here a fine Chalybeate
Spring.
Amusements of all kinds provided. Good
Livery Stable, Bar and Billiard Saloon, Fine
Band of Music for Bail room and Lawn.
The Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad, now
ruuning two daily trains from Columbus to
Warm Springs, will, on tbe loth of June, be
completed to Griffin, connecting there with the
Central Railroad for all points North and East
Two daily mails and Telegraph. For further
information address
CHARLES L. DAVIS, Proprietor.
The Niagara of (lie Soutl
TALLULAH, FALLS, GA„
ON the Piedmont Air lane, in the Blue Ridge
Mountains, 2.000 feet above sea level.
CUFF HOUSE
AND COTTAGES,
Open from June to November. For full par
ticulars address
F. H. Si F. R SCOFIELD, Proprietors.
Late of Hotel i'Taati.sici!!, Oats kill Mountains,
N. Y., and Leland Hotel, Chicago.
ELDER HOUSE
SPRING, GkA..
AY 1- A. ELDER, Proprietor. Season of IBBi\
▼V, Our bedrooms are large and airy ami
have been much improved by repainting them
and placing blinds on the windows. The table is
first-class; service prompt and polite; climate
good; no mosquitoes or sandflies; kocil Land of
music through the season. The water is un
equaled in America, and wo refer with confi
dence to anyone who has given it a trial. For
analysis, terms, etc., address ED. A. ELDER,
Manager.
LONG BRANCH, N. J.
United States Hotel,
A Select Family and Transient Hotel.
OPENS JUNE 25. 1887.
X. AIRD Ac V ,V JST 01. E3 AF,
OENTR A I, IIOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
CAPTAIN J. 51. KINDRED, late of Calhoun,
Georgia, and C. if. LEFTWIOH, of Knox
ville, Tenn., Proprietors. Both commercial
travelers for years, and fully posted as to the
wants of the pu! lie. Com,, airi sot; ns.
S. G. HEALY & CO~
PROPRIETORS,
SALT SPRING, NEAR AUSTELL, GEORGIA.
\\TATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid
t ' ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases.
Orders for water and all iuformation addressed
to the firm at Austell, Ga.
THE COLUMBIAN,
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAH!AN3
Opens .Tune Ssth.
.TAMES M. CASE, Proprietor.
OCEAN VIEW,
St.. Simon’s Island., Or.
HOUSE in hundred yards from Beach. Fine
Surf Bathing. Steamer Fgmont from
Brunswick lands on the beach twice daily.
Board $9 per week.
A. F. ARNOLD^
NEW YORK BOARD.
J AND h~W Broadway, corner 54th.
"• i " House kept by a Southern lady: loca
tion desirable. Reims by permission to Col.
John Screven, Savannah.
HpHE WHITLOCK: HOUSE, "in Marietta, Qa.,
1- combines privileges and conveniences of a
first-class hotel, ami the comforts and pleasures
of a home. Capacity, about one hundred and
fifty guests. Large, handsome, well furnished
rooms: best of beds: table good; large shaded
grounds, covered with blue grass; Lawn Tennis,
Croquet, Billiards and Bowling Alley, all free
for guests. Prices more moderate than any
other house in Georgia ‘or tin* accommodations.
M. G. WHITLOCK, Owner and ! n>prletor.
r pHE WATAUGA HOTEL, Blowing Rock. N.
I C. In the mountains of North Carolina.
4.<100 feet above the sea. Easily accessible. Medi
cal graduate on the premises. Terms the low
est in North Carolina. Opened June Ist for the
season. For information address WATAUGA
H< >TELC< > . Blowingßock, N. C.
r I THOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel,
1 Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.—
“Unquestionably the finest location in tba
Thousand Islands."— Harper's Magazine, Sept.,
IHBI. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F.
INGLEHART, Proprietor.
MOUNTAIN LAKE. GILES COUNTY,~VA
Elevation 4,000 feet. Pure, cool air and
water. No hay fever or mosquitoes. Grand
scenery. Uneuualed attractions. Rates per
month $4O to $5O. Write fur iiainphlet. Ad
dress MANAGER.
/ IANDA HOUSE, NEW YORK, 17 Lafayette
\ 1 Place. Centrally located; American plan;
large Southern patronage; a really select, good
house, from $l5O per day. Write for circular.
W. W. URQUHART, Proprietor.
EXCURSIONS.
InternatioaaJ Steamship Cos. Line
• OF
“Palace Steamers”
—BETWEEN
Boston, Portland, East
port and St. John, N. 8.,
With Connections to all Parts of the
Provinces.
PORTLAND DAY LINE.
Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston.
( 80a it., every Monday. Wednesday and EH*
day for Portland, making tho trip in 7 hours,
affording oYooll.git coast scenery.
KABTPORT AND ST. JOHN LINE.
Steamers leuve Boston 8:30 a. M.and Portland
sp.m. every Monday. Wednesday and Friday
for Eastport and St. John.
ST. JOHN DIRECT LINE.
A steamer will leave Boston every Thursday
at 8 a m. for St. John direct.
ANNAPOLIS LINE.
A steamer will leave Boston every Monday and
Thursday at Ma. m. for Annapolis N. K., con
necting for Yarmouth, Dighy, Halifax, etc.
J B COYLE, Jr., K. A WALDRON,
Manager. Portland, Me. Gen. Pass. Agt.
GRAND FAMILY EXCURSIONI
On Wednesday, July 28th.
OTEAMER POPE CATLIN will leave whan
k foot Alteroorn street at 2 o'clock r. m. for an
excursion down to Tyb<*e and around the Bell
Buoy, affording a good opportunity to enjoy
the sea breeze, arriving hack at fi p. M.
Fare round trip 50c.; children half price.
Refreshments served on board.
This steamer can be chartered for excursions
MERCHANTS, manufacturers, mechanics,
corporations, and all others in need of
printing, lithographing, nnd blank books can
nave their orders promptly filli*d, at moderate
prices, nf the MORNING NEWS PRINTING
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