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2 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! Monday & Tuesday, N0v.21 & 22 The Beautiful. Young: and Phenomenal Artis*e, HELEN BLYTHE. “THE AMERICAN ACTRESS,” 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. STOVES. SOLE DEALERS FOR SAVANNAH IN THE CELEBRATED Acorn Stoves & Ranged Also, the test known Stove in Southern Georgia, TIIE FARMER GIRL. Thousands of these splendid Stoves and Ranges are in use, and every guarantee is given. Call on MESSRS. LOVELL k LATTIJIORE, At 155 and 157 Congress St., Savannah, Ga. FRESH BULBS WS^ J Vi^ CROCUB ' BNOW Also PANSY and VIOLET SEED. STRONG’S DRUG STORE. 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. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements inserted under “Special Notices" will be charged Si 00 a Square each insertion. A LITTLE PISH! A LITTLE vijlT" “Not Too Much Chin,” MADE TOWNSEND WIN: Good Workmen. First-Class Material and Talent Will Tell Anywhere. My Stock of Papers is Bought Direct from the Mills. TOWNSEND, FINE PRINTER, BINDER AND RULER, 86 and 88 Bryan street. 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. ~ HOW TO MAKE MONEY. Duv a Home tor Yourself and Save Rent. HOW TO SAVE MONEY. Invest Your Saving* in Real Estate. IT DON’T TAKE MUCH CAPITAL TO BEGIN WITH. Now is your tlais. Don’t wait for the “Boom” ’ cut you off. 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 Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, will soon show their effect on ‘our IMPROVED BUSINESS, and must bring the long-looked-for “BOOM.” Confer with me on this LIVE SUBJECT, and get either a NICE BUILDING SITE or a HOME FOR YOURSELF, As I have for sale just what will suit you. M. J. SOLOMONS. State OF Weather. SPECIAL NOTICE OR. W. H. WHITEHEAD, SPECIALIST. Office Odd Fellows’ Building, Barnard and State Streets, INVI T E 8 -ALL THOSE SUFFEVUNG—. PROM t BLOOD TROIBLES TO C A Lb. Consultation and Treatmenl ABSOLUTELY FREE. K. V M 111 LiZK. TEACHER OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. VOICE CULTURE, VIOLIN And Ensemble Music a specialty. Instruction given by new and greatly improved methods. Address: 81 BARNARD STREET. THANKSGIVING. Send me your orders for FRESH KILLED TURKEYS. First-Class Stock. Prices as Low as Any. *L. PUTZEL, Market Basement- FOR SALE. The Pitot Boat EMMA A. DICKERSON. 4*. Tons burthen: Length, 62 feet; Beam, 16 t. 6 inches; Draft, 8 feet 6 inches. In good ° r <*** and well found. If not disposed of before, w 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.