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CONGRESS’ FULL HAND.
REPRESENTATIVE NORWOOD ON
THE PENDING ISSUES.
The Outlook for the River and Har
bor Bill—Mr. Norwood's Views on
the Tariff Question—What He Says
About Mr. Randall—The Coming
Session to be Full of Politics.
Representative Norwood will leave to-day
for Washington to be present at the pre
liminary caucus on Saturday night. The
tenure of office is the life of Congress,
and when the Forty-ninth Congress ad
journed the clerks’ and employes’ terms of
office expired, although they hold over until
their successors arc appointed. They will
have to be elected at the opening of Con
gress, and the Democrats wish to have their
ticket made up satisfactorily so that no split
will occur to give the Republicans a chance.
Mr. Norwood was asked yesterday what the
chances for a harbor appropriation were,
and he said he could not tell.
“Will the appropriation for Savannah
not lie larger than it was lust timef” was
asked.
“Y’es, but not twice as large as it was be
fore, though it ought to be. The last ap
propriation ran out July 1, 1887. The river
and harbor bill which was passed by the
last Congress was not signed by the Presi
dent, because he had not time to consider it.
That left us without an appropriation for
one year. That year will expire July 1,
1888,"and the appropriation which will be
made by the next Congress will not be
available until then. It ought to be twice
as large as the last appropriation because
we have had none this year, but it will not
be doubled, though it will lie increased.”
“Will not Congress lie liberal because of
the large surplus ?”
NOT A POPULAR MEASURE.
"No. Next year will come the election
and the Democrats want to make an eco
nomical showing. Money will be a hard
thing to get from the fiftieth Congress.
Then, too, the river and harbor measur is
not a popular measure. There are so many
Congressmen who live on the prairies or in
the mountains who do not appreciate the
need of river and harbor improvements that
those coming from the banks of large water
courses, the lakes and the coasts have
to combine and stand up solid!)
for the measure, or they would
never get a cent. Those who do not live
near the water will not vote for the bill
under any circumstances, and they in
variably op|>ose it whenever it comes up.
The measure has been brought into disre
pute because so many appropriations have
ripen made for little creeks that no one ever
heard of. Sometimes we have to get a
local map before we can find one
of the streams that money is to lie
spent to improve. Of course it would
lie much better If wo could confine the ap
propriations to such ports as New York,
Philadelphia, Savannah. Baltimore and
New Orleans and to the large water courses
that support commerce as do the Savannah
and Mississippi rivers, but if we did that we
could not get votes enough to put the bill
through. Money is wauled for these little
streams, and the committee has to give it to
get money for the more important places.
They have to throw the tub to the whale.”
THE MAIN ISSUE.
“What will be the main issue in the next
Congress f”
“The tariff, by all means. There will be
a hot fight and it is about the only promi
nent question before the country. I see that
the Washington correspondents are sending
out interviews with the Congressmen who
are arriving and who say that the tariff re
form bill will undoubtedly pass. I think
those gentlemen are reckoning without their
host. The tariff question is entirely in the
hands of Mr. Randall. In the last Congress
we had a majo ity of forty-three. When
we wanted to take up the tariff reform bill
Mr. Itandall and twenty-nine others went
over to die Republicans and there was a
majority of seventeen against us. In this
Congress our majority is only twelve. Mr.
Randall only needs six Democrats to fol
low him and he can get fifteen. Ho is
firmly fixed with his constituents. Penn
sylvania is the stronghold of protection,
and while Randall is a protectionist he re
ceives the support of both the Democrats
and the Republicans of his district, and no
body can touch him. Randall is enough of
a Democrat to want the Democratic party
to remain in power, but that is all. He is
a Republican in his tariff ideas and his
financial policy. He knows that as long as
he works for protection both parties will
unite to keep him in power, and he can sit
back and do as he pleases, for his position is
assured. He has a following more than
sufficiently strong to control the question.
He holds the balance of power, and unless
he favors tariff reform the bill will not pass.
I think Congress may abolish the tariff on
rice and sugar, but that is not lair; that is
not the way to reform.
MR. RANDALL’S CONSTITUENCY.
“Mr. Randall represents a constituency
that has been made enormously wealthy by
Protection. The iron and steel interest of
'ennsylvania is one of the wealthiest in the
world, yet he does not want the duty on
iron and steel touched. ‘Oh, no,’ he says,
‘keep your hands off of that,. Abolish the
the rioe and sugar tariff, but don’t touch
iron or steel.’ He is willing for rice and
sugar to go, but when it comes home to him
he cries stop! Protection per se is not
right, but it is not right to protect one class
of men and make them enormously wealthy,
and sacrifli'e another to satisfy the demand
lor tariff reform. Protection is a fraud
and a trick. There were two classes
of men in the North during the war—
one was thinking of nothing but fighting;
the other of nothing but making money.
The latter elected and controlled Congress
men and had the tariff put on. These men
have enjoyed the benefits of it for twenty
five years, and they do not want to give it
up, and they have maintained it by crying
that It protected the workingmen from the
pauper labor of England. That has been
made a war cry, and it has had a great effect
with the working classes, esjiecia ly with the
Irish. But protection is responsible for
all the strikes and labor troubles
and anarchy from which the North
is suffering. A tariff for revenue, when
it is needed may he all right. Protection
is then not the object hut the incident, but
to put on a tariff to protect certain individ
uals is nothing more tuan paying those in
dividuals a bounty for following certain
avocations, just as a steamship running las
tween here and South America might be
paid, though in that e&*j the bounty would
be propei', for the ship would be lieuefitiug
commerce bv building up for tlm country a
new trade, but to protect individuals is not
the original purpose of this government. It
was not intended to he a suckling mother. ’
THE INTERNAL REVENUE.
“Will the internal revenue be touched.”
“I think it prolwble that the general to
bacco tax will lie abolished or reduced.
Randall would like to wipe the internal
revenue from the statute books. It amounts
to more than 9300,000,000 per annum, and
tie could theu say, ‘Now, wuat are you go
ing to do about the tarifff Your current
expenses are $365.u00,000, and how will you
meet them if you reduce the tariff? Ran
dall would like that very much.”
“Will the silver ques> ion come up again?”
“No. The silver law we now have is
operating so smoothly that the opponents
of silver coinage will not touch it for fear
they will get something worse, if that law
is disturbed it will mean unlimited coinage.
The silver certificates are going out and trie
silver upon which they are issued is piling
up. The flow of gold into the country has
not been stopped, as the anti-silver men
predicted, and the silver notes have main
tained tlieir value firmly.”
“Congress will attend more to politics
this year than to business, then f”
“Yes, the Congress preceding the Presi
dential election always does. There
will boute warm work over a
number of measures. Thu indigent pension
bill will come up again as sure
ns Congress meets, and there will lie a
hot and hard fight over it. Both the Demo
crats and Republicans of the North are
working for the Grand Army vote, and the
indigent pension bill will be a bone of con
tention. It is as sure to come upas Cleve
land is to be re-elected, and there are many
other political measures that will have to tie
fought hard. The ground will lie contest and
inch by inch, and thus be a warm, a very
warm session.”
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
A Darien Negro Before Mclntosh Court
for Murder.
W. W. Fraser, Esq., returned home yes
terday from Darien, where tie has been at
tending Mclntosh Court, and he left the
court busy on a large docket. It is now
engaged with the trial of Alfred Smith for
murder. Smith and another colored man
named Allen wore on a tug boat., and Allen
fell overboard. He was picked up, and he
nee :sed Smith of having pushed him over
bonrd. The men went ashore on Policy
Island, and there continued their quarrel.
Allen drew a razor and Smith a pistol. The
testimony was conflicting as to whether
Allen was advancing on Smith with the
razor at the time of the shooting, but Smith
tired and struck Allen, who died the next
day. Solicitor General dußigiion secured
an indictment against Smith, and is prose
cuting him. A batch of liulf a dozen gam
blers were hauled up and convicted.
THE DECEMBER COURTS.
The Grand Juries and Both County
and City Courts to Meet Monday.
On Monday, Dec. 5, the Superior Court
will begin the December term and the City
Court will resume its sitting. The grand
juries will both meet and begin their work
of indicting and recommending. Thore is
about the usual amount of business await
ing the courts. There tire nearly thirty
criminal cases for the Superior Court and
about twenty-three for the City Court..
Most of these are small cases which will
probably bo disposed of early in the term
m order to clear the jail. The more ini
portent criminal cases w ill go over until
perhaps the latter part of January.
There will lie some interesting
trials when they come on, but
the many small cases both civil and crimi
nal must bo disposed of before these can bo
taken up. The civil business in the City
Court is very light, and most of the cases
are small. Iu the Superior Court the civil
docket is heavy, but most of the cases are
those which went over from the last term.
Comparatively few civil suits have been
filed so far. The work of the courts during
this term will no doubt be heavy before
they get through with the unfinished and
the new business.
MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD.
Death of Maria Steel, Aged Over 115
Years.
Maria Steel, colored, said to have been
115 years old, died yesten lay morning at
her son’s house, No. 11 Gordon street. Al
though extremely feeble and with hardly a
remnant of mind left, she lived to attain
her 115th birthday. There are some doubts
as to the woman’s age, though her family
say that she was 115 years old. She was
born in Rockingham county, North Caro
lina, in 1773 and passed most of her life
there until five years ago when she came to
Savannah to live with nor son. She had two
children, Greeu and Elijah Steel, one of
whom lives here and the other in North
Carolina. Both are well advanced in years.
Green is employed at the Savannah, Flor
ida agd Western Railway, and it was at his
home- that his mother died. She was a
small woman, active in body, and hail a
clear mind up to about a year ago, when
she began to fail, until she lost her miml
and finaliy dies!. Her funeral will take
place this afternoon.
LAST NIGHT’S FIRES.
The Firemen Called Out by Two
Alarms—Both Fires Slight.
An alarm of fire was sounded about 11
o’clock last night, but it sounded irregu
larly' and it was not known whether it was
from box No. 3or No. 13. One of the en
gines went to No. 13 and then found that
the alarm had come from No. ", the police
barracks. The tire was in a small frame
house, No. 44 Hull street, which was oc
cupied by Samuel Brown, a colored man.
The roof caught from the chimney and a
small hole was burned in it. That portion
of the fire department which went there
extinguished the blaze before the amount
of the damage had reached $5.
A telephone alarm was sent to firemen’s
( headquarters from West Broad and Presi
’dent streets about 7:30 o’clock last, night
because the chimney of the Telfair Widows’
Home was burning. Nothing burned but
the chimney, but the widows and children
who live in the home were badly fright
ened.
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.
Myrtle Lodgo No. 6, K. P. meets to-night.
Pulaski Council No 153, R. A., will hold
a regular meeting this evening.
Landnim Lodgo F. A. M. will hold a
regular communication to-night.
Savannah had a touch yesterday of what
the signal service lias been predicting for
several days—the cold snap. Mercury
went down to the 35* mark, and the highest
it got was 44*.
Mrs. Dr. Mary Jane Me Master took out
a license yesterday from the Superior Court
Clerk’s office to practice medicine in Chat
ham county, and her’s is the first woman’s
name to appear on the license book. Dr.
McMaster is a Massachusetts woman. She
has been practicing in Atlanta and
Augusta.
Local Personal.
Henry C. Butcher, President of the South
ern Cotton Oil Company, was in the city
yesterday.
Mr. George W. Wylly and family loft
yesterday for their winter home near San
ford county, Florida.
Rev. I-oonard Wooisev Baeou will leave
for his former home iu Connecticut to-day.
He will sail tills morning on the Tallahassee
for New York, aud will go tlieuce to Nor
wich, where he will re it min for tli ■ present.
The Tallahassee will sail at 6:30 o’clock fliis
morning, and Dr. Bacon’s friends hade him
gflod-by at the steamer last night.
Some of the delegates to the Lutheran
Synod remained over until yesterday, and
left for tlieir home last night. All of them
were delighted with the manner in which
they were entertained, and before they left
pa sed resolutions thanking the people, not
only of the Lutheran church, but of other
churches as well, for the generous aud
kindly reception which they were given.
Y. M. C. A. Notes.
The young men’s Bible class will meet this
evening at 8 o’clock.
The gymnasium apparatus is being over
hauled, additional machines are ber g manu
factured and new fixtures will he put in at
an early date.
The lecture by Henry Frith Wood on Doc.
13 will bo illustrated by an artistic collection
of humorous and realistic oil paintings from
life. Members can secure ticket* from the
General Secretary for 35c. Those who are
not members can secure tickets from any
member of the committee, at Davis Bros’,
and at the association oflice.
Go to the Theatre Friday and hear the
story of the little white Rose.
Tho man that couldn’t tell the difference
between a mule’s ears and a lemon can
plainly sea the advantage- < t buying his
Shots? at Rosenheim's, after examining their
goods and learning tlieir prices.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1887.
THE NEW JAIL BUILDING.
What Is Being Done to Remedy the
Defects in Its Construction.
The new jail is still in the hands of the
contractor, and it is a problem how he is
to get rid of it. When Mr. McDonald, the
architect, was in the city last week and
examined the work he submitted a
report to the County Commissioners, which,
however, he failed to sign, in
which he forth what the contractor
should do itl order to complete his contract.
The defects pointed out by Mr. McDonald
are receiving attention, and have nearly all
been remedied. The changes will be com
pleted to-day. The contractor expresses his
willingness to comply with all the require
ments in the report except that which calls
upon him to make the tinner give
u bond for his work. This Mr. Bowe says
he cannot do. The architect also demands
t hat the heating apparatus should be tested,
which of course can be done as soon as
everything is ready about the building and
the weather is such as to thoroughly test its
heatinsr capacity.
Mr. McDonald, in his report, says that the
building is a substantial one, and when what
he recommends to be done has been done the
jail will he as good a jail as there is in the
country. Mr. McDonald lias failed to recom
mend that It be received by the county, as re
quired under the contract, as he is the sole
judge of the execut ion of the work. In the
meanwhile the matter has been further com
plicated by garnishments being served on the
county for amounts due sub-contractors.
The general opinion is that there should
be some plan devised by which the cqunty
cun get possession of the jail as soon as the
contractor complies with the architect’s re
quirement* and the contractor receives what
is due him. This is what will probably liavo
to be done in the end. Mr. Bowe, it is
stated, by a mistake in his figures, took the
contract about SIO,OOO below what he in
tended, and below vrhat the next highest
bidder put in for. That error, though his
own fault, has doubtless been the cause of
some of the work not being of the very best
character, but those who have examined
it state that it would be a difficult matter,
except, probably, in regard to the brick
arches in the cell house, for any one to say
that it Is not as good work as could be re
quired.
The jail was built under the supervision
of the architects, Messrs. McDonald Bros.,
of Louisville, Ky., or tlieir representatives,
and such defects as cannot now be remedied
may have been the result of laches on their
part. Apparently it was somebody’s duty
to see thnt the work was done satisfactorily
as it. progressed, and not wait until the com
pletion of the building to find fault with
things that cannot now be remedied.
Pursuant to the report of the architect the
sills of the windows have been throated, the
corners inside the building protected with
wooden beads, and all of the suggestions
have been carried out except a few which
time has not permitted to be looked after.
It is probe bio that the County Commission
ers will adopt the wisest measures that will
place the jail iu their hands as soon as possi
ble, and leave the questions of garnishments
and other disputes to be settled between
those involved.
BIBLES FOR THE PEOPLE.
Two Thousand Families Supplied Dur
ing the Past Nine Months.
Rev. J. F. Brundage, Savannah agent
of the American Bible Society, has
finished his report for November. During
the month ho visited 1,311 families. Out of
that number 571 wero without Bibles and
334 could not road one if they bad it. He
supplied 314 fa ilies and 130 individuals
with Bibles and Testaments. Mr. Brand
age’s canvass will occupy several months
yet. During the nine months ho lias been
canvassing the city he has visited 10,353
families. 3,004 of which were without Bibles
aud 1,103 couldn’t read; 1,736 families and
individuals were supplied with the Scrip
tures, either Bibles or Testaments. In addi
tion to his work as colporteur, Mr. Brun
dage is conducting a series of Tuesday after
noon meetings at Trinity Methodist church,
on the subject of divine healing, in which
he is a firm tieliever. Mr. Brundage’s resi
dence is No. 313 Hull street, where he will
supply Bibles to those desiring them.
WORK AMONG THE SEAMEN.
The Savannah Port Society’s Efforts in
Behalf of Poor Jack.
Rev. J. L. Gilmore, chaplain of the Sa
vannah Port Society, gives the following
report as regards ' the Seamen’s Reading
Room and Bethel for November:
Number of seamen visiting rooms 767
Number of letters written at rooms 68
Paces of tracts distributed 2,030
Seamens' Friend distributed 202
Life Boat distributed 140
Religious payiers distributed 144
Bibles and Testaments distributed 4
Total abstinence pledges taken 7
Sermons preached 8
Thanks are due the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association and others for contribu
tions of papers, etc., for rooms.
At the Theatre To-Night.
John F. Ward in “The Doctor,” will be
to-night’s attraction at the theatre. Mr.
Ward is one of the cleverest comedians on
the stage, and “The Doctor,” in which Mr.
Ward appears as “Higgins," the doctor’s
servant, is one of the funniest of plays.
The Times-Union says of Wednesday
night’s performance in Jacksonville, that
Mr. Ward’s songs, “Once in a Thousand
Years” and “I’m Sorry It Ever Occurred,”
seemed to find the pulse of the audience,
though he did not seem to meet with equal
success when attempting to locate the pulse
of a “so-called” patient whose treatment he
undertook during the doctor's absence. The
medicine prescribed was “strong,” as were
the twinges of “Higgins’ ” conscience after
inquiring into the power of the article itd
mblistered, but fortunately for the “alleged”
doctor’s future peace of mind, the patient
was “strong” also, and not only survived
the treatment., but conceived a very strong
admiration for “Higgins” as a “so-called”
physician. “Higgins’ ” ludicrous assumption
of scientific knowledge and persistent en
deavor to use high-sounding, technical terms
was something very amusing “as it were."
Loan Association Election.
The Workman’s and Trader’s Loan and
Building Association held its annual election
for officers last night and elected the follow
ing:
President—G. \Y r . Lamar.
Twasin or—Henry A. McLeod.
Secretary and Solicitor—J. L. Whatley.
Directors —V. 8. Studer, S. J. Wheaton,
William Scheihing, C. A. Fleming, John
Asendorf, Henry Bartlett. .
The Treasurer submitted his report, show
ing that the profits of the association were
at tho rate of 10 per cent, per annum since
it was organized, which is a very satisfac
tory exhibit.
The Now Bank.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Citizeus’ Bank, of Savannah, held
yesterday, F. M. Hull was elected President,
C. H. Dorsett, Vice President, and George
C. Freeman, Cashier. The bank is located
at the northwest comer of Drayton and
Bryan streets, in the building formerly oc
cupied by the Southern Bank. As soon as
it is ready lor business due announcement
will be made.
Don’t buy that new pair Shoes until you
have examined Joseph Rosenheim & Co.’s
large stock. They can fit you in any stylo
and price.
A Rure cure for tho blues, “The Doctor,”
Theatre Friday.
Strauss Bros, are selling Okra and Toma
toes at 10c. a can.
Buy your Currants, Citron, Raisins,
Spices and Nuts at Strauss Bros'.
TO BAVE THE CITY MONEY.
A Reduction in the Cost of the Scaven
ger Service.
The estimates which have been made of
what the city will save by operating its
own scavenger department, show that there
will be an annual saving to the city of sev
eral thousand dollars. At first It was thought
that the only benefit which would be de
rived would be from an increased aniftunt
of work obtained from the outlay of no
greater amount of money, but it has been
round that not only will the amount of
work the department will do be increased,
but the expenses will be cut down.
The present contract system costs the
city $16,500 per annum. Besides
that there is much work to
bo done on Sundays in the summer
and the city pays out several hundred dol
lars every season for that. A scavenger
department of its own would cost it but a
little over $13,000 and that would include
the Sunday work and much extra work
which is not now done. The contract is
carefully drawn, still questions arise be
tween the city and the contractor as to his
duties in case's that could not have been
anticipated. These difficulties will all be
avoided by the new system and teams can
often be used in other departments, such as
the odorless excavating department.
The cost of equipping the department is
estimated at about SB,OOO, but it may be
much less. If the caats now in use can be
bought for a reasonable sum they will be
purchased. Changes would have to be
made in them, however. They have slats
in the bottoms to permit fluid matter to
drain through to the streets. This matter
should be hauled away with the solid refuse
ami it will be when the city takes charge.
After the first outlay the city will save
money, and it may be that the plant can be
bought and the department run for a year
for the same amount of money that it would
cost to give out the work by contract for
year.
INQUIRY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
Liverpool Authorities Looking Into
the Matter of Ship Fires.
The Glasgow (Scotland) Mail prints a re
port of the inquiry commenced in Liverpool
by a stipendiary magistrate and Sir Digby
Murray, one of the inspectors of the Board
of Trade, into the recent fire on board the
West Hartlepool steamer Hawarden, now
in dock in Liverpool.
The Hawarden, a vessel of 1,167 tons net
register, had on board a cargo of 4,816 bales
of cotton, which were loaded at Savannah.
She loft here on Oct. 18, bound for Raval.
On the morning of Nov. 1, when the steamer
was not far from the Irish coast, the cargo
was found to be on fire. A jet of steam
was promptly directed into the hold, where
the fire was supposed to lie, and the hose
was got into play, whilst the vessel’s course
was altered for Queenstown. The tire was
kept under sufficiently to euablo the latter
port to be reached, and subsequently she
proceeded to Liverpool. Whilst the cargo
was being discharged in dock in Liverpool
the fire again broke out, and it was esti
mated that about one-third of the entire
cargo was either destroyed or seriously
injured.
The evidence taken was that of the Cap
tain (Mr. William Wilson), Mr. T. S. Hud
son, a director of the Hudson Steamship
Company, to which the vessel belonged, the
first officer, the first engineer, and various
members of the crew. They all stated that
great precautions were taken at Navanuah
in the loading of tbo cargo, and they could
not give any reason for the outbreak of the
fire. The Captain stated that smoking was
strictly prohibited upon the wharves, or
upon the decks, or iu the holds of vessels
at Savannah, and inspectors were employed
to enforce the prohibition. He did liot in
terfere with his own men as to smoking in
the forecastle, but he allowed
smoking nowhere else, and he did
not think any had taken place.
All the ventilators of the ship
were securely covered, so that no match or
spark could find its way down. The main
boiler fires were not lighted during the load
ing, and no sparks could come from the
donkey-engine funnel. Questioned as to pos
sible incendiarism, he said he had heard it
rumored that fires on cotton ships loaded at
Savannah, of which a great number had
happened at the same time, had been inten
tionally caused, but he had never been able
to get proof as to this. The mate, Mr.
Bryan, gave further evidence on this point
of a somewhat remarkable nature, in which
he referred to the almost simultaneous break
ing out of fires on the Hugheuden, of the
same line as the Hawarden, the Naples and
Resolute, and also on the Dessoug.
Holiday Presents.
We invite particular attention to the
advertisement of Christmas goods by J. H.
Koch published elsewhere. Mr. Koch en
joys a well-earned reputation as a trust
worthy and reliable dealer, and those mak
ing purchases of Silverware or Jewelry from
him will find every article precisely' what it
is represented to be. His stock is admirably
selected and first-class in every respect. All
are invited to call and be suited without
tail
Lovell & Lattimore’s Heating Stoves.
We have a large supply of upright egg
shaped Coal Heaters and all style warming
Stoves, that must go during theso cold
spells. We never carry uny of this sort of
stock and understand well how to
prevent doing so. Low prices avoid it. aud
will this winter, as far as we are concerned.
We have Stoves enough to supply nearly
every office, house and store in Savannah.
If you must have a Heater, call on us and
get our figures. Lovell & Lattimore, Whole
sale and Retail Hardware and Stoves,
Theoritcially I am all right, “Higgins,”
Theatre Friday.
Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. are receiving
another large lot of Stacy, Adams & Co.’s
celebrated Shoes, all styles.
Another lot of those fine Olivas at $1 a
gallon at Strauss Bros’.
Patent Leather Pumps aud Congress
Gaiters, for lialis mid imps, just received at
Rosenheim’s Shoe Store.
Hush! “Higgins and the Doctor,”Theatre
Friday.
Strauss Bros, are at 33 and 33} j Barnard
street, and have everything in the Grocery
line at rock bottom prices.
Gallon Apples and Peaches at Strauss
Bros’.
Ladies’ and Geutleiaen’s Velvet and Cloth
Embroidered Slippers, just received by Jo
seph Rosenheim & Cos.
Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. make a specialty
of Misses’ and Children's Spring Heel Shoes.
Magazine of American History for De
cember.
Contents: Frontispiece; Our Country Fifty
Years Ago; Stephen A. Douglas and the
Free Boilers; Aaron Burr: A Study. II.;
The Apotheosis of the Plutocrat; A Win-'
tor’s Work of a Captain of Dragoons; Notes
from Harvard College; The Treadmill in
America, and Other Interesting Papers.
Minor Topics, Historic Jottings, Notes,
(Queries, Replies, Learned Societies, Book
Notices, etc. Price 50c. For sale at Estill’s
News I)e]X)t.
Best assortment of Gentlemen’s Slippers
ever shown, can be seen at Rosenheim's
Shoe Store.
Williams & Hoyt's Misses’ and Children’s
Spring Heel Shoes can be had only at Joseph
Rosenueiui & Co.’s.
Sugar Corn, Extra Hifted Peas, Early
June Peas, two and three pound Peaches, at
lowost uncos, Strauss Bros.
DH. FALLIGANT STRIKEB BACK-
He Intimates that Col. Waring Should
Study Arithmetic, and that He
Doesn't Meet the Issue Squarely—The
Doctor also Intimates that the Colonel
Got Mixed on Gas and Bacteriology.
Editor Morning News: When a criticism
of my house drainage p ans for Savannah
appears in your columns over the signature
of “Col. George E. Waring, Civil Engi
neer, etc.,” the presumption naturally is
that he has been exact in his statements,
and that they are based on facts. It will
probably surprise you to see that he has not
1)000 exact.
W hat I stated was that a fall of 15 feet
could be gotten at any point along the East
Broad street sewer, as compared with the
surface level at West Brqad street, and that
15 feet in 4,000 foet gave 180 inches, or
inches to every 100 feet more jail than Col.
Waring claims for a part of his plans. In
no part of my papers have I claimed 41.<
inches or thereabouts as a necessary fall
except when the flow of the flush current
was dependent upon its grade fall , which
is tlie case with the Waring system. A fail
of 2 inches in 100 feet from West Broad to
East Broad street, with a good flush current,
will work well, anil the fall can
be placed at any figure between 2 and 4X
inches to the hundred feet, atid be made to
work perfectly by the amount and force of
the flush. Col. Waring’s calculations
amuse me hv their irrelevancy and inaccu
racy. The level from Bay to South Broad
along West Broad, and tho level from Bay
to South Broad along East Broad is about
the same, so that the fall in sewer grade
from AVest Broad to East Broad is to he ob
tained between the surface at West Broad
and the sewer level at East Broad—ls feet;
that is the top of the old sewer. Now
if the sewer is 15 feet below the surface at
East Broad and tho lane pipe should be
placed 3 feet below the level at AVest Broad,
the average depth would tie 9 feet. How
Col. Waring figures 31.2 at East Broad is a
mystery. He has evidently got a little
mixed in hit efforts or determination to
bounce my plans. A fall of 2 inches in a
hundred feet, beginning at 3 feat below the
surfact at West Broad, and extending to
East Broad, would givo 80 inches to 4,000
feet, or less than 7 feet in the entire length.
The average depth of the lone sewer
below the surface would be feet instead
of 15.4, as wrongly stated by Col. AVaring.
The heavier cut in the eastern portions of
the grade extend only between Bay street
and ’.'South Broad street lanes; beyond
which, and for the entire section south of
Liberty street, there is a natural grade fall,
very materially reducing the depth of the
cut.
In regard to the quicksand subsoil, Col.
Waring is either very unfamiliar with the
localities of its existence, or he has been im
posed on in the facts. There is not a spot
between Bay, South Broad, AVest Broad and
East Broad streets, within the levels neces
sary for my lane sewers, where quicksand
exists within 12 to 15 feet of the surface;
and in the southeast section of the city,
where it does exist, the natural grade fall
gives my lane sewers all the depth they need
without striking quicksand. (To use Col.
AVarings’ language, “The natural conditions
improve as we go south from the river.”
Now tho average cut of the Congress
street alley on a grade of 2 inches fall would
be feet—3 feet at West Broad, and 10
feet at East Broad. Even at 4Vs,' inches to
100 feet, the average would be 9 feet instead
of 13.2, ns erroneously figured by the
Colonel. Col. AVaring commits a very seri
ous error when he gets my Alice street sew
er-head 11.2 below the surface. Ido not
propose to put the heads very far below the
surface at any point, and the incline is to be
from west to east, and not from north to
south. If Col. Waring can start a pipe 3
feet below the surface at AA’est Bread, give
it a fall of 2 inches only in a hundred feet,
instead of 4, and find it 4 inches only below
the surface at Jefferson street, on its wav
east, he must have struck a hole that needs
filling up. There are some such in that lo
cality, and not quite such an absurdity,
either, as Col. AVaring calls it.
Of course mv system will requires water
main along AVest Broad street. That is
exactly my plan, and instead of depending
upon the automatic action of his I(JU-gallon
flush tanks, we will have the Savannah
river lor our supply, rather more reliable
I should think. It would be interesting to
learn how the Colonel proposes to supply
ing flush tanks, either by the steam pump,
or from the the stand-pipe, I imagine: and
I might say that the stand-pipe would be
a little safer, the steam pump might burst
the valves through which the water is
poured into his tanks! he’d better look
out!
Indeed, to be square, Col. Waring, don’t
you depend upon valves or checks of some
kind to keep too much water from rushing
into your flush tanks? and can’t we regu
late the stand-pipe pressure just as well ?
You make quite a hurrah about the danger
to the vitrified pipes from the stand-pipe
pressure when you know even better than I
do that it is entirely under your control by
tl e valve and by the quantity of water in
the stand-pipe —the pressure being abso
lutely determined t hereby. Then why don’t
you honestly say so !
I have never proposed at any time to
nut tlie entire pre.sure of the stand pipe on
the sewer. J have distinctly stated that we
had this power at our command, paid for,
(I am obliged to you for saying that it has
even more power than we need, which en
ables us to reduce the grade fall —some peo
ple in Savannah doubted whether it had
power enough!) and that this power was
perfectly controllable by valve and pressure,
or the quantity of water kept in the stand
The square way for you to do battle in
your own behalf is to explicitly deny these
declarations—if you think them wrong.
Your assertions about your lateral Open
ings being better than the top openings for
the reason that the top openings drive back
sewer gas, and your lateral openings don’t,
is too absurd for discussion. Send me a
copy of the work on gas out of which you
got that idea. It has the novelty of being
new, if it is nonsensical. As to your “smooth
flow of sewer and house drain,” and your
method of improving its smoothness by
putting in as many breaks to its smoothness
as you can with your lateral openings, your
arguments are simply baseless. I really
thought you were smarter. “Distance lends
enchantment,” etc.
Your advocates in Memphis claim much
for the pulverizing of the solids by the flow
of the current, whilst your later knowledge
of bacteriology induces you to avoid spray.
These two idoas are not consistent. When
the pipes are scoured out by a good flush
current, where will your gases find origin!
It is always wise, Col. Waring, to recog
nize that other people in the world may he
as wise as you. The plans proposed by me
have been submitted to gentlemen quite as
familiar with engineering as yourself, an i
more apt to study improvements than one
who, like yourself, possesses too egotistical
an inner consciousness of his own supe
riority. When a man is satisfied that he
knows enough, it Is unlikely that, ho will
ever learn much more.
Louis A. Falligant, M. D.
Your pipes do not. always work success
fully. In the matter of separation of sew
erage or house drainage from surface
drainage, it is quite likely our view s agree.
The manholes to which you object hail to
be pur in as a necessary improvement to
your Memphis system, and many of your
pi|>es were found too small and liable to ob
struction.
Suppose I pour a flush from a 50-ponnd
pressure through a 2-inch valve into a 10-
mch main: Do I get a 50-pound pressure of
10 inches diameter in the 10-inch maiu? This
question is not more ridiculous than your
intimation about the jarring of the mains.
L. A. F.
One overshoe Will do for both Pedexters,
Theatre Friday.
Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. are sole agents
in Savannah for Stacy, Adams & Cos. and
Taylor & Carr’s Gentlemen’s Fine Shoes.
You can get two cans Boston Baked Beans
for 25c. at Strauss Bros’.
THE DAY IN CHARLESTON.
What is Going on in South Carolina’s
Metropolis City.
The proposed phosphate bill in its general
features, the News and Courier says, is
likely to be accepted as a good law by both
the land and river companies.
The cotton kings around and about tlie
Charleston Exchange are talking of re
establishing the old private cotton pool.
The object of the pool is not to affect the
cotton market. It will be something on the
order of a guessing' class to be com |x used of
gentlemen from South Carolina, Georgia
and even from Alabama, if they desire to
“come in on the hit.” The idea is’ to get up
a kind of a jack-pot of sealed envelopes con
taining flve-doilar bills and the guesser’s
estimate as the year’s production of cotton.
The ultimate authority as to this production
is to be the New York Financial Chronicle.
W hen tho statement of this journal is pub
lished they will “call the game” ana the
most approximate guesser rakes in the po’t.
It has lxieii customary that the man who
captures the boodle should set up tlie cham
pagne, etc., and this custom will probably
become a part of the re-organized pool.
Rough Weather at Sea.
Tho Italian bark Angela Maria, with a
cargo of sulphur from Girgheutifor Charles
ton, 8. C., was boarded out yesterday by
the pilot boat Mary Odell. The boat had a
Charleston pilot on board, but being unable
to make Charleston desired to come into
Tv bee roads and anchor, but could not
wear ship on account of the wind, and had
not arrived in the roads up to last night.
The Nacochee’s Quick Trip.
The steamship Nacoochee arrived last
night from New York. Bhe made the trip
from dock to dock in fifty horn's—rather a
fast trip.
CHINA AND BRONZE GOODS.
A Reminder to Those in Search of Wed
ding Presents.
Read over this list and see if anything
strikes your fancy:
Fine China in cases, real Cut Glass,
Bronze and Bisque Statuary, Japanese Pot
tery, Antique Teira Cotta, Hungarian and
Flemish Vases. VVe could go on for a whole
column, but, never mind, call and see the
goods themselves, we think you will be
pleased at Crockery House of
Jak. S. Silva & Son,
140 Broughton street.
Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. have the reputa
tion of kpeping the best makes of Shoes at
lowest prices.
Where the Ladies are Wanted.
AVoman’s sphere is to admire and be ad
mired, and while we are not organizing a
mutual admiration society, we candidly be
lieve that our establishment, in its holiday
array, affords a scene of fairy-like magnifi
cence seldom sm'passed in this country. VVe
appeal specially to the ladies —naturally
appreciative of the beautiful anil artistic in
whatever shape presented—to visit us and
inspect our superb display. Diamonds and
precious stones of dazzling brilliancy and col
or, ban Lome Watches, Chains, Charms and
Rings, myriads of delicate conceits in valu
able ornaments, adorn our show cases. Rare
and handsome in ic-a-brac, Lovely Bronzes
and Statuary, meet tho gaze on every hand.
Toilet Sets, Tea Sets and varied results
of the artisan’s skill in Silverware for use
ful and ornamental purposes line our
shelves, while from every nook and comer
tempting articles of virtu, and the thousand
and one objects that are found in a com
plete jewelry establishment claim atten
tion ami admiration. AVe have spared no
pains to render our stock a model one this
season, and as our motto is onward and up
ward, fair and honest dealing in the future,
as in the past, will be the foundation of our
ambition. VVe claim to be the “Tiffanys”
of Savannah, and this claim must be up
held. AVe ask a visit from the public gener
ally, and there is no obligation to buy what
ever. Respectfully,
M. Sternberg, 157 Broughton street.
Misses’ and Children’s School Shoes, the
best in the city, at lowest prices, at Rosen
heim’s Shoe Store.
Health and Comfort.
In all ages and countries the foot has re
ceived as much attention as any other por
tion of the human body. It should be as
well dressed and as well cared for as the
hand. The problem now is, how fashion
ably to cover it, preserving its beauty and
its health. The covering to be of good qual
ity and good workmanship , hence having a
durability equal to any. The problem is
solved. A. S. Cohen, Broughton
street, finds no difficulty in fitting his cus
tomers. Persons living out of the city can
have au accurate fit by sending the size and
width of the shoe usually worn. All grades
and styles are to be found in this establish
ment, where is kept Solid Comfort Shoes,
combined with style and beauty.
Joseph Rosenheim & Cos. have just re
ceived another lot of those celebrated $3
Shoes, in Congress, Bals and Button.
A Bargain in Every Purchase,
Is the rule of the “Famous,” northeast cor
ner Congress and Whitaker streets. Wo
hold out no inducements in one article we
sell, and then charge more on another to
make up. Positively every purchase
made of us is a bargain, whether it is in
Clothing, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
llats, Trunks or Umbrellas, How can wo
do so! Plain enough. Two of the firm are
constantly on the lookout in New York for
goods in our line, with the ready cash, buy
ing only at the lowest prices, manufactur
ing all the clothing there, thereby saving
to our patrons the retailer’s profit, which is
at least $2 50 to $5 00 on a suit or overcoat.
Beside that, it enables us to have our cloth
ing made up and trimmed hotter than ordi
narily done by manufacturers, as we make
them up for our own sole, and strive to have
our customers pleased, not only when they
purchase, but also in the wearing of the
garment. We are thankful for the patron
age received, and can thunk ourselves for
receiving so much of it, by giving the good
quality of Clothing for such low prices.
Full line of Ladies’ Slippers, nil descrip
tions, just received at Rosenheim’s Shoe
Store.
Taylor & Carr’s Philadelphia Shoes can
be found in every stylo at Joseph Rosen
heim & Co.’s.
At the Harnett House, Savannah, Ga.,
you get all the comforts of the high-priced
ho els, and save from $1 to $2 per day. Try
it and be convinced. —Boston Home Jour
nal.
Okra and Tomatoes 10c. a can at Strauss
Bros’.
PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER.
THE OLD RELIABLE!
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
Printing and Binding,
93ha Bay Street.
New Machinery! New Materials!
Best Papers ! Best Work !
No Brag. No Bluster. No Humbug.
1 OR SALE.
M FOR SALE™
The schooner W. F. MABBCHER,
15 tons, almost new and well found.
Only reason for selling is that owner linsn larger
vessel. lor particulars addres-
F. U. BELL,
bavunnah. Ga.
MAKING POWDER.
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of Purity,
Strength and AVholesoraeness. More economi
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in competition with the multitude of low test,
short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold
onlu in cans. Royal Baking Powder Cos., tOj
Wall street. New York.
LUDDEN .to BATES S. M. Jl.
Useful, Ornamental and Artistic
Holiday Goods
zvr NOCW YORK PRICES.
Toy Books, *Games, Calendars.
XMuKh. Goods.
Stationery Cases, Writing Cabinets, Writing
Desks, Work Boxes, Jewel Boxes, Manicure
Sets, Brush and Comb Sets, Collar and Cuff
Boxes, Whisk Broom Holders, Clocks, Shaving
Sets, Gentlemen’s Dressing Sets, Game Sets.
Christmas Cards.
New Shapes and Novelties.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, Plush, Calf, Olive
Wood and handsome Morocco bindings.
Imported Bisque, Terra Cotta Bronzes,Medall
ions, etc.
Brass Goods.
Smokers’ Tables, Candle Sticks, Match Safes,
Ash Receivers.
Rino T.eat.her Goode.
Pocket hooks. Card Cases. Shopping Bags. lan
Tablets, Writing Desks. Music Rails, etc.
Fine Engravings and Oil Paintings.
Frames R>r Cabinet Pictures In Leather, Brass,
Bronze, Silver, Natural Woods, latest patterns,
lowest prices. Amateur Photograph Outfits
make nice presents for boys. They afford end
less amusement, and good pictures can be mad*
by a 13-year-old boy. Price only $3 50.
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INI
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I N all the fashionable WOODS, MAHOGANY.
ANTIQUE OAK, CHERRY and WALNUT
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and BRIC-A-BRAC.
New invoices of CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS,
PORTIERES, etc., in infest designs and
choicest colorings.
Our MAMMOTH STOCK. REASONABLE
PRICES and IMMENSE TRADE, warrant the
assert ion that we can please all who will favor
us with a call.
A. J. Miller & Co.’s
FURNITURE
AND
Carpet Emporium,
148,150 and 152 BROCGHTON ST.
UR A L ESTATE.
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Auction and General Commission Merchants,
—DEALER IN—
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116J4 Broughton Street, Savannah, Ga
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ELECTRIC BELTS.
Kl< sctrie Belt Free.
r l''o INTRODUCE it and obtain Agents we wilt
1 for the next sixty (lays give away, free of
charge, in each county in the United States •
limited number of our German Electro Galvama
Sir >.'iisory Belts-price, $5. A positive and nn
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If every Belt we manufacture does not generate
a genuine electric current. Address at ones
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DAVIS BROS.
PIANOS, ORGANS,
TUNING
AND REPAIRING.
THIS is to certify that Mil. W. H. WOLFP
I has done both piano tuning and repairing
for me, all of which has proven entirely satis
factory, and I take pleasure in recommending
him as a reliable piano timer and
[Copy.) LEO. W. MEHBTWS.
Mr. Wolff is now in our em
ploy ; and we take tuning by tha
year, or single tunings. Out
prices will be found low and
our work thoroughly guaran-