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2 LILLIAN MORRIS ELOPES. SHE RUNS AWAY WITH HER COL ORED MUSICAL INSTRUCTOR. The Desperate Course Taken Rather Than Marry a Man She Says She Bespised, and Whom Her Father In sisted She Should Wed. From the New York Sun. Hammonsville, Pa., Sept 26. Lillian Morris, the pretty and accomplished daughter of Sanford Morris, eloped last night with Ralph Williams, a colored pro fessor of music, from whom she has been receiving ii|;tructions during the past week or ten days. The young lady was in a most cheerful mood all day Sunday, and as usual entertained Mr. Wilson Norris, the gentle man to whom she was engaged, in the evening. He bade her good night at 10 o’clock, and she immediately retired to her room. The first intimation her parents had of what happened thereafter was communi cated by Jennie Wagner, who had always been a constant companion and bosom friend of Lillian's, and to whom she con fided most of her secrets. Miss Wagner lives a short distance from the Morris family, and arose at about 0 o’clock this morning. Upon coming down stairs she beheld an un sealed letter addressed to herself lying near thedoor, under which it had evidently been slipped. Tremulously t she picked it up and read as follows: Dear .Jennie: The receipt of this note may surprise you, but it need not. You know what an unhappy girl I have been for the past year, and though you thought lightly of it. 1 told you 1 would do something desjienite rather than marry Wilson Norris. I have nothing but ab horrence for him, and if he had one principle of honor, or one feeling of humanity, he would cease to torment me by his unwelcome visits. Papa inslßts that 1 shall marry him, and I now reiterate what 1 have always said—l shall not. He called at the house last night and remained until 10 o'clock. He said my father was anxious that a day be set for our marriage. This, no doubt, is true, dear Jennie; as all my plans have been arranged lieyond any possible interference to go away with Ralph Williams. I tried to ap pear more agreeable than heretofore Knowing this was my last night here I promised to name a day, this night week; but for Norris, hi. far as I am concerned, that night will never come, and, if lie is disappointed, he cannot charge me with deception, because as you know, 1 always opposed his visits. 1 have not breathed a word to any one about illy going away. You will know it first, and it matters Tittle to me what the |>eople may say; but as a friend, always dear to me, I desire that you go direct to our house, and inform my father that he alone must answer for my con duct. Give him this letter to read. A further explanation will be unnecessary. Lose no time, dear Jennie, in apprising them of my departure. I have written this letter so that in the event of my father trying to shield himself.in the matter, yourself and others of my friends, who know the circumstances which drove me away, can say a word in my behalf. You can also tell my father, if he has not already missed his horse and carriage, that he will Hud it atThombrook's, where we will leave it for safe keeping until lie calls for it. It of course assisted us In leaving town but it is in safe hands and all will be ail right. Now, dear Jennie, there Is little time to sav any more, and as much as I would love to tell you where I go I cannot just now, though you may hear from me soon. With much love to yourself, Clara, and the other girls,l will hid you an alter tionate farewell, and don’t think hard of me. Necessity alone drove me to this. Lovingly yours. Liij,. Miss Wagner, almost horrified at the con tents of the letter, hurried to obey the com mands of her friends and ten minutes later awoke the Morris family, who were not in the habit of arising until some time later. When Mr. Morris heard the news he said that it was impossible, as Lilly had retired soon after 10 o’clock, and that she was still in her room. The two, however, started for the girl’s room, and U|>on entering found the lied undisturlied and the window, from whioh dangled a rope, still raised. The rope was looped and so arranged ns to guar antee perfect, safety to any one who desired to leave the building. Mr. Morris stood amazed and simply said: “AA’hat a foolish girl! The disgrace of eloping with a colored man is worse than even death itself.” Miss Wagner returned home, and before 7 o’clock the entire populace was aware of the elopement. The Morris homestead was soon besieged by the neighbors to hear the details. Meanwhile Norris, her lover, put in an appearance, and threats of lynch ing Williams were freely indulged in should he lie overtaken. Norris and a few friends determined t > follow them up and, if posh hie, capture Williams, and forthwith stai t and in hot pursuitntter the runaways. Nothing, however, has been heard from them except a telegram from Norris at Exeter, which simply said, “No trace yet.” A\ ifliams’ advent to the place dates hack some six or eight months, during which time lie lived at the Vulcan House, where he became a prominent and entertaining figure because of his musical abilities. lie was an accomplished musician, and his character, as far as known during his stay here, is sad to have been irreproachable. He was overrun with pupils for instruction on the piano, and frequently was employed hi play for social gatherings and jiarties. His singing, also, was of a high order, ami commanded the admiration of everyone who heard him. He is about :>(> years of age, ami would readily ]>ass for a white man. His curly hair was of a glossy hue, while his fine teeth contributed much to tin- attraction of his well-formed features. Jn his dress he was the perfection of good taste, and made a favorable impression wherever he went. Altogether he was an interesting and positively fascinating man. His original home or birthplace is not Jrtnwn, hut it is said that prior to his owning here he served as head waiter in •nine of the leading hotels in the West, and at one time was in charge of a dining-room car on one of the Western railroads. Two weeks ago Mr. Morris engaged him to give Instructions to his daughter in playing certain difficult pieces, and much of his time was suent in her company. It is sup posed by those who were on intimate terms with the girl that she took Williams into her confidence, and told him of her trouble in regoni to her father forcing her to marry a man whom she despised. It is further Stated that Williams was frequently heard mailing complimentary remarks on the beauty of Lillian Morris, and that his sola tion of her trouble was a proposition to elope with him. Much sympathy is expressed for the love ly hut unfortunate girl, while her father is severely criticised for his jiersisteuee in a matter where the girl's happiness was in volved. The feeling, however, is bitter against Williams, and if hr is caught and brought back here trouble may follow. Miss Morris was just 22 years of age. and one of the most popular young ladies in this vicinity. Wluft time during Sunday night the runaway couple left, or where they went to, no one knows. Mr. Morris, as stated in the letter, found his horse and carriage at Thombrook’s. Williams was at his hotel during Sunday evening, hut was not seen after 8 o’clock. Young Mrs. Gould's Early Struggles. From the Hunt on Traveller. When Edith Kingdon (now Mrs. George Gould I was first on (lie stage she pushed herself, all unaided, from a subordinate po idtion in the Boston Theatre to a pleasant one in Mr. Daly's company. Friends had repeatedly told the struggling girl that her place was iu New York, ami she as often had sent letters to Mr. Dalv, msjiviug, how ever. no reply. Finally Mr. Daly took his company to Boston, and Mias' Kingdon played a strong card, sent two tickets to tin mrfnrmw to Mr. Daly tai theaftsr noon, and in the evening sent a carnage to bis hotel. He went, saw the performance, ami the next day Mias Kingdon received a note asking for an interview. Now, here is where Hint girl’s cleverness came in. rtlie was a |ssir, honest little worker, and she wiu living in a cheap I**hiding-house Hie read the note, wont straight to the Attains House, hired a suite of rooms, disolated them with hrie-a-brae borrowed from will lug friends, ilonned a tea-gown that g*md ltacbel Noah ia‘<*ewd iifmn tier, ami tlien taut for Mr. Daly. H 'Mine, and before he left Miss King luti hod liar contract. TOOTH. { Something That Puzzled the New York Surgeons. From the Cincinnati Knguirer. New York, Kept. 24.—The unexpected j and the unlooked for occur in surgery about as often as in any other place, and a surgeon may stumble upon something that will sur prise him in ordinary cases which appear simple and easily explainable. An exhibition of this was given last week in the cast.’of Mary Holske, a middle-aged woman, who ' was brought to the New York Hospital about two weeks ago. Thu patient had been ill about two months before her admission to the hospital. The origin of her trouble was a fall, or at least that is what the woman believed. While walking in the dark she tripped, fell, and her neck struck violently upon a chair. The fiesh in her neck turned black from the blow, and was sore and pain ful. She hud some difficulty iu swallowing after the injury. About a week afterward, while drinking, she suddenly choked and coughed as people do when a’ foreign body passes into the windpipe. The sjiasmodic contraction of the throat was so great that the woman nearly died from suffocation, hut nature finally brought relief without any other artificial assistance than a severe pounding on the back. The woman was never well after this. There was always an annoying PAIN IN HER THROAT. She described the feeling as resembling a ] boring-machine at work u tier neck. A heavy weight seemed to be pressing upon her head, and as usual, when this feeling is present, the woman’s mental condition was unbalanced, and she was possessed of tho most frightful delusions. She had an idea that her feet were useless; that when mov ing around she walked on her hands, and when she was quiet she stood on her head. This, to her mind, was tho cause of the pressure on her neck. Her ailment was at first thought to lie due to the introduction of some foreign body in the larynx. The symptoms and spasms that she had endured were believed to result from this cause. The laryngoscope was called into play, and a careful examination was made of the larynx, without, however, giving any explanation of tho difficulty. A slight swelling appeared in the neck just above the breastbone. The pain increased and ther were frequent spasms. Holid food could not he swallowed at all, and liquid food was not an easy thing to take. The pain seemed to dart from the neck to the middle of tho back. Her skin took on the yellow hue that is common to patients with jaundice, though the liver was not at all af fected. When food was given it was always followed by great prostration. The woman, who was stout and weighed nearly 200 pounds, lost flesh so rapidly that it could almost be seen to leave her hones, Khe was reduced to a skeleton and her strength was gone entirely. Paroxysms came on fre quently, during which she would utter cries LIKE A WILD ANIMAL. She was taken to the hospital when there was no hope of life, being delirious and en tirely unconscious of her surroundings. Dr. Rice", to whom she was assigned, looked upon her as little better than a dead woman. He studied her history carefully, and came to the conclusion tiiat she was suffering from a carcinoma, or cancer of the oesophagus. She was in such a reduced state t)#it it was not thought possible to do anyth/ig for her. She was put into a cot with the same idea that an old horse is turned out to grass—that is, to die. Bnt she iii<l not die, and after several days her vitality seemed to improve slightly, and an operation was decided upon, the objeet of which was to remove a portion of the oeso phagus, in tho hope of prolonging the woman’s life, although, taking her condi tion into consideration, it were better that she were dead. Khe was taken to the operating-room. Only a small quantity of ether was given, as t he woman was unconscious, and the only object in giving the anaesthetic was to re duce the shock. An incision was male in the right side of the neck about five inches long. The head of the patient was drawn llack ward so as to make the muscles in the throat prominent. The stemo mastoid muscle was taken as a guide, and the in cision was made in the depression between the larynx and this muscle. The flesh was divided with the utmost caution in order to avoid the large blood-vessels in tho neck, any laceration of which might prove almost instantaneously fatal. The sheath of the carotid was found to be somewhat out of the usual poution. A retractor was placed under the sheath, and it and the stemo mas toid were drawn backward. The larynx was pulled in the opposite direction with a retractor to open the wound. A slender in strument was |lassts 1 into the mouth and in troduced into the oesophagus and pressed outward so as to indicate the true position. The flesh around it being cautiously re moved. THE (ESOPHAGUS WAS EXPOSED at considerable length. Rut there was no sign of disease in the upper portion of it where canoe - s are usually found. The in cision was extended downward, and every hair’s breadth that the knife descended was examined in order that there might be no slip. All the large arteries were avoided with great skill. Before the breast bone was reached the oesophagus and neighboring tissue was. found to be inflamed. By carry ing the incision a little below the bone it was discovered that a hole had been eaten through the oesophagus by ulcera tion. There were no signs of cancerous infiltration in the tissue, and the ulcer evi dently was not malignant. It extended in the tissue downward and backward and left u small passage in it, as if an arti ficial duct had been made. Tho surgeon, having an exceedingly small hand, was able to pass his finger through this passage at considerable length, and was astonished to find a hard substance, it was lodged in the cavity of the pericardium and pressed against the breast. A small forceps with a curved lower section and serrated edge was gently passed into the cavity. After many failures the substance was caught firmly and drawn out. The surgeon was astouuiieii to find A LARGE FALSE TOOTH attached to a broken piece of plate. The tooth had been swallowed unknown to the patient, had lodged in the oesophagus and ulcerated into the pericanluni, and thus had caused her agony, anil not tho fall, as was supposed. Fortunately the removal of the tooth set up only a slight hemorrhage, and the blood whs quickly absorbed by sjiongcK. As much of the ulcerated surface as was visible was sprayed with carbolic acid solutions, and the wound in the neck was closed. Only a few sutures were used. The operation ns a demonstration of the surgeon s art was eminently successful, hut j whether it will be of any benefit to the pa i t lent is yet, in doubt. The attendant shook I was not so great as was anticipates], and the | patient shows wonderful recuperative power, but pericarditis set in, and this I usually means death. Khe is still alive, and if she recovers with the chances that are against her, it may well bo looked uinm as j miraculous. A BRUTAL PRIZE FIGHT. Billy YVataon and Tom Duffy Fight Forty-four Terrific Rounds. From the Philadelphia Pirns. \ Kankakee, 111., Kept. 26.—One of the ! ganlest prize fights ever witnessed in Illinois ! occurred near here early yesterday lnorn !mg Billy Wutson. of Chicago, unit Torn i Duffy, of Ohio, fought forty-four rounds ; with two-ounce gloves for #l6O a side and j I lui eat ire gate receipt*, which amounted to I nearly # Klu more Duffy, who m 22 years | old, stripped at lli isminls. Wataoii is 22 I ' ears old utul weighs bis |siumls. Hlinrtl.v 1 lifter 5 o’chs k both men st*p|<d into the I middle of the ring nml the bailie liegnu. Alter *|sirrlng for mi opening I niffy lauded lightly on Wat Min's stomach ami in return received a left hander on tie' jaw Fierce fighting followed and the round I ended in ue| itch. Both ineu were cautious THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1887, in the second round. In the third round Duffy got a crack in the nose which started the claret. First blood was allowed for AVatson. Cautions fighting followed until the seventh round, when Duffy caught an uppercut from Watson’s right that lifted him off his feet and laid him against the ropes. He recovered in tine shape, however, and sent Watson to his knees with a blow under the right ear. When Duffy went to his corner after the round, Murphy, his second, washed the blood from his face anil sent him up in clean shape. AVeak fighting followed until the twelfth round, when Duffy forced Watson to his corner, where he dealt him two heavy blows on the nose Watson replied with a swinging right hander, which split Duffy’s lip and sent a stream of blood running down nis nock and bosom. When the men came up in the thirteenth rouud they presented a battered appear ance. Duffy’s breast and arms were smeared with blood and his mouth looked as though it ran from ear to ear. AA’atson was bleeding freely, too, but he appeared to have better wind. The betting was now in favor of Watson, hut the friends of the Ohio lad were not slow in covering all good odds. In the fourteenth round Duffy broke a small bone in his right wrist in attempt ing to reach Watson’s jugular, but he con tinued to fight, despite the pain his injury gave him. In the fifteenth round Watson broke Duffy’s nose with a swinging P't liandor, and followed it up with a rattling blow on the neck. For a moment the Ohio boy wavered, but the calling of time gave him a chance to get his wind. Terrific slugging followed until the twentieth round, Duffy directing his attention to his oppo nent’s liellows, and Watson dealing blow after blow upon the Ohioan’s broken nose. At one time the faces of tho fighters were completely plastered with gore, and Duffy’s upper lip, which had been split nearly to his broken nose, hung upon his chin. As it was now after 0 o’clock lamps were extinguished, the doors thrown open and the tight continued by daylight. Duffy’s terrific body blows in the twentieth, twenty ty-first, twenty-second and twenty-third rounds had a demoralizing effect on Wat son. He began to blow in an ominous man ner, and groat lumps and welts appeared on his breast. The terrific work of the Ohioan was loudly cheered, and even money was offered and covered that he would yet knock out the Chicagoan. In the twenty-fourth round Watson sent his left against Duffy’s right eye, and a moment later it was sound asleep. Both men sparred for wind in the twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh anil twenty-eighth rounds, but in tnc twen ty-ninth Duffy renewed his attack on Wat son’s ribs. In the thirtieth round Wat son struck Duffy in the mouth with his left and caught a hard one on the body in return. The thirty-first, thirty-second, tliirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty fifth and thirty-sixth rounds were of the hammer and tongs order, each man try ing to get in a knock-out blow. AVatson came near going down three times in these rounds under the catapult blows of the Buckeye bov, but managed to pull himself together before his opponent could follow up his advantage. The broken nose came in for more punishment during these rounds, and once the Chicago boy reached for and caught Duffy’s only clean eye. In the twenty-seventh rounh Duffy sent AVatson to tiie ropes with a ringing left-hander, hut (giught a solid blow iu the mouth in return. A clinch followed and continued until time was called. In the forty-fourth round the men were so clearly exhausted that tho referee called the fight a draw, The contest lasted two hours and fourteen minutes. Both pugilists were so badly punished that it will be several days before they will feel like ordinary mortals. PERPETUAL MOTION. A Young Yankee Makes Eold to Say He Has Solved the Problem. From the AY w York Sun. Birmingham, Conn., Sept. 26. —A young man named AVitherspoon, a resident of this borough, has been for a long time at work upon a machine which has excited the curi osity of his friends. On Saturday afternoon he told the Sun correspondent that he Ihj lieved he had found a solution of the great problem of perpetual motion. Hismacniue, he says, will run until the materials of which it ii composed have worn out. It needs no fuel, water, gas or electric batteries, though he does not deny that electricity is tiie motive power, though it is obtained by natural means, and not by the aid of acids or chemicals. The power can be applied to the propulsion of machinery, engines, steamboats —in short, anything, which re quires steam. The machine has been com pleted for several days, hut the young man could not muster sufficient courage to start it until Saturday. It is under lock and key and will be kept so until he has obtained patents in the United States and foreign countries. Inan interview Mr. AVitherspoon said: “I know that 1 will he called a crank and all that, hut I will demonstrate to the world that perpetual motion is not impossible, as is believed by many prominent scientific men. I mean to say that I have invented an engine, or motor, which, without any sup ply of power from without, can not only maintain its own motion indefinitely, or as long ns the material of which it is made lasts, hut it can also he applies! to drive all kinds of machinery, and, therefore, do ex ternal work. To be more explicit, my ma chine means a device for creative (lower, or energy, without corresponding expenditure of energy.” The inventor is thoroughly well versed in natural laws and in the science of electricity, and talks of his invention without too slightest trace of affectation. He will take the machine to New York and show it to Edison, the electrician, lirst, and will then exhibit it to the public. CRESCENT CITY CHIPS. Newsy Little Nuggets on all Sorts of Topics. Crescent City, Fla.. Sept. 28.—The recent rains have given us nice weather and improved the appearance of the orange treos. Mr. AA T ood, a photographer at Denver, a few days since ate some wild berries, which proved to he poisonous, and for some days lie was seriously ill. Eugene Williamson, who has been selling goods at Denver, Fla., his sold his stock to William C. Braddock. Many of our citizens are expected to re turn from their summer outings in a week or two. The summer rains were too light to grow a good crop of sweet potatoes in this sec tion. For several years the guavas have been so injured by the cold that we have had no fruit from this popular shrub, hut we hope to l>c more fortunate another year. Merchants say that their safes are increas ing and sjieak encouragingly of the fail and winter trade. L. F. Willis, who lost his steam saw mill by flt, is rebuilding, and tiefore many months will again be iu hliiqie to resume the sawing of lumber. A drive through our deKgntful city, un der the umhrugcous mills and evergreen trees, will convince any one that for lieauty oi location, bewitching scenery and en trancing luke view we cannot be surpassed in the [state of Florida. Tint new bridge projected aero** the Missis >i|dd river at Ht, Louis, as a rival to tiie present structure by the Merchants' Terminal Railway franchise, is th-eatemsl with sn Injunction It apt** us thai some lime ago p.irti**s interested in ltie Belt Line project in Hint city secured n charter for a terminal railway under the style **t the St leiiiis Merchants' Bridge Terminal i 'ouqMiiy, although ho *te|is have Iss-n taken lo make use of the rluirlrr amre it* granting The injunct ion, if asked for, will is* on tie* ground of tie* similarity of the iiaiiieM ~f tie* iso compa nies Tiie new eoiii|siiiy llunklli.it Iheold coin ■ stay only olilallest llieir charter in order to sell It, The new company g*t it*charter fromc<m gress. which ha* iieeii rec*>giila*‘d by He* city. Tiie old charter was simply <*l*talu***l by the Male, hut lias not liern reco'gmaiyj liy the city, it is hinted it| m Louis tlitt Gould, whncontruls i the present bridge L behind this thivoteiasl i:ne* bv tiie old couiiswiy. A BEAR AT A BAPTIZING. He Interrupted the Immersions and Lunched on the Hymn Books. From the New York Sun. Williamsburg, Ky., Sept. 22.—There hadn’t been a bear seen in AVhitlev county for a year until last Sunday. The chicken roost of Fanner Boh Gentry, who lives eight miles nortli of AV’illiamsburg, had been twice raided by some wild animal, and Mr. Gentry, who examined the footprints, said it was a bear. He and his neighbors took their guns and dogs and hunted the moun tains for two or three days, hut they found nothing. They concluded that the bear was not pleased with the taste of the fowls in Whitley and had emigrated to another county, where he might find morsels more suited to the taste of an ursine epicure. They gave up the hunt. Last Sunday was baptizing day at the New Salem Baptist church, which stands on the banks of South Fork creek, one mile from farmer Gentry’s. The congregation on that day was much larger than usual. In the mountains a baptism is a great event. Everybody goes. This was a big one. There were twelve converts, eight men anil four women, to lie immersed. The prelim inary services in the church lasted two hours, and the building was crowded. The Rev. Mr. Bell preached one of his greatest sermons. Five persons came forward to the mourner’s bench. After the ser mon all went out to tto baptism. The creek is very shallow in some places, and the preacher had to go quite a distance in order to secure a place deep enough for the immersion. At a point where it entered a channel between two high hills his enter prising parishioners had built a dam across the stream, and the water was up to a man’s waist. The bills on either side rose pretty steeply, and were covered with trees and underbrush. At the foot of each was n narrow piece of level green sward, on which the congregation assembled. Preacher Bell waded into the water, his parishioners on the bank began aliyinn, and the first person was immersed. The services continued without hindrance until the seventh convert was reached. Mrs. Eliza Estiil was the wife of one of the most prov ident farmers in AVhitlev county, and her confession of the Baptist faith had been a source of great pride to the good Mr. Bell and the members of his congregation. She was a large woman, turning the scale of 200, and some of the wicked boys were very doubtful of Mr. Bell’s ability to go through the ceremony with her without accident. The woman waded into the water, and the full chorus of the hymn of praise rang echoed back from the mountain side as she stood with her eyes closed ready to be plunged under the water. Mr. Bell reached out his hands, and a woman on the bank uttered a shriek: “Look there!” she screamed, pointing to the hill back of her on the south side of the stream. A large black animal was scram bling through the trees uiid over the rocks toward the crowd. “A bear!” shouted the men. They had left their weapons at hone. One of them picked up a boulder and threw it at the ani mal, striking him on the flank. Bruin growled and accelerated his approach. All the people fled in dismay. Those who were on the sane side of the water with the bear jumped into the stream, and, gaining the other bnk, ran toward their homes. Mr. Bell abtndoned Mrs. Estiil in the middle of the stream, and, leaving his c >at on the bank, joined the fugitives. Mrs. Estiil was screly frightened, but sha couldn’t faint in tie middle of the stream. Khe attempted to reach the shore, but tier dress, inflated ly the water, made her progress slow, aid liefore she could do so the bear was up*n tiie bank. Here the ani mal stopped to devour a hymn book, and while lie was masticating it Mrs. Estiil reached dry ground, and, in spite of her stoutness, was soon making rapid progress toward home When it had been ascertained that all of the congregation were safe, a dozen men armed themselves and started out to hunt the irreverent bear. They went back to the scene of the baptizal. but he hud gone, first having lunched off of the hymn books that had been abandoned, and tore the minister's coat into little strips. From the creek the bear's footsteps led into the hills, where his trail was lost is the rocks. The dogs were put on the scent, and after a chase of five horn's the l>ear was discovered on the other side of the mountain in a thicket. The (logs ran him out, and a couple of halls dis imtchud him. He was brought to Williams burg, and with the hide on he weighed 467 (sounds. He was one of tho biggest bears ever killed iu these parts. THEATRE PANICS. The Senseless Madness that Take3 Hold of the People—Some New York Rushes. From the. Cincinnati Enquirer. It seems impossible, when you look around at gallant men and amiable women, sitting placidly at a play, that in a moment, on the utterance or one word, they can bo turned into dumb, driven cattle, senseless, suicidal idiots. But it is so. Any night the audito rium of a fashionable theatre may echo to some unfortunate note of alarm. In an in stant the gray-haired banker, whose dignity gave tone to his whole section, is walking up the hacks of women and over the heads of children. At the Park Theatre one night (the thea tre that happilj was destroyed by fire about three hours uefore the time when it would hnvelieen packed by New York’s best people to witness Miss Langtry’s debut), some dude entering up the unsafe and tortuous stair way, threw his cigarette through the iron grating of the steps. Home accumulated ruhliisn began to smolder, and a volume of smoke poured into tho auditorium. About half tho audience sitting there knew that the stage had an enormous square opening direct upon Twenty-second street- a door not ton feet from the level of the street. Every soul in tho house could have gone over the low footlights, crossed the stage and been in Twenty-second street in three minutes’ time. They had all entered the theatre by the crooked, narrow passage; they all knew its miserable limits; they saw the smoke coming in at that narrow pas sage, and yet when some scared scamp near tiie door jumped to his feet, and screeche I “Fire!' they all with one accord state.e l to tiie rear, regardless of life or limit. Luckily that night a stalwart policeman, with the lungs of a K ten tor calmly said: “There ain’t no fire; it’s been put out.” He grabbed the first lot of mad people and bodily put ’em down into seats; but for a few minutes there was the wildest kind of scrimmage. A well-known and dignified citizen had sat in high bred ease two scats ahead of me during the per formance. As the panic struck him he rose, mounted over the back of his ,-s'ut, and started to walk on the shoulders of some fashionably attired ladies. It. seemed an oc casion for remonstrance, and I had a slight but severe remark to make, and made it with an opera glass; the old gentleman took the kindly hint mid concluded to walk on Ins legs in tlx* aisle, hut. hi* had made a fair start to tramp to safety over his fellow creature*. Another time in the Cosmopolitan Hall at Forty-second street, tho (dace was crowded for Primrose A Tiie teller’s first mght of minstrelsy. There was a low gallery run ning round the bii'Mim*. n*vinrt*a oiin series of iron posts. During the evenln < < ne ot these i< s .-dipped off "the block’ and crashed through into a oil!laid a.oon in the basement;; tiie gallery la tha, particular s|s>t sngg-sl, creak'd, and soin • beam split with alarming noise. In a moment all sat excitement in the crowded gallery. I was sitting a few feet in front of this s|>ot, hi .( l/eing lenrful the people might liegin to jump down on iny devoted head i ims!i*M my esrort, a very important and nelf sffirietit gentleman, ami sug gested We get into two lirond aisles liesnTe 111 Id where, if people ju'U|ss|, fluty would not jump on tl*. I got n r*vpnne, ami I might as well have pus* e I at the side of the house, lie woe so l.uunivtbli*. With “tevsl-frontiniT eyelet*' lie confronted noth ing ami looked at It ' adily. He I'ia-fMsi a hard Derby bat against his stomach and was as near petritantion as is consistent with life. After the alarm subsided and the per formance was resumed, it was discovered that my scared friend had crushed his hat on his body as flat as a mustard piaster, and pressed the nails of one hand so venomously into the other that the blood had started through the cut skin. A STRANGE FAMILY HISTORY. Victor Almquist Finds His Father After a Fifteen Years’ Separation. From the New York World. The history of August W. Almquist, so licitor of patents, 23 Park Row, New York, is a strange one. About twenty-seven years ago he married a young woman of Irish ex traction named Kate Kerrigan, who bore him four children—Victor, Lily, Frances and Leopold. Mr. Almquist is a Swede and a Free Thinker, while his wife is a strict Catholic. During the first ton years of their married life they lived happily enough, and it was only when a sister-in-law and mother-in-law appeared upon the scene that trouble came. Then, it is said, the wife be come a monomaniac, charged her husband with attempting to poison her*, had him put in prison and during his incarceration sold their effects and fled with her four children to St. Louis. When Mr. Almquist was released he spent a good deal of money on detectives in a vain search for his children. Years rolled on, and one day about this time last year a “drummer” from Chicago, seeing the rather peculiar name of Almquist on the door, called in to his office and asked the female stenographer if Mr. Almquist—who was out —had anj’ children. She, not knowing anything about his personal affairs, said she thought he had never been married, and the drummer went away. When informed of the visit, the bereaved father grew excited, instituted a search for the drummer, sent letters, telegraphed and employed detec tives, but all to no use.. Not very long after a young man of 25, refined and handsome, entered the office and, embracing Mr. Almquist, announced himself as his son Victor. He told him how his mother had taken him and his sisters and brother to St. Louis fifteen years be fore; how, when she learned detectives were on her track, she fled to Kansas City, and, so far as he could remember, had them placed in a monastery or some religious in stitution. He met the drummer a year previous, to whom he told his story, and said he would like to find his father, and the drummer promised to search for him in his travels. He met the drummer again, who informed him a maij named Almquist had an office at No. 23 Park Row, New York, but could be nothing to Victor, as he haa never been married. This did not satisfy Victor, who remembered his father well, and he resolved to satisfy himself by com ing to New York, with the result already stated. Mr. Almquist’s daughter Lily is living on Twenty-fourth street, New York, with her aunt. Mr. Almquist, meanwhile, is en gaged looking up his youngest son, Leopold. The little girl Frances is dead. Railway consolidation in New England has made it necessary to use a good many words In some instances in locating places. A Williams burg, Mass., man complains that in order to be exact he has to say that he lives on the Williams burg branch of tiie Northampton division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. A Tennessee country editor who went off for his summer vacation left the following notice on his office door: "Will be gone several days, and have left matters in charge of the office boy. People who wish to pay subscriptions will see our wife. Those who have complaints to make will please go to the devil.” Weather Indications. 1 Special indications for Georgia: RAIN Light rains, followed by cooler, fair weather, light to fresh variable winds. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah, Sept. 23 1887, and the mean of same day fo:- fifteen years. ■ Departure Total Mean Temperature j from the Departure j Mean Since for 15 years Sept.2B, ’8?. -I- or Jan. 1,1887. 72.0 78 C 6.0 _— 524 0 _ Comparative rainfall statement: Mean Ihnlri Amount i De^re ' f 2T ,~ : Mean Since 16 Yeats, j Sept. 28 , 87. or _ Jan i 1887. .18 | _ .11 i 07 -1171 Maximum HaipMMn M. minimum tem peraturo 74. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time! was 5 9 feet—a rise of 0.1 during the past twenty-four nours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing 0 p. m., Sept. 38 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. J Average. Name. Mrlx Min R"'"- NAME. ifons Temp Texnp fall. 1. Atlanta 8 j 76 62 1.18 2. Augusta j 12 78 61 I .38 3. Charleston, , 8 84 68 .07 4. Galveston ! 17 ; 72 54 .00 5. Little Rock. 15 | 70 54 j .03 6. Memphis 19 72 58 | .05 7. Mobile 0 78 58 j .10 8. Montgomery T 78 61 | 46 9. New Orleans 10 j 72 56 ! uO 10. Savannah 6 13 84 | 70 .95 11. Vicksburg 5 72 56 .01 12. Wilmington 10 80 jGO .34 • - 1 —————— Averages I— I *T denotes trace of rainfall. Observations taken at the some moment of time at all stations. Savannau, Sept. 28. 3:36 p. m.. city time. Temperature. Direction. 3 x j Velocity. Rainfall. Nam* or Stations. Portland 80 ... i .[— Clear. Boston s<i W I 'lear. Block Island 53 S W!.. Cloudy. New York city ... 53 S .. 12 Raining. Philadelphia 5Ki E .. I .03 Raining. liotrelt. 53 K Cloudy. Fort Bnforn Oft B E . . Clear. St. Vincent 53 N Clear. Washington city.. 62 N E ..! 4.’ Raining. Norfolk 70 S E 6 Cloudy. Charlotte | 72 S Ei C; .O iiCloudy. Halteras 1 1 Titusville ■ 73 s .02 Clear. Wilmington 76 SW 6 .. Fair. ('harleston j 78 E 0 Clear. Augusta 74 S ..j 54 Cloudy. Savannah 78, S ... Cloudy. Jacksonville 78 S J 6 ... Clear. Cedar Keys.. 7,SW ..Cloudy. Key West I 8 E ' Clear. Atlanta ] 63 S : 6 ...|Cloudy. Pensacola 63 w Fair. Mobile I WSSWj |.. Fair. Montgomery : TO . ...1.. . Cloudy. Vicksburg i 62SW ! Fair. New Orleans.... I 84 SW, Clear. Shreveport, i 51 S W ] 2 Cloudy. Fort Smith I 6, W ■ .oC Raimng. Galveston. i 63 NW 6 .. Clear. Corpus Christ!.. ' 6 N 0. . Clear. Palestine f 4 W j 6| . ... Clear. Browuesville #• .. .. Cloudy. HioUramle ; Knoxville | 72 8 W j C.oudy. Memphis ... • ; 68 H 00 Cloudy. Nashville 64 SI; Clear. ]udianu|>olis ! wo E > 01 Cloudy. (‘iiicmnali 11 N m Kaimug, Pittsburg Ui E 02Fair. Buffalo 156 8 E | Clear. Cleveland I 0 S K j*T cloudy. Marquette | 44 NW ~ Clear. Chicago i 64 Nfc ... 14 Raining. Duluth j Bisk Clear. Kt Paul ! 52 Clear. Davenport , j 56 N F . ”r I dug. * ’airo i 60 S W . Fa r St Lxiis I oo 8 nt C uudy. L-avenworth .. | IX N .31 uoinmg. Omaha ,| 56 N Cloudy. Yankton ! Mil ('|ear, liiamarck 8- K ~ clear. I lead wood 4s * w Clear. Cheyenne I 52 N It. < tear. North Malle ~,.1 50 ~ F Cl*r, {lodge City .... PNK Clear. HtnU Fit .. | M fif w hir. •T ikiidUn uir uf rirnfftlL it If Miuimuiv FUNERAL INVITATIONS. JOHNSEN.—The friends and acquaintance of Mr. James M. Johnsex, of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Grisham and Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Frain are re spectfully invited to attend the funeral of the former from residence, corner of Indian and Ann streets, THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock. Funeral ceremony at St. Patrick’s Church. McINTYRE.-The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mclntyre and Mrs. Honoria Foley are invited to attend the funeral services of Mrs. J. W. Mclntyre at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock. MEETINGS. SAVANNAH TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. I*3. The members of Savannah Typographical Union No. 183 are hereby summoned to appear at their hall, corner Broughton and Bull streets, THIS AFTERNOON at 8:30 o’clock to pay the last tribute of resjiect to late brother member James M. Johnsek. By order R. R. RICKS, President. Joseph Doolan, Secretary. WORKINGMEN’S UNION. All members of the Workingmen's Union are requested to meet at the hall at 2 o'clock THURSDAY to pay our last tribute to our brother Josiah Mack. By order of LEMUEL WADE, President. R. M. Bennett, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements inserted under “Svecial Notices ” will be charged $1 00 a Square each insertion. NOTICE. ~ Madame Cliastnnet’a Select Girls’ School.. Madame CHASTANET will reopen her French and English School on MONDAY, 3d of October, 1887. Mme. Chastanet will again have the ef ficient aid of Miss GRADY, and in special branches will be assisted by other competent professors. NOTICE. All bills against the British brigantine EDINA, Roberts Master, must be presented at our office by 12 noon THIS DAY, or payment will be debarred. M. S. COSULICH & CO., Agents. Sept. 20, 1887. DR. GEORGE C. HUMMEL Has removed his office to PUBLIC SCHOOLS. These schools will lie reopened on MONDAY, the 8d day of October. The districts have been so changed as to require children living north of Jones street to attend school at Chatham Academy. The Superintendent will be in his office on THURSDAY’ and FRIDAY of the present week, between 9 a. m. and 12 m., to issue cards of ad mission. W. H. BAKER, Superintendent. TO RENT, From Nov. 1. stores in the Odd Fellows’ Hall. Also rooms in second floor. Possession given at once. Apply to A. R. FAWCETT, Secretary, Market Square. NOTICE. Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the British steamship HAWARDEN, whereof Wil son is master, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew. A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees. ARCADE OYSTER ANI> CHOP HOUSE. The finest delicacies of NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS. NEW YORK OYS TERS per every steamer. OPEN DAY’ AND NIGHT. T. 11. ENRIGHT. OR. HENRY S CODDING, DENTIST, Office corner Jones and Drayton streets. THE MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, 3 Whitaker Street. The Job Department of the Mornino News, embracing JOB AND BOOK PRINTING, LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING, BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURING, is the most complete in the South. It is thorough ly equipped with the most improved machinery, employs a large force of competent workmen, and carries a full stock of papers of all descriptions. These facilities enable the establishment to execute orders for anything in the above lines at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con sistent with good work. Corporations, mer chants, manufacturers, mechanics and business men generally, societies and committees, are requested to get estimates from the MORNING NEWS STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send ing their orders abroad. J. 11. ESTILL. ULMER'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 prises 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. State or Weather. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. 'TMIE firm of M. MENDEL & BROTHER has JL this day b-en dissolved by mutual consent. M. MENDEL retiring. J. MENDEL will continue the business, and has associated with him Mn. MAURICE DEITSH under the firm name of MENDEL & DEITSH which new firm is authorized to collect all out standing debts due the late firm and . t'n the firm's name in liquidation. MEYER MENDEL. JONAS MENDEL. SAVANKAB, f?A , Sept. 24, IBS'. notic’e: H AVING formed a copartnership under the firm uame of MENDEL & DEITSH and purchased the interest of Mr M. MENDEL in the late firm of M MENDEL ft JSHO., we re sjes tfully Inform our frie ids and the public generally that we will continue add business st the old stand, Corner Bull and llav streets, ami solicit their patronage, which lias is so lilwr ally bestowed upon the late Arm. Re.iieclfully. J. MENDEL M DEITSH DUCRO’S urn sm Its I'rtrir-pis iiim*Msnt/*i*v Jf-af,is . I*ntift/llf fortiodsti j skJi iwdiesT 'l'H.t-.iits eudr it asm. rf. . 11 ,0 "tinuiUfing j ioj*io. invisocnUus tha VtUlforass silicon fat brines Us> <HeeUtrenrea. In l Mnf ft)ai.asiii. bow.,it Uin *Mustue, Slviiis si ousli. to oveiouijic flaw# mi w. loud illaww Htnily Hmumaimi duslli* Iwelitw I hs. s.i .si.* of rm ■ i sec for I .si*sW,i usud wm| i'*iiMiii.A.cfri4ie; <ho .-s. It, Poem i* * < •>.. Asrnla K. y. ftoifji BV I.JJ, J/.iffie "sTi ' AMUSEMENTS. Savannah Theatre. Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 28 and 29 GRAND MATINEE THURSDAY. FLORENCE J. BINDLEY, One of America's Brightest Stars, Supported by Boston's Favorite Young Actor, Mi*. James Horne, And the Well-Known Comedian, Mi*. Otis Turner, And a Well Selected Company of Metropolitan Artists. WEDNESDAY jnGHT Miss Bindley will appear in Bartley Campbell's Great Success. "A HEROINE IN RAGS ” Thursday Matinee, “EXCITEMENT,” the Great London Craze, with more laughs in less time than any other play in the world Thursday Night, “DOT; or, JUST FOR FUN ” C. p. Brown's great sensational drama. ' ’ Usual prices. Seats at Davis Bros. ’ Sept 26 Next attraction, BARRY’ & FAY, Oct. 6. CLOTHING. FALL m We are pleased to announce that we are now exhibiting samples from which to make selections for Clothing to Order, and feel confident that this season will add greatly to our already widespread popularity in this branch of our business. We are showing all the newest designs, colors and textures of materials, the best productions of foreign and domestic markets, and guaran tee stylish, easy and graceful fitting garments thoroughly made, and at moderate prices. ’ We would advise the placing of orders with us early, that the garments may be finished in time. Although we have largely increased our facilities in this department we may not be able to keep pace with the demand later on. If goods do not please in every particular our customers are requested not to take them. Satisfaction is guaranteed. To our old customers we make the above an nouncement, satisfied with the result. Of those who have never dealt with us we ask a trial. Respectfully, A. Please, Sir! Wait for the Pall and Win ter Display of ’asldilfi Oil!, Underwear, Neckwear, Furnishings and Latest Shapes in Hats at the Clothing Palace, ARRIVING BY EVERY STEAMER. While you wait, look over our bargains to close out remaining Summer Suits and Medium Weights. JAEGER SYSTEM SANITARY UNDER WEAR AND OVERWEAR. Equal to anything on the market and at lowest prices. 161 CONGRESS STREET. B. H. LEVY & BRO, HOTELS. NEW HOT E L TOON X, (Formerly St. Mark's.) Newnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla. WINTER AND SUMMER. THE MOST central Hoime in the city. Near Post Office, Street Cars and all Ferries. New and Elegant Furniture. Electric Bella, Baths, Etc. $2 50 to $3 per day. JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor. DUB’S SCREVEN HOUSK rpHIS POPULAR Hotel Is now provided with J a Passenger Elevator (the oniy one in the city) ami has been remodeled and newly fur nished. The proprietor, who by recent purchase is also the owner of the establishment, spares neither pains nor expense in the entertainment of his guests. The patronage of Florida visit ors is earnestly invited. The table of tho Screven House is supplied with every luxury that the markets at home or abroad can afford. THE MORRISON"’HOUSeT" One of the Largest Boarding Houses in the South. AFFORDS pleasant South rooms, good board with pure Artesian Water, at prices to suit those wishing table, regular or transient accom modations. Northeast corner Broughton and Drayton streets, opposite Marshall House. PORTRAITS. The Great Southern Portrait Company, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. L. B. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager of the Great South ern Portrait Company. \N inspection of samples of our Portraits at our office, with Davis Bros., 42 and 44 Bull street, will greatly Interest those who contem plate having small pictures of themselves, their friends, living and deceased, copied and enlarged in OIL, WATER COLOR, INDIA INK, PAS TEI.LE and CRAYON. We guarantee a per fect likeness and excellence of work. We have about TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES AND GRADES IN SIZES OF ENLARGED POR TRAITS from Hxlfi to 50x90. and our prices are from $2 to S3OO each. EMPLOY FORTY ART ISTS; teen twenty-six years in the business; have a ,ft*) candle-power ELECTRIC LIGHT, and are fully prepared with all proper expedi tion and skill to execute all orders promptly and satisfactorily. We respectfully solicit your orders. L. B. DAVIS, Secretary and Manager The Great Southern Portrait Cos, PROPOSALS WANTED. PLANT INVESTMENT CMWHT Omen or Chief Engineer ) Ai*n General Manager, r Savannah, Ga.. Sept. 3d, 1837. 1 i) IDS will 1 received at this office until 12 u ., > SEPTEMBER Jftth, for the construction of that iiortion uf the Tliomnsvilie, Tallahassee and Month ello railroad extending from Thomas ville. Georgia, to the Florida State line. All clearing, grubbing, grading snd bridging will lie let under one contract I’roflleH may tie exam ined and furt ber information may lie obtained upon upplieatlou at Hie (’bief Engineer's offii*. 8., F and W. Ry,, Savannah, Ga , after Septem ber !sth. H. 8. HAINES. Chief Engineer and Gen. Manager P. I. Cos, PRINTER AND HOOK HINDER. Old in Year*—Not Old Fogy. (i EO. N. NICHOLS, PRINTER AND BINDER- To lb* Mtwr born full <4 y*mn <! nprrl w- •Uil y*tur\n in *l*4 *WJKf wtCto •II it* nfin imvmmrj to MMltifartstfltf it*4 u* inuiiMM Uj wtiit fm lum Ni lit#* <#f*4fui for (Mat Ut*l> toutttfuJ at to