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WIZARD WOOLCOT.
Some Strange Witch Stories from an
Old Dutch Settlement.
Albany (N. Y.) Corr. St. Loxii : Globe-Democrat.
Berkshire, in Massachusetts, and Colum
bia county, N. Y., are adjoining counties.
They are divided only by the State line, and
that State line separates two distinct classes
of people. The early settlers of the Massa
chusetts county —ore law-abiding and God
fearing Yankees. The pioneers of Hills
dale, Taghkanie and Copake, in Columbia
county, N. Y., were from Holland. It
would be a bold man who can go among
these Dutch descendants to-day and sjieak
disrespectfully of ghosts or witches. This
is especially true ot a district in Western
Copake known as theTaunche’s Barracks.
The inhabitants of this section are honest
and hospitable, but very superstitious.
There are farmers who would under no
circumstances plant potatoes or corn in the
new moon, because such crops would run to
vines and stalks and not to potatoes and
corn ears, nor will they butcher their hogs
in the new moon because the meat when
boiled in the pot will, they say. shrink and
become tasteless. And they believe strong
ly in the efficacy of scarecrows.
OLD WIZARD WOOLCOT.
Among the old people of Copake there is
a firm belief in the occult power and odic
force of an old man named Francis Wool
cot. He died about sixty years ago at the
age of 90 years. He lived in a little log
house in the foothill of the Green Moun
tains in Copake on the farm of Richard
Van Deusen. The latter cultivated TOO or
800 acres. Francis Woolcot was a tall, dark
complexioned man with a sinister counten
ance. Two large front teeth discolored with
plug tobacco used to put the children of the
neighborhood in great four, and even grown
people were very careful not to offend
him. About the beginning of the present
century he had the reputation of being a
wizard and the grand mogul and ruler of
all the witches in the neighborhood. It was
religiously believed tlint there were thir
teen witches in that section, and that they
were all under the control and direction of
the old wizard before mentioned Old
Francis had a wife and seven children, and,
although nothing could be said against the
wife and children, yet other people refused
to associate with them. They were regard
ed as uncanny, and that any one having
any thing to do with them would have bad
luck through life. Old Francis could levy
tributes of flour and meat and meal among
the old funnel's of the neighborhood, and
all he had to do when his larder was
empty was to take a bag and go boldly to
his neighbors and ask for what he
wanted.
MAKING THE CHILDREN DANCE.
It is told for gospel truth that he went in
to the house of Farmer Williams one winter
uav. me pitcher oi cider was brought up,
anil all hands began to drink and make
merry. The upper part of the walls of the
old kitchen was lathed and plastered, and
the lower part for three feet above the floor
was of wood, and was generally painted
yellow with cchre. Four or five children
were playing about the room, and old Fran
cis wanted them to jump for him. The
farmer's wife did not wish them to do so.
Then old Frankds let off' one of his demoniac
laughs, and with a‘‘Ha! ha! ha! - ’ and a
“Hup! hup! hup!” the little boys and girls
began to walk around the side of the
kitchen three feet from the floor on a nar
row rail not more than an inch in width.
Then they would skip from chair back to
chair back like birds. The chairs stood as
firmly as if bolted to the floor.
The children seemed to be under a
sort of mesmeric influence. After
this had gone on for three or four minutes
old Francis grunted out; “Pretty spry
Youngsters,” and said, “Go to your seats
now.” Farmer Williams and his wife and
his descendants to this day believe that
Woolcot was in league with the devil. On
Richard Van Deusen's farm there were on
several occasions a dozen team of horses or
oxen drawing a plow. The workmen would
see old Francis coming, and they would say
to themselves: “Now we will have to con
tend with the devil.” Old Francis would
come into the field and laugh his fearful
“Ha! ha! ha! hup! hup!” and instantly every
team would stand stock still. Blows and
coaxing and urging could not move them
from their tracks. Old Francis would say,
sarcastically: “Oh, you are a smart set of
men. You don’t know how to drive a plow
team.” On one occasion it is said that he
kept eight or nine teams stock still for two
hours. Then he made an indescribable mo
tion with his old apple tree cane, and at
once the horses and oxen started along as
tractable as could be, and the old wizard
left the field, apparently disgusted at the
inability of the iarni-haiids to continue plow
ing.
THE NIGHT-RIDERS.
In one of the large pasture-llelds belong
ing to old Farmer Richard Van Deusen
there was a little dense grove of ash and
chestnut trees that was said to be the tryst -
ing place of the thirteen witches and old
<oi f wizard, Francis Woolcot. In the old
inV'U'thoman was wont to summon the
\V i’ - hes together. Each one was directed by
him to steal and bring a bundle of oat straw.
These old Francis would proceed to turn in
to black horses. They could only be trans
formed into horses after dark, and they
could go at any rate of speed and could not
be tired out. But they must return to the
trysting place before midnight, for after
that time the horses were again bundles of
straw. They could not cross a stream of
water, but they could gallop like the wind
along the stream until they came to the
source. They would go around this, and
the rider could then go where they liked.
If they wished to do so they could bewitch
horses, cattle and hogs.
Often it is said the honest farmers of that
section would 11ml the manes and tails of
their horses in the stable tied up in witch
knots that it would take hours of hard work
to disentangle. Sometimes the cows were be
witched by t hese terrible night-riders, and
the next morning when they were milked
the milk would ho the color of blood and
as thin as vinegar.
COWS BEWITCHED.
One old farmer, named Raught, found his
cows walking about the barnyard on their
hind legs and making strange and unearthly
noises. What toMo lie knew not. Finally
ho saw old Francis loaning on a rail fence,
at a little distance, laughing in that uncanny
maimer that the simple country folks feared
so much. Old Francis said he wanted two
or three pieces of salt pork, l’uught told him
te go in the house and Mrs. Raught would
give him what ho wanted, Then old Fran
cis yelled at the cows, and in a second they
acted orderly gnd quietly as decent cows
should.
There are many traditions to the effect
that Woolcot "s night-riders have Ixten seen
just IxTore midnight riding their black and
panting steeds to the little grove. Shortly
after midnight the witches in their own
proper persons could lie seen going tlieir re
spective ways with a bundle of oat straw
under their arms. The next day five or six
men would pluck up couruge and go to the
grove, but never so much as a single straw
could Ixi found. On one occasion they found
some little sticks that were whittled in a
peculiar shape It was agreed that they
should each bring home one of the sticks.
Ho five different men each picked up a stick
and jxx'ketod it to examine it at leisure
when they lmd reached their homes. When
they came to separate each thought to com
pare the sticks, but not one or them was
able to find the stick that lie had so carefully
put in his pocket.
A WIZARD’S DEATH.
But there came u time that old Francis
had to die. Several of the neighbors, os in
duty bound, visited him in his last illncj*.
No clergyman, however, went to see the
strange old man. He passed away lust be
fore midnight one night in May. Tin- night
was calm and cool. Just before theold man
breathed his last there was a strango expres
sion on his face that horrified the watenors.
The atmosphere grew dark and close, and a
terrific thunder storm arose. The lightning
gleamed yellow arid purple, and the thunder
was like the discharge of heavy artillery.
One blinding flash, followed by a terrific !
peal of thunder, followed by an almost stifling !
odor of sulphur, and the spirit of old Fran
cis Woolcot left his ill-favored body. The I
next morning in the neighborhood the roads i
were as dry and as dusty as if there had been
no rain in a week. The thunder storm was
seen and remenilxsred by no one except the
watchers beside the old man's humble cot.
And their are people to-day who believe
that in that storm old Francis was taken
by his superior officer—the devil—clear to
hell.
woolcot's lieutenants.
One of old *Francis Woolcot’s lieutenants
was a negro named Caesar Josh, who lived in
Taghkanie, near the “Taunche’s Barracks’
before mentioned. One morning early, fifty
years ago, Farmer Richard Van Deusen,
and his son Lewis were going to Hudson to
market with a large two-horse lumber
wagon, laden with a ton and a half of
slaughtered pork. They saw in the early
morning old Caesar standing by the fence.
As they came by the negro the horses sud
denly fell flat as flounders in the harness.
The old negro laughed and stood still, mak
ing no effort to help Mr. Van Deusen and
his son. Both the latter got out and unhar
nessed the horses as far as they were able,
but they could not beraised. There was no
ice in the road or any thing which should
cause the horses to fall. They worked for
five or ten minutes. Finally the old farmer
said to his son: “That old negro is in league
with the devil, and he threw the horses
down.” The old negro then made an inde
scribable gesture with his hand as he walked
away. Then the horses, apparently without
the slightest effort, stood upon their feet,
the harness was untangled and the horses,
which had never before been guilty of any
balky conduct, went on to Hudson as if noth
ing had happened.
A PHANTOM STEER.
Old Francis Woolcot had been dead over
a year at this time, and it was said by the
simple country folks that his mantle had
fallen upon Csear Josh. Soon after this
Lewis V an Deusen was going to Hudson one
morning with a load of grain for market.
When he got into that section known as the
“Taunche’s Barracks,” seven or eight miles
from home, day was breaking and it was
about light, so that he could see quite
plainly. Beside the road just over the fence
was a pasture. There was a knoll about
thirty feet in height and covering about a
quarter of an acre of ground. All at once
the young man heard something which re
sembled the heavy hoof-beats of a young
steer at full gallop around the knoll. It was
as if the steer or bellwether had a bell on its
neck, which tinkled sharply and loudly in
the frosty autumnal air. But, although he
could see the knoll plainly, and could hear
the sound of rapid galloping and the sharp
tinkle of the bell, nothing whatever could
be seen of the animal. Twice the hoof
beats and the bell went round the knoll.
Strain his eyes as he would, he could see
nothing but the knoll with its bushes and
stumps and stone in plain view. More
than once old men who are now three score
and ten claim that in their boyhood days
they have been terribly frightened by see
ing the terrible night-riders going at a
break-neck pace across the fields, leaping
fences and bushes with the greatest ease.
They would suddenly appear and as sud
denly disappear. Search as they .would the
next day, they could never find the slightest
track or trace of the steeds.
PROTECTED BY THE HORSESHOE.
Once a farmer named Vosburgh had about
a dozen hogs that he was fattening, in a pen
in Copake One morning he found the hogs
walking around on their hind feet and froth
ing at the mouth, as if they were terribly
enraged. But he went into an adjoining
hedge,and finding three witch hazel'switches,
ho went into the pen and chastised the
the hogs vigorously. After that they were
very quiet and tractable swine, and did not
act like the swine spoken of in the New
Testament, who ran violently down a steep
pitch into the sea, where they were drowned.
In order to protect his pork Mr. Vosburgh
nailed up a horseshoe on his hog pen, and
neither old Francis Woolcot nor his emissa
ries could after that harm the hogs. But
for many years yet among the Dutch de
scendants when gathered around their win
ter firesides the diabolical achievements of
old Francis Woolcot, the man who sold his
soul tothedevil, and who was the chief of
thirteen witches, will be told to the wonder
ing members of the rising generation. They
believe it as religiously as did the Scotch the
tale the elder had told, and which were
handed down from father to son. It would
be a bold and unnatural child who should
profess to disbelieve old Francis Woolcot’s
achievements.
A HEROIC NUN.
Extraordinary Record of Mother Mary
Teresa, a French Sister of Charity.
From the Brooklyn Citizen.
In the presence of all the French troops
guarding the Capital of Tonquin, the Gov
ernor-General recently bestowed the cross
of the Legion of Honor on a nun, Mother
Mary Teresa, Su]Xsrioress of the Sisters of
Charity in that Empire. The troops were
drawn up in the principal plaza of the city
in a square surrounding a platform on
which was the Governor-General and his
staff. When an aid-de-camp was sent to
bring the nun he found her in the hospital
consoling a soldier who was having his leg
amputated. She refused to leave the bed
side until the operation was completed, and
then followed the officer to the square,
where she was received by the General in
person and led to the platform, amid the
joyful exclamntiins of the soldiers. The
General then commanded silence, and in a
solemn and impressive tone addressed her
us follows:
"Mother Mary Teresa,when yon were
twenty years of age you received a wound
from a cannon-ball while assisting one of
the wounded on tho field of Balaklava. In
1859 the shell from a mitrailleuse laid you
prostrate in the front rank on the battle-field
of Magenta. Since then you have been in Sy
ria, in China and in Mexico, and if vou were
not wounded it was not liecause you have
not exposed yourself to the shot of gun and
cannon and' the sabers and lances of the
enemy. In 1870 you were taken up in Reis
otaoffen covered with many saber wounds
among a heap of dead cuirassiers. Such
deeds of heroism you have crowned a few
weeks ago with one of the most heroic ac
tions which history records. A grenade
fell upon the ambulance which was under
your charge; it did not burst, but it might
have done so at any moment and caused
new wounds in the bodies of those who
were already wounded: hut there you were—
vou took up tho grenade in your arms, you
smilfed upon the wounded, who looked at
you with feelings of dismay, not for them
selves, but for you, and you carried it away
to a distance of eighty metres. On laying
it down you noticed that it was going lo
burst: you threw yourself on the ground; it
burst: you were seen covered with blood,
but when persons came to your assistance
you rose up smiling as is vour wont, and
said. ‘That is nothing!’ You are scarcely
recovered from vour wound, and return to
the hospital, whence I have just now sum
moned you.”
During these words of praise tiie good
nun held her head modestly east down,
with her eyes fixed on her crucifix that
hung by her side. Then the General made
her kneel down, and, drawing his sword,
touched her lightly with it three times on
the shoulder and pinned the cross of the
Legion of Honor on her habit, saying with
a quivering voice:
"I put upon you the cross of the brave in
the name of the French people and army;
no one has gained it by more deeds of hero
ism nor by a life so completely spent in self
abnegation for the hpncflt of your brothers
and the service of your country. Soldiers!
present arms!' 1
The troops saluted, the drums and bugles
rang out, the, air was filled with loud accla
mations ,and all was jubilation and excite
ment as Mother Mary Teresa rose up, her
fas* suffused with blushes, and asked:
“General have you finished with me T
"Yes.” said he.
“Well, then, I am going back to my
woundod soldier in the hospital. ”
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1887.
THE CHAMPION DEADHEAD.
His Thrilling Experience on the Penn
sylvania.
From the San Francitco Chronicle.
Joseph Keppler, who hails from Chicago,
and lays claim to the title of champion
deadhead, is now in the city. He has made
dead-heading a science, and boasts of hav
ing traveled over 10,000 miles on railroads
without having paid a cent of tare.
Keppler stood in front of a Third street
saloon yesterday, chewing the barren end
of a match, when a reporter engaged him
in conversation.
"How did I come here }” he said, in an
swer to a question. “On the cal's, of
course,” and if as anticipating the next
query, he added: “Without paying a cent
either. I’ve deadheaded it all over this
country. Been from Maine to San Fran
cisco four times in as many years. No,
don't always get through as quick as a ]>ay
passenger, but I get there just the same.
I’ve had some rough experiences. Been put
off in snow and ice, where there wasn’t a
house around for miles, but I caught on
again. You see, many of the railroaders
know me, and many times they’ve made me
jump from a train without slacking ’er up.
“The most thrilling experience I ever had
was on a train on the Pennsylvania railroad,
going between Johnstown and Altoona over
the mountains. I boarded her at Johns
town, and, as bad luck would have it, the
conductor spied me on the platform before
we’d gone many miles. You sec. sometimes
the conductors don’t go through the train
between these two stations, as they don't
make any stops, and a fellow has a chance
to steal t hrough. But this time I was caught.
I knew I’d be put off right in the centre
of the Alleghany Mountains, and tiie thought
of it chilled me. The night was dark, so
dark that you couldn’t see your hand before
your face. I looked around, thinking I
could hide myself, but that was out of the
question. I was standing on the last step
and happened to look around the corner of
the car. The window next to where I stood
was open, and I hit on a bold plan. Whew,
it makes me shiver to think of it, and I
never want to go through the likes again,
not for ali the railroads in the United
States.
“Well, sir, when I saw the conductor
come from the other end of the car I swung
around to the side, caught hold of the win
dow sash and hung there. Just then the
conductor opened the door, expecting to find
me on the platform. He felt for me in the
darkness, I suppose, but he never dreamed
to look for me on the side of a car. He
went on into the next car. My arms were
growing tired, and I was glad to get back
on the platform again. To mv great, horror,
however, I couldn’t reach the steps again.
Terror seized me. I knew I couldn’t hold
on another minute. I would have to drop
and be mangled under the wheels. I yelled
as loud as T could, but that wts useless; no
one could hear.
“1 thought 1 was lost, and I made up my
mind to that, when I heard the whistle of a
train on the other track. I could hear her
come thundering along. If I dropped then I
know I would fall on the track on which the
westbound train was to pass and be ground
to pieces. I held on like grim death. The
glare of the headlight shone upon me. I
lelt the strong current of air from the pass
ing train. I also felt my grasp relaxing,
and that was the last I knew. I had
dropped right between the two trains be
tween the two tracks and never was
touched The engineer of the west bound
train had seen me by the light from the
locomotive clinging to my perilous position
and saw me drop. He ran back for me,
picked me up and brought me to Johns
town again. It was a miracle, of course,
that I escaped death. I’ve been on top of
cars nearly frozen, rode along for sixty
miles on a truck of a car, but never had
such a rough experience before and never
want to again.
“And say, young man,” he continued, “if
you ever go traveling like me, avoid steam
ships. I went as a stowaway one time and
I’ll tell you what happened. After three
days out at sea I was discovered. Tho cap
tain said to no: ‘Young man you’ll have to
go to work.’ He set me to scraping off
paint for nine days. At the end of that
time we reached port, and, instead of being
allowed to land, I was placed in irons an.’
kept thero until we left, when I was liber
ated and set to work again all the way to
New York, where they allowed mo to go.
I never went to sea again. Railroads are
good enough for me.”
STARVED TO DEATH.
An Agonizing Scene in a Brooklyn
Hospital.
From the New York Star.
Rev. J. M. Mac Hale, a Catholic priest,
who came to Brooklyn from Bishop Con
way’s diocese of Kallala, Ireland, in Decem
ber last, died at St Mary’s Hospital, Brook
lyn, on Monday morning of starvation. He
will bo buried to-day in Holy Cross Ceme
ten’, Flat bush.
Father Mac Hale was 42 years old, and
was a tall, powerfully built mail. Although
he had not been formally adopted into
Bishop Laughlin’s diocese, he had acted as
assistant to Father Ward of the Church of
St. Charles Borromeo for thirty days after
his arrival in this country. His sermons
were idealistic and not practical, although
polished and scholarly.
He had left Ireland owing to some trouble
that lie had had with his bishop. After
serving with Father Ward, Father McHale
went to New York, but returned to Brook
lyn on May 25 last, and took a room at the
Boston House on Atlantic avenue, near
South Ferry. He had plenty of money,
which was sent to him by relatives from
Ireland, and had many friends. He gained
a reputation as a warm supporter of the
Irish Nationalists. On July 31 Father
M Hale <•< inplamed grmtly of the heat.
He ate nothin; during the day. but at nig it
asked for s<m) toast. When it was pre
pared he refused to take it. So far as
known he at 1 nothing affer that up to the
time of his death.
Mrs. Whf e.oci, the landlady, who is a
Catholic, took n great interest in the unfor
tunate priest, and fixed him tempting lunch
es, hut no would touch nothing. To all her
entreaties lie would answer:
“I cannot eat; my heart is breaking.”
The faithful woman watched him closelv,
and often as she listened at his door she could
hear him silently praying and sighing
heavily. In his troubled sleep he often
balked of Ireland and his friends there. Ho
often murmured:
“I am homesick. My dear country, I
will never set ,oot on your green shores
again. Oh, my mother, how I long to see
you!”
“He was a saint on earth, if ever there
was one," raid Mrs. Wheelock yesterday.
“1 know his heart was breaking to return
to his home and friends in Ireland, but
.something seemed to be in tho way. He
always read the papers. He would read all
the news from Ireland, and then sit with
his face in Lbs hands and sigh until you
would think his heart was breaking. He
seldom spoke to me, but when he did his
voiee was so sad that I felt like crying.
“He often locked himself up in his room,
but would always o| #'ii the door for me
when 1 knocked. The hunted, pleading
look in bis eyes used to make me very sorry
for him.”
ft appears tliat on Saturday last, however,
he locked himself in his room and did not
open it when Mrs. Wboehx.'k knocked. Him
liecame alarmed and notified tho police of
the Fifteenth precinct and also Father Duffy
of Bt, Agnes Church and Father Ward, of
St. Charles Borroinoo’s.
All day Sunday the starving man was un
conscious, uud a consultation of physicians
decided that Ills only hope of life was to bo
removed to the hospital. Hi- was moved
with as much care as was possihle, but the
actiou hastened death, which occurred a fow
hours after he reached the hospital.
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Unions your mom h is pink and sweet.
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EDUCATIONAL.
For Full Information of the Above Schools
CALL ON OH ADDRESS
HO EXSTICIX & MAC ’CAW,
104 Hay Btmst, Savannah, (la.
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
Fordham, N. Y.
ITNDER the ilirertion of Jesuit, Fathers; is
beautifully situated in a very pioturvsque
and healthy part of New York county.
The College affords every facility for the best
Classical, Sciantiflc and Commercial education.
Board and Tuition per year, S3QQ.
Studies will l** resumed September 7, 1887.
For further particulars apply to
Rkv. THOMAS J. CAMPBELL, S. J ,
President.
VIRGINIA MiIJTARY INSTITUTE, Lexing
▼ ton, Virginia. The forty-ninth session of
t lis well known State Institution will often on
the Bth September, proximo. It provides a sys
tem of the nnifth military training, a distinctive
academic course of instruct ion, and technical in
struction in the several branches of applied
science which enabled a graduate in the aca
demic school to attain ton professional degree
as Bachelor of Science or Givi! Engineer These
advantages are secured on terms not exceeding
pei month, including clothing in addition to
the on!inary collegiate necessaries. For cata
logue apply to
General FRANCIS H. SMITH.
Superintendent.
Bellevue High School.
BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA.
A thoroughly equipped School of high grade
for Boys and Young Men.
r pilE 22d Annual Session opens Sept. 15, 1887
1 For Catalogue or special information apply
toW Ft * BBQT, Pium.. Bellevue P. <> Va
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL,
Netir Alexandria, Va.
L. M. BLACKFORD. M. A., Principal;
L. IIOXTON, Afisooiate Principal;
With able Assistants.
A Preparatory School for Hoys.
Founded 1889. Session opens Sept. 28, 1887.
Catalogues sent on application.
WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY, Lexington, Va.
I NBTRUCTION in the usual Academic St udies
I and in the professional schools of ami
Engineering Tuition and fees, $75 for session
of nine months, beginning Sept. 16th. Catalogue
1 ! '•' \-idress G. W. C l J K lYesident
pai gun ii ebule institute; Warm
I ton, Va., opens its 27th animal session Sept.
11, 1887. Situated in the Piedmont region of Vir
ginia, unsurpassed for its i>eauty, fertility and
health fulness. Only ftO miles from Washington.
The grounds, ton acres in all, are tastefully laid
out. The building is one of the finest school
edifices in the State. A full corps of teachers.
Terms reasonable, and mode known on appiica
tion. For catalogues address GEO. G. BUTLER,
A. M., Principal.
Lucy Cobb Institute,
vVTTIFMVS. GEORGIA.
nTHE Exercises of this School will ho resumed
1 SEi’T. r, IHW.
M. RUTHERFORD Principal.
Rome Female College.
(Under the control of the Synod of Georgia.)
Rome, Ga.
Rkv. J. M. M. CALDWELL, President.
IMIIRTY FIRST year begins Monday, Sept, ft,
. 1887. For circulars and informat ion address
8. C. CALDWELL,
Rome, Ga.
GORDON INSTTtUT E.
THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE STATE.
INSTRUCTION is the most thorough. Us pu
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FREE TUITION, bend for Catalogue to CM AS.
K. LAMBDIN, President, Barn- sviuc, Ga.
Edgeworth Hoarding and Day School for liirls
122 West, Franklin Street, Baltimore, Md.
VfTtK. H. P. f.EFK'dVRE, Principal. This
ft School will reopen on THURSDAY', the
22d of SEITEMBKR. The court*© of instruction
embraces all the studies included in a thorough
English (Hlucation, and the trench and German
languages are practically taught.
YlHlil.Mt FEMALE INSTITUTE,
STAUNTON, VA.
Mm. Gen. J. E. B. STUART, Prfbclpol.
r pHE FALL SESSION opens Sept. 15th, 1887.
I with efficient teachers in every department
and superior advantages Terms reasonable.
Send for cat logue and apply early.
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND.
/ tOLLEGIATE INSTITI TEfor Young Yadies
\ i and Preparatory School for Little Girls,
Kmbla P. ()., three miles from Baltimore, Md.
Conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Send
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
QUMMEK LAW LEX TURKS (nine weekly) be
n gin 14th July. 18K7, and end 14t)i September.
For circular apply (p. <). University of Va. i to
JOHN U. MINOR. Prof. Com. and Slat. Law.
*S3 OREL AND PARK
Military academy,
11 Near Atlanta. (U. (.‘bus. M.Hml,Bupt.
SOUTHERN HUME SCHOOL FOR i.il LS.
illand HIT N. (‘harles street., Baltimore.
Mac W. M. ( .'ltY, i Established IS4 J. French the
MishCahv. I language of the School.
MAIIMVIinsITV HOOT.,
<ll, City, ,Vt<l.
SIXTH SESSION open# i'lUi Keptemlwr. For
catalogue!) addreAH CHAPMAN MAUPIN,
St. A., Principal. ,
OT. OEOBOE’S HALL for Boy. md Young
i ’ Men. St. Ooorge <, Md.. prepare# for any
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Prof. J. C KINFAK, A. M.. Principal.
ITIE HANNAH MORE AOKHKMY FOR
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ARTHUR J.RICH, A.M..M.1)., Ih ixterctown. Md.
V HHF.VILLE MILITARY ACADEMY'. North
; v ( aroliua H. F. VENABLE, Principal; W.
PINCKNEY MASON, Commander of Clouet# aud
Associate Principal. For informal ion and Cata
logue address either ITincipal or Associate ITin
cipni
LfT. MARY'S BCtfoOL FOR CIRIS Raleigh,
l ' N, C. lfiMtahliHhed in 1H42, For OitAlorw
oddrea# the Rector. R*v BENNETT KMITDEK.
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IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS,
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DOORS, SASII, ETC.
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Lime, Plaster, Cement and Hair.
Plain and Decorative Wail Paper. Frescoeing,
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ANDItEW HANLEY.
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance, To authorize th© Mayor and Al
dermen, in Council amembtod, to grant per
mits for the excavation and eroct ion of area*
in the lanes of the city, and to prescribe cer
taitf conditions for the same.
Section I. fir it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Savannah in Counril
absent bled. That it sltafi and may l>e lawful for
Council, at any time and from time to time to
grant, by resolution or otherwise, permits to
owners of lots and improvements within the city
to excavate, construct and use areas extending
into the lanes of the city.
Sec. 2. That all such nermltfi, unless otherwioe
therein provided, shall oe granted subject to the
conditions herein named and the acceptance of
such permit, or the excavation, erection and use
of such area by any property owner, shall be
Liken and construed ns an acceptance of the
said conditions, and binding upon the said prop
erty owner and his Assigns, future owners of the
said property.
Sec. 8. All such areas, including all walls and
material of any sort in the construction of tho
same shall not extend into the lane for a dls*
tanca greater than four (4) f*et from the line of
said lot. They shall be set*at such grade as the
proper officers of the city may designate, and
sept and maintained at such grade as may from
time to time lw determined on for the said lane
without any expense to the city. They shall be
used only for tne purpose* of light and ventila
tion, and for uo other purpose what
soever. and shall he covered with
a substantial wrought iron grating of such
form as shall tie an ample protection to persons
and propt-rty passing through said lithe, which
grating shall he stationary and immovable,
and not set upon hinges or other devices ar
ranged for entrance and exit into the buildings
through said area.
Bec. 4. That the owners for the time being
of any property, adjacent to which area* may
be erected under th* provisions of this ordi
nance shall indemnify and hold harmless th*j
.Mayor ami Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
of and from any and all loss or damage that
may accrue against it by reason of the excava
tion. erffl lon, use or occupation of the area
herein provided for, or the oliat ruction of the
laaes or the city.
B*o. ft. That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances conflicting with this ordinance bn and
the same an* hereby repealed in so far os they
so conflict.
Ordinance passed in Council July 13, 1887.
KITTS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest; Frank E. Kebaubk. Clerk of Council.
QLAHAYTINE NOTICE.
OrnoE Health Oftioeb, i
Savannah. Ua.. May 1, IHB7. f
From mvl after M \Y r Ist, 1M?, the city ordi
nance which iqieciile! the Quarantine require
ment# to I#! observed at the port of Savannah,
(ieorjcia, for js-rioJ of time annually) from Mav
Ist to November Ist, will bo most rigidly ou.
forced.
Merchant# and all other pnrth-# intere*M4
will is* Hiipiiliod with printed copies of the Quar
aot.ne < niliiiancu upon application to oflico of
Health Ollitstr.
From and after this date and until further no
tice all steamships and vessels from South
America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies,
Hiclly, ports of Italy south or 40 deK. North
latitude. and coast of Africa lieween
10 dogs. North and 14 deR. South latitude,
(lliTct or via American |#>rt well be sub
jected to close Quarantine and be required
to report at the Quarantine Station and be
treated a* lining from Infected or suspected
ports or localities. Captains of t lies*- vessels
will have to remain at Quarautiuo Station untd
their vessels are relieved.
All steamer# ate I vessel# from foreign port#
not included above, direct or via American
|rts, whether seek in*, chartered or otherwise,
will be required to remain in quaruntius until
boarded ami passed by the Quarantine Officer.
NtilKtr the Captain* nor any <w unb-mrdaf
mrh v *•##! wilt be allowed to rami’ to the city
unlit tnr veneris are inspected ansi passed by Tie
Qui-iranfine Offlcrr.
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
are reporiud unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori
ties, Quarantine restriction# oeainst same will
be enforced without furl her publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the Hying
of Hir quarantine nay on vessels subjected to
detention or inspection will be. rn/ullu enforced,
J. T. McFarland. M. L.. Health Officer.
. QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Omci Health Orviciß, )
Savannah, April sth, IHB7. (
Notice 1# hereby given that the Quuranttqa
Officer i# instructed not to deliver letters to ves
sels which are not subjected to quarantine de
tention. unless the name of consignee and state
ment llut the vessel is ordered Pi some other
poi-t appears upon the face of the envelop*.
ThS#Ot Mr 1# made necesviry in consequence of
the enormous bulk of drumming letters sent to
the station for vessels which are to arrive.
j. t. McFarland, m. and..
Health officer.
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
OrriCß Health Ofvickr, 1
Savannah, March 25th, IKB7.
Pilot# of the Port of Savannah are informed
that the Sanelu Quarantine Station will he open
ed on APRIL Ist. IHW.
Si'clul attention of the Pilots Is directed to
sections Nos. Ud and 14th, Quarantine Regula
tions.
Most rigid enforcement of quarantine regula
tions will uc maintained hr the Health aiithuri.
ties. j. t. McFarland, m and..
Health Officer.
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