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8 SNEAK THIEVES IX LIMBO. CAPTURE OF THE LEADERS OF AN ORGANIZED GANG. {Successful Raid on a Frogtown “Fence” John Williams and “Jim” Gay, Two Notorious Thieves, Ar rested and in Jail—Officers on Track of the Rest of the Band—Training Young Negroes to Steal -The Tarred Stick Game. For some timo past a gang of negro thieves has been at work in the suburbs of the city, committing numerous petty thefts in the boldest manner and invariably mak ing good its escape from arrest and detection. Several attempts have been made to capture some ot the members of the gang, but they have managed to elude pursuit in every in stance. Their ojierations have been con fined to the suburbs but they have skipped about from one post to another, stealing from a Frogtown store one night and the Old Fort another, and by tßr irregularity throwing the of ficers off ™eir trail. They have been steal ing meats and goods of that character. But a night or two ago they began on cash drawers, and then they came to grief. The matter was reported to Detective TVetherhorn, and he and Constable Isaac Nathans laid a trap and caught two of the birds. They sent out two “stool pigeons” •who soon located John Williams, one of the gang, in a house on Bryan street. AFTER THE GAXO. The “stool” reported him there, but the detectives wanted to gather in the whole bunch, so they sent the “stool” back and he succeeded in having Williams get the gang of them together in a house in Frogtown. Word was sent to the detectives that they were there, and they started for the house, keeping on the side of the canal bank out of sight. They reached one spot where their progress was obstructed by a garden that was fenced in. Feeling the necessity of making the capture, they broke dowu the fence and started t hrough the gar den. Tne keeper of it used some very ques tionable language when he saw them, but they kept straight ahead and finally reached the house where their men were. One of the “stools” raised his hat as a signal that everything was all right, and the de tectives made a dash across the yard and entered the hous i There was a general scattering when they were seen, the thieves climbing through windows, and rushing pell mall out of doors. Three of them made their escape, but John Williams and Jim Gay were caught, and taken to Justice Waring Russell’s office. TRAINED TO STEAL. They were seen there by a Morning News reporter and to him they made a free confession of their guilt. They endeavored to give an itemized account of their hauls, but they had been on too many excursions to be able to renieintier the incidents of them all. John Williams, who was the worst of the two, said that he came off the chain gang about Christ mas last, but ho had only been stealing for about four months past. He did not go out every night, but only when he had no money. He stole groceries and sold them to many different grix-ers, and he gave the name of one who, he said, knew that the goods were stolen, and encouraged him to continue to steal and bring him the goods to buy. Friday night, he said, he stole three cabbages, a side of white meat and a ham from a store near Anderson street, but upon what street he did not know. About two weeks ago he got a [>air of pants, drawers and a coat from a house near the corner of East and South Broad streets. RAIDING THE LARDERS. He stole two hams and two sacks of flour and a bucket of lard from a store on West Broad street, two hams from a store near the cemetery, one from East Broad street, and four quarts of rice from the southern part of the city, two hams from I’rice street, four sacks of flour from Drayton street, and two hams and a bucket of lard from Price street. He would not give the exact localities of any of the places out said he could show where they are. The favorite places were grocery stores, where there was a bar in the rear. One of the gang would go into the bar and call the storekeeper back there to serve him a drink, while the remainder moved out of the gro cery department whatever they could get their bands on. Gay was a sort of assistant to Williams, who seemed to he the boldwit spirit of the lot. Whonever he found a nice joh that he thought he could do alone he would go by himself and keep to himself all the profits, but if he needed assistance lie would call on the other members of the band. IMPLEMENTS OF THE TRADE. He did a very neat piece of work in the saloon of a limn named Palmer, in Frogtown. He had a stick about threo feet long, which had been trimmed down to a trowel sha]ie near the end and on one side of it he had smeared far. He was standing in front of the bar talking across the counter to Palmer, nnd while engaged in conversation he reached liack of' Palmer with the stick and slipped the sharpened end under a paste board box in which Palmer kept his money. The box stuck to the tarred stick and Wil liams lifted it over the counter when Palmer turned his eyes away, and secured the con tents of the Ihjx, which amounted to 84. Fridav night he went to the saloon of Har mon Rankin, on Ann and Bryan streets, and while Rankin was in the grocery he took out the cash drawer in the saloon. He se cured s!i there, and the money was found on him when he was arrested. A HAUL OK WATCHES. The gang stole a silver and a plated watch chain from a man named Fisher in Frog town, and from him also took several other articles of small value. They gave the offi cers all the information they wanted about the other members of the gang, and they will prolinbly he caught to-day, as they and' their haunts are known. These ate not the men who have been doing the house-breaking that has caused the residents of the vicinity of the Park so much uneasiness, hut they know who the house-breakers are, and have told detective Wethorhorn. They also gave information that loci to the recovery of a silver and a gold watch which ore now at Justice Bussells office awaiting identification. The gold watch has an open, gold face. The capture was nicely planned and nicely executed, and had it not been for tbeex'iess of numbers the whole lot of them would now be in jail where Williams and Gay are. THE COLD WAVE'S SWEEP. Mercury />own to 50 Degrees A Warm Wave On Its Way. The cold wave will have run its course to-day, and this morning the weather will probably tmgin to moderate. The cold area is central over the Southeastern States and la moving southeasterly. The Northwest is beginning U> get warmer, but in this sec tion ot the country it is still cold. At inid merht Signal Observer iianner said that the lowest temperature would probably lie reached between thnt time und sunrise, and after that it will hi gh) to moderate, as the cold area is moving out to sea. But the warm v/eatliei will come on slowly, und tlm next three or four days will Isi cool. The maximum yesterday was tit* , and the minimum 50*, 14* below tbe normal. Charleston's minimum was 4s . but the aversge uiiiiimum of the Charleston dis trict, seven stations reporting, wax 4a', showing that some of the temporatu res must have lieen considerably below 40. The Memphis, Montgomery u, id Mobile districts reportc I average maxima of 44 , New Or leans flt*, and (iaiveston dST. This cold wave seems to have been the result of one that originated In Manitoba and moved raetwardly Tnere wore rumors hut night of trust ia various aoctimis. but the rwmrls Wis e not credited, as no station rsis.rfsd • tail So trust noint. NO MARRYING IN HEAVEN. Dr. Bowman’s Sermon on Recognition in the Hereafter. Recognition in Heaven was the subject of Dr. Bowman’s sermon at the Evangelical Lutheran church last night. The subject is one of peculiar interest. Dr. Bowman spoke from the text —“And Jesus answer ing said: The children of this world marry and are given in marriage: hut they which shall lie accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are they given in mar riage; neither can they die any more, for thev are equal unto the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.” St. Luke, xx., .34-36. These words, said the preacher, are a part of the dispute between our Lord and the Sadducees iwncerning the social relation ships of mankind in this world and in the world to come. The preceding verses of the chapter from which the text is taken touch upon the res urrection The Sadducees, whodenied that there was any resurrection, said to the Mas ter that Moses wrote unto them that if any man’s brother die, leaving a wife and he die without children, his brother should take his wile and raise up seed unto his brother, and then follow the verses, “There were seven brethren, and the first took a wife and aied without children, and the second took her, and he died child less and the third took her, and in like manner the seven also, and they left no children and died. Last of all the women died also Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of them is she ?” Jesus answered in the words of the text. The church, and the world, Dr. Bowman remarked, are full of Sadducees whose minds are con tinually filled with doubt concerning the relationship of people in this world, and in the hereafter. They are more worried about the relationship they will bear to each other when they get to Heaven, than they are about getting there. The existence of a future love is positively asserted in the Bible. We shall know each other in Heaven. We shall love each other there, but with a purer, higher and holier love than is possible in this life. The social contrast between this world and that to come includes four things: First, there is no marriage in Heaven. Marriage is an in stitution that terminates at the grave, Love in the hereafter is purely spiritual. All earthly relationships dissolve in death. Our entrance into this world gave us father and mother. In heaven God is our Father. There is no husband and wife, no brother and sister, no male and female. God is the Father there and we will lie His children, being children of the resurrection. We shall know and recog nize our friends, and will remember the re lationships which we sustained in this world and may talk of them, but our re lationship there will be angelic. There will be no worthless characters in heaven. None will be there except they which shall lie accounted worthy to obtain that world and the resurrection from the dead. Wo were not brought into this world because we are worthy of it. The condition of our entrance into the future world will be our worthiness. There will be no gross organization there. Here we dwell in bodies of clay. In the world to come our Ixxlies will be spiritual. St. Paul in reply to the question, “How are the dead raised up'.and with what body do they come?” Said, “that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die: and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bear grain, it may chance of wheat or of some other grain, but God givetli it a bodv as it hath pieaxed Him, and to every seed His own body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, another of lishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial, but the glory of the celestial is one nnd the glory of the terrestrial is another. So also is the resurrection of the dead; it is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. It is sown a natural Ixirty; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written. The first man, Adam, was made a living soul; the last Adani was made a quickening spirit. That was not first which is spiritual, but-that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual.” All who attain to the resurrection and eternal life will l>e made and fashioned like unto the body of Jesus Christ. If we ware to take ourselves and families to heaven without having been found worthy of the resurrec tioif we would boas anxious to get away as we were to get there. Another peculiarity which the preacher remarked concerning Heaven, is that, there is no mortality there. There is no dying in the future world. Its inhabitants do not die because God cannot make them die, for that would make them immortal indejiendent of God, but rather they will be like unto the angels. There will tie no moral inferiority in Heaven. We shall be in all things per- tabling to morality equal to the angels— equal in purity and freedom from sin. The preacher pointed out from the text that an exchange of worlds will necessarily produce an entire change in all our relation ships. Matrimony oeases at the grave. It is dissolved in death. In the resurrection our relationship will be not matrimonial, but angelic. We shall not lose our identity, however. We will still lie the same person. Theiii could lie no resurrection without a previous existence. The object anil ourpose of the resurrection is to restore in Christ what was lost through Adam's fall. Our facilities will lie stronger, purer, higher. Now, like Bt. Paul, we see through a glass darkly, but then, face to face, now we know in part, hut then we shall know as we are known. Here in this world we think, sometimes, that we know a friend but are mistaken. A wife lietravs her husband, or a son his father. Here we see each other through a thousand clouds, but in Heaven we shall know each othqF perfectly. The darknessand misapprehension,and obs amity of this world will all lie swept away. We will love those whom ive lovixi oil earth, but with a purer, higher and holier love, not because they were wife, or father, or mother, or sister, but because we will all be children of God. DELAYED BY A STRIKE. Work on the Ocean Steamship Com pany’s New Pier in New York. The strike among the workmen on the Ocean Steamship Company’s new pier in New York, which has lasted for two weeks, ended Saturday, tho Wulluoe Iron Works Company, of Jersey City, which bus the contract for the work, agreeing to employ only union men hereafter. This strike, and one or two others, has delayed the completion of the pier. The contract called for its completion on Sept. 20, but, it will not be finished in some time yet.. The oomjiany's steam ers diseharge their cargoes there now and have been doing so for several wiieks, but they load at the Charleston pier, at the foot of Park Place. The company will have to leave that pier on Thursday, and a strong effort is being nmde on that, account to hasten the completion of the new pier. Removing a Serious Obstruction Gently. Dynamite and giant powder might answer ad mlrahly to remove obstruction* from Hell Gale, in Last River. New York, but explosive meas ures In medication ara ever attended with disas trous consequences. lor instance, the bowels cannot b* violently drenched with safety, nor 1* there the sliffhle*. necessity for so doing. On the cootrary.lt Is most unwise Noun tint the purblind adherents of antiquated theories In medicine advise or sanction sueii a course To weaken the ialesUuex the effect ot draft!l'' pur gstiou lto oompro'iiise Ihe Oi-ultli of the ell tire tsynteui Witu Hostetler's Ktomarh flitters, on the other hand, tin Ixiwels sr* iUi" , not by a coevulftbii) i>? - appc'iibin.tu.Dt 1 o an eruption of Ml Pi>l** ftla|* Hi. bin *• u-1 :*lly, BaMmaUy, witaou' wrennilua u dre.i-.-uing The liver andsiomoch.a* s oil as tin; bowel*, are toir-d end Im/fllwl by it. TITO MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1887. BAD MEAT BEING SOLD. DISEASED CATTLE SLAUGHTERED FOR THE MARKET. Cheap Meats and the People Who Buy Them How Unscrupulous Butchers Impose Upon Their Customers—The Need of a Meat Inspector. A few days ago a suspicious beef was found in the market house, and upon ex amination it was discovered that it was in an unwholesome condition It was seized by the authorities, and destroyed. This in cident has caused a good many people to talk about the kind of meat that is sold in the market, and it has brought to light the fact that there is a good deal of bad meat taken there. Scarcely a car load of cattle comes to this market, Market Clerk Mat tox says, but one at least of the animals has been trampled upon and badly bruised. These beeves are not bought by the better class of butchers but some of those who sell cheap meat purchase them for a nominal price and sail them at 10 or 12 cents a pound. They are unfit for food but no one except a judge of meat could tell, when they are in the stalls that they are un wholesome WHERE THE MEAT COMES FROM. Not very long ago four calves were almost in a dying condition, and people who saw them said that they would have died within a few hours, hut a butcher bought them and they wei-e sold indiscriminately in the market. The number of hogs that die and are cut up and brought to the market by the negroes cannot be told, as thf re is no watch kept over them, but bad meat of all sorts, beef, pork and mutton, is sold. C. A. Drayton, a butcher in the market, said that much of this had meat is given to children who go to the market for their parents. Not being able to tell good meat from bad they are given the worst on the shelf, and when it is cooked and served upon the table, those who may eat it know that their butcher has not sold them a “choice cut.” but they do not know that the meat is unfit for food. Then, too, he said, there are many people who will not buy beef at 25c. a pound if at another stall they can get it lor 15c. They do not seem to care whether the lieef is good or bad so long as it is cheap. Buell [leople eat bad meat almost every day. AN INSPECTOR WANTED. , He thought the only thing to be done is to appoint a meat insiieetor to examine all the animals before they are killed, and if they are not in a proper condition and are not properly slaughtered he should not permit them to be sent to market. The beef that was seized some days ago was blind, and had fallen up again it a pile of lumber and cut its side. The animal was driven to the slaughter house and was so near dead that it could not walk all the way. It was whipped until it fell down and was whirqied up to its feel again. Three times it fell down and finally was put in a cart and hauled to the slaughter pen. It seems that the city authorities are willing'to appoint an inspector, but they cannot get a competent man at the price they wish to pay. All of the responsible butchers are exceedingly anxious for the np pointment of an inspector. PRISONERS PILING UP. The Jail Overcrowed—Doubling up In the Celia. What to do with tbo inmates of the jail is becoming a serious question. There are now twelve women crowded into eight cells and sixty-two men in thirty-one cells. Both the insane cells are occupied by lunatics who have to bo held here liecause the Ordinary is absent and their examinations cannot tie held. One of them, a nian named Hayward, is violently insane. He howls and screams all the night long, and not only makes it impossible for his fellow prisoners to sleep, but he disturbs the slumbers of the jieople of the neighborhood and they arc loud in their complaints. He cannot be sent to the asylum until Judgi* Ferrill returns in October, tint mean while he. is driving the other prisoners to lunacy almost, by depriving them of sleep and keeping them constantly annoyed while they are awake. Neither Judge Harden nor Judge Adams will return before Novemlier, and what will bo done with the number of prisoners who will lie committed to jail in the meantime is a question of importance. Even now it is sometimes necessary to put four m one cell, and the cells are not large enough for any four human beings to live in. One of the principal reasons for the estali lishing of the City Court was to have a court that would sit weekly and keep the jail dear, but in adjourning for four and five months at a tim“, prevents the carry ing out of this purpose, inflicts an unusual hardship u|ion the prisoners, and embar rasses the authorities very greatly. THROUGH THE CITY. Items Gathered Here and There by the News Reporters. DeKalb Lodge No. 0, I. 0. O. F., meets to-night. Calanthe I/xlge, Knights of Pythias, will meet to-night. The Workingmen’s Benevolent Asso ciation will meet to-night. The police made eleven arrests yesterday, all for disorderly conduct. The final payments on the subscription to the stock of the Southern Cotton Oil Com pany were called and paid on Bept. 15. The sale of reserved seats for the Florence Bindley engagement at the Theatre this week will begin at Davis Bro.’s this morn ing. The Irish Jasper Greens will begin drill ing to-night for their trip to Atlanta next month. The company will go up with full ranks. There were 145 failures in the United Stan* refxirted to Urn list reel's last week, against 1 If in the preceding woek, and 15G, 14s, JOH and 1!7 in the corresponding weeks of 188(1, 1335, 1884 and 188.‘i respectively. GENERAL RAILWAY NEW3. Matters of Monoy and Management About Various Lines. W. S. Pendleton, Traveling Agent for the Florida Southern railroad, is in the city. The Louisville Courier-. Journal says that fears are entertained that the roads of this country are about to enter into one of the fiercest and longest passenger rate wars the country has ever known. The feeling is that unless the higti officials of the roads take the matter promptly in hand a war of unwieldy proportions will be inaugurated within the next thirty days. The strike among the fi-eight conductors and brake nen on tile Memphis and Charles ton road is on again. The trainmen claim that tin y had an understanding with the autho il.ies of the road when a strike was threatened u few weeks ngo to render ad dilioaa ervute if their pay was increased. That, they say. lias not been granted, nnd now th y refuse to ran the regular freight trains until the quest ion is settled. Bale of Grocery Stock. Daniel 11. Kennedy, Auctioneer, will sell this day, at 11 o’clock, all the stock of Gro ceries con Did nix 1 in store belonging to Mr*. K. Power, at 1158 Congress street, facing Johuson Bquare. Also Wagons, Horses,etc., etc. Bee advertisement in auction column. Hat |>r the Fall Tlte Famous hn> lecetvnd the latest styles Hat* for tall, sidling them cheap in order to cull attention to tboir removal to (he northeast corner of (Jongrms and Whitaker atrats At the Harnett House, Bavgnnah, O* yon get and the comfort* of the Iqgb pri -e-l no sis, al l ss v* from $1 to s’! per day Try 11 aud Oj c mvinc.xL Huston Halite Jour- NEW ORLEANS WINS TWICE. Charleston Pitchers Batted All Over the Field. New Orleans, Sept. 25.—New Orleans won both games with ease to-day. The umpiring of Well* was so manifestly partial to Charleston that the visitors could not And a single ground for complaint. The morning game was won by the locals pounding the life out of Smith in one in ning, while Widner held Charleston down to low ebb. Charleston fielded superbly, and the work of Glenn and Carl was won derful. Geiss at second and the two catch ers carried, off the other fielding honoi-s. The morning crowd numbered about 1,000. In the afternoon the crowd reached nearly (5,000, and the locals acknowledged the com pliment by playing their greatest game this season. They gave flungler a terrific drubbing and the Charlestons were a little demoralized in consequence. Glenn muffing Awo flit*. New Orleans played a perfect fielding game, although the nine was a little bruised up. Fuller was hurt before the game, After playing a while he changed places with Powell. Vaughn had his nose almost broken by a speedy pitched ball and gave way to McVey, finishing the game in centre. The fielding honors were carried off bv Geiss, Bradley anil Campau. Following is the "score by innings and summary of the morning game. New Orleans 06000200 0— 8 Charleston 1 1 001 000 0— 3 I IBatteries—Widner and Vaughn, Smith and Nichols. Base hits—New Orleans 17, Charleston 2. Errors—New Orleans:!. Charleston 1. Following is the score by innings and summary of the afternoon game: New Orleans 1 5 5 3 0 0 8 1 2 -20 Charleston 0 0000 1 20 0— 3 Batteries—Ewing and Vaughn, McVey aud Hungler and Childs. Base, hits—New Orleans 24, Charleston 12. Stolen bases—New Orleans 10, Charleston 1. Errors—New Orleans 0, Charleston 8 Games Elsewhere. At Louisville-- Louisville 0 2 1 1 0 000 0— 4 Cleveland 1 002 1 04 1 5—14 Base hits—Louisville 13, Cleveland 23. Errors —Louisville 6. Cleveland 3. At Ridgewood— Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0— 2 Baltimore 02002001 x— 5 Rise hits—Brooklyn 12 Baltimore 9. Errors— Brooklyn 1, Baltimore 5. At St. laiuis Cincinnati 0000008 0 x— 8 St. Ijouis 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 o—4 Base hits—Cincinnati 10, St. Louis 7. Errors —Cincinnati 2, St, Louis 5. NEXT SEASON’S LEAGUE. New Orleans Working Up an Organi zation—The Cities That Will be in. Clarence Kauffman, of New Orleans, is on a circuit of the Southern League cities trying to work up next season’s base ball. He was in Chattanooga last week. He has visited Atlanta and Chattanooga, and has .ward from Nashville, and thinks the league next year will be composed of New Orleans, Charleston. Atlanta, Birmingham, Chatta nooga, Nashville, Memphis, and either Mo bile or Savannah. MEN WHO HAVE MONEY. Good-Natured Stories About Some Western Millionaires. From the Chicago Herald. Good-natured stories about the men who love money are not at all hard to find. Ream often tells l.i is of his own experience when he “rode in” with cattle from the West. A fellow walked into Nat Jones’ office one day and looked around furtively, fie was out at the elbows, unshaven and looked the picture of a man whose luck md oven hope were all gone. He caught the eye of Ream, who was one of a group sitting near the blackboard. The big speculator sprang up and, hur rying toward tin: dilapidated-looking .•aller, grasped him by the hand. “Why, John,” he said, “how are you?” The two •allied I'm' a few minutes and then the visi tor told his story. He had had awful bad luck with his last load of cattle, his money was all gone and he was actually hungry. “Would Ream let him have a half-dollar for a square meal?” The big man went down in his pocket. Fifty dollars was pressed into the ragged looking fellow’s hand. He objected. Ream insisted. The leave’-taking took some minutes, and out of ipeenev the officer looked the other way. When Ream walked back behind the desk he said to a clerk: “1 used to ‘ride in’ with that fellow from Kansas. He’s a ‘white man.’” The writer heard a clerk once say that Nat Jones every month of his life, since hick had been his way, sent a check for 8100 to a niece who is a musician of considerable note. One of the most familiar stories told of “Hutch” is concerning the loan of SB. An old fellow caught Hutchinson as he was with a half dozen friends and in good humor. “Hutch,” he said, familiarly buttonholing the millionaire, “I want to borrow .*10.” “Yes,” said liuteh, “but hadn’t you better nay me that 81 I let you have before you borrow any more?” “Well, Mr. Hutchin son,” said the old fellow, pertinaciously, “I intended to rav that 8-'!, but when l had it I could not, rind you, and when I didn’t have it of course l couldn’t pay.” Hutchinson dismissed him by say,iu he’d lietler strike somebody else. The old fellow hung on. The party had been getting in good humor, i" many the u,.i h .low outiouholed Hutch again and sa.d: “Really, Mr. Hutch inson, I don’t know anybody else to go to." “Weil, it’s only 810,” said Hutch, and he put his hands down in his clothes and passed it over. The liorrower at once got his courage. He slipped over to the other side of the party aud or i> red up something all ’round. Then, gating his change, he slipped over to Hutch and paid him his Bd. The latter was fairly lost, in admiration. “Bay,” he said, in his sharp Yankee tone, “whenever you want any money, come to me. I like your way. You’re a financier. You owed me #3, now you owe me 87 and are in good credit.” Local Personal. C. H. Morel returned yesterday after a trip North. P. J. Golden and wife returned yesterday from the North. Mr. 11. F,. L. Miller left last night for At lanta, which he will hereafter make his home. He will lie connected with tho branch house of A. J. Miller & Cos., ot this city. Among the arrivals at tho Pulaski House yesterday were L. L. Lurin, Winston, N. C. ; George F. Griffin. Boston; C. A. Heifer, New York; Bamuel Laphnin, Thomas Kent, Charleston; C. P. Gray, New York; W. F. Wilcox, Macon; C. E. Hall, C.E. Wver, Bos ton: T. H. Boony. E. L. Fisher, Fall River; D. C. Cutter, Boston; Rev. H. L. Foote and wife, Holyoke, Mass.: Mrs. M. K. Jones, Nashville; Mi* J. F. Burnham, Charleston. At the Marshall House were Charles B. Harris. Cuthbort; A. M. Haywood, V. B. Harrison. D M. Dunwoody. Brunswick; J. B. Leideg, Boston; V,’. B, Waite, Eastman; Roliert W. Sims. Hanford, Fla.; Bun F. Smith,Bt. Louis; L. G. Younglove, Freeport, 111.; J. F. Boyd, J. Paul Jones, 1). P. Imnnn, Atlanta; Dr. C. P. McCall, Blackshear; A. B. Wnlluce, lowlonville; J. A. Kennedy, Philadelphia. At the Harnett, House ware W. C. Jack ton, Sumner; C. W. Munerlvn, Baltimore. C. J. Pierson, Atlanta, K. W Abbot and wife, Full River; G. A. Howe, C. B. Saw yer, Boston; E. J. Hanchett, St Augustine; L. Davis. Vvrlghttvllle; I). J. Miller, F. 1,, Sweat, Glen more: T. M. Taylor, Jesup; Thomas R. Day, John O. Bcraftoii, Man ebetcr, Lug ; M. C. AJler, Georgia; W. R. Phillips, Hlackslieni , At the Kcrevou house were W. R. Ktuy ter. John Haver, G 11. Bloomhart, W. M. Campbell, New York; W. J. Pettun, Nor folk, Va.. S. V. Rox' intern, Charleston; L, W Uolubrrg.Philadelphia; K. W Bingham, r O. Teekwood lira. K. Lvvisoo, Bruns wick. Mis J Adams Darken. William I>evy, Anouks. Fla Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia: FAIR Slightly warmer, fair weather, eij Icent light rains in northwest por tion, light to fresh winds, generally easterly. Comoarison of mean temperature at Savan nah, sept. 25. 1887, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure Total Mean Temperature from the Departure Mean bince for 15 years Sept.3s. 'B7. —or Jan. 1,1837. -To ~~ To 14.0 519.0 Comparative rainfall statement: ~ ~ . Departure I Total Mean Daily Amount f rom the Departure A mount for for Mean I Since lb Years. Sept.2s. 87. J or ... , Ja n. 1.1887. ~8 | _ OO i .18 | -11.38 Maximum temperature 68, minimum tern perature 50. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was 6 0 feet—no" change during the past twenty-four nours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing 6 p. m., Sept. 35 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. i Average. v.u* N R ° tl ? f Max 'Min. Rain- N lions Temp Temp faff 1. Atlanta S 70 44 .00 2. Augusta 12 68 44 .00 3. Charleston 7 66 42 .00 4. Galveston 18 84 62 .03 5. Little Rock 11 86 52 *T 6. Memphis 57 74 40 *T 7. Mobile 7 78 44 .00 8. Montgomery 8 74 48 .00 9. New Orleans 4 80 52 .00 10. Savannah 9 76 50 00 11. Vicksburg 5 78 54 *T 12. Wilmington 9 61 38 .00 Averages *T denotes trace of rainfall. Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. Savannah. Sent 25. 3:36 p. m.. city time. Temperature. Direction. p- Velocity. ? Rainfall. Naum of Stations. Portland 4) NW Clear. Boston 46 W Clear. Block Island 52 W .. ... Cloudy. New York city ... 50 NWj.. Cloudy. Philadelphia 50 W {..' Cloudy. Detroit 48. E {..—{Clear. Fort Rufnro 62 NW . {Cloudy. St. Vincent 56 .. j *T {Cloudy, Washington city.. I 14 NW ..! .Clear. Norfolk 50! N Clear. Charlotte 54 SW Cloudy. Hatteras 58! N 8 —{Fair. Titusville. 72'N E ..| Clear. Wilminglon 66 N Cloudy, Charleston 00| Ej 6J Clear. Augusta 56 'Cloudy. Savannah I 60|S E ..i ... Clear. Jacksonville 64 N E 6... Clear. Cedar Keys 68 N E 6 . Clear. Key West ; 78 NE 12 .... Clear. Atlanta 64 W Cloudy. Pensacola 70. g E ..I ... Clear. Mobile 74 S Ei..{ Clear. Montgomery 60 E 10 ... Clear. Vicksburg 68 ....! 8 Clear. New Orleans 72 E Clear. Shreveport 76 S E Fair. Fort Smith 70 S E .. —'Cloudy. Galveston. 78 E Clear. Corpus Christi 80 SE 12 . Clear Palestine 70 S TO Fair. BrownesvlHe 78 S E 6 {Clear. RioGrando 6 I Knoxville : 56 N E Clear. Memphis 64 E Fair. Nashville j 60;NE..{ {Clear. Indianapolis 54 8 Clear. Cincinnati 52 Clear. Pittsburg 1 44 NW ..! Clear. Buffalo ! 48 NW Clear. Cleveland I 44 {S E .. Clear. Marquette 50 1.. Clear. Chicago i 60 S E .. Cloudy. Duluth 50 N E Cloudy. St. Paul 58 E Cloudy. Davenport 62 S E Fair. Cairo ' 62 E Cloudy. St. Louis 64 S .. .. Cloudy. Leavenworth... J 60 S E 1.04 Raining. Omaha 64. S .. T RaininjL Yankton 62 Cloudjß Bismarck 56 S W *T Clear. Deadwood 52 S W Fair. Cheyenne 56 N *T Cloudy* North Platte ' 60 S E .. . Fair. Dodge City 66 N E .04 Cloudy. Santa Fe 56. NE,. .22 Clear. *T denotes trace of rainfall. G. N. Salisoury Signal Corps. Drug Store Fools. from llte Sail Francisco Examiner. “Yes,” said the pharmaceutist, “I con fess that I keep a liquor bar behind my drug store. I tell you this without preju dice. I wouldn't tall it to everybody. I should certainly never dream of mentioning it to a policeman—unless he wanted a drink. Do you know why I run a reserve gin mill; Why to afford me greater facili ties for studying my fellow-man. A druggist ought to have a fine knowledge of human nature. After five years of pretty steady experience 1 am utiabie to say whether the biggest fools look at me through the bottoms of tumblers in the back room or over the counter in the drug store. I will describe a sample of each kind. “A lady came into the store yesterday and asked for se. worth of carbolic acid, it was a small umount to order but I made it up for her and just before pasting the poison laliel on it I said, with assumed carelessness, “How are you going to use this?” “ 'lt is for my husband,’ she answered. ‘He is going to drink it.’ “Of course l knew that carbolic acid was cheaper than divorce, and much more cer tain ; but I was greatly startled. She no ticed the expression in my face, and added hastily: “ ‘Oh, I shall mix it with plenty of water.’ “ ‘Why, Madame,’ said I, ‘you must be in a groat hurry to get rid of your husband if you are going to give him a drink of this acid. It is deadly poison. “ ‘ls it possible;’ said th; lady. Lot me see; surely it was carbolic acid my husband wan tel I know it was acid of some kind, but, I forgot, he ha: written the name on a piece of pajier. Here it is!’ “ ‘Tartaric acid’ was what was written on the paper, and I wrapped up sc. worth for her. “ ‘Now,’ she asked, as she took it, 'if I had killed my husband with that carbolic acid would it have been your fault or mlnef ‘“Mine, of course,' I said. ‘The drug clerk is always to blame.’ “When she ha 1 gme out I hurried into the rear room, whore a man who had en tered by the side door was coughing as though Ills thirst was becoming greater than he could bear. lie wanted some whisky, and I lian led him the bottle and a glass, with a small goblet of water. He first took u gul;> of water, as many of my customers do, just to clear his tnroat so as to get the full flavor of the liquor. “ ‘By the wav.' he said, as he put down the tumbler, ‘what was that woman iu the sti ire saying about carbolic acid;’ “I told hint the story, and he listened very attentively. “ ‘The dangerous idiot,’ he said, when I had linisheJ. ‘Such women should not be allowed to go about unguarded. If there is one thing m this world 1 detest moro than another, it is a fo >L' "He emptied the tumbler, paid mo 15c., anil walked out without touching the whisky. He thought be bad sandwiched it os usual, lietweeii the two drinks of water.” The proof is within easy reach that three acre*, two acres and even one acre of good land can Is grain and forage any row can eat in :A r > davs, and her skim milk and whey will |my for all the foreign si distance she needs to latlantw the ration t hat the land produces. The one, Iwo or three acres will be required accord ing to the present condition of the farm, ami the degree of intelligence and energy there I* in tlie man nr woman at the helm. The Fly ami Hputers Heart Pin at Bel singers, '44 WhiUMtor street. BAKING POWDER. GOVIMECT TESTS. ■ 9 The Royal Baking F&wder Beclared Superior to all others. The fact that Royal Baking Powder is, in all respects, the best baking powder offered to the public has been established beyond question. Prof. H. A. Mott, when employed by the U. S. Govern- Tneuh to analyze the various baking powders of the market to determine which was the best ancl most economical, after an extended investigation, reported in favor of the Royal, and it was adopted for government use. Prof. Mott has continued his examinations of baking powders sold at the present day, and now affirms it as his deliberate judgment, arrived at after most thorough research and a careful examination of the principal brands of the market, that the Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public. Prof. Mott, in his recent report, says: “ The Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, for 1 have so found it in many tests made both for that company and the U. S. Government. “ I will go still further and state that, because of th 6 facilities that company have for obtaining perfectly pure cream of tartar, and for other reasons dependent upon the proper proportions of the same, and the method of its preparation, the Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most reliable baking powder offered to the public. Dr. HENRY A. MOTT, Ph.D.” 7>- IT ,e. GW-w**.-, . State OF Weather. OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPORT. Or the City of Hnvnnnnh for the Week End ing Friday, Sept. 23, 1897. Whites. Blits & CTd „ „ . ri „ of v Over | Un- 1 Over Un- Causes of Death. ]0 (rßrlo jq (i er io M.j F. M. F. M.JF. M. jF. Alcoholism | 1 . . { ..... ...{... Bowels, inflamm n of 1 ... Cerebral hemorrhage)... { ... j.. i;:...j... ( — [ . .. Congestive chill j 1 .. . Consumption, lungs . 1 .~j 1 Convulsions, infantile 1 Diarrhoea j...{... I ■ ..!i 1: Diphtheria |||l 1 ... Dropsy 1 Heart disease ... j ... 1 ... i 1 Fever,malarial,con'd ..|| 1 Old age i. ..| 1 i; Paralysis I 11... | Spasms |..... ..i! {..., 1 Spinal disease. j...! —|...{... ! 1{...{. Thrash ... ... ...i. ....' 1 Trismus nascentium . ..i 1 1 T0ta1...'.. I 3| l| l| 1 4 2i 3 4 RECAPITULATION. Deaths in city—Whites, 6; blacks and col ored, 13; total, 19. Exclusive of still births, whites, 1; blacks and colored, 1. SUMMARY. Whites. Colored. -1 Ages. - ——— | M. F. M. { F. £ Under 1 year lji 1{ 4 6 Bet ween 1 and 2 years j j 1 ... 1 Between 5 and 10 years ~ 1 j.... 1 2 Between 20 and 30 years... 1'.... 1 { 1 Between 80 and 40 years 1 1 1 Between 40 and 50 years... 1 . 1 2{ 4 Between 60 and 70 years... 1 1 2 Between 70 and 80 I{j 1 .... 2 Total 4 2 7 6 19 Population—Whites, 26,675; blacks and col ored, 19,111; total. 45,786. Annual ratio n?r I,OVi ponulation for week— Whites, 11.6; blacks and colored. 35.5. j. t. McFarland, m. and., Health Officer. Fall Clothing Beginning to arrive. Heady to show a nice selection for early fall wear, also fall Over coats. They are nicer and prices lower than ever, to show our customers that we have removed to the northeast corner Con gress and Whitaker streets. The Famous New York Clothing House manufacture all the clothing they sell, dealing direct with the consumer. We save every one who buys of us at least 35 ]>er cent. Notice. We take great pleasure in announcing to our friends, and the public in general, that we have ojiened a Special Custom Depart ment, which will lie conducted under our own personal supervision We are now ready, and have oif hand a full line of Fall and Winter Samples, to which we call spe cial attention, particularly to styles, fabrics and prices. This will unable such parties that wear extra and odd sizes to have their clothing made to measure with very little extra cast. Wo guarantee a fit in every in stance or no sale. To those who intend hav ing their fall and winter clothing made by us, we would respectfully ask them to place their orders early. Very respectfully, Ai’PEr. & Schaul, One Price Clothiers, 183 Congress street, opposite market. Umbrellas. Gloria, wears better than silk, for s‘2 50, silver-tip sil, gold-tip $3 50, Ginghams from $1 upward, all selling low to show our patrons that wo have" moved to the north east corner of Congress and Whitaker streets. High Class Bronze Statuary, Etc. Ottr senior is hack from New York. Our citizens who appreciate handsome and ar tistic effects iu Bronze, are cordially invited to visit our warerooms and lwjtcct the grandest display of most Iteautiful de signs in ornamental and decorated art ever placed before the Savannah public. Faust and Marguerite, in eompti non pieces, iriT re- Hero, are gems worthy of the ivietic interest that attaches to the weird un i mystic. Be sides we are receiving, almost daily, invoices of beautiful objects of virtu in Hu- fittest, ami most novel conceit*. Our display of flue Hilverwnro is unapproachable in quality and quantity and variety. In Dia monds we, of course, lead, and our stock of Fine jewelry merits attention. Our aim to is* tlte Jewelry Palace of ibis city will, we think, lie established by this mason'* dis play, anil we request the public to favor its with a visit of Inspection regardless of a de sire to purchase 51. HrimNiiisnn, 157 Broughton street. Boy* Knee Pant* Helling for 50c. and 75c., by the Famous N*w York Clothing Mou-e, norUieaet cor ner Congrem an>l Whitaker streets. they are worth moro, hut jute to show the 'boys where w* have moved in LTTDDKN* & BATES S. M. H ARTISTS' MATKIiIAI.! AUK offer anew line of TUBES, which are * fully guaranted as to quality. They are double quantity, of unusual sizes and sell at ex tremely* low price of 12 cents each. They can be had in following colors: Cremnitz White, Burnt Scenica, Silver White, Raw Scenica, Flake White. Raw Umber, King's Yellow, Burnt Umber, Chrome Y'ellow, deep. Antwerp Blue, Chrome Yellow, medium, Prussian Blue, Chrome Yellow, lemon, Light Red, Y'ellow Ochre, Terre Verte, Ivory Black. Vandyke Brown. Also in stock a full line of Windsor and Nur tin's and American Tubes, Oils. Palettes, Brushes. Varnish. Placqucs, Drawing Papers, Bristol Boards, Pencils, etc. Our Framing Department Shows all new styles of Mouldings, and we manufacture all sizes and kinds of Frames and Stretchers on shortest notice and at lowest price. Our stock of Room Mouldings, Picture Wire, Cord, Nails and Hooks is and we invite inspection. We Re burnish and Repair Old Frames, attend to moving and hanging; also pack and 6hip. Moving and Shipping Pianos. We handle at our own risk, do it quickly and safety. and our prices are still $3 for Squares and Uprights from parlor floor to parlor floor. PIANO TUNING. At this season of the year your Piano may need Tuning, and we can assist you by attend ing to it. AVe do no juggling, and if you favor us with your order we guarantee you satisfac tion. OTTR PRICES. For Tuning Square or Upright, $.3 single tuning. For Tuning Grands, ?,"> single tuning. For Tuning Squares ana Uprights, $8 for year, which includes Strings or any slight regu •ation of action. For Tuning Grands, sl2 for year, which in cludes Strings or any slight regulation of action. Tj. & B. S. M. H. S ■■■ ■ " FURNITURE AND CARPETS. A. J. Miller & Co.’s FURNITURE - Emporium, OCCUPIES A SPACE OF OVER 30,000 SQUARE FEET, And is filled with the Choicest Line of Goods to be found anywhere. The advantages to be ob tained bv having such an immense and complete stock to select from will be appreciated by those who have never bought of us, and who have bean obliged to confine their selections to only* limited assortment. Buying as we do by the CARLOAD and ior CASH, we are enabled to undersell any one in the South. Our workmen aro skilled mechanics, and our salesmen the most polite. A. J. MILLER & CO. 148,150 anil 152 BIIOITdITON ST. HARDWARE. EDWARD LOVELL & SONS HAVE MOVED BACK TO OLD STAND, 135 HllOlTillTON STBEET. ELECTRIC BELTS. Kleotvici licit Fro©. f|V) INTRODUCE it and obtain Agent* wewill 1 for the next sixty rtnyx give away, free f bai in each count In the United State* * united mi liner of uur German ElectroGUvanio 4u eitNiry lb'll * piie,,. y, A positive aid IU4- railing cure for Verv.m* Debility, Vari '•oeie. I: m,union*. Impotetuy, Etc tfidO re war J paid If every Belt we manufacture .loan not geusi ate a genome e|n"ric rut rent Addra** at oauo EI.KCTIUC BELT AGENCY f Q. Bo* HE Msuoklva. H. Yr