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8 PORT CHARCKS TOO HIGH THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES RE FUSE TO PAY THEM. They Claim They are a Duty on Ton nage, and Therefore Unconstitutional —They are Willing to Pay the Port Warden’s Fees, but Nothing More— The City Issues Executions Against Eleven of the Vessels. The shipping interests and the city au thorities just now seem at loggerheads over the question of port charges. The matter has been one of dispute for some time, and a few weeks ago it culminated in a formal announcement from the Oman Steamship Company to the city officials, tlrnt it would not pay any more taxes of that kind. This action was followed later by the Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation Company of Baltimore, through its agents James B. West & Cos., of this city, Joseph A. Roberts & Cos., and others. Mr. Joseph A. Roberts was seen yesterday and he outlined the general com plaint of the vessel owners in this way: Taking the Mayor’s report of 1885, he opened it and pointing to an item in the Treasurer's report, said. “1 here’s one objection in a nutshell. The city jiaid that year for a Harbor Master and the expenses of his office, $1,581 15. The fees received from the shipping amounted to $12,117 GO. Now the city taxed its shipping interests far beyond the needs of the harbor master's position. Look at last year's rejiort—receipts $12,144 73, and only $1,690 75 paid the harbor master. A constitutional, question. “In the first place, tho city has no right whatever to tax the commerce of this port. The constitution expressly says that ‘no State shall, without the eonsentof Congress, lay any duty on tonnage,’ etc., and this strictly guards our interests. Of course a Harbor Master is absolutely necessary, and the ship owners don’t object to paying tho proper fees to such an officer, but they do object to paying SIO,OOO or $10,500 over and above the officer’s salary. This extra amount is turned into the city treasury and is used tor paying off the police, repairing streets and similar purposes. There is too great a disproportion between these two items, and it is dearly a tax upon com merce, and it conies within the constitu tional limits, and we certainly think the city has no right to force the collection of any such tax. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. “This point has been decided several times, and always in favor ot the vessels. In Charleston they had a similar ordinance and when its enforcement was attempted it was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme ' Court Tha Supreme Courts of Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and other States have passed on this question and uniformly the same decisions have been rendered. Tfee item is a serious tax on ships coming to this port. It costs the Ocean Steamship Company about $4,000 per vear, and practically they receive noth ing tor it lu return. They will make a test case of it, and then it will be settled for all time. But 1 tell you,” continued Mr. Rob erts, “it will be a lively fight, for the ship owners have too much at stake not to do all in their power to secure what they re gard as their rights." THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE. Mr. Samuel B. Adams, the corporation attorney, was next seen and asked if the steamship companies had refused to pay the harbor dues. “What have you beard about it,” was the rather non-committal reply. When informed that the reporter had the entire story, he smiled ana said: “Well, there's not much in it. The Ocean Steamship Company sent a formal no tice to the Mayor, I believe, some weeks ago to the effect that they would not any longer pay the usual harbor fees. The city asked for my opinion in the matter, and I looked it up carefully. Tho two prin cipal questions asked were: (1.) “Dia the Legislature give the power to the city to en force the collection of such fees; and (ill was the ordinance constitutional ?” To both I answered in the affirmative, the opin ion in the matter covering six teen pages closely printed on the type writer." When asked regarding the decision in the Charleston case, he remarked that the ordinance of that city made the fees de pendent on the tonnage of the vessel, which was in direct conflict with the laws. He ex plained, further, that the city ordinance here charged so much per running foot of the vessel's measurement over all. EXECUTIONS ISSUED. “What steps have the city taken?" was asked. “An execution has been issued against nine of the Ocean Steamship Company’s vessels,” Mr. Adams replied, “and throe of the Baltimore line. The executions were not served, of course, as there was no wish or desire to emliarrass their business, but the Mayor notified them so they could make their defense. It really is a tost ease, and when decided, will effect all vessels entering this port. I suppose the steamship compa nies will file a bill and the preliminary procedings will be in the (Superior Court, probably.” When asked regarding the city’s position or plan of action he laughed and said it would hardly do to fully inform their oppo nents of its tactios at this stage of the case. It* grounds were good ones, however, he added, and he felt confident the city’s ordi nance would be declared legal and opera tive. A DOUBLE TAXATION. Mr. G. M. Sorrel, manager of the Ocean Steamship Company, on being interviewed on the question, said the company only in sisted on their rights. They bad iieen pay ing large sums for severul years past, and finally decided to stop it, fully believing that the harbor fees were illegally collected “You can see,” he said, “that as we pay out some $3,700 to $3,800 yearly for harbor fees, it is quite an item for the company. It is contrary to the constitution to tax tonnage, and yet that is just exactly what this amounts to. We were willing to psy our share of the harbor master’s salary, but the sur plus is really too great just now. We pay our city taxes, and then they’ tax us again in this way, discriminating against the steamships. This certainly'is not fair. Yea, this is a test case, and we hope it will settle the matter fully for all time.” Messrs, Lawton & Cunningham are the company's attorneys and thsy have full charge of the matter. Mayor Lester was also seen and his opin ion asked. He took a decided stund in l'uvor of the city, and folt sure it had a perfect right to enforce such an ordinance. He said the question wus a very important one and it had been looked up carefully. The opinion was also expressed that the wording of the city ordinance would make it legal. THE ORDINANCE. The ordinance in question is headed, “An ordinance to provide for defraying the ex penses of the harbor master and for the con tinuance of the improvement of the river and harbor of Savannah; to provide for the collection of certain chargos and fees and to re|jeal existing ordinances on the subject of harbor and harbor master’s fees so far as icy oonfltet with this ordinance.” The following is the gist of the ordinance: “All fore and aft schooners and ocean steamers regularly running to this port, ns f jackets, shall pay sc. per running f<x>t of ength over all measurement ; square rigged vessels and transient ocean steamers 10c.” Rteatners runuiug regularly as packets be tween Florida, South Carolina or on any river in this (State, are also charged 6c. [>er foot, payable quarterly. All the others shall pay tho charge* within forty-eight hours after their arrival. Section 2 pro vides that when the few are not paid on presentation, if duo, such fees or charges Khali lie doubled and execution shall l>e Issued. This was paa*, I March Hi, 1178. The ordinance of July 17, 187*, read that the charge should be mo much per foot., lor •very foot of draught of the vessels, at the time of arrival. One point made by the city was that right after the war fully £lOO,OOO was expended by the city authorities in improving the river and harbor. The only return from this is the yearly fee* paid by the vestels tliat have the lieneflt of all that work. The ! question has aroused a deal of interest in j snipping circles mid the progress of the | case will be watched closely. THROUGH THE CITY. Items Gathered Here and There by the News Reporters. The polio© made five arrests yesterday. Four were for disorderly conduct, and one negro w as hauled in for stealing a pay-cheek of the Ocean Steamship Company. There will boa teiiqieraiice reunion ineet ! ing at Park Hall Monday evening, Sept. 5 and recitations are on the programme, and also un address by Ilev. T. T. Christian. Maggie Lae, who was committed to jail on Aug. 28, charged with assault and bat tery, was before Justice Waring Russell yesterday, and as she gave bail she was re leased. The concert of the Oriel Quintette club, of Augusta, to-morrow night will doubtless be a very enjoyable one. The singers come well recommended and their programme is an attractive one. Minnie Ward, who was jailed the other day for stealing some jewelry from Mrs. Middleton, is likely to get into more trouble. Mrs. Doty, the lady she worked for, reported yesterday, the loss of a costly diamond ring, and she seemed to think Min nie had stolen it. Messrs. A. It. Salas & Cos. cleared yester day the Norwegian bark Arendal for Bris tol, with 1,50 barrels of spirits turpentine, measuring 84,802 gallons, valued at $25,500, and 1,078 barrels of rosin, weighing 489.1)55 pounds, valued at $1,025. Total valuation of cargo, 827,425. THE OYSTER SEASON BEGUN. Some Points About the Life and Habits of the Bivalve. “Give me half a dozon raw am) a small stew,” was the order a Morning Nkws re porter heard yesterday as he was dining in a market restaurant. This fully introduced the R month, and consequently a dealer was at once seen as to Savannah’s trade in this delicious inhabitant of the briny deep. “Where do the oysters that supply this market come from V' was the first inquiry made. “Why, from all along the coast, from Daufusky Island to Doboy. There are good beds all along the coast and from 7, 500 to 9,000 gallons of oysters (opened) are brought in wee'^y. Further questioning brought out tho fol lowing pointe: There are several hundred persons who get thoir living entirely in the oyster season by oystering, and they make fair wages. There are only tnree or four firms in the city who wholesale oysters, and they receive an average of 500 gallons per day each during the season, October to April. They supply nearly all the restaurants in the city, as the native oyster is liner and cheaper than either the Florida or northern bivalve. Besides this they supply an immense de mand in interior Georgia, and in Alabama, Tennessee and other contiguous points. Boston is about the only port North that receives auy large amount of Georgia oysters. In November large shipments are made, the oysters being packed in barrels, after- being opened, and forwarded in that condition. The weather being cool then, they keep well and fair prices are realized. ’lnis suason the oysters are juicier and bet ter than any time previous at so early a date. Tho immense quantity of fresh water that was poured into the salt creeks, bays and sounds along tho coast, made a brackish combination that this shell fish delights in. Tho result is oysters that please the epicures. Orders are already coming in faster than they can be filled. The oysters at Thunderbolt and Skidaway seem to be the favorites, and are generally larger and totter filled out. Savonnahinns are gener ally good patronizers of this festive and popular dish and the restaurants are good customers of the dealers. Altogether the study of tho oyster is very interesting, and the partaking thereof greatly more so. HE RAISED THE COW. But He Raised Himself so High that He Landed In Jail. A few days ago Mack Holaway (colored) had a fine cow in tow. He showed J. C. Zeiper and J. W. F. Hester the fine bovine, and extolled her excellent qualities. At last a bargain was struck, though it pained Mack exceedingly to part with his dearly loved pet, “’as I done raised her, boss.” She was purchased for $l5, Mack receiving $lO 50 and instructions to call around in a day or two for the balance. Zeiper and Hester kept the cow for several days, not desiring to kill her just then. Mack did not make the promised call for his $4 50 but instead London McNichols also colored, slowly ambled up one day and to the disgust of iiessrs. Hester and Zeiper, declared that that was his cow. He had raised her from a calf, and the other fellow had only “raised" her as Mark Twain did chickens. As ho brought two creditable witnesses who swore as to hia ownership of the animal, he se cured the cow. Mr. Hester then came down to Justice Sheftall’s office and he and McNichols swore out an affidavit against Mack. It was learned that he was at the six-mile bend of the Charleston and Savan nah railroad, and officer Nathans rode out ami captured him. When arraigned before the Magistrate he maintained that he “raised’’the cow. The Justice thought his raising was decidedly bad and com mitted him to jail to await the convening of the City Court, when he can explain to Judge Harden his method of “raising” cows. Messrs. Hosper and Zeiper are out $lO 50, but they have se cured that amount of experience, so they say they are even. MODELS FOR THE EXPOSITION. Savannah Steamships Represented' at the Philadelphia Celebration. Gen, Sorrel, of the Ocean Steamship Company, sent to Philadelphia yesterday, on the Juniata, two models of steamships. One represented the steamship Savannah that was built in 1818 by a Savannah firm, and was the first steam vessel to cross the ocean—a queer looking craft, with huge un covered paddle wheels hanging over her side* like old-fashioned water wheels. The other model respresents the trim and beautiful steamship City of Sa vannah, one of the handsomest vessels afloat. They both will la* borne in the grand procession at Philadelphia next week, when the Quaker City pro|*>se to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the adoption of the constitution. Certainly these two models show to n great degree the wonderful progress made since the applica tion of steam navigation. The Bay Street Bill Smothered. Tho bill to confirm the compromise agreed toby the city on one side and Wilcox, Gibbs & Cos. and the Wnldlmrg estate on the other, regarding the title to tho part of Bay street west of the City Exchange, came up for discussion lieforethe Judiciary Com mittee of the Legislature on Friday. Rep resentative W. W. Gordon appeared before the committee ami oppos<d the bill on the ground tliat the property in question was a part of the public domain, and the commit tee decided to re|>ort adversely on the bill. This will probably result in the case being tried In the courts. Bucklen's Arnica Halve. The host Raive In the world for cuts, bruiw*, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever .tores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and posit ively cure* plies, or po pay require I. It Is gum" anitje'l to give perfect hm*lsfaction,or money refunded. Price 35 cents tier box. For sale by J Jppitutn liru*., druggists. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1887. PIERRAT STILL IN JAIL. He ia Unable to Give Bond—A Queer Notion of the Haw—The Forged Sig natures. Tlie atVahle Frenchman, M. Rotort Pier rat, is still is durance vile. One of his countrymen made an effort to secure bond for him yesterday, tail he did not succeed, and although he sought the aid of several of his own countrymen he could not find one who would risk his ducats upon Fierrat’s promises not to run away. Pierrot has an elegant prospeet of remaining in jail until his ease comes up before the Superior Court next winter. He was very uncomfortable all (lay yesterday and he" worried a great deal over his confinement, more than he would if to did not labor under the impres sion that if he could see Mr. Barrie he could fix the whole matter up. He believes that he could induce Mr. Barrie to have mercy upon him and not to prose cute him, ami he thinks that if Mr Barrie does not wish to prosecute that he wiU to released. He does not know that, being charged with a felony, he cannot be re leased by any other means than by the con sent of the Superior Court, and \it is not often that a court will consent to release a man charged with felony, particularly when he has confessed the crime. Pierrat has a fieeuliar notion of forging, aud while he acknowledges that ho signed ot.her men’s names and collected his commissions on the forged subscriptions he does not think that lie was guilty of forgery, tocause he did not imitate" the real signatures of the individuals. He thinks that the imitation of a signature, not the signing of a name not his own, constitutes forgery, but he will know more atout the law cover ing that point before he is out of his troubles. Mr. Mackall has selected from the sub scriptions that Pierrat sent to Barrie more than fifty that he knows to tie forged, and he has them fastened together in one bunch. To turn them over and look carefully at the signatures reveals an amount of cunning tliat no one would have accused Pierrat of. None of them are at all like the signatures of the men they were in tended to represent, nor are they like the signature of Robert Pierrat," which appears on the back of each of the slips. Pierrat writes a free, graceful hand, and his own signatures are all alike, as would to the case with one who is called upon to write his own name frequently. Every one of the forged signatures, however, aro dif ferent, and while there is a foreign look about the writing of them all, there is evi dently a reason for the style of the ehii-og raphy adopted in each ease. A German name is signed in an angular hand, the let ters tall and sharp, conveying the idea that the writer is accustomed to using the pointed alphabet of the German. Allot the French names are written with a finely pointed pen. Some of them are full and round, while others are as dainty as the writing of a woman. The American names are signed in all sorts of ways. Some are written with a stilt) pen and the lines are very heavy—others were written with jiointed pens and they vary in their style. Some are shaded and others are not. Tnere are signatures of every kind and variety in that little tell-tale bunch, and no two of them are enough alike to suggest that they were written by the samo hand. While Pierrat does not exhibit a very great degree of skill as a penman, he cer tainly has the power of writing pooriy in a number of different styles, and this power is what has enabled him to carry on his de ception for so long a time without detection. Mr. Barrie is having all the subscriptions that Pierrat sent in examined, for he does not know how many are fraudulent. Some of the names signed are those of men who have been dead for a long time; others of men who are out of the city in various parts of the country or in Europe. So far as the matter has lieen investigated. Pierrat's steal foots up between 8250 and S!WO, but it is probable that a thorough investigation will increase that amount largely. THE OGLETHORPE CLUB’S BAR. The Question Whether It is Subject to a Liquor Tax ia Raised. The question whether the bar at the Oglethorpe Club is subject to the payment of a license has been brought before the city authorities. The club has about 170 mem bers, and it’retails liquor to them in much the same manner that drinks are sold in public places. The Mayor consulted the proper counsel on the subject and the conclusion reached was that the club ought to pay a license to the city for the privilege of selling its members drinks. The Mayor addressed a letter to the President of the dub informing him of the conclusion arrived at and asking him to remit to the city the amount of the license. No reply has toon received, and it is not yet known what po sition the club will take in the matter. It can, of course, refuse to pay the license and allow the matter to go te the courts, and tho city would not be displeased if it should do eo. Clubs have main tained always, and in ali cities, that they were not subject to a liquor tax. as the bar is for the use of monitors only, and is there fore private The action of the Oglethorpe will to watched with interest, for if by pay ing tlie license it acknowledges itself subject to the retail liquor tax, its bar will then come under the Sunday law, and will to closed up on that day. If it does not make the ad mission the case will to mkon into court aud the matter decided there. The saloon keep ers complain that they are forced to close their bars on Sunday, while the bar at the club is permitted to remain open. STABBED ON THE STREET. A Wounded Man Refused Medical Add Because He Had No Money. • Joe Houston (colored) was stabbed under the left shoulder blade, about 10 o’clock last night, in the neighborhood of Henry Sem ken’s store, on tho corner of East Broad and Bay streets. He went to the store to pur chase some groceries for his mother aud met a mulatto, who, after a few w ords, and without any provocation, stabbed him, in flicting mi ugly wound. Houston wont to tlie police barracks and reported the affair, hut tiie police authorities were unable to do anything for him. He then went to a physician to have the wound attended to, lmt tho physician rofusod to dress the wound unless lie had the money to puy for it, which he did not have. A FLEEING BU RGLAR JAILED. Jim Paulabury Arrested Here Charged With an Augusta Robbery. A negro named Jim Saulsbury was arrested here yesterday and committed to jail by Justice Russell to await the arrival of an officer from Augusta. He and Gus Perkins are charged with robbing the store of Dorsey Lee, an Augusta Chinese grocer, Aug. h. Lee married a sister of Perkins, who was a clerk in one of Lee’s stores. Aug. 8 the store was broken into ami a few uems in change, some cigars ands ttuiioii of keys were missing; also, Perkins nndHtiulsbnry. They were suspected and traced to this city. They came here, but tlie former left for home, and lie lias Imca arrested in Au gusta Saulsbury denies any knowledge of the robbery. Consumption, Wasting Diseases, And general debility. Doctors disagree as to the relative value of Cod Liver Oil and Hv pophosphitss; the one supplying strength and flesh, tlie other giving nerve power, and acting ns n tonic to the digestive and entire system. But in Ncovr’s li.vn i.siuN of Cod Liver Oil with Hvpophosphltos the two aro combined, and the effect is wonderful. Thousands who have derived no permanent lieneflt fis mi other piV[irntions have licet) CUltad by this. Scott's Kinul slon is iierfcctly palatable and is easily di g"t©d by those who cannot tolerate plain rod Livin'Oil. In" (• and Spider* Scarf Pin at Bel singer . .4 VVhitoi.er street. THE WAV OF A HANGING. EXECUTIONS NO LONGER CON DUCTED IN PUBLIC PLACES. The Secluded Cell Haa Superseded the High Gibbet -The Death Cell in the New Jail - The Fatal Trap Doors and Hoxv They are Manipulated. The first man who was hanged in the Dutch colony that settled New York w-as hanged by the waistband of his trousers, ac cording to Washington Irving, and since that time there have been almost as many different kinds of hanging as there have been executions. Years ago a hanging was greeted by as large a crowd as comes into a country town on court da>, but the senti ment of the people has turned against public executions, and by degrees they have become more and more private, until now there are few who see them. This, of course, is the case in the cities. The senti ment which has driven executions into pri vacy has not yet reached the country where still one may witness the high gibbet sur rounded by an incongruous crowd of that class of humanity which permits morbid curiosity to drive it whither it will. HANGINGS IN THE CITV. The hangings were driven from the most open spot in the city, where the largest number could collect, into the jail yard, and only those who could gain entrance there or could perch themselves upon a convenient roof or in a neighlioring tree, witnessed the taking off. This period in the history of executions was followed by one which was marked by the ticket system. Only the bearers of the black-bordered cards which were issued by the Sheriff could gain access, and in the course of time the number of cards of admission that the Sheriff issued was limited to a very few. Now, however, hanging has reached tho climax of secrecy. All the new iails that are building have within their walls a cell for executions, and in that cell is room for but few, outside of the Sheriff, the spiritual adviser aud the Sheriff’s deputies. The uew jail of Chatham county has such a cell, and never again will the public of this city witness a hanging. The jail is entered on the Habersham street side. Tho visitor, or future occupant, as the case may be, enters directly into the offieo and passes through a door to the right and into the jail. Just by the door is a short flight of stairs that leads to the second story, and, mounting these, he finds himself facing a corridor that runs the entire length of the jail, and into which all the cells open. A CELT. OF DEATH. The cells are all alike in appearance, but the first one on the right is the one that will have a history liefore many years, for in it will be enacted the last scene and the tragic ending of more than one misspent life, ft will witness the expiation of the high crimes that can only be atoned for by death. It differs in nowise from the others save that two lines in the floor, extending entirely across the cell, mark the outline of two swinging doors. The cell is about 10 feet long and 6 feet wide. In front is tbe door, and in the rear are iron gratings. On tlio sides are brick walls. The ceiling is ar:-hed, and in the centre is an iron ring hanging in the eye of a bolt that extends through the ceiling and is firmly caught on tho floor above. In the floor can be seen the trap doors. They are 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. When they aro in position they form a part of the floor, but when tbev are released they fall with an ominous clank against the walls of the cell below. Upon the lower side of one oi them is a double bolt that slips into slots in the permanent part of the floor and the other door rests upon it. THE FATAL LAST LINK. From tho lever, upon which the bolts work, runs a light, but strong, steel chain. It passes through an aperture in the wall ana is attached to a lever arm that is fastened against the outside of the cell in the hall. Suppose that the doors are in position, the bolts holding them fast and firm. Then go to the hall, out of sight of the cell and whatever it may contain, and catch hold of the lever. Pull it with a firm hand. It will slide about an inch, but scarcely has moved when the harsh sound of the iron doors hanging against the walls is beard. That is the way that murder - dei-s will be hanged in the hew jail. No curious throng of idle gazers will grow interested in watching the last ago nies of the dying wretch who shall be called upon to suffer for his wickedness, for not more than a dozen can find place from whence to see him as the cap is drawn over his head and the rope placed about his neck. They will not watch, as they like to do, the face of tlm Deputy Sheriff as he places one hand against the knot and draws the ropo through to tighten the noose around the doomed man’s neck. They will wait anxiously through those brief seconds, which seem so long, between tho final adjustment of the rope and the fall of the trap. GHOULS AT A HANGING. All this is pleasant to some people, and they like to compare each execution with some other they have seen aud render a ver dict whether the hanging was neatly done or whether it was a bungle, for, like Dennis in “Barnaby Budge,” they say: “I've seen many on ’em worked off, an’ I likes a clean, neat job.” To be deprived of this privilege will be hard on this class of people, but the authorities follow public opiniou iu thinking that open executions are demoralizing. The class that witnesses them is far too apt to make a martyr of the creature who suffers, and thus, perhaiw, others have been led to the committal of kindred crimes by the sympathy expressed for tbe criminal executed. It has long been a matter of dobate whether surrounding a hanging with mystery and preventing that strange out]>ourof sympathy, will not have a more salutary effect upon person* criminally disposed, than by permitting the re-enactment of the scenes that have so often occurred about a. scaffold, aud it seem* now that people have doeided in the affirmative. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. The day of an execution will lie known, of course, and around the jail will lie gathered the same old lover* of the gallows who attended the public hangings, but they will only wait about to stare blankly ut the outer walls and speculate ufsm the fate of the murderer who is to die. They will not lie interested in watching how bravely ho mounts the stops of the scaffold, nor can they see whether his muscles twitch nervously as he stands waiting for the trap to fall. They will only know that a man, guilty of the gravest of offenses against, society, is guilty, led into a a dark cell, and there, without the false bravery that the presence of a multitude of onlookers inspires, ho is put to death. A death that is surrounded by mystery can cause no other foelin„ than one of horror and that is why the secluded cell has suc ceeded the high gibbet with it* accompani ment of rioting. ’Buchu-Pftlba.” 'Quick, complete cure, all annoying kid ney, bladder and urinary diseases. sl, At druggists. "Rough on BUe” Pills. Hinnll 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 |iowder found at last! A harmless extra fine At article, pure and clean, sweet ens, freshens, bleaches air I whitens without slightest injury to finest fabric. Ullequaled for Hue linens and luces, general household, kitchen and laundry use. Hof tell* water, saves lalsir and snap. Added to stari-h pre vents yellowing. 6c., 10c.. 26c. at g rovers CHURCH SERVICES. [Notices of services in other churches are pub lished by request on Saturday.] St. John's Church, Madison .square.—The Rev. George W. E. Fisse will officiate D. V. today as follows: Morning prayer, holy communion and sermon at 11a. m ; evening praver at (5 p. m. Sunday school at sp. m. .Wednesday evening service at 5 o’clock. Christ Church, Johnson square, Rev. Thomas Boone, rector. —The thirteenth Sun day after Trinity. Morning Prayer. Ser mon and Holy Communion at 11 o’clock. Sunday school at 5 n m. Evening service at 6 o’clock. . On Wednesday evening ser vice at <5 o’clock. Christian Church, Bolton and Howard streets.. T. E. White, pastor. —Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. ill. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 8 p. m You are cordially invited. Seats tree. COLORED. St. Phillip's A. M. E Church, S. H. Rob ertson, pastor. —Hundajp morning prayer meeting at 5 o’clock. Preaching at 10:30 a. ni. bv the pastor. Sunday school at 1:12 p. in. Monthly communion at 3p. m., Baptism of children and reception of candidates for membership. Preaching at Bp.m. by the pastor. Local Personal. Mr. Alfred Dobell is expected in the city shortly. Justice R. W. Pelot, of Hardeeville, 8. C., was in the city yesterday. Maj. McLeon, the well known railroad contractor, left last night for a week’s trip to Florida. Messrs. K. Platshek and N. Frierson leave for New York to-day on the Charleston and Savannah. Mr. John Lyons leaves to-day by the Charleston and Savannah railroad for a short vacation in the North. Among the Marshall House arrivals yes terday were C. E. Rawls, Macon; C. M. Chase Thomasville: Miss Alice Brown, Wadley; S. D. Smith and wife and five children, Athens; C. H. Beckwith, Glen more ;“R. R. Yonge, Atlanta; J. H. Pate, Sanford; B. A Hart, South Carolina; L. R. Battlo, Paxton: C. C. Gordow, Rudds ville; W. W. Exiord, New York city; Janies Ball, Philadelphia; J. Nanmore, Jacksonville; Harry A. Allen, Virginia. At the Pulaski House were A. J. Pendle ton, J. W. Murphy, R. S. Williams, C. T. Chase, Philadelphia, Pa.; Miss Ida L. Sydner, J. C. Carpenter, C. I). Munday, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. J. Willmer, Guyton; J. Surens, Wm. Chandler, Bartow, Flu.; N. F. Wilcox, Charleston, S. C.; J. L. LePrince, T. F. Davis, R. H. Wolfendule, C. S. Dabese, T. J. Taylor, New York; D. U. Monligert, Hot Springs. At The Harnett House were John D. Wil liams, Cave City; G. S. Fleetwood, J. B. Andrews, Georgia: B. J. Crawford, Talla dega, Ala.; George McDonald, E. F. Rich ardson, Jewett City, Conn.; D. J. Holmes, Harwich, Mass.; R. Rowell, Cincinnati, O.; H. R. Cushing, S. D. Gresham, Baltimore, Md.; J. L. Phillips, Sanford, Fla.: W. H. Puckhabcr, H. 11. Puckhaber, Charleston, S. C.: J. R. Flannigan, Louisville, Ky.; R. Raveuel, Cincinnati, O.; W. F. Walker, J. H. Swift, New York; A. C. Sprague, Phila delphia. Charleston Glimmers. Mr. Stephen R. Bell has returned to Charleston, after spending nearly five months abroad. Mr. Bell sailod for St. Pe tersburg, Russia, in April last, by the Brit ish steamship Cerdic, Capt. J. McKenna, and after visiting the Russian capital trav eler! with the Cerdic. visiting Sweden, Den mark, Italy, Turkey and Russia in the Black Sea, and returned homo via England. Lieut. Abbott, who is in charge of the jetties, said Friday that about 2,700 cubic yards of stone were put on the jetties dur ing the month of August, the continuous heavy winds and sen preventing any at tempt at doing work after Aug. 17. There is only about £40,000 more to be expended before work will be suspended, it being deemed liest to reserve the small balance in hand to make repairs that may be necessary before another appropriation is made. It is not very likely that the appropriation men tioned will be available before next July. To-morrow will be "‘Black Monday” for hundreds of school children in Charleston, although a targe majority of the city school children will not resume their studies until Oct. 3. The schools which will tie reopened on Monday next are the Catholic schools, the pupils of which have had holiday since July 1. The vacation in the public schools did not begin until the latter part of July. The following is a list of the schools that will reopen on Monday. Academy of the Sisters of Mercy, Meeting for girls; Cathe dral Parochial school for boys; St. Patrick’s Parochial school, Radcliffe, for boys; St. Mary’s Parochial school, St. Philip, for boy’s; St. Joseph’s Parochial school, Anson, for boys: St. Mary’s Central school, for girls: Cathedral tfight school, for males, with 80S pupils. All the parochial schools are now thoroughly equipiied, and since their opening early in the present year have been well attended. The splendid weather with which September opens wil: doubtless attract large numbers of pupils, and ail in creased attendance is exjiocted on Monday. Games Yesterday. At Boston— Boston 3 4 2 1 4 0 o—l 9 Indianapolis. 8 0 0 0 2 3 0 3—ll Base Hits -Boston 31, Indianapolis 15. Errors —Boston 12, Indianapolis 24. Game called at the end of the eighth inning in order to catch the train. At New York — New York 0 0 1 00 0 0 B—lo Detroit 1 0 3 05 0 3 o—l 2 Bose hits —New York J 5. Detroit 10. Errors— New York 12, Detroit B. Game called at the end of the eighth inning on account of darkuess. At Brooklyn— Brooklvn 20023 2 20 B—l 4 Louisville 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 3—9 Base hits— Brooklyn 22. Igiuisville 17. Errors —Brooklyn 3, Louisville 6. At Philadelphia—First game— Athletics 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 o—9 Cincinnati 08230 3 00 s— ll Earned runs—Cincinnati 9, Athletics 8. Bh e hits—Athletics 11. Cincinnati 18. Errors—Ath letics 1, Cincinnati 0. Second game— Cincinnati 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0— 6 Athletic 0 1 8 5 4 1 0 1 x—ls Bose hits—Cincinnati 12. Athletic 22. Er rors—Cincinnati 7. Athletic 5, At Washington—Ten innings. Washington . ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4—5 Pittsburg ( 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Base hits Washington 12, Pittsburg 8. Er rors—Washington 8, Pittsburg 8. At Baltimore— Cleveland 00 00 00 0 0 0— 0 Baltimore 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 x— 8 Base hits -Baltimore IS, Cleveland 4. Errors —Baltimore 3, Cleveland 5. At Staten Island, (first game, six in nings)— St. Louis- 33 2 R 8 I—2o Metropolitan 112 10 8— 8 Base hits St. Louis 22. Metropolitans 14. Errors -St. Louis 5, Metropolitans 11. Second game (with changed batteriesl— Metropolitan 020001 1 0 o —4 St. Loui* 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 x— 7 Base hits Metropolitans 12, St. Louis 15. Er rors Metropolitans!!, Bt. Louis 8. At Philadelphia— Philadelphia 24001250 o—l 4 Chicago 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 3 Base hits - Philadelphia 22, Chicago 10. Er rors—Philadelphia 1. Chicago 5. Worth Knowing. Mr. W. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake City, Fla., was taken with a severe Cold, attended with a distressing Cough and running into Consumption in its fir it stages. He trier! many so-called popular cough remedies anti steadily grew worse. Was reduced in Hesli, had difficulty in breathing and was unable to sleep Finally tried Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption cud found imme diate relief, and after using alxmt a half dozen Uittlcs found himself well, and has had no return of the disease. Nonthur rem edy can show so grand a ret sit'd of cures as Hr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion. GiiHrnnteed to do just what is claimed for it. Trial bottle free at Llppman Bros.' drug store. New lino of fall tuck puff and plait Bcarfi at Hettinger's. 34 Whitaker street Altmayer’s Budget. 50 pair solid color Cashmeres, new shades for early fall wear, RJbjc., worth 30c., at Altmayer’s. 100 dozen check linen Towels, full size. BJi c -> good value at Li'.jc., at Altmayer’s. 150 dozen solid color and black Hose, full regular made and fax*- colors, a big drive, 21c., worth 35c., at Altmaver’s. 35 dozen Gents’ Unlauntfried Shirts, linen bosom and bands, at 35c., reduced from 40c., at Altmayer’s. 100 dozen Gents’ fancy Satin Scarfs, new fall styles, linen back. 35c., at Altmayer’s. 1 lot Gents’ fancy Flannel Shirts, tourist style, plain and plaited bosoms, (15c. and 75c., worth £1 and £1 25, at Altmayer’s. 500 pair Boys’ Knee Pants, sizes 4 to 13, 25c., worth 50c., at Altinaver’s. 100 more of those Boys’ Kilt Suits, sizes 2 to G, at 75c., reduced from £1 35, at Alt mayer’s. 150 dozen Ladies’ Chemises, well made, trimmed with lace, 75c., at Altmayer’s. 35 pieces check Crash Toweling 3}..jc. at Altmayer’s. 10 cases Boy’s tine Calf Shoes, button or lace, sizes 1 to 5, $1 50, worth $3 50, at Alt mayer’s. (1 cases Ladies’ French Kid, Button Shoes, sizes 2)4 to 0, $3, worth £4 50, at Alt mayer’s. 13 cases Gents’ fine Calf Shoes, seamless, button, lace and elastic, $3, at Altmayer’s. New arrivals in Dress Goods, new arrivals in Hosiery, new arrivals in Handkerchiefs, new arrivals in every department at Alt' mayor's. Fall Clothing Beginning to arrive. Ready to show a nice selection for early fall wear, also fall Over coats. They are nicer and prices lower than ever, to show our customers that we have removed to the northeast corner Con gress and Whitaker streets. The Famous New York Clothing House manufacture all the clothing they sell, dealing direct with the consumer. We save every one who buys of us at least 35 per cent. Get this Under Your Hat. ‘‘The solemcholly days have come, The saddest of the year, When latest styles are coming in, And the old must disappear.” The English of it is that to have room, and wide room at that, for fashionable Fall and Winter styles, our only object for an en suing short period is to get rid of our re maining summer stock of Gents, Youths and Boys Fine Clothing and Furnishings. “Any price” or “your price” are our mot toes.* The goods must go. At the same time take a look at our superb stock of Jaeger’s System Underwear and Over shirts. The Centre of Gents Fashions, 101 Con gress street, B. H. Levy & Bno. Broadway Silk Hats just out at Belsiu ger’s, 34 Whitaker street. Umbrellas. Gloria, wears better than silk, for £3 50, silver-tip £3, gold-tip £3 50, Ginghams from £1 upward, all selling low to show our patrons that we have moved to the north east corner Of Congress and Whitaker streets. ¥ Stiff Hate just out at Belsinger’s, 24 Whitaker street. Boys’ Knee Pants for 25c. Iron-clad pants, ages 4to 13, the Famous New York Clothing House is selling for 25c. a pair in order to show the boys their new store, northeast corner Congress and Whit aker streets. Hats for the Fall. The Famous has received the latest styles Hats for fall, selling them cheap in order to call attention to their removal to the northeast corner of Congress and Whitaker streets. Anything needed for Men’s wear at Bel singer’s, 24 Whitaker street. The President Has not decided to come to Savannah, but all the housekeepers have decided that the Mutual Co-operative Association is the place to buy the best goods at the lowest market prices. Give us a call and compare our goods and prices before buying else where. J. R. Withxngton, Agent. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 33, 1887. Messrs Shuptrine di Rio., City —Dear Sirs: Sev eral physicians treuted me, without success, for what they pronounced a stubborn case of eczema. In addition to this I have tried every so-called remedy that was suggested to me, but nothing did me the slightest good until, in sheer desperatioiv I tried your Tetterine. This effected what seems to be a permanent cure, and I take pleasure in testifying to its merits, very respectfully yours, Isaac G. Haas. Notice. We take great pleasure in announcing to our friends, and the public in general, that we have opened a Special Custom Depart ment, which will be conducted under our own personal supervision We are now ready, and have on hand a full line of Fall and Winter Samples, to which we call spe cial attention, particularly to styles, fabrics and prices. This will enable such parties that wear extra and odd sizes to have their clothing made to measure with very little extra cost. We guarantee a tit in every in stance or 110 sale. To those who intend hav ing their fall and winter clothing made by us, we would respectfully ask them to place their orders early. Very respectfully,' Appel & Schaul, One Price Clothiers, 163 Congress street, opixisito market. Home Again. Back into our old quai-ters, and it feels like home. We’ve been pent up long enough and feel like spreading ourselves. Come and see us; we have a regular palace, and looks as neat as a pin. We’ve prepared our seives for t his move w#th new and attractive goods and are ready for business. We shall endeavor to retain the confidence our friends and patrons ltavo placed in us for selling only the finest grades of Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, etc., of which wo have an at tractive assortment. We always carry the largest line of first water Diamonds in tho State. M. Sternberg, 157 Broughton street. At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga., you get all the comforts of the high-priced no els, and save from £1 to £3 per day. Try it and be convinced. —Huston Home Jour mil ' Lucky Boston. At the lost drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery, held in New Orleans June 14, New England was especially favored by tho blind goddess, as (wets of both the second grand prize of £IOO,OOO and of the fourth prize of *>35,000, as well as a great, number of smaller prises, were drawn by tickets held in Maine and Massachusetts. Mr. A. B. Clark and Mr. R. J. Tuflln, of this city, each held a portion of the ticket that drew the fourth grand prize, and each nre corre spondingly elated.— Huston (Mass.) Courier, Advice to Mothers. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Hyrun should always lie used when children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it. produces natural, quiet Bleep by relieving tho child from twin mid the little cherub awakes os “bright tut a button." It U very pleasant to taste It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re lieves wind, regulates the bowels, ami is the l-eat known remedy for diarrhoa, whether •rising from teething or oilier causes 25 cents a bottle. Ll'linEN A: BATES S. M. H. FINE WEDDING Engraving k Printing. THIS DEPARTMENT OB’ THE BUSINESS OF L. & B. S. M. H. FINE STATIONERS, is in tiie hands of specialists who arc familiar with the “cor rect” styles, including the word ing of invitation work, and the. tliousand-and-one little points of taste and etiquette connected therewith. A plate and fifty cards can be bad at £1 35, of a quality as gr.od as any offered in New York or elsewhere for the same money, while parties desiring more expensive work can be accommodated. HIDDEN AND BATES FIE STATIONERS, Fine Wedding Engraving and Printing! SOUTHERN IIISIC HOUSE COTTON SEED AV ANTED. COTTON SEED WANTED TIIE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO., CAPITAL £.5,000,000, HAS just constructed eight new Cotton Reed (til Mills, located at the following points, each having the capacity per day indicated: Columbia, S. C., - 100 Tons. Savannah, Ga., - - 100 “ Atlanta, Ga., • - 200 “ Montgomery;, Ala., - 200 “ Memphis, Tenn., - 200 “ Little Rock, Ark., - 200 “ New Orleans, La., - 300 “ Houston, Texas, - 300 “ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Address, at nearest Mill. Southern Cotton Oil Cos. GROCERIES. ii; i mi Dutch Herring, Rolled Her ring, Fresh Barley, Len tils, Green Kern, Ger man Dill Pickles, Koscher Sausages, Koscher Fat, Koscher Smoked Beef, Smoked and tickled Sal mon, "Vermicelli, Macca roni, Swiss and Limbur ger Cheese, Finest Wines and Cordials. fS ? ~Ordcrs from the country will receive our careful atteuto t and shipped in time for RASH-HA-SIIONAH. STRAUSS BROS., 22 and 22 1-2 BARNARD ST. STOVES. Their Praise Sells Them. "V’OTIIIXG is so talked of, and appreciatively, xi too, by a housekeeper as the steady good work of a newly purchased Cook Stove. This influence spreads in all direction*. and is bring ing us tiiimorous orders from wherever the ACORNS and FARMER GIRLS are in G orgia, Florida and South Carolina. Every Stove guar* on toed, and never fet has one l>een sent !>aek. LOVELL & LATTIMORE, Hardware, Ktc., CONGIJKSS ST.,. - SAVANNAH, GA. m rn* n m 'lie Ins Look Sm WE HAVE RECEIVED the agency for this ▼ t nopular Stove (over 100,000 in use), and take pVasure in offering them t o our customers' It u heavy, dfir.ible, and took first prize at Pennsylvania State Fair for baking. Tt has all the latest improvements, including ventilated oveu. CORNWELL & CHIPMAN, Odd Fellows* Building. DAVis i;i:o\ FOR RENT, 2 Good Upright Pianos. 1 Good Square Piano. FOR SALE, 10 New Upright Pianos. 3 New Square Pianos. 1, 000 Boxes Paper and En velopes, 10c. per box. FOR HIRE, 1 Good New Piano Truck to Move Your Piano Safely and cheaply. DAVIS BROS. Fine Wedding Engraving and Printing!