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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1887.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Notices— Pilot Boat Emma A. Dick
erson for Sale; Hotv to Make Money, M. J. Solo
mons; E, A. Sehultze, Teacher of Vocal anti In
strumental Music; Dr. W H Whitehead, Special
ist; Dr. S. Latimer Phillips: Special Notice.
Emil A. Schwarz: Notice. James E. Moran,
Thanksgiving, L. Putzel; Invitation to Turpen
tine O]locators; A Little Push, Townsend; To the
Voters of Chatham County; Thanksgiving at
Thunderbolt
To the Trade for the Holidays - Platshek s.
A Week of Bargains —At Platshek s.
Full Dress —B. H. Levy & Bro.
For Salk- Gen. Toombs’ Residence in Wash
ingt-on, Ga
Victors— Cornwell & C'bipmau.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Want
ed: Employment Wanted; For Rent; for Sale;
Personal; Lost; Found; Miscellaneous.
Your Hume is Not Furnished Without a
Piano —L. * B. S. M. H.
Boots and Shoes— Byck Bros.
Telling Announcement— H. A. Dumas.
Bargain Banner to the Breeze -Gray &
O'Brien.
Auction Salk— Pictures, by Marshall A Mc-
Leod.
Public Benefactors —A. R. Aitmayer & Cos.
Pianos and Organs— Davis Bros.
Special Opening This Week— At Eckstein's.
Inducements in Press Goods— J. P. Germaine.
Special Inducements in Furniture and Car
pets—Emil A. Schwarz.
Guns. Etc.— Edward Lovell & Sons.
The 340.000 Piano— Schreiner's Music House.
The snow in the North this winter is re
port and to be of a fine quality,well made and
as beautiful as ever.
Mr. Jay Gould is having a first-class time
in Paris and doesn’t care a rap whether
the fulls or the lieaus are on top in Wall
street. He expects to board his yacht at
Marseilles about Thanksgiving day for a
cruise up the Mediterranean. Is there an
Auareuist who wouldn't be a millionaire'
The Mugwumps of New York city are
having another spasm because J. B. Lock
wood, a Grand Army of the Republic man,
has been knocked out of a *1,600 po-ition in
the custom house. His superior says he
was incompetent, and that he was too fond
of exhilarating beverages. He was ap
pointed in 1876.
There is a report that Mr. E. B. Haskell,
late of the Boston Herald, proposes to estab
lish the biggest daily paper in the South at
Atlanta. It is pretty safe to say that Mr.
Haskell has retired from the newspaper
business permanently. He has an ample
fortune, and proposes to enjoy life for the
remainder of his days.
Hon. Tom Campbell, of New York, is in
AVashingtoti waiting for the opening of
Congress. He still wears a white tie and
wonders why Mr. Carlisle doesn’t consult
him about the tariff. If Mr. Campbell
were as great a statesman as ho thinks he
is he would quickly- settle all the questions
which agitate the country.
The action of E. C. Bruffey, a reporter of
♦the Atlanta Constitution, in going to jail
rather than divulge the source of certain
information to the grand jury, was not
without a precedent. John Dennis, Jr., of
the Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat, had a
similar experience a few years ago during
the investigation of city and county officers
a i Rochester.
Considerable inditruation and disgust is
manifested in New York over the action of
Anthony Comstock, Agent for the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, in brutally
striking a small boy in that city Thursday
afternoon. Many reputable citizens wit
nessed the deed and denounced Comstock
vigorously, while he in t\ rn expressed him
self in terms more forcible than elegant.
Robert T. Hilliard, a dude actor in Mrs.
Langtry’s company, wanted to knock out
Jit-. Freddie Gebhardt because two of his
chums, he alleged, made eyes at Mrs. Hil
liard, and Mrs. Langtry bounced Mr. Hil
liard out of her company. She said that he
insisted on kissing her shoe, although her
foot wasn’t in it. Mr. Hilliard is quite fa
mous on account of hi- efforts to supplant
Mr. Berry Wall as king of the dudes.
A French maiden, Miss Rendau, of Chi
cago, died last Wednesday from a peculiar
cause. She bad been afflicted with
spasms for quite a long time, and on that
day she was seized with a very violent
paroxysm, and a live snapping turtle was
forced from her stomach. It is thought
that it grew from a germ swallowed in
water from Lake Michigan. It grew to the
size of a silver hulf dollar and then it
snapped the cord which bound her to earth.
Dr. Henry Hiller and wife, of Wilming
ton, Mass., have displayed a morbid vanity
by ordering their coffins made at a cost of
SIO,OOO, although there Is apparently no
danger of either passing away for some
time to come. Mrs. Hiller says an ordinary
coffin falls to pieces forty-eight hours after
it is received by mother earth, and she hopes
the casket in which she shall be placed will
endure for ages. Dr. Hiller says he has
been offered a large sum by a showman to
exhibit the caskets.
Republican success in Ohio lias so elated
Gov. Foraker that he plainly intimates his
exjiectation of heading the Republican
Presidential ticket in 1888. The Philadel
phia Times ascribes Gov. Foraker’s popu
larity to his modesty. His last campaign
speeches contained these expressions: "I will
down Tom Powell,” ‘‘l have downed Grover
Cleveland,” “I will down Jeff Davis,” "I
have fought in thirteen battles, - ’ “I am a
stronger man than IS Herman in some re
spect*.” “1 want to sea more blood sprinkled
on the flag.”
Northern Men in Southern Pulpits.
Quite it number of the Republican papers
are endeavoring to make it appear tbut the
Independent Presbyterian church of this
city refused to extend to Dr. Leonard A\
j Bacon a permanent call because he is a
Northern man. The Chicago Tribune, which
j is oue of the most influential papei's in the
| West, in an editorial article said:
Tiie sectional feeling in the South is not
confined to social or political circles. It
seems to permeate the whole hotly politic
and to manifest itself with the most viru
lence in directions where the most charity
would lie expected. The recent experiences
of the Rev. lJr. Leonard W. Bacon are in
point and freshly demonstrate the fact that
the church South has io-t none of its sec
tional bitterness and intolerance since
slaverv was abolished and the war closed.
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Dr. Bacon adds one more to the list of
Northern preachers whose pulpits have been
male too uncomfortable for any manly
Union man to occupy except at the loss of
self-respect and the sacrifice of his honest
convictions.
Tiie dismissal of Dr. Bacon is tantamount
to an announcement from the Southern
pulpit that no minister who is a friend of
the negro, an admirer of Abraham Lincoln
or an advocate of Union principles need
apply.
It is a notification to Northern people
who Hre loyal to the government, who be
lieve that the negro should have his civil
l ights, who cherish the memory of Abraham
Lincoln, and who are prepared hr maintain
the national principle as against the dogma
of State sovereignty, that they are not
wanted i;i the South unless they will con
sent to suppress their sentiments, even if
they do not subscribe to the Southern sec
tiorial idea. The South has drawn the line
in the most unmistakable manner.
These extracts are only samples of the
kind of comments which the differences be
t ween Dr. Bacon and a majority of his con
gregation have called out. That they are
intended either to create false impressions
or are the result of incorrect information,
there is no doubt. They are certainly not
justified by anything which has occurred
in the Independent Presbyterian church.
It is a mistake to suppose that a Northern
man cannot occupy a Southern pulpit ac
ceptably. It would not be difficult to find
in any Southern State Northern clergymen
who are not only giving great satisfaction,
but who are very popular. When Dr. Ba
con was called it was very well understood
that he entertained extreme Northern
views. The committee which repre
sented the church, and which
invited him to this city, had
a very frank conversation with him relative
to his political opinions. He was expected
to preach the gospel and not make political
speeches, and. therefore, the church did not
bother itself about his politics. If there had
been any hostility to Northern men in the
church. Dr. Bacon would not have been in
vited to occupy its pulpit.
It is also a mistake to suppose that there
is any feeling of disrespect for the memory
of Abraham Lincoln among the members
of the Independent Presbyterian church, or
among the jtcople of this city; or that there
is any desire to deprive the colored people
of their civil rights. Abraham Lincoln is
always spoken of w ith respect, and it would
be difficult to find a prominent Southern
man who has not a great admiration for his
character. As for the colored people, w'hat
civil right is there to which they are en
titled that they do not enjoy l
The opposition to Dr. Bacon which de
veloped in his church, and which was ex
pired when the question of extending to
him a permanent call came up for settle
ment, was not based upon his political
views, nor upon the fact that he is a North
ern man. Had it been he would not have
had such a strong following—a following
composed of those who are second to none
in their love of the South, whether the old
or the new, and of everything wliich the
Southern people hold dear. Dr. Bacon has
no'stronger friends anywhere than he has
in this city, outside of his church as well as
in it. He is the kind of a man who makes
friends and enemies. He doesn’t mean to
make enemies but he can’t help it. What
has happened to him here, if we do not
judge him wrongly, is likely to happen to
him in any Northern city.
It is true that much feeling against him
was expressed immediate!y after he preached
what has been called a Fourth of July ser
mon, but when the sermon came to bo ttu
derstood the feeling subsided, and many of
those who criticised him the most harshly are
now his warmest friends. Tho e who still
refer to that sermon as an objection to him
do so not because of the matter in it, but
because they question the advisability of
bringing the subjects with which it dealt
iuto the pulpit. It is doubtful if there is a
congregation at the the North which
would quietly submit to the utterance
from the pulpit of political sentiments that
might disturb its harmony.
What then were the grounds of oppo
sition to Dr. Bacon' If we are not mis
informed they were his alleged lack of tact
and judgment, his aggressiveness in matters
pertaining to the church, his interpretation
of the Scriptures, his failure to make him
self acquainted with members of his
church in their homes and the conviction
that though he might make warm friends
he would be certain to make enemies to
such an extent as to keep the church in a
continual state of unrest.
The gossip about Dr. Bacon's political
opinions was an outgrowth of i he opposition
to him and not tne cause oi it. The oppo
sition existed before lie preached his Fourth
of July sermon, and before opinions res
speeling colored people were attributed to
him.
Dr. Bacon is a man of splendid ability and
sterling integrity. Those who are hostile
to him will concede that. If he lucks the
faculty of harmonizing jieople it is his mis
fortune rather than his fault.
The bogus bomb which a Washington
news-fakir sent to tho house oi Chief Justice
Waite, of the Supreme Court, at Washing
ton, immediately after the decision of that
court in the cases of the Chicago Anarch
ists. is believed to have caused the death of
a nephew of the Chiei Justice who wrs sick
iu the house at the time with typhoid fever.
The doctors say that the excitement caused
by the reception of the bomb acted unfavor
ably upon the young man and made iiis re
covery impossible. The news-fakir lias been
indicted, and if lie gets his deserts he will
spend sometime behind tho bars of a prison.
Justice Duffy, of Now York, expressed
the opinion that “Sullivan is a big blow,”
and that it would please the court to see
him knocked out. The Judge does not core
to undertake tiie job himself, however, hut
he has deputized Joe Coburn to find soma
oue to “do up” the champion.
Gen. Booth, of the Salvation Army, has
just expressed the opinion that a man who
makes money should spend it for the good
of the Christian community and has ex
pressed his willingness to act as treasurer
for the Christian community.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1887.
1 Threatened Disturbances In London.
It is expected in London that there will
be trouble in that city to-day. The author
ities are determined that there shall lie no
meeting in Trafalgar square, and it is be
lieved that the unemployed thousands, the
Radical clubs and the agitators have deter
mined that thereshall be. In our dispatches
yesterday it was stated that 0,000 sueeial
constables have been sworn in, and that the
troops which will be in readiness to go to
the assistance of the police, if any assistance
is needed, have been supplied with buck
shot.
l’he riot which occurred in Trafalgar
square and its immediate vicinity last Sun
day was a very serious one. More than 200
of the populace and about forty policemen
were more or less seriously injured. If an
attempt is made to hold a meeting to-day
the people will be better prepared to cojie
with the police and will be more aggressive
than they were last Sunday, for the reason
that public sentiment in l.ondou is some
what divided on the question of the right
of the authorities to prevent meetings in the
square. Several of the news
papers have severely condemned
the police for their attacks on the people
last Sunday, and at a number of public
meetings, which included men of influence,
resolutions were adopted declaring that the
attack was an outrage.
There is no doubt that the right of the
people to meet in Trafalgar square, or else
where in the city, to give expression to
their grievances is admitted in London,
and, doubtless, no opposition would be made
to a meeting in the square to-day, if it
were not thought that it would re
sult in a very serious disturbance of the
peace. The reason that the meeting last
Sunday was prevented was the apprehen
sion of a riot. Meetings have been held in
the square frequently within the last year
or two, and until last Sunday the police
have done nothing to prevent them. Last
Sunday’s mooting, however, was intended
to be a demonstration of an unusual charac
ter. It was expected that fully 100,000 people
would be present, and it was understood
that socialistic and anarchistic orators
would deliver addresses of a very inflamma
tory character. Under the circumstances
the authorities deemed it wise to prevent
the meeting.
There is at present a very unhappy condi
tion of affairs in London. There are tens
of thousands of people who are unemployed,
and a very large percentage of them is on
the verge of starvation. Homeless men,
women and children wander about the
streets at night, and find a resting place in
the public squares, and even on the pave
ments of the less frequented streets. Life
has few attractions for them, and death
has no terrors. Not long ago some of them
walked into Westminster Abbey while the
services were in progress and demanded that
the well paid preachers should divide their
salaries with them. It is evident that if a
riot were to occur in London there would
not only be a great destruction of property,
but also of life. All the conditions are there
for a great disturbance, and it would re
quire very little effort to collect a mob that
would defy the authorities.
A meeting in Trafalgar square could do
no possible good, and might lead to a great
deal of harm. The government knows that
there is much suffering among the people,
and is just as likely to take steps to alleviate
it without any public demonstrations ns
it is if there are demonstrations. It is prob
able, therefore, that while the refusal to
allow great meetings in Trafalgar square
will be severly criticised by a few, it will be
generally approved by thinking people.
The Crown Prince's Condition.
The report of the condition of the Crown
Prince of Germany, contained in our dis
patches this morning, is much more favor
able. Oue physician expresses the opinion
that he may entirely recover his health.
The reports of the Prince’s condition, how
ever, may be expected to vary greatly from
day to day until it is definitely determined
w hether a fatal result is to he expected
from the disease with which he is afflicted.
In the beginning of the cancer from which
Gen. Grant suffered a hope was held out
that he would recover. The bulletins some
days were very encouraging and other days
they indicated a fatal result. The bulletins
respecting the condition of tho Crown
Prince appear to be about the
same character. The Medical
Hecord says; “It is possible, even should
the roval patient refuse to submit to an
ojieratlon, that he may yet live to reign over
the German empire, though the accession of
Prince William—an eveut which the lovers
of European peace seem to fear so greatly—
can hardly, in any event, be long delayed.”
There is no hope held out by the Hecord
that the Prince can be cured.
The question whether the cancer was
caused by tobacco, it seems, lias lioeti raised.
It was raised in the case of Gen. Grant,
who was a great smoker. The weight of
opiuion in that case was against tho tobacco
theory. It appears that the opinion is en
tertained in Germany that tobacco is not
the cause of the cancer from which the
Crown Prince suffer-. He never used to
bacco to excess. Iu fact, lie was always a
very moderate smoke■.
In his speech at the dinner of the Cham
ber of Commerce in New York, Joseph
Chamberlain is reported us pi-ading guilty
to the accusation of being a “Radical and a
Democrat of extreme faith.” Tiie Hon.
Joseph is not regarded in England now us a
Kadi cal or a Democrat, but as a renegade
to Democracy and Radicalism, 110 is rep
resenting in‘this country a Tory govern
ment, and is so far compromised to con
servatism that he will find it hard to free
himself it he so desires. Joseph is evidently
following the example of Lord Beaconsfield,
who in his younger days was a Radical, but
afterward became the leader of Toryism in
England.
According to a presentment of the grand
jury at Edgefield, 8. C\. a day or two ago,
every Judge who has held court in that
towu for a number of years has vio
lated his sacred oath of office, because he
failed to take such legal steps as were neces
sary to protect the public interests. When
the presentment was made there was a
hustling in court, and in a very short time a
delinquent county official was under arrest.
It is a good thing for the people to have offi
cials stirred up once in a while.
The Un ted Labor party iu New York is
divided on the question of spoils, and nl
readj - there is grumbling and growling over
the fact that George is the only lender in
the movement that is making any money
out of it. Mr. George is a good business
man. He has put bogus philanthropy and
practical politics to profit by advertising
his books and booming his newspaper. For
his work in behalf of the poor he has re
ceived r.bout $100,Off), it is estimated. His
followers must value his sympathy highly.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Most Will Not Like It.
From the .Yew York Tribune.
It will lie an excellent thing for John Most's
health if he is sent to the island again. He will
have to work and take baths. It would be hard
to say which is the more disagreeable to a
thoroughgoing Anarchist.
George and McGlynn.
From the Philadelphia ledger tlnd.)
As Dr. McGlynn'sefforts have about finished
up Henry George as the leader of a political
party, it would be but a return favor if Henry
George would now silence McGlyun as a politi
cal priest.
One of the Blessings of Protection.
From the Springfield Republican,
How is it that regularly year by year, about
this lime coal famines prevail and prices are
forced up and the miners never seem
to share in the advance? Various sections of
the country have lieen reporting a scarcity of
coal and exorbitant prices for some time, but
it has not been because of any strike of miners
nor lias there beeu any indication that they have
profited in the least by the high prices. The
way the sc coal lings do business was well illus
trated the other day by a Pennsylvania compa
ny. They raised the price of their coal 50c. a
lon because of a strike among the miners. The
strikers got an advance of 2tyc. a ton, and the
company pocketed the other 47j£c.
BRIGHT BITS.
"Here Is the little sum I owe you.”
“Ah, I had completely forgotten it.”
“You should have told me that sooner."—Ex
change.
The fruit-preservers of the country have de
cided to advance tiie price of canned fruit.
Their motto is: “Let us make large profits so
long as we can.”— Xeu> York World.
Ex-Conoressman Thorinoton was examined
once for promotion in the army. To the ques
tion, “How many British soldiers came to this
country in the revolutionary war?” he an
swered: “A sight more than ever went
back.” He got his promotion.— San Francktco
Alta.
She—James, do you know you put three but
tons on the plate in church to-day.
He—l knew what 1 was about.
She—James, perhaps you don't know that I
bought those buttons yesterday for my new
dress and paid 50c. apiece for them.— IVatierlv
Magazine.
The Information comes from New York that
the husband of Mrs. James Brown-Potter is on
speaking terms with his wife. This is something
to which no one will be likely to offer any ob
jections. No one but a carping and captious
critic will object to a mans cultivating the ac
quaintance of his wife.—Oil City Blizzard.
Brown—Well, old fellow, how is that love af
fair of yours getting along?
Smith—Not at all. She has taken to amateur
photography.
Brown—Why, what difference does that
make?
Smith -All I can get from her now is a nega
tive.— Detroit Free Press.
Boston Man—l think people must be becoming
honest. I have carried a valuable silk umbrella
for five years and no one has ever touched it
yet.
Omaha Man—Got a lock on it?
"No, it is just like any other handsome um
brella. I bought it from John L. Sullivan. His
name is on the handle.”— Omaha World.
Two Beaux to Her String. Celia—Why do
you encourage attentions from both Tom and
Harry ?
Irene—Well, dear, I like Tom best, but he is
not very well off, and can't afford a coupe if we
gu Hi the theatre. I call him my fair weather
beau.*
Celia—Then what do you call Harry’
Irene—My rain bow — Harper's Bazar,
A Methodist parson of facetious temperament
sat on tiie platform of tho Baptist church at a
recent public meeting when suddenly the water
failed to connect with the organ and the music
stopped. "You see," quoth the humorous di
vine, in explanation, "these Baptists can't do
much without water, and have to stop when it
is shut off.” Then the audience smiled and en
joyed the joke.— St. Alban's Messenger.
It is interesting to trace the evolutions of
words and expressions Cultivated people
say "How do you do?” Those who are less pre
cise say “Howdy-doo?” In the backwoods of
Tennessee they say "Howdy?” The noble red
man of the West says, “How?” while the cat
on the fence savs “Ow?”— Norwich Bulletin.
"I like mv boys to have plenty of young com
pany.” said'Mrs. Careful, "but they have agreed
with me to draw the line at girls.”
"Ya-as,” said her eldest son, "crinoline.” But
nobody smiled, and everybody looked thought
ful .—Brooklyn Fogle.
A drugoist tells this story at his own ex
pense. Said he: “A man came in with a pre
scription, and I noticed that the paper did not
bear the name of any physician. 1 called the
customer's attention to it, and he replied that he
knew all about ‘who wrote this prescription.
Never mind,' he said, ‘who wrote it. The doctor
signed his name nod I cut it off.' ‘What did you
cut it off tor?' I asked, eagerly. ‘So that I
wouldn't have to pay you his commission,’ was
the innocent response. I then tacked on 15c.
extra for luck, hut gave him a glass of soda
with a wink in it, and he walked out with the
air of a man immensely tickled at the success
of his scheme.”— Boston Gazette.
PERSONAL.
Max O'Rell and Joseph Chamberlain have
promised not to write books in this country, but
they will probably forget their promise
Mrs. Holmes, of Cincinnati, who has just
reached home after a 8.000-mile yacht cruise
through the great lakes, managed her own
yacht during tiie entire trip.
Mum i o i mdieu. tiie Parisian actress, has
just published a book on her travels in the “dol
lar” country us she calls America. She sup
ported Bernhardt on her last tour.
Gkaydon Johnston writes in the Pittsburg
Pus* that he has a note from Joseph Chamber
ia n in which that gentleman declines with
thauks the "ot’ered” interview of the writer.
John O. Whittier, the poet, will be pre
sented by Ihe Essex • luh, on the occasion of Ihe
soiti anniversary of his birth, Dec 18, a testimo
nial signed by prominent men throughout the
country.
Mrs. Alice Wellington Rollins is studying
the [“u-nietit house question in New York for a
novel, hoping lo do for this question what Mrs.
Stowe did for slavery, and at the same time in
crease her income.
Miss Hii dkgarde Oelrichs, of New York,
when visiting at the Bradley-Martins’ shooting
box in Bu.itlaud, brought down a stag, and last
year lie exeited enthusiasm by shooting a griz
zly bear in the Rocky Mountains.
Robert Bouts Stevenson will winter at Sar
anac. intti>* Adirondack's ns the windless cold
of ilie region agrees with him. He writes every
day preparing an autobiography, a long novel
and tiie usual How of short stories.
Ex Secretary Manning lives a very quiet life.
He is constantly under ajphysician's cure. The
latter will not permit him io walk any great
di dance or climb a single flight of stairs. Mr.
Manning has. therefore, had an elevator place I
in his new home on Fifth Avenue, New York,
lie always rides in his carriage to and from his
ofliev.
Hi. nop Potter, of New York is credited with
the following joke: A young clergyman, not
fa- from Harlem. Wing on the eve of marriage,
and not wishing to trouble any of his clerical
brethren, w iytu to the Bishop inquiring if, as he
had already published Ibe baus from bis own
pulpit, lie could many himself. Tile Bishop at
once cupped the uuorv v.ith another: ‘‘Gould
you bury yourself?'' That settled it.
Baker Basra, better known as Col. Valentine
Baker, wliosi- death was nunomn- and recently,
will is- reuiemlicred as the English officer who
was cashiered and sentenced ton veTlr's impris
onment for attempting a criminal assault upon
it young duly m a ivilrn.u! compartment in 1 "Cos.
Tiie repeat'-d efforts oi Ids numerous friend*
failed to procure his restoration to the Engiisii
army. lie w a<a brave soldiernnd in after years
gave tiie English considerable trouble.
Cot.. R P. Boyce is a typical Virginian. Tall,
gray-haired and bus'll -whiskered, a little stoop
shiinMcred and the years beginning to tell u|Kin
him. lie talks with tiie twang of an old slave
holder and wilh the ideas of a New England ad
vanced Radical. He entertained a oarty of
friends at the Hoffman House, New York, the
olher evening, and it was well into the small
hours when the big-hearted, laugh-malting Vir
giuiaii let bis auditors go, aud they Jhad heard
some of the brightest stories of old Virginia
days that had ever tickled their listening ears
before.
William Saunders, the ex-member of Parlia
ment who was arrested in London Sunday for
attempting to speak in Trafalgar square, and
who was discharged Thursday, is well known in
this country. He made an extended visit m
ISfvt and afterward wrote aud published a work
entitled “Through the Light Country.” Again
in IsNi he returned to this country with a proj
ect t > simply special cable news. The arrange
ment fell through, but Saunders' idea has since
been adopted ami enlarged by the New York
papers. Mr. Saunders is about 50 years of age
and is described as the owner of several papers,
quite rich, of radical ideas and pugnacious dis
position. He was an intimate friend of Heury
George while the latter was iu England.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Tnr. first night the lake at Goneva, Minn.,
froze over it froze so quick and hard that a
large Dumber of geese were froze in, or at least
their legs, and the boys, the next day, while
skating around among them killed thirty-four
with clubs.
It is said that the biggest price ever paid for
a weaning colt was that paid by Arthur Caton,
of Chicago, to J. V. Strieker for Delphos, a son
of Natwood, and a grandson on his dam's side
of Harold, the sire of Maud S. 110 fetched at
auction $3,750.
William Donmoyf.r, of Bath, Northampton
county, Fa., who is working in a tannery at
Allentown, discovered recently that a fellow
laborer was his brother, whom he doesn't re
member ever having seen. They were separated
when they were infants.
There is an unaccountable and remarkable
mortality among the sardines of San Luis,
Obispo bay. They are dying by the thousands,
and the shores of the bay are covered with
these dead fish to the depth of two or three feet,
aud the stench is unbearable.
The silk dress coat has reached Boston, and
made a tremendous sensation among the dudes
of the Hub. It is really a handsome garment,
made of heavy, corded, lustreless silk, which at
a little distance looks like the richest of black
broadcloth. It is a Paris fashion.
Tramp life would seem to be undergoing a
radical change. In the East, lately, several of
the fraternity feasted on dog meat, and now five
othei-s have been arrested for breaking into (not
out of) the jail at York, Pa. Their excuse was
that they wanted shelter for the night.
Kansas is trying to encourage silk produc
tion, and nas, by act of Legislature, established
a station where eggs will be distributed and
reelers educated. Ten acres have been set out
with mulberry trees and fifteen reels are now
running, producing, it is said, excellent silk.
When a settler in the Northwest Territory
wants to go back to Ontario to lie married, the
Canadian Pacific railroad sells him a matrimo
nial ticket at the usual rate, and on presenting
the return coupon and a marriage certificate he
is entitled to free transportation for his bride.
There are SO blast furnaces in and about
Pittsburg, 35 rolling mills, 39 steel works, 15
window glass works, 37 flint-glass works and 11
green glass works. The blast furnaces make
900,000 tons of iron per year, the rolling mills
575,000 tons, steel works 750,000 tons, plate glass
works 3,250,000 souare feet, window glass works
900,000.
One of the shrewdest men in Maine is now in
jail at Paris. He was arrested at his home in
the northern part of the State and taken to
Paris, where he gave bond. A few- days after
ward he came back and told his bondsman to
surrender him. "I’ve got to stay here for some
time,” he said, “and I don’t want to be at any
expense. 1 propose to have the county pay my
bills while I stay.’’
Frank Jackson, of Virginia City, Neb., out
shooting jack rabbits, saw an animal lying on
a ledge of rocks, and blazed away, “just to see
the critter run." The critter ran, but it ran to
ward Jackson, who waited to give it the second
barrel. The gun missed fire, and then there
were some very lively times between the man
nnd the beast, until a comrade ran up and
killed the latter, which proved to be a full-grown
lynx, with fully developed claws and teeth, as
Mr. Jackson had discovered.
A yoi’ng Australian near Bochara, after an
unusually hard day’s work, sheep shearing,went
to sleep on the sitting room couch after supper.
Soon he arose, walked out into the darkness,
went through four gates, which he carefully
closed, to the woodshed, and then hung up his
coat and took down his sheep shears and sharp
cued them. Then he caught a sheep and had
just finished shearing it, when some of the
household came with a lantern. Then it turned
out that he had been asleep all the time, and the
light of the lantern awakened him. The sheep
was sheared as well as though it had been done
In broad daylight.
The Bishop of London has recently made pub
lic some interesting statistics on the religious
life of the great city. According to his figures
the average number of communicants at com
munion services of the established church dur
ing the year was 47,714. At Easter the number
rose to 99,000. The average attendance at Sun
day morning services was 2iX).890: at Sunday
evening servicess 205,496. London is a remarka
bly ctmrch-going city, but this exhibit shows
that it has about four million inhabitants who
don't attend the services of the established
church, and that those who do constitute only
about one-ninth of the population.
The Situation in Atlanta. .
From the New York Graphic.
Brer Grady talks for temperance
And drops u silent tear
For Brother Howell’s principles- -
Which same they are for beer.
Brer Howell writes Brer Grady down,
Which is quite the proper caper.
And each expects to carry the town
By their mutual daily paper.
The public mind is tossed and torn,
And Atlanta's lovely daughters
Preach on the street to all they meet
The glories that are water's.
Sam Small.
A Lucky Young- Lawyer.
From the New York Graphic.
Judge John Davis, of the Court of Claims in
Washington, is one of the luctty young men in
polities. He never did work of any kind for
either political party—ho was not known in
their counsels and probably never spent a dol
lar in advancing their fortunes or success. Yet
he has been well taken care of for the last eight
or ten years officially, and has a life place now
that gives him a comfortable income and a set
tied prominent place in society at the National
Capital. He is not more than HU or 35 years of
age—a short, blonde, nubbin sort of boyish fel
low. who smokes cigarettes carries a big-headed
cane with the regular English swing, and looks
as little like a grave judicial officer of the
United States as Berry Wall or Delaneey Nieolt.
He stepfieil into a pleasant assured future when
he married, old Senator Frelinghuysen s
daughter, and President Arthur, who was more
intimate with the Frellnghuysens than with any
other family in Washington during his residence
there, made John Judge of the Court of Claims
just before Mr. Cleveland went to live in the
White House.
Blessings on Their Tiny Heads.
From the Boston Transcript.
A little motherless girl of five summers, who
was left in my care four years in New Orleans,
was one Sabbath morning busy over her doll's
wardrobe, when I approached her by saying:
"Lily. (Jcid is not pleased while you play with
your doll to-day.”
She looked seriously into my face and said:
"Mrs. H —God ims nothing to do with me.
Jesus takes car.- of little children.”
She was hi a Sunday school at Trinity church.
A small boy, also in my car", was found one
Sunday playing steam cars with his blocks, etc.
It was In Malden, prior to the advent ot horse
cars. I made a similar remark to the one above,
and his reply was in pure innocence:
“Does Hod keep 'em all up there to his self to
day t"
A little girl, walking in the public garden on
Sunday with her mother, begun to play upon
the grass, and was instantly restrained'to her
chagrin.
"Why can't I run on the grass, mamma ?”she
exclaimed.
“Because the policeman will make you go off
if you do. Don't you see the policemen over
there y Besides, it is Sunday, and Hod doesn't
want you to play.
"Oh. dear." said the little girl, "if it wasn't
for the policeman aud God what nice times we
could hate!”
Snakes, Properly Serpents.
There are four snakes only. I believe, in the
United Stab's that are considered poisonous
unto death, but if what I bear Ist true, and I
have no reason to doubt it. there is another,
which may he called the American asp, its
bite being even more fatal than that or the
raitle snake. It lives inuur canebrukes, is rare
ly seen on the ground, its habitat being among
the cane tops. It i-about a foot in length, and
its bite is so fatal that the Indian bitten by one
makes no attempt at cure but wraps his blanket
around him and sings his death song.
We have another snake proper, such being of
the worm form, which is rarely seen, but of
which I had u glimpse once in our mountains,
and of the horn on its tail. I had a specimen,
li is called the hoop snake from its mode of pro
gression. drawing its tail up to its head, and
then springing rapidly forward.it seems tore
volve like a hoop. It strikes in all directions,
but old Vandeveer, the hunter of Tallulah Falls,
said it turned a sumaset. whipping its horn
into the object attacked. The received opinion
among tlie country folks is that Its blow is fatal
to trees as well as to men or c ttle.
In my hunting adventures I have seen two
combats, one I**tween the black snake and the
rattle snake, and another between the king
snake ana the rattle, an t taking a lesson from
the latter I have ridden up to a flock of wild
pigeons on a dead tree in an old Held and cir
cumvented a cook of the ruffed grouse drum
ming ou a log till I got near enough to throw a
stick at him but missed him. U.
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Its superior excellence proven In millions of
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used by the United States Government. In
dorsed by the heads of the Great Universities a*
the Strongest, Purest and most Healthful. Dr.
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contain Ammonia, Lime or Alum. Sold only iD
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NEW YORK. CHICAGO, ST. I.Otns.
TOYS.
To the Trade
FOR
Tojs&HolidajGoeds.
PLATSIIEK’S,
138 BROUGHTON ST.,
The Leading Toy and Holiday
Goods House of this city wants
everyone to know that they
have completed unpacking the
most brilliant and richest se
lected
DollS !
Dolls!
Dolls !
Toys!
Toys!
Toys!
INCLUDING rare Domestic and Foreign Nov
elties, Wooden Wagons, wit h wood and iron
axles: Velocipedes in wood and steel. Bicycles
in steel and with rubber tire wheels. Girls' Tri
cycles in steel and wood, Doll Carriages from
the uulined willow to the handsome plush-lined
rattan, Hobby Horses, Shooflys, Swinging
Horses, etc.
An Exclusive Line Bric-a-Brac,
In Bisque, Lava, Terra Cotta, Venetian, Athe
nian and Dresden Wares, that no other house
here can duplicate in assortment, rarity or low
prices.
Plush and Satin Novelties.
Perfect gems in the way of Work Boxes, Odor
Stands, Jewel Boxes, Manicure Sets, Handker
chief and Glove Boxes, Collar and Cuff Boxes,
Fan Cases, Ladies’ and Gents’ Toilet Cases,
Playing Card Cases, with fittings: Standard
Plated Ware in plush cases. Gents’ Smoking
Cases, fitted Match Safes, Portfolios, Autograph
and Photograph Albums, and any other produc
tion in plu<h or satin you may desire: This line
knowing no equal in this city both in originality
of designs or lowness ot prices.
For Headquarters Come to Us!
We have supplied you many a year, we know
what you want aud ‘we have it, the LARGEST
VARIETY, LOWEST PRICES.
Inquiries elsewhere will only pain you loss of
time and money, so it is advised you all should
WRITE AT ONCE, or call in person tor your
selections. Further information on prices, etc.,
will l*‘ speedily Riven upon application.
N. B. - Goods packed with care and shipped
without delay.
"V I O T OES
OVER ALL COMPETITORS AT THE
Atlanta Exposition.
cpHF, first premium awarded to our GRAND
I TIMES COOK, BROADWAY and FOR
TUNE RANGES. Call aud gee the prize win
ners. The liest goods and cost less than any
offered in this market. The largest stock and
best selections of COOK and HEATING STOVES
OUR ECONOMIST OIL HEATING
S r(J\ L the best oue made.
Cornwell & Chipman,
167 BROUGHTON STREET.
P. J. FALLON,
BUILDER AS# CONTRACTOR,
22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH.
E S 7X T & mPUj ' lunUahe ' 1 for building
_ CIRCUS.
GLORIOUS AXD WORLD'EMINENT!
Two Magnificent, Complete Exhibitions at
Savannah,
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23d.
Most Positively the Only Tented Show tha
will Visit Savannah this Season 1
S. H. BARRETT’S
NEW UNITED
MONSTER SHOWS!
A Two Million Dollar Consolidation of Wild
Beast Caravans, Museum Prodigies, Cir
cus Champions, Processional Triumphs,
Broad Sword Combatants, “Wild ’
West’’ Features,Stage Sensations
and Hippodromatie Splendors 1
Stupendously Re-enforced With
Europe’s Startling Phenomenon,
T ¥ Dog-Faced
k3 kJ Russian Boy!
200 Illustrious Circus Champions!
UNPARALLELED STAGE AMAZEMENTS!
40 English and Kentucky Thoroughbreds
IN SOUL-STIRRING CONTESTS!
BROADSWORD COMBATS ON HORSEBACK!
50 CAGES OF
EARTH’S RAREST ZOOLOGY
CGttAJSTDKST
Herd of Elephants ou American Soil!
Including “Bismarck" and “Juno," the Men
archs of Brute Creation; “Doc" and "Ben
Butler,” precocious Elephantine downs,
and THE ONLY’ BABY ELEPHANT
ON THE CONTINENT!
The Most Dazzling and Faultless
Exhibition Ever Conceived by
the Genius of Man!
fp- See the Sumptuous and Sun-Bright
STREET PARADE at 10 a. m.
Usual Prices of Admission.
Extra Charge to See JO-JO!
Reserved Cushioned Opera Chairs at the Usual
Slight Advance.
Two Performances Daily—Doors Open at 1
and 7p. m. Performances begin an hour later.
Will also exhibit at Augusta Nov. 21, Milieu
22, Way cross 24, Jacksonville 25.
A. R. AIiTMAYKRtV ( (>.
Oilijerlfe,
(i
Public Benefactors.
Observer E. A. Haaner, of the U. S. Sig
nal Service, says there is every indication
of cold weather for next week. This means
a big demand for Boys’ Clothing, Blankets,
Wraps, Cloaks, etc., etc. The house that
can show the most reliable value in these
goods is the one that’s going to sell the big
gest share of ’em. Try us. You take no
chances. We are here for success and to
stay. Here’s a few hummers for you to
gaze on, only a few of the thousand in
vincible bargains to be found in this the
largest establishment of its kind in the
South. Blankets are our hobby; here’s one
from 150 bargains in this department:
100 Pairs 61-2 lb. White 111
Wool 12-4 Blankets,
Conceded by Wholesale Dealers to be
Cheap at $d 60;
We’ll Sell 100 Pairs This
Week for $4 a Pair.
Purchase a pair; you’ll need ’em; then
step to counter directly opposite and ex
amine sample of
100 Dozen Ladies’ ill Wool Underrests,
Guaranteed Medicated Wool Scarlet, <
Considered Cheap Last Week at $1 50;
This Week We’ll Run ’em at sl.
You MUST have a Muffk Well, here's
1,000 elegant Black Fur ones we’re running
off at 50c.; $2 50 is their value.
How are you off for Wraps? Didn’t get
one of the 75 we sold last week? Well, here’s
a chance: $25, $25 nl S4O Imported
Plush Satin-lined Shoß Wraps have
TAKEN A TUMBLE for this week only
to sl7 98.
Two bales Heavy Canton Flannel was sel
ling last week at 10c.; this week's price
Come and see the quotations in our pet
department (Dress Goods); see the tinap
proacliable bargains on centre Dress Goons
counter. The small fry will nov stand
aghast and cry “a bait, a bait,” acting on
the principle that “good wine needs no
bush. ”
We respectfully solicit an inspection of
the above and ask you to kindly be the
judge as to the genuineness of these invin
cible bargains.
A. J. ALTIATBRI CO.
Broughton and Bull Sts.