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8 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.