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2 THE OPIUM HABIT. AN INTERESTING STORY BY ONE OF ITS VICTIMS. Larry Jerome’s Prominence-His Wit ty Stories Have Brought Him Noto riety-Tom Ochiltree’s Bright Sayings —Points About Other Famous New York Men. New York, Sept. 10.—There are drug Stores on lower Broadway which do a big business, and especially with weary or debilitated men who call at late hours to get something to buoy them up. A phy sician is regularly employed in them to prescrilie for people The places are open every hour of the year. One evening several weeks ago a young man, apparently about 30 years old, visited one of these stores, cautiously approached the prescription counter and called for 10c. ■worth of gum opium. He was short and of full habit, but his pallid face and trem bling limbs indicated that he was far from healthy. The clerk refused to sell him the drug. The young man took a silver kox from his pocket, opeued it and showed the clerk a lump of brown stuff about as large asa chestnut It was gum opium. “Youseel am used to takiug it,” said the young man, “but I am pretty near out of it, and I nulst have some more.” The clerk still declined to sell the, desired article, saying: “You have enough there to kill three men. ; Throw it away and stop taking it.” “I’d give worlds if I could,” said the j young man as he arose and wearily walked j out of the store. His eyes were glassy and he walk**! like one in a dream. The days and weeks went by and the young man, emaciated and weak but with clear eyes, entered the same drug store, and, recogniz ing the clerk who bad refused to sell him opium, he shook hands with him and said: “I thank you for doing me the greatest kindness of a lifetime when you declined to sell me any more of the drag. I went home and resolved to stop taking it. I had been a slave to it for ten years. It was a good resolve, but it took nerve to carry it out.” ell me your experience,” said the clerk, as he took a seat beside the young man. The latter, who kept nervously moving his hands and feet as he talked, recited his story of his struggle as follows: “I have read De Quincy's ‘Confessions of an Opium Eater,’ ” but I never perused the history of a case like mine. Ten years ago I suffered a severe attack of sickness. When I became convalescent I was in such a condition that roy family physician had to give me several different prescriptions to buoy me up. None of them seemed to do me any good. Finally he prescribed what proved to be a brownish, bitter solution. It afforded ine instant relief. Before tlio medicine was gone I was called to Chicago on business. I asked the doctor to give me a prescription for the medicine to take W.est with me, buf lie refused to do so. “I was surprised, but I indignantly left him and took what remained of the medi cine with me to Chicago. Once there I went to a drug store, showed the and uggist the contents of the bottle and ask< and him if he could discover the nature of the medicine and put me up some more of it. He smelled and tasted of it and askt and mo how long I ha/1 been taking it. He looked very serious when I told him. and then he said: ‘You evidently do not know what you have been taking. The main ingredient is opiu n, and you have apparently become a victim to the terrible habit of taking the drug.’ If the druggist, had felled me with a club I would not have been more surprised. I went home and resolved to without the medicine. All the symptoms of the disease which it had been given to correct i etumed. awl I suffered the tortures of the damned I yawned constantly and was unable to sleep. Finally I went to another druggist, told him my condition and liegged him t<> sell me some opium He did so. I took it, and once more I was at, peace with all the world. I increased the dose until the of it made my ears fee! as if they were about to buret. For five years I made no effort to throw off the terrible yoke of habit that my physician had put about my neck. I slept sparingly in feverish fits and I ate heartily, but grew more weak every day. I never shall be able to describe the awful dreams that haunted me during the night. The hallucination got a place in inv mind that the habit to which I was a viotin was a great snake coiled about my body and constantly tightening its folds. I would dream that the head of the monster was darting back and forth liefore my face, and ewake with a scream. The drug began to tell on the action of the heart until I felt a sens* 1 of compression al*<ut the chest. I could not relieve myself of the idea that this pressure was (hie to the clammy embrace of the snake. One night I awoke from my torrid dream to find rnyse'f apparently dying. My heart was beating at a terrific rate, cold sweat *ood out over inv face, and I was in a precarious condition. I took a gTeat dose of the drug, but was unable to retain it. I was likeadismantledaud rudder less ship at sea in a gale. I called a doctor, gave him the history of my case, and begged im to relieve me. He gave me some aconite for my heart and some big valerian pills for my nerves. They had not the slightest effect on me. My heart beat faster and faster. The big snake was tightening its embrace. Finally the doctor bared my arm and injected a solution of morphine into my veins. It brought relief, a-id in a week 1 was able to feebly walk about, but I Was obliged to increase my allowance of Opium to keep body and soul together. “Then iny case assumed anew phase. One night I awoke from my fearful dream about the snake with a fluttering of the heart. The organ palpitated at intervals of five minutes r&d 1 sent for the doctor. He told 'me tliut must cease taking the drag or die. He gave me bromide of potassium to <]uiet my nerves, but it had no effect beyond making ine feel as if 1 were going mad. 1 slyly re turned to the use of the drug. I kept the silver l>ox containing it at my bedsede. < )ne night I awoke and reached for the tiox. The purse had taken it awav. No one was awuke 111 the house. Instantly my heart began to beat, violently and I was all of a tremble. I felt as if I should smother. The snake had tightened its folds once more and death seetned imminent. The shipwrecked man on a raft at sea without food or water does not experience more agony than I did when I found myself without the drug, I called loudly for help, the nurse came, and I begged him to get me the opium. He hod thrown it away. No drug store was open at that hour of night, and, as a lust resort, 1 searched my pockets for a crumb of the drug. I found a morsel, took it greedily, and managed to exist until morning, when the attendant got me some of the stuff from a drug store. I rallied and eked out, an exist ence for three or four years, but it was an awful existence. I had tried to keep secret the fa/’t of my misfortune, but it seemed as if everybody had heard of it, tor circulars advertising cures for the oniom habit came pouring in on m ■ from all over the country. “At length I determined to emancipate myself. My physician said it was impossi ble, I had been too long in the embrace of the snake. He said that it would kill me to break off at once. I caine in here to buy some more of the drug, but you refused to sell it to me. Then 1 went home determined to cease taking it. IMim no mortal ever suffered as I did after making that resolve. I yawned, the tear ducts were opened until my eyes swam, ami sleep was out of the question. My heart palpitated until it eeemed about to burst, my apjietite, which had lieen so strong while f was a victim of the habit, was entirely gone and all the world wus clouded to me. The only con solation I hail was the sensation that the snake had loosened its coil. The nerve tonics tbut I took seemed to make me hover on the confines of insanity. At lost, after two weeks of agony and sleeplesnuas.a little relief came. I able to doze half an hour at a time and eat a little. My heart ceased to heat quite as rapidly as it had done <lne night during a fitful sleep I dreamed that the big suoke, which hud been about my ixtdy for a decade, dropjied to the floor. j i aised its awful head and glided out of the ! room. I awoke with a sensation of terrible s physical exhaustion, and my heart wasbeat j ingso slowly that it seemed about to stop. I I opened a bottle of beer with a trembling | band and drunk two glasses of it. My heart b 'gan to boat stronger and I dropped into a i calm sleep for two Hours. From that time | on beer became my constant stimulant. The hops in the liquor have a soothing effect, and there is nothing like it for one breaking off from the opium. Two weeks have elapsed and now I am free. The very thought of the drug makes me sick. Once I dreamed that I had returned to its use. The door of my room was ajar ami I dreamed of taking the first morsel of the stuff. I saw that awlul snake thrust his head into the apartment and prepare to spiring upon me and again coil about niv body. I awoke with a scream, and if I had been at all tempted to return to the habit, that vision would have stopped me.” Amos J. Cummings. Larry Jerome’s Great Name. Larry Jerome is not eminent in politics or finance, has never held a notable public ! position and his wealth is limited, yet when j tie arrived from England yesterday the : whole town begun to gossip and to-day there I are interviews in the papears columns in length. It would puzzle an outsider to ac count for Larry Jerome’s prominence. No recent arrival has attracted so much atten tion. Besides him the Siamese Princes, the Duke of Marlborough, Sir Lionel Playfair and ail the other notabilities fade out of sight. Larry Jerome dwarfs them all. The explanation is simple: He’* a diner out and a mighty one at that. His presence at a table insures the success of the entertain ment. Wherever lie goes he is eagerly sought after on account of his jollity, wit and humor. I’ve known John W. Mackey ami lloseoe Colliding to wander about the up-town cafes for hours trying to find Je rome or Tom Ochiltree so as to carry them off to dinner. A more beautiful and touch ing sigh! than those four gentlemen around the festive board it would be impossible to imagine. I’ve seen them in the now defunct Carleton Club when even the waiters were impressed by the ai r of geniality and good fellowship that hovered over the table. Ochiw. ee was benign, rotund, gloomy, fiery and jovorss Mackey silent and bright-eyed, smiling with intense amusement: Conkling dignified but quizzical and bright, and Larry Jerome amiable, easy, quirk as a flash at repartee, brimming over with in fectious fun—in a word, himself. Ochiltree’s fame is still growing and he owes it all to his social qualities. Like Jerome he is short, stout and the picture of good living. There are other men in New York who are eagerly sought after on ail public occasions and whose names figure in the papers as dint r; out a hundred or two times a year. Some of them are in politics and others are staid business men when not whooping things up at night Senator Arthur D. Williams is one of the best after dinner sjreakors in New York. He is a brilliant lawyer, a keen political manager, and he si>eaks with the ease of long practice. The best quality of his after-dinner talk is his ringing ami impetuous style. It carries everything be fore it. Commissioner Jacob Hess, who knows everybody in New York, is another inde fatigable diner out. A dinner without him is considered uu abortive and silly tiling. He has a quiet, humorous style that takes well after dinner. Frederick Gibbs, who is sarcastically referred to as “the Wicked Senator,” is the most extraordinary mail I ever met for larking and joking. He spends all his time putting up one sort of a game or another on the miserable men who “enjoy' bis acquaintance,” and the number of ap palling blunders and mistakes that can be trac.sl to his door would have abashed the late Com al an Sothern. Henry J. Bangs, President of the famous Turtle Club, is an other member of this locally’ famous little group. He is a leather merchant by day, but at night bin place is at the end of a big table, where he shines by reason of natural endowments. If Roscoa Conkling, Larry- Jerome, Tom Ochiltree. Arthur Williams, Commissioner Hess, Fred Gibbs and Henry Bangs were to organize a fortnightly dining club, they could make it the success of the year in clubdom, if they would all agree to lie there when the dinner bell rang. Blakely Hall. FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS. The County Commissioners Decide to Build a New Jail. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 10.— The County- Commissioners, at a meeting this morning, ordered the tax assessment for the year. They also discussed the new jail, and finally- decided to model it after Sa vannah’s. Bids for its construction will bn ndvertised for in the three daily- papers of Jacksonville and the Savannah News. While on the subject of building, it was de cided to raise the County Clerk’s office an other story, and County Engineer Ellis was instructed to draw plans for the work. The County School Board to-day made an estimate of tne cost of maintaining the public schools in the county, and it footed up to 934,925. This would require a four mill tax, which the County Commissioners to-day allowed. A small fire occurred this afternoon at J. Bell’s residence on Cedar street, but it ' was speedily subdued before much damage was done. A TRIPLE MURDER. Terrible Deed Near Sar < Sota of a Man Believed to be Insane. Tampa, Fla., Sept. 10. —The startling news of a triple murder has just reached here from four miles south of Sara Sota. Dilos R. Green brutally murdered his w ife, son, aged 5 years, and daughter, aged 18 months. As no cause cun lie found for the deed it is thought that he is insane. He is now under arrest and seems to think the killing was all right, as he went to a neigh bor’s house und reported that he had killed his family. Milledgeville Mention. Milledgbville, Sept. 10.— Capt. K. G Matheson, Commandant of Cadets of tho the Middle Georgia Agricultural College, reports a larger riuinlier of entries than last session and more pupils coming in every day. Ho says the pr<.sprats of tho college are more encouraging than they ever have been. The joint committee of both houses of the legislature, that were at the asylum a fortnight ago and adjourned before com pleting their investigations,will return next Monday and complete their work. Solicitor General F. G. dußignon is expected to spend at least one duy m attendance at their session. Earthquakes at Milledgeville Milledgeville, Sept. 10. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here about 12:48 o'clock Thursday night. It was not severe, but quite perceptible, lasting about two seconds. There was another here on the titli, more severe, but it occurred be tween 8 and 4 o'clock in the morning, and many did not perceive it. It was heavier thiui the one felt last night. Changed His Mind. Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 10.—J. B. Rolxjrts, the present Marshal of the munici pality of Pensacola, wus recently appointed a member of the City CoiniiiiNsioners to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Hon. A. is. Avery. Mr. Roberts accepted the appointment bv mail, but to-dav ten dered u withdrawal of the acceptance by telegraph The cause for this change is not known, but it in rumored that it is oc casioned by contemplated political changes in subordinate positions. Do you anti for a teat of so/opONT'H power. Just talk to a lady for hair an hour: if her breath is sweet if her tecih are white, if hergunw are i leao. If her g utua are bright, if hei mouth It pure and her teven a,, We*n, She iiwmi me BOZOIViS'T. th*,i. we wwu TIIE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1887. FIGHTING TRAIN ROBBERS. Two Outlaws and One of the Posse Already Wounded. Austin, Tex., Sept. 10.— Great excite ment prevails here over a ro[)orf from Man clioca, a small village fifteen miles south west of this city. It is reported that officers had overhauled and attacked a band of train robbers, supposed to be the some gang that perpetrated the McNeil and Flatonia train : robberies several months ago. The i local officers at Mauchaea attempted this afternoon to arrest the robbers, when the latter opened fire, wounding one ot them. Two outlaws have thus far been fat illy wounded. Fighting still continues. Help was asked for liom this place, and Sheriff Ryle and a posse left for the scene ]of conflict. The first reports indicated that a fresh train robbery bad been committed, but this proved erroneous. The wounded outlaws will be brought hero to-night. ALL WILL BE KILLED OR CAPTURED. Austin, Tex., Sept. 10, 11 p. m.—Later information from Manchaea, the scene of the fight this morning with the supposed train robbere, is to the effect that one des perado was killed and two wounded. The band comprises several supposed train robbers, who are com pletely surrounded. It is thought i they all will be killed or captured within the next 24 hours. One Deputy Sheriff has becu badly wounded. From dispatches re reived by Gov. Ross it Is tielieveu that the outlaws are the same band t! at committed the McNeill and Flatonia train robberies. RED RIVER’S RAILROAD The Dominion Governm nnt Comes Out Squarely Against It. Chicago. Sept. 10. —The Times 1 special from Winnipeg says: “The Dominion gov ernment has shown a cloven foot and come out squarely against the Red River Valiev road. To-day, at the instance of the gov ernment, the firm of Aiken, Pul ver & Hamil ton filed two 1 nils in equity praying that the Red River Valley contractors and Messis. Norquay & Wilson be restrained from building a railroad lots held by the government as crown lands. The two bills of complaint are precisely the same in wording, the only difference being that of the lots wdiich they cover. They are much the same ns the bills formerly filed. Minister of Justice Thompson is the informant, and signed the bills w-hen he was here a few days ago. The action becomes one of the Queen, represented by the Do minion government, vs. the Queen, repre ri seated by- the Provincial government, and promises to be one of the most celebrated in the Canadian annals. The bills were ready for filing for a considerable time, but it was only decided to spring them to-day, when it became know-n by- remarks in the argum lit, dropped by the Chief Justice in the Browning ease, now before the court, that he would certainly dismiss the motion of the plaintiff, who lias virtually acknowl edge 1 himself a puppet of the Cananadian Pacific.” FIGHT OF THE FILIBUSTERS. Key West Reports That Three of the Soldiers Were Killed. New Orleans, Sept. 10.—A special from Key West to the Times-Democrat says: “While in ambush some milos from Matan zas Thursday afternoon, just after landing the band of Cuban filibu ,ters, which left here recently, were attacked by a detach ment of 300 Spanish soldiers. The latter were repulsed, leaving three of their number dead and carrying off five who had been wounded by the dyna mite bombs thrown by the filibusters. Four of the Cubans were wounded, but not at all seriously, by shots from the soldiers. The filibusters then made their way into the interior, and private advices received from the loader by a representative of the cause here this morning announce that they have joined those w-ho had preceded them. “It is believed here that certain Spanish smacks, the property of wealthy Cuban home rulers, sailing out of Havana, and which are supfxmed to lie in the fishing trade, are really doing a profita ble business smuggling aquardiento to the Florida mainland, and carrying arms and reinforcements on their return to Cuba from Tampa and this city. Two Spanish gunboats have been cruising in sight of this island all day.” DEFIED BY A WOMAN. A Judge Sends Her to Jail for Ten Days for Contempt. Cincinnati, Sept. 10.—Mrs. Rebecca StaUlman was before the Court of Common Plens yesterday to show cause why she should not be punished for contempt of court in refusing to sign a deed for the sale of real estate sold by order of the court in an estate of which she w-as administratrix. It was shown that the property had been twice sold. Mrs. Stahltnan’s son in-law- bought it for her at the first sale, but that sail 1 was set aside. At the next offering her son-in-law- did not ap pear. and the property was sold to another man. Mis. Stahl man refused to sign the deed. Her attorney in open court urged her to obey the court, hut she stubtiornly re fused, and the court sentenced her to ten days in jail, unless she sooner consented to sign the deed. She refused to Mgn or to go to jail, and had to be taken by force. SHEEPSHEAD’3 RACES. Six Events in Which Some Good Run ners Showed Their Heels. New York, Sept. 10.— Following is a summary of to-day’s events at the Sheeps heod Ray races: First Rack Handicap sweepstakes: one mile. Eolian won, with Politico second and Flageo letta third. Time 1:41)4. Second Race— Flatbuah stakes: sweepstakes for 2 year-olds; seven furlongs. S r Dixon won, with Benedictine second uud 'leatray third. Time 1:!. Third Race—One and three-sixteenth miles Relvideiv won, with Rot il'Or second and Guliali third. Time 2:05. Fourth Rack—One and a quarter miles. Frank Ward won, with Molly McCarthy’s last second and Alarlo third. Time 2:10. Fifth Race Three-fourths of a mite. Ronnie 8. won, with Battledore second and bulime third. Time l:l&4^. Sixth Rack < >ne mile on the turf. Jennie B, won, with Santa Rita second and Arundel third. Time 1:42?4. A Village Treasurer Short. Cincinnati, Sept. 10.—Gustavos Winneh nian, treasurer of the village of Reading, Hamilton county, Ohio, last night presented his resignation in consequence of the dis covery of a shortage in his accounts to the amount of 97,000. He can give no expla nation of the cause except that he used the money. He was supposed to Redoing a thriving business as a saloon keeper, and had just finished anew building. His bondsmen will make the amount, good. Three Corpses Recovered. New- York, Sept. 10.—The bodies of three men who were killed yesterday by the caving in of an excavation for the new aqueduct were recovered to-day. They were crushed in a horrible manner. Bursting of a Boiler. Charleston, Slept. 10.—A boiler explo sion occurred in Anderson county to-day, wounding Patrick Stegall, o:ie of the own ers, mid Frank Anderson (colored), both fatally, and two others painfully. “lie wise to-day: 'tis madness to defer.” Don't neglect your roughs. If you do, your fate limy Is* that of the countless thousands who have done likewise, and who to-dsy fill rotisutuptiviw' graves. Night-sweats, spit ting of blood, weak lungs, and consumption itself, if taken in time, can Is* cured by the use of I)r. Plerre'a “Golden Medical Discov ery." This wonderful preparation has no equal as a reined) for lung and throat dlii- Mra. All druggists. BRIGHT LIGHTS OF FINANCE. One of the Prominent Men in the Balti more and Ohio Deal. New York, Sept. 10.—What a galaxy of financial talent has suddenly shone out on the now famous Baltimere and Ohio deal. One of the principal figures is Junius S. Morgan, of the London banking house of J. 8. Morgan & Cos. He is a man now w-ell along in life, being in fact nearly 70 years of age. He conies of an old Massachusetts family, though it is curious to recall the fact that the name Morgan is one of the earliest known to Anglo-Saxon civilization Asa fcov, J. S. Morgan entered the dry goods house of James >l. Beebe & Co'., ot Boston. As years went on j lie rose higher and higher and finally I became one of its chief managers. About this time the famous George Peabody, the banker and philanthropist, visited Boston and made it generally known that he wanted a partner in his London house. His atten tion was called to young Morgan. He sent for him, and in a few minutes an arrange ment was made, and the young man took the next steamer for Europe, li was ban ishment from his native land, but gold as suaged any pain this might naturally have caused, and J. S. Morgan is nrobably well Anglicised by this time. The death < f George Peabody years ago placed him at the head of the great banking house founded by that financial genius. Here in New- York the real bead of the fi mif Drexel, Morgan & Cos is J. Pierpont Moigan. the sou of Junius 8. Morgan. Pier pont. Morgan would hardly be taken for the head of a great banking house as he sits in his private office. He wears a derby bat which he does not ri move even in his office; as ho rapidly writes at his plain desk he puffs vigorously at his cigar. He looks like some visitor who has had the assurance to occupy the desk for a little hasty scribbling during the financier’s absence. He is a man of possibly 45, and has made himself unpop popular by a certain brusqueness of manner which is a fault of too many business men. His temperament, I should say, however, is kindly at the bottom. In appearance he Is somewhat suggestive of Banh lph; the large nose is bulbous with some malignant erup tion, due, as his enemies think, to the pleas ures of the table, and as his friends say to erysipelas, and this is a far more probable exnlana'ion. He lias expended, I am told, large amounts in charity, and his wife is identified with numerous philanthropi cal movements. The Drexels are Pennsylvania Dutchmen, who began as money changers and have worked their w-ay to prominence as bank ers. They have never been accused of any great business talent. The founder of the fortunes of the family delved and saved" practised the most rigid economy and ac quit ed an enormous fortune. Other firms identified with the Baltimore and Ohio deal on this side are Brown Broth ers and Kidder, Peal sxly & Cos. It is curi ous to notice how closely thdflry goods trade is connected with the history of great finan cial houses. The house of Drown Brothers was founded in Baltimore early in the pres ent century, not as bankers, but as commis sion merchants in dry goo'is, largely in lin ens imported from Belfast, the "original members of the house being Irishmen. After some years a branch house was established in Now York and at first only a dry goods business was done, but later on the firm be gan to advance money on cotton, and as time went on similar niil was given to the cotton trades and other branches of busi ness. As the banking business of the house increased the dry goods trade was gradual ly dropped until the firm finally became prominent as full-fledged hankers. One of the oldest members of the firm, as it is now constituted, is James M. Brown, who is about (15 years of age, hut walks miles every day for the sake of the exercise and the physical benefit experienced. He lives on Fifth avenue, but sometimes w alks clear dow-n to Wall street. He is President, of the Chamber of Commerce and a member of tbe Union League. Kiddor, Peabody A; Cos. are identified with the deal, but there is nothing noteworthy concerning the personnel of the house, ex cept that Oliver Peabody, one of the firm, is a relative of the famous George Peabody. As to the deal itself, it looks as though Alfred Bully would gain his point and make the Richmond terminal a great through route to the South. Mr. Sully is one of the pleasantest men in Wall street; there is a shrewd look in the eyes that pee >• pleasantly but keenly the face of an interlocutor and a jolly laugh on occasion. He is a man of decided ability and varied attainments. He is not merely a man of “deals” and figures; he has scholarly tastes, and owns a very fine library. No one could be more unpretentious than this man trained as a lawyer, of Canadian birth, but a thorough American in feeling, and who. after win ning success in his profession, wins still greater success in the domain of finance, tnat. battlefield of keen wits, with millions for the prize. What sharp rivalry! What bitter jeal ousy, what slyness and deceit one often sees in these financial battles. Mr. Sully, how ever, has pushed his way to success by no underhand tricks, though diplomacy, of which a Talleyrand might have been proud, has often contributed to the consummation of liis projects. Newspaper men like him because he either tells the truth or remains silent.. Then there is Calvin S. Brice, the Baron Munchausen of New- York finance. lie sits at his desk in the Astor Building on Wall street, a short man of wiry build and with broad shoulders, perpetually smoking or chewing a cigar, nervous in manner, bluff and off-hand, ready enough to talk and lib eral in contributions of fictions to tbe news columns of the press, though there is a tra dition that he once, possibly in a moment of mental aberration, told a reporter tbe truth. He is nil Ohio lawyer, rich, abput. 45 years of age, pushing, not w-ithout ability and seems to be feeling his way to a bold attempt to secure a mortgage ou the planet. Just now he has his keen gray eyes on a place in the new Baltimore and Ohio directory. He is Vice President of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road, and is also identified with that now grant of the railroad world, the Richmond and West Point Terminal. His success in New York illustrates the power of audacity and ability in the financial world. He caine lioro with little, but now h" is worth a million or more, lives in fine style hare nr at N'ewqxirt, and is pushing his wav w t i something like a swagger toward social as well as financial prominence. Meanwhile there Is a good deal of sense less abuse of Robert Garrett. His father, the late John W. Garrett, could hardly have succeeded any better in some respects, for the Baltimore and Ohio was one against many. Young Garrett is rich and has sense enough to be glial to retire anil enjoy his wealth. Oscar Willoughby Riggs. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. NOTICE. Savannah, Ga.. Sept. 1, IRB7, \\7F. have this day formed a copartnership n under the Inn maw of SYMONS & mui.i, for the purpoae of conducting a Drug business at the comer of West Broad and Charlton streets. The senior of the tirm is u thoroughly experienced pharmacist and will (five the busi ness his close personal attention Inviting the patronage of our friends and the public gen erally, we are, very reaped fully, OEoROIC F. SYMONS. R. S. MKU.. Georoe K. Stmonh. R. 8. Mr.tx. NEW DRUG STORE \\ r K lieg to inform fair friends and the public " generally that we have opened a Drug Store, corner Weal Broad and Charlton street*, and guarantee to keep on hand a full supply of llue Drugs Medicine* and Chemicals, also Toilet and Fancy Articles, Candles. Koaiis. etc , Toheeeo, Cigars and ISnufT. sttd everything gen erally kept In a ffrat class Drug Store Reels, I fully. KYWOffH S MKf.l. Prescript lona rarefo" • ui'sMinded, MARRIAGES. BACOT—GIRARDEAU—On Thursday even ng. Sept. 1, at St. John s church, by the Rev. Thomas Boone, Aules lb K. Bacot to Agnes, daughter of the late \V. 0. Girardeau, of Monti cello, Fla. Charleston Xeics find Courier please copy. IN MEM()IMAM. PETER B. REID, Died July 19, 1887. Through many days and weary nights We stood beside our darling brother, Watching his loving, smiling face And bathing his fever-laden brow. Time passed on and bis strength wao spent, And God willed he should not rise. So he calmly closed his sweet, blue eyes. Fell asleep and awoke with the heavenly crown Clasped firmly in his hairl. Pete, some day we snail meet and understand There were six kind and loving brothers Bound heart to heart with love so true, And to break the links that hound them Killed our happy home with gloom. Our hearts are' aching with bitter anguisV That our noble young brother must die- Must leave the cheerful, happy home. Where he was his sisters' love and pride. He is gone. One last kiss; one sad good-by. lie is happy with his angel-mother in heaven now. LOVING SISTERS. MURDOCH—Died, in this city on July ft. 1887. In hope of a blissful immortality Edward Mm nocn, in the 58th year of his age, leaving an af fectionate wife and loving steo-children to mourn his loss, combined with the respectful sympathy of friends and acquaintance. The character of this honest, steady, charitable, good man, may be attested by the fact of his long and continued service in the employment of the mills in which lx** died. For nearly forty years he served with fidelity and promptness the interests of his employers, and his long, unbroken connection is proof that his efforts were appreciated. His bumble means were employed in sustaining the church, visiting the sick, burying the dead and educating the orphan, and many homes were made happy by tne secret kindness of this good old man who never told his right hand of the doings of his left To his wife and children he has bequeathed the legacy of an upright, hon est, charitable character, and well can can it be said of him— “ Thou hast fought the good fight. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." MEETINGS. SAVANNAH LODGE \O. 217, I. O. B. B. The regular monthly meeting of this Lodge will be held THIS (Sunday) EVENING, Sept. 11, 1887, at H o’clock. By order of the President . RICHARD ROBINSON, Secretary. METROPOLITAN SAVINGS AND LOAN COMPANY. The eighth regular monthly installment is now due and payable at the company’s office be tween the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m. H. C. DAVIS, Treasurer. SPECIAL NOTICES. NO DRY FUN. Experience has shown that a progressive printer could make a showing in a town crowded with all kinds of offices. Townsend has spent thousands of dollars for all kinds of labor-saving materia 1 , ami he now demands a chance to esti mate on work you may have in hand. He does not employ slow, incompetent labor. He is his own foreman He can take any particular job and make more money out of it than a good many in the business. He is the one to encour age. You will benefit by it in the long run. TOWNSEND, Fine Printer and Binder, Bft and 88 Bryan street, Savannah. Oa. “TE LF. PJJO NE 841." A BIG DIVIDEND. The old reliable Southern Mutual Insurance Company of Georgia has declared a dividend of SEVENTY PER CENT. to its policy holders out of its net earnings for the past year. This is a home company. No agencies out of tlie State, anil all its earnings are annually di vided among; its patrons. It has paid out for losses $3,219,868, and in dividends $2,251,810. making a total saved to the State of $5,171,000. which would otherwise have been carried out of the State. For economy, cheapness and security this company offers every advantage to insurers of property. I am A cent for this company in Savannah and fuarantee to my patrons liberal adjustments nd prompt payment of all losses. THOMAS IT. HARDEN. Agent. FOR SALE. 15 shares Chatham Real Estate and Improve ment Company's stock; 27 installments paid in. 1 share Cotton Exchange stock. Address, T. C. 8.. P. O. Box 199. NOTICE. September 11, 1887. During my absence from the city my son, HARRY J. SOLOMONS, will attend to my busi ness. M. J. SOLOMONS. NOTICE. Sava*™ah. Oa.. Sept. 2, 1887. Mr. T. B. Thompson having withdrawn from the firm of McDONOUGH & CO. ,1. J. McDON OUGH and EDWARD BURDETT will continue the business under the same firm name and style. J. J. McDONOUOH. EDWARD BURDETT. W. TAYLOR, Painter and Interior Decorator, and strictly first-class references. 89 Broughton street, next to Marshall House. NOW OPEN. THE ARCADE NEW YORK OYSTER AND CHOP HOUSE is n nropea. The choicest New York Meats. Northern Oysters, including Blue Points and Saddle Rocks. P.ice Birds and all game in season always on hand and served at ail hours. A competent oysterman from Fulton Market. Polite and attentive waiters. Suitable accommodations for ladies. The patronage of the public is iuvited at the Arcade New York Oyster and Chop House, Broughton and Dray ton streets. T. H. ENRIGHT, Proprietor. NOTICE. Neither 'the captain nor consignees of the British steamship “Amaryllis," whereof Black is master, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew. A. MINIS * SONS, Consignees. 08. J. EMMETT BLACKSHEAR, LATE OF MACON, GA. Office and residence: 156 Jones street, Savan nah, Ga. NOTICE TO TAILORS. CITY OF SAVANNAH, 1 OrrtrE Cleric or Council, Sept. 6, 1887. f Bids will lie received at the office of Clerk of Council until 12 o'clock m., THURSDAY, Sep tember 15, ISM?, for furnishing the Fire Depart ment with winter uniforms according to specifi cations to he seen on application at this office. The committee reserve the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Committee on Fire. FRANK E. REUARER, Clerk of Council. UR. HENRY h CODDING, DENTIST, Office corner Jonaa and Drayton streets. ATTENTION. TRAVELING MEN! Then' will be a meeting of Savannah Post I), of the TRAVELERS I'HOTECriVK ASSOCIA TION. at Screven llouae. on Sept. noth, at 7:80 i* a., to perfect the organisation of the Post. All (raveling men, or those who sell goods by aumnles or otherwise on the "mini, are nr gently requested lo attend; also wholesale liter chanta slid manufacturers who employ traveler*, as the merits of our annoem Mon will lw fully shown at this meeting All travelers who Join us on this occasion will Is- admitted as charter member* Attendance of uiemtier* fmm adjoining cities is also rv- | ipiMied UKAN NEW*AN. President Sip A. PeoH*i.*v. Jr.HecretarvmidTreasurer, I SPECIAL NOTICES. TO THE OF SAVANNAH. CITY OF SAVANNAH, i Mayor's Office, Sept. 10th, 1887. ( J have just received the following letter from the President, in reply to your invitation to him to visit Savannah. RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor. Executive Mansion, I Washington. Sept. 7, 18n7. f Hon. Rufus E. letter, Mayor, Savannah, Ga.: Dear Sir—l have received the invitation kindly tendered me in behalf of the municipal 1 authorities, and civic and military organiza tions of Savannah, and also the Georgia His torical Society, to visit that city during my con templated trip to the West and South. I am in receipt of like invitations from many other localities, and I have delayed action there upon until I could definitely determine which of them my time and positive engagements al ready made would permit me to accept. To my regret, I now find it necessary to send to a large number of them replies similar to this: The trip is to be undertaken for the purpose of fulfilling my promises to visit St. Louis and At lanta. The dates of these visits are fixed, and, as both are included in a single trip, the inter vening time between these two dates is substan tially all that can be devoted to visiting other cities. It is a physical impossibility, in these circum stances, to accept all the Kind and cordial invi tations which have been tendered me, and I have been obliged to mark out a route of travel, and select as stopping places such cities as are on the way or which, for other controlling rea sons, it seems most desirable to visit at the time. I am sorry that the plan precludes the possi bility of my acceptance of the invitations from Savannah, and I trust the good people of your city will not attribute my failure to comply with their wishes, so warmly and heartily ex pressed, to any want of appreciation of their re gard, or to any lack of desire to lie their guest. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland. IMPORTED PIANOS. The latter part of July last our Mr. S. selected samples of different styles of Pianos made by E. Roseukranz, at Dresden, Germany. They ar rived in Savannah the 22d of August. The in struments were so much admired for their beau tiful tone and elegant cases to find purchasers within a week after their arrival, and still we have persons asking to see them. We have cabled on the 26th ult. and again on the Bth and 9th inst. for anew and larger supply and expect them hy the nyct European steamer at New York “in bond for Savannah." A well known lady teacher remarked to one of the purchasers: “If Mr. S. can sell such beau tiful instruments at such a low price he will supersede all others ” SHREINER’S MUSIC HOUSE. A CARD. I would respectfully Inform my friends and the public that the Merchants’ Exchange Res taurant will be open on Sundays. Select North ern Oysters, Clams, Steaks, Chops, etc., re ceived to-day by New York steamer. C. F. GRAHAM, Proprietor. SPECIAL NOTICE. Neither the Captain nor consignees of the British steamships Resolute, Reanley, Master, and Highland Prince, Milbnrn. Master, will be responsible for debts contracted by any of their crew. STRACHAN & CO., Agents. gl,0!>0 REWARD. The above amount will be paid to anv party or parties who can prove to the public that it is a fact that H. Logan, City Market, does not keep the choicest meats from Northern and na tive markets. Always on hand, fine New York steaks, Boston and Baltimore Roasts. If you want to get the best of the best give H. Logan, City Market, a call. MILLIXERY. GIVING AWAY ' Is the Only Next Resort to PLATS HEK’S List ot Low Priced Specialties this Week! 300 pieces White Genuine Valenciennes Lace Edgings. W to inch wide, 12 yards to piece, regular value at 35c.. 50c. and 75c. a piece, we offer as long as the lot lasts for 19c. per Piece. 25 dozen Ladies Extra Fine Black and Solid Shade Cotton Hose, full regular made. White Holes and London Lengths, big bargain at 35c., we offer them one week only at 20c. per Pair. 410 dozen Boys' and Gents* four ply Pure Linen Standing Collars, sizes 12 to W/fr, cost to manufacturers Si sft per dozen. As long as the lot lasts we will sell them at 50c. per Dozen. 15 dozen Ladies Corset Covers, made of the best cambric, superior workmanship, extrava gant designs. Our former prices sl, $1 50, $1 75 reduced to close to 50c., 75c., 87c. Each. 50 dozen Ladies', Misses' and Childrens Lace and Embroidery-made Collars, all sizes and styles, very cheap at 50c., 75c., and sl, lotted to sell off at the astonishing price 29c. Each. 2,200 yards superior quality Satins, 18 to 22 inches wide, in all the leading tints, the same, goods as sold everywhere for 75c. and sl. we offer the combination lot to reduce our stock at 50c. per Yard. 2,500 Ladies' fine Black Canton Straw Hats, the newest Fall shapes, great goods even for 35c., we offer them at 25c. Each. Entire new line of Imported Zephyrs and Wools just received. Embroidery materials in great abundance at lowest prices. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. N. B.—Mail orders promptly and carefully at tended to. WOOD. NOTICE ™ Savannah, Sept. 10, 1887. HAVING boM out my Wood business to Mr. W. H. CONNERAT, I wish to thank my friends for their kind patronage bestowed upou me in the past, ami would ask a continuance of the same to my successor. M. S. BAKER. IWIfiH to inform my friends and the public generally that I have purchased the entire Wood interest of Mh. M. S. BAKER, and would be pleased to supply them with Wood of all kinds, promising to give satisfaction. W. H CONNERAT. Telephone No. 21.8. STEAM LAUNDRY. NOTICR '■pHE SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY will be closed on MONDAY, the 19th inst., on account of holiday. Patrons will kindly reserve their bundles until Tuesday, or. If convenient, would be glad to get them on Friday, the 16th, or Saturday, 17th inst. Respectfully, M. PRAGER. HOUSER WANT in. w anted; piFTY HOUBKH To RENT from %U to *3O per month Apply to MARSHALL AMe LEIJD, 116!A HnmgUlon street. AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATER ONE NIGHT ONLY, SEPT. 14. Grand Opening! The Event of the Season! Wilson & Rankin’s Mammoth Minstrels U'NTIRE NEW'COMPANY, embracing Ameri- Lj ca and Europe’s greatest artist,s, headed by the W'orld's Champion. GEO. WILSON, also SCHOOLCRAFT ana COES. LEOPOLD and BUNNELL. FRANK CARELTON. C. F. LO RAIN, GEO. GALE, T. S. CHAMBERS, WM. REDSTONE and a score of other celebrities. The finest, most original, most expensive or ganization ever presented to the lovers of re fined and progressive minstrelsy. Usual prices. Seats at Davis Bros.’ Monday Sept. 12. Next attraction, FLORENCE BIND LEY, Sept. 28 and 29. DRY GOODS. ■CLEARING OUT SALE. To Make Room for Fall Stock, I will offer Special Inducements in MY ENTIRE STOCK, With exception of my Empire State Shirt. THE following goodß will be sold cheaper than ever offered in Savannah: Summer and India Silks. Cream, White and Light Shades of Albatross. Colored and Black all Wool Dress Goods. Black Camel's Hair Grenadines at 85c.; 40-inch wide. Printed Linen Lawns at less than cost. Real Scotch Ginghams at less than cost. Black Henriettas at $1 40 and $1 75; sold at $2 and $2 25. Ladies’ and Children’s Silk and Lisle Thread Hose in black and colored. Ladies' and Children's Undervests; best goods in the market. Linen Sheeting and Pillow-Case Linen. Cream and White Table Damask. 9-4 White Damask at $1; former price $1 50. Napkins and Doylies in cream and white. Linen Damask Towels hi white and colored bordered. Linen Huck in white and colored bordered. Pantry Crash Doylies at great reduction. The above goods will be offered at prices to insure quick sale. J. P. GERMAINE, Next to Furber's, 132 Broughton street. ICE. ICE! Now is the time when every body wants ICE, and we want to sell it. PRICES REASONABLE! 20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c. 140 Tickets, good for 700 Pounds, $5. 200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7. 50 Pounds at one delivery 30c. Lower prices to large buyers. ICE Packed for shipment at reduced rates. Careful and polite service. Full and liberal weight. KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO. 14:4: BAA ST, TYBEE RAILROAD. SAVANNAH AND TYREE RAILWAY. Standard. Time. CIOMMENCING-QATURDAY, July 16, 1887, the > following schedule will be in effect: No. 3. No. 1. No. 5. No. 7.* Lv. Savan nah 10:30am 8:00pm 6:oopm 9:sopm Ar.Tybee. 11:45 a m 4:lspm 7:oopm 11:05pm No. 2. No. 4. No. 6. No. B.* Lv.Tybee. 7:ooam 4:ospm 9:lspm 8:00pin Ar. Savan nah 8:15 am 5:20 pm 10:25 pm 9:lopm •Trains 7 and 8 Sundays only. All trains leave Savannah from Savannah and Tybee depot, in S., F. and W. yard, east of pas senger depot. Leave Tybee from Ocean House. Band plays at Tybee Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, leaving Savannah on the 3 p. m. train, leaving Tybee on last train. Tickets on sale at depot ticket office, and at Fernandez's Cigar Store, corner Bull and Broughton streets. C. O. HAINES, Supt. Savannah, July 15, 1887. PROPOSALS WANTED. PLANT' INVESTffiM C'DMPA.W. Office of < 'iiief Engineer j and General Manager, > Savannah, Ga., Sept, 3d, 1887. 1 BIDS will be received at this office uutil 12 m.. SEPTEMBER 80th, for the construction of that portion of the Thomaaville, Tallahaidßi and Monticello railroad extending from Thomas viUe, Georgia, to the Florida State line. All clearing, grubbing, grading and bridging will be let under one contract. Profiles may be exam ined and further information may be obtained upon application at the Chief Engineer's office, S., F. and W. Ry., Savannah, Ga , after Septem ber 15fh. H. 8. HAINES, Chief Engineer and Gen. Manager P. I. Cos, GRAIN AM) UAL ~W E LEAD ON BEST GRADES OF Northern Cabbage, Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Turnips, Cocoanuts, LEMONS, LEMONS And all kinds of FRUITS ami PRODUCE iu season. ORA IN AND HAY, Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran Eyes, Feed Meal, Grits, Meal, Cracked Corn, Peas, Etc. Get our carload prices. 169 BAY ST, W. D. SIMKINS & CO, ( OPARTXERSHII* NOTICES. Copartnership Notice. September 1, 1887. 1 hnve this dav associated with me Mr. PER I'IVAI.S MENKEN, of New York, for the pur pose of carrying on and enlarging my business, under the firm name of MENKEN & ABRAHAMS. Thanking my friends and the public for their past patronage, and hoping for a continuance of the same. Respectfully, E. H. ABRAHAMS, 168 Broughton St. ' BAY RIJM. Imported Bay Rum, A FINE ARTICLE, A1 STRONGS DRUG STORE. liiorner Bull and perry street leu*.