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2 CHARLESTON HAPPENINGS. How the Earthquake Fund Was Dis tributed The New Paper Othor Matters. Charleston, July 30. —Human nature is Weak the world over, and human nature in Charleston does not seem to he any weaker or stronger than human nature in any other city; yet it has been, and is about to lie, subjected to a very severo stra u As is well known. nearly $809,000 was ih own into the lap o ' this stricken community when the awful disaster of August last overwhelmed it. It was the spontaneous offering of the world, the touch of nature that makes the whole world akin, and it saved Charleston fiviin ruin and despair. It may readily be soon that the distribution of the funds among 00,000 people in such a manner as to relieve tho real cases of distress was a very difficult and delicate task from which any man might well shrink. Still, somebody had to do it, and n number of gentlemen were found who were willing to undertake the work, and who did it ac cording to their best lights, and did it well. In order to bo perfectly fair and honest in this distribution they were compelled to de mand from applicants a good deal of infor ination as to their circumstances. At this there was much kicking, but the commit tee, convinced that they wore right, were firm. Well, they finished their work and tit tho last meeting of the Council submitted their report, a very lull report which was ordered to lie published. Thii has brought on another complication. The report shows that there were over 3,000 applicants for relief—counting those who Rpp)i(*d for relief to re j stir real property damaged by the earthquake. As to each of these applicants the following facts arc given: (1.) Assessed value ot applicants’ property. (2.) Encumbrances upon the same. (3.) Number of persons dependent upon applicant, for support. (4.) Amount of money applied for. (5.) Amount granted. It includes tho applications re jected as well as those granted. It will be readily soon that the persons whose names appear in this rejMirt arc not disposed to have their affairs published, and it. is a natural feeling. On the ot her hand there is a very general demand on tho part of those whose names do not appear to have the information published. It is said, for instance, that there are beneficiaries on the list who managed to hoodwink the commit tee and get relief, to which they were not entitled under the rule laid down liy them. No one casts any imputation on the committee who gave their time freely and without price to the discharge of a verv delicate and disagreeable duty, and so public opinion is divided. Two thousand jieople object to the publication of the re port and 30,000 demand it. Tho City Coun cil has ordered its publication, but an effort will bo made to effect a compromise, the plan suggested being its publication in a modified pamphlet torni, instead of in tho News ana Courier, the official organ of Council. a mystery cleared cp. The subterranean mystery mentioned in this corres[Kiudence last week is no longer a mystery. The alleged noises were cause: 11 >y r pit alligator which had cscajied from its cage, ami found refuge in a sewer that ran through the premises. Apropos of alligator it may be mentioned that the alligator has become quite the rage asa pet in Charleston. This is a season of the year when the uligator feels good and frisky. Some times they take u trip down the river—the upper waters of the Ashley and tho Cooper being the homo of tho uligator—and fre quently a 10-foot monster is seen sailing around the burlier accompanied by a dozen or more sharks who vainly seek to make a meal of him. His tough hide, however, is a protection, and alter going down to Fort Sumter tho ’gator generally lands on Mount Pleasant or on the citw, Bhore. Sometimes he is shot by sportsment] and sometimes ho succeeds in hiding out?, Then for the next week or two the poopltty in his vicinity lose their chickens and swear, that the fowl thief is abroad, and set up# nights with double-barrel shotguns wutoh-a lug for the thief. The affair ends with the slaughter of the ’gator. Quite a number of young alligators, jn'ts, have escaped recently, and are now hiding out in the cellars and sewers. It was one of those that frightened the negroes in Morris street last week. THE NEW PARER. The new paper has materialized to tho ex tent of having been christened. It is to be called the Charleston Sun, and will, like its namesake in New York, “shine for all’’— that is if its promises are fulfilled. Mr. A B. Williams, of the Greenville News, is to be tho editor-in-chief; Mr. Ross A. Biiiith, of city directory fame, is to bo business manager, and Stanhope Barns, the Augusta Chronicle's resident corres ponded is to bo city editor. Mr. Sams qualifications exhibited in iris contributions to the Chronicle would iudlcuto consider able ability in the “editorial” way. What Mr. MoE)roe's especial position ou tlie paper will lie is not yet definitely known, but it is presumed from his numerous “cards” pub lished recently, that he will write many "pieces" for the Sun. There seems to be a general desire in the community to give the Nkii a chance to shine, but if it is like the historic Irishman who was shipwrecked upon a cannibal island to bo “agin the gov ernment” on general principles, it will hard ly survivo the municipal campaign. AN INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN. The first gun was fired here toduy of an industrial fall campaign, which premises to develop into something g< kxl for (’harlestou. It is proposed to inaugurate a gala week in October, when a cordial iuvitution will lx> extended to the people of South Carolina and Georgia, to come down und see the ruins. The merchants have taken the mut ter in band, and arrangements will bo made to entertain our visitors in royal style. There are just enough of the ruins loft untouched to give to visitors an idea of the force of an earthquake, while they will at the same time see what Charleston pluck has done to recuperate the losses entailed by two awful disasters in one year. There still scorns to lie some soreness about the publication in this correspond ence, June 19, of a paragraph in which it was asserted that the gas company domi nated the City Council. My attention has been called to u sentence in that corres|xind ence, which read: “The purse of the gas octopus reaches the committee roams.” As a matter of fact tho mistake was purely a typographical one. “Arms,” anil iiot “purse,” was intended. ’When I state that. Col. C. H. Gadsden, tho Superintendent of tho Charleston and Savannah rail way, is chairman of tho committe referred to, it is almost useless to reiterate what I have already written, tliut it was not the writer’s intention to convey tho idea that the committee has beon influenced by the money of the gas company. If there is a more honorable, upright public spiritei eit zen in the community thnn Col. Gadsden, this correspondent does not know him. The influences llmt have enabled this huge gas inonopolytokeepit* fangs on a long suffering community is. as I have already said, iioliti cal, and I cheerfully exempt Col. Gadsden even from that influence because i know he has no political ax to grind. He is simply, however, one member of the committee. Doatb of a Priest. I’uTTHVILLE, Pa.. July 31.—Rev. Peter A Gallagher, of St. Patrick’s Catholic church, this city, died licit yesterday. The remains will lx* taken to PiiilaJelphui for interment Wednesday. The Rooord at Key West. Key West, July 81.—Four now coses since yesterday und'no deaths is the fever record. The record stands now; Total cases to (lute 191. total deaths 43, total discharges cured 90, sick now 58. The tT#kcr (Pa.) homestead, one of tho old est In Berks county, chaugod bands recently, slid the old residents are reporting the tradhion that In the otone wails of the barn and house •iv iuuiotsid two bottles of whiakv uu old as the lUMN. DODGE’S DIGEST. A Showing of Which the People Have Good Reason to be Proud. Eastman, Ga., July 31.-The sum total of the tax returns of Dodge county for tho year 1887 is $1,213,470, while the total re turns for 188*1 amounted to $1,340.8(18. At first glance these figures apparently indicate a decrease of $37,389 in tho taxable property of the county. A close inspection and analysis of the tax digests, however, shows that instead of a decrease there is in fact a large increase in the value of tho taxable projierty. In 188 ii there was returned 385,084 acres of land, valued at $408,703. This year 319,094 acres of land is returned, valued at 8405,- 410. This shows that 05,390 acres of land h is not been rclu ned at all tics year, and if this land was in the county in 1 sso, it must be hero still. Then placing the same valua tion upon this unreturned 05,390 acres as the tax payers have placed upon the land which is returned, gives $95,409, ami adding this to the total returns of 1887, as above stated, wo have $1,307,948, and deducting from this amount the total returns of 1880, shows an increase of $58,080. The returns ulso show that land is returned at 35c, per acre more in 1887 than in 1880, this being an increase of 30 per cent, in the value of land. There is also an increase of $7,238 in the value of town property, an in crease of #7,435 in merchandise, an increase ef #4,419 in household and kitchen furniture, un increase of $20,090 in plantation tools, library books, etc., mid an increase of #373 in corn, proviso ns. etc., held for sale. These things show that there is a decided improve ment in the condition of the peopfo and an increase in all that goes to promote human happiness. The items of property, in which there is a decrease, consist ot those tilings that people can best do without. For instance there is a decrease in jewelry and a very large decrease in the amount of debts, anti if there is anything shown by the tax returns of Dodge county this year upon which tho people have good cause to con gratulnto themselves it is that they arc rap idly getting themselves out of debt, having cut down their indebtedness $43,399 ill one year. WHEELMEN AND CENTRAL PARK. Shall the Bicyclers bo Allowed in tho Public Pleasure Grounds ? New York, July 30.—Tho league of American Wheelmen and the Now York Park Commissioners are not o;i tho best of tonus, although the wheelmen are willing to bury the hatchet and smoko the pipe of peace. The city officials seotn to imagine, however, that the hatchet alroudy lias been buried —in tho.skull of the disgruntled com mission. Tho gentlemen who rule the public pleasure grounds resented the efforts of tho wheelmen to get thoir bicycles und tricycles legally recognized us vehicles and bitterly opposed the bill giving them that recogni tion. Nobody else opposed it, and tho bill became a law. The only objection to the bill in tho minds of tho Commissioners was that it seemed to curtail their powers as rulers absolute of the paries and all who visit them. I he wheelmen, having no feeling against these gentlemen, abstained from exercising their new legal privileges and asked the commissioners to make suitable regulations of cycling in Central Park, courteously of fering to send u committee to confer with them. But the commissioners paid no at tention to the offer and did not even answer the letter in which it was made. To pro tect themselves the wheelmen served a cer tified copy of the now law upon the com missioners, who would not even admit that they know of its existence. Then, instead of meeting the bicyclers in an amicable man ner, tho commission referred tho law to the Corporation Counsel, and when ho said the law was all right they curtly announced that the park was open to wheelmen, wanted to suggest that kp t - riding more than two abreast, and m r _ rWJgorous practices should be proliib ‘m- ror tnf.i ( , r t j lat riders might not usances of themselves and bring “ .fit upon wheelman in general, but “rAummissioners sulkily refused to listen to them. A prominent wheelman says of this action: "It look? as though the Com missioners felt sore and wonted the bicyclers to have free rein, in order that some trouble may occur through reck less or incompetent riding that will give them an excuse for pointing to the had results of the law. Tue wheelmen do not want to antagonize the commission, and the league will be foremost in prosecuting any bicycler who violates any law of the road, in tho park or elsewhere. The eoin missionors would have added to thair dig nity and commanded more respect i>v meet ing the league’s officers courteously and accepting their offer to suggest sonic salu tary rules for the government of bicycling in the park, instead of acting like sulky schoolboys. Why, as soon as it was known that the Governor had signed tho bill the police were instructed to rigidly enforce all the old ordinances against velocipedes, and officers were sent expressly to auoy bicyclers in Ihe vicinity of the park. On Eighth avenue, outside the park, there is u wide sidewalk hut little frequented by pedestrians in the afternoon. An instructor was in the habit of taking pupils up there to teach them to balance their machines. It annoyed nobody and these pupils wore not in anv person’s way. But too very day after the bill was signed a policeman was detailed to go there, drive Hut boys away and threaten t hem with ar rest. It is u pretty small piece of busi ness.” The wheelmen of the country will watch the progress of this fight with interest, for similar eases arc likely to oqgur anywhere onil tho result will do for precedent. The wheelman will want to hold a national parade sometime and the Central Park will not be a bad place to hold it in if they can get there under a satisfactory arrangement. Allen P. Kelly. SWINTON’S COLLEGE DAYS. Cheap Board and Tuition in the Olden Days. New York, July 30.—Every year, about this season, or just after the closing of col leges and seminaries for tho summer vaca tions, the papers are apt to print accounts of the expenses of tho festive students at these institutions, telling us how cheaply a thrifty youth can push his way through them. We are told of the slight cost of tuition, the low price of board and all that sort of thing. I always look at these ac counts every year as given in tin- papers mid watch with interest the growth of ox peoaMot thaw instltutkma, which, at the more pretentious of them, have really become alarming, i’erhajis the cheapest of the collegiate institutions in this State of which any account has got into the pui>ors this year is St. Lawrence University, near our northern border, where tuition is #l5 per term and board can he obtained for $3 50 ikt week. The rates for students in the fiigber seminaries at which rigid economy is practiced are just atx>ut tin■ same as at St. Lawrence. Now ttjefio prices doubtless seem very low, in deed, to most, people in tills time of lavish expenditure. When 1 noticed them a few days ago I turned up an old trunk to look for lulls of expenses that 1 had incurred when I was u student in 1853 at Williston Seminary, an institution which admitted the rlvauiiip of only Phillip* Academy in all New England, and at which students were so well advanced iri Greek, Latin, mathematici, etc., as to be tit for the sopho more (•'.iHs in Yale College. I found my old ,'iooouuts —all receipted, bv the way—in the dust-oovero 1 trunk in the garret, and I liresume I uoy would raise u smile upon the faces of the prodigal youths in such in st.tutions to-day. M v bill for tuition in the j branches referred to, by u very superior I body of professors, for the fall term of 1852, amounted to the sum of stl! And for this wo \w re drilled daily in a style that ad mitted ot no nonsense. My bill for rent of furnished mom in the seminary und the washing of lieddlug, etc., umouuted to the •-fill .tun of 84 (Jfl for the term. And mv TIIE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1887. bill for board proper during the term, which scouts almost too preposterous to be given otherwise than in its signed form, wus as fol lows: East Hamiton, Mass., Nov. 0, 1852. John Rwinton. to Cold Water Club, Dr. To 13 weeks board ut $1.04 813 52 Received Payment, Chari.es White. Jii., for Club. Think of that ye $3 50 a work boarders of to-day tit like institutions! Think of the bill for tuition, ye seminaries, who pay seven or eight times as much nowadays! Hu roly, those were goisl times fora young aspirant for education, who did not happen to lie glutted with filthy lucre. •John Swinton. THE ABOLII lON OF PERFUMES. Tho 33 in the Form of Powder Are to be Preferred. New York, July 30, —It is a pleasure to note that the indiscriminate use of perfumes among members of the fair sex is rapidly decreasing, and that the woman who employes triple extracts with which to sprinkle herself has boeome the exception rather than the rule. Like everything else, perfumes may lie legitimate or not accord ing to circumstances. Delieatoodors, such as violet, heliotrope or orris root, are always permissible, just as patchouly and musk are always to be shunned. In any event, per fume in the shape of sachet powder is to be preferred to liquid extracts, if we except one or two English proprntions, notably one manufactured in Canterbury by a once Olmcure chemist. This suittky delightful scent was first used by the Princessof Wales and later by Mrs Langtry, until it finally beonmo the rage. The chemist,' meanwhile, hits made a fortune. custom with fashionable wotnMMftTTo pour one or two drops into their ears. Nobody now adays ever thinks of putting perfume on a handkerchief or rubbing it on one’s hands. I,aces, underwear, ribbons, note paper, gloves and all small articles of dress are mode fragrant by large sachet hags that are of a size corresponding to the bureau or dressing table drawers. These bags are composed of silk and lined with raw cotton, upon which the powder is spread. This, in addition to a very moderate use of a faint suggestive ’ odor, such as the wood violet, for instance, is all in the way of perfume, that is allow able by n really refined woman. Parisian dressmakers have a way of sending per fumed gowns to their customers. A strange feature connected with this fashion is the fact that the odor remains forever. A lady of this city having purchased n costume whoso every fold breathed the most delicious perfume, sent an order to Paris for a sample of the scent employed. Tho dressmaker forwarded to her bv express a small bottle of ordinary looking sachet powder. Accompanying it was a bill to the amount of #4O. The lady' paid the money, but sinco then has generally inquired the price of things before ordering. Clara Lanza. MAKE JOURNALISTS OF THE GIRLS. The Charming Crown Princeso of Ger many Points About Her Dross. Berlin, July 15. —The American press is one of tho greatest of modern powers. The sheet which is conned with to slight a con ception of its enormous significance by our citizens every clay in tho home circle, the shop, t.l -• railroad car, tho hotel, reading room, flees afar, 1 'from polo to [Mile, from Indus to Peru.” The enterprise which has rendered our newspapers the admiration of the entire reading world has achieved the miracle of making the name of those who contribute to the American press familiar to the literati of every land. How other wise can I account for the fact that on my recent presentation to her Imperial High ness, the Crown Princess of Germany, that great ltuly should have courteously asked me if this was indeed Olive Logan, saying slit' had hoard of me often and it filing that kindliness of phrase which, I regret to say, that modesty, which hat always curbed my efforts, prevents my here recording? A noble vocation is it to pen thoughts which aredestined, by the force of favoring cir cumstances, to wing their way from cottage to palace, over mountain, over ocean, over plain. I delight in my literary work, and always have done so; and to the next deputation of mothers who wait on me to inquire of mo the stock question,'‘What shall we do with our girlsiny reply will certainly bo “Make journalists of them.” The Crown Princess in every way is a charming woman. Her appearance is youthful to such a degree that it is difficult to remember that she is a grandmother. She is one ol the greatest intellects of the age. Her knowledge of languages is very extensive, and her reading voluminous and varied. Hho is of medium height, fair hair, and plump but not stout, figure. On the occasion when this future Empress rendered her sister woman, the humble pen-worker. Olive Logan, very proud and happy, her imperial highness was dressed in an ex quisite muslin gown of white, dotted w ith a figure of flowers and leaves, and having knots of green and pink ribbon bunched here and there about alcoves, neck ami corsage. Her bonnet was of crape, of the lovely shade called Rose du llarri, and it was tied under the chin with strings of moss green tulle; white parasol, long Swedish gloves, tan-colored, and a dainty lace handkerchief completed tho costume, which was os fresh and summerlike as it was simple and refined. Olive Logan. BURIED WITH BOTH RITES. Chu Ming Has a Peculiar Funeral. From the .Veto Tort- Times. Chu Ming Mey Soo, a Christian China man, died at the Presbyterian Hospital last Wednesday of consumption, and was buried yesterday in Evergreens Cemetery. When Bret Harto placed it on record that, “the heathen Chino t is peculiar,” he ex pressed an unnecessary limitation. Chris tianizing the “Chinee” does not deprive him altogether of his innate peculiarities, as the manner of Chu Ming tiey Soo’s funeral well illustrates. The ceremonies wore taken in hand by Chu Chow, a cousin, who, upon consultation with the brother und friends of the docoan vl, some of them converted, but most of them still lingering in "heathen blindness,” decided that, as the Christian service was inade quate in its provisions for the future state of the departed, they would firs! permit the Christian service to lie performed, and, when that was well out of the way, supply its imperfections and make their assurances roganPaj the future doubly sure by cele brating the Chinese ritual. Accordingly they began their prepara tions soon after Chu 800 died. A decant deference to the sentiments of their Christian friends require 1 them to proceed secretly and most unostentatiously with their native practices. Anxious that their friend’s Ixidy should be in a respectable con dition for transno tution to the Flowery Kingdom some three years' hence, thev east around for an emlmuner. The usual tern i Kirary preservation of the body for burial, liy placing it on ire, has never been sali - fuctorv to them, and they determined to have it kept as nearlv as |K>Mible intact. Therefore, J'mbuhner Graham, who is also sexton of the church where the de ceased attended, was employed. He was provided with a complete suit of new clothes for the deceas'd, consisting of bleached linen unierblouse und drawers, ilurk blue cotton outer blouse nuti panta loons, bleached linen stockings with felt nolrs, felt shoes and black silk turban hat. After the corpnc had becu arrayed in these a well-worn silver 35e. piece was placed in his mouth and a bunch of credentials in each luind. Them* credentials w ere comp wed of black paper with white inscriptions an I white impor with black inscriptions, and were bound with white silk narrow ribbons. Tlie body, being thus satisfactorily pre pared ami incased, was removed to the East Fourteenth street iTesbytoriau church Tuursday, mid yesterday morning t he funeral services for a Christian were per .form <l. th Rev K 11. Marline official ing. There were several floral offerings, among them a wreath of pond lilies, the i gift ol tlie relatives of the deceased, and a large floral heart from Miss Decker, teacher, of the Monday night Chinese school at the church. A brother of the deceased, dressed ill all jiarticulars like him, except that his blouse was block instead of nine, and that he wore black ribbons around his ankles, sat beside the coffin with covered head as chief mourner during tlie services at the church. Some seventy live or eighty spectators were in attendance, about a third of them being Chinees. After this ceremony the body w-as removed by lrearso to Evergreens Cemetery, the mourn ers, all Chinese, following in carriages. At the grave tlie party was met by another party of Chinese, which was attended by an express wagon, ill which were a large trunk and several other articles. All stood quietly by until the undertaker had finished the in terment and jplaced the floral pieces on the grave and had retired. Then they began their jieeuliar ceremony. First, the trunk was removed about ten yards from the grave, and, being opened, disclosed anew feather bed, a large red woolen blanket, a patchwork quilt and a complete suit of clothing. These were set fire to and burned, piece bv piece, the trunk forming the fireplace, and burning with tho rest. After the bedding and clothing had been thus reduced to ashes, Undertaker Graham was called upon to smooth over a level place at, the foot of the grave about a yard square. Upon this tho muster of ceremonies first spread a large sheet of clean brown "'rap • ping paper. Then a whole roast chicken, on a china plate, was produced and placed upon tho brown papyr sjiread, together with tour China bowls that were now partly tilled with wine, while part of a hottlo of wino was poured over tho roast chicken. After this six wax tapers were stuck iu the earth on each side of the new-made mound, several hunches of invocation papers were sot fire to, and with these the tapers were lighted. While these burned the relatives, two cousins and a brother, related a rituul in an almost inaudible voice. This done a hole was dug in the side of the grave at the foot and a live-quart tin kettle full of cooked rice was deposited in it and covered with a tin cover. While two Chi namen were engaged in this, another burned a pair of choiujffcks over the tapers. A stone jug holding about five gallons, full of some kin 1 of liquor, the character of which the celebrants refused to impart, was now deposited ■ n tho surface of the ground on (in' opposite side of the spread from the rice. The arrangements for the benefit of the de parted Celestial was seemingly completed with this, and the hulanco of tho ceremony fiartook of the nature of personal honors to dm. Another sheet of pajier was laid upon the ground liefore tho spread of chicken and witte, the brother and two cousins knelt upon the paper, one of them sprinkled the contents of two of the bowls upon the feast, all threv: bowed themselves three times to the earth, and upon the third time reverent ly and slowly kissed the ground. This com pleted the ceremony. Upon arising from their knee3 they turned to undertaker Graham and said, “That is all,” and turned away. Having a bottle of wino left they gave it to the undertaker's assistants. While all this ceremony was in progress four of the Chinamen present stood off at a distance by themselves, taking no part in the services. They, unlike the rest, were dressed in the prevailing style in this coun try and called themselves Christians. They said the ceremony just performed was tho kind prescribed by tlie Chinese custom for men of the social couditon and rank of the deceased who was a merchant. Weather Indications. Speciid indications for Georgia: FAIR I oeal re ins, except fail- weather at Icoast stations, winds generally easterly, except southerly at coast stations, stationary temperature. Corin' in son ot mean tomneratura at Savan nah. J uly 31, 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. | Departure Total Mean Tempcrati he from tho Deiiarturo Mean Since forlflyears .7my3l ’;r.. -|-or — Jan. 1,1837. 32.0 80 3 1.7 415.3 Comparative rainfall statement: ~ , , , i Departure! Total Mean Daily Amount f rom the Departure Amount i'* l ' . J'.’’ I Mean ! Since lb Years. July3l or _ ] j an . j, 1887. AT 0.00 | 0.17 I —1,685 Maximum. temperature 80 2 minimum tom ppratun* rr> 5. Tho height of the river at Augusta at 1:!!!! o’clock j>. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was 34 5 feet—a riso of 20.5 during the post twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end ing tip. m., July 31, 1537, 75th Meridian time. Districts. | Average. .. Max.! Min. liain tious ITeinpiTemp! fall. 1. Wilmington 6 33 7? j ,20 2. Charleston 1 80 76 j .00 3. Augusta 11 88 72 .29 4. Savannah 0 84 72 i .80 5. Atlanta 10 82 72 .78 6. Montgomery 8 81 72 20 7. Mobile. 9 94 72 .03 8. New Orleans. 7 98 70 .00 9. Galveston 29 98 74 .01 10. Vicksburg [ 4 90 74 00 11. Little Rock iO 100 72 .04 12. Memphis ! 18 98 72 DO Averages | Observatious taken at the same moment of time at all stations. Savannah, July 31. 9:80 p. M.. city time. Temperature. Direction. $ VH< '-if y. P Rainfall. Name or Stations. Portland ! 76i W j..|. Clear. Boston I 70 Vt'J Cloudy. Block Island . ‘ 72 ! W .11 Fair. New York city . | lit W 04 cloudy. Philadelphia 70S'V I .34 Raining. Wasiiiuifton city 7(idW . Cloudy. Norfolk , 76 6Wj (i (Hi Raining. Charlotte | 74 8 E 0: 01 Cloudy. Hatteras 701 S 01 Cloudy. Wilmington 80 8 W 1 ..Cloudy. Charleston 1 82 S 1 12! Fair. Augusta 74 1 Savannah ! 70 8 ; ti Clear. Jacksonville. j 82 8 j!8|.... (Cloudy. Titusville 76 S E a . ... Clear. Kcv West ! 82'S E ,| . Clear. Atlanta 1 72 F. 121 20 Raining. Pensacola 62 N K . i Cloudy. Mobile 1 7s NW; 01 Cloudy. Montgomery I 7tl N j.. 01 Cloudy. Vicksburg .. 86 Clear. New Orleans ! 82 8 E 6j....'Cloudy, Bbreveport. M Clear. Fort Smith Bu'S E 20 Cloudy. t.ialvest,si , j 84 8 W Cl. Clear. Corpus Christ! 82 8 K 12 .... Clear. Palestine ; 6418 E Clear. lirutvnesvllle i 8 1 8 8,. Clear. WoGrande | BM' 8 IBt Clear. Knoxville. 76 N F cjoudy. Memphis 98 NW!...... Clear. Nutdivllle ; sti El. . Clear. Lmisvlllc. ...,| 88.8 El. j [Clear. Indianapolis 84 N j Fair. Cincinnati 1 IB N E 'Clear. Pittsburg 76 W . 100 Clear. liutltdo 74 N F ( Icar. Cleveland 78 .. Clear. Marquette 72 s W Fair. Chicago 71 N F. clear. I'ululh. ..... TO 8 I. .04 Raining. St. Puttl TtlSWl.-l . Cl"ar. Davenport 7l JC | Clear. Cairo | 8; ; N. .1 clear. St. Louis 88,NW: ... Clear. Leavenworth.. 70 .. Fair. Omaha 72 X 1 ...Cloudy. Yankton - ! 78l Si.. ... . Clear. r.lsnmrek 70j F. ..Clear. Peadwoixl j 04 S W Pair. Cheyenne • 08 8 W Clear. North Platte ; ;2 8E . .j.. Clear IVslge City .. 72 N ... OilClondy. Santa Fe * N E .. i'ulr. <i. N. Salishohy Sign tl Corps. U.S. Army. Titßitr is less show on Pike's Peak than usual at this season, and It Is thought that It will all nave disappeared by the middle of August. fcllvor und Gold Shirts are the a"kenw!edged favorites and le.id ers II II lew, >l'* tveol*. FUNERAL INVITATIONS. CAMF.KONVThc friends of Mrs. and Mr. W. J. Cameron and of Caroline Margaret Cameron are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the latter from the late residence, Anderson street, near Barnard, THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o’clock, city time. MEETINGS. Do KALB LODGE NO. i, I. O. O. F. A regular meeting will he held THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. The Second Degree will he conferred. Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. By order of H. W. RALL. N. G. Jons K;li:v. Secretary. GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The regular monthly meeting of this society will be held at Hodgson Ilall THIS EVENING at eight (6) o’clock. CHARLES N. WEST, Recording Secretary. SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB. A meeting of the Club will be held THIS DAY (Monday) at 12 o’clock at the offlce of the Secre tary, to make arrangements for approaching Cruise and other business. Captains of boats intending to participate in Cruise will report. WM. HONE, Commodore. W. D. Johnston, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND . PROV EM EXT COMPAN Y. Savannah, Ga., Aug. Ist, 1887. The dividend of ONE DOLLAR and TWENTY CENTS per share, declared by this Company and payable on the Bth Inst., may be collected on and after THIS DATE by stockholders wish ing to pay their 20th installment, which will be duo on the Bth inst. M. J. SOLOMONS, Secrets ry ami Treasurer. FOR SALE. House and Lot in Walthourville, Ga. Apply to J. B. MALLARD, Walthourville, Ga. 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 most improved machinery, employs a largo force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of papers of all descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment to execute orders for anything in tho above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business men generally, societies and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. H. ESTILL. RECEIVER’S NOTICE. Bauberville, Fla., July 27th, 1887. All parties holding claims against the firm of BROWN & ODUM, of Barberville, Florida, are hereby notified to send in same at once to me. By order of tho court. JOSEPH LICHTENSTINE, Receiver. CONTRACTORS W ANTED. Parties wishing to contract for the piling on the Savannah, Dublin and Western railroad will address JOHN A. A. WEST, General Manager. 06 Bay street, Savannah, Ga. NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS. City of Savannah, ) (Vffick Clerk of Cofncil, July 23, 1887. f The collection of the dog tax having been ac complished heretofore with considerable diifl eulty, and the efforts made in this 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, oh 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 tor 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. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. This vegetable preparation is invaluable for the restoration of tone and strength to tho sys tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and ether ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot be excelled. Highest prizes awardod, 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. DR. IIE.XRY b FOLDING. DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Dravfon streets. ■ .... i ■ ■ .. ■ - Oi l ICIAL. OFFICIAL Mllll IT \RV REPORT Of tlie City of Rntannah fur the Week End ing Friday, July 8. I**7. State of Weather. irvuf: BlTcjtC)fd Causes of Death. | °io *" iY>' deMO Jm, F.J.M.J F.j M.l F. M.jF. Bronchitis. | V.| 1 Bronchitis, uraH.... .... .1.. . 1 ... 1 Bronchitis. Chronic | 1 : ... .... Cholera Infantum .I. ... i . ',...! *... Congestion of brain. i 11, ...; 1; ,j I Consumption, lungs 2 . J... Convulsions, Infuntllc 1 ..j .. 1 ... 1... 1... Dysentery I, ; I 11...l l ... Heart disease I l ...'. ... |...1...1... ... Inanition #[... j ...... |... I 3 Fever, mill. remittent ...I i| .. . ..1...] l Fever, malarial typbo ...... 1.. . l .... Fever, typhoid. It. . i >ld aifc I'. .1... . ..U.. Tetanus . j...j ll . . .]! .. Umlctlncd I |l. 2 Total 8 ) 4! S 2 116 a ' - .a. RECAPITULATION. Deaths In city Whitei, 10; blacks and cd-* ore.l, 15; total. 25. Exclusive of still births, whites, 2. l’rcmatnfc births—Blacks and col ored, 1. SUMMARY. Whites, i• ,! >rcc 1 H Ages. & M. IF. M iF. £ t’nder l year ] 8| i l i u Between lan 12 years 1 I 2 4 Bet ween 2 ami 5 years ... I 1 1 Between .4 Audio years ... 1 . 2 24 Between 10 urn! 90 years l 1 lJet wedn 80 and 40 years 1 1 2 4 Bet ween fin ami 7i’ years J 1 l Between Ttt utnl SO years 1 1 Total :l • ft|* PoimlttUon—Whiles. 28,67.4; blacks and col ored. 10.111; total. 45.760. Annual ratio i>er I.d>t population for week— Whites, 12.4; blocks and c-Aoiv I. 40.0. i. ?. MfKAltl.AMt, M. D.. It,, til, i icii-cr. INSURANCE STATEMENT. STATEMENT OF TIIE (Ifiiliiii Fire il life ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON, - - - ENGLAND. FOR SIX MONTHS ENDING JUNE 30th. 1.887. Amount of Capital Stock $10.000,000 00 Amount paid up in Cash 5,000,000 00 ASSETS. Cash on hand, or deposited in bank to credit of Company $ 303,691 36 Cash in hands of Agents, and in course of transmission 39,537 28 Stocks and Bonds—U. S. Regis tered 4 per cent, bonds 1,028,000 00 Interest due and accrued 8,000 00 Total $ 1,379,223 61 LIABILITIES. Losses due and yet unpaid;’) Losses resisted by’the Company; [ ~ Losses on w hich no action has j ® *’ been taken J All other claims ugainst the Com pany 8,143 78 Reserve—to reinsure outstanding risks 488,268 31 Surplus of assets over liabili ties for benefit of insured $ 835,781 24 INCOME. Cash premiums received .$ 350,235 90 Interest money received 9,233 13 Total income $ 359,469 03 EXPENDITURES. Losses paid .. .$ 210,063 95 Fees—Commissions and salaries to officers and agents 108,696 65 Taxes paid 12,310 82 All other expenses 27,091 15 Total expenses $ 358,162 57 CTATE OF GEORGIA— County of Chatham. O July 30th, 1887.—Personally appeared before me HENRY T. BOTTK, Spe cial Agent for the South, who, lie ing duly sworn, says he is the chief off! cer or agent of the Guardian Fire and Life As surance Company residing iu said State, and that the foregoing statement is true and correct to the best of liis knowledge, information and belief. HENRY T. BOTTS, ' Special ’Agent for the South. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 30th day of July, 1887. L. W. LANDERSHINE, Notary Public. C. C. Ga. GROCERIES. l e ai oTSrsk Cabbages, Potatoes, Onions. 30,000 bushels CORN, 15,000 bushels OATS, HAY, BRAN. GRITS, MEAL, STOCK FEED. Grain and Hay in carload a specialty. COW PEAS, all varieties. RUST PROOF OATS. Our STOCK FEED is prepared with great care and is just the thing for Horses and Mules in this weather. Try it. T. P. BOND & CO., 155 Bav PEACHES! Received in large quanti ties daily. In packages to suit all buyers. For Sale Very Cheap L H. CHAMPIOI. 3? O T OES. Long Island Potatoes. Onions, Cabbage. Cow Peas. Seed and Feed Peas. Hay, Grain. Bran, Eyes, Etc. Get our prices on large lots of Grain and liny before buying. 169 BAY ST, W.D. SIMKINS&CO. NEW CHEESE. JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY C. M. GILBERT & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS. VIRGINIA BLACK PEAS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT. FOB SALK BY 172 BAY STREET. ELECTRIC BELTS. Electric 1 •)< >l l Free. r po INTRODI rf*; it arid obtain Agents wo will lor the next sixty days give away, free f charge, in each county in tho United ftbiUs n limited number *f our Gcnmui Kiectn* GiJvuiiih SuixMtsory Bi lls price, s.*>. A positive and un failing cure for Nervous Debility. \’m ion-ele, Kruisalotis. Impotence, Ktc. • ,; * rwwArd pal l if every Bolt wo manufaefuro dtKM not giuiemuj a gemiim* electric current. Addiv.is at iimii KI.KFTKIC HKLT AUFNUV. I*. O. Box US, Brooklyn* N. v. l; 1Y RITM. Imported Bay Rum, A FINE ARTICLE, AT STRONGS DRUG STORE, Corner Bull and ivrry sir.*et la*re. MERCHANTS, manufacturers, mechanic**, 4’4r) *■ • rations, and all others in 111*041 •>1 printing. lithogritpUing, uud bl ink Ixn'kw vi i hav** their ordc.-H promptly lillud, m moder.tte prioes, at the MORxfftG NiAVd PRINTING lIOUSK. H V liit tiWer ntu. , t SUMMER RESORTS. OCEAN HOTEL; TYBEE ISLAND, GA. Sea bathing unsurpassed on Atlantic Coast. Comfortable rooms. Faro the best the market affords. GEO. D. HODGES,Proprietor. The Sweet Water Park Hotel, AT SALT SPRINGS, GA., IS NOW OPENED fur the reception of guests. Rate of ln>ard from sl2 50 to $lB per week. In archihftuial design, finish and general appointments the Sweet Water Park Hotel has few equals in the South. The fame of the Halt Springs water as a euro five agent of great value in the treatment of all forms of dyspepsia and indigestion, blood, skin, bladder and kidney diseases is now fully estate fished. For all iubirmation. etc., address J. D. BILLINGS, Manager, Halt Springs, Ga. S. G. HEALY & CO., PROPRIETORS, SALT SPRING, NEAR AUSTELL, GEORGIA, \ V T ATFU almost a specific for Dyspepsia, Kid- IV ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases. Orders for water and alt information addressed to the firm at Austell, Ga. THE COLUMBIAN, SARATOGA SPRINGS. TIIE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIANS Opens June 25th. JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor. X K\V YORK BOARD. 1 \ AND 1,707 Broadway, corner 54th. • i 1 o) House kept by a Southern lady; loca tion desiraH ■. Refers by permission to Col. John Screven, Savannah. rpilE WHITLOCK HOUSE, in Marietta, (ia., i combines privileges and conveniences of a first-class hotel, and the comforts and pleasures of a home. Capacity, about one hundred and fifty guests. I urge, handsome, well furnished rooms; best of beds: table good; large shaded grounds, covered with blue grass; Lawn Tennis, Croquet. Billiards and Bonding Alley, all frej for guests. Prices more moderate tluin any other house in Georgia for the accommodations. 51. g. WHITLOCK. Owner and Proprietor. 'T'HOUBAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, I Westminster Park, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.— “Unquestionably the finest location iu the Thousund Islands. "—Harper's Magazine, Sept., 1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. 11. F. INGLKHART, Proprietor. EXCURSIONS. international Steaiiisl)i| Cos. Line —of— “ Palace Steamers” BETWEEN Boston, Portland, East port and St. John, N. 8., With Connections to all Parts of tha Provinces. • PORTLAND DAY LINE. Steamers leave Commercial Wharf, Boston, 8:30 a. M , every Monday, Wednesday and Fri day for Portland, making the trip in 7 hours, affording excellent coast scenery. KASTPOKT AND HT. JOHN LINE. Steamers leave Boston 8:30 a. M.,and Portland sp. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Eastport and St. John. HT. JOHN DIRECT LINE. A steamer will leave Boston every Thursday at 8 A M. for St. John direct. ANNAPOLIS LINE. A steamer will leave Boat on every Monday and Thursday at Ba. M. for Annapolis N. S.,* con necting fur Yarmouth, Digby, Halifax, etc. J. B. COYLE, Jr., E. A. WALDRON, Manager. Portland, Me. Gen. Pass. Agt. CliailestoQ & SSavaimafilly. I! IMMiitis! Through Pullman Service. /COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman V ) Buffet service will be rendered daily be tween Savaunaii and Hot Springs, N. C., via Spartanburg and Ashville. Leave Savannah 12:26 pm Leave Charleston 4:sopm Leave Columbia 10:20 p in Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 a m Arrive Asheville 7:00 a m Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 am EXCURSION RATES. To SPARTANBURG sl3 30 To ASHEVILLE 17 15 To HOT SPRINGS 17 15 Sleeping car reservations and tickets good until Oct. 31st, 1887. can lie had at BREN'S TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at depot. E. P. McSWINEY, Gen. Pass Agt. HOTELS. Fifth Avenue Hotel, .MMUSON SQUARE, N. Y. 'jpHE largest, best appointed, and most liber ally managed hotel in the city, with the most central and delightful location. * HITCHCOCK. DARLING & CO. A. B. DARLING, formerly of the Battle I louso, Mobile. JIIHAM HITCHCOCK, formerly of the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans. NEW HOTE L TOGNiT (Formerly St. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Hay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. r IMIIS MOST central Houne in the city. Near 1 Post Office, Street Cars und all Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella* Balks, Etc. £% ft) to iter day. JOHN B TOdNI* Pfopriet >r. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE. rpms POPULAR Hotel Ik now provided with 1 a Passenger Elevator (the only one in th© city') and has lw*n remodeled and newly fur nished. Th<* proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the ownor of the establishment, spar* neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. Tho table of tb|) 1 Screven House ia supplied with every luxury , the market* at homo or abroad can afford. MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - GA. (~1 EO. 11. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of I lb*’ Metropolitan Hotel. New York, and tho Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen tral All parts of tho city and places of inter est accessible by troot cars coustuntly par-cog the doors. Special inducements to those visits lng tho oity fo • justness or pleasure. THE MORRISON HOUSE. Ono of tiio Largest Boarding Houses ui tha South. \FFORDS pleasant South roon. good t*v\rd with non* Artesian "Water, itt prices to suit thus * w'.-ihmg table, regular or transient uecoin mndatjoiifl. Northeast comer Broughton and Drayton streetn, opiosite Marshall - DKINTEH AND ISOOKISINDEK. NICHOLS —JOB PRINTING. NICHOLS— BINDING. NICHOIS BLANK IiOOKS. NICHOLS —GOOD WORK. NICHOLS—FINE PAPER. NICHOLS —LOW PRICES. NICHOLS —Q.'U BAY STREW'