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8 A JAIL BUILDER’S CRIME. HE ROBS THE FIRM HE REPRESENTS AND LEAVES THE CITY. J. B. Crocker's Career in Savannah and His Flight- Ho Enters as a Candidate for a Place in the New Jail Which He Helped to Construct. One of the first occupants of the new jail arill probably be a very gay young man ■who spent part of his time in aiding in its construction. His name is J. B. Crocker, and he came here from Louisville about two mouths ago to represent the firm of Fred J. Meyer & Cos., of Louisville, which has the contract for the iron work in the building. Crocker was to superintend the work, and be left Louisville with about S2OO of ex pense money in his pocket. When he reached this city instead of going to work he started in to see how quick he could get rid of that S2OO, and it did not take him long. Find ing himself without funds he drew a draft on Meyer & 00. for S2OO more and secured : the indorsement of Mr. Bowe, the contrae- j tor. He then cashed the draft and this i money soon followed tho course the other 1 had taken j Crocker .< a very dissipated man, and he threw hfr momt' away on people of the worst class. He spent afl that he oonld get, and soon fou4 himself heavily in debt. Ho sought loam, friri those who hud as sisted him to spend what he had, and as usual in such cases, be was unsuccessful. He played several wild pranks bare, and got himself Into more than oo* dllllnuisy. About July -I be went to Thunderbolt. wi l while there- he got into a quarrel and was arrested. He was fined $lO for dleordarty oonduct, in the Mayer’s Court next morning. He had no money, and would have bad to accept the alternative of ten days in Jail had not Mr. Robertson, of the British Consular office, taken pity on him and paid the fine. A few days lata- Crocker hired a team and buggy from E. C. (Reason's stable. Mr. Gleason did not like to trust the turn out to him, so he sent a boy with him As soon as Crocker got out of sight of the stelfio he put the boy out, ami he thru drove nobody knows where, but Mr. Gleason had a hard time getting his buggy back. These are only samples of Crocker’s escapades, which aro numerous. Early in August his debts and difficulties so embarrassed him that he left the city, and nothing has bam heard of him since. Th* firm i-ecalied Mr C. J. Gillx-rt, the gen -ml agent, who was then in th West, and be came down here to str lighten out, tho affairs of the concern. He found that Crocker’s defalcation will not amount to more than S4OO ot s6oo,he thinks, but still his business was left in such an ex tremely bad condition that he does not know what the final outcome will be. He said that the firm did not know where Crocker had gone but it proposed to find him if possible and make him suffer for what he had done. The amount of the loss is insignificant, and it is not be cause of the loss that the firm desires to prosecute him, but, said Mr. Gilbert, Meyers & Cos. feel very badly that any man who had the right to use their name should have come here and acted in such a way. The house prides itself on its good name, and that is the reason that Crocker will be sent to the coal mines if possible, Crocker is an Eastern man and lie is said to have come from a good family. He is supposed to be now in this section of the country, for when he left here he had no money on which to travel. Meyer- & Cos. are making vigorous efforts to catch him, and if they can secure him he will be brought back and lodged in the jail he helped to make so strong. SLOW PROGRESS. What Capt. W. W. Gordon Says of the Legislative Work. Representative Gordon came down from Atlanta Saturday night for a short rost at home. He was seen yesterday and asked regarding the progress of the bills in what Savannah is most interested in. The Ordi nary’s fee bill No. 402 is next on file calen dar. and will soon ooine up. Then fol lows the Georgia Mutual Insurance Company bill No. 493, then City Assessors’ bill No. 494, and then the Savanuah. Mucon and Birmingham railroad bill No. 502. This latter, the Captain said, would likely cause a good deal of discussion. After the Railroad Commissioners added a proviso that the charter should not take effect till Oct. 1, 1888, it passed the committee with but one dissenting vote, but sinoe then au opposition has arisen and it will require work to get it through. But, he saw no reason to object to it. as no railroad charters were ever refused before, always being granted whenever asked. The Ju-’ice’s bill is still in tho hands of the committee, and Cant. Gordon did not know us flatus. The bill sent up by the City Council, empowering it to exempt cer tain lands from taxation so long as they are used for agricultural purposes, was returned by the Judiciary Committee as unconstitu tional. Regarding the vacant judgeship the Captain said the race had narrowed down, practically, to Messrs. Clark, Simmons and " Cook, with the two former in the lead. He said, also, in alluding to Judge Adams’ can didacy, that if the Judge had been present and had worked as assiduously as the other candidates and their friends did, he would have been a very formidable and leading candidate to-day.' The gentlemen and their friends fairly inundated Atlanta, and no stone was left unturned. About the progress of Assembly’s work, the Captain thought the Legislature was behind. Although they seemed to work all the while, yet for some reason tho progress made was very slow. Fully 1,000 bills had been introduced, and a very large number were still in the hands of the committees. The fertilizer bill question is not yet set tled. it seems. An adverse report was made Saturday by the close vote of 19 to 17. To day it will probably be considered, and there is no telling what the result will bo. NO CHICKENS FOR HIM. He Only Desired to Scare the Bad Boys Who Did Steal Them. A colored youth named (lay K win ton was brought to the barracks last night as a sus picious chii ratter. Ho was found slecpiug under a church on the corner of Anderson and Barnard streets. A queer coinci dence of his choosing this place as a “roost” is that Frank Sawyer, liv ing near by, has some fine chickens. It was a question whether the chickens at - traeted Hwinton or Swinton the fowls. It may have been mutual, for the owner said the , had been rapidly disappearing of late. Siviuton opened wide his eyes at the mure idea of him stealing chickens. “No, boss, I don’t steal enny chickens,” ho said. On the contrary, he is a sort, of public benefactor and private watchman, as he told the Sergeant that he heard tlio chickens squall, and that he jumped over the fence and ran after the boy* who stole them just to scare them. The idea of his purloining poor motherless chicks lie repu diated with great indignation. Ho expressed a willingness to tell who these bad boys were, atm he was given n private room in the stone mansion, and this morning m his innocent, childlike-und bland way, he will tell the Mayor where the “gang” can be found. Admitted to Annapolis. Master Austin R. Davis, of this city, tele graphed to his permits yesterday that he had passed Ilia examinations successfully and would, at the proper time, lie duly installed as a cadet at Annapolis, lie has fairly won his cadetship, for ho flint passed through a severe competitive examination before leaving here, and then through a more severe one for admission, but he is a hard student and faithful to hie books and his career at the academy will no doubt be as creditable as his entrance into it. THROUGH THE CITY. Items Gathered Ilsre and There by the Naws Reporters. Georgia Tent No. 151, I. O. R., "ill hold a regular meeting this evening. A special meeting of the Chatham Artil lery will be held this evening and business of importance will lie considered. Officer .Sheehan found a horse and buggy straying at the corner of New and Farm streets, at 10 o’clock last bight, and took them to the barracks. Tho Oriel Quintette Club, colored, will give a concert at tho theatre to-night. Tiie club is comjiosed of good voices ami it ren ders nothing but new and pretty pieces. A temperance union meeting will be held at Park Hall this evening at Bo'clock. There will be speeches, songs, recitations, dialogues and an interesting address by Rev. T. T. Christian. Five arrests wore made yesterday by tiie police. Four were for disordealy conduct, and tho other a suspicions character. There will be siime ton cases before his honor the Mayor this morning. WEATHER NOTES. Yesterday’s Mercury Record—Extra ordinary Changes at ThomasviUe. The maximum temperature yesterday was 82*, and the minimum 62’. The aver age was 73°, being 7’ below the normal. Tiie temperature in all the cotton regions rose slightly. Tho highest temperature in this district was 00° at Thornasville. This station also reported the lowest minimum, 50”, recording the extraordinary range of 40“ in twenty-four hours. The midnight reports showed the highest temperature in the Rio Grande valley, and the lowest in the New England States. No rain was reported from any of the cottou districts, but tho midnight reports stated that rain was falling in the Missouri valley. The barometer was highest yestordy over Pennsylvania and lowest over the Northern slope. The following table shows the monthly averago of the maximum and minimum temperature and total rainfall of stations m the Savanuah district. SAVANNAH DISTRICT Max'm. Min. Rail- Temp. Temp. fall. Albany, received Bainlindge ~ i 81 73 5.88 Kastman , VT , 90 68 8.54 Fort 81 81 3.68 Jesup „ 93 7l! 4.29 Live Oak 92 72 4.95 Millen.., 92 71 6.05 Quitman (> 92 7t 6.75 Savannah lit 88 73 1.89 Smlthville 94 70 2.40 Thomaavfile 92 64 4 23 WayerosH 92 73 8.70 From this table it will be seen that Sa vannah had the lowest average maximum and Thomasvillo the lowest minimum temperature during August, and Hraith vllle the highest maximum average and Bainbridge, .Savannah and Waycroaa the highest minimum average. Waycross had the greatest amount of rain ami Savannah the least in this district. A Remarkable Mortuary Record. The mortuary report for the last week records but a small number of deaths, the total being only 19. Of this number only three were whites while 16 were blacks, a remarkable disparity. Nine of the whole were under 1 year of age. and there were no deaths of persons between the ages of 1 und 20. The annual ratio per 1,000 population was: whites, 5.8; blacks, 43.7. The white population is placed at 36,675 and the black at 19,111. This enormous excess of deaths among the blacks over those among the whitesjis strange, considering the fact that the diseases that appeared in the report are the common ones that afflict humanity'. Answer to Correspondents. Several Persons—The Rev. T. DelVitt Talmage was born in New Jersey in 1832. The record does not state the exact place of his birth. Local Personal. City Treasurer C. 8. Hardee, returned Saturday from the mountains. Among the arrivals at the Pulaski House wore C. P. Nall, Griffin; T. S. Marshall, Batavia, N. Y.; D. Hoffman, Philadelphia; C. H. Morton and wife, Janies S. Simons, Jr., Victor B. O’DriscoU, George E. Toale, P. St. J. Amiar, J. P. Devereaux, T. J. Heunessy, E. P. Cummings, Charleston. At tiie Screven House were W. W. Finley, Dallas, Texas; F. E. Tucker, Nash ville; T. Zizinnie, H. T. Sinclaire, G. M. Rosenblatt, Wtu. A. Sanford, O. A. Clough, J. O. Hotter, New York; Thos. M. Wilson, Moses Mellick and wife, Jacksonville; Jas. O. Clarke, Ocala, Fla.; Charles Wolff, ThomasviUe; Charles Tranier, Jr., Inter lachen, Fla.; John Milton, Jr., Marianna, Fla.; T. B. I.amptun, Columbia, Miss.; H. M. McKay', W. A. Taylor, Macon- G. W. Terywell, Miss Teryrwell, Ixmdon, Eng.; S. Lewy, Eufala: Mrs. Carey, Miss Carey, Miss Indie E. Carey, Vineland, N. J.; Geo. E. Mulsby, Summitt; O. H. Buckmon, Philadelphia; P. Noble Simons, Charleston; B. Nevhoff, Americas. At the Marshall House were John .O’Don nell, steamer Annie Bliss; J. P. Taylor, Wlnton, N. C.; J. C. Turner, F. Heinsohn, V. Sauer and family, A. M. Arnot, J. W. CompbeU, Charleston, S C.; W. K. McKen zie, F. W. Rivers, Ashvllle, N. C.; H. McKervey, Macon; T. F. Adann, Sanders ville, Gal; John N. Dowling and wife, Ozark, Ala.; J. O. Wicker, Augusta, Ga.; K. A. Hodges, Hatsuina, Fla.; Robert Mil ler, Boston; W. M. Shutor, Westfield, Mass.; J. J. Lcstiier, Brunswick, Ua.; Dr. Rosen berg and wife, Palatka, Fla ; E. J. Wil liams, Bainbridge, (4a. At the Harnett House were R. Denvlier, W. S. Whitfield, D. C. Valid, Bartow, Ga.; L. D. Blocker, Tallahassee, Fla.; B. L. Son nichsen and wife. Charleston, S. C.; W. A. Meroney, Winston, N. C.; J. M. Haviland, G. N. Wallace and wife, Montreal, Can.; (4. L. Franklin, A. A. Pierson, New York; F. G. Sutton and sou, Baltimore; J. S. Walker, Tennille, Ga.; R. S. Pringle, Summerville, S. C.; B. R. Fallon and wife, Philadelphia; W. M. Clement, Pensacola, Fla.; Amos Pad dock, Brattleborougb, Vt. Scientific American, Builders’ Edition For September- Contents. Suggestions in Decorative Art, Design for a Bank Buildiug, Iron Frame Bells, Gladstone Bricks, An Improved Ventilating Fan. Designs for a Library Building, A Seashore or Beach House, Exhibition of Building Materials at Brussels, Silo Build ing, Brick Dust Cement, Cement Testing Machine, The Chimney Top.d-'hinmeys of tiie Ancients, A New Composition, Failure of Concrete Dock Works, The Corner Finish, A $3,500 Cottage, American Cottage in Loudon, A SI,BOO Cottage. Cot tage at Cam bridge, Minis., Specifications, Estimate and Bill of Materials for a Southern Residence of Modern Cost, shown iu colored plate, September, 1887, Country Store Costing $2,000, A $5,000 Dwelling, An Ohio Dwell iug, Dwellings Costing $4,200, Seaside Dwelling, Small City Dwellings, Paris; Ex cavating in Frozen Ground, Fanlight (fritt ing, Food Economy Before tiie American Association, Gardens at Railway Stations, Plato Glass, Gronitf; Design for U. S. Grant Monument, Removing Grease from Boilers, The Ideal House of the Future, Suburban House* at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Tenement Houses at Moderate Cost, Industries and Handicrafts in Central Africa, To Distin guish Iron from Steel, Practical Use of Marble, Vermont Marbles, Measurement oi Masonry. Minute Writing, Notes and Queries, Winter Palaces. Ornamental l’anei of a Gothic Altar, The Pyramids, Reudence Costing $4,940, Old Method of Risiting Plate*, Moulder's Hand, A Nohoolhouse and Nursery, Know Sheds on tile Cascade Moun tains, Stable- With Horizontal Floor- and Hygienic Dtunu.qc. To Obtain One's Bear ings With a Watch. Tn ■ pieneh limre Trap, Removal Wall, Wool Carpet, Preservation of Wood by Luu<\ Price 25. For Hale at Kktill's Nkwh ns-.ror.am, Bull street. THF. MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1887. GENERAL RAILWAY NEW3. Matters of Money and Management About Various Lines. On October 1 another fast through train will lie place,! on the Alabama Great South ern. Tho Florida Railway and Navigation Company had the guage on the Ht. Marks branch road changed last Monday to the standard measure, new cross ties put in and tlio roadbed improved generally. Tho following statement of railroad earn ings were made public Saturday: Louisville and Nashville—Monthly statement of earn ings and expenses for July, 1887—Gross earnings, $1,326,063;, for 1886, $1,357,207; increase, $69,486. Expenses for 1887, $784.- 357; for 1886, $707,025: increase, $77,332. Net earnings for 1887, $542,308; for 1886, $550,183; decrease, $7,870. Railway Age: It now seems proliable that the number or niilesof new road construct ed in the United States during 1887 will be about 12,000. This figure is the greatest on record, it has never been approached ex cept in 1882, when th<> total was 11,568 miles. Track laying for 1887, up to Sept. J, aggre gates 6,462 miles. Kausasstill continues far in the lead over the other States in the work of railway construction. It is said that the plans have been pre pared for tlio projected passenger depot of the Queen and Crescent route at Chatta nooga, and that they huvo been forwarded to Ixmdon for examination by the English directors of the Alabama Great Southern railway As soon as they pass upon them some definite action will be taken regard ing the depot. As now projected, tho idea is to turn the present Alabama Great South ern freight depot into a passenger station, and erect a freight depot on the present site of Nixon & Wester’s warehouse. Birmingham Herald: The threatened strike of the Louisville and Nashville brake men has been averted. One of tlio brake men said that the Louisville and Nashville paid its men as much as any other railroad in the United States except the Southern Pacific, and he saw no sufficient grounds for a strike. The men seem to have become convinced that their action was premature. It is said that the trouble originated with a few malcontents who desired to quit the service of tho company but who were willing to work few months longer provided they could get vL i increased pay they asked At a meeting of the citizens of Hawkins ville, Ga., held Monday the following reso lutions were unanimously adopted: “Whereas, There is now pending in the Leg islature an application for a charter for the Savannah, Macon and Birmingham rail road, and whereas, said road proposes to traverse the same section of country now occupied by the Savannah, Dublin and Western road. and now already under con struction, be it Resolved, That we, the citi zens of Hawkinsville and Pulaski county, feel that the granting of a charter to the Sa vannah, Macon and Birmingham road would retard or greatly impede the progress of the work on the Savannah, Dublin and Western road, and prove detrimental to the interests of the people through which the latter read is being built, we respectfully petition our honorable Representative in the Legislature to refuse the charter for the fii st named road. That, as the charter for the Savannah, Macon and Birmingham road does not provide for a line from Dublin via Cochran and Hawkins ville to Americus, and believing that the granting of a charter for this road would destroy this important project, and prove greatly detrimental to tne interests of our people generally, we respectfully and earn estly petition our immediate Representa tive, Hon Y. H. Morgan, to use all his en ergy and influence toward defeating or re fusing the charter to the said Savannah, Macon and Birmingham railroad.” The Orange Belt AU Right. Mr. G. D. Ackerly, the general passenger agent of the Orange Belt railway, was in Jacksonville, Fla, Friday, and in response to inquiries as to the financial condition of his road and the rumor that was afloat to the effect that two of the largest contractors had entered suit against the company, he said: “The rumor of the suit brought against the road by the contractors is true. Two of them became frightened, owing to a de lav in our getting money, in consequence of w hich delay’ we were behind with their pay ments. They have brought suit againt the road for the amounts due them. “About five months ago we allowed one pay day to run over about thirty days, and again we paid to a contractor about $5,000 to jmy his hands with. He pocketed the money and skipped out without paying his hands. These two instances have caused some to think that the road was on an un safe financial footing, but you can readily see that the first instance might occur to any business firm or corporation, while in tho latter case no blame can be attached to us." “Do you see your way clearly out of your present embarrassment?” was asked. “Certainly. Mr. P. A. Demens, the gen eral manager, is now in New York, and is making arrangements for the raising of necessary funds to be used in its construe tion. We will soon have all the money necessary for the completion of our work, and you may rest assured that the Orange Belt Railroad will bo completed and trains running before many months. “The management of this road ha had more to contend with than falls to the lot of ordinary men, but I tell you we are made of the stuff that sticks, arid you will see the Orange Belt Railway completed and run ning despite the efforts of enemies to defeat our plans.” 0,000 AT A BALL GAME. The Crescent City One of the Best Ball Towns in the Country. New Orleans, Sept. 4.—Six thousand people saw New Orleans defeat Memphis to-day. The locals deserved the victory, as they player! with more dash and brilliancy and fielded splendidly, besides their hits were timelier. Black was not hit harder than Avdelotte, but, Bobby got the sulks at critical times, disquieted the crowd and his own team, was not well sup ported, and was guyed mercilessly all the way through. The left fielding of Cam pan and Me Leer was the finest this season, and Fuller and Geiss did great infield work. Vaughn's work behind the bat was also a feature. The score by innings follows: New Orleans 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0— 8 Memphis .0 010 0 0 0 0 1 2 Batteries Aydelotte and Vaughn; Black and McKeough. Base lilts—New Orleans 14. Memphis 14. Errors New Orleans 1. Memphis 0. Stolen bases Memphis 3, New Orleans 5, Games Elsewhere. At New York— Rrroklvn 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1— 7 Louisville 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 X — 0 Base hits Brooklyn 15, Ixiuisville 15. Errors —Brooklyn 4. Louisville 10. At New York— -84. 1 suits . 0 1 1 0 1 4—16 Metropolitan 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 Base hits St. Louis. 21, Metropolitans 18. Errors—St. 1/onis 5. Metropolitans 11. Rough on Rats,” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants, bedbugs, beetles, insects, skunks, jack rab bits, sparrows, gophers. 15c. At druggists. “Rough on Corns." Ask for W ells’ “Rough on Corns.” Quick relief, complete cure. Corns, warts, bun ions. 16c. "Rough on Itch.” “Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, erup tions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch, ivy |ioison, barber's itch. 60c. jars. “Hough on Catarrh” Correct offensive odors at ones. Complete i urc'of * next I'hl-onie cases; also unrqualud as gorge* for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath A\ Charleston Gleanings. A drinking fountain for man and beast has been placed at the corner of Vernon and Wharf streets. AU the stores on King street were open Saturday afternoon, the 2 p. m. closing hav ing ended on Sept. 1. The Hercules played the Hornets, a South Carolina railway nine, at tlie Base Bail Park Saturday afternoon, and defeat** t them by a score of 16 to 8. Rev. L. M. Dunton has been appointed Presiding Elder for Charleston district of the Methodist Episcopal church, iu place of Rev. Dr. Webster, deceased. Hereafter there will lie a weekly service of the steamers between Charleston and Philadelphia fi out each end of the line. The now schedule will go into effect on Sept 8. The Electric Light Company received fifty three coils of wire and other appliances for incandescent lights on Friday. The work ol introducing the incandescent sys tem in the city will be commenced immedi ately. The steamer Wistaria, buoy tender, has recently returned from Wilmington, Del., where she underwent a thorough overhaul ing. She has tiecn lengthened, and has had her speed increased about two knots an hour, and is now one of the fastest aud best appointed vessels iu the fleet in Southern watens. Hon. C. G. Memniinger’s condition has improved within tiie past twenty-four hours, and if tiie improvement continues there will be strong hopes of his recovery. A sjiecial dispatch from Hendersonville, N. C.. was received at 5 o'clock Saturday after noon saying: “Mr. Memminger’s strength continues slowly to improve.” A cargo of over 1,000 bushels of rice ar rived on Friday from the plantation of Mr. T. I’. Alston, o.i the Pon-Pon river. The rice was inthe rough, of course. It was im mediately unloaded at the Planters’ and Merchants’ Mills, at t he east end of Laurens etreet, was milled and placed on the market Saturday morning. The samples were clear and pearly,and the milling was pronounced by the factor to come fully up t,o his ex pectations. Hades of about 140 barrels were made at prices which were not made public. Mr. Martin Croghan has applied for let ters of administration on the estate of the late Mr. Thomas K. Croghan, the petition therefor being now on tile in the office of Probate Judge Vincent. The bond to secure the administration has been fixed at $8,600, tho value of the personalty of the deceased being $4,301' The lien sof the estate are Mr. Martii. Croghan, Mr. Thomas F. Croghan's mother, now residing in Ireland, his brother supixwed to be iu the United States, another brother in Ireland, one sis ter in Virginia and two sisters in Baltimore. Mr. F. W. ’ Schlepegrell, who has been travelling through the North for tho past three weeks, lias returned to tho city. He is a member of the firm of C. J. Schlepe grell, one of the victims of G. A. Murphy, the contractor who recently absconded, leaving debts in Charleston to the amount of about SBOO. He owed his workmen and several of the lumber and sash merchants. Mr. F. W. Schlepegrell, who was in New burg, N. Y., at the time, was telegraphed to, in order to arrest Murphy upon his ar rival in New York city, as he had left on the Yemassee. Mr. Schlepegrell says he immediately proceeded to New York, where he interviewed the police authorities, but obtained little satisfaction, the officials claiming that it could not be proved that he had left the city with the intention of defrauding any one. Determined not to be baffled, Mr. Schlepegrell procured a policeman and awaited the arrival of the steamer, which was due at 2a. m., but which did notar rive till 8 or 9 o’clock. As soon as the Yemasee landed he boarded it aud accosting Murphy, demanding of him the money' due to his firm. Murphy pleaded poverty, but failing in that, offered SSO, whicti ho after wards increased to SIOO, if he would be al lowed to go; but his determined creditor demanded tiie entire amount, $250, and showed the policeman as the alternative. After much pleading and offers of a com promise, seeing that he was caught, Murphy paid the entire amount of his indebtedness to Mr. Hchlepegrell’s firm. Two of Durant’s Little Jokes. Prom the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. E. IV. Durant, Stillwater’s Senator and joker, has lieen a summer trip to the sea shore with ins wife, and if the stories that come floating in from Long Branch are all true he had a good time. One day at table a big mosquito of the Jersey breed lighted on the Senator’s hands With an expression of horror and amazement on his counten ance the Senator beckoned to a waiter and inquired: “What is this animal?” “What is it? Why, it’s a skeeter. Didn't you you ever see a skeeter?” replied the waiter. “Kill it!” commanded Durant. The waiter obeyed. “Remove the corpse.” The waiter gave the Senator’s hand a brush with a napkin. “Well, I never saw anything like that be fore!” solemnly remarked the gentleman who had been fighting mosquitoes at Still water all his life. On another occasion at table Mr. Durant observed sitting near him quite an old gen tleman accompanied by a pretty young lady, who he correctly surmised was the old gentleman's bride. They were on their wedding trip. The Senator gave his wife the wink and beguu to guy the ill-assorted pair. “Are you enjoying your wedding trip with me,”he remarked to Mrs. Durant, “as well as you did the one you took with your first husband?” He heard the old gentleman mutter be tween his teeth: “That's a devil of a question to ask a woman in this place.” The Stillwater Senator gained fresh in spiration from this, and the way ho played the game of second husband oil a wedding trip was a surprise to the whole table. The old man and bis darling, however, failed to relish it, and blushed with au intensity that caused the ice cream to melt. Consumption, Wasting Diseases, And general debility. Doctors disagree as to the relative value of Cod L.iver Oil and Hy pophosphites; the one supplying strength and flesh, the other giving nerve power, und acting as a tonic to the digestive and entire system. But in Scott’s Emvlkion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites the two are combined, and tiie effect is wonderful. Thousands who have derived no jieriuanent lienettt from other preparations have been cured by this. Scott's Emul sion is perfectly pnlatnble and is easily di gested by those who cannot tolerate plain Cod Liver Oil. Mr. C. P. Gray, Of the firm of Gray &. O’Brien, left yester day for New York to select their fall stock. He intends to huy tiie finest line of fall goods ever brought to Savannah. Those wishing to purchase would do well to wait and look at them belore purchasing else where. Fall Clothing Beginning to arrive. Ready to show n 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 thev sell, dealing direct with the consumer. IVe save every one who buy* of us at least 2.5 per rent. Umbrellas. Gloria, wears better than silk, for $3 .50, silver-tip $3, gold-tip $3 50, Ginghams front $1 upward, ail selling low to show our patrons that we have moved to the north cast corner of Congress aud Whitaker streets. Weather Indications. • I Special indications for Georgia: PAIR Fair weather, except in extreme Southeastern Georgia light local rains, slight changes in temperature, light to fresh winds, generally easterly. Cotuoarismi of mean temperature ar Savan nah. Sept. 4 1887. and the mean of same day for fifteen years. i Departure Total Mean Temperature from tho Departure Mean . since for 15 years Sept. 4, ‘B7. -|- or |Jan. 1,1887. “sun I ra.o " _!_ -■ treo Comparative raiufall statement: ~ ~ , . ... Departure; Total Mean Daily Amount f ron , the Departure Amount for for ?J fence 10 \ears. Sept. I, 87. ... of _ j a n. 1. KW7. Tli I .00 18 j —8.70 Maximum temperature 81.0. minimum tern perature 61.0. Tho height of the river at Augusta at 1 :o3 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta tima) was 7.7 feet—a rise of U,-'i during the past twenty-four hours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing <5 p. m., Ktfpt.. 4 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. Average. v ,„„ i I P2-s >f Max.l Min. ißain oame. t bta- Temp Tempi fall. I. Wilmington 8 B .®| 00 S. Charleston 4 84 i 04 .00 3. Augusta 12 80 | 50 .00 4. Savannah 9 80 5* .00 5. Atlanta 10 86 | 58 .00 6. Montgomery 8 8S 58 .00 7. Mobile 7 1)0 58 .00 8. New Orleans 4 92 68 .00 9. Galveston 20 92 68 .00 10. Vicksburg 4 93 68 *T 11. Little Hock 11 92 64 *T 12. Memphis 19 92 04 .00 Averages . ■■ ■ *T denotes trace of rainfall. Observations taken at the seme moment of time at all stations. Savannah. Sept. 4. 9:30 p. m.. city time. Tempera t ure. j Direction. ! i? ! x ! Velocity. J P | Rainfall. Name of Stations. Portland 60; N | . ... Clear. Boston 64‘S W Clear. Block Island 84; S ! Fair. New York city ... 68, W Clear. Philadelphia 66 S Clear. Detroit j 64:S Ej Clear. Fort Buford TO X E Cloudy. St. Vincent I 63 S .. .Oftjeiondy. Washington city.. | 60’.... |.. i.... Clear. Norfolk I 64! N I Clear. Charlotte TO E' 6 .... jClear. Hatteras j 1..1 ! Titusville 74!N E|l2 : .24 Raining. Wilmington 72 E j 6 Clear. Charleston 74 F. '12... Clear. Augusta 74 E Clear. Savannah 72! E j 6; Clear. •Jacksonville 74!1* El 6 .OsjClear. Cedar Keys 76 N E;10 Cloudy. Key West SO ..., iCloudy. Atlanta 7l| E 8 Clear. Pensacola 78 S W Clear. Mobile 78 SW 6|.... Clear. Montgomery 76... .. Clear. Vicksburg 78 Clear. New Orleans 70S Ej..; Clear. Shreveport j....... Fort Smith i Galveston. 84. S 10 Clear. Corpus Christ! ... 82 El.. ... Clear. Palestine 78 S E| 6 . . Clear. BrownesviUe 80 NE| ; .28 Otar. RioUrande 82 E 6 ...Clear Knoxville 71 N E Cloudy. Memphis 78 E Clear. Nashville 78 E Clear. Indianapolis 76 E ..j jClear Cincinnati 78 Clear. Pittsburg . 6, NE .. Clear. Buffalo 60;N E ...... JClear. Cleveland 641S K 1... Clear. Marquette 64 SW Cloudy. Chicago 76 S E Clear Duluth 60 N E . 'Cloudy. St. Paul rtt | Cloudy. Davenport 78;S El Fair. Cairo 78; E : 1 ... Clear. St. Louis SOj S ..! Clear. Leavenworth... . 78j S . Clear. Omaha 80: S j..| !Clear. Yankton 68; 8 !..| .56Raining. Bismarck 72! E |...... i Fair. Deadwood 66SW I Clear. Cheyenne 64 S E|..!.... Clear. North Platte 70j S . i.... Clear. Dodge City 78 jClear. Santa Fe | 66 !S £| Clear. *T denotes trace of rainfall. G. N. Salisbury Signal Corps. Slimy Snakes Seeking Sweets. FVoi the San Francisco Examinei. “Did you ever hear-of the cream snakei No. W ell, when I was a boy that particu lar kind of snake was the cause of my get ting many a good scolding front iny father and mother. My father owns a ranch in Kan Mateo county, and among other things keeps a lot of cows. He prides himself upon the excellence of the butter he makes, and to make good butter you must have good cream. You could get anything on the ranch from my father except a mouthful of that cream. “All boys and girls are passionately fond of rich, sweet cream, and I had ray weak ness in that line, but I was scared to death for fear my father would catch me skim ming the dishes. Once in a while I stole a little mess and then drew the heavy cream over the part I skimmed, as if nobody had touched it. Well, the cream went anyhow to an alarming degree, and of course I was blamed for it. “Night after night the marauders came, and there was evidence that dish after dish had been tampered with. My father at last lost all patience and threatened to lick me soundly, and I guess he'd have done so, but mother interfered. 1 protested my inno cence, because the little spoonful of cream I took once in a great while amounted to noth ing. He was still incredulous, and to get even with me I was placed on guard to watch the dairy. “It was kind of hard for a boy 18 or 17 years of age to sit up ail night and watch for cream burglars. But 1 did it like a little man. With a revolver in my hip-pocket and a dark lantern in tnv hand, 1 laid in wait for the enemy. I did not have to wait long. “About midnight when everything was still ns death, I could see somethings crawl ing tip to the pans, and getting there seemed to be levelling on the contents. 1 approached with the greatest caution, and there what did I see but a half-dozen snakes from two to three feet long, gorging them selves with cream. “1 wanted to get near enough to shoot a couple of t hem, but by accident I made a no se and the reptilian hnrglars made their escape. 1 solved the mystery; father solved it next night, and I was exonerated from all blame. The day following we covered the dishes over with tin, with small holes bored in it, and put tin on that portion of the dairy where the snakes climbed to the pans The cream was then perfectly secure, but there wasn’t a night for months that the slime of snakes couldn’t be seen on the till. The rept.les finally got tired of the fooling and left. If you visit my father’s ranch you can see the tin there to this day.” Hats for the Fall. The Famous has received the latest style* Hats for fall, selling them cheep in order to call attention to their removal to the northeast corner of Congress and Whitaker streets. Boys’ Knee Pants for 25c. Iron-clad pants, ages 4to 13, the Famous New York Clothing House is selling for 25c. a pair in Older to show the boys their new store, northeast corner Congress and Whit aker streets. The President Has not decided to come to Kuvanuah, but. all the housekeepers have divided that the Mutual Co-operative Association is the , place to buy the liet good* at the lowest market price*. Give us a call and compare our goods and price* beloi* buying else where. J. R. Witmivuthv A -ent BAKING POWDER. yrflj'jfsa psj ■ps?’ PM? ' R Hr SB Ir3 111 I |l|* Hw Mi USk m% *as S0 0 £kd tetsibs L3? > Pcrfort focrt is 1 !iat which, while preparrtl Id :"<o most appetizing fonn, is also tlie most wholesome and nniritior.s. It should never be necessary to sacrifice tho wholescmeaesi of an article in order to make it more palatable, nor, as is too ofteu the case, should we be compelled to take our bread or cake bereft of its most appetizing qualities in order to avoid injury to our digestive organs. The Royal Baking Powder possesses a peculiar quality, not possessed by any other leavening agent, that applies directly to this subject. It provides bread, biscuit, cake, muffins, or rolls, which may be eaten when hot without inconvenience by persons of the most delicate digestive organs. With most persons it is necessary that bread raised with yeast should lose its freshness or become sbde before it can be eaten with safety. The same distressing results follow from eating biscuit, cake, pastry, etc., raised by tho cheap, inferior baking powders that contain kmc, alum, phosphates, or other adulterants. The hot roll and muffin and the delicions hot griddle cakes raised by the Royal Baking Powder are as wholesome and digestible ac warm soup, meat, or any other food. Another greatly superior quality possessed by tho Royal Baking Powder is that by which the preservation of important elements of the flour is effected in raising the bread by the mechanical operation of the gas, without fer mentation. Yeast, and all baking powders that produce the leavening gas by fermentation, as is well known, destroy a portion of the nutritive elements of the flour, ad particu larly those which are the most healthful and the greatest aids to a perfect assimilation of the food. The Royal Baking Powder, while perfectly leavening, retains without change or impairment all those elements which were in tended by nature, when combined in our bread, to make it lite-aily the “staff of life.” No leavening agent or baking powder, except the Royal Baking Powder, possesses these great qualifications. State of Weather. OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPORT Of the City of Savannah for the Week End ing Friday, Sept. 2. lfcS7. Whites. Bl'ks&CTd Canse. of Death Over | Un- j Over Un causes or Death. 10 j der 10 j 10 der 10 M.IF. M. F. M.IF. M.IF. j— |—| —I|—l;—|— Bright's disease 11...1 1 ... Consumption, lungs.■ 2 2 ..' Debility 1 1 Diarrhuea . | 1 ... I 1 ... Dropsy, general I . ... Fever, remittent | ! ; Heart, valvular |... ( ll Inanition [ 1...1 1,. . Marasmus i ...1... 1 1 . Syphilis. Tertiary . 1 Trismus Nascentium. . . . 1. Undefined ...• l 1. Total fl; 7| 1 "V 2 7 1 RECAPITULATION. Deaths in city—Whites, 3; blacks and col ored, 16; total, 19. Exclusive of stillbirths, blacks and colored, 2. SUMMARY. Whites. Colored. -5 Ages. ~ M. I F. I M. | F.- Under 1 year i 1 7 1 !> Between 20and 30years j... 4 15 Between 30 and 40 years... 2 13 Bet ween 46 and 50 years J. 2 .. 2 Total. 2 ll 13| 319 Population—Whiles. 26,675; blacks and col ored, 19,111; total, 45,786. • Annual ratio per 1.000 population for week - Whites, 5.8; blacks and colored. 43.7. j. t. McFarland, m. and., Health Officer. Get this Under Your Hat. “The foienichoUy 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, Youth.- 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 shirtc. The Centre of Gents Fashions, Ifil Con gress street, B. H. Levy & Buo. 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. W'e are now ready, and have on hand a full line of Kali and Winter Samples, to which we call sp ciul attention, particularly to styles, fabrics and pricer. This will enable such parties tiial 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 no sale. To those who intend hav ing their fall and wiutar clothing made by us we would respectfully ask them to place their order* earl v. Verv respectfully, Appki. & Kchacx, One Pi ii-e Clothiers, llw Congress street, opjjosite market. Home Again. Hack into our old quarters, and it feels like home. We ve been pent up long enough and feel like spreading ourselves. Come and s*e ns; we have a regular jtalace, und looks as neat as a pin. We've prepared our selves lor this move with new and attractive goods and are ready for business. We shall endeavor to retain thecontinence our i rie ids and patrons have placed in us lor selling only the finest grades of Watches. .( well v, 81 leer ware, eb., of widen we i, n , a >' tractive assortment. We always car. v tie largest line of first water Diamond. m tiw Htate. _M. HTgi'.XßKitu, IS* Broughton street. At the Harnett House, ttavaunad, (**,. Cou gel all the comfort* of the high pi l- i o els, ami save from Cl to* i per dav fry It and be couvincad. —Uotlon. H<j„w Jour nnl IATDIVEX <fc BATES S. M. H. FINE WEDDING Engraving k Printing. THIS DEPARTMENT OF THE BUSINESS OF L. & B. S. M. H. FINE STATIONERS, is in the hands of specialists who are familiar with the “cor- j reel” styles, including the word- j ing of invitation work, and the I thousand-and-one little points I of taste and etiquette connected 1 therewith. A plate and fifty cards can ; be had at $1 25. of a quality as good as any offered in New York or elsewhere for the same money, while parties desiring I more expensive work can be accommodated. I.L'DDEN AND RATES FINE STATIONERS, Fine Wedding Engraving and Printing! SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE gggggg g ■ ■■ g ■ ■ maoßssam FURNITURE A \l> ( ARI’K K aXmiller &cu 148, 150 and 152 Brniighton Sl.,* Desire to call attention to the fact that they ar offering their immense stock of Furniture and Carpets. of every Description, ■ AT Big Bargain Prices Our NK'V HALL GOODS are crowding It upon ns, and we MUST make room by rusbin out Ihe goods. Parties con'emplating flttini up will find it to their advantage to call O’ us and obtain our estimates. A. I. MILLER k CO * BAY RUM. Imported Bay Rum A HNh ARTICLE. AT STRONG'S DRUG STORE Corner Hull and Perry street lam -1 vm< u; OmCKB, Hook. and Blank I i*■', ijited l.y county oineer* tor the use O I he e.Hirts, or lor ofltre use. supplied to order 0) lb- M’lßMMii SKWW PKJ.V nl UOUBt. > Whitaker s'reel oaranaaii. me w eaaing ±im graving ana mnnng i