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KILLED WHILE HUNTING
CHARLES STEINMAN ACCIDENT
ALLY BHOOTS A COMPANION.
Georg? Lane, a 14-Year-Old Colored
Boy, Instantly Killed by a Shot from
Etelnman a Gun -The Circumstances
of the Shooting Steinman Sur
renders to the Authorities Pending
the Coroner's Investigation The
Result of the Inquest and Steinmau’a
Discharge
Chari** Steinman, a yonng man of 1?
years, and son of Samuel Steinman, a sa
loon keeper at No. 22 West Broad street,
shot and killed George Lane, a colored boy
of 14 yea-*, at the fair grounds on the Au
gusta road, about two rrul -a from the city,
yesterday afternoon. Young Steinman and
Frank Wilson, a cotton checker in the ship
ping yard of the Central railroad, were - ut
snipe shooting, and Georgs Lane, a friend
of Htei iman and son of Ned Lane, who Las
charge of the fair grounds, went along
to show Steirunan where the birds
could lie found Wilson stopped under
a tree near the Ten Broeck race caurse to i
rest, and Ste nman laying hi* own gun
down, said be would try Wilson's. Stem
mati and the I-ane Toy took a round of the
field, ar,d returning laid Wilson's gun down
and started to p.ok up th own. w..<-n one of
the harre s was accidentally discharged, ‘be
charge of No. H bird shot stnk, g're rge
Lane in ti e right side of the forehead. k.JJ
ing him itinUii.tiy, the boy s brains being
blown out. Dath was instantaneous, a*
the lad was not to exceed five pace* away
Wilson was loading n.sown gin at the time
and the colored boy was laughing and talk
ing with bun at the time.
saw TUX HOT FALL.
fiteiuman, when he saw the boy drop,
let fad his gun and clutching WR* m by the
arm frantically excla.tnej, “My Go 1, how
did that happen " Who - ' !• reev"re-l his
presence of mind his first impulse was to
wet ba the city. A* he .
Mor.mno News reporter, he knew George's
fattier was drinking, and he feared that the
colored people would be i cfuriatei at the
killing without waiting to learn tie acci
dental caure of it, so he counseled with
"Wilson, and they agreed that Wilson should
rrnnin behind to explain the facts, while
fsuimnan should come to town an 1 report
the case to the corer and gire hixnself
up. Hteinmen th*n startad for Uiwu, anil
lie had not gone far when he met a c iored
roan, who let him ride a mule to town.
H eimnan, on reaching toe city, communi
cated all the facts to t-s father, and taking
counsel from Judge Philip M. KosaeU. he
anrrendered tunaU to Justice Hoeftall.
■who committed r im to Jail pending a cor
o .er's inquest. Coroner Dixon went out
and summoned a jury, ail of sb,m were
colored men brut three, and an iaqoeat was
tteid in one of the lair grouala buiidicgx.
THE CfJB/jSKk tmSBTIGATI J*.
Tne testimony -d Wilson tbe only wit
ness V/ the sh'yXing. we* Uutse:. ail :: c r
ivspondwi fact* ixt stafead, end a *
the e idea** ot xutaooi boy * v tr*
effect that there s n-- fueling between
the two boy*, asd v*■ jzrr raaiire; a tw
diet of tegyltcta hidung, Wut t trtoi
of the iaquisT w t • roagiit to to- all*-.-.: 2
of Justice -i-i-eft*. . in raered the
the pr * ■tnr, wfciefc w ti* iifist; EiiWiiy
after c-ghtla..
The a:csi*t 'mpturafi Wzttfea tatty 'T
aeve-.ty vi_- .1 utf tie ti n a boo** at: tu
grief ei ui.'tiUar wte stir? tC ecßmgwkieii
tbe ten w ■■.miiuuuicneti u Hot Teu- g
Bt" aunt j* ■'r-T mum grieved w the
*c*r.*iiwsit K- in .vt tout be line tuuite. with
fesrrg* ut jobs; lift- tune ant vui Amply
sttaeaefl v tin little follow, n, w*: :t>-
inm mm wuei nt wouis ft out
jf>or. .--g at unit ueif'bborbo'it
The <r.-ip ift*-...uifc. ioe .‘r troubled
ovr ton tr-cout. and l>- ta f iasi night
that to one a;.*n* the weight of a x.etr 3
hi mind Irons toe t.t: •• he learned of toe
killing until the re nit of the oca-oner's jury
wan bud, ami he lid secured the discharge
of bin M>n from Jail.
HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
It is said that only very recently young
Bteimnun’s gun was accidentally discharged
while hunting, tho charge going into the
ground in very done proximity to the heel*
of his companion in front of him. In the
accident of yesterday lie thinks the ham
mer of Ids pun caught in his coat, discharg
ing the load, hut Wilson says the grass was
high ad thick, nttd ho thinks t e hammer
caught in the grass and thus discharged the
gun. This wns so stated in his explanation
to the coroner’s jury, hut lie was unable to
say whether the hammer was at full cock
when young Hteinman attempted to pick
the gun up from the grass, where it lay
before the accident occurred.
BOOTH Oii.OitOlA'B CONFERENCE.
To Meet at Eastman Deo. 12 -Suvan
nah’ts Pastors.
Tho twenty second session of the South
Georgia Methodist Conference will iiegiri at
Kastman Dec. ill. bishop Duncan will pre
lude. Tneie are four ministers in Savannah
wrho will uttoud. They are Hev. E. H. Mc-
Gebeo of Trinity church, Rev. A.
M. Wynn of Wesley Monumental, Rev,
J. W. Siminons of New Houston Street,
and Rev. J. L. Gilmore, chaplain of the
Seamen's bethel, 1 he delegates and padors
wnl leave on Dae. 11. It is not known wliat
changes will be mode in Savannah. There
are twenty appointments to be made in the
Savannah district. It is not thought likely
that there will lit, any ehanges, however, iu
the three churches here.
COLD WKATHEH HEHE.
tavannuh Gets a Touch of Winter-
Snow In the West.
Last night’* signal reports show that
thorn it a very low temperature in the
northwest and north. Kuiut are reported
on the Atlantic coast us tar south os Wil
mington, N. C. It was snowing last night
In Chicago and freezing at Ht. Louis. A
lower temficrature was reached t.cro last
night at H o’clock than at the same hour the
proceeding night. The minimum tempera
turn was and the mercury continued to
full slowly under the influence of a north
wind that was blowing steadily at from
eight to ten miles an hour. The indications
lor the day are: Threatening weather and
rain; warmer; easterly shifting to northerly
winds.
HARD HHAKTKD UNOLB BAM.
Awkward Ponition of a Colored
Woman nt the Jail.
Jennie A. Harris, the colored woman who
nan lodged in jail Saturday a* n witness
unable to give the bond required of her for
her appearance in tho United States court
next month, was icon lout night, and she
Raid it in a gioat * apparent wrong that sho
should not only be Hist deprived of her re
mittance but lastly of her liberty. Had alio
known this, she would have never made any
inquiries for her missing registered letter
for the paltry F r > which it contained.
She says that she is perfectly willing to
remain in Savannah and attend the court,
and thinks that her recognizance ought to
I/O taken, on she has committed no crime.
A Little Blaze in Ysmscraw.
An alarm of Are was turned iu from bo*
No. 30 at the corner of Farm and Marga
ret streets n few minutes after it o’clock last
night. The tlm department responded
and located the bins'* to a two story frame
building at the northwest corner of Farm
and Margaret streets, owned by Mrs. Alice
Bmitb. Ihe first story, which is used as a
store room, was on fire. The en
tered the room and soon extinguish'd the
bias '. The damage was slight, and did not
exceed The Ims* was fully covered by
insurance. The fire originated from a de
fective flue.
THE BAUM FAILURE.
Several Savannah Firms Interested
and What They Say.
The Macon dispatch to the Morvixg
News of vesterday, announcing that N. B.
Baum & Cos., dealers in general merchan
dise ami fertilisers at Toomshorc, Irwin
ton and Dublin, bad failed fee *llB,OOO,
with preferred creditors with claims
ami uniting to ffil.ft* . was a surprise to the
trade in this and niter cities where the
firm s liab.i.tiei ,ie. It is understood that
the bulk of tfc"ir debts is due to Savannah.
Macon, Augusts and Lou is villa, Ky. .mer
chants, and it is prohai le that t cere ar<-
aio creditors in tire Cities of the east and
at H‘. Ig uis. at inquiries have teen directed
from tbcce ;om:s.
N. B. Uanm & Bro. started in business in
a small way at Toomsboro in 1c75 and
gradually <■ :.largi-d it, locating a branch of
their business a few years later at lrwicton
under the firm name if Baum & Go., and
on Sept. 1. last, established another branch
store at Dublin, run under the same firm
i arm as .t t :.-e parent store at Toomsborr .
The firms were CMtnpaswd of N. li. Bsum
and A. W. B ;um, brothers, aged Si*
and t respective y, who are men of
fa;ri)li-s and report and to be of
correct habits ar.d e erg-tic'.in the prosecu
tion of tte-.r trad*. They amod an average
stock of from $l5. mi to $30,000 at the
j-arent store. an i pr bablr about f-'.WXI or
si. 7.0 at each of ••. ,r branches.
it was claimed by tliein m May Last that
; teir inventory • njan. 1, stowed that their
I assets cons-sted of:
''“ercLa n4.se sif'.OOC
B e. ; and stocks market value 12.000
N te* sd-3 acccaiats due 5r.,900
K-a. - . :■, Mi
Total assets . |T.)O
They e-t:mated their iiabiiitie* at t-34>,(w0
ard after aliowtcg for shrinkages, bed
debt* etc., they considered tr.emseives
wortt fully S3O,i>XL They claimed that
there we ®no mortgages r liens on any of
their real or personal estate; that when
they se■ txrrsl Dans from banks they de
p -itod stocks and flood* as collateral: that
when t ey obtained Advances from oorton
factor* they borrowed only on farmers’
□ itev a* collateral, giving no other securi
tie., and that to only one company: that
they -‘MI an annual business of from $~o,i)OQ
tj i< i,ooo, and that in addition to this they
had been handling from S<W to 4>Xi tons >t
fertilizers annually, which were bought
outnght, the firm giving note* payable in
the fall, and they -Jnme-l t .at th y had
cleared 110,000 on guaao alone.
Lost August, it was rumored that Baum
k li ’j. hail lost nearby in cotton last spring,
an i their creditors began to make inquiries
about them. The apprehension was ajiayed
By a statement from the firm m wnich they
admitted having lost on cotton, but their
sai i that th.s wa, notan ur.umai thing wim
them, that as a matter of fact they Lai lost
on cotton seveu seasons out of ten, and they
explained this by saying that they did a
large advancing bus.-.ess, a-d m order t >
make coiiecuons p?id ate-v tbe market
pnee, but ttat t Lam had not been so
nad as represented; that they could io*e a
g--at -lea* more and st-il have plenty left to
pij all they - wed and have a go and surplus;
that they fcad coliectel and ievesbad 110,00(1
in bonds, wtict. sum hsd been made outside
of their regular Lne of bust new, and when
ever it might become ne- -essary tney wou and
M-i: tbrnr boc-4* ami use tbe money to pay
tib sir den-ta.
Totr-g their May and August statements,
.1 w,.. oe eet-t t• at woo* J an. 1, if the Ma
on> bgures off. ;■>.(*jo liabilities are correct,
ut*e fcra. tu increased its imsebtedaess -
" . and tnal it ha* esatged it* manner of
bar.:- ew by gSTiag a rnrtgage on * jo
•■> t- O' greaVT than toe entire liabili
ty* of tme • ioowti Jon. 1, while tow- are
pre ic -t-c diUrto the (smut of K'..&JO. or
t-.'.iK [:• aw than the Srn* indebted w
at ua brgpumag at toe year. In otter
w'-r-a*. hum A: faro tare apparently iu
-reaaed thesr liahflitiw in ten months and a
haif iiearJy Vj a* great an amount as the
atsua. busmens* tramsectoi by them accord
log to their etatemer.t. This is of course
dep r. lent upon the correctness of -he stale
meut toa* toe firm’s .lab.iities are IIDt.iXX).
<>ne of ths creditors mid ywterday tliat it
hard to get any insight into the a-fairs of
the firm. It is believed that when ail th s,
fact* coroe out it will be found that quite a
nund nr 'if Savannah merchant* will lie
singed. At present they do not care to
have their claim* air<-d, but they roust be
rnatb-rs of record in a day or two, as oil the
raj<ers will likely go into court this week,
li. M. Comer & Cos., who are secured by a
mortgage, and Herman k Kaytoq are un
derirtood to he among the haem here. The
firm also bad dealing* with the Baldwin
Fertiliser Company, Mein hard Bros. & Cos.,
and Frank k Cos., wit whether these firms
are l'.sers is not yet knowm
ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY.
The Duffy Street Baptist Sunday
School's Anniversary.
One hundred Sunday school children cele
brated the first anniversary of the Duffy
ft reel Baptist Sunday school last night.
he church was parked to its utmost ca
pacity, and many were turned a way be
cause there was not room for them. The
exercises began with the song “Return Ye
Captives” by the Sunday school, after which
Master James Lebey and Miss Bessie Purse
recited very sweetly selections appropriate
to the occasion. The infant class, composed
of twenty-five scholars, sang several songs
Tory nicely, and Supt. A. L. Kario read his
report.
The Duffy street Bunday school started a
year ago with only sixty-six scholars, and
now tne total scholarship is ITT. There
wore only twelve officers a year ago, now
there are nineteen. The report showed
during the past twelve months an increase
in scholars of fifty-six and an increase in
officers of seven.
After the reading of the superintendent’s
report, Rev. W. 8. Royal, the pastor, made
a short address. He spoke to the teachers,
parents and scholars. Ho told tho
teachers to keep a careful guard over their
scholars and to advance in overy way pos
sible in religion the young minds that were
placed under thorn. He urge 1 the parent*
to turn their attention more
to th'dr duty toward sending
their children to Sunday school. It wus
their duty to see that tho scholars wore
punctual in attendance. They should en
courage them to attend Sunday school.
Ho admonished pare its to manifest more
interest in the Bunday school.
Rev. Royal was followed with a short ad
dress from Rev. J. E. L. Holmes. Dr.
Holmes congratulated the Sunday school on
ttis success it l ad made of its first anniver
sary celebration, and lie spoke encouraging
W' rds to the scholars and teachers. The
scheol then sang an appropriate selection
and Rev. Dr. ilolmes pronounced the bene
diction.
THE FUNNY TRIUMVIRATE.
Nye, Riley, Edwards to be in Savan
nah Next Week.
Bill Nye, James Whitcomb Riley aud
H. 8. Edward*, who are making a
southern tour, will honor Bavannah with a
visit on Nov. 29. Their entertainment will
consist of a teries of humorou* and dia
lectic sketches from their own writing*.
Of course Mr, Nye require* no intr i
duetion. Wherever the English language is
spoken, his humorou* writings are house
hold words. Mr. Hiley is also well-kuo in
a* a writer of the quaint dialect of the west
ern hoosier, and Mr. Edwards is a
young Georgian who lias in a few
years stepped Into prominence in
the field of literature. An eve i
ing's entertainment bv these gentlemen
will be one to be remembered by those *bo
attend it. Tbe entertainment hero will tie
under the auspices of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, and will take plaoi
at Masonic Temple. Tbe popularity of the
trio of gentlemen and tbe object of the en
tertainment will hardly fail to asiuro a
representative Savannah and ence.
LaFar Sails the Finest Umbrellas
of Gloria cloth or silk. All sizes.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1888.
NOT A PROBABLE STORY.
A Thrilling Yam of the Wreck of the
Yacht Cytfiera off Savannah.
A sensational story of the leas cf the
yscht Cytbera. which left New York early
la*t March for the West Indies, comas from
Boston. The story is that of John
Fenton, the mate of the bark Sam
uel Stone, winch, it is stated. toft
Savannah March 10, for Austral,a and
describe* the wreck oft this port of a yacht,
the description of which corresponds to the
Cyrhers.
The story of Fen ton is that the bark
Stone, on leaving this port March 10,
ran in'o bad weather, and ar noon oa tbe
Ist of fcer departure she sighted a writ*
#O- foot pleasure yacht, yaw] rigged, driving
* efore tbe ft rm with a part cf her j,b up.
An hour later tbe yacht was again s-;- r.,thn
time bottom up. Shortly afterward a
Swedish soilor was found adrift ad picked
up. He tx-ionged to the yacht, but, a. he
spoke no English, could give no information
concerning her. He was subsequently trans
ferred to a Norwegian bark.
Fenton goas on with a graphic account of
the storm w hich prevailed on March 10 and
cftherecuecf tbe Swedish teama :. ibe
story is from a letter purporting to have
been written by Let,ton and mailed in Auck
land. New Z -aland, July 4, less than four
month* after the bark is reported to have
sailed from this port.
A careful examination of the list of
United States merchant vessels fads to
find any such bark as the
Samuel Stone, and no such vessel
sailed from this port last vear for Australia
or anywhere else. The last vessel which
sailed from here for Australia was the
French bark Feoelon, and that was several
years ago. It would be impossible
for a sailing vessel to make the
voyage from here to Australia in the
time reported by Mate Fenton. These
facts, combined with the mate's failure to
give the name of the bark to which the sur
vivor was transferred, and his mistake in
the color of tfcs yacht, the absurd geographi
cal povition m which the two vesaels were
said to have met, tbe-Cvtbera having sailed
from New York the day before the wreck
is described, and the fact that the rescued
sailor was unable to make known the name
of his vaciit simply because he could not
speak English, is prima facie evidence, ship
ping men say, that the story is nothing but
a canard.
The story of the wreck and the rescue as
told by Fenton is as follows:
About noon on March 10 we sighted a white
yacht, yawl-rigged, driving before the boiling
froth with a i-art of ber jib up. Sb- did not
look sixty fee; long, and tne way she tor-- along
over the snoot tb water was a caution. We w ere
amazed a; s-eiug a pleasure craft out in such
weather and Captain Perkins said s\e hal no
chance to r;le it out when the sea got up. Half
an hour after the first gust the Stone was
piutg.tg and laving along in a caldron off uri
ous water, ar.d the seas seemed to reach to her
top*, a:, ] si metinjee they tumbled over her
forecastle, a -*~-li.ing deluge.
Well, it finally moderated and the black clouds
parted a little to leeward, and there was toe
yacht on her beam ends a mile to leeward, with
h- r copper shining an she rose like a log on the
sf u, ;er of some towering sea, and then sunk
out of- gh‘ among the watery hills.
We could see do life upon the hul . aD'l. as it
was awash and upon the verge of sinking, we
did n't stop and try and g.ve assistance. We
had gone 1 it s little distance when wo sighted
a man edrift on a hater right under our bows
By some act of nrovid'-nce the fellow made a
grab at tb martingale, at a big sea threw him
up to within reach of it. arid liung on fur dear
lire till we got him on board, and then he fainted
and was unconscious Jor sereral hours. When
be came to. to our astonishment we could not
talk to the coap because he, being a Swede,
couldn't understand a .word of our
language. He was dressed in a canvas suia
such a'- is the style aboard a gentleman s yacht,
an 1 from the shape and wood of the hatch he
had to. we knew he was from the foun
der--: yaw! Sh- had gone down withail aboard,
er. , t this Bwede, and we could get no infer
mation from him. He had iost his cap and
•Urf, krj fe, both of which might have identified
his boat. Bo we worked around for awhile,
and. seeing nothing of the other unfortunates,
we healed on our course, and, after touching
at various ports, reached this latitude. We
spoke an outward hpund. ship, and got some
papers from her. Cap* Perkins was sick at the
time, and so be did not report the wreck of the
yawl
AS LONG AS THEY MAKE WHEAT.
Western People Not Troubling Them
selves Over Politics.
Mr. R. R. Bren of Baltimore, who has
been in the city for the past two days on a
short visit to friends and relatives, left last
night for the Augusta exposition. He will
remain at the exposition to-day and will
then return to Baltimore. Mr. Bren is
connected with one of tho largest wholesale
dry goods houses in Baltimore, and has
just returned from an extended tour
through the state of Missouri. He said
that he spent some time in the state prior
to ami after the election. He said that the
people generally were crushed over the
result, but the busy season out there
afforded them no opportunity for grieving
long over their defeat, and the most of them
have gotten over it. The wheat and grain
crop, no said, was never finer. The yield
has lieen great, and the same report comes
from most of tho other western states.
Mr. Bren said that the west was never in
a more prosperous conditior than it now
is, and the people have ull they can do. He
said that tie general impression among
people in the west with reference to Harri
son's ad ministration is that the Interests of
the country generally will be
well subserved. The people think
that Harrison is a ir.au whose
principle* will not allow him to stoop to
injure any part of the country. They
think that he will strive to excel Cleve
land's administration.
"Xu short," he said, "they look for little
change, and they trouble themselves very
little about it as long as they make wheat."
Mr. Bren rode over the city yesterday
and was surprised at the groat improve
ments Bavannah has made since he was
bore last. He said that he had not seen
signs of greater thrift and enterprise
through all the west than he see* iu Ba
vannah.
ALABAMA'S RUSHING CITY.
What One of Birmingham’s Boomers
Says About the Place.
E. P. Smith, lately city editor of the Bir
mingham Aye, passed through Savannah
last night en route to his home in South
Carolina. Mr. Smith severed hi* connec
tion witff tho Age w hen it sold out to the
Herald a few day* since, and he
miticii>ates a trip to the northwest
to *nter tho newspaper business there.
He reports the business outlook in Ala
bama’s thriving city flattering. Within
the past two years, he said, Birmingham
tins increased her population to about
40,000. Her mining interests are rapidly
being developed and coal and Iron ore are
lieing transported from there to the north
by the train load daily. There are seven
road* centering in Birmingham, and
charters are being granted for
others. Eight dummy lines, with
a total mlleagn of 75 miles,
traverse the town, and every day hand* are
employed laving track and extending the
lines. Tho little city of Bessemer, which is
only a few hours ride from Birmingham,is a
great foodor to Birmingham in
the way of iron ore. Two
months ago there wore not more
than a half dozen houses there, and to day
tho town numbers 15,000 people as it* popu
lation. "Birmingham is growing steadily
and rapidly" said Mr. Smith "and there is
a great future for her."
One Fact
Is worth a column of rhetoric, said an
American statesman. It is a fact, estab
lished by the testimony of thousand* of
people, that Him si’s Sarsaparilla dues cure
scrofula, salt rheum and other diaeasoe or
affection* arising from Impure state or low
condition of the blood. It also overcomes
that tired feeling, create* a good appetite,
and gives strength to every part of the sys
tem. Try it.
Kid Gloves—Flno Driving Gloves.
I Splendid variety at LaKor’s.
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Here and Thera by tbe News
Reporters N’esterdaria Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs- Pick Inga a:
Police Headouarters.
DeKaib lodge No. 9, I. 0. O. P., meets
this eve .ing,
Thomas O'Leary to given lodgment in
the barracks yesterdav, charged with abus
ing his better half.
S.ias Baldwin, Amos Wright and Annie
Henderson were locked up yesterday,
c'_arged with gambling In a house on Poplar
•tree:.
There were 178 failures in the United
States reported to Brcuisfrcet's last week,
oga.rst 177 in the preceding week, and 223,
227, 197. and 227 in the corresponding weeks
of 1987, I*>, JBSS ai3 ,i
ir. 9 health officer's report shows a total
of 19 deaths In the city last week—7 of
whites and 11 of colored people; The annual
ratio per 1,900 for the week was 12 for
write* and 24 for colo-wi. In the corre
sponding week las: year there wore 27
deaths—l 2of whites and 35 of colored.
Henry Johnson isanot er colored bravado
whose revolver has brought him to grief.
He fired It off in tbe street yesterday, and
that charge and one of carrying a concealed
weapon are placed opposite his name on the
mayor's docket. A few heavy sentences
wi.i serve as a warning to the negroes who
laid in a big supply of deadly weapons last
Wednesday.
There were no less than ten arrests yes
terday for intoxication. The Sunday
record is getting to be tbe worst of the
week. The back door of the low dives
affords easy access to those who want to get
in, and street fights, pistols fired on the
street* and ill-selected language from the
lip* of inebriated toughs make Bund :ys tbe
busiest days in tbe policeman’s calendar.
D. G. Patton, a job printer, and formerly
lighthouse keeper at Tybee, fell from the
railroad bridge over St. Augustine’s creek
yesterday forenoon, receiving an ugly gash
on his head, which bl-d freely, but he re
vived and was able to walk to his home a
short distance from the place where the acci
dent occurred. Mr. Pat ton wa* a passenger
on tbe tram for 7'vbee, and tbe drawbridge
working badly, be and others alighted from
the tram to as-ist in swinging the draw in
Place, when a misstep caused the fail.
J. P. Porter (oolorei keeps a boarding
bouse in Broughton street laue, near We-t
lirOid street. He ha* a boarder named
I*ham Turner. Ttir ier it a young man,
and Porter said toat he has not been living
for the past few weeks exactly a3 he should.
Yesterday morning the landlord undertook
to read his boarder a lec'ure on the subject,
when Turner seized a hatchet and began
clubbing Porter over the head, and before
tbey were separate-1 Porter bad received
several severe wound*. After the affray
Turner eecape-l. and has not sine- been
heard of. Dr. S. C. Parsons dressed Porter's
wounds.
ABOUT FOLK3 YOU KNOW.
Savantiabians and Other People Who
Come and Go.
W. S. Smith of Hampton is in the city.
A. Asher of Augusta is at the Screven.
S. C. Evans of Wadiey is at the Screven.
T. R. Tindall of Waycross is in the city.
J. P. Dawson of Atlanta is at the Harnett.
R. L. Meldrim of Sylvania Is in the city.
J. N. Bchuts of Orlando is stopping at the
Screveu.
N. H. Hopkins of Brunswick is at the
Harnett.
J. A. Powell qf Tarboro, 8. C., is at the
Harnett. '
N. D. Russell of Brunswick is stopping at
the Screven.
C. N. Furboof Augusta is registered at
the Marshall.
W. L. Wilkins of*Ogeechee is stopping at
the Marshall.
G. M. Riley of Brighton is stopping at
the Marshall.
R. L. Hicks of Tbomasville is registered
at the Marshall.
T. G. Britton of Statenville is registered
at the Marshall.
T. M. Willinkof Bruuswick is stopping
at the Marshall.
L. B. Lanier cf Dublin is registered at
the Screven house.
W. D. Calelough of Haynesvitle is stop
ping at the Marshall.
Thomas Martin of Bluffton, 8. C., is reg
istered at the Harnett.
W. H. Atkins of St. Augustine is regis
tered at the Screven house.
Judge R. F. Lyon of Macon is in the city,
registered at the Screveu house.
Messrs. P. R. Coben and J. C. Johnson of
Statenville were in the city yesterday.
The Augusta Chronicle says that Bishop
Weed was on the streets Saturday, and
hosts of friends expressed their congratula
tions on his recovery. The bishop will re
main in Augusta probably during tho win
ter.
Mr. W. Y. Holland, who was injured in
the railroad accident on the Piedmont Air
Line at Folsom, on Monday last, is resting
easily at his home in Hare well. He dictated
a letter to a friend in this city, which was
received yesterday, stating that his skull is
fractured from the ear to the eye, and that
he sustained injuries to his back. He does
not expect to get out very soon, but is as
sured by his physician that with patience
an<l absolute rest and quiet he will recover
aud be able to go on tbe road again.
AT THE THEATER.
"Around the World In 80 Days” To-
Night and To-Morrow Night.
"Around the World in 80, days” will be
the opening attraction of the week at the
theater. Tho Sexes and Courier says of
the company’s performance In Charleston:
“The presentation did not disappoint the
expectations of tbe public. Mr. Fleming’s
company w a good one in every sense of the
word. The east does not require dramatic
stars of the first magnitude, but the im
ii irtant roles were all acceptably filled.
Mr. Fleming as ‘Phineas Fogg,’ Mr. Wol
fred as ‘Passepartout,’ Miss Marshall as
‘Aouda,’ Miss Rees as 'Avosha,’ Mr.
Stoddard as the ‘Dotective,’ and Mr. J. P.
Fleming as the ‘American’ lan interpola
tion, by tho way), were all excellent imper
sonations."
THE AIM OF ALMOST EVERY
YOUNG MAN
Is to Become tho Owner of a Good Gold
Watch. ,
In view of this fact the Desboulllons Watch
Club was started, and It enables any person to
secure a Solid 14kt. Gold Watch, with a flno El
gin, Kockfood, Waltham, B. W. Raymond or
Ham|iden movement, for $1 a week. Tile club
in Karanasli is an assured success, as ha* been
ilemonsirated the past week by organising two
full clubs of fifty-two members each, w hich
represent over $5,000 worth of watches. The
following are tho numbers that drew Saturday
evening:
Club No. 1, member No. it; Club No. 2, mem
ber No. 12. Join now. save money. The Des
boulUon s Watch Club.
H. K. C*l’bFl*t.n. Manager,
21 Bull street.
Don’t You Say You Can't
Afford it now. What? Why to purchase
a Plano for that homo of your*. Suppose
you aro of moderate mean*, it take* but
28H cent* per day to purchase one of those
choice Muthushok Pianos whllo the special
sale last*, and that too *t a saving of S7O to
you—sS2. r >, $5 cosh aud $2 weekly. You
can't afford to xniss. Every bouse should
have one. Ludden & Bates 8. M. H.
Embroidered Front, F’ull Drees Shirts
only $1 00. Evening scarfs and ties—
beautiful. At LaFar s.
ON BAIL AND CRO33TI*.
Local and Genera. Gossip in Railway
Circles
! The WTJI StrtH .Vrurs a*ks: ‘ Where did
John H. lomsn get the money from with
which to pav for the Georgia Central
i stock U
The charter of tbe Varon and Mi sisuppi
Valley railroad granted tbe roai “exsmp
i non from taxation for a term of twenty
vears from oomplet: n of sa-d r ad to the
Mississipf: river. In a sui! reoe itly brought
by the taxing authorities of certain coun
ties in Mississippi against tbe roai. theeom
, party contended that it was tbe intention of
i the legislature to grant a period of exenjp
; tion which should begin at the date of the
approval of tbe act of incorporation abso
lutely. but the supreme court of Mississippi
held turn: the exemption did not accrue
until the road was completed to the Missis
sippi river.
rh Pensacola Commercial says: “It is an
open secret that tbe Mobile and Ohio people,
who have close business relations with the
Illinois Central, have long had an eye upon
Pensacola as a prospective g .if terminus it
tbeir system, and not a few' believe the pro
jected Birmingham, il bile and Navy Cove
railroad is but an extension of the "Mobile
and Ohio, espec.ally since the announce
ment was made some time ago. and which
is now confirmed by the Herald, that Illi
nois capital is behind the enterprise. Pen
sacola's interest lies in the fact that the line
of an extension of the Birmingham, Mo
bile and Navy Cove road has been surveyed
to the shores of this harbor, and that it is
the evident intention of the projectors,
while tbey mean to build to Navy Cove, to
seek toe superior and additional terminal
facilities which may bs had at Pensacola.’'
At a recent meeting of the directory of
the Americus, Preston and Lumpkin rail
road it was agreed that a bill be present- and to
tbe general asiembly, asking that the name
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin railroad
be changed to the Savannah, Americu- and
Montgomery road. The opinion is general,
the Americus Republican says, that a*
soon as the eastern divbion of the road,
sixty-five miles in length, is made standard
gauge that it will bo built on to Savannah,
and also that the wi stern terminus, now
completed nearly to the Chattahoochee
river, will be continued to Montgomery,
Ala. The advantages of such "a
step, the Republican adds, are clearly
apparent, in that it would not only give us
an independent through line to the west,
but would also furnish a short and direct
highway to the sea. This road has been
the salvation of Americus and also of the
county su-T unding it, and if its present
plans are carried out as proposed, it will
prove more thau ever the great factor that
it is.
The consolidation of the Mann and Wood
ruff companies, and the organization < t the
Union Palace Car Company, will give one
company control of the palace car busino-s
oa southern roals, including the Rich i.ond
Terminal’* operated lines, about Jan, 1.
Speaking of tnis consolidation, the St. Louis
Republic says: Ihe “Wagner p-ople are
somewhat a.armed over ttie recent consili
dation of the Woodruff and Mann boudoir
companies into the Union Palace Car
Company, with a capital stock of f3,000,-
000. The capitalists interested in the
new concern are experienced and en
terprising men, wno propose to give
t:.e Wagner company a good fight for busi
ness. hhesoeneof the con est will be in
the south, where both companies have a
hold, and the struggle will be an interesting
one. The Mann is operated by a number
of southern lines on contract, and the Wag
ner has all along made a bid for this busi
ness without success. It had a chance to
buy tbe ifann company at one time, but
the price, $900,000, was thought too high,
although it included patent rights, con
tracts, and twenty palace cars, and so the
negotiation fell througu. A grand consoli
dation of the Wagner and the Union com
panies, as against the Pullman, would not
be a surprise.”
Bradycrotitie Manufacturing Company:
Gknts:—l have tried your Bradycrotine for
mv wife and myself, and in both instances had
relief in ten or fifteen minutes. I consider it the
best remedy for headache I have tried.
W. J. THORNTON.
From Year to Year
The ingenuity of man is taxed to devise
new and easy methods of generating heat
for domestic purposes. The invention of
the “Grand" Oil Stoves is one of the sue
cessfxxl results. It is convenient, economi
cal, effective, and easily managed, and is
just the thing for offices or small apart
ments. Fire can be lit or extinguished in a
moment, and the heat can bo controlled to
the desired temperature. No smoke, no
dust, no odor. I still have the Little Flor
ence Oil Stoves, which have proven so satis
factory for bath rooms, but the “Grand” is
something new and more powerful. Have
also a large assortment of Oil Cooking
Stoves. Call and see them at Crockery
House of Jas. 8. Silva, 140 Broughton
street.
A Display to Tempt Burglars.
A visit to M. Sternberg’s attractive Jew
elry Warerooms at 157 Broughton street,
would almost create a burglarious tendency
in tbe most honest mind, particularly it
said mind had an impecunious owner. Such
Diamond Necklaces, such Diamonds in all
shapes and settings, such Jewels, Watches,
Chains, Charms and objects for personal
adornment too numerous to recapitulate.
Agaiu, on every hand impressive Bronze
Statuary and Ornaments, Music Boxes of
artistic finish uttering such sweet harmony,
lovely Vases and Decorative Brie-a-Brac,
shelves laden with Sterling and Plated
Silverware, ooetly imported specimens of
genius in quaint wares, and rank upon rank
of beautiful articles everywhere, that sug
gest fairyland or deep sea caves of treasure
trove. In short the largest and finest stock
in the state. Wedding Presents in greatest
variety. Price* very low, and visits of in
spection requested. M. Sternberg,
157 Broughton street.
'’The Sun Do Move.”
Be this as it may, that the Mathushek
Pianos are moving is a dead certainty.
Every steamer laden with new supplies, and
yet it is difficult to keep them on hand long
enough to exhibit. Can’t get them fast
enougn. Place your order now for delivery
iu relation. Special Sale —$325, $5 cash, $2
weekly. Sale limited. D;n’t wait till
too late, order now. Ludden & Bates 8.
M. H.
Round Trip Kates via the Central Rail
road of Georgia.
To Augusta exposition and return, $3 40.
To Columbus exposition and return, $0 45,
Tickets to Augusta and return will be on
sale until, ami including, Dec. 15th, limited
five days trom sale, but not later than
Dec. 17th.
Tickets to Columbus on sale until Nov.
30th, inclusive, good returning on aud until
Dec. 2d, inclu*ivo.
These ticket* include transfer to and from
and admission to Exposition ground*.
Ticket offices, 10 Bull street and Central
depot. E. T. Charlton, Gon. Puss. Agt.
Oak, Pino and Light wood. MB
Have removed my wood yard to eornor
Gwinnett street and Savannah, Florida and
Western railway. Telephone 77.
R. B. Cassils.
Warning to Parents.
That Special Hale of Mathushek Pianos
at $325— 55 cash, $2 weekly, is only for a
limited time, and if you mis* It you alono
will lie to blame. Order flow and save S7O.
Luddon & Bates 8. M. H.
Weddings.
Wedding Invitations and card* printed or
engraved at tho shortest notice and in the
latest styles. We carry an extensive and
well selected stock of Ann papers, envelope*
and card* especially for such order*. Sam
ples sent, on application. Mornino. News
Printing House, Savannah, Ua.
Weather Indications.
Special indication* for Georgia:
RAIN I hreasaoing weather and rain,
w Tatar, easterly, shif ing to south
erly winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah. S.w !?, 1999, and the mean of sam? day
for fifteen years.
Departure Total
Mrs'- Trartßi-rKE from the Departure
Mesa Since
for 14 Tear* Nov. I*. S9 --or Jan. 1. !?93.
te 9- -25 tyf
Comparative rainfall statement:
De nrture Total
Mean Daily Amount from the Departure
Amount for for Mean Since
16 years Nov. “SS. i --or— Jan. MBS3.
09 00 j .OB | -- .8i
Maximum temperature. 54 9; minimum tem
perature. 49 0.
The bight of the river r>t Augusta at 7:33
o’clock a. in. yesterday Augusta time- was
17.0 feet, a fall of -4.4 feet during the past
twentvf. ur hours.
Observation* taken at the same moment of
time at ill stxtians.
Savassab. Nov. C:?sa. m.. City time.
Tcinpnrature.
Direction, j
5
Wlnoty. J P
liainfiUl
SAKE
or
STATIONS
Portland 82 8 Cloudy.
Boston 31 9 6 .... Cloudy.
Block Island 42 S F 20 Cl uidv.
New York city 40 N E 9.. Cloudy.
Philadelphia. 40 N E 12 Cloudy.
Detroit 36 E 6 .iSßsinmg.
Fort Buford. .. 22 NW . clear.
St. Vincent.. 74 NW U Clear.
Point Jupiter. Fla 79 E 10 04 Cloudv.
Washington City 44 F. 0! Raining.
Titusville. t2SEIO 01 Cloudy.
Norfolk 54 NE 10 20 Raining.
Cnarlotte ' 3S N 10 11 Cloudy.
Hatteras
Wilmington.. .... 54 N E 6 S6 Raining.
Charleston , 52 N 12 Cloudy.
Augu5ta......... 4* N 8 *T Cloudy.
Savavsab 50 N S Cloudy.
Jacksonville 5“ N E 12 T* Cloudy.
Cedar Keys TON E 12 Clear.
Key West ; *B’ E . l fi Fair.
Atlanta 44 E 12 09 Cloudv.
Pensacola 64 NE 10 . Cloudy.
Mobile 62 N E H .06 Ka.ning.
Montgomery 56 E 8 01 Cioudy.
Vicksourg ... ,62 3 E 6 te Cloudy.
New Orleans ! 64 SE 12 . Cloudy.
Shreveport ; 5i N ... 80 Raining.
Fort Smith 48 W ,01 Cloudy*.
Galveston 61 E 14 56 Raining.
Palestine. 54 N E 6 84 Raining.
Brownesville 1
Rio Grande .... . j
Memphis 56 . .50 Raining.
Cincinnati. , 49 S E 5 22 Raining.
Marquette j 30 SW 8 .... Cloudy.
Chicago | 31 SW 6 09 Snowing.
Duluth 82 SW 8 . Cloudy.
Bt. Paul. :J8 S E Fair.
St. Louis 31 N 8; 04 Cloudy.
Kansas City 3! NF ?: Cloudy.
Bismarck 26 NW 14 . Clear.
Rapid City. Dak.. 30 N o Clear.
•T denotes trace of rainfall.
L. A. liExsojt. Observer Signal Corpa
When You Visit
The Augusta Exposition don’t miss the
Ludden & Bates S. M. H. superb display of
Pianos and Organs. The finest display and
best pianist will be found at the stand of
their Augusta agents, Messrs. P. A. Bren
ner & Cos. Listen to tbe captivating tones
of the Chickering, Mason & Hamlin,
Mathushek and other choice instruments,
under the touch of Prof. De ik, and enjov
the grandest musical treat imaginable. A
welcome for all.
At Estlll'B.
Savannah Daiijt Morning News,
Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly for Decem
ber, Demorest's Magazine for December,
L’Art de ia Mode for December, Mr.Grundy,
Rostrum, Loudon lUu grated News, 10-cent
edition, Horseman, Sporting South, Sport
ing Times, Sporting New*. Sporting
Life, Sportsman, New Y’ork Weekly, Sat
urday Night, New York Ledger. Fireside
Companion, Family Story Pap-r, Public
Opinion, New York Herald, World,
Morning Journal, Sun, Star, Press,
Times, Graphic, Tribune,, Boston Herald,
Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Cin
cinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Gazette,
Philadelphia Press, Philadelphia Tin e;,
New Orleans Times-D-amocrat, At
lanta Constitution, Macon ’.telegraph, Au
gusta Chronicle, Charleston News and
Courier, Florida Times-Uuioki, Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Christmas Near at Hand.
Don’t forget that a small investment will
gladden tbe heart of that bright-eyed boy
or girl. Mathushek Piano—s32oj $5 cash,
$2 weekly, at Ludden & Bates 8. .M. H.
“Top Royal,” the New Full Drees Collar
and E. &W. make. All the nowolties, at
LaFar, 29 Bull street.
We Have Made it a Study*
And have succeeded in making prices so
low and payments so small as to enable aU
to purchase. Our immense sale of ALathu
shok Pianos at $325 —$5 cash, $2 weekly,
under our Special Sale is the opportunity.
Call and investigate at Ludden & Bates 8.
M. H. _____ _____
Elegant Silk Hats for $5.
Dunlap's and Naecimento's colebraaod
hats. LaFar, sole agent, 29 Bull street.
Mathushek Pianos.
Upright, Grand, Rosewood and
Cases, 7j£ Octaves, three strings through- ,
out, ivory keys, unique fall board, fancy
fretwork. Queen Anue trusses, equalizing
scale, French grand action. Catalogue
price S7OO, but now for a limited period
only at $325 —$5 cash, $2 weekly.
Ludden & Bates 8. M. H.
"Indelible” Fast Black Half Hose.
Money refunded for every pair that
stains the feet. The only black half hose for
evening wear. Sold by LaFar.
Columbus Discovered America,
But Luddon & Bates 8. M. H. the way to
make its inhabitants How? Byes
tablishiug a Special Sale of Mathushek
Pianos at $325 —$5 cash, $2 weekly, saving
each purchaser S7O. Place your order now.
Don't delay. Money and music in it for
every home.
At tbe Harnett House, Savannah, Oa.,
you get all the comforts of tho higb-priced
hotels, and save from $1 to $2 per day.
Try it aud be convinced.— Boston Home
Journal. ,
Oak, Pine and Ltghtwood.
Have removed my wood yard to corner
Gwinnett street and Savannah, Florida and
Western rail way. Telephone 77.
R. B. Casskls.
Sanitary Underwear of Pure Camels'
Hair.
All-wool garments, both red and white,
at LaFar’s, 29 Bull street.
THE BOOK FOR BOOKKEEPERS.
It Will open Out Perfectly Flat From
First to Last Page.
The Mornino News Printing House is
the licensed manufacturer of Bronson’s
Flat Opening Blank Books (adopted by the
Uuited State* government).
There is no book made of equal strength.
It will open at any page and remain per
fectly flat. There is no danger of the leaves
becoming loose, It is the only elastic bind
ing designed to open flat that has received
the unqualified iudorsoment of bookkeepers
as well as bookbinders. Books ruled to any
pattern, made to any size and bound in any
style.
We are making book* for a number of
Arms In this city aud elsewhere, and will
take pleasure in showing them to those in
terested.
The Mornino News Steam Printing
House, 3 Whitaker street, Suvanuah.
baking powder.
1211
p|Byi
! 6
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Thli Powder never varln. A mM-rel of p, ]r „
ntreegth and Wholeeomenes M-r* enconomi
cal than the ordinary kinds, and oatmnt to sold
lr. competition with the multitude of | ow
•hor? weight alum or phosphate powder*,
cmly in oaru Roval Baxino Powdzaoo a
Wall street. New York. ’
LUDDEN * BATES S. M. H
\ SIIEK
SILVER TONE
PIANOS
SPECIAL SALE!
£2f“Note Our Grand Offer.
STATE
OF
LEATHER.
U
ized Cases, 7H Octaves, three strings
throughout, ivory keys, unique fall
board, fancy fretw-rk. Queen Anne
trusses, Equalizing scale, French grand
action. Catalogue price ?700, hut nn->-
for a limited period only at s32s—s.'
cash. $2 weekly.
PERUSE. PONDER, PURCHASE,
SAVING S7O.
Lndden I sa[es fjom
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES, ETC. ~
Chandeliers,
BRACKETS,
Hall Lights
AND ALL KINDS OF ,
Gas Fixtures
OF MANY ARTISTIC STYLES AND
DESIGNS, NOW FOR SALE BY
John Nicolson, Jr.,
30 and 32 Drayton St.
■MBBMSBMSMMSMMmSHMaMIM^BMSMkaHava^MSaBHSSWaasnW
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
PARLOR SUITES!
I
Our Mammoth Stock of
Suites,
Fancy Chairs, ,
Odd Divans,
Conversazonie Chairs, Etc,,
Is Marked at
Prices That Will Interest You*
Special Designs Upholstered to Order.
Ou;r Grand Clearing
Carpet Sale
Continues tto the Special Satisfaction of Out
Patrons.
We oan interest you and do you good. W#*
Ing is believing.
A. J.lMiller & Co.’s
Furniture \ji Carpet Emporium.
tiIASOM.
APPLE N.
Carload Large Fancy Red Apples.
VEGETABLES OF EVERY KIND. GRAPES,
PEAS.'UTS.
FLORIDA ORANGES.
HAY AND GRAIN.
TEXAS RKiOR.r. gEH)OAW
W. D. Simkrns & Cos.
■a^awseaaMawa
THE MORRISON H 0U r
CENTRALLY located, on line 0111-DIV
oilers pleasant south rooms',
board, lowest rotes. With new nil
and ventilation porfect, the *•
of the house is of the host. w J*
too and Drayton stroeis, ('**•
at