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THE BEAULIEU MYSTERY.
THE MURDERER AND HIS VICTIM
THOUGHT TO BE DISCOVERED.
I White Woman and Hot Nejji'o Hus
band Apr oar and Disappear Myste
riously They are Traced to Within a
Mile of the Scene of the Tragedy- The
Result of a Thorough Investigation.
The people in the vicinity of Beaulieu nre
very curious concerning the mysterious
murder which was committed there some
time ago, and all the white inhabitants of
that section are doing what they can to
discover who the murderer and his victim
are. Dr. Stephen F. Dupon has heen inter
rogating some of the negroes around there,
and he has apparently struck the trail
that will lead to the detection
of the criminal. To obtain any
information from the negroes is, how
ever, a difficult thing, for they are par
ticularly reticent, thereby creating the sus
picion that they know more about the af
fair than they are willing to tell. Those
who will speak at all, do so only after a
promise .that no harm shall come
to them. This was the first thing to
turn suspicion toward the negroes, but j>e.r
sisten t inquiries have, and are drawing
from them facts that when put together
form a well connected story.
SHE DENIED BEING WHITE.
It seems that on Sunday, Aug. ill, a while
woman arrived at Isle of Ho|>e and asked
for work. She was considered white by all
the negroes, but she herself elaimod-to be a
bright mulatto. She was given washing
by two families of negroes, and worked half
a day for each. At night she went to the
house of Virginia Harris, a ilegress of hail
character, wiio lived With her grandmother,
Diana Thompson. Virginia said that
She knew- the woman; that she
had known her in Savannah.
When asked her name she said
it was Annie, and that she came from
Charleston. She said that she was running
away from “her man," who ill-treated her.
She remained in the house all night, and
next morning a tall, black negro with a
lump over his eye calk'd at the house and
saw her. Annie seemed to be frightened
when she saw the mam but they talked to
gether for a while, and finally their quarrel
was made up. Diana Thompson, knowing
the woman was white, asked her what she
had to do with that negro, and Annie re
plied that he was her husband. Diana then
began a round abuse of her, a white woman
married to a negro, and Annie stoutly de
nied being a Caucasian.
A WEI.L REMEMBERED PAIR.
She and her alleged husband remained in
the house all night, and next morning they
left together. They started down the road
in the direction of Bethesda. The sight of
a white woman walking with a negro at
tracted the attention of all the negroes who
saw them, and they nre well remembered.
Jim Thompson, son of Diana Thompson,
saw them at his mother’s house and saw
them start down the road together. Peter
Grant was hauling wood on the Bethesda
road and he saw them sitting by
the spring, half a mile this
side of Isle of Hojie. Edmond Jones
saw them pass his house, on the Bethesda
road, and was so much astonished by the
sight that he ran to the front of the house
and watched them. When returning from
a trip with a load Peter Grant met them
again at the head of the road. Mr. Fergu
son, a gentleman who lives in the vicinity,
saw them about a mile from Bethesda and
the point at which he saw them was just
about a mile from the spot where the mur
dered woman was found. Henry Ship, a
eon-in law of Diana Thompson, saw them
at Diana’s, and also saw them when they
passed his house on Tuesday morning, the
morning on which they were seen by the
others. After Mr. Ferguson saw them
they were not seen together again. Rome
of the negroes sav that the man
was seen on the road between Bethesda"and
Savannah the next day, but the woman was
not with him. An effort is now being made
to find someone who saw him at that time.
DIANA WAS OCT.
A Morning News reporter accompanied
Dr. Dupon to the residences of the various
people who saw the pair, and from them
the story given above. Diana Thompson,
however, contradicted flatly a statement she
made to the doctor on a previous day. Dr.
Dupon went to her house on Sunday and
called out Virginia Harris. He qustioned her
about the woman who stayer! at the
house, hut she positively denjed that any
such woman had ever been thera She said
that she had never seen or heard of Annie
from Charleston, and that nobody had
slept in the house except those who lived
there. While she was talking Diana walked
out and asked her grandchild what was the
use in lying. She then went on to tell the
story credited to her anove. giving the de
detail* of how she interrogated Annie about
■whether she was white or a mu
latto. She said that Annie had
light brown hair, which she had
plaited and rolled up. and that she wore a
colored basque anti a light skirt. Yesterday,
when the doctor and the reporter rode up,
Diana was sitting in the vnrd, near a fire.
It was after dark and she did not recognize
the doctor, who is known to everyone in the
neighborhood. Dr. Dupon called to her and
asked if Diana was there. She quickly re
sponded, “No, she’s gone out.”
“Oh no, she has not,” said the doctor.
“Come out here, Diana, I want to talk to
you.”
Finding out. who it was. the old woman
shambled out to the gate and tho doctor be
gan to question her.
CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS.
At once she became excited, and began a
statement that was diametrically opposed to
the one she had made on the previous day.
She did not refer to any other points but,
those made in the first statement, and
touched on them only to contradict them.
She said that the woman was a mulatto, and
she hail never thought her anything else;
that she did not wear a colored bodice, but
a black one and that her hair was black.
These statements were not prompted by
questions, but they were volunteered, and
every time she contradicted her previous
statement before making her new one. It
soon became evident that the old woman
had been made aware of the necessity of
throwing the investigatorsofT the track and
doubtless thinking that her new story was
believed she stuck to it persistently, and
even went no far as to say that the man who
came to the house was not “coal black,”
but brown, and that he had no wen
over his eye. Virginia Harris had
disappeared. Rho was not at the house, and
her grandmother professed ignorance of her
whereabouts. It is the desire of all the white
people of the neighborhood that she should
be sent to jail, for they believe that she
could tell more of the story than she would
admit, but they all foar that she has now
•scaped.
. THE LIE NAILED.
Diana tried to deny that the woman,
Annio, was a stronger in th nejghborhisid
hvasserting that she hail worked for several
months with Mrs. Moll, and that, she was a
servant in the house of Mrs. Heyward for
some time. Mrs. Mali, however, said that
the woman who worked for her left two
months ago and had gone back to her home
in Liberty county, anil Mrs. Heyward had
never had such a servant. The bid woman
failed to obliterate the remembrance of her
first story though she is now under the im
pression that she has done so and thus avert
ed suspicion from her household, Hhig, her
son-in-law, does not hear her out in
her new story but tells frankly the nue
he first told. He positively assort* that
the nian and woman were at. Diana's
and that thoy went down the Bethesda road
together Edmond Jones states that the
woman had light brown hair, rathm sandy
looking, mid that it was rolled up on her
bead lie say* that she wore a light, straw
nat whan she naased hi* house. He stated
that her die.* wa all of one
color, but it i evident that he is
Wtistakan is that, for all the others who mw
the pair disagree with him. The only thing
needed to connect these two with the mys
tery is a musket, and something In that
direction may tie proved yet, though at the
present time the gentlemen who nre inter
ested in working up the case do not deem it
advisable to make any statement concerning
the information they have on that jwint.
It may not I*' sucu a diflieult mutter as it
is supposed to locate anrl arrest the murder
er. Dr. Dupon has in his employment a ne
gro man named John Robertson who
worked last year with H. G. Ward, the build
er of this city, and Robertson says that
he remembers a negro carjmnter here who
answers the description of the man who
wa- seen with the woman supposed to he the
victim in the murderous affair. He is tail,
very black, and he has a lump or wen over
his eye. A search was made fast night, hut
no carpenter answering that description
could be found. Robertson, however, is
jiositive that there is such a one in tho city,
and if there is he will be found easily.
The people of Isle of Hojie, Beaulieu and
the vicinity feel a very great interest in the
affair and they are sparing themselves no
trouble in following up the clues that they
obtain. The story given above is not
one that was brought to light in
a casual conversation or by a
few hours’ search. It is the result of an un
told amount of work done by the. white
people of that section in the time interven
ing between the finding of the body and
yesterday. They have questioned almost
every negro in the locality, and it was
only by putting together small facts that
were obtained from different sources
that they succeeded in bringing out
the statements given above. Dr. Dtipon
is leading the investigation, and he says that,
he and his neighbors do not intend to drop
the matter until the murderer receives his
just reward. From one or two remarks that
were made yesterday it was judged that
if the murderer is ever caught in
that part of the county the
court will not he troubled with Jiini. The
action of the County Commissioners in de
claring their willingness to appropriate
money from the county funds to pay the ex
js-nses of a county officer in pursuing and
arresting criminals met with the hearty
and loudly expressed approval of the people
of t hat section, and they say that the only
thing now needed is for the county Com
misioners to send someone to unravel the
mytsery of Beaulieu.
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Cubans who Have Seen the Sights,
Returning to Fair Cuba.
The southbound West India fast mail
train arriving hero at H :41 ypsterday morn
ing, had an extra Pullman Buffet sleeping
car (the Tagus) for Tampa. The cause for
this extra car was the return to Havana of
a party of Culvans who have been spending
the summer at the various northern resorts.
There were twenty ladies in the party
and ten gentlemen, all of whom seemed
to be in excellent humor and well
pleased with their trip. They were
to take one of the splendid vessels of the
Plant Steamship Line at Tampa last night,
and will arrive at Havana early this morn
ing, making the quick trip of 1,315 miles by
land and 410 by water in the short space of
eighty-one hours. The through car be
tewoen New York and Tampa is the longest
in the world, and the run of 1,315 miles is
made in forty eight hours. Some of the
more prominent members of the
party were Kenor F. Heydrieh, the owner of
the Matanzas water works; Dr. Domingo
F. de (iihas. Professor in the Havana Uni
versity of Medicine; Senor Evoriosto
y Duatp, Auditor of the Cienfuegos and
Santa Clara railroad; Senor Manuel Alvaro,
Chief of tile Engineer Corps at Havana;
Senor Andreas Lima. This latter gentleman
is accompanied hv his wife, Senor Alvaro by
his daughter and Dr. deCubas by his family.
All of the party belong to the almost un
approachable* of Huvana society, and are
of the bluest strain.
On the same train was Mr. R. O.
Curry, who is a millionaire of Key West,
Fia. He is accompanied by his wife and
sister.
A SUCCESSFUL TEST.
Chief Fernandez Delighted With the
New Engine’s Work.
The new IjiFrance Piston fire engine was
tested yesterday morning at Reynolds’
Square, St. Jttljan and Abercorn streets. A
large number of citizens witnessed the trial
and expressed themselves as well pleased.
Sixty pounds of steam was raised in five
minutes, front cold water. With a
nozzle a stream was thrown up St. Julian
street for a distance of 807 feet and 8
inches. With a lW inch nozzle, 301 feet
and 1 inch was thrown in the same direc
tion. Two streams were then thrown 334
feet each with a 1-inch nozzle. The average
steam pressure carried during the test was
115 pounds.
The engine is a lieautiful piece of mechan
ism and contains all the latest improve
ments. It is full nickel-plated and mounted
on full platform springs. Chief Fernandez
was asked last night how he liked the
engine and whether the trial was satis
factory to him, “Oh, she’s a daisy,” re
turned he enthusiastically. “It is a magni
ficent engine in every way. The test was a
good one in all respects and I am well satis
fied. She is easy to run, makes steam
quickly and throws a powerful stream .a
good distance, and certainly the depart
ment will have a valuable help in No. 1, as
she will be called.”
TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS.
How Manager Bishop Proposes to
Better the Service.
Manager Bishop, of the Telephone Com
pany, says he proposes to have one of the
best services in the South. He has dismissed
the old and ineflicient operators and has now
oiior from Charleston. The inspectors now
make a general monthly rouud of all the
boxes, to inspect and repair. Every morning
they call up forty or fifty of the subscrib
ers, mid inquire if there is anything wrong.
This, many times, enables them to detect
cross wires and other troubles very soon.
Mr. Bishop requests subscribers to call him
up, No. t>. whenever there is the least cause
for complaint. In this way lie will be en
abled to remedy matters at once. Speaking
of the waiting sometimes experienced, after
calling for connection, he said to
always call the numbers wanted slowly
and distinctly. If someone else is hoard on
the line when a connection is asked for, just
wait a moment, and call as soon ns the other
has finished. Two or more calling at the
same instant more or less confuse the oper
ator, and cause mistakes. The Ha van n.eh
Yacht Club now lias its private wire down
to Thunderlolt, four miles. The Telephone
company put it up, running it along the dirt
road, arid has leased it to the club for three
years.
A QUESTION OF VERACITY.
Mr. Bardett Denies Employing Mr. M.
J. O’Connor as His Attorney.
Mr. Charles Bardett, whose legal entan
glements have lieen made the subject of so
much go*ip recently, sent in the following
(•nrd to the News last night, and asked its
publication;
A CARD.
Having noticed in a recent issue of the
News Mr. M. J. O’Connor’s publication of
hisconnection with Mrs. Barnwell and Mr.
Bardett, to the effect that his connection
with Mrs. Barnwell was merely having
drafted foe her one or more legal documents,
and with Mr. Bardett us his attorney to de
fend him in a case before the City Court,
and that he has been paid his fee by Mr.
Bardett, and receipted for same, I am, in
justice to myself, compelled to ‘iy,while not
wishing t<. fist miriMMMriljt any npflecUom
upon Mr. O’Coauor's professional character,
or bis veracity as a gentleman, that his
statement* are wholly erroneous and with
out tli# slightest shadow of foundation, as
wili, I am oowMant, be made more fully to
appear, at tha pixsper time ami pi ace mni
the matter will, 1 truat. bo fullv in••e-uga
tod. On aiums Bardett.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1887.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by tho
News Reporters.
A huge bald eagle was killed at Isle of
Hope the other day by Mr. Frank Thomp
son with a Winchester- rifle.
A. A. Solomons, Esq., has been appointed
by Gov. Gordon a lielegate to the Phila
delphia Constitutional Centennial.
It is a mistake to suppose that a business
can become well known without adver
tising in the newspapers. — S. It. Miles in the
Boston Advertiser,
The James Sullivan who was assaulted
Sunday night oil the Tybee railroad car was
a young son of Mr. John Sullivan and not
Officer Janies Sullivan.
The Mayor’s Court yesterday was quite
well attended. The fines amounted to $34.
Two small boys were let off to be punished
by their parents, and three eases were dis
missed.
It is intimated that there will be an in
vestigation to discover how a bill of $45 45
could be run up by Trial Justice Stoll, who
held J. B. Warner, the Savannah safe
blower, for two days. Warner got hut two
meals a day, and slept on the bare floor in
Stoll’s office, yet the Justice ehargod $45 45,
and claimed the money Warner had us due
him for extras.
Elick Dawson, a young colored boy, was
brought before Justice Sheftall yesterday
afternoon, on two charges of assault. The
Justice held him for trial and later on he
was hailed out. The youngster had been
wanted for some time, and yesterday he
was pointed out to Police Officer Sullivan.
The boy darted off as soon as he saw he was
observed, but the officer was too much for
him in strategy and he was captured in a
bogey field close to the Central railroad
yard.
W. H. Pfiefer, who was arrested Sunday
night, charged with having violently as
saulted James Sullivan, the nine-year-old
son of Mr. John Sullivan, was arraigned be
fore a .Justice yesterday and held for trial.
He gave bond for his appearance and was
released. The lad's friends say a most vio
lent assault was made on the boy, and that
he came near being thrown out of the car
window-. Another report was that the boys
sung loud and coarse 6ongs, and would not
stop when requested.
DOWNING THE CLYDE LINE.
Inauguration of a Fierce Bteamship
War—Florida Only Affected.
On the 10th the new through rate of first
class freight of the Ocean Steamship and
Mallory Companies went into effect with
reference to Florida freights inward and
outward. The news was given by wire a
few days ago from New York of the in
tended reduction (50 per cent.) in Florida
rates on freight. Gen. Sorrel, General
Manager of the Ocean Steamship
Company, was seen, but said
there was nothing further to give.
The order emanated from New York, and
as their company was the northern connec
tion of the Savannah, Florida and Western
systAn, they, of course, coincided. The
General was shown what Col. F. B. Papy,
of the Savannah, Florida and Western,
said, and after reading it over carefully he
said it about described the situation. Maj.
Hardee, General Passenger agent of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
was out of the city, but an official of the
road said that the only
thing they Knew of it was the
reception of the order from New York,
and they transmitted it to Florida. The
rates affected are to and from Florida, but
not freights from Savannah North. Ever
since the Clyde line began business in Florida
there has been a slashing of rates, to secure
a |K>rtion of the business that tho older lines
had si'cured there. First they had the Flor
ida Railway and Navigation Company sys
tem to aid them, by extending facili
ties that their competitor, the Mal
lory line, could not oblain.
The courts finally* put a stop to this but
the competition has been close and aggres
sive all the while. The rate on first-class
freight from Jacksonville to New York was
fiOc. per hundred at first. It was then re
duced to 50c. by the Clydes. Afterward it
was lowered again and how is to be reduced
to 35c. Mr. Leslie, agent of the Clyde line
at Jacksonville. Fla., says it is an organized
effort to “punish” their line for first making
the reduction. But, he said, they cannot
“bulldoze” us so easily.
Col. F. B. Papy.of the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railroad, expressed his views
in regard to the great reduction in freights
from New York in an interview in a Jack
sonville paper as follows:
“Colonel Papv, as you represent the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western Railroad in
I>art, can you exDlnin the reasons for the re
duction?” was asked.
“1 was not surprised to read the announce
ment. The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad and Ocean Steamship Company
have made several attempts to reach agree
ments with the lines out of New York, by
which questionable methods of obtaining
business might be discontinued.”
“What do you mean by questionable
methods?”
“I mean the purchase of business by
means of rebates either in freights or pas
sengers. Such methods are in violation of
the law and contrary to good policy. Each
line should depend upon its merits. And
again it is not to the interest of the lines
practicing it or to the community that is
supposed will reap the benefit of it.”
“Wliat do you mean by your statement
not to the benefit of the community, etc. ?”
“I mean that the condition of things
which the Clyde liue has forced, cannot be
confined to any locality, their practices like
the influence which the St. John’s river ex
erts in the matter of rates ramifies and ex
tends far into the interior as well as to river
points.”
“Did vou carefully read what Mr. Leslie
said?"
“Yes, sir. Mr. Leslie is an elegant gen
tleman. lam sorry that he was not better
advised of the reasons—had he been I am
sure that he would not, as he did, suppose
that it was un attempt to bulldoze. He
ought to have credited it to a failure on the
part, of the Ocean Steamship Company to
obtain a meeting, even, at which a definite
agreement might be dismissed.”
“Jacksonville, being (he basingpoint, cer
tainly should lie benefited, and other points
only to the extent that Jacksonville is?”
“Just there is where you are mistaken—
but I have but little tiifie; I am on my way
to Atlanta. Mr. Leslie or the Clyde lane
can perhaps give a much more satisfactory
reply to your question than I can. The Sa
vannah, Fiorina and Western railroad sim
ply desires to do business upon business
principles. It is not what the rale shall lie,
whether 35c. or 55c. t hat they wish. They
wish it to be one that will pay tile lilies in
interest, but whatever it be, let it be an
agreed rate, not to lie departed from by any
system of rebates, reduction of freight or
passage. To the free pass and rebate sys
tem communities, ns well as transportation
lines, must charge the misfortunes which
follow rate wars. Good-hy."
Funeral of Mr. James Nolan.
The funeral of Mr. James Nolan, w ho died
on Saturday last, took place yesterday
morning from St. Patrick’s church, and
was largely attended, the Ht. Patrick’s T.
A. B. Society, of which he was a member,
attending in a body.
“Be wise tiwdny; ’tin madness to defer.”
Don’t, neglect your coughs. If you do, your
fate may Iks that of the counties* thousands
who have done likewise, and who to-day (111
consumptives’ graves. Night-sweats, spit
ting of idood, weak lungs, nnd consumption
itself, if taken in time, can be cured bv the
use of Dr Pu ree's “Golden Medical Discov
ery." This wonderful preparation ha* no
equal a* a remedy for lung and throat dis
eases. Alt druggist*
New Fat Mackerel, new Tomatoes, new
fViehe* Codfish, Breakfast Strips.
Hams, Hams, Ham*. Mixed Tea at 50c ,
worth 1 1 hi raus* Bros’., 33 and 33; * Bar
nard street
SUPT. BAKER'S REPORT.
THE PAST YEAR’S WORK IN THE
SCHOOLS
Moral Suasion vs the Rod—Colored
Teachers Favor Whipping -The Bar
nard Street School Vacancy—New
Text Books-Chanpre in Grading-
Drawing in the Schools.
Messrs. Re-d, Blun, Saussy, Walker, Tatt
nall and Estill wore present last night at the
meeting of the Board of Public Education,
and Dr. James B. Rear!. Vice President, pre
sided. The large attendance demonstrated
that a number of the members lielong to the
“Can’t-get-away,” or ‘‘Wont-stay-away”
club.
THE SCHOOL PROSPEROUS.
Supt. Baker submitted the twenty-second
annual report of the public schools,
covering about twenty-five pages of fools
cap paper. The following is a brief synopsis
of it; It showed that the work accom
plished during the past year was
more than usually successful. The school
accommodations in the city had been largely
increased and quite an addition made to the
number of schools in the county. There are
now 7 white schools in the city and 10 in the
country, and 3 colored in the city and 30 in
the country. The total number of scholars
in all the schools is 5,530. The aggregate
increase in the year is 393.
MORAL SUASION VS. THE ROD.
In the matter of discipline, according to
the superintendents report, there are wide
differences of opinion among the teachers,
some reporting that the rule abolishing cor
poral punishment hod lieen fruitful of good
results, while others favored the re
turn to the old method, the rod and strap.
Supt Baker stated that, as far as his obser
vation extended, he was constrained to
say that the discipline of the schools
had not suffered from the rule prohibiting
corporal punishment, hut on the contrary
he believed there was an improvement in
that respect. The Superintendent stated
that in a few years corporal punishment
would be abolished by all boards of edu
cation.
COLORED TEACHERS ADVOCATE WHIPPING.
The teachers in the colored schools, it ap
peared from the report, were unanimously
in favor of returning to the “rod and strap."
THE BARNARD STREET SCHOOL.
The report of the committee on the
examination of applicant#, to fill the vacan
cies in the Barnard Street School was road
and received. Later on in the evening a
motion prevailed postponing the election to
fill the vacancy until the next regular
meeting.
The Committee on Accounts submitted its
report, which was adopted.
TWO COLORED TEACHERS RESIGN.
Miss Lizzie C. Dunbar of the West Broad
street colored school, and Miss C. M.
Deveaux of the East Broad street colored
school, tendered their resignations, which
were accepted.
NEW TEXT BOOKS.
The Superintendent submitted sample
books of the “Eclectic System of Industrial
and Perspective Drawing.” They were re
ferred to the Committee on Text Books.
This is the .first move toward drawing lee
sons in the public schools. The system can
be taught by regular teachers. New text
books in other studies were also referred to
the committee,
CHANGE OF GRADING.
The Superintendent recommended a
change in the system of grading teachers
and classes, so as to make the first class that
of the first year and lowest class, and so on
through the several grades, the eighth grade
being the highest. Action on the recom
mendation was deferred until the next
meeting.
It was resolved thuf the vacancies in the
Woet Broad and East Broad street colored
schools be filled by promotion in all grades,
and an examination was ordered to fill the
place of assistant teachers in these schools.
The Committee on School Buildings was
instructed to have the Cathedral and West
Broad street school buildings repaired.
After reading the report of the Treasurer
the Board’adjourned.
LocaJ Personal.
Among the arrivals at the Harnett House
yesterday were C. B. Lyle, Cedar Keys,
Fla.; 8. P. Williams, Eustis, Fla.; J. F.
Brown, Fort Mason, Fla.; E. W. Clark,
Tallahassee, Fla.; T. A. Edwards, White
Spring, Fla.; C. M. Williams,T. T. Gibson,
Georgia; F. C. Hinson, Lancaster, S. C.; R.
D. Sharpe, Sylvania; S. T. Humphries, C.
Dougherty, J. W. Evans, Halcyondalo; E.
H. Parsons, Niles, Mich.; W, J. Beckett,
Seneca Falls, N. Y.; R. F. C. Smith, Eden;
T. F. Mogher, Macon; J Marsden, A. J.
McMaster, Philadelphia.
i ’At the Screven House were: D. A. Tomp
kins, Charlotte, N. C.; W. B. Thomas, Ten
nille, Ga.; Frank Srnythe, Augusta; Charles
F. Schaale, Chicago; H. H. flannesbery,
New York; J. M. Edenfleld, Milieu; L. L.
Rogers, Nashville; Joseph Lee, Philadel
phia; S. M. Lederor, M. C Nicholson, New
York; J. E. Wad ley, Wadley, Ga.; Dr. P.
C. Remondino and wife, San Diego, Cal.
At the Marshall House were William
Wheelwright, Richmond, Vn.; William
Peterson, Tennille; S. J. Ramsey, T. J.
Parker, F. L. James, Leopold Greenwood,
Macon: Henry Collat, Boston, Mass.; ft. W.
Pluck ley, Columbia, S. C.: George P.
Oanna, and son, Sanderson, Fla.; Wiliam
Pitcberson, T. H. Haddison and 8. J.
Meadows, Ti'iinille: T. P. Haddock, Lynch
burg, Vh. ; W. G. Allen wife and child.
Mexico; J. A. Onpehart, Burminghatn, Ala.;
R. H. Henderson, Atlanta ;Heury Daugherty,
San Francisco, Cal.; P. W. Reid, Detroit,
Mich.; R. K. Powers, Columbia. S. C.;G.
W. Ires, Boston, Mass.; J. W. Saxton,
Philadelphia; R. S. Putman, Chicago, 111.
At the Pulaski House were L. J. Bosnian,
Columbus; I. B. Hall, Philadelphia; Tho-.
W. W. Moyan, Cardiff, Eng.; J. M. K.
Grover, Btislon, Eng.; J. H. Murphy, At
lanta; J. A. Montague, Hot Springs; J. C\
King and wife, Miss Annie King, Hoboken,
N. J, A. B. Phillips. John Harrison, H. B.
Nogbit, Philadelphia; H. T. Smith, New
York: L. B. Robinson. Providence, R. I.;
Flint Harrison. Richmond, Vu.; H. T. Mus
sirk, Philadelphia; Walter Smith. Charles
ton, S. C.; Andrew Nesbit, Philadelphia.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
On. the 19th, Monday, the Switchman’s
Mutual Aid Association hold their annual
meeting in Indianapolis.
Tin* National Association of General Pas
senger and Ticket Agents hold their annual
meeting at Ht. Paul, Minn., Sept. 30,
Oil the 14th, Wednesday, the Master Cal
ami IxH'omotive Painters' Association have
their annual meeting in New York city.
The Jacksonville and Mandarin Railroad
Company has lieeii incorporated at Jackson
ville, Fla., by J. J. Daniel, J. C. Greeley,
Dexter Hunter, E. M. Cheney, Lindsay
Bury and Joseph M. Mead.
Personal Comeliness
I* greatly enhanced by a fine sot of teeth.
On the other Imnd, not hing so detracts from
the effect of pleasing features, fine eyes and
a graceful figure as yellow teeth. That
popular toilet article SOZODONT checks
their decay and renders them as white as
snow.
New line of fall teak puff and plait Scarf*
at Belsiuger’ii, 34 Whitaker street.
German Dill Pickles. Loos* Chow-Chow,
Olive*, etc. Strauss Bros’ ,33 and 33’.j Bar
nard street.
Staff Hat# just out at Behringer's, 34
Whitaker street,
That W. Mixed Tea at Htrams Bras. ’ is
•fltfhitlt
AN OBSTINATE FIRE.
Debrie in a Wood Yard at the Central
Brinffs Out the Entinea.
Fire was discovered Friday in the debris
of an old wood yard, on the embankment
of the Central railroad, just at the yard
limits. It burned underneath the ground
and attracted little attention till Saturday
and Sunday. The efforts of the railroad men
proved unavailing, and as the wind veered
around in the afternoon, yesterday, so as to
menace the wood yard adjoining, a tele
phone message was sent to Chief Fernandez.
He responded with engine No. 3 and
stationed it in the yard, just below the pas
senger depot. He soon ascertained that
more hose was needed and endeavored to
telephone to the companies, but could not
get the connection. An alarm was then
sounded from box 23, mid engine No. 2
and hose cart responded. Two taps
were then given, which brought out trie
other hose carts. Two thousand two hun
dred feet of hose was then laid, and with a
/Siamese coupling two streams were soon
playing on the Are, being fully 500 feet
apart. The streams thrown were good ones,
and two or three hours' work drowned out
the fire, though it is very likely coals may
smouldor away for days under the surface.
The debris, consisting of chips, bits of w ood,
bark, etc., is some two or three feet deep,
and a Hro once well in is very hard to extin
guish entirely.
Wesleyan Female College-Industrial
Education.
The addition of stenography, typewriting
and telegraphy to the curriculum of Wes
leyan Female College, mentioned some time
ago in these columns, has been made and
the teachers in these departments secured.
Miss Annie Hyar, of Oxford, but more
recently of Atlanta, will be in charge of
the stenography and typewriting depart
ment.
Miss Lizzie W. Russ, of Butler, will have
charge of the telegraphy department.
Miss Emily Alien will continue in charge
of the bookkeeping department.
These young ladies come to the college
with the strongest indorsement of their
competency.
The college term begins Oct. 5, and the
prospects are exceedingly bright for a larger
attendance than ever before.
Below will be found a card from Dr. W.
C. Bass on this subject:
The management of the Wesleyan Female
College have for a year been agitating the sub
ject of industrial education for girls, by which
they may be fitted for useful and remunerative
positions.
It is with great satisfaction that we are en
abled to announce that suitable teachers have
been secured, and that a beginning will be made
in October in several important branches of
practical education.
An accomplished lady will continue to give
instruction in bookkeeping, that branch of
study having lieen taught in the college for sev
eral years. The single and double entry systems
will be taught according to the best methods,
so that a faithful student may be qualified to
take charge of a set of books after one year's
course of training.
The services of an intelligent and accom
plished lady have been secured for the depart
ment of stenography and typewriting. This
lady' has had experience in an office, ana has the
intelligence and skill to make her a successful
teacher of this now important branch of prac
tical education.
The art of telegraphy will also be introduced,
and we are happy to state that we have been
fortunate in securing the servioes of an accom
plished young lonian who has been a practical
operator in the service of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and who has the cordial
indorsement of the officers of that great organi
zation.
We expect to make a beginning and a good
beginning, and we hope to meet with encour
agement in this effort, to aid our girls to become
self-supporting and independent.
The cost will lie merely nominal, not sufficient
to meet our expense unless the patronage is
liberal. Not more than one-fourth the usual
charges for such instruction to pupils pursuing
college studies.
We are glad to see that other schools for girls
are moving in the same direction, and we trust,
the time is near at hand when the, practical arts
suitable for girls will form a part, of the cur
ricula of every female college
The Wesleyan, as the oldest, aims to be the
youngest ill vigorous and progressive methods,
and our aim will be to make her as distinguished
In practical education as she has al ways been in
science and letters.
The girls of Macon will enjoy a rare oppor
tunity of beginning studies which will be or rare
advantage to them in life. No girl can forecast
sufficiently to tell her future needs, but the his
tory of hundreds of Southern women, born to
wealth, but now poor, and struggling for their
daily bread in the humblest modes of toil, is a
warning to every girl, w batever her present
prospect in life, to make provision for exigen
cies that may arise.
Every girl that comes to the college, who is
suitably qualified, may have the opiHirtimity in
a year to acquire sufficient knowledge in some
piiticular art, which may prove an invaluable
help to her in the future.
We write these lines simply to give information
to the public that we will be prepared to furnish
at the most economical rates good advantages
in liookkeeping, stenography, typewriting and
telegraphy.
Of course, in the other departments of higher
education, it is not necessary to add a word.
Fifty years of successful work hundreds of
splendid women educated here would he an in
dorsement of all that might be written.
W. C. Bass, President.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 0, 1887.
Thirty Tons Pressure
is given to every cake of Colgate & Co.'s Cash
mere Bouquet toilet soap. It wears away verv
siowly.
French and Turkish Prunes at Strauss
Bros’.
Anything needed for Men's wear at Bel
singer’s, 2-1 Whitaker street.
Hats for the Fall.
The Famous has received the latest styles
Hats for full, selling them cheap in order
to call attention to their removal to the
northeast comer of Congress and Whitaker
streets.
The Fly and Spiders Scarf Pin at Bel
singer’s, 24 Whitaker street.
Umbrellas.
Gloria, wears 1 letter than silk, for $2 50,
silver-tip $3, gold-tip #3 50, Ginghams from
? 1 upward, all selling low to show our
]iations that we have moved to the north
east corner of Congress and Whitaker
streets.
Broadway Silk Huts just out at Belsin
ger's, 24 Whitaker street.
Home Again.
Back into our old quaiters, and it feels
likr home. We've been pent up long enough
and leal like spreading ourselves. Come
and see us; we have a regular palace, and
looks as neat as a pm. We've prepared our
selves for this move with new and attractive
goods and are ready for business. We shall
endeavor to retain the confidence our friends
and patrons have placed in us for selling
only the finest grades of Watches, Jewelry,
Silverware, etc., of which we have an at
tractive assortment. We always carry the
largest line of first water Diamonds in the
State. M. Bternbeko,
• 157 Broughton street.
Boys’ Knoe Pants lor 25c.
Iren-clad pants, ages 4 to 12, the Famous
New York Clothing House is selling for 25c.
a pair in order to show the boys their new
store, northeast corner Congress and Whit
aker streets.
Collars and Hosiery for gents at surpris
ing prices, to clear out, at B. H. Levy &
Bro6'.
The Jaeger System.
Underwear and Overshirta exhibited by
us have no superiors in quality and are
offered at reasonable priees. B. H. Levy &
Bras., hit Congress.
Neckwear in great variety, but getting
out of season, low down at H. H. Levy &
Bros.’
After Summer Comes a Fall.
That's why wa are slaughtering (tents' |
Mumuigr Suits and Furnish mgs. B. H. Levy j
Charleston Ripples.
Arrangements are in progress for the con
struction of an immense reservoir in the
neighborhood of the new artesian well in
the northeastern part of the city. Work
has been resumerf on the new well, and the
water works company are already making
preparations for adding to the permanent
supply and distribution of water. Upon
the completion of the new well and reser
voir Charleston ought to have as good a
water supply, for every purpose, as any
city in the United States.
Mgr. Quigley, pastor of St. Patrick's, in
tends to go to "Rome in a short time to at
tend the Pope's Jubilee held in honor ol the
fiftieth anniversary of his ordination .and at
which the distinguished representatives of
the Roman Catholic Church, and the meet
important dignitaries are expected to he
present. Mgr. Quigley says that he had
i:o as yet fully determined to go: but he
spoke, at the same time, ns if there was very
little doubt that he would be able to attend
the festival. He intends to leave Charleston
about Oct. 15, ulthough the Pope's Jubil. e
does not take place till December, liecause
he intends to visit several other places be sides
the Eternal City.
The following is the return of deaths
within the citv of Charleston for the week
ending Sept. 15, 1887: Whites 9, blacks and
colored 23; total 32—excluding 5 stillborns,
colored; 2 accident, 1 white, 1 colored.
Under 1 year of age, 1 white, 7 colored; be
tween 1 and ft years of age, 3 w hite, 5 col
ored; between 10 and 20 years of age, 3 col
ored; between 20 and 30 years of age, 2 col
ored; between 30 and 40 years of age, 1
white, 2 colored; between 40and 50 years of
age, 2 white, 3 colored; between 50 and 00
years of age, 1 white, I colored; between 70
and 80 years of age, 1 white; between 80
and 90 years of age, I colored. Annual
death rate per 1,000, white, for past week
10.64.
Immediately after the return of the Sum
ter Guards from their trip to the mountains
they held a meeting and resolved to send the
Greenville Guards a testimonial of their ap
preciation of that company’s marked hospi
tality to them during their stay in the Moun
tain City. The testimonial, which consists
of an elegant gold medal, has just beencom
gleted, and was sent to the Greenville Guards
unday by express. It is a fac-simile of the
Sumter Guards’ company medal, only larger.
The pendant represents a shield, with a
gamecock, the well-known device of the
company, perched on top of it. The face of
the pendant is engraved with a palmetto
tree, beneath which is the name of the com
pany and the date of the organization —J 837.
The’reverse side bears the following incrip
tion: “Presented to the Greenville Guards
by the Sumter Guards, of Charleston, S. C.,
August 7, 1887.” The last is the date of the
trip. The shield is suspended from a gold
bar and pin inscribed with the company
motto, “In stations nostra parati.” The
souvenir is intended as a company medal for
the Greenville Guards, to be retained by
them as a prize in their annual shooting or
drilling contest.
Weather Indications.
(Special indications for Georgia:
FAIR Fair weather, nearly stationary
I temperaturei light to fresh winds,
generally southeasterly.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, Sept. 12, 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
] Departure j Total
Mean Temperature j from the Ik-part ore
Mean ! Since
for 15 years Sept. 12,’87.j - -or— jJan. 1,1887.
78.0 , 77 0 | -|- 1.0 1 - 499 0_
Comparative rainfall statement:
16 Years. jSept.l2, 87. or _ Jan . 1,1887.
.18 I .00 I— 18 10.21
Maximum temperature 84 0. minimum tem
perature 71.0.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was 6.5 feet —-a fall of 0.1 during the past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing 6 p. m., Sept. 12, 1887. 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. Average.
Name ! N s ° t £ f Max. I Min. Rain
tions. TempjTemp fall
1. Wilmington 11 68 64 j .00
2. Charleston 7 88 62 | .00
3. Augusta 12 00 64 ; .00
4. Savannah.. 13 92 66 .02
5. Atlanta 13 90 66 | .00
6. Montgomery 9 92 70 .00
7. Mobile 9 96 63 \ *T
8. New Orleans 13 94 72 , .11
9. Galveston 18 94 72 .00
10. Vicksburg 4I 96 76 | .01
11. Little Rock I 12 j 98 68 *T
12. Memphis : 19 | 96 j 70 j .00
Averages * . j
*T denote® trace of rainfali.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah, Sept. 12, 9:36 p. m., city time.
| Temperature.
Direction, j <
I 5!
Velocity. J F‘
Rainfall.
Name
or
Stations,
Portland 52) N j .30 Cloudy.
Boston. 581 E .. 08iCloudy.
Block Island 62)S El.. 46 Raining.
New York city ... 58i N .. .01 Cloudy.
Philadelphia 68,N EI.. (Cloudy.
Detroit 64 8 EL. .ODlKaining.
Fort Buford -I- W |.. .28 Cloudy.
St. Vincent 60 8 ODjlliining.
Washington city. 70 E 1.. j .01'Cloudy.
Norfolk 74 5WL1....1 Clear.
Charlotte | 74 8 Wj. \ . Clear.
Hatteraa 14 S 8, Clear.
Titusville. !. .. |
Wilmington T2jSW ... |... (Clear.
Charleston 78j 8 | C ! Clear.
Augusta. 76 E J.. 1 I Clear.
Savannah 76'8 El..] (Clear.
Jacksonville 78|N E|..l (Clear.
Cedar Keys 78' W 1..! .21 Raining.
Key West 82| E (8;... I Fair.
Atlanta.... 78;S El 6 Clear.
Pensacola 82 8 S Clear.
Mobile 82 8 E.lO 1 Clear.
Montgomery 821 K .. Clear.
Vicksburg 801 8 I 1 IClear.
New Orleans TOR El • ... Clear.
Shreveport 84 8 E .Clear
Fort Smith j 68 S 1..! ... Clear.
Galveston , 82 Si 11)!.... Clear.
Corpus Christ! j 841s E 14! 'Cloudy.
Palestine I 80 8 Clear.
BrownesvlUe 78 E fl ... clear.
RioOrande 84 P E 10| . Clear.
Knoxville 7818 W .{.... (Clear.
Memphis 86 BE.. I Clear.
Nashville 82 S Clear.
Indianapolis 80S E . .Clear.
Cincinnati 78 8 E I. Cloudy
Pittsburg 76!....!..| OljCloudy.
Buffalo 62 8 EL.I Clear/
Cleveland ! 66:KEl..|T* Raining.
Marquette I 58 R K 14 Halnmg.
Chicago 76 8 E l . .j.... Clear.
Duluth I 60 N E ' 04 Raining.
SI- Paul ! 64 E j .02 Fair.
Davenport 82 BW.. . . clear
Cairo | sx S Clear.
St, Louis 86 ; 8 . ,|.... Clear.
Leavenworth... ,| 8J s , ,
Omaha 76(8 W T* Raining.
Yankton 66 NW clear
Bismarck* j 46 NW 04 Raining
Dead wood [44 8 W ,24 Clour “
Cheyenne 1 hNW Clear
North Platte 58 NW ).,,.
Dodge City 78 N Clear.
SantaFe j 581 y |J ...’Fair.
*T denotes trace of raiufaTT
G. N. Samsbuhv Signal Corps.
Straw Ha to
and Summer Neckwear going a begging at
B. H. la'vv a Bra#,, i<;i Congra 1 strati
13'Ye. for Breakfast Strips at Strauss
Jsros,
Hava an Eye Open
for surprises in our approaching fashion*
hie Fall Suits and Gent*' Furnishing* In
the nunii Ulll* summer goods are almost
free. B H. J#irjr A Bros., lfll Cong rum.
dfcMp it 14 IL
J.UDDEN ,fc BATES S. M. H.
r'
PRETTY GIRLS "j
not come to Savannah,
but we have succeeded in se
curing 200 Pictures of each of
them, and we offer for the next
few days in fuil panel size at the
extremely low price of
'OMsEad
Hebrew New Year Cards.
Immense stock and low prices.
Early selection secures choicest
goods.
Tissue Paper.
Special packages containing DO
sheets, assorted colors, just in,
sell for 20 cents a package. Only
1 cent a sheet. Hope to see you.
Ludden & Bates S. M. H.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
We are now displaying the most ,
magnificent line of Furniture and
Carpets ever offered to the people of
Savannah, and warrant prices equal
to same grade in New York.
Our stock is larger and better se
lected than can be found anywhere
in the South.
A large invoice of fresh, new,
stylish and perfectly elegant Carpets,
Oil Cloths, Lace Curtains, etc., im
ported direct from the best English
manufacturers. Just think of it,
genuine English Tapestries at 60
cents. We have them in stock, and
the prices of all our goods are in pro
portion. We are the regulators of
low prices, and a visit to our extensive
warerooms will convince you,
A.J.MILLER & CO.,
IIS, 150 and 152 Broughton St
GROCERIES.
READ! READ!
READ EVERY WORD!
D. B. Lester
IS SELLING
NEW PACK TOM.fTOES CHEAP.
CHOICE LOBSTERS 15c. per can.
GOOD AMERICAN SARDINES 6c per box.
TEN LARGE CAKES OK SOAP for 26c.
GOOD TEA 35c., 50c. and 75c. per pound.
A PURE TABLE WINE Si per gallon.
NEW SWISS CHEESE CHEAP.
A PURE MIXED CANDY 15c. per pound.
BEST ENGLISH TABLETS 25c. per pound.
I am offering GREAT BARGAINS in FINE
OLD SHERRY and PORT WINES.
21 Whitaker Street.
" INKS AND LIQUORS.
FO R S AL E.
B Select Whisky $4 00
Baker Whisky 4 00
Imperial Whisky 3 00
Pineapple Whisky 2 Oil
North Carolina Corn Whisky 2 00
Old Kye It hisky . 1 50
Rum—New England and Jamaica. . $1 50 to 3 00
Rye and Holland Gin 1 50 to 3 0J
Brandy—Domestic and Cognac 1 50 to 0 Of
WINES.
Catawba Wine $1 no to 81 50
Blackberry Wine 1 00 to 1 U
Madeira, Ports and Sherrys. 1 80 to 3K
PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL.
A. H. CHAMPION,
154 CONGRESS STREET.
KAVIs BROS.
Hi shaikh
BXJT
Solid Facts!
Our MR. L. E. DAVIS ban just returned from
the Northern market*, where he purchased an
miUKiially choice line of goods. Newstyleaand
tihapes In
WRITING PAPERS AND ENVELOPES,
Gold Pens and Pencils,
SCHOOL BOOKS,
Also Home ELEGANT PIANOS, In new *ud
Attnii’tlve
rail and w- in*.
DAVIS BROS.
State
or
Weather.