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IN THE DENVER STAGE. A RELIC OF EARLY DAYS PRE SERVED. Old Capt. Cummings, Who Was Often "Held Up” by Highwaymen, Tells the Story of a Midnight Murder. From the Neiv York Mail ana Express. Ten years ago tho excitement of the day !n Denver, Cos!., reached its climax when Capt. Bill Cummings drove the Leadville coach out of tho stable yard and pulled up in front of the United States Hotel. In anticipation of tho great daily event a crowd always began to gather an hour or two before the time set for the stages de parture. To puss the time pleasantly, the crowd tail of whom wore big slouch hats nnd carved pistols) speculated on the chances of tho stage’s getting to its destination, and told wild stories of the last time Capt. Bill had been "held up,” and how much the ex press company had lost when the highway men broke own the box after killing the messenger. It. was at this time of (lav that tho bar did its biggest business, and if any one among the crowd let it be known that he was an adventurous traveler, and intended making the trip to Leadville, he was straightway assailed on all sides by in vitations to try the United States’ best whisky, and advice was showered on him as to how he should behave in case the stage should suddenly come to a halt, and the cry of "Hold up your hands, gentlemen,” should sound "iu the night air. The stage always left Denver in the after noon, because by so doing the country im mediately surrounding the city, which was considered comparatively sale, could be traversed during the hours of dark, and the hours of daylight could be utilized to pass through those mountain gorges and ravines where danger lurked behind every boulder, nnd around any curve of which a gang of heavily-armed and masked men might be waiting to relieve the passengers of their valuables, and to use their weapons if the slightest resistance was offered. A THING OK THK PAST. All this is changed now. The United Htates Hotel has been relegated to the place of a second-class hostelry. There are now no crowds about its doors, and only an occasional prospector from the hills, whose bard luck has forced him to return to the big city to renew his stock of provisions, can be seen about its deserted halls with his feet resting againss the big stove medi tatively expectorating tobacco juice on the sanded floor. The glories of tlie old stage are also passed. It is saved from destrue sion, however, by some of the old settlers who still have a pride in it for the sake of the dangers it has passed. When the rail road to Leadville was completed and the stage route had to be j'tAedoued, these men bought the stage. They built a stable for it, down on Carmine street, and there it stands to-day forgotten by A'erybody ex cept, the few'who pay for its keep, and by Capt. Bill, who used to sit, proudly on the box and steer it through dangers, the thought, of which would turn an ordinary mans hair gray A short time ago, while in Denver, I was t sken to the stable and shown tho old stage. It is not much to look at now. Tho paint has been worn off the sides, and the leather curtains, which used to be neatly rolled up, now hang down and mournfully flap in the wind. While I. with my guide, a member of Congress, stood looking at the old stage and trying to imagine some of the scenes Ihrough which it nad passe', the stable door opened and an old man utered. Al though the '-cornels long beard was gray, and the ha.-i which hung far down on his shoulders from under his broad sombrero was white, he moved with such an easy, swinging carriage, and stood so erect, that he appeared some fifteen or twenty years younger th m he really was. What could be seen of his face was tanned by the con stant exposure to a color which much resembled well cured* alligator skin. His eyes were a very light blue and had a very peculiar way of pe -(.£ out from the wrinkles in which they we,‘> set, as though he were on the outlook for something sen sational. After 1 had seen the look of n fraction which he cast at the old stage 1 was not surprised when my friend intro duced him as Capt. Bill Cummings, the famous drivel - . At first Cummings seemed disinclined to talk, and appeared to think (hat my questions were prompted solely by idle curiosity, but after awhile he relented. He climbed up to his old place on the box, where he bad passed through so many’ dan gers, and after politely waving my friend and myself to a couple of empty barrels which stood iu one corner of the stable, he began to talk. CAPT. CUMMINGS’ TALE. “Yes,” said he, “this old stage has seen many a fight, aud been through lots of *nngers. but the toughest time it ever had was in ’7fl and ’77. In those years the hills between here and Leadville were infested by the worst gang of stage robbers that were ever known in this region. It was not that f hey were worse than any other gangs, but t hey were under the leadership of a man whose devilish cunning was such that it seemed impossible to corner him or even to find out exactly who he was. He tried it on once too often, however, and when his identity was made known after his death it turned the whole city of Denver upside down for a week. There was at that time a business house on Laramie strret, where all the miners went to get their supplies. The head of it was one of our most enterprising citi zens aud was generally respected and looked up to. His name was Amos V. Townsend. It had been reported that some of the stage robbers had been heard to call their leader Amos, but no one ever dreamt of connecting the famous desperado and the respected merchant together. Onenigbt just before the stage was to leave for Denver l was taken aside by a friend and was told to lake particular ''are. as one of my pats -engers was going to Leadville to purchase ,ome mining properties und had a smull fortune in liis belt. The would-be mine owner was pointed out to me. He was a young fellow with a quiet, determined ap pearance. who seemed well able to take care of himself. Besides him there was only one other inside passenger, whom I took to be a tenderfoot from nis nervous manner and the absence of any weapons about him. The two express guards and mvseif were the only ones out side. As we were driving down Laramie street I happened to see Mr. Townsend standing near the store, and 1 saw him nod to someone inside, but i took it to be a passing farewell to the young man who w as going to buy’ the mines, l had not much to say to my passengers, and I took them to be about as unsociable a lot as i had ever car ried. Each seemed to attend strictly to his own business, and it was only at long Inter vals that 1 heard their voices as they talked to each other. “On the evening of tho second day we had got well into the mountains, and when we drove up to Banks’ station, where wo took supper and changed horses, 1 began to think wo would get through safely. Both passengers got out to eat, and i noticed that the manner of the young man I had ranked as a tenderfoot was even more nervous t han it had been when we left Denver, and 1 sized him up as being unfit for the country into which he was going. We stayed at the sta tion about half an Itrnr, and then 1 saw my’ two passengers safely inside and climbed on my box. dust us J was gathering up the lines old Banks came out and told me he had seen a mau drive by with a led,horse just before dark, and I had better be care ful not to run over him. At this I saw my tenderfoot stick his head out of the win dow, but he quickly pulled it iu again, and I drove on. DEAD IN HIS SEAT. “Just as daylight was beginning to appear ever the top of the high mountains I drove lip to the last station before reaching I/?ad ' die. nnd dismounted from the box with a sigh of relief, as I felt that now all danger was over. But when I put my head into Ihe stage door to arouse my passengers I drew it back with a yell of surprise and horror. In the dim light I ekild plainly see that there was only a man iiyide, and from liis strange position I knew loinething was wrong. When I threw opdi the door I found the only occupant of‘he stage was tho man who was going to Auy tho mines. He was stone dead and coil. ' His throat had been cut from ear to dr- There was no doubt that my teuderfofc was the mur derer, and after killing his fellow traveler and securing his belt with he money, he lmd crawled through the rear window of the stage and dropped off into the road. Ho had evidently iak*i the journey with the sole purpose of uumnittiug the murder and taking the plunir. When wa carried the dead man into tie station we found Capt. Rawlinsof the Dtnver mounted police force and three of liis pen, who were out huntiug for desperadoes. They immedi ately gave up all other business and started in pursuit of the murderer. The result of the hunt 1 heard from the eapain himself. Half way between the two stations he found by the roadside a place where a camp-fire had been built, aud where two horses had evidently been tied to a tree. By the side of the nre was the murdered man's empty belt. For four days the curtain and his three men followed the trail oi the murderer and his companions through tfip mountains. At last one night, just befon dark, they came upon the desperadoes in a moun tain gorge. Both men wire seated on the ground. Cautiously the ouptain and his men crept up to the uneomcious ruffians. Each officer brought his guu to tear on one of the men, and then Capt. Rawlins called on them to surrender, without eu instant’s hesitation each man grablied lis gun and opened fire on the officers. At the first dis ctiarge from the officers the mai who com mitted the murdep fell, and a uxmieut later his companion lay stretched on the ground beisde him. On examining them, Capt. Rawlins found that the younger man, who had been on the stage, was not quite dead. Toward morning the young man revived sufficiently to talk. He refused to give his urtue and it was never known. He said, however, that Amos V. Townsend was the leader of the gang, aud had the murder, and commissioned him to execute it. On the other man papers were found which proved beyond question that Towu send was indeed the villain which the dying murderer said he was. “Capt, Rawlins waited until his prisoner died and then hastened to Denver to arrest Townsend. He found the old murderer in his shop and quickly put him under arrest.” Here the old man stretched himself, and slowly descended from his seat. “But,” said I, “what became of Townsend f” Capt. Bill walked to the stable door and threw it open. Said he: “Stranger, you see that tree down the street: Well, the night Townsend was arrested a lot of masked men took him out of jail wdthout much trouble, and the next morning he was found bang ng from that big limb there. He also ha< twenty-seven bullets in his body.” RANCH LIFE OF GIRLS. They Amuse Themselves by Shooting Wolves—A Girl’s Quick Shot. From the Dakota Tribune. “Oh, yes, I was a cowboy for four years,” said Mr. A. B. Thomas, son of Paymaster Thomas, of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee railroad. “I went out there to look around. I was just 18 and had a great fancy for Western frontier life. AVhen I reached Northwestern Kansas, between the Solomon aud Republican rivers, I happened to got on the trail of a herd of stock and was invited to join the herders. I did so, and for three or four days was the sorest youngster that ever straddled a burse. You see, they just live in the saddle and I was a tenderfoot or a pork and beans pilgrim, as they call Eastern boys. But I soon learned to handle a revolver like the rest of them. Everybody carries a revolver. One needs to defend himself from the wild stock, and also to defend the stock against wolves. Any wolves? Well, I should say so—both the big gray wolf and the coyotes, which are prairie wolves, small but sneaky “It isn’t always the pleasantest thing to take a hand in with a wolf. The first time, I own up, I was a little scared. It hap pened this way—l was with a Cleveland girl—by the way, the nerviest girl 1 ever saw .She had been spending some little time at the ranch and had learned to use a revolver. We were on the prairie when we saw two big grays standing in the trail. Quick as chain lightning she drew her re volver from her belt aud fired. The ball struck Mr. Wolf in the head, killing him instantly. Hhe was the least bit frightened, but looked at it in the coolest w r ay and said in the most matter-of-fact voice possible: ‘Well, that was a good shot, wasn’t it?’ We got off our horses, skinned the animal and took the hide home for a trophy. She has it now, I presume. What became of the other? Oh, I killed him but I emptied sev eral barrels and riddled the skin so it was good for nothing. "I also saw this lady in a round up. What’s that? Well, it’s when all the herd ers or cowboys get together and work up to a common centre, fencing in all the wild animals running loose within a certain ra dius. After they are all iu—perhaps thirty or forty grays, seventy, eighty or one hun dred coyotes—then the fun commences, riding to the centre, firing and killing the animals. The round ups bring m all tho boys from all sections around, somewhere from three hundred to four hundred, and you may believe there is some lively firing. Well, as I said, this young lady and a friend of hers joined in one of these round ups. They were the only ladies in the run and were in charge of the boys of our ranch. No more respect could he shown to them if they had been queens. Every cowboy felt they were especially in his care, and they were watched and yet allowed to shoot to their heart’s content, and they did shoot in great shape. One came out with seven gray wolf scalps and six coyotes, and the other foiu - gray and ten coyotes and a polecat. There is a bounty on wolf scalps—for coyotes and 75c. or $1 for grays—so the girls did pretty well. “Who were the girls? Well, I wouldn’t like to give their names. They nre daugh ters <,f wealthy Cleveland gentlemen, prom inent merchants, and they might object. You see. people of the North know little of the cowboys of Kansas. They think they are a lot of low-lived fellows, always ready to shoot and scalp somebody, whereas they are a gentlemanly class of boys. Many of t horn are just from college. They study themselves until ill and go West to recu perate their health. They get it, too, for they live in the saddle, become expert shots and enter with a zest into all outdoor pur suits that one here cannot understand. 1 hope to go back this fall, see the boys and go over the old stamping ground. I only came back, as the boys say, to take a slice of high life.” A Dog That Chews Gum. From I'tr LouuCtllr Post. It has Iteen thought ghat png dogs were the stupidest of all the species of canines, but my attention was called to one of them the other night which is either gifted with remarkable sense, or great injustice has been done the block-faced, snub-nosed pets. "What is Lady chewing!” I asked of her owner. “Tolu.” “Tolu.”’ “Yes, she has formed a strong passion for chewing gum, and will sit in tho corner masticating for hours at a time, and the oddest part of it is that she will not chew the stuff before strangers.” To test this I walked into the room where the pug was working away at a piece of gum, and, sure enough, as soon a-s sho saw me she ran to a corner, and in a few mo ments returned minus the tolu. Upon in vestigation, I found it stuck under a chair just as natural as if tho average young girl hail placed it there. How on earth tho dog had learned that chewing gum in public was not considered nice I do not know, but she seemed so conscious of ha ving been guilty of a breach, that I almost, thought I could perceive a slight blush steal stealthily from kiehind the mole. "Where did your dog learn this?” “iShe is always with the girls at the ten nis grounds, and must have picked it up there.” THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, OCTOBER (1, 1887. A GOOD STORY. How Some College Boys Robbed a Hen house and the Result. From the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal. In the early years of this century when ] log homes were good enough for the aver- j age Georgian, a certain doctor presided over ! Franklin College. The simple habits of their dignified sires j did not prevent the boys of those days from having their fun—indeed, they carried on an amount of devilment which the college boys of these restless times would consider very respectable. The boys thought that anything was fair which would make one of the faculty the victim of a joke, and on one occasion they laid a dark plot to rob the doctor’s poultry yard and afterwards celebrate the event by a midnight banquet. The doctor's chickens were the pride of his domestic establishment, aud he had built for thoir accommodation a log house. The logs were "notched down” at the corners and held in place by their own weight aud that of the roof. At a Jate hour the boys repaired to the heu-house, armed with a fence rail. It was an easy matter to insert the rail between two logs and prize up those above so as to make an opening through which a man could crawl. A dapper young fellow, who had visited the doctor’s daughters, went in and begau to pull the chickens off the roost and wring their nocks. While he did so the boys outside kept their weight on the rail and so kept the crack open for ltis escajie. The nice young man, whom we will call Bob, had dropped about a dozen chickens outside and tlie whole crowd was in high glee over the prospective banquet. Just then a big old rooster cackled. "Look out, Bob; break that rooster’s neck and stop his noise.” “Sh! what’s that?” There was a low growl. “Boys, you have let these logs down too low; lift them a little so I can get out. Be quick about it!” At that instant there was a loud bark and a big dog bounded into the poultry yard. The boys on the outside for an instant stood their ground. They dropped the raifand grabbed chance weapons to beat off the dog, but before they could disable him the back door of the doctor’s residence opened and his tali figure appeared. The boys scattered, all but one. The logs had come together again and Bob was a prisoner. He crouched in a corner and held his breath, hoping that he would be overlooked, but the dog told where he was. By this time the doctor had come up and other members of the family came out, eager to see who was caught in the man trap. “Why its Bob.” “Who would have thought it?” The ex clamations were heard in the house and echoed by the young ladies. Then the door of the log house was opened and the young man was sent to the dormitory. He was called before the faculty the next morning. The poor fellow would have sold himself for a soiig, and expected to be peremptorily ex pelled and perhaps prosecuted. Meantime the doctor had thought the matter over. He was a man of great sa gacity in the management of boys, and he recognized this freak as a piece of wild mis chief which might not be meanness. He resolved to give the matter sucii disposition as would put a sober head on the young man. Accordingly, when thedowneast Bob appeared, looking like a criminal, the doctor lectured him severely but in a fatherly way and told him that such an offense must not go without a severe punishment. Bob expected to hear the sentence of his expulsion. With measured tones, like a judge pronouncing the death sentence, tho doctor said: “Mr. , I will expect you to take sup per with me to-night, and as you show a fondness for chicken, the fowls you took off the roost last night will be on the table.” Bob would rather have been expelled. But for the distress it would cause his par ents he would have gone home. In spite of his larks there was good stuff in Bob, and with a tremendous effort he resolved to face the music. It is impossible to describe the mental agony Bob went through that evening when he sat at the table where the doctor pre sided with courtly dignity. His elegant wife could not have been more courteous to an honored guest than sin: was to Bob, aud her daughters treated the young man as cordially as ever. Not a word was said about the affair of the night before, but the large dish of chickens was like a mountain in the poor boy’s eyes. It was the refinement of torture when the doctor, with the utmost suavity, helped him to the choicest pieces in the dish. The situation, which under ordinary cir cumstances would have been ludicrous, un der the doctor’s composure and his wife’s tact, was carried almost to the pathetic. It was a lesson written on Bob’s memory in burning letters aud he never forgot it. In a Tight Fix. From the Americas (Ga.) Republican. Our Cotton Avenue story teller has given us another of the old time incidents that may while away an idle moment. He says that a man was living in the lower edge of the county when Roanoke was burnt by tho Indians, and joined in with tho force who was sent against them. One morning he aud another man got separated front the command, and while following their trail was suddenly confronted by some ten or twelve savages who were probably a hundred yards off. They both turned to tiee, when the IndiaaP fired on them. His companion fell dead, but he sped ou, and the In dians followed. lie got into a thicket and dodged hither aud thither, nnd at last found an old hollow log of huge proportion, into which he crept. After awhile he heard an Indian tramping around. Heapproached the log, got on it, walked to the end and sat down. The man in the Jog was scared very much, but kept, quiet. The Indian sat a few minutes got up and left, and pretty soon another one canto along. He, too, sat on the log and then followed in tbe tracks of the other fellow. The hidden man began to breathe easier, when he again heard the tramp, tramp, tramp of the third Indian, who came up to tho log. looked around, sat down for some time and then went iu tlie direction the other two had taken. Ho still lay quiet in his log for sonic time, when hearing nothing else from his fix's he began to pull out. when off in the distance lie heard them beating the bushes, and at the same time his eyes fell on a large rattle snake coiled up at the mouth or the log. He was now indeed a prisoner and ho flared not move. The Indians drew nearer, com mg this timo toward the entrance of his hiding-place. The snake heard them, raised its head and gently shook its tail. Tbe Indians, three in number, hoard the warning, and came nearer. The rattler then commenced his music in earnest, nnd was killed hy the In dians, but it stems llmj they took its pres ence at the end of the log as a surety that the person they were seeking was not there, anti soon after went away. The fellow stuck to bis hole until night fell, when lie crawled out and lit out for home, where he staid until ho died a few years ago. Skinny Men. Wells’ “Health Renewer” restores health and vigor, cures dyspepsia, impotence, 1100*, vou* debility. For weak men,delicate won" en. ?l. WOUB’ Hair Balsam. If grav. restores to original color. An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oil or grease. A tonic Restorative. Steps lißir coming out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp. 50c. "Rough on Piles.” * YVhy suffer piles? Immediate relief and complete cure guaranteed. Ask for “ Rough on Piles.” Suec cure for itching, protrud ing, b'ecding or nnv form of Plies. 50c. At 1 druggists or mailed. Manor Malt Whisky is the beat brand of malt made, aud sold by D. B. Lester, CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CE.yFa WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Boi-rfs or more, in this column inserted for OSE CENT A WORD, Cash in Advance, each insertion. Everybody who has any want to supply, anything to buy or sell, any business or accommodations to secure; indeed,any Irish to gratify, should advertise in this column. PERSONAL. rpHE resignation nr Edward C. Foley, bead .1 waiter in tho Marshall House, was accepted Oct. sth. HELP WANTED. “ XArANTED, a white cook. Apply between 10 YV and 12 at Nd! IS Drayton street. DIXON $ MURPHY. YI7ANTED, Dress Goods salesmen, lads for VY clothing department aud cash boys. A. R. ALTMAYER & CO. I\ PANTED, a white girl to go wit h a family to Vl Florida. Address A. B. C., this office. WANTED, agents in every town and village YV to sell our New Christmas Books (51, soil ing from 50c. to S3 50; one woman with a fam ily writes that she averaged $7 a day last year, from September until Christinas; ime new agent made $135 in six weeks; oue sold 55 the first week in a village of only 200; try it in your school district if no more; you can make from Sex to ssllO. D. E. LUTHER, 0!% Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. \\rANTED, young man of energy and ability, YY writing good hand aud quick at figures, to till important clerical position; salary sixty dollars: bond of one thousand dollars required. Address PUSH, this otllee. \\ T ANTED, five first class coal makers; steady YY work; highest prices paid. CHANCEL LOR & PEARCE, Columbus, Ga. H7ANTED. live first-class milliners and five VY good assistants, also three salesladies, at 8. KROUSKOFF'S Millinery House. \ YOUNG MAN or a youth who knows stenog i V raphy or type-writing. Address P. O. Box 1 If. TIT ANTED, a good baker and pastry cook. Y V T. ,1. LIGHTFOOT, Madison. Fla. EMPLOYMENT W ANTED. CITUATK>N W ANTED, by a temperate young is m an as clerk, in store or office, on small salary; willing to make himself useful. Address YV., Morning News. TIT ANTED, position by young man in whole- Y V sale groceries. G. T. W., this office. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. 117" ANTED, to adopt a white Protestant girl Y V of Bto 10 years old, of an amiable disposi tion. Apply F. R., this office. ROOMS TO RENT. isor RENT, suite of three rooms, centrally j located; suitable for light housekeeping. For further particulars apply to JULIAN SCHLEY. _ TTOR RENT, furnished or unfurnished, with Ju or without hoard, two connecting rooms, at No. 11l Liberty st.. south side, near Abercorn. IAOIt RENT -One or two gentlemen can got a nicely furnished south room at IS Brough ton street. Terms reasonable. ITOR RENT, three rooms, good situation. modern improvements, sl2. Apply J., care Morning News. ITOR RENT, two newly furnished rooms, pri 1 vate bath, and good board. Sf!% Broughton 6treet. _ I TOR RENT, fine southern rooms, with or 1 without board. 186 South Broad street. XT'OR RENT, fine southern rooms, furnished, 3 with or without, board. Miss E. BAN CROFT, 158 Jones street. HOUSES AND STORES FOR KENT. I TOR RENT, from Nov. 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Ist, splendid stoic No. I 87 Bay street, situate in Hutchison's Block, next to corner of Abercorn: lias splendid ce|an and is splendid stand for any business: second and third stories can be rented if desired. A. R. LAWTON, Jr.. U 4 Bryan street. FOR RENT MIB<'ELLA N EOF s. I TOR RENT, a truck farm of fifty acres, about ’ three miles from the city on the ixmisville road. For terms apply to GEO. W. OWENS, 113 Bay street. FOR SALE. ( ' ABBAGE Plants for sale by J. GARDNER, V./ Agent. 3OR; Bull street. I TOR SALE,. laths, ."shingles. Flooring, Ceiling, I Weatherboarding and Framing Lumber. Office and yard Taylor and Ernst, Broad streets. Telephone No. 2*l. REPI’ARD A CO. ITOR BALE, Splendid salt water river front . building iota, and five-acre farm lots with river privileges, at ROBEDEW; building lots In Savannah-near East Broad and Sixth streets, and in Eastland: several good farm lots near t\ hits Bluff, on shell road. Apply to Dn. KAL LIGANI’, 131 South Broad street front 9 to 10 a. m. BOARDING. YV7ANTED BOARDERS Families furnished YY with first-class meals in anv part of the city in nsisoliable prices, by M KiS. ANNIE JOHNSON, lHtfix McDonough street. I'HO’IH IGRAPiir. PHOTOGRAPH V- SPECIAL NOTICE Prices I reduced. Kine Cabinet Photographs a specialty. Price, $2 for six or $1 u dozen J. N. WILSON, 21 Bull street. REMOV A LB. r) KMOVAL MoG Utahan's saddlery establish V ment will remove Oct. J. from 37 West Broad to 187' Broughton street, under the Tur ner Halle. MISCELLANEOUS. MME. DESBOUILI.ONS has returned from New York, amt brought not all the latest styles in hats, bonnets, new ribbons, feathers, velvets; and also Tortoise shell hair pins and In mew pins at reasonable prices. Bull nnd Broughton, up stairs. MONEY TO LOAN Four Thousand dollars 0:1 good real estate security, in sums to soli. Apply to ISAAC BECKETT. Abstract of Title Office. MICK BLI wi'oi s. HnilF tontli annual srsAion of Sherwood* 1 I Dancing Academy, nt Masonic Temple, j will reopen on Saturday afternoon, Oct. Ift, with i misses nni masters' class, and on Monday evening, Oct. it, with ladies and gentlemens' class. Send for circular. Address Y. B. SHER WOOD, Masonic Temple. 18. ROBERTS, No. Id Reynolds street, • practical slater. Ornamental roof and towers of any style slated in the most artistic manner; old roofs repaired in first class order and guaranteed. LUDPEN A BATES s. M. 57 If ■■ TRADE An- booming with us not WL, V withstanding the cries of • fresh •I j eta,' 1 “short crops," “hard times," I mm ■ etc., coming from some few scc ' tions of our largo territory. PIANOS $2lO. ||f% IMMENSE sales arc duo to the fact 1111 U that we bu\e limit upon the rock of SSiiSil “°N T E PRirK To Aid. AND THAT UUIITHK I.OWTNT KNOWN, ’ thus in soring to one and all lumesi treatment and full value. ORGANS $24. Q! 1H PC C Q SSUKSLr 111 |B ■ I b ■ sands of hearts and UUvvbVU homes have been mode happy by reason of our endeavors and the sale of honest Instruments at honest prices. STOOLS. Hftmmrn beyond question g| %“ BILS[L 1 1 that iu our bands y our pjA ■ a lOFI II 11 interests are guarded OIIWWIUeU and that we pledge ourselves to furnish better floods at lover price anti on easier terms than can Oe hurt elsewhere. COVERS. a \B P 9 n #% WE have been in vour | U ¥(L |1 V midst, during which BIS St K 11 11 time we have not only IU 8 *U. SB 1 * held our own, hut with long experience and large capital have won the lead, and stand to-day the largest and most successful house iu our line South. BOOKS. fl ft ft YES, Incredible as it may seem, f| I■ 11 we are doing more business than s*l fil 9 I other Southern Houses com- RRU bined. Why v Simply because we have gained the confidence of the people, hare the best Instrument**, oue price to all, dollar for dollar, and no misrepresentations. GIVE US A CALL. LUDDEI & BATES Southern Music House. IRV coons, ETC. BPBCI Al 7 AII'IMT! OPENING- OF Fall and Winter Goods AT Mil k liner’s, SUCCESSORS TO B. F. McKenna & Cos., 137 BROUGHTON STREET. ON MONDAY MORNING We will exhibit, the latest novelties in Foreign and Domestic Dress Goods, Black and Colored Silks, Black Cashmeres and Silk Warp Henriettas, Black Nun’s Veiling, Suitable for Mourning Veils. Mourning Goods a Specialty. English Grapes and Crape Veils, Embroideries and Laces. Housekeepers’ Goods Irish Table Patna Rs. Napkins and Towels of the best manufacture ana selected especially with a view to durability. Counterpane! ana Table Spreads, Cotton Sheetings, Shirtings and Pillow Casings in ail the lest brands. Hosiery, Cloves, Handkerchiefs Regularly made French and English Hosiery for ladies and children. Balbriggan Hosiery'. Gentlemen’* and Boys' Half Hose, Ladies’ Black bilk Hosiery, Kid (Sloven. Indies’ and Gentlemen's Linen Handker chiefs in a great variety of fancy prints, and full linos of hemmcd-Ht.itched and plain hem nwd White Handkerchiefs. Gentlemens and Unlaundrird Shirts, Bays' Shirt*, Gentlemen's Cellars and Cuffs, Indies' (’(dial's and Cuffs. Corneth Imported and Domestic, in great variety, and in the most graceful and health approved shapes. Vests Uidics'. Gentlemen** and Children’s Vests in fall and winter weights. Parasols The latest novelties in Plain and Trimmed Parasols. Orders All orders carefully aud promptly executed, and the sane* care and at tent inn given to the smallest as to the largest eommis * sinn. Samples sent tree of charge, and gomlu guaranteed to be fully up to the quality .shown in sample. Sole agent for M< GALL'S CELEBRATED BAZAR GLOVE FITTING PATTERNS. Any pattern sent/post free on receipt of price and measure. CUOIIAN & imoNKII. HAVING RETURNED 1 RfVM MAKING FALL l’U HUH ASKS I WILL OFFER New ami Desirable Goads FOR THE H a 11 Season KROM THIS PAY. I call special attention to my slock of Black Goods And invito an inspection. J. P. GERMAINE, 133 Broughton street, next to Furber's. Addition* to iny stock by eyery steamer. AUCTION SALES TO-DAY. HOUSEHOLD URMTI RK ATAUOiON. 1. D. Laßcche's Sons Auctioneers, THIS DAY, in front of our store, IGB Bay street j\.t li O’clock, Will be sold to the highest bidder, household furniture of all descriptions, namely: 1 PIANO. BEDS. Bit REA is. WASHSTANDS, CHAIRS. TABLES, M ATTRESSES, SPRINGS, VASES. MANTEL ORNAMENTS. CARPETS, MA I'TING, STOVES, etc. The above consist* of furniture contained in dwelling house; removed to our store for con venience of sale. —ALSO— -1 HORSE and 1 CARRYALL. 1 1 ■ 11 1 .... L'-L.-* LEGAL SAX.ES. CITY MARSHALS SALE. City Mahshai/k Office, t Savannah. Ga., October 4tb, ISB7. > / \N the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER. " / IHHL between the lawful hours* of bale, lit* fore the Court House door* iu the citj of Btvso nah. Chatham county, Georgia, and under the direction of tu Committee on Public Sale* and City Lots, will be sold the followiug property, for arrears of ground rent due the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah; Lot number six (6) Calhoun ward and the im provements thereon, ten (10) quarters ground rent due by William M Davidson. ROBERT J. WADE. City Marshal. LEGAL NOTICES. (1 EOKGJA. Chatham Coi nty. In Chatham I Superior Court. Motion to establish lost deed. To Isaac p, Laßoche, Henry Love, Abraham Backer, L Franklin Dozier, Win. E. i>ozier, Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche E. Chonpin, Arthur ]). Cboppin. George R. Beard, Emma Estelle Hodgson. Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B Hodg son, Georgd H. Hodgson, and Joseph C. Hodg son: ELIZABETH A. RILEY having presented to me a petition in writing, wherein she alleges that a certain deed to lots Nos. 11 and 12 in Stephen ward, in the city of Savannah, was made by ISA AC l>. LAROCHKand SAMUEL 1\ BELL, acting as Commissioners under a decree in equity in Chatham Superior Court, wherein you weii' parties, or are representatives of parties, or are iuteri l *ted adversely to her title to said lots of land, which said deed, a copy of which in substance Is attached to said petition and dub sworn to. (tears date the 9th day of Juno. IMio. and the original of which deed said petitioner claims has been lost or de stroyed, and she wishes said copy established in lieu of said lost original. You are hereby commanded to show cause, if any you can, at the next Superior Court to be held in and for said county on the FIRST MONDAY IN DE CEMBER NEXT, why said copy deed should not be established in lieu of the lost or destroyed original. And it further appearing that some of you, t.o wit Abraham Backer, L. Franklin Dozier, Wm. K Dozier, Thomas B Dozier, Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche K Cboppin, Ar thur B. Choppin, George R. Beard, Emma Es telle Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B. Hodgson, George H. Hodgson and Joseph C. Hodgson reside outside of tie* state of Georgia, It I* therefore further ordered that you so re scalding outside of the State of Georgia he served by a publication of said rule nisi for three month* before the next term of said court to wit: Tim e months before the FIRST MON DAY IN DECEMBER NEXT in the Savannah Morning News, a public gazette of this State, published in this county. Witness the Honorable A. P. Adams, Judge of said Court, this 271 h day of August . A. D. IW. BARNARD E. DEE, Clerk K.f’.C. C. R. R. RICHARDS, ISAAC BECKETT, Attorneys for Petitioners. A true copy of the original rule nisi issued in the above oaa. BARNARD E. BEE, Clerk S. C., C. C. FURNISHING GOODS. M THAT HAT! Tiie Straw Hat, We Mean. FOR OUR NEW FALL HATS ARE NOW OPEN. Vt TK offer (he best Derby Hat over shown for V T the price. Only $3 and $2 BO each. A splendid assortment, till sires, in Black or Brown, DUN CAP NEW FALL HATS and N ASCI MENTOS, comfortuble, flexible hats, for which we lire the sole agents in Savannah. Beautiful Scarfs, at 95c. to SOc. each. I ine Linen Handkerchiefs, plain, hemmed or stitched, at $3 )>er dozen. Regular made Half-Hose, In plain or fancy colors, at Jfie. Gloria t 'loth Umbrellas, outwear the silk. Boys’ Cloth Hats and Polo Caps, Valises, Satchels, Sleeve or Collar Buttons. Night Shirts in variety, 550. upwards. Fine Dress Shirt s, and the elegant “Diamond” Shirts, at sl, of Wamsutta goods Rublier Cool s, Rubber Leggings, Bubber Pil lows. and Fancy Notions of all kinds for men. REMEMBER, now is the chance to get a good Derby Hat for $3, at. L sc lTar’ s, 29 BULL STREET. KIJ CATION AL. Tie Savannah Academy Will open its Nineteenth Annual Session on f MONDAY, the 3d of October. Instruction Riven in Ancient and Modern Languages, Mathematics and English. Catalogues at all of the book stores. Office hours from Bx. m. to 5 r. m., commenc ing the 2tttb. •JOHN TALIAFERRO, Principal CHARLES W. BAIN. Univ.Va.,FlrtAssistaiit. University of Georgia. P. H. )IEI,M). D„ LI. I)., Chancellor. r IMIE Still session of the Departments at Ath- I rns will begin Wednesday, October 5, 1887. TUITION FREE, except in I aw Department. LAMAR COBB, Seen !.ir> Hoard of Trustees. PAINT S AND OILS. JOHN G. BUTLER, AHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS, V> VARNISH, ETC.: READY MIXED TAINTS: RAIt.ROAD, STEAMER AND MII.L SUPPLIES. SASHES, DOORS, BUNDS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. Sole Agent for GEORGIA 1.1 ME. CALCINED PLASTER. CE MENT, HAIR and LAND PIASTER. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia. 1865. CHRIS. MIItPHY, ~ 1865. House, Sign and Ornamental Painting J EXECUTED NEATLY and with dispatch. j Palms, Oils.' Varnishes, Brushes, Wiudow (.lueses, etc., etc. Estimates furnished on ap plication. CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS., Rear of Christ, Church. t ONTBAC TOSS. P. J. FALLON, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, aa DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH. IhSTI M ATES promptly furnished for building I J of any class, C. H. DORSETT’S COLUNTN. Executrix’s Sale. C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer. By virtue of an order granted by the Honorable Ordinary of Chatham county, I will sail be fore the Court House, in Savannah, during the usual hours of sale, on TUESDAY, No Tomber Ist, 1887, All that certain lot of laud in the city of Sa vannah knowu as lot number eight In C. J. Hull's subdivision of lots numbers fifty-three and ilfty.four South Oglethorpe ward, with the improvements thereon, consisting of a two-tory brick dwelling house on tho corner of West. Boundary and Margaret streets. Sold as the property of CHARLES JONES, deceased, for payment of debts and for distribution. LUCINDA JONES. Executrix of Charles Jones, deceased. Guardian’s Sale. C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer. Under and by virtue of an order granted by the Ordinary of Effingham county, Georgia, I will sell at public outcry, before the door of the Court House, in Savannah, Georgia, between 1 be legal hours of sale, on TUESDAY, the first day or November. I*W. the following property of LULA BHEAROUKE and JOHN SHEAR OIiSE, minors, namely: One undivided one-sixth (1-8) interest in that certain lot of land situate and being in said city of Savannah aud county of Chatham, known as lot number seven (7) Davis ward, fronting flftv six feet ou Taylor street aud running hack to Jones street lane. Terms cash: purchaser pay ing for titles. JOHN K. HHKAROUSE, Guardian of Lula aud John Sbearouso COMMISSIONERS'SALE —FOR— PARTITION. By C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer, By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Chatham county, passed on the zfltb day of July, 18A7. during the June term of said court, in a case therein pending In which Jams* J. McGowan. Kate McMahon and Mary E. Doug lass arc complainants, and Mary Elizabeth Kine and ,|ohn Sherlock are defendants, tho undersigned commissioners (appointed for tbia purpose) will sell at public outcry before the door of the Court House of Chatham county on the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, being the first day of said month, be tween the legal hours of sale. The following lota, tracts and parcel* of land in the corporate limits of the city of Savannah, namely: Ml that piece, parcel or lot of land in the city of Bavaunah. county of Chatham and State of Georgia, describetbon a map drawn by Joseph M. Shellman, ( ity Surveyor, as lot number four Hi; bounded north by lot number three, then described as the property of the estate of Thomas Williams; on the east, for a distance of two hundred and twenty-two and ,me.third fee;, hy tbr Ogre,-lire canal, on the south by lot nuut lew live (IS), tho propci-ty of G. W Anderson; on the weal by a straight lino di-avrn from the northwestern corner of said lot number five to the southwestern corner of lot number three. Also those three lots designated on a map drawn by Joseph M. Shellman, City Surveyor, as lots numbers one, two anil three, being part* of the lot above descrilwd us lot number four, through which tlie Savannah and Ogeechea c null passes; each of said lots containing sixty three and One-balf fret, more or less, on West Boundary stroet and running westwardly to the canal; and together Ik,unded north by lot number four of the sub-division lote on the plan of said Joseph M. Shellman. east by west Boundary street, south by original lot number five and west by the canal. Also all those lots designated on the said map of Joseph M Shellman ss lots letter? E. D. I, H. 1 and Hon West Boundary st reet and E and D on Lumber street, between Margaret and Zubly streefs: each of said lots containing sixty-three and one-half feet hy ninety feet, more or leas; lots letters I and E forming what, is kuown on the city map as lot number flfty-oue, and lota letters H and D forming what is known on the city map as lot number fifty. Also iota designated on said map of Joseph M. Shcllmau as letters A, B and C, now known on the city map as lots number twenty six. twenty-seven mid twenty-eight, fronting west on Lumber street, between Margaret and Zubly streets, each containing sixty three and one balf feet on Lumber street and ninety feet, more or less, in depth. Also lot number twenty-nine, bounded north by Zubly street, cast by lot number fen. south by lot number twenty-eight, or letter “C.” and West by Lumber street, contatng sixty-three feet six inches on Lumber street, and ninety feet, more or less, in depth. Also the east and west halves of lot number fifty-two on the city map, bounded north by lot number fifty-one (lots I and E), east by Lumber street, south by lot number fifty tnree, and west by West Boundary street. Also the eastern halves of lots numbers forty eight and forty-nine ou the city map, together bounded north by Zubly slreec, east by Lumbar street, south by lot letter D tor lot number fifty) and west by ths western parts of said lots num bers forty-eight and forty-nine. In all sixteen parcels or land The above parcels of land will be sold in lot or lot sto suit pyrehasers. Terms cash, purchasers paying for papers. Sale subject to confirma tion by court. R. R. RICHARDS. C. H. DORSETT, J. R. SAUSSY, Commissioners. FOR RENT. I have for rent a fine new store and rest dence on ths corner of West Broad aad Gwinnett streets. FOR RENT. The residence No. 139 York street, between Bull and WhitaiiWr streets; very roomy and con venient to business. C H. DORSETT ANNOUNCEMENT by Wes H. tali; AUCTIONEER. The resumption of the activities of a nether business season suggests the propriety of an Announcement to the public that my Monday Auction Sales Will be continued during the present season** 156 BAY STREET. Atthe.se weekly sales I dispose of at Auction the week’s accumulation of Furniture, Groceries, Dry Goods -—AND Merchandise Generally. Account Sales are mads out at once, and cashed at sight. Ijirgc consignments will be disposed of by Special Sales. Householders Having surplus accumulation*, merchants having “off ” stock, can send such m at any time during the week, aud sale will bo made on the following Monday. A careful truckman will be sent to residences for goods to tie sold, and same bandied properly. Hales at i-esidences and stores will be con ducted with care and dispatch, and all bills cashed. The public are Invited to attend my Auction Sales. All are treated courteously and fairly. No misrepresentations of goods or unfair dealing of any character will be countenanced. lii Heal Estate The indications are that a larger business will be done this season thnn has been done in years before. I am ready t o serve my friends in bringing buyers and sellers together, and feel with each rocifrring year the Increased experience render* mo better able to serve them satisfactorily. C. 11. DORSETT, Real Estate Dealer anil Auctioneer, , SAVANNAH, GA. 3