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8 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. Lovell & Lattimore’s Best Warmer. The Firelight open front heating Stove is 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