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RAILROAD SUPERVISION.
MB OLIVE’S MEASURE PASSED BY
THE HOUSE.
Itf= Aim the Protection of Persons and
Their Property, and Particularly the
Western and Atlantic Railroad- Mr.
Harrison’s Resolution to Sell or Lease
the Road Taken Up.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 13.—1n the Senate
to-day the following bills were introduced:
To amend the charter of the Atlanta
Home Insurance Company by vesting in
said company power to become a mutual
insurance company.
To authorize the Commissioner of
Chatham county to sell the present site of
the court house, and use the proceeds in
building a more commodious building.
To incorporate the Lexington Terminal
Railroad Company.
To allow the town of Elberton to issue
bonds for school purposes.
To relieve the estate of Albert P. Dearing,
of Clarke county.
A resolution to pay John M. Graham the
sum of $l5O for services as stenographer to
the Lunatic Asylum Investigating Com
mittee.
To incorporate the Southern Phoenix In
surance Company.
To amend the act providing for a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for
the counties of Camdeu, Echols, and Thom
as, so far as the same relates to Thomas
county.
To authorize the Board of County Com
missioners of Mitchell county to hold an
election for the purpose of deciding whether 1
or not bonds shall be issued to build a court- j
house.
To authorize the Governor to direct the i
Librarian to supply the Georgia Methodist |
Historical Society with certain books.
To incorporate the Lookout Mountain,
Luia Lake and Gadsden Railroad Company.
To incorporate the town of Cornelia in
the county of Habersham.
To incorjiorate the Progress Loan, Im
provement and Manufacturing Company.
A bill to make the Sheriff of Decatur
county ex-oflieio Sheriff of the Couni y I
Court of said county.
A bill to amend the charter of the At
lanta and Hawkinsville Railroad Company,
to change the name thereof to the Atlanta
and Florida Railroad company.
Mr. Hawkes, Chiarman of the Marietta
BDd North Georgia Railroad Investigation
Committee submitted a report and 300
copies were ordered priuted.
In the House.
In the House to-day the special order,
which was the bill providing for additional
supervision of railroads in the State, and
to render less hazardous the transportation
of persons and property, was taken up as
the continuing order of yesterday.
Mr. Jones, of Baker, offered an additional
section: “Providing that this bill shall
apply only to the Western
and Atlantic railroad.” Mr. Jones urged
the adoption of his amendment. He said
that if the purpose of the measure was to
protect the proper ty of the Western and
Atlantic railroad his amendment would
show what was intended, and make the ob
ject of the measure plain.
Mr. Olive spoke in favor of his bill. He
was opposed to the amendment offered by
Mr. Jones.
Mr. Harrison, of Quitman, was against
the bill and all its amendments. His argu
ment was a defense of the lessees of the
Western and Atlantic railroad. The lessees
liad a contract with the State and should
I* left alone. Gov. Brown had paid the
l ent and would no doubt continue to do so.
His remarks had little reference to the
merits of the bill and were directed to a
general review of the condition of the prop
erty of the Weitern and Atlantic railroad,
past, present and future, and the belief that
tiie lessees would act fairly with the State.
Mr. Simmons of Sumter, thought that the
measure bad several good features. The
Commission should have the supervision of
the railroads so that the lives of the people
of Georgia would be protected. He thought
that the measure was a meritorious one,
and should pass.
TWO OBJECTS.
Mr. Candler said that there were two ob
jects which were sought to be accomplished
by the bill. One wits to protect the lives
and property of the people of the
State, and the other was to protect the
property of the Western and Atlantic
railroad. The law now regulating
common carriers was sufficient to cover
the first object, and the second object,
which was to protect the property of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, could not
be accomplished by the bill. The bill was
an innovation upon the State’s contract with
the lessees. The bill in hisopinion was un
necessary, as the object sought to be ac
complished had already been provided for
by the Legislature.
'The amendment by Mr. Jones was lost.
Mr. Howell, of !• ulton, called the previous
question on the report of the committee,
which was favorable to the passage of the
bill, and on this Mr. Harrison, of Quitman,
asked that the yeas and nays lie recorded,
which was granted.
Mr. Berner, of Monroe, was given the
twenty minutes allowed the committee, and
devoted the time given him to advocating
the passage of the measure. He was in
favor of it, because it protected the lives
and property of the jieople of the State and
the pEO!<erty of the Western and Atlantic
railroad from being run down by the lessees.
The bill said to the corporations of the
State keep your roads in good condition.
On the passage of the bill the yeas were
97 and the nays 35.
THE HARRISON RESOLUTION.
The second special order was what was
known as the Hunison resolution providing
for advertising the property of the Western
and Atlantic railroad for sale or lease. The
resolution was reported by substitute, and
to this there was a minority rejiort pre
sented by Mr. Felton, of Bartow, providing
for advertising the property for louse.
Mr. Mathews, of Houston, favored giving
all the information that could bo gathered
going to show the extent and value of the
property. He thought that this informa
tion should be placed iti possession of the
next Legislature. He was opposed to this
Ijogislature going further than to get up in
formation for the benefit of the next Legis
lature.
Mr. Felton, of addressed the
House in advocacy of the minority report,
which provided for leasing the road only.
He was opposed to selling the road now or at
any other time, He believed that in 1 hirty
days after the adjournment of the Legisla
ture the lessees would forfeit tlio lease.
They would refuse to make a bond. In
his opinion the bond should have tieen
given long ago. If the road was
again leased he believed that the
lessees would be the Louisville and Nash
ville syndicate. The contract should be
kept up unchanged. Gov. Brown says that
the contract does not nllow anything for
tietterments. The road, in his opinion,
should be easily leased for $3>,00) per
month. He called in an earnest manner
upon the legislature to stand by the oeonlo
of the State and not do an \ thing in the
way of selling the l oad, blit keep it and
lease it.
Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, said that he
wa. opposed to selling the road, also to the
substitute and the minority report n bieli
iirovided for leasing the projiertv. This
legislature should leave the road alone
until the lease expires. The State could
then take charge of the property and when
ever the'question of betterment -.was dis
jxiwd of, the question could be settled with
more satisfaction and to letter advantage to
the State.
MR. KKLTON'S SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED.
The Felton substitute was adopted by a
vote of 111 to 10.
At the afternoon session the following
bills were passed:
To provide an additional system of work
ing the public roads in Camden county.
To amend the charter of the Planters’
j Loan and Savings Bank of Augusta.
To exempt fifty members of the Clarke
Light infantry from jury duty.
To amend the registration law of Lowndes
county.
To prevent frauds on travelers by restrict
[ ing the sale of tickets.
To incorporate the Fort Valley and Dub
| lin railroad.
To incorporate the Jackson and Indian
I Spring railroad.
To incorporate the town of Culloden, in
; Monroe county.
To incorporate the Coweta Bank.
To incorporate the town of Guyton, in
1 Effingham county.
To incorporate the Traders’Bank, of At
lanta.
To amend the act incorporating the
| ThomasviHe Rnd Augusta railroad.
To incorporate the Albany and Bainbridge
| railroad.
To incorporate the Tailuiah Falls Railroad
and Improvement Company.
The bill to vest in the Commissioners of
Chatham county control of the Old Ceme
tery was tabled.
The House met at 7:30 o'clock to-night,
and the following bills were passed:
Two to provide for the improvement of
the streets af Athens.
To amend the charter of Athens, so as to
improve the sewerage system.
Amending the act vesting the title of the
commons of the city of Columbus in the
Commissioners.
The bill providing for the payment of
Justices by Bibb county was lost.
The bill to better protect the lives of pas
sengers by prohibiting the running of rail
road trains by overworked officers and em
ployes came up w ith an unfavorable report
and was lost.
The bill to prohibit seinimr in the Alapaba
river in Wilcox county passed.
The announcement that this was the last
local or special bill on the calendar was
received with much enthusiasm.
The House then adjourned.
MADISON ITEMS.
Local Affairs in a Pretty Florida
Town.
Madison, Fla., Oct. 13. —Our town seems
to have taken on anew lease of life since it
has become a “dry ’ town. Our merchants
say that business with them has been quite
brisk lately. When our town was “dry”
before, during a period of two years, there
were new buildings erected and improve
ments made on old ones amounting to about
000. When tie saloons came into ex
istence again and continued for a little over
two years, the improvements did not reach
$5,000. We confidently expect a large ex
p nditure for improvements during the next
two years.
The Orange Blossoms Missionary Society,
composed or young ladies and children, ex
hibited their missionary quilt at the Meth
odist Episcopal church last Thursday night,
on which they had already secured over 100
names, and that night secured a good many
more.
Miss Nellie I’arratnore, one of our charm
ing young ladies, left last weejt for Colum
bia, H. C., where she will enter the Colum
bia Female College.
Prof, F. 1.. Kern, the new Principal of St.
John’s Seminary, will open the fall term on
Oct. 17. Our Seminary has been rather un
fortunate of late years, but now it is hoped
that this time it will succeed and be second
to none in Middle Florida. Prof. Kern
comes from Michigan highly recommended
as a teacher and gentleman.
Miss Lizzie O. Thomas, who has been
spending the summer in South Carolina and
Georgia, visiting relatives and friends, re
turned home last Friday night.
Our library, which has been closed for
some time, will be opened to the public in a
few days, under very favorable auspices.
J. Waldense Smith, of the firm of S. 8.
& J. W. Smith, is suffering from a serious
illness. He is a young man of unusual
promise for a suecesful future.
UNDER THE LASH AT LATONIA.
A Summary of the Six Racing Events
of the Day.
Cincinnati, Oct. 13.—Following is a
summary of to-day’s races at Latonia Park:
First Race— Seven furlongs. Lucky Jim won,
with F.vangeliue second and Jim Nave third.
Time 1:311*.
Second Race— Seven furlongs. Chance won,
with Dudley Oaks second anil Monoerat third.
Time 1:30|4.
Third Race— Five furlongs. Flitter won.
with Irena H. second and Balance third.
Time 1:04.
Fourth Race —One and one-sixteenth miles.
Frebus won. with Burch second and Paragon
third. Time 1:494i.
Fifth Race Slue and five hundred yards.
Little Minch won, with Sour Mash second and
Montrose third. I ime 3:15.
Sixth Race—Mile. Huntress won, with Leon
tine second and Billy Pinkerton third. Time 1:47.
AT JEROME PARK.
New York, Oct. 13. —The Jerome Park
races to-day resulted as follows:
First Race.— Three-quarters of a mile
Cyclops won, with Rosebud second and Druid
third. Time 1:17?*.
Second Rack - Three quarters of a mile. Be
linda won, ith Speedwell second and King Crab
third. Time 1:17.
Third Race. —One and three-quarter miles.
Firenzi lieat Hanover, the only other starter, in
3:01%.
Fourth Race.—One and a quarter miles.
Royal Arch won, with Ben A)i second and lady
Primrose third. Time 3:11?^.
Fifth Race.— One and one-sixteentli miles.
Choctaw won. with Nettle second and Wander
ment third Time 1:53.
Sixth Race.— Short steeple chase course.
Little Fellow won. with Jim McGowan second
and Retribution third. Time 3:16.
VERY LIKE JESSE POMEROY.
A Maine Boy Burns a Seminary Be
cause the “Grub” Didn’t Suit Him.
From the Wathinejton Star.
A strange story has just been developed
in connection with the burning of the Oak
Greve Seminary building, twelve miles
from Augustu, Me. The main school build
ings were destroyed Aug. 31, and a pupil,
Stevie Jones, perished. A little more than
three weeks later the gymnasium ami sta
ble, which were being finished temporarily
to accommodate the pupils, were also
burned. I jest Friday George A. Hui ring
ton, 15 years old, who attended the school,
was arrested in Brockton Mass., for the
crime, and lias made a sworn confession to
being the incendiary, alleging as a reason
that the “grub” was poor and he was ill
used. He says,he had entertained his incendi
ary purpose for several days, ami oil the
night in question got out of bed about mid
night, and, with nothing on but his shirt,
' took a lighted lamp and proceeded down
; three llights of stairs to the basement of the
! building. Upon a beam ho found a quan
j tity of rags, which he touched oft'. Ke
' turning to bed, lie dropped fast asleep, and
j was awakened by fellow pupils when the
| building was n sheet of fiame, and lie barely
escaped with his life. Ho lost all his cloth
ing. Regardless of the fate of little Stevie
Jones, liurdly three weeks had elapsed when
one quiet Sabbath morning, as the devout
und steady-going Quakers were worshiping
in the church near by, lie touched the torch
of tiie gymnasium. He was suspected of
setting this fire, imttold a story about bath
ing in tiie river and threw elf suspicion,
but a letter to him from his guardian was
intercepted in which there was mentioned
j threats he had made to burn the seminary
I buildings. On Friday, Kept. 33, lie ran
! away from the school, which had been oon-
I tinned in a hall near by the scene of the
burning, but the detectives followed him to
Stockton, Mo., his old homo, and thence to
Brockton. The jienalty of his crime is State
prison for life. From his appearance he
would seem to Ik* a second Jesse Pomeroy,
and manifests the utmost coolness and in
difference when talking aliout his crime.
Magistrate (to prisoner)— AVhat impelled you
j to commit suicide!
Prisoner—lt was a conversation I overheard,
sir, mi the boat coming down from Troy. One
oi em said, “Who’s oo ducky!" The other
said. Tse <>o ducky, whose ducuy is oo!" So I
happened to have sonic deadly poison in tny
pocket and 1 swallowed it. — Epoch.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1887.
A COSSACK KNIGHT ERRANT.
Om Aschimoff a True Soldier of
Fortune.
From the Xew York Timet.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 31.—Simuitane
ously with the announcement that the
Italian government is making extensive
preparations for a winter campaign in Mas
sowah comes the news of the departure
from Moscow for Abyssinia on Wednesday
last of Om Aschimoff, with a large military
and clerical following. The Russians gladly
avail themselves of the opportunity of em
barrassing Italy by giving the Negus un
official aid in the shuiie of leaders and even
men, while at the same time they are de
lighted to be able to add indirectly to the
difficulties of England with regard to Egypt.
Om Aschimoff, Hetman of some 10,000
semi-independent Cossacks, is one of the
most curious figures of contemporaneous
Russian history. Resembling in many re
spects the “Raubritter” and knights-errant
of olden times, he appears out of place and
in the light of an anachronism in the pro
saicai and matter-of-fact life of the nine
teenth century.
His first appearance one the scene was
some eight or nine years ago, when he ar
rived in this city at the head of a numerous
deputation of wild and semi-barbarous
looking individuals, who blindly oileyed
his every behest. They had come, he de
clared, to petition the Czar for permission
to settle in the Caucasus on the deserted
lands of those of the Tcberkess tribes which
bad emigrated to Asia Minor. In answer
to the inquiries of the government, he as
serted that he was the Hetman, or chief, of a
tribe of independent Cossacks, established
in Persia, but professing the orthodox Greek
religion and regarding the (Var as their
supreme chief. Their principal occupation,
according to his account, was that of escort
ing the caravans proceeding from Trebi
zonde and Raioum to Persia, and to protect
them against the Kurdish brigands. After
some hesitation he admitted that his tribe
was composed not only of refugees from the
Caucasus but also of vagabonds, convicts
and evildoers of every kind and of every
nationality. But us a set-off against this,
he claimed that a most severe and iron dis
cipline was maintained among the tribe;
that they elected their own officers and
chiefs: that they considered it their bounden
duty to fight, massacre and even pillage all
infidels and their belongings; that they pun
ished theft severely, and that they were de
voted to the Czar. In fact, judging by Om
Aschitnoff’s own account, his people spent
their whole existence on horseback, and
gained their livelihood at the point of the
sword.
The Russian government, after having
verified all these statements, which at first
they were inclined to disbelieve, at length
gave a reluctant and qualified consent to
the Hetman’s petition. It was decided that
an experiment should be made and that 400
of Aschimoff’s Cossacks should lie allowed
to settle for a time in the Caucasus on trial.
It is hardly necessary to add that before
they had l>een there three months the whole
surrounding country was in an uproar.
They waged a constant warfare against the
respectable inhabitants, indulged hi rapine
and pillage, and when tiie local authorities
attempted to visit their camp in order to in
stitute inquiries into their conduct, they re
ceived them with volleys of musketry
which force ! the gentlemen in uniform to
beat a hasty retreat. While prof easing the
most blind devotion for the Czar, they made
no effort to conceal their unmitigated con
tempt for all government officials, mid in
fact for every representative of authority
whom they laid not themselves eiected. At
length the Governor General of the Cau
casus, Prince Donduroff-Korsakoff, was
obliged to force them to recross the frontier
and to return to their former homes in
Pei's ia
Aschimoff, on hearing of the measures
adopted against his followers, lost no time
in coming to this city, and used every effort
to induce the Czar t,> revoke the Governor
General’s edict. Finding that a deaf ear
was turned to all his entreaties, he left the
capital in disgust, and, accompanied by his
two favorite Lieutenants, Sastrebb and
Goff, made his way to Constantinople.
While there he was brought into contact
with members of the British embassy. After
a good deal of negotiation lie entered into
an agreement witli the military attache of
Queen Victoria’s mission, according to the
terms of which he was to return to his peo
ple, organize his warriors, and make a raid
into Turkestan for the purpose of destroy
ing the Central Asian railway, now in
course of construction by the Russian gov
ernment. It was agreed that he should be
paid a stipulated amount for every mile of
permanent way destroyed, and he experi
enced but little difficulty in obtaining from
the somewhat credulous Britishers a large
sum of money in the shape of an advance.
Within a lew days after receiving the
gold he disappeared with his two compan
ions from Constantinople, but instead of re
turning to his own tribe, as arranged with
the British inilitay attache, he turned his
footsteps toward Egypt. He was seen at
Cairo, and then he disappeared coin-
I pletely from view, nothing more being
heard of him until lie turned up about eight
een months ago in Abyssinia, at the Court
of the Negus.
According to his own account, after leav
ing Cairo lie succeeded in reaching the
Mahdi in the Soudan, mid took part in sev
eral of the encounters with the British
troops. Although we have only Aschimofifs
own version on which to rely in the matter,
there are many grounds for believing
his assertion to lie true. The British
officers, especially those of the late Sir Her
bert Stewart’s Hying column, have repeat
edly insisted that the rebel forces which
they encountered during the Soudan cam
paign w re led and organized by w hite men,
and many of the English outposts assert
having liven able to distinguish fair-haired
warriors among the enemy’s forces. As
chimoff claims to have been prosout at the
fall of Khartoum, and relates that shortly
afterward he quitted the reliel army and
made his way to Abyssinia. When asked
as to how he could have reconciled himself
to tight in the ranks of Mohammedans
against Christians he exclaimed: “What
Christians? Why, Protestants, Jesuits, and
Mohammedans me all one and the same
thing. They are all infidels and enemies of
the Czar.”
There is much analogy between the form
of Coptic Cbristianism professed by the
Abyssiniaus and Uie Orthodox Greek rito
as practiced in Russia. Aschimoff was,
therefore, exceedingly well received by
King John, and soon contracted the firmest
kind of friendship with Uas-al-Loula, the
Abyssinian Commander-in-Chief. He
greatly assisted the latter in organizing his
army and in arranging for the defensive
and offensive measures adopted against the
Italian force at Massowan. The Cossack
chief makes no attempt to conceal the fact
tlmt something more than mere ties of
friendship bind him to the interests and
fortunes of the Negus anil of his General,
anti admits that several thousand of
his men have left their homes in Persia,
and aro now on their wav to Abyssinia.
When asked if his Cossacks were
taking their ponies with them ho replied in
the negative, saving they were merely tak
ing their guns, their saddles, and their las
soes, and tUut horses could be found every
where. AschimolT regiuds os hopeless the
situation of the Italians at Massowali. Tiie
hills and mountain passes which environ the
town on every side arc held by a well
drilled force of 40,000 hardy Abyssinian
mountaineers, commanded by tlas-nl-Liula,
and well equipped with Remington rifles.
The town of Massowah itself is one of the
most pestiferous und unhealthy s)>ots on the
whole Red Sea coast, and the Italians are
losing an enormous quantity of men by
sickness and disease.
Om Aschimoff returned to Russia about
eight months ago. lea\ing his two lieuten
ants with Ras-&1-Loula. On arriving at
Moscow he was most warmly received by
the late Editor Kutkoff, by whose assist
ance he organized the expedition which left
the southern metropolis on Wednesday last,
with the tacit consent of the Russian gov
ernment, Kutkoff was only too glad to
I avail himself of such a favorable opportun
-1 ity of extending his Panslavist propaganda.
and of harassing his arch enemies, the Eng
lish, and their allies, the Italians. Some
eight weeks back AschimofTs lieutenant,
Sastreb, arrived at Moscow from Abyssinia,
with important letters from Ras-al-Loula to
the Hetman, recommending urgency and
speed.
Om Aschimoff is a man of gigantic stat
ure and herculean strength. He w ears an
immense red beard, and has a pair of very
soft and mild blue eves. He always smiles
when he is talking and has a singularly
winning manner. M. Deroulede, the mouth
piece of the war partv in France, who met
him the other day after KatkotTs funeral,
was therefore somewhat startled when the
Cossack chief asked him in the softest and
most insinuating manner jxissibie what the
price the French government, in the event
of a conflict, would be prepared to pay for
every head of a German, and whether it
would be willing to pay down a large sum
for the head of a Prussian General.
THE GUILLOTINE.
Its History and Its Sureness-The
French Execution.
Farit tetter to the Epoch.
The beheading of Pranzini gives what
the French call actualite to the subject of
executions. Let us sc; how an assassin in
this country pays his debt to society. France
is, with the exception of Italy, the sole
European country that decapitates its mur
derer. Germany uses the ax only in cases
of high treason; Spain und Portugal gar
rote their assassins. Switzerland and Bel
gium have practically alxiiished the death
penalty.
Without going into a scientific discussion
as to tho advantage of beheading over the
more general—and, according to the popu
lar idea, more infamous —mode of hang
ing, the guillotine has tho precious advan
tage of being sure every time; there
are no cords to break or stretch, and
no miscalculation is ever made in the
“drop.”
it is a curious and not generally known
fact that tne first guillotine was constructed
after designs of a recorder at Ktrasburg, by
a certan Tobias Schmitz, manufacturer of
what is to-day considered another instru
ment of torture—the piano! Until 1873 the
guillotine had not been much improved. It
resembled the scaffold that is used in
America. A flight of steps led up to the
platform, which was surrounded by a rail
ing. Tiie idea was to ‘'let everybody see.”
Theguillotine wascalled by criminals the
Abba ye de Monte-a Hey ret. signifying that it
was an abbey which separated them from the
world and that they mounted its steps with
regret. Heindereieh, who was the heids
man in 1873, had greatly improved the in
strument. Instead of a monster machine
that it took three or four hours to put to
gether, Heindereieh reduced the guillotine
to its simplest expression and such as it is
to-day; two upright iron beams containing
two grooves oil each inner side, one for the
“lunette,” or socket, and the other for the
trapeziform knife; a perpendicular swing
ing plank rising to the level of the culprit’s
breast, against which he is thrown forward
between the two beams; at tho right of this
plank, and leaning on to a willow basket,
painted black and partly filled with bran,
is a board over which they slide the body
after decapitation; to the left, two pails of
carbonated water; in front, a sort of zinc
tub into which the head falls. The guillo
tine was formerly painted in red, and the
knife so exposed that it was the first object
seen by the condemmed man on leaving the
prison”gate. Now, it is of a pale yellow
color, and the knife is concealed.
The guillotine is erected on the part of
the Rue de la Roquette, which forms a
small square between the two prisons
fronting on it. One is the Grand Roquette,
used for condemned to long terms of im
prisonment or banishment and who re
main here until they are sent elsewhere
or shipped to New Caledonia. The other
is Little Roquette, where minors are con
fined.
The distance from the prison door to the
guillotine is not more than twenty steps.
The executions take place at the dawn of
day, and as far as anything being seen by
the crowd they are practically private.
Only the journalists and a few privileged
ones arc a knitted on the square. At 3
o’clock in the morning the cavalry and in
fantry of tiie Paris Municipal Guard, 100
each, fifty cavalry gendarmes and about
AUO policemen apjiear. The soldiers push
back the mob so as to leave the entire square
deal'. Shortly afterward the executioner
arrives in a large red wagon which contains
the guillotine. The instrument is packed in
a number of cases, each piece being nu n
bored. The aids put it together, the work
not lasting over half aa hour. When the
knife is in place the headsman tries its edge
o:i a bundie of straw to see that it slides
easily and cuts well. Just before the mo
ment of execution the gendarmes arrange
themselves in a horse-shoe form around the
guillotine, and two rows of policemen form
a line from the prison door to the instru
ment. It is through this line that the
condemned passes.
Charles Seymour.
THE FIRST ON RECORD.
Hearing of a Case Listened to and De
cided on a Railroad 5-ain While in
Motion.
A telegram to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from Galena, 111., says: Probably the first
legal cause ever argued and decid 'd on a
railroad train in this jiortiou of the North
west was witnessed Thursday by the passen
gers on the Milwaukee-bound train between
Fenuiuiore and Moatfort, Wis. It was the
opening davof the regular term of the lowa
county, Wisconsin, Circuit Court, .Judge
George Clementson presiding, and the train
was crowded with lawyers, witnesses and
jurors going to the county seat at Datige
ville. Among the passengers was Judges
Clementson and Evans, their attorneys,
Wilson and Evans. Their purpose was to
argue at Dodgeville n motion that had been
sot lor hearing in chambers at Lancaster,
but which had tieen postponed. The ac
commodating Judge listened to the argu
ment of the counsel, find before Monttort
was reached gave his decision in tho case,
which was adverse to the motion. By this
opportune hearing the attorneys were
enabled to return home at once without
being obliged to go to Dodgoville.
The Wicked Male Flirt.
From London Society.
The male flirt is an individual not con
fined to our own days, nor yet even to our
own century. From time immemorial this
terrible yet fascinating person has scoured
society just ns the pirates and buccaneers of
old are said to have scoured the seas with
their powerful and irresistible charm. There
is a weird attract ion about him, a fearful
joy at his approach, a horrible and unnatu
ral delight at the bare mention of his name.
Like the vampire of German fairy lore, ho
subjugates the senses and curdles the blood
at one and the same time; ho is
delightful and yet charming, catching
and yet appalling, all at once. Tho
male flirt is the terror of mothers, and the
detestation of tiie whole race of elderly
aunts and chaperones of all kinds. We have
all in turn been warned against him, all
cautioned to steel our hearts to his advances
and to barricade the portals of our souls
against hi-, seepent-like depredations. Yet
so contradictious and so foolish is the nature
of women that there is not one of us, young
or old, who lias not at some time or another
of our lives fallen a willing victim to this
seductively dangerous individual. The
male flirt is made so neither by practice nor
yet by education —he is born so;
just as genius, or cooking, or mathematics
is born with o man, so is flirting
in its higher brunches implanted within him
by nature. He is not often a handsome man,
although he is invariably a pleasant one,
and ho is not, a-s a rule, popular among his
fellow men. Fathers and brothers eye him
with suspicion as something which they do
not wholly comprehend, while husbands
turn cold shoulders u|kiii his blandishments,
or at best treat him with freezing politeness.
Men, in short, look upon him askance, and
one and all unite In running him down—
but, perhaps, that is only because they are
jealous of him.
THE VISIT CAUSED A WEDDINO.
Pat Hally’s Daughter Marries Her
Lover All Through Cleveland’s
Coming.
From the Chicago Tribune.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 10. —Mr. Cleve
land's visit here has brought domestic bliss
to two young people whose marriage shows
to Pat Kelly that he may be the boss Demo
crat of Minnesota, but is not boss of his own
household. Pat Kell} - is known all over
the country a< the boss of Democratic
politics in this State. In addition to that he
is a successful merchant, is worth $:i,000,0()0,
and now aspires to social eminence. Ho has
two daughters, and hoped that they could
accomplish all that was needed to raise him
to the desired social prominence by
judicious marriages. In bis zeal to
climb into bt. Paul’s first social circles the
Hon. Pat has given many dinners to promi
nent St. Paul people and their visitors, at
which he never has less than seven kinds of
wine. Less than that number would not
have come up to the eminent political boss’
idea of a dinner. Among those who were
invited to some of those dinners was E. W.
S. Tingle, whose father is Seal Agept for
this government at the Alaskan islands.
Tingle the younger is employed on the St.
Paul Globe, and, as is the custom of his
class, is as poor as the time-honored church
mouse. Ho was not one of the persons
upon whom Pat Kelly had fixed his
eye as a suitable husband for one of
his daughters. Young Tingle visited the
house frequently, took one of the young
ladies to the " theatre very often, ana
otherwise paid attentions that won her
heart. Mr. Kelly, in the meantime, paid
attention to liis private and political busi
ness, and did not think much about young
Tingle’s visits. A short time ago Tingle
asked his consent to marry one of his
daughters. The Hon. Pat, in language fre
quently used by Democratic bosses, denied
the boon. The young girl was true to her
lover, and they agreed to be married by the
priest Oct. 14. I .ike a dutiful daughter the
young lady wrote a note to her father, ask
ing him to be present. He threw the note
back, saying that if she proposed to make
such a fool of herself he did not wish to
keep any souvenir of it. But Mrs. Kelly
finally came to the rescue of the lovers.
The boss had decided to have Col. and
Mrs. Vilas to dinner during the President’s
stay and to capture Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
if that were possible. All arrangements
had been made when Mrs. Kelly declared
she would not receive Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs
Vilas, or any one else unless her daughter
was allowed to be married at her own home
and to invite her friends. Mr, Kelly knew
his wife meant what she said. It was neces
sary to give a dinner to Col. and Mrs.
Vilas, and he was determined to
capture the President and his wife.
He could not afford to lose this big social
plum oil any account, and finally ne con
sented to the match. The wedding was set
for the 14th, two days after the President’s
departure. Fearing that after his own point
had been gained her father might not carry
out his part of the agreement, the young
girl concluded that she had better be mar
ried first. This decision was announced to
the honorable Fat, who was made blue with
anger. He was compelled to give in, how
ever, and the marriage took place last
Wednesday. The young people are East on
their wedding trip.
“So,” remarked a liosry-headed sage, ‘-you
think you have in your brain an invention that
will revolutionize the carrying trade?"
• I trow 1 have," replied the ambitious youth.
"Well," sai 1 the h. h. s., "learn a lesson from
the hen. When she lavs an egg she straight
away cackles until the whole farm knows it.”
“And then?” said the giddy youth
“.Somebody comes and takes away the egg.”
And the g. y. looked serious and made a
memorandum in his note book.— Brooklyn
Eagle.
I*, r. P. MAXITI-'A( TrillXG CO.
The Weather To-Day Will be
Fair, proceeded by l ain on the coast, cooler.
15 YEARS OF AGONY.
RHEUMATISM OVERTHROWN
BY THE USE OF
Prickly ash, Poke root, Potassium
I suffered fifteen years with Rheuma
tism. and during 11 ml time tided all the
so-called specifics t:uit I could hear of.
One of them I paid >A per bottle for, and
took nine bottles and received no bene
fit from any of them. Aly grandson,
who runs on the B. and W railroad
finally got a bottle of I*. P. I*. cPnckly
Ash, Poke Root and Potassium), while
in Way cross, and induced me to take it.
The first bottle showed its wonderful
effects, and after continuing the use of
it for a short time the Rheumatism dis
appeared, and I feel like anew man. I
take great pleasure in recommending it
to sufferers from Rheumatism.
W. H. WILDER.
Hon W. H. Wilder is Mayor of
Albany, Ga, and takes pleasure in tes
tifying to the virtues of P. P. P.
P. P. P. is not a Humbug, but a Prep
aration of Prickly Ash, Poke Root, Queen’s
Delight and Sarsaparilla, with (lie lodide of
Potassium added. One bottle of P. P. P. is
equal to six of the ten preparations so com
mon in the market.
For Sale by AH Medicine Dealers.
STOLEN.
STOLEN^
AX the night of Sept. 30tb, ISS7, from Peter
V " Olliff. near Statesboro. Bulloch county,Ga..
a Horse aid Buggy and sls In money. Horae
medium size, nun color, with s< a’s on the
rump, sore on back and shoulder. Buggy, piano
body, with hole through back of seat made by
buggy shaft; in use about one year. Supposed
to nave been taken bv a negro known as Nick
Harvey, about ('• feet high, ginger bread color,
weighs about ISO pounds, lias light moustache
and quick movements.
I will pay a reward of $.Y> for information
leading to the recovery of said horse and buggy,
and ask the public to aid in bringing the t lief to
triul. PETER OLLIFF,
Statesboro, Bulloch county, Ga.
W A NTED.
' W A ZST T BdT
100 OOn heart pine r. r:. ties,
lull,""" hvwwl or saved on four sides,
7xß and BL, feet long, deliver ‘d on vessel's ruil
iu Savannah or Brunswick. Apply to
J. <\ McNAUUHTON & 00..
228 Dock Street, Philadelphia.
Pmi.AIIKI.VIUA, Oct. 5, 1887.
EDUCATIONAL.
COMMERCIAL AND PRACTICAL INSTITUTE
114 LIBERTY ST.. SAVANNAH, GA.
PHONOGRAPHY, BOOKKEEPING, TYPE-
I WHITING, PENMANSHIP, TEIJSGRAPII
INU and DRAWING.
Open day und night. Students way enter at
anytime. C. S. RICHMOND,
Principal.
IRON PIPE.
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE.
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT
MUCH LESS PRICE.
J. D. WEED & CO.,
FPXERAb INVITATIONS.
KEMPS. The friends and relatives of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Kemps and Mrs. M. J. McGlashan
are invited to attend the fueral of Edora, the
little daug .iter of the former, from the residence
of the latter. No. 184 Liberty street. THIS
MORNING at 10 o'clock.
STONE.—The friends and acquaintance of
Sir. and Mrs. C. U. Butler and of Miss Nellie
E. Stone are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral of the latter, from her late residence,
Tattnall street, three doors north of Gaston, at
3 o’clock TIHS AFTERNOON.
LARCOMBE—The friends and acquaintance,
of Mr. R. J. Larcombe and family arc respect
fully invited to atu-nd his funeral at 3 o’clock
THIS AFTERNOON from the Baptist Church.
GARDNER —The relatives and friends of Mrs.
E valine c. Gardner and of Mrs. Mary Puder
and Mr and Mrs. Henry Roberts und family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the
former from the residence of the latter, corner
Bolton and Montgomery streets, at 3:30 o'clock
THIS AFTERNOON,
MEETINGS.
PAL ESTEEM OWMA.VUKRY NO. 7, K. T.
A regular conclave of the Commandery will
be held in their Asylum THIS (Friday) EVE
NING. The attendance of all the members is
specially desired. R. H. ANDERSON, E. C.
J. W. Pead, Recorder.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The members of the Georgia Historical Society
are requested to assemble at the Baptist Church
at 2:45 o'clock TO-DAY to attend the funeral of
our late Curator, Richard J. Larcombe, Esq.
WM. HARDEN, Librarian.
NOTICE.
The members of Greenwich Park Association
are particularly requested to attend a meeting
at the Park TO-DAY at 6 p. M. A special car
will leave West Broad street for the Park at 5 p.
M. Business of great importance.
J. B. DUCKWORTH, President.
NOTICE.
The Forest City Clerks’ Association having
organized on Sunday, Oct. 9. requests all Clerks,
in all lines of business, who wish to co-operate
with us, to attend a meeting of the above named
organization, to be held on SUNDAY, Oct. 18,
at the Blues’ Hall, at 11 o’clock a. m.
THE JASPER MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIA
TION.
The seventy-first regular monthly meeting of
the Jasper Mutual Loan Association will be held
THIS EVENING, at 8 o’clock, at the office of
Wooten & MacDonell, 118 Bryan street.
P. W. MELDRIM, President.
J. E. Wooten, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices ’’ will be charged $1 00 a Square each
insertion.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS’ ASSOCIA
TION.
Members of the Confederate Veterans’ Asso
ciation who propose to go to Macon on the 26th
inst. are requested to give in their names as
early as possible to the undersigned committee,
who are authorized to arrange for transporta
tion, etc. JACOB GARDNER,
T. E. BESSELLIEU,
P. BUTTIMEK.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship GEOR
GIA must be presented at our office before 12
o’clock noon. THIS DAY, Oct. 14, 1887, or pay
ment will be debarred.
RICHARDSON & BARNARD. Agents.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship HA
WARDEN, Wilson, Master, must be presented
at our office by or before 12 o’clock m., THIS
DAY, Oct. 14, or payment thereof will be de
barred. A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship SC'AW FELL, whereof
Stanhope is Master, will be responsible for any
debts contracted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship ANNIE, whereof Ormston
is Master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CITY OF SAVANNAH. 1
Office Clerk of Council, October 13, 1887. f
The following ordinance is published for the
information of all concerned, and the members
of the Police Force are hereby directed to
strictly enforce the ordinance and arrest all
I persons found violating the same.
! By order of the Mayor pro tern.
FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance prohibiting smoking on the
whan l-s. in railroad depots and other places,
and on loaded vessels at the wnarves wituiii the
city of Savannah, where cotton, naval stores,
hay, oil or other inflammable merchandise is
stored, or where it is being loaded or unloaded,
prohibiting smoking or use of matches in holds
or on deck of vessels, loading or unloading cot
ton. naval stores, bay, oil or other inflammable
merchandise, and providing for the erection
of sign boards and prescribing penalties lor
violating the same.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah in Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained bv the au
thority of the same, That from and after the
passage of this ordinance it shall bn unlawful
for any person to smoke any pipe, cigar, cigar
ette or tobacco ignited in any way by lire, upon
any of the wharves in said city, where any ves
sel or vessels are loading or unloading cotton,
naval stores, hay, oil or other inflammable mer
chandise, or where cotton, naval stores, hay, oil
or other inflammable merchandise is stored, or
in any of the railroads, depots or yards in said
city where cotton, naval stores, hay, oil or ottier
inflammable merchandise is stored temporarily
or permanently.
Sec. 2. He it further ordained bv the authority
aforesaid, and it is hereby ordained by the au
thority of the same. That it shall be unlawful
for any person to make or to use matches in
any way in the holds of vessels of any descrip
tion, or on the decks of the same during the
time the said vessels may betaking in or un
loading cargoes of cotton, naval stores, bay, oil
or other inflammable merchandise.
Sue. 3. Be it further ordained by the authority
aforesaid, and it is hereby ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That there may' be pre
pared and put up in conspicuous •places up, n
the wharves or other places used for loading or
unloading or storing cotton, naval stoics, bay
oil or other inflammable merchandise, sign
boards or notices to the effect that n > sinokui <•
allowed under penalty of the law, and it shall
be unlawful for any person except the owner
lessee or ogeut of the building or wharf upon
which said sign Is placed to remove or take away
an}' such sign or notice so erected.
Sec. 4. Be it fimh *r ordained by the authority
aforesaid, and ii is hereby ordained by the au
thority ol the same. That any person violating
any of the previsions of tiiis ordinance shall on
conviction thereof in the Police Court of Savan
nub, be fined in a sum not greater than one
hundred dollars, or Imprisoned pot longer than
thirty days, either or both in the discretion of
the officer presiding pi said court.
Ordinance passed in Council March 11 1885
... KUKUX E. LESTER. Mayor.
Attest, r rank K. Rkuaiuer,
Clerk of 4 ,'ouncll.
ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused by a disordered liver, it cannot tie
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and in
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer’s Liver Corrector and take no other. Jl oo
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist, Savannah. Ga.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
OR. HENRY a COLDiNG,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. “
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE,*
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 1, 1887. f
The following taxes are now due:
REAL ESTATE, Third Quarter, 1887.
STOCK IN TRADE, Third Quarter. 1887.
FURNITURE, ETC., Third Quarter, 1887.
MONEY, SOLVENT DEBTS, ETC., Third
Quarter, 1887.
Also GROUND RENTS in arrears for two or
more quarters.
A discount of TEN PER CENT, will be al
lowed upon all of the above (except Ground
Rents) if paid within fifteen dags after Oct. 1
C. S. HAISIEE, City Treasurer.
CLOTHING.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THAT OUR
Fall Stock
is now complete and we will be
pleased to show our friends and the
public the prevailing and correct
styles in
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS & HATS
For the season, whether they call to
supply themselves or only to see
“what is to be worn.”
Respectfully,
A. FALK 4 SIS,
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Outfitters.
Our Fall and Winter Catalogue is
now in the hands of the printer and
wil I be ready for distribution about
October 20.
At the Head of the Heap!
VND only our second fall season. Being very
busy since Sept. Ist with our Custom De
partment, we have neglected to inform our
friends and the public at large that we have on
hand and ready for inspection one of tne most
complete lines of
CLOTHING
For all shape men, boys and youths ever ex
hibited in our Forest City.
Our style of doing business STRICTLY ONE
FRICK TO ALL. with each and every article
MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES (which has met
with so much favor since we commenced busi
ness* is sufficient to guarantee satisfaction iu
every respect.
We have every department complete,
Hats, Trunks, Valises,
Gent’s Furnishing Goods,
to which we call particular attention to styles,
assortment and prices. Our specials this season
art• as follows:
Special Custom Department—Armenian Natu
ral Wool Sanitary Underwear (recommended by
all physicians). Screven’s Patent Elastic Seam
Drawers [to sea(in) them is to buy them], Earl
A: Wilson s Cuffs, Ward’s Reversible
Linen Covered Pa tier Collars, Chocolate Color
Imitation Camel Hair Underwear, Miller's New
York Fine Stiff and Silk Hats.
Our buyer is at present in New York, where
he will b for the n* xt ten days, and th* public
can depend on anything new or novel m our
line which has come out since the season
opened.
Remember the number, IG3 CONGRESS
STREET, opposite the market.
APPEL & SCIIAUL,
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS,
HATTERS FURNISHERS
KICKABODT
AN ALL-WOOL SUIT WITH
EXTRA PANTS AND CAP TO
MATCH FOR BOYS FROM 4
TO 14 YEARS B O.i
161 CONGRESS ST.,
B, H, LEVY & BRO.
ICE!
Now is the time when every
body wants ICE, and we
want to sell it.
PRICES REASONABLE!
20 Tickets, good for 100 Pounds, 75c
,40 Tickets, good'for 700 Pounds, $5.
200 Tickets, good for 1,000 Pounds, $7.
50 Pounds at one delivery 30c.
Lower prices to large buyers.
I O JK
racked for shipment at reduced rates. Careful
and ]xdite service. Full and liberal weight.
KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO.
14-4 HA\ ST.
CONDENSED MILK.
Highland Brand Condensed Milk.
A Ihire Milk condensed to a syrupy consistency
FOli SALK
AT STRONG’S DRUG STORE.
Corner Bull and Perry street lane.