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THE. FATAL \X FOUND.
CLEWS THAT MAY UNRAVEL THE
BEAULIEU MYSTERY.
A Pari of tne Murdered Woman's
Clothing and the Two Missing Teeth
in Possession of Parties at Isle of
Hope—The Authorities Notified of
the Discovery.
Some very important, evidence concern
ins the Beaulieu mystery has recently been
discovered and it, is not, improbable that
it will lead to the arrest of the perpe
trator of the horrible crime. It, lias been
learned that the woman was not killed with
n musket hut with 911 ax. and tojhe nx still
cling hairs and it is covered with blood.
Where the ax was obtained was also
found a shovel, a black straw hat with a
red feather in it, a corset and n piece of a
dress. They were all spotted with blood
and in the lint was a cut. that was evidently
made by the fatal blow.
THE TWO MISSING TEETH
The two teeth that were missing from the
woman's tipper jaw and a part of her jaw
bone were also found. Those artieles arc
now in possession of a gentleman living at
Isle of Hope. A letter wits received by the
Morning Yews from Isle of Hope urging
lliat the parties in whose possession them 1
articles were found lie arrested and held as
witnesses. The letter will be turned over
to the Coroner for his information this
fnoming.
The discovery of these articles will inn
tenaliy aid in solving the mystery if they
will not completely brush away the cloud
that now overhangs it. There are persons
who can identify the shawl and hat if they
were worn by the missing woman, Annie
Ferguson, who is supposed to lie the woman
murdered.
ON THE MURDERER'S TRACK.
If they are so identified then there will lie
bill little doubt that the negro, with whom
she was last tern, is the murderer, and it,
will not be difficult to locate him. The dis
covery of this evidence also indicates that
the body was found by certain persons he
fore Mr. Carter found it, and that the
parties who discovered it failed to report
the matter to the authorities. There seems
little doubt now but that the murderer will
be brought, to justiceJf the case is properly
followed up. f
A COOL SEPTEMBER.
The Temperature for the Month Lower
Than it Has Been in Fifteen Years.
The mean temperature for September was
lower than it has iieen liefore in fifteen
years. The coolest September Savannah
has experienced since the signal station was
established here was in 1871. That year the
average temperature for Septemiier was 71 .
Last month it was 73’. A year ago it was
17". The rainfall was very light too, being
not, quite 3 inches. This, with one excep
tion, is the lightest rainfall in September
unre 1870. Last year it was about one
quarter of an inch less than it was this year.
Signal Observer Salisbury, in his Septem
ber report, gives some very interesting sta
tistic’s concerning the weather. The hottest
day was the Bt.li, when mercury went
up to 93 . The lowest was .VI” on the night
of the 25th. The greatest range of tempera
ture was on the Mud, when mercury run up
from fis' to the maximum for the month, 93’.
The average daily range was a little over
15". The mean temperature fo September
for 15 years compared with last month is
shown in the following table:
1*71.. 71.611879 74.1
1872 76.1 18811 74.9
1878 75.8 1881 80.0
1874 75.7,1882 77.1
1875 74.4(1883 74.8
]S76 78.0:1884 76.4
1877 76.6 1885 76.0
1878 76.8)1886 77.2
There were some pretty lively’ winds. The
highest velocity’ reached, however, was
thirty miles an hour. The total movement
was 53.',miles. The rainfall, which was
very smell this year, is compared with prev
ious years as follows:
1871 6 42|1880 4.65
1872 3.52 1881 3.09
1873 4.03 ;hv 7.42
1814 8.89 1883 2.55
1875 3.95 1884 4.55
1876 2.60 1886 12.00
1877 8.9211886 I.M
1878 7.20 1887 1.97
1879 5.54|
There were 14 clear day’s during the
month, 11 fair days, 5 cloudy days and 7
rainy days. There were two thunderstorms,
one on the 23d and another on the 29th.
Taken altogether September was an excep
tionally pleasant month.
NEW POSTAL RULE.
Permissible Writing or Printing on
Fourth Class Matter.
The Post Office Department has issued a
circular stating that permissible writing or
printing on the face or surface of packages
of mail matter of the fourth class, in addi
tion to the name and address of the sender
£ receded by the word “from” and the num
cr and names of the articles inclosed, may
include, without subjecting them to postage
at the letter rate, the occupation, trade or
profession of tho sender printed thereon,
with his name and address,designating words
not, however, to be more than necessary to
give certainty to the address of the seuder,
as, for example, “John Doe, Banker, 100
Broadway, New York,” and a simple re
quest to return in a specified time if not de
livered. The usual notice to postmasters
asking to be advised of amount of postage
required for return, which will be for
warded, is no longer necessary, as now all
classes of mail matter are returned upon
request, and postage where due collected
upon delivery to the sender.
Constable Burke Gets Into Trouble.
There was a light at the corner of
Broughton and Barnard streets yes
terday afternoon that caused consid
erable excitement and drew a large
number of people around the combatants.
Three or four white boys were playing on
the corner and some negro youths began
stoning them. The rocking was entirely
without provocation, and the negroes were
so vicious in their wanton attack that Mr.
S. Levison went to the assistance of the
white boys and tried to drive the negroes
away. A negro Constable, Jim Burke, saw
Mr. Levison aiding the boys and he cham
pioned the side of the negroes, and set upon
Mr. Levison, beating him badly. A crowd
soon assembled and stopped the fight. A
policeman arrived and arrested Burke, who
at first refused to go to the barracks until
Mr. Levison was arrested, but his friends
advised him to go, and he went. Mr. Levi
son will also appear before the May’or this
morning.
Died at the Infirmary.
Mrs. Richardson, the woman who came
from her former home in Hardeeville, 8. 0.,
to Savannah last week, penniless and in a
flying condition, and was cared for through
the kind charity of the Bisters of Mercy,
died at Bt. Joseph's Infirmary yesterday.
The woman's story is a very sail one. Her
husband, who was a Baptist preacher, died
a few days ago. The family were very
needy ami almost destitute of everything.
During her husband’s illness the wife was
also taken ill. When death severed the two
the neighbors sent the woman to Bavannah.
Blie came here an utter stranger, ami
t hrough the charity of the sisters in charge
she was received at the Infirmary and cared
for until death came to her relief.
Delicate diseases of either sex, however
induced, promptly, thoroughly and perma
nently cured. Bend 10c. in stamps for
large illustrated treatise, suggesting sure
means of cure. Address, World’s Dispen
sary Medical Association, 603 Main street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Hero and There by the
News Roporters.
The public schools will reopen to-day.
The Georgia Historical Society will hold
its October meeting to night.
Regular meeting "I DeKnlb Lodge No. 9,
I. O. O. F., will be held this evening.
There will tie thirty-one cases before
Acting Mayor Bchwary, this morning. All
of them are disorderly or drunk cases ex
cept fivo.
Georgia Tent No. 151, I. O. R., will hold a
quarterly meeting this evening. A full at
tendance of third degree members is re
quested as the beneficiary will lie perfected.
Isliinael .Simmons had a quarrel in the
market house basement yesterday with <'.
H. Grant. Simmons drew a knife and
t hreatened to cut Grant, but he was arrested
before lie could make the assault.
The Naval Stores Mutual Protective Asso
ciation will meet at the Marshall House at
10 o'clock this morning. One of the ques
tions which will come before the meeting is
the overproduction of spirits and rosin.
There were 100 failures in tho United
States reported to Bradstreet’s during last
week, against 145 in the preceding week,
and 305, 140, 201 and lti4 in the correspond
ing weeks of 1 ssi i, 1885, 1884 and 1883 re
sportively.
The Health Officer's report shows a mor
tality of 32 in the city last week, 10 of
whites and 32 of colored. <)f this number
there were 14 deaths of children under 5
years of age. The annual ratio per 1,000
for the week was 19.4 for whites, and 00.1
for colored.
GENERAL RAILWAY NEIVS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
Tho transportation lines report freight
traffic exceedingly heavy to all jioints in
South Florida.
The work on the first twenty miles of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad
is being steadily’ pushed forward by the con
tractors, and the laying of rails will be com
menced liefore long. The company have
decided to adopt the route by way of La
Fay’ette, and the contract for the work to
that point will bo let in a short while.
The cotton merchants of Eastman have
united in a petition to the authorities of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
road for a reduction in the present freight
rates from Eastman to Bavannah, so as to
lie able to compete with Dublin on the one
side and Harrell’s Landing,on the Ocmulgee
river, on tho other, at which points the
rates are half what is charged from East
man, and the distance about the same. The
railroad company lias replied that it cannot
make any reduction without reducing tho
rates at every station.
The Palatka News has this to say about
the extension of tho Southern Georgia and
Florida railway, which is now being built
from Macon to Valdosta, to that city “The
people of Palatka have before them now the
definite and final proposition of the Macon
road. It is that the city subscribe $25,000,
give ten acres in the city and secure the
right of way in the town and for ten miles
through the county. Most of this has been
done. Tlie sum of *20,000 has been sub
scribed. It needs only to lie increased by
*5,000. About tiio right of way there will
be no trouble and the ten acres will lie given.
No time should lie lost about raising the re
maining *5,000.”.
RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS.
Gleanings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
The sloop yacht Glance, Mr. F. S. I,ath
rop, came around from Isle of Hope yester
day and anchored at the foot of Price street,
on the opposite side of the river.
The steamer Alice Clark, from Augusta,
arrived here early yesterday morning She
lias been three weeks in making the trip.
The most of the time she spent on Cooney
Gut liar. Her cargo of cotton had to be
lightered liefore she could lie got off the bar.
She will proceed hence to ihe Altainalia
river to run on that route, ha v ing recently
iieen purchased, it is said, by parties in
Lumber City.
The German bark Elena, while on her
way to sea yesterday, grounded on a shoal,
a short distance below the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway Company’s
wharf. There was a very low tide yester
day, and vessels found some difficulty in
getting down the river. The Elena will
pt-oliably lie pulled off on this morning’s
tide.
The steamship Napier, outward bound,
grounded yesterday in front of Gordon’s
wharves. She will probably get off"to-day.
The place where the steamer stopped is ap
parently anew shoal, or lump, and ought to
be promptly removed. Vessels of the deep
est draft are now coining up to the city; in
fact, every year sees larger vessels at the
wharves, and any temporary bank thut
makes its appearance should receive imme
diate attention, so as not to change the good
reputation of the port for deep water.
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLE.
Thanksgiving Services Held in the
Synagogue.
The synagogue was crowded last night
when the opening services in cele
bration of the Feast of Tabernacle
began. At 6 o’clock they were com
menced by Rabbi I. P. Mendes. They
were services of thanksgiving and praise
for the blessings the Almighty has bestowed
upon the people of Israel, and are chiefly
commemorative of the seven days during
which the Jews dwelt in booths during their
wanderings in the wilderness. tServiees
will lie hold commencing at 10 o’clock this
morning. The celebration of the occasion
continues through the week and until 6
o’clock next Monday evening.
Fell off the Dock.
Policeman Roche found a negro named
John Rocking sitting on the steps of the
market dock yesterday afternoon. He was
under the influence of liquor, and seemed
very deserous of converting the ste[>s into
a bed, and taking a nap. The officer was
afraid the follow would fall in the river, so
he ordered him away. Rocking got up
and left, but when the officer walked off he
returned to his old place, and fell to dozing.
Roche had walked hardly a block when he
heard cries coming from the dock, and he
ran back, and found a white man aiui a
negro pulling the fellow out of the
water, into which he had fallen. Rocking,
although, he was not angry because an at
tempt at suicide had lieen foiled, began curs
ing his rescuers in a most outrageous man
ner, so he was removed to the barracks.
A Useful Precaution.
It is a useful precaution for the tourist., the
commercial traveler, or the emigrant to the
West, to take along Hostetter’s Stomach Bit
tors. Invalids who travel hy steamboat or rail
should provide themselves with it, in order to
prevent or remedy the nausea which I he jarring
and vibration or vehicles in transitu often
cause them. Vastly 1 "referable is It for this
simple, but needful purpose, to the heady un
medicated stimulants of commerce. On hoard
ship it not only remedies seasickness but neu
tralizes the pernicious effects of water slightly
brackish, which, if unqualified, is apt to give
rise to irregularities of the bowels, cramps in the
abdominal region and dysi>epsia. To the aerial
poison of malaria it is uu efficient aotidole.
Sick headache, heartburn and wind ills n the
stomach are prompt ly banished by it. It uealt li -
fully stimulates the kidneys and bladder, and
nullifies the early symptoms of rheumatism.
Office Desks, Etc.
The Tyler Desk Company, of St Louis
Mo., manufacturer of Office Desks and In
terior fittings for Banks, Court Houses and
Government Buildings, have just published
anew 100-page illustrated rntalogwiof new
designs. Architects and business men
should send for it; free, postage 7. j
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1887.
A SUGGESTION TO THE CITY
About Extending tho Broughton Street
Pavement Fast.
Editor Morniwj Sews: I believe the bill
authorizing the city to pave streets and
assess the cost of name on owners of adja
cent property has passed the General Assem
bly. if that is the case it is probable that
the much to be desired work of completing
the paving of Broughton street will be done
without delay. As that part of Broughton
street cast of Abereorn is at present not used
for business purposes, and much of t he prop
erty is o wins I by people of small means,
and does not bring very large rentals,
1 take tlie liberty of suggesting, as a matter
of economy, if tlie street *s paved, that, the
roadways lie not only narrowed by widen
ing the sidewalks, hut also by carrying out
the idea so often and so forcibly suggested
in the Morning News, of making grass
pints on either side. All that is i*equired in
that part of the street is to leave room for
two vehicles to jiass each other on either
side of the street car track.
I hope the city authorities will take heed
of the suggestion so often made in your col
umns in regard.- to street paving, as the
Morninu News 011 the paving question, as
in other matters, reflects the views of the
lieople of Savannah.
Broughton Street.
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
What is Going on in South Carolina’s
Metropolis.
Charleston’s public schools will reopen to
day.
Morris Thompson, who escaped from the
Georgia penitentiary about a month ago,
was captured Saturday by Sergt. Miller, of
the Charleston police. Thompson had five
years to serve, of which he has lieen im
prisoned only two years. The Georgia au
thorities notified the Charleston police that
Thompson was somewhere in the low eoun
try of South Carolina and Mr. Miller at
once concluded that the missing limn was at,
some of the phosphate works. He hoarded
a train on the Charleston and Savannah
railway at the junction Saturday afternoon
on which many of the phosphate hands
went into tlie city on Saturdays, and spotted
Thompson among the crowd. Mr. Miller
presented arms, and the convict threw up
nis hands and surrendered. Thompson has
iieen turned over to Sheriff Ferguson to be
sent back to Georgia.
Gossip of the Diamond.
As to the alleged fright of tlie New Or
leans team of being mobbed in Charleston,
the News mid Courier says that there was
not tho slightest ground for it. The only
possible ground, it says, was the thrashing
that Powell received on Thursday night,
and that was a purely personal matter. He
had taken advantage of his position to curse
and abuse the umpire in the most allusive
and obscene language. The umpire had 110
redress. He could not fine him ami he
could not resent the insult on the grounds.
He waited until the game wasoverand then
he fined Mr. Powell 111 the only way he could
fine him. As to mobbing, there was not
the slightest danger. There is not a man in
Charleston who would raise a finger against
any base ball player under any circum
stances. Nobody ever dreamed of doing it.
The danger existed, if it existed at all, only
in the minds of the New Orleans team. They
have gone. May they rest in peace.
The Southern League Record.
In the absence of any official figures, the
following is the nearest approach to the
record of the pennant race that can lie se
cured. It is an open question whether or
not New Orleans is credited in this with
four or more exhibition games with Mem
phis. It will lie seen that Charleston is
again down to third place, hut with the
probability of finishing second:
Posi
tion. Chilis. 1 Von. Tjost. Total. Per cent.
1. New Orleans... 66 38 104 . 635
2. Memphis 62 41 103 . 602
3. Charleston 61 41 102 .598
4. Birmingham 17 55 82 .207
Games Yesterday.
At Cincinnati—
Cincinnati 3 0 0,1 0 0 0 2 2 8
St. Louis 100001 00 o—2
Base hits Cincinnati 14, St. Louis 11. Errors
—Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 4.
At Ridgewood—
Brooklyn 3 1 A 0 0 3 o—7
Metropolitan 0 2 0 0 0 0 o—2
Base hits Brooklyn 12, Metropolitans 0.
Errors—Brooklyn 2, Metropolitan 7,
Local Personal.
Mayor Lester went North yesterday.
Dr. J. D. Martin left yesterday for a trip
North.
Dr. W. H. Elliott left yesterday for the
North on the City of Augusta.
Dr. George H. Stone has returned to the
city and will resume the practice of his
profession.
Miss Maggie Hull, daughter of Capt. F.
M. Hull, w’ent North yesterday on the City
of Augusta.
HOll. William Elliott, member-elect, from
the Beaufort (S. O.) Congressional district,
is in Washington.
Miss Addio and Caddie Stone, who have
been spending the summer in Vermont, re
turned yesterday.
Mrs. J. B Holst, of Columbus, and Miss
Carrie Backus, of this city, returned yes
terday from Norway, where they have
been spending the summer.
Dr. Wegefartli, quarantine physician,
will leave in a few days for Baltimore,
where he will spend some time in the hope of
regaining his health. Dr. Brunner, who
was in charge of the quarantine station, was
ordered to be released, and his place will lie
supplied by Dr. Peter Finney, who will as
sume charge this morning.
At the Hotels.
Screven House—P P Watson, Martins
ville, Va.; C. H. Smith, Florida; J. E.
Baldwin and wife, Palatka; Charles Rock,
Orlando; 0. I. Louek and wife, Diniedise,
Fla.; R. G. Hitt, Augusta; E, E. Powers,
Boston; John H. (Iranian, Charleston; J.
Fraenkel, New Orleans; Ed Brash, A. D.
Patrick, New York: John H. Pease, Nevada.
Harnett House—J. F. Townsend, Chicago,
III.; G. H. Mooney, Griffin; W. O. Summer
lin, Capt. W. H. Patterson, Darien: T. M.
Taylor, Jesup; W. A. Herring, Stockton: A.
J. bowner and wife, H. J. Sweet. New
Haven, Ct.; W. G. Keith and wife, Lyons,
N. Y.: J. A. Daniels, \V. H. Tarver,
Wrightsville; W. Dean, William Oakley, R.
J. Tierny, G. H. Pollock, New York.
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School Books.
A full lino of School Books and School
Supplies at New York prices at Wylly &
Clarkes.
1887. Fall Hats. 1888.
The most complete stock of Stiff and Soft
Hats, all the latest styles, just received, at
Nichols', I2S Broughton street.
At th ■ Harnett House, .Savannah, Oa.,
von get II the comforts of the high-priced
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nal
THE EFFECT OF THE FIRES
THE RESOLUTE AND DESSOUG DIS
CHARGING THEIR CARGOES.
Tho Engine Blows Off the Steam
Gauge in Trying to Break Loose the
Swelled Cotton in the Resolute—The
Dessoug’s Cargo Badly Burned, but
the Damage was Confined to the
Afterpart.
A survey was held yesterday on the Brit
ish steamship Resolute by J. S. Stewart,
Lloyd’s Agent, Capt. Steeves, of the Brit
ish steamship Lancaster, and a Port War
den accompanied by the British consular
representative, W. Robertson. They rec
ommended that the vessel lie discharged
immediately so as to relieve tho
ship. Messrs. Ward and Churchill
have over 300 men working on her, but it
is a very heavy job, and the work, under
the circumstances, is progressing very w’ell.
They expect to have out 1,00.1 bales by this
morning. It is being discharged on lighters
alongside, and is transferred up to the Cen
tral press, w here the vessel will go also as
soon as soon as she is floated, which will
probably be some time this morning.
The difficulty with which the cotton is
broken out canie near causing a serious ac
cident about 5:30 yesterday evening. A
donkey engine on the wharf blew out one
of the cocks of the steam gauge, tlie cloud
of steam just, missing Engineer Ferguson’s
face. It caused a scattering of all
in the neighborhood of the engine,
which was rendered useless by the accident.
Soon after the accident the ship's engines
and tackle W’ere got into shape, and they
commenced discharging tlie cotton by her
own steam. Owing to the strain put upon
them several blocks and hooks, as well as
hawsers, were broken.
The two tugs stopped pumping about li
o’clock, and the two donkey pumps of the
steamer are now kept continually going,
throwing powerful streams of water under
her own steam. The water in the vessel
got below tho furnaces by 6 o’clock, when
her fires were started. Owing to tho cotton
swelling so rapidly the bulkheads burst and
the decks around the forward mainhatch
started, cracking her plates and rivets. Her
cabins were tilled with water, and the furni
ture was all damaged, but the captain's
effects were got out on deck without being
wet.
Had it not been for the quick’work in dis
charging the ship the swelling cotton would
certainly have burst the vessel. The crew
deserve a great deal of credit for the man
ner in in which they went to work on the
fire as soon as it was discovered, and before
any of the tire department got to the vessel.
Their prompt work was of material aid
in keeping the fire in check. It was found
necessary to till Ihe vessel three times before
the fire was quenched, and even after this
some of the cotton came out smoking and
had to be thrown into the river. The Reso
lute is a single-decked iron vessel of ] ,980
tons gross register, and her deck is also of
iron, so it can be seen wliafc a terrific pres
sure must bo under it to crack plates and
start them.
Tho steamship Dessoug was brought
down yesterday morning to Paulsen’s wharf,
between Bull and Drayton streets, where
the work of discharging her cargo was com
rnenced. A lot of bay, which was
in the forward hatch, came out in
very good condition. Most of the
burned cargo was in the after hatch. The
largest part af the packages came out
burst open, and the mess on the wharf
presents a peculiar sight. Dry goods are
mixed up with burnt bacon and carpets in
rolls partly burned. The men quit work
at 0:30 o'clock last evening, and will re
sume this morning, as the cargo is not all
out yet. As soon as it is a survey of the
vessel will be had. It will probably take
place this afternoon.
THE OLD CEMETERY.
Its Improvement Advocated by “Pro
Bono Publico.”
Savannah, Oct. 1. —Editor Morning
News: The old cemetery problem now con
vulses this community, and argument is in
order as to whether or not the spot shall re
main as it is, with gaping graves revealing
their ghastly contents to every passerby,
and dilapidated vaults and tombstones,
ignored alike bv the church authorities who
claim ownership, the city government and
the descendants of the venerated people
who quietly slumber beneath the noxious
weeds growing luxuriantly within its once
hallowed precincts, or be transferred to the
custody of our County Commissioners,
who propose to carefully repair the
ruins now existing and render our
“old cemetery” a fit place for visitation by
the living. The bones so sadly neglected
and forgotten, even by their progeny, ex
cept when aroused to spasmodic bursts of
reverence by the proposition for their
proper care, would, in the latte. - event, be
placed in decent graves, around which the
future generations might gather, and upon
which they might drop the tears of sorrow.
I advocate tue contemplated change be
cause I believe it would lie for the best inter
ests of our people. Unlike some of my fellow
citizens who pretend to regard the ground as
hallowed because of the fact that some far
distant relatives whose faces they have
never seen, and whose given names can only
be recalled by reference to the family Bible,
lie buried there. I favor the proposed im
provement. Reverence for the sacred
ground is my predominating feeling. Ido
reverence it for the tender associations that
cluster around its hallowed precincts, and
from the fact that many of my first wife’s
relatives, for four or five generations back,
rest under the crumbled gravestones, and
foul vegetation that scents the air with its
foul odor, and out of this reverence springs
my desire to see the place more decently
cared for. Underneath one of those moss
covered oaks peacefully rests all that re
mains of one who, when in the flesh, was
my great-grandmother-in-law, and this fact
alone centers upon me the privilege of giv
ing unreserved expression to my sentiments.
Who dares to assert that such a relative is
not dear to a husband’s heart, and that her
precious bones, resolved, perhaps, to first
principles by the attrition of ever moving
time, are not entitled to his reverential re
gard.'
We all revere the memory of our ances
tors, and of the ancestors of our wives, our
cousins and our aunts, but where the great
est, good of the greatest number is involved,
and the public welfare is the objective point,
no one should hesitate to sacrifice the mere
sentiment that hovers over the littlo sjiot of
ground containing the dissolving bones of
even three generations long since passed
away, and whose very names can be ascer
tained only by a search through the pages
of the family Bible. Veneration for our
dead forefathers and mothers is a principle
that should be instilled into the minds of the
rising generation, who are too apt to forget
the glorious past an 1 roll marbles on the flat
stones that press upon the ancient dust.
Mark Twain’s vivid portraiture of his agony
at the tomb of lii.s long since departed first
parent, Adam, in far away Palestine, is
well calculat 'd to touch (he hardest heart,
ami his description of the deep sorrow that
ran unchecked through Ins manly bosom as
he gazed upon the whit" slab which market!
the sjiot where rested all that was mortal of
him to whom he was indebted for his origin,
should cause us to honor, not ridicule, the
person who was capable of cherishing such
exalted sentiment-.
Right here, however, is presented the
pertinent question, Is any sacrifice of
our reverential feelings required or de
manded; Emphatically, no! The saried
dust would Is- transferred to other spots
within the same enclosure; the grounds
would he cleared and lienutified, and in after
ages the great-grandchildren and the chil
dren’s children of the great-grandchildren
of the children of to-day could gather
around the well cared tor graves of those
who wore once their sire's great-grand sires,
and who stood as link.- midway in th" long
chain of genealogy between the occupants
of Noah's ark and themselves. Then, too,
these little hillocks might be festooned by
loving hands with garlands of sweet flowers,
and the grass which coders them watered by
the sympathetic tears of the descendants of
the occupants, even unto the one hundred
and seventh generation. We are all so
prone to drop bitter tears uj>on the last
resting-place of tiiose who were very dear
to our great-grandparents! Would that the
beloved and disenthralled spirits might once
more, even for a tew brief moments, occu
py the mortal elements buried beneath
these mounds, or shining, ghastly,
from the floors of the dilapidated vaults,
rise above the mass of rank vegetation
which, in mercy, partially screens them
from the reproachful gaze of those who pass
by, and eontemnlate, with grateful appre
ciation, the bitter anguish, the mournings
and the lamentations that well up from the
surcharged hearts of their reverential de
scendants of after ages. To them Rip Van
Winkle’s exclamation, “How soon we are
forgotten when we are gone!” would seem
but the outburst of a soured and disappoint
ed old man, who, as the result of a useless
and misspent life, had degenerated into a
misanthrope. Pro Bono Publico.
IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
What the Health Officer Has to Say of
the Criticisms on Quarantine Matters.
Office Health Officer, Savannah,
Oct. 2. — Editor Morniny News: As much
as 1 dislike newspaper publicity, 1 feel com
pelled, for self protection, to answer the ar
ticles which have recently been published,
charging neglect of official duty on the part
of the Ifealth Officer.
I will take the articles, seriatim, as pub
lished in the papers of the city, and for sub
stantiation of the truth of my statements, I
affirm that my official letter book will con
firm every point claimed by mo, and that
the same is open to the inspection of any in
quiring mind.
First: On September, 1887, the Captain of
the bark Edina complained, through the
print of the Morning News, that his vessel
had been detained one day one time at the
quarantine station, and that he was in
formed that it was occasioned by neglect of
the Health Officer in the city. I concluded,
at the time of publication, not to take no
tice of this little piece of effervescence, but
now think it best to give facts, which areas
follows: I issued permits for the bark Edina
to come to the city on afternoon of day,
upon which the quarantine officer notified
me that said vessel was ready to come to
the city. She came up the following day.
The permit from me was sent to the tugboat
office within two hours after the receipt of
notification of readiness from the quarantine
officer.
Second: In the Daily Times of Sept. 80,
it is stated that the brigantine Isabella,
from Hull river, had been in quarantine ten
i loi days, and that the Health Officer had
been written to twice by the captain and
that he had not replied to either letter.
These statements are absolutely false. The
brigantine Isabella arrived at quarantine
sometime during the night giaccording bo
the papers) on Saturday, Sept. -1, 1887.
I received notice of said vessel
being at quarantine on Sunday night,
Sept. 155, 1887. On Sept. 20, I wrote
order for the Isatiella to be allowed to come
to the city unless there was sickness on
board. 1 had to repeat this order, and the
vessel came up on Friday, Sept. 80,short six
days’ detention, instead often days There
was an unintentional delay to this vessel,oc
casioned by faulty communication with the
station. Up to this date I have not received
a scratch of a pen from the captain of the
Isabella. Let the stigma rest where it be
longs ; it does not touch me.
Third: In Morning News of Oct. 2, date,
the Captain of the schooner Belle Hooper,
complains of his detention and fumigation at
the quarantine station, his vessel iieing from
the West Indies through Philadelphia He
does not arraign me, but objects to t he regu
lations. I simply explain the case of his
vessel in justification of myself. At the
time when the schooner Belle Hooper arrived
at the quarantine station, the Sanitary
Board, of Savannah, had instructed
tiie Health Officer to so detain
and fumigate vessels under like
circumstances, t had no option. I had to
obey instructions given me, tiieir executive
officer. The clothing and bedding of the
crew were ordertxl fumigated, for the reason
that no such treatment was administered in
Philadelphia when said vessel arrived from
tho West Indies. If anything works incon
veniently in the quarantine department,
many persons are ready to blame the Health
Officer, and are not over-careful as to the
truth of statements promulgated, and in
tentionally or otherwise forget that he has
to conform to orders given him by the Board
of ijanitary Commissioners.
It is nothing but proper that I should be
arraigned for any neglect of official duties,
and it is gross injustice to me to be brought
before the community under false charges,
as are numbers one and two cited in this
communication. In closing this already too
long article I desire to say, Mr. Editor, that
you, in your editorial of yesterday’s date,
blame the Health Officer for not having
wharfage room at the Quarantine Station
to allow vessels to readily discharge ballast.
Is there not injustice in your strictures?
Strike higher! Look for larger game!
What have I to do with furnishing ballast
wharves at the quarantine station? I can,
and have recommended increase of unbal
lasting facilities at the quarantine station,
but you seem to think that all blame must
be sadd led upon me. Respectfully,
J. T. McFarland, M. D.,
Health Officer.
Wanamaker on Advertising.
John Wanamaker, the great Philadelphia
merchant, recently spoke as follows about
advertising:
“I never in my life used such a thing as a
poster, or dodger, or hand bill. My plan
for fifteen years has been to buy so much
space in a' newspaper and fill it up with
what I wanted. 1 wonld not give an ad
vertisement in a newspaper of 400 circula
tion for 5,000 dodgers or posters. If I
wanted to sell cheap jewelry, or run a lot
tery scheme, I might use posters, but I
would not insult a decent reading public
with hand bills. Tho class of people who
read such things are poor material
to look to for support in mercantile
affairs. I deal directly with the pub
lisher. I say to him ‘How long will you
let me run a column of matter through your
paper for SIOO, or SSOO, as the ease may bo.
l let him do the figuring, and if I think he
is not trying to take more than his share I
give him the copy. I lay aside the profits
on a particular line of goods for advertising
purposes. The first year I laid $3,000; last
year I laid aside and spent $40,000. I have
done better this year, and shall increase
that sum as the profits warrant it. I owe
my success to tiie newspapers, and to them
I shall freely give a certain profit of my
yearly business. "
Lung Troubles and Wasting
diseases can be cured, if properly treated in
time, as shown by tiie following statement
from D. I’. Freeman, Sydney: “Having
been a great sufferer from pulmonary at
tacks. and gradually wasting away for the
past two years, it affords me pleasure to
testify that. Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver
()il with Lime and Soda has given me great
relief, and I cheerfully recommend it to all
suffering in a similar way to myself. In
addition, I would say that it is very pleas
ant to taka”
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,
For sale by R. B. ('assels, corner Taylor and
East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
Umbrellas.
Gloria, wears better than silk, for $2 50,
silver-tip SB, gold-tip $3 50, Ginghams from
$1 upward, all selling low to show our
patrons that we have moved to the north
east corner of Congress and Whitaker
street*.
School Shoes
Almost at your own price, at Nichols’,
128 Broughton street
Weather Indications.
Special indications for North
fAjR Carolina, South Carolina and Geor
____ gia: Slightly warmer, fair followed
by cooler weather, w'ith light rains
in northern portion of North Carolina, light
to fresh southwesterly veering to westerly
winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Ravan
nah, Oct. 2. 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years. *
Departure ( Total
Mean Temperati re from the j Departure
j Mean I Since
for 15 years Oct.2, U 7. I or Jan. 1,1887.
70 0 78 0 8.0 1 510.0
(Vimparat ivt* rainfall statement:
71 _ . . Departure Total
Mean Daily Amount , f rom the Departure
for ~ /?> F j Mean i Since
lb sears. : Oct.2, 87. or _ ,r an . 1,1887.
72 | 00 | .12 | -11.76
Maximum temperature 83. minimum tem
perature 62.
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:88 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was 7.0 feet—a fall of 2.8 during the past
twenty-four nours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing 6 p. m., Oct. 2. 1887. 75th Meridian
time.
~" Districts. j Average.
.. N c°,„ of Max. Min. Rain-
Name. tions TeI "P Te,u P fall.
1. Atlanta 11 80 56 Oil
2. Augusta 12 84 56 .00
S. Charleston 5 84 58 .00
4. Galveston 17 86 64 .00
5. Little Rook 11 86 6(1 *T
6. Memphis 39 82 60 *T
’7. Mobile 6 84 48 *T
8. Montgomery 7 82 54 .00
9. New Orleans 3 82 60 .u 0
10. Savannah 11 61 56 .00
11. Vicksburg 4 84 56 *T
12. Wilmington 7 82 54 00
Averages I • - •
XT denotes trace of rainfall.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah. Oct. 2. 3:38 p. M.. city time.
Temperature.
Direction. ] ?
I §
Velocity. ! 9
Rainfall.
Name
OF
Stations.
Portia <1 56 1 AV ... (IS Cloudy.
Boston 58 W ..I .02 Clear.
Block Island 62,8 W .. .12 Raining.
New York city ... 62j W.. .... Clear.
Philadelphia 64' W Clear.
Detroit sfj 8 .. .... Cloudy.
Fort. Buford ...I —j
Bt. Vincent ! ■ j
Washington city.. 64 ! Clear.
Norfolk W Fair.
Charlotte SW ..I. /Clear.!
Hatteras 7*;BW lOi •<dear.
Titusville j 78 K 6 . Fair.
Wilmington (18 8 W ... Clear.
Charleston I 12,8 W.. .... Clear.
Augusta 66 W Clear.
Savaxnah 74! S 6:.... 'Fair.
Jacksonville 74 \ '....Clear.
Cedar Keys 76) N 6 Cloudy.
Key West 80 E 8 .. Fair.
Atlanta 72 S W 12 ~.. Clear.
Pensacola 74 !.. Cloudy.
Mobile I 76|S Ej Cloudy.
Montgomery I 70. Si ... 'Clear.
Vicksburg i 72) Si Clear.
New Orleans | 74 E ICioudy.
Shreveport 72 8 Clear.
Fort Smith 76 SW Cloudy.
Galveston. ! 78)8 E ...... Cloudy.
Corpus Christi j 78 8 W 12'— Clear
Palestine j 70. S 6).... Clear.
Brownesville 78 E , Cloudy.
Rio Grande
Knoxville 72 8 W Clear.
Memphis 72! S j.. .... Clear.
Nashville 72! 8 ..).... Clear.
Indianapolis 70SW *T .Raining.
Cincinnati 70 8W .. .... Cloudy.
Pittsburg 62j S j..— .Clear.
Buffalo 58| S 1 ...... 1 (Hear.
Cleveland t 58:8 E |... Clear.
Marquette 56| S }.. 01 Raining.
Chicago 56 S W ..! .50 Cloudy.
Duluth 6018 Wi. . j .... Clear.
St. Paul 52; W ... .02:Clear.
Davenport 50 NW.-.i .32[Clear.
Cairo.. 74 8 W Cloudy.
Bt. Louis 64 NW . ,06 Cloudy.
Leavenworth... 54 NW Clear.
Omaha 60! W !..! ... Clear.
Yankton 56)NWj..‘ (dear.
Bismarck 54 W Clear.
Deadwood 44 W|. Fair.
Cheyenne SO S . i Cloudy.
North Platte 52 8 W 06 Fair.
Dodge City 60 N E Clear.
SantaFe 62 8 E . i ...iClear.
*T denotes trace of rainfall.
G. N. Salisbury Signal Corps.
School Books.
Remember, we sell all books used in the
schools at the lowest prices.
Wylly & Clarke.
Notice.
We take great pleasure in announcing to
our friends, and the public in general, that
we have opened a Special Custom Depart
ment, which will be conducted under our
own personal supervision. We are now
ready, and have on hand a full line of Fall
and W inter Samples, to which we call spe
cial attention, particularly to styles, fabrics
and prices. This will enable such parties
that wear extra end odd sizes to have their
clothing made to measure with very little
extra cosrt. Wo guarantee a fit in every in
stance or no sale. To those who intend hav
ing their fall and winter clothing made by
us, we would respectfully ask them to place
their orders early. Very respectfully,
Appel & Schaul, One Price Clothiers,
163 Congress street, opposite market.
School Books.
A full line of School Books and School
Supplies at New York prices at Wylly &
Clarke’s.
Boys’ Blue Hats for 25c.
“The Famous” has removed to 144 Con
gress street, northeast corner of Whitaker.
In order to call attention to the removal,
will sell a nice Boy’s Blue Hat or Polo Cap,
for 25c., Knee Pants, age 4 to 13, for 50c. to
75c., Suits, 4to 13, for #2 50, Also a reduc
tion in prices on all our Men's and Youths’
Clothing. Get the prices of any of
our competitors, then come to see
us, and you will be convinced
that we can sell any • grade suit
wanted at a saving of $2 50to $5 00, as we
manufacture our clothing, and sell them at
prices our competitors buy them at.
School Books.
Remember, we sell all Books used in the
schools at the lowest prices.
. wylly & Clarke.
High Class Bronze Statuary, Etc.
Our senior is back from New York. Our
citizens who appreciate handsome and ar
tistic effects in Bronze, are cordially invited
to visit our warerooms and inspect the
grandest display of most beautiful de
signs in ornamental and decorated art ever
placed before the Ha van mill public. Faust
and Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re-
Ue.ro, are gents worthy of the poetic interest
that attaches to the weird ana mystic. Re
sides wo are receiving, almost daily, invoices
of beautiful objects of virtu in the latest
and most novel conceits. Our display of
fine Silverware is unapproachable in quality
and quantity and variety. In Dia
monds we, of course, lead, and our stock of
Fine Jewelry merits attention. Our aim to
be the Jewelry Palace of this city will,
we think, be established by this season’s dis
play, and we request the public to favor us
with a visit of inspection regardless of a de
sire to purchase. M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street
Fall Clothing
Beginning to arrive. Ready to show a nice
selection for early fall wear, also fall Over
coats. They are nicer and prices lower
than ever, to show our customers that we
have removed to the northeast corner Con
gress and Whitaker streets. The Famous
New York Clothing House manufacture all
the clothing they sell, dealing direct with
the consumer. We save every one who
buys of us at least 25 per cent
BAKING POWDER.
Pill
,jj^|
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity
Strength and Wholesomeness. More economy
cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot he sold
in competition with Ihe multitude of low test
short weight alum or phosphate powders Solii
only in cons. Royal Baking Powder Cos., 106
Wall street, New York.
LUDDEN A BATES S. M. H
NEW ARRIVALS.
QAA BOXES, with handsome Lithograph on
O‘tl * cover, containing 24 sheets good Note
and 24 Barronial Envelopes. Price only 19 cents.
4*oo Boxes, with handsome Lithograph on
cover, containing 24 sheets Letter Paper and 34
Letter Envelopes. Only 15 cents.
1.000 Boxes Fine Stationery, contents 24 sheets
Paper, 21 Envelopes. 1 L. & B. 8. M. H. Inserted
■Rubber Nickle Tipped Lead Pencil. 2 L. & B. 3.
M. 14. Steel Pens, 1 Penholder, 1 Blotting Pad!
25 cents each.
1,000 Boxes Elite Correspondence Stationery,
24 sheets Paper, 24 Envelopes. 35 cents.
500 Boxes Regent Cards, handsome Lit hograph
Top Box, 24 fine Bristol Cards and Envelopes to
match. 25 cents.
500 Boxes Mourning Stationery, contains 24
sheets Mourning Paper and 24 Mourning En
velopes. 40 cents.
1,000 Reams of L. & B. 8. M. H. Fine Writing
Paper in Notes, Congress, letter. Fools Cap,
legal Cap and Bell Cap. Price 20 cents a pound.
500 Gross Steel Pens at 75c. gross, 10c. dozen.
Special Notice to the Public.
Above goods represent some of the styles
known as popular lines of Box Paper, Ordinary
Writing Paper and popular styles of Steel Pens.
While the quantities mentioned may seem
large, we have the exact quantities of each
article mentioned, and they comprise but a
small part of our stock of correspondence sta
tionery. We have all the latest styles of Papers,
and our assortment comprises in variety choice
selections and popular prices with the stocks
carried in the larger Eastern and Western cities.
How can we do it? Carry such a stock, aim
ph' by supplying the consumers of fine Station
cry in every section of the South. We et up
sample l>ooks and price lists and make ft easy
for }H*ople to buy good good* through the mails,
thus enabling us to handle laree quantities of
the goods and give all the benefit or low price*
which we are enabled to offer by making large
and frequent purchases. 9
L,. B. 8. M. H.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
A. J. Miller & Go.’s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
OCCUPIES A SPACES OF OVER
30,000 SQUARE FEET,
And is filled with the Choicest Line of Goods to
be found anywhere. The advantages to be ob
tained by having such an immense and complete
stock to'select from will be 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 any one in the South.
Our workmen arc skilled mechanics, and our
salesmen the most polite.
A. J. MILLER & CO.
IIS, 1,1(1 and 152 BROGiHTON ST.
WHEAT GRANULES.
A
DELICIOUS
BREAKFAST DISH
HECKER’S
Wheat Granules.
DAVIS BROS.
GRiIWIMDEM
FOR
SCHOOL BOOKS
AND
SCHOOL SUNDRIES.
We have furnished all of the Teachers with
printed lists of the BOOKB that will be used in
their rooms. For the benefit of all we have at
tached the exact cost of each Book. On all Of
the new BOOKS that will lie introduced this sea*
season, we have arranged to buy the old
B< >OKB.
This will reduce the cost to our many cus
tomers for BOOKS to a very low figure. Send
all of the little folks to us, as we have stock
enough to furnish the town.
DAVIS BROS,
42 and 44 Bull Street.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
State
or
Weather.