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8 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. Skinny Men. Wells’ “Health ltenewer” restores health and vigor, cures dyspasia, impotence, ner vous debility. For weak men, delicate worn en. sl. Wells’ Hair Balsam. If gray, restores to original color. An elegant dressing, softens and lieautifies. No oil or grease. Atonic Restorative. Stops hair coming out; strengthens, cleanse*, heals scalp. 50c. ‘‘Rough on Piles.” Why suffer piles' Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. Ask for “Rough on Pil<>s." Kuee i-nre for itching, protrud ing, bleeding or any form of Piles. 50c, At druggists or mailed. 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 1' ho el , a id save from (1 to $2 per day. Try it and bo convinced.— Boston Home Jour 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.