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SOME NEWYORK MASHERS
J4EU WHO DEVOTE THEIR LIVES
TO THE FASCINATION OF WOMEN.
A Row in Front of Do’.monico’s—The
Masher With the White Lock, and
How He Got It—Tho Daily Round of
a Skillful Operator.
From the New York Sun.
There was a row in front of Delmonieo’s
yesterday. It was quick, sharp, and sav
age, though no blows were struck. A
middle-aged, heavily built man hurried up
just ns a well known yachtsman strolled out
of the restaurant, and, seizing him by the
arm, whirled him around. The men stood
face to face, glaring at each other for an
instant. It was 3 o’clock, and scorching
hot. The hackman started forward from
across the street, the waiters peered from
the windows, and the loiterers sprang into
sudden life. The yachtsman is a famous
figure of the town. He has been shot twice,
once by a wife and once by a husband. It
looked as if he was in for it again. Neither
of the two men spoke for a minute, and
then the elder %aid shortly:
“I’ve been looking for you.”
“Sh\ don’t make a scene here.”
“You contemptible little masher—”
“Not here, I tell you,” insisted the other,
as lie shook his arm free. “It’ll hurt you
more than it will me.”
“I don’t rare, I’ll—” *
“Do you heart” repeated the other, sharp
ly, “it’ll hurt you more than it will me.”
' Perhaps the rugged truth of this penetra
ted the intelligence of the older roan
through his rage. He cursed his companion
furiously, and, still flushed with anger, led
him across Madison square, the younger
man talking in an eager, argumentative,
and explanatory way.
Judge Edward L. Andrews, who was one
of the spectators of tho little scene, looked
after the pair, and said quietly:
“That was a close shave."
“Yes, I thought ho was elected that time.”
“Ho belongs to a curious set of New York
men,” continued the Judge. “They are
creatures of a recent growth, and I doubt
very muoh if similar specimens of the genus
man can be found anywhere else in the
world. They are called‘mashers’ in a gen
eral way, but they are in no sense like the
gorgeous London man who has given the
word ‘masher’ its highest meaning. The
British masher is a creature of noble ap
parel, solemn and dissipated air, advanced
degrees in the courts of bankruptcy',
and general impressiveness. He wears
a great many suits of clothes during the
week, affects a burlesque actress, and drives
dashing traps. The little circle of masher's
in New York has none of these proclivities.
They are men who have lived on the surface
of the town for many years, whose names
are familiar in ail of the restaurants and
clubs, and who have gained in one way or
another reputations as slayei-s of feminine
hearts, which stand them in enormous value.
They are not in society, sneer at the idea of
toil, live in the best possible manner, dress
quietly, and are absolutely mum about the
numerous affairs in which they ]>ass their
lives. I know a dozen men in this particular
crowd, but I never knew ono of them to
break the rules of the peculiar free
masonry which apparently exists among
them to keep quiet about their escapades.
They may be ever so jovial, very far gone
in their cups, and talkative as magpies, but
a woman’s name never drops from their
bps, and they refrain absolutely from inter
fering with each other’s schemes. This is
the most curious feature of the whole thing.
A masher who does not talk when success
has crowned his efforts would be a rarity
anywhere else except in this extraordinary
coterie. They are a queer lot, and I can’t
say that I consider them a credit to the
city.”
The Judge strolled on, and in a few min
utes the disappointed crowd had melted
away.
It affords a droll study of human nature
to watch the operations of the mashers.
Most of their faces are as familiar to up
town people as the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Their inode of life is simple. Take for in
stance a cold and austere man, with a blonde
moustache, a regular profile, square shoul
ders, and careless caraiage, who has been
more or less famous about town for fifteen
years. He has a scar running diagonally
across his forehead, ami just above it is a
single lock or “splash" of hair that is as
white as snow, though the rest of his hair is
dark. I have heard it enviably remarked by
other mashers that, this "entlenmn’s chief
success is duo to the immobility of his face,
the yellowness of his moustache, the white
ness of the splash, and the dark mass of hair
which throws it into such sham relief. He
is, in fact, known as “His Contrasts” in
some quarters. Fifteen years ago, a woman
followed him in a cab down Firth avenue,
slipped out as he ascended the steps of a
rival’s house, ran up the steps, and pushing
a revolver against his head, blazed away.
The bullet, instead of going through the
skull, ran across the forehead. She went
to Europe in the arms of her amia
ble husband, and “His Contrasts”
retired into painful obscurity for a
time. Five years after that he was mixed
up in a row which is still talked about by
old-timers. It was a three-cornered fight—
one woman and two men—in the cabin of a
yacht in the lower bay. When they dragged
‘‘His Contrasts” out he was pretty well
knocked to pieces. Two ribs were broken
and his general physical welfare very sensi
bly impaired, but' he came up smiling as
usual. I have known him for many years.
He has but one object in life.
His manner of living varies little from
day to day. I have had many opportuni
ties for observing him, as we once had
neighboring apartments in the sarno hotel,
and he used to amuse himself when he had
an occasional half hour of leisure from his
arduous duties by turning the pictures in
my room wrong Bide foremost, bribing the
chambermaid to sew the bangings into all
sorts of grotesque liositions, littering my
desk with violent telegrams and indulging
in various other cheerful and endearing
pranks. At 10 o’clock every morning the
chambermaid pounded loudly at his door.
A smothered response wax the only answer.
Then she would hammer harder than over
with the heels of tho masher’s boots, which
he hail left out over night. After the
tattoo had been kept up long enough, a
husky and deep-chosbwi voice, which might
have come from the boots in the girl’s
hands or from the base of the elevator shaft,
would howl:
“'Vhat’s up?”
“Ten o’clock, sir.”
“Oh, no,” tho masher would reply with
intense sarcasm; “you don’t string me on
■my such little plot ns that.”
“Indeed, indeed It is, sir.”
‘ls whut?” the voice would inquire sleep
ily ns it, droned off into a partial snoro.
“I* ten o’clock!” the girl would scream,
starting the tattoo afresh, for she knew if he
ever went off tho second time it would take
' wo or three porters to rouse him.
If the tattoo was loud enough the door
W'eul4 open suddenly, there would be a wild
scroam and a j ottering of feet, as the charn
berraaid scudded out of danger, and the
masher would rush out into the hall clad in
Pajamas, bath robes, nightcap, felt slippers,
and carrying a sponge the size of a bushel
basket. He would then wander, in a more
°r leas desultory way toward the bathroom,
stopping to pound on doors that, caught his
lightsome fancy, and shying boot* through
the transoms of rooms whore men lived who
had tho distinguished misfortune to possess
r“ s friendship. About an hour and a half
later he wound wander into the main
dining rixan of the hotel, cast his ex
perienced eye ovw tho people assembled
ll ’re, and eat a very light breakfast. He
w °re a frock suit all day long, and his tailor
made lialf n dozen a year for him. After
“rrftkfa, q j, 0 invariably lighted a big cigar,
SjSi • if thrt weather was clear, strolled up
fifth avenue as far as Central Park, and
’■'nilnd niitmbly upon the troops of pretty
girla who .were out wttb their govern****,
uur*e, n oiipaojona. and chaperones, taking
“■* inomlp,, air. Every gjrl over 10 years
of age apparently knew his history, for
they would stare at him and peep
over their shoulders as he passed, in a
fashion that would startle a society actor.
At half iiast 1 or 2 o’clock he drifted slowly
into Ddmonieo’s, scanned the faces, ac
knowledged the surly nods of other mash
ers with a short inebriation of his head,
picked out his tabic with undeviating skill,
and spent the next two or three hours
among the wives and daughters of other
men who were down town pursuing the
elusive dollar. His habit is to eat slowly,
and look, with a gentle and melancholy air,
from one pair of pretty eyes to another.
If the portraits of the handful of men who
are a constant subject of talk among tho
women of New York were published, they
would cause a robust and decisive sort of
derision. Tho majority of them are any
thing but resplendent" or attractive. If
there is a professional matinee, a picture
sale, an art exhibition, a boat race, a crack
horse auction, dog show, horse show, or cir
cus going oa in the afternoon, the masher is
as sure to be there as the ticket seller. At
night he dines at tho Brunswick, Del
monico’s, or the Hoffman House, but
never in the cafe. In this way
day after day passes without the
slightest deviation. The mashers
all know each other, they frequent the same
places, they are popular with men and pur
sued by women, and yet the occasions are
exceedingly rare when they aro called do ac
count. They are adroit and hold their
tongues, and perhaps it is therein that their
safeguard lies. Social position apparently
has nothing to do with success, for there is
a bootmaker’s clerk who stands high in the
ranks, and there is a crack gambler con
cerning whose audacity and nerve many
anecdotes are told. A smug-faced man
exists whose sole capital and stock in
trade lies in the peculiar shade of his beard.
It is cut square, and one side is light red,
while the other is deep brown, This ghastly
and unusual combination is sufficient to
make him eminent among his fellows.
Another man who has the reputation of hav
ing run bigger risks and taken heavier
chances than any of the rest, is a downcast
and demulcent chap, with a long black
moustache, sleepy eves, and close cropped
hair. His moustache drops from his lips
like a Turk’s. His eyes are very black, and
he never smiles.
There is a putty-faced youth who affects
tho St. James Hotel, and who has appar
ently not the faintest claim to any outward
beauty, but he is said to have caused more
anguish in family circles of New York than
any man of his size in town. He is as in
conspicuous as all the others
He went about with such a sorrowful face
all last week that the impression got abroad
that he had t>9en hard hit somewhere. A
friend approached him as he stood staring
morosely at his boots, and said:
“What makes you so ghoulishly glum?"
“Misfortune.”
“Very bad?*’
“Orful."
“Whadist?”
“Doctor says I mus’ limit m’self’thalf
pint absinthe "day or drop sudd’nly dead.”
“I’d drop dead if I drauk half pint in a
month.”
Without doubt the most astounding sue
cess in this whole group of mashers, and a
man to whom all the others now in town
are tyros, is a slim and pallid-faced little
man of perhaps 40 years, who is usually
clad in a frock coat and an air of gloom,
but who is recorded as a terror and
a flaming menace everywhere. He
has the nerve of a road agent and a wit
that has almost made liim famous. It is
of the peculiarly sharp and quaint order of
humor that makes women laugh, and he
has joked his way out of a dozen appalling
scrapes.
The mashers flourish. They spend their
lives breaking up the homes and ruining the
happiness of men who have the manliness
and decency to let the property of others
alone, but they are seldom called to account.
It is a curious- phase of New York life
that has brought out and matured this
sedate, unemotional, quietly clad, and sinu
ous gang,
MONEY IN THEM.
An Interesting Scene at a Prayer-
Meeting in Dakota.
Fi-om the Dakota Bell.
One Wednesday evening about two
months ago a prayer-meeting was held by
the members of one of the leading churches
in Aberdeen, this Territory. Owing to
some repairs being made in tho church
building it took place at the residence of a
Srominent member of the church named
awson, who was also a leading real estate
dealer. The city was at that time in the
height of a boom.
The Rev. Bagley had charge of the meet
ing, and after a number of those present
hail offered prayer the reverend brother
called on Brother Dawson. He accordingly
knelt by a chair, and after a fitting intro
duction" said:
“And we desire to further thank thee this
evening for allowing me to put my new
North Side addition upon—”
“Hold on, brother, hold on,” interrupted
the Rev. Bagley, “It hardly seems to me
proper for you to introduoe private real es
tate deals in a supplication at a church
prayer meoting. Don’t do it, Brother Daw
ton.”
But Brother Dawson was of a stubborn
disposition, and tjiis only made him more de
termined. He continued:
“As I was saying, I desire to return
thanks for thv providential guidance while
plucing my North Side addition on the
market. As thou probably knowest I have
thrown the entire addition on the market
at $450 per lot, though they are well
worth —”
“How’s that, brother?” put in the Rev.
Bagley eagerly, as he took his face out or
his hands and peered sideways ovor his
spectacles from where he was kneeling in
front of the sofa.
“Four hundred and fifty dollars a lot,
Elder,” answered Brother Dawson.
“Good gracious!” replied the minister as
he arose, “there’s money in those lots at that
figure—just put me down for a block of
about six—l’m willing to put my pile in
North Side dirt at that rate at any time!
Here, Sister Dawson, bring us a pen a min
ute till we draw up tho deed; I don’t pro
pose to take any chances on monkey busi
ness on as g'xxl a deal as this. Just re
main kneeling, friends; this matter won’t
take but a moment’s time.”
Very Awkward for the Husband.
From the St. James Gazette.
The London correspondent of the Irish
Times, writing last night, -says: “A curious
story regarding a hat Is current in the lohby
of the House or Commons. It appears that
on Friday night an elderly member, who is
said to be of a jealous disposition, and.
moreover, is possessed of a young and, or
course, good-looking wife, took from the
cloak room another member’s hat. On the
following morning after breakfast he dis
covered the strange lint on his Hat stand,
and on closer inspection found that it was
garnished inside with initials, above which
wax a strange crest. The green-eyed mon
ster wns instantly at work, eejiecially as his
wife had returned from the south of France
during his absence at the House on the pre
vious evening. His favorite chapeau, of
courso, being missing, he immediately in
terrogated his wife as to
who was her escort. The innocent dame
was highly indignant, and hotly deniod
the impeachment. Seizing his Dehrett, the
honorable member traced the offending hat
to its lawful owner, and, journeying to his
solicitor, indicted a very strong epistle to
the eldest son of a peer who sits on the op
posite side of the House threatening him with
all sorts of penalties for the insult offered to
his honor. The young scion of nobility im
mediately grasped the situation, having
himself had to travel home in a strange hat,
and kept up the joke by sending the en
raged husband a solicitor’s letter charging
him with stealing the initialled hat from the
cloak room of the House of Commons On
receipt of this epistle It immediately dawned
on the elderly M P. that he had made a
r~i.c.ir and he forthwith made a personal
apology Blnoe 2 o’clook this (Monday) af
ternoon he ba been strenuously trying to
offooß pair for the rout of the session."
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER R, 1887.
REGARDING FRENCHMEN.
Max O’Rell Writes a Few Generlities
About His Countrymen.
From the Liverpool Courier.
The real pretender iu franco is not the
Comte do Paris or Prince Victor Napoleon,
not the Due d’ Aumale or Prince Jerome;
the real pretender is the Paris workman. If
you speak to him of “tho people,” it is he,
and ha alone, whom he suppose you mean.
The millions of quiet | Miasm its, laborers and
other rural toilers he totally ignores; he is
the “sovereign people.” The Parisian work
man is not satisfied with the old cry:
“What is tho capitalist? Everything.
What ought he to be? Everything.” A
member oi the commission appointed by the
late French Parliament to inquire into the
Paris workman’s life asked one of them to
get up tho budget of his family expenses.
After describing minutely all the necessaries
the workman put down, “For music halls,
theatres, distractions, SOO francs.” Suppose
the country engaged in war, tho Paris work
man endorses a uniform and sings war
songs, but the peasant sees his land laid
waste and his cottage burnt down, and this
is why you will understand that he feels it
his duty to hate the Germans in a theoreti
cal way, but hopes and trusts that he may
be called upon to avenge the disasters of the
terrible year 1870.
The French never, or very seldom, allow
themselves to be completely absorbed by
business. They always set apart a certain
portion of time to the amenities of life.
They aro as serious ns you like at work, but
in a moment they will exhibit any amount
of good humor at play, and again will re
sume the harness as quickly as it was thrown
off. If you go into a shop at dinner time —
I speak now of small provincial towns—you
may run the risk of receiving very little at
tention, or even none at all. I remember
onee—it was at St. Malo, in the summer—l
entered a hatter’s shop at 1 o’clock in the
afternoon. A well-dressed, lady-like girl
came out of the back parlor and inquired
what I wanted.
“I want a straw hat, mademoiselle,” I
said.
“Oh! that’s very awkward just now."
“Is it?”
“Well, you see,” she said, “my brother is
at dinner;” and after a pause of a few sec
onds she added, “Would you mind calling
again in an hour’s time ?”
"Not at all,” I replied; “I shall be delight
ed to do so.”
I was not only amused, but struck with
admiration for the independence of that
worthy hatter. After a few years' residence
in England a little scene of that description
was a great treat.
An hour later I called again. The young
girl made her second appearance
“My brother waited for you for quite ten
minutes,” she said to me; “he is gone to the
cafe with a friend now.”
“I am sorry for that,” I said; ‘ ‘when can I
see him?”
“If you will step across to the cafe, I am
sure he will be happy to come back and at
tend to you.”
I thanked the young lady, wont to the
cafe, and introduced myself to the hatter,
who was enjoying a cup of coffee and hav
ing a game of dominoes with n friend. He
asked me to allow him to finish the game,
which, of course, I was only too glad to do,
and we returned to the shop together.
When we French appoint anew govern
ment official it is anew master that we give
to ourselves to snub us or to bully us. I
have an interesting illustration of this. Two
young chemists (one English, the other
French! were in partnership in Paris, and
one day made up their minds to start afresh
in Egypt. Each wrote to his consul in
Cairo. The Englishman’s letter ran this:
“Dear sir: I am about to open business as a
chemist in Cairo. Will you lie good enough
to tell me what are my chnnees of success
iu Egypt and what formalities, if any, I
should have to comply with before entering
uron the undertaking. Yours truly, John.”
By return of post he received a most polite
.letter, containing all the detailed informa
tion he wanted. The young Frenchman
wrote. “Monsieur lo Consul-General: lam
desirous of setting up as a chemist in Cairo.
Dare I hope that you will spare a few min
utes of your valuable time to give me such
information and adVioe as you may con
sider likolv to tie of use to me? With "many
apologies Monsieur le Consul-General, with
greatest respect, your most oliedieut and
humble servant, Jacques." This letter wax
written four years ago. The dear fellow is
still waiting for that consul’s reply. Of
course his English friend is now established
in Cairo, confortable and prosperous, doing
a roaring trade in pills with the new pro
teges of her Britannic Majesty.
Not long ago I was told the following
anecdote: A Frenchman and an English
man, having to settle a quarrel, were locked
in a dark room. The whole night the Eng
lishman sought to discover his French foe,
but failed to do so. It apjiears that the
Frenchman had reti-eatod inside the chim
ney. Well, I am bound to say I heard
this very same anecdote in France when
I was a boy; but then, dear reader, it
was the Englishman who went up in the
chimney. Max O’Rell.
WATTERBON ON RANDALL.
Editorial Correspondence of the Louis
ville “Courier-Journal.”
There are many good Dcmocats, I am
sure, in Pennsylvania. In fact, there is a
strong minority of them. But they will
never amount to much, and they ought not
to count for much, until they have taken
Mr. Randall by the s 'at of the breeches and
pitched hint ovor into the Republican camp,
where be belongs. He is no more a Demo
crat than Pig-Iron Kelley. Ho is kept in
Congress by the Republicans for their "own
party piirjx>ses. He stays in the Demo
cratic party, and professes to boa Democrat,
to serve the Republican masters to whom
be belongs and wig) pay him the price of his
seat in the House. To put him out, and to
keep him out, tor the traitor that he is, and
has always been, is not merely honor and
<lti!)’. but prudence. He is hurtful only
whilst masquerading as a Democrat.
There ought to he no bones about it, nor
any personal feeling whatever. The man is
an enemy to the Democratic party, open
anti flagrant, and almost profoesod, because
his frequent collusions with tho Republi
cans, in advance of the action of that
iiarty, can bo established. Mr. Randall
lias, of course, his right to do ns he pleases.
But the party must protect itself, and it
will do this If it has any discipline left.
In the Chicago convention, whose plat
form the Allentown convention indorsed,
Mr. Randall and his associates were beaten
horse, foot and dragoons. On every divis
ion in the platform committee they went to
tho ground. Their candidate for chair
man, Mr. Randall’s own representative, the
late Malcolm Hay, was defeated for chair
man of the committee by Mr. Morrison,
who made the report to the convention.
Butler's minority resolution, which re
flected Mr. Randall’s politics and opin
ions, was voted down overwhelmingly, yet
the Randall crowd, and the new.xi>apers,
which run the Randall machine, habitually
state exactly the reverse mid claim the plat
form ax their peculiar and particular vic
tory. Hence Mr. Randall's desire to get a
delay by indorsing tho Chicago platlorm.
His idea wax that ne aud his friends could
then go on with their double dealing and
falsifications of truth until Congress meets
when they can and will resume their accus
tomed negotiations with the Republicans to
betray the party once again into the hands
of the enemy.
This is the whole case. Meanwhile Penn
sylvania will poll her usual Republican ma
jority. Such is Eastern politic*.
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V. 0. Box 154.
HOUSES AND STORES FOB KENT.
(7H)R RENT, the store corner Bryan and
1 Whitaker streets, lately occupied by AV.
John Immen; fixtures and furniture complete.
Address, JOHN L HARDEE. >\ O. Box 88.
TX>R RENT, that eligible store corner of Jef-
I ferson and Broughton. Possession Oct. 1.
Apply to C. P. MILLER.
IN)R RENT, Central House; 20 rooms: all
modern Improvements. Apply WM. CRO
VATT, Brunswick, Ga.
INOR RENT, dwellings 12. 42te and 44 Jefferson
street, corner of York; in good condition,
with modern convenience. Apply to U. 11.
REMSHART, 118 Bryan street.
TT'OR RF.NT, two fine two-story brick houses,
F Nos 27 and 27J4 Broughton' street, in excel
lent condition, with modern conveniences and
gocxl yard, ala reasonable rental. Apply to
P. J. O’CONNOR. In Southern Bank building, or
at his residence, 85 Broughton street.
FOR RENT, desirable brick dwellings, cen
trally located and having gas, water, etc.,
on premises; also offices on first and second
floor* of buildings on Bay and Drayton streets,
suitable for merchant*, brokers or lawyers. Ap
ply to JOnN FLANNERY & CO__
1.50 R RENT, brick residence IDS York; nine
1 rooms, water, gas aud l>alb; convenient to
business; possession Oct. Ist. Apply next door,
at 101.
Ivor RENT--October Ist, for one year, house
on Duffy, fourth West from Bull; modern
conveniences. Rent, $25 per month. 11. F.
TRAIN. New Houston and Bull.
TT'OR RENT, houso on Anderson, fourth west
F from Whitaker. Apply Mrs. FREW, New
Houston and Bull -
F'OR RENT, two desirable houses Aberoorn
and Waldburg streets. Apply 184 State
street.
ill RENT, from October 1, the Sim S3
commodious house corner Bull and Tay
lor streets, formerly occupied by Judge Speer;
also eight-room bouse on Taylor street, be
tween Bull and Whitaker. For particulars ap
ply to JOHN LYNCH, grocer.
FOR RENT, No streotTfrom
Oct. 1. THOfi, A. FriLOARD.
FjS Hi RENT, No I*7 Liberty street., from tot
' 1. THOo. A. FOLLIARD, !>H West Broad
street.
F'i >K RF.NT. from Ist October next, that desir
able residence on the southwest corner Lin
coln and Bt. Julian streets. Apply to D. O'CON
NOR, (16 Congress street.
F'OU RENT, desirable brick residence li)8 Gor
don street: possession Oct. Ist. Apply to
J. M. WILLIAM*?, US J<W>*s street.
IAO It RENT, the store NO. 165 Congress Street,
’ ne.xt door to BolomonaA C 6.; one of tbo
best stands in the <iltr.! For terms apply to
GEORGE W. OWKNH. 113 Bay street. _
FJNiR KENT, that flue store No. !lo c digress
street from Nov, i, Isß*. Apply to ED. F.
NEITVILLE, 100 Bay street.
FOR rent Two dwellings, anrthdast eornsr
Huntingdon aud Mont gomery streets Ap
ply loU II KKMSII.-MtT. IIS Brjnn street.
F.VIR rent, ft -pl. ndld store Na
' H 7 Bay street, situate in Hutelilson's Block,
next to corner of Aberoorn: ha* splendid cellar
and Is splendid stand for any buxines*: second
and third storioa can be rented if desired. A.
R. LAWTON. Jk., 114 Bryan street.
KOR KKN'J MIM KLI.ANKOI S.
OFFICE for rent from Ist November next.
That desirable office on Bay street now oc
cupied by M. A. Cohen & Cos. Apply to T. A.
ASKEW. 151 Congress street.
TY)B RENT, office 98 Bay street. Apply to
Id. Y. dan?
IVi ft Id n on* half ! offi •• 114 Bay ,t,. •
I 1 upstairs; Immediate possession JOHN
BTON A DOUOLABM.
I'HOTOGHAPHY.
O PRO A L NOTICE PHOTOGRAPHY Prices
C reduced Petite* $1 50, (Ards $2, Cabinet
|xw dozen, aud larger wort in the same pro
portion
J. N Wlf/ION,
ill Bull Knot.
FOR SALE.
I ''OR SALE cheap, a spring wagon in pood
' order. Inquire at No. 53 Reynolds street.
ITVIR lease or sole, a tine residence, with sixty
acres of land, near Thunderbolt; dwelling
has twelve rooms in good re;sur; lino fruit, con
sisting of i caches, pears, plums, tips and grapes
on tlu' place; would make a tine vegetable or
dairy farm. Apply to WARREN & AXSON, 54
Ray street.
YJ'ORSALE, Laths, Shingles, Flooring, Ceiling,
P WoMthortmnrding and Framing Lumber.
Officeand yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 311. REWARD & CO.
LOST ANI> KOl’Nl).
r I'AKKN from two colored hoys, who offered
1 it for sale, a gold ring, supposed to have
been stolon. The owner can recover it by prov
ing property and paying charges, A. KISSSEL,
85 Whitaker street.
IOST, a red Setter Bitch; owner’s name on
j collar. Finder will be liberally rewarded
by returning her to 84 Jones street
LOST, n black and tan dog; the finder will lie
rewarded by returning to No. 133 Slalo
street. H. 0. HEADMAN.
REWARD.
BANNER, UA , Sept, l, 1887—a reward of
Fifty Dollars will be jmid for the delivery
of Harmoh Jones. Jones is a young man, about
live feet seven inches high, with a light com
plexion, and gray eyes. He has a small black
moustache, lie also has a small scar on one
side of his face; also, he has a largo scar on the
I>aek of his head. The above-named person is
just up from a case of fever. W. J. BACON <S
BROS.
BOA HIM Mi.
HOARD, with or without lodging, at 183 Lib
erty street.
MIsf’EI.LAN EOUB.
rpitv Raderick’s new bread; the Queen loaf at
X 10c., New England at lie., delivered per
wagon every day after 10 o'clock a. m.
IT'OR a face powder, nothing excels the super-
P lor and highly perfumed Boracine Toilet
Powder. Try it.
\ T EW bread. Try Ra lcriok's New England
Is and the new Queen loaf; also new Rye
bread. __ _
IOOK tip your winter dothing and have them
A renovated at CIIAS. RATZ, the dyer.
NOTICE.— The liomdew river front lots ad
vertised for some montlis past at the iniui
mum price of $lB5 each, will not tie sold here
after under s3o<> each; terms accommodating.
Apo. 3oth, 1887. 1* A. PALLIOANT.
LIT DDE V A BATES S. M. H.
NOW
I F
You could get a Fine Plano nt a very low price
and on most remarkably easy terms for pay
ment, wouldn't you btty It right now ?
Well, you can do Just that very thing right
now, but not some other time.
We happen to have on hand a large number
of Fine Pianos, not quite new. but used, some a
few months and some a year or so. but all with
eases repolished and looking as If fresh from
Factory.
i
These must lie sold. We need room for New
Stock, and to close them out quick we put prices
very low indeed—much less than actual value
—and also make
Specially- Easy Terms!
Rented until paid for. Yes, that's it. Anew
plan entirely. Ottr Quarterly Rental Plan. Ten
Quarterly Payments buys Ihe Plano. The quar
terly rental is ton per cent. of the price of Piano,
and this paid regularly for ten quarters will buy
the Instrument.
Thus, if llano Is priced at 9300, ten quarterly
payments of S2O will liny It, thus giving almost
three years for payment.
ANOTHER POlNT.—Suppose you want n
Fair Piano at small cost, Well, we have them
at SBO, $75. S9O, SIOO and $125 In good order (not
worn out) that w ill do excellent service for many
years yet, Indeed, we have some grand bar
gains In these, and they are also sold on the
Rental Plan.
These Pianos are represented exactly
as they are and will be exchanged if not
satisfactory. We keep In tunc and order
for one yoar those sold within the city
limits.
LIIIEN 4 MIIS
Music TTouse.
MILLINERY.
PLATSHEK’S
138 BROUGHTON STREET.
SWEEPING!
Like an avalanche, down to the bottomless
pit, disappear all calculations on theso
CHOICE GOODS!
Our aim is to close the lot, and at FABU
LOUS LOW PRICES. Do you want to
invest!
HERE'S THE CHANCE:
> j\ ■.
8.400 yards all silk face veiling*. plain, matte
and clii-nilla (lotted, in every shade now worn,
reduced to
lOc. per Yard.
1.850 pairs, an immense lot of Ladles' fine
Lisl.-, Taffeta Silk and pure Hllk Cloves In Blacks
and Tans, 6, Sand 10 button length, reduced to
uniform price,
28c. per Pair.
40 dozen Children’s Black and Solid Rhodes
Cotton Hose, 0 to elegant goods, reduced to
8 l-3c. per Pair.
250 dozen Ladies' Pure Linen Hemstitched
Embroidered Handkerchiefs, Colored and
Mourning-borders, was 86c. and 30c.; reduced to
10 l-4c. Each.
BO dozen I Julies' 4-Ply Linen Collars, with cape
in straight and turned edges, was 25c. and 83c.;
reduced to
16c. Each.
430 Papeterle Cabinets, Cretonne Covered and
Batin Lined, containing dozen envelopes, 78
sheets of best writing paper and 1 dozen gilt-edge
cards; s grand reduction,
76c. Each.
100 cates Indies' and Misses' Black Canton
Straw (Shapes, new Pall styles, at
26c. Each.
Zephyrs, Wools nod Embroidery Materials
in Vast Variety.
UVE INDUCEMENT!! in our different lines.
N H - Mail orders promptly aud carefully at
tended to.
STOVES AND Fl UNAfES
BOYNTON
FURNACES AND HEATERS,
The Best Made.
If you are thinking of putting In a Furnace
call and get our prices and references.
CORNWELL & CHIPMAN,
Odd Fellows
Free of Deception.
WE HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF THE
FARMER GIRL,
One of the very liest of stoves, and assure our
CAistomers they cannot be surpassed for ex
cellence in hukiug, ECONOMY OF FUEL
AND RESISTANCE TO WEAR ANI) TEAR.
It takes only a few seconds to prove this
throughout.
LOVELL & LATTIMORE,
SAVANNAH, GA.
PAINTS AND OILS.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
IT7HITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS,
> V VARNISH, ETC.; READY MIXED
PAINTS; RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL
SUPPLIES. SASHES. DOORS, BUNDS AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent for
GEORGIA LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CE
MENT, HAIlt and LAND PLASTER.
6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia
I s 65. CHRIS. Ml’Rl’HV, 1865.
House, Sign and Ornamental Painting
J EXECUTED NEATLY and with dispatch.
Li Point*, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Window
Glasses, etc., etc. Estimates furnished on ap
plication.
CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS.,
Rear of Christ Church.
V NDEBTAKER.
'~w.T)Ldi x on
U N DERTAKER
nr.ALF.It IN ALL KINDS OF
COFFINS AND CASKETS,
43 Bull street, Residence 59 Liberty street.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
USUAL NOTICK*.
/' KOROIA, Chatham County. In Chatham
"I Siqierlor Court. Motion to establish lost
deed.
To Isaac D. Laßoohe, Henry Love, Abraham
Backer. L Franklin Dozier, Wm. E. Dozier,
Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier
Pressley. Blanche E. Choppln, Arthur
D. Choppln, George R. Beard, Emma Estelle
Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B. Hodg
son, George 11. Hodgson, and Joseph C. Hodg
son:
ELIZABETH A. RILEY having presented to
me a petition In writing, wherein she alleges
that, a certain deed to lots Nos- 11 and 13 m
Stephen ward, in the city of Savannah, was
made by ISAAC!). I.* ROC HE and SAMUEL P.
BELL, acting us Commissioners under a decree
in equity in Chatham Superior Court, w herein
you were parties, or are representatives
of parties, or are interested adversely to
her title to said lots of land, which said deed, a
copy of which In substance is attached to said
petit ion and duly sworn to, boa rs date the Ut h
uay of June. IH<)0, and the original of which
deed said petitioner claims has been lost or de
stroyed, and she wishes said copy established
in lieu of said lost original. You are hereby
commanded to show cause, if any yon can, at
the next Superior Court to be held In and for
said county on the FIRST MONDAY IN DE
CEMBER NEXT, why said copy deed should
not he established In lieu of the lost or destroyed
original.
And it further appearing that some of you,
to wit: Abraham Backer, L. Franklin Dozier,
Wm. K. Dozier, Thomas B. Dozier. Bona Dozier,
Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche E. Choppln. Ar
thur B. Choppln, George R. Beard, Emma Es
telle Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B.
Hodgson. George H. Hodgson and Joseph O.
Hodgson reside outside of the State of Georgia,
It Is ttierefore further ordered that you so re
sesldtng outside of the Ktate of Georgia be
served by a publication of said rule nisi for
three months before the next termor said court -
to wit: Three months before the FIRST MON
DAY IN DECEMBER NEXT in the Savannah
Morning News, a public gazette of this Ktate,
published in thisoounty.
Witness the Honorable A P Adams, Judge
of said Court, this 37th day of August, A. D.
1887. BARNARD E. BEE,
Clerk 8. C., 0.0.
It. R. RICHARDS,
ISAAC BECKETT,
Attorneys for Petitioner*.
A true copy of the original rule nisi issued in
the above case. BARNARD E. BEF.,
Clerk 8. C., C. C.
(' EORGIA, Chatham County. - Whereat,
Tt JORDAN F. BROOKS has applied to
Court of Ordinary for Letter* of Administration
on the estate of CHARLOTTE CAHLKY, de
ceased.
These are therefore, to cite and admonish
all whom It may concern to tie and np
iiear lief on' said court to make objection (if any
they have) on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
OCTOBER NEXT, otherwise sahl letter* will be
granted
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fvhrii.l.
(irdinary for Clmtham county, this the 81st day
of August, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jn.,
_____ Clerk C. 0., C. C.
f ' EORGIA, Chatham County. Whereas,
vT KATE DALEY has applied to Court
of Ordinary for Letters of Administration on the
estate of DANIEL DALEY, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonlih all
whom It may concern to be and appear before
said court, to make objection (If any they have)
on Or before the FIRHT MONDAY IN OCTO
BER NEXT, otherwise said letters will he
granted.
Witness the Honorable Hampton L. Fsriull,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 81*t day
of August, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, JB.,
Clerk C. O- 0. C.
/ t EORGIA, Chatham County. Whereas,
l I CLINTON C. MARTIN ho*applied to Court
of Ordinary for Letters of Administration on the
estate of FRANCIS O. FOLEY, deceased.
These, are. therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom It may concern to lie and appear before
said court, to make oldrction Ilf any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN OCTO
BER NEXT, otherwise said letters will be
granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L. Ferrill,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 81st day
of August, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUBBELL, Jb.,
Clerk C, 0., C. C.
(' EOROIA, Chatham County. Whereas,
Jt FRED A . JONES tins applied to Court or
Ordinary for Letters of Administration on the
estate of MARTIN <f. JONES, deceased.
These are. therefore, to cite and admouisb
nil sl.mil ii i, i; ly concern to Island appear be
fore said court to make objection (if any they
have; on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
OCTOBER NEXT, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witnesn the Honorable Hampton L. Fkbrii.t.,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 31st day
of August, 1887.
PHILIP M. RUBHKLL, Jn.,
Clerk C 0., c. (1.
(■3.EOROIA, Chatham County.-- Whereas,
* JOHN HOLTON SHERROD has applied to
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Administration
and h. n. e. f. a. on the hstate of ROBERT BOL
TON, deceased. ,
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish
all whooi it may concern to In nod appear be
fore said court , to make objection (If any they
huve) on or before the KIRBT MONDAY IN
< MTi iHF.K NEXT, otherwise said letters will be
granted.
Wltneaslhe Honorable Hampton L, Ersmu..
Ordinary for Chatham county, this the 81s) day
of August, 1881.
PHILIP. M. RUHR ELL. .Ik„
Clark 0 o„ 0 C.
(' t EOROIA, Chatham County -Notice is here*
X by given that I liave made applicntiou to
the Court of Ordinary for C'lm I ham comity for
order to sell lot Dumber eight In ('. J. Hull's
subdivision of lots numbers flfty three and fifty
four Kfiuth (tglethorpe ward, city of Bavfenuali,
with tta- Improvements thereon, consisting of a
two-story brick dwelling house on the corner of
Weet Boundary and Margaret streets, belonging
to the estate of ('HAULER JON EX. doceased
for Hie payment of debts and distribution, and
that said i nler will he granted at OCTOBER
TERM IlBH7| of laid Court, unless objections sre
AM LUCINDA JOKER,
Executrix of wl|J of Charles Junes, deceased
Acuust 81, 1887.
C. H. DORSETT’S COLUMN.
FINE FUMITURE
A.t Auction.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell on FRIDAY, Sept. 9, at 11 o'clock a.
m at ISft liny street, a lot of GOOD FURNI
TURK, just received per railroad, and sold here
to avoid exiiense of snipping North. It consist*
of BOOK CASK, 2 DE'KS. BEDROOM SET la
WALNUT and MARHI.E, MARBLE TOP
TABLES, FANCY TABLES and STANDS, new
MATTING, lady's fine WRITING DESK,
ROCKERS. HEWING MACHINE, PICTURES,
DIKING CHAIRS, finely upholstered SOFA.
ALSO
1 BEDROOM SET in oak and walnut, 19 CEDAR
TUBS, new and large. NO small CEDAR KEEL
ERS, 0 TABLE SPOONS, 1 BED SPRING, i
W ARDRf >BES, and a box of BACON.
A COMFORTABLE HOME
Upon Very Easy Terms.
I can sell the two-story residence (tenement) oa
the west side of West Broad street, not Ween
Anderson and Henry, upon the following very
easy terms:
A cash payment of fJWI.
A monthly payment for two years of $92 75.
After the expiration of two years a monthly
payment of sl,> 7.) for seven years.
The House is nearly new and has a Parlor,
Dining-room. Kitchen and three Bod-rooms,
witli water in the yard
The house is well built and furnished, ha*
good size rooms, high ceilings, and is altogether
a very comfortable home.
Will sell on above terms, or for $1,350 cash.
Seven per cent, on $1,850 for nine years, with
the principal amount* to $2,$X). If the abov*
time payment is calculated It will amount to
$9,9111.
I have for rent a fine new store and rest
dence on the corner of West Broad aud
Gwinnett streets.
FOR RENT.
Brick residence No, 45 Jones street, second
door east of Habersham, two stories on a base
ment.
FOR RENT.
Th rosidonc* No. 139 York street, between
Bull and Whit aker street#; very roomy and con*
venicut to business*. C. H. DORBETT.
FOR RENT.
Avery desirable residence on Bolton street,
near JelTeiicu; southern front; unfurnished or
furnished, bedding and crockery excepted.
’ C. H DORSETT.
THE BUYERS
ARE MANY,
BUT
THE SELLERS
ARE FEW.
The demand for Realty continue* very good.
Many Inquirers fail to materialize into buyers
on account of the very poor offerings.
There is a great demand for low priced lots,
say from SBOO to SI,OOO. Also for a few choice
well located lot*.
The principal demand Is for residences, loca
tes! In good neighborhoods, ranging in value
from $1,500 to $4,000 and $5,000.
A few SMALL FARMS or FARMING LAND
near the city, from ten to thirty acres In extent,
could be easily placed at FAIR PRICES.
A Few Additions
TO THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN MADB
RECENTLY, TO WIT:
A Very Elegant Residence large rooms, high
ceilings, all the conveniences expected in a first
claas house. Ixxxted in an aristocratic neigh
borhood.
A full lot on South Brood Street Facia#
North.
A Two-Story Residence on Green square. Thi*
is a Bargain at fifteen hundred dollars.
An Elegant Lot soxloo, In Southeastern Sec
tion, for eighteen hundred dollars.
A Lot 80x91, on Second Avenue, near Barnard,
for $425. No City Taxes.
A Lot on Montgomery street, near Seconds
Avenue, for $625.
Not far from the Park, a three-story briclc
house, containing eight rooms, and a two
story brick house in the rear. The whole prop
erty will produce S3OO per annum. Can b*
bought for $4,000.
Fine Lot on Jones street. 00x100, next to
Schwarz's Bakery; ha* two small dwelling* on
tbo lane. Price $2,500.
Five Acres (unimproved) on the Coast Lina
Railroad, between the City and Bonaventur*.
There is a certain profit to subdivide this into
cheap lets.
, •
A comfortable Two Story Residence and Store
near S., F. and W. Railway, for $2,300.
Lot 30x105 on Henry street, near West Broad,
in neighborhood Just built up with good houses
S4BO.
A Two Story Woodon Dwelling, good locality,
in northern part of the city, convenient to Bay
street and the Market, for $2,200.
A Two Story House In Yamacraw for 9000.
Also two One Story Houses for SI,OOO.
The Large Double Two Story Residence in the
northwestern aorner of Bryan and Habersham
streets, for $3,500.
Two Cheap Lots south of the city, near the
Dillon Purchase, each 40x90. S3OO each.
A Snug Cottage Home corner of West Broad
and Henry street*. Lot 49x55. Price $2,000.
c. e mm,
Real Estate Dealer
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