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THIS WAS A CHURL HOAX.
WHO ADVERTISED THE MARRIAGE
OF MISS STOKES ANDMS. DODGE.
Tbe Young People Have Not Been
Wedded, and the Matter Grieves Two
Well Known Familiea—A Search to
be Made for the Perpetrator of the
Hoax - Was it -a Student’s Wild
' Prank?
FYom the .'We York World.
PODGE—STAKES. - Privately.on Saturday.
Pec. Si lfW. I,ii v daughter of Thomas Stokes,
to Walter Fiuvrs Po:>‘*#c. No cards.
This advertisement appeared in the World
Sunday. The ini rmation it contains, how •
ever, is untrue, as Miss Stokes is not mar
ried to Mr. Dodge yto any other one. The
notice nan sent by some person who evi
dently has some grudge against one or loth
Of the fans i li*vs.
Walter Phelps Dodge is a son of Stewart
Podge, " tio married a sister of William
Walter Phelps. Thomas Stokes, the father
of the young lady, is a first cousin of young
P,edge’s father, so the young pe- pie are sec
ond con-ins. Young Dodge is te, and is
in his ’ freshman year at Yale. He
is at present spending the holiday season
with his relatives in the city, and lias spent
hi? time between the Buckingham Hotel,
where Mis. W.liiam Wr.iter Phelps m iki
her home when .n tbe city. and the residence
of his uncle, George E. Podge, at No. 183
Madison avenue. Mri- J.illian May Stokes
fa Tut. is years oh!, hut with much force of
character, is amiable and well liked in her
own circle. Prior to the death of h r mother,
which occurred hut five weeks ago, she
spent some time abroad with her invalid
parent. She owns considerable projierty in
her own right, which she inherits from her
tno her, and lives with her father, Thomas
falol.es, at No. All Fifth avenue.
The publication of the notice has caused
all parties much distress and annoyance.
Yesterday morning, when young Dodge
picked up his paper, he saw the notice and
was naturally much surprised. It flashed
Upon him that ho was one of the victims of
cruel joke. He consulted with his aunt
as to the best, courso to pursue, and in the
meanwhile a messenger arrived bearing a
note to Mrs. Dodge from Miss Stokes, in
which the young lady expressed her pain at
having such a thing happen, and said that
her father would use every means in his
power to discover the perpetrator of the
hoax. Upon advice, young Dodge immedi
ately set out for Englewood to confer w ith
his uncle, William Walter Phelps. Tbe
latter furnished the young man with a letter
addressed to Mr. Smith, of the Associated
Press. It read:
Some person seut to certain papers of this
city a notice of t tie marriage on Saturday of Mr.
Walter Phelps Dodge to a daughter of Thomas
Stokes, of this city. There being nothing to
excite any suspicion of its authenticity the
notice as sent appeared ill these papers this
morning, it is declared that the story was the
joke of some jiersou who, it is to b'* hoped, may
he discovered and punished for indicting this
pain on two innocent people.
Walter Phelps Dodge said last night: “I
consider it a dastardly outrage and feel my
position keenly I think that it is a joke of
some of the college boys. I was walking on
Broadway last W ednesday, and when near
Twenty-eigbth street I met a college friend
of mine named Edward Monice. He is a
New Yorker, but 1 do not know where
he lives. After a short conversation,
he said, just as wo were parting:
‘Dodge, some of the boys have put
up a joke ou you.’ I thought 110 more of
it at the time. " Our dining omb at college is
composed largely of New Yorkers, but why
they should select me as a mark 1 am at a
loss to say; neither can I form an idea as to
who did it. I have only been acquainted
with Miss Stokes a short while and have
seen her but three times. The thing is out
rageous. I learn also that Friday there ap
peared in another newspaper a notice of the
engagement of myself and the young lady.
The scheme seems to have been a sj Nematic
one and guided by a spirit of maliciousness.”
Thomas fatokes, iat'ner of the young lady,
said last night that the publication had
caused all the family much pain, anil that
tee was certain of finding out who had done
It. The suspicion was pretty well fixed,
hut in view of lack of sufficient proof he
preferred to sav nothing.
Tno advertisement was brought to this
office Saturday afternoon at about 5 o’clock
by a toy who gave his name as Robert K.
Hassett, of No. '207 West Twenty-fifth
street, Bassett is 16 years old, and has been
employed in Tourtelle’s stationery store,
under Daly’s Theatre, oil Broadway, be
tween Taenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets,
for about six weeks. He could not be seen
at his home last evening when a reporter
called there, but his mother told the follow
ing story, which she said her son bad re
lated to her:
“At aliout 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon,"
sbe said, “a gentleman entered the store
where my sou is employed, and purchased
some writing paper. The gentleman started
to leave, but when he reached the door ho
turned back and approaching my son, who
was behind the counter, asked him if he :
would write a couple of small advertise
ments for him and take them down town to I
the newspaper offices if he was well paid, i
y son asked his employer if he could do so, I
and upon receiving bis consent, wrote the
marriage notice at the gentleman’s dicta
tion. The gentleman then gave him
a $5 bill and toid him to
make two more copies of the
advertisement and take them to other
pupu's and to keep the change for his
trouble. The gentleman, who my son said
was elegantly dressed and had plenty of
Money, then left and walked leisurely down
jiroadway. Mv #>n made the copies and
took the advertisements to the newspaper
others. At each he was asked his uanie and
address, which he gave without hesitation.
I have almost forgotten the description
Robert gave of the man, but I think he said
he was about 24 years old, tall and rather
slender, with brown hair and moustache. My
eon -ays that he would know him again in
stantly.’’
A CARD.
To the Fditor of the. World:
Please do me the favor to contradict the an
nouiKvment of uiy marriage which appeared in
to-day's paper, and permit me to add that I
hope soon to have the pleasure of discovering
and punishing the miserable scoundrel who has
taken such a liberty with my name.
Walter Phelps Dodok.
AYir York. Jan. 1, 1 HNS.
SALIDA SCORCHED.
Twenty-one Buildings Destroyed in
the Business Part of the Town.
Denver, Col., Jan. 3.—A special from
Ralida, Col,, says: “The mo<t disas
trous conflagration in the history of faalida
occurred yesterday afternoon. Twenty-one
buildings were destroyed in the business
portion of the town. The loss is estimated
at ¥200.000, with insurance of about one
third that amount.”
A PIAKO FACTORY BU RNED.
Paris, Jan. 3.—Erard’s piano factory is
on fire. Fifteen hundred pianos have been
destroyed.
Racing at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Jan. 3.—To-day’s races
here were as follows:
First Race— Half mile. Stony Wall won.
with Dutchman second and Sam Wharton
third. Time <1:531*.
Second Race rive-eighths of a mile. Lidda
J<. eon. with Probus second and Unique third
Tins- 1 ;0W 4 ,
Third R act— Four and ahaif furlongs. Gen.
I Tier won, with Avery second and Mike Whiting
third. Time 1 :00%.
Fourth Race Three fourths of a mile,
1 emen won, with Ofellus second and Lomax
third. Time pas.
—-0
The Horcules Not Injured
London, Jan. 3.— The Admiralty contra
dicts the reports that the ironclad Her
cules struck a reef at Ferro], .Spain, a’l i
was sinking in that harbor The Hercules
is stationed at Portland, and ha;, suffered no
injury of any kind.
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY.
Young Withers Recovering—Bonds
men Ask to Be Relieved.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 3.—William T.
I Banks, Clerk of Council of Marietta and
Chief of the Fire Department of that city,
died of pneumonia at 1 o’clock last night,
after an illness of four days.
John Withers, son of Walter S. Withers,
j who attempted suicide last night by shoot
ing himself in the back of the head, is re
covering rapidly and the physician attend
ing him says he will get well.
Ellen Jarrell entered suit against the
j At anta and Charlotte Air Line to-day for
I ¥IO,OOO damages for killing her husband in
December last on that road.
The representatives of tbe estates of the
late T. G. Caldwell and W. H. Maples, of
I‘ike county, who were surietieson the bond
of E. A. Parker, Clerk of the Pike comity
Superior Court, hnve requested the Gover
nor to relieve them from further liability
fin the bond. The Governor has ordered
Mr. Parker to make anew bond within ten
days on pain of removal from office.
Henry K. Harris, Third Assistant Post
Master General, was in this city last night
ou his way to Washington.
JAMES AND HIS CREDITORS.
The indications are that the stockholders
of the Central Bank block will soon appeal
to the courts to require John H. James to
pay to the company $7,800 balance, to meet
the payment fit the semi-annual dividend of
2 per cent, declared by the directors of tho
company at a meeting held last Saturday.
This afternoon Mr. James refused to pay a
check for that uinount, claiming that the
com any owed him SO,OOO. The creditors
of Mr James, when he failed several years
ago, organized a stock company on the
bank block, which was turned over to them
by Mr. James, and the terms of the agree
ment are said to be that Mr. James guaran
teed that the block should pay 4 jier cent,
annually if the rents failed to do so.
AUGUSTA’S EXPOSITION.
Meeting of tbe Stockholders—A Bridge
Made Free.
AuorsTA, Ga., Jan. 3.—A large meeting
of stockholders of tho Augusta National
Exposition Company was held at Market
Hall to-night. A formal organization was
effected and the charter granted by Judge
Roney, of the Superior Court, was accept
ed. It was shown that 1C per cent, of
$56,000 had been collected os a first install
ment. Several handsome subscriptions
were volunteered on the spot. The follow
ing directors were elected, who will meet
to-morrow night and elect officers: The
Mayor of Augusta, James Tobin,
P. J. Berckmans, Stewart Phiuizy,
John F. Armstrong, James A.
Lottiu, C. H. Phinizy, William Mulherin,
Patrick Walsh, John W. Green, Victor J.
Dorr, J. IHce Smith, J. H. Alexander, John
fa. Cook, J. L. Fleming, E. W. Deveney, D.
Baucken, J. T. Bothwell, E. J. O’Connor,
John Jay Cohen, William fachweigert, W.
1. Delpli, John L. Maxwell, William H.
Warren and Jesse Thompson. Of theabove
are all substantial men, ami are taken from
among Augusta’s very tiest citizens.
There were 5,418 votes cast in ttie election.
The meeting was harmonious and enthusias
tic.
The old toll bridge connecting Augusta
with Hamburg was made free by the City
Council last night. This action is univer
sally approved by the citizens on both sides
of the river.
CARROLLTON CHAT.
Th® Town and Its People on a Healthy
Boom.
Carrollton, Ga., Jan. 3.—The new
year settled the question whether Carrollton
gets the Chat tanooga and Rome railroad.
It is an assured fact that the road will
come here via. Buchanan and Bremen, and
that Tallapoosa (the paper city), will not
get the road. This fact is known now by
tho general public, and yet the parties who
have control of the Tallapoosa boom con
tinue to say that they will get the road.
What is there to make Tallapoosa a
city? Nothing except the money
of Connecticut men, who have invested
largely in the undertaking. And they, per
haps, will continue to improve the place
until they get their money out of it Our
merchants are on a firm basis, several doing
an unnual retail business of 870,000. Our
cottou buyers and merchants get 15,000
bales yearly. With the Chattanooga.
Rome and Columbus railroad, and
the Carrollton and Decatur extension
this will be tiie best cotton market in West
ern Georgia. Next season Carrollton w ill
have a compress, and with this and her rail
road facilities sbe wifi get not less than
30,000 bales annually,
Public schools were established in Carroll
ton one year ago, and have bom it complete
success. Many of our country friends send
their boys here in preference to sending
them to college.
BUMPING OVER THE TITS.
A Narrow Escape From the Loss of
Many Lives Near Athena.
Athens, Ga., Jan. 3.—To-day as the 1
o'clock fast train on the Georgia railroad
was within 3 miles of Athens, running at
the rate of 25 miles an hour, an axle on a
freight car broke, letting the car down on the
cross ties and derailing tho remaining pass
enger and baggage cars, dragging them
around a curve ou a .’0 foot embankment.
As soon ns possible the train was stopped,
but uot until tbe two freight and baggage
cars were badly damaged. The passengers
received a severe shaking up. The coach
was crowded with young ladies and
| students returning to the University
| and institute. A negro in the baggage car
j was tossed through a window bv a piece of
j timber driven up through the floor. Fortu
nately ha escaped with a few bruises. The
j timely action of Capt, Hutchins, the con
j duetor, prevented ai v great excitement in
| the passenger car. Ilad the train been run-
I ning at lull speed many lives would have
: been lost.
COI.UMBUS CHAPTERS.
j A New Postal uperintendeat—The
Orphan Boys' Home.
COLVMBUS, Ga., Jan. 3,—J. L. Butle has
been appointed Su|x>rintendent of the free
delivery mail service, to fill the vacancy
caused by J. D. Slade's resignation, who ac
corts a position with tho Enquirer-Sun as
canvassing agent.
This was legal sale day, but strange to
say, only one piece of property changed
1 hands.
, An entertainment was given at the opera
house to-night by Yellowstone Kit’s com
| pan.v for tue benefit of the Boys' Orphan
I Home to be established in this city. The
i ladies have decided to use the building
! formerly used ns the female orphan asylum,
I and all that is necessary now is money with
I which to provide clothing, food, etc., and
| secure a mat ron to take charge.
Candler Personals.
Candler. Fla . .Tan. An immense lot
! of iruit trees of all kinds woredcliverisl here
i this week by l J. Broknw, of Anthonv.
| The work of improving lands and planting
all varieties of trees still goes on.
.1, VV. Johnston, of this place, will ship a
'l■* of y “horly. to h placed on
exhibition at the Sub-Tropical Exposition
at Jacksonville.
John 1. Mathison, an estimable citizen of
I this place, left this week on a visit to friends
' m f.ondon, Eng.
Gilbert Cotton, a brakeman on the Flori
da Southern railway, hod his right hand
crushed last Friday while coupling cars
near here. He will lose the hand.
Appel & Schaul, one Price Clothiers, still
lead the van. Note their prices. IGii Con
r ress afreet.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1888.
A FAILURE AT* JACKSONVILLE.
Albert Dryodale Has Assure of SIO.OCO
and Debts of $25,000.
• Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 3,— Albert
Drysdale, who lately was a member of the
grocery firm of Hardee, Drysdale & Doty,
doing business in Barr’s Block on Bay street,
and who still more recently Haight the in
terest of Messrs. Hardee and Doty, has made
an assignment for the benefit of his cred
itors. His assets are about $16,000 and his
liabilities S:LS,O K). W. N. Bakor, cashier of
tbe State Bank of Florida, is the assignee.
About SOOO go to preferred creditors, among
whom are his mother and some Now York
houses.
J. Roberts and Leon Wutrack are under
arrest, charged with breaking and entering
n building. The charge is the robbery of
$2lB 57 from the safe of the fainger Hewing
Machine Company's office here two months
ago. Roberts was in their employ then and
was suspended, but he was ai owed to re
main so the officers could work up tho case.
tiie medical society'.
The Duval County Medical Society held
its annual meeting to-night, and elected the
following officers: Dr. VV. L. Baldwin,
Premdent; Dr. W. A. Spence, Vice Presi
dent; Dr. A. W. Knight, Secretary and
Treasurer; Dr. J.H. Livingston, Correspond
ing Secretary; ail btfing re-elected.
At the meeting of Assembly 3578, Knights
of Labor held this evening resolutions ware
passed condemning Judge Jones’ planter
establishing a whipping post.
At a business meeting of the Jacksonville
Bar Association this evening. H. Bisbee
was elected President,A. VV. Cockrell, Vice
President; R. H. Leggett, Secretary, nrnl
Judge VV. A. McLean, Treasurer. The Ex
ecutive Committee are: L. 1. Fleming,
John Wiltz, A. B. Mason, E. M. Randali
ami C. fa. Adams. At 8:30 o’clock they ad
journed to the St. James Hotel to par
take of a banquet, some thirty being pres
ent.
The United States Circuit Court convened
at 10 o’clock this morning. Judge Settle
presiding. No important business was
transacted. The Judge fined two tardy
members of tbe jury $25 each as a lesson to
be punctual.
CAROLINA’S CHIEF SEAPORT.
All Hope of Raising the Alice Clark
Abandoned.
Charleston, S. C., Jon. 3.—The steamer
Kutaw has returned from tho wreck of the
steamer Alice Clark. All hope of raising
the veisel has been abandoned. According
to the statement of tiie captain of the Eu
taw, the Clark’s hull is so twi ted that it
would be impossible to raise her. The cap
tain of the Clark is still in tbe city and has
not yet abandoned hope of raising his
steamer.
In the Circuit Court to-day Judge Aldrich
filed a decree in the celebrated Malone case,
escheating theentire property to thecounty.
Malone died here twenty years ago. lie
was a rich and eccentric lawyer and left
property valued at $22,000. Buisi & Buist
were administrators and nursed the (‘state,
which is now valued at $70,000. Persons
in Kershaw county put in a claim as heirs
of Malone but failed to prove their claim
and this decree escheats the entire property
to the city, county and State. There are
twenty-three city lots valued at $30,000,
nnd bonds and stocks valued at $45,000.
The city’s share goes to the city orphan
house and eollege of Charleston. About
one-half of the balance goes to tho State.
The Pickens lynching is the subject of
street talk. The opinion is very generally
expressed that if Waldrop was guilty the
lynchers were justified.
* PENSACOLA POINTERS.
The Expenditure for Sewerage—A
Watchman Assaulted.
Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 3.—The watch
man at George VV. Wright’s steam sawmill
was assaulted last Saturday night, receiv
ing severe injuries at the hands of his
assailants. Nothing was thought of it at
the time, beyond that it was someone who
sought to vent personal spite upon the
watchman. Last night some person or per
sons entered the mill and disconnected some
of tho machinery, ami but for tiie timely
discovery by tile engineer it might have
caused serious trouble and damage. As it
was it delayed the working of the mill for
two hours beyond the usual time of starting.
The Board of Health held a meet
ing to-night and passed resolutions to
the effect that the sum of $15,000, appro
priated by them ter sewerage anil sanitary
purposes, to be expended under the direc
tions of the City C inniissioners, could be
more advantageously expended in sewering
the more thickly populated portion of the
city and so recommended.
LONGWOOD LORE.
A Building and loan Association to
Be Organized.
Lonowood, Fla., Jan. 3.— A building
and loan association is to be formed here, a
meeting of the public having boon called
j for Friday next to organize. About eighty
| shares have already been taken. Tin* enter
! prise is being worked up by Messrs. Martin,
lleiick and Olson.
Last Saturday night the post office at this
place was entered and a small amount of
cash taken from the drawer. It is supoosod
to have been toe work of tramps who’have
been hanging around town ter a day or
two.
The “Waltham” hotel at this point is to
be opened with a hop on Friday next.
Carle Cushing rejoices in a fine girl for a
New Year’s giit.
The business outlook for the season at this
place seems to lie everything that could be
wished for. The merchants are doing more
at this lime than any previous year, while
the factory appears to have all that it eau
possibly do.
Millen’e Municipal Ticket.
Millen, Ga. , Jan. 3.—The following
ticket was elected to-day at the municipal
election: Mayor. R. N. BeiYieu: Council
men, Crawford Barker, P. L. Johnston, J.
M. Edenfield, O. H. Brinson und J. R. Shen
hard; Recorder, S. F. Wood.
The Railroad Service.
/ rum the Yen' York Sun.
A Viill will be submitted to Congress at
I the coining session by a leading Western
| momber, the object of which is to improve
; the personnel oi the railroad service of the
| country. The proposed act was unani
-1 mously amiroved by the National Associa
tion of IlaTlroad Conductors, at its late .ses-
I siou in New Orleans, and it has also re
-1 reived the indorsement of the National As
j sociation of Locomotive Engineers. The
! bill provides that no railroad engaged intlic
I transportation of passengers or freight from
| one State or Terri.orv to another, shall ein-
I ploy or permit any ikm-sou to serve in the
: capacity of conductor or engineer, unless
' such person shall have been duly examined
j and licensed under the provisions of this
act. The examining boards are to be con
stituted by dividing Hie country iuto
I ten districts, in each of which there
shall l>e two examiners appointed, one a
conductor and the other an engineer, wtio
shail receive and pass upon applications,
and issue licenses to such persons as they
shall Had duly qualified by experience,
character, and habits to discharge tue duties
of conductor or engineer, as the case may
let. A higher board, having general super
vision of the whole country, aud to which
appeals may be made from the action of the
district boards, is to consist of a chief ex
aminer, to lie appointed by the President,
and ten assistant examiners. The higher
board is immediately subordinate to and re
ports to ttie Secretary of the Treasury. The
act is to take effect on July 1, lH.St', and uny
railroad company or ofiber violating its
provisions by employing an unlicensed con
ductor or engineer shall tie liable to a pen
alty of 4.VK). Tlie unlicensed employe isaiso
liable to a penalty of SIOO. l'ho yearly ex
aminers’ salaries fin'd by tbo bill are: Chief
Examluer, Jit.oOO; assistants, *2,o00; district
examiners, #2.oot>, aud in every case “n
allow i e rf t-nvellmr aid other ptmciiws
THIEVES AND THIEVING.
A Little Chat On the Corner With One
of the City’a Chief Protectors.
hYom the yetr York firnphlc.
A neat, natty looking, wi’ i •-•■sed gen
tleman stood in the shadow j side the
glare of the lights on Twenty-sixth street
last night. Tiie wind swept around the
comer with a sharpness that made him
wrap his brown overcoat closely aliout him
and sent the sparks from his cigar careening
through the air. He wore a low-crowned
derby and had tho general air of a man
who knew the good things of the world and
enjoyed them.
A stranger might have supposed that he
j was a transient guest at the St. James, but
he was not. He was simply Inspector
Byrnes, and the few who did know him
never asked why lie was there and the oth-
Br * B a sed him unconcernedly.
I- mhi where lie stood every face that
passed under the glare of the electric lights
on Broadway could he plainly seen, and oc
casionally a"big, dark-featured man with a
moustache that looked as if blacking had
tevn rubbed into it came noiselessly along
the street and spoke to him.
I had talked with him iiefore on dark cor
ners, and I tried it again last night.
“Hello! Inspectin’, out in tiie Cold and
blustry wind to-night!”
“Yes, taking an airing—and trying to in
terview some friends who hardly seen* anx
ious to meet me. But they will"come along
gently by-and-by.”
“Lawbreakers, I supposef’
“Not exactly—amateurs in deviltry per
haps, and it takes patience, perseverance
and continual care to keep up with them.
The old methods of thieving and robbery
are mostly out of use. Hardly a month
passes that, anew scheme for heating the
honest man is not evolved from the bra.n
of some talented crook and put into quick
operation. We tranai it out promptly only
to be confronted with another evideneo of
the adroitness of thieves in the same direc
tion.
“Do we know about these plans for rob
bing the public? Frequently we do, and we
get tbe cue \'ery often from among the
thieves themselves. All this cry of ‘honor
among thieves' is good enough in the
story books, but at bottom there is mighty
little truth in it. Most of them have no re
gard for anything but their own safety, and
will sacrifice their dearest friend to secure
it.
“How do we know twthieves? Why, we
live among them almost. I would not have
a man on my my staff who was not fa
miliar with lawbreakers and their haunts.
To attain such knowledge one must asso
ciate with them a good deal, be posted on
their methods, their associates, their pecu
liarities and their special aptitudes.
“It is a strange means perhaps, and yet it
ought to he regarded as a very practical
way of protecting the public for myself and
officers to have acquaintances and even
quasi friends among the burglars and
thieves of the town. No one but myself
can know how many lawless acts have been
prevented, how many criminals brought to
justice, how much stolen property traced
and recovered through the information
that has filtered out to us from tho lips of
thieves.
“Some people in New York have a sortof
vague idea that a detective has a half won
derful way of securing information, and
that Inspector Byrnes can just stretch out
his iinnd and bring back stolen property
Yvithout much of an effort
“Occasionally an incident happens that
gives color tothis idea.
“The other day two ladies from one of the
wealthy families up town called at my of
fice and told me the story of a robbery that
bad been done in broad daylight. The
front door of their house had been left open
fob a short time, and a sneak thief had run
in and stolen seme articles. Among them
was a shawl, valuable in itself, but especi
ally endeared to one of tho ladies by its as
sociations.
“Neither of the ladies cared for any of
the other things stolen, but they wanted that
shawl, and they described it to me. I told
them how little chance there was for ever
recovering it, and gave them no hone that I
would lie successful in the search 1 prom
ised to institute. They laughed confidently
and replied that they weresure I wouldsoon
lay mv hands upon it.
''While I was talking to them one of my
officers claimed my attention for a moment
to look at a man he had arrested in the
Bowery as a suspicious character. 1 went
down stall's and recognized him aswin old
t imed sneak thief. He had a bundle with
him. and when we opened it there was the
verv - awl the Indies in my office had been
praying me to hunt for.
“Do yi m siipp. se they were surprised
when I carried it up stairs and handed it to
them! Not a bit. They thanked me very
graciously, but the world cou’d not make
those two otherwise intelligent ladies believe
but that Inspector Byrnes nnd some almost
supernatural assistance in his hunt, after
thieves. Yet you see how very simple the
true explanation makes the story.
“Going, are you! Well, good-night. No;
I shall stay a little longer and enjoy this
bracing cold night air and then go home.”
A Blessed Little Home.
From the Omaha World.
Fair Caller —How bright and cheery you
look this morning. ” -
Omaha Lady—Yes, I’m very, very hap
py. All the world seems til’ed with flow
ers, birds and music. Even the sunshine
lias a roseate hue.
“Bless your little heart, my dear. What
is it C
“It’s n girl."
“I thought so ”
“Yes, she’s a perfect treasure and charges
only $3 a week.”
De Cakmack—Channel to meet you again,
Miss iiriebrae I remember oar Mount Desert
summer in IST 0 very pleasantly.
Miss Bricbac (coldly)--Aren't you a little mis
taken in the s-ason? As I remember it was 18—
De C. (getting in deeper and Interrupting)—
It was 'fits, wasn't it? How the time does fly,
Miss B. (frigidly)—lt was in 1886, Mr! De
Cammack '.
De C. (desperately) —Well, 1 know it ended in a
"O' anyway. May I see yoiu- card?—TYtf Bite.
Wive (to unhappy husband!— l wouldn't
worrv, John; it doesn’t do any good to borrow
trouble.
Husband—Borrow trouble? Great Oipsar,
my dear. I ain't borrowing trouble; I've got it
to lend.— Epoch.
MEDICAL.
Rheumatism
According to recent investigations is caused by
exi e sof lactic acid in the blood. This acid at
tacks the fibrous tissues, particularly in the
joints, ami causes the local manifestations of
the disease, pains ami ache., in the liack and
shoulders, and in the joints at the knees, ankles,
hips ami wrists. Thousands of people have
found in Hood's Sarsaparilla a positive and per
nmnent cure for rheumatism. This medicine, by
its purifying and vitalizing action, neutralizes
the acidity of the blood, and also builds up and
strengthens the whole body.
Rood’s Sarsaparilla
‘ i vvma laid up for six mouths with rheuma
tism. ami used many kinds of medicines without
good result till one of my neighbors told me to
take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. When 1 bad used
half a bottle I felt better, and after taking two
bottles I think I was entirely cured, as I hare not
liad an attack of rheumatism since.'’ Eugenis
H. DtXON, Roseville, Staten Island, S. Y.
Cures Rheumatism
“I had attacks of rheumatism which Increased
in severity. I took three bottles of Hood's Sar
saparilla and I am pleased to say th • rheumatic
pains ceased, my appetite and digestion became
belter, and my general health greatly improved.
I am firmly Convinced that Hood's Sarsaparilla
cured me, as I have felt no recurrence of this
blood disease.'’ Vfu. Scoon, Geneva, N Y.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1: six for $5. Prepared
only by C. 1. HOOD * Cos., Lowell, Mass.
100 Tlocc - o-o Tlollnr
•Tie Sam i Weekly News.
Sixteen I 3 a^res.
For Saturday, Jan. 7, 1888.
READY THIS MORNING.
CONTENTS.
First Page—Weary; Romance of Richmond,
Chapter xxn; A Biff Opal or a Big Stone; Saw
dust Men's Profits, illustrated; Job Bradshaw s
Luck, a New Year's Story; The Dead Year.
Second Paoe— Reading a Big Puzzle; Mrs. As
tor's Will; Shivering in the Snow. A Dash Into
Alabama; Augusta and the River; Romance of
a Republic; Manning's Private Office; Pranks of
Knglish Bloods; Teemer's Challenges; He
Claims an Heiress; A New Railroad; A Strange
Disease.
Third Page— Praise for Cleveland; A Demo
cratic Banquet; Sunk near Land; Statistics in
Strikes; Hill Swings His Ax; Hawaii’s Crisis] A
Congressman's Wife Dead: Reading Still on
Top; Raised from One to Fifty Dollars; Millions
in the South; Railroad Building; Georgia’s Rail
roads.
Fourth Page— Where They Come From; A
Conjured Mule: Presidential Perquisites; The
Blacks Dying Off; The Bachelor Governors;
People who Disappear; Voiapuk. the New Lan
guage Expounded by a Professor of It.
linn Page— Woolfolk Had a Saw; The Com
mission Appointed to Appraise the State Road;
A Street Car Crushed; A Strike Edict Ignored;
The Empire of Fashiou: A Jubilee Address; A
Fratricide Hanged; He Fired on Fort Sumter;
Republicans Very Foxy; Postal Telegraph Tolls.
Sixth Page —Europe's Fate a Riddle; Winter's
Whistling Winds; Burning of a Church; Two
Engines Explode; Rails Red With Blood;
Florida's Lumber Trade; Marietta and North
Georgia; Manning and Fellows; A Bachelor
at ill*.
Seventh Page— Agricultural Department:
Stock Feeding; Saving Manure; Rust of the
Orange; Grass is King: Preserving Posts; House
hold; Farm and Stock Notes; Popular Science.
A Season of Mysteries; In Feminine Fields.
Eighth Page— Summit's Fatal Crash, Five
People Killed and Many Injured; Reading Men
Won’t Strike; Carlisle’s Chairmen; Po[ie Leo's
Mass; Struck by Lightning; Sermons to the
Women, Talmage Will Also Give the Men
Some Hints; South Carolina’s Progress.
Ninth Page—Secrets of the Sena e, Mr. Ald
rich Will Try to Sweep Away the Veil; No
Break in the Strike, Both Sides ia the Same
Attitude as at First; Bodies in the Debris, Start
ling Discoveries in the the Kentucky Horror;
America’s Iron Trade. A Year of Great Activity
and Fair Prosperity;Other Telegrams.
Tenth Page— The News in Georgia, Gathered
from Correspondents and Exchanges; Florida
Notes. Down the Raging Afialachicola River:
Mrs Hancock's Residence.
Eleventh Page— Round About in Florida.
The News of the State Told in Paragraphs;
South Carolina Items; Steel of the Cruisers;
Sanford’s Charms; Atlanta’s High License; Bos
ton Briefs; Cleveland's New Year; Opposi.ion to
Lamar.
Twelfth Page— Editorial: Facts About the
Census; The Bender Horror Repeated: Facts
About the Negro Vote; A Republican Dark
Horse: A Mistaken Judge: The Sugar Duty;
Guarding Thuir Graves; Troubled by Prohibi
tion; The Jubilee Day. Minor Telegrams.
Thirteenth Page— Local Department: Blew
His Head Off; Its Days Are Numbered; Skipped
on Christmas Eve; Young Marin Goes Free;
Died Away from Home: Booming Little Besse
mer: David Weisbein Fails: The Earl of Craven
Here; Some Port Statistics; Gen. Alexander’s
Full Hand; New Artesian Wells; Born on the
Big Deep; Wedded at Guyton; Cracking a Junk
Shop.
Fourteenth Page —Old Virginia Days: A Re
markable Case; Gay Washington; Tue Most
Popular Hymns: Ghosts ou the Ocean; The
Faith Curing Craze.
Fifteenth Page— The Coming Year: Gen.
Lee s Clever Son; Amputating a Baby's ieg; Au
Old Black Texan; A Kentucky Story; His
Honor's Revenge; A Queer Ambition; The
Clerk; The Service a Ring Rendered; Current
Comment; Bright Bits; Personal; Items of In
terest.
Sixteenth Page— Financial and Commercial
Review of the Week; Other News Items; Ad
vertisements.
Just the paper to send to your friends.
Single copies 5 cents.
For sale at Estill'% News Depot and at the of
fice. 3 Whitaker street.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Avgusta and Savannah Railroad, )
Savannah, Ga., Iks-. 21, 188?. f
The annual election for seven Directors of the
Augusta and Savaunah Railroad, will lie held at
the Banking house of Chas. H. Olmstead & Cos.
on MONDAY, January 2, 1888, between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 1 v. m
W. S. LAWTON, President.
NOTICE.
Saj-asnah, January 2d, 1888.
The two firms heretofore doing bu iliesunder
the style of T. P. BOND it CO., and BOND,
HAYNES A ELTON, are now consolidated,
anil will do the General Grain, Feed and Milling
Business, under the name of BOND. HAY.vES
A ELTON, at the Forest City Mills, corner Con
gress and Montgomery streets: warehouse at
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Depot.
Te epbone No. 221.
Rl SOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP.
The firm of MARSHALL & McLEOD is this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
W.... MARSHALL,
January 22, 1888. HENRY A. McLEOD.
Ti.e undersigned will continue the Auction
and Commission business on ids own account at
liuja Broughton street, and assume all liabili
ties of the late, partnership.
HENRY A. McLEOD.
IL.MER’S LIVER CORRECTOR.
This vegetable preparation is invaluable for
the restoration of tone and strength to the sys
tem. Bor Dyspepsia, Constipation and other
ills, caused 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. SIOO
a bottle. Freight paid to any address.
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Pharmacist. Savannah. Ga.
A\ ORDINANCE.
City op Savannah. I
Oppir* Clerk of Council, .lan. 4, 1888. (
The following Ordinance will he presented at
the next, regular meeting of Council by the
Committee on Streets and Lanes, and is hereby
published for information.
FRANK E. REBAKER, Clerk of Council.
AN ORDINANCE.
Defining the roadway of Bull street between
New Houston and Anderson streets, and pro
Tiding for the curbing and paving of the said
portion of Bull street.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in Council
assembled. That the roadway of Bull street lx*
tween New Houston and Anderson streets, in the
city of Savannah, is hereby required to ns forty
140) foot in width, and to occupy the centre of
the said portion of Bull street.
Sec. 3. Be <t further ordained. That curbing
is hereby required to be placed on each side of
said portion of Bull street and twenty (30) feet
front the centre of the stro t.
Sec. 8. He it. further ordained. That the said
port ion of Bull street is hereby required to be
paved, and the said pavement shall extend ten
tear front the property line of said portion of
the street. The space between the said curbing
and a line ten feet troth the abutting property
on said portion of Bull street, shall be either
paved or graded as the owners of the said übut
ting property may elect.
Sec. 4 Be it further ordained, "That in the
event the paving and curbing contem
plated by this Ordinance arc not done
by the owners of the property abut
ting on said portion of Bull street with
in thirty (30i days from the passage of this or
dinance, the said work shall be done at onee by
the Committee o:i Streets and Lanes at the cost
aud expense of the said owners, and the said
abutting property, and a hill for the same shall
h presented to the said owners. If the said
bill is not paid within 30 days after the presenta
tion. it shall lx* turned o er to the Treasurer of
the City of Savannah, who shall forthwith issue
an execution against fhe sail owners
and the said abutting property for
the said bill and costs, which execution shall be
made and levied as executions for city taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordi
nances and parts of ordinances in conflict with
lh*s ordinance are h -rehv tone**' p
FUNERAL INVITATION'S.
MILLS —The friends and acquaintance of Mr
' and Mrs. N. C. Mills. Mis. S. S. Turner and Mr. L.
T. Turner and family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral services of Mr. N. C. Mills,
from his late residence 156 Hull street, at 3:80
o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
MONA HAN—The friends and acquaintance of
Mr Asn Mrs. Bernard Monahan, are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral of the latter,
at the family residence 58 East Broad street at
10 o'clock a."m. TO-DAY.
"FITZPATRICK—The relatives and friends of
John Fitzpatrick and fan i!y, and Mrs. Mary
Fitzpatrick, William Brown and John Counts
and their families are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral of the infant daughter. Lizzie.
of John Fitzpatrick, from his residence Bry
an near Ann street, at 10:80 o'clock THIS
MORNING. .
MEETINGS.
CHATHAMCANTON,NO. I, I*. M l. O. O. F.
Chevaliers: The Canton has been invited by
Golden Rule Lodge No. 13, to participate in tho
installation of officers.
You are hereby requested to meet promptly
at 8 o'clock THIS (Wednesday! EVENING, in
the Encampment room, in full uniform, cha
peau, etc., for that purpose. By nr.ler of
JOS. W. JACKSON, Captain.
A. N Mani-cv, Clerk.
GOLDEN RULE LODGE NO. 12, I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting of this Lodge trill be held
THIS EVENING at S o'clock.
Members of other Lodges visiting brothers
are invited to attend.
By order .if FRED EINSFELD, N. G.
I). F. McCoy. Secretary.
PYTHAGORAS LODGE, NO. M, F. A. M.
Members of this Lodge are requested to meet
at 3 o'clock TO-DAY (Wednesday) at the Hall,
to pay the last tribute of respect to their de
ceased brother ,T. \V. Comstock. Sister Lodges
are fraternally invited By order
E B. ROBERTS, W. SI.
C. 11. Prick, Seet’y.
ARMOUR LODGE, 'O. ISS4, G. C. O. OF
O. F.
Brethren you are hereby ordered to meet at
your Lodge rooms, at 3 o’clock, THIS AF
TERNOON, to pay the last tribute of respect
to our deceased brother J. W. Comstock. Sis
ter Lodges and transient brothers are frater
nally invited.
R. R. JACKSON, N. G.
Attest B. H. Blyler, P. S.
NOTICE.
Citizens who are in favor of authorizing the
municpal authorities to transfer to the County a
portion of the Old Cemetery, as provided for by
the bill passed by the Legislature, are invited to
attend a meeting at the Court House, THIS
(Wednesday) EVENING, at 8 o’clock.
THE KUUITABLE LOAN AND BUILDING
ASSOCIATION.
The sixteenth (16th) regular monthly meet ing
of this association will be held at the office of
Jackson & Whatley THIS (Wednesday) EVEN
ING at 8 o’clock.
C. P. MILLER, President.
J. L. Whati.ey, Secretary.
~~ SPECIAL NOTICES. ~
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices" will be chanjed $1 (X) a Square each
insertion.
' NOTICE. •
Will sell SATURDAY, Jan, 7, in front of my
Slables, one to pay stable charges.
E. C. GLEASON,
NOTICE.
Neither the Captain nor Consjgnees of the
British steamship MARION, whereof Jeflells is
Master, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by the crew.
A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees.
DR. J. D. LANIER,
DENTIST.
149 BROUGHTON STREET,
OVER COLLAT'S SHOE STORK
ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE FOR
ISHS.
The Assessment book containing a general
re-as-essment of Real . state for taxation dur
ing the year ISIS, having been duly filed in this
office for the inspection of tax payers, notice is
hereby given to all concerned to make objection,
if ary they have, within thirty days from this
date, otherwise the assessments therein
contained will be final and conclusive as es
tablishing the value by which to estimate tax to
be collected. Objections must be made in wri
ting, addressed to the Assessment ( 'ommittke.
• C. S. HARDEE,
City Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The steamship WM. LAWRENCE will sail on
THURSDAY, Jau. sth, at 9 a. m., instead of the
6th, as previously advertised.
JAS B. WEST & CO.. Agents.
NOTICE.
WILLIAM CLIFTON and J. F. B. BECKWITH
have this day formed a law partnership. The
firm name will be known as CLIFTON & BECK
WITH. WILLIAM CLIFTON,
£: F. B- BECKWITH.
NOTICE.
SIR LAWRENCE McNEILL was admitted as
a partner in our business on the Ist inst.; firm
name unchanged,
PEACOCK. HUNT & CO.
STATE SPECIFIC TAXES FORTsss.
The following State Specific Taxes for 1888 are
now due, to-wit:
Auctioneers.
P,x>l and Billiard Tables.
(laming Tables, Flying Horses, etc.
Tenpin Alleys. #
Emigrant Agents.
Traveling Vendorsusing boats.
Itinerant Dealers in Lightning Rods. '
Dealers in Spirituous or. Malt Liquors. Intoxi
cating Bitters, Brandy Fruits or Domestic
Wines
Dealers in Pistols, Toy Pistols, Revolvers, Pis
toi or Revolver Cartridges, Dirks or Bowie
Knives.
Dealers in “Futures.”
Peddlers of Stoves or Ranges.
JAS. J, McGOWAN, Tax Collector C. C.
NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.
City Treasurer s Office, I
Savannah, (la.. Jan. 3, 1888. i
The following taxes are now due:
Real Estate, fourth quarter, 1887.
Stock in Trade, fourth quarter, 1887.
Furniture. etc., fourth quarter, IXB7.
Money, Debts, etc., fourth quarter. 1887.
Water Rents, in advance, for six months
ending June *)th.
Ground Rents in arrears for two or more
quarters. *
Specific (or Business) Tax for the year 1888.
A discount of 10 per cent, will be allowed
uihiii Real Estate, Stock in Trade. Furniture,
Money, etc., and Water Rents, if paid within
fifteen (lays after January first.
And a discount of 10 per cent, will lie allowed
upon Specific Taxes, if paid on or before Janu
ary 31st.
C. S. HARDEE. City Treasurer.
ELECTION NOTICE.
City of savannah, i
Office Clkkk of Council, Doe :#, 1887. \
Notice is hereby given that the City Council
of Savannah will elect at its next regular meet
ing, that is to say, on WEDNESDAY, Jan.lt.
1888, a Superintendent of the Scavenger Depart
ment under and in accordance with the pro
visions of the ordinance creating said office,
passed by Council at meeting of Dec. 38, 1887
Bond ?3,000, salary $1,300 per annum, term till
election of city* officers, January IKxtl. All ap
plicants must hand In their applications with
names of bondsmen (two required) to the Cerk
of Council on or before 3 o'clock r, m the day
of election.
By order of Council.
_FR VNK E. REBARER. ( Terk of Council.
MERCHANTS’ NATIONAL BANK OF
SAVANNAH.
The annual election for seven Directors of
this Bank will be held at tho Banking House, on
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 1888, betweeu the hours of
13 and 1 o'clock. THUS, GADSDEN.
• ■, . Cashier.
taranposb Ga • Dec. 11, is**?.
AMUSEMENTS.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
S' \ JAN. 4 and 5.
The Charming Comedienne and Everybody’s
Favorite,
Katie Putnam
Supported by a Company of Ladies and Gentle
men of Professional Reputation and
Standing.
WEDNESDAY’ EVENING, Miss Putnam’s Bril
liant Success, EHMA, the ELF.
THURSDAY" EVENING, the Popular Comedy-
Drama, ZENA, the MAD AP.
Special Scenic Effects, Sparkling Music,
Pretty Songs and Dances.
Seats on sale at Davis Bros'. Jan. 3.
Next Attraetion-THE WHITE SLAVE, Jan.
10th.
DRY GOODS, ETC.
Han k low,
Successors to B. F. McKenna & Cos.,
137 BROUGHTON STREET,
WILL OFFER
At An Extraordinary Reduction
THE REMAINDER 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
Hose.
Ladies’ Black Lisle and Silk Hose.
Gentlemen’s British, Balbriggan and French
Half Hose, in Unbleached and Colored.
Ladies' and Gentlemen’s Linen Collars and
Cuffs.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's White and Colored Bor
rered Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs.
White and Colored Silk Handkerchiefs.
COLGATE’S EXTRACTS A TOILET SOAPS.
We have just received a complete assortment
of Colgate's Celebrated Extracts, Toilet Soaps,
Powder and Vaselines.
Telephone No. 401.
CROHM & DOWER.
Bargains. DOM! Dim
I>OSITIVE reduction in UNDERWEAR.
Ladies', Gents' and Children's Merino Un*
at bottom prices to close out stock.
Sanitary Underwear, worth 80, at $4 Suit.
Cashmere ITose and Half Rose 250. t*>soo. pair.
Drive in Ladies', Gents’ and Children's Gloves.
50 dozen in Black and Colored, worth double,
25c. pair.
Black and Colored Shetlaud Shawls and Scarfs
$1 and up.
Umbrellas, full line Silk Gloria, Gingham, 81
and up.
Corsets, elegant assortment, 85c. and up. Try
our 50c. Corset.
White and Colored Embroideries sc. j-ard up;
fine value.
Tooth, Hair, Nail and Clothes Brushes 24c.
each.
Oxydized Ornaments, attractive line, 25c.'an!
up.
Ladies' White Mull Ties, full assortment, 25c.
up.
All Wool Jerseys, full assortment, $1 and up.
Bargains in lilies’. Gents’ and Misses’ Hose
10c. pair up.
Full assortment Ladies' Collars and Cuffs,
cheap
In fact, we are full of bargains: come and see.
Remember the place, LaFAR'S OLD STAND.
H. A. DUMAS,
an tittXjlj street.
clothing.
We invite attention to our
stock of
CLOTHING, '
FURNISHINGS
AND HATS.
Perfect and complete in
every detail, containing goods
to suit all conditions and
builds of
Men, Boys and Children,
and many handsome and ser
viceable novelties, appropriate
and useful gifts for the ap
proaching Holidays, We will
bo pleased to show' anyone
through our stock. Respect
fully,
1 FALK & SB.
WATCHES AND .JEWELRY.
Origins Presells.
J HAVE the finest selection of Ladies’ and
Gentlemen's GOLD WATCHES of the best
makes. Also the prettiest pattern in FINE
JEWELRY, as Ladies’ Diamonds, sets of Ear
mgs, Lace Pins, Diamond Finger Kings, Brace
lets, Watch Chains, etc ; Gold-headed Canes and
Umbrellas, Fine French Clocks, at extraordi
nary low prices. Finest Silverware, Gold Spec
tacles, and numerous pretty things appropriate
for holiday presents.
Deshouillons’ Jewelrv Store,
21 .Hull Htreet.
BANKERS.
KISSIMMEE CITY BANK,
Kissimmee City, Orange County, Fla.
CAPITAL - - - $50,000
ufiRANSACT a regular banking business. Give
1 particular attention to Florida collections
Correspondence solicited. Issue Exchange on
New York, New Orleans, Savmmab and Jack
sonville, Fla. Resident Agents for Courts & Cos.
and Melville, Evans A: Cos., of London, England.
.New York correspondent: The Seaboard
NeMonnlßank.