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COAL’S FIFTY-CENT JUMP.
A SHORT SUPPLY CAUSES AN AD
VANCE IN PRICES.
Northern Companies Refuse to Pill
Southern Orders and Dealers Com
pelled to Dopend Upon Their Stock
on Hand—An Advance of 50c. on All
Grades In Effect To-Day.
Savannatuaus will have to pay 50 com-;
a ton more for coal to-day than they did
yesterday. The advance was made through
a dealers’ eombinat ion and went into effect
at fi o’clock last night. It is not due to the
cold wave nor to a corner, but is on account
ol a scarcity of coal.
Advices from the Philadelphia and Read
ing and Delaware and Hudson coal coni
panics to their Savannah correspondent- say
that they are filling no orders except for
broken and pea coal. They are not shipping
even to Eastern points, which are much
larger consumers than the South.
CAUSE OF THE SHOUT SUPPLY.
Tbe strike among the Tennessee and Ala
bama miners has cut off the supply of soft
ooai and the market is short all
over the country. Savannah gets
its hard coal supply from the North
and the strikes there .nave shut up many
of the mines. The dealers’ stock on hand
here will supply the locul trade until Jan
I. There has been a heavy demand for
several days from interior points, but the
dealers will fill no orders because they do
not know r how long the freeze out is going
to last. Tbe advance which went into
effect last night is on all grades. Coal
which sold yesterday for $0 und ■><> sl[i*r
ton will sell to-day for 4>li 50 and-$7. 1 his
is half a dollar higher than Baltimore and
Boston consumers pay.
ORDERS FROM THE INTERIOR.
Orders were reoeivedyesterday from Au
gusta, Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, Home
and other points for carload lots but none
of them were filled. The dealers say that
they are going to supply the local trade
first. Maj. J. A. A. West, President
of the Co-o|>erative Coal Company of Au
gusts came down yesterday morning. He
said t hat his company has only about 500
tons of hard coal on hand. The soft coal
supply is short, and he docs not know what
the interior trade is going to do. The local
dealers say that they do not propose to
squeeze the market, but that they were
compelled to mak i the advance on account
of a scarcity of the product. There was a
rush of ords<; yesterday on account of the
cold snap, a s<t u there is a change to
day H w ill pr bjbiy keep up through the
week, in spit of the advance.
SOME PORT STATISTICS.
The Number of Arrivals and Tonnage
for Lad- .v.onth.
The News gives to-day the total num
ber of vessels arriving at this |>ort during
the past month, with their rigs, nationality
and net tonnage. The number does not in
clude ihe arrivals at quarantine or Tybee.
but only those vessels which have arrived nt
the wharves and have discharged, or are in
ballast and loading. It does not include
river or inland coast steamers, nor does it
include vessels under 100 tons, except those
trading foreign. The arrivals, with their
rig, are as follows:
Steam
ship*. Barks. /trips. Sch'ners. Total.
American.. si 5 3 17 60
British 19 2 .. .. 21
Norwegian. . 7 .. 7
Austrian 1 1 .. 2
Belgian .. 1 .. 1
German ? .. .. 1
Total 53 17 4 17 91
The tonnage was as follows:
Steam. Sail. Total.
American 61,217 10.024 78.141
British 23,358 1,453 24,811
Norwegian 3.0:,7 3.007
Austrian 871 671
Belgian 498 498
German 475 475
Total 84.575 17,088 101,663
The above arrivals show an increase of
ten vessels over the previous month. The
average size of the vessels, however, was
smaller for October, the average size j>er
vessel being only 1.117 and a fraction tons,
while for September it was 1,190.1* tons.
The increase for October was only 5,22*1
tons. The increase in American steam and
sail tonnage was very large, licing 15,789
tons. The decrease in foreign steam tonnage
was considerable, being fully 11,8971 tons,
though there was an increase in foreign sail
tonnage. The heaviest increase was in
American steam tonnage, being 11.000 tons,
and in American sail tonnage of over 5,000
tons. The total decrease in steam tonnage
was only 692 tons.
MAX VOLINSKY’S MONEY EOX.
He Puts It on His Shoo Counter and
It D.sappears.
A cash box containing $55 05 was stolon
yesterday morning from the store of Max
Volinsky, at Perry and Whitaker streets.
Volinsky opened the store about (5 o'clock,
and placing the box on the counter, threw a
roll of doth over it while ho was getting
ready for the day’s business. A negro boy
named Henry Jones came ill a few minutes
later and leaned over the counter, near the
money box, to talk with Vollusky's cook,
Roxie. After Jones’ departure the money
box was missed, and volinsky, thinking
that Jones hail made away with it, took out
a search warrant and searched the premises
of the boy’s father. He failed to find the
money', but the boy was arrested on suspicion
and taken before the Mayor. Ho denied
the theft, and as there was no jiositive evi
dence against him, he was dismissed. The
money has not been found.
DRAYTON STREET’S PAVEMENT.
Property Owners Want it Replaced
With Asphalt—A Petition to Council.
A petition was in circulation yesterday
asking Council to ro-pave Drayton street
with asphalt. The petition set forth the
fact that the thoroughfare is the principal
one leading out of the city, and the present
pavement is not only very noisy and annoy
ing to the people living on the street, but it
is very destructive of vehicles. The peti
tion was signed by a number of pro(>erty
owners, and will probably receive the sig
natures of a majority of those living on
the street. It is indorsed by a second peti
tion signed by citizens generally requesting
Council t-o grant tlie application. Drayton
street is the only street in the centre of the
city extending its entire length, and with
an asphalt pavement it would be a grand
avenue.
Odd Fellows to Receive a Brother.
Oglethorpe Taxlge of Odd Fellows will
meet to-night for the purpose of receiving
a representative of Falls City lodge of
Paterson, N. J., who comes here on a special
mission to Savannah Odd Fellows. Grand
Master Portor will make an official visita
tion to the lodge, and the officers and ruein
l>ers of other lodges in the city are also ex
pected to be present.
A New Teacher Appointed.
Miss J. P. Hinson was the successful ap
plicant for the position of assistant teacher
in the Barnard Street School. There were
two other applicants for the place. Miss
Hinson’s papers in Haturday’s examination
were very satisfactory, and the examining
committee last night awarded her the place.
Hhe will take her place in the school this
morning.
The Sapelo Station.
Advice* from Washington state that it is
very probable that the position of keeper,
for the winter, at Hapelo will not be filled,
but that the quarantine station will be
closed until next summer, or placed under
charge •{ a watchman.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Savannah Lodge, Knights of Honor, will
meet to-night.
The German Fire Company will hold a
meeting to-night.
There were three arrests yesterday for
disorderly conduct.
Deputy Clerk Keilhaeh issued forty-nine
marriage certificates last month; twenty to
whites and twenty-nine to blacks.
The German-American Mutual loan and
Building Association will hold its four
teenth monthly meet in* to-night at the
secretary’s office. No. 107 Bay street.
John Simmons was taken before the City
Court yesterday to lie tried on the charge of
theft, but Ins case was continued. He is the
house breaker wlio operated in the suburbs.
There were five drunks before the Mayor
yesterday and their tines aggregated 825.
One of them was a small boy who was evi
dently beginningto sow his wild oats early.
Ho was held subject to the order of his
parents.
The receipts of cotton yesterday at all
the ports were about 77,000 hales, the largest
of any one day in the history of cotton
culture, so far as the records show. Not
withstanding those large receipts the tend
ency of prices was upward. In New
York the cotton men are now talking about
a crop of 7,000,000.
THE JASPER MONUMENT
To be Unveiled Feb. 22—A Grand
Public Demonstration.
The annual meeting of the Jasper Monu
piertt Association was held last night at the
residence of the President, Capt. John
Flannery.
The President stated that Mr. Alex Doyle,
the sculptor, had informed him that the
bronze statue of Jasper is now being east
and the monument would be ready for un
veiling by Feb 22, and suggested that it
would be well for the association to make
arrangements for the occasion.
Col. J. H. Estill offered the following,
which was duly seconded and adopted:
Whereas. This association has definitely fix ed
on the 22<i day of February, 1888, as t,he datefor
unveiling the monument to the memory of Ser
geaut William Jasper: and whereas, said monu
ment will he an enduring testimony to the
generous liberality of our citizens, therefore
lie It
Resolved. That a committee of five members
be appointed from tills association to arrange
for the details immediately connected with said
unveiling, and to invoke the active co-operation
of our military and ei .zens generally in devising
and carrying out Nueh general programme for a
grand popular demonstration as will be fitting
the occasion.
The President appointed the following
gentlemen as the committee provided for in
the resolution: Col. J. H. Estill, Hon. P. W.
Meld rim, Col. John Screven, Col. George
A. Mercer and Capt. John R. Dillon.
The Treasurer, James J. McGowan, Esq.,
submitted his report, which showed a bal
ance on hand of $ 1t,035 78.
John T. ltonan, Esq., offered the follow
ing resolution, which was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Treasurer he authorized
to appoint a collector to collect the unpaid sub
scriptions to the fund for building the monu
ment.
Tlip election for officers resulted in the
unanimous re-election of the following gen
tlemen :
President—John Flannery.
Vice President—P. W. Meldrim.
Treasurer- --James J. McGowan.
Corresponding Secretary —Johnß. Dillon.
Recording Secretary J‘. T. Honan.
AT THE THEATRE.
John S. Clarke to Begin His Savannah
Engagement To-Night.
John S. Clarke, oue of America’s greatest
comedians, will begin a thro" nights’ en
gagement at the Theatre to-night. It will
be Mr. Clarke’s first appearance in Savan
nah. He is not unknown to theatre-goers
though, and he will hardly fail to receive
an enthusiastic welcome. Mr. Clarke has
been seen so seldom in his own country dur
ing the past twenty years that, it sounds
strangely to t he younger generation of play
goers to hear the veteran comedian still
spoken of in an American. He has been
playing to immense audiences in Philadel
phia and Baltimore, and everywhere he has
been he has received an ovation.
His opening play will lie “Heir nt
law,” preceded by “A Fair Encounter.”
His “Dr. Pangloss” in “Heir at 1 aw” has
lieen distinguished for many years as one
of the most complete and original assump
tions of comic character on the English
speaking stage. It illustrates not only those
extraordinary powers of comic expression
which are Clarke’s peculiar gift—the
astounding facial play, the instantaneous
passage from exuberant humor to blank
stupor or dismay, and the humorous elo
quence of back and legs and finger tips, but
even more that firm apprehension of a dis
tinct personality that, gives to all this tech
nical display its value in true comedy.
The reserved seat sale is now in progress
at Davis Bros’.
BUILDING IN OCTOBER.
Seventeen Permits Issued From the
Clerk of Council’s Office.
Seventeen building permits were issued
from the Clerk of Council’s office in Octo
ber. They were mostly for dwellings in
the southern part of the city. The building
is almost entirely of wool and no jiemitts
were issued f> >r! nick. Although there is no
rush among tin- builders there is plenty of
work and now buildings are constantly
going up. The permits issued by Clerk
Rebarer were:
* Lucy A. Williams, frame dwelling, Hart
ridge street.
Miss F. and R. O. Minis, tw r o frame build
ings, St. Haul and Pine streets.
C. C. DoVeaux, frame dwelling, New
Houston street.
Charles Kohler, double frame tenement,
Duffy street.
D. Grimm, frame dwelling, Waldburg
street.
H. F. Lttbs and A. W. Meyer, frame
dwelling. Duffy street.
A C. Bacon, frame dwelling, Gwinnett
street.
Michael Eagan, frame dwelling, Hunting
don street.
A. Samuels, four frame tenements, Gor
don street.
John McAleer, two frame dwellings, Bay
street.
St. John Baptist Church, frame dwelling,
Mercer street.
D. McAuliffe, frame house, Gwinnett
street. _ _
THE EXTENDED COLD AREA.
Nearly the Entire Country Feeling the
Effect of the Cold Wave.
Savannah was not left out in the cold
alone yesterday for nearly the whole coun
try experienced the sarno cool weather that
made overcoats so comfortable here. The
barometer seems to bo tending upward in
all sections except the New Eng
land States where the temperature
is high and the weather cloudy.
The stations in every other
section reported low temperatures,
clear weather and high barometers. The
extreme Northwest, the Mississippi Valley,
the Southern and Eastern States were all
ip the region of coolness and the tempera
tures were nearly equal, except where local
causes played their part. The cotton dis
tricts experienced exceedingly' cold
weather for this season. Memphis
aud Atlanta went down to tui
average minimum of 82' for all
the stations in their districts. Savannah
and Galveston to .‘S9\ Mobile, Montgomery
and New Orleans, 34’, and Charleston 42 .
Galveston’s average maximum was 7ti’,
while that of Savannah and Atlanta was
60’, and Charleston 52‘. The indications
are that * the cold weather wifi continue
through to-day.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1887.
ALL-HALLOWE’EN.
Old Rites and Childish Games on the
Vigil of All Saints.
Last night was All-Hallowe’en, and the
vigil of All Saints was merrily observed in
hundreds of homes. Sinall-hoydom hat! a
jolly time of it: but what was fun for the
boys wiil not be fun for the older heads
when tuny find their front gates roosting on
a neighlnir’s piazza, and their own door
steps loaded down with somebody else’s fence
this morning. There ware quite a number
of social entertainments, and the eve of
All-Hallows did not have to go begging
for observance. The ceremonies attending
Hallowe'en are two-fold —ecclesiastical and
social.
In the church solemn prayers are made
for the welfare of the souls of the departed
saints, aud by a superstition that ante dates
the introduction of the Christian religion in
Britain it was supposed that spirits were
abroad on the last night of October. Tho
nuts, apples, cabbages, kale-stalks, “prop
erties” of the performance, to
use a theatrical term, all show
its rural origin, and the ringing of
door bells, tin horns, tic-tacs, cabbages to
lie thrown at front doors, and cabbage
stalks filled with burning hemp to Ik: blown
through key-holes are doubtless intended to
make it) • in a human way for any delin
quency on tho part of spirits who ought to
lie about and making themselves known.
Viewed in the light of an aid to ghostly
powers, the tricks that are so worrisome to
grown up people become more explicable,
but soarcelev less intolerable.
The same belief in the efficacy of spirits
on this particular evening bus introduced
the sentimental element into the observ
ances.
'l’he maidens in Scotland who walk to a
spring and look into the waters hope to find
by supernatural aid the face of their future
husbands mirrored on itssurface. A lonely
room lighted hut by a single candle is the
scene in which a lass must pose before a
looking-glass, a id as she oats an apple she
will see the features of her intendea starting
out on the surface of the glass.
Tho placing of chestnuts on the hearth
stone, each named, and the bursting of the
shells of the first two have for lovesick girls
and boys a meaning that looks toward
matrimony.
“One I love, two l love, three I love. I
say,” always a fascinating method of ro
mantic divination, is esjiecially fraught
with meaning when practiced on All
Saints’ Eve. To those who are incredulous
and cannot believe in the portents of ap
ples and nuts, there is still the fun of hob
oing for apples, picking a ring from a heap
of flaky flour or trying to catch the swing
ing apple. Then too there is a general feel
ing of hilarity and license that induces the
elders to unbend and enter into the round
games and Virginia reels with the feeling
expressed in the distich:
A little itousensc now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
One of the prettiest ceremonies comes to
us from Russia. English walnuts are split
in two and in each half is placed a small
folded paper with a name —an equal number
of each sex. A wax taper, is placed in each
half, a red one for the boys and a green one
for tho girls. The nuts are then placed iu a
basin of water and the taper® lighted.
When n shell with a green taper collides
with one containing a red match they are
taken from tho basin and the names are
read, the significance of the collision being,
of course, prophetic of marriage.
THE DANGER OVER WITH.
The Wavcross Quarantine Inspection
Withdrawn.
Quarantine Inspector \V. H. Smith, who
has been at Waycross for two weeks, has
returned, the quarantine having been raised.
Savannah will hereafter depend upon Jack
sonville for protection. Whatever danger
may have existed the health authorities say is
now past. Dr. McFarland received the tol
lowing telegram yesterday, in reference to
Dr. Bulloch, who went from here to Tampa:
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 31, 1887.
Dr. McFarland, Health Officer, Savannah:
We have Dr. Bulloch in quarantine camp— four
davs from Tampa. lie wants to go to Savan
nah. Will you receive him?
M. L. Hartbidc.e.
Chairman Quarantine Committee.
The Health Officer sent the following re
ply:
Savannah, Oct. 31,1887.
M R. Hartridge, Quarantine Camp, Jackson
ville, Fla.:
Yours regarding Dr. Bulloch received. Savan
nah health authorities will not interfere with
Florida quarantine for any one. When you let
him through we will receive him.
McFarland,
Health Officer.
A Former Savannahian.
In tho dispatches in yesterday’s Morning
News was a brief mention of the death of
a former citizen of Savannah, Mr. A. E. W.
Barclay, a son of Anthony Barclay, Esq.,
who was British Consul at New York dur
ing the Crimean war, and who was also
owner of a large plantation near this city.
Mr. Barclay was an officer in the Confeder
ate Navy, and after the war he resided hore
until about 1871, when he moved to Hart
ford, Conn., where he died on Saturday in
his 53d year. His mother, Mrs. Anthony
Barclay, died the same day.
A Reduction in Rates.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
will to-day reduce the Slate rates from Sa
vannah. to Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan (except Michigan,
North), Now Hampshire, New Jei-soy. New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ver
mont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, from 75c.
aud sto 60c. anil -1, with the night rate at
40c. and 3. Other States than the foregoing,
east of the Mississippi, have a lower rate
than this.
Y. M. C. A. Annual Meeting:.
The annual meeting for the election of
officers for the association year now being
entered upon, will be held to-night in the
rooms of the association, at 8 o’clock. All
active members are entitled to vote, and all
such arc particularly requested to attend.
Local Personal.
Capt. Henry Blun returned yesterday
from the North.
Capt. and Mrs. J. M, Guerard returned
from the North yesterday.
Mis, L. C. Lillie and family returned
from New York yesterday on the Chatta
hoochee.
Mrs. Charles E. Stults, of this city, was
awarded the Urst premium at the State Fuir
at Macon for the finest an largest display
of needle work, and also a special premium.
John T. Ford, the veteran theatrical
manager, under whom John S. Clarke is
playing, arrived in the city last night from
Charleston with Mr. Crestou Clarke, the
comedian’s son. He made the Morning
News a pleasant call. Mr. Ford is well
known in Savannah, where his name is so
often heard.
Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Studer, Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Ruckert and Mr. Joseph Hirschbach
who were passengers on the steamship Wes
temland reported lost on her vovaee from
Antwerp to New York, arrived home last
night on the Chattahoochee. The Western
land arrived in New York on Thursday. The
rumors of her toss were unfounded and re
ceived very little credence, though they
caused a good deal of anxiety among the
friends of those on board.
A Standard Xmas Gift
is an assortment of Colgate’s unrivalled
toilet soaps and perfumery. Now ready.
“She Stoops to Conquer.”
Acting copiesof the “Heir-at-Raw,” “She
Stoops t i Conquer," “Toodles,” “Follies of
a Night “Paul Pry,” “Fortune’s Frolics,”
and otl ' comet lies can l>e had at Estill’s
News Depot. Price Sue.
OFFERED, Itl’T NOT SOU).
THE CENTRAL READY TO PART
WITH THE CAROLINA SYSTEM.
Gen. Alexander Says the Company
Will Sell if it Can Get Its Price but
He Knows of No Open Bidder—His
Annual Report to the Stockholders
of the Port Royal and Augusta Road
—The Carolina System’s Showing.
Rumors concerning the Central’s South
Carolina lines continue to circulate, and re
cently it has been stated as almost a cer
tainty that while the entire South Carolina
system would not be lopped off certain of
its branches would. The statement is that
the Port Royal and Augusta yvas to ho re
tained, but that tlie other roads would go
to either Hie Richmond und Danville or a
combination. What seems to have given
color to the rumors are the facts that no w
connecting lines are in contemplation, and
then the location of the Port Royal
and Western Carolina makes it naturally a
feeder to the Southern trade. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Port
Royal and Augusta railroad will lie held
in Augusta to-day and it lias lieen rumored
that something may develop.
PRESIDENT ALEXANDER TALKS.
Gen. Alexauder was asked if lie could con
firm the rumor, or make a positive state
ments as to its truth or falsehood. He re
plied: "1 think 1 can settle all that. Hore
is the report which I will read to the stock
holders in a day or two.” It is as follows:
The Port Royal and Western Carolina Rail
way Company was formed Oct. 27, 1886, by the
consolidation of the following companies, viz:
The Augusta and Knoxville Railroad Company,
the Greenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg Rail
road Company, the Savannah valley Railroad
Company, alia the Greenville and I-aureus Rail
road Company. The agreement of consolida
tion provided that the Port Royal and Au
gusta Railway Company might become a party
thereto, ami authorized the new company to
issue a sufficient amount of bonds and common
aud preferred stock, to replace aud retire the
securities of that company.
THE CAROLINA CONSOLIDATION.
It having been impossible to secure the as
sent of the security holders of the Port Royal
and Augusta to the consolidation, it was per
fected by the other four companies named
above, and their securities and obligations have
been exchanged for those of the new company,
in accordance with the terms of the consolida
tion.
Including the Port Royal and Augusta rail
way, it was proposed to issue a consolidated
first mortgage bond for $3,5110,000, of which
$725,000 would have gone to the security holders
of that. road. Leaving that road out of the con
solidation the issue has been limited to $2,500,000
6 per cent, fifty year bonds, which have been
applied as follows:
WHKRK Tint MONEY IS.
$ 630,000 remain in bauds of trustees to retire
outstanding bonds of Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad Company.
88,400 sold to pay holders of Augusta and
Knoxvilie stock, the value thereof
as determined in agreement of con
solidation. sl7 per share.
660,000 exchanged for bonds of Greenwood,
Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad
Company.
300,000 exchanged for bonds Greenville and
Laurens Railroad Company.
500,000 exchanged for lionds Savannah Val
ley Railroad Company.
321,600 placed in treasury of company to be
used for current needs, betterments,
etc.
$2,500,000
It was also proposed to issue $1,909,000 of pre
ferred stock and $3,709,000 of common stock of
the new company, of which $1,725,000 preferred
and $2,475,0K1 of common were to go to security
holders and creditors of the Port Royal and
Augusta, under the terms of consolidation.
THE PREKBRHD STOCK ISSCKS.
Again, leaving out that road, the issue of pre
ferred stock has beju limited to $184,000 and
the issue of common stock to $1,234,000.
The preferred stock is entitled to a dividend
of not more than li per cent, per annum, paya
ble out of the net proceeds of the company, in
each year, before any dividend is paid in that
year o# the common stock—said preferred divi
dends to be non-cumulative, and the stock to
have same voting power as the common stock.
The total obligations of your property, there
fore are $2,500,000 of bonds and $1,418,000 of
stock, including common and preferred, which,
on 229 miles of railroad, average but $10,913 per
mile of bonds and $6,200 per mile of stock.
The results of operation for the last fiscal
year ended June 30, 1887, have been as follows:
Total earnings $273,445 92
Operating expenses and taxes 260,268 98
Net earnings., $ 13,176 94
NOT Mt CH OK A BHOWINO.
The interest account for the year, over aud
above what was provided for in the consolida
tion, was $-16,061 76. This left a deficit for the
operations of :he year of $32,894 82.
The result appears discouraging, but it must
be borne in mind that none of the road is over
five years old. ami a portion of it has been in
operation less than a year. Asa system it is
yet to make its impress on the business of the
territory w hich it serves, both in building up
new business ami inducing old business into
new channels. In addition to serious dis
advantages of this character, it suffered during
the last year greatly from the serious and un
usual failure of the crop in upper Carolina.
The pre-sent year opens with much brighter
prospects in eveiy respect. Most vigorous
efforts will lie made to improve and cheapen
our service and to bring new business to our
lines, and it is believed that the surplus of bonds
in the treasury will enable us. not only to main
tain the property in excellent physical condi
tion, but to meet all charges until the annual
earnings reach a figure which will make the
property more than self-sustaining.
NKW KNTLUPIUSKS ON FOOT.
There are on foot several projected railroads
from Eastern Tennessee anil Kentucky to the
South Atlantic Should any of these reads be
able to penetrate the mountains they will find
our friendly brunches extended lo meet them at
every available point, and ready to give them
the shortest possible line into Augusta, itself
one of the most nourishing cities of the South,
enjoying river i rausportatiun, and commanding,
not one, but all three of the prominent South
Atlantic ports. Savannah, aud Port Royal aud
Charleston, over the best railroads of the South,
with ample terminal facilities and established
steamship connections. No other road could
possibly tie built on as low a capitalization as
ours, and we may reasonably expect eventually
to become a part of such a line.
CONDITIONAL PROPOSITIONS MADE.
“That," continue! the General, “is the
condition of the road. As to our willingness
to sell I will say that all our property is for
sale —at u price. I would sell my hat and
go home bareheaded for a price. We are
perfectly willing to dispose of the Port
Royal and Western Carolina if we receive
what we ivant for it. So far as a probable
sale in the near future isconcerned wo have
been approached in an indefinite sort of
way. bn! 1 know of no one who is trying to
purchase the road. Tho Knoxville people
asked us if we would sell if they built the
Knoxvilie line down to connect with us, and
we have had other conditional propositions,
but no direct offers.”
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.
Happenings Among the Shipping and
Along the Wharves.
Messrs. Wilder & Cos. cleared yesterday
the British steamship Cartagena, for Bre
men, witli 5,060 bales of upland cotton,
weighing 2,899,960 pounds, valued at $273,-
410.
The British steamship Abeona was cleared
yesterday by Messrs. Wilder & Cos., for
Reval, with 5,760 bales of upland cotton,
weighing 2,776,082 pounds, valued at $263,-
349.
Messrs. A. Minis & Sons cleared yoster
day the British steamship Gladiolus, for
Reyal, with 5,874 link's of upland cotton,
weighing 2,521,177 pounds, valued at s24ti,-
The pilot boat Pet spoke the Norwegian
bark Glimt on Thursday, off Tybee, aud
ordered her to Brunswick. She also spoke
the British ship Cevlou on .Sunday, from
Savannah quarantine for Sapelo. She was
off Tybee beating about, aud could get no
pilot to pilot her.
The Belgian bark Brabant was cleared by
Messrs. A. 11. Salas fy Cos., for Antwerp,
with 900 barrels of rosin, weighing 413,255
pounds, valued at $1,700, and 2,000 casks
spirits turpentine, measuring 102,707 gal
lons, valued at $34,000. Total valuation of
cargo $35,700,
ANOTHER NEW ROAD.
The Savannah and Fort Valley Rail
way Projected.
There is considerable talk in railroad
circles about the proposed new line to start
somewhere near Eden and run to Fort \ al
ley, twenty-nine miles southwest of Macon.
The company is to be tailed the Savannah
and Fort Valley Railway Company. A
notice of Intention to apply for a charter
has been published, and the scheme is sup
posed to be backed by the Central. The
road as proposed will run from Fort Valley
through Houston, Pulaski, Hodge, Laurens,
Montgomery, Emanuel, Tattnall, Bulloch,
Bryan ami Effingham counties, and will
strike the Central twenty miles west of here.
It will connect at Fork Valley with the
Southwestern railroad amt will form au air
lino from Savannah to Birmingham.
The Birmingham and Atlantic Air Line
people are much exercised over the matter,
as the construction of the road would seri
ously cripple their enterprise. Gen. Alex
ander and Vice President Hollins, ot the
Central are mentioned in connection with
the scheme.
The East Tennessee's Big- Row.
Trouble has been brewing lor some time
between the minority stockholders of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Company,who control the majority
of the stock in the company. But as im
portant matters were in progress looking to
the extension of the Memphis and Charles
ton, and as it was believed that the troubles
would tie fixed, the matter has been kept
out of the public prints. Now the whole
thing has come out and a lively row is
promised.
A vigorous step has been taken by the
stockholders of the Memphis and Charles
ton. Several years ago the former road
was leased to the East Tennesse, Virginia
and Georgia. Some Memphis and Charles
ton stockholders protested against the lease
and fought it so persistently that the East
Tennessee company finally determined to
abai idon the lease and make their control of
the Memphis and Charleston permanent
by buying a majority of the stock. This
was done and left the minority of the Mem
phis and Charleston stockholders with only
a barren victory as a result of their attack
on the lease. They now claim that the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia has literally
bled the Memphis and Charleston since ob
taining control of it, and thereby worked
great injury to the minority interest.
A New York special says: “In striving
for deliverance the Memphis and Charleston
people have discovered among other things
that the laws of Alabama ana Tennesse ere
quire any corporation proposing to buy a
controlling interest in another to give pub
lic notice of such intention ninety days be
fore making the purchase. This they say
the East Tennessee, V irginia and Georgia
dt<l not do when buying control of the Mem
phis and Charleston, and therefore they claim
the purchase was illegal. On this showing
the chancellor of Alabama granted an in
junction to-day, restraining the managers
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia from voting tbeir stock at the Memphis
and Charleston election to be held Nov. 17.
“Unless that injunction is dissolved the
minority stockholders will have full swing
in the election, and this unique coup d'etat
may capture control of the property. It is
said that no compromise will be considered
by the minority of the Memphis and Charles
ton party, except the purchase of their stock
at a fancy price by the East Tennessee, Vir
ginia anil Georgia, or a guarantee of 8 per
cent., annual dividends. The minority peo
ple have pooled their stock and swear they
will fight forever in court rather than yield
their rights.”
The matter promises a lively contest, with
Hie possibility of far-reaching consequences.
The entire East Tennessee system is now
embraced in the Richmond and West Point
Terminal system.
Local and General News.
The building of the Birmingham and At
lantic will put Birmingham 100 miles nearer
Savannah than it will be over the Columbus
and Wastern when completed.
The south bound Florida train on the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western railway car
ried out 127 through passengers yesterday
morning. Travel is picking up.
Gaston Hardy, Treasurer of the South
Carolina Railway Company, has resigned,
and will remove to Birmingham, Ala. Wil
liam G. Mazyck, cashier in the freight de-
Eartment, has been appointed treasurer in
is place.
Track laving on the Columbus and West
ern road is being pushed forward with all
possible speed. Since the compromise of the
Columbus and Western with the people of
Leeds, the gap through that place, on which
nothing had been done, is now being worked
by a small body of men, so that when the
track reaches Leeds no delay will be neces
sary.
CHARLESTON’S DAY'S DOINGS.
Events and Happenings in the City by
the Sea.
There were thirty-six deaths in Charleston
last week—twenty-five of colored people
and eleven of white people.
The Winusboro Granite Company,
which was organized in Charleston on Sat
urday, may he regarded as a Charleston
enterprise in its present shape, although it
lias been operated successfully for a number
of years by the former owners, Messrs. T.
W. Woodward, A. C. Haskell and James
H. liiou. From Messrs. Haskell and Wood
ward and the estate of the late James H.
Rion the present organization acquires the
property.
An American Agency.
Notwithstanding the heavy import duties
levied by the American government, and
the extravagant endeavors made by a por
tion ot the press to decry German pianos,
a constant increase of exports to the United
States is taking place. So much so that all
the larger German manufacturers have
found it worth their while to establish regu
lar agencies over there. The last instance
being Messrs. E. Rosenkranz, of Dresden,
who have appointed Mr. H. L. Schreiner,
of Savannah, as their representative.—
From the Mimical Opinion , London Eng.
The general produce and butcher business
at the corner of Whitaker and Liberty
streets, will be conducted in future by
Messrs. Adams A Fleming, and they solicit
a share of the public patronage.
Safe and Sure.
A remedy manufactured at home and
having a record for some of the most won
derful cures known, is a safe one to use.
There is no experimenting, but simply fol
lowing the lead and using the best. Such a
remedy is P. P. P., the greatest Blood Puri
fier of the age, a sure cure for every skin
and blixxi disease. It can be obtained from
all medicine dealers.
Men’s Furnishing Goals at Belsinger’s, 24
Whitaker street.
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,
For sale by R. B. Gassets, corner Taylor and
East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77.
People Wonder How We Do It!
But we do sell a Knee Suit for $2 50,
Knee Pants for 25c., and a Boys'Hat, or
Polo Gap, for 25c.: a boy’s outfit, with extra
Pauts, for *:!. The “Famous,” manufactur
ing all the Clothing they sell, are always
able to give lower prices, or if the prices
being equal, better quality for the money
than our competitors. Having removed on
September Ist to the northeast corner of
Congress and Whitaker si rents (store for
merly kept by Mr. Birnbauui), we have re
duced our prices in order to make our re
moval public. We sell equally low our
stock of Hats, Caps, Trunks, Shirts, Under
wear, from the cheapest to the very best.
Umbrellas from $1 up to s<! 50.
Stiff Hats just out at Belsmgers, 24
Whitaker street.
Opinion of Mr. J. H. Bres in, of the
G’lsey House, on Wines in America.
and Europe.
In an interview with a Tribune reporter
Mr. Breslin says: “We get better wines in
America than are to be had in Europe, be
cause the liest wines are shippe i 10 the
American market. Again, the palate will
afford proof of this. 1 went through
Mamin's cellars at Riieims. I sampled the
wines that were set apart for the different
markets, and that for the American market
was a long wav the befit. The I*Bl cham
pagne that is coining hero is rhe best that I
have ever tasted. ’ —.Vein York Tribune.
Heating- Stoves for Every One
Had we not put iu a large supply of bath
room oil stoves, our stock would have been
long exhausted. The sale of these little
heaters has been something remarkable; so
well are they pleasing purchasers that one
gentleman yesterday vowed that he would
put one iu every' room of his house. We,
however, recommend them particularly for
bathroom use. We have an unusually full
lot of all styles of coal and wood burners,
and are fully waked up and ready for
orders. Yesterday’s cold snap gave us a
great rush. Lovell <fc Lattimore.
The Florence Heaters,
for sale by Jas. 8. Silva & Son are the best
oil stove for heating, both rooms or small
apartments. We sold a good many of them
last season and they gave univei-sal satis
faction. We append one of many certifi
cates of their merits:
Messrs. Jas. S. Silva A Son:
Dear Sirs. The kerosene heating stove
bought of you works splendidly, it keeps
my bath room comfortably warm in the
coldest weather. There is no odor from it
whatever and I consider it a perfect thing.
Geo. N. Nichols,
Printer and Binder.
For further information apply at 140
Broughton street.
Caught by His Wife.
It was just about dark, and he should
have been at home, according to promise
made his wife, before dark. The old, old
story. Just as he had made up his mind to
keep his promise to his little darling at
home, he met a friend. Bhe prevailed upon
him to attend her up the street to get a nice
pair of shoes. Nice man, you know, could
not refuse a lady’s polite request, and had
just stepped into A. S. Cohen, IHIH. Brough
ton street, where the best and cheapest line
of Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s and Men’s
Shoes are kept, and had lieen fitted to an
exquisite pair of shoes, when his little dar
ling from home called for the purpose of
making a purchase of a pair of those nice
$2 common sense shoes. They met. Tableau.
Handsome line of Scarfs at Belsinger’s, 24
Whitaker street.
A Big Crop of Waddings.
Reliable rumor predicts a greater than usual
number of weddings during the fall and winter
season, an indication of prosperity surely. We
are in propel- trim for .lust such occasions, and
would ask personai inspection of the multitude
nous articles, ornamental and decorative, with
w'hich our storerooms are crowded. We poiut
with pleasure to our immense array of Solid
Silver and Plated Ware suitable for wedding
presents, rare Vases, elegant Clocks, handsome
Statuary, and bric-a-brac generally. Our line
of bronze ornaments is brilliant in itself, and
throughout may be found a thousand valuable
novelties suitable anil appropriate as souvenirs
and keepsakes. In Diamonds, Jewelry and
Watches, it is impossible in limited sjiace to
speak intelligibly. Suffice it to say that not
even the famous -'Tiffany's" cau outrival us in
beauty and careful selection of our stock. Prices
have been made to suit the times, and we offer
our representative stock o’t its merits, and stake
our reputation on the result. Our engraving
department is carefully conducted, and all work
in this line is artistically executed. We are
always pleased to suow visitors through our
stock, even though they may not be ready to
buy, as we feel that our establishment is one of
the "sights'’ ol’ the city, and it is always "exhi
bition day” to the public. Respectfully,
M. STKR.NBEK.:. 157 Broughton street.
Broadway' Silk Halo at Belsinger’s, 24
Whitaker street.
BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES.
A Rare Opportunity—Consultation, Ex
amination and Advice Free of Charge.
Dr. Whitehead has opened an office in Sa
vannah, and offers to give a free consulta
tion to all cases of rheumatism, scrofula,
syphilis, old sores, skin eruptions, malarial
poisons, and all conditions arising from an
impure condition of the blood.
Dr. Whitehead has made this class of dis
eases a special study for years, and has a
remedy which ho has used in thousands of
cases with remarkable success. He has
letters and certificates from responsible peo
ple lie has cured throughout the South.
The doctor makes no ridiculous clhim as
to Indian secrets, or the Hoodoo medicine
arts, he simply offers his remedy as a com
bination of the best known vegetable altera
tives and tonics (Prickly-Ash, Poke-Root
Queen’s Delight, Sarsaparilla, and Gentian)
and that it contains that matchless blood
purifier, the lodide of Potassium. If you
have any blood disease call and see the doc
tor and he will examine and prescribe for
you free of charge. Dr. IV biteliead has
many valuable remedies he uses in the local
treatment of old sores, ulcers, skin erup
tions, etc., in connection with his Blood
Purifier.
Office in New Odd Fellows’. Building,
corner State and Barnard streets. Office
hours 8 am. to 6p. m.; Sunday's Ba. m.
to 12 m.
P. B. Letters from a distance answered
and advice given free of charge.
Buckwheat Cakes.
We take pleasure in recommending Heck
er’s Self-Raising Buckwheat, which, by the
addition only of cold water or milk, will
make, almost instantaneously, delicious
Buckwheat Cakes. Always ready. Always
reliable, and perfectly healthful. For sale
by all grocers.
All the leading E. &. W. Collars, at Bel
singer’s, 34 Whitaker street.
Weather or Not.
“Oh. will this weather ever let up?
Will winter come to us again?”
We are having weather. This lirfle ad
vertisement ma3" see various changes of
weather before we have a chance to write
another. The went her may change, but our
desire's and intention to stand by the buyers
of clothing are as unchangeable and fixed
as the public building site, or the price of
gas. We have no time, however, to ser
monize. We must move our stock —not a
bard task, though, for it moves itself. It
can't stay with us. Its superiority, its ele
gance and attractiveness;, bucked by the
right prices, pushes it right out. Old cus
tomers and new faces enliven the season.
Cause apparent: Treat n man or bov right,
and he relies on you. We ransacked the
markets for tin* latest materials in vogue,
and had our suits and garments made up by
skilled workmen. Everything thorough and
solid. Overcoats in popular styles and ma
terials for dress and business. Our Gents'
Business and Dress Suits will bear out our
every encomium. The boys are not over
looked. Barents can send their t>oys to us ]
and rely on getting the attention and prices j
that personal visits would secure. Cold
weather is at hand, and early comers get |
first selection, though we aim to keep our
stock up at all seasons. Full assortment of
Furnishings, Hats, Neckwear, etc.
Simon Mitchell,
159 Broughton St.
Sign of the Golden Arm.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all the comforts of the high-priced
ho els, and save front $1 told per Jay. Try
it and be convinced.— Boston Home Jour
nal
J>I’DUES BATES S. M- H.
VARIETY
Handsome Plush Goods.
Toilet Set*. Jewel Case.
Manicure Sets, Work Boxes,
Shaving Sets. Game Boxes,
Brush ami Comb Sets, Collar aud Cuff Boxes,
Sealing Wax Sots, Albums,
Music Rolls. Portfolios,
Lap Tail lets, Stationery Boxes,
Glovt and Handkerchief Boxes.
FINE LEATHER GOODS.
Poekctbooks,
Cant Cases.
Ladies Shopping: Bags,
J .adieu* Belts,
Fine Photograph Albums,
Autograph Albums,
Scrap Books.
Fine Memorandum Books,
Elegant Frames for Cabinet PH miss,
liaiid Blotters.
BRASS GOODS.
Inkstands, Easels,
Toilet Sets, Smokers’ Tables,
Smokers’ Stands, Cologne Bottles,
Hand Mirrors. Banner Rods,
Plaenue Stands, Frames,
Candlesticks, Match Safes,
Ash Receivers.
Many other handsome goods already for
inspection and appropriate for
Anniversary and Holiday Presents
Aztec- Yaaps ami Jugs. Royal Hungarian Ware,
Peachhlow Class. Plate-Glass and Bronte Mir
ren's, Pedestals, Busts aid Figures, Etruscan,
Florentine and Sienna Bronzes and Lamps,
Bisques, Terra Cotta, Music Racks. Card Re
ceivers, Fiuo Engravings, Paiiitiugs, Etchings,
etc., etc.
Progressive Euchre Outfits and Prizes, Favor*
for the German, Wedding Invitations and En-'
graved Calling Cards.
UUKIHLmU
FURNISHING GOODS.'
ELEGANT Fill RUGS
AND
Buggy Rohes,
Men’s Wool Traveling Wraps,
Dunlap’s and Nasclmento’s
Fine Hats, Boys’ and Children's
Hats, Dent’s Celebrated Kid
and Driving Gloves.
DR. WARNER’S HEALTH
UNDERWEAR,
CAMEL’S HAIR AND NATURAL WOOL,
The most health-preserving known.
DRESS SHIRTS,
Men’s Night Robes,
SCARFS, TIES and BOWS, LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFS, SATCHELS,
VALISES, SHAWL STRAPS.
FINE GLORIA and SILK UMBRELLAS.
Articles for men’s use specially.
LaFAR’S,
29 Bull Street
FURNITURE AM) CARPETS.
CHEAPER
’l’lIA.ISr THE
CHEAPEST !
For cfuality aud price we can do better than
any oiker concern in the
Our goods aroall specially selected from the
most renowned manufacturers, and embrace
everything in the Furniture and Carpet trade.
Our terms are most liberal, and all goods are
just as represented.
A personal inspection will convince you th*(i
we can .sell you much CHEAPER than the
CHEAPEST.
A. J. Miller & Co.'s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
148,150 and 152 BKOUGHTON ST.
CHIMNEYS,
HOUSEWIVES
FARMERS,
STUDENTS
lit , AND AIiOTHcRS SKOUUIUEI
Jk -, 1 MACBETH&CDS
A^NUIIM
f /SET \UMPCKIMNEYS
; iji lr YOU DON’T WANT if
j 'j be ANNOYED by Constant
k 3 eaEAKING cr CHIMNEYS,
BEST CHIRREYMOEt
* ”V. _ --’jj For Bale Every wharoa
*MDE DULY mr 1
E&i MACBtTH lea JUT-holycxe kmimi
VpiTVSBURGH Pi),z Wr use marly <BOOl tkr:
hundred lights every ere.:'
in*, and feiuce using the ©nr
>rfited PEART. TOP CHIMNEYS my experience ana
idmnent is that we would rather pay a dollar a dosca
r them than fifty cents a doren for any other Chims
we have ever used, L. H. PORTER. Steward.
■.■■■Li"' ■ . - ■?*
DAVIS BROS.
NEW RAILROAD!
We think from the present way in which our
business is growing that we will bo compelled
to have larger railroad connections, and pos
sibly add a now line of ocean steamers. We in
vite your attention to the following new good*
just received:
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. PICTURE FRAMES,
STATIONERY. ELEGANT JJNE OF KB**
BOOKS. BIRTH DAY CARDS and
CROQUETS. PLAYING CARDS (at
factory prices i
VISITING CARDS printed or engraved at
short notice.
Printing is our specialty (his week.
Five new pianos to be in this week.
Music. Music. Music.
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