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A WHOLE FAMILY KILLED
SEPTUPLE SLAUGHTER FOL
LOWED BY SUICIDE.
A Worth County Negro Kills His Wife
and Six Children and Then Burns the
House Over the Corpses—The Mur
derer Drowns Himself in His Well.
Albany, Ga., Dec. 27. —News of the mur
der of au entire nostro family iu Worth
county was brought to the city to-day.
Sunday night Nathan Reid, upon the Widow
Qoloman plantation, about three miles east
of Mercer’s mills, complained of feeling un
well and sent a lad stopping at the house
for the night after the doctor. Upon their
return they found the house a mass
of smoking timbers ' and in the
debris the remains of Kelli’s
wife and children. A search of the prem
ises revealed tlie body of Reid in a well near
the house. His knife was lying near the
well, and his throat was cut in several
places, but not enough to cause death. It
Is thought that H id, who did not live hap
pily wifh his wife, in a tit of mental aberra
tion, murdered his wife and six children,
Aed then, smitten with remorse, attempted
to cut his throat, but failing to do so,
drowned himself in the well.
A DUEL WITH PISTOLS.
Two Young Merchants Settle a Diffi
culty by a Fatal Merting.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 27.—Some time ago
John P. McNally and Charley Calvin ran a
grocery store together on Washington street.
They failed under somewhat sensational
circumstances, and bad blood has existed
between them ever since. To-day McNally
met Calvin at the Waynesboro depot and a
pistol duel resulted. Calvin was shot twice,
hut his wounds being in the leg
are comparatively slight. McNally,
however, will hardly survive the
night. He is shot in the breast, the groin
mid the arm, and has not spoken for sev
eral hours. The attending physician says
he is bleed ng to death internally, and that
nothing can be doco to save him. Calvin is
in bed and virtually under arrest, a police
man having been stationed at the door of
his residence. Both young men are well
known, and the affair has created consider
able excitement throughout the city. Tuere
were no witnesses to the shooting.
Pope AValton (colored), a bell boy at the
Central Hotel, was badly t>eaten in Dublin
last night. Both of his jawbones wore
broken and his head was frightfully lacer
ated. His wounds may prove fatal.
Augusta has had three fires within the
past twelve hours, but the damage in all
cases were light.
The Augusta factory declared a semi
annual dividend of 3).( per cent, to-day.
Abel Wriglit, the faithful old negro jani
tor of St. Paul's church in this city, died
yesterday and was buried this afternoon.
The funeral was remarkable for the reason
that the vestry of St. Paul’s, which is com
posed of leading citizens of Augusta, and
C. G. Goodrich, cashier of the Georgia Rail
road Company, were the pall-bearors and
tlie entire congregation was present at the
burial.
FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS.
A Painter Falls From a Ladder and
Breaks a Leg,
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 27.—James
Brasewell, an industrious painter residing
at South Jacksonville, to-day fell from Mr.
Tootns’ house on State street, near Laura,
which he was painting, and broke his right
leg. He is a lai-ge, flashy man, and the lad
der upon which he was standing gave way
and he fell to the ground, a distance of
about forty feet. He has no family.
The St. Augustine Base Ball Club, smart
ing under their defeat of yesterday, have
challenged the Jacksonville team for a gaipe
on mutual gro uds for a purse of $5OO.
There was up to noon to-dav forty-four
murriage licenses issued during the month.
A lot of watermelons arrived here to-day
from Southern Florida for the Sub-Tropical
exposition.
Maj. J. Q. Burbridge has gone to Missis
sippi for a visit.
The young ladies have decided to have a
leap year party on the night of January
4thl
The United States Court opened at 11
o'clock tliis forenoon, after a day’s recess.
The chancery case of D. H. Valentine and
wife against J. B. Creech and oth rs, which
was begun on Thursday last, was again re
sumed and is s HI before the court.
This morning the third term ot the Crim
inal Court of Record was commenced at the
Court House, with Judge i-ctoo M. Jones
ou the bench. The cases tried were ali un
important.
The steamers City of Jacksonville and
Queen of the St. John’s, collided in the
river opposite South Jacksonville, yester
day, but the fact has be n kept quiei. Both
boats were after passengers from the steam
ship Seminole, and the presence of the
ferry boat Ravens wood crow led them. The
Queen’s guards were cut down, but the
damage is not over $5O.
Northern and Western mails have been
very late daily, lately, much to the incon
venience of business men. To-day both
came in eight hours late.
COLUMBUS CHAPTERS.
A Boy Falls From a Horse's Back and
Is Dragged Over the Ground.
Columbus, Ga. . Dec. 37.—1n the Mayor's
Court this morning, a negro who re
sisted an officer was fined *35 and put un
der bond to appear in the Superior Court
lor assault and battery.
This morning on 'Broad street, Frank
Vaughn ami Duncan McDougald, two boys,
quarrelled. Frank gave the He and Duncan
tnocked him down with a walking stick, in
flicting a painful, but not serious, wound
on his head.
Every day many small boys are to be
seen on the streets riding horses. This after
noon Charlie Jackson and George Radcliffe
were running a race on Twelfth street,
when the latter fell. His foot caught in the
stirrup and he was dragged about fifty
yards. Everybody expected to see hiiu
Killed before' the horse could be stopped,
but he escaiied with a bruised cheek and
scratched forehead.
Pensacola Pointers.
Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 37.—The Osceola
Club gave its annual holiday reception to
night at their club rooms in't his city. The
weather being propitious it was a gala
affair. The Osceola Club is the only social
club in the city, and entertainments of this
character are generally well attended.
‘ The American schemer Ada Carter,
which put into this port Sunday, Dec. is, in
distress, laden with a cargo of lumber,
bound from Mobile to Cuba, has arranged
to re ship her cargo. Tim vessel will proba
bly be repaired at this port.
An Explosion at ulllen.
Millen, Ga. , Doc. 37.—Yesterday morn
ing about 11:45 o'clock this town was at
tracted to the store of Ed. Pickens & Cos.,
where an explosion had occurred, injuring
tme of Mr. Mead’s little boys. An old ne
gro entered the store and set a bag on t he
floor and was doing some trading when the
bag exploded. He denied having any pow
der in the bag, but it is supposed he did, and
also a box or matches.
A Falling Hatchet.
Albany, Ga., Dec. 37.—George Mac-
Donald, of Redbone, Lee countv, after
cleaning hogs, struck his hatchet in a tree,
on a limb ol which the children had a swing.
IDs little daughter Lena came out to swing
and dislodged the hatchet, which fell upon
her head, making a terrible gash in W
right temple, The dulluess of tho hatchet
alone prevented instant death.
Do you suffer with catarrh; You can lie
cured if you take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the
great blood purifier. Bold by all druggist*.
MAMMOTH CAVE’S RIVAL.
A New Wonder Discovered by Men Ex
• ca vatln g In Kentucky.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—A sjx-cial from Bloom
field, lyy., says: “J. A. Allen, of this city,
while excavuting the foundation for anew
mill, struck the dome of a cavern of im
mense proportions from which a strong cur
rent of cold air issued with great force as the
workmen made the opening. Torches were
procure: 1 and Mr. Allen and Gain Hurst
were lowered down hv moans of a windlass.
It was about (it) feet from the surface to the
floor of tho cave, which they found to bo
level and sandy as if it was once the lied of
an ancient subterranean stream. They fol
lowed the main avenue for a distance of
over two miles and discovered an opening
in a cliff on the furm of Benjamin Wilson,
ind aw U-beaten path was easily discovered
that was once trod by Jiuman beings,
although it is now in many places covered
with forest trees and undergrowth.
a second exploration.
Messrs. Allen and Hurst, after emerging
from the cave, hastened hack to town, and
reported tlie result of their discoveries. A
large j>ai ty was at once formed, which en
tered the opening of tlie cliff on Wilson’s
farm. On one of the main a venues numerous
evidences existed that the place had evidently
been the abodo of cavemen as numerous
relics were found in the shape of pottery
and bronze articles. A sepulchre was also
discovered in a large niche or avenue at
right angles with the main avenuo, and in
it are numerous mummified bodies. Three
of them have heen removed to town and ex
cite great curiosity. The formations in the
cavo are beautiful beyond description.
Stately towere of stalagmites and
beautiful pendants of translucent
stalactites, suggestive of grotesque
and unique figures, are encountered
all along the wonderful sub-
terranean avenue. There is a beautiful
little lake, with water as clear as crystal,
ami ns is usual in cave streams, it is full
of tiny , eyeless fish. The avenues of the
cave will mea-uro in all probability about
seven miles, so that it may be fairly consid
ered another rival to the Mammoth Cave,
and certainly one of the many great won
deis of Kentucky, the country of caves.
EXAMINATIONS FOR POLICE.
Gotham’s Commissioners Declare the
System a Failure.
New York, Dec. 27.—Some time ago
Secretary Phillips, of the Civil Service Su
pervisory and Examining Boards, wrote to
the Police Commissioners asking for infor
mation as to how the civil service system
works in the police department. To-dav
tlie Commissioners sent a reply in which
they say that they have failed to discover
that the civil service system is an improve
ment; that under 'it the board is
narrowly and unwholosomely re
stricted in the selection of candi
dates for apfiointment on the force,
that the percentage of those who are dis
missed or resign under charges while on pro
bation is greater than it was und r the old
system, and that tlio percentage of com
plaints against the members of the force
apjKiinted under tho civil service system, is
about fifi per cent, as against 33 per cent,
made against policemen under the old sys
tem.
DUNN INDICTED
He Will be Tried Criminallv if He Win*
His Civil Suit.
New York, Dec. 27 —On Aug. 10 last
lawyer John K,. Dunn was locked up in
Ludlow street jail, in a qivil suit grounded
on the statement of Richard S. Scott, the
absconding paying teller of the Manhattan
Bank, who asserted that be gave to Dunn
sli>o.ooo of tho money he stole from the
bank. Dunn has been unable to furnish the
$150,000 hail required, and he has now been
indicted by tho grand jury for grand
larceny and having received stolen goods,
and will he tried criminally should the civil
suit result in his favor.
METALS ON THE JUMP.
Tin Goes Up to £167 Per Ton and
Copper to £lB5.
New York? Dec. 27.—After four days’
holiday the Ixindon metal market opened
this morning with a jump. Tin, which has
been stationary for over a week at £167 per
ton spot and £145 for futures, advanced 10s.
on the price of spot and ss. on futures.
Copper continued its upward tendency and
advanced 15 shillings on spot sale , which
now brings the pri> of ibis metal up to
£lB5 per ton. The New York market at
once responded, and the price of both metals
went up a few points.
FRANCE’S COl'l’Kß SYNDICATE.
Paris, Dec. 27. —La Justice and other
papers demand that the government inter
fere to suppress tho attempts of the French
syndicate to advance '.lie price of copper.
A PANIC IN A CHURCH.
The Burning of a Toy House Starts the
Scare.
Fairbury, 111., Dec. 27. At the Christ
mas entertainment of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, a little cabin was placed
on the platform to take the place of the
pulpit. It was filled with presents for the
children. The cabin, being built of cotton
and other inflammable material, took fire
from the lights and caused a great stampede
among the men, women and children.
Hundieds were trampled under foot, and a
good many were badly injured, some of
them probably fatally.’ The church was
saved by great effort , but the windows were
completely demolished.
HIDDEN IN EGYPT.
McNeally Will go to That Country to
Get the Stolen Bonds.
Saco, Me., Dec. 27.—The latest informa
tion received in regard to the McNeally de
falcation is to tho effect that McNeally was
taken sick while in Cairo, Egypt, and feeling
himself physically incapable of taking care
•of the bonus, hid them securely in that city,
where they now are. McNeally is said to
lie really penitent and will accompany tho
bank’s agent to the place where the bonds
are hidden and will give them up. He will
not return to the United States until the in
dictment is disposed cf.
Charleston’s Bloody Christmas.
Charleston, S. C.,De<\ 25.—Tho Christ
mas fistivities, which opened so bloody on
Sunday, closed at daylight this morning,
two more murders and half ad zon cut.tin
scrapes being the outcome. Groan Mvers
was carved to death by David Grant in a
street affray. C. 8. Minert, ail ex-member
of the Legislature, was also fatally stabbed
by John Wright. All those involved are
colored.
Such a Christinas has never been wit
nessed here. At 9 o'clock last night
all the cells in the police stations were filled
and the prisoners had to be penned up in one
of the halls.
Sherman’s Opposition to Lamar.
Springfield, 0., Dee. 27.—1n reply to a
communication from the Buckeye Club, of
this city, protesting against the confirmation
of L. Q. V. Lamar as an Associate Justice of
the United States Supremo Court Senator
Sherman, iu a letter, says: “I take the same
view of tlie nomination of Secretary Lamar
ns staled by your club. You may tie sure I
sliall do all I can to , revent his confirma
tion. I regret to say, however, that I fear
my efforts will be unsuccessful ”
A Schooner Ashore.
Lewes, Del., Dec. 27.—The schooner
Jessie Murdock, from Warehaiu for Nor
folk, is ashore at Merine Hun, Va. The tug
North America, which hail gone to her as
sistance, has returned, aud reports her leak
ing. The Lewes wreckers have contracted
to float her.
TTTE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1887.
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
Narrow-Minded Mexicans Opposed to
American Colonisation.
City of Mexico, Dec. 27.—The policy of
j allowing Americans to colonize lower Cali
j fornia continues to be agitated, the opjKisi
tiou taking the ground that the administra
tion of President Diaz in cordiality toward
Americans forgets the result of permitting
American colonization in Texas. Gen. Pa
checo, Minister of Public Works, replies in
a pamphlet showing that no danger
from American colonization exists, and in
fact that Americans are in the minority in
the territory of lower California. He
argues that the separation of Texas from
Mexico was brought about, not by Arneri
| cans who hail gone there to settle, but by
adventurers who bad flocked into the State
from the United States. He takes a liberal
view of American colonization.
CLERICAL SAVAGENESS.
The Clerical press is especially savage in
its attacks on Americans and the Diaz ad
ministration.
The Lilierals say that it was the Clericals
whqfold half ol Mexico to the United
St at*, and that it was the same party that
brought a foreign Prince here to rule over
the people, who did not want him, and that
the Clericals are the last persons who should
talk against an extension of tho privileges
of industrious, and honorable Americans >
seeking new homes on Mexican soil.
Gen. Pacheco maintained in his pamphlet
that no self-governing State, although
colonized by foreigners, will prove disloyal
to the Mexican Union.
The controversy occupies the public mind
to the exclusion of other topics.
A concussion has been granted to a steam
ship company for a line between New York,
New Orleans and Vera Cruz, the vessels
to touch at all Mexican ports
on tho Gulf of Mexico, and
to carry the mails. The usual
rebato of 2 per cent, on customs duties is
granted, and the line is oblige 1 to carry
freight ad passengers at lower rates than
those now charged. The government will
pay SU,OOO per round trip as a subsidy.
NATURAL GAS AT CHICAGO.
Professionals Give Their Opinions on
the Recent Discovery.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—The substance of the
professional opinions of the experts who
have during the past two days e tamined the
gas in the water supply pipe of the Cooke
Brewing Company is that tho gas is from
nature's reservoir. Among those who have
examined it is T. R. Winaus, who Is engaged
in the natural gas business in Pennsylvania.
He will make another and more thorough
investigation, and upon his o inion it is
said Mr. Cooke will act. Should it be favor
able work will be commenced without delay
for the purpose of securing gas for commer
cial purposes.
THE PRESSURE INCREASING.
The pressure of the natural gas at the
brewery is increasing daily, so the experts
say. To-day a one and a half inch pipe was
fitted up in place of the one inch pipe,
through which the gas burnsd. With tnis
enlargement of aperture the flame increased
in size and in its volume appeared
streaks of* red not noticeable liefore.
This red color encourages the experts in the
belief that the gas is natural. There is a
perceptible increase i.i the illuminating and
heading power of the substance, indicating
the presence of more carbon. During the
day a score or more chemists carried away
small quantities of gas in glass retorts for
analysis purposes. C. H. Dabney, who has
put in operation over 300 gas wells in Penn
sylvania, Indiana and Ohio, made an ex
amination of the phenomena. and unhesitat
ingly pronounced it natural gas of the vege
table decomposition species, and in appar
ently inexhaustible quantities.
Brooks Becomes a Catholic.
Chicago, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from St.
Louis says: “Hugh M. Brooks, alias Max
well, the young Englishman under sentence
of death for murdering Arthur Preller, has
embraced the Catholic faith. Last year the
Catholics were given permission to cele
brate Christmas mass in the jail annually.
At the service yesterday thirty prisoners
knelt to partake of the communion, and the
first to receive the consecrated host was
Maxwell. It was administered by Rev.
Father Tiheu, of St. John’s church, the cel
ebrant, who has been Max '.veil’s instructor
in the belief of tho church.”
Clothiers Assign.
CniCAGO, Dec. 27.—Newhouse Bros.,
clothiers, made an assignment to-dav. Their
liabilities are SOO,OOO and their assets
$30,000.
AN IMPORTER ASSIGNS.
New York, Dec. 27.—John Thompson,
an importer of fans and millinery orna
ments, of No. 500 Broadway, made an as
signment to-day to David Richardson with
$42,063 preferences. He says that if his
creditors permit him to continue business
he can pay them in full liefore spring.
Tobacconists and the Taxes.
Syracuse, Dec. 27.—A meeting of to
bacco growers and others assembled at
Baldwinsville Saturday and passed resolu
tions asking Congress 'to abolish the war
taxes on tobacco and to revise the Sumatra
tariff law of 1883. Representatives were
present from several counties. A non-par
tisan organization was perfected. The
growers resolved to request Congress to pro
tect them against foreign producers and de
clared in favor of a duty of seventy-five
cents per pound on imported cigar leaf.
Froze to Death in a Storm.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 27.—Daniel
Stillwell, aged 70 years, a hi' hly rrepected
citizen of South Pittsburg, Touu., froze to
death last night. He was attempting to
make his way home from the Alabama
State line, seven miles distant, and in the
face of the first snowstorm of the season.
He wandered from the road and perished in
a field within calling distance of his own
house.
Two Killed in an Affray.
St. Louis, Dec. 27. —Advices from Rector,
Ark., reports a terrible affray there last
night, in which A. M. Bovce' Marshal of
Rector, was killed, and W. H. Lovejoy
mortally wounded. A man named Davis is
also reported killed. No further particulars
have heen received, but it is said the tragedy
grew out of an old feud.
Rev. James Powell Dead.
New York, Dec. 27. —Rev. Janies Powell,
D. I)., Corresponding Secretary of the
American Missionary Association, died sud
denly of njioplexy this morning, tile day
alter his 45th birthday, at 4 o’clock, at bis
residence in Brooklyn. He was a native of
Wales, wheuce he came to this country at
an early age.
An Explosion at a Powder Mill.
Rochester, Dec. 27. Rand & Co.’s
Powder -Mill atPittsford. near this city, ex
ploded this morning with a terrific noise
while the workmen were at breakfast.
Nobody was injured, but the loss of prop
erty was considerable.
Printers Demand a lime Limit.
Quebec, Dec. 27. —The printers of this
city have made a demand for a nine-Lcur
system, to begin Thursday next, and
threaten to strike should the employers re
fuso to comply.
I acingr at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.—This was the
tenth day ol the winter meeting of tlie
Louisiana Jockey Club. The weather was
partly cloudy and cool. The track was
heavy.“ The events were as follows:
First Rack — Four au<l a half furlongs. Testers
won. with Black Knight second and Trouble
third. Time 1:05.
Second Rack -Seven-eighths of a mile. Jen
nie McFarland won, with Phil Lewis second and
Jessie J third. Time 1:47)4.
Thibd Race—Five-eighths of a mile. Katie
Me won. with Verncr second and Ascoli third.
Time 1:15.
Fourth Raok -Five-eighths of a mile. Black
Knight won, with Hattie B second and Buckeye
third. Time 1:15.
ROUGHS ON TOP AT A FIRE.
Stores Entered for Robberv and the
Proprietors Intimidated.
Chicago, Dec. 27. —A special from Ash
land, Win., about the fire at Wakefield,
Mich., says the lawless element had full
control of the town during the progress of
the fire. Hundreds of stores were fired by
the roughs to intimidate merchants who
were endeavoring to save some of their
stock. They went into a number of stores
in a body and while some of them would
cover the inmates with revolvers others
would rob the store of its most valuable
goods. The whisky secured from the
many saloons in the block made the
men perfect demons. The people whose
property was burning stood by powerless
and made no efforts to interfere with what
was going on. The streets were tilled with
hatless women, some rushing about search
ing for lost children and others wringing
their hands and crying as thev watched the
destruction of their homes. Wakefield is a
typical mining town and is composed en
tirely of wooden buildings. The fire once
started was soon beyond control, as there
were no facilities for'fighting it.
WOOLEN MILLS BURNED.
Winchester, Va., Dec. - —'The Morgan
woollen mills, near this city, were entirely
destroyed by fire last night. Kern, Barr &
Cos., wore the owners. The origin of
the fire was accidental. The insurance is
SS,SUO. The loss was much in excess of
that amount.
SEVEN BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED.
Greenville, Tex., Dec. 27.—Seven large
business houses with their contents were
burned to-day. The loss is estimated at
$90,090, and the insurance at $64,000.
A TRAIN RUN DOWN.
The Engineer of the Rear One Could
Not See Through a Fog.
New York, Dec. 27.—Several persons
were injured by a smash-up on the Long
Island railroad this morning at Ralph ave
nue station, Brooklyn. Trains run over this
road in quick succession, and the accident
was between two trains running in the same
direction. A fog prevailed and prevented
the engineer of the rear train from seeing
far ahead. The first train had stopped at
the station and was taking on passengers
when the other train loomed up
out of the fog at a lively rate
of speed, and had crashed into the rear car
before its headway could he checked. The
conductor und severid passengers were
standing on the rear platform, but jumped
just a moment before the collision occurred.
All the passengers on the first train were
shaken up and about a dozen were injured,
but none seriously. Two cars were wrecked.
The engineer of tho rear train was running
his train at a greater rate of speed than he
should have done.
PRESENTS BY r OST.
The Employes of the Office at New
York Worked Hard.
New York, Dec. 27.—Postmaster Pear
son reports that the pressure of work at the
post office, resulting from the increase in
tho quantity and bulk of mail matter,
which is an usual feature of the holiday
season, has been largely in excess of that
experienced iu former years, and this not
wit hstnuding the decadence of the custom of
sending Christmas cards by mail. The holi
day money order business, both foreign aud
domestic, has this year ihowni a marked in
crease over former years. The steamers
Travo and Aurania. which sailed on Dec.
If and Dec. 17 respectively, carried a much
larger number of money orders than any
tw-o steamers that ever sailed for Europe
bearing Christmas gifts of that kind. To
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, 15,271 orders, amounting to
$163,270 were sent, while good cheer was
carried to 13,940 souls in Continental
Europe by means of an equal number of
money orders, aggregating $173,711.
ON RAIL AND CROSSTIBi.
Local and General Gossip In Railway
Circles.
The junction of the Orange Belt and Flor
ida Midland roans, three miles from Alta
monte Spring, lately known as Altamonte,
has been christened’Palm Springs.
Mr. Virgil Powers, for so long Commis
sioner of the Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association, will hold the position of
Assistant Commissioner under Commission
er Taleott.
Mr. Virgil Powers was the recipient on
Saturday of a handsome watch and chain
from the employes of the Atlanta office of
the Southern Railway and Steamship Asso
ciation. The watch was appropriately en
graved, and Mr. Powers fully appreciated
the gift.
The Coal Creek extension of the Kansas
City, Memphis and Birmingham will be
commenced at once. The extension will
leave the Kausas City, Memphis and Bir
mingham about fifteen miles west of Bir
mingham, and will to about two miles in
length, reaching one of the finest coal
mines in North Alabama.
The recent effort of the Western railroads
to make au amicable arrangement of rates
seems likely to’ prove abortive, through a
mistake of one of the roads, which qu ted
the tariff on cotton 10 cents lower to Kan
sas City than had been agreed upon. The
other roads have mot the reduction, not
withstanding all attempts at explanation.
The following very complimentary notice
of Mr. E. E. Anderson, who was recently
appointed master of trains on the Central
railroad, appeared in the Louisville, Ky.,
Courier-Journal of Saturday: What may
be accomplished by a boy is illustrated iu
what follows. The youth in question, after
a:tending school a few years, began his
career at the age of 13 as a me seuger boy
in the telegraph office at Pulaski, Tenn., at
$1 per week. He studied telegraphy at odd
time s, and before he was 1(1 year's old was
put in charge of an office. He was at
various places during the next two or
three years, always giving entire satis
faction. anil becoming known as an
expert tel grapher. The engineers aud con
ductors called him “The Midget.” Iu the
meantime, he had learned stenography in
the intervals of his duties, and was giveu
the chief clerkship in the office of Mr. liege,
Superintemient of the Henderson division
of the Louisville aud Nashville. When Mr.
Heg s took a position with the Central, at
Savannah, he still retained the services of
the young man, whom he prized very
highly'. He is one of the young men in
America who has occupied such high and
responsible places iu the railroad and tele
graph service. He has again been pro
moted, his salary now being $l5O per
month.
Preliminary Practice.
f'rom the Courier.
Mother -It is a bitter cold night. I don’t
supjiose Jennie’s beau will come to-night,
and sh might as well come and help me
with this mat.
Small boy—Jennie’s beau has come. He’s
in t e parlor now with Jennie. I saw ’em
both there just now hugging—
Mother (horrified) —Wuat!
Small boy (mischievously)—Yes, hugg
ing—
Mother—sl y gracious!
Small boy—Hugging the stove.
January Atlantic.
James Russell Lowell, The Secret, a
poem; Charles Egbert Craddock, The Despot
of Urormsedge Cove: Charles Dudley War
ner, The Golden llesperides, sketches if
travel in Southern Californ a; Edward H.
House, Youe Santo: A Child of Japan, Bi
ginning of a serial st ry; Oliver Wendell
Holmes, After “Our Hundred Days;” many
other stories, essays, poems, and a fine steel
portrait of Charles Egbert Craddock (M.ss
Murfree). Price 35 cents. For salo at
Estill’s News Depot.
Thirty-three per oent. reduction on all
Winter Goods at Wei J oin s.
Weather Indications.
Npecial indications for Georgia:
RAIN ll&ui, followed by colder, clearing
I weather, winds becoming brisk to
high northerly, with a cold wave.
Cornoarlson of mean tenuwratnrs at Savan
nah, Dec. 27 1887, and the mean of same day for
fifteen years.
Departure | Total
Mean Temperature from the Departure
. , Mean Since
for 15 years Dec. 27, 'B7, -|- or Jan. 1,1887.
MM) | 48.0! _ 2.0 624.0
Comparative raiufall statement:
Mean Daily Amount' ™ re
Amountfor for u Mn iln—
-16 Years. Dec. 27. *B7. j
'll 00 i_ .11 —8 32
Maximum, temperature 57, minimum tem
perature 37.
The lipight of the river at Augusta at
1 :SS o’clock p. m. vester'lay (Augusta time)
was 12 0 feet—a fall of 3.8 during the past
twenty-four hours.
Observations takon at the seine moment
of time at all stations.
Savannah. Dec. 27. 3:36 p. m.. city time.
Temperature. I
Direction, j $
j 2 I
Velocity. * F 1
Rainfall.
Najo
OF
Stations.
Portland ..[ 12j N .. T* [Cloudy.
Boston 20 N W ..... Clear
Block Island. .... j 34 S E!.. ...Fair.
New York city ...! 31 .. [ [Cloudy.
Philadelphia 32 S E . Cloudy.
Detroit ! 84! S j.. .02[Snowing.
Fort Buford —l6 N'W ..'.... Clear.
St. Vincent i—l 6, N | Clear.
Washington city .. | 3 iS K | .. j Cloudy.
Norfolk ! 40 S E' 6 Cloudy.
Charlotte. I 40 8 ] 6 ... Cloudy.
Hatteras 44 E Cloudy.
Titusville. 62!...... i... Clear.
Wilmington 54 E j 8.... Fair.
Charleston 50; . 1 .... Clear.
Augusta 501 1 Cloudy.
Savannah 50 S El 3 Fair.
Jacksonville 60 S E , .. . Fair.
Cedar Keys 58 S E Fair.
Key West 74 E 6 ... Clear.
Atlanta. 48 S K'l2 ..Cloudy.
Pensacola 62 S E 6 .... Clear.
Mobile 56 8 12 ...Fair.
Montgomery ... . 56 Bh, 8 Cloudy.
Vicksburg 60! W .06 Fair.
Now Orleans 64 8 10 Cloudy.
Shrevefiort 44 NW [Clear.
Fort Smith IS N Cloudy.
Galveston 60[NW 6.. Fair.
Corpus Christ!
Palestine.... 36' N 12—[Clear.
Brownesville j.. ..!
Rio Grande —i I
Knoxville 42 NE . .01 Raining.
Memphis 46[ W 1.. .02!Cloudy.
Nashville 46 8 W .64 Raining.
Indianai>olis 36 85V! Raining.
Cincinnati 4GSW .. .02 Cloudy.
Pittsburg. 40 N E! [Cloudy.
Buftaio 32,8 E Cloudy.
Cleveland 36 8 K] Cloudy.
Marquette 10 NW .. T* [Snowing.
Chicago 20 NW .. .01 Snowing.
Duluth —BNW .. .22 Clear.
St. Paul —lO NW 1 Fair.
Davenport 0 NW .. [Cloudy.
Cairo 38, W t 08 Raining.
St. Louis ]6[NW .. Oil Cloudy.
leavenworth .. . 2;NW[.J ,06[Clear.
Omaha —lO NW; . OC'Clear.
Yankton —IBjNW.. T* [Clear.
Bismarck —l2 NW [Clear.
Dead wood. 8'.... j ! Clear.
Cheyenne 14 N | [Clear.
North Platte 4 NW; Clear.
Dodge City 2 N Ei Clear.
Santa Fe 24 N ; iFair.
T* denotes trace of rainfall.
G. N. Sausu'ry Signal Corps.
MEDICAL.
Rheumatism
According to recent investigations is caused by
exee sof lactic acid in the blood. This acid at
tacks the fibrous tissues, particularly in the
joints, and causes the local manifestations of
the disease, pains and aches in the back and
shoulders, and in the joints at the knees, ankles,
hips and wrists. Thousands of people have
found in Hood's Sarsaparilla a positive and per
manent cure for rheumatism. This medicine, by
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good result till one of my neighbors told me to
take Hood's Sarsaparilla. When I had used
half a bottle I felt better, and after taking two
bottles I think I was entirely cured, as I have not
had an attack of rheumatism since.” Eugene
H. Dixon, RossviUe., Staten Island, N. Y.
Cures Rheumatism
”1 had attacks of rheumatis n which Increased
in severity. I took three bottles of Hood’s Sar
saparilla and I am pleased to say the rheumatic
pains ceased, my apper ite and digest ion became
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I am firmly convinced that Hood's Sarsaparilla
cured me, as I have felt no recurrence of this
blood disease.” Wm. Scoon, Geneva, N. Y.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. Si; six for $5. Prepared
only by C. I. HOOD & Cos., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
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MERCHANTS, manufacturers, mechanics,
corporations, and all others in need of
printing, lithographing. and blank Kx.ks can
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prices, at > NINO NEWS PRINTING
HOUSE. 3 Whitaker street
MARRIAGES.
Married, at the resi
dence of the bride's mother, Dec. 22, the Rev. J.
W. Jennings officiating. E. Estes Buckner to
Miss Hattie McLean, of Macon. Ga.
MKETI>GS _
GOLDEN RI LE LODGE NO. 12, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held
THIS EVENING at 8 o'clock.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brothers
are invited to attend.
By order of FRED KINSFELD, N. G.
D. F. McCoy. Secretary.
TEUTONIA 1 O IGE, NO. TANARUS, K. OF P.
The members are earnestly requested to
attend their regular meeting THIS EVENING
at 8 o’clock sharp at Castle Hall.
Election of officers for ensuing term will take
place. By order.
Attest. H. F. G. KRAMER, C. C.
John Juchter, K. of R. and S.
HEPPARD IRON COMPANY.
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 24, 1887.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Reppard Iron Company will be held at the
Company's office, 70 Bay street, on MONDAY,
Jan. 2. 1888, at 1 o'clock r. M. At this meeting
the Board of Directors for the ensuing year will
be elected. NORTON FRIERSON,
Secretary and Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices” will be charged Jfl 00 a Square each
insertion.
FOR YOUNG-LADIES.
The class for artistic and mechanical drawing,
painting and modeling is now in successful
operation. Studio in Chatham Academy. Hours
from 10 a.m to 5 p. in.
R. W. HABERSHAM.
NOTICE.
Neither the Master nor the Agents of the
British steamship Carbis Bay will be responsible
for any debts contracted by the crew.
WILDER & CO., Agents.
NOTICE.
All bills against the British steamship Dorset
must be presented at our office by 12 o'clock
noon this day, or payment wiil be debarred.
WILDER & CO.. Agents.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, )
(Office Traffic Manager.) y
Savannah. Dec. 25, 1887. 1 *
The route to Florida via Waycross Short Line
having been temporarily interrupted by an acci
dent to the bridge at St. Mary’s river, until
further uotiee the service, both freight and
passenger, will be rendered via Live Oak, Fla.
The regular schedule t rains will be run as usual,
the ouly difference being that the time will be
about four hours longer. It is expected that
the damage will be repaired within the next
four (4) days, when the service will be restored
via Waycross Short Line. C. D. OWENS,
W. P. Hardee. Traffic Mauager
General Passenger and Freight Agent.
ART STUDENTS
Who desire to enter the painting and modeling
classes at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sci
ences can ascertain the necessary requirements
by application to the undersigned, at the acad
emy, between the hours of 3 and 4 p. m.
CARL L. BRANDT, Director.
DIVIDEND.
The Brush Electric Light and Power Cos., 1
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20tb, 1887. j
A dividend of THREE DOLLARS per
share from the earnings of this Company
has been declared, parable on and after January
1, 1888, to Stockholders of record THIS DAY
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON, President.
S. S. Guckenheimer, Secretary-
State
o
Weather.
ELECTION OP DIRECTORS.
Avgusta and Savannah Railroad, i
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. 21, 1887. (
The annual election for seven Directors of the
Augusta aD'l Savauuah Railroad, will be held at
the Banking house of Chas. H. Olmstead & Cos.
on MONDAY, January 2, 1888, between the
hows of 10 a. m. and 1 p. m.
W. S. LAWTON, President.
MERCHANTS’ NATIONAL RANK OF
SAVANNAH.
The annual election for seven Directors of
this Bank will be held at the Bankiug House, on
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 1888, between the hours of
12 and 1 o'clock. THOS. GADSDEN.
Cashier.
Savannah. Ga., Dec. 11, 1887.
EJECTION FOR DIRECTORS.
Central Railroad and Bankiug Cz. or Ga., ,
Savannah, Ga., Dec. Ist, 1887. f
An election for Thirteen Directors to manage
the affairs of this Company for the ensuing
ye'Twill be held at the Banking House, in Sa
vannah. MON DAY, the SECOND day of JANU
ARY, 1888 between the hours of 10 o'clock a,
m.. and 2 o'clock p. m. Stockholders and their
families will lie passed free over the Companv's
road to attend the election from the :31st De
cember to 2nd January inclusive, and lie passed
free returning from the 2nd to sth of January
inciusive, on presentation of their stock certifi
cates to the conductors.
T. 51. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier.
THE MORNING NEWS
’ STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
3 Whitaker Street
The Job Department of the Morning News,
embracing
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LITHOGRAPHING AND ENGRAVING,
BOOK BINDING AND ACCOUNT BOOK
MANUFACTURING,
is the most complete in the South. It is thorough
ly equipped with the most improved machinery,
employs a large force of competent workmen
and carries a full stock of papers of all
descriptions.
These faculties enable the establishment to
execute orders for anything in the above lines
at the shortest notice and the lowest prices con
sistent with good work. Corporations, mer
chants, manufacturers, meehauies and business
men generally, societies and committees, are
requested to get estimates from the MORNING
NEW S STEAM PRINTING HOUSE before send
ing their orders abroad. J. H. ERTII.L.
ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. For Dyspepsia. Constipation and other
Ills, eaused by a disordered liver, it cannot be
excelled. Highest prizes awarded, and In
dorsed by eminent medical men. Ask for Ul
mer's Liver Corrector and take no other. $1 00
a buttle. Freight paid to any address.
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Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga.
BItK n.
Wm. P. Bailey & Cos.,
BRICK MANUFACTURERS,
T.’-EEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND, in large
I l\ quantities, at their yard on the SPRING
UKLI) PI.ANTAT! I >N, and will Ueliverthe same
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| Ibe best
Well Brick, Pressed Brick, Hard Brown Brick,
Gray Brick, Soft Brown Brick.
Office— Comer Bull and Broughton, at SI
MON GAZAN’S CIGAR STORE, where all or
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IRON PIPE.
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE,
EQUAL TO GALVANIZED PITE, AT
MUCH LESS PRICE
J. D. WEED & CO.
AMUSEMENTS.
A CHRISTMAS CANTATA
“KING WINTER”
WILL BE GIVEN BY MRS. E. B. BURKE, OR
GANIST OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, AS
SISTED BY THE LADIES RECTORY
SOCIETY AND SEVERAL LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, AND THE
CHILDREN OF THESUN
DAY SCHOOL.
At Masonic Temple, Dec. 30, at 8 P. M.
During the Cantata, an illustration will|be"glv
en of the Music and Dancing of Spain, by a band
of Spanish musicians in costume. After the
Cantata there wiil be dancing, and refreshments
will be served.
Tickets 50c. Children 25c. To be had at Da
vis Bros, Ludden & Bates, and at Hall.
LECTURES.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.’
Lecture on Pope Leo XIII.,
Orrthe Occasion of His Golden Jubilee.
By the Right Rev. LEO HAID, Abbot O. S. 8.,
Preceded by a Musicale given by Local Talent.
December 28th, 1887, at 8 O’clock, P. M.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE:
J. B. Read, Chairman; J. J, McDonough, J.
O’Brien, A. McCormick. J E. Grady, W. L. Cor
bett. H. Blnn, W. A. McCarthy, John Lyons, P.
Reilly, W. F. Reid, A. Hanley, E. J. Kennedy.
Wm. Kehoe. L. E. McCarthy, A. J. O'Hara, >j.
O’Brien. 51. Cooley, J. F. Brooks. Thos. Daniels.
■A-dmissioii SO Cents.
Reserved seats may be secured at Davis Bros’.
Tickets can be obtained from the members of
the Reception Committee, at Fernandez' Cigar
Store, and Connor’s Book Store.
The proceeds of the Lecture and slusicale will
be for the benefit of the Church of the Sacred
Heart.
DRY GOODS, ETC.
Man I Dooner
Successors to B. F. McKenna & Cos.,
137 JBROUGHTON STREET,
WILL OFFER
At An Extraordinary Reduction
THE RESIAINDER OF THEIR STOCK OF
Ladies', Misses’ and Gentlemen's White and
Scarlet, .Merino and All-Wool
Underwear.
Misses’ Plain and Ribbed Black and Colored
Hose.
Ladies' Unbleached Black and Colored Cotton
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Gentlemen's British, Balbriggan and French
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Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Linen Collars and
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Ladies' and Gentlemen's White and Colored Bor
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White and Colored Silk Handkerchiefs.
COLGATE’S EXTRACTS & TOILET SOAPS.
We have just rededved a complete assortment
of Colgate’s Celebrated Extracts, Toilet Soaps,
Powder and Vaselines.
Telephone No. 401.
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CLOTHING.
We invite attention to our
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ANO HATS.
Perfect and complete in
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viceable novelties, appropriate
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proaching Holidays, We will
be pleased to show anyone
through our stock. Respect
fully,
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GROCERIES.
IEW CURRANTS,
New Citron,
New Nuts.
Choice Mixed Pickles and
Chow Chow by the quart.
Rock Candy, Drip Syrup,
and a first-class stock of Staple
and Fancy Groceries, at
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Mutual Co-Operative Association,
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CONFECTIONS.
imported' confection?
IN HANDSOME
F.lrgant. Boskets of Perfumery.
Whitman s Crystallized Fruits and other Candie
in one ami five-pound boxes.
Stuffed Prunes. Layer Figs and Dates,
layer Pecans and other Nuts, all new.
Preserves in every form.
Park & Tilford’s Imported Cigars.
All these goods very desirable for Holiday
Present*.
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