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2 A SLAYER OF MANY MEN. THE STORY OF A GAMBLER THAT OUTDOES BORDER ROMANCE. Forced to Flee from Atlanta Years Ago on Account of the Debtor's Law—A Fight to the Death With Pistols in a Bleeping Room in Memphis Many Othor Thrilling Encounters. Washington, Aug. “I notice,” said a gentleman who formerly lived in Tennes see. “that the dispatches front Fort Smith, Ark., state that a celebrate 1 gambler named IV >ran had been recently wounded in a row there, and that his rccovorv was doubtful This man Dornu has a history. His full name is Stephen Ah under Dona. He was born in Kentucky, and was about CO years of age when the war broke out. lie served os a private in Morgan’s command early in the war. and afterwards commanded a com pany of cavalry. He was an ideal cavalry man. After the war ho went into business in Atlanta. Go., where he remained for a few years, and at last, through the fault of his partner, ho failed. His creditors had him arrested under the Georgia debtor's law, and the Sheriff started to take him to jail. On the way to prison they stopped in a drug store and went into n back room tor soda water. Doran locked the door, drew a six-shooter from his baek pocket and forced bis captors to throw up their hands. He then took a pair of handcuffs from them ami fastened them together, walked out and left them there. From Atlanta he proceeded to Memphis, Tenn., wliere be fell among bad associates and into bad habits. Two Georgia officers went to Memphis and at tempted to get a requisition for bint front the Governor of Tennessee. Failing in this they started about concocting a scheme to kidnap him. Ho heard of it nnd at once consulted a lawyer, the Hon. Casey A oung, who advised hint that the officers had no authority to take him back. He then not i fied them that if they ntndo any attempt to capture him he would kill both, aud advised them to leave town. They left. Subsequently he got into a difficulty with Col. Francis E. Whitfield, a wealthy’resident of Memphis, about a trilling matter, the result of which was that Doran put a card in the Memphis Avalanche de nouncing Col. Whitfield and his son, Capt, Edwin Whitfield, a highly respected and courageous young man. The following morning young W bitfield, accompanied by a friend, went to Doran's room and knocked at the door. Doran was still in bed, and. suppl ing it to lie a servant, arose and opened the door. On discovering Whitfield and his friend he comprehended the situa tion at once and opened the door wide enough to admit Whitfield and instantly dosed it before he could lie followed by his friend. Whitfield had a pistol in his hand and Doran sprang for his, which was under his pillow. A FATAL DUEL. “Seven or eight shots were fired in rapid succession, when the door was burst open by the police Whitfield was found dead.sliot through .the heart and hit in two or three other places. Doran was unharmed. Whit field bad large and influential family con nections and stood liigh in public estima tion while Doran was a stranger and his as sociations were such as to give him little social standing or influence. There was great excitement and talk of lynching Do ran, but he met the danger coolly: giving notiue that if the Sheriff would furnish him ■with arms he would undertake to repulse any assault that might lie made on the jail. He remained in prison without an effort to | get bail for some two or three weeks. When ho went promptly to trial before the criminal court at Memphis, and was defended by the Hon. Casey Young and George Gantt, and was prosecuted with great vigor by Edwin M. Yerger and J. F. Bale, then two of the most distinguished criminal lawyers in Tennessee. After an exciting trial of twenty-seven (lavs, inter spersed with many dramatic incidents, the jury rendered a verdict of acquittal with out leaving their seats, the plea of self defense relied upon having been fully made out. As Dorati left the court room after his acquittal and was walking down the street beside his counsel, Casey Young, Ray ner Whitfield, a younger brother of Edwin, took [Hist in a drug store across the street and leveled a double barrel shotgun upon him but was prevented from tiring it for the moifimt by reason of Mr. Young being between him and Doran. Before lie could get an unobstructed shot n police officer had seized his gun. Doran, uudisturlied by this, continued down the street with Mr. Young until ho had reached the steps leading to Young's office, where he encountered Col. Eugene Whitfield, another brother of Edwin, who, the moment he saw Doran coming, drew a pistol. Be fore he could present it Doran had a Colt’s revolver leveled directly in his face. Mr. Young again stepped betweoen the contestants and direct on I Varan to go on into his office. After these incidents Doran’s counsel advised him to leave the city at once, as it he remained he would either be killed by Whitfield’s brothers or Is* compelled to kill them. This be refused to do, declaring his purpose to remain, and if forced to do it, to fight the Whitfield family, either singly or Finally, however, he was pre vailed upon to leave and some months later he went to Texas. | TWO MORE VICTIMS. “ckxjn after his arrival there lie became involved in another tragic affair. Two policqtnen entered his room and attempted to anvst a sick friend who was stopping with Him. Itorun, finding they hud no war rant, ordered them to leave tiie room. A fight ensued at close quarters with six shooters, at the eud of which the two police men were dead, while Doran was again tin touched. For this he was arrested and re mained in jail for nearly a year, but utxin trial was again acquitted on the ground of self-defense. Some months after this he !*■- came involved in a desperate street fight in ShrevejKirt, I si. with a noted gambler and desperado of that locality. In this encoun ter I him n shot his antagonist through the bead, killing him instantly, while as usual three shots fin'll by the other failed to touch him. He was again tried and acquitted. ‘•Subsequent to this ho made his appear ants- at Malvern Ark., a town situated on the Iron Mountain Railroad. Here, it was said, he was the lender of two or throe gamblers and adventurers, who were plying their vocation to the injury of the town. Tlicy were accordingly, in Arkansas style, notified to lea ve. This Doran refused to do, and defied the legal authorities of the town as weli ns the citizens. Finally a mol, gath ered to expel him and his friends, by force, if necessary. But Doran, arming himself with a double-barrelled shotgun and n lu aeo of six sho-oters, defiisl his assailant:!. Find ing they were unable to cope with him. the authorities of Malvern requested Governor Garland to send a military force to their as sirtance, nnd it was not until a company cf State troops had left Little Rock for tho •cone of action that Doran took his depot'- ture AT THE HOT SI’RIXOS OF ARKANSAS. “About two jours ago he came to Hot Springs, and shortly after became involved in a feud with Frank Flynn, a not-d gambler of that place, growing out of this singular •tut-* of facts: Flynn was a professional gambler, lint among the most respectable of nis class. He was a man of known eonratve and determination, and great ly admired by his friends. He had accumulated a con siderable amount of properly and was among the most spirited and •nterprisjug citizens of Hot Springs. He served more than one term in the City Council. He was a man, liowpor, of imperious temper and domineering will, nnd had for a long time monopolized tho gambbiig operations of ftiio town, cither undor his own manag ament or U iougii friemis. Finally he became lUsaat isfhsl wtill one Jim l<nne, the kis'per nnd manager of one of the many gambling houses of the town. He notified Lane that he must quit business Line, laillng loortm oly with Uiu dauutiKl, Flynn walked uti to his house one day and threw all the gam bling apparatus into the street, kicked Lano out after them and informed him that he should never open his gambling house again Ijme, being himself afraid of Flynn, sought out Doran, who was then in New Orleans, and took him into partnership, with the understanding that Doran should go to Hot Springs and reopen business. This Doran at ouog did, whereupon Flynn notified him that he must close up or light it out with him the first time they met. Doran accepted the latter alternative, and upon meeting Flynn upon the street at onoeojx'ned fire on him, which Flynn promptly returned. Both of them were men of steady nerve and unerr ing shots, lint after tiring some fifteen times altogether, Flynn took refuge in a burlier shop, and to the surprise of everyliody neither one of them seemed to have been hit. liut it afterwards apjieare.l that Flynn had to (in' with his left hand, owing to a recent injury to his light. His aim was therefore not so eertain as usual. Doran insisted that he had hit Flynn with more than one of his si tots. that he had seen balls strike his clot lies and he wus bewildered that Flynn did not fall. Later it wus learned that Do ran's aim was true, and that three of his shots did strike Flynn, but he was encased in steel armor, and the bails did not pene trate, though he suffered greatly for a num ber of ilays from the concussion. Both Do ran and Flynn had a number of followers, and open war was at once declared between the factions. Flynn was confined to Ids room for sonic days, after his encounter with Doran. But as soon as he recovered he gather.*! around him some ten or twelve followers, among them two of his brothers, and made ready for active hostilities. Do ran called together his friends and held them in readiness for tho conflict which he know was inevitable. A LIVELY STREET FIGHT. “Each party kept under cover for some days, seeking by stealth, or strategy, some advantage. Finally Doran was informed that Flynn and his party wore atsv.it to leave oiie of their places of resort, in car riages, to roach the home of Flvnn in the southern part of the town. So when the four carriages containing Flynn anil ids friends had reached the centre of the town, Doran and his followers sallied out from an adjoining house arid opened lire on them w’ith Winchester rifles. The carriages were riddled with bullets, the driver of one was killod and another wounded. The moment the firing began, Flynn, followed by his two brothers and the remainder of Ins escort, sprang from the carriages and liegan to return the fire. The fnsilade lasted some five or ten minutes. Tne result was that three or four of Flynn's followers, including the carriage driver and one of his brothers, were killed and Flynn himself was wounded. This latter created great indignation among the people of the town of Hot Springs, and they finally organized in sufficient force to drive all the parties from tho place. Flynn went to Chicago, where he still resides, and Derail went to Fort Smith nml was after wards employed by the United States Mur shal in that district to assist in arrest ing n number of desperate characters in the Indian Territory. This duty, it is said, he iierfortned with his usual vigor and nerve, killing two or three of tho desperadoes and arrestiiig the remainder, and turning them over to the civil authorities of Fort Smith. Then came iiis last, difficulty with the gam blur Fngg, in which, it appears, the utter accomplished by stealth ami cowardice what so many brave men had failed m before. That is the wounding, (icrhaps mortally, of Doran. It seems that the parties had a quarrel in Fagg’s gambling house, and the latter, per haps not liking the undertaking of attacking Doran while he was looking at him, waited until he had left the house and was standing on tho street. Fngg ap proached from behind and fired nt his head. But Doran, turning at tho moment, the shot took effect in his face, and he at once fell. Even then his native courage did not fail him in this emergency. He drew his pistol and continued firing at Fagg until the latter had fled out of range. Both Doran and Frank Flynn, his most noted antagonist, possess many commend able traits of character. Both are said to lie honest and upright outside their calling, sincere in their friendship, of generous nature, and neither was ever accused of fear. EOLE WINS A GREAT RACE. Hidalgo and Royal Arch Follow Him in the Order Named. Saratoga, Aug. C. —A heavy rain storm this morning rendered the race track very muddy. The events were as follows: First Race—For maiden three-vear-olds; one mile Toueh l’as hod, with Voshurg second and Miss Charmer third. Time 1:150. Second Race One mile and a furlong. Hitna lava won. with Climax second and Osceola third Time 2:OOA|. Third Rack—Kearney stakes; one and a hulf miles. F.nle won. with Hidalgo second and Koval Arch third. Royul Archied for about a mile anil an eighth but Fenelou took tbo lead then and showed the way Into the home stretch Near the last furlong pole Eole rushed to the front and held the lead to the end, winning by six lengths, with Hidalgo a head in front of Koval Arch and the others well up. Timo 2 44Vp Eole ran a great race. Koi rth Race Three quarters of a mile. Saxonia won, with Orvid second and Is-eis Clark third Time 1:19. Fifth Rack- Selling; mile and a quarter. Strathspry won. with Nettle second and Kea sinjjtou third. Time 2:lti'q. AT MONMOUTH PARK. New York, Aug. o.—Following were the events at the Monmouth l’ark races to-dav: First Race Seven furlongs. Eolian won. with Kalooiah second, and Head bail third. Time 1:31 Second Rack Tiiree-qunrtera of a mile. Gall! fet won. with Now or Never second, and Ford ham think Time 1:18. Titian Rack-One and one eighth miles, Kingston won, with Laggard second, and Con nemara third. Time 2:02. Foimitii Rack —Oue and one-half miles Bar mini won, with Kums second, and Ferona third. Time B:4e. Kuril Rack - Three quarters of a mile. Tar tnniche won, with Regains second, and Voting Duke third. Time I:l9Vy. Sixth Race One and one sixteenth miles Phil l.ee won, with Bonanza second, and Suitor third. Time 1 :.'>4Vt|. Seventh Rack— Full course steeplechase. Sam Emery won. with Retribution second, and dim McGowan third Time 3:16. TOBACCO’S SHORTAGE. Prof. Dodge Puts the Average for the Whole Country nt 82. Washington, Aug. 0. Prof. Dodge, the Ktatistician of the IDquirtnieiit of Agricul ture, furnish**:: the following for publication in answer to a Louisville dispatch printed this morning concerning his estimates of the tobacco crop: “The Louisville tobacco dispatch gives a wrong Impression of the estimates containisl in the pivliniinary re port of tho Department of Agriculture. The average of 82 i.*r cent, given therein i not for Kentucky or the West, but for tile whole country, including the cigar leaf HtatCß. Tile investigation now in progress will settle authoritatively the question of tile shortage of the tobuoco area.” Texas’ Election. Fort Worth, Tex., Aug. B.—The Pro hibitionists concede their del-at. by 80,000, The nnti-I’rohihitionlKts claim 100,000 ma jority. lA)rt Worth is the only city in the State that went for prohibition. All the other amendment* are dofeuted. The Land Bill Lonoon. Aug. 0. -Tho Irish land bill passed lta third reading in the House of Commons tins evening There was general cheering when the bill was read. A Neve Anti-Povprtv Society Sucopsms- Thc goat nttineUoi. a dune 14 hi. New Orleans won the ‘JOnth Grand Extraordinary Drawing of the* lxiuisiann state LotViry Coni|>uuy, when 4M,(i.Vi,000 disiiei-Hod in B,UM priikN all over the world, thus proving to U.‘a Ini * unti-jioverty orgniiizatioi , far inoie efUcieut tliiui the sehimms of crank* nud dnsuuom. Any inforniation as to or ganization etui be Ini !■( ""plication to M. A. Dauphin, Nuw Uriwusa, i>i. TnE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1887. CU.MMINTtS-HALL LETTER. SOME FACTS ABOUT STENOGRA PHERS AND TYPEWRITER Lawyers Who Are Rapid Talkers— Some of the Notable Characters Who Have Lately Arrived in Gotham —Queer Baron'Selliere—Points In the Career of E. G. Gilmore. New York, Aug 6. —There are more than 500 stenographers in New York and the number is yearly increasing. Most of them find employment as private secretaries in offices at salaries ranging from sl2 to SSO a week, or ns reporters in tho numerous re ferees’ courts at from 10 to 25c. per 100 words or folios. Occasionally an expert is hired at a stated salary by some litigant who doe.; not care to depend upon the court stenographer for copies. Jacob Sharp em ployed during his long triul of nearly forty days two stenographers at $5 an hour. The shorthand men employed in the great ease followed the comjiarat ively deliberate speak ers easily until Col. Fellows mil le his sum ming up speech for tho prosecution. He is a rapid talker and it taxed than to the ut most to follow him. Then came the address of Ilourke Cockran in behalf of a permanent stay for Sharp. He is one of the most rapid speakers at tho bar, and when he had wanned to his work, ho averaged 200 words a minute. There are probably not five short hand men in New York who could have fol lowed him, and two of them were nt the trial. During a pause fn the orator’s ad dress Mr. Sharp's stenographer, who was nearly overcome with fatigue and the heat, created considerable merriment in court by asking Mr. Cockran plaintively how much longer ho proposed to speak. Tho steno graphic report of this great trial has just been written out. It makes a volume of 4,500 pages, 13,500 folios, or 1 ,'450,000 words. A stenographer in New York courts gets a stated salary of 82,500 a year, and he is al lowed to charge for extra copies of his re port*. This revenue swells his income to about $5,000 a year, but Vie earns it. The shorthand writer who reported the trial of Alderman McQuado was so prostrated with fatigue at the end of tho case that ho has not Keen able to work since. In a great trial the record of a day's pro ceedings must lie written out by the opening of court the next day. As soon ns court adjourns the stenographer hastens to his office with his notes. It would In' utterly impossible to transcribe them all during the night, but he dictates part of them to an other stenographer, who writes them down in shorthand und then dictates them to a rapid typewriter. The court stenographer dictates the last portion of his report to an other typewriter, and the weary monotone of the stenographer’s voice and tho sharp click of the typewriting machine is heard until 1 or 2 o’clock in the morning, when the stenographer goos home to get a little rest to fortify him for the next day. Men can stand thirty-live days of this work, as they did in the (Sharp trial, but it wears them out in the end. Among the lawyers at the New York bar who are the terror of the shorthand men nre Ira Shafer anil John E. Burrill, but even they have never equaled the record of Judge Van Brant, Presiding Judge of the Supreme Court. The court stenographer timed his Honor one day while he was charging a jury. 11" spoke only seven minutes, but it was at tho rate of 207 words a minute. In ordinary conversation the average individual utters about 100 words a minute. Some expert stenographers are slow in reading their notes, and such are of little use in reporting a court-martial, for as soon as each question is put the shorthand reporter of the trial must read it from his notes be fore the witness answers. It is not strange that occasionally a mis take on the part of a stenographer should occur. In 1800 the fate of a man convicted in New York of murder hung upon the ac curacy of the stenographer’s report. A question as to the correctness of the report was raised and tiie short hand writer refer ring to his notes found that he had, in dic tating to the copyist, omitted the record of an exception taken by the defense to a ques tion by the prosecution. The record was the mere scratch of a lien, but it proved of immense consequence in the subsequent pro ceedings. The limited amount of shorthand work on the newspapers of New York is usually done by outside men hired for special occasions, borne of them are veterans, hut unlike the average old-timer, they do not talk about the good old days, for formerly $5 a column was considered a good price for their work, while now they will not under take an assignment for less then 25c. per folio. Closely associated with the stenographers in their work is a large army of typewriters, most of them ladies. They have their offices, make good incomes and live well. They have a uniform scale of sc. per folio for one typewritten copy, Sc. for two and 10 for three copies. Some of them average seventy five words a minute, or thirty-five folios per hour. In a recent contest one of them wrote 3!t7 long words in four minutes and thirty seconds, and another in four minutes and forty-one seconds. They must fre quently write far into the night to prepare copies needed the following any. and their work, like thnt of the stenographer, is very tedious. From three to five years' practice is required to attain tiie proficiency of an expert, hut when they have reached thnt point they esn, uudor favorable circum stances make $1,500 to $2,500 a year. Amos J. Cummings. This week’s steamers have brought in h l>evy of Siamese royalties, Baron Sell.ere and E. O. Gilmore. For placidity of de meanor, general gentleness and innate no bilitv of soul. Gilmore rather heads the list, particularly ns to soul. It is somewhat muggy and frayed, but it is there. Gilmore's i -turii tills a long and yawping want in the Sunday press. No New York paper is complete oil the Isn'd’K Day without a story about Ed. Gilmore, and lie turns up with imdeviating regularity. He iu>ver sivks notoriety, but lie is one of the llgltres of tile town, 'mid us shrewd in Wall street matters as in the th ntrieal world. His character is ailniir ably outlined in a story Unit lias I eon tol l of him lor ninny years. Young Gilmoro— then a lad of t *ndcr years—was starting out for New York from the quiet village of Munson. Mass. His mother look him aside just Is'foro his departure and saul: "K Iwnrd. lie very enreful that thoso bad, wicked New York men don’t steal every tiling; yetl’ve get." “Don’t be alarmed, mother," said the boy with the air of touching and complete abnegation which has characterized him ever since. “I’ll worry along: liut you might keep your eye on the papers and wx* what liapp ms to the pcx*kota of tile bad and wicked men." He removed a doorkeeper from his theatre just. Is'fore ho sailed. Tile man had been there thirty-one.years “He was a good doorkeeper." Gilmore said in n reminiscent way one night, “but he had one defect in nil otherwis Unwinds character he had an invincible repugnance to allowing any one to go into the i fr atre. It r mg liis heart every time a man went in. Finally he kept me out. I talked with him ami found that it was because I wasn't a iiieniber of Tammany Hall. Hadn't time to join Tummany thut night and so I promoted tile doorkeeper on the spot and th:i (‘(Tooted mi entrance into inv own thentrs .' Siamese Urtnees mo tr:snenrious swells. They are the most umiahie little men in the world. Their round eyes and eliubny faces le*nm with contt’iunl gisxi na lure, nnd they have oven imparted some ((f their jollity ii their platoon of Knglisli vnlets. Englishmen are now accepted every where* us tne lr*sl sorviiiits in tlu* world. Tb<*y are the personal at tendants of French women ot high rank. Russian royalty, .iHpuew, Hiu no*'* and ('iiinev gruiukss, Now York Anglomaniacs, iiiazilun bullion kings and bad actors. From every corner | of tue world they are eagerly cried for. I have been wondering for half an hour or more whether this is another illustration of the superiority of the English peoplo or something quite thp reverse. Baron Selliere is indeed eccentric. If lie remains much longer outside of an asylum for the insane it will lie on account, or his money. Apparently he has no end of that. He bad less manners on one occasion. I was at the Hotel Brunswick and had just come down stairs with my stenographer. I chanced to think of a business letter just as the man was going away, and I detained him a moment to dictate it. We were stand ing in a deserted corner of the reading room and I was talking in low voice when a chair was overturned, there was a wild whirl, and the Baron—-with whom I had no per sonal acquaintance—rushed up and asked excitedly: " W hat are vou doing ?” “Dictating." “No!" “Yes.” “I want to dictate." "Well,” I said amiably, "fire ahead, I’ve no objection.” “But to him,” jabbing frantically at the stenographer. As I had aiiout finished I loaned the man to him and he dictated an acceptance of an invitation to dinner with tho emphasis and roar of a crack tragedian. Then he said: “Whom do I pay.'” “No one.” lie bowed, was profuse in his thanks, nnd withdrew with the wearied air of o man who had performed a great mental feat in the very nick of time. The stenographer forgot to write the note out until three days had passed, but the Baron was not in the least disturbed by the delay, though tho diuner had meanwhile been eaten. Blakely Hall. A HOBBE IN A WELL. Remarkable Escape of Four Men Who Dodged Him. FVoni the Greenwich Graphic. Saturday afternoon a young man rushed into the Ijenox House in breathless haste looking for a Graphic representative. The guests who were sitting about on the piazza aid in the parlor heardhim say that a horse biul fallen into n well in in which there were four men, anil that two of them were killed. To inquiries as to w here, the boy pointed up the street and said in a lot. not far oIT, up by L. P. Hubbard’s cottages. A crowd had collected nliont the well nml were {leering in with mouth open and eyes distended when a Graphic reporter arrived. Near by, on the hank, was an Italian, whose face indicated that he was in pain, and who seemed to have lost his all. On looking into the ex cavation, which was 30 feet deep and about 12 or 15 feet in diameter, we saw at the bottom a horse quietly eating hay, and a number of men about him, attaching ropes to him. It was soon learned that the horse had fallen into the well, and that four men were down there, and that no one was seriously injured. How they all escaped is one of those strange experiences that some times happens to people. It cannot lie ex plained. It seems thnt one of the Italians had tied the animal to a small staple in the side of one of the houses. This h* managed to pull out, and commenced to Imek, when suddenly tho men ill the well saw a great cloud, as they say, come over them, and they thought that the liank had caved in. They nt once stood erect and nil hugged the side of the well, as closely as possible. This doubtless saved them, for ns the horse came tumbling down tail first, his fall was broken iom<> by a ladder, and he fell in the middle of them on his side, his head strik ing Thomas O’Grady a stinging blow. O'Grady’s presence of mind saved them all from tiring kicked or crushed to death, for, as the horse’s head hit him and then struck the ground, O’Grady sprang upon his neck mid held his head down, and the men were taken out a rather badly frightened crowd. O’Grady seemed to be very devout as lie stood talking with the reporter about it a short, time afterward. It was found that the horse had not been injured, for he soon got up and liegan eating some hay. But tho poor animal’s life was doomed. As he was hauled out, after his somewhat unusual experiences, ho managed, just as he got to the top of tiie well, and while the boom of the derrick was being raised so that he could land, to slip hts fastening in his struggles, and fell with a crash to the bottom of the well again, and was brought out soon after, dead. Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: RAIN Local showers, variable winds, J warmer in the northern portion, stationary temperature in the southern portion. Compansou of mean temperature at Savan nah. Aug. 1887, nnd the mean of same (lay for fifteen years Depart ure Total Mean Tcmpehatlre from the , Departure . Mean Since for 15years Aug. 0. - -or Jan. 1, 1887. jt 0 83.0 i -10 I— 4218 Comparative rainfall wtatem wit: frf&Tb? Departure .J IT .o- I Menu Since 16 Tears. , Aug. 6. 87.| or __ j an i, p*?;. •A. .00 - S6 1 - 810.3 Maximum tampwmrs #l.l, minimum tem perature 75 8 Tho height of the river at Augusta at 1 :S3 o’cl.iek p. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was lit 2 feet —a fall of 4.7 during the past twenty-four hours. Cotton R ‘gioa Bulletin for 24 hour* end ing ftp. m., Aug. 0 ISS7. 75th Meridian time. Districts. Avehaob. \'avs i N c° t ; f Max - ’>in. Kain |f|,n.j Tcm l\ Tm P ,al > 1. Wilmington J 10 ! 92 t 4 | .14 2. Charn-oon 1 88 I 74 j .01 s. August* I w ; W .? 4. Savannah lit i ; \\ .00 5. Atlanta 7 00 72 40 0. Montgomery. 7 | IX) 72 41 7. Moliiin , 9 'mi 70 |Bt n. Now Oi'leana j 12 D) ! 72 , .41 0. Gaivif tori i 17 ! mj 74 2t# 10 VUlvsbun? | 4 j IX> ! 70 104 11. Lin to Hook. Ii 4 1;2 70 13 12. Mr iplus 1 10 j PS ! 72 , CO Aim m Observati nn tsiki n at tiu> seine moment of time at all stations. Savannah, Vug 8, 9:36 p. m, . city time. ' T>n:i -err.tiirc. PiWEctioa. j VHoefty j ?! | l&infaU. Namc OK Stations. Norfolk I 76'NW 1 6 Raining. Ghnriotta 71 S K ('loudy Hntierns . 78 N'V 10 01 Ruining. Til usville. KkS KM ....'(.Tear. 'Vilmlntftoii 70 W Climily. Omrlooion ht>B\V 8 cli-iir. Auxiikui 70 S 08 ( ’lciuiy, Savannah 80 Si( I’leur. Jacksonville j 82 H E . iVu. Cedar Keys M N C Pair. Key West Ik N i' It Clear. Atlanta 74 8 W 08 Cl ,iidy. I'fiiKKola. KIHWIO .. (.'biur. Mobile. . . hoMV Clair. Montgomery 1 78 W < Imidy. Vw Orleans 7xs\V 10 Clear. Mai vent on. 78 W 8 Clear. Corpus Ciiristi i to W! 0 01 Cloudy. Pulisuine ... 7s N .. Fair. Browiiedvi"*:, .. 70 8 W 01 Fair Rio Grand:! It’ S E 0 . Cloudy. H. N. Sauksury Kibu il Corpn, US. Army. St. I’r'i’i 'Cinut! in. gixl andinlthful servant.” Newly nrrivixl spirit— "Mur vaut, is it. ye say< It's a lady’s help I war., sir.” "O! Well, never mind. Come in.'' “That’s Heaven, is itf” "This is Heaven.” “How many night* an’ afternoons oat will I have'”- -(hnnlin H’oWtf, ( hrmiie imsaj i at.trrh positively cured by Dr. Inigo’s lienusiv. TIED BY THE UMPIRE. Birmingham and Charleston Play an Eleven-Inning Game. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 6.—With a league umpire Birmingham would Have won the game, but there being no league umpire, Hines, one of Charleston’s disabled catchers was put up to umpire, and his decisions, though doubtless well intended, were very unfair at critical jxjints, and hence an eleven-inning game with a tied score resulted. Jlunglpr and Childs bekl the points for Charleston mid Webber and Ktallings for Birmingham. Both pitchers were batted freely and the score was only kept down by both outfields. Charleston getting eight and Birmingham nine flies, five being taken by Dufl'ee. Tho score by innings and summary follow: Charleston... .3 000030000 0--5 Birmingham. .0 010 2 1001 0 o—s Base hits Charleston IS, Birmingham 11. Errors -Charleston r>, Birmingham 4. Earned runs—Charleston 3. Left on bases—Charleston 0, Birmingham 8. Stolen liases—Charleston 10, Birmingham 4. Wild pitches—Hughes 1, Webber 2. Passed balls—Stallings ]. Time—Two hours and fifteen minutes. PELICANS PULVERIZED. Memphis Knocks the New Orleans Pitcher Out of the Box and Wins. New Orleans, Aug. 0. —Memphis played a groat game to-day, battery errors being the only kind made. Memphis slugged Av delotte and ran the bases well, winning easily in consequence. Aydelotte could not get the ball over the plate, and besides received poor support. Wells was hurt early in the game, and McVey took his place behind the bat. and did well. The weather and grounds were bad, and there were no brilliant plays, a backward running catch by Fuller being the only one gaining applause. Belt/, loti the batting. Campau umpired, and was so severe on the homo team that he was hissed. The score by innings follows: Memphis . ... 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 O x-8 New Orleans 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0--2 Batteries—Block and Crotty, Aydelotte and Wells and McVey. Base hits- New Orleans 10. Memphis 15. Stolen hoses —New Orleans 2. Memphis 8. Errors—New Orleans 3, Memphis o. NASHVILLE DISBANDS. The Directors Said to Have Lost $lO,- 000 on the Soaaon. Nashville,Tenn., Aug. 0. — The agoßy is over. The directors of the Nashville Base Ball Association met tonight and determin ed to withdraw their club from the Southern League. In doing this they forfeited 21,000 which they deposited at the opening of the season as a guarantee that they would finish out the season, and also their membership fee. This loss is, however, a small thing compared with tho showing made by the association bank account for the season. The men who undertook the risky venture of supplying Nashville with tiase ball may be criticized for some things but certainly not for close Bstedness. Their loss for tho season will aggregate very nearly, if not quite, 210.000, and it would have cost them several thousand dollars more to have finished the season. The following players were given their release: Kelly, Masran and Gibson, pitchers: Nicholas, Hayes and Mannion, catchers; Firle, first base: Burks, short-stop; Bradley, third base; Clinton, lieider and Hogan, fielders. All are good men. Gamea Yesterday. At Louisville— v IxniisviUe 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0— 7 Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 1 Base hits -Louisville 11, Cleveland 7. Ertors— Louisville 5, Cleveland 3. At Pittsburg— Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0— 2 Washington 10000103 x— 5 Base hits Pittsburg fi, Washington 9. Er rors Pittsburg 0, Washington 5. At Indianapolis— Indianapolis 00000000 0— 0 Philadelphia 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 x—s Base hits Indianapolis 3, Philadelphia 8. Er rors—lndianapolis 5, Philadelphia 2. At Philadelphia— Athletic 0021 2 0202—0 Metropolitan... 0 0021 2000 5 Base hits—Athletic 17, Metropolitan 8. Er rors—Athletic 3. Metropolitan 5. At Chicago— Chicago 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 o—B New York 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 x— 9 Base hits -Chicago 18, New York 11. Errors— Chicago 7, Ne’.v York 3. At Detroit— Detroit 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 I—lo Boston 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 1 9—ll Base hits- Detroit 23, Boston 10. Errors—De troit 8. Boston 3. At Brooklyn— Baltimore 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—2 Brooklyn. 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 x— 8 Base hits Baltimore 9, Brooklyn 15. Errors -Baltimore 9, Brooklyn 2. At St. Louis— St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 o—3 Cincinnati 02 0 00000 0— 2 Base hits—St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 10. Errors —St. Ik mis none, Cincinnati 2. GENERAL RAILWAY NEW3. Matters of Money and Management About Various Lines. * A citizen of McVille writes to the News as follows: “Tho surveying corps of the Americas, Preston anil ’ Lumpkin railroad has just complete! two surveys to this place. It is not settled which of the sur veys will lie adopted. Work is expected to commence at this end of the line in alxiut two weeks, and a large force of hands will continue the work on from Abbeville in this direction. The people here have subscribed liberally to the stock of the new road.” Charleston Localisms. The market is flooded with the most lus cious of grapes from Greenville county. The fruit is a drug <hi tho market, and soils at from 5 to 8 cents a pound nt retail. The works of the jiostoflioe clock have boon placed iii position, but, owing to the excessive heat of yesterday, the workmen were unable to attach the dial. Tho clock will probably lie in working order early next week. The yachts Flirt and White Wing had a most exciting contest Friday. The race was for the Commodore's pennant, which had been won by the Flirt in a former contest, in which all of the first-class yachts of the dub had taken part. There was a stiff breeze from the south which covered the harbor with white caps, and the yachts pre sented quite a pretty picture. " The Flirt was wolf handl'd mid lieat her opponent, thereby retaining tie 1 pennant. Th“ anchor of the Savannah pilot boat Sprite was hois-nd Friday evening, and she was soon under full sail speeding homeward. The merry uiaroouora arrived about ten days ago, and bavo since then been anchored off the custom house wharf, with the excep tion of a couple of days, when tho heavy sea neeexsitat si going further up th" river, oppo site Magnolia Cemetery. <)n Thursday even ing the steamer Saoplio, on her way'to the island with a large excursion party, shipped ■•o r act of the s irite to tak the mi mere alionrd, a thoughtful attention which was highly appreciated by the visitors Capt. M'irmcistcm savs he find Ins party have en joy l their toil) immensely, mid all of them speak in grateful terms oi the uniform kind ness mid attention winch Line Lien shown by all Chui lestonum : wlio.n tliev met. They are so well pleas'd with their trip that they are looking tor ward to another at no very distant date. Come again. Somehody out in t lolonidn says: "Fruit makes a goid-ivitund father.' a happy mother and a jolly lot of children." There are exei pttoos di rules, and w e presume I that our Colorado friend would I ready to i make an exception w.ic.v the fruit is green j apples, onll*d from a lioigblwr's orchard. | Huston Tmnucrint. Toller, fsi ■pa I Toilet Soups: Heimi ieiee|i‘fi*'d Kar—s btrau -> hiu., ... a*'*. * ■ * ........ | Statu of Wbatiikr. MARRIAGES. Married, on Wednes day evening, Aug. 3d, at tlie Cathedral, by tho Rev Father McConvillo, Mr. J. J. Foley and Miss M. T. McCarthy, both of this city. FUNERAL INVITATIONS. MASTICK. The friends and relatives of Mrs. Henry Mastics and family, and of Mr. Peter Schafer, t Mr. George Wagner and Mrs. Jacob Quint and their families, are respectfully in vited t , attend the funeral of Mrs. Henry Mas tick from her late residence on Thunderbolt road, at 4 o’clock THIS AFTERNOON. DEVLIN -The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs William 11. Devlin and of W. Smith and their families ure rexpeijtfuUv invited to at tend tlie funeral of tlie youngest son of William H. Devlin from No. 7 Gordon street at 4 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON- MEETINGS. PAST GItA NO MASTERS' COUNCIL, NO. 60, G. l\ OF O. F. Yon are hereby summoned to meet at your Lodge room, corner of Cuvier and Duffystreets, THIS (Sunday) MORNING nt 8:30o’clock sharp to pay rhe last tribute of respect to your de ceased brother, Edward Mobdoc. By order of W. H. MATTHEWS, W. G. M. Stephen H. .Johnston. Grand S. MYRTLE LODGE NO. 1663, G. IT.l T . O. OF O. V. The members are hereby summoned to meet at their Lodge Room THIS DAY at 8:30 o’clock sharp a. m., for the purpose of paying the last tribute of respect to our deceased brother, Ed ward Mordoc. P. (I. M Sister lodges are fraternally invited to attend. By order of FRANK GRAHAM, N. G. A. C. Lewis, Secretary. ATTENTION, CHATHAM LIGHT IN FANTRY! You are hereby summoned to appear at the Armory, corner Montgomery arid Gwinnett streets, in full uniform, armed and equipped, at 9 o'clock THIS MORNING, to pay the last trib ute of respect to Honorary Member Edward Mordoc. By order of JULIUS MAXIYELL, Captain commanding. A. N. Thomas, O. S. ' STOCKHOLDERS’ ATTENTION. Tlie seventh regular monthly installment of the Metropolitan Savings and Loan Company will tie due on or before TUESDAY the 9th day of August, 1887. 11. c. DAVIS, Treasurer. SPECIAL NOTH ES. A FEW limns. It was Townsend's intention to use this space in "kicking” about tlie water. As be was not the only one inconvenienced by the stoppage, he he has no just reason to complain. MEN AND PIPE MAIN ARE NOT PERFECT. Have your BLANK BOOKS made am| your Printing executed by TOWNSEND and you will not grumble. TOWNSEND, Fine Printer and Binder, 80 and 88 Bryan street, Savannah, Ga. “TELEPHONE 341." PIANOS. STEINWAY & SONS, GABLER & BRO., E. ROSENKP.ANZ, G. HEYL. Easy monthly payments. Moving and tuning at the lowest rates. SCHREINER S MUSIC HOUSE. BASE BALL. CADETS —vs.— JASPER GREENS, MONDAY AFTERNOON at 4:30. Admission 25c. Ladies Free. SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB. The Tenth Annual Cruise of the Cluh will be given on MONDAY, Bth inst. Yachtsparti-ip;: ting will rendezvous at Montgomery tu time to start punctually at 12 o’clock noon. Rear Com modore Bond’s yacht Cinude has lieen tendered ns the flagship for this occasion The yacht Wanderer will be used as the store ship, and will lie provided with water, wood and ice. Capt. W. 1). Sirnkins' yacht Glance is designated Fleet {Captain. Dr. W. F. Bruner will act as Fleet Surgeon. It is to be regretted that the Cruise must be sailed tliis year without a Chaplain. By order of J. N. JOHNST' i\. Vice Commodore. In command of the cruise. W. D. Johnston, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. City or Savannah, i Office Clerk of Council, Aug. G, 1887. ( All persons are hereby cautioned against placing obstructions of any kind around or about the public hydrants or fire plugs in this city. Nothing that will obstruct or binder the Fire Department from having free access to said hydrants or plugs should lie placed within fifteen feet thereof in either direction. The ordinal ce regulating this matter will be rigidly enforced. By order of tne Mavor. Frank e. rkbarer, Clerk of Council. NOTICE. We state for the information of customers and the public at large that our business lias been placed tinder the supervision of Capt. A. J. Ihnsley (Mr. M. F. Joyce retiring), with Mr. J. W. Hunt still with ns • THE NEW HOME S. M. CO., Agents want-d. 31 Whitaker street. SPECIAL NOTICE. DR. B. P. OLIVEROS Will be absent from the city FOR TWO WEEKS. NOTICE. The public is hereby notified that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by any one in my name, GEORGE W. MATT AIK. SPECIAL NOTICE. 1 desire to inform my friends and the public that I have severed my connection witii Mr. G. W. Allen and now associated with Thos. West A Cos. Will he glad to serve any one. Respectfully, GKO P. WIGGINS. For nearly 10 years with O. W. Alien. -3 BULL STREET. Oi er W. U. Telegraph Office, SAVANNAII. GA. B ECEIVER’S NOTICE. Ft.MiBEnvTLL*. Fla., July 27th. 1887, All parties holding claims against the firm of BROWN A ODUM, of BarlierviUe, Florida, are hereby notified to send in name at once to me. By older of the court. JOSEPH LICHTT'XSTIXE, Receiver. Bit. HUNKY s COLIUNU. DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets BUGGIES AND WAGONS. fu Purchasers of Buggies anil Wagons. IVK are now mnnufrrturing at O’CONNOR’S I V Workshops. eorn.T limui and VVoot Fr*>"t stre**ts. th.- l itti n! Ht'GGIKH and WAGONS patent' ll l>v V. K. Wtl.St'N, A trial of tliese veiueie- is all w*. onir, Tbose vehicles have no kin:: bolts to break ami nre not us I'.vii to g-'t out of iinler as tlie old st ylo. We olilm for them idmpllelty. et'onuiuv ami dutu- I'oltv ' all unit we th, 11, • jhONNOiv eo HAY. AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATRE. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8. GRAND "“BENEFIT FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHLAS. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. A RARE TREAT IN STORE. More CJouneily! ITim Again! THE FORDS, IN BRONSON HOWARD’S SARATOGA, OR, PISTOLS FOR SEVEN. Twenty funny characters requiring every member of the Association for its production. Read the great cast on the bills. New and el. gant dresses. Singing by entire company. Tickets sl. 50c. und 25c. Reserved scats on sale at Du vis Bros.’ without extra charge. Box sheet opens Saturday at BJO a. in. SUMMER resorts. Ocean Hounc TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA OEA BATHING unsurpassed on the Atlantic Ca toast. Comfortable rooms, rteatlv fur nished. Fare, the best the market affords. Bathing suits supplied. Terms moderate. GEO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. S. G. HEALY & OCX PROPRIETORS, SALT SPRING, NEAR AI STELL, GEORGIA. VABATER almost a specific for Dyspepsia. Kid ▼ ▼ ney Trouble and Cutaneous Diseases. Orders tor water and ail information addressed to the firm at Austell. Ga. THE COLUMBIAN SARATOGA SPRINGS. THE FAVORITE HOTEL OF SAVANNAHIAX3 Opens June 35th. JAMES M. CASE, Proprietor. NEW YORK BOARD. 1 1 ‘ AND 1,707 Broadway, corner 54th. 1 • • IJouse kept by a Southern lady; -loca tion defiirabl, 1 . Refers by permission to CoL John Screven, Savannah. HDHE WHITLOCK HOUSE, in Marietta, Oa, X combines privileges and conveniences of a first-class hotel, and the comforts and pleasures of a home. Capacity, about one hundred and fifty guests. Large, handsome, well furnished rooms; best of beds; table good; large shaded grounds, covered with blue grass; Lawn Tennis, Croquet. Billiards and Bowling Alley, all free for guests. Prices more moderate than any other house in Georgia for the accommodations. M. Gk WHITIX *< IK. Owner and Proprietor. f |MIOUSAND ISLANDS.—Westminster Hotel, 1 Westminster Park. Alexandria Bay, X Y.— “Unquestionably the finest location in the Thousand Islands. *’ — Harper'* Magazine , Sept., 1881. Send for descriptive pamphlet. H. F. INGLBHART, Proprietor. Mountain lake, biles county, va. Elevation 4JtK> feet. Pure, cool air and water. No hay fever or mosquitoes. Grand scenery. Unjqualed attractions. Kates per month S4O to SSO. Write for pamphlet. Ad dress MANAGER. EXCURSIONS. International Steamship 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 Commereial Wharf, Boston, 8:30 a M., every Monday. Wednesday and Fri day for Portland, making the trip in 7 hours, affording excellent coart scenery. EASTPOST AND ST. JOHN LINE. Steamers leave Boston 8:30 A. M..and Portland sp. u. ever} - Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Eastport and St. John. ST. JOHN DIRECT LINE. A steamer will leave Boston every Thursday at 8a M for St. John direct. ANNAPOLIS LINE. A steamer will leave Boston every Monday and Thursday at Ba. a. for Annapolis X. S., con necting lor Yarmouth, Digby, Halifax, etc. J. B COYLE, Jk.. E. K. WALDRON. Manager. Portland. Me. Gen. Pass. Agt. HOTELS, NEW HOTEL TOGNL (Formerly Bt. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. r |' l HE MOST central House in the city. Near I Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries, Now and Elegant Furniture. FJectric Beß* Baths, Etc. $3 50 to $3 per day. JOHN B. TOG NT, Proprietor. MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, . - GA EO. D. HODGES, Proprietor. Formerly of * 1 the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, ami the Grand Union, Saratoga Springs. Location cen tral. All parts of the city and places of inter est accessible by street cars constantly passing the doors. Special inducements to those visit ing the city ft : business or pleasure. DUB’S SCItEVEN HOUSE. r pHIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with 1 h PasHenger Elevator (the only one in the city) and has been remodeled and newly fur nished. The proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of tho establishment. spares neither palnsamr expense in the entertainment of his guests The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. Tlie table of tha Screven House is supplied with every luxury that tho markets at home or abroad cu.n afford. TYBKE RAILROAD. SAVANNAH AND TYBEE MILWAY. Standard Time. /COMMENCING SATURDAY, July 16, 1887, tlie V-/ following schedule win be in effect: No. 3. No. 1. No. 5. No. 7.* Lv. Savan nah. 10;HO a m p m 6:00 p m 9:fo pm Ar.Tyliee. 11:43am 4:15 pm 7 :0U pm 11:05 pm No. s?. No. 4. No. 6. No. Lv.Tybee. 7:U3 a m 4:05 p m 0:15 pni 8:(D pns Ar. Savan nah. 8:15 am 5:30 pm 10:25 pm 9:10 pm ♦Trains 7 and 8 Sundays only. All tr tins leave Savannah from Savannah and Tyliee depot, in S.. F. and W. yard, east pus uengcr depot I/avo Tybee from < cean House. Tickets on sale at depot ticket office, and at Fernandez’s Cigar Store, corner Bull and Broughton streets. C. O. lIAINES. tiupt. Savakm ih, July 15, 1887. _ < OFAItTN Elis If 11* NOTICIX NOTICE. MR. W. L. Wll.son lias this day been t* and n |uir iht in mv business. <>n and utter t ids date tile business w ill is? conducted unuer the fifin name of JNO. SULLIVAN .V CO. JNO. SULLIVAN. Savannah. Ga,. Vug. 1, 1887. FOR s vi.f.. FOR s A LE. YACHT VERNON. HAVING beeu newly equipped and In thoff ougb ailing older, will still at low caw figures. tk W. BRANCH*