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8 LIFE BEHIND THE BARS. HOW THE INMATES OF THE JAIL SPEND THEIR TIME. Ca-eeidy Afflicted With the "Shakes” hut Still Stubborn His Advice to His Fellow-Prisoners Pierrat Keeps Up His Spirits by Smoking Cigarettes. The near approach of the o|Kniiag of court makes the inmates of the county .jail a little uneasy. They have lieen resting quietly all stammer, seemingly careless of what was in store for them, and not at nil concerned by the charges under which they lay. but they are coianting days now, and the days seem to them to pass rapidly. Tom Cassidy and a taegi-o naaaaed John Green are the only 01 tes awaiting trial for murder. Green has not been iia long, baat Cassidy is feeling the effects of his jail life. He has had chills mad fever for several days past, and his face looks pinched. He eats his meals regularly and seems in good spirits, but he is not as lively as he was when he went in. He is not. so ready to turn loose with his choice selection of oaths as he was. but he is hostile to the law, and several times lately he has given his prison mates advice about their cases. Simmons, the house-breaker, made a par tial confession before he was locked up, but when an effort was made to get more from him he refused to talk. Tie said Cassidy had advised him that he would bo much worse off if he confessed than if ho made the State prove every charge against him. POES NOT MI.IKVK IN' CONFESSIONS. Cassidy does not believe in confessions. He thinks that when the State accuses a man it should prove its charges true without the aid of the accused, and he thinks a prisoner is foolish not to put every stumbling block possible in the way of the Ktate. (lassidy does not talk very freely, however, to any one. He walks up and down the corridor when he is out of his cal I. arid keeps his thoughts to himself generally, but now and tbenne enters into a conversation, but shuts up quickly' if any one reverts to his own case. Tom Fogarty is somewhat lonesome now. When he was in before he had some of his friends in with him, but now the inmates are all strangers, so Toni remains by himself. He is very glum and has not many good words to say to or for any one. Fogart y and Fred Wright are awaiting the action of the Supreme Court, and Fogarty's case is No. 10 on the Supreme Court docket. HOW PIERRAT SPENDS HIS DAYS. The most interesting character in the jail is Robert Pierrat, the French drummer ho sold so many copies of the Universal Gal lery' to people who were dead or in other cities, but he got his commissions on them just the same. He holds himself above his fellow prisoners, and seeks no association with them. Now and then he deigns a word or two with one of the white prisoners, but to the negroes, he will not speak. He is very food of standing by one of the win dows and looking out on the street at. people passing by T . Being a Frenchman, ho. of course, smokes cigarettes, and he always blows the smoke out through the bars, and watches it until it disappears from sight. He seems to envy its liberty, and no doubt be wished that his troubles could dissolve as does the smoke. The negroes huddle together as soon as they are released from their cells, and they do iiot seem to object to prison life at all, but the white men are distant to each other because they' are strangers, and their lone someness makes their prison life a burden, but before long the iron doors will be thrown open, and they' will lie permitted to enjoy the free and fragrant air of the Superior Court room. FIGHTING FIRE WITH GAS. The Use of Chemical Engines in Cot ton Fires—A Suggestion, It has been suggested that the city can prevent the great losses that are entailed by cotton fires by the purchase of a chemical fire extinguisher. These engines are in use in New Orleans, where there have been three fires this season, and in every case the loss was trifling. When the fire was dis covered the hatches were closed, a hole was cut in the deck and the hose put through it. The engine was then startl'd to work and in a few minutes the compartment was filled with carbonic acid gas. that extinguished the flames at once and did no damage to the cotton which had not caught tire. Thus the losses were insignificant. Had the compartments lieen flooded, as they are at this port when fires break out the losses would haw been as heavy as they are here. In the case of the Resolute, tltp damage done by fire was about SSOO, bv water about SOO,OOO, and the expenses incurred, the result of the use of water, about $35,000, aggregating nearly SIOO,OOO, but had a chemical engine been used, the loss would have been covered by the first item of SSOO. These engines have given satisfaction in New Orleans, and of such great service have they' proved that the city has had several tugs fitted with them, so as to be able to use them on vessels not moored at the wharves. A LEAP TO DEATH. A Negro Woman Jumps from a Train and is Killed. Adeline Davis, a negro woman, went into the Bull street ticket office of the Central railroad yesterday and asked fora ticket for five-mile post. Assistant Agent Nungezer told bei that he could not sell her one, as she oould not get off at that ixiint. but that he could sell her a ticket to Pooler, the nearest station. She bought a ticket to Peeler and left on the up-bound passenger train yesterday morning. As the train neared the five mile post and was crossing a switch, the woman junqied from the platform of the forward car. She struck the crossties, breaking her back and crushing in her skull. A frightful gash was cut in her forehead. One shoulder blade was broken, and her flesh was torn and cut by the fall. She was a large, stout ■' woman, and fell heavily, and died in a few minutes after her jump. The railroad company sent out a special egr on which the Coroner went out and brought the body to the city. The inquest will not be held until to-morrow, when the t rainmen who w ere witnesses of the accident will be in the city. The train was Tunning at the usual rate of speed and the woman's jump was nothing more than a leap to death. She was seen standing on the car platform, but nobody supposed she was going to jump. STABBED IN THE SIDE. "Bud the Kid” Plunges a Knife Into a Yamacraw Settler. About ti;2o o'clock last, night a white man bearing the nickname of “Bud tho Kid” got into an altercation with a painter named John Fahey, at the coiner of Mill and Farm streets. In the set-to “The Kid” drew a knife and stabbed Fahey in the right breast sad shoulder, cutting hint pretty severely. Both men were under the influence of liquor. Some of their friends separated them. There were no arrests. Fahey was quietly taken to his home for repairs. Died in New Mexico. A telegram was received yesterday from Albuquerque, N. M., announcing the death in that city, from inflammation of the bowels of Frank L. Collins, who removed from Sa annah to New Mexico some time ago. His remains will he brought here for interment. Mr. Collins was a son of Mr. Charles Collins of this city, and was well known here. He was a brother in-law of N. C. Collier, Esq., who went to Albuquerque about two years ago. His remains are expected to arrive to-morrow, and aniiouni-einent of the funer al will be made to morrow morning. SOUTH CAROLINA LUTHERANS. Points of Interest About the United Synod of the South. The Lutheran Synod of South Carolina has just closed its session at Prosperity. The synod of South Carolina is one of the largest, in the jurisdiction of the United Synod, which will convene in t his city on Thanksgiving day', and it is closely a.sso dated with the Synod of Georgia, of which the Savannah church is a part. The ap proximate number of communicants in the United synod ot the South is as follows: Virginia (iJHKt, Southwest Virginia 1,000; Tennessee. 10,(Kill; Uolsten synod, 1,000; North Carolina, 0,000; South Caroli na, 0,000; Georgiaand Mississippi each 2,000, in all about 10.000 which will lie represented t the coming synod her*’. The officers of the South Carolina synod are Rev. S. T. Hull man. President: Bei S. S. Hahn, Vice- I“resident: Kev. ,1. K. Bailey, M. I>., Secre tary: Maj. P. E. Wise, Iton. G. I>eaphart and J. I>. Capnrlmann, Treasurers of the synod of the Hackman Endowment fund, and of the Seminary fund. The President reported that the synod lias outstanding obligations amounting to $2,400. It refills property valued at $(50,000. The following were elected trustees of Newberry College, to take the places of those whose terms of office expire this year: Rev. J. Hawkins, I). !)., Thomas W. Hoi loway, G, D. Hast, Rev. L. A Hollman, (1. L. Behumpert, J. F. Ficken, Hon. J. C. Seegei-s and Rev. L. K. Probst. The following gentlemen were elected the Board of Trustees of the Theological Semi nary: Rev. S. S. Halm, J. A. Sligli, Ed ward T. Horn, C. A. Marks, J. Hawkins, i>. D., J. L. Bailey and Messrs. H. S. Boozer, J. E. Ficken, J. 1. Ranch and H. H. Folk. DELAYED EY A WASHOUT. Heavy Floods in North Carolina—The Fast Mail Detained. The south bound fast mail due ill Savan nah atfi:4l o'clock a. m.,did not arrive until 4:lso’clock yesterday afternoon—nearly ten hours late. The delay was caused by a washout at the Neuse river a short distance this side of Goldstmro, N. C., and eighty' miles north of Wilmington on the Wilming ton and Weldon railroad. The fast mail passes Goldsboro at. 8 o’clock at night. The he vy rains which have prevailed in the eastern part of North Carolina for several days have done great damage to crops and have flooded the lowlands. Bridges have been curried away and travel has been obstructed. The banks of the Neuse at the Wilming ton and Weldon bridge, were washed away, and the railroad was obstructed until a temporary crossing could he fixed. The water, which is ordinarily way below the track, completely submerged it. The fast mail laid up at Goldsboro for the night, and left there early yesterday morning, coming through by daylight. No mail from the North was distributed at the post office yesterday, and the Northern papers will he delivered this morning. MRS. HENRY McALPIN DEAD. Her Demise at the Home of Her Pa rents in Athens Yesterday Morning. Information was received last night of the death at Athens, yesterday morning, of Mrs. Henry McAlpin. The announcement was unwholly unexpected by the members of the family here. Mrs. McAlpin had been in ill health for some time. She hail been improv ing, however, during the past few weeks, and the news of her suddeu death is a painful shock to her family and friends here. Mrs. McAlpin was Miss Claude Thomas and was a daughter of Mr J. J. Thomas, of Athens. Slio was one of six’ children, all of whom are now dead. Two years ago she married Henry McAlpin, Esq., and came to Savannah to reside. Continued ill health caused her to return to Athens, and her husband removed there a few weeks ago to engage in the practice of his profession. A child four months old survives the mother. Capt. J. W. McAlpin left for Athens last night to attend the funer al, which will take place there to-morrow. SONGS FOR THE SEAMEN. The Port Society’s Entertainments in Behalf of the Sailors. The Port Society is instilling new life into its work for the seamen. The sailors’read ing rooms are more largely patronized, and the meetings are better attended than they ever were. Rev. J. L. Gilmore, the new chaplain, seems to he the right man in the right place. He is an old seafaring man and knows how to interest his brother seamen. One of the new features of the society's work is the concerts anil entertainments which will be given during the winter. The first one was given last week. Songs, recita tions and talks by the seamen compose the programme. Refreshments are served by the ladies of the society, and every means is taken to engage the interest of those whom the society seeks to reach and benefit. At the concert lust week bouquets of flowers were pinned upon the coats of ever sailor present, and “Jack'' went, away smiling and happy. The entertainments will be con tinued during the winter. THE CREW STILL FIRM. The Situation on Board the Steamship Resolute Unchanged. There is no further change in the situa tion on hoard the steamer Resolute, and the deadlock between the captain and the crew still holds on. It is a little game of freeze out, and they are likely to remain in statu quo until the Board of Trade of England sees fit to take further action in the matter and settle the case one way or the other. The captain has orders from the owners to reload his cargo and take it forward, but il.e crew say they will not go forward with that cargo, and they refuse to be discharged, and thus they stand. The Vice Consul is in communication with the Boil'd of Trade, and lie may receive information in a day or two that will settle the case. Sh des’ City Directory for 1888. Mr. A. E. Wholes will begin the canvass for his City Directory eariv this week. Mr. Slides has been publishing the Savannah Directory for a number of years, but de layed the work this year in hopes that the city authorities would carry out their plan of' re-numbering the streets. It appeal's, however, that, that important measure is still in the future, and as there is a general demand for anew directory it is proposed to make a rapid canvass and publish tlie edition for 1888 without further delay. Policeman Morgan’s Assailants. The police found the woman who broke away from Policeman Morgan last night, and they think they have the negro who beat Morgan so badly with his own club. The woman's name is Belle Kitters and the man who is in jail is named Henry Lewis. The woman says ho is not the right man, but there are others who identify him. Morgan is not dangerously hurt, but he is suffering a great deal from his wounds. Local Personal. Mr. Joseph Rosenheim returned yester day from the North. Mr. Robert Hayden, of the Macon Tele graph, arrived in town yesterday and will remain over to-day. Mr. Hayden is one of the brightest journalists on the Southern press. They Will Not Do It. Those who once take Dr. Fierce's “Pleas ant Purgative Pe lets” will never consent to use any other cathartic. Tliev ure pl 'Hsnnt to take and mild in their operat ion. tonaller than ordinary pills ami inclosed in glass vials; virtues unimpaired. By druggists. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1887. SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS. LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET AND SIDEWALK. Dashes Here and There by the News Reporters Yesterday’s Happenings Told in Brief Paragraphs- Pickings at Police Headquarters. Georgia Tent of tlerhahites will meet to night. There were four arrests for disorderly conduct yesterday. The Georgia Historical Society will hold its November meeting to-night. The capital stock of the Citizens’ Bank will lie s”iki,ikK), sls i.ooo < if which is already in bund The pews of the Savannah Baptist church will be rented at the church between 8 and 5 o'clock this afternoon. The drainage ditches just west of Laurel Grove Cemetery, which carry off' the water from that side at the city require attention. The reserved seat sale for J. B. Polk’s en gagement on Wednesday and Thursday nights will begin at Davis Bros’, this morn ing. The effort to have Drayton street asphalted is meeting with the warm sup port of every body who owns or expects to own a vehicle. There are seventy-six boys in the Bethes da Orphans’ Home. This is the largest number of boys that has ever been under the care of the Union Society. The iron for the new street railway is expected to arrive this week, and the work of putting down the track on Bay street will begin as soon as it arrives. Mrs. Nlnry Augusta Wade, daughter of the late Col. W. T. Thompson, has iust completed a handsome residence on New Houston street, facing the park extension. Rev. Dr. Bacon began his series of Sun day evening discourses on Prayer, Provi dence and Miracle last night. He will con tinue the discourses through the month. Three street railroads are trying to get the right of way through Reynolds street, namely; The Smart railroad, the City and Suburban, and a road represented by Mr. Purse. Orange Smith, a negro, is in jail for assault with intent to murder. He was committed by Justice Fountain for an as sault upon another negro near Montieth on Saturday. A colored boy named Alfred Hanksbutt, while playing with a pistol yesterday, shot off the top of one of his fingers. He went to Cleveland’s Pharmacy, where he had his finger dressed. Charles A. Cox, Esq., has purchased an eligible lot on New Flouston street, near Whitaker street. He proposes shortly to begin the construction of a fine residence for himself and family, and expects to have it reaily for occupancy by spring. The new building of the Episcopal Or phans’ Home is < lie of the handsomest struc tures in the city, and it is said will be built within the architect’s (Mr. Nevitt’s) esti mate, namely, $1(5,000. These figures prove that handsome and substantial buildings can be built in Savannah at reasonable figures. The Committee of the Jasper Monument Asssociation having charge of the proposed celebration on Feb. 22 will meet to-night at the court house. It is proposed to have every organization in the city represented on the committee of arrangements, and to make the affair the biggest holiday that Sa vannah has ever had. One of the largest and most beautiful meteors that was ever seen shot across the northern sky at 7 o’clock last night. It must have been, comparatively speaking, very near the earth, for it looked as large as an electric light, and behind it v-as plainly visible an immense flame that trailed back of it for some distance. Its light was far brighter than the combined light of the three lamps on the towers, gpfti it lit up the heavens all around it. The Savannah Odd Fellows will shortly take action in regard to the kindly manifes tation of the Paterson (N. J.) Odd Fellows in sending a special delegate here with reso lutions of thanks in behalf of one of their brethren who was extended brotherly aid while in Savannah. A meeting of the com mittee appointed from the different loilges in the city will be held this week and reso lutions will be drafted and submitted to a general meeting for adoption. They will be presented to the Paterson Lodge by a special delegate from Savannah, who will probably be Past Grand Askew. THE BIRMINGHAM AIR-LIN& No News From the Griffin Conference —Gossip of the Deal. No news has yet been received from the conference that is said to be sitting at Griffin to discuss the consolidation of the Birmingham and Atlantic Air-line, the Birmingham, Georgia and Florida, and the Griffin and LaGrango railroads. The Morning News has endeavored to gain some information in regard to the meeting, but so far as can bo learned there has been no conference at Griffin. Maj. J. A. A. West, General Manager of the Air line was seen yesterduy, but he declined to say anything whatever about the matter. One story is that the Birminghau and Atlantic people heard of the Fort Valley extension scheme of the Central, and that, they got up the consolidation to work as a bugaboo to scare off the Cent ral, knowing that if it did build an air line to Fort Valley the Birmingham and Atlantic would be a dead fish in the pond. Both schemes are pro nounced bluffs. Most of the directors of the Savannah, Dublin and Western are here, evidently awaiting tbo resuit of some issue, ostensibly the consolidation conference, but none of them will talk in regal'd to the matter. ON RAIL AND CROSSTIE. Local and General Gossip in Railway Circles. General Manager Haines, of the Savan nah, Florida and Western railway, has re turned from Florida, where he has been for the past week. All the lines of railroad taking anthracite coal from the East, to the West have given notice that after to-morrow the rate of freight w ill lie increased 10c. on the ton. The time between New York and San Francisco over the New York Central, iti connection with the Omaha lines, the Union Pacific and tho Central Pacific, will be re duced fully twenty-four hours on and after Nov. 111. The recent test of petroleum as fuel for lo comotives on the Pennsylvania roadappears to have indicated that, 1 pound of oil equals I s ., pounds of coal, or, in other words, that Ll4o pounds of oil (four barrels) equals one ton ot coal. The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmiitg hatn railroad, now in operation along its entire length, has projected a town midway between Memphis and Birmingham. The new city is named Amory, in honor of a prominent official road. The survey on the Macon and Atlanta railroad, from Macon to Opelika, Ala., will begin to-day. One of the promoters of the road said in Macon Saturday that it will lie the quickest built road In the South. It opens up a rich territory to Macon, and Maconites believe that it will be worth $5,000,000 a year at least in trade to the city. Oak, Pine and Llghtwood, For sale by R. B. Cassels, corner Taylor and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 77. A grand sale of very fine colored silks, every shade represented, at 1 1 and $1 25 per vard, positively worth $3 and $2 50, at Weisbein’s. Come ami see them. It is ex traordinary value. ' ia k, Pine and Llghtwood, j Korea! by It. B. tinsels, corner Taylor and | East, Broad streets. Telephone No. i7. A METEORIC SHOWER May Be Looked For the First of Next Week The planetary record for November is full of interest. Venus adorns the morning sky. Saturn hovers near the cluster Prae sepe, and is visible nearly all night long. Jupiter, having been invisible for nearly the whole month, shines near the sun as morning star at its close. Mars beams in the early hours of the morning. Neptune precedes the other great planet- by coining into opposition with the sun, and is in fine position for the telescope. On or about Nov 14 a number of meteors may lie seen, radiating from a point in the constellation l,eo. and for this reason called Leonids. Their presence in the sky is easily accounted for as the movements of the planets. They belong to an immense ellipse or meteor zone, one extremity rising on tho earth’s orbit and the other stretching out beyond the orbit of Uranus. The meteor wine consists of a swarm of particles following Tempel’s comet in its orbit and making a revolution in about 3! years. The meteoroids are not equally dis tributed through the orbit, the thicket por tion extending along one fifteenth of the orbit. The earth plunges through the zone Hbout November 14. The meteors encoun tered are set on fire by the concus sion and descend in showers through the earth's atmosphere. In ordinary years, like the present, tlie display is small, but a few may always bo seen, When the earth meets, once in 38 years, the thickest part of the swarm, a grand display takes place. Tho heavens seem to be on fire, and hun dreds of meteors fall from the skies every minute. The last great shower oecured in 1811(5-7. CHARLESTON’S DAY’S DOINGS. Events and Happenings In South Caro lina's Metropolis City. The Mechanics’ Union Fair will begin to morrow night. Charleston has begun work on its artesian wells again. The work was suspended at a depth of I,’>lo feet. The Charleston police made sixty-one arrests last week, and one half of these were discharged. Those who were tried paid fines aggregating $lO3. The hotel and boarding house keepers of Charleston have counted up their cash and balanced their books on the gala week returns. The week's arrivals at the thirteen principal hotels were 1,8-8(5 —earthquake figures. There were registered 150 boarding houses, with 'capacities ranging from ton to 100 boarders per day. Taking as an average fifty boarders for the week to each of these, the boarding houses must have taken iu from 7,000 to 8,000 persons. There were fully 5,000 more who were entertained at private houses, many of these having re ceived their friends in large numbers. So that here are 15,000 visitors accounted for. The yews and Courier in summing up the week’s doings boasts that no man, woman or child who honored the city with his or her presence was compelled to walk the streets all night in a vain search for bed and board: that nobody was compelled to pay foi a glass of artesian water, and that no one was charged a dol lar for a enp of coffee, or for the privilege of entering a restaurant. Everybody was accommodated. At the hotels there was a squeeze for a day or two, but the spare par lors and passageways were utilized, as were the billiard tonics and other places, and tlie ?;uests were provided with tolerably' com ortoble beds. At the boarding-houses rooms were doubled up and everybody had a place to sleep in, anil in the private ho ses, where friends and relatives were received, spare lieds were brought into use and every body was made as comfortable and happy' as the circumstances allowed. At Peace. A stomach u revolt is an obdurate rebel. Corrected with Hostetler's Stomach Bitters, its dissensions with the food introduced into it in unwary moments of appetite ceases. Then it is at peace. Then dyspepsia abandons its grip. Then siteh fractious manifestations as heart burn, a sinking sensation in the pit of the abdo men between meals and unnatural fullness afterward, flatulence, acid yelpings, biliousness, etc., cease to inflict martyrdom. After a course of tlie national tonic and alterative, the liver and bowels, always more or less disordered dur ing a prolonged attack of indigestion, resume their functions and become regular. Thus not only dyspepsia, but its concomitants, constipa tion and biliousness, are conquered by the medi cine, which remedies their fruitful cause, weak ness of the organs of digestion. The epigastric nerve, cellular tissue, in short, every organ that bears a part in tUe digestive processes acquires vigor and regularity from the benign invig orant. Underwear. People now-a days pay extra prices for underwear, because the word sanitary is printed on them, with some heretofore un heard of doctor’s name, attached. All they can possibly claim is that the article sold is all wool, which no one need to pay extra for. When a firm like the Famous New York Clothing House, corner of Congi-ess anu Whitaker streets, warrant underwear all wool, they can bo relied on as such, without having to pay' almost double the price for them. We have underwear of every quality, and prices the lowest in the city. Everyone knows, by manufacturing our own Clothing, we undersell all our competi tors. Out of our large stock of Overcoats, and suits for men, youths and boys, we can suit everybody'. Ottr $2 50 knee suit, our 85r. knee pants, and 25c. blue felt boys hats, are real bargains. We koep Umbrellas, Hats, Trunks and Valises of every description. Our 25c. Scarfs and Suspenders cannot be matched for less than double the price. Our $2 50 Gloria Umbrella wears better than silk. About Arms. The human arm plavs a very important part in the drama of life. A lady who can boast of a pretty arm is not apt to conceal the fact to any great extent. Man’s natural weapon of defense and offense, is his strong right arm. When an auctioneer's arm comes down it means “sold,” in more ways than one. The large Golden Arm that in vites tho passer-by to step in and examine our great variety of Gents'. Youths’ and Boys’ Suits, Oven-oats, Hats and Gent’s Fur nishing Goods, illustrates the Imnuuer-like strokes of success achieved by us in catering to the wants of our friends and the public generally, and encourageingly beckons in those who have rtot enjoyed the many ad vantages we possess in our line. Our stock is constantly augmented by now arrivals, ami our known upright dealing and minute attention to our customers’ needs, brings constant additions to our clientage. We ask an inspection of our clothing and com parison of prices. Yon can easily' find the sign of The Big Golden Arm. Bimon Mitchell, 15!) Broughton street. A Big Crop of Weddings. Reliable rumor predicts a greater than usual number of weddings during the fall and winter season, an indication of prosperity surely. We are in proper trim for Just such occasions, and would ass personal inspection of the multitudi nous articles. ornamental and decorative, with which our storerooms are crowded. VVc point with pleasure to our immense array of Solid Silver mid Plated Wait* suitahlo for wedding presents, rare Vases, elegant Clocks, handsome Statuary, and brie a brae, generally. Our line of bronze ornaments is brilliant iu Itself, and throughout may be found a thousand valuable novelties suitable and appropriate as souvenirs and keepsakes. In Diamonds, Jewelry and Watches, it is impossible in limited space to speak intelligibly. Suffice it to nay tint not even the famous Tiffany V can outrival us in beauty and careful ion of our slock. Price ; have tiecn made task the times, and we offer our representative stock on its merits, ami stake our reputation on Ibe resell. Our engraving department is carefully conducted, amt all work in this line is artistically executed. We aro always pleased to -,w>w Visitors through our stock, even though I hey may noi be ready to buy. as we feel that our establishment is one of (lie “sighis" of rhe city. >nd it is always “exhi bition Jay" to flit* i mi. i Respectfully, I M. SrenNii *t . 157 Broughton street. BILL NYE POX HUNTING. He Explains a Few Things Regarding Our Great National Sport. From the New York (l 'arid. AVo are too apt to regard fox hunting merely as a relaxation, u source of pleasure, and the result of a desire to do the way jieople do in the novels which we steal from the English authors, but this is not all. To successfully hunt a fox, to jump fences, cross country like an unruly steer is no child s play. To ride all day on a very hot and restless saddle, trying to lope while your horse is trotting, giving your friends a good view of the country between yourself and your horse, (lien leaping stone wails, break ing your collar-bone in four places, pulling out one eye and leaving it hanging on a plum tree, or going home at night with your transverse colon wrapped around the pom mel of your saddle and your liver in an old newspaper, requires the greatest courage. Men who can do this mast be cool and self possessed. They are generally men who are prompt to act in case of danger, and often discover and allude in a shrill voice to a tire in a crowded theatre years lief ore any body else knows anything about it. Too much stress cannot be placed upon t iie costume worn while fox limiting, and in fact that is, after all, the life and soul of the chase. For ladies nothing looks better than a close-fitting jacket, sewed together with thread of the same shade, and a skirt. Neat-fitting cavalry boots and a plug hat complete the costume. Then, with a hue in one hand and a cry in the other, she is pre pare.! to mount, I .cad the horse up to a stonewall ora freight car and spring lightly into the saddle with a glad cry. A freight car is the best thing from which to mount a horse, but. it. is too unwieldy,and frequently delays the chase. For this reason, too much luggage should not be canned on a fox-hunt. Some gentlemen carry a change of canes, neatly concealed in a shawl strap, but even this may be dispensed with. For gentlemen a dark, four-button, cuta way coat, with neat, loose-fitting white panties, will generally scare a fox into con vulsions, so that he may be easily killed with a club. A short-waisted plug hat may lie worn also in order to distinguish the hunter from the whipper-in, who wears a base ball cap. The foxhound is a cross of the blood hound, the greyhound, the bulldog and the chump. When you step on his tail he is said to lie in full cry. The foxhound ob tains from his ancestors on the bloodhound side of the house his keen scent which ena bles him while in full cry ’cross country to pause and hunt for 'chipmunks. also obtains from the bloodhound branch of his family a wild yearning to star in an “Uncle Toni” company, and watch “Little Eva” meander up the flume at per week. From the greyhound he geti his most miraculous speed, which enables him to at tain a rate of velocity so great that ho is unable to pause during the excitement of the chase, frequently running so far during the day that it takes him a week to get buck, when, of course, all interest has died out. From the bulldog the foxhound ob tains his great tenacity of purpose, his deep seated convictions, his quick perceptions, his love of home and his clinging nature. From the chump the foxhound gets his high intellectuality anil that mental power which enables him to distinguish almost at a glance the salient points of difference be tween a 3-year-old steer and a *2 bill. The only fox hunting I have ever done was on lioard an impetuous, tough-bitted, fore-and-aft horse that had emotional in sanity. I was dressed in a swallow-tail coat, waistcoat of Scotch plaid Turkish toweling and a pair of close-fitting breeches of etiquette tucked into my boot-tops. As I was away from home at the time and could not reach my own steel, I was obliged to mount a spirited steed, with high, intel lectual Hips, one white eye and a big red nostril that you could set a Shanghai hen in. This horse, as soon as the pack broke into full cry, climbed over a fence that had wrought-iron briers on it, lit in a cornfield, stabbed his hind leg through a sere and yel low pumpkin, which he wore the rest of the day, with seven yards of pumkiu vine streaming out behind, and away we dashed ’cross country. 1 remained mounted, not because I enjoyed it, for T did not, but be cause I dreaded to dismount. I hated to get off in pieces. If I can’t get off a horse’s back as a whole I would rather adhere to the horse. I will adhere that I did so. We did not see the fox but we saw almost everything else. I remember among other things of riding through a hothouse and how 1 enjoyed it. A morning .scamper through a conservatory when the syriugas and jonquils and Jack roses lie cuddled up to gether in their little bees is a thing to re member and look back to and pay for. To stand knee-deep in glass and gladiolas, to smell the mashed and mussed-up mignonette and the last flagrant sigh of the scrunched heliotrope beneath the hoof of your horse, while far away the deep-mouthed baying of the hoarse hounds, hotly hugging the reek ing trail of the anise-seed bag, calls on the gorgeously caparisoned hills to give back their merry music or fork it over to other answering hills, is joy to the huntsman's heart. On, on I rode, with my unconfined locks streaming behind me in the Autumn wind. On and still on I sped, the big, bright pumpkin slipped up and down the gambrel of my spirited horse at every lump. On and ever on we went, shedding terror and pumpkin-s oil along our glittering track till my proud steed ran his leg into a gopher hole and fell over one of those machines that they put on a high-headed steer to keep him from jumping fences. As the horse fell the necklace of this hickory poke flew up and adjusted itself around my throat. In an instant mv steeil was on his feet again, and gaylv we went forward while the prong of this barbarous appliance ever and anon plowed into a brand-new culvert or rooted up a clover field. Every time it ran into an orchard or a cemetery it would jar my neck and knock me silly. But I could see with joy that it reduced the speed of my horse. At last, as she sun went down, re luctantly, it seemed to me, for he knew that lie would never see such riding again, my ill-spent horse fell with a hollow moan, curled up, gave a spasmodic quiver with his little, nerveless, sawed-off tail and died. The other huntsmen succeeded in treeing the anise-seed bag at sundown, in time to catch the ti o’clock train home. Bill Nyk. How He Won Her. From the Americus ( Gn .) Republican. A young countryman who bad long loved a girl who lived a mile or two from him, was nearly in dospair about winning her baud, and was on the eve of selling out and leaving the country, as the girl bad refused him three times, and it was out that she was engaged to another fellow. Our hero had noticed that his rival and the girl would walk in an old meadow field, nearly every afternoon, and he grew madly jealous. In his cattle lie had a young bull that was al ways mud with everything but his master, because lie was anlespeeial pet. Now Dave, as he called the bull, was to be the object with which to satiate his revenge. He would turn him into tho meadow, hide him self and see his rival tossed like a foot-ball. So one afternoon, calling to Dave, who would follow him like a dog, he repaired to the meadow, lot the fence down and turned the bull in. He then strolled off. and walked around as miserable as a man could be who was committing an evil deed. An hour or so later lie heard the deep muttering: of the bull awl hastening to the meadow fence, he saw Dave about twenty yards from the cou ple, pawing dirt and shaking his head. The man was trying to get the girl to run but she was so terrified that she could not move. The bull made a dash and the fellow ran shrieking for the fence. The bull dashod on after the flying fellow, while our disconsolate young man having jumped the fence rushed to the girl, as the bull dashed on after the fugitive rival, and catching her in his arms, told her that such a coward was unworthy of her. As Davo saw his young master he left off pursuing the other'man, returned and went to licking his hand, while the indignant girl vow and she would never more speak t,o a man that, was afraid of a cow. She soon after married Dave’s boss. Weather Indications. " Special indications for Georgia: FAIR Fair weather, light east to south I winds, slight changes in tempera ture, except in the northern por tion, slightly warmer. Comparison of mean temperature at Savan nah, Nov. 6.1887, and the mean of same clay for fifteen years. * Departure Total Mean Temps rath tut I from the Departure 1 Mean , Sinew) for 15 years; Nov. , 'B7,' --or— .lari. 1,1857. H 2.0 1 M.O ; - ti.O ! 684.0 < Comparative rainfall item snt ja-Sflr Amount *g*g? Degrti™ lti Years. Nov. (1, W. .08 ! 00 j -- .08 | —11.64 Maximum temperature 04. minimum ten perature 45. The height of the river at Augusta at 1 :J43 o’clock p. m. yea ten lay (Augusta time) was fi 5 feet—a fall of 0.- during the past twenty-four nours. Observations taken at the samo moment of time at all stations. Savannah. Nov 6 9:86 v. m. . city time. Temperature. Direction. < a Velocity. ? Rainfall. Name or Stations. Portland 40|S W ... |< ’lear. Boston 44; S W I< ’lear. Block Island 50; W ; . < dear. New York city ... 40 S W Clear. Philadelphia 40 S W . Clear. Detroit 52S\V Clear. Fort Buford ds NVV .. ... Cloudy. St. Vincent 44 N Cloudy. Washington city.. 46; S ... Clear. Norfolk 4* S 6 Clear. Charlotte 4* S Smoky. Hattera* ! • • • Titusville 72 K 0 .00 Cloudy. Wilmington 4* E Clear. Charleston 5* N E 6 ... Clear. Augusta E Clear. Savannah 56i E 4 . Clear. Jacksonville On N 6T” Cloudy. Cedar Keys 66 NE 12 .. Clear. Key West 74.N El 6 ... Cloudy. At ianta.... 54 E 10 .. Clear. Pensacola fit E 6 ... Cloudy. Mobile. . 60 N E Cloudy. Montgomery ... 60 E ... Clear. Vicksburg 60 S E,.. j Cloudy. New Orleans 62 Ej 6 Cloudy. Shreveport 60 S 8 .... Clear. Fort Smith 54 S E . —f dear. Galveston 66 E Cloudy. Corpus C’hristi.... 68 K .. ('lear. Palestine 62 N j. | Clear. Brownesville 66 Clear. RioUrande 58 S F. clear. Knoxville 41 . (dear. Memphis 54 8 W Clear. Nashville 54 S E (’lear. Indianapolis 50 S I .... Clear. Cincinnati 50 8 E Clear. rittsburg 54 S E Clear Buffalo 50 S . (’lear. Cleveland 54 8 | Clear. Marquette 56 W ... (dear. (’hicago 52 S W . Cloudy. Duluth 52 S W .. Clear. St. Paul 4# E Fair. I >avenport 54 S W .. Clear. Cairo. 52 S j.. Clear. St. Louis 54 Si Cloudy. licavetiworth... 58; S . Clear Omaha 62 S Clear. Yankton 58 S W Clear. Bismarck 41 W ;.. (’lear. Deadwood 4*2 W Clear. Cheyenne 48 NW . Fair. North Platte 50 W ‘.. | Clear. Dodge City 56 S (’lear. Santa Fe 44 N Fair. *T denotes trace of rainfall. G. N. Salisbury Signal Corps. MALARIA AND DYSPEPSIA CURED By the Use of Prickly Ash, Poke Root, Potassium. After careful observation of the action of your remedy. P. P. I\. I am prepared to give it my unqualified indorsement as an alterative of very decided merit. I regard it, moreover, as one of the best of remedies for Dyspepsia. 1 ga> eitto my wife for Malaria and General Debility, aiul to my surprise she was more bene fited than by any otntir remedy she had tried, especially her Dyspepsia, which was very distressing and of several years duration. She seems to have been en tirely relieved of Dyspepsia, and has gained flesh rapidly. I prescribe it with confidence in Rheumatism and other conditions requiring atonic,and invaria bly with the most satisfactory results. Respectfully, J. H. REDDING, M. D. Dr. Redding is an Eminent Physician of Waycross, (Ja., and his indorsement is the result of constant use of this GreaCßemedy. P. P. P. is a positive cure for Rheuma tism. It is a powerful Tonic aud builds up the system rapidly. Try one bottle and be convinced. For sale by all Medicine Dealers. DR. WHITEHEAD can be consulted daily at the office of the Company, Odd Fellows’ Hall Building, without charae. Prescriptions and examination free. All inquiries by mail will also receive his per sonal attention. At Estill's. 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There was a rumor afloat a few days ago that this now street railway, which is to go to the Central railroad wharf and through the city, was to be run by cabie, like the Chi cago street railway. This would probably cost more money in the start, but would prove more profitable in the long run. as so many more trips could be made in a day, and parties having important business to at tend to at the Central railroad wharf, could get there in a very little time. Just the same at Appel & Schaul’s, the One Price Clothiers; it takes you no time to get au outfit at their establishment, as every arti cle is marked in plain figures with the lowest price to ail on same, thus saving au hour or two argument on the price, etc. Their plan of doing Anri ness is sufficient for those that are not judges of goods to buy with confidence, knowing their friends do not buy the same goods lor less money, and those that are judges are invited to call and inspect prices to convince themselves. Their fall and winter stock has been received, and are ready for inspection—l 63 Congress street, opposite the market. The Florence Heaters, for sale by Jas. S. Hilva & Hon are the best oil stove for heating, both rooms or small apartments. We sold a good many of them mst season and they gave universal satis faction. W-> append one of many certifi cates of their merits: Messrs. Jan, S. Silva <t Son: Dear .Sirs. The kerosene heating stove bought of yon works splendidly. It keeps my oath room comfortably warm in toe 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. At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga., you got all the comforts of the high-priced ho els, and save from #lto |2 i>er day. Try it and be convinced.— lioston Home Jour nal. BAKING POAV.DER. fSi Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purttv, Strength and AN holeflomeness. More economy cal thau the ordinary kind, and cannot lie sold in competition with the multitude of low test short weight alum or phosphate powders. Soli only in t an*. Royal Baking Powder Cos., lOti Wall street, New York. I '' ’ - LUDDEN & BATES S. M- 11. Our Engraving Department Is complete and fur nishes opportunity to those desirous of using correct styles in Visiting Cards, In vitations, Dinner Cards, Menus, Ball Programmes, etc., to have their orders promptly and careful ly executed at New York prices. Our Stationery Department Stats or Weather. Is well worth the at tention of the ladies. Our stock is large and varied, consisting ot latest novelties and productions. We in vite inspection, and know we can please the most lastidious. LOMILSIMSIII. gravers. FURNITURE AM) CARPETS. CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST ! For quality and pllee we can do better than any other concern In the South. Our goods are all specially selected from lho 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 that we can sell you much CHEAPER than the CHEAPEST. A. J. Miller & Co.'s FURNITURE AND—- Carpet Emporium, 148,150 and 152 BROUGHTON ST. FURNACES. Richardson & Boynton Co.’s SANITARY HEATING FURNACES Contain ihc newest patterns, comprising latest improvements possible to adopt In a Heating Furnace where Power, Efficiency, Economy and Durability is desired. Medical and Scientific ex perts pronounce these Furnaces superior ie every respect, to all others for supplying pine air, free from gas and dust. * Send for circulars- Sold by all first-class deal ers. Kichardson & Boynton 00.. M’f ’rs, 232 and 234 Water Street, N. Y. Sold by JOHN A. DOUGLASS ft CO„ Savannah, Oa. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. 18. HULL, Wholesale Grocer, Flour, Hay, Grain and Provision Dealer. If'RERH MEAL and GRITS In white sacks. -I 1 Mill stuffs of all kinds. Georgia raised SPANISH PEANUTS, als® COW PEAS, every variety. Choice Texas Red Rust Proof Oats. S|iecial nrlces car load lots HAY and GRAIN. Prompt attention given ail orders and satis faction guaranteed. OFFICE, 5 ABEROORN STREET. WAREHOUSE, No. 4 WADLEY STREET, or line Central Railroad. SOAP. ’ SOAPS! SOAPS! PEARS’, RIEGER'S, COLGATE'S, CLEAV. F.R'K. KKCKELAER’S, BAYLEY’S, LU BIN'S, TUMBLE'S MEDIC 'ATED just received at BUTLER’S PHARMACY.