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2 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.