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GHOSTS ON THE OCEAN.
Ore that Ham:ted the Charles and the
One that Hauntsi the Homeward.
r'lOur Ui •• Xt w York sun.
‘ln the twenty years of my seafaring life
I had two experiences with haunted ships.
The term may provoke a smile, but if there
are haunted houses why shouldn't there be
haunted ships; As to the question
of the supernatural, I may or may
not I* a believer. I will give yon the inci
dents just i> they occurred, and if you can
explain everything satisfactorily to yourself
1 shall be gratified.
Au English brig called the Charles, in
making her tirst voyage from Liverpool to
Boston, hail some trouble with her crow,
and in putting it down the Captain shot a
sailor named Jack Wallace. Jack lived
about an hour after being hit and he cursed
the captain higli and low, and he vowed
by all that was good that ho would haunt
the brig as long as she floated. I'm blessed
if he did’nWiegiu the haunting business that
■very night, creating an alarm which made
even the first mate shake in his boots. On
getting into Boston every man but the
second mate deserted her. She loaded her
cargo, shipped another crew, and on the
say over to England Jack's ghost kicked up
such a row that the men were for taking to
the boats in midocean and deserting the
brig. Every man of them, mates and all,
left her at Liverpool, and it was two weeks
utter she was ready to sail again, this time
tor New Orleans, before she could find a
crew. News of an affair of this sort gets
spread about sooner and farther than you
would imagine, even without the help of the
newspapers, and Jack Tar will not sail in a
haunted ship for any man’s money.
The brig reached New Orleans after a long
passage, and she had scarcely tied to the
wharf when everybody deserted her, the
Captain going with the rest. There was a
regular stampede, and the vessel was left in
the hands of the consignees at the drop of
the hat. I found her two weeks after this
wjtb her load of cotton all aboard and her
nails bent for sailing. Her old crew had
talked more or less, and double wages were
being offered for a crew. First mate’s place
was offered me whilean Englis sea Captain
had come down from New York. We re
garded the ghost business as all nonsense,
and were prepared to grapple with any
spirit or investigate any mystery. By our
own personal efforts we finally picked"up a
crew, getting hold of men here and there,
who had just come into port from long
voyages and had heard nothing to the brig's
prejudice. We dropped down the riverand
got to sea without a single sailor having
heard anything and of course none of them
was looking for the mysterious. We were
■well out to sea before night of the first day,
and when I came on deck at midnight to
stand my watch there was a steady breeze
and a moderate sea, and the captain’s watch
had had an easy time of it. The men of my
watch took a pool at a brace here and there,
and inside of a quarter of au hour all except
the lookout were stowed away here and
there to catch cat naps. I was pacing the
deck with everything very quiet alow and
aloft;, when my attention was attracted to
the sight of a sailor coming aft. I was on
the starboard quarter, and ho came along
down close to the port rail, aud made as if
to go to the wheel. His footsteps gave out
lio sound, aud he came along with a sort of
glide I never could describe. It was a breach
of discipline for a foremast hand to appear
on the quarter deck without a special errand
or without saluting, and when I saw this
man making his way along the quarter to
ward the man at the wheel it struck me that
he was walking in his sleep. I picked up a
rope's end and started for him, but be glided
ahead like a shadow, passed within two feet
of the man at the wheel, and went out of
sight like a flash. Next instant the sailor
let go of the snokes of the waeel and stagg
ered about, and the brig would have come
up into the wind had I not jumped for the
■wheel. I yelled out and raised an alarm,
and the men threw a buoy over and we
presently stopped our way and made ready
to lower a boat. It was then discovered
that no one was missing. Every man aboard
of that craft was there to answer to his
name.
The captain set out to give me a keel
hauling for creating such an alarm, but I
took him aside, called to the sailor who hid
seen all, and we told our story in a way
■which put the old man into a pickle. While
he had to believe us, he wouldn’t believe in
the supernatural, and no man could have
been more uneasy.
“Here is what I saw, sir,” replied the fore
mast hand when asked for his version of the
matter. “I think I saw the spook before
Mr. Temple did. I thought it was one of
the men coming buck to make a report to
liim, but when I saw him bear off to port,
and saw Mr. Temple start for hi in, I believ
ed it was a case of sleep-walking. The thing
came so close that I could have touched it,
and there was a smell of dead folks about it.
There was a sailor look to the face—it being
a youngish chap —and h.s two hands were
clasped on his side like this. He fetched a
sort of groan as he passed me, and he went
over the stern as softly as a leaf falls to the
ground, and without a splash. This is a
haunted craft, sir, and I give ”
“Shut up!” hissed the captain. “Tell me
that again and I’ll clap you in irons.”
“But, who was it, sir?”
“Both of you were dreaming, and if I
hear any more of it somebody will hear
from me.”
He further requested that nothing be said
to the men, and, although he tried to make
light of the matter, I knew that he was
deeply puzzled. The sailor was as good as
his promise, aud said nothing, and nothing
further happened until the tnird night. Tue
second mate, as you may know, is really in
charge of the Captain’s watch, and this
officer, Mr. Graves, was on duty, and the
time was 11 o’clock, with my watch all
below, when something happened. His
watch had just been trimming the yards,
nnd could not, therefore, be charged with
dreaming. All of a sudden a figureapjieareJ
among them. It was first seen at the
scuttle butt, and one of the men, who was
after a drink of water, spoke to it under the
impression that it was one of his shipmates
It glided away, and at the same moment
his nostrils wore greeted with such an odor
that he cried out in disgust. The strange
figtu-e was seen by four men of the watch
tip it glided to a point a few feet abaft the
foremast, and there stood for two or three
minutes with bauds pressed upou its side,
and its body weaving to and fro. A man of
file name of Will Ketch —a chap who had
never feared man or devil—called out to
the mysterious poi sounge:
“It you arc playing a trick on us look out
for yourself!”
With that he picked up a bucket, or lie
laying pm, or weapon of some sort which
was handy by, and gave it a fling at the
figure, and the mysterious personage van
ished at the snap of ”our finger. There was
a row which brought us all op deck, aud
now the fact that tuiye was a mysterious
something aljcaixl the brig cxiuld no longer
lie concealed. The Captain raved aud
blustered, but the men had seen what they
had seen, and it was no use to browbeat
them. The watch below i ofused to turn in
again. The captain undertook to drive them
at the muzzle of his revolver, and they
threatened to jump overboard.
There may ho a haunted house in a neigh
borhood, but no one fears it unless he parses
it. Here was a ship believed to ba haunt
ed, and ye no one could get away from it.
I confess that things did look at least “queer”
to me, and wnile the captain pooh-poohed
and talked in a loud voice I realized that he
was a bit shaky. Mr. Graves also blustered
about, swearing at the men anil advising a
dose of belaying pin to cure their nonsense,
and when the captain told him to turn in
he went down to his berth with a laugh and
a swagger. Three minutes later he returned
to us with a face as white as chalk, and it
was a full minute before he could use his
tongue to stammer out:
“The—the thiug is in the cabin I”
Without a word in reply we descended
the companion with him—the captain go
ing first, I next, and Mr. Graves bringing
up the rear. As we passed along the hall
i nnd pushed open the cabin door, the figure
lof a man could be made out on the far side
W Uni cabin, where the shadows were dark
est. It was as plain as any human figure
could tie, though we could not make out the
face and other details. We stared at it for
half a minute, and then the ' aptain pulled
his revolver and banged away. ' There was
a sort of groan following his shot and when
i the smoke cleared we took a light and
i searched in vain for traces of our mysterious
1 visitor. He had depar ed. It was confessed
to the owners and to the press that the offi
-1 cers and crew of that brig slept on deck every
; night after that until the end of the voyage.
Indeed there were only two sailors among
the crew who would venture into the fore
castle in the daytime, and the steward could
not have been kept in his place except bv
threats. We were ridiculed an 1 laughed at
as a crew, but it is a matter of history that
the Charles never made another voyage.
She could not get a charter, uor could she
have got a crew if she had, aud after rotting
in ordinary for a couple of years she was
knocked to pieces.
My second experience was on the ship
Homeward. I shipped on her at Liverpool
for a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and
return. I had not set eyes on her, and knew
her only by name when I went aboard with
my traps. I had a first mate s berth, and
understood that the officer filling that place
had been taken suddenly ill two da vs before.
The ship was read v to sail, and I had to
hustle aboard w thout making inquiries. As
1 approached her I encountered a man skulk
ing away, and believing him to be desert
er, I reached out for him. I got his collar,
but he broke my hold aud as he ran away I
heard him say:
“Aye, but I’d sooner sail the sea in a cof
fin."
I gave this remark little attention, even
when I fouud out alioard that he was act
ually a deserter. He was one of six men
who had come off to the shin in the morning,
and nobody could tell why he hail cut sticks.
We had a pretty good idea three or four days
later.
There were ouly five men aboard when I
climbed over the rail —only five sailors. The
cook and steward were there, as also a
cabin boy, but the captain was ashore and
no one could tell me whether a second mate
bad been shippe i or not. About midnight
the shipping agents sent me eleven or twelve
men, every one of them helplessly drunk,
and a little latter on came the captain. He
had been drinking heavily, aud after trying
to tell me his name and failing to understand
mine, he went to his cabin with the order
that I should call him at 6 o’clock. We were
all ready to warp out, the work of only half
an h nu- from our berth, and the tide would
not serve until midforenoon. 1 appointed a
shipkeeper and turned in myself, but the
drunken fellows were bound to have their
farewell carouse, and I got no sleep through
the night. Less than half of them were of
any use next morning in warping the ship
out. The eaptain came on deck perfectly
sober, and when I said something about the
contition of the crew he replied:
“Yes. it’s beastly, Mr. Temple, but we
couldn’t have got ’em aboard sober, you
know. Let a whisper get out about a craft
and sailors act like fools.”
I had my mouth open to ask what stories
were in circulation regarding tho Homeward,
when the captaiu, whose name was Robin
son, gave me an order and walked away.
The second mate, who seeme l to have been
on a spree with the men, came up and in
troduced himself. His name was Anderson,
and he apologized for his presence by say
ing:
“I hung out to the very last, hoping to get
another ship, but I had to take the berth.
Do you think they are very bad?”
“What;”
“The ghosts.”
“Is this a haunted ship?’
“Didn't you know it was? They say she
has been deserted in every port and that
she changes captains every trip; but perhaps
it is only sailor talk. I hope we shall have
no trouble sir.”
He sidled away in a half ashamed manner,
and all hands, or all who were of any use, at
once began warping the ship out, and before
noon we were on our way out. Af.er we
were fairi off, the men " began to knock
themselves together, the captain and second
mate acted like different men, aud when
the watches were set I had forgotten the
words dropped by Mr. Anderson. He was
a thorough sailor and full of discipline, and
one would have judged by his face that be
had great force af character.
Nothing occurred to create an alarm for
three days. Then, one night during my
watch, a man in the captain’s watch, who
was below, came on deck ami said to me:
“Mr. Temple, it must be that we have a
stows way aboard. We have heard groans
and sighs and sobs for the last two nights,
aud some of the men declare the ship is
haunted. There comes the watch, sir, driven
out by the noises. Wont you please make a
search?”
It was true that every man in the cap
tain’s watch had tumbled up, aud I knew
that they must be badly frightened to thus
exhibit themselves. 1 took a long look at
the weather, saw that everything was fair,
and then descended to the fore astle alone.
Not a man dared to follow me down there.
I wasn't even nervous. If there were groans
and cries they must coma from some poor
devil who hail secreted himself in the hold,
and who was now ill and starving. I hail
only reached the foot of the ladder when I
felt the touch of au icy nanil on my face,
and the next instant my hair was on end.
Someone was sighing, groaning, and
weeping. The sounds ilia not come from
any one direction. At one moment they
seemed to come from the very eyes of the
ship, and the next they were heard at the
bulkhead which divided the place from the
hold. I felt, too, all the time as if some
body was moving about me, and I put tip
my hand to prevent my throat being clutch
ed. I frankly ' limit to you that I was
scared, but I was determined not to show niv
feelings to the men, anil as I went on deck
again I carelessly said to them:
“The noises come from the hold. Some
one has stowed himself away, and well
have him out to-morrow.”
I left it with them to go back or remain
on deck, and not one of them, nor yet a man
in my own watch, would go below until
daylight came, when, strange to say, the
noises died entirely away. The captain and
Mr. Anderson both saw that something was
wrong as soon as they came on deck. The
captain received the news very quietly ask
ing a question now and then, and when I
had finished he replied:
“Very well, sir. After the men have
had their breakfast we will search the hoi 1.”
We had otie, but it was fruitless of result.
It was thorough enough to covince us that
no pei-son was hidden away The captain
ua<l very little to say, seeming, as I thought,
greatly distressed in mind, hut I finally
brought Mr. Anderson over to agree with
me that the in uses were produced by the
rubbing of the cargo, though why we should
not hear them in the daytime as "well I could
not explain.
The no.ses began about 9 o’clock the next
night. Both Mr. Anderson and myself went
down and listened to them, but we could not
g revail upou the captain to aecomjmuy us.
efore 10 o’cioek the men were in such a
state of trepidation that it was hardly pos
sible tc separate them to do duty, and an
hour later, when I went into the cabin to
consult with the captain, he looked at uie in
the queerest manner and said:
“Mr. Temple, we must go back to Liver
pool This ship is haunted, and if we pur ue
the voyage we are lost. ”
With that he burst into tears and went off
to his stateroom and locked himself in. It
was a hard position to find myself in, for I
now believed that the cap ain lia 1 gone daft,
and the second mate was so rattled tent his
advice was no good. I determined to hold
the ship on her eonrse however, and she was
pursuing it when, at 2 o’clock in the morn
ing, the captain suddenly rushed on deck
and sprang overboard with a yell, and,
though we laid the -hip to and lowered a
boat, we found no trace of him. I then put
the ship about and carried her into Liver
pool, and it was the last voyage she ever
made. ’
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THE MORNING NEWS: WENDESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1887.
EXPENSIVE FOR PIE MAKING.
A Splendid Collection of Birde at the
Garden.
From the A’eio York Timm.
When Noah, during tlio prevalence of one
of tbv moat disastrous tidal waves recorded
in history, wt nt cruising around in the ark
looking for Mount Ararat, he did not have
a Waterbury watch with him. But he did
have the original rooster, and that rooster
filled the bill. He, the rooster, announced
sunrise as regularly as the latest improved
alarm dock could have done. Noah's look
out on the memorable voyage referred to
was a dove, who first discovered and
brought back to the ark news of the dis
covery of land. The descendants of Noah’s
timepiece and lookout are now jMipular resi
dents of all parts of the globe. It would be
a proud moment indeed if those two old
birds could lie resurrected and permitted to
drop into Madison Square Garden to-day
and look over the convention now in prog
ress there. They would have every reason
to be proud of tlieir descendants. Mr.
Rooster and Mme. Htn might not wholly
approve of the patent hatching machine,
but they certainly would “point with
pride” to the crowing, cackling lot, who
make a thundering lot of noise and lay an
occasional egg. Possibly the descendants
are more gaily dressed than the ancestoi-s
were, but the general family resemblance
would be there. The original homing
pigeon would probably be more completely
at home, and would unquestionably take the
conceit out of some of tbe youngsters cooped
up there who travel on not only their plum
age, but the records they have made in fly
ing anywhere from *OO to 500 miles. How
Noah’s lookout would take the modern
record-breakers across his lap and break
their backs, figuratively, while he told
stories about bow he was hunting about for
a couple of days at a time before he sighted
Mount Ararat.
The descendants of Noah's family can
drop in at the Madison Square Garden and
thank their ancestor Sir having allowed the
original birds to live and breed and send
down to posterity such a jolly lot of fowls
before the original birds met their fate in
the inevitable pie to which old birds are
consigne'L The average man or woman
would view the collection principally from
a gastronomic standpoint. The more highly
educated man looks at them, however, a.s
the horseman or cattleman looks at animals
from the standpoint of blood and breeding.
The fowls would make rather expensive
pies, as a rule, for some of them are valued
at as high as $lOO taeh, and canvas-ba k
ducks, even, are a D-lfle cheaper.
There are aliour a thousand fowls and
pigeons in the Garden, varying in size from
a forty-two pound turkey from the farm of
Sherman Hartwell, up in Washington,
Conn., down to a carrier pigeon weighing
less than a half pound, with a collection of
white warts on his beak and about his eyes
that would make the professor of chiropody
tremulously anxious to get at ihern with a
good sharp corn-knife. The fowls occupy
the entire main floor of the Garden, the
pigeons having their quarters in the centre
of the Garden, and the chickens theirs on
either side. Turkeys, ducks and geese are
over near the Fourth avenue end, and the
Cochins, Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks aud
Wyandottes have the aristocratic Madison
square end of the big barnlike inciosure.
The big fowls are the most numer
ous, and because they are the high
est-priced in the fancier's list they are given
the position of honor. On the Twenty-sixth
street side are a half dozen artidciul tanks,
and in them Fred Mather, who knows more
about fish than it would seetn possible for
any other half dozen men to know, has
mandarin, wood, teal and widgeon duck
swimming about—a l exceptionally g od
collection for one to look upon. The other
parts of the building are given over to such
prosaic aud utterly uninteresting affairs as
chicken food specially prepared, first.' to
make bens lay egrs, and then to put good
shells on those eggs; medicine to cure pip,
chiekeii lice ami other disagreeable inci
dents of a chicken’s career.
In a small room at tbe Madison avenue
and Tiveniy-eeventh street corner the New
York Poultry Exchange, which is running
the show, has provided quarters for a quan
tity of toy dogs, like pugs, Yorkshire and
King Charles spaniels, black-and-tans, and
for the squirrels, rabbits and cats that are
competing for the prizes offered. There is
plenty of room for these pets, for the num
ber shown js quite small, and only au inci
dent instead of a feature of the show. Still
the collection is interesting.
Seven years ago, when one of J. F. Henry
Nott’s Plymouth Rock hens announced to
that portion of Kingston, .Ulster county, N.
Y., that she was the mother of a lot of
chickens, Mr. Nott went out to congratulate
her. When he inspected the brood he found
one chicken that was dressed in down of a
peculiar character. That down refused to
form itself into Gathers and no sort of
coaxing would make the down evolve itself
into feathers as down usually does. Even
the wings, though builc on the regulation
plan, wouldn’t show any more feather.-than
there are on the spines of a whisk broom.
“All right,” thought Mr. Nott, “l’U
grow chickens without feathers, but
with swans’ down in then
place.” The peculiar chicken's eggs brougut
out similar peculiarly dressed chickens, aud
the result was that by careful breeding and
inter-breeding for seveu years Mr. Nott lias
now got a chicken covered with down, aud
without any power to use its wings. He
grows them with black, white and gray
p.umage, and they arc so helpless as to
wings that they can’t fly over an ordinary
boxwood hedge. He txdieves fur her breed
ing will result iu producing an absolutely
wingless chicken. They 1 look like the so
called silkin, but differ in the peculiar
quality of tbe feathering. Tue tail feathers
of the new breed are like the fringe on a
woman’s shawl.
“Mystery,” a chicken hatched from one
of the eggs found in the basket of the girl
found murdered uear Railway, N. J., at
tracts a lot of attention. It lo >ks as if the
bird had been left out over night in a
cyclone, which blew all its feathers the
wrong wav with such tremendous vigor
that they had got set that way and refused
to grow- iu tue ordinary fashion in which
feathei-s ought to grow. The other chickens
in s.ght look upon this monstrosity with
very curious eyes and refuse utterly to have
any communication or conversation with
her. She is homely, and no mistake, but
much else couldn't he expected from a hen
of uuknowu parentage born In Jersey.
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GOOD AND WELL MADE CLOTHING.
AIEISTKIHIIT <fe ABEAHAMS,
I.TS BROtTGHTON STREET.
FURNITURII, CARPETS MATTING, ETC.
CARPETS! CA RPETS! C,\ I! IMIS!
Now is the time for Bargains in Carpets.
A fine selection of Cotton Chains, Union’s Extra Supers,
All Wool, Two and Three-Flys, Tapestries and Body Brus
sels just arrived. Our line of Furniture is complete in all
its departments. Just received, a carload of Cooking and
Heating Stoves. So call on us for Bargains. We don’t in
tend to be undersold, for cash or on easy terms.
TEEPLE & CO.
193 and 195 Broughton Street.
SA'II DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.
Vafe Royal Manufacturing Cos.
President SAVANNAH, GA. T Sect y and Tread,
LUMBER.
CYPRESS, OAK, POPLAR, YELLOW PINE, ASH, WALNUT.
Manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings of an kinds and description
CASINOS and TRIMMINGS for all --lames of dwellings. FEW'S and PEW ENDS of our own
design and manufacture, T USED and SCROLL BALUSTERS, ASH HANDLES for Cotton
Hooka, CEILING, FLOORING, WAINSCOTTISH, SHINGLES.
Warehouse and Up-Town Office: West Broad and Broughton Sts.
Factory and Mills; Adjoining Ocean Steamship Co.’s Wharves |
BOOTS AND SHOES.
FA cTS!
It is conceded by Everybody who has inspected or
tried my SHOES that I have the largest, most com
plete and lowest priced stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES
to be found in the city. SHOES in every conceivable
style can be found at
A.. S. COHEN’S,
139 1-2 Broughton Street, Between Whitaker and BulL
HOLIDAY GOODS.
SantaCjaus
WISHES YOU ALL A
Merry Christmas!
And ho is desirous that you should know
that his Headquarters are still at
Lindsay & Morgan’s
And begs that you
Push ahead until you come to the place where
is kept the largest and most varied assortment
of Useful aud Ornamental Goods, suitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
in the city. This is no idle boast of Santa Claus,
and all we wish you to do is to come and see for
yourselves if what he says is not true.
ONE HUNDRED
Patterns of Fancy Chairs, in all the latest ideas
as to material and covering. The same amount
of Rattan Chairs and kindred goods. Ladies'
Desks, Cabinets, Music Hacks and Desk Com
bined. Ami we must not forget to mention the
extensive assortment of Fancy Tables and
Easels. We could keep on enumerating articles
in our FURNITURE DEPARTMENT, but as our
CARPET DEPARTMENT is replete with so
many articles which make an elegant present
we cannot pass thern over—LACE CURTAINS,
PORTIERRKB, a very handsome line of TABLE
COVERS. RUGS of all kinds, MANTEL aud
TABLE SCARFS, LAMBREQUINS of all styles
and prices. VELOCIPEDES, TRICYCLES and
WAGONS for the children.
Lmfaf & Marian
A&PH ILI DA Vi,M ENT.
Warrcn-Scharf Asphalt Paving Ca,
114 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK.
CONSTRUCT
Gcuuiiie Trinidad Asphalt
PAVEMENTS.
This Pavement has been thor
oughly tested in actual ser
vice and is found to possess
the following points of su
periority:
Ist. Cheaper than stone blocks equally well
laid.
3d. Durability; tbe company guarantees It
for a period of years.
i)d. Almost noiseless under traffic.
4th. Tbe cleanest pavement made.
sth. A perfect sanitary pavement. Being im
pervious to water and tilth. It cannot exhale in
fectious gases.
tlth. Easily and perfectly repaired when opened
to lay pipes, etc.
7th. Saves wear and tear of heroes and
vrbjcldK
Bth. Being smoother, less power is required to
haul over It than any other pavement.
lltli. It enhances the value of abutting prop
erty more than any other pavement.
)Oth. It is theefore, all things considered, the
best and most economical pavement that can be
laid on any street, whether the traffic is light or
heavy. ■
B ananas.
K A A BUNCHES CHOICE YELLOW and RED
t)UU BANANAS.
5,000 OOOOANUTB.
APPLES, ORANGES, NUTS, RAISINS, etc.
Fresh Banana, received every ten days. Coun
try orders solicited.
A. H. CHAMPION.
BLAC KBERRY JUICE.
SAMPLE BOTTLES FREE.
'MLN
•iwoMEN’CHILDRfd.
ij AMHMDV'ITCIVN
t HUNGARIAN
A4 i ill
An Efficient Remedy for
Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus, Dysentery
And all Disorders of the Bowels. Imported by
Mihalovitch, Fletcher It Cos., Cincinnati. Ohio
FOR SALE BY
A. EHRLICH & BRO.. Sole Agent*. Savannah,
Ga., and all wholesale and retail Druggist*,
Liquor Dealers and Wine Merchant* everywhere,
INSU RAM Cl.
Tlic Savannah Fire and Marine
Insurance Company.
PAID IT CAPITAL" - $200,(100.
HOME OFFICE, No. 97 BAY STREET,
SA-VANNyvII, - GEORGIA.
WILLIAM GARRARD President.
LEWIS KAYTON Vice President.
W. H. DANIEL Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
Herman Myers, George J. Baldwin.
John L. Hamnood, Andrew Hanley.
J. B. Duckworth, I. G. Haas.
Samuel Meinhard, L. Kayton.
J. H. Estili, David Well*.
C. R. Woods. W. H. Daniel.
Willliam Garrard.
..■-j _ -. 1 u'L'-a
HOTELS.
PULASKI HOUSE, - Savannah, Ga',
XT rider New Management,
HAVING entirely refitted, refurnished and
made such extensive alterations and re
pairs, we can justly say that our friends and
patrons will And THE PULASKI first class in
1 every respect. The cuisine and service will be
of the highest character. WATSON APO WEBB,
Proprietors, formerly of Charleston Hotel.
THE MORRISON HOUSE.
■VTEWLY fitted up offers pleasant. South room*
A* and dxcellent board to those wishing regu
lar. transient, or table accommodations. Central
ly located on line of street cars, affords easy ao
cess to places of business, and suburhan resort*.
Prices moderate. < 'orner Broughton and Dray
ton streets, opposite Marshall House.
NEW HOTEL TOGNI,
(Formerly St. Mark's.)
Ncwnan Street, near Bay, Jacksonville, Fla
WINTER AND SUMMER.
r P i IF. MOST cent ral House In the city. Near
J Post Office. Street Care and all Ferries.
New and tlei ant Furniture. Llectrio Bells,
Baths, Etc. }- rid to S3 per day.
JOHN B. TOGNI, Proprietor.
GROCERIES.
O. PA VIS. M. A DAVIS.
( i. DAVIS & SON,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Provisions. Grain and Hay.
A LSI ), FEED STUFF, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT
J V BRAN, BLACK COW PEAS, BLACK-EYE
PEAS GEORGIA CROWDERS. CLAY BANK
PEAK, VIRGINIA and GEORGIA PEANUTS.
Orders by mail solicited. G. DAVIS Sc SON,
IM md 19S Bay street, Savanuah, Ga.
GEO. W TIED EM AX,
WHOLESALE
Grocer, Provision Dealer & Com’u Merchant,
NO. 161 BAY ST., SAVANNAH. GA.
Jas E. Grady. Jno. C. DeLettrb.
Ja. E. Grady, Jr.
GRADY, DeLETTRE & CO.,
Successors to Holcombe. Grady A Cos..
TIT HOLES ALF. GROCERS, and drab-rs in
V PROVISIONS. CORN, HAY, FEED, Etc.
Old Stand, cnn)er Bav and A bercorn streets,
BAVAXNAU, OA.
BROKERS.
A. L. HARTRIDGU;
SECURITY BROKER.
T3UYB AND BELLS on commission all classed
1) of Stocks and Bonds.
Negotiates loans on marketable securities.
New York quotation* furnished by privatd
ticker every fifteen minutes.
WM. T. WILLIAMS. W. CUKHINO.
W. T. WILLIAMS & CO.,
ZBuroHsiezrs-
ORDF.RS EXECUTED on the New York, Chi
cago sud Liveniool Exchanges. Private
direct wire to our office. Constant quotations
f join Chicago aud New York.
ccrrrojj exchange.
nau and oa stm
ESTABLISHED 1858.'
M. M. SULLIVAN,
Wholesale Fish and Oyster Dealer,
150 Bryn r, st. and 153 Bay lane. Savannah, Ga.
Fish orders for Cedar Keys received hero have
prompt attention.
PLUMBER.
iTX McCarthy^
Successor to Chas. E. Wakefield,
PLUMBER, GAS and STEAM FITTER
ao tiaroAibl street, SAVANNAH. GA
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