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SECRETS OF THE SEA.
TRAGEDIES ON THE OCEAN OF
WHICH NOTHING 13 KNOWN.
A Sailorman’s Yarn of Swift and Aw
ful Punishment for Brutality The
Disappearance From His Ship of the
Mate of tho Marietta.
From the Alta California.
“What’s that you say t .Murders ever
committed at sea that aro never found out!
Well, I should say there wore.”
Tho speaker was a tall, well formed,
bronzed mariner, the chief officer ot an
American ship now lying at the sea wall.
He has followed the sea from his infancy,
for he was born on it, and the forty-five
years of his wave-tossed life have been full
of incident and adventure.
“Yes,” he went on, “there are many,
crimes committed at sea which never come
to light, and many is the old shellback whose
liana is stained with blood. Talking of this
puts me in mind of something that occurred
to me —a case that furnishes an instance in
point. It happened about six years ago that
I was stranded in this port without a rag. I
had been ashore about six days, ample time
for an old shell to get away with his all,
and I was determined to ship as soon as pos
sible. There was at that time in port as
pretty a little ship as I have ever seen. She
wiis tbe very craft to charm a sailor’s heart.
Long and low of hull, with tall, raking
masts, she had the run of a clipper, and was
us clean as a man-o’-war.
“I took a fancy to the Sea Foam at once,
and, hearing that the Captain wanted men,
1 went aboard and was shipped as bo’sun
for a voyage to Cork. I found the old mail
a splendid fellow, bluff and hearty, a real
sea dog, who liked his glass of grog, and
whose nose showed his liking. The second
mate was a nice young man, but the mate
was a queer card. He’d never look you in
tbe face, was always talking to himself, and
would fly into terrible paroxysms of rage.
Even in his sleep he could not keep quiet,'
and the stillness of the night watch would
often be disturbed by his shrieks for
‘mercy,’ and his cfies of ‘I did not do it; it
wasn’t me.’
“I at last came to the conclusion that the
man was tormented with remorse for some
past crime. As the days of the voyage wore
on 1 became more and more convinced that
my belief was correct, and that the mate
was a criminal, but the real truth was to be
revealed to me sooner than I expected.
“It was on Trinity Sunday, 1881, and we
were in 45° south and 120° west, when we
were overtaken in one of the heaviest gales
it has been my lot to encounter. The glass
had been jumping about as if it had St.
Vitus’ dance. The old man had foreseen the
gale which broke on us from the sou’west,
and we had everything snug when the first
blast struck us and heeled us over till the
water poured down the companionway.
Luckily wo had brand new topsails and try
sails, or the devil himself could not have
saved us.
“We were lying up to the wind pretty
steadily when eight bells struck at midnight
and the mate got ready to go below. Poor
fellow! he never got below by himself, but
had to be carried there, for a sudden lurch
to the leeward threw him across the poop
deck, and at the same moment the spanker
boom was carried away from the mast and
fell across his chest. When we picked him
up he was senseless, so we carried him down
below, and brought him around with some
brandy. But he was a dying man, and he
knew it. ‘Tell the old man to come here,’
he said, and the captain was brought along
side. ‘Captain,’ he said, in a hoarse whis
per, while every now and then the welling
blood choked his utterance, ‘I have a con
fession to make. 1 was afraid to make it
before, and it has rendered my life a burden
to me. Three years ago, captain, I shipped
before the mast in the Marietta, brig of
New Orleans, bound with cotton for Liver
pool. I forget the old man’s
name, but the mate was named
Roberts, and he was a brute. Hardly
had the ship left harbor before ho com
menced to ill-treat the men, but a terrible
punishment was to overtake him. We had
been out six days, the weather was fine, and
1 had the first wheel in the afternoon watch.
The stores were to be given out that after
noon, and at two bells I saw a man coming
aft with some kids in his hand to get the
stores. In a quarter of an hour he returned,
carrying a. kid of molasses. As he came out
of the booby hatch, the Captain’s dog, a
snarling little cur, bit him on the leg and
he fell, spilling the molasses on the deck.
The mate saw the accident, and, going
deliberately up to the man, kicked him in
the face, and the poor wretch rolled over
senseless. The inhuman mate was not pun
ished, however. He raised the prostrate
man’s head up and laid it on the overturned
kid. Then getting astride the man, he
raised his foot and kicked the poor wretch
beneath the nose, tearing the nostrils clean
off. He then set the dog on the man.
“ ‘The mate laughed. “Take him for
ward,” I could hear him say to the men
who were gathered around lingering their
knives in a threatening manner. They
lifted their wounded, senseless comrade and
took him forward as the mate went below.
He presently returned and proceeded to take
the sun. He stood abaft the main rigging
on the port side. He raised the sextant and
looked intently at the glowing sun. I saw
the men consulting together, and then one
stepped forward. He was a big, brawny
collier. Picking up a heaver he stole be
hind the mate, and brought the iron liar
down with crushing force upon his head,
dashing his brains out with the force of the
blow. The other men rushed aft. picked up
the body, and dropped it overboard with
the sextant. A few buckets of water
washed away all evidence of the crime, and
the men resumed work.
“ ‘At four bells the old man came on deck
and looked around for the mate, but not
seeing him went below again. In the mean
tipie I was relieved. I went forward.
“Did you see anything,” asked the collier.
“No,” I answered. “1 am glad of it,” was
the reply, “for there’s more heavers in the
ship.” Passing by the main rigging, I
looked over; blood and brains bespattered
the chain plates. I drew a bucket of water
and washed it off.
“I had scarcely finished when the skipper
came on deck again, very much excited.
“Who’s seen the niatei” he asked. No one
had. The ship was searched, but no mate
was found, and at last the seurch was given
up, the captain concluding that his chief
officer had fallen overboard, though how
was a mystery.
“ ‘We arrived in Liverpool all safe, the
second mate acting as first and the boat
swain as second officer. The tragic story
w’as never told, and I have lived iu hell
ever since.’
“The excitement which had kept the mate
up now failed him, and he fell back on the
table with the death-rattle in his throat.
And there, amid the shrieking of the wind
and the groaning of the vessel, the poor fel
low died the litSe oil lamp casting a weird
light on bis pale, convulsed features.
“There, sir,” concluded the mate, ‘was a
crime which was never avenged, for though
we laid tho facts before the pro]sir officials
in Liverpool, fhe murderer was never dis
eovered. Yes, sir; the sea has many mys
teries.”
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AN AWFUL DEATH.
The Terrible Tentacles of an Octopus
Wound Around a Chinese Fisherman.
f'rorn the Alta California.
An unusual commotion and excitement
have been noticeable for several days past
among the members of the little Chinese
fishing colony that is located on the arms of
the bay that stretches between the Potrero
and South Siui Francisco. The odd-shaped
scows and rafts in which the fishermen pur
sue their vocation have been skimming
around the bay in an aimless way;
the plodding clam catcher instead of
plodding in the mud for the bi
valves has put in the time in running
around the beach and even extending his
travels to the other side of Butcher
town, as if he were in search of some
thing. At night twice the ordinarv number
of tapers And punks have been burned in
the camp, and the celestials have been
heard chanting a low, monotonous song
that sounded like a death dirge. On Wed
nesday the cause of the movements was dis
covered. Lee Chung Tuk, one of the most
prosperous and energetic members of the
community, is no more. That he is dead all
his former companions firmly believe now,
though for some time they entertained
hopes that he might have escaped the hor
rible fate which three of his friends assert
that he met with. Acting under this im
pression the searching parties were insti
tuted. The circumstances attending his
disappearance from his haunts and friends
are, according to the statements, sensational
as well as tragical.
Tuk was the owner of one of the neatest
junks in the colonial fishing fleet, and had
threomssistants to help him in his labors.
From the pigeon English of the Chinese the
following story has been gleaned. Aside
from certain imaginative touches which the
fears of the Chinese may have caused them
to add to it, the story shows that man-eat
ing sharks are not the only dreaded sea
monsters which are harbored by the deep
waters of the bay. *
IN THE MONSTER'S CLUTCHES.
On last Saturday evening as the sun was
declining and the mists floating in from the
sea, Tuk and his three companions hauled
out into deep water in their junk, which, by
the way, is called by a Chinese name, which,
being translated, means “the ever resplen
dent queen of the ocean that snaps her
lingers at the devils of the deep.” It was
the object of the party to lay their nets by
night and have them in readiness by the
morning. Some hours were occupied in the
occupation, for however expert Tuk’s
“queen” was in snapping her fingers at the
devils, she was mighty slow in getting
through the water. The moon was well up
in the sky and cast a halo of silver light
around on the rippling waves as they
swashed against the sides of the junk. Tuk
was leaning over the edge of the boat ad
justing some ropes. In that same moment
Tuk’s companion’s saw a huge shiny, ser
pent-like arm emerge from the water and
twine itself around his middle. A great
scream broke from his lips and died away
in a sickening gurgle as the breath was
forced out of him by the compression of the
air. Cries of horror and fright arose from
Tuk’s comradas, and they crouched low in
the boat and watched Tuk struggle in the
horribly embrace. Their cries were re
doubled when, almost in the space of an
other moment, at least six hideous looking
arms arose in the air and began to whirl
around ldte a windmill on a breezy day.
The armsMr tentacles then commenced to
swish around the boat as if they were feel
ing for the other Chinese who were moaning
and crying with terror. Tuk’s body was
still wriggling, and a gurgle came from his
throat. Two of the waving arms were
wound around his limbs, biudiug them with
terrific power. Then a huge, jelly-like
body rose in the water close by the junk,
and by the light of the moon the fprrified
Chinese saw- the huge, gaping moutn of the
monster, and the protruding eyes shot out
a greenish gleam. Anew peril was now
staring the wretched fishermen in the face.
The weight of the monster’s tentacles, one
of which was clutching the gunwale fast,
was careening the boat over inch by inch.
The gunwale was even now almost level
with the waves, and the shivering, cower
ing Chinese would be dropped into the gap
ing mouth or into the embrace of the ten
tacles.
NOTHING ELSE THAN AN OCTOPUS.
Fear at last seemed to nerve one of the
Chinese with a desperate courage. He
crawled over to where a large hatchet was
lying and, seizing it, made his way to the
gunwale. Then, standing up and dodging
a blow from one of the whirling arms, he
brought the sharp edge of the hatchet
heavily down upon the clutching tentacle.
One stroke, then a rapid second. The arm
was severed, and at the same time a gust of
wind struck the boat's sail and drove her a
good distance away from the fish ere it
could get another grip. The three men
were safe; with streaming eyes they saw
the yet struggling form of Tuk dragged
beneath the waters. Fearing another at
tack from the monster, the frightened fish
ermen got out their lpng oars and
rowed the junk as rapidly as possible from
the place. How they reached the Potrero
shore the men can hardly remember. They
told the tale to their countryman, and in
tense was the excitement that followed and
‘ varied the comments regarding the strange
sea devil which had taken off Tuk. Many of
the latter’s friends believed that Tuk had
escaped and swam ashore. Then search
was made for his body in the water and
along the beach. The affair has aroused
the superstitious fears of the Chinese.
They fear that the monster may visit them
again. The lopped off arm was thrown
overboard by Tuk’s comrades, as they
really believed it was a section of the evil
one. Probably the queen, etc., will bo
burned ns a sacrifice to the devil that visited
her and spirited awav her owner.
If the statements of the Chinese fisnermen
arc accurate, the monster could have been
nothing else than an octopus. These crea
tures, however, generally frequent tropical
waters, and it seems strange that one should
have found its way into this bay. The Chi
nese say that a strong odor was apparent
when the arm was severed. This is charac
teristic of tfie octopus. It is seldom that
anything to which the suckers in the tenta
cles of an octopus attach themselves gets
away, so it looks decidedly as if Tuk was
“no "more,” as the Chinese think.
A New Metal tor Heavy Guns.
From the New York Sun.
The United States Naval Institute at
Annapolis will soon issue advance copies of a
paper by Alfred H. Cowles on aluminum
bronze for heavy guns, which will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the institute to be
held in Annapolis on Oct. 27. Mr. Cowles
argues that by cither the Rodman or Deane
process of casting, guns can be made of this
alloy that will ha”e a much higher tensile
strength and ductility than the finest quality
of mud steel forgings; that it would be im
possible to hurst a gun cast from this alloy
with four times the powder pressure now
used in the “built up” steel gun, mid, finally,
that the plants required for producing
aluminum bronze and casting guns there
from would not require more than one-third
as great an outlay as it is proposed to invest
in plants for the "construction of built up
guns, while not one quarter of the time will
be necesiary to build the aluminum plant
and gun. Mr Cowles also estimates that
guns can be cast from aluminum bronze at
20 per cent, less cost than the forged guns of
steel, while <SO per cent, of this cost will be
capital stored away in tlm metal of the gun,
which metal can be remelted and used over
an indefinite number of times. The leading
metallurgists and ordnance experts of the
United States, Great Britain, Fi ance, Bel
gium and Germany will be invited to dis
cuss tbe paper.
The Bottom of the Sea
Yields uo pearl that can exceod in beauty
teeth whitened and cleansed with that in
comparable dentifrice, the fragrant SOZO
DONT. Nor is coral rosier than the guma
in which such teeth are set. So say the
ladies, who are the best judges in such mat
ters.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1887.
THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.
Some Peculiarities of the Country and
the Natives.
From the Few York Times.
The news of trouble in the Samoan
Islands and the removal of the King has
brought most vividly to tho mind of the
writer some pleasant days passed in that
most picturesque of mid-ocean island grouiw.
Right in the middle of the grand old ocean,
with its beautiful blue waters almost un
fathomable, until some bright mind thought
of using piano wire to ascertain its depth,
jump up here and there peaks of what were
once volcanoes in active operation. A
nearer approach discloses dense woods,
with green fertile patches dotted
here and there with the buildings
of the natives, and as one passes
inside the coral reefs, behind whose shelter
the safest of anchorages can bo found, he is
surprised to see some good sized villages
well filled with people in European cos
tumes, whereas being clothed in one’s right
mind, with the addition of a breech clout
for adults, was at oue time the ouly cover
ing required. The simplicity of manner
which lias been mentioned by numerous
early explorers who visited tho island still
exists, more especially among those who
live away from the villages, and whose
ideas show an almost utter want of what to
us are the conventionalities. Numerous
were the hearty laughs we had over their
attempts at copying their European visitors,
and the utter failures which attended their
efforts.
The color of the natives is, as a rule, dark
olive. The better class, however, are much
lighter. The men aro tall and well-formed,
giving one rather a false idea of being quite
athletic. We saw nothing during our visit
to indicate their excelling in sport of any
kind. The women are generally slight, but
quite symmetrical, easy, and graceful, and
the most laughing, good humored creatures
imaginable. Some of the chiefs have two
or more wives, but polygamy is rather the
exception than the rule, and even when
their is more than one wife separate estab
lishments are provided for each.
The great evenness of climate makes two
crops per year a possibility, and should some
enterprising parties undertake practical
farming in Samoa there are immense re
turns to be had. But in a climate where
the temperature is always between 70” and
90° energy seems to be the lacking element
toward the carrying out of extensive agri
cultural schemes, and now the principal ex
ports are “coppra,” or the dried meat of tho
cocoanut, from which oil is made, and a
small quantity of cotton. Nearly all the
trade is controlled by some Hamburg houses,
and the Germans are by far the most numer
ous of the foreigners. It seems strange to
hear that thev are the ones making the
present trouble. Possibly all the privileges
they have been heretofore enjoying were
somewhat abrogated by the exiled King;
hence his removal and the establishing of
one more favorably disposed in his place.
One of the never-failing sources-of delight
during the stay of our ship at the islands
was to watch the wonderful display of dex
terity on the part of the islanders in hand
ling their canoes, scores of which were
daily plying about the ship dodging in and
out, rushing at each other under full head
way, as though one would go right through
the other, when by a dexterous movement
of the paddle the speed of the boat would be
almost instantly arrested or forced sufficient
ly out of her course to avoid accident.
From this great skill thd Samoan Islands
were named archipel ties navigateurs, and
they to-day are called, in addition to their
more common name, the Navigator Islands.
Commander Meade visited the islands when
in command of the steamer Narrangansett,
in 1872 j and through his exertions succeeded
in getting the chiefs to place the harbor
of Pango Pango under the protec
tion of the United States government with
a view toward establishing a coaling station
there, it being on the direct route between
America and Australia. In the future it
will probably play an important part, as
the harbor is completely landlocked and has
an entrance clear of rocks and water for
the largest vessels. A special agent was
sent out after the return of the Narragan
sett to negotiate the extension of the pro
tectorate over all the islands, as their value
to us is beyond any question greater than it
can possibly be to any other nation, but in
1875 a native chief was elected King, and
our special mission ended by the agent be
coming Prime Minister to the King. The
latter has shown numerous instances of
friendly feeling to the United States, and
has granted permission to establish a naval
and coaling station there, of which we have
never fully taken advantage.
Cinchona Culture in Reunion,
• From the London Times.
At the present time, owing mainly to tho
losses on coffee and sugar, planters in most
British tropical and sub-tropical colonies—
especially in Ceylon and the West Indies
—are turning their attention to cinchona
cultivation. It may, therefore Ire well to
can attention to the process followed in
Reunion, as described by Mr. St. John in
his last consular report from that island.
The difficulty of removing the bark from
the tree appears to have received a more
practical solution there than either in Java
or the British colonies. In Reunion tho
plantations are made in forests at
a height of about 4,000 feet. At this alti
tude there exist no high trees,
but merely brushwood. Parallel
alleys from sto (5 feet wide are made, and,
as far as practicable, in spots sheltered from
the winds. These alleys are separated by a
a range of brushwood 10 feet thick on each
side, which serves to protect tho young
cinchona plants against the violent winds so
common in Reunion. The alley's being
made, holes are dug at a distance of 15 feet
apart, 20 inches in diameter, and of the
same depth. Those holes aro then filled with
the earth which has been dug
up, to which some mould is added.
This mixture forms at the surface of
the soil a convexity in the middle
of which the young cinchona plant is placed,
and experiences no difficulty in its growth.
When it has reached a height of 18 inches
care must be taken to cut tho roots of the
adjoining brushwood which may have
found their way into the space reserved for
the cinchona. At the end of seven or eight
years plants will have reached a diameter
of ay; inches, and are ready to be worked.
The process then pursued is this; Toward
the month of October,when the sap resumes
its upward movement and the bark is more
easily detached, the plants are cut at about
two inches from the ground The b;irk is
then taken off and put in the suu to dry.
From the stump that remains tiiere soon
spring a great number of young shoots,
which, when they have in their turn at
tained a certain size, it is necessary to lop
off, only leaving a number of sprigs which
the stump is able to feed conveniently.
These have a rapid growth, and at the end
of another period of six or eight years a
new crop is ready. In this way the oultiva
tion of cinchona"once planted can be con
tinued almost indefinitely and at little ex
pense. This is a far more economical method
than that employed in Java, and the ex
perimerits in Reunion have hitherto proved
very successful. Sugar cultivation in
Reunion, as eisewhero, lias lawn exceeding
ly bad lately', and the French government
lias had to come to the help of the planters.
They have been allowed to import 12 per
cent, of their production duty free into
France, nnd the local government bank was
ordered to maintain its drafts on Europe at
a rate of exchange very little above par,
and, in consequence, it is at the present mo
ment greatly in debt.
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R. LAWTON, Jn., 114 Bryan street.
FOR RENT MISCELLANEOUS.
ui tit RENT, a truck farm <if fifty ogres, about
I three miles from the city on the Louisville
road. For terms apply to GEO. W. OWENS,
113 Bay street.
FOR SALE.
U 'FRIGHT PIANO for sale: fine tone; a bar
gain for somebody. PIANO, News office.
EVOR SALE, a tine Bull. Apply at 191 Harris,
two doors from Montgomeiy street.
IVOR SALE, I-a Ins. Shingles. Flooring, Oeiiing,
T’ Weatherlioarding and Framing Lumber.
Office and yard Taylor ami Fast Broad streets.
Telephone No. ML RKPPARD & CO.
IVOR SALE, Splendid salt water river-front
building lots, and five-acre farm lots with
river privileges, at KOSEDEW: building lots in
Savannah, near East Broad and Sixth streets,
and in Eastland: several good farm lots near
White Bluff, on shell road Apply to I)h. FAL
LIGANT, 151 South Broad street from 9 to 10 A.
M.
BOARDING.
U r ANTED, two boarders for large south
■room; bath room adjoining; terms moil
erate. Apply 45 Abercom.
.PHOTOGRAPHY.
ITHOTOGRAPH Y—SPECIAL NOTlCE—Prices
I reduced. Fine Cabinet Photographs a
specialty. Price, $3 for six or $3 a dozen.
J. N. WILSON,
21 Bull street.
MISCELLANEOUS..
rpnE tenth annual session of Sherwood's
I Dancing Academy, at Masonic Temple, will
re-open on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15, with
misses arid masters’ class, and on Monday even
ing, Oct . 17, with ladies and gentlemen's class.
Send for circular. Address J. B. SHERWOOD,
Masonic Temple.
IVKMALE Canary birds at GARDNER'S, 3UV&
I, Bull street.
\ KREBJI lot singing Canaries, at OARD-
NER’S, 30i4 Bull street
\\ “ATCHES, Clocks and Jewelry carefully re
>Y paired. BROUGHTON STREET HAIR
STORE, Watch and Jewelry Repairing Depart
ment.
HARDWARE.
EDWARD LOVELL & SUNS
HAVE MOVED BACK TC
OLD STAND,
155 BROD6HTON STREET.
Iso A I’.
SOAPS ! SOAPS !
PEARS', RIEGER'S, COLGATE'S. CLEAV
ER'S, EECKELAER’B. BAYLEY’S, LU
BIN'S, P EMBUS'S MEDICATED Just received at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY.
I..UDDEN * RATES S. M. H.
BOOMING!
\l S" fS TRADE is booming with us not-
W jL V withstanding the cries of "fresh-
I | -A eta," "short crops,” “hard times,"
I lua V/ ■ etc., coining from some few see
' tions of our largo territory.
PIANOS $2lO.
8 | IMMENSE sales are due to the fact
111 U that we have built upon the rock of
111 111 >NE PRICE TO ALL AND TH AT
W II THE LOWEST KNOWN," thus in
suring to one and all honest treatment ami full
value.
ORGANS $24.
HAS crowned our
V V every effort, and thou
.% 15kX 1I ■ aw el sands of hearts and
WWUULVWhows have been
made happy by reason of our endeavors and the
sale of honest Instruments at honest prices.
STOOLS.
1 AAlinrn beyond question
AV 1 IlUl_ 11 that in our hands your
il ali SE O ■ 11 interests are guarded
llVvwllLiU and that we pledge
ourselves to furnish better yoorls at lower prices
and an easier terms thou can be had elsewhere,
COVERS.
and A II PI n have been in vour
811 VLR U v ,nklst ’ which
111 I rUsi ii time we have not only
I U I IL* fll Vr held our own, but with
Ions: experience and large capital have won the
lead, and stand to-day the largest aud most
successful house in our Hue South.
BOOKS.
n YES, incredible as it may seem,
F* 8■ E I we are doing more business than
xj, [j*§ a u all other Southern Houses com
lWW I blued. Why? Sit only because w<*
have gained the confidence of the people, have
the best Instruments, one price to all, dollar for
dollar, and no misrepresentations,
GIVE US A CALL.
LUDBEI & BATES
Southern Music House.
MILLINERY.
Of bogus bargains are every day happening
in the sphere composed of Fancy Goods
dealers, but where unceasing energy
and eternal pluck is brought into
requisitio >, low prices will
knock them out of sight
and remain master of
the situation; so
like an
AVALANCHE
Sweeping down the mountain side, we scatter
before us all this opposition on these favorite
offers.
BARGAIN JERSEYS!
Each piece tailor-made, glove fitting, and lead
ing quality.
BIG JOB LOT, Ladies’ all wool, Bouole Jar
Keys, in Black, Brown, Navy, only 75c. each;
worth $1 50.
75 DOZEN, Ladies’ Black brilliant wool Jer
seys. pleat backs; a grand bargain, $1 each;
worth fully $1 75.
50 DOZEN ladies' Black brilliant wool Jer
seys, vest trout, box pleat back; a startler, for
$1 35 each: worth fully $3.
43 DOZEN Ladies' Black brilliant wool Jer
seys; a superb article, with box-pleat back, only
$1 50 each; worth fully $3 25.
35 1 hjZHN ladies' best brilliant Black wool
Jerseys. Fedora fronts and box pleat back, only
$3, rarely sold elsewhere under §3.
Grand Additions of New Millinery
by Every Steamer.
1/ V
IK STOCK.
NEW KID GLOVES! NEW KID GLOVES!
At Lowest Prices.
New Fall and Winter Goods in every Depart
ment.
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED.
PLATSHEK’S,
138 Broughton Street.
STOVES A\l> EI’KNACKs.
Cold Weather.
We are now getting in our HEATING
STOVES, and have already commenced a run
on them. Let us have your orders aDd get
everything fixed for the first cold snap without
delay.
LOVELL & LATTIMORE,
HARDWARE AND STOVES,
Congrf*s St reel, Savannah* Ga
REMOVAL
We have removed to IG7
Broughton*, three doors west
of Barnard (formerly occu
pied by Mr. Cormack Hop
kins.)
CORNWELL &CHIPMAN.
I>Y Eft.
LADIES I
DO your own Dyeing, at home, with PEER
LESS DYES. They will dye everything.
They are sold everywhere. I’riee Pic. a package
-40 colors. They have no equal for strength,
brightness, amount in jrackages, nr for fastness
of color, or non-fading qualities. They do not
crock or smut. For sale by if F. Ui.mkk, M. 1).,
Pharmacist, corner Broughton aud Houston
streets; P. B. Reid, Druggist and Apothe
cary, comer Jones and Aborcorn streets;
Ed war n J. Kieffkr, Druggist, corner West
Brood and Stewart streets.
PLUMBER.
l. a. McCarthy,
Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield,
PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER,
48 Barnard street, SAVANNAH, UA.
Telephone #73.
AUCTION SACKS FUTURE DAYS.
Important Sale Damaged Goods,
By J. MCLAUGHLIN £ SON.
At KELLY’S WHARF, foot of Bull street, on
FRIDAY, Uth October, 1887, at 11 o'clock.
A large number of cases of CIGARS, HARD
WARE, BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING. DRY
GOODS, LAMBREQUINS, HOUSEHOLD
GOODS, CRACKERS, barrels of CROCKERY,
PAINT, PRESERVES, VIALS, BEANS, BALES
QUILTS, SEWING MACHINES, 18 STOVES,
FURNITURE, BUCKETS OF JELLY.
■—ALSO —
A quantity of HAY. bale and loose, etc., etc.,
damaged by tin' and water on the steamer Des
soug ami Hold for account of all whom it may
concern. Sale punitive and without reserve. All
goods to lie removed immediately after sale.
Sale Handsome Fnrniture.
BY J. MCLAUGHLIN & SON,
On MONDAY, 17th October, 1887, at 11 o’clock,
at 175 Waldburg street, between Barnard and
Jefferson.
HALL.
Elegant BLACK WALNUT HAT RACK, with
largo plate glass mirror, HALL CHAIRS, HALL
CARPET, RUUS, STAIR CARPET and RODS.
PARLOR.
HALLKT * DAVIS 7 OCTAVE PIANO,
BRUSSELS CARPET, PERSIAN RUG, MATS,
INLAID TABLE, MARBLE TOP TABLES,
CHESS TABLE, inlaid pearl, HANDSOME
EASELS, MUSIC STAND, HANDSOME PAR
LOR SUITE, velvet plush, EBONY SOFA
AND EASY CHAIRS in figured plush,
KTAOF.RK,LADIES’ SECRET ARY, CURTAINS,
SHADES. ENGRAVINGS, WATER COLORS,
OLIOGRAPH, LARGE PICTURE IN PASTEL,
“May Flowers,’ JAPANESE VASES, DRES
DEN FIGURES, WAX FLOWERS. BRONZES,
large pair of CHINA VASES, as inches high,
OIL PAINTINGS, CHANDELIERS,
DINING ROOM.
LARGE BRUSSELS CARPETS, LARGE
RUGS. SECRETARY, HANDSOME SIDE
BOARD, SIDE TABLES, EASY CHAIRS.
CLOCK, LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, KNURAV
INGS, ETCHINGS, OIL PAINTINGS, DINING
ROOM CHAIRS.
LIBRARY.
BRUSSELS CARPET, PICTURES. RUG.
S< IF A, t 'HAIRS and FANCY TABLES, 4 BOOK
CASES, 2,000 VOLUMES OF BOOKS, CHAN
DELIER.
BEDROOMS.
ELEGANT BEDROOM SUITES, 8 HAIR MAT
TRESSES, PILLOWS, PICTURES, BRUSSELS
CARPETS, ANTIQUE BUREAU and WORK
TABLES, BLANKETS, CURTAINS, SHADES,
WARDROBES. BUREAUS, LARGE MARBLE
TOP WASHSTAND, 5 feet in length, CHINA
TOILET SETS, GAS BRACKETS.
SILVERWARE AND CUT
GLASS.
TEA and COFFEE URNS, ELEGANT
CHASED CASTORS, EXPENSIVE TEA and
COFFEE SET, BUTTER DISHES, SYRUP
PITCHERS, WAITERS, CAKE BASKETS,
DECANTERS, CELERY GLASSES, BON BON
GLASSES, CLARET JUGS, WATER PITCHERS,
PICKLES, SIDE DISHES and COVERS, DISH
COVERS, CHINA, CROCKERY'.
STOVE and KITCHEN WARE, COPPER
PRESERVING PAN, Etc.
Kale will be continued day after day
Whitaker street cars within one block.
LEGAL SALES.
~ CITY MARSHAL’S SALE.
City Marshal’s Officii, i
Savannah. Ga., October 4th, 1887. (
ON the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER,
1887, between the lawful hours of sale, be
fore the Court House door, in the city of Savau
nnh. Chatham county, Georgia, and under the
direction of the Committee on Public Sales and
City Lots, will be sold the following property,
for arrears of ground rent duo the Mayor anil
Aldermen of the city of Savannah:
Lot number fifteen (15) Wesley ward aud the
Improvements thereon, teu (10) quarters ground
rent due by William M. Davidson.
ROBERT J. WADE,
City Marshal.
LEGAL NOTICES.
(' EORGIA, Chatham Poi nty. In Chatham
X Suiierior Court. Motion to establish lost
deed.
To Isaac D, I .aßoche, Henry Love, Abraham
Backer. L Franklin Dozier. Wm. E. Dozier,
Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier
Pressley, Blanche E. Cboppin, Arthur
D. Cboppin, George R. Beard, Emma Estelle
Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B. Hodg
son, George H. Hodgson, and Joseph C. Hodg
son:
ELIZABETH A. RILEY having presented to
me a petition in writing, wherein she alleges
that a certain deed to lots Nos. 11 and 12 in
Stephen ward, in the city of Savannah, was
made by ISAAC D. LaROCHE and SAMUEL P.
BELL, acting as Commissioners under a decree
in equity ill Chatham Superior Court, wherein
you were parties, or are representatives
of parties, or are interested adversely to
her title to said lots of land, which said deed, a
copy of which in substance Is attached to said
lief.lt lon and duly sworn to, bears date the 9th
day of June. 1800, and the original of which
doed said petitioner claims has been lost or de
stroyed. and slie wishes said copy established
in lieu of said lost original. You are hereby
commanded to show cause, if any you can, at
the next Suiierior Court to lie held in and for
said countv on the FIRST MONDAY IN DE
CEMBER NEXT, why said copy deed should
not Is* established in liou of the lost or destroyed
original.
And It further appearing that some of you,
to wit: Abraham Backer, L. Franklin Dozier,
Wm. E. Dozier, Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier,
Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche E. Cboppin, Ar
thur B. Cboppin, George K. Beard, Emma Es
telle Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B.
Hodgson, George H. Hodgson and Joseph C.
Hodgson reside outside of the State of Georgia,
It is therefore further ordered that you so re
st-siding out side of the State of Georgia lie
served by a publication of said rule nisi for
three months before the next term of said court
towit: Three months before the FIRST MON
DAY IN DECEMBER NEXT in the Savannah
Morning News, a public gazette of this State,
published in this county.
Witness the Honorable A. P. Adams, Judge
of said Court, this 27th day of August, A. D.
1887. BARNARD E. BEE,
Clerk 8.C..C.C.
R. R. RICH ARDS,
ISAAC BECKETT,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
A true copy of the original rule nisi issued in
the above case. BARNARD E. BEE,
Clerk B. C„ C. C.
PAINTS AND Oll.e.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
WHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS,
VARNISH, ETC.; READY MIXED
PAINTS: RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL
SUPPLIES, SASHES, DOORS, BUNDS AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent for
GEORGIA LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CE
MENT, HAIR and LAND PLASTER.
6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia.
igft CHRIS. MtJBPHT, IttSt
House, Sign and Ornamental Painting
IJ'XECUTED NEATLY and with dispatch.
j I'yhiU, Oils. Varnishes, Brushes, Window
Glass tL etc., etc. Estimates furnished on ap
plied m
CORNER CONGRESS AND DRAYTON SI’S.,
Rear of Christ Church.
WOOD.
A. Si BACO N,
Planing Mill, Lumber anil Wood lard,
Liberty and East Broad sts.. Savannah, Ga.
ALL Planing Mill work correctly aud prompt
ly done. Good stock Dressed and Rough
Lumber. FIRE WOOD, Oak, Piue, Llghtwood
and Lumber Kindlings.
C. H. DORSETT’S COLT7MM.
Lumber at Auction.
THE BASE BALL FENCE AND STANDS
UNDER THE HAMMER.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell on FRIDAY, 14th inst., at 11 o’clock A.
u . on the premises, for the benefit of all con
ceriied,
The Lumber in the fence and stands of the
Base Ball Park, corner of Anderson and Aber
corn streets.
This lumber is well seasoned and will be sold
in lots to suit purchasers. It is a good chance
to get good and cheap fencing, etc.
Executrix’s Sale.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer.
By virtue of an order granted by the Honorable
Ordinary of Chatbam county, I will sell be
fore the Court House, in Savannah, during
the usual hours of sale, on TUESDAY, No
vember Ist, 1887,
All that certain iot of land in the city of Sa
vannah known as lot number eight in C. J.
Hull's subdivision of lots numbers fifty-three
and fifty-four South Ogletbor]*) ward, with the
improvements thereon, consisting of a two-story
brick dwelling house on the comer of West
Boundary and Margaret streets. Sold as the
property of CHARLES JONES, deceased, for
payment of debts and for distribution.
LUCINDA JONES.
Executrix of Charles Jones, deceased.
Guardian’s Sale.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer.
Under and by virtue of an order granted by tba
Ordinary of Effingham county, Georgia, I will
sell at public outcry, before the door of the
Court House, in Savannah, Georgia, between
the legal hours of sale, on TUESDA.Y, the first
day or November, 18H7, the following property
of LULA SHEAKOUSE and JOHN SHE AR
OUSE, minors, namely:
One undivided one-sixth (I*6) interest in that
certain lot of land situate aud being in said city
of Savannah and county of Chatham, known a*
lot number seven (7) Davis ward, fronting fifty
six feet on Taylor street and running back to
Jones street lane. Terms cash; pure Wiser pay
ing for titles JOHN E. SHEA ROUSE,
Guardian of Lula and John Shearouse.
COMMISSIONERS’ SALE
-FOR
PARTITION.
By C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
('htttham county, passed on the 2ith day of
July. 1887. (luring the June term of said court,
in a case therein tending in which James J.
McGowan, Kate McMahon and Mary E. Doug
lass are complainants, and Mary Elizabeth
Kine and John Sherlock are defendants, the
undersigned cnmmissiouers(sppointed for thin
pur))ose) will sell at public outcry before the
door of the Court House of Chatham county
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER
NEXT, being the first day of said month, be
tween the legal hours of sale,
The following lots, tracts and parcels of land
ill the corporate limits of the city of Savannah,
namely:
All that piece, parcel or lot of land In the city
of Savannah, county of Chatham and State of
Georgia, described on a map drawn by Joseph
M. Shellman, City Surveyor, as lot number four
(4); bounded north by lot number three, then
described as the property of the estate of
Thomas Williams; ou the east, for a distance of
two hundred and twenty-two and one-third feet,
by the Ogeechee canal, on the south by lot num
ber five (5), the property of G. W. Anderson; on
the west by a straight, line drawn from the
northwestern corner of said lot number five to
the southwestern corner of lot number three.
Also those three lots designated on a map
drawn by Joseph M. Shellman, City Surveyor,
as lots numbers one, two and three, being part*
of the lot above described as lot nuinlier four,
through which the Savannah and Ogeeches
cmal passes; each of said lots containing sixty
three and one-half feet, more or less, on West
Boundary street and running westwardly to
the canal; and together bounded north by lot
number four of the sub-division lota on the plan
of said Joseph M. Shellman, east by West
Boundary street, south by original lot number
five and west by the canal.
Also all those lots designated on the said map
of Joseph M. Shellman as lots let ters E, D, I, IL
I and II on West Boundary street and E and D
on Lumber street, between Margaret and Zubly
streets; each of said lots containing sixty-tbreo
and one-half feet by ninety feet, more or less;
lots letters I and E forming what is known ou
the city map as lot number fifty-one, and lot*
letters H aud D forming what is known on the
city map as lot number fifty.
Also lota designated on said map of Joseph
M. Shellman as letters A, B and 0, now known
on the city map as lots number twenty six,
twenty-seven and twenty-eight, fronting west on
Lumber street, between Margaret and Zubly
streets, each containing sixty-three and one
half feet on Lumber street and ninety feet,
more or less, in depth.
Also lot nuinlier twenty-nine, bounded north
by Zubly street, east by lot number ten, south
by lot number twenty-eight, or letter “C,“ and
West by Lumber street, containg sixty-threw
feet six inches ou Lumber street, aud ninety
feet, more or h*ss. in depth,
Also the east aud west halves of lot number
fifty two on the city map, bounded north by loti
number fifty one (iota I and E), east by Lumber
street., south by lot number fifty-three, and
west by West Boundary street.
Also the eastern halves of lota numbers forty
eight and forty-nine or, the city map, together
bounded north by Zubly street, east Dy Lumber
street, south by lot letter D (or lot number fifty)
and west by the western parts of said lots num
bers forty-eight and forty nine,
in all sixteen parcels of land.
The above parcels of land will be sold Id lot or
lots to suit purchasers. Terms cash, pureliaser*
paying for papers. Sale subject to confirma
tion by court.
R. R. RICHARDS,
C. 11. DORSETT,
J. R. BAUBBY,
Commissioners.
FOR RENT.
I have for rent a ne new store and rest
dense on the corner of West Broad and
Gwinnett streets.
FOR RENT.
Tbe residence No. 139 York street, between
Bull and Whitaker streets; very roomy and con
venient to business. C. H. DORSETT.
A Few Additions
TO THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN MADB
RECENTLY. TO WIT:
A Very Elegant Residence large rooms, high
ceilings, all the conveniences expected in a first
class house. Located in an aristocratic neigh
borhood.
A full lot on South Broad Street Facing
North.
A Two-Story Residence on Green square. Thi*
is a Bargain at fifteen hundred dollars.
An Elegant Lot 60x105, in Southeastern Seo.
tion, for eighteen hundred dollars.
A Lot 30x91, on Second Avenue, near Barnard,
for $425. No City Taxes.
A Lot on Montgomery street, nsar Second
Avenue, for $025.
A Two Story Wooden Dwelling, good locality,
in northern pirt of the city, convenient to Bay
street and the Market, for $2,210.
A Two Story House In Yamacraw for S6OO,
Also two One Story Houses for SI,OOO.
A lot 30x100 for six hundred dollars; $l5O cash
and balance monthly.
A Lot on Hall street, near Jefferson, 32x13(1
for $1,050; three hundred dollars cash and long
time on tbe balauce.
c, i ism,
Real Estate Dealer
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