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A COLLAPSED ROMANCE
Florence Stone s Delusions and'hat
Came of Them.
From the New York Herald.
Miss Florence Stone, the heroin# the
story entitled “Death Steps Botnvei’ is ut
the house of one of her friends in tl neigh
borhood of Madison avenue, in ts city,
stricken with nervous prostration id in a
critical physical condition. She is idertho
medical care of Dr. Jlilton Josinlioberts,
Dr. George F. Shrady and Dr. J.Leonard
Corning, assisted by trained nursrwho are
hi attendance upon her night andßy.
It was related in the narrative tat Miss
Stone was to be married to Mr.Jrowuin
sliield, of England, who was dcribed as
“many tunes a millionaire,” it that his
death at sea prevented this happresult.
Mr. Crowninsnield is an ima'miry per
son, and the story of his death atea amt ail
the elaborate and unique arraninionts for
Miss Stone’s marriage to him sis the out
come of the lady’s disordered lain. The
circumstantial narrative re la tig thereto
present a phenomena, which, iis believed
by the medical men in attendait, have had
no parallel in the history of disorder of
the senses'.
THE STORY OP A PHYSII.VN.
Dr. Roberts, in his house on tadison ave
nue, told substantially to a Bporter last
night what he knewabout C:s very re
markable case. He said:
“I have known Miss Stoe for many
years; she is a young lady of {rent accom
plishments, of liberal educatm, in every
way fitted to be the wife of (wealthy man
uml to adorn his home. Shetas had, liow
wever, a fix and hallucin <tioj for nearly a
year past, as we now learn o our dismay,
that has brougnt this great uffering upon
herself, sorrow, anxiety ad in some in
stances vexation among heifriends.
“Miss Stone is now about**! years of age;
when she was about 22 sh entered info a
matrimonial engngoinentthat was broken
oil', and I think that diis circumstance
probably gave a bias t' her mental condi
tion that has resulted I* the present devel
opments. Whether tl*t is so or not, she
devoted her time laipdy to literary work,
writing many interasthg and clever stcries,
some of which have been published, and
fragments of noveliChat I have read show
ing considerable library ability.
“She was the mighter of a wealthy
father, who mot nth business reverses so
serious in their peuuiary extent as to ren
der it necessary th,t she should take a posi
tion as governess. In that capacity for
several veors she Its lived in the families of
many people in various parts
of the United Sates and Europe. Her
present engagemeifc of that character was
with Mr. ami Mrs.Cofiiti, of Chestnut Hill,
Boston. During jer engagement with the
Coffin family she list fall visited New York.
On her return t> Boston, she told Mrs.
Coffin that she hai met a. gentleman in New
York to whom sin had l*een some years be
fore engaged; flat the engagement had
been broiftn off; dint he hud married, but
that his wife hal died; that he had pro
posed marriage toiler, and that she had be
come again engaped to him, and that they
were shortly to Remarried; that his name
was Crowninshield that he lived in Eng
land and that he wts very wealthy.
“She described with considerable minute
ness her accidental and literal running
against him on theerowdrd pavement on
one of the streets o; New Yoik; that lie
raised his hat in a very gentlemanly man
ner to her, as if apologizing t*r his appa
rent rudeness; that in doing ri> their eyes
met; that ho then said; ‘Pardonme, t think
I have the honor of your acquaiitance,’and
that eacli then recognized thoother. He
expressed his regret, she said,that lie lmd
not the pleasure of knowing by what name
to address her, he presuming, of course, that
she was married. She told him that she
had 'not married. He then tcli her of his
marriage and of his wife’s deutl:; that the
ultimate outcome of their talk his that, on
the strength of the renewal of iheir early
affection, they became again engiged.
“Mrs. Coffin expressed her regrt to Miss
Stone that she had not invited Jr. Crown
inshield to Boston, and that sip and Mr.
Coffin would have had great pleasure in re
ceiving him as a giiost She iumediately
replied that she had not had an Opportunity
of doing so, because Mr. Crowniishield was
on Ids way to the Northwest t* make in
quiries in "regard to a large trait of land he
was interested in, and was antious to get
back to England as soon as he fould.
THE MANUFACTURED CORRESPONDENCE.
“In a few days after this conversation
she read to Mrs. Coffin what appeared to be
extracts from a lotter written by Mr.
Crowninshield, in which the alleged writer
describes the character aiyt value of the
land, saying that it lmd increased far be
yond the writer’s expectations in value,
that it was then worth from #250,00Q to
•Sd(10,000, and that lie proposed to give it to
her; that deeds had been prepared in her
wedded using, but that these deeds could
not be signed until after they were married.
"A subsequent lotter from Mr. Crownin
shield was apparently received by her, in
which lie explained the defectiveness of the
title to the land and fcho imperative neces
sity of his going at once to Yokohama, in
Japan, to sac the only jierson i:i the world
who could give him a clear title. In this
letter he explained the absolute necessity of
his returning direct to England from Japan,
and asked her to consent to meet him there
to be married instead of his returning to the
suited States for that event, as decided
upm when they met.
“Kiie gave her consent to this arrange
ment by letter, and she ** idueed subse
quently cablegrams profes-mg to bo from
Mr. Crowninshield, which she road to Mrs.
Coffin, thanking her for agreeing to their
nmrriage in England and telling her that
lie would give tier the particulars which
ho desired carried out as to their marriage
by mail.
“In due course of time a letter apparently
came from Mr. Crowninshield, in which he
wus very effusive in las thanks for her com
pliance with his desire to have the marriage
m England, and as a reward for this con
cession lie authorized her to invite all the
relatives arid friends sho wished to be pres
ect at the wedding to accompany her to
England, and that he would authorize the
payment of ull the expenses connected with
tlicir voyage anil return to this country.
A LITTLE PROFANITY.
“As illustrative of the mmuteness with
which this delusion developed itself in one
ut these letters, purporting to lie from Mr.
Crowninshield, which Florence read to Mrs.
Y'ffin, he alludes to Florence saying that,
B ‘”‘ had been engaged ill sweeping out her
toom and mu king it neat in appoa ranee,
utid on that commented ::i this wise: 'What
'* nonsense this is about your sweeping
.V"iir loom; are there no servants in Ameri
'■> In a later letter, alleged to be from
him, he expressed his regret at using this
violent language, uml craves Miss Stone's
forgiveness for using it
“In her immediate circle of friends in
Boston this alleged engagement win talked
iihont and all the curious inquiries of female
friends as to the details were nu t, by Miss
Ktone with the most plausible and ready cx-
I'nutations. Mrs. Coffin is a lady hi every
r, p!('t, and did not. in any ease, make any
ctroi*t to read the letters or observe their
post mark. Florence was throughout her
blr a truthful, pure-minded, go<*l girl,
whiise sense of honor atul veracity was of
the k' rnest kind. During all this time of
deception, lusting nearly a year, she was
•cuvaly eiig.igod iu touching in the family
°I Mrs. Collin, anil on four evenings of the
"P*k giving French lemons to a class of
ji'iu.ti,, to which she was eminently quaii-
Ji'sl, sp,'aking French as fluently as English,
i bun, you see, sho was leading a double life
~ that of her own regular occupation and
tills ideal existence perfei-ted entirely from
her imagination.
BEGINNING OK THE END.
“A few weeks ago she left Mrs. Coffin's
tor New York, ostensibly to complete the
airungemonts for her voyage to Kuro|ioutid
"‘S’ l that of her friends. Soon alter her
arrival sho called hero upon me at this
rulV* 0 ! un,i <*ino stepping lightly and
olitlHy into this room. I was surpris 'd and
“t'.iguted to see her. I knew nothing of
turn engagement, but I remarked upon her
cheerful and happy expression, and jokingly
sain: 'Are you going to get lnarri AT To
my surprise she replied, 'Yes; you’ve
guessed it!’ I remarked that I hoped tor
• er uko he was a wealthy man. She
answered that he was, that ho l.ad abun
dance of money. She then gave me some
of the details, invited me to be one of
the wedding party, which invitation I hail
to decline; but upon her pressing me to make
her house my home when i did go to Lon
don I gave a cheerful consent. I heard her
story all in good faith and was as much de
ceived us any of her other friends. I had
not, the slightest misgiving as to its truthful
ness, and the only reflection I made about
it was in an observation I made to my
mother at dinner, that it was a very strange
coincidence that Florence’s marriage should
come about very much in the same way us
she iiad described the engagement and wed
ding of one of her characters in her unfin
ished novel, the manuscript of which I had
read.
“I did not see anything more of Florence
until Saturday night week. I came into
this room about 11 o’clock of that night,
having been out nearly all day, and I found
upon my desk a piece of paper on which was
written a message that Florence desired to
see me. 1 went to the house of the friend
where she was staying. I found her in bed
in a very nervous state, sleepless. I admin
istered a soporific. She obtained some
sleep, but I remained there all night.
“But to make this intricate story more
intelligible I must go back a little of the in
cident 1 have just related.
GETTING DOWN TO HARD PAN.
“On the morning of the Saturday that I
visited Florence at midnight the crisis iu
her delusion had arrived. Her friends
whom she had invited to her English wed
ding were prepared to start; many of them
had made elaborate and expensive addi
tions to their toilet and were on the tiptoe of
expectation of a ’jaunt to Europe, for
which nearly all the expenses would be
paid by somebody else. Part of the an
nounced programme was that money orders
to pay their traveling excuses to New
York should be sent them about a week
before the sailing of the steamship Etruria
to Liven x>l last Saturday, the vessel the
wedding party was to embark upon.
'' Florence had not the money to pay for
these money orders. She had a painful
realization that she could not idealize dol
lars and cents Unless she sent this money
there would be an exposure of her delusion.
This was ail objective fact that thrust itself
upon her reason for solution. There were
two ways sho could solve it—she could com
mit suicide or Mr. Crowninshield must die.
She decided upon the latter alternative.
Sho sent to Mrs. Coffin and to all her in
vited friends telegrams, stating that Mr.
Crowninshield had died on the voyage.
Having done that sho returned to the house,
where she is now staying. To those friends
she told the story of the receipt of cable
grams announcing Mr. Crowninsbield’s
death, of the interview at the Astor Houso,
and the hurried departure of Mr. Crownin
shield’s agent, who had left her in the care
of a gentleman friend, who had had her
driven home in a carriage.
THE REAL BUT UNPLEASANT TRUTH.
“Florence’s telegram to Mrs. Coffin had
brought that lady from Boston, and when 1
arrived at the house on Saturday night Mrs.
Coffin was there. We had, of course, all
accepted the story of Florence as true, and
hail acted in regard to her friends in ac
cordance therewith. On Monday morning
I suggested that the Canard Company
ought to be told of what had occurred, so
that they could make another dispensation
of the ten staterooms that had been engaged.
I sent a messenger to their office, and he re
turned witli the amazing intelligence, to us,
that they know nothing of any Miss Flor
ence Stone or Mr. Crowninshield or the en
gagement of ten staterooms for any party.
“I went to Florence, told her what the
message was, and said, ‘flow is this;’
“She then confessed all, and our own in
voluntary deception was revealed to our as
tonished mental vision.
“That, I think, is substantially the story.
Florence is still living in two worlds. Sho
has yet the illusion ot living in social splen
dor and of having all the pleasure* of life at
her beck and call. But she is utterly irre
sponsible and greatly to be pitied.”
A Woman’s Soul.
fVoro the Gaverocks.
“Now, Miss Pcnhalligan.” said the Squire,
“I am glad I have cornered you, for I want
a word. You are spoiling Mrs. Gaverock.
It is very kind of you to come, but don’t
condole with her —it makes her worse. She
wants stirring up. I know women.”
“Pardon me, you do not.”
“I —I not know them!” laughed the old
man. “Golly! I have had sixty-five years’
experience of them, and I ought to under
stand them.”
“No, you have spent sixty-five years in
their society, and you understand them less
now than you did sixty-five years ago. Then
you might have learned, now you are past
acquiring the knowledge.”
The old man stared ut Loveday, amazed at
her audacity.
“You think,” pursued the girl, “that a
woman’s soul is to lie tinkered with a slater’s
sax. It is of too lino a nature to be touched
even with the thumb. When a particle of
dust outers your watch and stops the hands,
you hold your breath while you examine the
works, lest a breath should rust them. A
woman’s heart is more delicate in its
mechanism than that, und a rough touch
and u rude blast will spoil it forever. You
know our Cornish proverb, ‘Tlio earth is
strewn with potsherds.’ It means that
everywhere, iu every village, almost in
every house, are broken lives, lives broken
by rough usage and careless handling. You
would have used tbo finger-glasses for a lest
and a forfeit, and heeded nothing if they
fell and were shattered. Wo poor women
are like these same finger-glasses, full of
fresh and pure water for you men to dip
your soiled lingers into and cleanse them—
not for you to convert into bumpers to
break for a wager. ’’
Dakota Mosquitoes.
From the Dakota Hell.
A tall, solemn-looking man, dressed in
block, was waiting for u train in a Dakota
deiict. when a man who had just arrived
from the East approached him and got into
conversation about the Territory. After a
few minutes lie said:
“I understand you have some extremely
large mosquitoes m Dakota' ’
‘*Ves, we have.”
“Must 100 very troublesomo this time of
year!”
‘ “Well, yes, they are to some people. I
have no difficulty with them, however.”
“Smoke!”
“No, sir, I never uso tobuoco in any
form.”
“Why don’t they trouble you, then f ’
“I stay at homo most of tho time, and I
live in a rather small one-story house, in
which tile windows are quite low.’’
“1 should think that would make it all tho
worse.”
• •On the contrary, it invariably keeps
them out of the house. Sometimes when
they ure walking p- they will stop, get
down on their bunds and kiiivs and look in
tiie top*, of tiie windows, but they never try
to crawl in.”
“Now, look here, sir. you are trying to
impose on me because I’m a stranger !”
“Ou, no, sir; 1 wouldn’t do such a thing.
lam speaking ot when I am at homo.
Sometimes they bother mo a good deal
when lam away of course. Now last Htl>-
buth morning, for instance, when 1 was
about hit it way through my sermon, ono of
them walked—”
“ Your sermon! arc you a minister r
“Certainly, my friend; I have labored in
the vineyard for over forty years. As I
was saying—” . , ,
“Excuse mo, but here’s my train—sorry I
can t wait—gorxi byaf
What's POZUDON’T? Tis this you ask
To answer is an easy tusk -
It is a liquid soft ami sweet
Which keel** teeth healthy, white ana noat,
Which make* the rosy gum* endure,
\ml ii-nili'is l realb. fill) i -*e i"*"'
Closing >*ut the baUmoe of our Parasols
aud Jerseys ut less than coat. F. Gutman.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1887.
AMONG THE INSANE.
Thrilling Experiences of a Professional
Nurse.
Front the Philadelphia yews.
Alfred J. Nutt, the professional nurse,
who was in attendance upon John McCul
lough when he made his last appearance
upon the stage, and who nursed tho trage
dian during the greater portion of his ill
ness, has had some singular experiences.
He served a four years’ course in St.
Thomas’ Hospital, London, to perfect him
for his profession. He was afterwards eon
neetod with Guy’s and Bartholomew’s Hos
pitals, London. The course of instruction
is very complete and requires nearly as
much close study as is necessary to become
a physician or a surgeon.
Upon entering an English hospital for in
struction the student is first required to
serve a term in washing bottles in the dis
pensary. His next work is “body snatch
ing.” This includes the handling of the
Lilies of nil dead patients and their removal
from tiie wards to tho mortuary. His next
place of service is the accident ward, and af
ter familiarizing himself with every variety
of accident he serves successively in the
medical and then in the surgical wards.
Four years elapse before lie completes this
round, and then he is a qualified nurse. The
compensation for the work is trifling.
Mr. Nutt has been all over the world in
the capacity of nurse since graduating, and
in !870 was one of Florence Nightingale’s
famous corps of trained nurses that went to
Genoa, Forman and Carthagenia during the
prevalence of the Asiatic cholera.
ASIATIC CHOLERA. PATIENTS.
The nurses served seven months at Genoa,
where the deaths numbered tons of thous
ands, and none of them contracted the dis
ease. Tho hospitals were built upon poles,
similar to those used in India and other
warm climates, in order to allow a current
of air to pass underneath. Each building
was a ward in itself, and had accommoda
tions for twenty patients. Mr. Nutt gave
some idea of the fearful mortality by the
statement that during any day of the seven
tnrnths of service it was a rare occurrence
to find two living patients at (i o’clock iu tho
morning out of the twenty lie had left at 10
o’clock the previous night' when ho went off
duty.
Before commencing their twelve months’
service at Forman and Carthagenia tho
nurses were taken to Constantinople for rest.
It is a singular fact that of the number who
were in the service hut two died, and
neither of those of cholera, one of them hav
ing been drowned in the Bay of Biscay and
tiie other dying at Constantinople from
other causes. No preventutives were used,
nnd Mr. Nutt ascribes their escaping tho
disease to utter fearlessness; tho keeping of
the system in a regular condition; plenty of
open air exercise and a careful diet.
A HUMAN GASOMETER
Since his arrival in this country, Mr.
Nutt’s attention has been mostly given to
the care of insane persons, of whom he re
lates many curious and interesting inci
dents. One of these, who had lost a largo
fortune in oil speculations, imagined him
self a gasometer. Mr. Nutt hail considera
ble trouble in pacifying him. He would cry
out that he was full of gas, that, ho would
explode, and would ask his nurse to tap
him. Acting upon this suggestion, Nutt
pressed his hand gently on the insane man’s
diapliraghm and ho at once commenced to
make a hissing noise like escaping steam.
Whenever he became frantic afterwards,
the operation would be repeated and the
j>oor fellow would sink back contentedly,
and say; “Thank God! that terrible ordeal
is over.”
Another patient labored under the hallu
cination that he was pursued by an army of
Chinamen, and that countless numbers of
the Celestials were constantly coming
through his window. He would shriek with
terror and hide himself under the bed-clothes
from liis imaginary pursuers. He was finally
quieted by the hanging of a knotted roi*o
near his bed, at which he would tug con
stantly, and at each pull say “Another pig
tail gone.” This was kept up until his
death, for he thought that it would take
a lifetime to depopulate the Flowery King
dom.
One pf the saddest cases which Mr. Nutt
ever handled was a robust and handsome
young fellow holding an excellent position
and moving in g<x*d circles of society in
New York city. He became engaged to a
lady in a sphere of life much above nis own,
and the cards were out for the wedding.
Two weeks before the time amiounced for
the ceremony to take place, he became de
spondent over his inability to meet tho ex
penses necessary to the occasion. This
preyed upon his mind so much that his
reason was dethroned. Mr. Nutt was sum
moned to attend him, and thus tells of the
case:
“He was bustling around his room in a
full dress suit whftn I arrived, and was anx
iously awaiting the arrival of his bride.
Upon entering his room he greeted me
warmly, and asked whether the special train
with iiis bride had arrived. lie said the
event of his marriage would lx' the topic of
conversation. That the Fifth Avenue Hotel
had taieii taken for the occasion, a Cunarder
engaged for a European tour, the road in
front of the house tanned, and that musical
boxes had boon placed under every chair.
Foor fellow, a rough and tumble time I had
witli him. He gave me a pretty good shak
ing up. I took him to an asylum next day,
and two months afterward I learned of liis
death.”
A STRANGE HALLUCINATION.
A peculiar case was that of a poor imho
cile whose mind bad lxsen shattered by the
belief that he was doomed to devote his life
to sewing buttons on garments. His insan
ity was the result of religious excitement,
and ho (irmly believed his task would ab
solve him from some imaginary sin. Day
after day ho would sew the buttons on any
old piece of rag he could get. He was con
sidered a most harmless patient until a
servant hail occasion to enter his room one
day mid found the lifeless laxly of Hie
lunatic. He lmd literally picket! tho arte
ries in liis wrist to pieces with the needle
with which he was doing life jxinandb.
Another patient had become crazy over
polities. Ili' hud aspired tosouio office, and
being beaten, ascrilxxl liis defeat to adverse
liewsjiaper criticism. From the time of liis
unsuccessful candidacy his mind was gone.
He was removed to the asylum and placed
under Mr. Nutt s care, lie was kept quiet
by Ixdng supplied with newspapers, which
he tore into iniinitessinml pieces, all the
time laughing ut liis ability to destroy
wtiut lie thought was the cause of his down
fall.
One of Nutt's patients had n suicidal
mania. He was ,nn elderly gentleman of
cheerful appearance, and aside from the
fact, that he wantiSd to die, gave very little
trouble. He died un imaginary deat h about
foiii'teen tines each day, tor In- took what
lie thought was a liottle of laudanum every
hour while he was awake. The bottle con
tained water, and after .swallowing the
harmless liquid tho old gontioinun would lie
down iijsiii his bud, and bidding everybody
good-bye, go through a deutli scene that
would do credit to many first-class actors.
A CRAZY DANCING MASTER.
tine of the most amusing cases was a crazy
dancing masser. His weakness was waltzing,
and no attendant could miter the room with
out l*eing seized by tho luuatlc anil whirled
around the room to the imaginary strains
of one of Strauss’ pretty aim. Strauss was
his favorite compos t, mid the dancing nm;
ter would Is-eonie violent if any other mu
sic was suggested. On one occasion Mr.
Nutt humored his i*atient by lieing waltzed
around the room lor thirty minutes. Becom
ing exhausted liudrop|s-J into a chair, when
the j*atient. who sliowisl no signs or fatigue,
became violent nt lieing st/ipjied In his Is'uu
tifill waltz and had to lx* scoured.
51 r. Nutt has an ugly war upon his right
chock, tho result of a terrible encounter with
one of lus more violent patients. The man
lmd lioou iu former day-, wliut is termtsl a
“high roller.” He had plenty of nioncynud
livtsl a life of elegant ease. Uhniniigw< was
tils favorite drink, ami Piper Heuuk'k was
the brtind he swine by. When among n
gathering of friends be iuviu'U'.biy ordered
the wine for which he bud ..u,;h a taste, and
would then worry his friends constantly
talking of the merits of his favorite drink.
He finally became insane on the subject and
was placed in an asylum. To quiet him a
quart bottle that Inal once contained the
“beverageof tho gods,” us he termed it, was
given him, and be would iqx-n about two
dozen imaginary bottles each day. and
finally became very proficient in imitating
the squeak of the cork, the pop and the sizz
as the wine wan poured out.
One day tho Fiper Heidsiek bottle was
broken, and cue that bore the label of
Ilumm’s extra dry was given him in its
place. For four days he sat and contem
plated it and then liecaiuo violent.. The at
tendants who brought his food fled from
him, as he threatened to brain them. For
the safety of the attaches of the asylum it
was thought advisable to secure the maniac,
and Mr. Nutt took ujxm himself this task.
Boldly entering the room lie confronted
the champagne-loving lunatic, who at once
arose, and brandishing the bottle, endeav
ored to brain the nurse. Nutt closed in on
him, and then commenced a terrific hand
to hand fight. The strength and craftiness
of tho insane man perhaps gavo him a
slight advantage, but butt's experience
among crazy people had fitted him to skill
fully cope with his antagonist. He seizes!
the lunatic, and after a struggle that lasted
fully fifteen minutes, succeeded in get
ting liis fingers upon the maniac’s throat
and was fast clicking him into in
’ sensibility when tho crazy man broke
away and deult Nutt a frightful
blow upm the right jaw with the bottle.
The bottle was broken in n thousand pieces
and Nutt sank to the floor unconscious from
the blow, while bis crazy antagonist fainted
from exhaustion. Before either niun recov
ered the attendants had the maniac safely
tied and placed him in a’cell where he could
do no more damage.
This was one of Mr. Nutt's most danger
ous experiences, and, although he was laid
iq* for some days, he returned to his work
and dealt with lunatics equally as violent,
hut who were more easily overcome.
He is now registered at the College of
Nurses, in this city, nnd lias attended sev
eral prominent people within tho last two
years.
U AS IT REALLY RAPE?
Strange Stories Heard About Purs
* ley’s Alleged Victim.
From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times- Union.
Just prior to tho fall term of tho Circuit
Court in 1880 James Pursloy, a negro dray
man, was arrested and incarcerated in jail
upon the charge of committing rape upon a
young white girl named Minnie White. The
crime was said to have been committed in a
house at the corner of Newuan and Ashley
streets. Fursley wus indicted by the grand
jury, was tried at tho fall term of the Cir
cuit Court, found guilty and, as the crime
was a capital one, the punishment was death.
After making u number of efforts, liis ci mnsel
succeeded in getting him anew trial. The
case was not tried ut the spring term of the
court and he is still confined in the county
jail. Shortly after this the girl was married.
After a few weeks of married life sho nnd
her husband separated, the girl and her
mother leaving here suddenly, nobody
knowing just where they bad gone to.
Nothing further was heard of tho girl or
her mother until a short time ago, when the
following letter was received by George M.
Brittain, Captain of Police of Jacksonville:
“Knoxville, Tenn., June 30, 1887.
“Chief of Police, Jacksonville, Flu.:
“Dear Sir—-Will you kindly inform me
what you can find out about a woman by
the name of Mrs. 8. E. Crain and a man by
the name of E. E. Duvis. Mrs. Crain is, or
claims to be, a milliner by trade, arrived in
this city on June !l with what sho claimed
to be a stock of goods, rented a house, in
sured her gooils for £I,OOO, and at 2 a. in.
on June 28 tho house was burned with no
goods in it except some old furniture and
trunks filled with rubbish of one kind and
another. She claims to hail from your city
and to have bought the goods from'a travel
ing peddler by the name of Spencer. Have
you had such a man traveling through your
country with stock sufficient to furnish
$1,400 to £1,500 worth at a tune?
“Pleaso inquire of your insurance men if
they had application from a woman of this
name for insurance on goods of any kind.
“E. E. Davis is a fine looking man about
25 or 20 years of age, fair skin and very
black hair, moustache and ‘mutton chops,’
and claims to l*e the son of a soap manu
facturer in Boston, and pretends to be
drumming the trade on soap. I think the
woman is from Boston originally.
“If you can give me any information in
reference to these parties please do so, and
oblige. J. J. Atkins, Chief of Police.”
The Captain made inquiries in regard to
the woman. He could find no trace of the
goods which she claims to Imve taken from
here. No one by tho name of Spencer could
be found, and he is supposed to have been
a myth. Capt. Brittain found that the
woman had at one time owned a house in
.Springfield. This house was burned, and
Mrs. White collected the insurance. The
above, in substance, was Capt. Brittain’s
answer to the Chief of Police of Knoxville.
Shortly after this a second letter was re
ceived a few days since, which read us fol
lows, being dated Knoxville, Tenn., July
18,1887: ‘‘Your letter giving information
relative to Mrs. Crain, alias White, who now
languishes iu jail at this place, together
with her friend Davis, awaiting court on a
charge of house burning, at hand. I, as
sisted by Lieut. Reeder, or my department,
have worked up u pretty strong ease against
them, the result of a Dreliminary
trial which consumed all of last
Saturday, They were bound over, and in
default of bail are in jail. Mrs. Cain got
wind of the warrants tor her and Davis’
arrest, and they hired a carriage and bag
gage wagon, pretending they wore going to
Fountain Spring, a resort six miles north of
here. I posted a man on the train, who
watched them, not believing they were
going where they said. He soon captured
them making way and brought them buck
to Knoxville. Their guilt of arson was so
plain tliat their bail was changed from
#I,OGO to $1,500 each and they went to jail.
“Minnie left here saying she wus going to
Springfield, Mo., to get money from her
grandfather to get Mrs. Cram out. I don’t
lielieve sho is rcluted to the woman. She
has shown no interest in her behalf, but is
very active in trying to get Davis out of
jail. Find out who shipped the goods from
Jacksonville to her here. Thoy came June
11. There were eleven boxes and a lot of
furniture, etc.
“Where did her former husband, Nathan
White, goto from Jacksonville! He left
there, she says, June 25. f thank you for
the information uismt tiie trial in which
Minnie was concerned. She claims to have
slipped away from Knoxville tweauao they
wore trvlug to force her back to Jackson
ville. The day before she left her boarding
house here sin told tho landlady that White
turned out to be u bail man,
that lie hud another wifo and two
children, and lie lmd ruined her
daughter, Minnie, ami she had sued him and
recovered f12,(J00 of him. The only wit
ness to the girl's ruin wa* a woman who had
since died, and that White had revived the
ci*' nnd was here with tho |q>crs for her
arrest, that she had settled hor insurance
here and received $750, when sho only got
'.Mi, the amount of premium |>ald by her
when she got the policy. They are in a bad
fix.”
"Buchu-Palba.”
Quick, complete cure, oil annoying kid
ney, lil/ulder and urinary diseases. sl. At
druggists.
“Rough on Bile” Ptlla.
Small granules, small dose, big results,
pleasant in operation, don't disturb the
stomuch. 10c. and 25c.
“Rough on Dirt.”
Ark for “Hough on Dirt.” A perfect
washing powder found at last! A harmless
extra fine A1 article, pure and clean, sweet
ens, freshens, bleaches aud whitens without
slightest Injury to finest fabric. Uncqualcd
for hue linens and locos, general household,
kitchen and laundry dr. Softens water,
saves labor und soup. Added to starch pre
vents Yellowing. 5c.. lfic.. 23c. at grocer*.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENTA WORD.
ADVEIiTTSEMFXTS, 15 Words or
more, in this column inserted for ONE
CENT A W'OItD, Cash in Advance, each
insertion.
Everybody who has any scant to supply,
anything to buy or sell, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed,any wish
to gratify, should advertise in this column.
HELP WANTED.
Yl/ - ANTED, at once, a t read an i cake baker
Ti for diy work. Only a sternly man need
apply. Address P. O. Box No. 472, Macon, Ga.
WANTED, a good milkman to assist in dairy.
1 t Apply to FEEL & JONES, Two-Mile Post
Augusta road.
WANTED, a enod cook: good wages to i ight
T* party. 1(1.1 Perry street.
A GENTS WANTED "Hall" Type-Writer,
i V price S4O. Most saleable and best Winter
made. References. G. W. KIBBLE, Ooueral
Agent, Macon, (la.
1 AAAUDY AGENTS WANTED AT ONCE.
I, o' o ' New article for ladies only. You can
niuke $23 u day. Mss. Jl. F. UTILE, Chicago,
111 '
EM PLOYMKNT W ANTED.
A XT ANTED, situation as eoiui'ittiion to lady,
I* or housekeeper Address 11., News ofliee,
W ANTED, a situation quick for Ist Novein
II Iter by young married man; seven (7)
years experience ms bookkeeper in private hank;
same in cotton warehouse; quick, accurate,
prompt; references best. Address H., P. O. Box
si), Quitman, (la.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
\\r ANTED TO RENT, n small dwelling house
il or a set of room s it.able for a small
family; prefer location north of Liberty st.ect.
Address X., Morning News otllce.
\\, r ANTED TO RENT from Oet Ist, six
fV room house, two stories, with stable in
yard. Address, giving terms and location, M.,
Morning News.
\\J ANTED, a loan of $1,7(10 on property
y > worth $8,500. Apply t•P. O. Box 185.
HOUSES AND STORKS FOR HUNT.
| \WKLLINGB FOR RENT. -From Augus 1,
1 ' No. (11 Barnard street; from November ,
No. AON Broughton street. . OHN M.OUERAHD,
No. JO! Buy street.
I NOR RENT, a two story house at ten dollars
1 per month on Huntingdon street, near West
Brood, Apply on t..e comer of Whitaker and
Wayne.
I DOR RENT, new built house, with modern
1 improvements; gas ilxtures, cooking ranges,
hot and cool water; rent moderate. SALOMON
COHEN.
tjV)R RENT, brick store corner William and
Farm streets. Inquire of W3l. SCHEM
ING, Liberty and Drayton.
I DOR KENT, No. JJO Taylor street; three
stories on basement; immediate possession.
W ll ELLIOTT.
rSOR RENT from Oet. let, three story brick
I house, No. 96 State street. J. C. ROWLAND.
I [NOR RENT, two desirable brtch dwellings,
1 conveniently located. Apply 51) Harris
street.
I DOR RENT, IJO Hull, on northwest corner of
Whitaker. Apply to Da. PURSE, 140 Liberty
street.
FOR SALE.
1711)11 SALE, stock drugs uud fixtures in one of
’ the best towns in Central Georgia. Busi
ness w 11 estnb ished and can be increased.
Store well situated. A tine opportuuit for
anyone des.ring to engage in that busi
ness. For Information address DRUGGIST,
ears Savannah News, Savannah, Uu.
tjVTR SALK, cheap if applied for soon, bar
room, with or w thou! stock. Apply at. the
GOLDEN ANCHOR, corner Broughton and
Drayton afreets.
INOR SALE, Milk, Cream, Clabb r Curd, But
termilk, fresh Butter, ai Oglethorpe Bar
racks, Bull street. W. HA KNWELL.
1 PRESERVING PEACHES received daily and
: “for side cheap by A. )!. CHAMPION.
1 NOR SALE, two-story frame house in soutli
west portion city at a bargain. HOBT. H.
TATKM.
I NOR SALE, at GLEASON'S Stable, 8 Cheap
Horses, £ Second-hand Iximlmis.
MATCH PONIES. Pair rod bay ponies, well
broke to harness, safe for anyone to drive,
at COX'S STABLES. Also, pair unbroken iron
grays.
INORBAI.E, Laths, Shingles, Dooring,Ceiling,
1 Wenlherlioarding and Framing Lumber.
Ofßee and yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 211. REPPARD &CO
H ORSES—MULES. —Largest and beat lot
Texas Horses ever shipped here: gentle
stock* also lot Mules, at COX*a STABLES.
r NOR KALE, a line variety of Cuoteloiipes, at
Oglethorpe Barracks, Bull street, by W.
BARNW ELL.
[NOR SALE. ROSEDEW Lets, M feet on
Front street along the river and 500 feet
deep, at $125, payable $25 caah and sl2 50 every
six months,with Interest. FI VIS-ACRE Lots iu the
TOWN OF KuSEDKW, with river privileges, at
SIOO, payable S2O cash and 85 every three months,
with interest. Apply to 1)r. FALLIGANT, 151
South Broad street. 4 to 10 x. m. daily.
LOST.
IOHT. a Ight bay Texas pony, branded O r>n
J shoulder. A suitable r eward will tie paid
if returned to H. HI. DEMKKE, 6 Drayton street,
SUMMER RESORTS.
ffHEWONDERFUL F.I.K*TItK WELL. The
I Hillman House, Hillman, Uu., now open
Georgia Railroad trains connect at Harnett for
Hillman.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
CPECIAL NOTICE PHcTOGKAi'II Y Prte. s
ij reduced Petltes & 1 50, Cards $2, Cabinet
$3 per dozen, and larger w ork In the same pro
portion.
J. N. WILSON,
21 Bull street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
INVERY" CHILD in the <dry will b-expected
I J to he t Chatham Artillery Hall this after
noon lit 5 o'clock to participate in the opening
of I’ROF. BUSH'S Dancing Sehool for ju ii s
and children FREE OF CH iIiGE. A good
orchestra will furnish music. Tenus $2 |st
in nth.
ll>' st<) liiivsa first c ass Type-Writer, why pay
more? The “llah" is unexcelled, and wI s
at S4O Agents wanted References. G. W.
RIBBI.K, Gene al Agent. Maoou, Ga.
X\ r ANTED, everylm.lv to know that the
’ ’ Adonis lso|Kin al Tylei-. with M. S. LOUO
HEADat the helm; best of Beer, Liquors, etc.;
also, Dinners at moderate prices. Call.
SEE that the name "Hluiklli M Is on the box
and the wramier of every lee cream block
you buy. It w ill insure tjiefr tsdng pure anil
delicious.
PLUMBER.
L a. McCarthy,
Successor to (lias. E. Wakefield,
PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER,
4H ISarnant street, SAVANNAH, UA.
Toll’phono JJTtJ.
TOILET ARll< LEK.
Fine Bath and Toilet Sponges, Flesh
Brushes and Toilet Requisites,
AT
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Cor. Hull and Congress Street*.
IAWYERS, doctors, ministers, merchants,
j mechanics mid others having book*, maga
lines, and oilier printed work tol>e bound or m
bound can have such w ork done In the bast *t vie
of the binder’s art at the MOKNUfU NEWB
BUwEBY. 3 Wfcitufear street.
I.niDKX & BATES s. M. 11.
The Longes! Pole
Knocks the Persimmons
\VF. OFFER BETTER INSTRUMENTS.
> > LOWER PRICES and EASIER TERMS
than can lie offered by any other house in our
line, and in consequence wo are flooded with
orders and correspondence requiring
Knights of Labor
Days of Toil
to lwepupwith the rush, Can It tx> possible that
in this hot weather, with Uu* theriuomotor no
high uh to ciulungtr its Niifetv, that people ore
really purchasing Pianos ami Organs?
YEA, VERILY YEA!
If you have any doubts as to this, call In and
let us show you Indisputable proofs of what we
say, and convince von that enters ut home and
from abroad are ACTUALLY CROWDING US.
We oiler you a superb lino from which to
Select.
Chickering,
Mason & Hamlin,
Mathusliek,
Bent & Cos.,
and Arion Pianos.
Mason & Hamlin, Packard and
Bay State Organs.
NEW
Organs $24, Pianos $2lO
Second Hand Pianos and Organs
Almost Givon Away, to Make
Room for New Stock,
BIG BARGAINS
AT
hidden <£ Bales Southern Music House,
SAVANNAH, OA.
DRY GOODS, E K .
MAM 11111,
SUCCESSORS TO
B. F. McKenna & Cos.,
137 BROUGHTON STREET,
Will close out the remainder of
their Spring and Summer Stock
of Whlto Goods, Table Linons,
Towels and Napkins, Marseilles
and Honey Comb Quilts, Ladles’,
Gentlemen’s and Children’s Un
dervosts, Ladles’, Gentlemen’s
and Children’s Hosiery, Para
sols, Embroideries, and Laces.
N. B.—The reductions in fhc prices of
these goods will he worth the attention of
parties wanting the same.
KOU S A [
POE SALE
AT
Griffin, On.,
ON SOUTH HILL STREET,
\NEW 6-room house,with all modem Improve
ment*; 4- lore lot, graded, and lawn in grass;
gas cold and hot water In every room; fountain
in front of house; hue ham arid servant bona,!*;
new wind mill: goisl water; hoii*e well fur
nistied. and will be Hold with or without lunii
tlire, and will he sold ut u bargain If Hold this
month. Write or call uri
J. H. KEITH, Orltllri, Ga.
LKUAL KA 1.l *.
CITY SALE. '
IfNllElt h resolution isisscd In Council July
J 13th, 1837, I will offer for Hale, tit public
outcry. In front of ttie Court House In Mb' city
of Savunnuli, Chatham county, Georgia, on
TU EMBAY, the Hit day of August. IHKT, l>>t
Number 31 Wesley,ward Minimum appraised
value, nine hundred dollars IfHOO). Conditions,
tliat purchaser shall erect pennaiient improve
ments tlieroon wltliin one year Ircui dale of
sale equal to dno-half of the purchase price of
said lot.
Terms—One-third cash, the balance payable
In one and two yeurs, with Interest at too rate
of seven (el (wr cent, per auliuin. Purchasers
|iyin* for titles. ItOBT. J. WADE,
City Marshal.
Ravasnah, July Ifith, IHH7.
ELJXiHIC lIKLTN. -
Tills Belt or Hogstwr*.
* or *" made expo-ssly
for the cure of derange-
W Dft CHLEVtAviI mentaof the generative
Dir Dr i'r lonian*. A continuous
WjL.P LL j J stream of Elittricfty
FORI* loT jsnueathiK thro’ the
. TS-ms- —. purls must restore
B t w. % gf' .1 1 hern to healthy action,
nflhs FajTW'w .ill !►<' not confound ihls
|V!Ffv|V-Vi ?nWI I whh Electric Hells ad-
If IK.. I UHU vertlswi to cure all Ills;
It b for tho ana specific purpose. For full in
formation address GIfEttVSR EUCCTRIO
BELT CO.. 193 Washington Mt_XlbJaao U 1
C. 11. DOHSHTT’S COLUMN.
BEAL ESTATE
OFFERINGS.
A Fariii Near the City.
C. H. DORSETT. Auctioneer,
Will soli at tho Court House, during the
usual hours of sale, on
Tuesday, August 2d, 1887^
that particular piece of Farming I .and otx
the Ogeeehoe rood, alxmt two miles froiis
Anderson ctreot, near the Charleston am*
Savannah crossing, containing about fifteen}
acres of laud. Said property adjoins thfl
lands of Oliver Ileidt, Stewart and others,
and lias upon it a largo TWO-BTORI
FRAME DWELLING.
This is admirably adapted to the requires
meats of u dairy, chicken or truck (arm.
SOME GOOD CORNERS.
At private win I am offering some very
good corner places, suitable for business or l
for residences.
One on West Broad anil Hull, near the!
otllce) of the Georgia Central Railroad.
This is an excellent location for a boarding
house, uud unsurpassed for retail business.
The house is rixiray and the lot large,
flOxik), with much of the space unoccupied,
A splendid stand for business in the im
mediate vicinity of tho 8., F. fi W. lly, just
on the thoroughfare leading into the want*
house and offices. This consists of a larger
dwelling, with store attached, well built and
convenient. Its proximity to the Depotl
gives s|*tcial value to this property for em-i
ploycs, or for persons desiring the patronagal
of employes.
Another corner on York and Monteonw
cry streets, consisting of store und dwnfliugj
is in a location where property is .seldom
offered, and nover offered long. Purchasers
can ulwuys be found for property in this)
vicinity, on account of its nearness to thef
Market, liny street and the retail street?.*
Considered ns mi investment, it will alwuyyl
be in deuiaral iiy touants.
A West Brood and Jones street corner if
the lost on t iu- list. This is unions; the best!
of West IJroad cornel’s. Par ticulars cun bu|
had at my olHco.
A Few Residences
A double house in the eastern portion of
the city, near the Bay. This is an exceed*
iuKly pleasant location, facing u square. It
will t> i an admirable home for persons doing
business in that section.
A two-story dwelling on Bryan strew®,
near Farm. Iu this locality homes always
rent well. This is particularly reoom
liruided to pci-suns desiring a small, snug
investment, uud those drawn in Loan Asso
ciations.
A neat and comfortable cottage in the
southwestern imrfion of the city. This is
just the plu<’i> in which to commence house*
keeping life.
ON SALT WATER.
I have for sale tho most complete prop*
erty of this description in this vicinity.]
flood wntor and air, cool breezes, fertile
land, plenty of shade, übuudance of fruit,
fish in abmulums!, oil within tui hour’s ndo'
of tho city.
G. H. Dorsett,
REAL ESTATE DEALER.
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