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2 LEGISLATORS LET LOOSE. A COMPROMISE ENDS A LONQ GAME OF SEE-SAW. The Small tte LunatlO Asylum only $175,000. and tbl Bouse* Recedes from Us Demandl M to BaniTaxes-Tbe Liquor Tax $oO -Branch Colleges to Get the Pro posed Appropriations. Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 53.-U b Hons* to-Gav. after tie reading of the journal, Mr Arnheim offered a resolution that * committee be appointed to ascertain whether J. D. Gilbert, who is now ■ online* tnthe lunatic asylum, is sane or not. Tb* resolution was adopted. The tax bill was next taken up In order to concur In the Senate amendments. Thl Senate amendment to levy a tax on all taxa ble property of 2 7-10 mills, Instead of 2 ■# mills, for the year ISB9, and 2 4-10. insteai of 2 1-10 mills for tbe year 1890, was con* curred in. . M of tbe blli was suspend* and for ti e appointment by the speaker of a committee of conference t'. meet the Sena.* committee and consider tno appropriation bill Upon this committee the speaker ap pointed Messrs. Arnheim. Hand and Smith of Wilkinson. On the other committee to consider section 12, he appointed .Messrx Gordon, F lton and Harrell of Decatur Tbe House concurred iu the Senate amends ment fixing the whisky tox at *SO imteai* of SIOO. COMPLIMENTARY RESOLUTIONS, p-sr.n" this afternoon's session lit'le "if inter'-; “vas done. C mpHmeutary resorj u lie o passed upon Speaker tiay ■■ nd leer pro trr.i Calvin f. r tneir efliciency in t iie discharge of their duties. Ti,e bill urovi ting for the lea*> of the TV-stern anil Allantic railroj* „. as ~a ~ otion of Mr. Felton, made the special order for Tu day of the second v< i-K of the summer session. he special comm: foe •. f confen* ce appointed to coa f. i :i.e .iisagrecramt lietwwn tbe House * s on the amend neLt to the tax Bcr /oviding that the specific taxes shall j ;o the common school fund, reported a substi! nie providing that the taxable prop ( f rii-‘ state rOibll be found to be more t .. ss 0.000,000. \ * . ; vo ’clock, the conference com ri :> ; -es having failed to agree, the House adjourned to meet at 7:30 o’clock. In the Senate. Th.* Senate transacted a large amount of busiiK>s to-day, the greater |>art of which was if a local chai acter, and consisted of passing bills. The bill to amend tho eons'ifcution so as to provide for the erection bv the .state of a suitable house for disabled and indigent rf.nb*<ii*rnte veterans, and a home for in digent widows of confederate veterans was passed. The bill to require every person or corpo ration issuing scrip or other written evi dence of indebtedness to emi loyes for la or, to i e<iecm them in cash at their face value, passed. regular order was dispensed with, and the a">propr:at.ou bill was taken np for ! tLe uurp se of considering the action of tho Lio : •on the Senate amendments. The first amendment in which the house refused t* concur was tliat increasing the number of .Senate pages from four U> six. The Fecato receded from the amendment, hut refuse! to rebede from the amendment in ert*! ig the pay o! its porters to $2 per diem, and insisted on it. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. The House had refused to concur in tho Senate amendment increasing tho lunatic asylum ap;Topriatioa, but Mr. Whi fl di L. \ that the Senate insist upon its smeii Imen . Ia spanking of the necessity c * the appropriation Mr. Wbitfidd *}oqu2i:;ly ’denounced the charges xnede and sought to lie made ti 1 ti r ; management of the asylum. M'. i ..?<?, wh *is a member of the finance c , *Te>. aEo urged that the Somite r, i l.v its amendment The Bc.;at ! - 1 upon itsame doient increasing the .*! : ibon to SIBO,OOO, but recede© Irpm the .n Smout aj propriatiug $-‘3,500 for i z a ware ouse. tlou-c had refused to concur in the Senate aiiM nuraent sinking out the branch roll gv nrr rop iations, anti Mr. Whitfield moved that the Senate recede from its amendment. Tho yeas and nays were called ami tlu vote ww 20 yeas to 10 nays, and the motion prevailed. THE SPECIAL TAXES. The Hou * hid refused to concur in the Senate amendment adding to the oomrpoo school appropriation certain special taxes, and the other naif of ti e rental of tho Western and Atlantic railroad. On motloa of Mr. Hail ti e Senate insisted upouj its amendment and asked for a special commit tee of conference on the amendment. The House had refund to concur in tho Senate amendment increasing the appro* p r ‘ <i'a for public buildings irom $* ,7iM to $12.0 -0. The Senate insured on this amend ment. Tte House had concurred in the other Senate amendments. Mr. Bartlett moved that the Senate a*k for a committee of conference upon all the amendments except the school fund amend- CKUt. for which a special committee will bo a* wed under the previous resolution. The motion prevailed. THE BLAIR BILL. The Blair bill resolution came before the Senate on a report by Mr. Halo, which was favorable. Under a suspension of the rules it was taken up. Mr. Hale off r*xi a substitute for tu© re olution, requesti. oar representatives in Congress to vote for * biii, which substitute was received in 1 i of the original Mr Bartlett made a ape*. i against the resolution. He did not want the federal government to have suoerv ioa of the educational systems Georgia. Mr. Kale me.de a strong speech in favor of tbe adoption of the resoluti n. Whenatked by Mr. Strother if he did not think the democratic p lie w&* against the Blai b 11, he said that he did not know what th*' democratic polic was at pre*mt. Afte* some discussion, P esid< :.t Joßig non took the floor, and prefacing hif re ii'.arKs by a statement that he was not at all we.! and in n-> condition to make a spfaCk, saw ihat ho wauteci to say, however that be ww, heartily in favor of tie bill Ho said that he had received n letter from the author of the bill, stating that be did not think it was , ss >l# to pass the measure at this session, and • jat a thi*. was so, he thought that to discus* the mattes any* further wyuld be sricte .oiling Uf#on the valuable time of the b -.ate. He the efore moved to pTjstponefur"’ ijn*id eration of the m a-,ure until t‘ \r.u r session, ad lint it bo made the r? I or der for the tlurd day of th* ad, .r dsc - ' *n. This motion was agreed to MR. DCBIGNON’S HIT 1h lire rojiui.it on that Hr : . du- Bl s non b “ made i,ore tnurlw, . .- r and well equiped presiding off j the galleries of the Senate to 1 w,t t Utllea as soon a* it was know Juliiguoti VM u, speak, and whr a- j known in the House mat be Ua many oi U.y of that * In to bear li m on the Blair bil , am.mending a good deal of attee , thy iur:uUrsof Loth brawoes m . •ra: (natmUy. A GAME OK BEI-BA* The tonnte and House engage . of se.- I hi. alt -rii om aud t ♦n'l V "J' " ,,H<l * r,D * tkedilfeion tbe bodies on tlj. tar act and ap "SJJ • ' rotnmitt** pointed, and wfc-u tbey failed to , • rwpyrt. ota?r conferee* cornu * ♦ aultitut*<J. Tt€ i*u os th*- as to whether tbe real or person r r*p <*?nte<l iu tb* capital it rk should be taxed botb as soek . easels or w hether tbe u. abou , a toe stock rej re anted ltl th# “ Bsoatt nuiaiej B poa y,, .. lDt House upon the former. The dlfferer.ee iu the appropriation bill was as to whether 1.75,000 or SIBO,OOO should be given to the lunatic asylum, the House favoring the first named sum and tbe So: ate the latter. a con PROMISE. About 3 o’clocic an understanding was reached between the committees to the ef- : feet that if tho Senate would recede from Us position ou the appropra ion for the lu natic asyium, the house wo Id recede from Its position on tbe amendment with refer ence to exempting certain property of i.anks i and banking companies from taxation. As i § on as this was known the members of the \ two branches of the general assembly sig nified a willingness to accept this compro mise. The committees made their repo ts and motions lo secede were made in both branches of the legislature, which were agreed to. The governor was notified that the general assembly was ready to adjourn, and was asked if be harl any communica tion that he desired to raak. A response was soon had from his excellency that he bad nothing to communicate, and the legis lature adjuuined. MAIL SERVICE OUT OP JOINT. The Need for Ha Overhauling and Improvement. The Morsino News takes pleasure in publishing the letter from Chief Clerk Da vis, of the railway mail service, regarding mall failures. Tho article in Thursday s Morni.vo News, to wnioh he refers, sooke for itself. Tho mail failures were proven by competent witnesses. The first move ;a to find out where the fault lie?, ai;d the next is to correct it. Thee should be ft thorough investigation cf the railway mail service. If the trouble is owing to inefficient post office officials, they should t.e gotten rid of at once. Jf the blame rests with the rail roads, then tij*‘Y should ba made to carry out their contracts. For years pas: this part of the country has had a v*ry poor mail service, and there appears to be no one who bus sufficient influence a Washington, or with tLe railroads to , rem edy tho troubles. Everything is given to a fast mail service to benefit New York and nothing to the local ser vice. It is very cer tain that so long as the entire mail service south of Savannah is made subservient to tho fast mail train on the Atlantic Coas'. Lino, these irregularities will continue. Tho railroads, very properly, looking at it from a business point of view, siy that they are not paid for the service which will be required to remedy tho diffl cullies. It is a bad outlook f racily when tbe people in tho territory doing bu-in&s with its merchants cannot get its newspa pers before those that are published 750 miles further away. Toe Morning News is a sufferer by these continued mail failures, but the city is also t-erioudy injured by it. Those who do busings w i h Savannah think that the people here have but little influence, or take but little interest in her welfare, when they do not have these mail irregularities corrected. Tu show’ to the people of Southern Georgia and nBo those in Florida, who take the Morning News, it publisnes not only Chief Clerk Davis’ letter, but also the correspond ence between the Morning News and Supt. Fleming of the Savannah, Flo tda a:xl W-. s'ern railway. There :sa difference of opinion between all concerned as to where the fault lies and what is a* remedy. There is one question aat U beyond dmbt, and that is tie .-anil service in this part of the world “is at of joint.” What is wanted is a rc.uedy. 1$ there anybody in Washing on big enough to undertake the job of reconstruct ing the mail aud postal facilities in this section! The following is the correspondence re ferred to: DercunEß 19, 188*. Capt. /?. fr. Fleming. Superintendent .S’., F. nod If*. /?y.. Savannah, (in.: Dear Sra— Hie mails by train No. 27 for points est of Waycross niissu'd connection at that point on Sunday n<i Monday, which resulted in tuc people of riiomasviiJe (Quitman, Valdosta ned other towns and cities in -outhem i Jeorgia not getting the Morning News until the next d33*. If the mails can be sent out by train No. 2d the chance of failure will be less. The de partment will put on a mail oler!: if the railroad com pa y will furnish a mail car. and I write to rquest that that no done. Y i v. 11l doubtless remember the continu’d com, uaiacs last win ter of the mail*. orin*T to dela.; s of train* no th of this city. The inauguration o tho loc.il mail service ou train 28 will remedy such tr >ub!?s as far as this city is concerned. Asking your favorable consideration of t.iis rcou s’, I am, >ours truly, J H. Estiol. DEreMBKR 20. isBB. Capt It ff. Fleming, Superintend- nt S . F. and W’. Il g: Drar Sir—Referring to the subject of the mail service on your road, about which 1 wrote you yesterday. I beg leave to slate that I atn in fnrulcd that ti e and partnient will plac-* a mail Clerk on train 21, Having this city ut 6:20 a. m., proviiled the railway will furnish a mail cur. V*’ll you allow mo to suggest that if you >nng tho car wtuch runs on Nos. 7 and S between Waycn>s and ( , h;ttft£K"H.* f )C'\ t • an 1 from Sa vannah on trains Nc3. 78and 23, that it will give th-* facilities that <\re now lacking. I hone you will give this matter your car ful con-.id*’ration ami devise a remedy for fires* *nt and also prospective troubles uitenri ng the mail service from Savanualitotoe south ward. Yours truly. J. H. Lstill. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20, 1888. Qol. J. 11. Until!, Savannah, Ha : Dear .Sir—Relative to ma I cir on train No. 78. Replying to your letter of even date iu i-egard to this inatt r. will s.at** th it as the govern ment doe.H not pay us anything for fmilinga car on this train, l do uot see bow you can expect us to perforin ’ho service. In regard to the failure to deliver the paper; as con* am*-1 in your i Uer of veaterday. rill state that I thi >k that there mu't be some rai,- take. as train 27 bas not missed co iiiection with No. 7 but once, and that was on last Monday, and at that tine there was Z\\ tl.*3 first section of 27 was on time It was the last section of 27 that was so much delayed. Yours very truly, R G. Fleming, Superinieadent. Jacrsonville. Fla., Dec. 20. 1888. Cot. J. ff. Eitil . Satannah, Qa.: Dear ftiit—Tue enclosed extract was taken from today’s issue of the Morning News. Allow me to correct the erroneous statements made therein, so far as the railway mail service is concerned. On Sunday, the IGth Inst., the fast man train No. 27, leaving Savannah at 7:08 a. m , fa led to make connection with train No. 7, that leaves Waycross, Ga., at 10 a. m., and again on the I7t.h mst.. train No. 27 failed to couneci at Waycross, Ga.. with train No 7. On the 18th Inst, there *a* no connection made by No 27 at Waycroaa, Oa., with No. 7. Tne**e failures to connect at Waycross, made by 8., F. and W. train No. 27 with train No. 7, was the cause of the delay of your p*f>er to reach your patron* on dates of auJ not through any fault of tbe mail service. S. F and W. train No. 27. on *lats herein mentioned, also failed to connect at wit.i train No. 1 Bruns wick and Western railroad, which latt *r tram counsels at Alb ny, Ga.. with tram No. 6, thus cmsinir a day s delay each tim-* connection was Kissed to tbe patrons of y ur paper alo g the hue *it railroad b tween WayiTosa and Albany, aud between Albany and Tbomasrille. Will you do me the favor to accept the alKve etpln nation. The data given is taken from tbe offi cial dailr record* furnished by dorks In the mail service. I have been a reader of your paper for t wenty years aud am as glad to get ft promptly a** ao/of your patrons, and deplore its delay oh rnurb. There bare been some vex r*t,uu d-iay‘ to your paper, but In most of thorn, t bo* b -u owing to the failure of rail way* lo inane connection*. I would !>• glad if you w*/til i give this comnmnicatioL a place in your vaJuabJi journal Very respectful! M M Davis. Chief Clerk. R. M 8. TnoaeaviLLK, Os.. Dec. 21. ISH. Editor fiorannah Ant# \ irmnwih. Ou . Irasa kin I nottce in pour issue of ibeSOth Inst complaint from Mr. (j. Mei/sat Hr.lham In reference to the delivery of Lc. patter Ti-e riii of said irregularity is no feno of me Kallwaj atari Service. out is alone aiirlbutahie to tne fact that the r tlon of the br in.eick and Wee ern train from Waycrots is rarely eter made with Thorr.aseille train at Alfcanv Con nection wis missel again yesterday There la oarer any cause for compiaict when regular eoccectior are made H'.peetfully. J. II Most . .sru. K. I*. C. Choice Western Beef and Meats Attention Is calk dt o tbe advertt.emeot of Mr. W. S Gharry, City Maraet, ah nounring that be Is prepared to aupply ex tra choice biour Cit v beef, mutton tau sage and bo. h-ad cheese produ'tsof the cerebrated Mllbe rhom Provision Company. Orders by mail or ire. or !mm parties is the city, promptly filled, aod Mr Cherry j solicits an Inspection of rue meats by hotel ! keepers, houses-epere. and all I hers wno | uesirs • cboict aruiis at rtasosable prices FUN IN THB BDPREM2 COURT. The Justices Roar, and Chief Justice Fuller Nearly Falls Out of His Chair. Front the Sew Fork Herald. Washington, Dec. 19.-—lf tbe supreme court had been transfered to the stage of a theater, and to-day's proceedings adver tised, the sign “standing room only” would tave been visibie before tbe curtain went up. and when the last act of the drama had been concluded it is fair to assume that the entire company would have had to respond to the enthusiastic calls of the audience. Hilarity reigned supreme in the court room. The usual sedate and solemn justices gave wav before the wit and humor of counsel and’ were convulsed with laughter, and the walls of the court room rang merrily. The fun began when the clerk announced case No. 135—Robert H. Anderson, appellant, vs Henry T. Miller & Co.—and John D. Wise, the ex-congressman from Virginia, arose to state the case in behalf of the ap pellant. It involves the validity of a patent for a patch intended to reinforce drawers in the crotch. Mr. Wise is a bright, witty young lawyer, bubbling over with good spirits, and with a mobuity of countenance rival ling that of the bet of comedians. He seized at once upon the opportunity for a display of h:s talents as a fun maker, and with anecdote, sarcasm and raillery kept the court, justices, lawyers, spectators and ail in a roar. Mr. Wise opened by reading from hi* brief the opinion of Judge Hughes, of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Virginia, in this case This opinion is remarkable for its levity. Judge Hughe* said that it was a patent for a {Milch upon drawers, extending from the hack of the wais-tl and down under tho crotch and up in a split form to the waist band in front. Of c urse it is a patch upon new drawers before worn. One of its merit* is that it strengthens, or, to use tho euphem ism of the patent office, “reinforces” the drawers at the crotch, where a catastrophe is most likely to occur. Then, as a state ment of his reasons why he did not believe a pate t should be granted for this improve ment, Judge Hughes said: A PATENT INADMISSIBLE. “It strikes me that a patent for a patch upon drawers, designed to remedy tbe evils of rip and tear to which they are liable in the crotch, ought never to have be*3n granted, interfering as it must necessarily do with the prerogative of the housewives of the civilized world to patch the drawers of their husbands, fathers and sons freely in their own way, with no patentee to molest or make them afraid. “I is impossible that the'j:patch can be novel as to tne simple matter of strengthen ing the and material of drawers in tho immediate region of the crotch; for if drawers do continually give way there, it would be a reft ction upon the housewives of civilized society not to admit that for hundreds of years they have been in the habit of patching the garment ‘and the forks thereof by lapping the seams aud ‘re inforcing’ the rents in that region. As to the disorders cf men’s drawers in and near the crotch, which have tr übled housewives for centunos, I do not think any person in our day and generation can employ a patch for the pu pose of preventing or curing them that can have any real novelty.” Mr Wise dilated up *n this opinion at length, and with inimitable gesture and expression warned the justices of the irn jiorfcance of the case to tbe feminine portion f the community, and of tho wrath that was impending over them. Concluding, he said tno ca e resembled the game of faro. “There iathis differen e,. however,” said the speaker. “In faro the dealer gets all the splits and in this the splits are all again t the dealer.” At this sally the court lost all likeness to its usually serious and dignified self. The lau rhter became bois terous and every one gave way freely to hi* feelings. Chief Justic •F i ijr C3uld not restrain himself and nearly fell out of his chair. Justice Harlan*< huge form and big, rosy, round face became convulsed with laughter until it became almost apo plectic. Justice Gray made a strong effort to pre-erve the dignity of tho court, but he, too, was compel I* *a to succumb and join iu tho general merriment. A MON6IY EATING HOG. Ho Gets Hold of Three S2O Bills and Chews Them. the Rome iGa.) TVihune. In the early part of December a man named Pritchett near Summerville was working out in a field. Ho hung up his coat on tha fence. Among other thiogs the coat contained three S2O bills. la tome way the money dropped out of his pocket, and a big hog wandering around the field came upon it. Doubtless, the porker thought it was a toothsome greeu morsel and was pleased to find it in the field of frost-killed vegetation. So the hog chewed it until tho three bills were a pulp. Mr. Thompson Hile* brought the bills to Ro :etowe if they were redeemable. He carried them to J. H. Reynolds, president of the First National Bdnk, who sent the pulp to tne treasury department at Wash ington. Mr. Reynolds says that it was im possible for him lg make anything out of the puip, and t iat it looked like so much dark colored paper. Yesterday President Reynolds received a letter from Washington containing a reply to his letter. On two slips of p:iper were neatly pasted fragment* of two bills. It was tne work of au expert aud showed hi3 wonderful skill. The treasury department said that they could only make two bills out of the pulp, and would pay that on an affidavit stating how the money was mutilated, and the good character of the persons who owned the bills when destroyed. A Remarkable Man. From the HawkinsviUe i Oa.) Dirpatch. Uncle Nat Statham of Wilcox couuty is a remarkable old man. H says he will be Ot yaars of age on June '3O. He is active for one of his years, can walk ten miles a day. if necessary, and does walk from four to six miles nearly every dav. He -ays he landed tbe first steamboat that ever went to Macon, ac’mg as pilot. A gentleman b t o name of Salter was the captain. The boat was load' and with salt and other goods and was loaded at Darien. The boat was named North Carolina. Tne boat, be says, landed at Macon, as above stated, between 1820 and 1825. He says he never has had any fever, has never been sick as much as a week iu all the sicknes; he has ever had, bas never had a doctor with him. could always see without, glasses as well as be could with them, aud can sec wclj enough to read any oruiaary pri .t. He went in the Indian war In 1812, under Qen. John Floyd of Mclntosh county. Ho was in two engagement* wh.le with Gen. Fl-vd, near Rnanoake, now Stewart county. Tbt re wore no counties laid off in that section then. The next engagement was in wbat is now Barbour county, Ala bama. He says be helped whip the Indians in both fights. He was in tbe Indian war in 1830. PANIC AMO G PASSENGERS A Woman the Only One or. tbe Car Retaining Presence of Mind. Tuscola, 111.. D c. 22. —The explosion of a hot water pipe in a day coach on the Illinois Central train last evening filled th car with steam and created a ~a;:1c. Every pas eeger attempted to run out of tbe car at the same instant, and tna ly were trampled upon and more or lest hurt. Mrs. Ida Fierce of ibis placu was among the pas sengers, sad she alone retains I sufficient nerve to puli the tell cord and stop the train A number of ladies attempted to Jump from the train before It stopped, but were bold beck by tbe mils poevugera. FOR NERVOUB FiSOATRATION Use Hertford s Acid Phosphate Dr. tV. Grooves, Nortbfleld. Minn., savs: " I have used it In cases of nervous prostra tion. aud also In combination with other remedies in lijiigeslwo. it has proved as aaliefoctery as could be expected.'' THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1888. IS MR. MABURY MARRIBD? His Friends Thick He 2s, But They Nev er Heard of Mary O Kennes. From the Seic York 9*xn. The friends of John W Masury, tbe 73- ycar-old millionaire paint manufacturer of 93 Nassau street, whose marriage with Mary O’Kennes was announced in a morn ing paper on Monday, were as ignorant yei terdav as they were in the beginning a< to the identity of the bride. Mr. Wiiiiam B Oliver, Jr , the young stock broker who married Mr. Masury’a youngest daughter, has co more knowlege than any one else on the subject. He lives at 705 Fifth avenue, on the corner of Fifty-fifth street, with nia parents. “I am satisfied,” he said last night, “that the notice of the marriage which was sent to a morning newspaper was genuine. It was written on one of Mr. Masury’s own letter heads, and dated at the Windsor hotel, Dec. Ifl. I parted with Mr. Masury at the door cf the hotel that afternoon about 3 o’clock, when I saw him drive off in a cab, accompanied by his valet. He was then, he sa:d, cn his way to Thomasviile, Ga.. where he owns a plantation. “Of one thing I am sure,” Mr. Oliver continued, “ar.a that is that whoever tbe lady is, she is one who will properly grace bis household. Ho is a man of great refine ment—one who surrounded himself with all the elegances of life—and he would not taka a wife who would do him any dis credit. ” Other friends of the aged millionaire spoke in the same strain. “I believe,” said one, “that Mr. Masury has proceeded in this way to avoid just what ho has provoked —a public discussion of his marriage. He was always one to act rather than talk. I do not think he would have married at all but for the death of bis daughter Alice, the wife of Mr. Oliver. She died under painful circumstances last October, after a very happy married life of two years. She was the last of his children, and even after her marriage she was the head of his household in the summer at Moriches. In the winter she lived with the Olivers, and ho boarded ut the Windsor. The house which he ha* gone to in Thomasviile, Ga., was built for her, and sho was to spend the winter there. He has now no descendants except the two children of another daughter, Mrs. Miller, whom he has adopted. Tuev are a boy und a girl. One, the girl, is 18. She is on a tour around the world. The boy of 14 lives with an aunt in Salem. Mass.” Recent letters from Salem indicated that they had no news there of the marriage. Mr. Oliver has written to his fa'her-in law. “He probably got to Thomasviile,” he said, “last night, but I do not know when to expect an answer from him. He may not write at once. ” Mr. Masury built a Catholic church in Moriches and gave it to the church last summer. “That the lady is a Catholic,” a friend said last night, “is altogether probable, but I do not know of any one of that uame iu Moriches. ” An employe of Masury Sc Son, who took certain papers to the train on Sunday night, says he saw a woman iu the sleeper who was very evidently trying to keep out of sight He did not observe that Mr. Masury spoke to the woman, but he thinks it probable that she was with him. "Mr. Masury’s country residence ii on Old Neck, alout three milt* from the village of Moriches, L. I. It is surrounded by a farm of ‘4lO acres a:.d commands a spleniid view of Great South Bay. Capt. Clinton Ross, who has charge ot the estate in Mr. Mas ury’s absence, said to a Sun repo ter last oignt that he had not t! e slightest iilea who the bride, Mary O’Kennes, was. He had guessed from one of Mr. Ma ury’s letters, however, that his employer was about to bo married. No one else m Moriches had ever beard of Mary O Kennes. When Mr. Masury left Moriches in the latter part of November to go to New York his servants want a ->ay, too. It is said that that they were sent to Mr. Masury’s new house at Thomasviile, Ga. FOREIGNERS IN THE NAVY. Naval Officers Do Not Feel Alarmed About Tbeir Preponderance. New York rimes. Inspection of the pay-rolls of the cruiser Boston shows that about twesthirds of the crew are foreign bora. Statistics are not readily available, but it is safe to say that very nearly two thirds of tho enlisted men. both in the navy aud in the marine corps, were born abroad. The Boston’s muster roll shows pretty clearly where the United States navy gets her seamen. Out of 209 men 73 claim an American birth-place, but many of the names indicate that the tourers are of Irish,German or Scandinavian descent. Of the remaining 133 men 32 are Irish, 15 Germans, 12 Swedes, 11 Eng lish, 21 Japanese. 9 Norwegians, 9 Cana dians (including all British provinces in America); 7 Dane-. ti Scotchmen, 6 from tto West Indies, 6 Finns, 2 Russians, and 1 each from France, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Austria, \Vales, Anstraha, Madeira and the East Indies. Tbe preponderance of foreign-born sea men in the American navy was made the special subject of discussion in Admiral Porter's annual report some time ago, anil was then represented in the light of a men ace to the nation. Inquiry among officers at the navy-yard indicates that the admi ral's repoi t caused much lees sensation in the service than among landsmen and civilians. Hardly an officer could be found to agree with the slat meat that the predominance of forcigti-boru sailors was a menace to the navy, and few seemed to think it a disad vantage. Saul Admiral Gherardi: “lam by no means prepared to admit that two tbirds of our seamen are foreigners, what ever their birthplace or parentage. During the war cougress passed a law making three vears’ service in the navy equivalent to naturalization. I am not informed that that law has ever been repealed. The ordi nary term of enlistment Is st ill three year--, and a majority of the men ro-en!ist at the end of that time. I would not say the pi esence of the e men is either a menace or a disadvantage.” Lieul. Har.y Knox, executive officer of the Boston an i c immauding officer during the abse iceof Capt. Ramsey, discussed this question in an interesting manner. He said in substance: “Ti.e foreign seam-n are not a menace, but I tbii k the scarcity of American seamen is a disadvantage. A majority of the foreigners come from Ire land, Germany, or the north country— (Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. They are bardv, competent seamen, and do their work well. The German and north country seamen are especially valuable because of their sobriety. Give ten men leave of ab scone, five being Germans and five Ameri cans, Irish, English, or Scotch, and the Gorman* will return sober ad ready for work, the remainder will come back tipsy. “The pay is better in the Unitsd StMtee navy than in that of any other country, and this draws foreigner* over. On tins j otter I aod, Americans can generally mako | more monty, perb p., in the iner < bant uia riue, and certainly in ail most any other tusiness, than in the American navy. Con sequently tbe average American comes to tbe navy as a last r-sort, in case of actual war 1 tnmk there would be no lack of pa tnotism ebber m the navy or the merchant marine, aud that there would be tittle to fear from lack of seamen." A Cold Wave at Saranac. Saranac Lake, N. Y., Drc. 22. A cold wave prevails bare. The mercury at the signal service station registered 22* below zero last night. E.~P. O. Don’t waste time and money aud undergo needless torture with the knite when Ethio pian Pile Ointment will afford instant r e.tef and certain cure in every case of bitad, bleeding itching, internal and external filial. Pjvnguw Root Med. Cos., Nashville, Tenn. 50 cents and |1 per bottle. Sold by Uppinan Bros., wholeeale agents. Ar W years of age ex Dot Berry of New Hampshire Is lu vie irons lies th and goes oul I srala/og or drislag almost sisry day. Weather Indications. I FA i I Indication* for Georgia: I jFair weather, warmer, t&sterly I J wind*. Comparison cf mean temperature at Savan nah, Dec. 23. 1883, and the mean of same day for fifteen years. Departure Total Mean Temperature from the Departure Mean Since for 15 yearsjDec.22.’B3. -1-or Jan. 1,1888. jg 1 35 -21 - 7€> Comparative rainfall statement: Departure Total Mean Dally Amount from the Departure Amount fori for Mean since 16 year*. jDec. 52, ’BB. -1-or— Jan. 1. 1888. 11 .03 -1! - 5 57 Maximum temperature. 45.1; minimum tem perature, 81 6. The hight of the river at Augusta at 7:33 o’clock a. ui. yesterday (Augu3ta time) was 10.5 feet, a fail of 1.0 feet during the past twentyfour hours. medical. Dyspepsia Makes the Uses of many people miserable, causing distress alter eating, sour stomach, sick headache, heartburn, loss of appetite, a faint, “ all gone” feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, and Irregularity of Distress thebowels. Dyspepsiadoes After not get well of Itself. It j _ . requires careful attention, Eating an( j a remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which acts gently, yet efficiently. It tones the stomach, regulates the diges tion, creates a good ap- Sick petite, banishes headache, and refreshes the mind. Headache I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I bad but little appetite, and what I did eat l_l _ „ distressed me, or did me little good. After eating I bum would have a faint or tired, all-gone feeling, as though I had not eaten anything. My trouble was aggravated by my business, painting. Last Sour spring I took Hood’s Sar- _ ® ou ' saparilla, which didjne an Stomach immense amount of good. It gave me an appetite, and my food relished aud satisfied the craving I had previously experienced.” Geokgb A. Page, Watertown, Mass. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. 51; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar MEATS. W. S. CHEERY, Wliolssalß&Rßtajl Balclier, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Extra Choice Sioux City Beef, Mutton, Pork Loins Sausages. Frank furter, Vienna, Liver and Bologna Saus ages and Hogshead Cheese. way to a man's heart is through his JL stomach," and there can be no better vehicles in which to reach the center of sensi bility than the products of the SILBERHORN PROVISION COMPANY, OF SIOUX CITY, lOWA. Their Meats are beyond compare, and we simply asK an inspection to bear u§ out in what we say. The picture presented through the open door of the car loaded with our latest shipment, received yesterday morning, would bring a glad light Into the eyes of any lover oi good things. The artistic Butchering of the Beef is in itsel! well worth a visit, and the PRIZE BEEF ‘COLEMAN DUKE” is nothing short ol sublime. Christmas orders, and orders generally by mall or wire, will receive prompt and careful attention. Wholesale and retail figures fur nished on application. Shipments made to all points in Georgia and Florida at lowest rates. IS. CHERRY, WMesaMMailßotcte, CITY MARKET, SAVANNAH. GA. KAINIT. liti-lif Ij lait. If you wish to pay high prices forever for Kaiuit, then buy from the “Sole Agents of the Great Kainit Trust,” but if you want to beat this mo nopoly, then buy lrom us. We are ‘ Independent Deal ers,” and propose to remain so. BALDWIN FERTILIZER CD., SAVANNAH, GA. JEWELRY. J. H. KOCH, 224 WHITAKER ST., (Lyons’ Building.) Respectfully Announces to the Public that he has a Asssortment of HOLIDAY GOODS, CONSISTING OF DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, TLATED-WARE. FANCY GOODS, WATCHES, CLOCKS, ETC. ' \ CORDIAL invitation is extended to all to call and inspect my goods and prices, and satisfy themselves that my price* are as low as 'hi lowest, and I guarantee all my gocda to be as repress el | CASH BUYERS of a gold watch, or oiber goods to the amount of flffi.wi!! also be preserved . with a tck* L worth which entities them tc a ! chance on a pair of Diamond Earrings, which ' ran not be duplicated under $6OO. a;.d on a Dia mond K:r.g worth s's. Separate cnar.ce* on these article# may also be tad at the rate of |2 each PRINTING. IF YOl* WANT If you wan’ a DAY BOOK MADE, If you warn nJOI'RNAL MADE, If you want a CASH HOOK MADE, if you want a LEDGER MADE, If you want a RECORD MADE, If you want a CHECK HOOK MADE, if you want LETTER HEADS. If you want NOTE HEADS. If you waut BILL HEADS, U you want BUSINESS CARDS, -•tilD VOV* ORDSM TO Morning Vwv Steam Priming House, Moamjio Niwa DCILDt.MCI, 5 Whitaker Street. MARRIAGES. FELD ER-RY A.V-Married, December 12, 1888. at St. Patrick's Church, by Rev Father Qutnlin, Mr R. F. Feller, of Virginia, and M:ss Annie E. Ryan, of Savannah. FUNERAL INVITATIONS. O'DONNELL.- The friends and acquaintance of Mrs Mary O'Donnell and family are re spectfully invited to attend her funeral from her late residence, on Montgomery street, near Bay. MONDAY MORNING, Dec. 24th. at 10 o’clock. IN MEMORIAM. ALFRED MILLS. A life complete is net in length cf days, A story told of threescore years and ten. Nor deeds performed to reacn the ears of men, Nor labored work to win the meed of pral6e. For tbcu hast shown wfcat few, with long delays Hardly attain, and many ne’er achieve. A thoughtfulness for others, to relieve The mind depressed, a gentleness that swaya All hearts to thine, as we recall thy ways. The grace of thy young manhood will outlast The proud achievements, which indeed may cast A glamor o’er the outward life that stays In mouumental brass, but may not live In memories, that the heart alone can give. • • * MEETINGS. A M EETI.\G Of the Fourth District Independent Democratic Club will be held at Bay View House MONDAY NIGHT, at 8 o'clock. By order of the President. J T. FITZHENERY, Sec and Trees. SPECIAL XOTICite. Advertisements inserted under “Special Notices" will be charged $1 00 a Square each insertion. ~VI. \VI.\DaVV feiIADEB £I. Before you give your orders elsewhere, send for samples to us, and you will be surprised at the Shade we make for $1 a window. Being exclusively in this line of business, it enables us to give you the same Shade for $1 for which you have to pay $2 elsewhere. By sending us the exact measure of window, we make the Shades, mounted on the best Spring Rollers to an exact fit. Send for samples to MAYER BROS., 205 W. Twenty-third Street, New York. Best references can be furnished in Savannah. A POSITIVE DEMAL. We take this method and opportunity of denying the charge, refuting the statement and challenging the author of the report that we have sold so many of our Holiday Goods that our assortment is ALL BROKEN UP. It is true, we have had a fine trade this last week and sold lots of goods, but being always prepared for emergencies, we can yet offer our patrons and friends an elegant assortment of HOLIDAY NOVELTIES At prices which are lower than the lowest. CLEVELAND'S Drug and Seed Store. SULLIVAN'S ANNUAL GIFT TO THE ORPHANS. I beg to inform my friends and the public that as usual, the gross receipts of my Wine and Billiard Parlors on Christmas day will be given to the Orphan Asylums of Sa vannah. My friends are also invited to call and partake of an Elegant Lunch, with Cham pagne Punch. JOHN J. SULLIVAN, COMPLEMENTS OF THE SEASON. RESPECTFULLY, SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY, 131 Congress Street. M . PRAGER, Proprietor. A FULL LINK or CONFECTION 8, AMERICAN ANI> IMPORTED, BY THE BOX and in BULK, AT W. A. PIGMAN’S Druo Store. XMAfc GOOD*. BEAUTIFUL GLOVE AND HANDKERCHIEF BOXES. DRESSING CASES. Shaving Bet, Odor Cases, Triplicate Mirrors, CUFF AND COLLAR BOXES, Manicure Sets, Baskets of Perfumery, etc., which we are selling at reduced prices. STRONG S DRUG STORE, Corner Bull and Perry Street I^ane. OUR CHRIhTMAS hOt’\ ESIR. AT THE YAMACRAW PHARMACY. Every cash purchaser of Fifty Cents or more will be entitled to one of Our Handsome Holiday Souvenirs. Call and see u. M. A. BARIE, Proprietor. 8. E. Corner Wept Broad and Bryan Streets. RECEIVER OF TAX HETURYe Thankful for past favors. I respectfully an nounco myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of RECEIVER OF TAX RETURNS at the election to be held on JANUARY 2d. 1889. JOHN B PH LON TALK OF THE C ITY. frIKE’S RAFFLE, Corner South Bread and Jefferson ONLY A FEW ! Of those Dressing Cast! left at BHAFFER'fi I Cali early and secure a bargain, as he sells I lower than any other store. SPECIAL NOTICES. BANANA rBAV\NAB I ORANGES I ORANGES l PINEAPPLES’ 1,000 BUNCHES RIPE BANANAS. 150,000 FINE ORANGES. 500 DOZEN PINEAPPLES. For sale cheap from Schooner Attle at Market Dock. The Fruit is ripe and must he told re gardless of cost, J. 8. COLLINS & CO. SPECIAL NOTICE. Tickets for the Standard (G. O. P.) Ball, which takes place on THURSDAY. 2?th inst.. can be had by friends of the members of the Club from either of the gentlemen whose name is hereto attached. S. HERMAN. D. liECHT. M. L. LILIENTHAL. MOSE DRYFUB. H M. BOLEY A. M. LEFFLER. THE ITALIAN QUARTETTE. PROF. CCRTESE, Leader, Can be engaged to furnish Music tor Balls. Concerts or any Entertainments. Any com munication left at C. KOLSHORN & BRO.S will be promptly attended to. Address 170 Broughton Street. SPECIAL NOTICE. GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO. Desire to notify their customers that the store will le kept open on MONDAY NIGHT for their accommodation, and that the balance of Holiday Goods on hand will be closed out at reduced prices. STOP THE LEAK IN YOUR BUCKET. TOWNSEND uses a different method from the botch in the manner of doing his work. He is a practical workman, with a big office and am pie capital. He handles business in a business like manner, and can’t help but give satisfac tion. He is recognised as the “hustler" among printers. He wants your books to bind. Don’t lose time, temper and money fooling with a badly made book. Get them at headquarters. TOWNSEND, FINE PRINTER, BINDER AND RULER, Bft and 88 Bryan Street. TELEPHONE “3 4 I.** Savannah, Ga. NOW IS THE TIME TO WIN A PRIZE W ITHOUT COST. Every cash purchaser of 50 cents, worth or more, will be entitled to a guess on the number of Dr. Yell’s Pills contained in the bottle now on exhibition in my window. First Prize—Elegant Parlor lamp. Second Prize—Toilet Set in Plush case. Third Prize—Cologne Set in case. The pills to be counted by a committee of three on New Year's Day, 1889. WILLIAM F. HENDY, Druggist. Corner West Broad and Bryan streets. SPECIAL TO THE LADIES Doing the Market for (’hrLtma* and Sunday. FISH FROM NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE STREAMS. ROASTS OF BEEF, MUTTON AND BONELESS VEAL. FINEST TURKEYS. FINEST GEESE. POULTRY OF ALL KINDS. Roasting Pigs, Koshered Pork and Bologna Sausages, Pork, Tripe and Fish of all kinds. Celery, Cranberries, at LOGAN'S CITY MARKET. NOTICE. Neither the Master nor Consignees of the British steamship LAURESTINA, Batty, Mas ter, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew. A. MINIS & SONS, Consignees. MERRY CHRISTMAS! 1,200- TURK E Y 8 , Selected for my HOLIDAY TRADE, —TO ARRIVE— F RIDA Y , 2 Ist. fcy'Send me your Xmas orders for choice FRESH KILLED TURKEYS. L. PUTZEL. “KTATKB YH. W ANT ALL.” TRIAL BY JURY. Verdict: “Guilty,’’ Dec. 22, 1888. Much in erest was taken in the above case, and the verdict surprised no one. We stood calmly bj’ and knew our opposing counsel would lose his case. The people want ju-tice they must have it. and the people are th'* judges of what is fair and right. The "Want All" crowd are numerous in the city. We oppose them on geueral principles. We work at inod * rate prices and we wor to suit our natrons. Patronize energy, encourage pushers. Help on the promoters of low prices. Try us. Test our work and skill. Get our prices, Remember the straus* printing co , 139 i>ay street, when you need printing of any kind. Remember tele phone 410. notice! Toe Merchants’ Nat’l Bank or Savarnah, \ Savannah, Ga., Dec. 9. 1888. f The annual election for Directors of this Bank will beheld at the Banking House on TUES DAY. Jan. 8, 1889. between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock THOB. GADSDEN. Cashier. ELEC TION FOR DIRECTOR*. The Oglethorpe 8a vinos and Trust Cos., i Savannah. Ga . Dec lltb, 1888. J The annual election for Directors will be held at the office of the Compaoy, No 120 Bryan street, on TUESDAY, Jaa. Btb, I®S9, between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock r m. JOHN M BBT AW ELECTION OF DIRECTOR* The National Bank or Savannah, i >a\ASSAM,Oa . Dec 9. 1991 | Theancual election for eleven Directors to manage the afTa rs of tbi* Bank for the enduing year, will take place a? the Banking House, UO Bryan street, on TUFSDAY. January Btb, l**J, , between the hours of i’ ad i o'clock r m. THOS F. TH ro the \ o iki* of Chatham” COl NTY. Fellow Cit Lens; Tbaukful for electing me fo the office of TREASURER of Chatham County, I again ask your votes and support for rs election Jan uary 2nd. 1889 Your obedient servant. WARING RUSSELL. SPECIAL XOTICEIL BEST 1M PORTE DAN D AMERICAN WINES AND LIQUORS. In Stock by Michael Lavtn’a Estate, ESTABLISHED 1*53. CHAMPAGNES-Piper Heidsick, Dry Mono* pole and Mumrn • Extra Dry CLARETS—Chaceau Maucamp, fit. Julian Medoc and Zinfaudei. WlNES—Spanish Ports. Sherries an<2 Madeira. Cakforn.a Angelica. ALES. ETC —Boas' Ale. Guinness'Stout, Irish Ginger Ale. Budweiser Beer KUMS-Jamaica. St. Croix and New England GlN'S—Holland and L'emestia. WHISKIES—Irish and Scotch Malt. American Corn and Rye. Celebrated Old Wilson. Orders by mad and telephone promptly and properly attended to. Telephone 54. 45 EABT BROAD ST. ELECTION FOR ' Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Georgia Savannah, Ga., Dec. sth, 1888. J An election tor thirteen Director! to manats the affairs of this Company for the ensuing year will be held at the Banking House in Sa" vacnab, MONDAY, the seventh day of January. ISS9. between the hours of 10 o'clock a. w. and 2 o’clock p. m Stockholders and their families will be passed free over the Company's road to attend the election from the 4th to tho 7th January, inclusive, and be passed free return ing from the 7th to the 10th January, inclusive on presentation of their stock certificate* to the conductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier. FOR CORONEBL CHARLES P. RGSSIGNOL, Anti-Undertaker Candidate. Am in the race as an citizen, not a representative of any class, clique, club or nationality. If elected will serve all the people. Am not in league or combination, but am run ning on my own individuality, and am in the race to stay, counter rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. FOR ORDINARY. ~~ To my Friends and Fellow Citizen's of C7iaf ham County: I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of ORDINARY of Chatham County at the election to be held on the 2nd day of JANUARY next, and kindly solicit your votes and influence. HAMPTON L. FERRILL. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. Fkllow Citizens: lam a candidate for re election to the office of Tax Collector, at the election to be held on JANUARY 2d, 1889, ami respectfully solicit your support. james J. mcgowan. FOR CORONER. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR SUPPORT AND VOTE. JOHN H. FOX. FOR ORDINARY. I respectfully announce to my frienda and the voters of Chatham county that I will be a can didate for ORDINARY at the election to be held on JANUARY 2d, and will be grateful for ycir vote 6 and support. P. J. O’CONNOR. A NEW BROOM BWEEPB CLEAN. YOTB FOR SIMON GAZAN FOR CPU NTY S H ERIFF, FOR CORONER. To the Voters of C’hatham County. I am a candidate for re-election to the office C O R O N E R, At the election on JANUARY 2, 1889, and re spectfully ask your support. W. D. DIXON. FOR CORONER. I respectfully announce to my friends and fellow citizens that I am a candidate for the office of CORONER, and respectfully solicit your support and votes. JOSEPH GOETTE. FOR COUNTY SHERIFF. To my Fellow-Citizens. Gentlemen: Being thankful for your support and votes in the past, I beg to announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of COUNTY SHERIFF, and most respectfully solicit your influence and votes at the election to be held on WEDNESDAY, January 2d, 1889. Respectfully, JOHN T. RONAN FOR CLERK OF BITPERIOR COURT. To the Voters of Chatham County: The un dersigned would be thankful for your votes (or the office of CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT at the coming election. Very respectfully. JAMES K. P. CARR WINES. M LYONS 4 Cl’S WINE USE WINE LIST. Veuve clicquot oha mpagne. WHI f E SEAL CHAMPAGNE, _ MUJIM S EXTKA DRY CHAMPAGNE. PIPER HKIDBIECK CHAMPAGNE. CORK S IMPERIALCH VMPAGNE. HENNESSEY, MARTEL and OTARP BRANDY. IRISH, SCOTCH and BAKER WHISKIES. PORTS, SHERRIES and MaDEIRAS. Choic. selections of CORDIALS. BASS’ ALE. GUINNESS' STOUT. IRISH GINGER ALE and SODA. Various other brand, of choice liquori. In stock and for sale low by JOHN LYOTSTS & CO TO COUNTY OFFICERS.-Book* and Blank* required by county officer* for the um or the courts, or for oAlcm u*e. supplied to order by th* MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOUSE.* Whitaker street. Savannah. _ “fertilizers. JOHN L. HAMMOND. JOSEPH HULL HAMMOND. HULL i CO., MANUFACTURERS OF FERTILIZERS, DEALERS IN FERTILIZER MATERIAL, AND SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF MINK (German Potaah Salt) AT ANT FROM THR rOLLOWIRO **°STS SAVANNAH, OA.. PORT ROYAL. 8 C.. BRUNSWICK, GA . JACKSONVILLE, FLA PENSACOLA. FLA.. MOBILE, ALA 118 BAY ST„ SAVANNAH, GA.