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FOR VISITING LADIES.
HOW THE WIVES OF THE ODD FEL
LOWS WILL BE ENTERTAINED.
Preparations for the Meeting of the
Grand Lodge and Grand Encamp
ment-Visits to be Paid to the Water
Works. Bona venture, Thunderbolt,
Tybeo and Elsewhere.
The Oild Fellows who are to attend tho
annual meeting of the Grand Ixxlge and
Grand Encampment on Wednesday, will
mo*' of them arrive in the city to-day,
accompanied by their wivesand lady friends,
who take advantage of the opportunity to
pay a visit to this city Tho programme of
the proceedings of tho Grand Lodge
and Gnmd Encampment has already been
given. It will embrace no other public cer
emonies than the reception of the visitors at
the hall qn Wednesday morning. At that
time they will bo addressed by lion. Hufus
E. Loiter who, as Mayor, will welcome them
to the city, and by J. K Saussy, Esq.,
on the part of the local order.
The committee that has in charge the en
tertainment of the ladles who will lie pres
ent have arranged its programme for the
whole time except to-morrow. On Wed
nesday morning at 11 o’clock they will visit
the Telfair Art Academy to view there tho
works of art in oil and stone. Some time
will he spout, there, but after the visit
is over the ladies will join the gentlemen in
a trip to Tybee, where they will partake of
a fish dinner and try a dip in the sea. They
will return that night by such train as may
suit their convenience. On Thursday morn
ing the ladies will lie driven in carriages to
tho Ocean Steamship wharf and by the
water works. They will be shown the
artesian wells and the grounds of the
water works when half a dozen wells are
pouring out their water. The fish pond
and all the beauties of that site will lie
shown them. In tho afternoon they will
take the train and go to Bonaventure
and Thunderbolt. They will view
the grand old oaks of the cemetery
and go into raptures over them, as every
one else does who sees them. At 9 o’clock
Thursday night a visit will be paid to the
Morning News office, where the ladies will
be shown the workings of the various de
partments of the paper. The headquarters
of the Ladies’ Entertainment Committee
will be the parlors of the Marshall House.
The committee of arrangements has an
nounced that local Odd Fellows must pur
chase their tickets to Tybee from the com
mittees of their reejiective lodges. Visiting
brethren will tie supplied by the chairman
of the general committee.
A RATHER WARM SUNDAY.
How the People Sought Cool Places
During the Heat of the Day.
The weather has been so eool and com
fortable for some time past that when
thermometer inse to 93" yesterday the people
began to think it was hot and started off for
some cool place in which to enjoy themselves,
which was a good thing for the suburban
railroads and livery men. The highest the
tbeimometer reached was 99°, but there
was n good breeze nearly all day. It was
not a very agreeable day for foot-racing or
exorcises of that character, but work
ing a jialrn leaf fun was light
exercise, that instead of heating kept
one cool and in a condition to enjoy tho
summer weather in Savannah. Still*there
were those who boarded the trains for
Tybee, Thunderbolt, Isle of Hope and Mont
gomery or who ran up a bill at the livery
stable for a horse and buggy to get out of
the city until tho sun went down. Some
who diil not desire tho trouble of going to
such u distance indulged in a stroll through
the 000 l and shady pork. The park was the
only lively place Within the city yesterday.
It was thronged from morning until night
with people of all ages from li months to 00
years.
Savannah was one of tho coolest places in
the cotton licit yesterday, and Smithvillc
was the wannest, topping the record with
190”. Quitman came next with 97” and
Eastman stoixi third at 90’. It was thought
that a cyclouo was forming in the gulf, but
the late report last night showed no traces
of it.
THE FLOOD SUBSIDING.
But It is Rumored Tlint the Others are
Coming Down.
There was but little change in the condi
tion of the overflowed plantations yester
day, and the planters hail not much to say
except that the water was slowly subsiding.
The flood is running out, but the fall in the
river is slight and not qpough to have an
appreciable effect upon the situation. The
current is still swift enough to continue
its destruction of the bank, and
the erosion is still going on
where the water rushes through the breaks.
The fall of the water does not excite any
hopes of saving any of the crops, for they
have been under water so long that it is
thought they are now entirely destroyed,
because the water caught them ut a time
wliert they should have been dry. Some of
the planters have made investigations simi
lar to that reported yesterday, and they
have found that the rice in the heads is so
soft that it cannot mature. It was reported
last night that the second and third floods
were coming down th river. They have
not reached the plantations yet, however,
and as the water is finding outlets in New
river, South Carolina, and other places it is
hoped that the drainage will be so great
that the volume of water will run off above
here.
SHOT WHILE HUNTING.
Fred Leonard Shoots Himself in the
Arm With Hia Own Gun.
Between 5 and ti o'clock yesterday evoning
Fred Leonard, a youth about 15 years of
age, was out shooting across the canal with
several other cotnpiauions and shot himself
accidentally in the right arm. It is sup
posed that tho gun was cocked and he
dragged it along after him, when
tho hammer caught in some of
the weeds or brushwood which
caused the gun to explode, lodging the
whole charge in the fleshy part of tho right
anil below tlio elbow, tearing tho flesh away
from the bone. lie walked about a quarter
of a mile with tho wound bleeding pro
fusely, arriving at the drug store of T)r.
Pars'ms, corner of Montgomery and Lib
erty street**. Dr. Parsons tiaudafod and
dressed up tlie wound temporarily to stop
the bleeding, he then went home where Dr.
Stone, the family physician, was sent for.
A short time ago while at work in the job
department of the Morning News he had
the misfortune to have several of his fingers
cut off tiy a paper cutter.
TOM ALEXANDER DEAD.
Tha First Victim of Saturday’s Boiler
Explosion.
Tom Alexaiid-r (colored), who wits in
jured by the explosion of the boiler on tho
Exchange dock, died at the Georgia In
flrmary yesterday morning. Alexander
was a Savannah man and lie hud been work
ing around the docks for some time. He
was standing in the door of the shod when
the explosion occurred and he was Ihi own
twenty l’oet away by its force. In addition
to a severe scaldin'! he was struck in the
face nud on the bony by a muntier of small
particle* of the matter that was blown
about. He suffered intensely from the lime
his injuries were received until he died. No
inquest will Is* held, as he dusl while under
the care of a physician. Guy Grimke and
William Bennett, the others who were hurt,
are in a critical condition. There is but a
slight chance for Grimke’* recovery, and it
HMins almost certain that Bennett will die,
hi* initiriu* are so severe.
THROUGHJTHE CITY.
I Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Georgia Tent No. 161, I. O. K., will hold a
I regular session this evening.
DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., meets
| this evening, when tho iniatory degree
j will be conferred.
The regular meeting of the Railroad 1/ian
] Association will lie held at Metropolitan
! Hall this evening at 8 o'clock.
Clinton Lodge No. 54, F. and A. M., will
; hold a regular communication at the Ma-
I sonic Temple this evening at 8 o’clock.
There were two arrests for disorderly con
duct yesterday, two negro women were
taken in for fighting and cue small boy was
locked up for stealing #•? from his father.
The work of laying new tiles in the Inde
pendent Presbyterian church will lie begun
this morning. The tiles are of Georgia mar
ble and they will add a great deal to the at
tractiveness of the interior of tho church.
Pilots and river men report that tho river
water runs out almost to the sea buoy. The
red line fnarking the course of the river
water can be observed from Tybee a con
siderable distance out to sea, and they have
fresh water ut the qaruntine station*.
The city will begin dredging at the Quar
antine Station this morning. It is thought
that all the dredging that will be necessary
can ho done in about six days. No dredg
ing has lie n done at the station for five or
six years, and the anchorage has shoaled
considerably.
Health Officer Dr. McFarland, w ho was at
Quarantine Station for over a week, acting
as quarantine officer in place of Dr. AVoge
farth who has been sick, returned to tin;
city yesterday. Dr. AVegefarth, who has
recovered his health, returned to his post of
duty yesterday.
Messrs. John G. Butler nnd Bernard
Goode were out sailing Saturday night at
the north eml of Tybee. They caught n
large Stingaree. It was six feet one inch
long from the tip end of its nose to the end
of its tail, and three feet in width. It can
be seen on a log in front of Lovell’s bath
house, on Tylioe.
Local Personal.
Dr. ,T. P. 8. Houstoun returned home on
the steamship Tallahassee, which arrived
yesterday from New York,
Mrs. Charles Gass man and his two daugh
ter, Misses Mamie and Dora, were passen
gers on the steamship City of Savannah,
which sailed yostorday for New York.
Major T I). Bortody, Taylor Walthour
and I). I'. Mverson and family returned
from the-North on tho steamship TalLalias
s *c, which arrived yesterday morning from
New York.
Mr. Clement Saussy, the auditor at tho
custom house, and Miss Winona Saussy
were passengers on the steamship City of
Savannah for New York. Mr. Saussy will
lie absent on a two weeks’ vacation.
Among the arrivals at the Screven House
were W. C. Bass, S. A. Charpoot, Macon;
F. W. Stanbrough, Frank E. Knight, Wil
liam Hanline, A. Friedman, New York;
Moulton Emory, John C. Malload, Charles
ton; Charles C. Korin, Cincinnati; li. 11.
Sams, Allendale, 8. C.; M. A. Dzralynski,
Jacksonville.
At the Harnett House were Mrs. Prim,
Macon; G. H. Cox well, Whitehall, 8. C.; S.
It. Attn wav, J, O. Applewhite, AVaynes
lioro; Ira E. Kaufman, Sanford, Fla.; J. C.
Anderson, Osborne, S. CL ; G. S. Hand man,
I). J. Creighton, Lynchburg, Vu.; J. At
wood, Atlanta; A. llenckert and son, St.
Louis; C. F. Travis, New London, Conn.;
J. E. Matson, Reading, Pa.; C. W. Gun
ther, Sharon, N. Y.
At the Pulaski House were George AV.
Plummer, New York ;AV. L. Price, Boston;
H. Chawrnnt, New York; B. 11. Neal,
Louisville; A. Rosenthal. New York; I’. L.
Hall, Macon; C. W. Townsend, Charleston;
A. G. Hawes, Birmingham; M. B. Mayer,
AV. 1,. Wilfein, Philadelphia; E. 1L Smith,
Oliver; J. li. Motto, Charleston; O. D.
Mondy, Richmond, Va.; I. 11. Burner, At
lanta; IV. F. Fisher, Boston; George AV.
Wilson, Richmond, Va.; P. S. Gilmey,
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road; A. Ayer. New York; John AV. Brown,
Mac m; R. Daniels, Atlanta.
At the Marshall House were L. Levy, M.
Meyer, Charleston; A. Roberts, Ogeochee;
H. H. (.’hance, Sylvania; A. E. Burney,
Milieu; C. B. Morrison, Florida Southern
railway; F.. F. Pace, Augusta; H. L. Oaten,
Milieu; L. W. Aston, Detroit; E. E. Water
man, Charleston; F. 11. McMillan. Gaines
ville, Fla.; Robert Martin, Martins, S. C.,
AV. R. Spank and wife, Orlando; A\ T . C.
Roberts, Alapaha; J. M. Simmons. Florida
Southern railway.
A CLOSE GAME AT MEMPHIS.
New Orleans Wins by One Run In the
Last Inning.
Memphis, Tesn., Aug. 14. —Fully 3,000
people were present this afternoon to witness
the second game of the series between Mem
phis and New Orleans. It was the finest
Sunday game that had been played here for
years and was played in defiance of the city
ami State authorities. In all probability
a nominal tine will lie imposed
by the Police Judge to-morrow, and if an
indictment follows in the Criminal Court it
will tie treated ns an ordinary misdemeanor.
The game was exciting throughout, and
was not won by New Orleans until the ninth
inning. The features were the heavy lint
ting of both clubs and long run
ning catches made by left Beiders
Campau and McAleer. In the eighth
inning, billy Smith, of the locals, knocked
a ball over the centre Held fence, which was
the longest hit ever made on the grounds.
The excitement was intense when in the ninth
inning the locals led by one run, hut Cart
wright and Geiss, of the visitors, scored in
their half of the inning, which won them
the game. The score bv innings was:
New Orleans 0030 2 a 10 2—lo
Memphis 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 B—9
Batteries Black and Grotty for Memphis,
Powell and AloVey for New Orleans.
Base hits Memphis Jfl, New Orleans 16.
Errors—Memphis ti, New Orleans 3.
Games Elsewhere.
At Brooklyn—
Brooklyn 000 00000 0-0
Metropolitans. 1 00001 000—2
Base hits Brooklyn 7. Metropolitans 8. Er
rors Brooklyn 11, Melro(xilitaiis 2.
At Cincinnati—
Cincinnati 1 0 o o 0 1 on l— 6
Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-- 1
Base lots Cincinnati 10. Louisville 6. Er
ror-- ' 'inciitnati .1, l-ouisvillo s.
At Bt. Louis—
St. Lents 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3—B
Cleveland.. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 o—l
Base hits- St. Louis 12, Cleveland 7. Errors
St. Louis i, Cleveland 4. 8 innings.
The Fight lor tho Pennants.
Including the gaums of Friday the record
of the League huso hill clubs stands: De
troit, won 51, lost HO, with a percentage of
.H3o;Chieago, won 48, lost 2.1, with .000;
Now York, won 4(i, lost.'lT, with .55(1; Bos
ton won 44,105 t itli, with ..V>o; Philadelphia,
won 43, lost 30, with .524; Washington, won
32. lost 43, with .420; Pittsburg, won 32, lost
•is, with .40<>: and lndiiitia(x>li.s, won 2a,
lost all, with : W.
Counting the games played Friday for
Association honore, St. Louis Ims won OH,
lost 20, with a percentage of .742; Louisville
has won 52, lost Oil, with .571; Baltimore
has won 40. lost 37, with .570; Cincinnati has
won 50, lost 43, with .5:13; Brooklyn has won
44, lost 14, with .500; Athletic has won 41,
lost 43. with . Oil; Metropolitan hus won ;!0,
lost .Vi, witu .30.1. and Cleveland lias won
23, lost 05, with .201.
Tiic uncertainties of base ball wore fully
exemplified bv the result, of the game Satur
day lietwt>eii the Metropolitans and Athlef
ics, the lormcr won the gnnio from the Atli
letii-s on a score of 13 to 11, the Athletics
making 21 base hits and the Motrojiolitans
only H. In the error column tho Metr>|>oli
tacs had ‘23 lna' ks against them, mid the
Athletics only 8.
* * * * Premature decline of manly
powers, nervnu-. d'-’.idity and kindred <L
cases, radically cured. Consultation ire.
Book pi cenu m stu.upr. Addle.-!, confi
dentially, Worlds Dispensary Medical As
sociafiou. Buffalo, N. V.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 15, lftß7.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
The people living in the section of Georgia
traversed by the survey of the Augusta and
Chattanooga railroad have refused to pay
their subscription until dirt is broken in
their own countips. The directors have
made a demand of 10per cent., and are pay
ing lawyers .‘t per cent, to collect the same.
The subscribers refuse to pay this, and have
themselves employed lawyers to defend
them. Not before dirt is broken in Ogle
thorpe, Madison and Jackßon will the sub
scribers in those counties pay a dollar.
The amount of money necessary to rescue
tho right of way for the C. B. and C. rail
road into Chattanooga has been reduced to
SB,OCX), and of this $4,000 have been sub
scribed by citizens. The committee who
have been at work on this matter say they
would give only one more flay to it, and
that was yesterday. AVbat success they
have bail wo have not learned. The delay
in this matter at the Chattanooga end may
cause operations to iiegin at Rome. It is
understood Mr. Williams refuses to jiqy one
cent for the right of way into Chattanooga.
Speaking of the Georgia Midland, Maj.
AV. S. Green, chief engineer, said: “The
rains compel led tlie track laying force to
hold up lor two weeks. Now the lied is in
perfect condition and we expect to reach
McDonough in twelve days or loss, and we
expect to run a regular schedule through to
McDonough by Sept. 1. AVe expect to
make satisfactory and easy terms with the
East Tennessee road, which will make us
virtually a through lino to Norfolk. Our
line to Atlanta will only lx* three miles
longer than the Central, But tlint is a dif
ference that will lie easily overcome.”
For four days past, the Georgia railroad
has been unable to send any trains through
to Augusta on account of a washout on the
road at Richland creek. A large number
of hands were put to work to repair tlie
damage, and yesterday morning the order
was given to put all trains on regular sched
ule time. Richland crook is about forty
miles from Atlanta, nnd all the sidetracks
lietwcen tlie two points were occupied with
freight trains that had been sent out from
Atlanta during tlie four days of blockade.
As soon as the washout was repaired all of
these trains were started at one time, and
the freight agont and clerks in Augusta will
have their I lands full for the next two or
three days. Twenty-one trains of twenty
live loadtsl cars each were started towards
Augusta. The total number of ears was
525. If placed near together in a straight
line they would extend over a distance of
nearly jive miles. As it was, the trains fol
lowed; each other about a mile apart, thereby
covering twenty-one miles. After tlie
trains were ail started yesterday, a car on
one of the trains was derailed on account of
a broken axje. This delayed the procession
a little, Imt in a few hours it was moving
again. This rush of business, caused by
only a few days’ blockade, indicates the
large amount of freight handled by the
Georgia Road.
The (ieorgia Midland, completed to Griffin,
has been compelled to transfer by wagon all
freight for Columbus and points along their
road. Tlie cause of this is that the Midland
and Central authorities have not been able
to come to any satisfactory terms. Yester
day Maj. Belknap, General Munagor of the
Central, arrived in Griffin in his special car.
He was met by Mr. G. Gunby Jordan,
President of the Georgia Midland and Con
struction Company, and the two were in
private conference for several hours. Imme
diately after the conference Mr. Jordan
was asked if he and Mr. Belknap had come
to anv satisfactory conclusion as to the mat
ter of freight transfers and side tracks. Mr.
Jordan replied: ‘‘l came to Orillia at tlie
solicitation of Mr. Belknap to discuss the
matter of side tracks for transfer purposes.
AVe talked the matter over and decided that
it was llest not to takea definite action until
the city council of Griffin had given
their p-rmit for tho construction of
the track. AVe are already privileged to
run our line through the streets, but we
wish a sjiecial action in this ease to avoid
any possible luw suits.” Continuing, Air.
Jordan said, “AVe shall petition tho Council
before taking any steps whatever outside of
a preliminary survey, and then govern our
actions accordingly.” This is in substance
the result of a conference lasting several
hours. The surveyors will lie put in the
field next week to locate the most practi
cable route. Until then and the meeting of
the City Council matters stand just as be
fore the conference.
Mr. Michael Cleary Dead.
Mr. Michael Cleary, who was an old resi
dent of this city, died at the Savannah
Hospital at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon of
cancer of the tongue. Mr. Cleary was a
native of Ireland, but he had spent most of
the sixty years of his life in Savannah. He
had been in the dry goods business, and for
the last few years he had been connected
with the firm of Gray & O’Brien.
Painless Regulation.
It is no longer a question of doubt—although
the contrary was once believed- that medicines
which produce violent effects are unsuited to
other i hmi desperate emergencies. In other
words, that super-potent remedies are calcula
ted to weaken and injure the system rather than
reform its irregularities. Among medicines of
debilitating effect are cathartics and chola
go gin's which copiously and abruptly evacuate
the bowels. Because it din s not do tills, Hostet
ter's Stomach Bitters is preferable to the
drenching class of purge! ires. Painless in its
effects, it insufficiently active to remedy chronic
constipation. II relieves tiy invigorating the in
testines. and enables, not forces, them to per
form tho duty imposed upon them by nature.
Promoting the secret ion of bile in normal quart
titles by its healthfully stimulating effect upon
the liver, it is eminently conducive to digestion,
and contributes in no small degree t o keep the
bowels regular.
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Reduced Prices on White Shirts.
In moving we find that we have an over
stock of White Shirts, sizes from 1111$ to IS,
therefore have reduced them in (trice to
clear out. A good opportunity for large
men at the Famous, removed to the north
east corner of Congress and Whitaker
streets.
Home Again.
Rack into our old quarters, and it feels
like home. We've been |teiit up long enough
and feel like spreading ourselves. Come
and see us; we lmve u regulur palace, and
looks as neat as a pin. We’ve prepared our
selves for this move with new and attractive
goods and are ready for business. We shall
endeavor to retain t ho confidence our friends
and patrons have placed in us for selling
only ih' l finest grades of Watches, Jewelry,
Silverware, etc., of which we huve an at
tractive assortment. We always carry the
largest line of linst water Diamonds in tho
State. M. Stern hero,
1.57 Broughton street.
Removal.
The P 'oiotw New York Clothing House
has rent' 1 ! to 144 Congress, norlbeast coi'-
uer of W i . T treet
SPUN BY A RARE OLD SALT.
The Yarn of the Dying Pirate and His
Revelation.
FVoro the Lewiston Journal.
There are still some rare old salts surviv
ing. They are not all dead who can spin
forecastle yarns until ghosts troop out of
the twilight. Now and then a Journal re
porter finds one of these genial old sea gods,
whose heart seems never to have got sm mg
the breakers. Encountering whom, at tho
felicitous after-supper hour, when the
smoke of the ancient manner’s pipe curls
around his weather-beaten summit, the re
porter never fails to find the open sesame to
whole realms of lieguiling legends, full of
talented ghosts and witches.
A day or two since, a Journal reporter,
addicted to sea-coast superstitions, encoun
tered a venerable old sinner, in the midst of
his cod lines and dory, swinging in tho tide
anil smoking. His hair was unkempt and
his beard shaggy. A low forehead projected
over two small eyes, in whose immediate
vicinity a nose thrust itself out like a ridge
pole. Prominent jaws, bow logs and an oil
cloth suit completed his more salient fea
tures. This odd specimen of humanity had
just returned in his frail skiff from a six
mile voyage out into the open sea—a skiff
evidently designed to produce a drowning
tragedy. But this old salt was not born to
be drowned. He belongs to an alien race.
Possibly the Jumblies are his kith and kin.
Far away, far away.
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green and their hands are blue.
Anil they went to sea in a sieve
Gradually our old salt kindled into con
versation, and as his memory was moved
upon he tiegan to unroll his budget of yarns,
one of which has a local flavor and will be
of interest to our readers.
"It is now many years agone,” said the
old man, "when I was at a Western Indian
port taking a cargo. I was on shore one
day when a man came to me and said:
‘There is an old feller a-dying down in that
loft, anil he’s rent for you—ho says he wants
to see you very much. ’ Of course I was
dumbfounded to think a (lyin’ man should
want to have a sweatin' old cuss like me
a-ministerin’ at his dyin’ piller; but you bet
I wouldn’t refuse to co, and I was curious,
too, you may be sartin, to know just what it
all meant. The messenger took me up a crazy
old set o’ stairs and opened a door into what
seemed to lie a hay ioft full of litter. In
one corner of tho room, on a pile o’ straw,
laid the dyin’ man. AVadll, I went up close
to his side, and the feller who had led me to
him told him I was tho man ho wanted.
The dyin’man stretched out his arm, i inti
o’ clammy like, and motioned me to kneel
down by him I began to feel kinder queer,
for I was afraid he wanted me to do some
prayin', and my hand had been out for
many a year.
"I can do a’most anything,” says I, “but
pray.”
"I don’t want no praying,” replied the
man in a husky whisper. “I’ve a secret I
want to confide to you.”
My curiosity was now* at its height.
“Well,” says I, “go on.”
“I bent down close to his face, and thus
the dying man continnered: ‘I was for
many years a pirate, and I was the terror of
tho New England coast. I heard thero was
a vessel here from Boothliay, and I told
this man to send rne one of her crew as
soon as he could. He has brought you here
as I requested ’ Here the pirate’s breath
grew so short that I was afeard he wouldn’t
bo able to continuer—but after a few
moments his eyes again opened, and ho thus
began:
“Of course if you are from Boothbay
you know Squirrel Island?”
“You bet all your old boots, I do,” says I.
“Do you know tho old Southwest Cove}”
asked the pirate.
“Many’s the time I’ve filled my barrels
wit h water there,” savs I.
“Yes,” continued the pirate, “there’s as
fine a livin’ spring of water there as ever
run down hill. Now, I’m a-coming to the
pint. Within a stone’s throw of that spring
there is a (line tree, or there was twenty-five
years ago. It’s many a year since I’ve been
there, and now the tree may begone; but
if its gone perhaps there's u stump there to
mark it—”
The pirate’s breath again failed him, and
ho stopped once mure and closed bis cy es. I
waited still a moment, but I could see he
had not passed in his checks, for his breast
heaved, now and then, a leotleshade. I let
the poor wretch take his time, and after per
haps ten minutes he continued:
“Let me see—l was talkin’ of that pine
tree. AV ell, it was a stone’s throw, sou'-sou’-
east of that spring. Perhaps you may think
this is all a dyin’ man’s dream, but I tell you
my mind is jest as clear as the water in that
Spring Cove.”
The dying man, with almost preternatu
ral force, here almost arose in his tied and
beckoned me nearer, clutching the straw
with his hands, ho almost shrieked out these
words:
“Under that old stump is a pot o’ money.
Take it and keep it for vour own. It was
stolen from the hard working people of the
coast, and it should go to their descendants!”
With these words the old pirate fell back
on the straw. His breath grew shorter anil
shorter, and in a few moments the old
wreck went to pieci*s agin tlie breakers o’
the world to come."
The old tar here pulled away at his pipe
with great diligenf, and looked out of his
two little round eyes, as if he was himself
a highly endowed pagan—a blood relation
of the Centaur of Pemaquid.
“Well,” at length tho reporter interrupted
—“what came of it?”
“It all went up in smoke,” replied the
Kraken, exhausting a tremendous volume
out of his pijie. “1 came home, and just
for the fun of it I thought I would go down
to Squrrel Island and find the pot o' money.
I found the stump just where the old pirate
said I should, and with ax and shovel and
crowbar I went ut it. I dug—anil dug—and
dug—till I spoiled the finest stump there
ever was on Squirrel Island, but I have had
to keen on fishing ever since. I didn’t even
find tin* pot, not to sjieuk o' the money.
When I first liegen touig I expecusl to hear
the doubloons rattle; but m_v faith slipped
up more and more, the more I dug. It was
a wet spring morning, and I was mud from
head to foot Lit fore I got through. At last
1 got discourged, but I never fairly got the
idea out o' my old pate that thero is still a
pot o’ money somewhere near that old
stump.”
A DECOY IN WEEDS.
The Ingenious Device by Which a
San Franciscan Was Robbed.
From Ih? San Fi-anrinra Chroniclr.
A gentleman living on Van Ness avenue
was made the victim ou Tuesday night of
the most daring and cleverly executed high
way robbery ever committed in San Fran
cisco. He was returning home about 10:30
o'clock along Van .os avenue, and. when
near the corner of Vallejo street, was at
tracted by the burl i*xl footsteps of a woman
behind him. He turned and was ncc>s!ed
by a woman wit b a nee. vy veil over her face.
Site asked the gentleman's protection, say
ing thut two men bud been following her for
the lust ten minutes. Ho looked iqi and
down the street, but could not nee any one.
He told his companion, who appeared very
nervous, that he would be glad to be of ser
vice to her.
“1 live tm this stivet,” she said, “just
above here. I've frequently noticed you
passing our house,”
They walked on in silence, and he en
deavored to discern the face of the stranger,
hut she was determined that lie should not
get a glimpse, and kept pulling her veil
down. Her escort not iced that she was well
dressed and hud nil air of rufiuoment about
her. Diamonds dangled from her cars, ami
on her linger glittcrisl a brilliant. Twice
she looktsi Imck as if in terror of her pur
sucre. and her cemirt also turned, but fulled
to discover any one.
On arriving before a house which was
dark and seemed to l> deserted the woman
halted and said:
“I live here. Many thanks for your kind
ness. You don’t know how grateful I feel
for tour protection."
While she si ole "‘cared to lie fum
hling in her pocket for a key. She did not
relinquish her escort’s arm and led him in
through the gate into a dark corner under
the stoop, where the door was. The gentle
man attributed this to her nervousness,
thinking that she did not want him to leave
her until she was in the house.
The woman, however, suddenly drew her
arm from his, and, turning swiftly, disap
peared through the gate. Almost simulta
neously be was confronted by two men.
While one of them crowded close up to him
and took hold of his coat collar, the other
demanded what he was doing there. The
gentleman opened his mouth to explain,
but before he could do so he received a
blow on the side of the head which nearly
stunned him. He tottered and fell against
the wall, and when he picked himself up
the men were gone. So was the woman,
his gold watch and chain and #23 in money.
The house where the robbery occurred
was uninhabited, and had been selected by
the robbers as the place where they could
do their work undisturbed.
It all happened so quick that the victim,
oven ome with surprise, could not make an
outcry. He was so confused when attacked
by the men that he did not know what to
say, in fact, they did not give him time to
do or say anything. W hile they were hold
ing h m” one of them discovered the watch
and chain and the money in the other
pock* t. They then dealt, him a blow, and
at the same time relieved hi n of his money
and valuables and dis ippeared, like the
woman, who evidently waited somewhere
in safety after having led her game into a
trap.
Weather Indications.
Special indications for Georgia, Al-
FAIR rbarna, South Carolina, and West
lern Florida: Fair weather, sta
tionary temperature, winds gen
erally from south to west.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah. Aug. 14. 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
1 Depart ure 1 Total
Mkan Temperatpkk from the Departure
Mean Since
for 15 years Aug. 14. 'B7. -1- or Jan. 1,1887.
81 0 | 81.0 0.0 443.0
Comparative rainfall statement:
Mean Daily Amount Deprtire
Amount for for Meau Since
lb Aeai-s. Aug. 14 87. or _ j an . i, 1887.
.26 ! .00 .26 8.760
Maximum, temperature 92.0, minimum tem
perature 78 0.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o'clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was 10 H feet—-a fall of 1.8 during the past
twenty-four horn's.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing Op. rn., Aug. 14 1887. 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. | Average.
j N Jb of Max.! Min. Rain
lions.[Temp Temp fall.
1. Wilmington 10 88 70 .34
2. Charleston 5 92 70 .22
3. Augusta IS 94 70 .05
4. Savannah 9 04 70 ID
5. Atlanta 0 94 70 00
6. Montgomery 7 94 68 00
7. Mobile 7 98 68 .00
8. New Orleans 10 94 72 .00
9. Galveston 21 36 76 .00
10. Vicksburg 2 94 74 00
11. Little Hock i2 98 70 00
12. Memphis 19 96 72 00
Averages
Observations taken at the seme moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah, Aug. 14, 9:36 p. M.. city time.
Temporal ure.
| Direction. 5|
Velocity. F j
| Rainfall.
Name
or
Stations.
Portland 64 W [ Clear.
Boston I 64; S 4VI Clear.
Block Island 66 SW Clear.
New York city ... 70:SW iCloudy.
Philadelphia 70 S j Cloudy.
Detroit 68 S {Cloudy.
Fort Buford 64 NK .. . 14jFair.
St. Vincent 60 28[Fair.
Washington city.. 70S E [Cloudy.
Norfolk 74 E ( Clear.
Charlotte 78 8 Fair
Hatteras 74 E 8 .... Clear.
Titusville 80J E 8 .... [Clear.
Wilmington 70[S W|..l [Clear.
Charleston 78|S W;. J [Clear.
Augusta 80; E 8 [Cloudy.
Savannah 78jS E 6 .... [Clear.
Jacksonville....... 7KjS E; 6... .Clear.
Cedar Keys 84[ E >74 (Clear
Key West.... 81 fE 1 ... Clear.
Atlanta 64 SW, 6 . Clear.
Pensacola 82; W ' Clear.
Mobile 82 S W Clear.
Montgomery 82 S [Clear.
Vicksburg 82 S W Clear.
New Orleans 80S E| 6|... .[Clear.
Shreveport BG[S E[..j. Clear.
Fort Smith ]||[
Galveston 84 S [l2! Fair.
Corpus Christ! 88 S E; Hi.... [Clear.
Palestine 84 S E[l2[ Clear.
Brownesville 78 S K Clear.
KioGrando .... | |
Knoxville 78 N E Clear.
Memphis 82[SWj..i [Clear.
Nashville 80 S Fair.
Indianapolis 76 S ..[ 01 Cloudy.
Cincinnati SO.NEL.j 01 Raining.
Pittsburg 72;NE;..| [Clear
Buffalo 68[ W |. [Cloudy.
Cleveland 6s S E Cloudy.
Marquette 60 NW .. 01 Raining.
Chicago 68 N E j ... Cloudy.
Duluth 62 N E ~ Cloudy.
SI. Paul 62'.... . .. Cloudy.
Davenport 74 N K Clear.
Cairo 84 S W Clear.
St. Louis 86; W : Clear.
Leavenworth... . 76 W ; Clear.
Omaha 74 N K (Clear.
Yankton 72 N K [Cloudy.
Bismarck 66 E .. Clear.
Dcadwood SOjNEj.. 20 (tuning.
Cheyenne .. 56 NW .. .OiClear.
North Platte 74; E [ 10 Cloudy.
Dodge City SOI 8 I . ... Fair.
Santa Fe 36; ..(..{.... Fair.
G. N. Salisbury Signal Corps, U.S. Army.
"‘Buchu-Paiba.”
Quick, complete cure, all annoying kid
ncy, bladder and urinary diseases. sl. At
druggists.
"Rough on Bile" Pills.
Small granules, small dose, big results,
pleasant in operation, don’t disturb the
stomach. 10c. and 25c.
"Rough on Dirt."
Ask for “Rough on Dirt.” A perfect
washing powder found at last! A harmless
extra tine At article, pure and clean, sweet
ens, Mfwhens, bleaches and whitens without
slightest injury to finest fabric. Fuequaled
for fine linens and laces, general household,
kitchen and laundry use. Softens water,
saves lalsir and soap. Added to starch pre
vents yellowing. 5c., lOe., 25e. at grocer s
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars for
Atlanta.
The Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad have put on Pullman Pal
n<'o Sleeping Cars between Savannah and
Atlanta. Berths can be secured at Bren’s
ticket ofiioe, No. 22 Bull street, or at the
ticket office at the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway passenger station. Trains
leave Savannah at 7:35 p. m., mid arrive at
Atlanta 7:20 a. m. the next day.
$5 Boys' Suits Reduced to $2 50.
In moving to the northeast corner Con
gress and Whitaker streets, we huve laid
one sid", to dear out, 100 Boy’s Suits, every
one of them costing *5 and over. Have re
duced them down to $2 50 per suit. Come
and look at them at the Famous.
At tlio Harnett Hons*:, Savannah, Oa.,
you get all the comforts of the high-priced
no els. uud save from 81 to ti! per day. Try
it and bo convinced.—Boston Horn* Jour
lift/
Removal.
The Famous New York Clothing House
has removed to 141 Congress, northeast cor
ner of Whitaker street.
BAKING POWDER.
Aialjii in Ml Mite
“ Royal,” only, found free from lime, alum, and
phospliatic acid, and absolutely pure.
Under the direction of the New York State Board of Health,
eighty-four different kinds of baking powders, embracing all the
brands that could be found for sale in the State, were submitted
to examination and analysis by Prof. C. F. Chandler, a mem
ber of the State Board and President of the New York City
Board of Health, assisted by Prof. Edward G. Love, the well
known United States Government chemist.
The official report shows that a large number of the powders
examined were found to contain alum or lime; many of them to
such an extent as to render them seriously objectionable for use
in the preparation of human food.
Alum was found in twenty-nine samples. This drug is em
ployed in baking powders to cheapen their cost. The presence
of lime is attributed to the impure cream of tartar of com
merce used in their manufacture. Such cream of tartar was also
analyzed and found to contain lime and other impurities, in some
samples to the extent of 93 per cent of their entire weight.
All the baking powders of the market, with the single excep
tion of “Royal ” (not including the alum and phosphate powders,
which were long since discarded as unsafe or inefficient by pru
dent housekeepers), are made from the impure cream of tartar of
commerce, and consequently contain lime to a corresponding
extent.
The only baking powder yet found by chemical analysis to
be entirely free from lime and absolutely pure is the “Royal.*
This perfect purity results from the exclusive use of cream
of tartar specially refined and prepared by patent processes,
which totally remove the tartrate of lime and other impurities.
The cost of this chemically pure cream of tartar is much greater
than any other, and it is used in no baking powder but the
“ Royal.” t
Prof. Love, who made the analyses of baking powders for
the New York State Board of Health, as well as for the
Government, says of the purity and wholesomeness of “ Royal”:
“ I have tested a package of ‘ Royal Baking Powder ’ which
I purchased in the open market, and find it composed of pure
and wholesome ingredients. It is a cream of tartar powder of
a high degree of merit, and does not contain either alum or
phosphates or any injurious substances.
“ E. G. LOVE, Ph.D.”
State
or
Weather.
OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPORT
Or the City of Savannah for the Week End
ing Friday, Aug. 12, IHh7.
Whites. I •Bl'ks&CTd
ranspß nf Death ° v, ' r Uu- I Over lUn
Causes or Death. 10 derlo | lO de ,. 10
M. F. M. F. M l F.: M. jF.
Brain, water on 1 ...
Catarrh.intest,.ffastro 1
Childbirth { 1 1
Cholera infantum 8, 1
Chi ilera morims 1 ...! ,
Consumption, Innas j 1 , 3
Erysipelas j 1 ... I
Fever, malarial 1
Gastritis . 1
Heart disease 1 ;|...|. ..j... ...
Heart, mitral insuf’y 1 ... j.
Intestinal obstruction 1 . . ...
Marasmus. 2
Rheumatic irout 1, !
Undefined L.l .. 1 3
Total 1 3 It: 4'... 16 8 4
RECAPITULATION.
Deaths in city—Whites, 13; blacks and col
oretl, 13; total. 26. Exclusive of accidental
drowninx, 1 male adult.
SUMMARY.
Whites. [Colored. H
Ages. —i 3-
M. jF. M. IF.
Under 1 year 2 2 4
Between 1 and 2 years 2 li 13
Between 2 and 5 years 1 12
Between 5 and Id years < 1 1
Between 10 and 20 years 1 .... 2 8
Between it) and 30 years 1 1
Between 90 and 40 years.. . | 2 13
Between 40 and 50 years. ; 1 ! 1 2
Between'si and 00 years.. 1.... 1 1 ... 1 1 2
Between HO and 70years | l li lj 3
Between 70 and years 2 2
Total ! 7 1 6,| s| 10 20
Population—Whites. 20,075; blacks and col
ored. 10,1 1 1; total, 45,760.
Annual ratio per 1.0.10 population for week—
Whites, 25.3; blacks and colored. .35.5.
j. t. McFarland, m. n„
Health Officer.
“Let Her Go’ Galluarher."
Remaining stock of
9ENTS’, YOUTHS’ AND BOYS*
SUMMER CLOTHING,
NECKWEAR,
FURNISHINGS
Must go at anybody's price to make room
for our
FASHIONABLE FALL ANI) WINTEIt STOCK.
NUF CED.
101 Congress Street,
B. H. LEVY & RRO.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars for
Asheville.
Passengers for Asheville can secure berths
in ttirough Pullman Palace Bleeping Cars
nt Bren’s ticket office, No. 88 Bull street, or
at the ticket office at the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway jsissenger station.
Trains lor Asheville leave Savannah at
12:8i! p. in., and arrive at Asheville 7 a. in.
the next day.
Removal.
The Famous New York Clothing House
has removed to 144 Congress, northeast cor
ner of Whitaker street.
U'DDEV BATES 9. M. H.
FO RTH E ASK IN G
VtrHILR OUR TEMPLE OF MUSIC AND
ART proves a satisfaction to us in every
way that a well regulated business venture can
to those who are interested, we desire that the
public fully know what can be obtained from
our immense stock. Those who ask, or evca
road as they run. know that we sell all goods
offered at prices which compete with the oldest
and best kiiowd houses in the United States.
But as many of our friends greet us with the
expression: “That they have for years bought
our Pianos. Organs, Musical Instrumepta, Band
Music, Music Books ami Sheet Music of you,
but I did not know you now dealt in so many
pretty and useful articles." Now that the good
people living outside of Savannah might knovf
the glad tiding* we have prepared extensive and
handsome Catalogues of our fourteen different
departments, ami have sent them broadcast
throughout the length and breadth of the South,
and to any who may have been slighted or any
who may desire a Catalogue of any of our
different departments we say, “for the askino
we w ill gladly furnish." To those who reside in
Kavannah we say come and see us. You are
welcome, and wo will do all in our power to
make your visit a pleasant and profitable one.
Asa feature, we an* at present enraged in a
special s and * of Framed Pictures, this to enable
us to make room for now goods now on their
way. Among some of the new goods already
received our Amateur Photographer’s outfit is
selling well and very f.w pictures can soon be
made by any 10 year-old child. Tissue Paper
seems to sell weo, and we have an immense
stoek and are selling retail at wholesale prices.
• lur stock of tine Stationery continues to create
Quite a bree/e, and well it may. as no such as
sortment has ever been shown before in the
South. Another feature of our business which
seems to please the public is our cosy Waiting
Room in the front < f our store. Our Sheet
Music custom* rx especially find this a groat con*
venienee, os the magnificent Pianos afford ample
and luxurious opportmi ty of trying new piece®,
and we never nccl.'ue t*> show a customer ju#
h**w a pi**ce sounds when they express a desifJ
to have us run it over for them. In fact, “fo.i
thf. aski mi” wo will do mud any and ©very*
thing that our customers can desire, excepting
sell for anything but cash (“excepting, of
course. Pianos and Organs, they can be bought
on easy terms > and change our price, this
being impossible, as wo always sell at the low
est prices known and at one price to all. Try us.
I— &. B- S- M. H.
FOOD PRODUCTS.
FOREST CITY MILLS.
Prepared Stock Food foi
Horses, Mules, Milch Cows
and Oxen. Made out of pure
grain. Guaranteed Sweet and
Nutritious.
Bond,Haynes&Eltoi]
LUMBER! LUMBER]
r pilE undersigned ig now prepared to furuigi
1 Lumber of nil description*, accuralelj
sawed to fifty feet in length. Orders earnestlj
soikluxl. l'ruinutnesK giinnwteod. Mill •>,
A., I* uuil L. luulroad, thirteen miles treu
Americus. On. J. W HA ILKY,
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