The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, November 17, 1887, Page 8, Image 8

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8 THE CITY’S LAW MAKERS. THEY URGE THE PLANTING OF SHADE TREES. The Olty Starting a Young Forest in the Southern Extension—The New Street Railroad Company Granted the Use of More Streets—Protecting the Quarantine Authorities from In terference. After an absence of several months, Al derman Well* resumed his seat in the City Council last night. Tho session did not last long after it once began. The preliminary caucus was not over until nearly 10 o'clock, and the Council did not adjourn until nearly 11 o'clock. The absence of several import ant. committees necessitated the )**>tponp ment of considerable business, and an ad journed meeting will lie held to-morrow night. The planting of shade trees was discussed at some length. Alderman Thomas intro duced an ordinance amending the existing ordmano* passed in I*4o m regard to tin* planting of trees, aud providing that no trees shall be planted on streets that are less than 50 feet w.de, and that the trees must he at least 30 feet, apart. He also moved the publication of a notice to property owners urging the planting of trees within the next six weeks. A resolution authorizing the Street and Lane Committee to have 150 ad ditional trees planted in the southern exten sion was inferred t<Tthe committee to be re ported upon ,i i-. ext meeting. The petition of tire (SAvaunah Rural Re sort. aud Street Railroad Company to build ’ts tracks through certain streets in the eastern part of the city was granted upon -ondition that the work be done within twelve months. An ordinance securing protection to the city officials and authorities at the quaran tine station, an.’ providing a penalty of #lOO fine or thirty days imprisonment for assaulting or in any way interfering with the officials at. the station, or in waters within jurisdiction of the quarantine authorities, was passed. The ordinance introduced at the last meeting extending the time granted the Central Railr*>ad in which to complete its tracks along the river front was taken up. Alderman Thomas offered a suhetitute allowing the road still further time. Some discussion arose, and the orig mal ordinance, with amendments and Alderman Thomas' substitute was tabled until the next regular meeting, in the mean time to be published. A communication from tlie Secretary of t,be Jasper Monument Association, asking the Council to appoint a committee of three to represent the city in the genet a 1 commit tee of arrangements for the unveiling cere monies, was read, and iu compliance with the request the Mayor appointed Aldermen Reid. Duncan and Mel! as the committee. Several other matters of minor impor tance v-erc considered, after which the Council adjourned until to-morrow night. AT THE THEATRE. “The World” Makes a Hit—To be Re peated To-Night. ‘‘The World” was the attraction at the theatre last night. The audience liked it and Mr. Little as usual made a hit. The play is spectacular and on the melodramatic order It has hail a phenomenal run both in this country and in Europe. It was pro duced here last season, and tboso who saw tt then were ready to see it aga n. One of the striking pa.is of tho play is in the second act, which shows the deck of an ocean steamer at sea, the boilers, stairs, cabin, masts, sails rope ladders, in fact everything being as near realism n> mechanism can make them, amid the rumbling of the storm, tho hurry ing to and fro of affrighted passengers, the flapping of sails, tbe whistling of the wind and the rush of water, the action of tho drama is unfolded and more stirring inci dents of tbe play produced. During the act the steamer sinks entirely out of sight. Act third shows the raft scene, with its spread of canvas occupying the entire stage from wall to wall, and act fifth the hideonsness of a private lunatic asylum, with the revolving stage and moon light panorama. The company is a good one. and the piece is admirably produced. Tt will be repeated to-rugh:. HAPPY BRIDEB AND GROOMS. Two Wedding* in the City Yesterday —Cupid's Busy Day. Mr. Henry H. Hull and Miss Alice Stew art Bak"r, daughter of Superintendent of Schools. W, H. Baker, were quietly wedded at the residence of tho bride’s parents, No. 123 Drayton street, last night. The cere inony took place at 7:30 o’clock, and wa performed ov Rev. J. E. L. Holmes, D. D., pastor ot tho First Baptist church The wedding was to have taken place at the Independent Presbyterian church, but owing to the recent death of tip- gloom’s brother it was very quietly celebrated at home, only the families and immediate fnends of the bride and groom being pres ent. There were no attendants. After the wedding ceremony the bridui couple re ceived the congratulations of their friends and left at 9 o’clock for Atlanta, whence they will visit various points in North Georgia Upon their return they will reside at the groom's home. Both ttie bride and groom are well-known in social circles. The groom is a member ol the firm of Charles H. Ol instead &, Cos., liankers. Tbe bride is an attractive and charming young lady, popular in society and universally liked. Haim^n-Loewenthal. Miss Frances Locwenthal. of this city, and Mr. Elia-s Haiman, of Atlanta, were married at the residence of the bride’s brother-in-law, Mr. I. G. Iloas, No. 00 Jones street, at 5 o’clock yesterday after noon The ceremony was performed by Rev. 1. P. Mende, of the Mickva Israel synagogue, in the presence of a large num ber of invited guests. Among those from abroad were Mr. and Mr*. J. (Spiro, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Landauer, Atlanta, and Mrs. Keller, of Dalton. The wedding was very prettily celebrated. At 7:30 o'clock last night a reception w as held at the reaidence ot the bride's mother on Duffy street, and the bridal couple received the congratulations of a large number of friends. Immediately after the reception they left for Atlanta, where they will make their future borne. The usual"bridal trip will be omitted, and in the spring Mr. and Mrs. Haiman will visit Europe and will spend several months on the (loutinent. The groom is n prominent business man of Atlanta, and is President of the Southern Agricultural V orks. liis bride is weJl known in Hebrew society circles here. She was recently a teacher in Barnard Street School and resigned last month. Had Been on Fire. A bale of cotton was received yester day at the British steamship Chis wick, lying at the I/Ower Press, which showed signs of having roceutly beep on fire. The bale was in the ship before the discovery was made. It was immediately transferred to the dock. A part of one side was charred and blackened by the Are. The cotton was received from a warehouse aud w as shipped by one of the largest exporters here. Neither the ware housemen nor the shippers discovered any thing wrong with it. It was compressed at the Lower Press. To Award the Diplomas. President Mercer will deliver the diplo mas won by the graduates of tho white grammar schools at the last term of school, at Hunter Hall, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. TYBEE'S PICNIC PARTY. A Delightful Day on tbe Bemch-The Clam Bake and Oyster Roast, The picnic wbich the directors of the Savannah and Tybee Railroad Company gave to its stockholders and their families yesterday was a most complete sue ’ess. 7 he excursion train left the city at 10: [0 o’clock, with about 400 passengers alxiard, and made the run to Tybee in 55 minutes. The road bed was an object of great interest to all who could get a chance to see it. It has now been completed nearly all the way, and it is proof against wind and tide and every thing except tidal waves. The jacket of marsh mud has Ins'll out over it, and it is firm and looks as if it ba l been carved out of blue stone which the mud very much re sembles. It was the intention of tbe committee of arrangements to take the stockholders back to the bank and see it, but when they got on the island they were enjoying themselves so hugely that they would not return. They hail seen enough of it to satisfy themselves and that was all they wanted. They arrived at the island at 11:05 and went direct to the Seaside Pavilion where they spent an hour watching t.ie ceaseless play of the waves and strolling on the lieach. Tho day was a perfect one. There was not cloud in the sky and the air was stirring just enough to tie pleasant. Wraps and heavy coats were discarded, for it was like spring. At 12 o’clock tho oyster roast was an nounced. The live oak coals that were taken from the pit where they had been heating the stones for the clam bake, hail been hauled to one side and placed under sheet iron shutters. Upon these the oysters were laid after being washed, and there they roust'd to n turn. They were served at tallies under the palmetto trees, just in the rear of the pavilion, and about thirty bushels of t hem disappeared forever before the guests left tbe table. They were served with clarn chowder, and the repast was a delicious one. After the roast the band led the way down to the hull of the bark Adonis, which was wrecked on the beach. It had been previously covered with kerosene, and rosin was put in many chinks and crevices. For the amusement of the excur sionists a match was applied to it, and soon it was wrapped in flames. They quickly spread over the timbers soaked w ith oil, and the sight was indeed a grand one. The ilaiues shot up from every j art, a hundred feet high, and piece by piece the old wreck crumbled away until nothing was left of her. The party then returned to she pavilion and the clam bake was announced. Marsh grass had been spread over a car load of stones which had been hauled down for the purpose, and heated under a live oak fire, and the clams were thrown upon i . The pile was then covered over and there the clams baked over the hot stones for two hours and a half. They were nicely dune when they were taken rut, and the shells came apart iu the hand. But this was not the euu. An hour later lunch was announced at the Ocean House, and there was spread a most delicious collation, of which all partook At 5 o’clock the train again hauled up to the depot and the party got aboard. After a day of delicious eating they returned happy and exceedingly weil pleased with the picnic. There was not a hitch in all the events of the day and every thing passod as pleasantly as possible. Capt,. I’urse said that he had never known a picnic that was more agreeable, and he was sure that no other party of picnickers had ever had a ship burned simply and specially for their delectation. THE INSURANCE QUESTION. Maj Botts Bock from New York—What He Says About Cotton Fires. Maj. Henry T. Botts returned yesterday from New'York, where he has been engaged with the underwrite!* in considering the question of cotton fires at this port. Maj. Botts said that when the fires occurred the underwriters became very anxious, and de termined then and there to ad vance rates or else withdraw protection from cotton car goes. They said that they did not know whether the fires were accidental or incen diary, but they did know that if they were accidental the city of Savannah was doing nothing to prevent them, and if they were incendiary it was taking no steps to discover who tho criminals were. Maj. Botts told them that the city was perfectly willing to do what ever it could to prevent the fires, and he was sure that if the underwriters would notify the city that it was expected to take some steps l<> prevent them it would do so at once. The underwriters, therefore, wrote the letter to Mr. J. N. Johnson, which was published, , in the Morxino News, and the prompt action of tho City Council, the Cotton Exchange and the Longshoremen's Union reassured the underwriters and prevented an advance in rates. What seemed to strike them most favorably was the requirement that all cotton transported on lighters should lie covered. Mr Menduer, of New York, agent of the underwriters, came to Savannah with Maj. Botts, and he is to make u report to the underwriters concerning the manner in which cotton is handled here. Maj. Botts was allowing him the city yesterday, and whilo looking at the bluff quite a curious incident occurred. They went to Maj. Bott ’ office and while standing by the rear window Maj. Botts said: " You noticed that we came into the office on the level of the street. Now you sec we are in the fourth story.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Menduer. “I see wc are in the fourth story, and 1 also sec a lighter loaded with cotton being towed up thy river beside a tug and 1 see it has no tarpaulin over it.” Maj. Botts noticed the same thing and he informed Capt. Smith of the lighterage company that lie intended to put him on the information docket for violation of the city ordinance. The Savannah Fire and Marine Insur ance company. The attention of the readers of theMonx l.NG News is called to the advertisement of the above company which appears in another ooluiun. The company is a (Savan nah institution, officered by well known citizens, and litis a paid-up capital of $200.- 000. It has been successfully inaugurated, and is not only already doing a good local business, but Is represented in a number of prominent cities in this and the udjoiniug Males by active agents. The necessity for a homo insurance company by which large sums would lie kept in circulation among those who insure, and t hus contribute to the prosperity of the city, has been tin- suoject of remark for years, and now that the Savannah Fire and Marine Insurance Company has filled that long felt want , it should receive the hearty support of onr people, esjieciatly as it will cost them nothing to assist it. " It offers as good security against losses by tire as any com pany, aud its premiums are the same. A small share of the insurance of the city will make the company very successful. A Big Stick of Candy. Messrs. M. Forst & Cos. have on exhibi tion at their candy and cracker manufac tory the largest single stick of candy ever made in the (South. It is 4 feet 7 inches in leugth, 7jk inches in diameter and 24 inches in circumference. It is a peppermint stick, and weighs 60 pounds. It was made by <*der of a linn in Williston, 8. C., to whom it will be shipped in a few days. The Y. M. C. A. Meetings The meeting last evening was a little out of the usual order, the subject being one which bore particularly on the temptations common to young men. This cvcniug.it 8:15 o'clock Mr. E. F. Uunninghani will conduct the meeting, subject; "Am 1 Fighting a Victorious Fight?" All young men arc cordially invited to lie present. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IT. 1887. AT THE CATHOLIC FAIR. The Attendance Last Night—Raffles at the Various Booths. Tbe fair for the benefit of St. Patrick's church was crowded last night and the man agement did a fine business. The table pre sided over by Mrs. Circopuly received sev eral handsome donations, among them a very elegant hand-painted sofa cushion, and also an order from Mr. VV. 8. Cherry for a handsome pan- of shoes made to order for either gentleman or lady. The Mikado boot h is doing a fine business and raffled the foliowiug articles: A cake, won by Courtney Dixon: dish of pickles, by M. J. Barrett; two boxes figs, by J. Mc- Laughlin and Miss B. Connelly; two dishes of fruit, by J. E. Grady, Jr., and Mr. Fin ney; dish of cakes, by H. Walker; two cakes, by A. J. Markie. At Mrs. Sullivan's table the following ar ticles were raffled and won: Pin cushion, by J. T. Tietjen; a pair of shoes, by Mrs. James McGrath. The post office at this table will be opened to-morrow night with two young ladies in charge. The table presided over by Mrs. Connelly and Walsh is also doing u fine business, and is receiving a great many do nations. The Catholic Knights of America will at tend the fair and take supper in a body to night. One of the attractions at the fair is a cork house made by Mrs. Egan. DROWNED FROM A LIGHTER. A Sailor on the British Ship Ceylon Falls Overboard and is Lost. A sailor named Thomas Davis, belonging to the British ship Ceylon, was drowned from a lighter yesterday afternoon. The ship is moored at the Upper Cotton Press, loading for Liverpool. Davis was on a lighter alongside of tbe vessel assisting in discharging its cargo aboard tbe ship. The lighter was on the outside of the vessel, and Davis was standing on tho eastern end near tho edge. In hooking a bale he lost his grip and fell backwards into the river. His body did not appear on the surface, and tbe supposition is that it drifted under the lighter. Davis was said to be a good swimmer. He was about 21 years of age and was a native of Anglesea, Wales, and joined the Map at Cardiff on her voyage out to Rio Janeiro. THE PORT ROYAL AND AUGUSTA. Annual Meeting of tbe Stockholders— The President’s Report. The annual meeting of the stockholders of tbe Port Royal and Augusta railroad was held at Augusta on Tuesday. President Alexander submitted his annual report, in which he reviewed the year’s work of the road. Its total earnings were #316,304 28. Its expenses were #273,407 14, leaving a net earning of #42.807 14. From this have to be deducted #15,000 interest on first mort gage bonds. $6,720 on second mortgage bonds, SIO,OOO sinking fund for first mort gage bonds anil SO,OOO for second mortgage bonds, making in all #37,720, which leaves a total net of $5,177 14. Gen. Alexander in commenting upon this statement said: “It will be seen that the earnings and expenses of the road for the year past have been a little in excess of the average for tho last eight years, but are not yet sufficient to pay any interest upon the general mortgage bonds of the company. The stock and bondholders must, bear in mind that the road which they received, at the organization of the company in 1879, was in exceedingly poor physical condition, nearly without equipment and largely in debt. “The only sound policy open to the man agement has lieen to spend every* dollar available from the earnings in relaying the track in steel, and bringing up the physical condition of road, bridges, terminals and rolling stock to a high standard, in order to permit the most economical operation of the property. The earnings in fact did not for some veal* keep up with the absolute necessities of the road for bare safety of operation, and $150,000 was borrowed, at first as a floating dent, afterward converted into a second mortgage to .supply such wants. “Under this policy the condition of the company has steadily improved, both physic ally and financially. Tho sinking fund of #IO,OOO per annum upon the first mortgage bonds (#250,000 6 per cent, twenty years, due Januaay, 1899) is regularly paid to the trustees, and will retire the whole issue at its maturity. “The floating debt funded in second mort gage bonds ($150,000 6 per cent, sixteen year, due July, 1808) has been reduced to $112,000, and the sinking fund of $6,000 per annum will also retire that at maturity. The annual interest charges ahead of the general mortgage bonds have lieen reduced from about $35,963 50 in 1880, to $21,720. All expenditures and betterments have been charged to operating expenses—even the change of gauge in 1885. “The business which the road enjoys is more than enough to insure its meeting its fixed charges and promises n gradual in crease. It is only necessary to have patience and await the time, not far distant, when the necessit y for steel rail and betterments will practically cease.” The follow ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President-—E. P. Alexander. General Manager—M. 8. Belknap. Treasurer —Edward Mclntyre. Secretary—M. H. C'onually, directors: C. H. Phinizy. John W. Green, IV. F. Alexander, D. C, Wilson, W. F. Elliott, I). F. Appleton, W. G. Raoul, Joseph B. Gumming. ON RAIL AND CROSSTIB. Local and General Gossip in Railway Circles. The Port Royal aud Augusta railroad is now boring artesian wells at the different stations along its route. The unuual meeting of the Northeastern Railroad Company will be held on Friday, Nov. 25. Tit" prop**'! lease of tue road io the Wilmington and Weldon railroad for a terra of ninety-nine years will bo considered and will doubt less be effected. The grading on wie lifte of the Georgia, Carolina anil Northern railroad, between Union and Chester, 8. C\, is progressing rapidly. Between Union and the Catawba river the road will soon lie ready for the rails. The rails have been purchased, aud only wait the completion of the grading. A through jiassenger service from Edisto to Charleston has been established by the Charleston and Savannah railway, and Charleston is now in daily communication with Edisto and Wadmalnw Islands. The through cliedule went, into effect on Mon day ami has boon working very successfully ever since. The Charleston aud Savannah railway runs through trains between Charleston ami Youug’s Island in connection with tlie steamer St, Helena, which plies be tween Young's Island aud the other island landings. Cotton For Liverpool. Messrs. Wilder & Cos. cleared yesterday the British steamship Wylo for Liverpool with 6,2*0 bales of upland cotton, weighing 1,571,705 pounds, valued at $114,411, and 262 bales of sea island cotton weighing 55,l 75 pounds, valued at $19,853 30, and 500 bales of damaged cotton, weighing 240,000 pounds, valued at #18,750. Total valuation of cargo $183,014 30. Local Personal. Mr. B. H. Dryfus, bookkec[*er for B, H. I-ovy & Cos., left last night for Grand Rapids, Mich., where he will be married Wednesday, Nov. 33. George It. Murray, Agent of the Devil's A net on Company, is in the city arranging tor its appearance here Wednesday and ' bur-1 , Nii". 23 and 34. It will play against ilem-tt 's cinnis on Wednesday, and Tnanl.,ii; Hpmi.s on Thursday. 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. There were two arrests by the police yes terday for disorderly conduct. Solomon’s Lodge. F. A. M., will hold a regular communication to-night. The City Council last night ordered paid bills against the city amounting to $lO,- 955 42. The St. Andrew's Society will hold its November meeting to-night and will ar range for its anniversary, which will be cel ebrated next month. The residents of Currytown ward are anx ious for more light. A lengthy petition, signed by a larg number of property-own ers in that neighborhood, was presented to Council last night, asking that an electric light be placed at Wayne and Montgomery streets. The number of arrests for vagrancy will increase largely in the next few days. The riolioe have been instructed to run in the loafers and sneaks that hang around the Market, and they will have a large stock of worthless tramps on hand, to be disposed of at cost, if they catch them ail. An alarm was telephoned to Fireman’s Hall yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Vale Iloval Mills. The depart ment responded v ery promptly though the mills are a considerable distance from the city proper. There was no occasion for their services, however, as the fire was con fined to a box of waste in the fire-proof engine room. The Vale Royal Manufactur ing Company’s officers speak in the highest terms of the firemen for their promptness. About dusk yesterday evening three col ored men entered Falk’s clothing store and proceeded to help themselves to a lot of overcoats. The porter, who was shutting up the store, heard them and went to the front of the building to see who they wore. Finding that they were thieves ho started to catch them, but they ran out of the store and down 81, Julian street. At tho market Policeman Hullivan caught one of them, who gave his name as Charles Baker. He had three overcoats in his possession when he was caught. The other two got away with their plunder. COUNTRY THIEVES RUN IN. A Meigs’ Station Merchant Systemat ic lly Robbed by Colored Thieves. Mr. Cary B. Townsend came in yesterday from Thomasville, and he brought with him the news of a systematic robbery that has been discovered near Meigs’ station, twenty miles from Thomasville. By mere chance the robbery was brought to light, and with in twenty-rour hours three men. who were in the scheme, were arrested and jaded. At Meigs’ is a firm known as McEachern it McLeod. Not long ago the senior mem ber of the firm came to Savannah, and while hero purchased a very hand some and exi>ensi ve poeketknife. On return ing home he found that he did not fancy it as much as he thought he would so ho placed it in stock. On Friday last Mr. McLeod was standing in front of the store aud he noticed a colored man whit tling with a brand new knife. Mr. McLeod asked permission to look at it and he recog nized it as Mr. McEacheru’s knife,and knew that it had not been sold. He asked the man where he got it and he replied that lie had bought it from another colored man named John Thomas. He also said that Thomas was selling a lot of knives and other goods to the colored people of the vicinity. Mr. McLeod got two or three men together and started over to Thomas' shanty. They found him at home and when he was arrested he made a full confession, and said that he and two others named Philip Lane and Philip Hale had been steal ing regularly from the store. Tame was not at home when the party called that day, but Saturday they visited his house and arrested him, and both he and Thomas were taken to Thomasville and put in jail. Saturday afternoon Mr. McLeod went down to Meigs’ station to meet the train. When it came in one of Ins hands named Anthony Guvon. was on the train. Mr. McLeod asked him if be had seen Hale any whet a, and he replied that he hail just left him at Thomasville; that he would have come up to Meigs’ but he did not have the money to pay his fare. Mr. McLeod then t ok Guyon on the train with him and went down to Thomasville. Arriving there ho limited up Sheriff Hurst and told him the story . Guyon said he could find Hale, so he started out, the Sheriff shadowing him. After a few minutes'walk Guyon met Hale, and began talking to him. Sheriff Hurst walked up, and as soon as Guyon gav e him the wink he arrested Hale and took him to jail to join his two companions. They were given an examination on Monday and were held for court. Thomas told where a lot of the goods were secreted, and about *lOO worth were recovered. Mr. McLeod is con gratulating himself, not only on the dis covery of the robbery, but also upon the excellent detective work he did in jailing all three within twenty-four hours. KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS. How the First Letters of a Name Give its Owner Away. It is a somewhat curious fact that al though American ingenuity and invention is j>o iconoclastic that it day by day breaks down some old thing to establish in its place something newer and more improved it has never succeeded in discovering anything in the line of proper names that could take the place of the old ones which have been known, pokeu and used for years. No one lias' ever heard of an original name. Now and then some fond young mother will give her darling th-st-brrn some name that is soft and sweet to hear, and when some other young mother, full of gush, exclaims; “UTint a lovely nnme, the dear little darling. Is it originalF she means the nnme, not the darling, and the reply is something like this; “Oli.no! My husband's grandfather's aunt was named that, but 1 think it's so lovely.” No doubt it is, but if is simply an old family relic just the same, and search as far as young pa rents do for pretty names they Coma back at last to the same old shelf-worn stock of John, George, James. Henry and William, and the Jacks, Jims and Bills arc as plenti ful as ever they were. FASHIONS IN NAMfcS. There are fashions in ladies’ names. They change as the color of gloves do, but like the colors they are limited, and those that were not worn last year are all the rage this year, but they are not new. The Cynthias, Dorothy*, lb-lens and Janes are all old maids or matrons now, and the blushing damsels of sweet 16 arc Pearl. Ivy, May and Jean net t,. But old teapots are again the rage, old andirons are again in use, and even the old warming pans are burnished up and hung in the parlors, and with those old things come back the old names, and the little lb year-olds ore Helen and Dorothy just as their granduiumas were. Thus, like other fashions, each has its turn, arid each retires for the while to coute out fresh again, but they are the same old names. There is great variety in surnames, and one is frequently heard that is unfamiliar, but a given name, never. One reason of this is the persistency with which parents continue to name t hotr children after dead and departed great men. They may never have read a page In the hiogrr.phy or one of those men, and they may not know a soli tary one of the deeds that made the name great, but. that dints not matter. C. C. Wrnith may be Christopher Columbus Smith, whether old man Smith knew that the his toric. Chris, discovered this country or no. This same thing makes it frequently easy to call a man’s full uame when only the initials of the riven nnnvs* are seen. Tare initials give them a wat. A blind man would know that W. H. H. Smith was William Henry Harrison Smith ns soon as be saw his card, and if G. W, Snooks does not want to be called George Washington Snooks he had better part his name in the middle thus, G. William Snooks. That is the only thing that will save him from the i air presumption of being one of the fathers of his country's many relics. A. J. Hogg should be Andrew Jackson Hogg if he is no* but the chance' are that he is, but when N. B. appears before the name of Brown it is a question whether it stands for Napoleon honaparte or Nota Bene. It is safe to assume that whenever the initials of a great man introduce a common name the great mans name has been linked with that of the son of some less illustrious admirer. A generation from now thero will be nodmbt of the name of G. C. Schmidt, but if Mr. Schmidt wishes to con nect himself more intimately with the Dem ocratic partv he will sign himself G. Cleve land Schmidt. Whenever the signature W. George Williams appears it is n sure sign that the possessor thinks his father non compos mentis. The fact that the name is divided so is positive evidence of a reason for, and ther - is little doubt but the reason lies in the idiocy of a parent who thought it funny to brand his sou William Williams. Such parents are not subject to the laws forbidding cruelty to auimals, but they ought to be. John Johnson is another of the same ilk, though it is a shade less criminal. The doubling of names seems to be on the in crease and it should be taken as a tendency of the human race toward total depravity. A UEEI* AT THE HOTEL REGISTERS. A glance thr ugh a few pages of the ho tel registers will show that there are cer tain letters which are more in favor than others. A Mousing News reporter went over the Pulaski and Screven registers yes day morniug. Foremost among the initials is J. and that is probably because of the immense popularity of John and Janies. As the initial of the second name C. seems to appear more often than any other. One remarkable fact is that while S. is more frequently the initial of the. surname than any other letter it seldom occurs in the given names. Bookmakers in printing ledgers nlake extra pages for the S., but cage after page of a hotel register may bo gone over without finding H. is a given name. Of course, the predominance of ft., as an ini tial to the surname is in part due to the fre quency of Smiths, but leaving that very pro lific family outof the count altogether, there still remain more names begiiuiing with 8 than with any other letter, but it is proba bly because of the Smiths that ft is avoided in the given names. The hotel register show s another thing, viz,: That only about one man in 10,000 ever signs his name in anvthiug but a scrawl. Not one person who lias registered in this city within the past thirty days has been able to write his nomo decently. Business men have come here, but they have left the mark of anything but good business hands behind them. Actors have recorded a number of flourishes, poorly executed, but only the clerk can translate them. The average “arrival” stands no chance of ever being a successful forger, but be that as it may, the originator of a name has never yet laid claim to liis invention, and the world continues to use over and over again the same old list. AMATEUR ART. Fifth Edition, Revised and Illustrated —Painting Without a Teacher, by Henry Clarlse—Price One Dollar. It teaches Landscape and Flower Painting in Oil and Water Colors. Cameo Oil Paint ing, China Painting, transferring Photo graphs and Prints to Glass, coloring Photo graphs in Oil aud Water Colors, Painting on Velvet, Kensington Painting, Paintiug on Bilk, Satin, Plush. Wood and Glass, Crayon Portraiture. Charcoal Drawing, Repousse (hammered brass, work, Lustre Faulting, Modeling in Clay, Pottery Paint ing, etc. It contain- the only reliable and carefully prepared table for Mining Colors published. Is the cheapest and best work published. For sale at L. & B. ft. M. H. Ranges That Suit Everyone. Messrs. Lovell & Lattimore, Hardware and Stove Dealers, Congress street, are sell ing largely the New- Record liange, which for a cheap but serviceable one is unexcelled. About five years' sales of this Range result ed in distributing something over two thousand, mostly in the city, and the ad vantage in buying it is readily couceived, as largo sales mean a constant call for re pairs, to be supplieii on demand. People getting the Record nevor arc inconvenieuiMd by being told the now parts are not to be bad. Think of this at the p oiier time. Our Art Department Is complete in every respect. We meet all competition, sell fresh goods and have the largest stock south of the Ohio river. L. & B. ft. M. H. At Estill’s. Savannah Daily Morning News, Savannah Weekly News. Puck, Judge, Harper’s Weekly, Leslie's lliu.-u-ate 1 Life, Demorest s Monthly for December, German and French Libraries, French and German Fa)rs, Railroad Guide, Christian Herald, Truth-Seeker, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Philadelphia Press, Phil adelphia Times, Baltimore Sun, Balti more American. New York Herald, World. Sun, 'film's, Tribune, Star, Atlanta Constitution, Augusta Chronicle, Macon Telegraph, Florida Tinies-ITnion, Jackson ville News-Herald, New Orleans Times- Democrat. Charleston News and Courier, Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Cincinnati Enquirer. Framed Pictures. An elegant line of fine Pictures at very low prices at L. & B. ft. M. H. Tetter!lie is the best remedy known for Itching Piles; full directions in package. 50c. at druggists. Infants* Kid Button with tassel, a bargain, at 50c., al Nichols'. Be Sure You Are Right. The other jiart of the above sentence everybody ought to know. Everybody ought to also know that the Famous New York Clothing House has removed to the northeast corner of Congress and Whit aker streets, and that we, continue to sell clothing of our own manu facture at a saving to the consumer of tho retailer's profit, which is from .">0 to A5, according to grade purchased, which fact we can prove by coin pm ison of prices with our competitors. W have the liest ft! 50 Knee Muit, the best Hat or Cap tor Boys for . and have just received the prettiest line of Milk Scarfs and Suspenders for &*:. Boys' Hats, latest styles and prices, reason able, at Nichols'. Oak, Pine and Lightwood, For sale by it. B. Cassets, corner Taylor and East Brood streets. Telephone No. 77. The Circus Is Coming. The price of admission will buy your boy a pair of Knee Pants, also a Blue Felt Hat or Polo Cap at the Famous New York Clothing House, lately moved to I+l Con gress street, corner Whitaker. Children's and Misses' Button Shoes in heel ami spring liej. cheap at Jl. at Nichols*. Another Cold Wave Is surely coming, so lay in a supply of Und<‘rwear and Overcoats while there is a good ohoii'o to lie had at the Famous. 144 Congress street, corner Whitaker, where low prices are the rule. lAditM' Imperial French Kid Button, best in (tic cii v mi at Mcli ila’. TORTURE A Victim of Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured by the Use of Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. Ornct Alapaha Star, f Alafaha, Ga., June 9, !956. | P P e. Ufa- Cos.: Gentlemen—About nine months ago I was attacked with Inflammatory Rlieu mutism in my feet, back, shoulders and breast. The pains wore excruciating and continuous. For six weeks i was coiifiued to my bed. a id part of ihe time had to be assisted to tm-n uvi r. At times I could not sit up, if to do s would have secured a fortune. Vy feel were swollen aud the bottoms of them so tender that walking was a constant source of the liveliest misery. It would be impossible to express in words the agony I endured. I tried a cumber of Mtu'diea. so-called, and some of them uffordr I temporary relief, but it was only temporary. and I began to despair * f finding a cure. 1 had bad beard several gentlemen speak of a new Rheumatism cun* manufactured at Waycross.and while I listened I doubted. Finally 1 met two or three parties who had tried this new medicine and had been cured, and I decided to procure a pint of it and test tt virtues. This I did. and was satisfied I had been benefited. Well, to make a long story short. I con tinued to take the medicine until I had used three and a half quart bottles, im proving all the while in my general health, and noticing a steady decrease in the Rheumatism. When the half of the fourth quart was finished, 1 fell as well as I ever did in my life, with only an occasional touch of Rheumatism, aud since taking the tint quart 1 ha VO hern able to at t end to mv duties in the office, not having lost a moment since on account of my former enemy. I shall take two or three quarts more of P. P. P„ beginning about two months from the time I left off taking it; and I am confident that the last vestige of tbo dreadful malady will be driven from my system. I do not say that P. P. P. wrought this wonderful cure, but I do asse rt, iru st emphatically, that 1 derived no perma nent relief until after I took the first bottle. Yours truly, J. W. HANLON. One dollar will get a Ixiftlo of this great remedy, P. P. P. It is a sure cure for Rheu matism . For sale by all medicine dealers. Dr. Whitehead can be consulted daily at the office of the Company, Odd Fellows’ Hall Building, without charge. Prescrip tions and examination free. All inquiries by mail will also receive Iris personal atten tion. 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. The Winter That’s Coming. There is an affinity between “coal'* and “cold” that is cemented by the friendly aid of a warm overcoat, and as prudent persons seldom neglect the •■coal-bin” till the rigors of frost are upon them, so does the wise man provide the inevitable overcoat in time. We have given some study to the overcoat question this season, and the result will, w-e think, be creditable to our taste and that of the purchaser. From the Fancy Silk-lined Coat for the ult ra-fashionable man to the substantial but modest garment for those of milder ideas, we van equally please, besides having numerous intermediate styles aud qualities to meet any taste or desire or price. Added to this, we keep up our variety of Gents’, Youths’ and Boys’ Suits. Underwear, Hats and furnishings generally. Wo are rather inclined to be thorough than "loud” in our claim, ar.d the testimony of a pleased customer is our fondest and most prized evi dence of popularity. Our prices are as modest as our pretensions, and while we are making no “row*’ about it, we can hold up our end of the pole with any house in our line. Come and let us prove this. The “Big Golden Arm,” 159 Broughton ctreet. Simon Mitchell. The Florence Heaters, for sale by das. 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 universal satis faction. We append one of many certifi cates of their merits- Messrs. Jas. S. Mica it Son: Deaf. Sirs. Toe 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 1 consider it a perfect thing. Geo. N. Nichols, Printer anil Binder. For further information apply at 140 Broughton street. Nichols has Ladies Button Shoes, ail widths, A, B, C. D, and F, prices $2 50 to §6 50. Mrs. Cleveland's Diamonds. The ladies have doubtless read much of the handsome diamond necklace of Mrs. Clevoluud, aud while wo wouldn't for a moment insinuate that any lady envies its popular possessor, still many would take pleasure mat least looking at it. A coun terpart of this glorious string of gems, with its lovely and dazzling pendant, can be in speotid in the jewelry establishment of Mr. M. Sternberg, 157 Broughton street, who w.iil take pleasure in exhiLdting its charms to every lady who will honor him with a visit. The necklace in question is to be raffled, and in the interval it can be seen and inspected as above. Besides the neck lace, llierc are still many articles in Mr. Sternberg’s treasure house that are worthy of a visit, and the proprietor aud his atten tive salesmen will take esnecial pains to show their immense stock of Jewelry. Dia monds, Silverware, Art Objects, Bronzes, etc. There is no obligation to bug what ever, and Mr. Sternberg will be equally happy to show through those who do not wish to buy as tiiose who do. Everybody should see the Diamond Necklace, a-s it is certainly a superb collection of brilliant gems. (iur holiday display is now arranged for inspection. Hes[iectfully, M. STEIINKERG, 157 Broughton street. Oak, Pine and Light woo cl, For sale by It. B. Cassels. corner Taylor and East Broad s! reels. Telephone No. 77. At tho Harnett House, Savannah, Ga., vou get all the comforts of the high-priced ho els, and save from $1 t0.J,l per day. Try it and be convinced.— Boston Home Jour nal. Advice to Motnera. Air-*. Window's Soothing Syrun should always be umhl w-lien children are cutting teeth. It relieves the little sulTer at onco; it produces natuval, quiet sleep by relieving tho child from pain and tho little cherub awakes as “bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the ch.ld, softens the gums, allays all pain, re lieves wind, regulates the boivels, and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether wising from uvthing or other causes, g's cents a bottle. POOD PRODUCTS. test (ft Hills. JJ WE are making an extra quality of GRITB and MEAL, and can recommend It to the trade as superior to any in this market. Would be pleav-d to give special price* on application. baTe on hand a choice lot of EMPTY RAOKB, which wc arc selling cheap. BOND, HAYNES & ELTON I.CODEX .t BATES ft. M R ASSIASM. MV mark all of our Goods in plain figures, • q al but one price and guarantee every articV sy, - At tbis season of the year people invest lar - ly in luxuries, and as the g<>ods we handle come under this hpad we invite a careful of our stock and prices, and wo feel confides you will become convinced of the fact that \ DOLLAR SAVED ISA DOLLAR SIADC. We ini ite your attent ion and ask that you eg. amine carefully a STAMPED MOROCCO rp INET FRAME, which we offer until present stock is exhausted, WORTH 19 50; OUR PRICE $1 SO. CANNOT BE DUPLICATED, We guarantee a SAVING OF 50 PKR CENT in PLUSH HOLIDAY GOODS. Keep an Eye on Us. l - -" - —~ rntKITUEK AND CARPET CHEAPER '-THAJSr TITE CHEAPEST ! For quality and price we can do better than any other concern In the South. Our goods are all 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 that we can sell you much CHEAPER than the CHEAPEST. A. J. Miller & Co.'s FURNITURE AND Carpet Emporium, 118, HO and 152 BROUGHTON ST. chimneysT HOUSEWIVES FARMERS STUDENTS l c t' AND ALL OTHERS SHOULD USI p \ \ MACBETH & COS AJjflini F CASH CMINdD'AS \ M RttSb SESB 9M * CHIMNEYS ? 4 IF TOO DON’T WANT U j be ANNOYED byConsUn! S- J BREAKING OP CHIMNEYS, BEST chiirey mi j For Sale Everywherot RriADE Of.'LY eSr EPHACBETK fCQI f*sa ht.holyoke sebwasi NFI rrSBURSH rt.y v u*B nearly (S00) thro, ion Si ajAlCTt BUfithmtM. hunared lights every wen .retodPEABXTOPCE^Ii^^pS^I idgiiient is that we would rather pay a dollar ad£>.i*”i r tnera than fifty oentl a dozen for any other Chitn* ty we have evarnsed. 1. H. PORTER, Stewnci TOYS. —-SBsf every lkir.fi y trd may be obtained from all Toy dealer?, Btatlomro and Educational DepOta. It* k Edoeiin mill bs forwarded gratis 01 application to F. AD. RICHTER & Cos. FPV TOfiK, SlO. BROADWAY or LONDON EC,' , RAILWAY PLACE. FEN CHURCH STREET. steam" laundry. SAVANNAH STEAMLAUNDRY,' 131 Congress Street, Does laundry work of every description in first class style and at short notice. Work called for and delivered. Customers are protected against loss by fit* M. PRAGEB, PROPRIETOR. bXvis bros! c* m Do you want your Piano Tudcl? Do you want your Piano Repaired! Do you want your Piano Reetrung? Do yon w ant your i’iano Cleaned? Do yott wmil your I’iano Sieved* Do you want your Plano Shipped? T)o you want to Exchange your Piano for New Oner If so, it will be to your advantage to let u know about it 1 Our Plano urtrl Organ business i Bootrnr •< and we have been compelled to secure the *er vices of a lirst-class Tuner and Repairer, one who comes to us highly recommended. '* * guarantee to Tune and Repair any instrument with delicacy and correctness. Pianos Tun I ' l by the year, or Single Tunings, as low as it < " ao be done anywhere. The Kuabe Pianos load the world. Over 10 years in existence. Wealth and Experience Combined. DAVIS BROS