The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, October 29, 1887, Page 2, Image 2
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A DAY WITHOUT A DEATH
FIFTEEN NEW PATIENTS ON THE
LIST, HOWEVER.
Tho Weather Still Sultry and No
Abatement in the Disease Noticed
It Begins to Invade the Country—. ho
Quarantines and Cordons Pass
Inspection Satisfactorily.
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 28. — Fifteen new
eases, with no deaths, is the record for the
past twenty-four hours. Three patients are
in critical condition. The weather is hot
and sultry. The disease is reaching out in
the country. There is no sign of its abate
ment.
Dl’VAL's HEALTH BOARD.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 28. --Not hav
ing a full attendance this afternoon tho
Board of Health adjourned till to-morrow
so the full board can act on t lie commit
tees’ reports. There will be two reports
presented and great interest is centred on
them. During the time tho quarantine
camp at Plant City has been in operation
there have been eight eases of yellow fever
and one death. This illustrates well how
thorough has been the guard there, and
also how important it is to keep it up.
The Leesburg anu Tavares Base Ball
Clubs piayad a game at the former place to
day for trie Tampa sufferers. Thirteen dol
lars was secured.
Drs. Kenworthy and Bacon, the special
committee appointed to visit the Tampa
cordon and quarantine, returned this morn
ing. Leaving here Wednesday noon on the
la-t mail, they reached Lakeland that night.
There they found Dr. Caldwell waiting for
them, and after supper they drove down to
the quarantine camp, six miles be
low. Tho scene there was weird
in the extreme. The comp is
located in the pine woods, with the tall,
stately pines looming up in all directions.
On elevated platforms, covered with earth,
which were arranged through and around
the camp were burning huge fires fed by
resinous pine knots. The snowy white tents
gleaming through the trees, iit up by the
tar-reaching flames. and the
shadows cast by the one wooden
building, conspired to convey the idea of a
hunting camp more than tliut of a picket
post against a most insidious and deadly
foe. After being thoroughly shown the
workings of this camp, where only three
suspects are now held, the party proceeded
two miles further anil inspected
the railroad hospital. No cases
of illness of any character were found there.
Dr. Kenworthy carefully examined the
building and hmitccominodations, and ex
presses himself ffs well pleased with what
had been done. The party then
returned to Lakeland and remained
over night. At *i o’clock yesterday morn
ing, by the kindness and generosity
of the South Florida railroad officials
a sjiecial train was at Lakeland subject to
their orders. They took first a run over
the Pemberton Ferry branch of the South
Florida to the Hillsborough river and Dado
City. There tho >■ found the quarantine re
strictions perfect, mid Dr. Kenworthy said
to the News reporter this morn
ing that he considered it very satis
factory, and with some suggested
changes and additions perfectly safe. After
inspecting that section they retraced their
steps, and taking the southern extension of
the Florida Southern, were soon whirling
on toward Bartow and below. They went
to the southern quarantine station at Bowl
ing Given,and examined the line carefully as
they went. The mounted guards ail assured
the committee that the country through
out that section was nearly all under water,
and that there was i’t the slightest chance
in the world for a refugee to pass through,
unobserved. After viewing the si; uation as
thoroughly as possible the committee re
turned to Lakeland and took^the,night train
for home.
Dr. J. G. Bulloch, of Savannah
passed through hero the other day
bound for Tampa, as he had volunteered
to serve for the war. He arrived there at
night and the next day took the return
train for home. Dr. (’indwell's sharp-; yod
guards caught him, and he is now serving
his fifteen days quarantine at “Hotel do
Caldwell, ’’ South Florida. The doctor says
Dr. Wall “bull dozed” him, but all the same
the medicos, as well as tho others, are en
joying the joke.
Among the new eases at Tampa to-day is
Charles L. Billings, formerly of Sanford,
and a prominent Pythian.
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY.
The Governor Vetoes the Bill to Pro
tect Oysters and Clams.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 28. —The Governor
has vetoed the bill to protect clam and
oyster fisheries by prohibiting the bivalves
being taken in certain ways and in certain
seasons, etc. The bill was submitted to the
Attorney General, who gave it a thorough
examination. The reason assigned for the
veto is that it does not provide proper ma
chinery for carrying the law into effect,
and further because there is no limit fixed
to the pecuniary penalty, which is uncon
stitutional.
In pursuance of a resolution of the Gener
al Assembly approved Oct. 24, 1887, Treas
urer Hardeman to-day in the presence of
witnesses destroyed by fire 410 #IOOO, 7 per
cent, bonds with forty coupons attached to
each. Two hundred and si <ty-eight were of
the issue of 1008 under the Bullock adminis
tration, and 148 of the issue of 1873, under
Gov. Smith. These bonds were all signed
up, but for some reason not on record in the
Treasury were not put on the market.
The rosters of the Twenty-eighth Bat talion
of Sharpshooters, Majs. J. J. Cox and
Richard H. Wlately; the Second Battalion
of Georgia Volunteers, Majs, Hardeman,
Jr., and George AV. Hose and K. J. Moffatt;
and Fourteenth Regiment, Col. A. V.
Brumby. Felix Price and R V. Tolsom,
were received by Adj. Gen Kell this morn
ing from Mr. Munroe. the State’s agent, en
gaged on the work at Washington.
Before leaving for Ohio tin* Governor ex
tended for ninety days the respite of Henry
Pope, which expires Nov. 2. Pope is the
negro sentenced to be hung in Chattooga
county for rajie. No motion for anew
trial was made at the trial, hut at the last
term of court anew trial was granted on
extraordinary grounds, it being claimed
that Pojie is innocent, and another negro,
who is in custody, guilty.
The Governor has pardoned Silas Ivy, a
negro convicted ill Bibb Su|ierior Court of
manslaughter in 1883, ami sentenced to five
years. Application for pardon was made
nine months ago.
The following Supreme Court decisions
were handed down to day in Fulton county
cases.
Giles Moore vs. the State. Reversed.
Bully Orlernas vs. the State. Affirmed.
Mrs. S. L. Solomon vs. Mrs. E. G. Tarver.
Affirmed.
Conelia Wilson vs the State. Affirmed.
Ed. Bailey vs. the State. Affirmed.
A THIEF IN A FATAL TRAP.
The Owner of a Store Placed a Gun
With a String on Its Trigger.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 28.—Ben Cochrane, a
prosperous merchant of Oconee county, has
been suffering very much lately from par
ties breaking into his store and considerably
decreasing his stock. A broken window in
the store caused Mr. Cochrane to suspect it
as the entrance of the thief, so on last
Wednesday he loaded a double-barreled
shotgun, placed it at a convenient point in
the room and tied to the trigger a string
which he passed by the window on the in
side of the store.' Pretty soon, it ap
pears, Bam Jones, a negro, living
in the vicinity, wishing to replenish his
pantry in u cheap way, entered the window,
pulled against the string and received the
two loads in his left side. Jones staggered
off a few' steps, but fell dead. Cochrane is
not blamed in tRc least, as every man has a
right to protect himself against thieves.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
Death of a Negro Politician—The Pus
sell Case Continued.
Jacksonville, Oct. 28. —Rev. C. H.
Pearce, better known as 15ishoff Puree, a no
ted negro politician was buried here to-day.
At one time he wielded more influence over
his race than any other man in the South
ern States. He cauie to Florida from the
Bahamas during the late war and located at
Tallahassee, where he held several impor
tant offices in reconstruction times. He
was a power in politics, and nidi'll the “car
pet-baggers” to a very great extent, llis
influence then ever the negroes was almost
unlimited, and his plans were implicitly
carried out by them. When that element
went down he fell into obscurity and of
late years has been unknown.
The case against Maj. Russell for timber
depredations, continued from yesterday,
was continued in court this morning. All
the government witnesses were examined,
and the cast* was adjourned till Nov. 11 to
enuble testimony to be taken for tho defend
ant. The ease is against the firm of Kppin
ger & Russell, but as the former is in New
York, the latter is the only one who could
be arrested. It is stated that the govern
ment has a strong eas i against
th firm. The milling intere-ts of
the firm are at Olustee. but the
warrant charges that the depredations were
committed in Columbia county. Special
Timber Agent J. M Dell, of Gainesville,
made the arrest. Tho complaint specifies
that 1,40 ft pino trees were cut from govern
ment land.
Col. C. F. Hopkins, who was injured in
yesterday’s accident on the Florida Railway
and Navigation loud, is doing very well,
hut is still in a precarious condition. The
muscles of his back are badly sprained, and
other injuries are report and. If fever and
inflammation can be kept down, the doctors
will tie hopeful. All the other injured here
are doing well and w ill be out in a week.
ENFORCING LICENSE TAXES.
The lice.ise tax is working up the busi
ness men here to quite a pitch of—-well,
profanity would nearly express their feel
ings if not their opinions. One hundred
and seventy-five copies of arrests were
issued yesterday against those backward in
paying this tax. Several of them appeared
before the court this morning, but us_the
extra cost tax expenses of $7 r>o
was added to each, they all
refused to pay, and said they would employ
counsel and fight it. This “bright creation ’
of the last Legislature makes it a misde
meanor for any person to carry on or con
duct any business for which a license is re
quired without first obtaining such license,
and it also provides that it shall ho the
special duty of the Tax Collectors amt
County Judges to report to the Comptroller
and State’s Attorney any violations of this
law.
The safe in a business office off Bay street
was mysteriously robbed last night. The
front door of the office was locked this
morning when the store was opened, and
the safe door also was locked. But. never
theless the sad fact remained that $224 in
Uncle Sam’s promises to pay had disap
peared during the night. Certain parties
are suspected and the police
have them “on the list.” The safe is an
old fashioned one and opened with an iron
flat key. No violence was used, and it is
suspected that the party under espionage
hod access to the key. There is some mys
tery to the affair, and the party in charge
desired the name suppressed, as it would aid
in the arrest of the party suspected.
, KILLED BY ALCOHOLISM.
A Covington Man’s Spree at the State
Fair Ends in His Death.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 28.—A. L. Davidson, of
Covington, lies dead in his room at the
Brown House, having died a few moments
after midnight. Last Saturday Mr. David
son registered at the Brown House, and that
evening paid his bill. Manager Mitchell
thought ne had left the city, but it seems
that Mr. Davidson continued to remain at
the hotel, and very probably confined him
self closely to bis room in an up
per story, and in the great rush and
excitement of the State Fair his presence
was not noticed among the iarge
number of guests. The supposition is that
he hail been drinking heavily and stayed
several days in his room without eating any
thing, and consequently became very weak.
Yesterday afternoon about 8:2*0 o’clock he
came out of his room and started to walk
down staire, hut stumbled and fell down
the steps, and cut a severe gash on his
head. Dr. \V. C. Gibson w*as summoned,
and administered tp his relief and gave the
necessary medicines to bring him from
under the effects of the liquor. Manager
.Mitchell and Mrs. G. C. Brown, the propri
etress, did everything in their power for the
comfort and care of the unfortunate man.
They extremely regretted the accident, and
left nothing undone that could administer
to his relief. At 7 o'clock last night Dr.
Gibson again called to see his patient and
found him in a sinking condition and stated
to Manager Mitchell and Mrs. Brown that
Mr. Davidson would probably die before
morning. Just at 12 o'clock last night Dr.
Gibson was summoned by telephone
to come immediately to see Mr. Davidson.
The Doctor left home instantly, but before
lie could reach the Brown House, Davidson
had breathed his last. Dr. Gibson gives it
as liis opinion that death was the result of
alcoholic poisoning. Manager Mitchell tel
egraphed to the Mayor ot Covington to
know what disposition should be made of
the body. The Mayor replied that he had
telegraphed to Mr. Davidson’s sister at Con
yers for instructions. It is probable that
the remains will bo shipped to Covington
to-night. Circulars found among Mr. Da
vidson’s effects at tho Brown House show
that he was traveling in the interest of the
Davidson fertilizer.
FOUR DAYS OF RAIN.
The National Jockey Club -in Hard
Luck at Washington.
Washington, Oct. 28. —This was the
fourth day of the fall meeting of the Na
tional Jockey Club, and the fourth raiuy
clay. The events were as follows:
First Rack.—For three-year-olds and upward.
One mile Favor won, with Hu mum second and
Young Duke third. Time 1:45t(.
Second Race.—Handicap sweepstakes; six
furlongs Stuyvesaut won, with Hess second
and Sum Harper, Jr., third. Time l:lt>ki-
Third Race.—Potomac stakes tor three-year
olds: mile and a quarter. Kingston won, w ith
Dunlyne second. Time 2:13.
Fourth Race Handicap sweepstakes. One
mile and a furlong Florence 1. won,* with
Royal Arch second and Wilfred third. Time
l-.ftOM-
Fifth Rack Purse S6OO, for three year olds
and upward. One and one-sixteenth miles.
Danner Bearer won, with Maggie Mitchell sec
ond and Ten Strike third. Time 1:5215.
The races for to-morrow have been postponed
until Monday.
FINE WEATHER AT NASHVILLE.
Nashville, Oct. 28. —The weather was
pleasant and the attendance about 3,000.
The events were ns follows:
First Rack.—Three-quarters of a mile.
Tommy R. won, with Khody Pringle second and
Bixby third. Time 1:2144.
Second Rack—Five eighths of a mile. Orange
Girl won. w ith Out Step second and Round
about third. Tim.'l;(tj.
Third Race Seven-eighths of a mile. White
Nose won. with Dark Ilall second and Frankie
Louise third. Time 1
Fourth Rack Five eighths of a mile. Cupid
won. with Col. Owens seeoud and Bill Sterrit
third. Time. 1:0044.
Messenger Smith’s Big Rewards.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 28.—J. E. Smith,
the express messenger, who recently killed
two train robbers near El Paso, was paid
#2,000 yesterday by orderYif Gov. Ross, us
a reward for his act. Smith will probably
get $2,000 more from the express company,
and SI,OOO from the railroad company,
making a total of $5,000.
Locomotive Engineers.
Chicago, Oct. 28. —The Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers will hold its next
meeting in Richmond, Va.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1887.
BUSINESS STILL BRISK.
SEPTEMBER S EXCESS, OF COURSE,
HAS A LITTLE EFFECT.
Collections Much Better Than Was
Predicted a Week or Two Ago -Con
servative Indisposition to Undertake
New Enterprises Reported in Many
Quarters- Fair Progress in Settle
ments.
New York, Oct. 28.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s
review of trade for the week says: “During
the past week, and during the month, the
volume of business has diminished some
what, as is natural at this season; but the
October trade, In some branches and sec
tions, falls behind that of the same month
last year, a fact partly explained by the un
usual volume of business in September. The
dis rihution of goods purchased does not
quite meet expectations, and collections are
still slow or but fair in many quarters,
I hough the situation in that respect is more
favorable than it appeared to he a week or
two ago. Demands for accommodation from
the West and South are still frequent, and
the demand for money from this point has
not reared, though it has lessened in volume,
partly because many balances have been
drawn dawn to a minimum, and some ap
plications for accommodation have been re
fused. Tho exchanges still reflect fair ac
tivity in trade, and railroad statistics show
a movement of products large for the season.
Conservative indisposition to undertake new
enterprises lias appeared vice Julv, and has
brought a timely check in railroad building,
real estate operations, and some branches of
manufacturing.
LIQUIDATING PAST OPERATIONS.
“Consequently liquidation of past opera
tions is now the feature of most interest. If
that, progresses satisfactorily the outlook
for an excellent trade in the future is good.
Thus far the returns indicate fair progress
in settlements in most branches of trade,
and at most Southern and Western points,
but some exceptions are noted. At several
localities where real estate speculation had
become excessive a year ago failure to make
second payments is now producing a reac
tion with severe losses to many. All over
the Southwest there are many holders
of real estate paper who are seeking pay
ments, not always with success. From
most points this week’s reports indicate
some improvement in collections, a fair ac
tivity in business and diminishing stringency
in the money markets. Distinct improve
ment appears at Loulsviile, Memphis and
Atlanta, The iron trade still hesitates, and
tho market for other than the best grades is
very irregular. Store inquiry for rails is
noted, but orders are hot up to
expectations, and there are reports of sales
at SBB. The coal supply is short, and the
Lehigh strike does not end. The miners are
losing over $10,000,000 )<er month. The
prices of cotton goods are firm and the
movement satisfactory. The business fail
ures throughout the country during last
week number for the United States 198, and
for Canada 28, a total of 210 against 201
last week and 202 the week previous.”
CHILDREN’S DAY IN MACON.
A Wing of the Rising Generation Passes
Before Mr. Davis.
Macon, Ga.. Odt, 28. —The fifth day of
the fair was marred by the rains that have
continued all the week, but great crowds of
visitors poured into the park all day, and
notwithstanding the disagreeable weather
they have kept in remarkable good humor.
Except as to weather the fair has been a
splendid success and fully meets public ex
peetation and pleasure. The display is ex
cellent and the attendance has been enor
mous. While the trains carried thousands
from the city last night, this morning they
also brought thousands into Macon, who
spent the day viewing the sights. This was
the regular apjxjin ted Children’s Day,
when it was intended that many
thousands of little ones should gather from
all parts of the State to see “Jeff Davis.”
President Northeu had sent telegrams to
many of the cities and towns of Georgia
notifying the people that the children
would be reviewed by Mr. Davis. Des) ite
the inclement weather a great host of i hil
dren assembled at the hippodrome and
passed in review before the chieftain.
A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE.
Parental Objections Proved Unavailing
With an Augusta Girl.
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 28. —Quite a roman
tic marriage occured lure*to-day. N. T.
Smith, of Goldsboro, N. C., has for some
time been attentive to Miss Louise Dallis of
this county. Her parents objected to mar
riage. but the young people determined to
wed at any rate, anil this afternoon the girl
left her homo pretending to he going to
visit friends. She was met by Smith seven
miles in the country. They were married
at Mcßeau and came to the city to-night.
They are now at the Augusta Hotel, but
will leave in the morning for Goldsboro,
N. C.
Two operatives of the Riverside mill
engaged in a desperate fight this afternoon,
one boing armed with a knife and the other
with a club. Both were cut up terribly,
and one, named Paine, is probably fatally
injured.
ltain continued to fall during last night
and a portion of to-day. The river is sta
tionary at this writing.
Selling a Wrecked Bark.
Pensacola, Fi.a., Oct 28.—The hull,
masts, etc., of the wrecked schooner Sarah
F. Bird were sold at public auction. Capt.
E. E. Saunders bought the hull, and the
other stuff was bought by miscellaneous
parties.
COON DOGS AND COONS.
Uncle Efrum’s Hunt Through Swamp
and Brake.
From the New York Times.
Baltimore, Oct. 31.—Two Southern Ma
ryland darkies met at a croosroads.
“Mose,” said one, "das a good rabbit dog
o’ yourn.”
“He was onct,” said Mose, “but he ain’t
now. He’s got too proud. He's done had
der imperdence to sot himself up lor a coon
dog.’
To the country negro tile height of canine
excellence is a good cuon dog. The greatest
prize in the Queen’s register is a second-rate
animal compared to tuts peerless creature.
And all tho sports iu the world, from base
ball to a colored cainpmeeting horse race,
cannot equal a tirst-ciai-s coon hunt. It has
not beau many years since the number of
coon skins tacked lo a man’s barn door in
the backwoods districts was one of the
tilings by which his importance was esti
mated.
The sport still remains. It does not flour
ish as it once did, but there is enough of the
old-time enthusiasm ieft t > make Maryland
coons cautious about life. These cool, crisp
nights, witii just enough light to add weird
dess to the experience are capitally adapted
to the sport.
There were three of us fresh from the
city, and when we told Uncle Ephraim
(pronounced by his family Uncle tilrum
and generally abbrev {ptod into Uncle Epii)
that wo wanted to go with him on a hunt he
did not seem to take the suggestion. Vet
eran coon hunters have no fondness for
greenhorns, and at least two of us belonged
to that category.
“Is you willin’ to wade froo briers 'en
mud 'en stay out 'till (luyhght 1” he asked.
“We are."
“Bery well, gent’men, berv noil. Rf you
git too much of it it won’t be de ole man’s
• loin’.”
Eight o'clock was the hour agreed ujion,
and at 8:30 everybody was ready. We, ot
course, had on the worst clothes that we
could get Kph was accompanied by three
•olored men and four coon d"gs—thick
pointed, muscular, short-legged animals of
more activity and noise than beauty. These
dogs kep up a ceaseless barking, and when
the start was made they bounded away in
full cry. With this noise and tho “Hi! Hi!
There!” of Eph, and the banter of the
ot her negroes things were lively and exhil
arating.
A coon hunting party spurns the conven
tionalities of civilization such as roads and
gates. From the start our progress was a
great hurdle race over fences, ditches, and
logs. We plunged on through the cornfield
wit.li stout nearts and stumbling feet. The
young darkies rushed ahead turning somer
saults and making prize jumps like the acro
bats that they were. When they got tired
of that they unbosomed their souls in song
with the yelping of the dogs for a chorus:
Ite o!e man coon am a sly ole cuss,
Git erlong coon dog now.
'En <ie lady coon am a loetle bit wuss,
Git erlong coon dog now.
Ob, we hunts’em w hell lie night gits dark,
Git erlong coon dog now,
'En dey runs when dey bear de big dogs bark,
Git erlong coon dog now.
But, ’deed, mister coon it’s no use to try.
Git erlong coon dog now.
Fur when we comes out you’se got to die,
Git erlong coon dog now.
And sc* on until Eph called a halt. He
was too old in experience to throw away ull
his energy at the start, lie knew that it
would be needed before tho night was over,
and he cautioned everybody else to that
effect. Then lie proceeded to tell us übout
coons. A coon, he said, was the cleverest
animal on four legs. He is as cunning as a
fox, as patient as Job, anil as strong as iron.
He bad more tricks than a ward politician,
and more staying powers than a mule. His
trail was cold and scentless. He led his
pursuers through the thickest parts of the
swamp and deep hollows, crosse i and re
crossed streams, stopped a dozen feet from
a tree, glided up to the longest brunch, and
leaped five or six yards to the ground
again, breaking the scent and putting the
dogs to tho necessity of find
ing it agaiu. The coon had
a trick for every emergency and it must be
a very bright dog with the keenest of noses
who could follow his devious path. No wise
coon ever went out on a bright moonlight
night. Like the sinner, he preferred ways
that are dark. One cause of this was his
eyesight: another, his fear of his own
shadow. “He knows’nuff ter sleep all day
’en den to spend de dark nights prowlin's
arter other people’s property,” said Eph.
“He atn a cur’ous critter ‘en a sly critter
'en he kiu fight like a cornfield nigger full
of whisky.”
\Ve had advanced a considerable distance
in the woods, and we were stumbling over
logs and getting castigated by springing
limbs and branches to such an extent that
conversation did not have the interest that
it had on clear ground. There were several
falls, of course, for our flickering torches
did not disclose all the treacherous obstacles
in our path, and involuntary gymnastics
were the consequence. It was a queer torch
light procession, and everything was inex
pressibly weird. But with it all was an in
tense desire to find a coon.
The dogs were ahead barking spasmod
ically. Suddenly the bark broke out into
something like a yell; then it became
stronger, louder, steadier. Eph was ail
action. “Come on, come on. Dey’ve found
him, doy’ve found himj’ he exclaimed, and
forward we went in one great dash toward
the dogs. Scratches, and falls, and mud did
not stop us. Tho fuil stimulus of the excite
ment was in our souis and we would go to
that coon even if he were defended by four
teen companies ot militia. It was a long
chase. The dogs seemed to go in a half
dozen circles and to plunge through the
meanest part of the swamp, but we followed
as if our livqs depended upon it. Eph was
ahead, and his bo years appeared like so
many leathers on his excited head. At last
we reached a black gum tree, somewhat
isolated in the depths of the woods. The
dogs were under it barking furiously.
“Oh, ain't dis luck ;” said Eph. “Got you
a’ready, Mr. Coon. Oh! Ho! Ho! Ho!
One o’ you niggers—Bill—climb de tree.
Boys, git yer clubs. Ho! Ho! Mr. Coon!
Shake him on dts side. Good bye. Mr*
Coon! Hurry up. Now come erlong, Mr.
Coon. Wow!
The excitement was at fever heat.
The noise of the dogs, the ecstasy of
Eph, the hubbub of the boys, the applause
of us all made a pandemonium that, should
have scared an ordinary coon to death. We
were all ready for the fray. Bill had climbed
well up in the tree.
“Uncle Eph,” ho stopped to say, “he’s a
buster.”
“Bless goodness! Shako hard! Let him
come!’’
One shake; and no result. A second
shake, and down conies a mass of activity
as suddenly as one of Jove’s thunderbolts.
It pitches on its four legs. In a twinkle
there is a rush for it —men, dogs and clubs—
all against one mad, snapping coon. It is a
fierce combat despite its one-sidedness. The
coon fights like a tiger. It bites one of the
dogs, it eludes the descending clubs, it bears
its part in the melee like a hero, hut its
efforts cannot last; the odds are too great,
aud just as it pauses one brief instant for
breath a dub hits it squarely on the head
and leaves it dead.
Uncle Ephraim leaned back against the
tree and caught his breath. Tiie rest of us
wiped the perspiration off our brows and
sat down on toe bushes. The dogs, too,
looked as if a little rest would be welcome.
That one coon lind given seven men and
four dogs just about as much as they
wanted to attempt, but, thanks be to for
tune, victory and a 17 pound coon were ours.
Our other experiences during the night
were somewhat similar, except that the
trails were more difficult and the coons—
there were two more—were not so large.
We tramped for miles, got scratched almost
to pieces, and became well plastered with
mud, but the excitement and the novelty
fought off weariness until the return home.
It was thou that we three from the city
felt as if every bone and muscle in our
bodies had decided to work no more.
Tired? We were laarly dead. ]sut Eph
and his fellow-dirkies seemed as fresh
as ever, and the dogs trotted along ns happy
ns colts in clover time. They were used to
it and we were not. The old-time coon
hunter is very proud of his reputation, and
he likes to weave his experiences into pleas
ant romances, lie always has n choice col
lection of ghost stories to draw from, and
in his midnight prowlings he meets with
strange local itie-, inhabited by queer beings.
His tales of the ghosts arc full of interest
ing impossibilities. The coon is eaten mainly
by the colored people. It is a great delicacy
with them. A lull of fare that would make
a eountrv negro happy in the presence of an
earthquake is baked coon, sweet potatoes
and pumpkin pie. Coon has a very rich
taste, and, when properly cooked and well
served, it is a palatable dish.
IMPRISONED IN A TANK.
A Workman’s Hour and a Half of Peril
and Agony.
From the New York Sun.
Paterson, Oct. 25. —Avery remarkable
accident occured nt the Grant Locomotive
Works in this city about 5 o’clock this even
ing. Archibald MeFauden, aged 40,
crawled into a water tank which formed a
part of tiie tender of anew locomotive, in
order to remedy u slight defect before the
locomotive was sent out of tiie shop. He
entered through the hole on top through
which the tank is lided with water, taking
with him, besides his tools, an oil lamp and
a piece of carpet to put under his knees
when he knelt oil the hard iron. The in
terior of ttie tank is braced With rods run
ning in all directions, and it is like making
ones way through the meshes of a series of
nets to move about in it.
Mcl widen entered the tank a I suit 5 o’clock.
A few moments afterward the other men
heard smothered cries ami groans issuing
from the hole, aud a little later a cloud of
moke came out. The man had upset his
lamp, set fire to his clothing and the piece
of carpet, and was unable to make his way
out. One aft *r Vnothe e ther men entered
lho hole, but each immediately came out
again choking and half smothered wi(h the
•moke and gases given off by the oily flames
inside. The shrieks of McFadden "for help
made them redouble their efforts, but in
vain. A stream of water was poured in to
put out tbe tire, until it was found necessary
to stop lest tbe water should drown the im
prisoned workman. Then a stream of air
was pumped in to keep him from suffocat
*fhe affair caused the most intense excite
ment. Hundreds of men gathered around
the tank making all sorts of suggestions,
and again and again venturesome men vol
unteered to go m, but no one got his body
out of sight Iwfore lie backed out. W. W .
Evans, the manager of the company, offered
SIOO reward for the man who would rescue
McFadden, but it was of no avail. It was
a physical impossibility to penetrate far into
tbe tank.
“Then,” said Mr. Evans, “tear out the
top of the tank.”
A hundred hammers and cold chisels w ere
at once at work, and the rivet heads fiew in
all directions. In fifteen minutes the stout
boiler iron was torn away enough to allow
the unfortunate man to be rescued. He was
nearly dead when he was taken out, for he
had been in the tank nearly an hour and a
half, having gone in about 5 o'clock and
been taken out at 0:3t) o’clock. He was fright
fully burned about the legs and lower part
of the body, and it is feared that he cannot
recover. He was at once removed to the
Sisters’ Hospital, where he now lies in a
very critical condition. He had managed
to put out the fire with the water that had
been poured in, and the air forced in had
saved his life, but heissuffering from shock.
SAVED BY AN ALIBI.
Jim Brown’s Wild Ride to Prove His
Absence From a Scene of Crime.
From the Cleveland Press.
No man loved an alibi better than Jim
Brown, known *i Ohio’s past history as
“Chief of the Counterfeiters of the Cuya
hoga” The band of outlaws dealt princi
pally in bogus money,and their favorite way
of escaping justice was by proving an alibi.
The band was so numerous, s*> scattered
and withal so loyal, that any sort of evi
dence required to show that a defendant
was somewhere else than at the place of the
alleged crime at tlie time of its commission
was always forthcoming from the mouths
of witnesses who often stood high in their
community for veracity. To prove au alibi
Jim Brown once rode horseback from Pitts
burg, Pa, to Boston, Summit county, Ohio,
a distance of about 100 miles, in one night.
The officers arrived at Boston, Brown’s
home, a few hours after his own arrival.
They arrested him. On his trial several
witnesses swore that they saw him at sun
down of the day previous to his arrest in
Pittsburg. These witnesses also identified
his hors*'. On the defense Brown proved
by a score of good witnesses that he was at
home at sunrise of the morning of his arrest,
and that his horse was sleek and fresh that
day as though it had not been ridden for a
month. The court held that Brown could
not have ridden the distance in the time and
discharged him. But he did ride it and
afterward told how it was done. Finding
himself certain to be arrested if he stayed iu
Pittsburg, on a certain night, he saddled his
horse —a splendid animal —and as soon as it
was dark started out on his wild ride of 100
miles. For the first thirty miles his horse
kept bravely and steadily to his work. Then
Brown noticed by tbe irregular reach and
labored breath that the tirrible strain was
telling upon his faithful brute. At the next
tavern Brown procured a pint of whisky,
and, putting half of it into a small quantity
of water, gave it to his horse. Then on to the
road again, his willing animal working more
steadily. At every lull he would dismount
and run beside his horse till it was passed,
then on and away, to stop at the next tav
ern to give his horse more whisky and water.
In this way—galloping furiously along lev
els, running on foot up and down hills, and
stimulating his steed with all the caution
a skillful physician would bestow upon a
patient critically sick—he reached his Home
before daybreak, where a confederate was
found to devote his entire attention to the
jaded horse, while Brown purposely showed
himself to as many neighbors as possible,
who testified as before stated.
Fifteen years ago a great daylight robbery
was committed in Hinckley, Medina county,
Ohio. A farmer named Cray, was the victim.
He was at home alone, tlie rest of his family
having gone to a picnic. About noon, while
going to the barn, he was met by two men
coming from the direction of the wopds.
The men were well-dressed. One of them
called Gav bv name, shooks hands with h.in
and told him he had a warrant for his arrest
for counterfeiting, displaying a badge on
his coat. Before Gay had time to compre
hend what was lining done he was handcuff
ed.blindfolded and being led to the house,into
which he was taken, placed upon a bed and
tied down. A pillow was placed over his
mouth and one of the robbers sat. upon it
while the other commenced operations upon
a small safe which stood in the next room.
Failing to force the lock of the safe, the
robber turned it upon its back and blew it
open with gunpowder. The explosion tore
a large hole in the ceiling and broke two
windows. Securing $7,000 in Uuited'States
bonds and sl,oiK) in cash, the robbers fled,
as the picnic party, alarmed by the explo
sion, was hurrying to the house. Gay was
positive that he cou-d identify the robbers,
not only by their faces but by their voices.
He had seen them in broad daylight, face to
face, and they had kept up a running fire
of bantering talk while the safe was under
going manipulation. Guy Foster, of Parma,
and Charles Foster, of Brighton, a nephew
of Guy, were arrested. Guy was the father
of George Foster, shot a year or so ago by
Patrolman Corner, in Cleveland. Guy and
Charles were tried in Medina county tor rob
bing Gay. Their defense was an alibi. Gay
swore positively thut they were the robbers.
Charles had a large number ot unimpeach
able witnesses who swore that he was hunt
ing seven or eight miles from Gay’s house
at the time of the robbery. The jury
thought that if Gay could be mistaken about
Charles he might lie mistaken about Guy
Foster, and both Fosters were discharged,
and to this day the law has not entangled
the knot.
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The weather to-day will be fair
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FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
NELSON.—The friends and acquaintance" of
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Nelson are respectfully in
vited to attend the fuueral of their son, John
Johkph, from the Cathedral of Our lady of Per
peiual Help, THIS AFTERNOON at 3:30
o’clock. *
STURGES.—’The relatives and friends of Miss
LrcRETiA B. Sttrgkh are invited to attend her
funeral from her residence, 103 Jones street,
THIS (Saturday) AFTERNOON at 3:30 o'clock,
MEETINGS.
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE CITIZENS’ MUTUAL LOAN COM
PA.W.
There will be a meeting of the stockholders
of the CITIZENS' MUTUAL LOAN COMPANY
at the Metropolitan Rail, on WEDNESDAY,
Nov. 2, 1887, at 8 o'clock p. M., to take into con
sideration the merger of said company into the
Citizens' Bank of Savannah, and such other
business as may be brought before the meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN. Treasurer.
OGLETHORPE HEAL ESTATE COM
PA.W.
Savannah. Ga., Oct. 22, 1887.
A meet ing of the Stockholders of this Com
pany will be held at Metropolitan Hall on TUES
DAY EVENING. Nov. 1. 1887, at 8 o’clock, for
the purpose of considering resolutions for the
alienation of the property of this Company.
E. A. WEIL, President.
Ed. F. Nkufvillf., Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices" will be charged 81 00 o Square each
insertion.
NOTICE.
All bills against the Austrian brig MARA
TONA, Capt Marunich, must be presented at
our office THIS DAY, by 12 o'clock noon,
or payment will be debarred.
M. S. COSULICH & CO., Agents.
SAVANNAH ACADEMY,
BULL STREET, MADISON SQUARE.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 28, 1887.— Students at the
SAVANNAH ACADEMY, on the “Roll of Honor”
for the first scholastic month:
Thomas Thomson, 4lhlph Thomson,
Willie Hengis, Frederick Solomon,
Arthur Solomon, Hugo Frank,
George Germany, Willie Eckstein,
Auvergne d’Antignac, Joseph Christian,
George Quint.
JOHN TALIAFERRO. Principal.
AN APPEAL TO THE MERCHANTS AND
CITIZENS OF SAVANNAH, GA.
In behalf of the annnal conference of the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal church, which convenes
here Dec. 14, 1887, at St. Janies' Tabernacle.
This large body of ministers coming here will
bring thousands of people from the surrounding
cities, counties and States, hence a large -trade
and considerable money to our city. Please
help us to entertain them the eight or ten days
they will be in our city. Whatever you con
tribute to the support of the conference will be
thankfully received and publicly acknowledged
if necessary.
M. R. WILSON, Pastor.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
An examination to fill the position of Assis
tant Teacher in the Barnard Street School, will
be held at Chatham Academy on SATURDAY,
Oct. 29th, between the hours of 9:30 A. M. and 2
p. m. By order of the Board.
W. H. BAKER, Superintendent.
DIVIDEND NO. 8,
Office of Mutual Gas Light Cos.. I
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 17, 1887. f
A dividend of one and one-half t! b,. percen
tum has THIS DAY been declared from earuiugs
of last quarter, payable at this office on and
after November 15th next to Stockholders of
record this day. LEWIS C. LILLIE,
Secretary.
DR. HENRY 8 GOLDING,
DENTIST,
Office corner Jones and Drayton streets.
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PROPOSALS WANTED.
SEALED BIDS FOR COUNTY BONDS.
Madison, Fla. , October 7, 1887.
SEALED BIDS wjjl be received by tbe Board
of County Commissioners of Madison
county, at the Clerk's office in Madison, until
the 15th DAY OF NOVEMBER. 1887, for the
purchase of all or any part of the issue of the
Coupon Bonds of Madison county, limited in
amount to seventy-five thousand dollars, of the
denomination; of live hundred and one hundred
dollars eacfi (one hundred and twenty-five of
each denomination) and bearing interest at the
rate of six (0) tier centum per annum. Princi
pal payable at the office of tile County Treasury
in Madison, Florida, on the first day of June,
A. D. 1912. Redeemable at the pleasure of the
County Commissioners at any time after the
first cfay of June, A. D. 1892. Coupons for in
terest payable at the County Treasury on tbe
first day of June in each and every year.
All bids for bonds shall specify amount of
bonds bid for, the time when the bidder will
comply with bis bid. and shall specify whether
bid is in current money or in past due indebted
ness of the county.
No bids entertained below par.
The County Commissioners reserve the right
to reject any and all bids. Address
CHANDLER H. SMITH,
Chairman Board County Commissioners Madi
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