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A WESTERN STORY.
The Narrow Escape of Sol Taylor from
Torture and Death at the Stake.
I came West when I was IT years of aye
(said old Sol Taylor/of Georgetown, Col.,
j,.. other day), and. now I'm a bit over (50.
You can figger that up and see how long
['ve been skirmishing with Indians, grizzlies,
panthers, rattlesnakes and the other pesky
varmints of mountain, plain and prairie.
There hasn’t been an Indian war for the last
half century that I haven’t had a hand in,
and 1 reckon I've had as many stand-up
flights on my own hook as any scout or hun
ter you can name. I have been captured
and put to the torture twice, and been cap
tunHl and got away without torture three or
four times. In times of pea<-e I have lived
with the Pawnees, Kiowas, Apaches, Sioux,
Cheyennes and Blackfeet, and in times of
war I have fought all these tribes. Mebbe
I am, therefore, a purty good judge of In
dian natur’, and when you ask me which
tribe of redskins has the most honor I re
ply that I never yet saw an Indian whom I
would trust a rod. The only reason that
Borne of ’em have served tlie government as
scouts and traitors is because they happened
to hate their own kind just then a little
wuss than they did the white man. How
ever, you want some of my own adven
tures, and I v ill give you one.
Before the days of railroads in the West
a man who was spilin' for an Indian fight
could get it within rifle shot of Fort Kear
ney, and this state of affairs continued up
to 180(5 and later. The last time 1 was cap
tured was on the Smoky Hill fork of the
Kansas river, and it was while the railroad
was being pushed across the State of Kan
sas. A r-lit road through the Indian coun
try meant good-by to game and good-by to
tlie Indian. The redskin realized this as
forcibly as the white man, and ho was on
hand to fight the progress of the road. He
was foolish enough to suppose that the kill
ing off of a few scouts and surveyors would
stop all work, aud by the time the road was
half way across tlie State of Kansas every
Indian who had any patriotism about him
was in front of it and doing battle. The
contractors had to employ a great many
scouts and fighters to protect tne advance
men, and I was one of those thus engaged.
In the five months of my employment I
Killed thirty-nine Indians and brought
thirty-nine scalps to camp,,and there were
other scouts who did as well, or better. We
did not lose near as many men in propor
tion, as we fought entirely on the defensive,
and had all the advantages.
My capture occurred one morning in Sep
tember. One of the engineers of the road
had been on a spree, and while verging on
delirium tremens had left camp and wan
dered off. He had been gone two or three
hours before he was missed, and at mid
night of a rainy, gusty night six of us
started out on foot to hunt him up. As no
one knew the direction he hail taken, each of
us went his own way. There were plenty of
Indians around us, and a scout had been
wounded that afternoon within half a mile
of our camp. Each man of us who went out
took big chances of being captured, but
there was no hesitating or hanging back on
that account. Our camp was close to the
river, and my first move was to cross the
stream. The water was no more than waist
deep, and I had no trouble in reaching the
other bank. The engineer, whose name was
Sewell, hud gone off in his shirt and trou
sers and boots. He was bareheaded, out of
bis senses, and had no weapon of any sort.
My only hope in finding him was that he
would become exhausted before going far,
and sit down.
Once across the stream, I held to the north
for about a mile, and then turned to the left
and kept on until I hail described a quarter
of a circle and come to the river again. I
then went back to the starting point and
bore to the right, and it was while on my
w ay to the river that four Indians suddenly
rose up from the grass at my feet and seized
me. I can’t say that I was off my guard,
but it did seem a bit queer to me as I thought
it over afterward that I should havo let the
skunks get such an advantage of me. I
could see fairly well for 20 feet or more
around me, but the fellows hugged the earth
bo closely, and I happened to walk so
straight into the trap, that I was done for
before I knew wiiat was going one. Not a
yell was uttered—not a won't spoken. Two
of them tripped me up, and tho other two
piled on to me and disarmed me, and in less
than a minute my arms were jerked behind
me and made fast, aud away we went to the
northwest on a trot. This was maintained
for about a mile, when wo came ujion a
party ol’ fifty mounted redskins, and in the
midst of them I found Sewell. He was
prostrate with exhaustion and fear, and
when I spoke to him, which act the Indians
seemed rather to encourage, he began cry
ing and sobbing like a child. I was lifted
up behind a warrior and off wo went at a
gallop, riding to the west and keeping close
to the river until we had made at least fif
teen miles. Thon we came upon an Indian
village as it was growing daylight.
My feelings during tho rido were any
thing but agreeable, I can assure you. The
fact that I was not lulled at the moment of
my capture had a significance which I w ell
understood. I was just as certain to go to the
stake for torture as I .remained a prisoner,
and I did a heap of thinking in hope-, to get a
plan for escape. Mounted behind an In
dian, my arms tied so tightly that 1 was a
constant sufferer, and obliged to keep my
balance by tlie use of my legs alone, there
was no earthly show for me to carry out any
scheme. Sewell was mounted on the horse
just ahead of me, and his conduct went far
to distress and unnerve me. He kept up a
constant la mention, and was continually be
seeching me not to let the Indians harm him.
Brink had lost its effect on him, and to come
out of his spell and find himself in the hands
of tlie releiltioss redskins had token all tlie
[duck out of him. He was doing the very
"’erst thing he could have done, for 1 heard
tlie Indians gloating over theprosiiect when
he should come to tho stake. There was
considerable hurrah when we rode into the
village, ami lual I not lieen able to under
stand a word of tho dialect, tlie looks and
actions of tlie Indians would havo been suf
ficient to tell mo wlmt fate they intended to
m<’te out to us. Sewell was placed in one
lodge and I in another, and tlie war party
vvi i e soon engaged with breakfast. It was
Pt yet fully daylight when I was pulled off
the horse, and therefore I lnwl not yet been
recognized. 1 was pretty generally known
to all the tribes, and they hail named me
.‘'The Long Death.” I got. the name by kill
hig some of them with a rifle which knocked
tiH-m over when they sup)H>sed themselves
tar beyond range. My only hope was that
no one in tlie crowd would bo able to iden
tify me, as I had lately lmd my hair cut
dose and my whiskers entirely removed,
tmt daylight had only come when throe war
riois looki-d in on me, gave n start of sur
prise, anil one of them called at tlie top
9f Ills voice;
“It is Tho Long Death! We have got,
Mm at last. Hero in the white hunter who
Has silled so many of our people.”
Dim cut was out of the ling, ms the old sav
hhC goes, and ! stood then' und fared them
and knew that, T was doomed to the most hor-
I'ihle tortures they could invent. ,
They ,|id not hoop me long in walling.
1 he knowledge of my identity w hot ted their
■avuge appetites, and white the warriors
tflio raptured us were eating breakfast tho
mst of tin- village was astir .vith prepara
tions. The camp was in e bit of valley, on
me left bank of Smoky Hill Fork, and two
rees were out dowu, trimmed to a proper
“ngth, and then driven into tho ground in
the centre of the village. The one intended
mr mi' was almost in front of my tepee, and
I stood nt the ontranco and saw the young
nu n drive it into the earth. Mom than that,
I suim out to them in a steady voice, in their
wu dialect:
“ V stake like that to hold Tho T-ong
Until! You shall sec how ho will tear it
up!”
My words wire reeoivod with shouts of
satisfaction. No p'ople on earth respect
cjjuroge in a man iik much ns the Indians,
x hoy ore no less cruel to a game man, but
msgamonoas will shorten his torture. Foel
-I,IK ’hat my time hud come, and hoping to
provoke some of tliem to shoot or toma
hawk me, I call.si out tint tin nun of half a
wo<ie.i of Lite Uib whom I had tent to -he
happy hunting grounds. Gome of tho young
men fairly raved to get at me, but the order
of the chief was to wait. I boasted that I
could outshoot,- outride, and outrun their
best men. and offered to fight any six of
them if they would turn me loose, but all
this talk only gave them the more satisfac
tion in thinking of the torture in store for
me. On the same principle that people eat
their pie last, the Indians led Sewell out
first. His condition was such that but little
fun could he anticipated from his torture.
He was a large, fine-looking man, but the
result of his capture was to break him down.
He had no more courage than a child, and it
was pitiful to see him weep and hear his la
mentations. I begged of the Indians to let
him go, stating that he was a civilian who
had never injured them, and was so broken
down that he could not live long, and but
for the hot-headed young men in the tribe I
should have got him off. They urged that
he was assisting to build the railroad which
was driving the game and the Indian out of
the country, anil that the wli ite men never
spared a warrior because he was ill. Such
talk as this settled it, and the engineer was
led out, stripped of his clothing, and tied se
curely to the stake. Had I refused to look
on it would havo been taken as an act of
cowardice on my part. Realizing this, I
stepped outside the lodge and stood within
ten feot of the stake. Sewell wept and
begged while being made fast, but when
they stepped back he suddenly grew calm
and asked of me:
“Taylor, what does this all mean? What
are they going to do with me?”
“They are going to torture you, Mr. Se
well.”
“Are you a prisoner, too?”
“Yes, and they will torture me after fin
ishing you.”
“My God! but this is awful. I havo SBOO
at the camp. Won’t they take that and re
lease us?”
I replied that if we were worth a million
dollars apiece we could not purchase our
liberty under the circumstances, and ad
vised him to call-up his courage and seek to
die like a man. Any sign of weakness on
his part would excite contempt and in
creased torture, and the better way was to
defy them to do their worst. 1 believe he tried
his best to brace up, but his nerves were
dreadfully shattered, and after three or four
minutes he began crying again. This had
jnst the effect 1 predicted. Half a hundred
boys were sent off to cut switches, and
when they returned they were told to go
ahead and apply them to the engineer. The
idea was to whip some courage into him,
but it was a flat failure. Almost at the
first blow the man cried out like a woman,
and, his feet not having beeu tied, he danced
around like a puppet. I called out to him
to kick his tormentors, but he paid no heed
to my voice, and after a time stood stock still
and let the boys whip him until blood was
drawn in a score of places. All this time
he cried like a boy 4or 5 years old, and I
heard some of tho old warriors say that he
was the most cowardly white man they had
ever met. He may have lacked courage,
but I always believed his conduct to have
been the resu’4 of his shattered mental and
physical condition.
After the boys hail switched him for ten
minutes they were called off, and a couple
of warriors advanced with their muzzle
loading rifles and began to fire charges of
powder into the poor fellow’s flesh. Does it
hurt? Well, sir, hell can’t be any worse.
I’ve had a dozen charges fired into me, and
I never felt any pain to equal it. I’ll take
two bullets in preference to one cnarge of
powder every time. The first charge set
him to dancing and screaming, and at the
third or fourth he kicked one of the war
riors over, and became so savage that they
hail to fully bind him to the stake. They
fired thirty-four charges in all, and by tlie
time they had finished you could not have
told that Sewell was a white man. His
agony was something awful, and he writhed
about with such strength that the stake had
twice to be driven deeper. His shrieks and
screams, as I afterward knew, wore heard a
disyi\e of more than two miles, and yet
this the beginning of what they
hail in store for him.
The next move was to apply the burning
sticks. Some green sticks had been put
upon the fire on purpose, and three or four
warriors applied the burning ends to vari
ous portions of the engineer’s body. The
pain fairly drove liim crazy, and in a short
time he fainted. Water was brought from
the stream and dashed over him, and during
the interval many warriors crowded around
me to see how I was bearing up.
“Dogs! Do you think you can make The
I.ong Death cry like that?” I shouted at
them. “Here, pull up my trousers and see
where the cowardly Sioux shot powder into
my legs. Pull off my boots anil find where
the Cheyennes applied tho fire sticks. Did
I weep like a woman? Go ask them. And
when you ask that, inquire who killed the
Black Eagle, lied Horae, Big Mountain,
Great Buffalo, and Black Feather. They
will tell you, The Long Death.”
But for tho presence of four or five chiefs
I should have been done for on tlie spot, so
excited were the young men. By this time
Sewell hail regained his senses, and was sob
bing and waiting again, and they went back
to their sport.
A warrior approached him with a sharp
knife and lashed him in 50 different places,
eachcqt being deep enough to lie painful,
but nuie of thorn very serious. The gush
of blood soon turned the man into a horri
ble-looking object, and several times he
would have fainted had they not had water
at hand to throw over him. He had
screamed so loud and long that his voice
was now entirely gone, and the only sound
he could utter was a groan. He had long
seemed unconscious of my presence, and I
was glad of this. Ido not think he was in
his full senses after tlie burning. After the
warrior had cut and slashed with his knife
he fell back to give place to another. This
second one meant to do finer work. He
meant, as a first move, to cut the victim’s
tongue out, but as he reached for it with his
left hand Sewell snapped at him like a dog,
got the black hand firmly between his
jaws, and then there was a grand uproar.
Everybody enjoyed the fix the Indian was
in. and whenever he motioned ns if he
meant to use his knife they shouted to him
to give the victim fair play. Sewell held to
him for fully live minutes; lacerating the
hand like a bulldog, and then three or four
warriors seized him and made him let go.
The bitten warrior relinquished the knife
to another, and during the next quarter of
an hour Sewell suffered the loss of his nose,
ears, fingers and lips. He shrieked out in
agony when his nose was slashed off, but
after that ho never even groaned, aud Icon
soled myself with the hope that he was dead.
The Indians finally lieoaino satisfied that
they could got no more “fun” out of him.
ami ho was scalped, and the faggots at his
feet were lighted to consume tlie body.
My time had come. There was a grand
yell from every warrior as the two guards
led me to the stako. How did it feel? Well,
1w as recklessly desperate. I hated to go
without having revenge oil some of them,
and, as there was no other way, I guve
tliem a tongue lashing. I called them w om
en and cowards; 1 cited lictitious cases,
when one hunter had licked six of them; 1
dared anfl dolled them to do their worst. 1
had them worked up until they fairly
screamed for my blood, and 1 reasoned that
t bi'torture would not last long. 1 was
stripped of every vmtigeuf clothing, bound
hand and foot to the stake, ynd, as in the
engineer’s case, two warriors mode ready to
shoot, powder into me. They were loading
their guns when, out from tho the heavy
growth of cottonwoods behind the ramp,
cumi' a line of forty men on a run, and just
in tho rear of them seventy five army
troopers. I saw tho men before any one
else in camp. Indeed, they were not pistol
shot away when the alarm was givon. it
was the quickest and bloodiest tight on
record Six of the dismounnted men pushed
straight for me, knowing I was likely to be
killed by some savage, and I was cut loose
and a revolver was given to me before the
hght was hardly on. In ten 111111111** not a
living buck wua left in camp. We killed
twenty-two, and the rest broke out of
reach. Seven or eight old men, nine or ten
votin ' fellows, and six squaws were like
wise killed. Wo capture 1 ninety two
ponies a gn ut lot of powder and lead, sev
errl hundred dollars’ worth of rolx*, and
j , .... w’U * -flow i|, poor recovered
TITF, MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1887.
from. What we eoutd not carry away wo
burned, and not an article they could make
useful was left.
CURIOSITY CAME HIGH.
A Soldier Trick to Securo New Hats
in War Times.
From the Atlanta (tia.) Journal.
Col. John C. Reed, of Atlanta, gives tho
following account of the unique plan put
into practice by the bareheaded soldier boys
around Petersburg to eke out tho slender
Confederate commissary and supply them
selves with white hats:
“One day,” says Col. Reed, “a friend of
mine came up to a group of our officers m
which I was standing, and calling me aside
put up his hands and whispered in my ear.
“Go away! you don't mean it,” replied I.
“Don’t I though! Come with me and
see.”
Without a word to the other officers—for
the affair in which we were interesting our
selves could hardly have been reported at
headquarters without getting somebody into
trouble—we set out.
Choosing a retired path through the bushes
we took our way toward a point on the rail
eoad track a mile or moro to the eastward
of the Petersburg station.
It was nearly train time. In a few mo
ments we expected to hear the shrill whistle
of the engine as tho long train dashed by at
full speed on its way from Norfolk to Rich
mond.
The latter city was in that day something
more than a cigarette manufactory; it was
the capital of the Confederate States, and
the centre of interest for the Southern coun
try, consequently everybody who could get
there went there, and tho trains were al
ways crowded.
Reaching a point on the edge of the
woods, which commanded a full view' of the
railroad, my companion and I stopped to
look on.
We did not care to go further, for it would
not do for us to be known to have witnessed
what was about to transpire. Discipline
would have required us to report tlie mat
ter, which we felt little inclined to do.
For some time we waited in silence,
watching with much amusement tlie prepa
rations then progressing.
Close to the railroad there had gathered a
great crowd of the most ingenious scape
graces of the camp, who cared about as
much for other people’s rights, where then
own wants are concerned, as the average
man does for those of a hen when his appe
tite is whetted for eggs.
A number had long brushwood brooms in
their hands, and those who had not were
eagerly providing themselves from the un
dergrowth at hand.
The explanation given me of tlie business
in hand had designedly been meagre. Just
enough to whet my curiosity.
“What will they do with the bushes they
are in such a hurry to get ready ?” I in
quired.
“Wait a little; you’ll see presently.”
J ust then a number of men were seen to
fall on their knees beside the track.
“What are they doing now?”
“Only putting powder and caps on the
track.”
“They are i c going to blow up the
train P’
“Oh, no; the train won’t lie hurt. They
only want to attract the attention of the
passengers.”
A shrill whistle announced that the loco
motive was at hand.
Round the curve she came a moment later
gliding majestically and hurrying along a
serpentine train of crowded passengers.
Everything was excitement the moment
the whistle sounded. Hither and thither
rushed the men in two lines, taking up then
position, brush in hand, up and down the
track.
Nearer came the engine. Every brush
was drawn back over the shoulder and the
rascals that held them stood breathless and
excited in attitude to strike.
Into the crowd, between tho tw-o long
files of men and brushwood lining the track
on both sides, dashed the puffing train.
“Bang! Fiz! Shoo! Bang,”
The caps had exploded, setting the pow
der train on fire, which, with a loud report,
enveloped the flying cars with an inqieno
trablo cloud of smoke.
Out of the windows came the passengers’
heads, arrayed in good new hats fresh from
the shops of the Norfolk hatters.
Now was the auspicious moment.
“Slash! Vip! Swish!” come the brush
wood switches across the heads and faces of
the passengers.
The train is gone; it was here but an in
stant; but tlie ground is covered with the
latest styles of the Norfolk hatters’ art, and
the bareheaded boys are on their ragged
knees scrambling to find a comfortable fit
from the plentiful supply of nobby shapes
thus suddenly provided.
In the meantime the passengers for Rich
mond can wipe the blood and perspiration
from their lacerated faces and curse their
curiosity at leisure.
They can buy new hats at Richmond, and
need not grudge the lost ones.
The enterprise which won them deserved
reward, and tho heads they now cover ap
preciate the luxury.
A Voice Strangely Like His Own.
From the San Francisco Examiner.
I had a singular experience in the Ycrba
Buena Cemetery. I used sometimes to go
into it at night. It is a way I have. I love
the d 1 ad, and their companionship is in
finitely agreeable. It was one of those half
dark flights of the winter time. There was
a moon somewhere—l am uncertain if 1
saw it or heard it. Oreat banks of black
clouds drove rapidly across tlie sky, extin
guished whole constellations, which unex
pectedly flamed out again, looking strange
ly unfamiliar, as if their stars had lieen re
arranged. The place was full of shadows,
and some of them when merged in the
broader gloom thrown from the clouds re
appeared in another place. Many of them
had no corresponding substances; they were
foot-loose and could go where they would. I
lay on a flat granite sluh. supporting myself
on my elbow. Suddenly—so suddenly as to
startle—a man stood before me, within n
pace. 1 had not seen him approach, did
not know from what direction no had come.
He was hat less, and wore, I think, neither
coat nor waistcoat. He seemed unaware of
my presence. I iny in the shadow of a low
oak, he stood in the light. His side was to
ward me aud his fa-e averted. Aside from
the "start” he gave me by his sudden ap
]H>aranee, I was not conscious of any feeling
akin to fright. 1 thought him drunk—that
ever ready and useful explanation of mas
culine eccentricity—and lay still to sue what
he would do. He did not turn his head; he
did not move—not for a period that seemed
to me some ten minutes. Then he looked at
me over his shoulder and said: “Who the
devil are yon !” For my life I could not
have replies 1, for the voice sounded exact ly
like my own, and I was thoroughly fright
ened. As if I bail answered, and asked a
similar question, he added—but in a wholly
different voice: "lam Josh Hil.xby.” Then
with a slight bow and an upward and out
ward motion of tho hand—a gesture liko
that with which an actof sometimes with
draws from tho stage—he wnsgone. I re
mained some time longer, but Imd not the
happiness to moot him again. To this day
1 am unable to say what them was in all
tin's, aside from my fancy, about the voice,
that was odd. The sudden appearenoe ami
disappearance could have been managed by
stepping out of and lutck into a contiguous
clump of bushes. 1 believe n little in the
Kiijiernatural. but the name Josh iSilsby—
if l havo rightly recalled it—seems ludi
crously unghostlike; it resembles the inven
tion of a humorist. Cei-tainly I Inal never
heard it before, nnd have never beard it
since. That I was not asleep is uiso very
certain.
“Gentle ao the Breeze of Evening.”
This line of an eld hymn is quite appro
priate when applied to ‘‘Pleasant. Purgative
Pellets.” “I don’t like to take pills if I can
avoid it,” we often hear persons say, “be
cause they constipate me so." Now the
“Pellets’’ never do this. Tiioy are so gentle
and mild that their effect is almost pre
cisely similar to a natural movement of the
towels, and no unpleasant effect* are left
behind.
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Ribbons, Feathers, etc., which are now being shipped daily
by our New York buyer, and our Mr. Krouskoff, who is now
North to assist in the selection of the Choicest Novelties in
the Millinery Line. It is astonishing but a fact, that we sell
line Millinery cheaper than any retail store in New York. llow
can we do it? Cannot tell. This is our secret and our suc
cess. Perhaps on account of large clearing out purchases or
perhaps from direct shipments from London or Paris—but no
matter so long as the ladies have all the advantages in stock
and prices.
We are now ready for business, and our previous large
stock will be increased, and we are now offering full lines of
fine Milans in White and Colors, for Ladies, Misses and
Children in an endless variety of shapes
RIBBONS, RIBBONS, new novelties added and our regu
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We knock bottom out in the price of Straw Goods.
We continue the sale of our Ribbons at same prices as
heretofore, although the prices have much advanced.
We also continue to retail on our first floor at wholesale
prices.
S. KROUSKOFF.
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MARKED DOWN TO PANIC PRICES.
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS at NINETY CENTS A YARD.
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ing Books, and any information in our line furnished on application. < 'ypn-ss. Yellow Pine, Oak,
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VALE ROYAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Savannah, Ga
ENGINES, BOILERS, ETC.
C " TALB0T "”~
Kinds.
Simplest, Safest and Most Durable. AH Machinery fully Guaranteed. Reliable Ma
chinery at reasonable prices.
Do not bay without first seeing us, or writing for our prices, naming just what you want. Address
rkhmWva. I TALBOTT & SONS, Macon, Ga.
.1. C. WEAVER, Manager.
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Now is the time when every
body wants ICE, and wo
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.
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Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful
and polite service. Full and liberal weight.
KNICKERBOCKER ICE GO.
14.a TIA \ KX_
THABB
MARK.
GROCERIES.
Best Raspberry Vinegar, Qt. Buttles, • GOc
Best Lime Juice, Quart Bottles, * 35c
Best Syrups, Pint Bottles, - • • 45c
Best Vanilla, 4-Ouncc Butties, - • 25c
Best Essence Lemon, 4-Ounce Bottles, • 20c
Good Essence Vanilla, per Bottle, -10 c
Good Essence Lemon, per Bottle, • • 10c
Good Turkish Prunes, per Pound, • 5c
—AT—
IIILtS LANG'S,
19 BARNARD STREET.
EDUCATION Al
SOUTHERN FEMALE COLLEGE
rSPffiT^K^.!
Lagrange, qa.
noLI,FOE OF LETTERS, SCIENCE AND
V ART. FACULTY OF SEVENTEEN
Scholarship high Library, Reading Room,
Museum, mounted telescope, apparatus, tweti
one pianos, complete appliances. Elocution
and Fine Art attractions. In MUSIC the Misers
Cox, directors; vocalist from I'aris aud Berlin;
distinguished pianist and ladies’ orchestra.
Board and tuition. S‘JU7. School ilogins Sept. 28.
MRS. 1. F. COX, President,
LaGrange, Qa.
Salem Female Academy,
SALEM, N. C.
Healthful location; beautiful
grounds; ample buildings with comfortable
study parlors, sleeping alcoves, bathing rooms;
well graded and advanced course of study;
special facilities for Music, Art, Languages ami
Commercial studies: refined home-life, with
good Christian training; special care of the In
dividual pupil; uighty-tliroo years of continuous
experience and more than 0,000 alumnaj. Fur
catalogue address
PRINCIPAL SALEM FEMALE ACADEMY,
Salem, N. C.
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
MI’SH, FINF ARTS,ORATORY,
Literature, English Branches, French,
German, Italian, etc. I*argoHt ami host equip
ped in the world: 100 Instructors: 8,186 Stun nta
last year. Hoanl and room, with Steani Heat
and Electric Litfht. Fall term I logins Kept. 8,
1887. Ill'd Calendar free. Address E. TOUIt-
JEE, Dir., Franklin, Sq., Boston, Mohs.
/ MVII„ MECHANICAL AND MINING ENol-
V ' NEKRINU at the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, N. Y. The oldest engineering
school in America. Next term logins Beptem
lier 14th. The Register for 1887 contains a list
of the graduates for the past OSS years, with
their positions; also course of study, require
ments, qmiiwH, etc. Uanoidateh from a dis
tam e or those living in distant Ktutiss, by special
examinations at their homes, or at such schools
as they may be attending, may determine the
• question of admission without visiting Troy,
lo r Register and full information address
DAVID w OREENI Director.
Bellevue High School,
BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA.
A thoroughly equipped School of high grade
for Hoys and Young Men.
r TMIE22d Annual Session opxus Sept. 15, 1887.
I For Catalogue or special information apply
t" W it. ABBOT, Thin.. Bellevue 1\ 0., Va.
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL,
Near .Alexandria, Va.
L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A . Principal;
L. HoXToN, Associate Principal;
With able Assistants.
A Preparatory School for Hoys.
Founded 1839. Session opens Sept. 28, 1887.
Catalogues sent on application.
Lucy Cobb Institute,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
r l'!IK Exercises of this School will lie resumed
1 KKIT. 7, ihk;
M. RUTHERFORD Pnntcnm.
Rome Female College.
(Under tbe control of tin* Synod of Georgia.)
K<me, Ga.
Rnv. .T. M. M. CALDWELL, President.
r |MIIKTYT’IHST year Ijcfriiis Monday, 5,
X 1887. For circulars and information atldivhH
S. (J. CALDWELL,
Ronif.Ga.
CT 'l \ RY’B - <!H(X>L F<>R GIRLS, Fsatab
lisii-d in 1842. For ( ataloguo uG'litm tho
R<*(‘tor, Kkv. BENNETT S.MFDLK.
“Tin* Himatt* of RuWmkli is uue of the best in
the world/ I —Bishop Lyman.
CLOTHING.
/ vl li ST'M,’K at all times containing the
A ' apparel of correct anil seasonable tunic Ik
now complete with an assortment of go,hlk
which will lie fonml especially interesting for
those preparing for the country.
Particular aUcntiou is luviteu to our line of
DUSTERS,
negligee shirts,
Bathing Suits,
House and Lounging Coats,
NEGLIGEE CAPS,
POJA M A S ,
Ami the many little fixings which add so
materia ,ly to comfort arid appearance duriug
an Out hit/.
We urn alsir showing several novelties ia
SUMMER WEAR,
which arc delightfully cool and of the styles
and fabrics tried in fashionable centres. Wo
w ill consider It a pleasure to show any cue
through our stock.
A. FALK & SON.
DR 1708 AND MKDICINJS6.
Don’t Do It! Don’t Do Wht?
YIT’HY don't walk our tony street* with that
or Grease Spots In, to which the Savannah dust
sticks ‘‘closer than a brother," when
Japanese Cleansing Cream
will tuko them out clean as anew pin. 25c. a
buttle. Made only by
J. R. HALTIWANGER,
At lik Drill? Stores, Broughton and Drayton,
Whitaker and Wayne street*.
COTTON KEEI> WANTED.
COTTON SEED WANTED
rpHE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY*
I will pay the highest market price for clean,
sound COTTON SEED.
The Oomuany w ill have mills in operation at
the following points in time to crush this sea
son's crop of Seed, viz.:
Savannah, Georgia.
Columbia. South Carolina,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Montgomery, Alabama,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Houston, Texas.
For sale of Seed, or with reference to Seed
Agencies, address SOUTHERN COTTON OIL
COMPANY at any of the above points, orC. FITZ
SIMONN, Traveling Agent for the CARO
LINAS and GEORGIA, with headquarters at
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO.
DIRECT iiTARON!
JUST ARRIVED
A CARGO OF
ALSKN’S
German PortM Cement
FOR SALE LOW BY
ANDREW HANLEY,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCE. "
An ohdinanck. To authorize the Mayor and Ai*
dermen, in Council assembled, to grant per-!
mils for the excavation and erection of urea*
in tiie lanes of tbe city, aud to prescribe cer
tain conditions for the some.
Section I. lie it ordained by the Mayor anS
Aldermen of the City of Savannah, in Council
assembled, That it snail and may he lawful for
Council, at any time uml from time to time to
grant, by resolution or otherwise, permits to
owners of lots and Improvements within tyecity
to excavate, construct and use areas extending
into the lanes of the city.
Bec. x*. That all such iiermita, unless otherwise
therein provided, shall no grant™! subject to the
conditions herein named and the acceptance of
such jiermit, or tbe excavation, erection and use
of such area by any property owner, shall ba
taken and construed as an acceptance of tha
said conditions, and landing upon the said prop
erty owner and his assigns, future owners of tha
said property.
Sec. 8- All such areas, including all walls and
material of any sort in the construction of tha
same shall not extend into the lane for a dis
tance greater than four (4) feet from the line of
wild lot. They shall lie set at such grade os the
nrdper officers of the city may designate, and
Kept and maintained at such grade as may from
time to lime lie determined mi for the said tuna
without any expense to the city. They shall lie
used only for tne purposes of light and ventila
lion, aud for no other purpose what
soever, and shall be covered with!
a substantial wrought iron grating of such,
form as shall Is 1 an ample protection to peinous
aud property passing through said Uuje, which
grating shall is- stationary and immovable,
and not net upon hinges or other devices ar
ranged for cut runce und exit iuto the buildings
through said area. •
Sec. 4. Tluo tho owners for the time being
of any property, AMacent to which areas may
Isi erected under tße provisions of this ordi
nance shall indemnify and hold harmless tb*
Mayor and Alderman of the city of Savannah,
of ami from any and all loss or damage tliat
may accrue against It by reason of the excava
tion. erection, use or occupation of the area
herein provided for, or the obstruction of tha
bines of the city.
Sec. 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances conflicting with this ordinance lie aud
the same are hereby rcp-aled in so far as thejt
so conflict.
Ordinance passed in Council July 13, IKB7.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank K. Rebaker, clerk of Councilj
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Officer. I
Savannah, Ga., May 1, iW. f
From and after MAY Ist, ISHT, the city ordi.
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments to Isi observed.lt tbe port of Savannah,
Georgia, for period of time (amaiaily; ttoui May
Ist to November Ist, will bo most rigidly on
forced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will lie supplied with printed copies of the Quar
ant me Ordinance upon application to oiilco of
Health < iflicer.
From ami after this date and until further no
tice nil steamships and vessels from South
America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies,
Hielly, porn of Italy south of 40 degs. North
latitude. and coast of Africa beweea
in degs. North and It degs. South latitude,
dlreet or via American port will be sub-
Jected to close Quarantine and he required
to report at the Quarantine Station and bd
treated as ls-ing from Infocted or snspenej
ports or localities. Captains of these vessel*
will have to remain at Quarantine Station until
their vessel* are relieved
Ail steamers and vessels from foreign ports
not included above, direct or via American
ports, whether seeking, chartered orotbeivfia
will Is- required to remain in quarartln * until
boarded and passed liy the Quarantine Officer.
neither the. Captains nor any on, on b mid of
nu.ii rennets will be, allowed to come to the city
until the rennets are inspected und passed by thy
(Quarantine Officer.
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
are retorted unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori
ties, Quarantine restrictions against same will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the flying
of the guarantiee pay on vessels subjected to
detention or innpeetinn will be. riyidly enforced.
J. T. McFARLAND. M. D„ Health Officer.
HUH IVn.SK NOTICE.
Orricx Health Omen,
Savannah, April sth, POT. f
Notice Is hereby given that the Quarantine
Officer Is instructed not to deliver lid ten, to ve*-
sels which are not subjected to quarantine de
tention, unless the name of consignee anil state
ment that the vessel Is ordered to some other
port iipimarK upon the face of the envelope.
This order is made necessary In consequence of
tlie enormous bulk of drumming letters sent w
the station for vessels which an- to arrive.
j r r. McFarland, m. and„
Health Officer.
m nt unm Nonci.
Ovrica Health Ovriom, I
Savannah, March 85th, I*l7. t
Pilots of the Port of Savannah are infonnod
that the Kapelo Quurantluo Station will bo opuu
oil on APRIL Ist, HOT.
Btiecuil attention of the Pilots Is directed to
sections Nos. 3d and 14lh, Quarantine Regula
tiuns
Most rigid enforcement of quarantine regula
tions will be mainiaiurd by the Health authori
ties. j. t. McFarland, m. and..
Health Officer.
WOOD.
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Bacon, Johnson & Cos.
Have a fine stock of
Oak, Pine, Lightwood and Kindling,
Comer Liberty and Last Broad streets.
Telephone lit. .
ItO COUNTY OFFiOKRR-Book* and Blanks
required by county oAoerv for the utie of
the courts, or for offtco use, supplied to order by
the MORNING NLWS PKINTINU UOL'dS. ft
Whitaker :w.,rn,i.
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