The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, September 16, 1887, Page 2, Image 2
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ALL ABOUT AUGUSTA.
The Receipts of Cotton Enormously
. Ahead of Last Year.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 15.—A large meet
ing of Irishmen Trill Ije held at Emmet Hall
on the night of Sept. 23 to protest against
the coercion bill.
The receipts of cotton thus far in Augusta
is far ahead of the most sanguine expecta
tions of the cotton factors. The past sum
mer has lieen one of unusual-activity among
cotton men, and drummers have been sent
out to all parts of the country. The result
has been that since Sept. 1 the receipts here
have lieen 11,488 bales as against 1,712 for
the same period last year. To-day’s re
ceipts foot up 1,187 bales.
THE NEW THEATRE.
Work has begun on Augusta’s new thea
tre. Augusta has had no theatre since the
burning of the Masonic Temple Theatre in
February. “Market Hall” is being used for
the purpose at this time. The new theatre
•will be on the ground floor, of handsome
build and finish.
A five-storv hotel has risen on the ruins of
last February’s fire and the Masons are hav
ing erected on their lot a more magnificent
Structure than the one burned.
The Georgia Railroad Company has just
completed the new car shops at the
yards in this city. They are very extensive,
and some magnificent passenger and sleep
ing cares are being constructed in them.
THE LEVEE.
The talk about the “big levee” still con
tinues. It is argued by some that a levee
on this side of the river would throw the
current into Hamburg, though Hamburg is
usually submerged long before the water
gets into the streets of Augusta. The pro
ject, if carried out, will cost a large amount
of money, but will protect thousands of dol
lars worth of property should another flood
occur as destructive as the last one. Dr.
Foster has many warm friends who espouse
the cause which he is championing with a
great deal of enthusiasm.
G2il. PHILLIPS TESTIFIES.
The Marietta and North Georgia Com
mittee at Work.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 15.—The
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Investigation Committee held a session to
night. The only witness examined was
Gen. William Phillips. Gen. Phillips was
closely connected with the early construc
tion of the road, filling the offices respect
ively of Superintendent,Vice-president and
President. Ho went over the history of tiie
road till 1883, when his connection with it
ceased, Messrs. Pulsifer, Eager and Kinsey
then assuming control of it. He knew
of no corrupt means used to influence the
Legislature in passing the resolution cancel
ling the bonded indebtedness of the road to
the State. The committee adjourned till
to-morrow afternoon, when Gen. Phillips
will again be on the stand.
KNOCKED m THE HEAD.
John Dineen’s Life Again Attempted at
Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15.—Iron
laying on Coast railroad from Arlington to
Maysport began to-day.
To-night a white man was foond uncon
scious in East Jacksonville. An investiga
tion showed that it was John Dineen.formor
bookkeeper for Clark & Loftus, furniture
dealers, who were burned out about two
months ago. This is the second time that
Dineen's fife has been attempted within
■ix weeks, and evidently somebody
is anxious to get him out of the way. He
Was picked up to-night and carried uncon
scious to the county hospital on a dray, and
after considerable time recovered con
•eiousness. It was found that he hal been
•truck in the head by a sharp heavy instru
ment, but who his assailant was Mr.
Dineenj was unable to say. He will re
cover.
APALACHICOLA IN ALARM
tlgtfroes Threaten to Drive Off Rail
road Laborers.
Apalachicola, Fla., Sept. 15—A gang
rf negroes numbering about a dozen, at
tempted to create a riot at Clarabelle yes
terday. The ringleaders were arrested and
put under bonds. They were dissatisfied
with the pay the lal>orers on the
railroad were getting and were going to
force the gangs "ft the track and take their
tools away. A number of white men
armed themselves and some excitement
prevailed, but a few white men prevented a
general riot by their coolness. Everything
i now quiet. •
Love at Louisville
Louisville, Ga Sept. 15.—Miss M.
Kate Roberson and G. W. Kelly, both of
this place, were very quietly married at the
residence of the bride's mother yesterday
morning at 0 o'clock. They left on the 10
o'clock train for Macon, where they intend
making their home in the future.
Both Died in the Well.
Charleston, S. €., Sept. 15.—Near
Clark's Hill, in Edgefield county, to-day, two
colored men were digging a well. One was
overcome with gas. The other tried to
rescue the first, but was also overcome, and
both died in the well.
TRAVELERS IN LuSSL
Rates Cut from New York to Atlanta,
St. Louis and New Orleans.
New York, Sept. 15. —A new feature in
the cut of railroad passenger rates this
morning was the sale in large mimliors of
tickets to Southern cities at nearly one-half
the regular rates. Tickets were sold
by brokers to Atlanta for sls
and to New Orleans for $lB, and
S2O. The regular fare to Atlanta is *24 and
to New Orleans $:54. The fare to St. Louis,
$lO, is so far the lowest of the week. In
spite of the assurances of the Cen-'
tral Traffic Association, the tendency
seemed to be toward a still
further reduction. Brokers claim that
the coming meeting of the Grand Army at
St. Ixuis, with its accompanying low ex
cursion rates, will continue the war in spite
of everything, simply transferring the
headquarters of business to St. Louis.
RUIN IN THE BOUNTIE3.
Montana'* Legislature Forced to Re
peal the Law.
Hei.ena, Mont., Kept. 15.—The special
session of the Fifteenth legislative assembly
adjourned last evening, after a session of
about three weeks. The Legislature last
winter authorized a bounty of 10c. for prai
rie dogs and sc. for ground squirrels, and to
date the Territory has paid for '108,071
ground squirrels and 158,700 prairiedogs, or
a total of over SSO,(XX). The bounty act
ha/1 exhausted all the money in the treasury
and was running the Territory rapidlv iii
debt The Governor, with t lie iiermission
of the President, called the S|>eclal session
and re)>ealed the law.
WRINGS A CHILD'S NECK.
▲ Brother Kills Hie Sinter s Illegitimate
Offspring.
Ht. Paul, Mini*., Kept 15.—A special to
fcbe IHoneoT /Yess from Caledonia, Minn.,
says: “Two /lays ago the daughter of Clem
euU Tiehl, a farmer, was delivered of an
child, whose father, the son of a
neighleiring farmer, recently went west.
1 •>-/lay the girl's brother Michael forcibly
took the child fn<ui tier out into the yard
ami wrung its ne k This so shocked the
Uiothsrtliai aha Is not wti/ecUwi to 11 vs. The
•ha/ID is after tha tnurOsrar "
A finreerlsfs'v Msiss/
STOLEN TIMBER.
i The Government Pressing Two Suits
Involving Ove • $4,000,000.
Seattle, W. TANARUS., Sept. 15.—A bill of in
quiry was filed before Chief Justice Jones
yesterday by United States Attorney White
for an accounting between the Northern
Pacific railroad and the United States for
timber cut from government lands. The
amount claimed by the government is
; $2,000,000, and a perpetual injunction is de
i rrmnded which will prevent further depre
i dations. The attorney claims that the
license to cut timber expired by law July,
1879.
a suit for $2,277,254.
Washington, Sept. 15.—Acting Secre
tary Muldrow, in a letter to the Attorney
General, has recommended that the offer of
a compromise by the Sierra Lumber Com
pany of California, in the timber trespass
suits now pending against it in the United
States Circuit Court at San Francisco be re
jected, and that the suits bo prosecuted
with a riiost determined effort to secure
for the govenment the largest possible ver
dict. The action pending is for the recovery
of $2,277,254, being the value of ti,484,886
feet of lumber, comprising chiefly valuable
sugar pine ami yellow pine, alleged to have
lx-Hi illegally cut from the public lands.
The defendants offered to compromise and
pay the government $15,000.
A RAZOR AT TWO THROATS.
A Jealous Hnsband Kills His Wife
and Himself.
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 15.—Information
reached this city to-day of a double tragedy
which occurred on Sept. 13 at Hunting
town, a small village in Calvert county, in
the southern part of the State. Edward
Coolidge, a former, cut his wife’s throat
with a razor, after failing in an attempt to
shoot her, nearly severing ner head from
her body. He then tried to kill Ins sister,
but she escaped, and with the same weapon
he cut his own throat, dying after kissing
his two little boys. Jealousy caused the
tragedy.
HORSES RUN FOR PURSES.
A Summary of the Day’s Events at
Sheepshead Bay.
New York, Sept. 15.—Following is a
summary of to-day's events at the Sheeps
head Bay races: '
First Race—Handicap; mile and a quarter.
Brown Duke led from start to finish, with Argo
second and Ten Strike third. Time 2:11)44.
Second Race —Bouquet stakes: handicap for
two-year-olds; seven furlongs. Specialty won,
with Prince Royal second and Omaha third.
Time 1:28.
Third Race —Bridge handicap, for three-year
olds; mile and a hair, haggard won, with Bel
videre second and Stockton third. Time 2:8714.
Fourth Race—Mayflower handicap; all ages;
mile and three furlongs. Exile won, with la-lex
second and Rupert third. Time 2:22U.
Fifth Rack —Selling allowances Mile and a
furlong. Greycloml won, with Phil Lee second
and Arundel third. Time 1:5544.
Sixth Rack —Welter handicap; one and three
sixteenths of a mile, on the turf. Tattler won
easily by thi-ee lengths, with Pasha second and
Lancaster third. Time 2:08.
Fourteen horses of the race stable of
Samuel Emery were sold to-day at the
Sheepshead Bay race track. Dry Monopole
sold for SB,IOO, Tenbooker for $2,500 and
Seafog for $2,550. The total sales amounted
to $22,635.
MINNESOTA AND THE TARIFF.
A Growing Sentiment Against Pro
tection Principles.
Prom the Washington Pont.
Representative Macdonald, of Minnesota,
who succeeds Mr. Strait in the House of
Representatives, is at Willard’s for a few
days. He has lived in Minnesota more than
thirty years, is an able lawyer, has served
in the Legislature and the judicature of the
State, and understands tile politics not only
of Minnesota, but of the whole Northwest
very well. The turn in favor of Democracy,
which was shown by Minnesota in the elec
tions of last fall when three Republican
Congressmen were displaced bv three Dem
ocrats, according to Mr. Macdonald, is
likely enough to be maintained in the Presi
dential election next year. “In 1884,” said
Mr. Macdonald to a Post reporter yester
day, “Blaine carried Minnesota by 40,000
majority, while last year the Republican
majority for Governor was only 2,000,
and if the Republicans in their State
convention had not declared against
the protective tariff the Demo
crats would have carried the State. Now
it seems to me the Republicans of the coun
try are growing more rabid in favor ofpro
tection, and that they are likely to declare
for protection in their national platform
next year. If they do, the Democrats will
carry Minnesota and possibly some other
Northwestern States. They can only hold
them a little longer bv adopting Democratic
principles. The whoie Northwest is against
the protection idea; the farmers don’t know
what the}’ gain by it, and therefore, the
Democratic party is steadily gaining. Even
Pennsylvania is advancing. The result of
the State Convention recently held was not
gratifying to the Randall men. It seems to
mo anyhow, that the Democratic party
should not allow itself to lie swerved from
its national and proper course by so small a
factor as Pennsylvania.”
“Who arc the Presidential candidates
spoken of in Minnesota?"
“As things stand at present, there seems
little doubt that Mr. Cleveland will be re
nominated. The Democracy of the State is
for him. The majority of the Republicans
are for Blaine, but Sherman has a great
many friends among the politicians, and
while Blaine, I believe, would win the dele
gation on a test vote, lie will not get it
without a hard contest.”
THE CHINESE SYNDICATE.
What a Native Newspaper Says of Mr.
Barker’s Groat Enterprise.
From the North China Daily News.
The astonishing concessions and privi
leges granted to the American combination
of capitalists through Count Mitkiewicz
will, no doubt, remain undisturbed. The
Viceroy Li. great as his authority is, did
not act without imperial sanction. It now
appears that negotiations have been pro
ceeding for about two years.
What inlluence the new financial institu
tion will have upon existing foreign hanks,
financial and industrial agencies is, as Sir
Thomas Browue says, "not lieyond. conjec
ture.” They may exist, but at disadvan
tages, and must adapt thoir tactics to cir
cumstances in good time. No doubt, too.
subjectively, the new combination will
have a strong nnd immediate tendency to
appreciate the value of stiver. It is uot
likely that gold will bo comprised in any
Chinese scheme of coinage, even if the
auriferous deixsdtsof the Ameer, Kirill and
the rivers (hisuri and Sungari ore worked
systematically and confirm expectation.
From the Chinese point of view there is
much to say theoretically in favor of the
new financial Institute. The tiuunces of the
empire just now are absolutely chaotic; it
liHfrbeconie imperative for the maintenance
of the empire that some initial.gy scheme
should l>e tried to bring tin l provincial re
venues under imperial control, and the new
institute, if well managed for a common
advantage and uot for plunder and whole
sale exploitation, could ne made the means
of establishing at least the semblance of or
derly ways. To exist, the empire must
have a regular revenue for its army and
navy for camps, forts, provincial and wai
fsjord arsenals, etc , and if tbs fiscal system
could Is* put under regulation it u oon
ceivahle Inal the revenues now collected
might sulli e without further burdening
the people. But the change to lie made is
vast, and will tie oppsesi with fierce de
termination.
A True* In a Strike
Boston, Kept. 15, The strike of the fund
til re finishers la this city has lawn declared
off | -|s a 1 st*'*s|sf|i rtf tbs Striker's
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1887.
NERVY GEORGE SLOAN
A Man Who Went to Texas and Stood
His Ground.
Prom the New York Sun.
Away back in the sixties I was financially
interested in two or three Texas enterprises
with a man named George Sloan. That
was his right name, but in many localities
in Texas he was known only as “Nervy
George.” I have seen a great many state
ments concerning his adventures in print,
but all more or less exaggerated. Some of
the adventures which came about while we
were in company I will now give to the
press for the first time. Sloan was an Ohio
boy, and I made his acquaintance and we
chummed in the Audersonville prison
pen. We went West together after the
war, and at that time he was only 27
years old. He was 5 feet 7 inches high,
weighed 100 pounds, and was the strongest
man I ever saw outside of a professional
wrestler or cannon ball tosser. His flesh
was so hard that he could crack a walnut
on his leg. On two or three occasions 1
knew him to break the bones in a man’s
hand by a single grip. He took no training
of any sort, but the strength and rugged
ness were born to him As if not satisfied
in making him a young Hercules, nature
gave him the most wonderful nerve and
courage. He once told me that he would
give *IOO to realize for five minutes what
fear was. I saw him in some of the hot
test places a man could get into, and I never
saw him falter, or hesitate or make a mis
take in doing just the right thing.
A TOUGH SCRAPE IN DALLAS.
One afternoon, after we had finished up
some business in Dallas and were ready to
go, we entered a saloon for a parting nip.
It was full of gamblers, cowboys and rough
characters generally, and every man wore a
revolver in plain sight. We were sipping
our drink when burly big ruffian, who
was a fighter from way back, intentionally
fell against Sloan with considerable force,
and then stood off and leered at him. and
then said:
“I’m waiting for you to ax my parding
fur that, banty.”
Sloan never carried a weapon of any sort,
while in a town. He looked the big fellow
over in a cool and quiet way, and finally
asked:
“Did you intend to insult ine, sir?”
“Insult ye!” echoed, the other. “Who
talks of insults? Why, ye little game cock
from somebody’s barnyard. I'll give ye two
minutes to git down on your knees to me.”
“If you do not beg my pardon before T
finish this glass,” replied George, “I will
make a wreck of you.”
By this time everybody in the saloon had
crowded around us, and it was easy to see
we had no friends there. There was some
thing in Sloan's eve and tone which cau
tioned the big fellow, and if left to himself
he would have retired from the scrape. But
he was egged on and braced up by the
crowd, who ached to see a row, and he
stepped back a little, drew his revolver, und
growled:
“Now, banty, get down on your mar
row-bones, or you’ll take a dose of lead.”
Sloan leaned on the bar with his elbow
anft sipped his wine slowly, paying no fur
ther attention to any one. He was perhaps
a minute and a half finishing his glass, and
during the last half minute he was covered
by the man’s revolver. When he set the
glass down he wiped off his mouth, returned
the handkerchief, and then turned and ad
vanced ujxm the ruffian. The man fired
point blank at his head, cut off a lock of
hair, and the lull let killed the bartender.
Before he could fire again George seized
him, one hand on his throat and the other
on his knee, lifted him high in the air and
held him thus for ten seconds. Then he
gave the body a fling upon some whisky
barrels ten feet away. It was an astonish
feat of strength, and the silence of death
fell upon the room. When it was broken it
was by a man who had tiptoed over to the
barrels to look at the ruffian, and who
hoarsely whispered.
“Great heavens! Tom is as dead as a
fish!”
So he was. The iron fingers had choked
the life out of him as he was held aloft, and
when he struck the barrel, almost every
bone in his body was broken. George stood
there tor two or three minutes looking from
one to the other, and then said:
“Does any body else want me to go down
on my knees ?”
Never a man replied; never a hand was
lifted, as we went slowly out and mounted
our horses and road away uuiyolested.
ONE OF THE NERVIEST THINGS
in Sloan’s career happened at Navasota, on
the Brazos river. We were sitting on the
veranda of the hotel when a fighter entered
the villuge on horseback. Armed with a
Winchester and two revolvers, he took a
drink or two and then startl'd in to capture
the town. There was only one street and
he rode up and down this at full gallop,
firing right and left and uttering terrific
yells. In five minutes he had the town.
People disappeared from sight and
everybody was thoroughly cowed.
The fellow fired two shots among
tho sitters on the veranda, ana
we stampeded. 1 own up that I had no de
sire for a closer acquaintance with the
rufflna. and I was among the first to seek
cover. When we were all inside I peered
cautiously from a window and saw Kloun
still outside. He was on his feet, leaning
against a column of the veranda, and
smoking a cigar as coolly as you please. I
shouted for him to come in. but he shook
his head. Appeals were made by others,
but he turned a deaf ear. The cowboy had
by this time reached the lower end of tho
street, and turned to come back. He came
at a gallop, hut checked his horse in front
of the hotel and tired three shots at Sloan,
from a distance of fifty feet. The first zip
ped past his ear, the other two cut cloth
without drawing blood. We were looking
full at the shooter from the windows, ana
as lie fired his third shot without bringing
his man, a look of wonder came to his face,
and he shouted:
“Who are you, man or devil?”
George sauntered along to the steps,
slowly descended and approached tho man,
and as he came near enough ho grabbed for
him. Next instant the cowboy was pulled
off his horse and being literally mopped all
over the road. He tried to use a weapon,
but was disarmed witli scarcely an effort,
and when George got through with him he
lay as one dead. Rifle, revolvers and knife
were broken and flung in a heap besides,
and George sat down on the stops to finish
his smoke, {le ha/1 kept his cigar alight
through the fracas. 1 personally inter
viewed the doctor who was called to see the
cowboy, and he gave mo the list of injuries,
as follows:
Left arm broken, thumb on right hand
broken, three scalp wounds, right shoulder
probably dislocated, three teeth knocked
out, five had bruises on various parts, one
eye closed.
The fight did not last three minutes, and
yet the tittle giant laid the fellow up for
three months, and taught him a lesson he
never forgot. 1 saw and talked with him a
year later, and he told me that he was not
entirely well from the drubbing.
A Furniture Factory Burned.
Kt. Louih, Kept 15.—The manufacturing
establishment of the Joseph i’otoi's Furni
ture Company, at Chambers street anil
Blair avenue, was hurtled out last night.
The loss is SIIO,OOO. The property was well
insured.
A Man Who Wears a Moustache Ad
vlaea Everybody Blue to to Shave.
From an Interview with Senator InijnlU of
Kansas. in the Tribune.
I think u man looks bettor when lie is shaved.
Every man should shave. You should shave, and
you should not go to a barl/er's shop, hut suave
yourself. Ne gentleman should go to a barber's
shell It Is a great waste of time and money. It
cools fifteen onnta doesn't Ht rverv Inneyog
get a Uirher to shave you. sml I lien there Is a
'''immunity of aoap cun# and hriislics which
Is rep'igusnl to men of fndividtiali'y. I always
shave myself. As part of one's regular toilet
sv**" • • * s Is' s •*„,et* tiers, se-l
AN UNFASHIONABLE QUEEN.
Victoria's Dowdy Style of Dressing—’
Love for Low-Necked Dresses.
London Letter to San Francisco Argonaut.
The secret of it is, of cou’.-se, that the
Queen isn’t fashionable. Everybody is glad
to see her when she passes or appears in
public, is willing to doff his hat when the
bond plays “God Save the Queen,” to drink
her health whenever it is proposed, and
to give her three cheers whenever the oc
casion calls for the same. Of course it is
the correct thing and “good form,” and all
that, to attire one’s self in one’s smartest
coats, frocks, hats and bonnets, wherever
the Queen is to be; and not to be well and
smartly dressed when she is present would
lx; the highest of social treason. But the
“good form” of the thing on the one side
and the “high treason ’ on the other would
be not so much on account of the Queen as
because of the other swells one would be
sure to meet, and who would never forget
or forgive badly made, unfashionable or
inappropriate clothing There is a sort of
mutual compulsion and restraint, one on
the other. The Queen never sets a fashion,
though she may control and keep in bounds
those of others’ origination—for example,
sleeveless gowns, which she positively for
bade to be worn at court, though they were
worn everywhere else. The possessors of
pretty, plump, white and gracefull*
moulded arms naturally liked to show them,
and the men didn’t object to the exhibition.
Though the Queen set her face
against the narrow shoulder-strap it
didn’t make it unfashionable. Oddly
enough Her Majesty doesn’t appear to
mind how4ow the bodices are. I can hardly
fancy any woman being possibly able to
lower her bodice a hundredth part of an
inch beneath the line adopted by the Princess
of Wales. .She has pretty shoulders, a nice,
•smooth neck, and a bust which, though
hardly one for a sculptor’s model, is rounder
and more billowy than those of nine-tenths
of the other decollete dressers of high life.
For my own part, I haven’t the least objec
tion to the low-necked dresses whseh prevail
in England. If they could but be limited
to people with nice necks like the Princess
of Wales,and let me mention another, the
Princess Louise—no one would or could
have a word to say.
I didn’t think the Queen ever “went in”
for dress. Most decidedly she doesn’t go in
for it now. The other day, only, down at
the Isle of Wight, at Cowes, or Newport, or
Ryde, she was going about with a lot of
foreign potentates and dignitaries, in a
round dowdy-looking hat! Fancy a Queen,
and one of her age, too, wearing a low
crowned hat What the other people must
have thought, I can’t begin to say. Of
course, we all know that indifference to
dress isn’t a vice; and that a woman may
make a good and sensible Queen though she
may not care what she wears. It is not
that. All I mean to imply is that the Queen’s
influence in a fashionable sense is nil.
Power she may possess to compel people to
abstain from the observance of a fashion of
another’s creation, but influence to guide
them in adopting one of her own sugges
tions she has not.
EXPLAINING A MYSTERY.
Strange Insects Cause the Bad Odor
of Electric Lamps.
Prom the Rochester Post-Express.
“Someone sent a letter to the Post-Ex
press a few days ago asking if the electric
lights gave out a bad odor,” said Manager
Redman, of the Brush company, to-day.
“You might tell him that the lamps are the
causa of a bad odor at this time of the year,
but it does not come from the electric fluid
nor from the burning of the carbons. The
explanation is very simple and would be
manifest to your correspondent if he had
ever been present at the cleaning of a lamp
after a worm night. The Jight attracts
innumerable insects that kill themselves
in contact with the lamp and collect there
by the pintful. The mass of decaying ani
mal matter gives out the offensive’odor that
the correspondent complained of. Ido not
wonder at his complaint, for the stench is
part icularly offensive. In certain situations
we are obliged to protect the lamps with
wire gauze to prevent the winged creatures
from flying against them and interfering
with the light. Ever since the introduction
of electric lights here the workmen at the
various works have been wondering at the
strange and varied visitants that come into
the rooms at night. Our works at the lower
falls are particularly well situated to at
tract all sorts of creatures that fly by night,
and we have a very miscellaneous
collection pinned on the walls, after the
fashion of regular entomologists. The boys
have had some monster moths come in at
night, and ail the specimens were duly
pinned to the wall. It might interest a col
lector to call and examine our cabinet.
Most of these we have, seem to fly alto
gether at night, for they are of a kind that
I never see by day. In former years we
frequently caught a large butterfly, but I
have not seen one of them this year. Per
haps their season for skirmishing by night
does not arrive until later in the year. By
the way. the men at the works occasionally
assume the functions of experimental phi
losophers, and try electrical experiments on
various living creatures, including man.
Cats, dogs ana snakes are favorite subjects
for experiment, and the dog or cat that has
once ventured into an electric light works
without a friend to jiroteot him from ex
perimentalists is likoly to go away with such
a lively recollection of his experience that
he will never call again. Dogs or cats that
are given a shock seem to regard it as some
thing unnatural and diabolical—that is, if
they have any idea of such things. They
exhibit symptoms of fear that are not mani
fested when they are hurt by ordinary
means. We caught some snakesj in the rocks
near the works and found that a slight
shock was enough to kill them. Great and
small ones never made a movement after
receiving a current.”
Consumption, Wasting Diseases,
And general debility. Doctors disagree as to
the relative value of Cod Liver Oil and Hy
pophosphites; the one supplying strength
and flesh, the other giving nerve [lower, and
acting as a tonic to the digestive and entire
system. But in Scott’s Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil with Ilypophosphitcs the two are
combined, and the effect is wonderful.
Thousands who have derived no jiermnnent
lienefit from other preparations have
lieen cured by this. Scott’s Emul
sion is iHirfectly palatable and is easily di
gested by those who cannot tolerate plain
Cod Liver Oil.
SPORTING GOODS.
GUNS!
ENGLISH BREECH LOADERS.
AMERICAN RREECB LOADERS.
WINCHESTER RIFLES.
CMori Loaded Shells.
—roii •▲(** mr—
MARRIAGES.
Married, at Wash
ington, Ohio, by the Rev. J. C. Irvin, on Sept.
7. George W. GiEBKLHOUn of Savannah. Ga.. to
Miss C'riskie S. Tharp, of Washington, Ohio.
MEETINGS.
LANDRUM LODGE VO. 48. F. AND A. M.
A regular communication nf this Lodge
will lie held THIS (Friday) EVEN- _#A_.
I NO, at 8 o’clock. \3T
The M. V. degree will lie conferred. 'vr \
Members of sister Lodges and transient breth
ren are cordially invited to attend. Bv order of
F. D. BLOOl)WORTH. W. M.
H. E. Wilson, Secretary.
OGLETHORPE light infantry.
Headquarters Oolethorpe L. 1.. I
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 16, 1887. f
The Corps is hereby ordered to appear at •
their Armory THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock flj
to attend a special meeting to take Anal ac-gjU.
tion concerning the Atlanta Exposition. {Hn
By order of WM. B. MELL, i7|
Lieut. Commanding. I f
A. J. Franklin, Ord. Sergt.
MYRTLE LODGE VO. 6, K. OF P.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will grrv
lie held THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock.
Sister Lodges and transient Knights
are invited. WHgl
OTTO VOGEL, C. C. \KBr
Waring Russell, Jr., K. of R. and S.
PULASKI council vo. isa, r. a.
A regular meeting of this Council will be held
THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock.
J H. CAVANAUGH, R.
Clarence S. Connbrat, Secretary.
ATTEVTIOV, TRAVELING MEN!
There will be a meeting of Savannah Post D,
of the TRAVELERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA
TION. at Screven House, on Sept. 20th, at 7:30
P. M., to perfect. the organization of the Post.
All traveling men, or those who sell goods by
samples or otherwise on the "road,” are ur
gently requested to attend; also wholesale mer
chants and manufacturers who employ
travelers as the merits of our associa
tion will be fully shown at this meeting.
All travelers who join us on this occasion will
be admitted as charter members. Attendance
of members from adjoining cities is also re
quested. DEAN NEWMAN, President.
Sid. A. Pugbsi.ey Jr.,Secretary and Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
savannah'cotton exchange!
Opening of (he New Building.
The Exchange will be open THIS AFTER
NOON from 4 to <5 o'clock to afford an oppor
tunity for members of the Exchange and their
friends to view the same. This hour has been
arranged with special reference to the con
venience of ladies.
On TO-MORROW the rooms will be opened
from 10 o'clock a. m. to 12 m.. for the purpose of
affording an opportunity to the public generally
to Inspect the building.
The rooms will be open for business on MON
DAY at 12 o'clock.
5618 ROHCH-HAITI ION AH. 5618
A fine selection of Hebrew New Year Cards in
English, German and Hebrew-, can be found at
KUCKUCK & SEEMAN’S,
94 Broughton street.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN PORTRAIT
COMPANY, SAVANNAH, GA.
L. B. Davis, Secretary and Manager, 42 and 44
Bull street., would respectfully suggest that the
holidays are coming, and a very acceptable
present will be a fine Portrait of yourself or
some friend finished in Oil, Water Color, India
Ink, I’astelle or Crayon. Our work we guarantee
in perfect likeness and excution. Call and ex
amine samples and oblige.
NOTICE.
Neither the captain nor consignee', of the
British steamship "Marion,'' whereof Jeffels
is master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by the crew.
A. MINIS * SONS,
Consignees.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship ASHFIELI), whereof Suther
land is master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
NOTICE TO DELI.NO TENT WATER
TAKERS.
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE. I
Savannah, Ua., Sept. 14, 1887. J
Unless your water rent, past duo since July
Ist, is paid without further delay, the supply of
water will be shut off from your premises with
out further notice.
C. S. HARDEE, City Treasurer.
DR. HENRY 6 COLDINU,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
ELMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver. It cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. {1 00
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND MOTORS.
Arc and Incandescent Electric
Lighting.
Office of the Brush Electric Light and'
Power <'o., Rooms 8 and 0 Odd
Fellows Building,
Savannah, Ga., Sept, 1, 1887.
'IX7'E nre now prepared to furnish Are and In
-11 candescent Lights. Buildings wired by
thorough Electricians in accordance with the
rules of the Fire Underwriters. Incandescent
Lights have many advantages over other modes
of lighting, some of which are the absence of
heat or smoke, the brilliancy and steadiness of
the light, no danger from Are.
ELECTRIC MOTORS.
We are also prepared to furnish Motive Power
in quantity from >/$ H. P. to 20 H. P. These
Motors recommend themselves to all p-rsons
using power for any purpose
We also furnish and put in Electric Annunci
ators, Door and Call Bells, Electric Gas Lighters,
etc. Employing only the best, skilled labor, we
guarantee our work. Our office is in
Rooms 8 and 9 Odd Fellows Building,
where we invite the public to inspect the lights
and motor which will lie in operation every
evening.
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON.
President.
MELONS, CABHA(iEH, ETC.
AUGrUSTA lELOIfS
"V"©x*y Cb-oice.
FROM 211 lbs. Til ill lbs. AVERAGE.
roll MALE BY
T. P. BOND & CO.,
Cabbages, Apples, Potatoes,
Onions, etc., Grain, Hay,
Grits and Meal, etc., Rust Proof
Oafs, Seed Rye.
MILLINERY.
"giving away"
Is the Only Next Resort to
PLATSHEK’S
List ot Low Priced Specialties this Week!
300 pieces White Genuine Valenciennes Lace
Edgings, Hto 1W inch wide, 12 yards to piece,
reKular value at 35c„ 50c. and 75c. a piece, we
offer as long as the lot lasts for
19c. per Piece.
25 dozen Indies Extra Fine Black and Solid
Shade Cotton Hose, full regular made, White
Soles i id London Lengths, big bargain at 35c.,
we Oia.*- them one week only at
20c. per Pair.
410 dozen Boys’ and Gents’ four ply Pure
Linen Standing Collars, sizes 12 to lfiti, cost to
manufacturers $1 50 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 $l, $l5O,
$175 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 $l, 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 $l. 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.
GAS FIXTURES, HOSE, ETC.
JOHIHCOLSON, Jr.
DEALER IN
Gas Fixtures,
GLOBES & SHADES.
PLUMBERS’, MACHINISTS’
AND
M ill Sripplies.
ENGINE TRIMMINGS,
Steam JPacking,
SHEET GUM,
Hydrant, Steal and Suction
HOSE,
IRON PIPES AND FITTINGS,
Lift and Force Pumps.
30 and 32 Drayton St.
TKTTERINE.
As Good as Gold.
Milledgbville, Ga., Aug. 12th, 1887.
Mr. J. T. Shuptrine ct Bro.:
Gentlemen— Enclosed you will find sl, for
which please send me Si’s worth of your TET
TERIN E. This makes five boxes of your most
valuable remedy that I have sent for, one only
being for myself. I had the tetter os bad as any
one ever did. I suffered night and day until a
friend told me to send for your TETTERINE,
and it would cure me. This I did, and was
cured in a few days. The first box cured me
and two of my friends. Mr. M. M. Johnson was
suffering death with it; had been in bed for sev
eral days. I sent to you for two boxes, by his
request, and one box cured him, and he gave
the rest to a friend, who was also cured. This
is for Mr. J. M. Youngblood, who has the tetter
so bad tii*i lie cannot get about to do anything,
and requests me to send for two boxes. Your
TF.TTEIUNE is worth its weight in gold, and
everybody ought to know something about its
value, l can and w-ill recommend It to every
body that suffers w-ith tetter or itch.
Respectfully,
JESSE W. SCOTT.
WOOD.
NOTICE?
Savannah. Sept. 10, 1887.
HAVING sold out my Wood business to Mr.
W. H. CONNERAT, I wish to thank my
friends for their kind patronage bestowed upon
me in the past, mid would ask a continuance of
the same to my successor.
M. S. BAKER.
rWISH to inform my friends and the public
generally that I have purchased the entire
Wood interest of Mr. M. 8. BAKER, and would
be pleased to supply them with Wood of all
kinds, promising to give satisfaction.
„ W. H CONNERAT.
Telephone No. 218.
A. S. B ACON,
Planing Hill, timliir and Wood Yard,
Liberty and East Broad sts., Savannah. Ga.
A LI. Planing Mill work correctly and prompt-
J. \ ly done. Good stock Dressed and Rough
Lumber. FIRE WOOD, Oak, Pine, Lightwood
and Lumber Kindlings.
I*RO I’OSALS W A NTED.
PLANT IMESTIST MPAE
Office op Chief Engineer 1
and General. Manager,
(savannah, Oa.. Sept. !M, INH7. \
BIDS will he received at tills office until 12 *
SEPTEMBER 80th, for the c< instruction of
ttmt portion of th • Thomasvllh., Tallahassee
un.l Mi,nil.'.>ll.. railroad ext -nding from Tbomas
villr, Georgia, to thu Florida Stub, lino All
clearing. grubbing. grading un.l bridging will Ih!
et under one contract. Profiles may be exam
ined and further Information may be obtained
upon application at the Chief Eiigtiieer's offl.-e
H„ 1- and W. Ky , Savannuh. Ur , niter Heptem
ber II K. IIAIN EH,
Chief Engineer and Uwn. Manager P. 1. Cos,
DIMOU TION NOTICE.
Notice of Dissolution
r pHK Arm of WILKINS A CO., Jaaup. fia
,1- ’l** n • *b day of tv.,
by luut'iaJ ronar*nf Mm T K \\lf k 1
ha# p.tirhaae.l the #,!. hoVi . A .
EXCURSIONS.
Charleston! Savannah RjT
Through Pullman Service.
COMMENCING June 12th a through Pullman
Buffet service will be rendered daily be
tween Savannah and Hot Springs, N. C., via
Spartanburg and Ashville.
Leave Savannah 12:36 p m
Leave Charleston 4:55 pm
Leave Columbia 10;20 p m
Arrive Spartanburg 2:20 a m
Arrive Asheville.. . 700 am
Arrive Hot Springs 9:00 am
EXCURSION RATES.
To SPARTANBURG sl3 3 Q
To ASHEVILLE 17 15
To HOT SPRINGS 17 15
Sleeping car reservations and tickets good
until Oct. 31st, 1887, can be had at BREN’S
TICKET OFFICE, Bull street, and at d-not
E. P. MoSWINEY,
Gen. Pass. Agt.
PIANOS.
PLAN OS
AND
ORGANS!
st mm & ass,
Gabler & Bro.,
E. ROSENKRANZ, ) T u ,
G. HEYL, | Imp ted.
Peloubet <fc Cos.,
PIPE REED ORGANS!
Sold on Liberal Terms.
TUNING, REPAIRING. MOVING PIANOS AT
LOWEST RATES.
Schreiner’s Music House
COTTON SEED WANTED]
COTTON SEED WANTED
THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO.,
CAPITAL $5,000,000,
HAS just constructed eight new Cotton Reed
Oil Mills, located at the foUowing points,
each having the capacity I*l- day indicated:
Columbia, S. C., - 100 Tons.
Savannah, Ga., - - 100 “
Atlanta, Ga., - - 200 “
Montgomery, Ala., - 200 “
Memphis, Tenn., - 200 “
Little Rock, Ark., - 200 “
New Orleans, La., - 300 “
Houston, Texas, - 300 “
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Address,
at nearest Mill.
Southern Cotton Oil Cos.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE TO BUY
WEDDING PRESENTS
Such as DIAMONDS, FINE STERLING SIL
VERWARE, ELEGANT JEWELRY,
FRENCH CLOCKS, etc., is to be found at
A, I. Desbouillons,
21 BULL STREET,
the sole agent for the celebrated ROCKFORD
RAILROAD WATCHES, and who also
makes a specialty of
18-Kara.t Wedding Rings
AND THE FINEST WATCHES.
Anything you buy from him being warranted
as represented.
Opera Oflawses at Cost.
CORNICES.
CHAS. A. COX,
46 BARNARD UT., SAVANNAH, GA,
—MANUFACTURER OF—
GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES
AND
TIN ROOFING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES
The only bouse using machinery i*
work.
Estimates for city or country work promptly
furnished.
Agent for the celebrated Swedish MetalliO
Paint.
Agent for Walter's Patent Tin Shingles.
HOTELS. .
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Newman Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla.
WINTER AND SUMMER.
r r>HE MOST central TTouse in the city. Near
A Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries.
New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella
Baths, Etc. St’ SO to $8 per day.
JOHN R TotJNI, Proprietor.
DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSE.
r PHIS POPULAR Hotel in now provided with
Ia Faiwenger Elevator (the only one in the
city) and ban been remodeled and newly fur
nls bed, The )>roprietor, who by recent purcliona
is a 100 the owner of the eatabliahment, #|> ftre J
neither |uins nor expense In the entertain men I
of hit* guest* Thu patronage of Florida vialt
ora is earnestly invited. The table of the
Screven House is supplied with every luxury
that the markets at homo or abroad can afford.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
One of the Largest Boarding Houses in tb
South
AFFORDS plenum Smith room*, good hoard
with pure Art cum Water, at price* to* un
<ho*e wishing table, regular or traniieut accom
modation* Northeast corner Broughton and
Drayton *tnu‘Ui, opposite Marshall Hou
RIESLING’S NURSERY,
White Bluff Road.