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A DIVE KEEPER'S LAMENT
HE REGRETS THAT THE DAYS OF
HIS GLORY ARE DEPARTED.
Scones and Incidents at the Police
Courts—Some of the Characters Who
Are Dally Seen in Gotham’s Halls of
Justice.
New York, Nov. 19. A sad-eyed man
with hair that clustered around bis thin,
poetical face in long ringlets strolled
through Central Park on Sunday afternoon
with his head sunk on his breast in gentle
meditation and melancholy.
“New York,” he said, bitterly, “is a bust
ed coinmnnity. She’s a dead cock in the
pit Nothin’ of the glee and joysoineness {
which formerly character! red her remains
but ashes and gloom."
He was clad in dark clothes with a snuff
colored overcoat, snowy linen and a beaver
hat, the glossiness of which was subdued by
a broad band of crape. The man was the
picture of aristocratic respectability. It
was not until he spoke that one discovered
that he was note member of the most exclu
sive circles of New York soeiety. He rus
tled the leaves slowly with his black cane
and smoothed the wrinkles ont of his gloves.
It is difficult to convey any just notion of
the absolutely solemn and romantic ap
pearance of Billy McGlory, ex-couvict, ex
dive keeper and once declared to be the
wickedest man in New York.
“You don’t often come out here, do you?’
I asked, as he strolled along beside me
“Every day. I’m fond of birds, trees,
flowers, excitement and art. The Catherine
Wolf pictures ih the museum are great,
ain’t they f What’d s'pose they’re worth P’
“Half a million."
“At least. I’d rather see ’em th’n a prize
tight You didn’t call at th’ college t 1 see
me wnilo I was doin’ me undergraduate
course, did yerf’
“The college;"
“Over on the island.”
“Oh, the penitentiary. No, I didn't call.”
“1 served me time." said McGlory, sadh ,
“like a man. and when 1 came out I was
chased all over town. What kind of a vil
lage is this, anyhow ?’’ he asked, half sullen
ly. “I kept a sportin house audit was fre
quented by j>eopl of a hang dog kind. Of
course it was. Y’u don’ exiieo’ nuns and
choristers to visit such places. Well, my
lawyers told me I was doin’ th’ legal thing.
1 went ahead an’ made money. Huddenly
th’ polio* dropped on me an’ I faced the
music like a man They sentenced me t’
th’ college an’ 1 went an' served my term.
Nobody neard me whine nor cry. When I
got out I found lots of sportin’ houses in
Full bloom, but tbev wouldn’t allow me to
resume business. Oh.no! Tom Gould an’
others was nabbed but they all got free.
One bv one th’ places were all closed up un
til now nothin’ is open, as far as appearance
goes But d’ s'pose there ain’t no larkin’ an’
wickedness goin’ on? Rot. Why. this town
of a million or more ain’t reformed simply
because th’ Mayor’s closed half ad zen
sportin’ houses. Don't you believe it. I
know whereof I siieak. The vice which was
concentrated and kept in sight has been
spread throughout th town an’ every tene
ment an’flat house in New York now has
its own inmates of a sinful character, and
vice has invaded every quarter. P’raps
you don't b’lieve me?”
“But I did. By an odd coincidence I had
talked but a short time before with the
shrewdest and best informed of New York
policemen, Inspector Alexander 8. Williams,
and his views exaet.v coincided with those
of the dive keeper, Billy McGlory. He liad
explained tersely how easily the city was
governed when certain resort* and localities
were tacitly set aside for the more degraded
of New Yorkers. The thieves and rascals
generally always flocked to these points, and
the police nabbed them there without an ef
fort. Now they are distributed all over the
island, and every house has its den to spread
vice among the inmates.
“Another thing," said McGlory that day
in the park, “there ain’t any tun left ih
town. It’s drivin’ trade away. Country
merchants and out-of-twon buyers formerly
came here two or three tunes a year to lay
in their stock. They liked to have a little
toot and expand themselves, of course. In
a word, they wanted t’ see th’ sights, as do
all other visitors. I’ve had English Earls,
French nobl’men and millionaires without
number in my place lookin’ at th’ sights
alongside oi“ countrymen ‘ an’ jags from
everywhere. These people all shaKe New
York now. They go to Chicago, Boston or
Philadelphia, where there is somethin' t’
do beside go to a close theayter an’ then go
t’ lied. "
McGlory’s vision is colored, of course, but
there is not doubt that the town has grown
monstrously dull. Even the German sing
ing societies have to sing under provoking
restrictions, and there is absolutely nothing
going on outside of the theatres and the
secret gambling houses as far as the eye can
see. In point of fact, however, the town’s
as wicked as it was a few months ago, only
now it has grown hypocritical.
Blakely Hall.
11.
Every morning there drives up to a
square brown building near the City Hall a
big van of about the same color as the build
ing. A curious and not prepossessing ci owd
disembark from it and xs escorted up stairs
to one of the three court rooms where sit the
Judges of General Sessions. They are
locked up in apartments opening into the
court rooms. The scone in one of these will
answer as a description of all the rest ami
illustrate how the busiest and most import
ant.criminal courts of the metropolis ate
run. The court rooms are dingy and crude
attempts at, belter ventilation for them have
not proven successful. The halls leading to
them are crowded with a motley throng.
You will usually fix among them at least
one man with a black eye and a bandaged
bead and a dejected-looking woman with a
pimy baby in her arms. Nearly every day
brings a detachment of solemn China
men, accompanied’ by an intei
preter of their own race, who looks
pi-osperous and wise at a body of Italians
for whom the translating is done by a
doughty court interpreter who spends his
leisure moments in poring over a pocket
dictionary. At 11 o’clock one of t he numer
ous court officials, who all look stern and
rather suspicious of their fellow-men,
shouts “Hats off!’’and thus announces the
coming of the Judge. The crier opens the
court with the usually unintelligible man
ner affected by his kind, ami then the grind
begins. There are perhaps twenty-five
cases to be disposed of in each of the three
courts of General Sessions of the city, ami
there is little time for superfluous formality.
Lawyers press forward to lean over the rail
ing, behind which the District Attorney or
one of his assistants sits, and other counsel
ors approach the bench to confer w ith the
Judge, Sometimes the buzzing of conver
sation between lawyers and clients becomes
so loud that, a stern court official has to rap
for order. The clerk, who has learned by
long practice the art of keeping the wheels
of the court’s machinery moving rapidly,
seizes a large bundleol' indictments and cails
out the names of the prisoners. They are
frequently brought in two at a time. It,
speaks well for the officers of the law that
a surprising number of the prisoners plead
guilty. They are in the main a sorry-lock
ing company, representatives of the crimi
nal classes of New York, and not infre
quently have served one term in prisou.
When the Judge sends up one of these to
his second term he usually supplements his
sentence with the remark that it would bo
better for the community if a prisoner,
when convicted a third time, should Ik* sent
up for life—an opinion which many of the
Judges of New York entertain.
First comes a trio of vicious-looking boys,
representatives of the young bandits who
prowl about the streets robbing children,
women and even men. They have a dialect
all their own, and answer the Judge’s ques
tions in a balf-sulleu manner. They are
sent to the Refuge to contaminate less sin
ful hoys with their association, all schemes
to keep the mors depraved lads separate
from the others in the institution having
failed. One of the Judge* is strongly in fa
vor of flogging them as the only adequate
means of punishment.
Then a young man. with a low forehead
and a pained expression of countenance, is
hurried forward to the bar and pleads guilty
to stealing 1 1 50. He explains that he was
drunk when he did it, and that he had just
recovered from having the delirium tremens
in a padded cell at the Tombs. His father,
a tall man, well known in the city as an al
most fanatical temperance lecturer, comes
forward and eagerly begs the Judge to let
the young man off with a light punishment,
and he is sent to prison for thirty days and
adjured to mend ills ways. A particularly
timid-looking prisoner, wlioLifoi .-v cr strok
ing his chin m a nervous manner, is called
for ward and asked by the stern clerk
; whether or not he is guilty. He says “not
guilty” in an uncertain tone of voice and
t hen’recognizes t he prosecutor, who nods at
him and says: “Oli, yes, I remember you.”
The prisoner tries to court the prosecutor’s
favor by reaching forward to shake hands
with him, but an officer escorts liiu back to
the prisoners’ room at a rapid gait and his
case is set down for trial on another day.
A lawyer with a round face anil specta
cles, who has been retained to defend a
youth charged with setting fire to a block
in the heart of the city, asks a postpon
rnent of the trial lieoause he has the ear
ache. He gets his heart’s desire and then
the clerk calls the name of a prisoner on
bail. Two shouts fail to summon him and
the clerk shouts for the business man who
went his bail to produce the prisoner. The
business man fails to do it, and the entry
"bail forfeited,'’ which means so much to
the business man, is made on the record of
the cose.
A young and comely woman who has
been stealing a quantity of women’s cloth
ing and a boy’s overcoat pleads guilty to
the theft, and the Judge, who sometimes in
dulges in a gritn joke, asks her what in the
i world she wanted of a boy’s overcoat.
! With a lack of speech surprising in a woni
| an, she makes no reply. She is sentenced to
| S ate prison, but manifests no emotion when
| she learns her fate. Very few tears are
| wasted in these courts of General Sessions,
| although they are the channels through
| which flow the current of the principal
i criminal cases that develop in the metropo
lis.
A young man, charged with picking pock
ets, admits that he has been in State prison,
but says that he was driven to crime le
-cause the story of his former imprisonment
followed him and drove him from work. He
grows eloquent as he tells his sad story, but
the court has to sentence him to a long
term in State prison, and he walks away
with the suspicion of moisture in his eves.
Avery black man, charged with stealing a
pool ticket, pleads not guilty, savs he has
ne money to hire a lawyer The Judge calls
on a young lawyer, near the railing front
ing the bar, to take the case. The attorney
looks not pleased, for lie is allowed no
money for his service. As an officer of the
court, however, he is compelled to under
take it and withdraws to consult with his
dusky client.
Thus the machinery grinds on. The
grand jui y comes in, and all other business
waits until they are polled and have handed
up their huge package of indictments. The
grand jury is always iu session in the browu
court house, one going on duty as soon as
another is discharged There is a brief re
cess at 1:30 o’clock and the Judge retires to
eat a luncheon broug*. to his room from a
restaurant. Half an lion, later the grind
begins again. Thoee who have wished to
plead have been disposed of at the morning
session and the afternoon is devoted to the
trial of a jury case. Occasionally the trial
is suspended for a moment to permit some
prisoner to plead. One neatlv-clad woman ’
with a care-worn face tottered to the liar
one day last week to answer to the charge
of setting fire to her own house. She was
the only really agitated prisoner of the day.
It w-as shown that she had no motive for
the deed and was a worthy woman She
was discharged and was so moved at being
acquitted that she tottered from the court
room, fairly failing at the door as she went
out. Amos J. Cummings.
A NEW FiRM OF MANAGERS.
Some Interesting Gossip About Thea
tres and Theatrical People.
New York. Nov. 19. —The first move of
an exceedingly powerful firm of theatrical
managers was made the other day, when
Den Thompson signed a contract for ayeir
with Messrs. Gilmore & Tomnkin.a. Joshua
Whitcomb will play the whole of next sea
son under Gilmore’s management, and he
will not go outside of the theatres in which
Mr. Gilmore is interested. By Sept. 1. Gil
more <Sr Tompkins expect to have the Acad
emy of Music in Baltimore on their list.
They will then control the Boston Theatre,
the Baltimore Opera House, and in New
York, Niblo’s, the Academy of Music, and
the Fifth Avenue Theatre. This gives them
five of the biggest theatres in the country,
and they can take a strong attraction anil
just move it around in their own chain of
theatres, so that whatever rent they pay
will go into their own pockets. It bars out
the West and South, and looks only toward
big shows. For instance, the “Old Home
stead” production is to be something unpar
alleled in the history of realistic drama, it
will lie put on the Academy of Music for a
! run, that is, as lung as it will fill the house,
i and every expedient will be used to keep up
I the interest. Pbillipoteau, the painter of
j great panoramas, is to construct a pano
j rama for the stage of the Academy of Mu
' sic. whice will give a view of fifteen
miles over a New England country land
scape. There are to be all sorts of farm
animals on the stage, waving grain, grazing
cows, etc. The realism dues not stop here,
for, in the succeeding scene, which repre
sents the interior of the house of a rich New
Yorker, Mr. Gilmore has arranged to have
‘ an exact tar-simile of the late William H.
Vanderbilt’s palace on Fifth avenue. It is
an interior that has been talked about and
j raved over by the pa perers and decorators
| until half the public, and particularly wom-
I en, feel the greatest interest in it. The fac
! simile of the apartment on the stage will lie
I in sharp contrast to the scene without. At
: the same time that “The Old Homestead” is
I produced in such spectacular fash ion, Messrs.
! Gilmore and Tompkins will produce a spec
! tacuiur piece employing hundreds of peo
ple, and with all of the usual features of
such shows. They expect to make it the
most extensive thing of the kind in this
country.
There was no particular reason why
i "School” should have succeeded at Wal
laces this week. It was cast by a company
. which was not particularly well adapted to
its purposes, and it was produced is an age
that scoffs at the sort of sentiment the
"School" presents. It is trite, old and very
far from entertaining. Miss Coghlan does
not appear in the cast, but Mrs. .slihy does.
She works very hard, and gives rather a
joyful and playful representation of the
rich, but generous and friendly schoolgirl.
Nettie Guum plays the role of the friendless
anti pathetic Cinderella. There is too much
age on the stage, though, from start to
finish. Mrs. Aoby, charming, finished and
versatile comedienne though she is, has far
j too mature u figure for a school girl, and all
of her light and graceful byplay is lost on
, this account. Osmond Tearle is growing
1 fat, cud is by no means the dashing and
immature juvenile actor that lie was fifteen
years ago. The audience was |>olitely in
different to the play on the first, night, and
i it will probably lie necessary to substitute
! some other play at once. Etalka Oerxter
. mid Helen Hastreiter occupied lioxes the
first night, and the public, which has adored
them so faithfully on the stage, transferred
iLs devotional eyes to the boxes. There was
a sharp contrast between the distinctly
feminine beauty of Mine. Geister and the
| bony, heavy and severe physique of her
j fellow artiste.
I Mix Rotter’s second pi y did not
| strengthen the impression that she made on
: her first apjiearance here. It was indeed,
derided!;.’ disappointing. It would be very
much better for .Mrs. Potter logo back to
the old comedies if she finds it so thoroughly
mi|)o*slble to get, anything that, is half way
i decent iri the shape of a play. The first
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1887,
piece, civil war was bad enough, but it was
not a murker to its successor,’'Loyal Love. ’
There is a s nlwart and robust actor in Mrs.
i Potter's company now, an 1 he rather
dwarta the lomiume Kyi’le B<Tlew, It is
a good supporting company, and if proper
ly handled it will make success irrespective
|of Mrs. Potter’s acting. As it stands, liow
-1 ever, the second week of the American
actress is decidedly disappointing, and the
' patronage is not good. Mrs. Potter should
| take a hint from her English rival, and
engage a leading manlike Charles Coghlan,
; who is not only a judge of plays, but who
can also write u good one. In Mrs. Lang
try’s repertory, are at least four strong and
j popular plays “The Wife’s Peril,” “Lady
' Clanearty,” “Enemies,” and "A<tm a look
ing Glass’. ” These plays are not great, but
I they are incalculably superior to the light
and silly twaddle which Mrs. Potter and
Kyrle Bellew have produced here.
Blakely Haul.
A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS MAN.
A Case Where Virtue Was Not Prop
erly Rewarded.
New York, Nov. 19.—One of theliest
story-tellers of the present-day is Mr. Robert
M. Wilcox, the Meriden manufacturer who
secured a wife in Ella Wheeler, the poet.
He is a stalwart, handsome man of easy
manners and perfect good nature. If there
were a word similar to omniverous to signify
a reader of everything, that word would
apply to Mr. Wilcox. He takes many news
papers, and scans their columns with an un
dying faith in the good judgment of the
editors. Advertisements territy him not,
and the patent medicine “ad.” tucked in at
the end of an alleged humorous paragraph
arouses no choler. Ho is particularly fond
of the supplements, where so much good
reading of a useful character is to be found,
and when, as is too often the case. Alias no
time to finish a jiaper, be saves the supple
ment*. or unread pages, with religious cure
until he shall find an opportunity to go
through them, fn this way months some
times elapse before he gets at his supple
ments, and it is seldom the case that lie has
less than a trunk full of them waiting his
leisure. He took a two-weeks’ t rip on the
groat lakes not long ago, and during the
entire passage he fairly reveled in the pile
of crumpled supplements that had begun to
overrun his trunks. Nevertheless, he does
not find that the American, or any other
newspaper, fully meets his requirements.
“For instance,” he said, “there was a
store destroyed by lightning a few weeks
ago, ami the papers had vivid, well written
accounts of the calamity, and many details
of the damage done were fully given. As
the pro- rietor of the store was a warm
friend of mine, I was particularly interested
in the matter. 1 wanted to learn whether
he had been personally injured in the des
truction of his property, for the event oc
curred at a time when he would be most
naturally about the premises. I bought
the iapers for several successive days and
found no mention one way or the other of
his personal experiences. The thought of
that man suggests a curious story. He is
the most conscientious man I ever knew.
When I first met him he was a clerk in his
jewelry store, and the old man had
a '™ ambition of establishing his son iu
the business so that the concern
should continue through the second
generation, if not further. One day
it was noticed that the young man refused
to deal with lady customers. His conduct
was so marked that his father took him to
task for it. ‘The fact is,’ said the son,
‘that Ido not believe it is right for women
to wear jewelry, and I do not propose to
abet or aid them in wicked conduct. I will
sell watches or spectacles to men, but no
flippery to women.’ The father remonstrated
iu vain. All sorts of pressure were brought
to liear upon him to make him
see the unreasonableness of his atti
tude. It was pointed out that if it
was wrong to wear what was not necessary,
it was wrong even for a man to carry a
gold watch, that the works might as well
be enclosed in a tin case. ‘There’s some
thing in that,’, admitted the conscientious
man, and frightened at this result of argu
ments, he was permitted to take his own
course. Eventually he made up his mind
that if he could not conscientiously sell
jewelry to women, he could not conscien
tiously share in the profits accruing from
such sales, and accordingly to his father’s
grief he sold out his interest and established
a store for the sale of optical goods. There
he carried his ideas to the greatest extreme.
He would sell spectacles but no eyeglasses,
and the rims could not lie of gold." And he
further declined to make money; h; put his
margin of profit at a very low figure be
cause he thought profit unjust. The local
trade was distracted at his coursHe got
most of tie business, and yet mad: no more
out of it than was sufficient for his living.
And finally lightning struck his store and
destroyed it, lam afraid that his rivals in
business look upon the event as an interpo
sition of Providence to convince him of the
error cf his way.” F. R. Burton.
Strike of the Switchmen.
Chicago, Nov. 19.—A Houston, Tex.,
special says: “The strikeof the yard switch
men of the Southern Pacific railway sys
tem still continues. While passenger‘trains
leave on time, no freight trains have de
parted from the depot since the strike com
menced yesterday. The officials of the
road h3ve closed the shops and freight office
at this point, and have also closed the large
shops at Harrisburg, six miles below the
Houston and Buffalo bayou. The move
ment on the parr of the railroad company
has thrown 400 men out of employment.
The officials say they will not resume wor k
again until the strike ends. A committee
of citizens went to the striking switchmen
but failed to settle the trouble. It is be
lieved that all the yardmeu in Houston are
about to strike.”
Steel Rail Mills Not to Close.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19.—The Sec
retary of the Steel Rail Maker’s Associa
tion, located in this city, states that the pub
lished reports that, a general suspension of
the steel rail mills had been ordered are
without foundation. There has been, ac
cording to his statement, no thought of sus
pending work in the mills and such a propo
sition was not made at the meeting of the
steel rail workers in this city last week.
Racing at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Nov. 19.—T0-day’s races
resulted ns follows:
First Hack -Five flirtings. Belle l.ou won,
with Festus second und Phil Louis fbin!. Time
1 :OU 4 .
Second Hack Half mile. Buckeye won. with
Black Night second and Bob Thomas third.
Time 0:61.
Third Race— Three-fourths of a mile. Al
leghany won, with Harry Glenn second and
Red Isiaf third. Time 1:18.
Fourth Race -Mile. Climax won, with
Ulerihnli second und Bankrupt third. Time
1:44,m.
Collegians at. Foot Ball.
New York, Nov. 19.—1n a game of foot
ball to-day 1 ale beat Princeton by a score
of F to 0.
. I
Emma Lazarus Dead.
New York, Nov. 19. —Emma Lazarus,
the wetl-known jxretess and translator, is
doad.
Henry I.AOorcnrnr: says: "There are few '
things Which 1 admire more in Sir. Parnell Hum j
his present masterly inactivity. He worked ,
despcrat'Tv hal'd to get the stone up to the top ;
cl i lie hili, but now that It is running down the |
other side m: does not tire himself miming nfier ;
it. I wish Sir. Gladstone would exhibit a little
of tin* same sort of discretion. Now that home
rule is quite sale, there is no reason why he
should risk ids life in advocating It from plat
forms and the windows of railway carriages, i
Smaller nen are now quite competent to keep
boiling i he pot which be set on the fire."
Aground in Romney Marsh,
a The steamer David Clark, from Bruns
wick, got ashore yesterday while coming
out. of Romney marsh through the new cut
and her rudder was broken. The tug Samuel
Witipeimy was sent to her q,--si-stance and
towed her to the city lust night.
THE WEEK’S AMUSEMENTS.
“A Woman’s Heart” and ‘‘Devil’s Auc
tion” at the Theatre.
The opening attraction of the week at the
Theatre will be Helen Blythe in “Only a
Woman’s Heart,” to-morrow and Tuesday
nights. Miss Blythe’s last apjiearance in
Savannah was as “Nellie Denver," in the
“Silver King,” with Frank Bangs, three
years ago. She completely won the audi
ence on that occasion, and her popularity
then assures her a favorable reception now.
She is supported by a good company
and has received favorable notices
wherever she has been. The sale
of reserved seats is now in progress at Davis
Bros’.
The “Devil’s Auction.”
Wednesday and Thursday nights, and
at Thursday matinee the “Devil’s Auc
tion” will hold the boards. The com
pany is the same, and under the
same management, as the one which ap
peared here last year. The play, as every
body knows, is wholly spectacular, and iR
filled with specialties ih which consist a
great deal of its popularity. The
principal objection to the play is its
name. This does not prevent its being a
drawing attraction, however, for whenever
the “Devil’s Auction” lias been played here
it has been before crowded houses. The
sale of seats will liegiti Tuesday morning.
The Circus.
Barrett’s circus will be in town Wednes
day. The veteran showman, not content
with the ordinary arenic and zoological
attractions, has turned his attention to the
human phenomenon business. His latest
acquisition in the latter line is the dog-faced
Russian boy, “Jo-Jo.” Aside from his curi
osities and phenomenal attractions in the
zoological line, Barrett has always had a
penchant for equestrianism —probably the
most popular feature of the circus—and this
season he lias carried out his pet idea by
securing a greater number than ever of
riders. Prominent among the lady riders is
the dashing and bewitching Viola Rivers,
an American production. Some of the other
equestrienne stars are M’lle. Renz, a Ger
man importation, Pauline Dumont, Mme.
Rockwell, the famous six-horse rider, and
the Misses Daisy Ramsdell, Mollio Stokes,
Josie Richards and Susie Wilson. The list
of male riders includes James Leon, the
recognized champion, Clarence Robinson,
Mons. Eugene Jerome, Bob Whitaker, and
Messrs. George Showers. Billy Davenport,
Charley Lawrence and John McGraw.
The circus will lie on the regular circus
grounds, south of Anderson street.
THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Judge Adams Hears a Number of
Cases in Chambers.
Judge Adams sat in chambers yesterday
morning to hear the arguments on certain
cases set for hearing at that time. The
most important case was that of E.
M. Blount, et al, vs. the Road
Commissioners of Mclntosh county. The
plaintiffs are the pilots of Darien
who claim exemption from road la
tior. They argue that the duties of their
business are incompatible with the law and
that they are therefore exempt. The Road
Commissioners cite a recent act of the Leg
islature w hich exempts no one except cler
gymen. Judge Adams heard the argu
ments by Lester and Ravenel for the
plaintiffs, and dußignon and Frazer for
the defendants, and reserved his decision.
The argument was heard in the case of
Lucretia Jones, et al., vs. Lucinda Jones et
al., and the deci ion reserved.
The case of the Ocean Steamship Compa
ny vs. the Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Savannah, was set for Saturday next.
Liberty County Court.
The Liberty County Court will convene
to-morrow and there will be a large amount
of business to lie attended to. Both the
criminal and civil dockets will lie heavy.
Judge Adams, Solicitor General dußignon,
and Messrs. Lester, Frazer, Meldrim and
R. G. Erwin, will leave to-morrow morning
to be on hand.
NOT IN NEED OF BABIES.
An Old Aunty’s Offer to the Chatham
County Commissioners.
Just before tbe County Commissioners’
meeting yesterday morning a colored
woman, followed by a boy hauling an im
promptu baby carriage, which looked as if
it had originally been a home-made goat
wagon, came into the commissioners’ room
and expressed a wish to leave with the clerk
a little darkey about 3 months old. The
woman stated that the waif was left at her
house, in Factory lane, Robertsville, by
a negro girl named Roxy Rolrerts. The girl
left the house soon after, and had, up to
yesterday, failed to return. The old woman
stated that she had children and grand
children of her own to care for, and having
learned that the County Commissioners
took charge of stray babies, she had brought
the baby, carriage and all, and wanted to
leave it. Capt. Dillon respectfully declined
to convert the room into a foundling asy
lum, but suggested that it was possible that
snipe of the Commissioners might 1* short of
babies and would take it. No member of
that venerable body being so situated as to
permit of his assuming such an impartant
position as foster-father, the woman, with
her pickaninny, was advised to go to the
police barracks.
TO INCLUDE THE ESTIMATES.
Secretary Endicott’s Report of the Sa
vannah River Survey.
Representative Norwood has received a
letter from the War Department in reply to
his letter written early in the month, in
which he urged the Secretary to approve
the estimates and plan for the deep water
improvement of the Savannah river.
in his letter Secretary Endicott says: “In
regard to the survey of the Savannah river,
required by the act of Aug. 5, I*Bo, I lag to
-ay that the report of the
survey will be forwarded to Congress
at an early day in the next session, and it
w ill include the estimates submitted by Col,
Gillrnorein connection with this survey.”
The estimates of the War Department for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, were
forwarded to the Treasury on Oct. 5.
COLD WAVE EXPECTED.
A Failure of Reports from the North
west Renders Predictions Uncertain.
The indications, from what weather re
ports were obtained last night, are that
there is a cold wave approaching. There
was a storm over the lake region yesterday,
and no reports were received from west of
Chicago; but all the northwesterly stations
reported falling temperatures. The 10
o’clock reports showed that the thermome
ter was down to 44”, and it is thought that
a severe cold snap will lie on here within a
few hour- 1 , though the failure of the Nort -
western reports make predictions doubtful.
Mr. Carr Qualifies.
The commission of Mr. J. K. P. Carr,
as Clerk of the Superior Court, was re
ceived from the Governor Friday, anil a
meeting would have been called then to en
able Mr. Carr to qualify, but at his request
it was delayed until yesterday. The Com
missioners met yesterday morning at 10
o’clock, und received from Mr. Carr his
bond, which was duly approved. He then
took the oath of office, and was quali
fied. There were a number of papers in the
office awaiting attention, and his immediate
appointment was necessary.
Thousands of cures follow the use of Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents.
CHURCH SERVICES.
[Notices of service* in other churches are pub
iihed by request on Saturday.)
St. John's Church. Madison square, the
Rev. Charles H. Strong.rector. —The twenty
fourth Sunday after Trinity. Morning ser
vice and sermon at 11 o’clock. Sunday
school at 4p. in. Evening service and ser
mon at 8 o’clock. Thunwlay being Thanks
giving day, service and sermon at 11 o’clock;
collection for the benefit of aged and infirm
clergy.
Christ Church, Johnson square. Rev.
Thomas Boone, rector. —The Sunday next
before Advent. Holy communion at
7:80 a. m. Morning service and sermon
at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 4 p. m.
Evening service at 5 o’clock. No service
on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday being
Thanksgiving day, morning service and
sermon oy the Rev. Robert Wilson, D. D.,
of Charleston, S. C., at 11 o'clock. •
Independent Presbyterian Church, pastors
I. S. K. Axson, Leonard Woolaey Bacon. —
Hours of worship, 11 a. in., 7:30 jj. m. Sun
day school 4p. in. At the evening service,
the series of sermons on “Prayer, Providence
and Miracle” will bo continued, in a dis
course on “The Faith-Cure,” so-called.
Thursday of this week being Thanksgiving
day, the usual midweek service will be
omitted.
Christian Church, Bolton and Howard
streets, T. E. White, pastor. —Preaching at
li o’clock a. m. and ?:S0 p. ni. Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day at 8 o’clock. All are invited.
St. Phillip's A. M. E church. S. H. Rob
ertson, pastor.—Sunday morning prayer
meeting at 5 o’clock. Preaching 10:30 am.
bv Rev. IV. J. Gaines, U. D. Sunday
school at 1:30 p. ill., and at 3 o’clock
the commencement exercises of the
one hundredth year's Auiversary will
take plats*; singing bv the school,
and a lecture by Dr. Caines on the
history of the church. These services will
last ore week. Hr. Gaines will preach at
7:30 p. m.
First African Baptist Church, E. K. Love,
pastor.—Prayer meeting 5:30 a. m. Preach
ing by the pastor at 11 a. m. to children
“Thy Will Be Lone." Sunday school at 2
p. in. Conference at 3:00 p. m. Preaching
by the pastor at 7:30 p ni. “Christian
Giving.’’ Special collection will be raised
for church extension at each service. Visit
ors alwavs welcome. Seats free.
Second Baptist church, Green square,
Houston street. Rev, A. Ellis, pastor.—
Preaching at 11 am. and 7:30 p. m. Sun
day school at 3 p. m. Morning subject:
“The Promised Presence.” Evening sub
ject: “The Lamb Slain.” Strangers wel
come.
CHARLESTON’S GOINGS ON.
The Day’s Happenings in South Caro
lina’s Chief Seaport City.
Charleston is to have anew jail and work
will begin in thirty days.
Charleston truck farmers are happy over
the prospect of good crops.
The Elliott Society of Science and Art cele
brated its thirty-sixth anniversary iast
week.
“Original letters relating to the autograph
copy of Queen Victoria’s cablegram to the
Piesident of the United States on the occa
sion of t he earthquake at Charleston, South
Carolina, August 31, 1886. To be preserved
in the ofticee of the Clerk of the City Coun
cil, of Charleston, 8. C., and never to pass
into private hands.” This is
the title page inscription of a
beautiful volume containing the copy of
Queen Victoria’s cablegram of Sept, 3,
1886. to President Cleveland, in her
majesty’s own handwriting, expressing her
“profound sympathy with the sufferers by
the late earthquake.” It also con
tains the letter of Secretary Bay
ard, enclosing the letter of Minis
ter Phelps transmitting the autograph
copy of the Queen’s message of sympathy;
Mayor Courtenay’s letter to Minister Phelps,
acknowledging the receipt of the royal
favor and giving assurance that the orig
inal of the Queen’s letter “will be carefully
preserved in the archives of the city as
desired.” The memorial volume will be
one of the highly-prized treasures among
the archives of the city in the years to
come.
ON RAIL AND CROSSTIE.
Local and General Gossip In Railway
Circles.
Work on the extension of the Green Pond,
Walterboro and Branchville, S. C., rail
road is in rapid progress.
The charter for a street car line in St.
Augustine, Fla., obtained a number of years
ago, lias been sold to a syndicate, who pro
pose to commence proceedings immediately
and push the road to completion.
The grading and filling in on the side of
the new union depot at St. Augustine, Fla.,
is about completed, and the building will be
pushed to completion without delay. Trains
from the North will make two stops, one at
the old depot at the head of Orange street,
and the other at the union depot.
Col. S. B. Carter, under whose supervis
ion the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key vvest
railroad was built, and the Blue Spring
road was completed, will go in the field to
morrow with a corps of engineers for the
purpose of running the line for a railroad
between South Jacksonville and Deep Creek,
near Palatka, on the east side of the l iver.
The proposed road will lie about forty-five
miles in length, and will touch at Mandarin
and other points of importance on
that side of the river. For some
yeare past a road along the east
bank of the river has been discussed aud
promised, but no actual work has as yet
been done on it, but now matters have as
sumed a tangible shape, as Northern capital
has become interested in it, and the proba
bility of its immediate construction is very
good. The road will lie standard gauge
and will run through the wealthiest and
most densely populated portion of East
Florida.
“Close the door gently.
And bridle the breath:
I've one of my headaches—
I’m sick unto death.”
“Take ‘Purgative Pellets,’
They're pleasant and sure;
I've some in my packet
I’ll warrant to cure."
Dr. Pierce’s "Pleasant Purgative Pellets"
are both preventive and curative.
We are Thankful
For many things—for Thanksgiving day in
particular—for our success in commanding
and holding so large, influential and well
satisfied a patronage. We feel that we tried
Imrd to deserve what we got. We believe
our many patrons will gladly yield us credit
for what we have achieved. Like Oliver
Twist, however, we are willling to “have
some more." There are many whose wants
are vet unsupplied. There are many yet
only partially supplied. We await all these.
Out stock of Clothing, Overcoats and Fur
nishings seem still undiminished, notwith
standing the heavy inroads made upon it.
AYe try to keep everything replenished and
up to the mark. Our Overcoat counters
have been struck heavy, but there are
plenty left. You can never get enough of
n goes! thing. Our patrons appreciate this,
for we have lieen careful to provide only
such clothing as would be a credit to seller
mid buyer. Our prices are low and there
isn’t room for any complaint that we can
see. The Big Golden Arm beckons all
to come under its protecting influences.
1511 Broughton street,
Simon Mitchell.
“Woman.”
Contents of November: Alicia’s Diary;
The Great Astor Library; A Chinese Wom
an in America, by Nellie Bly, author of
“The Insane Asylum Sensation," etc.; The
Home of Jean Ingelow; How to Do Things;
Home Decoration; The Persian Lutis and
the Bicycle; A Sketch in Black and White;
The Women Workers of Our Country, be
sides other Stories, Poems, Essays, Society,
The Table, etc. Price 35c. For sale at
i Es till’s News Depot, 21 ■>(,' Bull street.
Local Personal.
Alderman and Mrs. George J. Mills,
returned last night from the North.
Maj. A. L. Hartridge, left for New York
last night.
Missee Hattie and Grace Bisaner, of
Marietta, have been visiting friends in the
city. Miss Hattie Bisaner, left for New
York yesterday.
Hon. H. H. Spear, of Chattahoochee,Fla.,
was in town yesterday.
New Orleans is asking for information
about “Major” Burgess, who is now located
In that city. The members of the Board of
Trustees of the late Georgia Military
Academy can enlighten the people of that
unfortunate city a good deal about the
“Mnjah.”
Weather Indications,
I Special indications for Georgia:
FAIR Cold, fair weather, with cold wave
lin the interior, fresh to brisk winds,
shifting to northwesterly, diminish
ing in force.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, Nov. 19 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
Departure Total
Mean Temperatlhe j from the Departure
! Mean Since
for 15 years Nov. 19, 'B7. j -j- or Jam. 1,1887.
56.0 j 57.0 | -1-1.0 j 581.0
Comparative rainfall statement:
M-S! " An ET Bsrsl Departure"
?<> sr i Mean I Since
16 Years. jNov. 19, 87. or _ ! Ja „ 1887 _
!o7 I .02 | .05 | —12.35
Maximum temperatur-1 64, minimum tern
perature 48
The height of the river at Augusta at
1:83 o’clook p. m. yesterday (Augusta time)
was (5 4 feet—no ' change during the past
twenty-four nours.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah. Nov. 19 14:36 p. .. city time.
Temperature.
Direction. J J?
\ eloclty] J F
Hail) fall.
Name
op
Stations.
Norfolk j 48 SW 12 T 'Clear.
Charlotte ' 50 S W 10]... ] Cloudy.
Hatter,is 58 8 \V 18,... Clear.
Titusville j 64 V ■ Clear.
Wilmington 52 SW 6;. . Clear.
Charleston j 58 SW 12j.... Clear.
Augusta 54 S W 10j ..: Hazy.
Savannah 568 W, 10!.... Clear.
Jacksonville .. 62 SW 8i..... Clear.
Cedar Keys 66 W 121. . . Clear.
Key West 74 NW . !.... Clear.
Atlanta j44W 20 jClear.
Pensacola j 58 NW 6, . . Clear.
Mobile. . . ' 54 W S . | smoky.
Montgomery ... .jS4SW 8: j Smoky.
New Orleans 56 W 6| Foggy.
Galveston IS4NE. 8j Hazy.
Corpus Christ! I 68 S E . . . Clear.
Palestine 54 N 12 .... Clear.
Brownesville j 58 S .... Clear.
Rio Grande 68 N ..! ; Clear.
*T denotes trace of rainfall.
G. N. Sausbusy Signal Corps.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DR. K LATIMER PHILLIPS,”^
EYE, EAR AND THROAT,
151 South Broad Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Office Hours: 8 A. M to 2 p. m., 3 to 5 p. m.
.NOTICE TO PROPER!! OWNERS.
City ok Savannah, 1
Office Ci.ehk of Council, V
November 19th, 1887 J
Owners of property desiring to plant shade
trees in front of their property are respectfully
requested by the city authorities to plant said
trees during the next sic iccelcs.
This notice is published in accordance with
resolution adopted by Council at meeting of
November 16th, 1887.
FRANK E. REBARER,
Clerk of Council.
SPECIAL NOTICE^
. I have recently purchased anew CARDING
MACHINE. The machine fills a want long felt,
for Cleaning and Renovating Mattresses. Old
Matting Carded, Cleaned and made up hand
somely at a small cost. Housekeepers call and
have your work done immediately.
EMIL A. SCHWARZ.
127 Broughton street,
TO RENT.
Stores in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Possession Nov.
Ist. Apply to
A. R. FAWCETT, Secretary,
Market Square.
NOTICE TO CONsION EEB AN D C AP
TAINS OF VESSELS.
Office Health Officer, )
Savannah. Ga., Nov. 1, 1887. (
From Nov. Ist to May Ist, unless otherwise
ordered, Captains of vessels having clean
records, will be allowed to come to the city after
their vessels have been inspected by the Quaran
tine Officer.
('apiains of vessels which are subjected to un
ballasting at the Quarantine Station, will re
turn to their vessels when unballasting is com
menced, and there remain until this work is
completed, in order to expedite same.
■I T. McFarland, M. Health Officer.
AMUSKMKVrS.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY!
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HELEN BLYTHE.
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Will appear in the Greatest of Emotional
Dramas of the present day,
WOMAN’S H EART.
Supported by a strong and carefully selected
company. Elegant wardrobe and costumes.
Beautiful stage settings. New and original
music. Mr, 8,-echer remarked that ever} - tnau,
woman and child would be benefited by seeing
this exquisite production, depicting as it does
the greatest of all human emotions, a mother’s
love. There, will lie no advauce in prices to see
this great artiste and play. Prices as usual.
Reserved seats to be had at Davis Bros.' book
store.
Next Att’action—Devil’s Auction, Nov. 23 & 34.
GRAND FAIR
—FOR BENEFIT OF
St. Patrick’s Church,
—AT—
CATHOLIC LIBRARY HALL,
—COMMENCING—
Monday, November IT.
PUBLIC ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED.
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IN THE CELEBRATED
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MARRIAGES.
NUGENT—HANNAH AN.— Married, on Mon
day. Oct. 24, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help, by the Rev. Father Cafferty,
Dennis F. Nugent, of Savannah, Ga., and
Mamie E. Hannahan, of Charleston, S. 0.
No card/?.
Charleston, 8. C., New* and Courier please
copy. *
FURRER-BORCHERT. -Married, on Novem
tn-r 15th, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
the Ascension, by the Rev. Dr. W. S. Bowman.
"a!'?,? I *!* S URRER ' Zurich, Switzerland, and
Alice H. Borchkrt, of this city.
FUN ERAL I N V IT Alio N.
friend* and acquaintance of
X ol ’H? N > Mr. Thomas E. \ouman,
forme U H? “££f tL tenoral'oT the
S’Tra Am£M. t,twt Church ' at 3
IN memorial
TO MAMIE JOSEPHINE WALBIL *
Died Saturday, October 22, 1887,
Agd 7 Years, 10 Months and 12 Days.
Our lovely Mamie is dead. Y r es, dead. Though
gone from this world, we hope she is unceasing,
y praying for us above, where she is enjoying
the eternal bliss of her Heavenly Father Her
dear little place can uever be filled. One who
was the pride of her parents. a model to her
sisters and brothers, the delight ~!' her schnnl
niates, as well as her little neighbors Bv her
kind smile and amiable disposition she had won
the hearts of older ones, who can never forget
her. However, it was our Lord’s will that she
should leave us, and though it was so hard for
us to part with her, it ought not be now that
we would envy her happy lot,
'Tis hard to break the tender chord
When love has bound the heart,
'Tis bard, so hard, to speak the words.
We must forever part.
Dearest loved one, we must lay thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace.
Blit thy memory will be cherished
Till we see thy heavenly face.
A Brother.
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Notices" will be charged Si 00 a Square each
insertion.
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My Stock of Papers is Bought
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Savannah, Ga.
“TELEPHONE 3 4 1.”
NOTICE.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 20th. 1887.
A cordial invitation is extended to all Naval
Stores Producers to be present at the conven
tion of the Naval Stores Manufacturers' Protec
tive Association, at Jesup, Ga., on NEXT FRI
DAY, 25th inst.
It is very important that there shouid lie a
large and representative attendance of Turpen
tine Operators on that occasion.
L. JOHNSON, President.
A. P. Brantley. Vice President.
IUABKMIII l!fl AT THUNDERBOLT. ~
Savannah, Nov. 19, 1887.
The Entries to the TROTTING HACK will be
announced on TUESDAY, 22d inst.
_____ _ _ M J- DOYLE, Prop’r T. P. C.
TO THE VOTERS OF ( HATH A M COINTV.
Fellow Citizens:
lam a candidate for the office of CLERK OF
THE SUPERIOR COURT at the ensuing elec
tion, and respectfully solicit your support.
Your obedient servant,
JOHN SCHWARZ.
Savannah, Ga., November 19, 1887.
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The new City Railroad, ths projected exten
sion of the “old reliaola” Central Railroad, the
building of the Savannah, Dublin and Western
road, and the new branches being built by the
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get either a NICE BUILDING SITE or a
HOME FOR YOURSELF,
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OF
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Tons burthen: Length, 62 feet; Beam, 16 t.
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be sold at auctiou in front of the Custom House.
Savannah. Ga.,at 11 o'clock ▲. m., on MONPA .
November 28th. J. J. McCOY_
NOTICE.
The Drayage Business heretofore carried o"
by my father, Edward Moran, will be conlinu
by me.
All liabilities of the deceased will be p* l ' l ’
the undersigned, who will also collect ail ""
standing accounts. JAMES E. MORAN
Savasnaij, Nov. 19tb, 1887.