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8 PLOT TO BRKAK JAIL. THE CONSPIRATORS PLAN TO MAKE WAY WITH THE GUARDS. A Bold and Cunningly Devised Scheme to Escape Discovered Among the Prisoners at the County Jail-The Deputy Jailer Warned and the Plot Fails of Execution The Force of Guards Increased. A bokl and shrewdly conceived plot to break jail was brought to light yesterday nt the county prison. It was discovered through information given by one of the prisoners supposed to be one of those re leased yesterday morning. The conspiracy was cunningly organized and its plans were fully arranged. Had it not been for timely warning and the immediate precautions which were taken, it would probably have resulted in a general jail delivery without the aid of the courts. There are seventy-ono prisoners in the jail. Under the rules a certain number are allowed the freedom of the corridors each day, except those charged with murder, who are given the exclusive use of the cor ridors on Fridays. There is one watchman on duty inside of the jail proper night and day. TO SEIZE THE GUARD. The plan was for the prisoners in the cor ridors to seize the day watchman, Tom Flaherty, gag him and take awuy the keys of the cells. Deputy Jailer Kinchley was then to he called, and told that Flaherty had fallen in a fit. It was expected that Mr. Kinchley would come in, when he would be knocked down and the keys taken from hint. With these the prisoners were to escape from jail by front or “king’’ door. Another plan was to seize Fiaherty while in the corridor and, with such instru ments as were at hand, pry off the bars of one of the back win dows, which are screened from the street by a high fence and useape that way. The latter was thought to be the best means of escape, as there was a chance that some one l>esidea Mr. Kinchley would he in the jail office and some of them would most likely be shot. A CUNNING PLOT. The plan was well conceived, and in the present condition of the old jail might have been successfully carried into execution. Since the discovery of the plot, which was unknown to the prisoners up to lad, night, Mr. Kinchley has been on his guard, so that the plan for his seizure was out of the question. The other plan, that of seizing watchman Flaherty and escaping through the rear of the jail, is still possible should the watchman be off guard at any moment. Last year several prisoners broke out through the rear window of the washroom by gradually working out the bricks from the side of the aperture. The crowded condition of the jail does not permit of prisoners lieing closely locked up. Two and three are confined together in some of the cells. But if they were confined all the time, sickness would result. For this reason they are allowed more freedom thau they otherwise would be. EXTRA GUARDS ON DUTY. The matter was brought to the attention of the County Commissioners at a sjieciul meeting yesterday afternoon, and the jailer was directed to employ additional guards, and to place one on the outside ot the lock-up. Any attempt to break jail will meet with a warm reception and will be pretty sure to relieve the courts of the trouble of trying some of the prisoners. Sheriff Ronan is absent from the city, but will be back to-day. His deputy, Mr. Kinchley, how ever, is equal to any emergency, especially such as a jail outbreak. It is probable that the pi-ecautions taken will effectually quiet any conspiracy that may be on foot. YOUTHFUL BURGLARS. Four Boys Break Into a Store and De vour Their Plunder. A negro named Manning Bee is the keeper of a small store on the corner of Jefferson and Jones street. There he keeps and sells candy, cakes and such grocer's goods as canned lobsters, sardines and condensed milk. He closed up his shop for a short while last night, and when he returned to it he found that some" one had entered in the meantime and removed some of his goods. He made a search and soon found W. S. Timmons, James Walker and Louis Bones, nil colored, and James Collins, white, seated in a neighboring lot enjoying a feast. The four w*re bovs between the ages of ten and fourteen years, and with boy’s apiietites they were devouring sardines and In listers. Bee managed to capture them all, and inarched them up to the barracks. The lioys immediately Is 'gun to lay the hlamo on each other, each declaring that the others had led him astray, hut liofore they got through with their quarrel they were disputing alsmt who had eaten the most. They were locked up, and will be taken be fore the Mayor this morning. THE COURT HOUSE SITE To be Offered the Government for the New Public Building. A special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held yesterday, at which Commissioners Walker, Casey und Rstill were present. An order was pawed author izing the Chairman to borrow money on the bonds belonging to the new jail fund to pay the contractor on tho iron manufacturer's contract. A resolution was also passed offering tho *it of tile court house to the government for the new public building, provided another site can be obtained tor the new court house. The committee on the jail was directed to investigate the matter of providing ad ditional grounds. PRISONERS TURNED LOOSE. Seven Released from Jail cfn Their Own Recognizance. Solicitor General dußignon released from jail yesterday Abram Bacon, Peter Bacon, Emma Williams, Phoebe Richmond, Lizzie May, John Foul and Moses Wilson on their own recognizance, these being prisoners charged with trivial offenses, breach of the peace and broach of good behavior. The crowded condition of tne jail made necessa rv some action looking to relief, and the Solicitor General lieing the one in authority he took this slop in order to make room in the jail for persons charged with higher crimes. Something of a Snako. A rattlesnake six feet four inches long and six indies in diameter in the largest part of its body, wns kill's) a few days ago in the rear of (/apt. Robbins house atTyliee, by Alex Clark, Jr. It had eight l attice and a button, and nut ail ugly looking reptile. T 1 ie is the second rattlesnake killed on the island, the other having been dnqiatched near tne Martello tower ate nit ton years ago. The snake had evidently corns down the rivr during the recent freshet, as it is a well-known fact that sueb snakes do not breed on the island. Local Personal. Bishop Weed, of Florida, was in the city yesterday. Mai. W F. Khelhnan left last night for New York over the Charleston and Ha van- Mb. J G. Heyward, K*q , was on tha steam ship Nannoche* which arrived yesterday from New York. Mr. John Turtou was s passenger on the (.’ht* t tAii' * * •h* , which sailed for New York yesterday. Among tie* [ousamgets on the steamship Nemn’lu', which arrived yesterday from hi York, wera Mr. and Mrs. H J. Hlir —r THE BIG YACHT RACE. Savannah Takes a Lively Interest in the Great Contest. There was a good deal of interest mani fested here in the yacht contest, and a good deal of rejoicing when the wires told that the Volunteer had won the first race of the series. There was little doubt that she would, still every one was glad to learn that she had, and that her chances for winning the cup are thereby greatly increased. There was n good deal of surprise, however, that the Volunteer should have beaten the Thistle so badly. A lead of eighteen minutes in a twenty four-mile race was considered a very bad beat,, and it was compared with yacht races held in these waters, where jn twenty-mile races there will not be a difference of, perhaps, more than half a minute between the first and second boats. These, it is said, nre types of the races sailed between American built crafts, hut when •• foreign built boat comes over here she must bo content to count the time by which she was beaten by minutes instead of seconds. The race firmly convinced Sa vannah yachtsmen of the superiority of the centreboard over the keel, if there was any doubt in their minds before. No one be lieves now that England or Scotland can over stand a ghost of a chance to carry buck the Queen’s cup until they learn how to build flat bottoniod yachts and to handle a centreboard, but as John Bull is opposed to innovations he will probably stick to the keel and America will stick to the cup. The betting here was light, because there were few twitters who were willing to risk their money on the Thistle. Some Euglish captains who luippened to be in port took an occasional flyer of a few “puns,” ami when they sail away they will leave their money behind them. But outside of the betting done by the captains, there was very little money staked, and altogether the money that changed hands was not more than ?500, but some Savannahiaus were betting in New York, and what the win nings or lossos there were are not known. One well-known citizen, a native of the “Land o’ cakes" will have quite a large hill for hats to settle for. He bet on the “Thus sel.” ODD FELLOWS INSURANCE. The Sovereign .Grand Lodge and the National Benefit Association. Grand Sire White, in his report to tho Sovereign Grand lexlge of Odd Fellows, which mot at Denver, Col., last week, con cerning Odd Fellows’ benefit associations, handles without gloves the Odd Fellows National Benefit Association of Cincinnati, whose operations were expoaed by the Morning News several months ago. Inde pendent Odd Fellows organize and are allowed to run and do business by the State Grand Lodges, Mr. White says, without let, or hindrance, or question in any man ner. He has become satisfied, however, that very little attention is paid by State aud colonial lodges to their organization. When they are not authorized by the Grand Lodge within whose borders they are loca ted, he goes on to say, they are in direct violation of the laws of tho Grand Lodge. He then refers to the Cincinnati Association and the action brought against it by tha Savannah membership. If the grounds on which the suit were basod are true nothing can lie devised, he says, which will tend more strongly to bring dis credit upon the order than this kind of swindling It is not only, he adds, an out rage upon the order, but an especial dis grace to the members who knowingly engage in it. The complete expose which has been given the Cincinnati association and the action which the Georgia Grand Ijodge has taken will, without doubt, result in a general wind-up of its affairs. WANT TO BE TEACHERS. Thirty-One Applicants for Assistant Teachers’ Positions. The examinations for positions as assist ant teachers to fill vacancies in the public schools were held in Chatham Academy yes terday under the direction of the Examin ing Committee of the Board of Education, which is composed of the President, Col. Mercer, J. It. Xaussy, Esq., Dr. Read, Capt. Blun, und Supt. Baker. The examinations were conducted by Sunt. Baker and Messrs. Train, Thigpen and O'Brien. The vacancies to be filled are in the Bar nard street and Massie schools aud the West and East Broad street colored schools. There were ten applicants for the positions in the white schools, and twenty one for the colored schools. The former were; Miss Lillian E. Miller, Miss Alice M. White. Miss M. P. Porter, Miss V. L. Sweat, Mrs. H. M. Lightsey, Miss M. W. McCul loch, Miss S. I. Straight. Miss Ivie Patter son, Mr. F. H. Ferguson. The colored ap plicants: Georgia Knox, Maria Gaston, Rosa L. Brown, Josephine Posey, Juliet Monroe, S. C. Ford, Mary Speed, Mary L. Williams, Jennie Grey, Uroka Jackson, Florence A. liowis, Bessie Gwyn, Mattie Campbell, Willie Pleasants, E. F. Bennett, L. Burke, Lizzie Daniels, Minnie H&rdie, Nannie Reynolds, Lucy Campfleld, Lillie Maxwell. The examinations covered geography, Euglish grammar and arithmetic. They were very searching and severe, and the ap plicants who pass will prove themselves qualified for the positions by [Missing. On account of the number of pa|>ors to lie over looked the committee will not be able to re port before to morrow night. The schools will be opened on Oct. 8, und on Thursday and Friday of this week Superintendent Baker will lie in his office for the purpose of issuing cards of admission. This year all children living north of Jonas street will bn required to go to Chatham Academy, and the school districts will thus bo more rigidly observed. AT THE THEATRE. “Baby” Bindley as “A Heroine In Rags” To-Night's Attraction. “A Heroine in Rags,” with “Baby” Bindley as the heroine, will be the at traction at the Theatre to-night. The Charleston pajiers said of the performance there on Monday night that there were three excellent features in connection with it—a big house, a good play, and Babv Bindley. “Baby,” by the way, is about seventeen in tho shade, and looks, and winks, and dances, and smiles, and cries very much all together, in the good old-fashioned souhrette st y le. Xlic played fho part of “Gabriello” in tiie “Heroine in Rags,” and did prettily all the things that flower girls do, including their apjiearaiice In a very short dress with a very long horizontal stripe around its southern tsirder. She captured tho house ntthn first assault ami smiled ami danced her way to an ovation before the close of the first act. Miss Bindley can also be pa thetic, and was [virticularly so during the snow scene nt, the o|iening of the fourth act. The sn'e of scats indicates a successful en gagement, in Savannah. The Storm Signal Hoisted. A telegram from the Chief Signal Office ordered up the storm signal, stating that there was a storm centre over the Mississippi river, and that it was moving eastward. The telegram predict*sotif In-iuterly winds, which would shift to the northwest along the Smith Atlantic coast this attcriimin. The storm is accompanied by very heavy rains, aud it is cx|*ctl that they will reach here to day. The tonqiciatiire yretorduy was higher all over the country, except in tin* storm region The maxiiinim here was sir und the minimum HO The U-m|ieralure | in all Jet cotton districts was higher, but It I was tl. .light fhsi it would fall after to night o|i account of the storm. Tha Imizsil ns Bouquet. Atkin mis new perfume This soireft* distillation swomtiy leslh fragrant Swiss (towers Bright jewel* ui a setting of perpetual snow. TIIE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1887. UNNECESSARY DETENTION. An Open Letter From the Captain of the British Brigantine Edina. British Brigantine Edina, I Sept. 27, 1887. j To the Sanitary Board, Savannah, Ga.: Gentlemen— l arrived nt the quarantine station on Sept. 4 from Demerara, and as there was no sickness of any kind there I was furnished with the usual clean bill of health granted by the United States Consul at that port. I was about twenty days on my passage, and arrived here with all hands in good health, not having bad tho least sign of any sickness on board the whole voyage. On lieing boarded by the Health Officer I was informed that 1 should have to discharge my luillast, fumigate my vessel anil lay there six days before going up to Savannah. Now at tho station there are only two places where vessels may discharge. There were two large vessels there before me, conse quently 1 had to wait, seven days for a berth; then, after losing one day fumigating, I was granted [lermission to discharge, provided I put tho ballast in some particular place pointed out by the Health Officer. My vessel lieing a small one, I had only six men to work, and being ordered to wheel the ballast twice as far as I should consider there was any uoed to do in the suffocating weather which prevailed during my stay there, it was almost more than my men could stand, and Iliad the greatest difficulty to get it out, one man having to shovel the whole one hundred tons. After finishing, the Health Oflleer complained that I had not leveled it enough, and I had to put my men on shore and smooth it over, and I suppose if lie had wanted a flower garden made I should have had to have done it. We then had to go through our second fumigation, being another day lost, and then commenced our six days. After laying six whole days I was informed on the seventh that owing to the neglect of the Health Officer at Savannah in not sending dewn a permit for my release I must lose another day, so that from the time of my arrival at quarantine until allowed to go up to “the port" it was eight een days, and my cargo all this time wait ing for me to load. Now all this absurd de tention on the part of the *health officials must end in groat loss to my owner and self, and I consider it gross neglect that I should have been kept all this time. And I am of an opinion that the ship’s interests does not receive the least consideration at the hands of the sanitary officials, no one sreming to notice or care how long a ship is detained. Something should be done, aud if a vessel is required to lay six flays after discharging ballast and fumigating she should not Vie kept seven days before getting to the wharf to get her ballast out. The places allotted out for ships to lay discharging nre not safe. I had only 7 feet at low water, and the piles being broken away the iron bolts sticking out 3 or 4 inches have seriously damaged my copper. I have had considerable experience as a shipmaster and 1 will honestly say I never entered a [>ort with such unreasonable quar antine regulations as Savannah, and must, if continued, tend to drive all shipping away from the port. I remain, gentlemen, yours respectfully, R. Roberts. THE CATCHING OF OYSTERS. A Fisherman Points Out the Bad Points In the Bill Lately Introduced. Savannah, Ga , Sept. 2fi. —Editor Morn inrj News; In your valued columns of Sept. 25, under heading of “An Important Measure,” is a bill introduced in the Senate of Georgia, governing the rights of island and canal laud owners. True, it is an im portant measure to at loast 1500 or more, that are engaged for a living, that would lie destroyed if this measure in question be comes a law, and it is very doubtful if every household in Georgia will nut feel the loss of being deprived of fish and oys ters. The passage of this act would create a monoiioly in favor of a few Ogeechoo river planters, and a few partieis below Thunder bolt, while the many would suffer. Let us carefully examine some portions of tho measure and see if the mom tier introducing the bill had fully weighed the good and evil consequences that would emanate from the passage of such a measure. By section second a planter can lay claim to all marsh land around the coast, and put up sign boards with letter “O” on them. This gives him exclusive right to a distance of 125 feet outside low water mark. This lat ter is clearly a violation of the navigation laws of the United States; hence if parties interested are allowed to proceed without protest, the beneficiaries of this net wifi ne come as bold as the railroad monopolists, and the holder of the helm of this State will have to come to the rescue of the poor as President Cleveland did in tho case of Miller. Section four clearly defines that “any person catching oysters by any device whatever in any of the navigable waters of this State, between May 1 and Xept 1, shall bo deemed guilty of a violation of this act, and punished as hereinafter provided.” This will prohibit any one of t)ie numerous individuals going on a pleasure trip from picking (if tliev wanted to) a few oysters from any of the sevoral beds of oysters in tho waters of this State, and placed there by an all-wise Providence, and not by those who are to lx. benefited by the passage of the measure in question. Sec tion fifth says’ when any one detects an other in a violation of this act, they are authorized to arrest, without any evidence of authority to do so. All transgressors would not quietly submit to such proceed ings. It is to be hoped that our,honored Repre sentatives from Chatham county, will put forth their l>est endeavors to defeat so one sided a measure, which favors a few to the detriment of 600 poor people who earn an honest living by catching fish and oysters from the waters of this Xtate. Fisherman. His Fine Commuted. Gov. Gordon has commuted the fine imposed on Charles Finch, convicted two years ago in Effingham county of assault and battery, and sentenced to two years in the Chatham enmity chain gang, and also to [lav a fine of $10(1 and costs. Finch has serve.! his two years’ imprisonment, and the commutation granted him by the Gov ernor is the release from the payment of the fined. The petition was numerously sigiuxl, aud among those who affixed their signatures were the father of the man as saulted, the prosecutor in the case,the Solic itor, the officers of the court and county officials and other citizens. Lung Troubles and Wasting diseases can be cured, if pro|>erly treat'd in time, as shown by the following statement from I). C. Freeman, Sydney: “Having linen a great sufferer from pulmonary at tacks, and gradually wasting away for lhe past two years, it affords mo pleasure to testify that Scott’s Emulsion or Cod Livor < hi with Linn, and Soda has given me great relief, and I cheerfully recommend it to nil suffering in a similar way to myself. In addition, 1 would say that it is very pleas ant to take.” Big Auction Bala of Stoves, Furniture, Tinware, Crockery, Clocks, House Furnishing Goods, etc., etc. Daniel It. Kennedy, Auctioneer, will sell a well selected stock of altnve goods t thi* day, at II o’clock, at 192 Broughton street. Read auction advertisement and attend this at tractive sale. 12V. Break font Strips at Strauss Bros New Fat Mackerel, new Tomatoes, new peaches t islflsh, Breakfast Strips, UWa, Hum.. Homs. Bams M is! Tea at 50r , worth II Strauss Bros' ,22 and Bar hard street. pure oI i K>e W lucky ma4e m March. I MM. i'si' ** *'***'• 0,1 ‘-’otawhs Wla* fl, 44 is, tt. SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS. LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND SIDEWALK. Daahea Here and There by the Nows Reporters Yesterday’s Happenings Told In Brief Paragraphs—Pickings at Police Headquarters. Golden Rule Lodge No. 12. I. O. O. F. meets this evening. There were two arrests yesterday—one for drunkenness aud one for ’disorderly con duct. The observance of the Jewish festival Yom Kippur liegan at sundown yesterday, and will last until sundown to-day. Ser vices will be held in Mickva Israel Syna gogue this morning. The fines in the Mayor’s Court yesterday amounted to ¥56, and all were imposed for drunkenness or disorderly conduct. Mary Cooler wns before the Mayor for striding Nora Thomas with a bottle, and she was fined ¥5. Willie Cummings had been caught using an Alaliama sling, and he was turned over to his mother for chastisement. The Rutland (Vt.) Herald, in its re port of the Rutland County Fair, notes among the most attractive exhibits a striking and accurate crayon drawing of a mule in the harness and shaft of a cracker cart. Connoisseuros noticed it at once and Save it more than a passing glance. The rawing was made by Miss Addie Stone, daughter of Dr, George H. Stone of this city, who is visiting ner uncle in Wal lingford, near Rutland, and was drawn just lief ore the fair by request of her friends, and entirely from memory. It took the first premium in its class. RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS. Gleanings Among the Shipping and Along the Wharves. Capt. T. B. Lasserre and Mr. Robert Downs, two Fernandina pilots, were in town yesterday. Twenty-five foreign steamships are in port. These “ocean tramps” can each of them carry almost the product of one cotton growing county. The steamship Lancaster, Capt. Steeves, arrived yesterday from Philadelphia. The Lancaster and Capt. Steeves are regular traders at this port every fall. Messrs. Richardson & fjarnard cleared yesterday the British steamship Albania for Bremen, with 4,1)50 bales upland cotton, weighing 3,416,960 pounds, valued at ¥227,- 301. The British steamship Wimbledon was cleared yesterday, by Messrs. A. Minis & Sons, for Genoa, with 3,551 bales of upland cotton, weighing 1,717,070 pounds, valued at 1155,910. The Fernandina pilot boat Christine L. arrived liel.iw yesterday on a cruise. She was after the Norwegian bark Aristos, which was spoken off Tybee Monday even ing by the pilot boat F. M. Jones, and was ordered to Fernandina. The steamer Katie brought down 591 bales of cotton last night. It is a pleasant sight to see bales of cotton piled upon the old wharves. It looks like “old times” when, though Savannah did not get nearly a mil lion of bales as it now does, it made a much better showing of the staple along the city wharves. OVER IN CHARLESTON. What is Going on in South Carolina’s Metropolis. Charleston’s police force numbers eighty men. Supt. Devereux has been ordered by the United States Supervising Architect at Washington to test the nature of the soil in the Guardhouse lot. at the corner of Meet ing and Broad streets, with a view to pre paring the plans and .specifications for the foundation of the new post office. The Young Men’s Democratic Club of Charleston has been reorganized. The ob ject is to encourage and foster an interest among the young men in political affairs, city. State and national. The young men, it is also understood, will ask in the coming campaign, a fair share of the municipal offi ces. It is not improbable that Mr. Harnisch, tho designer and sculptor of the Calhoun monument, will visit Charleston for the purpose of inspecting the result of his work. It is understood that he conteniplatoi visit ing the United States at an early day, and an invitation has been extended to him to come to Charleston The invitation, how ever, has not yet been accepted. No Game at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 27.—Rain again prevented a game this afternoon between Memphis and Birmingham, and both clubs departed to-night for the magic city. Games Elsewhere. At New York— New York. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0— 5 Boston 30001213 x—lo Base hits -New York 12, Boston 16. Errors— New York 5, Boston 1. At Philadelphia— Philadelphia 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 2—13 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0— 1 Bast- tills. Philadelphia 14, Washington 9. Errors—Philadelphia 2, Washington 10. Metropolitan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 0 Athletic 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 x— 5 Base hits Metropolitan 4, Athletic 14. Errors —Metropolitan 1, Athletic 1. At Chicago— The Chicago-Pittsburg game was postponed again to-day on account of rain. Two games will be played to-morrow and two Thursday. At Detroit— Detroits 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 o—B Indianapolis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 o—3 Base hits—Detroit 13, Indianapolis 6. Errors— Detroit 3, Indianapolis 2. At Brooklyn— Brooklyn 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—4 Baltimore 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 x— 7 Base hits—Brooklyn 9, Baltimore 14. Errors- Baltimore 2, Brooklyn 2. At Cleveland— Cleveland 3 1000000 0-4 Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 I—2 Base hits—Cleveland 9. Louisville 11. Errors —Cleveland 0, Louisville 1. At the Hotels. Screven House —Frederick Lewis, M. Alexander, D. Weingurten, Jack Price, Henry Ottenberg, W. AI. Dodd, New York; E. C. Gutheritinn, R. J. Wiles, Atlanta; Frank Oambet, Boston; E. W. Everflcld, Baltimore; F. A. Kaiser, Milwaukee; S. R. Hausell, J. Kohiiieig, Philadelphia M. Frank, Columbus, Miss,; John S, Fairley, Charleston. Marshall House—M. Stevemi, Boston; H. B. Eughram, Montteello, I’m.; Joseph Daly, R L. Harrison. Apalachicola, Fla.; J. E. Burke, New York City; F. Springfelt. Buffalo; L. C. Peeples, Charles ton;?. R. Young, Atlanta; W. K Uurriroa, Hinosville; VV. C. Mallory, Wellborn, Fla.: Charles F. Hitch, 11. 15.I 5 . Mattox, Hoinor ville; W. F. Cummings, Cummings, B. U.; J. W. Borne, Port Royal. Harnett House John Smith, Frank Pounder, Liverpool: John Rushiner, George I). Mill-r, Birmingham, Eng.; William McKenzie. Hartlepool, Bug.; M. H. Allen, Georgia; R. E. Spencer, Albany; I). C. Williams, Dougherty county; Mrs. E. C. Jones, pierce e maty; John Thebaut, Aus tin Donleary, B. D. F.lirhunks, New York; 11. F. Rhodes, Detroit; Dr. R. W. Feeller, Blackshear. Notice. We take great pleasure In announcing to our friends, and the public in general, that we have opens Ia Sjevial I’uslom Depart ment, which will lie conducted under our own personal supervision. We are now ready, ami havo on hand u full line of Fall and Winter Humpies to which we call spe cial attention, particularly to styles, fabrira sad prices This will enable such parties that wear extra nod odd sizes to have their cloth lug ina/tr to in'-.isu with very lit *!* extra cost. IV* gun mice s fit In every In •taii<• or ti" isle. TANARUS" timer who Into*id nv log their fell mid win rot ■ Frilling made by Us, we Would reiiMM l"illv ask them to plu then order# early. .n i*s| . Hull* Afrtl. t MoUal’L. Oil - Pros I ’trtliirr-, 103 (XMigreas st • i|/|s>-iU< mu M. CENTRAL’S NEW OFFICE. Mr. E. T. Charlton Made General Pas senger Agent. The duties of General Freight and Pas senger Agent of the Central railroad system have been divided, and Maj. G. A. White head, who had charge of both the freight and passenger departments, will hereafter give his attention to the freight department. Mr. E. T. Charlton, who has been the gen eral freight and passenger agent of the Carolina division of the Central system, in recognition of his ability and qualities as a railroad official, Which have won him the good favor of the management, has been promoted to the office of Gen eral Passenger Agent. Mr. Charlton will remove his headquarters from Augusta to Savannah, on October 1. Mr. W. T. Craig recently General Soliciting and Con tracting Agent for the Port Royal and Wes tern Carolina, has been promoted to the of fice vacated by Mr. Charlton. Under the new arrangement Maj. Whitehead will di rect his attention wholly to the freight de partment of the road. GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS. Matters of Money and Management About Various Lines. Maj. E. A. Whitehead returned yesterday from Atlanta. The new Central railroad offices will be ready for occupancy Nov. 1. The strike on the Memphis and Charles ton railroad Is at an end, an agreement hav ing been arrived at between the railroad au thorities and the striking freight conductors and brakemen. The Georgia Southern and Florida rail way is now under contract from Macon to Valdosta. Messrs. James Brothers have the entire contract for the grading, excepting that jiortion of the line in Houston county, which is under contract to Col. W. J. Winn, of this city. The road is almost graded to Tifton, on the Brunswick and Western rail road. Surveying parties are now running lines for the extension from Valdosta to Palatka via Lake City and Gainesville, Fla. A Night at Maarinn'.s’s. From the San Francisco Examiner. Deputy Coroner Johnson was sworn and deposed: “Last night, about 11 o’clock, your honor, I was standing in the door of the Morgue when a man came through Dunbar alley. He was bareheaded, his nose was bleeding, and he was all covered with sawdust. “ ‘Hello f I said, ‘you’re in pretty bad luck. What’s the matter with you?’ “ ‘Oh, nothin’,’ he said, ‘l’ve just been over to Maginnis’s.’ “About three minutes later another man came into the alley limping badly. One of his eyes was swollen dreadfully and his cheek was bloody. “ ‘Well,’l asked, ‘whatpoliceman clubbed you ?’ “ ‘No policeman, young feller,’ he an swered, •I’ve just been over to Maginnis’s’. “A third man appeared pretty soon, look ing like a total wreck. Somebody had stepped on the fingers of his left hand. They were all broken and dangling like so many sausages. “ ‘Ah.’ said I, ‘what’s happened to you?’ “ ‘Not much in particular. I’ve just been over to Maginnis’s.’ “ ‘I went inside, your honor, and present ly I perceived a face peering through the window of the Morgue from the outside. It was the worst bunged-up face I ever saw. The forehead was skinned and gory, the eyes were mere lines on mounds of discolored flesh, and the lips were like two slices of cantaloupe. All his front teeth were knocked out and blood was dripping down on his shirt front. “ ‘Well,’ I said going to the door, ‘what do you want, my friend?’ “ ‘l’m looking for the Receiving Hospital.’ “ ‘Been over to Maginnis’s?’ I inquired. “‘Maginnis’s be dashed.’ said he; “I’m Maginnis himself.’ “Yes,” affirmed Mr. Johnston. “I recog nize the prisoners in the dock as the four men. I presume the gentlemen met later and resumed the discussion,” Decision reserved. Cowboy Dialect. From, Scribner's Magazine for October. It becomes, indeed, a familiar anti useful addition to your conversational stock of the vernacular. Nay, you even find the field of its usefulness enlarging, for the terms of the “round-up” and the “branding” and sheep shearing are more or less piquant, and lend themselves easily to applications remote from their primitive usage. Transposed to the ordinary business or social concerns of modern life, they come to have asortof zest ifi them; they reveal new sources of humor; they place old saws and old customs in a sharp light, a fresh illumination; but al ways by that undercurrent of suggestion, by contrast or association with the original pur suits, which the words described. So I heard, last year, a politician speak of a bolter of the Republican ticket as a “bucker.” A “bucking horse” is one that “jumps sidewise or forward, up and down, with his legs stiffened into an unrelaxed perpendicular,” and the imago certainly has a kind of affinity with the moral action of a refractory voter. It was an old oriental doctrine that women have no souls. More enlightened philosophy concedes that they have purer, finer, more exalted souls than men. But they are too often contained in feeble suf fering bodies, which hamper and retard their full development. For all those pain ful ailments incident to the sex Dr. I’ierce’s “Favorite Prescription” is the best specific in the world, and is sold under a positive guarantee that it will do all that is claimed for it. Price reduced to sl. By druggists. A. R. Altmayer & Cos. Beg to announce to their patrons and the public generally that they ha ve inaugurated a scries of bargain sales, and when they say bargains the public will do well to be on the alert and seize the opportunity to save at least 50 per cent, by purchasing any of the different goods offered at those prices. As an illustration of what we intend to do in the future, we respectfully usk a enroful examination of the following unapproacha ble bargains which will be on sale to-mor row (Thursday) morning: One lot ladies’ four-button Swede un dressed Kal (Jioves, heavy silk embroidered luck, iu tans, for this special sale, 37c.; positively worth sl. i c I>t ladies’ four-button Kid Gloves, sill: “lubroiderud back, black and tans, for this sale 0n1y,{47c.; usual price £1 35. One lot ladies’ white and fancy embroid er.*! Handkerchiefs, hemstitched and scal loped odgo, fine quality, all boon; this sea son's novelties; during this wale only Iffc.; guaranteed not to be bad elsewhere hats than foe. and 50c. One lot ladies’ full, regular made Hose, unbleached; black and solid colors, war ranted fast, extra long and desirable. Thursday only; 19c. j regular price 35c. to 35c. Two Thousand Dollars for Two Hun dred. Ticket No. 4ti,Hsd, which drew the third capital prize of $30,000 in the drawing of the Louisiana .State Littery Company on Aug. U, was held by Daniel McNaughton, brother of Hotiert McNaughton, the barber of Governor street. “As soon as I ascertained that ticket No. 40,850 had drawn the third capital prize of $30,000 I immediately drew a sight draft on M. A. Dauphin and it was promptly iaid. 1 suppose I have bought 300 tickets This was the first time I ever struck it lag. 1 know of nothing else In which I could have InvesUsl S3OO and got $3,000 iu return." -Ituhmund (Fa.) Stale, Aug. 37 A ’“tveiclan From lowa. Dr. H Monk, Nevada, la., states; Have l* praottoifit; medicine fifteen years, and <* all He- modi, no* 1 have ever eetl for the Isiwcb |t Hi3.;*rs' Huckleberry l.idial is l.y far Ut 11. Weather Indications. Special indications for Georgia, RAIN South Carolina and Eastern Flori- Ida: Rain, followed by colder, clearing weather, fresh to brisk, and on the coast brisk to high southeasterly winds, shifting to northerly. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah, Sept. 27. 1837, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. _ Departure | Total Mean Tempera tu he from the ; Departure Mean Since for 15 years Sept,27, ’(T. or Jan. 1,1887. 72.0 | 72 0 0.0 I— 530.0 Comparative rainfall statement: „ „ | , • I Departure i Total Mean Daily Amount j f rom t jj o Departure Amount for for Mean Since 16 Years. Sept. 27, 87. , or _ j an . t isg?. I .18 | 00 | .lB —11.64 Maximum, temperature 80. minimum tem perature 60. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was 5 8 feet —a rise of 0.2 dui’ing the past twenty-four pours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end ing ti p. m., Sept. 27. 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. Average. K Max.! Min. Rain- Lions’ T >jinpTemp £aU 1. Atlanta 8 72 00 1.03 2. Augusta 12 72 56 .10 3. Charleston 7 78 54 .02 4. Galveston 17 76 02 .52 5. Little Rock 15 72 56 .15 6. Memphis 10 72 60 1.04 7. Mobile 6 78 02 1.85 8. Montgomery 6 70 62 .68 0. New Orleans 10 76 64 1.68 10. Savannah 13 80 60 .20 11. Vicksburg... 4 70 62 1.76 12. Wilmington 10 68 50 .11 Averages -. *T denotes trace of rainfall. Observations taken at the some* moment of time at all stations. Savannah. Sept. 3". 8:36 r. M.. city time. Temperature. Direction. j? Velocity. F [ Rainfall. Name or Stations. Portland 48 W |Cloudy. Boston 54 SW Smoky Block Island 548W1 Cloudy. New York city ... 58 SW;.. ..Cloudy. Philadelphia 58i S .. *T I Cloudy. Detroit . 88 8 E' Cloudy. Fort Buford 50; E ; Clear. St. Vincent 44 J [Cleat. Washington city.. 56 02jRainmg. Norfolk 64 S E *T Cloudy. Charlotte 58 E ,10 62jRaining. Hatteras ! ! Titusville 78 S E|16|.... Clear. Wilmington 72!S E 12[ .02 Cloudy. Charleston 74,8 E 14; Cloudy. Augusta 681 E .08! Raining. Savannah *74 S EjlOi Cloudy. Jacksonville 76 S E 12 1 Clear. Cedar Keys I 7S,S K■ 12 [cloudy. Key West ; 82 S Ej 8 Fair. Atlanta...., 61;S E 22) 70[Raining. Pensacola 76, W 16' ,76;Cloudy. Mobile 70 W 6 54 Clear. Montgomery I 70} E 14 44 Raining. Vicksburg | 62, NW Clear. New Orleans 70; W C! .04 Clear. Shreveport 60! W ..I .80 Clear. Fort Smith 58 N .. j Cloudy. Galveston 70NW18; ... Clear. Corpus Christ! 72. N 12 ... Clear. Palestine 58! N ; 8 ... Clear. Brownesville 72j N [it Clear. RioGrande i Knoxville 58 E j.. .14 Raining. Memphis 60j W j.. .01 Cloudy. Nashville 62j Ej. .12 Raining. Indianapolis 58'NE .. .12 Raining. Cincinnati 58 S El.. .04 Raining. Pittsburg 58jNE.. .04 Cloudy. Buffalo 56 NE;.. .02 Cloudy. Cleveland 54 E ! Cloudy. Marquette 48 NW; iFair. Chicago 64 E .. .10 Raining. Duluth 50 N E [Fair. St. Taul 50 NW: [Fair. Davenport 54 N E Cloudy. Cairo 62 E !.. .04 Cloudy. St. Louis 60[N E.. .14 Raining. Leavenworth... . 52 N .. 01 Raining. Omaha 54 N .. *T Cloudy. Yankton 54 N [Cloudy. Bismarck 46 E [Clear. Dead wood 44 S W ; Clear. Cheyenne 46 N E [Clear. Norih Platte 46 N [Clear. Dodge City 50 N E Clear. Santa Fe 54 S E IFair. *T denotes trace of rainfall. G. N. Salisbury Signal Corps. Fall Clothing Beginning to arrive. Ready to show a nice selection for early fall wear, also fall Over coats. They am 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 as at least 35 jicr cent. Umbrellas. Gloria, wears better than silk, for $2 50, silver-tip $3, 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. Oak, Pine and Lightwood, For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77. German Dill Pickles, Loose Chow-Chow, Olives, etc. Strauss Bros’., 23 and 33j-j Bar nard street. French and Turkish Prunes at Strauss Bros’. Before buying Hams or Breakfast Bacon price those at Strauss Bros.’ High Class Bronze Statuary, Etc. Our senior is back from New York. Our citizens who appreciate handsome nnd ar tistic effects in Bronze, are cordially invited to visit our warerooms and inspect tho grandest display of most beautiful de signs in ornamental nnd decora d-d art ever placed before the Savannah public. Faust and Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re lievo, an- gems worthy of the poetic interest thaUpitaches to the weird and mystic. Be sidiwwe are receiving, almost dally, invoices of beautiful objects of virtu m the latest and most novel conceits. Our display of fine Silverware is unapproachable iu quulity and quantity and variety. In Dia rnonds we, of course, lead, and our stock of Fine Jewelry merits attention. Our aim to lie the Jewelry Palace of this city will, we think, be establish.*l by this season’s dis play, and we request the public to favor us with a visit of insiiecbion regardless of a de sire to purchase. M. Stkknbk.hu, 157 Broughton street. Boys Knee Pants Selling for 50e. mid 75c., by the Famous New York Clothing House, northeast, cor ner t 'ongress ami Whitaker streets: they are worth more, but jußt to show tho boys where we have moved to. That 50c. Mixed Tea at Strauss Bros. ’ is excellent. Oak, Pine and Lightwood, For sale by R. It. Cassels, corner Tnylor nnd East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77. At the Harnett House, Savaunah, Ga., vou get all tile isimforts of the high pri bo els, and save from $1 to $2 per day, Try it aed lie convinced. boston llomo Jour nal HAN KM. KISSIMMEE CITY BANK, kiwmiiiuM City, Orange < Ounty, Fla. CAPITAL sM).Os> T ■ regular hanking i.usines* i,iv 1 particular attention t., H.o.i* I'orresistndetvy *.11.10-1 Issue Kxcluitig* "it N York Ne* oiHmw ha. soon I. and Jack aouvUis, Fie ltan Wo; a genu fur Coult* A Cos. aiwi NeOUIs Evans A rj , at Dun tuu, lowland New Yurt owrrwpMMaafc Ik* Makuard National Hank BA K ISO POWDER. and Lo| Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity, Str-ngth and Wholesomenass. More economy cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot he sold in competition with the multitude of low test short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold onlu in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos., 108 Wall street, New York. HIDDEN <fe BATES S. M. H ARTISTS 5 MATERIAL! \\7TI offer anew line of TUBES, which are > V fully guaranted as to quality. They are double quantity, of unusual sizes and sell at ex tremely low price of 12 cents each. They caa be had in following colors: Cremnitz White, Burnt Scenica, Silver White, Raw Scenica, Flake White, Raw Umber, King’s Yellow, Burnt Umber, Chrome Yellow, deep, Antwerp Blue, Chrome Yellow, medium, Prussian Blue, Chrome Yellow, lemon, Light Red, Yellow 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, Placques, Drawing Papers! Bristol Boards, Pencils, etc. Our Framing Department Shows all new styles of Moulding?, and we manufacture all sizes and kinds of Frames and St ret chers on shortest notice arid at lowest price. < tur stock of Room Mouldings, Picture wire, Cord, Nails and Hooks is large, and we invite inspection. We Keburnish and Repair Old Frames, attend to moving and hanging, also pack and ship. Moving and Shipping Pianos. We handle at our own risk, do it quickly and safely, 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. We do no juggling, and if you favor us with your order we guarantee you satisfac tion. OIJR PRICES. For Tuning Square or Upright, $3 single tuning. For Tuning Grands. $5 single tuning. For Tuning Squares anu Uprights, $8 for year, which includes Strings or any slight regu lation of action. For Tuning Grands, 812 for vear, which in cludes Strings or any slight regulation of action. To. & 13. S. M. UL FURNITURE AND CARPETS. A. J. Miller & Co.’s FURNITURE AND Carpet Emporium, OCCUPIES A SPACE OF OVER 30,000 SQUARE FEET, And is filled witll tho Choicest Line of Goods to be found anywhere. The advantages to be ob tained by having such an immense and complete stock to select from will lie appreciated by those who have never bought of us. and who have been obliged to confine their selections to only a limited assortment. Buying as we do by the CARLOAD and tor CASH, we are enabled to undersell anyone in the South. Our workmen are skilled mechanics, and our salesmen the most polite. A. J. MUTER & CO. 148,150 and 152 BROUGHTON ST. NEWS DEPOT. ISO#. ESTABLISHED 1865. Estill's News Depot. No. L 5114 BTTUI, STREET 1 . WILLIAM ESTILL, DEALER IN— Newspapers, Periodicals, Magazines, Stationery, Rooks, Etc. \FULL supply of all kinds of Reading Matter constantly on hand. Any Book, Magazine or Paper you may dnniro, which Ik not in stock, will I#' promptly procured for you by leaving your order. Serial attention given to the de livery of the SAVANNAH MORNING NKWS. DAVIS BROS. 8 YEARS ®! State or Weather. r PO PAY we celebrate the eighth anniversary nf the forniatii.il of the firm of DAVIS llKOs,, Savannah. I.lke the eeuitjiablng of any buaineaa, the flrst few years are lull of iqw and downs, but pluck, energy anil perseverance will win every time. The last few yeais have been plain nml easy sailing, having made and saved money enough to conduct our business on a strictly c.ish la*K Buying strictly for cash enable* us to buy eloscr ano tlie cash discount* we make go a long wh y toward paying expenses < .insequently we can afford in w-11 close, a fact well known toour |mlrnus, We l hank llie cltlncur f Savannah and vicinity for their liberal support, and shall always endeavor to merit it, Our new st. M-s of HI 'llls >l. HOOKS and sup plies ready for tlie opening of the schools next Monday, New York prices, and for cash. DAVIS BROS.