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NEWS FKOM THE FLOOD.
THE SUBMERGED CROPS GIVEN UP
AS LOST.
The Planters Adopt Different Tactics
and Endeavor to Hold tho Water
Within the Fields -Reports of Serious
Damage on the Ogeechee The
Water Fresh Eight M’les Off Tybee.
Details of tho flood still come in, all being
of tho same general tone, indicating a wide
spread disaster. Tiie waters have spread
Over all the upper plantations, and there is
but little doubt but that the rice crop in this
section is noarly a,total failure. Tho plan
ters are nearly all at their places, but noth
ing can be done further than already ac
complished in the way of securing bridges
and other structures.
The Ethel came down last night at about
6 o’clock, thirteen hours from Cohen’s Bluff.
One of tho officers said the flood was dis
astrous all the way up the river. The sub
merging of the rice fields begins about
seven miles this side of the Charleston and
Savannah railroad bridge. Many over
flowed fields of grain and corn
wore seen from tho boat's deck. Large
’quantities of wood piled up alongside the
bank for the steamers have been washed
away, and in some places reports are given
of the washing away of barrels of rosin and
other stores awaiting shipment.
TIIE WOODS FULL OF GAME.
The negroes of tiie upper portion are busy
catching driftwood, logs and other timlier,
and are making quite a profit by their
work. They form the List of their catches
into raft* anil will make considerable money
before the flood sutiside. The woods are
all lull of game uow, as the numberless
animals are driven from the overflowed
swamps and the hunters are out in full
Torce. fine hunter killed four ileer in less
than half an hour, all within a radius of a
quarter of a mile. Rabbits and other small
game are very plentiful. Several bears have
been seen but uo captures have been made
as yet.
The water at the milroad bridge is within
two feet of the lower stringers and over tho
stone coping. It is carefully watched, and
being very substantially built, it is thought
there is no danger.
RESTING ON THEIR OARS.
Mr. J. A. Huger was seen last night as ho
returned from his plantation, but said he
Jiad nothing new to tell. All of
liis fields were submerged and the
water seemed to be increasing.
Regarding the damage inflicted, nothing
bad yet developed that niude them hopeful.
’The prospect was that the entire crop was
destroyed—thnt is on the submerged planta
tions. Tiie planters could do nothing fur
ther, and were only waiting till the flood
subsided.
Mr. Janies B. Heyward said the prospect
was very discouraging indeed. He thought
that the entire crop of the submerged llelds
was lost.
THE RIVER AT ITS HIGHEST.
The planters now, he said, are lighting on
anew line. They ure trying to keep the
water in tho llelds, or rather, as the water
on the flooded fields is higher than the river,
they are endeavoring to keep it from break
ing into the river. Tiie breaks in the em
bankments wall be a heavy loss. There are
six or seven serious ones in the creek freshet
bank and the probabilities are that it will
be nearly deslroyed.
The river reached its highest point at
Augusta yesterday morning when it touched
thirty-four feet, but by 10 o’clock last night
it had fallen to thirty-one
feet and was still falling and _ the
people there hope the worst is over. It is
expected that this flood will reach here to
morrow or Saturday and the outlook is not
relished by the planters.
ON THE OGEICCHEE.
A letter from Shuman’s bridge, on the
Ogeechee, states that the losses along that
river from the flood were heavy. Thenou.se,
yard and saw mill of H. A. Shuman was
cornpletelv overflowed, and betwren 50,(KM)
and 60,000 feet of lumber washed away.
His bridges were comparatively unharmed,
only one out of four being damaged to any
extent. His causewav. however, was in
jured to the extent of $1,500, but it will Vie
hr v: gable in a few days if the water con
tinues to fall. The work on the Birming
ham and Atlantic Air Line, at this point,
has lieen retarded, but the contractors are
still pushing forward and are doing what
they can.
RUNNING OUT TO SEA.
Tho pilots report the water fresh for two
miles beyond the sea buoy, or about eight
miles off Tybee. The water is drinkable at
the knoli, just abreast of Tybee wharf.
There has lieen no perceptible flood tide in
the river for four days. This shows the im
mensity of the freshet now rushing to sea.
as the ocean tide usually flows inward Pi
uliuiit, fourteen miles above tho city,
or thirty-four mile* from the mouth of the
river. Numbers of logs and trees are to be
seen off the bar, though not few are seen
jiasMng tho city, the tremendous force of tho
current apparently pressing them down be
low tho surface. Tiie “scouring" which the
river is getting will probably give a 24 foot
channel from the city to the sea.
VIEWING THE SITUATION.
Quite a number of citizens took a view of
the submerged rice fields from the Morn
ing News turner yesterday. A good view
could be had witli the naked eye hut with
the spy-glass the extent of the devastation
as far as Argyle Island was plainly visible.
The water apjmrentiy extends up Pi the
pine forests on the South Carolina shore.
From tho turret Tybee Island stood out
much more clearly than usual, the entire
outline could be seen, and the lighthouse,
through the glass, looked but a mile dis
tant.
THE PYTHIANS’ NEW HALL.
The Purchase Money Paid Over to
Mr. Dorsott.
Tiie purchasing committee of tho Kuights
of Pythias have closed the trade for their
new hall, corner York and Barnard streets,
and have jiuid tho prioe—$12,000—over to
Mr. C. H. Dorsett, the agent of Mrs. George
W. Adams, the owner. AVork on
the new addition on York
and Barnard streets will lie com
menced very soon. Tho alterations
in the main building, however, will not lie
made till Mrs. Elkins’ lease expires. The
contemplated improvements, already out
lined in tiie Morning News, will make the
hall one of the most convenient and lust ar
ranged iu the South. The order is growing
very rapidly in the city nnd all the lodges
are in a very prosperous condition.
A Chip of the Old Block.
Robert E. l/v, the young son of Sergeant
Lee, of the city police, has a good record
for snake killing. He is at present visiting
nu uncle at Springfield, Effingham county.
The other day he went out hunting nnd
v hile going through a dense thicket he heard
the ominous alarm of a rattlesnake. The
sturdy lad glanced around soarchingly.
and finally catching sight of tho ugly bead
and fiery eves of the rattler, he blazed away
with nis shotgun, blowing the serpent's head
off. It was found to be a very large speci
men, the body being larger than a man's
arm, and had thirteen rattles anil a button.
If the lad koejis on and cultivates his pluck
and nerve he will make as good an officer as
his father.
Pullman Bleeping Cars to Atlanta.
The Savannah, Floridu and Western and
Blast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
ways will on Tuesday evening inaugurate
a ie el Pullman sleeping cars between this
cityaud Atlanta. Passengers viu this route
can new take a sleeper in Savannah at 7:35
p. in. and arrive in Atlanta at 7:20 a. m.
baa their notice in tiiuo curd olaowhore
FIFTEEN HOURS WITHOUT WATER.
Why the Water Was Not Turned On
at the Hour Named.
The work of connecting tiie 6-inch water
pipe leading from the principal main to the
Cotton Oil Mills was not such an easy task
as was anticipated. The water was shut off
from the city at 10 o'clock Tuesday night,
and the valve on tho main, which is located
near the Central railroad cotton ware
houses, was screwed down, but there was
dirt in it, and it would not close.
That jxTinitted the water in the city pipes to
flow hark in the main, as the grade is down
ward to tiie water works, and prevented
work. A valve near the water works, con
trolling a 12-inch pipe leading to the canal,
was opened in order to let the water out of
the main. The water backing down from
the city proven ted tho workmen from coni
pleting the connection until 10 o'clock yes
terday morning, instead of 3 o’clock as they
ha<l expected, but when the connection was
made the pumps were started.
They worked as usual, but could put no
pressure ou the pipes. There seemed to be
a leak somewhere, but no one knew where
it was until finally Superintendent Miller
was notified that the 12-inch valve leading
to the canal had been left wide open and a
13-inch stream was pouring into the canal.
The valve was closed at 1 o’clock, and the
city then began to get the benofit of tho
water.
The delay in making the connections
caused serious trouble in many places.
Numtiers of the factories were unable to
start up, though they had their men on
hand to go to work. The engine in the
Central railroad yard, near the wharves,
could get no water, and the small pushers
were filled by using buckets. One concern
in the city filed a request for reimburse
ment for losses sustained by the delay in
turning on the water witli tiie City Council
last night.
THE CITY COUNCIL.
It Will Oppose the Bills to Transfer
the Old Cemetery to the County.
The City Council met last night, but
there was little to bo done except to tran
sact the routine business. Bills to the
amount of $10,558 80 were reported and or
dered paid.
The petition of John Lynch to have the
line between his lot and that of I). R.
Thomas surveyed by the City Surveyor,
und to reecive instructions as to the parti
tion wall and for permission to continue the
work of adding a third story to his build
ing, was rejiortedon by S. B. Adams, Esq.,
the corporation attorney, and upon his ad
vice was rejected.
Tho ordinance granting pay to jmlicemen
while unlit for duty, when they are disabled
or made sick by unusual exposure or other
causes, if the Chief and Police Conimittco
join in the recommendation, was passed.
Alderman Duncan introduced a resolution
to tho effect that whereas the city had not
released its claim to the old cemetery, the
Representatives and Senators in the Legis
lature be requested to oppose any bill look
ing to the transfer of the property to the
county. The resolution was adopted.
A resolution was received from the Board
of Trade urging tho city to dredge out a
better harbor at quarantine, and build at
that tioint larger docks.
A communication from Mr. Ferst, of tho
Savannah Steam Bakery, asking the city to
reimburse him for losses amounting to
$67 25, sustained by the failure of the city
to turn on the wntor yesterday morning at
the hour advertised, was referred to tho
Committee on Water.
IT TASTED OF WHISKY.
And That is Why an Atlanta Man
Liked Artesian Water.
Cos! E. Y. Clarko, of Atlanta, son of a
former citizen of Savannah, the late John
M. Clarke, is now in the city revisiting tho
scones of his boyhood. Yesterday morning
he came down from his room in the Pulaski
House with a peculiar expression in his face.
“Nay, do vou use your new artesian
water?" ho asked of Mr. Watson.
“Yes,” was the reply.
“Then I am prepared to say that in arte
sian water Savannah leads the world, for
the water sent to my room is strongly im
pregnated, not with minerals, but with
whisky."
After a hearty laugh Mr. Watson ex
plained that ho hod anticipated the tempo
rary cut off of the water supply by procur
ing and filling several whiskv barrels. In
standing over night the water had evidently
“alworbed" too much. When presented
with a glass of artesian, fresh, pure and
limpid. Cos! Clarke pronounced it equal to
tho best water lie had ever tasted.
The Foxes on a Hunt.
Near Mizpali church, Effingham county,
a farmer named Jack Fox resides, and one
day last week the Fox family went on an
impromptu hunt. While Mr. Fox was
plowing in his field he started up a large
wild turkey gobbler. He hastily pulled out
the clevis of his plow and threw it. at the
turkey and broke its wing. The turkey
ran. Fox after it, and after a long chase he
succeeded in capturing the gobbler. While
in> was engaged in the chase his wife killed
with, a lightwood knot four racoons, one
after the other a-s they canio down the roail.
So the lurder of tho Fox family was plenti
fully supplied with game.
Miss Lillie Judge’s Sudden Death.
Miss Lillie Judge died suddenly yesterday
morning at her homo on Taylor street, near
Bui! Miss Judge was sitting in a chair in
her room and fell from it to the floor, and
before her friends could reach her she was
dead. Miss Judge expected to leave to-day
for Charleston, there to join a friend and
proceed te North Carolina. Mr. Judge, her
father, died suddenly two years ago. and a
yoar later Mrs. Judge died with equal sud
denness.
Charleston News.
A writer in the Mews anil Courier com
plains of the unjust discrimination of the
Clyde line. He says he paid $32 each for
round trip tickets to New York from
Charleston, while others bought single trip
tiekets at $l5, and Jacksonville, Fla., par
ties had only paid $ll from Jacksonville to
Now York.
Jake Terrv, a railroad hand in the “bush
gang" of the Savannah and Charleston
railway, while cutting away some under
brush near the sixty throe mile post, was
bitten by a rattlesnake on Monduy after
noon. Ad( etor was summoned ns soon as
possible, but could render no service, and
the unfortunate man died at 10 o'clock the
next morning.
A Jackson Station rice planter writes to
his busmen* correspondent asking that they
get up a sulweription for the benefit of him
self and neighbors. He says that they
hel|H'd Charleston in the earthquake, ami
now they think Charleston should help
them. He says thnt all their lands are over
flowed, and they can not get through the
year without help. A fund has lieen started.
Tiie revised returns of the monster excur
sion of the Order of Railroad Conductors
given some time ago are now all in. One
of the patriarchal conductors of the South
Carolina railway said that the excursion
was the largest that has ever lieen given to
Charleston. The South Carolina railway
aloue brought to tiie city l,9rtj ivisaenger*,
the Charleston and Savannah railway I*4,
and tiie Northeastern railroad 104, making
a grand total of 2,323,
Prior to Removing
from our present store, 140 Congress, to 144,
corner of Whitaker, we have marked the
; prices down on our entire stock of clothing,
I furnishing goods, huts, trunks and uiiilhvUii*
to what they cost to manufacture in New
York, in order to clear them out to save
moving. Now is tiie time u> luy in a sup
ply of clothing when it taken so little money
to bnv them or tiie “Famous "
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1887.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Bills to be Presented by Them to
the Legislature.
J. R. Saussv, Esq., the County Solicitor,
has prepared the following bills to be sub
mitted to the Legislature. The bills were
prepared by direction of the County Com
missioners, and read at the meeting yester
day morning:
Section 1. The General Assembly of the State
of Georgia do enact that the Commissioners of
Chatham comity and ex-officio Judges be. and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to
sell the site of the present court house of Chat
ham county in the city of Savannah at puhiic or
private sale: the proceeds of paid sale to be ap
plied to the erection of anew court house for
said county and city of Savannah ou a more
commodious location.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that in the event
that the United States of Arnpriea shall become
the purchaser of the prescut site of the court
house of Chatham eouuty for the purpose of
erecting a post office or other puhiic building,
the jurisdiction of this State shall theaeupon lie
ceded to the government of the United States
in and over the said site in the city of Savannah
known in the plan of said city as lot letter 11,
Percival ward, so long as the said land shall be
used by said government for public purposes.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and
parts of laws militating against this act be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Tho other bill is as follows:
Whebkas, That parcel of land, part of the
old common of the city of Savannah, which by
various acts of t he Provincial and State General
Assembly had been dedicated to the public use
for a cemetery or public burying ground, has
ceased to be used as a place for the interment
i>f the dead, and has not been bo used since the
year 1858; and
Whereas, Most of the remains of deceased
persons capable of identification have tieen re
moved from said cemetery, and the vaults and
monuments that remain are falling into ruin
and decay; and the use of the said plot for the
erection of a court house and laying off the
adjacent ground for a park, will preserve the
dust of the unknown dead from desecration
more effectually than to allow the same to be
used for any other purposes.
The General Assembly of the State of Georgia
do enact:
Section I.— That the exclusive control of the
parcel of land in the city of Savannah bounded
north by South Broad st reet, east by the police
liarraek and jail lot, south by the pound lot and
west by Aliercorn street, and known as the
“old Cemetery” be and the same is hereby
vested in the Commissioners of Chatham
county and ex-officio Judges.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that the said
Commissioners of Chatham county and ex
officio Judges are hereby authorized and em
powered to use and appropriate so much
of said parcel of land as may lie neces
sary to erect thereon a court house for the use
of said county and tho city of Savannah.
See. 3. Ik'it further enacted that in excavat
ing for the foundations of such court, house
building care shall he taken to collect and pre
serve separately the remains of every person
that may lie exhumed by such excavation; and
such remains shall be decently coffined and re
interred either in tho vacant parts of said old
Cemetery or in any other cemetery.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that all of the
said parcel of land not required for the erection
of a court house shall be laid out as a public
park, and no streets or lanes shall lie laid out
through the same.
Sec. 5. Be it furt her enacted that all laws and
parts of laws conflicting with this act lie and
the same are hereby repealed.
After the rea/ling of tho bills the County
Commissioners proceeded to other business.
The application of William Fraser for dam
age to his crop on the Waters road was re
fused. Isaac R. Nathans and William llart
loger were sworn in us constables, the former
for tiie Second and the latter for the Sev
enth district. Tho Commissioners referred
to the County Engineer a communication
from J. W. McAlpin regarding a brick cul
vert on the Augusta road. Bills against the
county to the amount of $6,770 22 were or
dered paid.
Local Personal.
Mr. E. H. Adams and family left for Ma
rietta on the Central.
Mr. T. P. Bond and family went to Gaines
ville on the Central yesterday.
Mr. L. Solomons and family went to
Marietta over the Central last night.
Mr. R. H. Clay left for Hot Springs, N.
C., over tho Charleston and Savannah.
Col. George S. Owens started yesterday
for Saratoga on the Charleston and Savan
nah.
Mr. J. S. Einstein started yesterday for
New York on tho Charleston and Savan
nah.
Mr. W. H. Roberta and family and Mr.
C. C. Cox and family went to Tallulah
Falls via the Central.
Mr. L. Adler, of tho firm of Altmayor &
Cos., left yesterday for New York, via the
Charleston and Savannah.
Capt. Joseph Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
is in the city. The Captain is well known
as an old steamboat captain and owner, and
has many friends among our citizens.
Among the arrivals at the Screven House
’ were J. Wernmann, Philadelphia; Walter
A. Taylor, L. M. Terrell, Atlanta; Frank
O. Evans, Robert E. Marxe, C. R. DeLeon,
New York; J. D. Sparrow. Danville, Va ;
W. C. Fowler, Montgomery, Ala.; Walter
H. Hayes, Boston; J. A. Lambert, Galves
ton. Tex.l 14. P. S. Denmark, Quitman; M.
B. Lane, Valdosta; W. O. Donovan, Wad
ley; Dr. H. S. Cumming, Rev. W. F. Joyce,
Baltimore
At tho Harnett House were H. W. Tucker,
T. E. Jackson, William Brittman, W. S.
Waterman, New York; A. J. Burt and
wife, Tallahassee, Fla.: C. G. Potter, Cin
cinnati; T. P. Littlefield, Jesup; C. M.
Kushing, Savannah, Florida ana Western
railway; T. H. Perry and wife, F. C. Hollis,
Winchester, Mass.; W. G. Bentley, Savan
nah, Florida and Western railway; C. P.
Wagner and wife, Columbus, O.; F. 8.
Mil liken, W. J. Alexander, Augusta, Me.;
J. Moody, Chipley, Fla.; E. L. Pickrin,
Hazlehurst, Ga.; J. R. Griffith, Omaha,
Neb.; W. J. Lincoln, Toledo, O.
At the Pulaski House were A. S. Forbes,
Philadelphia; H. Hoyinan, J. B. Byron, Cin
cinnati; Thomas J. Miller, Atlanta; M. D.
Burtchall, Atlanta,: W. M. Davidson,
Jacksonville; J. R. Barnes, New York; J.
Moore, Macon, i’a.; E. P. McSwinev,
Charleston; H. Dale, Jersey Citv: E. C.
Thatcher, James Bryan, New York: T.
MaiMhall, Brooklyn, A. Y.; J. Langdon,
Atlanta: E, Ford, New’ York; C. T. Cham
ber, Richmond, Va.; T. F. James, Atlanta.
At the Marshall House were W. C. Guson
and lady, Sanford. Fla.; C. F. Reed, Con
nersville, la.; F. H. Ralun, Richmond, Va.;
George A. Chickering. Baltimore; J. F. Mc-
Mannis. liocnester, N. Y.; M. J. Dopoe,
Augusta; T. P. Littlefield, Jesup; B. F.
(Jutland, Scarboro; H. C. Eden field, J. T.
Roberts. Stillman; W. M, Austin, Jesuo;
H. G. DeSilva, Pensacola, Fla.; C. P, Ladd
and soil, Mrs. S. F. Ladd, Miss Emma
Laid, Cisco, Fla.; Mrs. Hand and child, St.
Augustine, Fla.; R. L. Hicks, Doctortown;
R. (1. Igjwis, Ha wkinsville; E. P. McCroan,
Wudley; J. T. Ellis, GillisoaviUe, 8. C.; J.
T. Theus, steamer Ethel.
Ocean Bathing at Tybeo.
Editor Morning Mews: An erroneous
impression prevails among some visitors in
regal’d to surf bathing at Tybee. To anyone
exercising the most ordinary prudence there
is actually less risk than swimming in any
of our lakes and rivers. This is apparent
from the following facts: First, the bather
may wade near u hundred yards before get
ting beyond his depth, and enjoy the full
benefit of a seu hath amid the rushing
breakers in water not over waist deep.
Second, the surface of the tiottom is free
from holes and oyster shells, und perfectly
firm and smooth. Third, there is no un
dertow, and sharks and other sea monsters
have never been seen in thtwesliallow waters.
Fourth, ample protection is provided
for the timid by ropes, which are stretched
over the bathing grounds, to which even tho
most delicate invalid may cling with abso
lute safety. Finally, the writer has tested
the sou bulbing on Amelia, Cumberland,
Sullivan’s Island, Ixmg Branch hud New
port, mid does not hesitate to say thnt he re
gards the beach on Tybee Island as shelving
more gradually, and us safe or safor to the
bather than at any of the above mentioned
summer resorts. . j.
Tel let Soups! Toilet Soaps I
We ha re some unprecedented bargains.
I Strauss liens’. 33 and 22U Bernard street.
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters Yesterday's Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs—Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
There were three arrests for drunkenness
yesterday.
The Warrens and Amateurs will play a
game of base ball to-day at the park.
Zerubbabel Lodge S T o. 15, F. &A. M.,
will hold a regular communication this
evening.
The wife of Judge Henry B. Tompkins
died at the Grand Hotel, New York, ou Aug.
8, after a short illness.
The W. S. Hancock Post No. 48, G. A. R.,
has joined the citizens and other organiza
tions in an invitation to the President to
visit Savannah.
Calanthe Lodge No. 28, K. of P. will hold
a special meeting to-night. Esquire's rank
will be conferred, and matters pertaining to
the new hall will be considered.
Officer P.ender, while resisting the attacks
of the hoodlum crowd on South Broad
street,Tuesday night,lost his watch and hat.
He secured his prisoner though.
Messrs. Strachan & Cos. cleared the Span
ish brig Porvenir for Cork for orders, with
1,708 barrels of spirits turpentine, measur
ing gallons, values! at 829,250. Car
go by Joseph Farie, Jr.
Three of the men who assaulted Officer
Bender Tuesday night will come before the
Mayor this morning. One of them, Ilesil
Turner, gave himself up, but Sergt. Reilly
brought in William Hicks and W. H. Math
ews.
The firm of Graham & Hubbell has sold
out its wholesale grocery business to G.
Davis & Hons. Graham & Hubbell sold out
because their land business increased so they
had to give up one line or the other," and
they preferred the land to the groceries.
The Spanish bark Olhiulia was cleared
yesterday for Alicante with 1,505 pieces
pitch pine lumber, measuring 120,897 feet,
valued at 81,585 56, and to Barcelona with
2,029 pieces pitch pine lumber, measuring
105,357 feet, valued at 81,455 26. Total val
uation of cargo $3,140 82. Cargo and ves
sel cleared by Messrs. Butler & Stevens.
At the Mayor’s Court yesterday Susan
Campbell was fined $3 and James S. Col
lins $1 for their fracas of the evening
previous. R. L. Ktudstill was given $2O or
thirty days for his share in attacking Of
ficer Bender. Two others, up for disorderly
conduct, contributed $ll to the city’s
finances.
W. H. Matthews, a justice of the peace,
thinks the interview in tho Morning News
yesterday was rather unjust to him. Colored
justices of the pence were spoken of, and he
says that as lie is the only colored man hold
ing such u position in the county it will lie
understood that he was referred to. The
lawyer who furnished the interview proba
bly did not remember that all the
other colored justices of tho peace had
dropped out of office for one cause or an
other. Ho spoke generally, doubtless hav
ing in mind some who hod proved their un
fitness for their positions. Matthews says
that he has been a justice of the peace seven
years, and advances that fact to show that
lie has administered his office satisfactorily.
Games Yesterday.
At Chicago—
Chicago 0 4 3 0 3 2 1 1 x—l 4
Philadelphia 0000 3 0000—3
Base hits—Chicago 17, Philadelphia 6. Errors
—Chicago 8, Philadelphia 9.
At St. Louis —
St. Louts 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 o—l 2
Cleveland 0030 1 0 00 o—4
Base hitß—Bt. Louis 19, Cleveland 9. Errors
—St. Louis 2, Cleveland 2.
At Detroit—
Detroit .... 10 10 0 10 10—4
Washington 4 0 0 0 23 00 0— 9
Base hits—Detroit 0, Washington 18. Errors
—Detroit 3, Washington 2.
At Louisville —
Louisville 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1— 5
Cincinnati 2 1 0 1 00 00 0— 4
Base bits -Louisville 11. Cincinnati 3. Errors
—Louisville 2, Cincinnati 0.
At Pittsburg—
Pittsburg 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 o—7
Boston 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 o—2
Base hits—Pittsburg 17, Boston 9. Errors—
Pittsburg 3, Boston !.
At Indianapolis—
Indianapolis 3 20000 1 1 3—lo
New York 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3—7
Base hit s—lndianapolis 15, New York 8. Errors
—lndianapolis 3, New York 5.
At Baltimore-
Metropolitan 200 1 2000 0— 5
Baltimore 00020 0 20 2—6
Base hits—Baltimore 10, Metropolitan 12.
Errors—Baltimore 1, Metropolitan 4.
At Brooklyn—
Brooklyn 2 0 3 0 2 5 0 1 o—l3
Athletic 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 0-10
Base hits—Brooklyn 17, Athletic 17. Errors
—Brooklyn 5, Athletic 6.
A Mysterious Pauper.
From the London Times.
Our Canterbury correspondent writes that
a person who for tho past two years has
been an inmate of the Elham workhouse
under the assumed name of Wilton Howard
lias just died with startling suddenness from
heart disenso. He was evidently by birth
and education a gentlemen, and liis conduct
while in the workhouse had been most ex
emplary. He spoke Hindustani, French and
German with fluency and was equally well
acquainted with Greek and Latin. His own
account of himself was that ho was of good
family, and that at one time he was in pos
session of a considerable fortune. For many
yeara he served in India as an officer in the
East India Company's service, and retired
with a pension. Later on, having lost his
fortune through injudicious invest
ments in mines he commuted his
pension and was equally unfor
tunate in speculating with the amount he
then received. At Constantinople he was
seized with a fit of paralysis which incapa
citated him, and coming home he stopped
at several watering piaces until lie became
destitute at Folkestone. He seems to have
exhaust s! his friends, and ho had no other
resource hut to obtain an order for the
workhouse from the relieving officer. At
that time tie was well dressed, and his man
ners and liearing then and afterward were
courteous and dignified, He refused money
gifts when these were offered him, and had
a groat horror of dying a pauper. He care
ful! y concealed his name, his reason being,
ho said, that he expected to come into a
small estate, and he should not like it to be
known that ho had been an inmate of a
workhouse. At his death his linen was
found to be murked with an earl's coronet.
Ho left a will, but this gave no clue to his
identity.
Drunkonness in Summer and Winter.
fWiw the Boston Post.
I have learned lately to my surprise that
there is much more drunkenness in summer
than in winter; and I should be glad to hour
that some social philosopher had undertaken
to tell us why. Is it because hot weather
produces’ a lassitude that tempts people to re
sort to stimulants? If this ho so, a good
many sunstrokes might be accounted for.
I observe that, in St. Louis, where the heat
has been almost intolerable this summer,
people have found out that much beer drink
ing in hot weather is dangerous, and that,
in consequence, the vender* of soda water
lmve enjoyed a “boom" at the expense of
the saloonkeepers, A friend of mine, who
has a mania tor railroad information and
statistics, informed me uiut the number of
drunken men in suburban trains on summer
nights is ulmost double what it is in winter.
One cause mny lie that, in summer the crav
ing lor amusement increases. In cold
weather niiui lias a tendency to hibernate;
but iu the spring and summer, when nature
awakes and rejoices, a restless desire for
pleasure und lilierty comes over the human
mind; and with some men the pleusure of
getting drunk and the liberty of intoxica
tion nro probably more easily got at than
I any others.
Best Butter 25c per pound; Cooking But
tar 90c. per pound. Strauss Bros’. 32 and
22ig lie wued str**. 1
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
The agreement between the Louisville
and Nuclivillt* Company arid the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, settling the
question of grievances, has been printed
and signed by C. M. Arthur and J. T. Har
ahan. It is ironclad in character, but gives
the engineers all they desire.
Of the 4tl men examined on the Reading
road for color-blindness, twenty seven fail
ed to pass. One man who had been run
ning a heavy engine on a fast train for
several years was found to be absolutely
color-blind. He was an extremely cautious
man, and that was all that averted an acci
dent.
There are 207 new railroads in progress in
the United States. These lines are divided
among the States as follows: New England
7, Middle States 33, Southern States 45,
Western States 92, and Pacific States 19.
The extent of the new lines are: New Eng
land 202 miles, Middle States 688 miles,
Southern States 2,202 miles. Western States
5,077 miles, and Pacific States 1,088 miles,
making an aggregate of 9,327 miles.
A special from Jackson, Tenn., says that
Vice President Leake, Chief Engineer Tem
ple and other officials of the Midland rail
road arrived there Aug. 8 to view the work
of construction, which had begun in earnest.
Employes and machinery had been arriving
for several days. Probably 500 men are
now at work within ten miles of Jackson
toward Memphis. The officials are highly
pleased with the outlook for the early con
struction of the line from there to Mem
phis.
The enforcement of the law with refer
ence to the examination of train men on
color blindness is not progressing very satis
factorily. A number of men on the Nash
ville and Decatur division were examined
by Dr. Sanders, one of the Commission, and
failed to pass. They- then went to Birming
ham and received certificates after being ex
amined and pronounced all right. Since
that time Dr. Sanders has been committed
to jail at Huntsville for some alleged crook
edness connected with the examinations.
The Knoxville Southern, of which R. M.
Pulsifer, of the Boston Herald, is President,
will extend from Knoxville through Blount
county to Maryville, thence via Tellico
Plains to the Hiwassee river, and from that
point to Murphy, N. C., and thence to
Atlanta, over roads now in operation.
There are immense deposits of brown
hematitic ores from Tellico to the Hiwassee
Gap, and from the latter place to Murphy
groat beds of iron ore, mica, slate, copper
and manganese are found. The road will
tap the Ducktown copper country, and is
everywhere within access of fine forests.
Connections will be made with the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad. The company
promises to build the road and have it in
operation within two years.
Much interest is now manifested by the
people of Nashville in the success of the
Tennessee Midland railroad. The gentle
men who are projectors of the enterprise
have tiled an application in the Davidson
County Court for a subscription by that
county of §500,000 in 5 per cent, bonds.
They ask that the County Court be con
vened on Aug. 22, for the purpose of voting
upon the submitting to the people the
proposition, the election to be held
Sept. 22. The terms are §IOO,OOO of
bonds, 5 per cent, when the road
is constructed and put in operation to a
point fifty miles west from Nashville, begin
ning at Nashville; §IOO,OOO when constructed
and put in operation front Nashville to
Memphis; §IOO,OOO when it is constructed
anil put in operation fifty miles east from
Nashville; §IOO,OOO when it is constructed
and put in operation to the Cincinnati
Southern railroad, and §IOO,OOO when the
entire line is constructed and is put in
operation from Memphis, by way of Nash
ville, to the Virginia State line.
The trestle of the Louisville and Wadley
railroad, that crosses the Ogeechee river
about two miles from Louisville,was nearly
all carried down with the flood, so that no
train has run on this road for several weeks,
and as the embankment for quite a long dis
tance on each side of the river has been
washed away in a great many places, it will
be two or three weeks before the train will
cross. Then the seven bridges, that cross
the same river and swamp on the Bartow
road and which are three miles from Louis
ville, have all been so damaged that they are
in a useless condition. The telegraph line
has been in a very bad fix, as the giving
away of the railroad trestle earned several
of the posts with the wire under water.
Mr. Williain Donovan, President of the Lou
isville and Wadley railroad, together with
several of the directors, have been indefat
igable in their efforts to save the trestle,
which is nearly half a mile long. They had
it chained down in a number of places, hut
notwithstanding all their labor, the damage
is enormous. The seven bridges, together
with the crossway on the Bartow road, have
also been rendered useless, as not even foot
passengers can cross. The water continued
to rise until it was nearly 2 feet over the
track, and the track on the trestle was Some
15 higher than the swamp, which is usually
dry except in the winter.
SUMMER GIRLS’ MANNERS.
They Seem to Have Sadly Deterloroted
of Late Years.
I am just returned from a popular hotel
at a certain beautiful collegiate town in an
Eastern State, among the notable Berk
shire hills, says a writer in the New York
Mail. The young persons stopping here
were presumably of the better class, for
they had come avowedly for the purpose of
attending the commencement of the col
lege.
I arrived at high noon.
A picturesque group greeted my arrival
—pretty girls with their bold, wide eyes,
unflinchingly meeting mine as I dismounted
from the coach. One, with a man’s cap set
jauntily upon her heart; another munching
candy; a third throwing little pellets of pa
per at the defenseless head of the young fel
low in a strijicd jacket who sat with his
feet in the air against a pillow beslae her.
I registered.
I had chanced to bo the only arrival by
this particular train. And my back was
scarcely turnod upon the office desk than
the troupe, some fifteen or twenty in num
ber, were scanning the page I hail modestly
signed, pushing and scrambling to obtain a
first view of the latest name inscribed there
on. Regardless of the fact that 1 stood
glancing over the letters that I found await
ing me, their comments were obligingly
fluent and perfectly audible.
“Hello, Jessie, he’s a foreigner!”
"Oh, my! is he?’’
•‘Now, Molly, there’s a chance for you to
air your French.”
“Not much!” responded Molly, who at
this moment was tossing the borrowed cap
in the air ami striving to catch it with her
pretty white teeth.
“On, corue on; I don’t care a snap for
light men!" cried Jessie, pulling an atten
dant cavalier by the arm.
“Oh, say, now,” returned this young Ches
terfield, “Jess, you can’t give mo that; I
wasn't born yesterday.”
i “pshaw! don’t be a baby,
Tom. Come on, girls, cotne on; let’s
have another game of tennis before din
ner. ”
“All right,”in a brisk chorus.
A spring, a dash, pell mell, pushing and
squeezing past each other, and presently
their loud shouts arose from tho court, to
the evident distraction of a lew of another
species of girl who sat upon the porch quiet
ly chatting and reading.'
After making a hasty toilet I came down
to one of the parlors, en route to the dining
room, but, even overcome as I was by hun
ger, my steps were arrested on the thresh
old, and I sat down. A young girl, of per
haps 17 to 20, with a very small waist and a
wisp of light hair tied with a blue ribbon,
surmounted by a little hut, sat upon the
ceutre table of the room, her feet, neither
small nor pretty la strange anomaly for an
American not to have such), dangled about
u foot, from the floor and ttoMu, sti •-wunir
rapidly hack and forth as she talked to four
young fellows who weregroujied around her,
all smoking, all regardless of the presence
of other ladies, to whom the smoke was
very latently disagreeable, and of the fact
that cigars were not permitted in this apart
ment. This young girl suddenly pulled the
short curls of the ooy nearest to her, who
was reading.
“Ob, say. now,” ho exclaimed, without
raising his eyelids, “what’s the matter with
you V’
“Nothing; only it’s getting awfully slow
here; do put up that book; wish I was back
in N’York.”
And did she come from New York? I
hail at once and unhesitatingly placed her
as the apprentice of the village dressmaker,
who, having doubtless some young relative
in the college, thus found, for a brief space,
the doors of a fashionable hotel open to re
ceive her.
“Mercy upon us!” cried a second young
miss, who rolled upon the sofa, “I don’t. I
toldmornmer (‘mamma,’l suppose) this very
morning she wouldn’t catch me going back
to the city for a month to come; she needn’t
think it!”
“Oh, these horrid flies!” screamed num
ber one. “Say, you, Jack Brown,” giving
the so-named young gentleman’s volume a
brisk kick with the tip of her boot. “Shut
up that book and chase the flies.”
“No, I won’t,” returned Mr. Brown, cool
ly picking up bis literature.
“you’re real mean, i declare!
isn’t he?” throwing her hat playfully at the
face of the youth at her other hand; “isn’t
he. Dandy?”
Dandy laughs and fires the hat back to
its owner.
“Goodness me! what a horrid thing you
are! Say. go and play us a waltz, Ban,
won’t you ?”
“Oh, yes, do!”said the other girl, with
alacrity.
And in a moment more they were waltz
ing, the men smoking, the girls giggliug,
the other occupants of tho room enduring
the impertinenco of their noise, tobacco
and the contact of their flirting skirts as
they brushed past them. My hunger had
evaporated.
I crossed to the corridor. Two little girls
of 8 and 10 stood lounging over a table and
a pack of cards, veritable cards.
“Say, you can’t play euchae, can you?”
asked the elder, patronizingly, as she shuf
fled the puck with the dexterity of a pro
ficient.
“No,” returned the junior, with a curl of
the baby lips. “I don’t really care for any
game but poker. I’ve won lots of candy
playing poker!”
I turned away—a little what we call sick
at heart. And as I did so, a charmingly
pretty child, of perhaps 20, fell into the
room, attended by an elderly lady. She
sank into a chair. Her hair was disarranged
and fallen below her slim waist, her hat
hung by a string and her neat riding boot
was in full view.
“I tell you I had just a high old time. I
nearly died with that old cantering horse,
and my hat came off and Phil just had to
get off and get it for me, anil if I didn’t
jam it down over my eyes —the elastic
broke—horrid old thing! I hail an elegant
time, though—perfectly splendid. Phil
Green is a perfect gentleman, mommer—he
is just lovely! He don’t speak to Lily White
any more, an—oh, say, mommer, how do I
look in my habit, eh .
“Sweetly,” returned mamma.
“I should think I ought to,” glancing at
her reflection in the opposite mirror: “it
cost enough, didn’t it, mommer?”
“Yes, deal - .”
“Well, guess I’ll go upstairs and get into
another dress; “oh, my, it’s awfully warm!
Say, mommer, just order me some iced cof
fee and some ice cream, and some pie and
fruit, will you?”
“All right, dear;” and the pretty girl
lagged up the staircase, jingling the door
key of her room the while. In point of fact,
they all jingled these keys continually, em
phasizing therewith their actions and con
versation.
It is Fatiguing:.
You can generally size a man up by the
fit of his clothes, and if there is anything
that will make one tired, oh! so tired, it is
the sight of a man whose garments hang on
him like “a shirt on a handspike. 1 * Nothing
is easier than to get decently fitted —if you
will only go to the right place. We make a
specialty of correct fits; in fact, our reputa
tion depends on it, and we would rather
lose a sale than send out into the world a
suit that would bring us into ridicule. We
are getting ready for our fall and winter
stock, and will positively sacrifice every ar
ticle of summer wear henceforth.
The high-class clothing Underwear,
Neckwear, Hosiery and Gents’ Furnishings
—handled by us must go at buyers’ figures.
We have male up our minds to lose—as we
always do at the end of the season—and will
pocket our losses gracefully.
B. H. Levy & Bro.,
161 Congress street.
Clearing Sale.
To save trouble of moving stock to our
new store, 144 Congress, corner of Whitaker
St., we have put tho prices of our clothing,
hats and furnishing goods down to New
York cost of manufacturing. A great sav
ing can be mode by laying in a supply now.
The “Famous,” 140 Congress St.
For a good article of Flour buy Strauss
Bros’ brands. 22 and Barnard street.
Home Again.
* Back into our old quarters, and it feels
like home. We’ve been pent up long enough
and feel like spreading ourselves. Come
and see us; we have a regular palace, and
looks as neat as a pin. We’ve prepared our
selves for this move with now and attractive
goods and are ready for business We shall
endeavor to retain t he confidence our friends
and patrons have placed in us for selling
only the finest grades of Watches, Jewelry,
Silverware, etc., of which wo have an at
tractive assortment. We always carry the
largest line of first water Diamonds in the
State. M. STERNBERG,
157 Broughton street.
Hams and Strips at lowest, market prices.
Strauss Bros’, 22 and Barnard street.
Very Flattering.
J. T. Shuptrine & Bro., the manufactu
rers of Tetterine, are receiving every day,
both by mail and by mouth, very flattering
reports concerning the success of Tetterine.
This remedy is a sure cure for all skin dis
eases, as its name denotes, and to know that
it does what, is recommended, you have
only to give it a trial, or ask any who have
used it. 50c per box at drug stores.
Advice to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should
always he used when children are cutting
teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
tho child from 11am and tho little cherub
awakes as “bright as a button.”
It is very pleasant to taste. It, soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re
lieves wind, regulates tho bowels, and is tho
best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether
arising from teething or other onuses. 25
cents a bottle.
Removal.
The famous New York Clothing House,
now at 140 Congress Bt., will remove, Sept.
1, to No. 144, corner of Whitaker. The en
tire stock offered at Now York cost to close
out, Store for rent and fixtures for sale.
Notwithstanding the warm weather
Strauss Bros’, 22 and 22>.; Barnard street,
are still to the front and offering groceries
at rock-bottom prices. Purchasers will
do well to give them a call. Goods de
livered promptly.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all the comfort* of the high-priced
ho els, and save from §1 to §2 per day. Try
it and be convinced. Boston Home Jour
nu
EAKDTG POWDER^
$
Absolutely Pure-
This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity,
Strength and Wholesomeness. More economi
cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot be sold
in competition with the multitude of low test,
short weight alum or phosphate nowders. Sold
only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos., 10(1
Wall street, New York.
JJ HATES 8. M. H.
NOTICE!
We Have Decided to Reduce
Our Stock of
l)i! Paintings, Eiratm
o ; 0 O'
INDOTINTS, ETC.,
Our buyer having recently returned from
the North, where he has licon so fortunate
as to secure many rare bargains, makes it
imperative that we make room for new
stock. For the NEXT THIRTY DAYS
we offer a straight reduction of TWENTY
FIVE PER CENT, from present stock.
(“This does not include yacht pictures just
in.”) All of our goods being marked in
plain figures, the public can rest assured we
mean business. An examination may be
worth your while and costs nothing.
L & B. S. M. H.
P. S. Room Mouldings are meeting with
quite a sale. Perhaps our price of SEVEN
CENTS A FOOT FOR ONE AND A HALF
INCH GILT MOULDINGS, put up, has
something to do with it.
CLOTHING.
OUK STOCK at all times containing tbs
apparel of correct and seasonable taste is
now complete with an assortment of goods
which will be found especially interesting for
those preparing for the country.
Particular attention is invited to our lino of
DUSTERS,
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS,
Bathing Suits,
House and Lounging Coats,
NEGLIGEE CAPS,
POJAMAS,
And the many little fixing which add so
maternlly to comfort and apjiearance during
an Outing.
Wo are also showing several novelties in
SUMMER WEAR,
which aredelightfully cool and of the styles
and fabrics used in fashionanle centres. We
will consider it a pleasure to show any one
through our stock.
A. FALK & SON.
FOOD PRODUCTS.
FOREST CITY HILLS.
Prepared Stock Food for
Horses, Mules, Milch Cows
and Oxen. Made out of pure
grain. Guaranteed Sweet and
Nutritious.
Bond,Ha,ynes&Elton
DAVIS BROS.
DIALOGUE
FOR PRIVATE FAMILY.
A Persecuted Man; or, Too Much
Mother-in-law.
A Tragic Comedy for 1 Male and 1 Female.
Characters Mr. Jnsiah Spriggins (non-in-law);
Mrs. Amini'lab Mather (mother-in law).
Kobnk I.—Sitting room; Mr. S. seated at table,
right; enter Mrs. Aminidao Mather, left, sleeve*
rolled tip. grasping biiiintM end of rolling pin.
Mm. M. How now, Josinh. does my duughter,
your wife, get the piano so long talked alK>ut.
or does she not (wildly gesticulating with rolling
pin.)
Ml*. B. My dear mother, do—
Mrs. M. (hastily Interrupting)—Don't you dare
to dear mother me; the bume old story. Take
up that pen there and order from DA VMS
BUGS.' Plano mid Organ Dealers, Savannah.
Go., anyone of their elegant pianos; they sell
the Knuhe. Krauich Bach, Baus and Esfcey
Pianos and the Estey Orgaus, for 1 saw ’em
there, and they sell Vim cueaier and on easier
terms than unybody else, 'cause 1 looked and
priced everywhere, and know what I'm chimin
ab< mt.
Mr. S.—Thanks, I'll do so now. I’ve been
flunkin' and wonderin' who to order from, and
I know any Arm that you recommend are all
O. K. (Exit Mrs. M. with widespread smile of
contentment from eur to ear.)
Note by thk Editor—Piano duly ordered and
received; general satisfaction and contentment
hv tho