The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, October 05, 1887, Page 8, Image 8

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8 KEPTOITBY QUARANTINE WHAT SHIPPING MEN SAY ABOUT THE LOCAL LAWS. Long Detention, Exorbitant Charges and Inadequate Quarantine Facilities Iniuring the Business of the Port- How the Coffee Trade Was Driven Out-Some of the Complaints Made. The quarantine regulations at this port are the cause of complaint by nearly every see captain who brings a vessel hero, and they are fast driving away from Savannah vessels that otherwise seek trade here. It is a well known fact among all shippers that Savannah is avoided by vessels unless there are great inducements for them to come here, and the only reason is that they are put to all sorts of inconveniences, expenses and delays by the quarantine requirements. There is no objection to quarantining when there is reason for it, but vessels that come from ports that are not proscribed, and that, have been thirty or forty days at •ea are sometimes fumigated as if they had come from infected districts, while at other times vessels coining from jwrts that have been quarantined regularly in years pre vious. are allowed to come to the city with out, being fumigated. IRREGULAR QUARANTINING. Ijist year the Cape de Verde Islands were Suarantined. but this year they are not. hipping men say that they know no reason for that, and it gives them but a poor idea of quarantine, for if there was reason to fumigate vessels from the Cape de Verde Islands last year why not this year The conditions of the islands so far as health is concerned has been the same both years. The detention of the Belle Hoo|iei is cited by all shippers as the example of foolish quarantine regulations. Coming from Barbados, a windward port, noted for its healthfullness, she discharges her cargo of sugar at Philadelphia and takes a Philadelphia crew, then came to Savannah and was detained at quarantine and fumi gated. They think that if she was healthy enough for Philadelphia, she ought to have been healthy enough for Savannah. UNNECESSARY DETENTION. One shipper said: “To state the case simply, I claim that if a vessel comes from even a suspected port, with a clear bill of health, has had no sickness aboard during the voyage and has been to sea for twenty five or thirty days it is simply nonsense to lay her up at quarantine for nobody knows how long and fumigate her. But quaran tine here goes even further than that. If a vessel comes from a healthy port she is fumigated, if the port is in a suspected lati tude. although she may have a clean bill of health, and may have made her voyage without having a single case of sickness of M3- kind.” CAUSES OE COMPLAINT. One great trouble is the lack of room at the station. Two small sailing vessels can discharge there at the same time, but there is but one berth for steamers, and some steamers cannot get to this wharf at all. It has only been a short while since a vessel was required to PH3- $l'JO to have a lighter brought down to her because she could not get to the wharf to discharge her sand bal last. This, it is said, is liecause the govern ment jetty, which has been re<-ently built there, has caused a shoaling at the station and left no depth of water. It was the in tention to make the jetty a discharging point, but the government appropriation ran out, the officer in charge of the work left the city, aud the people seem to have taken no interest in the matter since his departure. This limited w harfage makes the stay at quarantine ver>- uncertain. Vessels have to take their turn in going to the wharf, and sometimes they have to remain in waiting for several days. They then discharge and are fumigated, and then there is a wait of at least six <ta3-s more. A USELESS WAIT. One shipper said yesterday that the six days' wait after fumigation Is a great an noj-anee. and is generally considered a use less one, unless a vessel has come from an infected port, but it would not be half as bad if there was a certainty of being re leased after six days. “I have inquiries about the length of time a vewsel will have to remain at quarantine.' be said, “and when 1 try to find out the answer is, minimum six days. That mini uiura drives many- a vessel away. They might as well “ say three weeks as minimum six days. When a man starts a piece of property that is worth in t he neighborhood’ of $150,000. as 1 he.*’ teamers are, to a port he wants some assurance of the number of days she will lose. He does not w ant such an answer as is given, for ever)- day his vessel lies at quarantine he loses $75, and he wants to know just how long he will have to lose that amount per day, and when he is told that it will be for at least six days, and may t* indefinitely, ho is not going to stop here if he can find another port where he can make more money. QUARANTINE OF OTHER PORTS. “There are a great many vessels,” he con tinued, “that are engaged in the trade between Liverpool ana Havana, but they never come here. They go to New Orleans, and i think that if New Orleans tan put up with regulations that are sufficiently lenient to admit ships that we can also.” Another evil complained of by the shippers is a lack of communication between quarantine and the city. Vessels put 111 here for orders, and they- are detained at the station and frequently cannot get word to the city that they are* there. It is thought that there should he some means of com municating in order to facilitate the move ments of vessels. Another complaint is the heavv expense of fumigation. QUARANTINE CHARGES. The hill which a vessel that recently came into port had to pay was s‘,i“ This, sav the shippers, opens another question. It is reasonable to charge the vessels the cost of fumigation, although the quarantine is maintained by the city, and for the benefit of the city, still the vessels would willingly j*y the cost if they had to Py no more, but quarantine is made a source of reve nue. According to the last report <>f the Mayor the expenses of quarantine tor 1 sKii were s“.N4ft “4, w Idle the receipts were $4,!P>4, or nearly- double. This is put in the same category with the port charges that are now being disputes!. It. is claimed that it is unconstitutional for the city to turn quarantine into a souri-e of revenue, on the ground that it is levying a duty upon commerce. DISPOSING OF THE BALLAST. But the charges are not all. The crews of the vessels di-charge her ballast and are then required to haul it to whatever point the ouarantine officer may select and level it. The shippers make the claim that 11 i> the duty of the city to remove and level the ballast after the crew has discharged it. and when the citv compels the vessels to do it the city places upon the vessels 1111 expense and Durden that they ought not to bear. The shippers all say that without doubt the quarantine regulations are in many cases nonsensical: that they are driving commerce away from this w irt, and that they are giving the jiort a bad name the worlcf over. But they sar • hov have their bands in the lion's mouth and all they can do is to withdraw it as gently as jiossible. EFFECT ON THE COFFEE TRADE. The effect of the present system of quar antine has been to crush out altogether the coffee importing trade. Weed* Cornwell were for forty-eight years one of the largest roffee importing houses in the South. The firm stopped importing nearly two years ago because it was unable to carry oh the business under the rigid quarantine’in force here C. M. Gilbert & Cos., another large importing firm, was driven out of the trade because ft could not stand the quarantine. The unnecessary detention of vessels and ; the exorbitant charges for fumigation com ! pletely ate up the business. CARGO EATEN UP. Mr. ,1. D. Weed cited an instance yester ! day where a vessel from Rio Janiero with coffee, arrived at quarantine Aug. Her I cargo was not allowed to lie lightered until Oct. Hi. and the vessel was not allowed to I come up until November. There was 110 j sickness on board, nor had there been any. The \essel left Rio Janiero in mid winter, and was kept at qtiar- I antine here ninety days. It was | such regulations as these that stopped Sa vamiah's coffee importing trade. Mr. Weed 1 has given a good deal of study to the quar 1 antine question, and is well posted in regard Ito it. "It is not a question whether quaran tine i> injuring the business of the jsirt,” he said. “There is no question about it. It is a well-known fact.” OPPOSED TO CITY TIME. The Movement to Adopt Standard Time, Only-, Warmly Approved. The movement to alwlish city time is almost unanimously- approved by the entire community'. So far only one dissenting voice has been heard, but everybody who has been spoken to has expressed the earn est hope that the City I kmncil would make the change as soon as possible. The news papers m numbers of cities have com mented upon the movement and fully in dorsed it. They have unanimously expressed surprise that Savannah had clung so long to the useless city time, and hope that “she will place herself in the rank with other cities and get out of the country town atmosphere bv adopting standard time.’’ Alderman Herman Myers said yesterday that personally- lie was in favor of standard time only. When the matter is considered in Council he will have to take into consid eration the wishes of the majority, but if he followed his personal preference, he would most certainly vote to adopt standard time only. He said: "The citv must come to it inevitably. It may he six months from now, but it must come. The whole country lias adopted it and standard time is a settled thing, and Savannah will have to adopt it sooner or later.'’ Alderman Bogart said that he had not given the matter much consideration as he presumed that it would be thorougly dis cussed when it is brought up in Council and he would ha\ e time and an opportunity to study it then. He thought that standard time only would be better because it would lie simpler, but he would not like to say that he had an opinion on the subject, until he heard it discussed. Another Alderman said that he was de cidedly in favor of standard time, and when Council takes the matter up ho will certainly vote for it, unless arguments strong enough to change his opinion are advanced, and he could not see wliat could In' said in favor of the city time. So far no arguments have lieen advanced in favor of city time, and the only op ponents the movement has, and they are very few, are those who labor under the impression that the change will affect the hours of labor. COU ANDERSON’S SUCCESSOR. P. Alston Waring Appointed Assistant Postmaster. The work of inspecting the post office ac counts is still going on, but Inspector Wil liamson thinks it will be concluded this morn ing. Col. Anderson has turned over the key of the vault to him and it is now in his possession. Col. Anderson said that he only v anted to retain the key until Capt. Wil liamson lmd verified the report of wliat was in the vault, and when that was done he surrendered the key, but there was no talk of sending for a United States Marshal to arrest him. It was reported yesterday that Capt. Williamson had threatened to send for a marshal, but be positively denied that he had ever made such a threat. The whole matter now stands as it did on the day pre vious, and nothing definite is known about th<‘ accounts. Postmaster Lamar sup planted Col. Anderson yesterday by ap pointing Mr. P. Alston Waring Assistant Postmaster. He has teen the money order clerk. Mr. Richard Larcomb, former registry clerk, wa* promoted to the money order desk, and Mr. C. N. Howard from stamp to registry clerk. THE CATHEDRAL OUT OF DEBT. The "Little Children of the Poor” to Es tablish a “Home for the Aged Poor.” Ristaop Becker stated on Sunday that the entire indebtedness incurred in the erection of the Cathedral of "Our Lady of Perpetual Help” hail been liquidated. He also an nounced that the order of the “Little Chil dren of the Poor" is about to be established in Savannah, and that a numlier of members will soon arrive from Baltimore. The labors of the order will be devoted to the establishment of a “Home for the Aged Poor." The necessity for such an institution has lieen rec ognized for a numlier of years, but owing to the number of rails upon the church for funds for other purposes, it was not thought advisable to undertake this additional charge until the present time. It is under stood that a suitable place has been selected, in fact there are several buildings that can lie obtained which will answer admirably for the purpose, and as soon as the organi zation is perfected, the work of col lecting the necessary' funds will begin. ITS FIRST YEARS WORK. The German-American Loan Associa tion's Annual Meeting. The German-American Mutual Loan and Building Association held its first annua! meeting last night. The Treasurer's report showed a total of twenty-two loans, repre senting $.£!,000, were made during the year. The profits by premiums on these loans were $10,450, and the total expenses of the association were SI,.VIU:<S, giving a net profit of #8,840 15, or 10 per cent. |>er share, l'he re|xirt is a very gratifying showing for the first year's work. The entire old board of officers was re elected as follows: President—Maj. John Schwarz. Vice President -V. K. Studer. Treasurer—Waring Russell. Secretary and Solicitor— L. L. Laznron. Board of Directors- Nicholas Paulsen, P. H. Moeller, Rigmund J. Epstein, J. F. Tietjen. E. A. M. Schroeder and Salomon Cohen. WILL NOT GO TO ATLANTA. The Chatham Artillery Decides Not to Visit the Exposition. The Chatham Artillery will not visit the Piedmont Exposition. A meeting of the company was held last night and it was de cided that on account of the inability of most of the members to leave their business the company will not he represented. At the present time, in the rush of business, it is a difficult matter for a sufficient number to leave to make a creditable showing for the company, and in view of this it was de cided not to be represented at all. Some members of the company may go up but. they will go as individuals. A Sad Case of Distress. The Morning News is requested to call the attention of the charitable to a sad case of want and distress ilia whole family living near the White Bluff road, just beyond the city limits. The family consists of a mother —an invalid with consumption—her two children, one an infant at the breast and a sister, w ho is also sick, but who is trying to care for the family. Rev. G. W. Ftsse, the missionary, has been helping and getting a few- friends to assist him in caring for these unfortunates, but they need more assist ance. Any one who will contribute, can send their contributions to Rev. Mr. Fis.sc direct, or to him through the MokmNg j News office. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1887. THE BALL PARK BLAZE. The Fencing and Grand Stand on the Abercorn Street Grounds Burned. Base ball fought against odds in this com munity for a long time, and finally died a natural death, and now the fire fiend is try ing to wipe out all remembrance of its former existence. The grand stand at the park caught fire about 1 o'clock this morning, and now n charred framework stands as a melancholy monu ment over the grave of the game. The park has lieen a lodging house for tramps for some time past, and it is supposed that they set fire to it in some w’ay. It was probably an accident, for they would hardly have fired their own shelter on purpose. The stand caught at the eastern end, and all of that part which was under cover burned, and also a [rt of the fence. The fire department was called out and three engines responded. They could not save any part of the stand that caught l -ause the dry wood burned like tinder, but they prevented the flames from spreading to the adjoining stand, and stopped the burning of the fence. The cost of erecting the stand was about sl*oo, but the loss w ill not amount to more than the value of the old lumber. CHASE FOR A COTTON THIEF. A Prowling Wharf Plunderer Swims Under Water to Escape Capture. Early yesterday morning the watchman at the upper cotton press discovered a ne gro lurking on the eastern end of the wharf. The watchman went to him and questioned him as to his business there. The negro said that he had been working on the steam ship Resolute the night previous and had gone to sleep on the wharf. On being asked who he had been working for ha could not tell, but said that it was for the man that wore the white hat. This aroused the w atchman’s suspicions and he called to the watchman on the Resolute. The negro was then asked his name and he replied John Brown. The two watchmen came to the conclu sion that he was after some of the cotton, a number of bales of which were lying in the river between the ship and the dock. The watchman ordered the suspect not to leave the wharf, but the negro watched his opportunity and started off on a run. 7 lie watchman ran after him with his pistol out, but just as lie was about to tire h sailor who had come in by the gate got lietween the negro and the watchman. The latter called to the sailor to strip the fugitive. The sailor marie a grab, but the negro eluded him, and ran on down to the western end of the wharf where he took a header overboard, and swam up the river to the West Broad street slip. The watchman on the steamship had come ashore by this t ime, and ran out the gate to head him off. but he was too late, the swim mer had got ashore before the watchman could get to him. The chase continued down to the Central railroad, but the negro was too fleet of foot, and finally got away. The watchman on the steamer says he could easilj’ have shot him in the water, but he did not know the circumstances and did not fire. THROUGH CITY. Items Gathered Here and There by the News Reporters. The City Council will meet to-night. A. R. Lawton, Jr., returned yesterday from the North. Golden Rule lodge No. IJ, I. O. O. F., meets this evening. Georgia Chapter Royal Arch Masons will hold a regular convocation to-night. The Grand lodge of Freemasons of Georgia will be held in Macon, on Tuesday, Oct J 5. A regular meeting of Magnolia Encamp ment No. 1. I. O. O. F., will be held this evening. Gov. and Mrs. Rufus B. Bullock were passengers on the steamship Chattahoochee yesterday from New York. The sale of reserved seats for Barry* and Fav in “Muloahey’s Big Party” will begin at "Davis Bros, this morning. There were but four arrests at the bar racks up to midnight of last night. They will appear before court this morning. The Equitable I,oan and Building Asso ciation will hold its first annual meeting and t hirteenth regular monthly meeting to night, at the Secretary’s office, No. IIS Bryan street. Henry Evans and John Tyndall two firemen belonging to the British steamship Lykus, went aboard that vessel early- yesterday morning. and stole a blanket, and then de serted the ship. The watchman alumni of her observed them, and came ashore making complaint to policeman Jones at the Market, who arrested them. The Acting Mayor turned them over to the Captain of the Lykus. RIVER AND HARBOR NEWS. Gleanings Among the Shipping and Along the Whartes. The bark Wolgunde has lieen chartered in New York to load guano for this port. This is the first guano vessel for the fall season. The Welguude is owned here. The German bark was still ashore yester day, but lighters were alongside lightering a part of her cargo. She probably was pulled off on last night's tide. The w ork of discharging the British steam ship Resolute tvas resumed y esterday morn ing and continued through the day until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, w hen the men quit work, it is said, owing to a tele gram being received from the New York underwriters ordering the work discontin ued. As it is, more than half of the cargo has been discharged, and probably the most difficult part of the w ork has lieen done. It is very probable that no mors night work will lie done on the vessel, but that she will be discharged by’ day. Local Personal. Col. John Screven left yesterday for the North. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Daniels went North yesterday on the Tallahassee. Mrs. William P. Bailey returned home yesterday, alter a two months' pleasure trip Pi New York and the White Mountains. The Engadine Bouquet, Atkinson < n*w perfume. This superb distillation sweetly' recalls fragrant .Swiss flowers. Bright jewels in a setting of perpetual snow. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. James S. Silva & Son. Lyons Block, Broughton Street. We wish to remind housekeepers, when replenishing their household goods, that at our store can lie found a choice assortment of plain and fancy China and Glassware more varied aud complete than ever liefore. We keep all the little conveniences and latest novelties so sought after by the ladies. TO KEEP YOU WARM We ha - , e Kerosene Stoves, Coal Hods, Coal Vases. Kite Digs, Fenders, Shovels and Tongs, Pokers. Blower Stands, etc. Reinember to see us when in need of any thing in our line. Jas. S. Silva &. Son. Elegant Houses for Rent. See the advertisement in for rent column, third page, of four elegant new residences on New Houston street, two stories on brick basement, eleven rooms and all comforts. Particulars of R. S. Claghorn. Stringless Beans and Sweet Sifted Peas at lister's. Oak, Pine and Lightwood, For sale by R. B. t 'assels, corner Taylor and East Br*’ id streets. Telephone No.it. Pure old Scuppernong Wine at Lester’s. TOO FAR FROM BUSINESS. OPPOSITION TO THE NEW POST OFFICE SITE. The Cotton Exchange Protests Against Locating the Public Building South of South Broad Street A Mass Meet ing to be Held at the City Exchange at Noon To-Day. The opposition to Inc iting the new pub lic building on the Oglethorpe Barracks site is taking definite shape. The Cotton Ex change met yesterday and passed resolutions protesting against the removal of the post office so far beyond the business centre of the city, anrl a formal protest, embodying the substance of the resolutions was tele graphed to Secretary Fairchild. TIIE COTTON EXCHANGE. The general sentiment of the business community is opposed to the barracks site. A large majority of the members of the Cotton Exchange are very pronounced in their opposition to any site south of South Broad street. Individual members have their preferences as to location, but the Ex change favors any available site between Whitaker and Drayton streets, and not fur ther south than South Broad. The resolu tions adopted l>v the Exchange were offered by Mr. F. M. Earley. OI’POSED TO THE BARRACKS. Whereas, it is reported that the govern ment contemplates purchasing a portion or all of the Oglethorpe Barracks lot as a site for the proposed public building, and whereas the said lot is so far removed from the business centre of the city that the locat ing thereon of the post office would entail great loss and inconvenience to the commer cial and mercantile interests of the commu nity, and whereas, it is the opinion of this Exchange that a site can lie had within the district south of Bay, north of South Broad and between Drayton and Whitaker streets that would suit in every way as well as the bar racks lot, or any other in the city for court rooms, and Vic far more convenient for the post office. A FORM Al. PROTEST. Therefore , he it rew'lreii. That this Ex change, through its President and Secre tary, enter with the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury its earnest protest against locating the post office as proposed; be it further rrxolretl, That the Acting Mayor of the city lie requested to call a meeting of citizens at the Long Room of the Exchange on the earliest day practicable of this week, said meeting to be at l:i o'clock noon, to give sveh expression relative to the matter as to all may seem best. HOW THE VOTE STOOD. The vote on the resolutions was lift to 7. (.'apt. Henry Blun, and Messrs. E. M. tireen, J. C. Rowland, John Nisbet and R. R. Dancy were the principal opposition. Supt. Bryan, telegraphed the sulistanceof the resolutions to the Secretary of the Treas ury immediately upon the adjournment of the meeting, and a copy was also sent to Acting Mayor Schwarz, who has issued a call for a citizens meeting at the Exchange Ixing Room at 1 ":M0 o'clock today. TALK ON THE STREET. A leading member of the Exchange said last night that there are plenty of sifi-s that can be had without going way out of reach of the business portion of the city. Bay street business men arc satisfied with the post office where it now is. They are will ing. though, that it shall go farther south, even to South Broad street, it a desirable site can be secured, but they arc not willing that it shall he pul where the government preposes to put it. This is the way Bay street looks at it. A POST OFFICE FOR THE PEOPLE. “The post office, ’’ said a leading cotton merchant, “is for the people, and it ought to be where it suits tno largest number. The barracks is too far out of the way for that."’ The almost unanimous sentiment along the Bay, and on Broughton and Congress streets is strongly opposed to the proposed location. The matter was the topic of talk everywhere yesterday, and the talk was almost all one way. Judge Harden and His Court. Savannah,(la., Oct. 4. —Editor Morning yen s: In the local columns of the Morn ing News of Sept. (Monday), under the heading “Prisoners Piling Up—The Jail Overcrowded—Doubling Up in the Cells,” appeared the following: (I quote ‘only as much of the article as applied to mel: "Neither Juilei* Hanlon nor Judge Adams will ivturu before November, and what will be done with the number of prisoners who will be com mltted to jail in (he meantime i a question of iiniwirtance. Keen now it is somi-tii.ies neces sary to put four in one cell, and the ceils are not large enough for any four human beings to live in. "One of the principal reasous for the establish ing of the <ii\ iv>urt was |i> have a court that would sit weekly am! seep tho jail clear, but in adjourning for four and five months at a time, prevents the carrying out of this purpose, in dicts an unit-, up h irdship upon the prisoners, and emban asses the authorities very greatly." This amounts to a statement which the public would regard as reliable: I. That 1 was certainly to be absent until November. 11. That it was principally to have a court that would sit weekly, to dear the jail, that the City Court was established, and 111. Thatd defeated that object, inflicted unusual hardships upon the prisoners, and embarrassed the authorities v ery greatly by adjourning for four or live months at a time. 1 have no disposition to criticise the writer further than to sav that when it is desired to hold a public official up to public reprobation it would be well to be at least reasonably and mode arely accurate in the stateine:;! .of alleged la something that has been niliri- Iv negd led in this instance, although t l:e trt.; . was exceedingly accessi ble. and is as clows: I. I left the city on July “4 by the posi tive ord-r of my physician, remaining in tho city for m>vi ral dav.s after he told me I nm-t go. in order to close the busincssof the July term, civil r.nu criminal. In leaving 1 slated puhiidy that l expected to remain uw>-.\ until November unless 1 were sooner needed, and lott my nd.aess with the clerk. A letter from the (solic tor General,advising me that 1 was needed, l eached me on Satur day, Oct. 1, and Is a ted home ilia; night. Thus the reporter was t : error, though not materially. and pro. an y innocently. 11. The City Court was in- tinted in 181!*, when the necessity for clearing the jail was not very pressing, Cuter it was required to sit once a month, not weekly. Still, as Judge Chisholm, my predecessor, and 1 have held weekly sessions, voluntarily, and not as an imposed duty, a careless or Inaccu rate person might readily come to the con clusion scctiwig.y mucked by your reporter, ait Rough it is hardiy rmiit to state as fact* that which is, at U-t. . at his inference. 111. But tin stati on . t numbered 111. is simply inexplicable, be.ng without any foundation, and ot an exceeding injurious nature. My first commission bears date Jan. lfi, IN's, Since then I have held court each month, in uuii year, except October, up to my last absence, the occasion for this statement. I lia\e he'd every September term (until this year) until the work was all done, and have taken from four to six weeks vacation alter ten and a half to eleven months work, and when the extraordinary statement was printed 1 had been absent but two months and two days, and had 1 remained until Novemtier. would have been away but three months and (even davs. But the writer says four or five months at a time, and in a way to imply that such hasoc curred more than once, and with lessorab sences between. The acts and omissions of a public official are legitimate subjects of criticism, but he is entitled to have the truth told, and the truth is all 1 want. Very truly yours, Wm. D. Harden. That 30c. Mixed Tea at Strauss Bros.'is excellent. OVER IN CHARLESTON. What Is Goins on in South Caro lina’s Metropolis. The Charleston Dragoons are busy pre j paring tor their fair on Nov. 2. The officers have ordered new uniforms for the event. The work on the Charleston jetties is be ing carried on in a very desultory sort of way, owing to the low ebb which has been reached in the appropriation. During the month of September, 1.745 feet of ridge work was done on the outer part of the north jetty. The amount of rock deposited each month depends very largely, of course, on the condition of the weather, but it is estimated tlrnt at the present rate of work the appropriation made in IHB6 will tie completely exhausted about Nov. 1, and the work will have to be suspended until another appropriation is made by Congress. Should another appropriation lie made by Congress at its next session, it will not lie available before August, and the work can hardly be resumed inside of twelve months after the time of its suspension. Charltsston's public schools reopened on Monday with about 3,00 P pupils in attend ance. The Uniform Ticket. The following are the conditions of the uniform ticket decided upon by the National Association of Passenger and Ticket Agents at their recent meeting at St. Paul, as adopted by them for future use: In selling Ibis ticket and checking baggage hereon, this company acts as agent, and is not responsible beyond its own lino. It is subject to the stop-over regulations of the lines over which it reads. It is void for passage if any alterations or erasures are made hereon, or it more than one date is canceled. If the coupons are punch ed or marked second class, the passenger is entitled to second class passage only, otherwise tirst class. If limited as to time,'it will not be accepted for passage unless used to destination before midnight of the date canceled by L punch on margin hereof, and is subject to exchange, either in w hole or in part, ai any point on the route for a continuous passage ticket or check. Baggage liability of any company is limited to wearing apparel not exceeding SIOO in value. When this ticket is signed below by the pur chaser, or if time limited, it is not transferable, and if presented by any other person han the original holder it will be taken up and iiill fare collected. The holder will identify himself as the original purchaser of this ticket by writing his name, or by other means, if necessary, when required by conductors or agents. The last two conditions are to be printed only on special tickets which passengers will be expected to sign. The tirst six conditions will appear on all tickets. While the report of the committee presenting this form of ticket was received at the meeting of the association, it was referred back to it for certain suggested amendments, and which will be presented at the April meeting. Until then it is not probable that the form will lie adopted in whole by any line, though the colors recommended may be accepted in the meantime by the lines mak ing anew issue of tickets. Railroad Clatter. The Asheville and Tennessee Railroad Company has been organized in North Caro lina. The proposition is to build a road from Asheville, N. C., to some point on the Tennessee line, where, from present inten tions, it will lie made to connect with the Louisville and Nashville for Knoxville, Tenn. Not a Resident of Hardeeville. Hardeeville, S. G'., Oct. 4 .—Editor Morning Seim: In yesterday morning's issue of the News I note the announcement of the death of Mrs. Richardson, said to be a former resident of this place, whose husband died here on Thursday morning. Allow me to make a correction about the woman being a resident here. Some ten days ago an old man and woman, tramping the railroad be tween Charleston and Savannah, stopped at Merrimau’s brickyard, near here, in a destitute condition. The man was weak and apparently 70 years of age and the woman about 4.1. She asked Mr. Merri man to give her husband some, work so as to enable them to raise fiOc. to cross the Sa vannah river trestle. She said that her husband was so feeble and old that she was afraid he might fall off if they attempted to walk across. Mr. Merrimau told them that they might remain at his place over night, and he would give them the money the next day. In the meantime the old man insisted on doing some work, and was put to work on a chimney. He was taken suddenly sick while at work, and having no comfortable quarters at the yards, he and his wife were brought to the village. The man was then in a dying condition and past a possible chance of recovery. As soon as he died the citizens contributed fluids suffi cient to pay his funeral expenses, and the balance procured a ticket for the woman and she was sent to Savannah so that she could secure medical attention, there being no physician here. The woman said that she was born in Gwinnett county, Georgia, and her husband was a native of Atlanta, and that they were traveling from place to place and had preached to all beings but the Esquimaux. They were Baptists, she said. Tapers and a certificate were found in the man's pocket*, showing that he and his wife belonged to the Salvation Army, and were literally tramps. R. J. Boyd, for many citizens. 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 wareroonis and inspect the grandest display of most beautiful de signs in ornamental and decorated art ever placed before the Savannah public. Faust and Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re- Hero, are gems worthy of the poetic interest that attaches to the weird and mystic. Be sides we are receiving, almost daily, invoices of beautiful objects of virtu in the latest and most novel conceits. Our display of tine Silverware is unapproachable in quality and quantity and variety. In Dia mond- we, of course, lead, and our stock of Fine Jewelry merits attention. Our aim to lie the Jewelry Palace of this city will, we think, be 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 coat*. 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. Try D. B. Lester's 35c. and 50c. Tea. No Hard Times When you buy from T>. B. Lester. Umbrellas. Gloria, wears better than silk, for $2 50, silver-tip *M, 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 {streets. Best Imported Gin ever brought to Savan nah at D. B. Lester’s. At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga., you get ail the comforts of the high-priced ho els, and save from $1 to 93 per day. Try it and be convinced.— Boston Home Jour nal Oak, Pine and Llgbtwood, For sale by fl. B. (.'assets, corner Taylor and Hast Broad streets. Telephone No. 77. Try 0. B. Lester's 10c. and 15c. Candy. Edam, Pineapple and Swiss Cheese at Lester’s. Weather Indications. ”“”| Special indications for Georgia: FAIR Cooler, fair weather, except rain in _____ southern portion of Florida, light to fresh northerly winds, follow ed by rising temperature. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah, Oct. 4. 1887, andtha mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure , Total Mean Temperature from the Departure Mean Since for 15 years Oct-4, ‘B7. --or— iJan. 1,18877 72 0 72 0 . -ol> 1— 309.0 Comparative rainfall statement: „ _., . , Departure Total Mean Daily Amount from the Departure Amount for for Mean since 16 Years. Oct. 4, 87. : _ or _ Jan g 1887. 3 ! oo I- is i _-. ut.oo_ Maximum temperature 80. minimum tem pc rat ur tfrt. The height of the river at Augusta at 1:33 o’clock p. in. yesterday (Augusta time) wa>s 7.0 feet—a fall of 0.2 during the past twenty -four nours. Cotton Region Bulletin for 34 hours end ing t> p. m., Oct. 4 1887. 75th Meridian time. Districts. Average. „ N "- of Max. Min. Rain- Name. ’Jon* Temp Temp fall. 1. Atlanta j 8 | 78 i M $9 2. Augusta ! 12 | 80 54 ' .05 3. Charleston | 8 80 58 .00 4. Galveston I 10 I St > 64 I .00 6. Little Rock j 13 |B4 0 , .ul 6. Memphis I 10 78 52 | 00 7. Mobile , 0 82 51 .*T 8. Montgomery 8 80 60 00 0. New Orleans 8 8t 68 no 10. (Savannah 13 st 62 00 11. Vicksburg I ! 84 i 66 .02 12. Wilmington 1C 80 54 .00 Averages *T denotes trace ot rainfall. Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. Savannah. Oct. 4. 3:36 r. m.. city time. Temperature. Direction. £ V Velocity. ? Rainfall. NAin# or Stations. Portland I 54 S E .14 Cloudy. Boston ! 56 S , . 02 Cloudy. Block Island ... 5s ... 01 Cloudy. New York city . 36 W Cloudy. Philadelphia 56 W Cloudy. Detroit ( 46 N 10 Cloudy. Fort Buforu j 64 NW ...... Cloudy. St. Vincent ; Washington city' 58 NW . Cloudy. Norfolk 66 N 16 Clear. Charlotte 62 NW 10 Clear. Hatteras 72 SW 16 .... Clear. Titusnlle 74 W 0 Cloudy. Wilmington 64:8 W Clear. Charleston 70 W 6 'Clear. Augusta 68. W 6 .... Clear. Savannah 66 W 8 Clear. Jacksonville.. 70SW 6 ... Clear. Cedar Keys 76- W 10 ... Fair. Key We5t........ 76’ E .. .35 Cloudy. Atlanta..... 62. W 8 ... Clear. Pensacola ~. I 72j N .. Clear. Mobile 70 NW ..... Clear. Montgomery 68 SW Clear. Vicksburg 68 .... . .06 Clear. New Orleans 71S E 6 .... Clear. Shreveport 76! E Clear. Fort Smith 68: Cloudy. Galveston - 7 6 S Clear. Corpus Christi 76 SE 10 ... Clear. Palestine | 78 S Clear. Brownesville 76- E I .22,Fair. Rio Grande ' ..) Knoxville \ 60SW .1 . Clear. Memphis 66 NW .. I. Clear. Nashville 62 W Clear. Indianapolis | 48 NW Clear. Cincinnati 52 NW . . . Clear. Pittsburg 48 \\ .0! Raining. Buffalo 50' W 20 Raining. Cleveland 46 NW . .38 Cloudy. Marquette 40 N .06 Raining. Chicago 48 N E . Clear. Duluth 46 NW Clear. St. Paul ! 44 i dear. Davenport 46 NW . clear. Cairo. 60 NW .. Clear. St. Louis 62 NW Clear. Leavenworth . 70 E .. .. Clear. Omaha j 62 S E . Clear. Yankton 56 E Clear. Bismarck 52 Fair Deadwood j 38 W Cloudy. Cheyenne .5.3 W Fair. North Platte 60 S E Clear. Dodge City 66 S E Clear. Santa Fe 50|S E . . .'Clear. *T denotes trace of rainfall. U. N. Salisbury Signal Corps. People Who Travel. Change of climate or water very often ef fect the bowels seriously. If on the first symptoms of any disturbance you vvould take Dr. Riggers’ Huckleberry Cordial much suffering might be saved Just Out of Bond. D. B. Lester has some very flue 74-year-old Rye and Corn Whiskies he is offering at $3, and they are well worth the money. Don’t Buy Your Groceries Until you get D. B. Lester’s prices, and see his large stock of new Preserves, Canned Fruits, etc. Manor Malt Whisky is the best brand of malt made, and sold by D. R. lister. Old Hennessy ami Martel Brandies at Lester's. French and Turkish Prunes at Strauss Bros’. Before buying Hams or Breakfast Bacon price those at Strauss Bros.’ JD.jC. for Breakfast Strips at Strauss Bros’. Boya’ 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 35c.. Knee Pants, age 4to 13, for 50c. to 75c., Suit -, tto 13. for $2 50 Also n reduc tion iu prices on all our Men’s and Youths' Clothing. Get tho prices of any of our competitors, tb°n come to see us, and you will be convinced that we can sell any grade suit wanted at a saving of $2 .10 to £.l 00, as we manufacture our clothing, and sell them at prices our competitors buy them at. Go to D. B. I .ester, the Grocer. German Dill Pickles, Loose Chowdhow, Olives, etc. Strauss Bros’., 22 and 22 ~ Bar nard street. BTOVES AM) I I RNAt ES. Sell Lowest WK claim to have more variety and sell STOVES cheaper than can lie bought elsewhere in the city. Nothing like a turn around among the dealers to decide this. LOVELL & LATTIMORE, HARDWARE AND STOVES, SAVANNAH, GEO RCI [a. REMOVAL We have removed to IH7 Broughton, three doors west of Barnard (formerly occu pied by Mr. Cormack Hop kins.) CORNWELL & CHIPMAN. BAKING POWDER. fiSI Making POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity, Strength and Wholesomeness. More economy cal than the ordinary kind, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold onlu in mu*. Royal Ba\ng Powder Cos., 105 Wall street. New York. -y. LI’DDEN * BATES S. M. H Our Stationery Department. NKW ARRIVALS. ttnU BOXES, with handsome Lithograph on Cm tv cover, containing 34 sheets good Nots and 24 Barronia] Envelopes. Price only 10 cents. son Boxes, with handsome Lithograph on cover, containing 21 sheets Letter Paper and 24 Letter Envelopes. Only 15 cents. 1,000 Boxes Fine Stationery, contents 34 sheets Paper. 31 Envelopes, 1 L. & B S. M. H Inserted Rubber Nickle-Tipped T ,ean Pencil, JL.4B. S. M. H. Steel Pens, 1 Penholder, 1 Blotting Pad, 25 cents each. 1.000 Boxes Elite Correspondence Stationery, 24 sheets Paper. 34 Envelopes. .35 cents. 500 Boxes Regent (’ards. handsome Lithograph Top Box. 24 fine Bristol Cards anil Envelopes to match. 25 cents. 500 Boxes Mourning Stationery, contains 24 sheers Mourning Taper and 24 Mourning En velopes. 40 cents. 1.000 Reams of L, A B. S. M H. Fine Writing Paper in Notes, i ongress. 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 tho 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, sim ply by supplying the consumers of fine Station ery in every section of the South. We get up sample books and price lists and make it easy for jienple to buy good goods through the mails, thus erahling us to handle large quantities of the goods and give all the benefit of low prices which we are enabled to offer by making largo and frequent purchases. 11. & B. S. M. H. State or j Weather. FURNITURE AND C ARPETS. A. J. Miller & Co.’s FURNITURE AND Carpet Emporium, OCCUPIES A SPACE OF OVER 30,000 SQUARE FEET, And is filled w ith the Choicest Line of Goods to lie found anywhere. The advantages to lie ob tained by having such an immense and complete stock i" select front will be appreciated by those who have never bought of us. and who have been obliged to confine their selections to only & limited assortment. Buying as we do by the CARLOAD and tor CASH, we are enabled to undersell any one in the South. Our workmen are skilled mechanics, and our salesmen the, most polite. A. J. MILLER & CO. 1R l.iOand 152 BROUGHTON ST. WHEAT GRANULES. A DELICIOUS BREAKFAST DISH HECKER’S Wheat Granules. DAVIS BROS. hIiANU CENTRAL DEfiiT FOR SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUNDRIES. A\> have furnished all of the Teachers with printed lists of the BOI>KB that wjll be used in their rooms. For the benefit of all we have at tached the • xact cost of a h Book. Ou all of the new BOOKS that will be introduced this sea* season, we have arranged to buy the old BOOKS. This will reduce the cost to our many cus tomers for BOOKS to a very low figure. Sen I nil of the little folks to us, as we nave stock enough to furnish the town. DAVIS BROS, 42 and 44 Bull Street. SCHOOL BOOKS.