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8 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