The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, October 06, 1887, Page 5, Image 5
AMERICAN GIRLS ABROAD
QUICK-WITTED maidens who are
a MATCH FOR IMPUDENT MEN.
the Clever Moans Some of Them Have
Used to Rid Themselves of Annoying
Attentions— Lawyer Smith’s Experi
ence.
From (lie New York Sun.
1/>\DON, Sept. 17.—Unprotected Ameri
can girls are not called upon as much in
England as they are on the Continent to
protect themselves against the gallant but
annoying attentions of fools, more often old
than young, of the opposite sex. But occa
sionally it does occur that a young woman
must shield herself from an Englishman as
strenuously as from the most persistent of
Paris poseurs.
An occasion of this kind presented itself
to a young girl of my acquaintance, whose
wit showed itself equal to the emergency.
She lives in Steubenville, 0., is prettß and
modest, but is as independent as any young
woman reared west of the Atlantic. She
was to visit Windsor with a party of friends
last week, but something Occurred to pre
vent her leaving London with them, and it
was arranged that she should join them
at Windsor. She had picked her way
alone about London considerably, and she
apprehended no difficulty m hor trip to
Windsor.
As luck would have it, however, the
cabby who took her to the station proved
ugly, and disputed the fare she offered him.
She knew he was demanding too much, and
her independent spirit refused to be imposed
upon. He jumped down from his cab,
however, and affairs assumed such a threat
ening aspect that she repented having ques
tioned his demand, and was on the point of
yielding when an elderly Englishman who
looked like a gentleman came to her rescue.
She told him where she had come from and
what she had given to the driver. The fel
low didn’t wait for the new-comer’s decision,
hut- skulked back onto his seat and was
(h iving from the station while yet the girl
was telling her story.
Her protector stayed by her, and, learn
ing that she was going to Windsor, told her
he was bound for the same place, and offer
ed to book her and to secure her a scat. She
gratefully accepted his services, and it wasn't
until he refused her money in payment for
her fare that it dawned upon her that she
might be called upon to protect herself
against hor protector. She insisted upon
his takinn her money, and when she found
that he had chosen an empty carriage for
them to occupy, she tried to make a change,
hut her row with the cabman had caused a
deiay, and she barely had time step into the
compartment before the train was in mo
tion. Her companion's manner, however,
to her great satisfaction, remained within
the bounds of formal politeness, and to hor
intense relief a third passenger at the next
station entered the carriage. But within a
half a hour the other passenger alighted,
and my friend’s new-found companion again
entered into conversation with her. The
remembrance of his service to her in rid
ding her of the obnoxious cabby induced
her to treat him civilly, and she therefore
ausweredhis questions politely and even
branched out into general conversation.
He made several efforts to turu from gen
eralities to personalities, and she experienced
great difficulty in keeping him ata distance
without actually declaring war. But he
was evidently inpreguable to hints and
finally ho edged up to her, and, in an insin
uating voice said:
•‘My dear, I wish very much we could re
new our acquaintance in London. May I
not call on you to-morrow;”
She paused a moment, considering how
to answer him; folding her hands in her
lap. she assumed a demure look, then in
clining slightly toward him she advanced
her face toward his ear as if to whisper
an important secret and said in a low
tone, dwelling impressively on each
word:
“I gness it will snow to-morrow.”
I don’t know if the Englishman were up
sufficiently in American slang to interpret
the exact meaning of the young woman’s
words; but she had said enough to accom
plish her object, for he retired into his
corner and made not another remark
until the train rolled into the Windsor sta-
tion.
From Faris eomos story of another
fair American, who succeeded, in a some
what similar way, in ridding herseif of a
petty persecutor. She is a daily attendant
at one of the ateliers otf the grand boule
vards. Her lodgings are some distance up
the Champs Elysees but being abundantly
able to protect herself, she calls upon no one
to escort h * to and from her work, and
often prefers to do the journey on foot
rather than to take one of the omnibuses
going in her direction. After a while, how
ever. she became conscious that a certain
young man, always at the same spot, over
took her and dogged her footsteps until she
leached the door of her apartments. She
knew enough of Paris customs not to blame
the young man individually very much, as
she is aware that somehow the whole race
is imbued with the idea that one of its chief
duties, as tiie superior half of bumonity, is
to be polite nnd gallant to every unprotected
female; and small experience has
convinced her of the truly grand way in
which every Frenchman tries to do his duty.
But in this particular case she decided that
the young mail’s good intuitions must be
discouraged. Especially when after a few
days of sileut following he attempt ed to ad
dress her, she made up her mind that
stringent measures must bo used. Her
aunt, a big-boned duenna of the strong
New England type, was informed of the
condition of alfairs, and was made ae
<pninted with her niece’s proposed tac
tics.
The day after their council of war the
young woman was overtaken as usual by
l'i admirer. He again, whispered soft
words in her eai. and, as she seemed to
smile somewhat favorably on him, he kindiy
and hospitably invited her to breakfast.
She expressed diffidence at accepting hospi
tality from an utter stranger and objected
that breakfast wan awaiting her ut her own
apartment. She, however, presumed that
enough would be served for two, and if
monsieur would excuse wtiat defects there
might he she would be very glad of his
company during her solitary meal. Tlio
J’oung man jumped with eagerness at her
proposition,and walked gayi.y by her side,
whatever apprehension the young girl may
have had as to the risk of failure was not
apparent in h -r manner, and she succeeded
in confining the talk to pleasant generali
ties, until her apartment was reached. There
the young man received the iirst check
when the door was thrown open and dis
closed the sizable proportions of the stern
duenna. He hail, however, gone too tar
to turn back, and he allowed himself to be
Ushered inside, and the door to he closed oil
him.
Tiie aunt and the niece were too well
sehoolied in the rules of politeness to carry
on their conversation before the Frenchman
iu anything but French, so he was able to
understand every word they said. “My
aunt,” explained t(ie young woman to her
duenna,‘‘this poor fellow is hungry, and I
told him 1 thought we could find him some
thing to eat.”
“Ob, certainly,”answered thekindheartrd
Runt. “I ho e wo iee 1 never refuse the
dernu nds of the needy. Mario,” she called
out to the trim maid, who immediately np
lieored, “take this mao. to the kitchen and
tell the cook to give him somo bread and
meat.”
The unhappy Frenchman, in spite of his
protests aua expostulation i, was shown
through the door into the kitchen, whence
m‘ aide to osenjie by the servants’ stair
way. The young American girl has since
Stan or heard nothing from her harmless but
annoying persecutor.
“Now. Oen'ral, you’ro posted; come, give us
. yortr views.
In a brush at the front what's the powder to
user
*■ winked at a star as he puffed his cigar,
i’" l slowly replied, "In a orun'i at thr front
1 never use powder, but—SOZODONT.
DAUGHTER OF A QUEEN.
Her Strange, Romantic Story and Her
Striking Resemblance to Her Royal
Mother.
From the New York Star.
In an aristocratic looking mansion situ
ated on a quiet thoroughfare of this city
lives a woman who is about to give to the
world a story, fascinating in its unparalleled
audacity aud powerful in its.appeal to hu
man interest from the startling character
of the claims it advances. It is a story of
the writer’s life, aud the events to which it
related, could they be stamped with the seal
of genuineness, would shake to its founda
tions the throne of one of the most powerful
monarchies which has existed in the world’s
history.
To her few neighbors and chance ac
quaintances this mysterious woman is known
as plain Mrs. Caroline Louise Kent. She is
beyond the meridian of life, but proud in
her carriage and bearing. Her voice is
musical and of a rich Parisian flavor. She
is rather below the medium height with a
tendency to corpulency. Her large blue
eyes lighten up a countenance that is of it
self a revelation. Whatever she may be to the
world, to herself at least this woman is So
phia-Adelaide, the first born of Britain’s
reigning queen by her marriage with Prince
Albert Edward, of Germany.
The extraordinary story rests upon a Pina
fore foundation. In brief it is alleged that
prior to his marriagewith Queen Victoria
Prince Albert had contracted a morganatic
alliance with the Countess Rouss, a noble
German lady. When his marriage with
England’s young queen was consummated
his overweening affection for his first love
caused him to regard too lightly his mar
marriage vows and still pay a measure of
secret homoge to the fair Couutess. On
Nov. 8, 1810. the Queen was delivered of a
daughter, whom the wot Id knows now as
Sophia-Adelaide, Crown Princess of Prussia.
Twelve davs after a female child was born
to the Couutess Reuss. In anticipation of
such au event and the over-pow >ring scan
dal which would result from its publicity.
Prince Albert had previously provided the
Countess with a legal husband in the person
of Count de Lundi, who agreed to preserve
the honor of his royal patron at the cost of
his own humiliation.
Goaded to desperation by the conscious
ness of her shame the Countess suinmoued
Prince Albert and demanded, on pain of
exposure, that her own offspring be sub
stituted for that of the wife regnant. She
was inexorable to protestations, threats and
entreaties, and by the purchased connivance
of the royal nurse and various other mem
bers of the Queen’s household the hazardous
plot was carried out successfully. The se
cret was known to only a select few and was
not revealed to tho present “claimant - ’ until
she was 17 years old. One of the few who
were cognizant of the remarkable circum
stances was the late King Maximilian, who
is alleged to have thoroughly investigated
the affair and authenticated it over his own
signature. That document is said to exist
to-day in the Vatican at Rome, where it was
lodged for safe-keeping in 1853. \ arious
attempts have been made by parties of in
terest to get at it.
A reporter was granted au audience by
the alleged original and only genuine So
phia-Adelaide at her home last night. Bv
ner courtesy aud that of her publishers the
St ar is able to present an epitome of the
whole of her interesting story.
In the political disturbances in 1848 which
evolved a French republic from the de
spised monarchy of Louis Phillipe, the child
was taken to England for a short time. Tho
immediate cause of her journey was the as
sassination of the old Count Lundi, which
by many of her old friends was supposed to
have been a biow at her.
From England she was taken to the con
vent of Nymphenburg at Munich, where
she was frequently visited by the Prince
and by King Maximilian of Bavaria
and his son, the late mad King, Ludwig.
Her childhood, she claims, was spent largely
in the company of this young Prince,
who remained her friend to the time of his
death.
Back to Paris and thence to England the
girl spent some delightful days shut up
with Prince Albert in one of his country
seats, but for some unknown reason was
suddenly informed that it would be necces
sary for her to make a voyage. Just before
parting with her, the Prince, with a pre
sentiment of final leave-taking, startled her
by claiming her as his daughter.
Count Lundi took her to the Isle of Bour
bon m the Indian ocean, and thence to
Quito, in Ecuador. Their next point was
New Orleans, then up to Hampton, Va.,
and back to New Orleans again. To escape
the cholera, which had broken out in toe
Crescent < 'ity,they lied to Dayton,O. Shortly
after their arrival Count Lundi was stricken
with the plague, aud, on his deathbed, dii
elosed to her the full story of her antece
dents She claims that the revelation was
made ir. the presence and hearing of Dr.
Bradbeck, and Father Hahn, or Hahneman,
of Dayton, who took great interest in her
subsequent career. In order that she might
inherit his estate and have the protection of
his name, the dying count insisted upon a
marriage, which was performed by Father
Hahn. A few hours afterwards she was a
widow. In a few days after this event a
frithful friend and attendant, Lady Camp
bell, also died, and in her grief she made
a rash attempt to terminate her own ex
istence by taking poison. This was in
1857.
During all these years Sophia-Adelaide
maintained communication with Prince Al
bert, and received a large jieusion. The
Prince died in 1861.
In 186!)she returned to France and trav
eled over Europe for ten years, where she
says her history was an open secret iu many
aristocratic households. Her pension sud
denly ceased iu 1876.
“Then for a time I was in imminent peril."
she said to the reporter, “until dear old
John Brown came to my rescue. He vis
ited me personally in Paris and many
times; eat his trusted friend, Mr. Spenser,
tome with money and messages of cheer.
He knew my secret, knew how foully I
had been treated, and warmly sympathized
with me.
“He promised to intercede for me with
the Queen herself, and I hear that he did so.
Once when she, my mother, was ill, John
Brown secretly sent for me and I spent a
night m the Windsor Castle. It was a night
of supreme torture, between hope and fear.
In the morning the Queeir was better, aud I
was not permitted to see her.
“John Brown remained my true and trust
ed friend up to the time of his death, which
was >i Cf .shins blow to me.”
“Was ne the first to inform her majesty of
the deception, which had been practiced up
on her?” the reporter asked.
“No, I have proof of the fact that
my father. Prince Albert, himself told her
of the circumstances shortly before he
died.”
“Have you any documents in support of
your claims f”
“I have many letters from prominent per
sonages, most of them ill Paris, where I
lived until four mouths ago. They are in
the hands of friends who have been aiding
mo in my silent work for justice. I havo
some here also—producing a package and a
large letter book—l have a letter from John
Brown in this book.”
An Experiment with a Guillotined
Head.
From Science.
The superstition that human beings
should with their heads to the north
is believed by the French to have for its
lou iiiui.ou a scientific fact. They affirm
that each human system is in itself an elec
tric battery, the head I icing one of the elec
trodes. the feet the other. Their proof was
discovered from exp laments which the
Academy of Sciences was allowed to make
on the body of a man who was guillotined.
This was taken the moment it fell and
placced upon a pivot free to move as it
might. The head part, after a little vacil
lation, turned to the north, anil the bo tv
then remained stationary. It was turned
half wav round bv one of the professors
and again the head end of the trunk moved
slowly to the cardinal point due north, toe
same results n ing repeated until the haul
cessation of organic movement,
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----- ORDINANCE
Ordinance read the til* t time March 2ft, IW,
read * second time April 6, 18*7, and laid on the
table; read a third time Sept. 21, 16*7. and
passed:
An >rdinance to provide for the t>r. ving. grading
and otherwise improving of Con street
between the east side of West Broad sin et
ami the west side of Drayton street, in the
city of Savannah, and for the assessment on
the property fronting on said Congress street
between said east sine of West Broad street
and west side of Drayton street of two-thirds
of the cost thereof.
Whereas. The persons owning more than
ono-half of the real estate in the city of Savan
nah fronting on Congress street, between the
east side of West Broad street and the west side
of Drayton street, in said city, have petitioned
the Mayor and Aldermen of tin* city of Savan
nah to pave, grade and otherwise improve said
portion of Congress street; and
Whereas, Tne petition of said parties has
been approved by a two thirds vote of tne said,
the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah, ni a regular meeting of Council, now,
therefore, the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah in Council assembled do hereby
ordaiu:
Section 1. That the Committee on Streets and
Lanes l>e and it is hereby authorized to have
Congres- street, between the east side of West
Broad and the west side of Drayton street the en
tile width of said between the curb st nes,
graded and paved with sheet asphalt, and have
proper side drains, cross drains aud crossings
pluoed on said street between the poiuts ns mod,
and to place new curbs and curbings between
said points.
Sec. 2. That the City and Submban Railway
Company is hereby required to pave between
the tracks of its rood and for three feet on each
side thereof where its track crosses Congress
street, as the paving to be done on said street by
the Committee on Streets and Lanes progresses,
and with the same material, and should said
railroad fail to commence said work and carry
the same forward, the same shall In* done for
said company by said Committee on Streets and
anes, and the cost thereof, if not paid when a
dll for the same is presented, collected by exe
ution, levy and sale of the said prop riy of the
said company, ns provided by law and ordi
nance in the case of abut t ing 'property owners.
Beo. ft. After the total cost of said works shall
have been ascertained, exclusive of any work
done for said street railroad company, one
third of such cost shall be paid out of the City
Treasury, and the other two thirds by the per
sons owning real estate fronting on said Con
gress street between the east, side, of West
Broad street and the west side of Drayton
treet; that is to say, one third t hereof by the
iwnerson each side of said street, at the date
•f the passage of this ordinance, according to
'rentage. And the pro rata amount of the cost
f said work is hereby assessed against said
real estate and its owners as aforesaid. And
if such assessment is not mid within ton
lays after presentation or a hill for
he same the amount of such bill
shall be furnished by the Committee
n Streets and Lanes to the City Treasurer,
vbo shall immediately issue an execution for
he amount against the person and property
iforeoaid, and place the same In the hands of
he Marshal, who shall levy the same on
the property described in the execution, and
if ter advertisement and other proceedings as
in cases of sales for city taxes, shall sell such
Property) at the time, place, and in the manner
irovided by law for city tax wiles) at, public
•utery to tie* highest bidder, ami such sale shall
est an absolute title in the purchaser, and the
.mount of the execution and cost shall go int-o
he City Treasury, and the remainder paid to
he owner or be held subject to such owner's
rder.
Sec. 4.—A1l ordinances and parts of ordi
lauces conflicting with the above are hereby re
>ealed.
Ordinance passed in Council . i>t . 21st, 1887,
RUFUS E LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank K. Rebake:t, Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
AN ordinance concerning appointments to the
police force of the city of Savannah, the pen
sioning of disabled members t Hereof, and for
other purposes connected with the said police
force.
Section 1. Be it ordaine l by the Mayor and
vldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
issembled, That no person shall ever lie up
minted or re-appointed to membership in the
•>olice force of tne city of Savannah, or continue
ohold membership therein, who is not a citizen
>f the United Stales an a resident of the State
f Georgia for at least one year next preceding
iis appointment, or who has been convicted or
crime m this State or elsewnere, or who cannot
read and write understaudingly in the English
language.
Sec. 2. That no person shall be appointed a
iioliceinan of the said city who shall lie at the
late of* such appointment over thirty-flve (85)
rears of age.
Sec. 3. That any member of the said police
orce who has or shall have performed duty
herein for a continuous period of thirty years
•r upwards shall, upon the certificate of the
burgeon of Police, concurred iu by Council, that
such member is permanently disabled, physu>
illy or mentally, so as to be unlit for duty, be
placed on the retired roll, and shall receive an
annual pension from the treasury of the city of
Savannah during his lifetime or a suiu of not
less than one half of the f nil salary or compeusa
iou of such mem tiers so retired.
Sec. 4. That any member of the said police
force who has or shall have performed duty
therein for a continuous period of twenty years
w upwards sod Isas than thirty year* shall,
ipon the certificate of the Surgeon of Police,
concurred iu by Council, that such member is
permanently disabled, physically or mentally,
so as to be unfit for duty, ** placed on the re
ired roll, and shall receive an annual pension
during his lifetime of a siun not less than one
third of the full salary or compensation of such
member so retired.
Sec. 5. That in determining the term of ser
v ice of any member of said police force no ser
vice rendered prior to the organization of the
present police force on the first clay of Novem
ber, 1865, shall lie counted.
Sec. 6. That every member of said police
(orce who dies in service from natural causes,
>hall le buried at the expense, not to ex
ceed fifty (SSO 00) dollars, of the said city of Sa
vannah. and the dependent family of suchraetn
tier shall receive his monthly salary for three
months after his death. Every mem
ber of said force who is killed
while in the discharge of his duty, or
lies from the effects of wounds received in the
discharge of his duty, sh ill be buried at the ex
l>enae, not to exceed fifty dollars, of the said
city, and the dependent family of such member
shall receive his monthly salary for six months
after his death.
Sec. 7. Any member of said Police Force who
may lie permanently disabled by reason of
wounds received in the d.sc iurgeor his duty,and
thereby made unable to earn a support, may lie
placed on the retired list on one-haifpay.
Sec. 8. That all ordinances, and parts of ordi
nances in conflict w ith this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept. 21st. 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rebaker, Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to regulate signs in the city of
Savannah.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Couucil as
sembled. That from and after the passage of
inis ordinance it shall be lawful to erect or put
up signs in the city of Savannah upon iron or
wooden poets, provided suctTposts are securely
and safely placed immediately within the curb
ing of the sidewalk, and in front of
the place of business of the person or ixjrsons
using tne same, that such |osts, if made of
iron, shall be not less than two nor more than ten
inches iu diameter, and if of wood, not less than
four nor more than ten inches in diameter, that
such signs shall be at least eight feet above the
pavement or sidewalk and shall not be exceed
ing four feet in width and five in height; and,
provided further, that said signs shall lie
securely and safely fastened to the said posts,
and that the erection of the said signs and post*
shall le under the direction and supervision of
the City Surveyor.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall
also Ik? lawful from and after the passage of
this ordinance to suspend signs from the sides
of buildings in the city of Savannah, provided
such signs are securely and safely fastened to
the sides of said buildings, at the place of busi
ness of the person or persons
using the same, an* at least eight
feet above the sidewalk, and do not overhang
said sidewalk exceeding three feet, and provid
ed, also, that sai 1 signs shall be put up under
the direction and supervision of tne City Bur
v eyor.
Bec. 3. Be it further ordained, That from
and after the passage of this ordinance it shall
not be lawful to erect or put up toy sign in the
city of Savannah, save iu full auu strict con
formity w’itb ail the provisions of the precediug
section of this ordinance.
Sec. 4 Be it further ordained. That all posts
erected at the time of the passage of thin ordi
nance, sustaining signs, if said post* are not im
mediately with] i the curbing, shall within
thirty days from the i>assago ol this ordinance,
be securely and safely plaeed Immediately
within the said curbing: and all sins which, at
the time of the f miss age of this ordinance, are
lower than eight feet, or are on awmng frames
shall within thirty days from tlie ponsuge of
this ordinance be securely and safely placed at
least eight feet above tiesi le .val eor street,
and Iw removed from said awning frames.
Sec. 5 Be it further ordained. That it shall
not. be lawful tp erect or put up In the efiy of
Savannah, or to continue er *cted. or to have or
use, auy sign that is unsure or dangerous to
life, limb, person or property, no matter how
I said sign may have been originally constructed
|or erected, dio hi any sign now erected, or
which may neveauer be erected, be or become
OFFICIAL.
unsafe or dangerous, within the meaning of
till section, toe person or persons owning or
using *.!<•■> signs shall Ik* n tided of this fact by
the t 'ity M irshal.and it shall thereupon become
the duty of s ich person or persons to forth
with make the saia sign secure and safe, or to
remove the same.
Sk< i>. Beit further ordained. That should
any sign Ik* aba ioued or disused the same may
be removed at the discretion and upon the
direction of the Committe on Streets and
Lanes, ami at the expense of the person or per
sons so abandoning or last using the said sign.
Sfcr. 7. Be it further ordained, That any per
son violating the provisions of the preceding
sections, or any of said provisions, shall, ui>oii
conviction before the Police Court of the city
of Savannah, Ik* line 1 by the said court in a sum
not excelling fifty dollars and in addition to this
the sign found to be in violation of this ordi
nance, or of any part thereof, shall be removed
by the City Marshal at the expense of the said
person so convicted, which removal shall l>o
directed and required in the judgment of said
court convicting the partv accused.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That, the city of
Savannah reserves full and entire police control
over all signs erected, or which may be erected,
their location, use and continuance, in so far
t hat no vested right shall accrue to any person
or persons because of the erection of said signs,
as against the said citv of Savannah, touching
the said signs or any matter or thing connected
therewith.
Sec. 9. Be it further ordained That so much of
the ordinance approved April 24, 1872 (to l>e
found oti pages 104 and 165 of Rebarer's Digest
of citv ordinances as relates to signs, and sec
tion tour of the ordinance approved March 12,
1873 -to lie found on pages 18 and 19 of Rehar
er's Digest), which said section four also relates
to signs and all ordinances and parts of ordi
nances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept. 21, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Kerarek, Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to provide for the paving, grad
ing and otherwise improving Bull street, from
the south side of State street to the south side
of Congress street. In the city of Savannah,
and for the assessment on the property front
ing on said Bull street, between the south side
of State street, and the south side of Congress
street, of two-thirds of the cost thereof.
Whereas, The persons owning more than one
half <r the real estate in tne city of Savannah,
fronting on Bull street, between the south side
of State street and the south side of Oongro**
street, in said city, have petitioned the Mayor
aud Aldermen of the city of Savannah., by pe
tition filed May 18th, 1887, to pave, grade and
otherwise improve said portion of Bull street,
aud
Whereas the petition of the said parties ha*
been approved by a two-thirds vote of the said
the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan
uah at a regular meeting of Council. Now.
therefore the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Savannah, iu Council assembled, do hereby
ordain
Section 1. That the Committee on Streets and
Lartes he aud it is hereby authorized and di
rected to have Bull street from the, south side of
State street to t lie south side of Congress street
—the entire width of the street between the curb
st<nes, grade-1 and paved with sheet asphalt,
and have prop* r side drains, cross drains and
crossings placed in said street between the
points named, and also to place such new curb*
aud curbing bet ween said points as may be in
the judgment of said committee proper and ad
visable.
Skc. 2. After the total cost of said work shall
have been ascertained, one-third of such cost
shall be paid out of the city treasury, and the
other two-thirds by the persons owning real
estate fronting/ on said Bull street, from the
south side of Slate street to the south side Con
gress street; that is to say, one-third thereof
from the owners on each si le of said street at
tin* date of the passage of this ordinance, ac
cording to the frontage, and the pro rata amount
of tin* cost of said work is hereby assessed
against such real estate and its owners as afore
said ; and if such assessment is not jiaid within
ten days after presentation of a bill for the
same, tne amount of such bill shall be furnished
by the Committee on Stic is and Lanes to the
City Treasurer, who shall im Mediately issue
execution for the amount against the
person and property as aforesaid, and
place the same in the hands of
the Marshal, who shall levy the same on the
property described in the execution, and after
advertisement and other proceedings as in case*
of sales for city taxes, ft uall sell such property
(at the time, place and in the manner provided
by law* for city tax sales* at puohc outcry to the
1 11 - r ii<■ -1 bidder, and *Uch tale* shay vest an ab
solute title in the Durcdaser; and the amount of
the execution and cost* shall go into t.ie City
Treasury and the remainder be paid to the
owner or held subject to such owners order.
Sec. 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinance*
conflicting with this ordi auee are hereby re
pealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept. 21 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance concerning the width of the
sidewalk on Congress street, between Drayton
and West Broad street*.
Section 1. B* it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the ty of Savannah, in Council
assembled. That the sidewalk on the south side
of Congress street, in the city of Savannan, t*-
tween Drayton and West Broad streets,is hereby
required to be of the umf rm width of eight
feet and six inches, and on the north side of
said Congress street, betwe i Bull and West
Broad streets, of the uniform width of seven
feet and six inches.
Sec. 2. That it the owner or owners of any
property on eitner si le of tie* said Congress
st reet, between Drayton and West Broad street,
shall fail to make tne sidewalk in front of the
property of such owner or owners of the width
Herein required, the city shall proceed to do so,
after the lapse of thirty days from the time or
notice of the requirement of this ordinance
given to such owner or owners, -which notice
shall 1h given by ihe Marsha) of said city.
Sec. 3. That in the event the city shall pro
ceed to do the work as provided in the preced
ing section, said work shall be done at the ex
pense ami cost of such owner or owners, in the
event a bill therefore shall remain unpaid ten
days after its presentation to such owner or
owners, then said bill for said cost and expenses
shall be turned over to the City Treasurer, who
shall Issue an execution for its collection, .o
gether with ali costs, against said owner or
owners and the abutting property, which execu
tion shall be levied and made iu the manner
pointed out by law for the levy and making of
the tax executions issued for taxes due the city
of Savannah.
Sec. 4. That all ordinances and parts of or
dinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Sept. 7, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: Frank E. Rebarer, Clerk of Council,
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Officer, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 29, 1887. f
From and after this date, the city ordinance
which specifies the Quarantine requirements to
be observed at the port of Savannah, Ga., will
be most rigidly eniorced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies of the Quar
antine (irdinance upon application to offline of
Healt h Officer, aud are requested to keep copy
of this publication.
From and alter this date and until further no
tice all steamships and vessels from or having
touched at houfcn America, Central America,
Mexico, tne Test Indies. Italy,Sicily,Malta, Mar
Bribes and the Guinea coast of Africa, direct, or
via American ports, will be subj cted to Quaran
tine detention and be treated os from infected
or suspected ports or localities, viz.: Section 9,
Quarantine Regulations. Captains of such
vessels will have to remain at the Quarantine
Station until their vessels are relieved.
All steamers and vessels from foreign port*
not included above, direct or via American
ports, whether seeking, chartered or otherwise,
will Ik* required to remain in quarantine until
boarded and paused by the Quarantine Officer.
Neither the captains nor anyone on board of
much vessels will be allowed to come to the city
or Land until the vessels are inspected and
! passed by the Quarantine Officer.
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
are reported unhealthy i the Sanitary Authori
ties, Quarantine restriction* against same will
Ik* enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring the flying
of th< Quarantine flag on ve <el& subjected to
detention or inspei lion wi l be rigidly enforced .
Notice is hereby given that the Quarantine
Officer is instructed not to deliver letters to ves
sels which are not subjected to Quarantine de
tention, unless the name of consignee aud st ite
! meet that the vessel is ordered to some other
port appears ujion the face of the envelop*.
This order is made necessary iu consequence of
the enormous bulk of drumming letters sent to
the station for vessels which are to arrive.
Ship chandlers are inform and that provisions
| in large q lautity cannot be received at the
Quarantine .Station, unless for vessels ordered
from this port, and it must then be sent down
by the tug boat at the time when vessel is to be
towed to sea. J. T. McFAKLAND, M. !>.,
Health Oilicer.
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