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A VOI'TH IX TMK TOILS.
LESTER PATTERSON’ JAILED ON A
CHARGE OF THEFT.
A Boy's Systematic Robbery of the
Central Railroad Ticket Offices-
Three False Keys Admit Him to the
Cash -He Makes a Clean Breast of
the Crime
A strange robbery was discovered y ester
dav. and it is more remarkable because of
tiie youth of the perpetrator and the sys
tematic wav in which he continued to rob
for aims months.
Lester Patterson i a bov about 17 years
old. For some unit- past he has been in the
Central railroad’s Bull street ti-ket office.
He wa- a steady boy. of good habits and
very ambitious to learn the railrod busi
ness.. anil to rise to a high pxition. He was
considered a thoroughly honest boy, and
if such had not heen tne opinion of ills supe
riors his career would have teen cut short
long ago. For months past the cash in the
ticket office has been short every now and
then. Tickets would lie turned in by con
ductors. but the Bull street office would
make no return of cash
Ticket Agent J. C. Shaw and his as-ist
ant. Mr. C O Nungezer. made the short
age good out of their diaries, but it was an
expensive thing for them, and what worried
" hem more than the loss of the money, was
the fact that no matter how careful they
•were, the shortages occurred all the same.
THE BOV’S CAREER.
A month or so ago Patterson was pro
moted. and given a position in the office of
the Auditor of Rei-eit.;-. and his salary was
increased from sls to $25 a month. Strange
to say, from th“ iQy he left the Bull street
office the shortages ceased, but now and
tnen they occurred at the depot ticket office.
Mr. Nungezer':- '■ash there Long less in the
morning than when he deposit'd it in the
safe the night before. The matter caused
Messrs. Shaw and Nungezer anv amount of
annovanee. as they f,.|t that the manage
ment of the road would not like so frequent
reports of shortages, and they have been
■watching carefully to try and discover if
any one was robbing them
The passenger depot is locked up at night,
as is also the ticket office and the sale where
the money is kept, but Thursday night the
watchman notiivsi a dim light m the hall
way.
BOBBING THE SAFE.
He looked about to see who was there,
and be discovered young Patterson in the
ticket office. He was going to arrest him,
but Patterson said. '‘Why. >ou know me, 1
belong here. Take me over to that police
man. He will tell you who 1 am.”
They went orer to where the policeman
was standing, and he said that be knew tic
boy , that he worked for the road, and so he
was permitted to go. The case was re
ported. however, and yesterday morning
■when Mr Nungezer o|>ened the office one of
the offic !S ls of the roa i walked in and told
him that Patterson had been caught in there
ounng the r.igbt.
Mr. Nungezer said: “Well, you stand by me
now while I count my cash. On the top of
I ne pile of cash in the drawer should be two
J-JO mils, beneath them one $lO and below
it a number of $-5 bills. He then opened tne
drawer and found that the two fJO bills,
one *lO and one $-5 were gone.
IN THE OFFICER’S HANDS.
After Mr. Nungezer had sold the tickets
for the out-going train he went to the office
of Justice Waring Russell and swore out a
warrant for Patterson s arrest. Detective
Wetherhorn went down to the auditor’s
office to serve it. He '-ailed Patterson out
in the hallway, and toki him that he had a
warrant for his arrest on the charge of
theft
“All right, sir, 111 go with you,” he re
plied.
On the way to the Justice's office Patter
son confessed to stealing from the safe,
though during the first part of the walk he
*i- not communii-alive. He owned up to
Stealing both from the depot nffi.-n and from
the BuD street office. Wnen asked how- he
§ot into the dejtot offi -e he said that he hail
a plicate keys to the depot and office doors
and to the safe.
“Where did you get them?” was asked.
HAD DUPLICATE KEYS HADE.
“I had them made when I was in the Bull
street office.' 1
“Why did you not give them up when
you left there
“Nobody kßew I hail them.”
“Have you got the $56 you took from the
•afe with you
“I didn't tak> $V>. I only took $10.”
“How much have you spent!”
“A dollar and a halt.”
“Have you got the balance with you!”
,“No, it's at home.”
“You are sure you have not got it with
you
“Yes. 1 have it in my pocket.”
“I thoyght you said it was at home?”
“The keys are at home.”
He then gave up SW. which was all he
had left, and he said that it was railroad
monev. the money he took from the safe.
Mr Nungezer questioned him when he
reached .Justice Russell's office, and be ad
mitted the same facta of which he had told
the deteoti ve, and further that while he was
at the Bull street office he stole regularly
from the money drawer, and sold tickets
for which he made no returns.
WASTED TO OOXEKSS.
He made the confession freely, though
he was cautioned by Mr. Lawton,
the attorney for the road, that he was not
compelled to criminate himself, and if he
did not want to make any confession not to
do it. but to refuse to answer all questions.
He said that he was trilling to tell; that he
knew he had done wrong, and that he ex
pected to suffer for it.
The Justii-e said that he would have to
require a SI,OOO liond. and some of the
hoy's relations tried to obtain it for him.
hut did not succeed. He sat in the Justice's
office all day, his eyes wet and red from
crying He said that he had done wrong
arid was sorry for it, but that was not what
troubled him. He thought the news of his
misdoing would kill his mother, and he cried
on her account, tie was lonesome, too.
COMMITTED TO JAIL
I .ate in the afternoon a commitment to
jail was made out, and Detective Wether
norn took the bov to his home where the
false keys were obtained, and they went
from thd-e to the jail where he was locked
up. and where he now is. A gentleman con
nected with the railroad couqiany -aid that
rill the officials of th“ road regretted having
to punish the young lad, and irerhape send
him to the penitentiary, but that the crime
was • deliberate on", if I'. - had simply taken
money once it would be u different
thing, but to systematica: \ rob th money
drawer and to have fi- >: -v made so that
he could open two door -and the safe was
such a flagrant crime that to pass it over
would bo to establish a precedent that
might be the cause oi immense losses to the
road and the rum of number., of clerks who
have a<s>" . to the company's cash, and he
J'd not see liotv the company could, in
j ;stive to itself or its employes, avoid ap
j earing as proaecutora.
New Cards for Mail Boxes.
Postmaster Lamar has received from the
department anew style of card to bo
placed in the mail boxes announcing the
hours for collection, etc. In addition to
giving the hours, the card bears the instruc
tions. “Deposit letter., early, prepaid by
postage stamps only. Direct” mail to street
and numlier and ask correspondents to
do the same. Notify Postmaster of failure
to collect from this box, or of any irregu
larity in the delivery of your mail. Send
money order or registered letter. T)o not
deface this box nor tamper with the con
tents, nor with the lock under a penalty of
$ I,ooft fine or three vears imprisonment.”
Superintendent Coolidge, of the carrier*’
department, will begin putting out the new
cards in a short time.
THE BPLKHEAPB GIVE WAY
Th* Fire on the Naples Proves a Disas
trous One.
The fire in the cargo of cotton of the Brit
ish steamship Naples <x>ntinued all night,
and the fire department was kept at work
with the two tugs. At 4 o'clock yesterday
morning the after bulkhead gave way, and
there arc now twelve feet of water in the
after hold. The department quit
yesterday morning, leaving but one
engine on the ground. The forward hatch
being freed of considerable water by the
bursting of the after bulkhead, the fire
again made some headway. At No. 1 hatch
the engine remained playing on the fire
until 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A
squad of men was left in charge of the hose
playing water from the hydrant.
A survey i-alled yesterday morning
<sinsisting of James T. Stewart, Lloyd's
agent: (..'apt. Sleeves of the British -team- j
ship Lancaster, and < apt. Rcavlev of the j
BriUsh steamship Resolute, accompanied by (
W. Robertson, British Vice Consul. They
recommended that the ship be discharged
as fast as pOMflWe and that the
cotton be immediately broken out of
No. 1 hatch. Accordingly, at 1 o'clock
Messrs. Reillv A: Marniolstein, the steve
dores. had a force of men put to work haul
ing the burning and wet cotton out of hatch
No. 1, where they worked all yesterday eve
ning and last night. In tearing out the
cotton the donkey engines and hoisting
aparatus of the "steamship Marion were
used.
Tne two tags remained alongside of the
vessel all night, yesterday playing on the
fire and last night pumping her out. The*
starboard plates forward give ample evi
dence of the intensity of the fire in that
f>art of tli* ship.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News ReDorters.
Four arrest* were made for disorderly
conduct and one for simple larceny yester
day.
Post D of the Travelers’ Protective Asso
ciation will meet to-night at the Guards
Armory.
The Orange County Dairy Company will,
in a few flays, open a depot in this city.
Mr. A. I>. Canning and his partner are now
here making the neoSHsary arrangements.
Richard Hooks, the negro who was
arrested Thursday for assaulting Daniel
Butler (colored', in Carson's livery stable,
was fined fft in the Police Court yesterday.
The first street organ of the season made
its ap|ienrame yesterday. It was operated
by a woman and a girl, and awakened the
echoes in Broughton -troet al>ou! the break
fast hour with the “Watchon the Rhine.”
Sheppard Wilson, the negro who was ar
lwsted Thursday night by Offiis*r Reilly, of
the Savannah. Florida and Western |>nlii-e,
for disturbing jiassengers, was arraigned
yesterday in m Police Court and tuned
o-er to the City Court for trial for assault
and for carrying concealed weapons.
The Mrs. Richardson who died at the
Infirmary and who was buried last Sunday,
though not, as was first stated, and subse
quently contradicted by parties in Hardee
ville. the wife of a Baptist minister, was
buried by the memle-i-s of the
church. Rev. J. E. L Holmes officiating at
the funeral, which was attended by several
members of his congregation.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
The Day Fixed for the Appearance of
Applicants in Savannah.
The members of the local Examin
ing Board have received notifii-a
tion from the Unite 1 States Civil
Service Commission at Washington,
that an examination of applicants for posi
tions in the clarified department service
will lie held at Savannah next Tueday,
(Art. 11, at‘J o'clock a in. The examination
will lie under the supervision of
Mr. Montgomery Cumming, of Au
gusta. representing the commission and he
will lie assisted by a local board of exam
iners. Only applicants who are notified to
appear w ill lie admitted to the examina
tion, except by consent of the Supervising
Examiner The dates of the other exam
inations to be held in Georgia, South Caro
lina and Florida were given in the Morning
News a day or two ago.
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
A Day’s Happenings in South Caro
lina’s Metropolis.
Charleston is still receiving watermelons
by the carload.
The new national bank in Sumter will be
called the Simonds National Bank, in honor
of Dr. Andrew Sinionds, who will lie its
President.
The South Carolina State Board of Health
has been discussing the quarantine and epi
demic question in Charleston this week, and
has also devoted considerable time to penal
and charitable institutions.
Sullivan’s Island has already put on its
winter garments. Most of the summer res
idents have moved to the city and the aho
rigenes have things all to themselves. ‘The
New Brighton Hotel still remains o)>en, and
will be kept o]>en for several months.
Sergt. Miller has, within the past four
iluvs, succeeded in recapturing three escaped
convicts —Morris Thompson (colored), from
the Georgia penitentiary, and R. W. West
moreland (white), a bigamist, and W. J.
Kearn- (white), a homicide, both the latter
from the North Carolina penitentiary.
A special tax will be levied next year for
the purpose of erecting another public
school building in Charleston. The neces
sity for increased public school facilities in
tiie upper wards has long tieen apparent,
and the Commissioners decided somrtime
ago to erect anew building to lie used in
stead of the old Meeting street school, which
is much too small for the fast increasing
imputation of the upper wards.
Local Personal.
Mr. T. S. Clay, left yesterday for a trip
North.
Mr. C. A. Robbe, of Augusta, is at the
Screven.
Aug Schmidt, Esq., of Darien, was in
town yesterday.
Rev. P. G. Robert, of St. Louis, arrived
in the city last night.
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs, of Augusta, was
in the city yesterday.
Dr. W. W. Owens, went North yesterday
on the Chattahoochee.
J. R Sheldon, Ksq., returned home yester
day from a trip through New England.
Mr. A. Vetshurg was a jiassenger on the
steamship Chattahoochee for New York,
yesterday.
Invitation* are out for l lie marriage of
Miss Ellen Arthur, daughter of Major and
Mr-. Henry T. IVitts oi this city, and Mr.
Janies Robertson Blackis. The marriage
will take place on Wednesday afternoon,
Oct. 13, at : o'clock at the “Church of
the Heavenly Rest,” Fifth avenue and
Forty-fifth street, New York.
River and Harbor Notes.
The British steamship Bay ley, Capt.
Child, arrived in port yesterday from New
York, having made a very quick run down.
The Bayley is a steel vessel and is without
doubt the finest, vessel of her kind that ever
visited this port. She is in the tea trade be
tween China and New York, but will take
on a cargo of cotton for Liverpool on her
way back to China. She is 1 ,69(j tons net
register.
Savannah’s Big Receipts.
The total receipts of cotton at this port
for this week were 63,54-1 hales, the largest
receipts ever recorded at this port for a
single week.
The Bngadme
Bouquet, Atkinsons new js-rfume. This
superb distillation sweetly recalls fragrant
Swiss flowers. Blight jewels m a setting of
perpetual suow.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1887.
WINDING UP THE SEASON.
The Closing Series of Games in the
Southern League.
The last games of the season in the South
ern I>wgue began yesterday at Charleston,
Birmingham and Charleston being the op
posing teams. This i the way the base hail
editor of the .Yens and Conner reviews the
season's work: “The season of ISS7 has not
been a brilliant oue in the South. Imbecility
and carelessness on the part of the
executive of the league, not to say
absolute unfairness, have done all that
could he done to break up the game.
Base ball would have come to an end
long si rue in Charleston but for the perse
verance and liberality of a handful of public
spirited citizens, who refused all offers to sell
out. and maintained Charleston's franchise
in the league at a heavy persona! expense.
Thanks to the Nashville umpire In the early
Cart of tiie season, and more re -ently to the
ome umpire, Charles on has been cheated
out of the penuanL But even this has not
dismayed those who are paying lor base ball
for Charleston. ”
Savannah is fairly out of the muddle, and
got out just in time to save its reputation,
even if it lost its money. The burning of
the giand stand at the park, and the expi
ration of the lease on the property next
year, with the la k of interest in the spirit
among Savannahians, are pretty strong in
fluences against any attempt at reorganiza
tion of the club It goes without saving
that base ball in Savannah is a dead issue.
CHARLESTON IN BAD ODOR,
New Orleans and Memphis Unite in
Denouncing Her Umpiring.
New Orleans, Oct. 7.— Jack Peltz and
thp Memphis players laugh at the reports of
fair treatment at Charleston. They got a
fair deal to-day, and New Orleans did what
littie kicking was made against Suck’s um
piring. Smith pitched the liest game he
ever did against New Orleans, but Ewing
pitched still better. Both sides fielded
magnificently all the time, Phelan and
( (eiss, especially making catches that set
the crowd wrili. The players were on the
alert and took advantage of every misplay.
New Orleans made the most of these and
lost the game. New Orleans lacked Cart
wright and Vaughn, and Powell had an off
day. New- Orleans was shut out until the
eighth, when good base running, a little hit
ting and Crotty's error let in two runs. The
score,by innings, follows:
Memphis. 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 x— 4
New i (rleans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0— 2
Batteries—Ewing and Vaughn, Smith anil
Grotty.
Base hits New Orleans 8, Memphis <
Stolen base* 7 each.
Errors—New Orleans K. Memphis 1.
CHILD’S PLAY.
Birmingham Gets Sulky Under Charles
ton's Local Umpire.
Charleston. K. C , Oct. 7.— Something
very mn<-h like a farce was played at Base
Ball Park this afternoon. There was not
enough gate money to pay the guarantee,
and both chilis played what the New Or
leans papers would call “a happy and care
le* game.” Up to the sixth inning the vLi
tors player! tolerably well. Then Ester
quest began to sulk. ’ The rest of his team
lost their heads and the locals made seven
runs. After that it was a farce. Charles
ton rsire.i in the first, second, sixth and
ninth innings twelve runs. Birmingham
was shut out. Smith, Charleston’s pitcher,
umpired.
Base hits—Charleston 15. Birmingham f
Errors—Charleston 2.'Birmingham 7.
Games Yesterday.
At Pittsburg—
Pittsburg <1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0— 9
Chicago 90000012 1— 7
Ha-- hits Pittsburg 16. Chicago 17. Errors—
I'll is burn 3. Chicago 4.
At Philadelphia (game called)—
Philadelphia 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 5
New York 00000023 0— 5
Base hits New York 10. Philadelphia 10. Er
rors—New York 10, Philadelphia 3.
At Washington—
Washington 001 3 01 15 I—l 21—12
Boston 000001 00(1 1
Base hit* Washington 19, Boston 6. Errors
—Washington 2. Boston 5.
At St. Liu is—
St. Louis 3 2 1 2 0 2 2—12
Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0— 2
Base hit—St. Iyouis 1. Cleveland 6. Errors—
St. Louis 3, Cleveland 3.
At Philadelphia—
Athletic 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 o—lo
Brooklyn . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Base hits—Athletic 24, Brooklyn 11. Errors—
Athletic 3. Brooklyn 3.
At Staten Island —
Metropolitan n o 1 3 0 2 0 0— 6
Baltimore 0 0 0 1 2 J 2 0— 6
Base hit- Metropolitans 12, Baltimore 15.
Errors -Metropolitan 2, Baltimore 6.
Game called on account of darkness.
At Indianapolis—
Indianapolis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0— 2
Detroit. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—2
Base hits Indianapolis 7, Detroit 10. Errors
—lndianapolis 1. Detroit 3.
Eight innings, darkness.
NOT GLIMMERING THIS MONTH.
The Planetary Sisterhood Not Visible
in October’s Evening Bky.
The planetary sisterhood will be absent
from the evening sky during the month of
October. Venus, which has been a con
spicuous object in the firmament for many
months past, has moved to the westerly side
of the stm. It sets before that luminary,
uml will lie visible hereafter <luriiij4Rhe war
in the easterly side of the sky only, as morn
ing star. Jupiter, also, has virtually van
ished. It will lie too near the sun to lie
clearly visible at the beginningof the month.
The sun in its sweep eastward through
the constellations is steadily drawing
closer and closer to the Giant Planet,
and by the end of the month its brilliancy
will lie dimmed by the splendor of the .4hlar
rays. <)n Nov. 8, it will set with the sun,
and will take Its place beside Venus as
morning star for the remainder of the year.
Mercury will be on the easterly side of the
Rim during the month, but will be too near
it to he visible. Pranus passes to the west
erly side of the stm during the month, and
joins Venus, Saturn, Mars and Neptune as
morning star, of which planetary quintette
it will be the least conspicuous member, save
Neptune.
WHERE WE WORSHIP.
Services in the City Churches Sunday.
St. John's Church, Madison square, the
Rev. George W. E. Kisse, rector an interim.
—Eights- -nth Sunday after Trinity. Divine
services and sermon at 11 a. in. Sunday
s-hool ui 1:30 p. m. On Wednesday even
ing prayer at 5 o'clock. ...
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the As
cension. W. S. Bowman. D. D.,pastor. Di
vine service to-morrow at I l a, m. and 8. p.
in., and on Wednesday nt 4p. in. Sabbath
school nt 4p. in. All are Invited.
Trinity Methodist Church, Barnard, be
tween York and President, Rev. Thomas
T. Christian, pastor.—Prayer meeting in
leciure room at 10 u. m. Sermon at 11 a.
in. and 7:30 p. m., by the pastor. Sunday
school at 3:30 p. in. Week services as usual.
A cordial invitation to all to attend.
Wesley Monumental Church, corner
Ahe room and Gordon streets, Hev A. M.
Wynn, pastor.—Sermons at 11a. nt. and 8
n. mby the pastor. Sunday school at 4p. m.
The usual weekly services. A cordial invi
tation extended to all to come.
Baptist Church.—Preaching by the pastor
at 11 a. m. and Bp. m.; young men’s prayer
meeting at 10 a. ni.: Sunday school at 4
p. m. Public cordially invited.
Andei-son Street Presbyterian Church,
Rev. R. Q. Way, pastor.—Preaching by
the pastor on Sunday at 11a m. and at
Bp. in. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m.
AU are invited.
Best I m ported Gin ever brought to Savan
nah at P. B. 1 ester’s.
Maimi Malt Whisky is the best brand ot
malt mad and -old by D. B. I/*ster.
1 IRELAND AND ITS PEOPLE
FATHER CAFFERTY’S ADDRESS BE
FORE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
He Reviews the Political and Moral
Aspect of the Country and Tells
What He Saw During His Recent
Visit—A Land of Struggling People.
Rev. Father Edward Cafferty spoke be
fore the Savannah Branch of the Irish
National League last night. His subject
was his recent visit to Ireland, and%e drew
a brighter picture of the condition of the
people and affairs in the Emerald Isle than
is supposed by many to exist. Father Caf
fer:y left Savannah on the last of
May and landed at Queenstowa
on June 10. The first part
of his talk was descriptive of the physical
conditions of Ireland. He described his
visit to Queenstown an 1 Cork, the beautiful
Lakes of Killarney, Blarney Castle, and
finally Dubliu an l its wonderful sights.
The most of his address was taken up with
the political and moral aspect of the couu
try.
CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.
“We do not have to look at Ireland a we
were compelled to formerly through Eng
lish spectacles,” he said; -‘thanks to the
press, and we get a truer picture of the con
dition of affairs than we did." Father
Cafferty said that he was sadly impressed
with two things which be could not help
noticing as soon as he landeAand during his
entire stay in the country. were the
absence of trade and conimers-e. and the
manner in which the people are watched
and guarded by military and constabulary.
With a few exceptions Ireland has neither
commerce or trade.
HEH HARBORS EMPTY.
Her harbors are numerous, safe and com
modious, yet there is no shipping in them.
Cork hat bor, capable of sheltering the entire
British fleet, has nothing but a few fishing
smacks and the coastwise schooners which
put in their with the mails. He quoted
from statistics showing that during the
eight months of the present year ending
Aug. 31. 82,073 persons. representing the
manhood and womanhood of Ireland emi
grated to foreign countries. There was no
work for them at home. They must either
emigrate or starve, and they emigrated.
UNDER CONSTANT GUARD.
The Irish people. Father Cafferty said,
are continually watched. 'The towns and
cities are full of military, and the police
man is übiquitous. Her is every
where. At everv railway station
be is striding up and Sown the
platform, and |>eers" into the carriages
rs they-petts. In the country every four or
five miles, and at every cross roads, is a neat
little cottage, and over the dour is the omi
nous word “Constabulary." The constabu
lary has comparatively an easy time of it,
and draws his pay regularly, except when
there is an eviction, and then he is paid
from the tenant's property.
THE COERCION BILL.
It was while Father Cafferty was in
Ireland that the coercion bill was passed.
The i*ople were not afraid of it, though, he
said. They have had too much coercion to
be frightened at any new acts. In spite of
the cruel and tyranical laws that have
heen and are inipxd upon thorn they are
still hopeful and buoyant, and what is more,
they are still united. The Irish of to-dav are
better educat'd than they were. They
feel that they are no longer the serfs and
slaves uf bygone days. The time was when
the Irish tenant was compelled to vote as
his lan Ilord dictated, but things have
changed greatly within the last decade.
THREATS OF THE LANDLORDS.
Now the tenant votes as he pleases, and
for whom he pleases. The landlord’s threat
has no longer any terrors for him, and this
change has been "brought about b v the Irish
National league, which the English govern
ment is trying so ha put down.
“There are not’ jails enough in
Ireland." said Father Cafferty, “to hold the
people who aiv willing to suffer imprison
ment rather than renounce the principles of
the league. ”
“The country, too is peaceable and free
from crime, except where it is forced upon
the people by the landlords and the English
government. The faith and piety of the
people has not diminished one bit.
A PEACEABLE PEOPLE.
“It is as true as it ever has been, and can a
people with such faith and such fervent
piety and devotion be capable of commit
ting crimes for the mere pleasure there is in
it, or in a spirit of lawlessness: If crime be
committed it is only after people have been
driven to desperation, and when patience
Las ceased to be a virtue.”
Father Cafferty was followed closely by
an intelligent audience, in which were some
of the best |>eople in the city, and a sprink
ling of ladies. He was frequently ap
plauded, and at the close of his address he
was tendered a vote of thanks by the mem
bers of the league.
“Sow. Gen'ral, you're posted; come, give us
your views.
In a brash at the front what’s the powder to
user”
He winked at a star as he puffed his cigar,
And slowly replied, "In a brush at thefroi
I never use powder, but— SOZODONT.
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a great comfort to every one who has it.
This Stove is the most powerful of its kind
that we can get, and we have tried many.
There are several important features about
it not to Vie had in other Stoves of the same
class. To any one wanting a heater, we
would recommend an inspection of this
Stove, which we believe to be the liestmade.
There is everything to recommend it;
weight, neatness and perfection. Inquire
for it.
Building Edition of the Scientific Amer
ican for October.
Contents: Designs in Architecture; Bi
chloride of Mercury as a Disinfectant;
Blinds; The Auburn Boiler for Steam Heat
ing; The Woodcuck Patent Shaking Grate;
Cost of Brick and Brickwork; Chinese Brick
making; Church at La Chapelle; Test of
Portland Cement; Church at Stratton;
French Seaside Cottages; The Court House
and Post Office at San Antonio, Tex.; Dec
orative Notes; Decorative Novelties; 1 (raw
ing and Engineering Instruments; Dwelling
fora Narrow Lit: Kboni/.ing: New Exhibi
tion Building of Glass and Iron at Madrid:
Frosted Glass; Care in Respect to Fire;
Earthquake Foundations; Action of Frost
on Cements; New Galvanizing Process;
Rules for Gas Fitting; Main Entrant Gate
Chateau at Bongival; Healthy Habitations;
A #1,200 Home; House at Flushing, N. Y.;
Defective House Construction; A Double
House nt Moderate Cost. A House for #2,800;
Ivory, Silk and Gold; How to Clean and
Polish Top Lather; To Transfer Prints to
Wood; Colored Mortar for Brickwork; The
Cutler Mailing Shut* for Posting letters:
Mallory’s Shutter Worker; An Improved
Device for Working Window Shutters; An
Improved Saw Filing Machine; Finger Nail
Paint ; Notes and Queries: Gil of Bay for
Flies; Painting Brick and Stone Buildings;
The Ixmg leaf Pine: An Improved Snrfai-e
Planing Machine; Residences at Moderate
Cost; One Storv Southern Residence;
Screens: The Effect of Sea Water on Con
crete; Vassar College Sewerage; A Side
board in Walnut; Preservation of Stone;
Country Store; Villi Si. Georges at Saint
Ix>; A City Residence in Marenbeim; Whoop
ing Cough a Dangerous Disease.
Frit* 35c. For sale at Kstill’s News Depot.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all the comfort* of the high-priced
ho els, and save from $1 In #2 per day. Try
it and be convinced. Boston Home Jour
nal
Old Honnessy and Martel Brandies at
Lester’s
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters or Money and Management
About Various Lines.
Track laying has commenced on the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago rail
road.
Americas will begin to ship cotton direct
to Savannah next week, via the Amerieus,
Preston and Lumpkin railroad.
The railroads are anticipating a heavy
travel next week during the Piedmont Ex
position. .Savannah will be well repre
sented in Atlanta, the railroad people say.
Mr. W. J. Craig, successor to General
Passenger Agent Charlton, of the Central
railroad, in the Port Royal and Western
Carolina system, was in the city yesterday.
Track laying on the Buena Vista and
Eliaville railroad is now well under way
and is being pushed forward rapidly, some
forty or fifty hands being at present en
gaged in the work.
Travel over the Atlantic Coast Line South
is very heavy. The Jacksonville train on
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way carried out I*; passengers yesterday.
Passenger Agent Patterson hail his hands
full.
Mr. W. A. Boyle, soliciting agent of the
Charleston and Savannah and Port Royal
railroad, is in Augusta, where he is conduct
ing the business of the office until a succes
sor to Mr. W. J. Craig is appointed. Mr.
Boyle’s headquarters is at Charleston.
The Chattanooga. Rome and Colum
bus.
The Rome and Carrollton Construction
Company udvertises for sealed bids to build
100 miles of the Chattanooga. Rome and
Columbus railroad; the first division from a
point twenty miles south of Chattanooga to
Rome, and the second division from Cedar
town to the terminus in Carroll county.
The work is to be commenced Nov. 1. and
completed June 1, 1868. President
Williamson, of the road, says that they
are going to rush the construc
tion of the road within the next
six weeks, that they have already bought
forty miles of steel rails, and part of it is
on the way. The contract for the bridges
will be set a little later on. The locomotive
works are building engines, and will begin
to deliver them shortly. The line between
Lafayette and Rome will be settled by Oct.
'JO. The narrow gauge between Rome and
Cedartown, a part of the Chattanooga,
Rome and Columbus, has been successfully
changed to the standard.
Sleeplessness.
Narcotics and sedatives murder sleep: the
unnatural stupor is soon followed by ill
effects .Simmons Liver Regulator removes
the cause of restlessness and sleeplessness by
regulating the bowels, by establishing good
digestion and by quieting the nerves.
“I have l.ecu a great sufferer from dys-
I>ep>ia and loss of sleep. As soon as I feel
the least nervous I take a dose of Simmons
Liver Regulator, and sleep all night."
Mrs. R. Bryant, Gris Wolds villa, Ga.
DR. WHITEHEAD’S REMEDY.
Prickly Ash, Poke Root, Potassium
(P. P. P.> The Greatest Tonic and
Blood Purifier of the Age.
This preparation is not a secret or so
called - patent medicine," but is a compound
of the best known vegetable alteratives
(prickly ash, poke root, stillingia, sarsapa
rilla, gentian, etc.), and has that peer
less alterative, iodide of potassium, added
to it.
There is no argument necessary to estab
lish the fact that if the blood is impure
health is impxssible. Every intelligent per
son knows that the blood is the life current,
and any taint ill it must of course lie inju
rious to the body. Blood impurities may
manifest themselves in various shapes.
Sometimes it is rheumatism, sometimes
scrofulous troubles, again m glandular
swellings, uicei-s, sores, boil" skin erup
tions. scalp diseases and various external
warnings tell us "the blood is impure.”
Sometimes an internal organ is the scat of
the trouble—the kidneys, the liver or the
lungs give way. and then we have serious
trouble, for "the blood is the life.”
Dr. AVhitebead has made a study of this
class of diseases for years, and offers this
preparation to the public as a reliable and
powerful blood purifier and tonic.
N. B —P. P. r. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassium) is now on .-ale in almost
every store w here medicines are kept Do
not be put off by dealers, who have not the
remedy ou sale, with "something just as
good as P. P. P.,” or "better than P. P. P.,”
For there are no such goods. Buy the gen
uine P. P. P. (Prickly Ash. Poke Root and
Potassium), and you will not lie disappoint
ed in its results. If you cannot find it in
your neighborhood, send to us direct and
we will forward it to you by express. Re
member it is a fluid extract, made from the
Green Roots and Barks, and is very strong.
It does not take thirty to fifty bottles of it
to effect a cure; two to tour bottles are suf
ficient to do the w ork; one bottle will show
its wonderful effects.
Asa general tonic in low states of health,
especially weak and debilitated females, it
has no equal. The P. P. P M'f'g Cos.,
Savannah. Ga.
Wholesaled in Savannah, Ga .’by O. But
ler. Solomons & Cos., Lippman Bros.
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 warwooms and inspect the
grandest display of most beautiful de
signs in ornamental and decorated art ever
placed before the Savannah public. Faust
mid Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re
lie.ro, arc gems worthy of the poetic interest
that attaches to the weird and mystic. Be
sides wo are receiving,ahnostdaily, 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
monds 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, tie established by this season's dis
play. and we n-quest the public to favor us
with a visit of inspection regardless of a de
sire to purchase. M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street.
Edam, Pineapple and Swiss Cheese at
Ix-ster’s. • //
Stringless Beans ahd Sweet Sifted Peas
at Lester’s.
Just Out of Bond.
D. B. Ixwter has some very fine 5-year-old
Rye and Corn Whiskies he is offering at
$5, and they are well worth the money.
Oak, Pine and Light wood,
For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor and
East Broad street*. Telephone No. 77,
Go to D. B. I/ester, the Grocer.
Umbrellas.
Gloria, wears better than silk, for $2 50,
silver-tip $3, 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.
Boys’ Blue Hats for 25c.
“The Famous” has removed to 141 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 2V.. Knee Pants, age J to 13, for 50c. to
75c., Suits,.} to 15. for $2 50 Also a reduc
tion in prices on all our Men’s and Youths’
Clothing. Get the prices of any of
our competitors, then come to see
us, and you will he convinced
that we can sell any grade suit
wanted at a saving of $2 50 to *5 00, as we
manufacture our clothing, and sell them at
prices our competitors buy them at.
Try D. B. Lester's 25c. and 50c. Tea.
Weather Indications.
Special indications for Georgia:
FAIR Slight changes in temperature,
Ifair weather, light to fresh south
easterly winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah. Oct. 7. 18S7. and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
Departure | Total
M r.an TtMCKRATt HE from the Departure
Meaa 1 Sines
for 15 years Oct.7. 'tT , --or— Jan. I,IBW.
71 0 09 C | - | 517.0
Comparative rainfall statement:
x, rs i, . Departure Total
Mean Daily Amount f rom the Departure
A v*°x+ln r 0.-/v Mean Since
16 tears. Oct.., -S7. __ or _ j an ly lSsr
.** 00
Maximum lefaperature 78. nnmjiuun tem
perature 58
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:33 o’clock p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was ti 4 feet—a fall of 0.1 during the past
twenty-four nours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for 24 hours end
ing ij p. in., Oct. 7. 1887. 75th Meridian
time.
Districts. Average.
v I 1 *®-®* Max Min. Rain-
lions 7' e mp Temp fail
1. Atlanta 18 , 78 48 .00
2. Augusta !2 i8) 48 .00
3. Charleston : Hj H3 4* .00
4. Galveston | 30 | 8b 70 .04
5. Little Rock • 13 84 62 *T
6. Memphis 29 W 56 00
7. Mobile 7 jBO 50 *T
8. Montgomery...... 8 78 5*3 00
9. New Orleans ?0 *jo .03
10. Savannah 12 82 54 .00
11. Vicksburg • 5 M 66 |*T
12. Wilmington j 9 !78 I 4S 00
Averages.. . j
*T denotes trace of rainfall.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah. Oct. 7. 0:36 p. city time.
Temperature.
Direction. C'
v, j
Velocity P
Rainfall.
X AMS
or
Stations.
Portland 54 NW .. . (’lear.
Boston 62 N’W Fair.
Block Island 62 W (*!ear.
New York city ... 64 W Clear.
Philadelphia : 64 W . Clear.
I>etroit j 64 SW Clear.
Fort Buford
St. Vincent 38 N T* Raining.
Washington city.. 64 Cleat*.
Norfolk 68 S 8 Clear.
(' harlot te 64 S 6 Fair.
Hatteras 66 S t lear
Titusville 78 E v 2 T* ,Cloudy.
Wilmington 62 Clear.
Charleston . 70 E 6 . Clear.
Augusta ; 66 Fair.
Savannah I 6 s k 6 Cloudy.
Jacksonville I 74 N E 6 Clear.
Cedar Keys 72 N E 6 .... Clear.
Key West 78 N E 18 Cloudy.
Atlanta 56 E c .. (’lear.
Pensacola 76 8 El 2 . .. Fair.
Mobile 72 E ('lear.
Montgomery , 70 E 6 . clear.
Vicksburg 72 S E . Cloudy.
New Orleans 74 8 E S (’lear
Shreveport 76 s E Cloudy.
Fort Smith 74 s T* Cloudy.
Galveston 80 S F 18 .. Cloudy.
Corpus Christi... 80 S El 4 .28 Raining.
Palestine 74 S E 18 . Cloudy.
Brownsville 80 S 14, T* j Cloudy.
Rio Grande 1
Knoxville 62 ... . Hazy.
Memphis 72 E Fair.
Nashville 70S E Clear.
Indianapolis 70. 8 . Cloudy.
Cincinnati 70 S .... Clear.
Pittsburg 66 N Clear.
Buffalo 56 E Clear.
Cleveland 70 S Clear
Marquette ox S .04 Cloudy.
Chicago 72 8 E Cloudy.
Duluth 46. X E'.. .31 Raini'?
St. Paul SW ..j Clear.
Davenport 72 S , < lear.
< ’airo 70 S E:.. | .. (’loud)
St. Louis 1 72 S E Cloudy
Leavenworth... 66 S .. .04 Cloudy.
Omaha j 70 8 Cloudy.
Yankton 52 NW Cloudy.
Bismarck .36 N .01 Cloudy.
Deadwood 34 X E ... .01 Raining.
Cheyenne 28 N .24 Snowing.
North Platte 46 N Cloudy.
Dodge City 64 S F. Cloudy.
Santa Fe 60 8 E . ... Fair.
♦T denotes trace of rainfall.
G. N. Sausbi'rv Signal Corn*
A Lively Whirl.
It takes live methods to succeed in any
thing. Business doesn’t come to the mer
chant who waits. We don’t propose to
wait. For weeks we have been busy get
ting in a large stock of our usual fine grades
of tailor-made suits. Wo didn't buy it to
keep, but to sell, and now wt want to sell it.
You may not be ready to buy yet, yet
many are buying their fall and winter suits
now. The early buyer has many advan
tages over the late one—full lines, large as
sortment and great variety in fabrics—yet
we aim to keep our lines full at all times.
In some eases it can’t lie done, hence we sug
gest the advantage of early buyers. You
have no idea how well we can serve you:
variety in colors, fabrics and low prices are
our inducements. We assure perfect fits.
What more can you ask; Come and go
over our stock with as; your eyes will be
opened. Parents can clothe their boys with
us at a great saving. In a word, if we can’t
give you the finest assortment, the snuggest
fit and the greatest general satisfaction “we
don t want your order.
Simon Mitchell,
The Golden Arm, 150 Broughton street.
Advice to Motners.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Synin should
always be used when children are' cutting
teeth. It relieves the little suffer at once; it
produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving
the child from pain and the little cherub
awakes as “bright as a button.”
It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain, re
lieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. 25
cents a bottle.
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,
For sale by It. B. Cassels, corner Taylor
and East Broad streets. Telephone No, 77.
Pure old Scuppemong Wine at Lester’s.
Notice.
VTe take great pleasure in announcing to
our friends, and the public in general, that
we have opened a Special Custom Depart
ment, which will l>e conducted under our
own personal supervision. We are now
ready, and have on hand a full line of Fall
and Winter Samples, to which we call spe
cial attention, particularly to styles, fabrics
and prices. This will enable such parties
that wear extra and odd sizes to have their
clothing made to measure with very little
extra cost. AVe guarantee a lit. in every in
stance or no sale. To those who intend hav
ing their fall and winter clothing made bv
us, we would respectfully ask them to place
their orders early. Very respectfully,
Appel & Schawl. One Price Clothiers,
BL Congress street, opposite market.
Don’t Buy Your Groceries
Until you get D. B. Lester’s prices, and see
his large stock of new Preserves, Canned
Fruits, etc'.
Fall Clothing
Beginning to arrive. Ready to show a nice
selection for early fall wear," also fall Over
coats. They are nicer and prices lower
than ever, to show our customers that we
have removed to the northeast corner Con
gress and W hitaker sireets. The Famous
o. ,\?. Clothing House manufacture all
the clothing they sell, .dealing direct with
the consumer. \\ e save every one who
buys of us at least 25 per cent.
No Hard Times
When you buy from D. B. Lester.
Try D. B. Lester’s 10c. and 15c. Candv.
HIDDEN & BATES S. M. H
Our Stationery Departaent
WKW ARRIVALS.
QAA BOXES, with handsome Lithograph or
O'"’ cover, containing 21 sheet-s good Now
and 24 Barronial Envelopes. Price only 10 cents.
900 Boxes, with handsome IJthograph on
cover, containing 24 sheets Letter Paper and 21
Let ter Envelopes. Only 15 cents.
).(X)0 Boxes Fine. Stationery, contents -(t jeets
Paper, 24 Envelopes. 1 L. A B. S. M. II Inserted
Rubber XickleTipped le-sd Pencil. 2 L. & B. s
M. H. Steel Pens. 1 Penholder. 1 Blotting Tad
25 cents each ’
1,000 Boxes Elite Correspondence Stationery
21 sheds Paper, 24 Envelopes. is cents.
501 Boxes Regent Cards, handsome Lithograph
Top Box. 24 tine Bristol Cards ibid Envelopes to
match. 25 cents.
5Pi Boxes Mourning Stationery, contains 24
sheets Mourning Pajier and 24 Mourning En
velopes. 40 cents.
1.000 Reams of L. Jt B. S. M. 11. Fine Writing
Paper in Not<*s. Congress, letter. Fools Cap
Legal Cap and Bell Cap. Price 20 cents a pound’
500 Gross Steel Pens at 75c. gross, 10c. dozen!
Special Notice to the Public.
Above goods represent some of the styles
known as popular lines of Box Paper. Ordinary
Writing Paper and popular styles of Steel Pens.
While the quantities mentioned may seeni
large, we have the exact quantities of each
article mentioned, and they comprise but a
small ivart 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, sine
ply bv supplying the consumers of fine station
ery in every section of the South. We get up
sample nooks and price lists and make it easy
for people to buy good goods t hrough t he mails
thus enabling us to handle large quantities of
the goods and give ail the benefit of low prices
which we are enabled to offer by making Urga
am! frequent purchases. ”
Jr. & B. S. M. n .
FURNITURE AND CARPETS
A. J. Miller & Co.’s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
OCCUPIES A SPACE OF OVER
30,000 SQUARE FEET,
And is filled with the Choicest Line of Goods to
be found anywhere. The advantages to lie ob
tained by having such an immense and complete
stock to t elect from will be appreciated by those
who have never bought of ns. and who hare
been obliged to confine their selections to only a
limited assortment.
Buying as we do by the CARLOAD
and tor CASH, we are enabled to
undersell any one in the South.
Our workmeu are skilled mechanics, and our
salesmen the most polite.
A. J. MILLER & CO.
MS. 150 and 152 BRftl GHTON ST.
BLACK Kb;RRX' JUK E.
SAMPLE BOTTLES FREE.
State
or
Weather.
isWNte M
|woM£N^CHlL|^^|
Imported and Bottled by
Mihaiovtith, Fietcher &. Cos., Cincinnati,Ohio
—FOR SALE BY
A. EHRLICH A* BRO., Sole Agents, Savannah,
Ga., and all wholesale and retail Drugging
Liquor Dealers ami Wine Merchants everywhire.
CORSETS.
~ ’ Vs l
. TOR SHE EVERYWHERE.
DYES.
LADIES! ’
no your own Dyeing, at home, with PEI*
LESS DYES. They will dye everytbp
They are sold everywhere. Price’lOo. a |too
-40 colors. They have no equal forstrei i,
brightness, amount in packages, or for fan! ls
of color, or non-fading qualities. They 4< it
crock or smut. For sale by B. F. Ulmf.n. ''fc.
Pharmacist. corner Bn*ught4i arid Hoi; b
streets; I*. B. Reid. Druggist and Ap#*
cary. comm- Jones and Aberoorn str*;
Edward J. Kilffer, Druggist, corner ttt
Broad and Stewart streets.
DAVIS RROT-.
MEM. DM
FOR
SCHOOL BOOKI
and
SCHOOL SUNDRIES?
We have furnished all of the Teachers wfl
printed lists of the BOOKS that will be used#
their room*. For the benefit of All we have /*
tached the exact cost of each Book. On an
the new BOOKS that will he introduced
season, we have arranged to buy the
BOOKS.
This will reduce the cost to our many
tomera for BOOKS to a very low figure.’ /
all of the little folks to us. as we nave
enough to furnish the town. fit
DAVIS BROS,
42 and 44 Bull Street.
SCHOOL BOOKS