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8 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. " :