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SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THU STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
D&ehea Here and There by the News
Reporters Yesterday's Happenings
Told In Brief Paragraphs—Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
Calanthe Lodge, K. of P., will meet
to-night
DeKalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., meets
this evening.
There will be no session of the superior
court to-day.
The city criminal court will convene at
10 o’clock this morning.
The board of education will hold its
monthly meeting to-night.
The Merchants’ National Bank will hold
its annual election for directors on Jan. 8.
The United States court will be convened
to-day on the arrival of Judge Speer from
Macon.
Clinton Lodge, F. and A. M., will hold a
regular communication to-night, and will
elect officers.
The German Friendly Society will hold
its December meeting to-night at Knights
of Pythias hall.
The special council committee on drain
age it is expected will finally decide on a
plan at the meeting to be colled by the
mayor to-day or to-morrow.
The health officer’s report for last week
shows a total of twenty-one deaths, six of
whites and fifteen of colored. The annual
ratio per 1,000 for the week was 10 for
whites and 33 for colored.
The huge twelve ton roller will be in op
eration to-day rolling the binder on the
Broughton street asphalt work. The w. rk
of grading on Li berty street will be re
sumed if the weather will permit.
There were -73 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstrect's last week,
against 264|in the preceding week and 208,
209, 21+ and 306 in the corresponding weeks
of 1887, 18S6, ISBS and 1884 respectively.
There were seven cases for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct docketed up to 1
o'clock this morning for the mayor's c. >urt.
Since the superior court aud c'tv court con
vened there is a noticeable falling off in the
number of graver offenses.
J. S. Smith, a grocer at Alanaha, was
closed by his creditors Friday night last,
and his stock of goods was levied upon.
It is not believed ttiat Savannah merchants
are losers. Smith had small means, and
only embarked in business in the early part
of the present year. It is said that the bulk
of his liabilities are in Macon and Atlanta.
It is stated h re that the creditors of
George R. Murray & Cos., of Quincy, Fia.,
notice of whose failure was published in the
Morm.vg News, will be doing well if they
get over 15 or 20 cents on the dollar. The
firm transferred all its real estate, except
the store house, upon which Malcolm Mac
lean & Cos., of this city held a mortgage,
before making an assignment.
A “ Pouch on g” party will be held this
afternoon and evening in the supper r oms
of the Guards’"Arsunal. Beautiful Chri-t
--mas presents of all kinds can be had there.
During the evening Prof. Leon’s orchestra,
will give a cone irt for the benefit of the
entertainment. There will be no charge
for admission. The object is a worihp one.
The entertainment commends itself to the
public.
A basket containing a male infant appar
ently about a week old, was found last
night on State street. In the basket was a
note saying that the mother was a widow,
barely able to support i.erself,and she left the
child to the mercy of whoever might find it,
and whom she hoped would be tetter able
to take care of it than she her elf. The
note was apparently written by a woman.
The handwriting was poor and was scarcely
legible. The matter was reported to the
police, and the foundling was taken to the
barracks. Chief Green placed it in the
keeping of a colored woman.
There is considerable complaint by
famines living in the vicinity of West
Broad and Harris streets about the stone
crusher recently built there. The ob
jection is because of the heavy showers
of stone dust that fill the porches, hallways
and every other portion of the houses that
are open during the time that the crusher is
in operation. The people say that unless
their doors and windows are closed so as
not to allow the dust to enter it is stifling,
and two or three families will move to a
different portion of the city. The managers
of the company have promised to cover the
crusher to prevent the dust from being
blown away.
THE MAYORALTY CANVASS.
Maj. Schwarz's Friends Satisfied
with the Conference's Action.
The large number of Germans that are
being admitted to citizenship in the superior
and city courts it is claimed has a political
significance. Seven were admitted in the
superior court Saturday and the friends of
Maj. Schwarz say that means seven solid
votes for him for mayor.
The Major’s friends say that they
are in every way satisfied with the
action of the conference committee of
the various clubs Friday night. They
say that the longer action is delayed the
greater are the opportunities for work, and
the more difficult it is to defeat their candi
date. They claim that no candidate in
eleven days can defeat a man who has the
field to himself until the closing hours of
the campaign, and that whde the argu
ment has been used that there is dan
ger of trades with- county candidates,
Schwarz's chances will not be impaired by
the free field given him.
It is also claimed that if a vote hail teen
pressed in the conference committee it
would have been doubtful if the Young
Men’s Democratic Club could have been
successful in naming a candidate, and it is
said to be questionable whether the clubs
will unite in nominating municipal ca di
dates. The Fourth District Club, the First
District Club and the Chatham Demo
cratic Club, it is are unwilling
for the aldermanic ticket to be selected by
the clubs in a delegate convention, but they
want to nominate their own candidates in
order to insure district representation in
the new council.
The question has lieen raised whether the
clubs can ever te brought together to nomi
nate a municipal ticket in the face of the
fact that some of them want to nominate
their own aldermanic ticket, and some of
them, who are for Schwarz, who is a candi
date outside of the party organization, will
not handicap him l>y representation in a
delegate convention to w hich ho will not
submit his candidacy. Whiletheelubs were
willing to post|>one the nomination until
after the county election, it does not follow,
they argue, that they will participate in a
nominating convention; in fact some of the
•tub representative S look the precaution l >
say in the Friday night conference meeting
that they were not authorized to bind their
clubs to auy agreement to go into a nomi
nating convention.
The campaign seems to te complicated as
much since the conference meeting as it
was before. The strength of the Schwarz
men wns not tested; as a gentleman said
yesterday, “one side was afraid and the
other daren’t.” The county campaign, it
appears, will not ecli|ise the municipal
fight.
The Fourth District Independent Demo
cratic Club will moot to-night at the Bay
View bouse, aud some action will probably
be taken that will indicate how the club
will stand on the mayoralty and in the
aldermanic canvass. The \V< st Hide Demo
cratic Club will also meet to-night.
Hood’s Bai'saparillu is a purely vegetable
preparation, being free from injurious in
gredients. It is peculiar in its cu.ative
power. '
The Chlckerlng Always Loads.
The Chiekering Piano will be Uod by tho
Theodore Thomas Orchestra on their tour
through New York Btate. Richard Hoff
man is the pianist. —Music and Urania.
A STORM COMING.
Cautionary Signals Hoisted at the
Signal Station.
A storm is approaching from the gulf,
and there was a steady fall of the barometer
i here yesterday which went down from 30.04
inches yesterday morning to '.9.88 at 8
o’clock last night, and was then falling
slowly. A fail of nearly .2 indicates a storm
of con.-iderable intensity. The barometer is
very low o jtbe Gulf e. a-t. At 8 o'clock last
night it was 29.82 at Cedar Keys ad 29.50
at Jacksonville. At New Orleans they were
beginning to get some of the storm, the
wind blowing at a velocity of thirty miles
an hour. It rained at New Orleans, At
lanta and Augusta yesterday, and was rain
ing last night.
The following cautionary telegram was
received at the signal office here:
Washington, Dec. 9, 1888.
Observer. Savannah. On;
Hoist cautionary northeast at 10:15 o'clock p.
m. at Savannali, Savannah section. Storm in
the Middle gulf is moving eastward. Cautionary
southeast ordered at Jacksonville, Jacksonville
section. Gr*ely.
Assistant Observer i/oose said last night
that the barometric fall is anjunusual one, a
fall of .1 being an indication of a marked
change in the weather, and ns the storm ap
pr aches nearer, the fail will te nearly if
not quite .9. He says that the Keys are
likely to he in the path of the approaching
storm. A heavy rainfall may be expected
to accompany it. Tho indications for the
next twenty-four hours are: Rain; cooler;
northerly winds.
TWENTY YEA .8 OLD.
Trinity Sunday School Missionary So
ciety’s Anniversary.
The twentieth anniversary of Trinity
Sunday School Missionary Society was cele
brated at Trinity church last night. The
church was crowded and the exercises were
exceedingly interesting. They opened with
the song, “All Hail the Power of Jesus’
Name,” sung by the school. Rev.
E. H. McGehee read the 11th psalm
as a Scripture lesson and the school
sang, “The Treasures of Heaven.” The
creed was said, and prayer was offered by
the pastor. The song, “Busy Little Glean
ers,” followed. The exercise by the infant
class was excellent. Thirty little boys and
girls in pretty costumes marched around in
side of the altar railing, and forming iu line
sang an appropriate selection in a manner
that won the applause of everybody in the
church. After they had concluded, the
little ones marched back to their places in
front of the altar.
The treasurer's report was then read.
The report showed that there had been
nearly S4OO collected by the school
since the last anniversary, and the Sunday
school society is not lax in mission work,
but. on the contrary, that it is devoting its
whole energy to it.
After the song “They Are Coining
Home,” Miss Bessie Miller re
cited the “Home Missionary” in a
style particularly impressive. Fol
lowing that was a brief addre-s by the
pastor in which he dealt with missionaries
and their work. The address was very in
teresting. The school then sang “When
the Harvest Comes.”
“The Lights of the World,” by seven
little hoys and girls, was well rendered.
Each one carried a lighted candle, and as
they recited their verto they marched to a
silver frame and placed the candle in it.
When all the candles were placed in the
frame it represented a heart. This exer
cise was one of the features of the evening,
and everybody enjoyed it.
The school then sang “Whiter Than the
Snow,” and Samuel B. Adams, Esq., de
livered an address. He spoke about the
charges which have been made against
missions as entirely groundless. He said
that statistics proved conclusively that more
work has lieen done in foreign fields than in
the churches. He said that it is a duty and
a divine command to go into all the world
and preach the gospel. His address was
well received, and was listened to with the
closest attention.
After Mr. Adams’ ’ address, a collection
was taken up and over SUX) was raised.
This was very encouraging. “A Brighter
Day” was then sung and the audience
joined in. Then came the doxology and
the benediction.
The anniversary was in every way a suc
cess. The missionary society is in its
twentieth year, while the Sunday school
dates back sixty-six years.
Dr. White, who is at the head of the
society, said that the amount which the
society had o- dlected is for boms missions.
The church takes care of their foreign mis
sions.
THEY WANT HIM TO STAY.
First Presbyterians Decline to Accept
Their Pastor’s Resignation.
Tho First Presbyterian church has unani
mously declined to accept the resignation
of Rev. J. W. Rogau. Mr. Kogan's resig
nation, as already stated in the Morning
News, whs read before the congregation
last Sunday. A congregational mooting
was held yosterday after the morn
ing service to act upon it.
The meeting was a large one, all the work
ing aud most active members being present.
H. F. Train was elected chairman and
H. W. Way acted as secretary.
After some debate as to whether
the congregation could well accept
the resignation, a ballot was taken re
sulting in twenty-one votes for and 100
against accepting it. The action of the
meeting was then made unanimous. A
majority of those voting to accept the
resignation did so on the ground that it
was believed to be Mr. Kogan’s wish to
leave Savannah.
Mr. Kogan was notified yesterday after
noon of the action of the congregation, and
although he has not given a definite reply,
it is pretty well understood that he will re
main. Before th > matter is finally decided,
however, the resignation will have to te
acted upon by the presbytery which is in
session this week at Waycross.
AT THE THEATRE
Miaco in “The Magic Talisman” the
Week’s Opening Show.
The opening attraction of the week at the
theater is Miaco’* Pantomime Company to
night, and to-morrow night and to-morrow
matinee. Miaco i3 said to be a strong re
minder of George L. Fox. The New Or
leans Picayune says of him that he is an
admirable clown, quick in his movements
and business, and having the gift of con
veying much meaning by his gesture and
facial expression. Ilis play, “The Magic
Talisman,” is highly spoken of. The com
pany has been plaving very successfully
everywhere it has l.eua, aud there is hardly
a doilbt that it will draw big houses here.
Miaco Not Attached.
Mr. Alfred Miaco, of the Magic Talisman
Company, called at the Morning News
last night to deny the accuracy of the
Charleston dispatch that his company had
been attached at Charleston for debts con
tracted while at Columbia, S. C. Mr.
Miaco says that his company did not visit
Columbia at nil. He ae it a blank contract
for a date, staling that if the date suited
aud he could go that way h would do so,
but finding he could not play Columbia he
notified the agent oi the theater to that ef
fect. Ho showed the contract, which ho
had not signed, to tho Charleston lawyer
who was employed to make a demand lor
the hall rein, and it was such self-evident
proof of no case that no proceeding < wore
taken. The company will go from nere to
Macon, Americus, Columbus, Eufaula,
Montgomery, Pensacola and Mobile and
! thence to New Orleans for the holidays,
where they pluyed three weeks last winter.
At the Harnett Home, Savannah, O#.,
you get all tho comforts of the high-priced
hotels, aud save from $1 to $2 per day.
Try it aud te convinced. —Boilon llom*
Journal.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1888.
LABT MONTHS’ WEAtfHER.
November an Unusually Cold and
Wet Month.
Signal Observer Denson’s November re
port to the chief signal officer contains a
good deal of interesting matter. The
weather last month was the eldest with
one exception of any November since 1873.
That exception was November 1876. The
mean temperature last month was 56°.
The coldest day was Nov. 27 when mercury
went down to 36". The highest temperature
recorded was 80° on Nov. 3. The mean
temperature for November, sinoe 1871, is as
follows.
1871 58.5 1880 56.0
1972 52.8 1881 81.3
1973. 54.6 18 58.3
1974 39.1 1883 59.6
1975 60.5 1884 58.7
1876 55.0 1885., 57.9
1877 58.4 1886 58.0
1978 £8.5 1987 .56.4
1979 .59.7 1888 .56.0
The rainfall last month in inches and
hundredths was 3.74, tho greatest November
rainfall since 1880. The rainfall for
November back to 1871 is as follows:
1871 2 37 1880. 4.40
1872. 2.43 1881 2.72
1873 5.74 1882 1.63
1874 1.80 1883 0.58
1875 1.49 188-1 1.72
1876 0.88 1886 0.61
1877 3.72 1886 0.51
1878 3.97 1887 0.29
1879 2.46 1888 8.74
There was an excess of rainfall during
the month amounting to 1.46 inches.
There is still a deficiency, however, of 5.73
inches since Jan. 1, 1888. The prevailing
direction of the wind was nortn and its
t ’tal movement was 5,553 miles. The high
est velocity recorded here was 35 miles an
hour from the northeast on Nov, 14. There
were 11 clear days during the month, 5
fair days and 14 cloudy days. Frosts oc
curred on Nov. 11, 12, 26 and 27.
THE YELLOW FEVER MAILS.
Over Two and a Half Million Pieces of
Matter Fumigated.
The mail clerks who were on duty at the
Waycross fumigating station during the
yellow fever have been granted a thirty
days’ leave of absence, and now they are en
joying it. Maj. R. E. Mansfield, who was in
charge of the station, has made his official
report to the postofflee department. It
shows that during the four months the sta
tion was in operation over 2,500,000 pieces
of mail matter wore handled and fumigated.
The following are the official figures:
I No. Racks Fumi- !
| gated J
No. Pouches Fu
j inigated
No. Registered.
Packages
j No. Sacks Papers
I !
No. of Packages. |
No. Pouches Re- j
ceived
Month.
August 564 13,624 1.646 3,311 804 6.906
September' 420 12,177 1 800 3,646 882 0.818
October 1 255 11,281*1.527. 4,186 800 6.151
November....) 832 11,980,1,611 4.350 J 921 8,100
Total 1.501 49,018 6,612 1 15,556 3,50-1 28,065
Average number of letters to a package, 40.
Average number of papers to a sack, 80
Total number of pieces fumigated, 2,536,845.
It will, therefore, be scon from the above
that 2.536,845 pieces of mail matter were
handled at the station, and some Idea of the
immensity of the work done by the men in
charge can be formed from the fact that
each piece had to be handled separately
four times in the process of fumigation.
In the process of preparing the letters for
fumigating it was necessary to punch holes
in them, and it may have happened that in
some instances the contents of the letters
were injured by the punches. It is just as
well, therefore, in case of another such
epidemic f r the public to know that this
can be obviated by simply perforating the
envelopes or cutting off the four corners be
fore putting the betters or anything else in.
This would not only prevent the contents
from being injured by the heavy punches,
but would save the clerks a great deal of
work, as all that is necessary is some kind
of an aperture to the envelope to allow the
entrance of the sulphur fume3.
TEB FEDERAL PLUMS.
A Bit of Gossip from Washington
About the Georgia Offices.
Mr. Eugene Speer,writes as follows from
Washington to the Atlanta Evening
Journal :
“Col. Jack Brown spent two hours at
Senator Colquitt’s quarters a day or two
ago and talked freely about the republican
slate for Georgia. Ho declared that there
was no division among Georgia republi
cans now that Bryant is away. Darnell is
booked for United States attorney: Tom
Johnson for port collector at Savannah;
Walter Johnson for revenue collector;
D. ft. Locke for Capt. Ben Turner’s post
office job. His impression is that Angier
was too fresh a convert to beat Darnell
for the attorney’* place, but he will get
something almost as good. He declared he
was unable to place Gen. Longstreet, but
he could get almost anythi g ho wanted.
Atkins desired a South American mission,
that to Brazil most likely, and he would get
it. Only one office was left in the air, the
Macon postoffice. The colonel could not de
termine nor had his party friends deter
mined, who was fit for that. When asked
about the colored contingent, he said they
would be provided for in the railway mad
service. Col. Brown declared he wanted
nothing himself. He has a good practice
here, and wanted to be left alone to man
age it.”
ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW.
Savannahlans and Other People Who
Com* and Go.
R. L. Lewis of Rogers is at the Screven.
J. L. Tison of Pearson is at the Harnett.
J. R. Brown of Waresboro, is at the Har
nett.
Miss Griner of Statesboro is at the Mar
shall.
A. N. Sibley of Atlanta is at the Mar
shall.
Arthur Tracy of Mobile is at the Screven
house.
L. B. Johnson of Atlanta is at the
Screven.
E. B. Addison of Richmond is at the
Screven.
F. H. Rahtn of Richmond, Vo., is at the
Marshall.
J. A. Davis of Wrightsville is at the
Marshall.
Edward Root and daughter, of Ocala, are
at the Marshall,
C. E. Minis and T. F. Roberson of Bax
ley are in tho city.
J. E. Mulligan and wife, of Augusta, are
stopping at the Harnett.
W. R. Mitchell and A. R. Bennett of
Way cross are in the city.
Mr. F. S. Einstein loft last night for a
short business trip in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rico of Marsballvillo
aro visiting friends in this city.
Charles Brigham and J. C. Brigham,
M. D., of Girard, are in the city.
Mr. George Meyer returned yesterday
from a business trip north and west.
Hon. William Clifton, representative
from Chatham county, is in the city.
Mr. Hugo Wiogand, a gifted young
musician of New York, is spending a few
days in the city, the guest of Mr. George
Meyer.
M. J. Wright, formerly signal observer
at Oxford, Miss., arrived yesterday, and
will assume tho duties of observer here at
once. Mr. E. P. Loose left for Nashville
lost night.
Mr. George E. Walsh of New York,
formerly of the 7 ribune editorial staff,
and lately a contributor to tho Harpers’
and other literary publications, is In the city
on route to Florida, where ho will spend the
winter.
Dr. Warqpr’n Sani'ary Dndorwear, of
pure Camel's Hair, at LaFar’s.
MERRY CHIMNEY SWEEPS
BOYS WHO CLIMB THE CHIMNEYS
OF BAVANNAH.
One of the Few Cities in This Country
Where the Old Custom of “Lunnon
Town” is Maintained—The Chimney
Contractor’s Office Not a Fat One
but the Incumbents Willing to be
Re-Elected—How Savannah Chim
neys Are Swept.
Much has been written in song and prose
about chimney sweepers, and the cruelties
endured by children of tender age in Eng
land required fifteen or sixteen years of agi
tation in the public prints before public
sentiment was strong enough to influence
the English parliament to pass a law for the
relief of the little children who were em
ployed, and even then the law was and is
more honored in the breach than in the ob
servance.
As far back as 1824 Montgomery wrote
“The Climbing Boy’s Soliloquies,” which
were first published in the Climbing Boy's
Album of that year. The poems did much
to kindle an indignation against the slavish
and dangerous life led by the chimney
sweeps.
THE CLIMBING BOY’S SOLILOQUY.
The two stanzas which follow show the
line of the poet’s work to enlist sympathy
for the climbing boys:
I wake and see the morning shine.
And all around me gay:
But nothing 1 behold is mine.
No, not the light of day—
No! not the very breath I draw;
These limbs are not my own;
A master calls me his by law;
My griefs are mine alone.
The agitation continued until 1840, when
parliament passed “an act for the regula
tion of chimney sweepers and chimneys.”
This provided that any person who, after
July 1, 1842, should compel, or knowingly
allow, any child or young person under the
nge of 21 years to enter a chimney or flue
for the purpose of sweepiug or coring
the same, or for extinguishing fire therein,
should be liable to a fine of from £5 to £lO,
and in default two months’ imprisonment.
The act also forbade the apprenticeship of
anyone under 16 years to a chimney sweep.
In spite of this act, it has been violated for
years, and associations for the suppression
of climbing boys in England, Ireland and
Scotland have been unable to break up the
custom.
ENGLISH CHIMNEY SWEEPS.
It was reported by tho children’s employ
ment commissioners, appointed a few years
ago to investigate the matter and report to
parliament, that several thousand children,
ranging from 5 to 13 years, and some of
them girls, are as much slaves to chimney
sweepers as before the passage of the act,
in fact the 900 flues of the houses of parlia
ment were “cored” by five boys in viola
tion of the law, and some idea of the reve
nue derived from chimney sweeping in
London may be gathered from the fact that
the Bank of England allows its contractor
£4OO a year.
Chimney sweeps begin their work as early
as 4 years of age, and a master sweep some
years ago, who had been fifty years in the
business, gave some very interesting infor
mation concerning the cruelties endured by
the London sweep. He said that he was
less than 5 years of age when he was sent
up his first chimney, and he remembered
that his mister told Him he would find a
pork pie at the top of the chimney. His
master had three little girl climbers and
carried a leather belt to thrash the boys
with. The lad ran away, but was brought
back and beaten,
SWEEPS IN THE SOUTH.
Charleston claims to ba the only city in
the United States which has kept her faith
in chimney sweeps. This is an error. Sa
vannah is wedded to the ancient custom,
and has been for a centu y, but the sweeps
here are not treated as they are
in England. As far back as 1803
an ordinance was passed providing for
a chimney contractor, who should sweep
the chimneys of all occupied buildings once
a month from Oct. 1 to April 1 in each
year, and kitchens and wash houses once a
fortnight. A fine of $3O was provided for
in case any one opposed or prevented the
work from being done, and any neglect of
the contractor w*s punishable by a fine not
exceeding $5O. Notice in writing left at
the house the day before stated when the
chimney would bo cleaned. The occupants
of tho house were required to pay for the
sweeping, but the amount was not men
tioned. Any sweep boy, not licensed by
the contractor, who swept on his own ac
count, was made subject to a fine of not to
exceed $2O.
THE BAKERS’ CHIMNEYS.
In 1823 the ordinance was amended so
that every “baker or keeper of a cook
house” was required to have his chimneys
swept once a week as long as they were in
use, and the contractor was instructed to
lBy the city off into twelve sections, the
chimneys of which should be sweet once a
month, the occupants to pay for the sweep
ing. In 1843 the ordinance was amended
fixing the fees nt 15 cents per story for each
chimney. In 1851 the council amended the
ordinance so that it provided for laying off
the city into two districts, the first being all
that part of the city west of Bull street, and
the second for that part lying east of Bull
street. It also provided for the election by
council of two contractors, one tor each
district, who should give bond. The last
amendment was adopted by council in De
cember, 1852, making it “optional with tho
owners or occupants of houses to have
chimneys, wherein coal is exclusively
burned, swept or not.” It is under the
ordinance as amended that the city is now
working.
NOT A VERY FAT OFFICE.
The present contractors are William A.
Freeman in tie First district, who lives at
the west end of Bay street, near the canal,
and Daniel Sullivan, contractor for the
Hecond district, who lives at No. 16 South
Broad. Mr. Freeman was elected in Janu
ary, 1887, for two years, and Mr._ Sullivan
was elected in the March following to fill
tho vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr.
Cassidy, the contractor elected at the same
time Mr. Freeman was. The contractors
give a bond of $5OO each for the faithful
performance of duty.
A Morning News reporter saw both con
tractors yosterday, and while they gave a
rather doleful account of the difficulty en
countered in getting chimneys to sweep,
both confess that they will be candidates
for re-election next month. They say that
there are chimneys in their districts where
wood is burned, which have never been
swept since their election as contractors.
A HARD FES TO COLLECT.
Thoy say that it is next to impossible to
get their fees from the occupants of the
houses, who are renters, and that landlords
will not pay. They dislike to put people on
the information docket for so small a sum,
and as a result they do not get much out of
the office. Little colored boys go around
aud sweep on their own account, claimiug
that they are employed by the contractors,
and it is next to impossible to catch tho
little rascals.
lu lamenting the disinclination of the
people to have their chimneys swept, the
contractors sav that tho danger of fire is
increased by foul chimneys, to which many
flroi aro attributed. Then in sweeping a
chimney tee climbing boys often find de
fects ill flues which, when reported, pre
vent quite a number of fires.
Tho contractor in the First district employs
two colored boys for climbing, and the
second district contractor employs one. The
contractors report nt the exchange every
morning to seo if any orders have been left
for chimney sweeping. They go at an early
hour, if necessary, so that a chimney can
lie swept before a tire is started in the
morning.
HOW IT 13 DONE.
Where there is a grate to the chimney tho
sweep goes down the chimney ami cleans ft
with scraper aud brush; where it ia an open
fireplace the sweep enters the chimney from
below, and when he reaches the top he sig
nals it by singing a snatch of some favorite
song. The sweeps report to the contractors
every morning, and thep are paid one-thirJ
of the fees, which makes their pay 5 cents
per story. They can sweep the chimney of
a two-story building in tweDty or twenty
five minutes. Where the aperture of the
chimney is too small to admit a climbing
boy, a machine is used which is nothing
more than a brush attached to a rope with
a weight at the lower end. This is let down
in the chimney or flue, which is swept by
the descending brush.
Contractor Sullivan says that if the
people of his district were compelled to ob
serve the ordinance with reference to hav
ing their chimneys swept, he would be able
to give employment to five boys. Mr.
Freeman says that he would also be able to
enlarge his sweep force considerably if the
ordinance were enforced.
ON RAIL, AND CROBBTIB.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.
A bill has been introduced in tbe legisla
ture incorporating tbe Empire and Dublin
railroad.
Samuel B. Webb, traveling passenger
agent of the Central railroad, with head
quarters at Atlanta, is in the city.
Between 180 and 300 passengers passed
through yesterday, en mute to Florida.
They came by the New York and Boston
steame; s.
The Central railroad will issue, beginning
Friday, Dec. 21, round trip tickets at 4
cents per mile. The rates will be kept up
during tbe holidays.
On Dec. IS, one week from to-morrow,
the railroads of the Southern Traffic Asso
ciation are cited to appear before the inter
state commerce commission and answer to
tbe various chargesof discrimination,under
cutting of rates, etc.
A meeting of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association will be held at At
lanta to-morrow. The meeting is called
for the purpose of considering the matter
of cotton rates since their restoration by
the Georgia railroad commission.
The annual report of Richmond & Dan
ville and leased lines for the year ending
Sept. 30 shows: Gross earnings, $8,908,968;
increase, $694,978; expenses and taxe-,
$5,394,653; increase, $369,409. Gross earn
ings Richmond and Danville proper, $4,834,-
015; increase, $397,403; expenses and taxes,
$3,569,'735; increase, $330,333.
Wilmington (N. C.) Star: The Atlantic
Coast Line is now having constructed 300
box cars for the Augusta and Manchester,
and the Wilson and Fayetteville roads. The
work is being done at the Tredegar works
in Richmond, and at the Coast Line shops
in Wilmington and Florence. Some of
the e cars have already been delivered.
The addition of these cars to the rolling
stock of the Coast Line will materially in
crease its transportation facilities which
will bo taxed to their full capacity during
the coming year. The increase of freights
from truck farmers is expected to be very
large.
President R. M. Mitchell of the Augusta,
Gibson and Sandcrville narrow gauge, says
that he made arrangements on a recent visit
to New York to make his road standard
gauge, and extend it from a point near the
Ogeechee river to Sparta, Eatonton, Mouti
celio, Jackson aid Griffin, where it will
connect with the Savannah, Griffin and
North Alabama road as far as Birmingham.
He says he is backed by ample capital,
which has been waiting until mw as a good
time to enter tbe field of railway compe
tition and furnish another and opposition
route to the west. He has orders to begin
work inside of thirty days, and is already
looking for surveyors a.id engineers. He
says that his road will do more for Augusta
and this section than the big system of
roads now existing.
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
Happenings on the South Carolina
Side of the Savannah.
The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of South
Carolina, will be held at Charleston on
Tuesday.
Harry McKenna, the famous three
ball French carom billiard player, gave an
exhibition at Charleston Saturday night,
and made 500 points in a single run.
Chickerlng Pianos in Big Demand.
I was in Chickering & Sons warerooms
this week, and in the course of an inter
view with Mr. C. Frank Chickering I asked
him if they found business good at present.
He replied by asking me to look at their
stock in the warerooms, which, he said,
looked as if a cyclone had struck them; so
large had been the retail trade that it had
almost cleaned out their entire stock in the
last few weeks.
Mr. Chickering reports their wholesale
trade as excellent. —The Music Trade.
At EstiU’s.
Savannah Daily Morning News,
“Robert Elsmere,” by Mrs. Humphrey
Ward; “Col. Quartich, V. C.,” (H. Rider
Haggard’s last); “The Queen of the Block,”
by Alexander L. Kinkead; The Poultry
World for December, The Railroad and
Engineering Journal for December,
“Florida, Tne Farmer and Fruit Grower”
for December, “Carpentry and Building”
for December, Belford’s Magazine for De
cember, “Mr. Grundy,” London Weokly
Times, Lippincott’s Magazine for December,
London Illustrated News, Horseman, Snort
ing South, Sporting Times, Sporting News,
Sporting Life, Sportsman, New York
Weekly, Saturday Night, New York
1 ledger, Fireside Companion, Family Story
Paper, Public Opinion, Now York Herald,
World, Sun, Star, Press, Times, Tribune,
Boston Herald, Boston Globe, Baltimore
Sun, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Ga
zette, Philadelphia Press, Philadelphia
Times, New Orleans Times-Democrnt,
Atlanta Constitution, Macon Telegraph.
Augusta Chronicle, Charleston News and
Courier, Florida Tiuies-Union, Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Deer Stalkers Caps of Plush and Melton
Cloth at La Far’s.
Change of Schedule.
Attention is called to the change in the
schedule of the steamers on the Sea Island
Route. One steamer will leave Savannah
every Monday and Thursday at 4 o’clock p.
m. for points along the route,instead of Tues
days and Fridays. This is an exceedingly
pleasant route, and close connections are
made at Savannah with stoaraers to all
points north. Connection is also made at
Brunswick with steamer for Satilla river,
and at Fernandina by rail to all points in
Florida.
Dunlap’s Fina Hats—LaFar, 29 Bull
street, agent.
Round Trip Rates via tho Central Rail
road of Georgia.
To Augusta exposition and return, $3 40.
Tickets will be on sale until and including
Dec. 14th, limitod five days from sale, but
not later than Doc. 17th.
These tickets luolude transfer to and
from and admission to exposition grounds.
Ticket offices, 19 Bull street ami Central
depot. E. T. Charlton, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Embroidered Shirts and Full Dress Vests
at LaFar’s.
Mathushok Pianos.
Upright, Grand, Rosewood and Ebonized
Cam*, 7,Q Octaves, three strings through
out, ivory keys, unique fall board, fancy
fretwork. Queen Anne trusses, equalizing
scale, French grand action. Catalogue
price S7OO, but xiow for a limited period
only at $335 —$5 cazh, $3 weekly.
LCBMf ft Bate* 8. M. H,
Oak Pine and Llghtwood.
Have removed my wood yard to corner
Gwinnett street and Savaunab. Florida and
Western railway. Telephone J 7.
R. B. Cassbls.
. Weather Indications.
I 1 Special indications for North
RAIN Caroliua, South Carolina and Geor
I Izia: Rain, cooler, northerly winds.
EasteruJFlorida,Western Florida;
rain, cooler, easterly winds, high on the
gulf.
Companion->' mean tenmerat ire at Saraa
oah. Dec. 9. 1388, and me moan of same da?
for fifteen years.
I Departure j Total
Hum Tmpiratxrs from the Departure
Moan Sinoo
for 15 years, Dec. 9, 'BB. -|-or Jan. 1,1888.
_ 58. 55. 8 662
Comparative rainfall statement:
Mean Daily Amount n
Amount for for
16 Year*. Dec. 9, 'BB. - ?Ua
' or Jan. *, 1888
.11 T* .11 6.13
Maxim am. temperature 65.9; minimum tem
perature 49.0
The height of the river at Augusta at
1 :S3 o’clock p. m. yarterday (Auguste time)
was 8.9 feet —a fall of 0.1 during the
past twenty-four hours.
Observations taken at tee same moment
of time at all stations.
axvaxvxii. Dec. 9. 6:36 a. K.. city time.
Temperature.
Direction. J?
! 5
Velocity. P
Rainfall.
Kuez
or
BTATIOItSt
Portland SONWj 8 .14 Snowing.
Boston 34 N (12 .24 Cloudy.
Block Island 38 NE 24 .10. Raining.
New York city._ 38 N : 6 .28 Cloudy.
Philadelphia 42 NW 12 14 Cloudy.
Detroit 36 SW Cloudy.
Fort Buford 36 N 8 Cloudy.
St. Vincent 80 NW 12 Fair.
Point Jupiter, Fla 72 SE 6 ...Cloudy.
Waahlneton city.. 42 : N .. .05 Cloudy.
Titusville.,.. 66jS E Cloudy.
Norfolk 48 N E 12 Cioudv.
Charlotte 54 T* Raining.
Hatteraa 66 8 W 6 Cloudy.
Wilmington 56 8 8 .08 Raining.
Charleston 56 E 14 .04 Raining.
Augusta .... 56 N . .12 Raining.
Savahhab 68 E 10 . Cloudy.
Jacksonville 62 E ],. .01 Cloudy.
Cedar Keys 60 E 8 .78 Cloudy.
Key West 68 8 E S 50 Raining.
Atlanta. 54 E 8 .22 Raining.
Penaaoola. 60 SW . .98 Cloudy.
Mobile... 698 E 8 .28 Cloudy.
Montgomery • 56 E 0 .44|Cloudy.
ViCKsDurg 48 N 14 96 Raining.
New Orleans 50 W 30 .04 Raining.
Shreveport 54 N 'Clear.
Fort Smith 50 W Clear.
Galveston 54 N 12 Clear.
Palestine 58 NW 6 .. Clear.
Urownesville. 62 NW 6 ... Clear.
RioGranda 64! N 6 .... Clear.
Memprns 44j N 14 T* Cloudy.
Cincinnati 44 N E 01 Cloudy.
Marquette 86:8 W 16 Cloudy.
Chicago 42|SW 6 i Clear.
Duluth. 86'... |...... Cloudy.
St. Paul 40 8 E . Clear.
Bt. Louis 40 IN E .!.... Cloudy.
Kansas City 41 S W 14 . .. Clear.
Bismarck 84|NWj121.... Cloudy.
Rapid City 50| E ~|.... Cloudy.
T* denotes trace of rainfall.
L. A. Denson. Observer Signal Corps.
OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPORT
Of the City of Savannah for the Week End
ing Friday, December 7, 1888.
Whites. Bias &CTd.
1
Causes of Death. °', er . ! 'Vn °Tn r j Un ; n
10 der 10 10 der 10
M. F. M.jF. M., F.;M. F
Apoplexy 1 ...1...1...
Bright's disease l ...j...!...
Bronchitis.. j... j l
Consumption . 2
Croup, membranous 1 (......
Diphtheria 1 :
Enteritis i... \
Heart disease.mitral. 1 ,|
Clings.hemorrhage of l ... ... .
Old age I lj
Paralysis 1
Pneumonia 1 1 ... 2 ...
Rheumatism.chr. arti 1
Tetanus j l
Undefined i l ...j 2
Total 1888 3 1 1 1 C, 2 2 5
Total 1897 5 2 i .. 2: 3 4| 1
RECAPITULATION.
Deaths in city—Whites. 6: blacks and col
ored, 15; total, 21. Still births—Whites, 3;
blacks and colored. 3. Premature births—Whites,
1. Railway accident. 1.
SUMMARY.
Whites.! Colored. H
Ages. i, S-
M. F. £.
Under 1 year ij... 33
Between 1 and 2 years 1 !j 1 2
Between 2 and 5 years Ijj 2 14
Between 10 and 20 years j 1 .... ]
Between 20 and 30 years || 2 2
Between 30 and 40 years ]: 1 l
Between 40 and 50 years j i ... l
Between 50 and CO years .. 1 I I 1 3
Between 60and 70years... 1 ... | 1 .. 2
Between 7G and 80 years .. 1 |! j i
Between 80 and 90 years j i I ' i
Total 4 2, 8 1 721
"Annual ratio per 1,000 population (or week—
Whites, 10; blacks and colored. :i3.
W. F. BRUNNER. M. D . Health Officer.
dickering & Sons First to Make
Seven Octave Qrand Pianos in
America.
The first Grand piano-forte of seven oc
taves made in America was manufactured
by Chickering & Sons, in the year 1846, for
Mr. Arthur T. Jones of New York. The
musical critics of that day stated that this
Grand possessed an equally balanced quality
throughout the scale; its tone was sweet,
yet brilliant, and in quality was something
between the celebrated French and Ger
man instruments; the touch was light and
springy to the fingers, admitting the nioest
and most delicate shades of tone. It com
mandod considerable attention from musi
cians at the time. — American Art Journal.
Lyon’s Fine Silk Umbrellas, Silk or
Gloria, at LaFar’s.
Buggy Hobes and Carriage Wraps at La-
Far’s.
Always at the Front.
The Cbickering now French pitch
Concert Grand will be played by Richard
Hoffman in conjunction with Theo. Thomas’
orchestra, ou their tour through New York
state. —The American Musician.
Elegant Bilk and Worsted Mufflers and
Handkerchiefs at LaFar’s.
Oak, Pine and Llghtwood.
Have removed my wood yard to corner
Gwinnett street and Savannah, Florida and
Western railway. Telephone 77.
K. B. CASSKLB.
Elegant Driving and Foster’s Kid Gloves
at LaFar’s.
Weddings.
Wedding invitations and cards printed or
engraved at the shortest notice and in tho
latest styles. We carry an extensive and
well selected stock of fine papers, envelopes
and cards especially for such orders. Ham
ples sent on application. Moknino News
Printing House, ISavannah. Ga.
BKOKJERS,
A. Li. HAKTRIDGE,
SECURITY BROKER,
Dl'yS aid sells on commission all classes of
Stork* and Bonds.
Negotiates loans on niarkaraU* nscuriUnn.
York quotations furuiobad by private
ticker every fifteen minute*
F. O. WYLLY,
STOCK, BOSH i HHI ESTATE BROKER,
100 BRYAN STRUCT.
OTTYB and sells on commission all el esses of
.iimTd^of^ , ?it^“ t,on *‘ ren t#
BAKIWO POWDER
M
y £ ROYAL m'M 3
i o i.uT ? > p Cz*'
6
POWDER
&bso!ute!y Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of Puritv
Strength and Wholesome ness. More economi
cal than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be soi-i
in competition with the m lltitu le of low te t
snort weight alum or phosphate powders. bo f i
only in cans. Royal iUsmo Powder 10., 101
Wall street. NVw York.
LUDDEN A BATES 5. M. H
CHICKERING!
The Standard Piano of tie World.
ENEQUALED
IN QUALITY OP TONE AND
BEAUTY OP DESIGN.
over 7s,oßouse.
The Cross of the Legion of Honor
—AND—
-128 FIRST MEDALS AND DECORATIONS
Have Been Awarded to The
CHICKERLNG PIANO.
Pianos to Rent and For Sale
on Installment.
A Dates {Jom\
General Wholesale Soitthern Agency.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES, ETC.
C handel iers,
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.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
A. J. Miller & Cos.
ARE THE
Holiday Hustlers!
rHJYERS, we mean business. Do you? If s' l ,
> come and see us. If your heart is bigger
tlian your purse, come and sec us anyhow, we ll
tlx the goods to fit the purse aud fill the heart.
READ OUR GUARANTEE.
GrOOD GOODS ALWAYS.
1T N DEVIAT INO PCUTEN ESS.
.A.UL, GOODS AS KFPRESENTED.
I-tEASoNAHIjE PRICES.
A CHOICE STOCK
NO UNDF.KHaND METHODS.
T’KUTH AT AN\ COST.
JUVF.RY CUSTOMER A FRIEND.
HI VERY ARTICLE A BARGAIN.
On this basis wo build our record.
A. J. MILLER & CO.’S
Mammoth Furoitaro and Carpet Emporium.
HI’ORTING GOODS.
(it NS.
AMMUNITION,
SPORTING GOODS.
FOR SALE BY
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS,
155 Broughton Street.
JOHN G. BUTLER
\V m KnkhT Vf
PAINTS; KAjLRpAD, BTEAME7i ANDMILL
stjpri.il>. sashes, doors, bunds and
BUILDERS TURD WARE. Sole Ag-intfo r
LADD LIME. CALCINED PLASTER CEM
ENT, rair and Van and plaster.
140 Congrsu atgoet and 180 St. Julian ntreet,
Savannah. Georgia.
Stats
OF
Weathss.