Newspaper Page Text
AFRICAN BARBARISM.
*B(irr.d Practi o of the Natives of Africa
—People Juried Alive with Limbs
Broken in Case of the King’s Death.
I rom the Jfeto York Sun.
In records of African travel that are
several centuries old may be found accounts
of a horrid custom which exists almost un
changed to day. It is the custom of making
human sacrifices at the death of a chief or
other important member of the tribe. The
practice still prevails in most parts of sav
age A'frica. The victims are usually slaves
or the wives of the deceased persons. The
manner of putting thorn to death differs
widely in various parts of the Continent,
but one of the most frequent practices is to
break the arms and legs of the poor victims
and bury them alive in the grave of the
person in whose honor these unfortunate
men and women are sacrificed. Dahomey
has been most notorious for these atrocities,
but through the influence of the whites,
•which everywhere in Africa is producing
such great changes for better or for worse
in the condition of the natives, human
sacrifices, it is said, in Dahomey are no
longer made.
How little the world has done for the Dark
Continent in past ages is shown by the fact
that though the countries near the sea
t hrough which the Lower Congo flows have
been known for four centuries, nothing has
ever been done to save from this cruel fate
thousands of weak and helpless ones. The
soil of Portuguese West Africa is still
stamped down every year upon the writhing
forms of scores of the victims. It should be
enough to enlist the sympathy and support
of the whole world in the great work of the
Congo independent state to know that it
has determined that this form of savagery
shall cease throughout its vast territory just
a-s soon as the reform can be brought about.
The rumor reached the stations on the
'flower Congo a while ago that King Chint
badje of Banda SeeUa, one of the largest
native towns on the river, about forty miles
from the sea, had sacrificed the
lives of ten women at the death
of his father. Governor General
Janssen at once sent two officers with a
military escort to Banda Secha. He told
them they might find that the report was
false, but that at any rato it was time to
convince all the chiefs that the State would
not tolerate such atrocities, and also to show
to certain merchants who had concealed
facts relating to human sacrifices in which
chiefs upon whom they were dependent for
trade were implicated, that the State regard
ed the security of human life as of greater
importance than commerce. Mr Janssen
told the officers that even if they found the
report baseless, it would be well to let the
chiefs know the role the State proposed to
play.
In the report which Mr. Daenen has made
of the interesting visit of himself and
colleague to Banda Secha he gives a graphic
and picturesque account of the peaceful
means the young State is adopting to im
prove the condition of the Congo natives.
“Banda Sacha,” he says, “is the largest
town I have yet visited in Africa. Sur
rounded by lands of great fertility, the
natives raise abundant harvests, and enjoy
a certain affluence. Their huts, ranged iu
order, are mostly built of bamboos, and the
residence of the king rivals in comfort and
neatness the houses of the whites. When
we entered the village I requested that King
Cbimbadje assemble his chief men for a
palaver. The king’s head man, bearing the*
keys of the royal hut, came to meet us. We
were received with respect and cordiality,
taken to the king’s house and seated at a
table covered with white cloth. After
native wine had been served the king
entered. He is no ordinary negin. He is
tall, finely proportioned, wears his beard
neatly trimmed and is decently clad. He
speaks Portuguese and a little English. He
sat opposite us. Behind him as many of
his men as could conveniently get in ranged
themselves. Others stood outside the door
aud a large crowd collected.
“The king, through an interpreter, asked
the object ot our visit, I told him I had
been sent by the great chief, Bouia Matari,
upon a peaceful mission, and that he might
reply without fear and in all sincerity to the
questions I wished to ask him. He replied
that he bad confidence in Bouia Matari. and
tliat he was ready to answer truly. Then
1 told him that I had heard that on the
'occasion of the funeral of the late king, Ins
father, he had lulled ten women and buried
5. them with his father, and I demanded that
he tell me the circumstances that had led to
these sacrifices. Cbimbadje smiled and re
plied that the white men had been deceived,
and that he could not explain tho circum
stances that led to the sacrifices, for tho
reason that no person had been Lille 1 at his
father's death. We made the most diligent,
inquiry, but were unable to find any proof
contradicting the king’s statements. I
endeavored to make the natives comprehend
that the State would not tolerate such horrid
practices and that all who were responsible
for such crimes in the future would he
prosecuted without pity.
“I also did all I could to destroy the influ
ence of the fetich men and I tried to show
the chiefs by argument and example that
the power of these comedians was simply
imaginary. I dare not affirm that we have
completely succeeded, but I am convinced
that our exhortations will find an echo in
Banda Secha. I also sought to demonstrate)
to Chimbadje that it was to his interest to
submit to our laws and customs and I as
sured him of the protection of the State so
far as his actions wore not blamable or
inhuman. He said he had been faithful to
the State and mentioned the fact, which is
true, that lie had refused to furnish men to
the natives ofMateva in their wa# against
the State. He asked for some flags of the
Congo State to raise over his villages and I
promised to bring him several when I next
visited him. The palaver was then over,
and the king introduced to me his son, a fine
looking boy about 13 years old, and several
of- his forty wives.”
If the Congo State becomes in the course
of its development a really great power in
Africa, and if it adheres to its present desire
to sternly repress all the manifestations of
savagery that destroy human life or bring
suffering upon the natives, the civilized
world cannot hut wish it God speed in its
beneficent mission.
THE COLONEL FACED DEATH.
Reminiscences of the San Francisco
Vigilance Committee.
Robert W. Ryress, a Philadelphia mil
lionaire, sailed on Saturday for Europe. Ac
companying him was James L. Truebart, of
San Antonio. Tex., who hud accompanied
Mr. Ryress and a party through Mexico as
guide and interpreter. Mr. Truehart stop
ped for three or four days in Philadelphia,
und whilo there had a casual meeting with
Prank A. Leahy, who was in California at
the time of the tragic death of Yankee Sul
livan. Truehart contributed some interest
ing chat about law and order in Texas and
Mexico to-day, and Leahy dug up an inter
esting reminiscence about the California
vigilance committees of long ago.
It was in the year 1853, he said, that the
vigilance committee found itself with an im-
Jtnense amount of business on hand which
called for immediate attention and action.
Having discarded the cumbrous machinery
and the slow methods of the courts, it began
work expeditiously. Among the men they
had under ban was a criminal against whom
there was information to bo obtained before
t he committee would tie justified by its self
imposed regulations iu proceeding to ex
treme measures. Tho members, all of whom
were men of influence and position, know
ing that they were acting outside the pale,
if not aiisolute defiance of the law,
ere always slow to convict without
the most jsisitive and overwhelming evi
dence of guilt. To secure the testimony in
the case in question it was necessary to sub
mit to their process of inquiry a United
States army officer named Ash, whoso rank,
I think, was that of Colonel. His office was
on the comer of Kearney and Washington
streets, np stairs, opposite the Plaza. A
messenger from the committee wiis sent to
him with the usual credentials. You must
understand that oil persona connected with
the committee were looked upon as “offi
cers,” this dignity attaching even to the
errand boy. You can easily imagine it
was very risky to question the’ authority of
one of them, especially when he came from
the committeo in nil official capacity.
The mau who was deputed to call upon
Col. Ash was a determined fellow, and so
was the soldier upon whom he culled. When
the messenger had presented his credentials
and conveyed the demand of the vigilantes
for the Colonel's presence, the latter brought
his piercing eves to bear upon his visitor,
and raising himself to his full six feet of
noight, said sternly: “I recognize no offi
cial from a vigilance committee. Neither
do I recognize the committee. Leave mv
office!”
The messenger retorted with a spice
which was equal to the army officer’s
haughtiness: “While you. Col. Ash, repre
sent the laws of the United States, I repre
sent the gallows, and one, too, which ope
rates with needless ceremony.”
_ This reply was too much for the choleric
Colonel. Ho sprang upon the Vigilante, and
with one blow of his double-edged dagger
he split the messenger’s neck from the left
ear almost down to the point of the shoulder
The Vigilante dropped to the floor appar
ently dead.
In a very few minutes the committee
were apprised of the fate of their emissary,
and in a few minutes more CoL Ash was
their prisoner and quietly escorted to the
“Fort.” The defenses outside the bead
cuarters of the Vigdantes were modeled
alter Gen. Jackson’s famous barricades at
New Oi lcans, sandbags, however, being sub
stituted m this case for cotton bales to the
height of tho second story of the building.
Cannon commanded the approaches from
the north, east and south. The “Fort” was
on the west side of the street, in the
middle of the block, with a large
open space in front, anil was patrohsi
by pickets, outside and inrside, who
paced up and down under arms day and
night. The members of the committee fully
appreciated the gravity of an incident that
had made a United States army officer their
prisoner. To have seen such an official in
the hands of the vigilance committee,
charged with the murder of one of their
own members, marked a serious crisis in the
affairs of tho organization. "Word was
brought to headquarters that the wounded
messenger was living, but that there was no
hope of his recovery. Most of the vigilantes
came to the conclusion that no matter how
the injuries of the committee’s member
might terminate the life of the Colonel was
doomed. He had sympathizers in the com
mittee and out of it who sincerely wished
that he had not defied the only strong ad
minijitration of justice in the city, but all
felt that, in order to preserve the authority
of tho committee and to continue it the ter
ror of evil-doers, Col. Ash must hang.
The friends of tho Colonel w re wild with
despair. The courts could render no assist
ance. The time was short. There hail, for
some time, been lying down toward the
Golden Gate, a United States man-of-war,
a frigate well manned and equipped. Asa
last resort Col. Ash’s friends appealed to the
commander to demand tho prisoner in the
name of the United States government, or
at loast to delay his execution. The com
mander complied with the request and
opened up a diplomatic correspondence
which determined in the threat of the com
mander.
“If you hang Col. Ash I will raze the
city, or as much of it as I can, to the
ground.”
The committee replied: “Much as we re
gret to come in conflict with the laws of
the United States, if our Officer dies Col.
Ash will hang.”
Fortunately for all concerned, the officer
of the committee recovered, and may be
living yet, for all I know, and Col. Ash, too,
for he was discharged from custody.
AN EMPRESS BRIDE’S OUTFIT.
Some Impressive Facts About the
Coming Chinese Affair.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
The choice of the bride for the young Em
peror of China has been made, ‘ and in due
time the daughter of the Duke of Chao, the
brother of the present Empress, will be Em
press of the Celestial Empire. Although
the wedding will probably not take place
before 1889, thousands of hands are already
busy with the lady’s trousseau and wedding
presents, which have probably never been
equaled in wealth at any other court. The
following, for instance, are the presents
which the young Emperor is presenting his
fiance before their marriage, after the act
ual engagement present, which consists of
a gold seal, richly inlaid with jewels, the
handle being formed by two gold dragons.
Up to a month previous to the wedding the
lady is presented with ten piebald horses,
with complete trappings; ten gilt helmets
and cuirasses, 100 pieces of satin of the
first quality, and 300 pieces of cotton ma
terial. As wedding presents the bride re
ceives 200 ounces of gold, 10,000 ounces
(taels) of silver, one gold tea service, consist
ing of teapot and one cup with a lid. one
silver tea service, two silver wash basins,
1,000 pieces of satin of the best quality,
twenty horses, with complete trappings;
twenty horses, without trappings; twenty
saddles for packhorses and mules. The par
ents of the lady receive, also, 100 ounces of
gold, one gold tea set. one silver wash basin,
000 pioces of silk, 1,000 pieces of cot ton ma
terial, six horses, completely harnessed; a
helmet and cuirass, a bow and a quiver,
with arrows; each parent one court dress
for summer and one for winter, one every
day dress, and a sable coat, The brothers
am! servants of the bride also receive rich
and costly presents. The bride’s bats are
tho’most remarkable articles among tho rich
trousseau. The winter Court hat has a rim
of sable; the crown is made of red velvet,
from the centre of which rises a button
composed of three parts, each of wliich Is
ornamented with three small oblong jieurls
of particular beauty and seventeen ordinary
petfrls. while in the centre of each part an
other splendid pearl is set in gold and sur
mounted by a gold phosnix. The button is
surrounded by seven gold phoenixas, of
which each is inlaid with seven large and
twenty-one small pearls and a cat’s eye. At
the back of the hat, below the button, a
gold pheasant is placed with one cat’s eye
aud sixteen pearls. The tail of the pheasant
is divided into five parts by 303 small and
five large pearls, forming a pendant, the
centre of which is made of a lapis lazuli
surrounded by pearls. At the end of the
pendant a big coral is suspended. A collar
is fastened at tho buck to the hat, the out
side of which is of sable, the inside of bright
yellow material, with velvet ribbons em
broidered at the end with diamonds. The
three gala Court dresses are of a dark blue
color, with borders of gold embroidered all
over the dresses, while down the front are
sewn in gold thread the words “Wan-Fu”
(eternal happiness) and “Wan-Shon”
(eternal life.) The necklace and chains are of
an enormous value, and comjsjsod for the
most part of pearls, turquoises, corals, and
diamonds. A handkerchief which, is worn
in the belt, is green, richly embroidered,
trimmed with tassels of jewels and yellow
ribbons. A gala apron of red and blue
satin, trimmed with otter skin and embroid
ered in gold, dragon fans, and skirts of
many different kinds, are also part of this
gorgeous outfit, and tho furniture for the
future Empress is keeping every trade brisk
throughout China.
When Your Nerves Bother You,
Invigorate them. When your night's repose is
unsound or unrefreshing, your appetite jaded or
capricious, when slight noises cause you to start ,
and annoyances of slight moment abnormally
worry you, know three things, viz: Ist, That
your nerves are weak: 2d. that you need a tonic;
3d, that its name is Hostetter's Stomach Hitters,
the promptest, safest, most popular article of
its class. The nerves are susceptible of invigor
ation only by promoting an increase of vigor in
the processes of digestion and invlgoration.
Narcotics aud sedatives have their utility, but in
the main, and if their use be continued, they are
unsafe. A wineglass of tho Bitters tiefore retir
ing. and a repetition of the same during l!ie day
before or after meals, is tar more likely to con
fer health yielding sleep than repeated doses of
an opiate. Itysiiepsia, debility, inactivity of
the kidneys and bladder, fever and ague, and
other malarial complaints, are always domina
ted aud subdued by it*
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1887.
YANKE2 GIRLS ABROAD.
How the American Girl Shines in
Europe and Why.
Ed. Cotevn in the Chicago Few*.
The American gift in Europe is unlike
what the society critic pictures her. She is
not always seeking titled husbands, as the
conscienceless satirist would have us believe;
nor is she an unconscious caricature, as I
have frequently seen her drawn by ungal
lant pens. She is remarked in Europe for
an aggressive assertiveness which we at
home glorify as independence. Since Froude
has set the fashion our native persistence is
frowned upon as impudence, while
our inquisitiveness, the nucleus of
our inventive genius, is labelled
abroad as impertinence. The American
girl was peculiarly strong iu these two
weaknesses. Hence the unjust reflections
passed upon her. You can pick her out of
a thousand in Europe. Her indifference to
chaperonage; her solf-possossion under all
circumstances, from grave to gay: her grace
of movement; her neat, close-fitting dress
(rarely gaudy); her superior complexion,
and her claim of prerogative, impressed by
manner alone, make her alike conspicuous
on the dressy boulevards of Paris, and the
sombre by-ways of the Scotch highlands.
Ijetter writers of the press have done her
great injustice in the past, and should has
ten to make amends. Lucy Harper was
begging for an interesting thought when
she charged tho American girl
with being a gaslight sight
seeker in Paris. It isn’t so. There are a
few superannuated old widows in the colony
who essay to keep their Mood in livelier
motion by nocturnal excitements, hut you
never find tho American girl on these
Bohemian expeditious. Moreover, it is only
once in a great while that she is seen at any
of the popular comedy dens, where vul
garity so often plays the part of wit, and
rarely does she go" to that saturnalia of
grossness—the opera bouffe. In short,
among all the traveling women of the
world she patronizes the French arts of im
morality tile least. At the Folios Bergere
aud the Eden you nightly see English and
German women in droves; an American not
once in a month. So it runs at London,
Berlin, Vienna and wherever I have been. I
can discover no morbid regard in the
American girl for the every-night realisms
of European vice. Among the unfortunates
of this continent she is not found, and they
represent every other nationality under the
sun.
A WRONG IDEA OF HER.
There is a canting unanimity on the part
of pretentious writers and observers to de
fame the American girl iu Europe as an off
spring not purely representative. Her
father has become suddenly rich; her par
ents are vulgar farmers; she is putting on
airs abroad on a starving allowance; this is
her first year out of school; her mother is
hunting a husband for her. the whole family
is crazy to meet royalty so that they can gq
home and forever more brag about it—these
and a hundred others are the slanders that
distort the American girl out of ail natural
and decent shape. The Prince of Wales has
been meeting her all his life, yet
Uhauncey AI. Depew assured him
that he had not yet seen the
ideal American girl. Everyone the
prince had smiled on to date—this was in
Homburg—was a mere adventuress, ac
cording* to Mr. Depew. The real article
never came across the ocean became she
didn’t care to cultivate royalty; she had an
abundant® of high moral and humane em
ployments that kept her at home. Mr. De
pew didn’t say so much in so many words,
out that was tho very plain inference of
his remarks. Now, I protest this Is not fair.
Mr. Depew, in aiming to say "a clever thing
or two for the American girl at home, over
shot the mark and hit the American girl
abroad. Hereafter, in the eyes of the prince
—since he placed a high estimation on Mr.
Depew’s say so—the American girl who
seeks his distinguished presence can never
hope to command his full respect nor
to escape a certain royal suspicion that she
is beneath the lovely standard of her coun
trywomen. If Mr. Depew were, on the
other hand, slyly singeing his Falstaffian
friend, we can forgive him, for it is perhaps
true that the American girl might be better
employed than seeking royal acquaintances.
Yet the reign of natural law prescribes,
among other things, that nationality shall
not exempt a woman from curiosity, and it
would lie queer beyond understanding if
the most prudish and exalted of American
girls could run through a European season
without attempting to look upon the coun
tenance of royalty.
What I wanted to demonstrate is, that the
American girl in Europe is quite as typical
as the American girl at home; that it makes
no difference with her whether she is mak
ing pumpkin pies m New England, leading
the german in New York, dipping in the
surf at Alameda, shining in solitude on a
gulf plantation, or romping through the
effete monarchies —she is an American, and
noticeably better than any other kind of a
girl that grows.
SHE SNUBS THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The only snub the Prince of Wales ever
received at Homburg was administered by
an American girl, and in such a manner as
to take the breath away from her mother.
It was the season the Prince fell on the salon
floor with Miss Winslow while waltzing.
He had overcharged himself with >vino at
dinner. Presently he caught sight ot this
Southern girl, distinguished-looking, hand
some and passionately fond of dancing, who
bad, some days previous, been introduced to
him. He dispatched an equerry to summon
her for a waltz. On the instant, and while
her mother was dumfounded for want of a
suitable reply, she said: “Convey my regrets
to his royal highness arid inform him that I
shall dance no more this season.”
“But you forget, miss,” continued the
emissary, “that this is a royal command.”
“But you forget, sir,” said she, indig
nantly, “that I am an American and am
not accustomed to obeying royal com
mands.”
At this the equerry vanished and the
voung lady’s mother recovered her breath,
file plucky Southerner kept her word by
abstaining from dancing the remainder of
the season. If Mr. Depew can dig up any
more Americanism than this for Prince Al
bert’s edification lie will be entitled to praise
for a marvelous discovery.
A Connecticut Volcano.
From the Boston Globe.
The recent discovery of the remains of a
volcano near Mount Lamentation, the high
est peak in the chain of Meriden hills, has
excited the keenest interest in scientific
circles. It has furnished anew key to tho
geological history of the('onnecticut valley.
The discovery was made by Prof. W. N.
Davis of Harvard University. He, has been
engaged in making an exhaustive study of
the trap rock of this State, and he made his
happy discovery of volcanic ruins while
searching for au entirely different class of
geological phenomena,
Mount Lamentation has lieen visited by
large numbers of people during the past few
weeks. The various scientific associations
of the State and several geologists of national
repute have carefully examined the interest
ing curiosity. No volcanic cone or crater is
still visible, but the phenomena of the place
clearly indicates that in the triassic age
violent explosive eruptions of a regular vol
canic type wore frequent. Geologists have
long known that tho trap rock of the
Connecticut valley came up in a molten
condition and afterward solidified. This
liquid mass sometimes solidified iu fissures
iu the earth, and sometimes overflowed the
surface like lava streams, and was subse
quently covered up by strata of sandstone.
Prof. Davis has discovered what is technic
ally known as an ash bed. It Is a deposit
formed when molten lava is thrown high
into tho air by violent explosions and comes
down in a confused mass, coarse and fine. In
the triassic period when these
eruptions occurred there must have
been regular cones ami craters
of the usual type, but these have all
lieen effaced. It is very probable that other
ash beds may exist in the range of Mei iden
hills. The geological history of this region
has always afforded a rich field for scientific
research, aud the recent volcanic discovery
lias given a greater scientific boom to it.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENT A WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS, U> Words or
more, in this column inserted for ONE
CENT A WORD, Cash in Advatice, each
insertion.
Everybody who has any want to supply,
anything to buy or sell, any business or
accommodations to seen re; indeed,any wish
to gratify, should advertise in this column.
HELP WANTED.
TirANTED, a man with courage and not
> V afraid to canvass business men. on anew
article of rare merit; $5 a day realized; absolute
facts; this is a chance seldom offered. Address,
with stamp, FRANKLIN A CO., 211 N. Culvert
street, Baltimore, Md.
WJ ANTED, a young man for traveling sales-
M man; one who has had some ex|K*rienoe
in the notion line preferred. Address MER
CHANT, care News, city.
\\f ANTED, a first-class butler Apply be
\ V tween 2 and 3p. m. at IIS Liberty street.
WANTED, A first class cook nt list state
tv street, four doors east of null.
Atqij TO SSOO A MONTH can be made
trlvU working for us. Agents preferred
who can furnish their own horses and
give their whole time to the business. S)iare mo
ments may bo profitably employed also. A few
vacancies in towns and cities It F. JOHNSON
A. CO., 1,000 Main street, Richmond, Va.
EMPLOYMENT W A NT ED.
\\, T ANTED, by a German girl who speaks
i V English, a situation as housekeeper lor a
single gentleman or ladles. Inquire corner
York and Drayton streets, locksmith shop.
\\TANTED, to solicit orders from the shop
i • keepers for rice and grits, oil her on salary
or commission Collections also wanted. Ad
dress P. O. Box 207. _
I EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER, seeks em-
I j ploy meat in any capacity in railway office or
store. Address H, News office,
M ISC EL I, AN EOI’H 'V A NTS.
TX7"ANTED, unfurnished room by a young
ft man; can furnish best of references. Ad
dress THOMAS, Morning News.
BOOMS TO KENT.
IT'OR RENT, elegant rooms, en-suite or singly;
furnished or unfurnished. 140 Hull street,
near Bull. Also nice front basement, suitable
for doctor's office: reference required. T. A.
NIXON, 48 Bull street.
rpwo nice front rooms,'furnished, with water
I and hath same floor. 44 Jefferson street.
IT'OR RENT, a large south romn with or with-
I’ outboard. 186SouthBroad.
IT'OR RENT, tw o floors, containing eight rooms
IU 1 and bath room, over my store northeast
corner of Broughton and Barnard streets; pos
session go mi Nov. Ist. Apply to JO C. THOMP
SON, Grocer
HOUSES AND STORKS FOB RENT.
IT'OR KENT, the very desirable residence on
Bull street, between Macon and Harris and
fronting Madison square; possession at once.
Apply to HENRY T. BOTIS & CO., 108 Bay
Si reet.
IVOR RENT, store (without cellar) in “Sorrel
Building," lately occupied by D J. Quinnn
as a barroom. For terms apply to CHARLTON
& MACKALL. _
IAOR RENT, No. 137 Liberty street; possession
given at once. THOS. A. FOLLIARD,
West Broad street
I ADR RENT, brick store and residence corner
Montgomery and Huntingdon streets. ROBT.
H. TATKM. Auctioneer.
IT'OR RENT, the fine two-story brick house
No. 27 Broughton street, with modern con
veniences and good yard, at a reasonable rental.
Apply to P. J. O’CONNOR, in Southern Bank
building, or at No. 25 Broughton street.
IT'OR RENT, the small store at 176 Broughton
street. Apply on premises.
IT'OR RENT, store and two houses on A rider
son, between Price and Habersham. Apply
next door.
I "OR RENT, that desirable residence on the
southeast corner of Stone and Montgomery
streets Apply to WALTHOUK & KfVERS,
No. 83 Bay street.
IT'OR RENT, the store 165 Congress street,
' Market square. For terms apply to GEO.
W. (OVENS. 113 Bay street.
ITH )R RENT, brick house, two-story on Imse
menl, corner Gaston and Barnard. Apply
to LAUNEY & GOEBEJ,, 141 Broughton.
laiiß RENT, brick store 100 Broughton street,
between Drayton and Bull; possession given
October 4th. Apply to I,I:\VIK CASS.
F'OR RENT, from Oct. Ist, splendid store No.
87 Bay street, situate in Hutchison's Block,
next to corner of Abereorn: has splendid cellar
and is splendid stand for any business; second
and third stories can be rented if desired. A.
R. LAWTON, Jr., 11l Bryan street.
FOR SALE.
IT'OR SALE. 2.000 Genuine Let 'onto Pear Trees,
1 year old; cheap. It. G. STONE, Boston,
Oa.
RICE PLANTATION FOR SALE. “Laurel
■ llill.’' on Savannah hack river; 060 acres
of rice land; hanks, threshing mill, dwelling
and outhouses in good order: threshing mill has
a capacity of 1,000 bushels per day. For par
ticulars address B. It. HEYWARD, nareleeville,
S. CV, or W. W. GORDON A CO., Savannah, Ga.
17V 'l; SALE, BENT 1 (B LEASE, a farm -ii uated
six miles from the city, on the Montgomery
road: all under fence; a nice cottage aud out
houses. The place is well stocked with cows,
horses and hogs; all farming implements on the
place. Apply to It. S. CLAGHORN, No. 11l Bay
street.
IT'OR SALE, complete set of Office Furniture,
including large Herring Safe. Ambers let
ter File, etc. Apply to VV. T. SEWARD & CO.,
104 Bay street.
MULES FOR SALK Three pairs of first
class Mare Mules for sale. Suitable for any
business. KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO., 144
Bay street.
/ ' BEAT 810 HARNESS and (larrtage Sponges
"X at 10c., HV\. 25c.: nice assortment of Lap
Rolves. Horae Blankets and Toy Trunks. KKID
LINGER & KA Rl N.
IT'OR SALE. Laths, Shingles. Flooring, Ceiling,
Weatherboardlng and Framing Lumber.
Office and yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 211 REPPARD <k CO.
IT'OR BALE, Bpleodid Mil water river-front
building lot*, and five ,acre farm lots with
river privileges, at ROSEDKW;building lots iu
Savannah, near East Broad ami Sixth streets,
and in Eastland: several good farm lots near
White Bluff, on shell road. Apply to Da. KAL
LIUANT, 151 South Broad street from 9 to 10 a,
M.
LOST.
IOST, in front of the Harnett House, a pair of
J heavy gold s)>ectacles, square frames, of t he
style worn forty years ago; much valued by the
owner Receive reward by returning to Har
nett House.
IOST. medium size liver and white pointer
j bitch "Nellie"; scar on bock; liberal re
ward. M. L. VERDERY, 51 Liberty street.
f OST, Red Irish Setter Dog Pup (Ned),7 months
old: scar under right e.ve. Ijheral reward.
O. L. TILTON, Duffy and Whitaker.
FOUND.
JT'OUND, Pointer Dog; owner can have same
by proving property. W. F. BRUNNER,
172 Bay street.
REWARD.
AOA REWARD.—I liave recovered two of
>?<)" the missing volumes of the bound files
of the Mon.si.vo Nkws. The following are (till
wanting:
July to December, 1860.
July to December, 1801.
July to December. 1862.
The volumes are undoubtedly in this city,
probably in some law office, as lawyers art! gen
erally the borrowers of our (lies. There Is 810
waiting for the return of each or auy of the
above volumes, “and no questions asked."
J. 11. EKIILL.
BOA K 1)1 Nt *.
IYOARIJINO. No. 13 Abercorn street, oorner
> of St. Julian. Handsomely furnished room*
eu suit* or singly; aiso Üblo board.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
OHOTOORAPHV—SPECIAL NOTICE— Prices
I reduced. Fine Cabinet Photographs a
specialty. Price, 82 for six or s.l a dozen.
J. N. WILSON,
21 Bull street.
MISCELLAN F.OU S.
IK you want a reliable cook, butler, ltouso
girl, nurse or office boy call at Intelligence
Office, 56 Whitaker strew R. M. BENNETT.
r |MIF. best and largest sponges for the money,
1 and chamois to suit every body at HF.IDTS.
YYTANTED TO-DAY from id . until Ip.m.,
\ 1 500 u> take lunch r t the BRUNSWICK.
1 1 ST RECEIVED, a fresh Supply of that Pure
fj Candy at 2d cents, at HEIIi’t"S.
ITJT the BRUNSWICK lunch.
r I IHE nicest and coziest Restaurant in the
1 South ts the ARCADE OYSTER AND CHOP
HOUSE.
VIT'M. TAY LOR, painter and general decora
-11 tor; strictly first-class work at reasonable
prices, northeast corner Bull and Bryan streets.
No. 126.
INRESH BLUE POINT OYSTERS, and East
Rivers by every steamer at ENRIGHT’S
—/k H. P. RETURN TUBULAR BOILER fn
l If sale cheap. OEO. R. LOMBARD & CO.,
Augusta. CM.
r f''llE Only ladies’ and Gentlemen's Restati-
A rant in Savannah is KNUR HIT’S
iiY RETURN TUBULAR BOILERS and En
IU gines cheap and good. GEO. R. LOM
BARD & CO,, Augusta. Ga.
I’PHE only originol Blue Point Oysters in the
1 city are at ENRIGHT'S.
I)AIR 5511. p. DOUBLE ENGINES cheap
GEO. r LOMBARD & CO.. Augusta, Qa.
I E you want a good stew or fry of Oysters go
. to ENRIGHT S.
T7*OR polite waiters and competent caterer, at
r ENRIGHT’S.
OYSTERS by the quart or gallon at EN'
RIGHT’S.
JA HE of all kinds in season at ENRIGHT’S.
l.riiliKX’A BATES s. M. H.
ORGANS.
You can procure a BETTER PIANO
or ORGAN TO DAY' than ever before,
as all leading manufacturers have so
recently and liberally improved their
instruments. Never before have such
artistic and perfect toned Instruments
been offered and never before were
prices so low or stylos so attractive.
Y'ou are therefore specially invited to
examine the large variety of SUPERB
PIANOS AND ORGANS now shown in
our warerooms from such standard and
popular makers ns CHICKERINO,
MASON & HAMLIN, MATIIUSHF.K,
BENT, ARION. PACKARD and BAY
STATE CO.
late styles in Rosewood, Mahogany,
Ebony, Walnut, Cherry, Red Wood and
Satin Wood Cases will delight all
while prices and terms will astonish.
Call and let us just show you our SU
PERB DISPLAY.
Mil & MIES
Sonteii Music House.
BOOTS AM* SHOES.
We have been so very binsy
this week that we could not
devote the tune to write up
our regular advertisement, and
hope that you will forgive our
seeming neglect and trust that
the disappointment will not
occur again.
The New York, Philadel
phia and Boston steamers have
this week brought us very
large shipments of goods and
hence our store is again
stacked with the most desir
able line of
SHOES
ranging in prices that cannot
fail to suit your foot, eye or
pocket. You ask, are they
stylish ? Really, what a su
perfluous question! We ask
you have we ever brought out
anything in the Shoe line that
was not the most stylish ever
seen here? We have deter
mined to keep our store
jammed with good Shoes and
have sent North this week the
largest duplicate mail orders
for Shoes that have ever been
sent out of Savannah. Very
truly yours,
BYCK BROS.
FRESH BULBS.
nYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUS, SNOW
DROPS awl JONQUILS.
AIM) PANSY and VIOLET SEED.
AT
STRONG’S DRUG STORE.
LEGAL SALES.
Administrator’s Sale of Land.
Yt/TLL be sold before the Court House door at
1 1 Trader’s Hill, Charlton county. Georgia,
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN DECEMBER, 1887,
within the legal hours of sale, the real estate of
the late HARVEY W. LATHUOP, situated in
said county of Charlton, to wit ; Lots of land
numbers fifty seven, three hundred and seventy
six, one hundred and two, eighty-one, eighty
three, three hundred and twenty-one, two huu
dred and thirty-five, one hundred and twenty
one, and twenty-seven in the First district; also,
lots numbers ulnety-flve, two hundred and four,
and one hundred and thirty three In the Second
district of said county of Charlton, each lot
containing 190 acres, more or less. To lie sold
under an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Pulaski county, Georgia, for the purpose of pav
ing debts and making distribution. Terms cash,
W. H BRUCE,
Administrator de houis non.
November 10, 1887.
~CI.OTI lINQ,~
s
4 Miller
u '■A Y
AGENTS FOR ABOVE RENOWNED
Stiff and Silk Hats,
AJ iSO
American Natural Wool
Sanitary Underwear.
Clothing Department Complete
in all its Branches.
APPEL & SCHAUL,
One-Price Clothiers,
163 Congress Street,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET.
JAESER
System of Sanitary Underwear.
OUR second DIRECT IMPORTATION of this
famous and popular UNDERWEAR has
just been received through the Savannah Cus
tom House A complete lmo for
Ladies & Gentlemen
JAEGER SYSTEM!
JAEGER SYSTEM 1
JAEGER SYSTEM!
JAEGER SYSTEM!
SANITARY UNDERWEAR!
SANITARY UNDERWEAR!
And our usual complete stock of Gents’. Youths’
and Boys’ CLOTHING and OVERCOATS.
lfJl CONGRESS ST.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
LEGAL NOTICES.
(i BORGIA, Chatham Coi-ntt. In Chatham
f Superior Court. Motion to establish lost
deed.
To Isaac D. Laßoche, Henry Love, Abraham
Backer, L Franklin Dozier, Wm. F„ Dozier,
Tlmmas B. Dozier. Bona Dozier, Nina Dozier
Pressley. Blanche K. Choppin, Arthur
1). (’boppiti, George R. Beard, Emma Estelle
Hodgson. Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B. Hodg
son, George H. Hodgson, and Joseph C. Hodg
son:
ELIZABETH A. RILEY having presented to
me a petition in w riting, wherein she alleges
that a certain deed to lots Nos. 11 and 12 in
Stephen word, in the citv of Savannah was
made by ISAAC !>. I.aROCHEand SAMUEL P.
HELL, acting as Commissioners under u decree
in equity in Cliu' ham Superior Court, wherein
you were parties, or are representatives
of parties, or are interested adversely to
her title to suid lots of land, which said deed, a
copy of which in substance Is attached to said
petition and duly sworn to, bears date the nth
day of June. 1860, and the original of which
deed said petitioner claims has linen lost or de
stroyed, and she wishes said copy established
in lieu of said lost original. You are liereby
commanded to show cause, If anv you can, at
the next Superior Court to be held in arid for
said county on the FIRST MONDAY IN DE
CEMBER NEXT, why said copy deed should
not lie cm abb-lied in lieu of the lost or destroyed
original
And it further appeal ing that some of you,
to wit: Abraham Backer, I>. Franklin Dozier,
Wm. E. Dozier, Thomas B. Dozier, Bona Dozier,
Nina Dozier Pressley, Blanche E. Choppin, Ar
thur B. Choppin, George R. Beard, Emma Es
telle Hodgson, Mary L. Hodgson, Agnes B.
Hodgson, George H. Hodgson and Joseph C.
Hodgson reside outHlde of the State of Georgia,
It is I tierefore further ordered that you so re
sesidlng outside of the State of Georgia be
served by a publication of said rule nisi for
three months before the next term of said c 'Urt
to wit: Three months before the FIRST MON
DAY IN DECEMBER NEXT in the Savannah
Morning News, a public gazette of this btate,
published in this county.
Witness the Honorable A P. Adams, Judge
of said Court, this 27th day of August. A. I).
1887. BARNARD E. BEE,
Clerk 8. C, C. G
It. R. RICHARDS,
ISAAC BECKETT,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
A true copy of the original rule nisi issued in
the above cose. BARNARD E. BEE,
Clerk S. C.. C. C.
(' EOKGIA, Chatham Coujsty.— Notice is horn.
I by given that I have made application to
the Court of Ordinary for Chatham county for
order to sell all that certain lot or parcel of land
sit nat. lylug and being In the city of Savan
nah, Chatham county, dcMvnated an lot num
ber fifty-fix in the plan of Garden lot number
fifty seven (57) ‘•ant. showing subdivision into
C ity seven building lota, brawn by JOHN B.
HOGG, City Surveyor, for the estate of George
Anderson, on March ‘.‘nth, lwtti; said lot number
fifty six having frontage on Nieoll street of
forty (W) feet and a depth of eighty (HO) feet
more or lens, anti bringltounded on the north
hy Mooli street, east by lot number fifty seven
(07), south by lot uuiuher sixty-nine ttlMi. and
west by lot number Ufty five (55) of said building
lots, with the dwelling, house, improvements
and appurtenances on sail laud, belong
ing to estute of DANIEL DALEY, deceased,
for the payment of debts and distribution, and
that said order will lie granted at DECEMBER
TERM, iunr, of sold Court, unless objections are
tiled. KATE DALEY,
Administratrix estate of Daniel Dsley. deceased.
Novembbk Bd, INff.
(' EORGIA, Chatham Covnty.— Notice is
T hereby given to all parties having de
mands against the estate of M. LI EBIIA RRISON,
late* of Chatham county, now deceased, to pre
sent them to me properly made out within the
time prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amounts; and all persons in
debted to said deceased are hereby required to
make immediate payment to me.
Novkmkkr 17, IttHT
11ENRY J. THOMASSON,
Administrator Estate of M. Lieb Harrison,
deceased
MERCHANTS, manufacturers, mechanics,
cons>rations, and all others in need of
printing, lithographing, and blank books can
have their orders promptly tilled, at moderate
price . at the MORNING NEWS FEINTING
HOUSE, J Wttimkw btiueL
C. H. nORSETT’S COLUMN.
Rice Plantation For Sale.
Tie “V at Auction.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will offer at public outcry at the Court House
in Savannah, Oa., during the usual hours of
sale, on TUESDAY, December 6th, 1887:
All that plantation or tract of land situate,
lying and lieing in the county of Bryan, State of
Georgia, on the waters of the Great Ogeecbe#
river, known as the CAPE PLANTATION,
nearly surrounded on all shies by the waters of
said river, and containing five hundred (5001
acres more or less.
Terms: One-third cash; balance In one and
two years, with interest at 7 per cent, per
annum, secured by mortgage,'
IN CHOCTAW WARD.
Half Lit aid Tenement.
C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer,
Will sell at, the Court. House on TUESDAY.
I iccembcr 6th, 1887, during the usual hours of
sale
The northern half of lot No. 07 Choctaw
ward and the improvements, consisting of a
two-story tenement containing four rooms.
Terms cash.
Near the S., F. & W. Railway.
HOUSE AND LOT.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer.
Will soil At the Court House on TITWDAY, Da
camber, till), 1887, during the usual hourf ot
sale, *
South half of Lot No. 14 Crawford word ea*r,
16x5U more or less, on tho corner of Reynolds
and Perry street lane. The improvnmenta con
sist of a two story residence containing eight
rooms and piazza, also a store with separate
yard, stable and kitchen; water in each yard.
A 1 metal roof. Lot fee simple
This property is very convenient to the Saran*
nah, Florida and Western railway and to the
Savannah and Tvbee railway: also to the lum
l)er yards. The house is solidly built and m
very good condition.
N. B.—Parties wishing to treat at private sale
can secure easy terms.
On Henry Street. Near East Broad.
HOUSE AND LOT,
C. H. DORSETT. Auctioneer.
Will veil at the Court House on Tuesday, Diwem
ber 6th, during the usual hours of sale.
Lot No. 23, on the north side of Henry street,
near East Broad, having a fronton Henry street
of forty feet inure or less, and a depth of one
hundred and sixteen (116) feet, more or leas to
Duffy street lane, together with the imptwve
menta thereon, consisting of a four-room nousa
with two fireplaces.
TERMS CASH.
FOR SALE'
On West Broad street, west aide, between
Huntingdon and Gwinnett street*, a lot fifty
feet front by eighty one feet deep, cornering on
a lane, with the improvements, consisting of a
one-story house. Price SI,OOO. Terms easy.
—ALSO—
Between Ilall and Gwinnett, a lot fifty feet
front and eigbty-one feet deep, cornering oa
Gwinnett and Jlapls streets, with a one-story
house, for $1,200.
—ALSO—
A lot iNo. 9) forty feet front by eighty five
feet deep on Gwinnett street, for five hundred
end fifty dollars. Terms easy.
—also—
Two lots on Maple street., Nos. 17 and 30. each
40x100, for $550. Terras easy.
The above lots are a portion of that high and
beautiful plateau on West Broad and Gwinnett
streets, which has just been platted, and front
which eleven lots have already been sold.
These are good lots and wooden buildings can
be erected upon them.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will offer at the Court House, on TUESDAY,
December 6th, unless sold previously at
private sals,
The eastern portion of Lot No. 81 Calhoun
ward, measuring iOxIOO, and ths improvements,
consisting of an exceedingly pleasant and
well located RESIDENCE on Gordon street,
near and east of Drayton.
This residence has four rooms in the base
ment, four on the parlor floor, four oedrooms
ands bath room, and two rooms in the attic.
The lot is subject to an annual ground rent M
the city of s4l 68^.
The location, surroundings and convenient
size of tbisresidence will recommend it to thoss
who are looking tor niew homes.
TERMS CASH. ______
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
C. 11. DORSETT. Auctions:**.
By virtue of the provisions of the will, Itwill sell
before the Court House door In the dy of Sa
vannah, on TUESDAY, December 6th, !BW7,
during the legal hours of sale, the following,
aa tho property of ELJZABETH A. BAILEY,
deceased, for tho purpose of distribution:
All tho southern portion of lot No. 11 White
ward, situated on the northeast corner of Lin
coln and Bolton streeta, having a frontage of 42
feet anil 9 iuchee, more or less, on Bolton and
70 feet, more or less, on Lincoln, and the Im
provements thereon. Tonus cosh.
ROBERT D. WALKER, Ja ,
Executor.
3