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A MILLIONAIRE'S WIPE.
The Mother of the Present Vanderbilt
Family and Her Astonishing Career.
Prom the Philadelphia Press.
New York, Aug. 30.—Tbe other day, on
Fifth avenue, I saw a little woman, who, at
the lirst glance, would not tempt the eye to
rest upon her an instant, a plain everyday
little woman of the kind men of sense most
admire, of the kind that supplies the world
with good mothers and wives—one of those
quiet, modest ladylike bodies that one sees
so many thousands of in the big cities with
out really noting them unless a second
glance reveals the genteel plain
ness of their • attire, the trim
ness of their figures and the
almost shy pre-occupation of their minds.
Yet, if one lived in an age of marvels, or of
brigands, and tins unimpressive little figure
was stolen from tho city and held for ran
som, she could bring her captors twenty-five
millions, aye four times as much, and with
out impoverishing her family. For, as she
was pointed out to me, I was told
she was Mrs. William 11. Vanderbilt,
relict of the man who when he lived was
tile richest man on earth. And yet she
wore no diamonds, showed no glint of gold
or silver from head to feet, and she was
walking—like the rest of us.
Some few very rich jiersoas are interest
ing in spito of their wealth. She is admir
able apart from hers—in herself. Impor
tant, rather than interesting, is the word to
apply to her career. Neither she nor her
husband foresaw—perhaps they never since
thought of it —the consequence of her bring
ing into that stolid, accretive Dutch blood
the admixture of her distinctly different
temperament. She was a Miss Kissam,
daughter of an American clergyman, whose
stock was, I think, originally English. She
had the extreme good fortune to marry
Vanderbilt when he was working for
his father for *1,1)00 a year, poor dependent,
and as thoroughly in awe of thq old
Commodore as when he was a lad. She
married “Dill,’’ as lie was called, when he
had no thought of anything but farming.
Wedded thus to hard work, simple fare and
the proverbial Dutch duty of constant
motherhood, her husband’s ambition en
forced straightened circumstances upon
both, for, on taking full charge of the farm,
he heavily mortgaged the land to get the
means to develop it. In those years her
part was to work and save with might and
main and to feel the care and pain of a
rapidly increasing family. Amid these
circumstances her character devel
oped and amid them her girls and boys were
horn—all of them to work.
INHERITED MATERNAL TRAITS.
All their present millions would not buy
them what this gained for them, because
with those conditions came modesty, confi
dence—the discipline of childhood in the
tamily of a thrifty, hard-beaded working
man; ami their father was so much of a
workingman that it is the firm belief of
every Vanderbilt that he killed himself
finally by overwork. But quite equal to
this training was the mother’s blood in their
veins, w hich tempered the Vanderbilt na
ture and broadened it in channels leading
far away from tiie good enough, but al
together narrow, Hollandish qualities of the
Vanderbilts. Tho old Dutch stock of the
entire valley of the Hudson is all alike.
Its qualities—except the grossly sensual
ones—are mainly admirable and calcu
lated to keep the descendants far from the
poor-house. You see these people iu great
numbers in Albany, Newburgh and Pough
keepsie, and they are all heavy eaters, stal
wart drinkers, members of big taniilles and
rich. You do not see among them any love
of literature, ami, except a fashionable fond
ness for art, any public spirit that is not
either hard to move or ostentatious. All
distinct stocks, such as that, need leavening,
and that is what Mrs. Vanderbilt did for her
part of that stock. Her daughters arc some
thing more than mere women and she has
helped them int*> good marriages. The boys
are all better than mere money-grabbers;
they are ambitious beyond and apart from
that.
She bore Vanderbilt eight children: Mar
garet, now Mrs. Eliot F. Shepherd, Corne
lius, William K., Emily, noW Mrs. Emily
Thorn Sloane, wife of the great carpet
dealer; Frederick W., Florence Adele, now
wife of W. McR. Twombley, the pushing
Westerner, now in charge of some of the
heavier Vanderbilt interests; Lela, who
married Dr. W. Seward Webb, son of tho
old fighting editor, Dr. James Watson
Webb and now head of the New York Cen
tral Parlor Car Company, and George W.,
the eighth child and fourth son. Not a girl
has married what, in England, is called an
“aristocrat;” an idler. Every man-jack of
their husbands made his way in the world
before ho married a Vanderbilt. Tho boys
also took care of tbe.nselvos. The
two t 1 ier sons, Cornelius and
William K., want to enter public life—try
to imagino the Commodore or William If.
harboring such a thought, if you can. They
want to distinguish themselves among ana
for the people. Bat for the Hertry George
movement last year, one or the other would
have been nominated for Mayor by the Re
publicans; but the brothers lmd souse enough
to see what an ugly tiglit that would make.
Cornelius works hauler than most verv
poor men. Like President Cleveland,
he cannot leave details to subordi
nates. Ho is what you might call the
head of finance of the Vanderbilt system,
chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Central and Harlem, and deep in responsi
bility on the other lines. He is 40 years old,
and worth about. *75,000,000. When he was
W boy bis father got him a clerkship in the
bhoe and Leather Bank. He refused a tour
of Europe then because it would take him
from his desk, and he is just as assiduous
now, so much so that his friends fear lie is
hurting himself. Fancy a man wortli
*75,000.000 killing himself with work.
Queer world, isn’t it!
CHARACTERISTICS OE THE SONS.
William K. takes life much more easily
and holds lighter offices. -Still he has his
hands full and works every day, eleven
months in the year, as most men would
never dream of doing had they Ills enormous
pile. He got substantial training in bis
youth, also, as a clerk in the office of the
Hudson River road. Neither of these men
has any vice or any hobbies except that of
attention to business. Both go straight
home from their work, are true to their
wives and fond of their families, possess
libraries that they en ov and encourage
tlioig wives to devote "time and money
to worthy charities. Their younger brother
“Fred,” “the third boy, is credited with
being the smartest of them all. He is be
lieved to have turned the *13,000,000 he
startl'd with into *30,000,000 already. He
seems to havo inherited an uncommon share
of the genius of the old Commodore. Fred
revealed tiis talents before William 11. died.
Once' when the old man came home from
Europe, he found that his boys had all been
up to the nock in Wall street. William K.
and Cornelius were all tangled un, and
glad to interest their father and use ills ad
vice tb make their losses as tight as possi
ble. But when tho old man got around to
Fred, that youth remarked, “Don’t worry
nlxiut me; I’m not in need of help.”
Be had climbed ill on the oppo
site side of the market. He is
a sure-enough Vanderbilt, thouyh lie
is in debt to his mother for a fund
of amiability that was not u striking trait
with cither his father or the Commodore..
Tho wonder of the family, however, is
young George, who is 23 years of age and
of a literary turn. It is a little hard to be
lieve that of a Vanderbilt, but George is
distinctly a student, and ambitious to pro
duce literary work. He is to lie pitied for
his heulth, though, which is far from what
it ought to lie. He seems not to possess the
Vanderbiltian faculty of acquiring largo
fractions of tho earth, but hi 1 will never lie
poor. The Commodore left him a million,
and his father doubled it as his guardian.
For *1 his father doedod him the family
properly on Staten Island, and be is now
tfco keeper of tho family mausoleum, as
well.
Hire and there among tbe children the
mother's qualities may not shine, but they
are not lacking iu any of the family, and
all are bettor for the ponsesslon of them. I
tbiuk it vffi be found that tho world will
be better for it, also, because these new
\ anderbilts are all ambitious to distinguish
themselves as something better tbun mere
.mgnets possessed of the power to attract
A RETROSPECT.
If ever anyone’s thoughts were worth a
penny those of this mother of tho Vander -
bilts must be. How strange it must be for
her to recall her girlhood as the daughter of
a hard-worked, old-fashioned clergyman,
then to get, in her mind’s eye, a glimpse of
herself poorer yet as the wife of a cautious
Dutch farmer—and now to turn into the
marble court between tho solid bronze lamps
at the door of the grandest house in New
\ ork, with its wondrous gallery of paint
ings and statuary, and its appointments
unique in their elegance. Ten to one,
ns I said before, she’ has not
thought of what her lineage lias
done for her children, other than with the
proud reflection that all are virtuous and
talented men and women. One thing she
cannot help acknowledging to herself. In
the Commodore’s time it was as hard for a
Vanderbiit to enter the lists of what is called
society as for a camel to dodge through the
traditional needle’s eye, whereas since she
became tfie manager of the family fate, lo!
the name of Vanderbilt hus got there, while
certain other gilded names of millionaires—
I mean the bearers of them—are pale with
envy and weary with waiting.
In her having offspring, also, some of the
other magnates of finance that the simple
world thinks so fortunate find cause to envy
the little Vanderbilt mother. Russell Huge
and Ills wife, with all their millions, have
been left childless, and, unless I am illy
posted or forgetful, of all that coterie I de
scribed at the Western Union’s free lunch in
my last letter (Gould, Hugo, Dillon, Field
and Cornell) only Jay Gould is a father. In
all the old fairy and folk tali* it was the
rich who were forever sighing and plotting
for children, and it looks as if tho centuries
haven’t changed their luck.
Not all the old rules hold out so well,how
ever. Here are the Vanderbilts of the third
generation nearly all increasing their wealth,
tho Asters are managing their fortunes with
consummate shrewdness, and now young
George Gould is getting credit for amazing
financial ability. What becomes of the
proverb that “men save for their children
to waste!”
MARRIED AT 80.
An Old-Time Dancing Master Weds a
Bride of 08.
Prom the Philadelphia Times.
An old-fashioned couple were the last pas
sengers to leave tho ferry boat Baltic when
it ran into the slip at Market street, Cam
den, shortly after i) o’clock yesterday morn
ing. The man’s long hair was white as snow,
and his patriarchal beard fell in waves on
the bosom of his old-fashioned ruffled shirt.
The sun glittered on his patent-leather
pumps, that he hadn’t worn before for more
than twenty-five years, and his black cut
away coat, with its velvet collar, showed
that it was cut many years ago. His stove
pipe hat belonged to tho back-numbered
model of high huts that were worn by the
ancient swells of this city, and his cane, on
which he leaned heavily, was full of little
knobs like an Irish blackthorn.
Tho woman was dressed In the garb of a
Quakeress, and from beneath her old-fash
ioned steel-colored straight bonuet peeped
pretty silver curls. Everybody turned and
looked after the old folks as they walked
slowly up from the ferry.
HUNTING FOR THE ’(SQUIRE.
While tho old lady was smiling and chat
ting the old man kept constantly peeping up
through his silver-rimmed spectacles at the
signs swinging in front of the stores on the
north side of Market street. They stopped
at several shops and tho storekeepers came
out and pointed up Market street. Then
the storekeepers smiled anil watched the old
couple as they stopped two or three small
boys further up the street and saw the boys
ixiint their fingers still further up the street.
’Squire Schmidt, Camden’s German justice
was stroking his beautiful sorrel colored
whiskers in his cigar store and police court
on Market street, near Third, when he heard
a voice in the store say, “Well, Em, here it
is at last,” and in an instant the old-fash
ioned couple walked in. The old man made
a dignified salute and his quaint companion
made a courtsey. Squire Schmidt slipped
back of the counter and said:
“Strong or mild!”
The old man said he never smoked and
the two said in chorus, “We want to get
married, sir.”
Since the passage of the Pennsylvania
marriage law Camden ’Squires are prepared
for any surprises in tho matrimonial line,
and’Squire Schmidt quickly replied: “Cer
tainly.” He said that he knew they were
above the required age and supposed they
hadn’t eloped, and if they waited for two
minutes ho would call in witnesses.
FULFILLING AN OLD, OLD PROMISE.
’Squire Schmidt called in Barber Charley
Dreher, who keepß a tonsorial palace across
the way from the Justice’s office, anil law
yer Richard Ridgway, Jr., whose office is
near by, was also invited to come over to the
’Squires. They were the witnesses to the
tying of the nuptial knot, which was done in
’Squire Schmidt's most solemn and impres
sive way.
The groom said he was Charles Brooks,
the old-time dancing-master, who taught
many a Fishtown Ldle more than fifty years
ago to dance the “Herring Hornpipe” and
the “Kensington Swing” and the “Gunner’s
Run Racquet,” dances that were popular in
those days. He said he was 80 years old.
The bride was Emma Elrich, and she mod
estly said that the zephyrs of 08 summers
hail fanned her cheeks that no longer blush
like the roses. Before the Justice made them
man and wife Dancing-master Brooks told
a romantic story. He said he was about to
fulfill a promise he made over fifty years
ago.
She whom ho was about to make his wife
had won his heart over half a oentury ago.
They were lovers then. She was the daugh
ter of a well-to-do Jersey farmer, and was
one of the prettiest girls in all Burlington
county. He first met her at a harvest
home near the home of her girlhood. Her
sweet face and graceful figure captivated
him, anil after a long courtship they made
mutual vows of marriage. But the girl’s
father opposed their union, and not long
afterward they were separated. Bhe was
taken to Virginia, and he went West, and
so m both were lost to each other.
REUNITED AFTER MANY YEARS.
Some years later he came back to Phila
delphia and married. His wife iliod und he
was quietly living a widower’s life, when,
after a separation of almost a half century,
he discovered that his old love, Mias Elrich,
was living in Philadelphia. They soon
met. She had been constant always and
iiad nover married. They still loved each
other, and when she reminded him of the
promise of fifty years ago he proposed the
trip across the ferry yesterday.
WEDDED AND BLESSED BY THE ’SQUIRE.
When the old man had finished his story
’Squire Schmidt smiled, and then the knot
was tied. When tho good-natured ’Squire
had pronounced the last word the old man
kissed his bride, and the quaint old lady
leaned over and kissed anil hugged the
groom. Then ’Squire Schmidt said sol
emnly:
“Bless you, my children.”
The certificate was handed to the old lady,
and with hearty farewells the old couple,
locked arm in arm, started back for the
lorry.
Mother’s Smiles are tho Sunlight of
Home.
There would Ik* fewer cloud* and brighter
sunshine in many households if every dispir
ited, suffering woman realized what a boon
Dr. Pierce’s "Favorite Prescription” is for
all weaknesses and maladies to which her
sex is liable. No lady who gives this won
derful remedy a trial will lw disappointed
by the result. It not only act* promptly
upon all functional derangements, but bv
its rare nervine and tonic properties
strengthens and repairs the whole feminine
system. Price reduced to one dollar. By
druggist*.
THE MORNING NEWS; TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1887.
ARLINGTON’S QUEER TOWER.
Its Builder Expected to Go to Heaven,
but Went to Orange.
From the Xew York Evening Bun.
In the pretty village of Arlington, Hud
son county, N. J., there is a peculiar high
tower standing on the highest knoll in that
elevated part of the State. The structure
is of brick, over VK feet high, and is built in
a tubular form. Its breadth nt the base is
1(1 feet, but toward the top tho tower is ta
pemi. This odd edifice has been for more
than a quarter of a century a mystery to the
thousands who have seen it, whether on a
near or far view. Residents of the village
as well as visitors were equally at loss to di
vine the purpose for which it had been
erected. It was long held that the queer
tower had been the observatory of some
ascetic astronomer. Others nlaintaiin and that
during the late war it was utilized for the
purpose of a beacon light, but that seems
uncertain. Until very lately the people liv
ing in the village concluded that the tower
had been intended for water purposes, but
some thought that it was originally a large
chimney.
Yesterday a reporter made Ills way
through broad tracts of woodland and
acres of small brushwood from the Passaic
river read up the steep declivity and finally
set his admiring eyes on the picturesque
tower anil its immediate surroundings. At
first sight it suggests a resemblance to the
numerous round towers found in Ireland,
but unlike tho ancient Irish structures, the
Arlington tower lucks tbe conical stone
roof, and it is constructed of brick Instead
of stone. However, the building has iho
same loop-holes and high doorway of the
Irish towere. The lower half of the tower
is obscured by a dense growth of tall ever
green trees, but. tho upper portion of tho
building can bo oasilv seen many miles
away, owing to its altitude. Ascending the
huge stone steps which jut out at the base,
the visitor enters the tower through the
heavy wooden door. Opposite the entrance
is the foot of the spiral stairway by which
the former habitues of the place reached
the top of the tower. The interior has
no protection from the stormy weather, and
consequently the frail stairway has been
rendered very dangerous. With caution a
person of light weight can easily ascend
to the top. There Is built out from the brick
work on the summit a platform resembling
a low box, without a roof or other shelter.
Looking below him the visitor finds him
self amid the remains of a once magnificent
estate. Just west of the tower stands the
handsome old mansion, now untenanted and
desolate; broad grassy swards once trim
lawns; pretty - serpentine walks, trimmed
with box, and countless tasteful ornamental
shrubs and trees, now overgrown and nearly
hidden by weeds; numerous broken pieces
of statuary, yellow and moss covered, lie
sides several driedup fish ponds, where hun
dredsof goldfish once disported in the limpid
water, and the long neglected hothouses and
the capacious barns. And the ruin is to be
permitted to grow worse. But the specta
tor becomes wearied by the sight of this
lamentable decadence, anil ho turns his at
tention to a more cheerful prospect. Totho
east there stretches out lief ore nim a view
unequalled by any in New Jersey. New
York city, Hoboken, Jersey City, the im
mense Statue of Liberty, even Long Island
and the Sound can be seen distinctly. Look
ing westward the panorama is just us en
trancing, and the view obtained of New
ark, with adjacent towns, Belleville, Mont
clair, the Oranges, and the beautiful moun
tains beyond, leave an impression on the be
holder not soon to tie forgotten.
Llewellyn Haskell, the founder of the ele
gant and incomparable Llewellyn Park at
Orange, was the builder of the singular
tower, and at one time owned the whole of
the extensive estate. An old resident of
the locality tells of the time when the build
ing of the town was begun. “That was in
1843,” said he, “and I was a young man at
that time. W ith every body else I wondered
why he was building the tower, and when
wee considered Mr. Haskell’s fine taste and
his ample means, we inferred that the build
ing was for astronomical use. Asa good
and shrewd business man Mr. Haskell
was much esteemed, but he was
odd and fanatical in religion.
Usually of a retiring disposition, he became
uncommonly communicative after the com
pletion of ins tower, and he urged tho peo
ple of the place to become immediately ad
herents of Miller, whose widely published
notions concerning the nearness of the day
of judgment influenced such a number of
susceptible persons about the year 1845.
Haskell was an ardent Millerite, hence his
frequent exhortations. He told inquirers
that the tower was built to reach heaven,
anil that it surmounted every object
around. On the day designated for the end
of the earth, he ascended with his family to
the summit of the structure, anil (hey sut,
there, arrayed in immaculate white gar
ments, until midnight, ready for tho call.
But the day of judgment came not, and the
party doscended, taking tho disappointment
quite resignedly. Two of Haskell s children
died soon after, some people saying that tho
deaths were a result of u severe cold caught
by tiie children while seated in their flimsy
attire on the evening of tho presaged
last day. Every evening after the death of
her children the disconsolate mother would
go to the top of the tower iu order to com
mune with the spirits of her dead children.
After the ridiculous teachings of Miller bad
become obsolete and their influence had
been wholly abated, Haskell then became
un enthusiast iu Spiritualism anil seance*
wore regularly held in tiie old mansion. At
Inst he abandoned his home in Arlington and
went to Orange. • No tenant could be gotten
for the vacant mansion, and the elements
have since mode sad havoc of tho entire
plaee.”
HOW HE MADE A DOLLAR.
A Benovolent Gentloman’e Adventure
With an Impecunious Friend.
Prom the Missouri Republican.
A benevolent gentleman, whose office is
near the custom house, sat at his desk a few
days ago when ho was approached by a man
he hail known for several years and who
was once a prosperous business man, but
who had succumbed to a raging apatite for
drink aud was almost a total wreck.
“Lemma a dollar?” asked the wreck.
“I haven’t a dollar to loan.”
“Well, then, lnmme half a dollar.”
The benevolent gentleman impulsively
drew half a dollar from his pocket and
transferred it to the hand of the wreck, who
immediately prooeeded to tho nearest saloon
and invested it.
Presently a gentleman in nn adjoining
office called on the benovolent gentleman
and found him looking very much dis
heartened. He told the story of the recent
loon, and added sadly that ne couldn’t un
derstand why lie luul IkViIJ so foolish as to
give the wreck the means to mid fuel totho
fire that was Consuming all his manhood and
decency. Ho hxikoil gloomy anil dejected
until late in the afternoon, when lie stepped
into the ml joining office witli iiis faco
wreathed in a smile.
"I’ve solved the mystery,” ho said.
“What, mystery i” asked his friend.
“Why, how I happened to give that fol
low a half a dollar. You see when ho asked
me for a dollar I knew at once that I’d nov or
see it again if I gave it to him; but when be
asked me for half a dollar I immediately
thought of Franklin’s remark: ’A dollar
saved is two dollars earned,’ and, therefore.
I’m just a dollar ahead, Ig'causo I saved
half a dollar by not loaning him a dollar at
fir> SoeT’ •
es day the benevolent gentleman on
ten _n friend's office with a shade of sad
ness mantling his features.
“I’ve lost that man’s friendship,” he sold
as soon as he had seated himself.
“W+iat matif”
“Why my friend who borrowed half a
dollar from me tho other day. I met him
on the street just now and lie refused to
speak to me. He has iwen thinking of
Franklin’s motto and is mad liecause Inutile
a dollar out of Him."
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ITOR RENT, fine two-story house on Waldburg
1 street, second door from Drayton. For
particulars apply to THOS. BOWDEN, 214
Broughton street.
I "OR RENT, the new elegant brick house,
1 with all modern conveniences, 159 Perry
street, between Whitaker and Barnard.
FOR RENT, that fine residence fronting
south. No. 94 Gaston street, between Dray
ton and Abereom; three-story on basement,
All modern improvements, with servants' quar
ters and stable on lane. Rent low. Possession
Oct. Ist. Apply to DALE, DIXON & CO.
I TOR RENT, two desirable brick dwellings,
conveniently located. Apply 59 Harris
street.
IT'OR RENT, from Oct. Ist. splendid store No.
1 87 Bay street, situate in Hutchison’s Block,
next to corner of Abercorn: has splendid cellar
and is splendid stand for any business; second
and third stories cun tie rented if desired. A.
IL LAWTON. Jb., 1)4 Bryan street
Iso K RENT, that desirable residence, corner
Drayton and York streets, with modern
conveniences: isjnsesslon given immediately.
C. P. MILLER
I.’'OH RENT—cheap rent—store or dwelling
I corner Price anu Anderson streets. Apply
next door.
I."UR KENT, new bouses, with all the latest
I modern improvements; rents moderate.
Apply to BAL<>MON COHEN.
I TOR RENT, that desirable store 185 Brough
ton street, corner Jefferson; possession Oct.
Ist. C. P. Ml LUCK. _ _____
I NOR RENT, 145 Hull, on northwest corner of
Whitaker. Apply to Dr. PURSE, 140 Liberty
street.
FOR RENT Mist ITI.AM’OI'S.
I TOR RENT, one-half of office, 114 Bay street,
1 upstair*; immediate possession. JOHN
STON & DOUGLASS.
FOR SALE.
I TOR SALE, after fifteenth September, store
and dwelling corner Farm and Olive streets,
doing a three thousand dollar eusli business, to
good party; either for cash or long time; liooks
iqien for Inspection of Intended purchasers;
failing health of present occupant the only
reason for wanting to Hell. Call on or utldmss
JAMES MoGUJUE, No. 45 Indian street.
\ HANDSOME six-light gns chandelier for
sale very cheap. GAZAN, Bull corner
Broughton.
!TOR KALE, after fifteenth September, Store
arid ilwi lliug corner Farm ami Olive streets,
doing a three thousand dollar cash business, to
good p.uty, either for cash, or long time; books
open for inspection oT intended purchasers;
falling heallli of present occupant (tie only
reason for wanting to sell. Call Oil or address
JAMEB McGUIRE, No. 45 Indlan street.
I -OR SALE, tugboat I8x!8. length 71 fret,
I’ beam 17 feet, draught hL£. Tug now run
ning; a rare bargain. Address M. A. LAWTON.
Jh., 58 Cortlandt street, N. V.
ITOK SALE. TEXAS HORSES largest ami
I lies! lot Texas Horses ever brought here.;
1 Ite and ISW hands high; ail gentle stock. At
COX S STABLES.
ITU It SALE, Isitbs. Shingles. Flooring, Ct iling,
Weatherboarding and Framing Lumber
Office and yard Taylor ami East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 211. RKPPARD A CO.
I.’'OR SALE. ROSEDF.W Ixila. 00 feet on
I Front street along tho river and MW feet
deep, at *DI". payable ft) cash and *l2 50 every
six mouths,with intense. Kl VE-ACItE 1/its in the
TOWN OF KosKDKW, with river privileges, at
floe pa vubl *2ll cash and $5 every three months,
with Interest. Apply to Vn. FALLIUANT, 151
South Broad street, *J to 10 s. *. daily.
xTRAYKD.
qj TKAYED OK STOLEN from my stable, small
it 14 ick Hti i tan dog, answer* to the name of
”Bee.” I " ill give a iiocral reward to anyone
for iidorrna ion liiul while id to his recovery.
TUGS, BOWDEN.
I'IIOTOGHA PHY.
CPI ct \L NOTICE PHOTOGRAPHY In. -
I’ redm-'il Petite* $1 50, Cards *2. Cabinet
*8 per down, and larger work in the same pro
I or Lor
J. N. WILSON,
Si Bull street.
LOST.
IOST, a nooket>x>ok containing commission
J in the Spanish lanjftuige; only of use to the
owner. Mr. Daim K. Lurtimi A reward if
n''turned to the office of BUTLER Si STEV&NB,
85 Bwy hi root.
HO AUDI NIL
| i j MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK. 43u-
I I I periof hoard. Eligible room*. Moderate
prices. Many Southern references.
Mlsc KI.I.AM Oi s.
ORIOKLY HEAT and chafing is cured by
I freely using "Borucino" Toilet And Nursery
Powiler.
NOTICE, The Improved “Mall" Type Writer
can now he bought on easy monthly pay
moots; the work done by this machine is equal
to any; on exhibition at Schreiner's Music
House. ROBERT VAN WAUENEN, Agent.
N'O drink Ims equalled the celebrated Egg
Phosphate servdU byG. M. 11K1DT fc CX>.
\\7AN TED, customers for Pond Lily Toilet
y\ Wash. I’sod at the White House daily.
An indiApensahleluxury for the toilet and bath.
Trade supplied by LIPPMAX BROS., Savannah,
t la.
in RETURN TUBULAR BOILERS and En
1" gmos cheap ami good. GEO. R, LOM
HARD A CO., Augusta, (in.
PAIR 55 H i* DOUBLE ENGINES cheap
I (> Kt >g I (>MB \ Rl> \ co.. August
ii P. RETURN Tl BUtAlt B< d!d:i: for
i V sule Cheap. GEO. R. LOMBARD £OO.,
Augusta. (Ja.
Li nm.N a BATES s. m. ii.
“The United States Leads the World
in the Art of Manufac
turing Pianos.”
The piano, after more than a cent ury and
a half after its invention, has become the
leading instrument of music throughout
Christendom. Thoro are at least fifty
thousand men employed in their manufac
ture, and as many as a hundred thousand
are matte every yoar. An average piano
requires one hundred ami twenty days of
labor to complete it—a slow and tiresome
process for the work of one man’s hands,
but in Germany they are still so made.
Although the United States now turns out
many thousand pianos a year, fifty-five
years ago scarcely fifty wero made, annually.
Almost every household now regards a
piano as essential to happiness; for we have
long since passed the age of simplicity of
our forefathers, and the ago of luxury has
fairly set in—and we rejoioo that it is so.
What a wido Held is open for the manu
facturer, and what inducements to carry
improvements of the piano to the highest
state of j>erfection. The variableness of our
climate renders it of the first importance
that our pianos should be made in the most
thorough and substantial manner, and wo
certainly can claim that our American
pianos arc the, best in the world.—Musical
World.
The question of the superiority of Ameri
can pianos over those of foreign make is
Indisputably settled and needs no discussion,
wlule in prices the odds are likewise largely
in our favor.
For demonstration call and examine the
line of American Uprights wo offer at $2lO,
ssSfi and SSO.
They Cannot be Matched at the
Price in this or any
other World.
L. & B. 8. M. H.
IVRIrnKIKQ GOODS.
(Jo to LaFar’s New Store
AND SEE HOW CHEAP HE SELLS
Summer liats.
I IaVE your measure taken
At the same timo, and
r r
1 ItY a set of his excellent
OHIIITS made to order.
lV r WHILE THERE INSPECT HIS LINE OF
Unlaundmkd shirts,
Monarch dress shirts,
Boston oakters in silk and cotton,
liuRIIER GARMENTS OF ALL KINDS,
it M BROIDEREA NIGHT HIIIRTS.
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS AT ALL PRICES.
L/ISLE THREAD UNDERWEAR
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF SCARES
Shawl straps and hand satchels,
Anew line of HAMMOCKS, with PILLOWS
and SPREADERS, just In; also a lot of NEW
BATHING SUITS, at
JLi aFar’s,
29 BULL STREET.
PAINTS AND OIL"'.
JOHN Gk BUTLER,
11/TIITE LEADS, COLORS, OII.S, GLASS,
V> VARNISH. ETC.: READY MIXED
PAINTS: RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL
SUPPLIES. ."ASHES, DOORS, BLINDS AN.
LUILDERH' HARDWARE. Sole Agent Tor
GEORGIA LIME, CALCINED IT,ASTER. CE
MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER.
6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia.
K.t cm Ml lil’itv, 1865 c
Home, Sign and Ornamental Painting
I EXECUTED NEATLY ami with <li ;>atoh.
> )*, nis, Oil*, Varnishes, Brushes, Window
{;ins *‘H, etc., etc. intimates furnished oriu{>-
plication.
COitAKU CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS.,
Roar of Christ. Chun ii.
‘HOUSEHOLD A M MOM A.
Household Ammonia
JT softens the water and remove# the dirt.
Excellent for cleaning Imlr brushes, silver,
jewelry, paint, marble, etc. Also a good dlsin
foctant and a cure for insect bltea. An in
valuable article in every family. Id pint and
quart bottles.
A. M.&C. W. WESTS
l. a. McCarthy,
fine-lessor to Chas. E. Wakefield,
FLOWER, GAS ami STEAM FITTER,
4# Barnard street, SAVANNAH, UA
AUCTION SAI.FA TO-DAY.
~By I. D. Laßoche’s Sons.
THIS DAY, at 11 o’clock, in front of store;
30 BALES HAY, 10 BARRELS FLOUR, 3
BOXES PEAKS, LOT CANNED GOODS, FUR
NITUKK, Etc.
AUCTION -alls future days.
Costly Furniture At Auction.
Daniel R. Kennedy, Auctioneer.
WEDNESDAY, 24th, at 11 o’clock, at my store,
171 I Jay street,
ELEGANT MIRROR. BOOKCASE. HIDE
Board, beautiful parlor set. iiat
rack, sewing table, extension dining
TABLE, LG I NGE. DINING CHAIRS. LARGE
FAS’! ROCKER, CHILD S HIGH CHAIR. RE
krigeratgr. marble top tables, bed
steads and STuV EH
—AI.MO anothrb lot—
PIANO, PARLOR SET, SIDEBOARD CHAIRS
and WARDROBE, HANDSOME LOUNGE.
—AI.BO
TINWARE, BLANK BOOKS, BUGGY, ELK
VATOR, Etc.
•Hi.we wantin*? to purchase flue furniture
should attend i hi-' gate.
Fine Locate! Property
-A/b Auction.
Daniel R. Kennedy Auctioneer,
Will sell on the FIRST TUESDAY IN SEP
TEMBER, at Court House,
Lot No. Ml Charlton ward, size liiOxDO feet, sit
unteil on the northeast comer of Tattnall and
Huntingdon streets, with improvements, which
consist of a brick building formerly used as a
Mission church. This is a fine piece of realty,
and faces 190 feet on Tattnall street. Can be
treated for at private sale.
AVERY COMFORTABLE HOME
AT AUCTION.
Daniel R. Kennedy, Auctioneer.
1 will sell at the Court House, on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER:
Lot and improvements, situated on the south'
wcni corner of Perry and Reynolds streets: the
dwelling, which is two stories on brick l>aMo
ment, Is in good repair and contains eight
rooms, nicely arranged for comfort and conve
nience; inctal nof, large side piazza ami water
In yard. Adjoining the above there is a small
building, recently used us a store. < twner leav
lug the city reason of sale. Terms cash Fee
simple. Title perfect. Can be treated for at
Private sale.
AUCTION NOTICE.
H AVING disposed of my grocery stock, I will
hereafter devote my entire time to my
auction and real estate business. Goods received
at any time and sales rendered directly after
each auction sale.
DANIEL R. KENNEDY,
174 Bay street.
GUARDIAN’S SALE
I. D. Laßoche’s Sons. Auctioneers
By virtue of an order granted by the Honorable
tbo Court of Ordinary of Chatham county,
Ga., will celt before the Court House door,
<lurini< the local hours of sale, on TUESDAY,
the tSth day of September, IHB7, for niuiute
nancc, support and educational purpose*.
One (1) share SOUTHERN BANK STOCK.
DWIGHT L. ROBERTS,
Guardian for Mary W. Roberts, Minor.
LEGAL SALES.
Orric?n Shkriff of City Court of Savannah, f
August iHt. ]HB7. f
T TNDKH and by virtue of anexwnjtlon laming
out "i tb<t honorable tilt City Court of
buvannnh, ut toe July term thereof, in favor of
Till: SAVANNAH REAL ESTATE COMBANY
and against HUE BE ANN HARVEY, I have
loviod iiu the following proiwrty an the nrofierty
of said PiltEBE ANN HARVEY, to-wit: All
that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying
and being in said county and State, and know n
as subdivision "C” of lota forty-four and forty
live (44 and 4ft) Middle Oglethorpe word, said
subdivision “C" fronting twenty-eight, feet eight
inches on Lumber street and running buck
ninety feet, together with nllandHingul.tr lie
hereditaments, rights, mcinlierN mid uppurte
na ces to the kuiuo belonging, or In unywiso
npiMMttf ining.
Ami I will well the same before the Court
House door, in Chatham county, on the FIRST
TUESDAY, lieing the tith day of Hepteinbor
next, betwven the legal hours ot sale, to satisfy
said execution. Property {minted out by plain
tiff s attorney; person in possession, being do
fendant, notified of levy.
L. L. HOOD WIN, Sheriff C. 0 H.
Office Sheriff of City Court of Savannah, )
August. Ist, IMK7. (
I TNPKR and by virtue of an execution issuing
I out of the honorable the City Court of
Savannah, at the July term thereof, in favor of
THE (’HATH \M JtKAL ESTATE AND IM
PROVEMENT COMPANY’and ncuiMKi HENRY
WIEHKB,I have levied on I tic folio win i prop
erly itK the property <ff sold MK.NHY WIKI IRS,
to wit: All that lot, tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in said county and
State, ami known and distinguished on the map
or plan of the city of Savannah oh lot nttmlwT
fifty-four (54 1 (IhiHtaw want, situated on the
corner of Luml**r and Sims streets, iu said city,
and being fifty by ninety feot in dinienMiuns, to
gether with all and singular the bcrediUumntn,
rights, memU*rs arid appurtenances to the name
lielonging. or In anywise appertaining.
Amt I will sell the Maine before the Court
House door, In Chatham county, on the FIRST
TUESDAY, being fbft (Ith day of September
next, lift ween the legal hour* of Male, to satisfy
said execution. Property pointed out by plain
tiff's attorney; person In |*osseH*lon, Isdhg de
fendant, notified ->i levy.
L. L GOODWIN, Sheriff C. C. H.
Office Hiikkiff of City Court or Savannah, (
August Ist, thH7. f
I r NDKIt and by virtue of an execution issuing
1/ out of the honorable the City Court of
SavammJi, at the July term thereof, in favor of
THE CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM
PROVEMENT COMPANY and against
('HAItLKS P. SMALL, 1 have levied on the fol
lowing proiyerty as the |ropcrty of said
(JH A ItLEH IV SMALL, to wit: All that lot. tract
or naive I of land situate, lying and being In
mi<i county and State, and know n an lots num
bers nine (ft) ami toil (10) >f C. J. Hull's sub
division of lota numbers thirteen (18), fourteen
1 14), fifteen (Ift) and sixteen (Ift) Wyby ward, us
appeirs in County Records Book 4Kk, |<j. 11)1,
etc., together with all and singular the heredita
ment*. rightN, rneifiliera and uppui fenaneea to
tin* same in-longing, or In any wine appertaining.
And 1 will sell the huiik U*fore the Court
House door, in (liatham county, on the FIRST
TUESDAY, lieing the tjtb day of September
next, l*tweon the legal bourn of Hale, to satisfy
Kidd execution. Property pointed out by plain*
titra at turner; prraon in poasetisloii, l>eiiig de
fendant, notified of levy.
L b GOODWIN, Sheriff C. C. H.
LEGAL NOTICES.
(VEORGIA, Chatham Couxty. Notice in
M hereby given that 1 have made n|>plJeation
to the Court of Ordinary for Chatham county
for order to sell lots numbers seventeen and
eighteen in Kelly ward, city of Suvanimii, lie
longiug to estate of WILLIAM HARRIS, de
eea-w*.l, for the payment of debt Hand distribu
tion, and that said order will lie granted at
SEPTUM HER TERM, IW 7, of said court. iiuUmr
objections are filed. HOSE A MAXWELL,
Executor NY ill of William Harris, doceiued.
Arorar Iht. IHK7.
FOB RENT.
An Elegant Private Hotel.
IITE offer for rent, iMmucwdon Ootober lilt,
* f t.l“ moat desirable private hotel iiroiM*rt,y
in Macon, Georgia, known on the HTuBBER
FIELD HOUSE, contains Aft located one
block from the busine.H centre, and on the moat
deairublo residence street in the city, ooiivenient
to railroad depot, o{iera house, street carb,
bchoolx and churches.
Houm* now ti 11 of excellent iHsmlsrs who will
remain under a good management.
Rent moderate. K<>r furthir particulai-K
address L. IWTES r Ji. HORN®,
Macon, Uaoi'iP*.
C. 11. DOn.SKTT’S COLUMN.
THE BUYERS
ARt MANY
■—uu JU—
THE SELLERS
ARE FEW.
The demand for Realty continues very good.
Many inquiry's fail to materialize into buyers
on account of the very poor ofTeringn.
There Is a groat demand tor low’ priced lot*,
say from S9OO to SI,OOO. Also for a few choioa
well located lota.
The principal demand is for residences, loca
ted in good neighlsjchoods, ranging in value
from $1,500 to SI,OOO and $5,000.
A few SMALL FARMS or FARMING LANI>
near t he city, from ten to thirty acre* in extent,
could bo easily placed at FAIR PRICES.
A Few Additions
TO THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN MAD*
RECENTLY, TO WIT:
A Yury Elegant Rcsidonoo lares rooms, high
ceilings, all the conveniences expected in a first
class house. Located in ail aristocratic neigh
borhood.
A full lot on South Broad Street Facing
North.
A Two-Story Residence on Green square. Thl
Is a Bargain at fifteen hundred dollars.
An Elegant Lot 60x1ft", in Southeastern Seo
tlon, for eighteen hundred dollars.
A I,ot 30x01, on Second Avenue, near Barnard,
for St*. No City Taxes.
A Lot on Montgomery street, njar Second
Avenue, for $025.
Not far from the I’ark, a three-atory brick
house, containing eight rooms, and a two
story brick house In the rear. The whole prop
erty will produce S3OO per annum. Can bo
bought for SI,OOO.
Fine Lot on Jones street. 80x100, next to
Schwarz's Bakery; has two small dwellings on
the lane. Price $6,500.
Five Acres (unimproved) on the Coast Uno
Railroad, between the Cltjr and Bonaventure.
There Is a certain profit to subdivide this into
cheap lots.
A comfortahfc Two Story Residence and Store
near S., F. and W. Railway, fer $6,200.
lot 30x103 on Henry street, near West Broad,
in nelgbtiorhood just built up with good holies.
S4BO.
A Two Story Wooden Dwelling, good locality.
In northern part of the city, convenient to Bay
street and the Market, for $24100.
A Two Story House In Yauuicraw for SBOO,
Also two One Story Houses for SI,OOO.
The Large Double Two Story Residence In the
northwestern corner of Bryaji and llaliersham
Streets, for $3,500.
Two (’hcan Lots south of the city, near the
Dillon Purchase, each 40x69. S6IXI each.
A Snug Cottage Home earner of West Broad
and Henry streets. Lot 10x55. Price $6,000.
A Splendid Water Front, magnificent oaks, sc
cesslblu by railroad. A moat desirable site for
a residence.
A Three Story Brick Residence, with fourteen
rooms; location good. Price $5,000. A genuine
bargain.
A Neat Comfortable New Dwelling, four bed
rooms, parlor, dining room and kitchen; pump
In the yard; lot 30x 115; south of Anderson
street. No city tax for seveu years. Prioe
$1,500.
A lot 80x100 for six hundred dollars; $l5O csß*
and balunco monthly.
A Lot on Hall street, near Jefferson, 32x130
for $1,050; three hundred dollurx cash and long
time on the balance.
MF*Prompt attention will be given to any In
quiries, by mail or In persois
c. i om,
Real Estate Dealer
150 HAY.
N. B. I haw for rant a flno now atom an,
rrwM.nco on tho corner of kebt Eioad aj*
GwinuoU *uteU.
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