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PROFIT IN COTTON FIRES.
CHARGES THAT THERE IS A RING
AT CHARLESTON.
The Whole City Excited Over the Al
legations Made in the Legislature—
Insinuations of Incendiarism Said
to Be Heard—Damaged Cotton Said
to Be Bought In for Less than It’s
Actual Value.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 34.—-The com
motion caused by the publication of the
charges made in the legislature of the rob
bery of cotton ships in distress at this port
is rapidly getting up to boiling heat. There
are those who do not hesitate to express the
opinion that the many cotton fires that
hare occurred here this season on loaded
steamships were not entirely accidental.
The open charges, however, are that there
is a ring composed of cotton buyers and
shippers, tug boat owners, stevedores, ship
captains and shipping agents, who get all
the profits out of the steamers and their
cargoes by excessive charges for services
and by buying the damaged cotton at nom
inal prices.
UNDERWRITERS UNPROTECTED.
As the law now stands the shippers of cot
ton generally draw on their bills of lading
in advance of the arrival of the cargo to its
port of destination. In cases where a fire
occurs on shipboard before the ship leaves
the port the underwriters are comparative
ly unprotected, and the charge is that the
vessel as well as the cargo of damaged cot
ton is simply robbed. The tugs charge ex
orbitant prices for pumping out the ve sel
and divide with the captain; the stevedores
charge exorbitant rates for discharg
ing and reloading the cargoes and
the damaged cotton is bought in by a big
ring at prices less than one-third of its
actual value.
THE RILL BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.
The bill in question was intended to
remedy this, and it had already passed the
Senate when it met with opposition in the
House and was continued till next sesdon.
A number of large shippers in Charleston
have taken the matter in hand and will in
sist upon an investigation after the holi
days, when some startling developments are
expected. The Sews and Courier, alluding
to the matter, says:
There is a disposition to treat this matter
lightly. But the sore, or what appears to be a
•ore, has been revelled and they who were con
spicuous in making the charges must lie sup
posed to be prepared to give the reasons for
what they have said. It is necessary for the
sake of Charleston's business that there be an
immediate investigation, otherwise, the fre
quency of cotton fires and the imputation of
commercial dishonesty may seriously inteifere
with our business, which has impediments
enough already.
Some of the parties involved are said to be
members of the cotton exchange and the
coming meeting of the exchange is therefore
looked forward to with considerable in
terest.
SOUTH CAROLINA’S NEW LAWS.
The Important Work of the Recent
Legislative Session.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 34.—The state
legislature adjourned sine die this morn
ing, after a session of twenty-three days.
Among the important measures passed were
the following:
An act amending the railroad law so as
to restore to the state railroad commission
power to regulate rates of freight and the
passenger transportation.
An act reducing confederate pensions
from SSO to SBO per annum.
An act providing for the validation of
township bonds (aggregating about
$1 ,000.000) issued in aid of railroad con
struction, which issues the supreme court
recently declared invalid.
An set accepting a bequest to the state
by the late Thomas G. Clemson, John C.
Calhoun's son-in-law, of the old Calhoun
homestead at Fort Hill, for the purpose of
establishing an agricultural college.
An act providing for punishing fraud at
party primaries. .
Among the more important measures
pending, which failed to pass, were the
following:
The biQ to prohibit the consolidation of
railroads without the consent of the legisla
ture; the bill to amend the constitution by
imposing an educational qualification for
suffrage.
The bill to reduce the salaries of circuit
judges, state officers and members of the
legislature.
The general] election laws were not
touched.
A CAPTAIN BWEPT OVERBOARD.
Bvantful Voyage of the Schooner
Mary O. Decker.
Charleston, 8. C., Dec. 24.—The
schooner Mary C. Decker put into Charles
ton to-day in charge of first officer, U.
Grant Borthwiek. She left New York on
the 18th for Tampico. On the night of the
20th, while off Hatteras, she encountered a
heavy gale and Capt. Henry Pettit was
lost overboard while assisting to take in the
mainsail. The schooner ran before the
gale until Dec. 21, when, in latitude
34* 6’, longitude 75° 40', she passed close to
a mast upright and drifting, and a quan
tity of yellow pine plauk.
RICHMOND’S REGISTRATION.
Tha Books Kept Open till Midnight to
Comply with the Law.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 24.—Richmond
county’s registration books closed to-nigbt
and the effects of active opposition for
several of the offices was shown iu the
large number registered. Manfr of those on
the list had to pay taxes dating back ten
years for the privilege of voting. The
lawyers decided that the lists must be kept
open until midnight, as the law said “until
the 25th of December.” Tax Col
lector Bahler and his clerks were
at their posts until that hour
and the number enrolled was 2,703. Of
these 637 ore negroes. The contest for
sheriff is very warm, as in fact are those
for all the offices except the ordinary’s,
Judge Dunbar having withdrawn from op
position to the present incumbent.
AN OLD BUSINESS SOLD.
One of Augusta's Leading Merchants
Sells His Grocery.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 24.—John Doscher,
who conducted one of the largest retail
grocery houses in the city, and uas been a
flourishing merchant for a number of
years, to-day made a sale of his
business to H. Brooks to secure
the latter's mortgage, given for money
loaned. The Bale is understood to be sub
ject to several other mortgages held by
other parties. Mr. Doscher owns consider
able property, which, it is understood, wi >1
bn realized on to settle up bis present busi
ness difficulties.
A Dead Infant in the Streets.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 24.—A small negro
boy, early lu the morning, found swathed
in common tied linen, on the corner of
McKinnn and Marbury streets, the b dy of
anew born white infant. The medical
testimony at the inquest was tnat the child
appeared Ui have !>veti alive recently, and
bad perished from exposure in the street.
E. P. O.
Dmtt waste time ami money and undergo
**>*- torture with the knife when Ethio
pian Pile Ointment will afford instant relief
and oartain cure in every rasa of blind,
bleeding, Itching internal and external
Pflss. Rang urn K-mt M-l Cos,, Nashville
Twin. (Meant* at d(I per bnuie Hold by
iJpfMnan torus., wbulautlr agsois
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
Railroad Companies Ignoring the
Railroad Commission’s Rules.
Tallahassee, Dec. 24. —Many compli
cated questions are arising in this stati,
growing out of the refusal of the several
railroad companies to observe the rates of
tariff fixed by the railroad commission.
: The attorney general last week obtained
from the supreme court an alternative writ
of mandamus against the Florida Southern
Railway Company to observe the
commission rates, or show cause
why it does not. On Thursday the
writ was returned, and Col. R. W.
Davis, general counsel of the Florida
Southern moved to discharge the writ.
He was assisted in uis argument hy Col.
John A. Henderson of the Florida Railway
and Navigation and by Hon. W. A.
Blount of the Pensacola and Atlantic roads.
After a full discussion of the points raised
the court decided to dismiss the writ, stat
ing as a reason therefor, that while the su
premo court has jurisdiction to i-sue writs
of mandamus in such cases it was discre
tionary with the court whether or not it
would do so, since,the circuit court also had
teat jurisdiction, and the case could be
tried on its merits with much greater con
venience in the lower courts sitting in the
counties where the alleged violations of law
were committed, giving all concerned bet
ter facilities for the presentation of their
case, without the undue expense of having
all the evidence brought in the first instance
to the capital for the consideration of the
supreme court when that court is already
overcrowded withwoik. Iu other words,
it was decided to be inconvenient to hear
the case ou its merits in the supreme court
exercising original jurisdiction, therefore
the writ was dismissed and the parties left
to their proper remedies in the circuit
courts. The attorney general has, however,
secured a a rehearing.
Gov. and Mrs. Perry left Saturday to
spend Christmas at their home in Pensacola.
Col. L. B. Wombwell, the new commis
sioner of agriculture, was married in Rich
mond, Va., last Wednesday, to Miss Jean
L. Curd, and arrived in this city with his
bride on Friday.
PISTOL VS. KNIFE.
Tbe Former Proves the Better
Weapon Even in Chose Quarters.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 24.—The first
Christmas blood was shed to-night at
about 11 o’clock in the west end, where a
number of mill operatives were enjoying a
ball. James Swannagan, a mill opera
tive, is somewhat of a desperado, and is be
fore the police frequently. Olion W.
Dirce entered the ball room with a young
woman and tuen went to the door
and fired a pistol. He had the weapon in
his hand when Bwannagan approached.
There was bad blood between the two, and
the latter accused Dirce of carrying a pistol
to use against him. Dirce denied having
the pistol for that purpose, but kept the
weapon in his hand. Swannagan rushed on
him with a knife and cut Dirce badly on
the left arm, which warded off the blow.
Swannagan then made another lunge, when
Dirce placed the pistol against Swannagan’s
breast and fired. The wounded man was
picked up and carried to a drug store near,
but the exact nature of his wound could not
be learned. He is very low, and his life
despaired of. Dirce is a member of the fire
department, and turned himself over to the
police. He was among a hard crowd, and
violence was threatened him by Swanna
gan’s friends.
S. M. INMAN’S NAME FORGED.
The Check Was for Only s2l and the
Bearer is Under Arrest.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 24. —A neatly
dressed young man with a check for s2l,
signed by S. M. Inman & Cos., and payable
to H. S. Lowry, called at the Atlanta Na
tional Bank to-day at noon and asked to
have the check cashed. Cashier Currier
did not think that the signature was genu
ine, and taking tbe voung man, attended
by a policeman, to Mr. Inman’s office, as
certained that tbe check was a forgery.
The young man claims that nis name is H.
8. Lowry. Further than this he will not
talk. In one of bis pockets was found a
Kimball bouse room, key marked. No 348,
and from thefregister of the hotel it is seen
that tbe room in question was occupied
last night by two men who registered as
H. H. and 8. \V. Hart of Macon. Since his
arrest the young man has been identified as
the party, who four days ago succeeded in
getting John H. James to cash a check for
him drawn in favor of H. 8. Rankin and
signed by S. M. Inman & Cos.
Brooksville Briefs.
Brooksville, Fla., Dec. 24.—The new
school house is expected to be ready for oc
cupancy by Jan. 1, 1889, and then the pub
lic school will open with Prof. W arrener at
its head. The house, it is thought, will have
cost at least $3,000 when completed and
furnished.
The Brown residence is about ready for
occupancy and will be occupied by Mr.
Fred. Springstead and bride, recently mar
ried.
Col. T. M. Shackleford is expected home
from Kentucky to-night with his bride.
Dr. Oneel, from Lawtouville, 8. C., has
moved here with his family.
Bauereisen Convicted.
Geneva, 111., Dec. 24.—1n the case of
Baureisen, chief of the dynamiters at
Aurora, 111., who has been on trial here
for several days past, the jurv this morn
ing returned a verdict of guilty and fixed
his sentence at two years.
The crime with which Bauereisen was
charged was conspiracy to injure property
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company with dyamite. Bauer
risen was one of the striking engineers ou
that road.
A Failure at Gibson.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 25. —News reaches
here of the failure of J. N. Stapleton, agen
eral merchant of Gibson, Ga., who made an
assignment Saturday evening to B. F.
Walker of that place. His assets are about
$1,500 and his liabilities are estimated at
about $4,000.
Jack's Lecture.
(From the Valdosta, (Ga.) Timet.)
Rev. Jack Carter (colored) of Thomas
county, delivered his lecture, “A defense of
Satan,” in the court house on Tuesday night
last. Sack is an original character, and lie
treated his “client” in au original way.
The drift of his remarks, reduced to a few
words, were to the effect that man
was a free agent, and that he was
not controlled by the devil in his
evil works—that man did his devilment
upon his own responsibility, and then made
Satan his pack horse, fie said that Satan
“belonged to the eternal cabinet,” and wns
the gate keeper of hell—that he performed
a good service to mankind in taking charge
of the outcasts whom neither heaven not
earth wanted —that he seut out no “do 1-
gers" advertising hell as a “winter resort”—
that therewere no saloons there, no red lemon
ade, no cream und strawberries,no beautiful
women—that bo offered man no induce
rneutn to go there-that man, m ail man,
went of Ins own accord—that the devil was
not as black as painted and was not re
sponsible for the sins of man. He then
drew quite a pretty picture of heaven, and
told the you: g men t<> quit packirg their
sins off on tbe devil, to lie men and (urn
their fares heavenward—to loveand vener
ate the Lurd— that there were inducements
iu that direction.
FOB NERVOUS PROSTRATION
Uaa Horaford'a Acid Phosphate
Dr. W. Graevos, Northfleld, Minn., Mays:
“I have used it In c-naea of uerV' iis proalra
lion, aud also in eomblnaUon with other
remedies in Indigestion, It h proved os
satisfactory as could be sxpecled.”
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1888.
BOON TO BE READY FOR HANGING.
A Capital Story Told by Attorney
General Garland Implicating Him
self.
Prom the Xev York World.
Washington, Dec. 22.—Attorney General
Garland is a quiet, reticent, unassuming
gentleman, who usually has very little to
say to anybody. No one would evsr im
agine he could joke and laugh and tell sto
ries at his own expense, yet if caught in
one of liis genial moods he is as delightful
an entertainer as one could desire to
meet. The Attorney General exhibited
to a correspondent to-day the
fine sot of portraits which
adorn his room, and which formed
the most attractive part of the exhibit
which the department of justice lent to the
Ohio Centennial Expo-ition at Cincinnati.
They have just been returned from Ohio,
and have been bung up again ou tbe walls
of the Attorney General’s room. Many of
them are old pictures, but some of them
have been painted recently under the au
thority of an act of congress providing for
a full set of the portraits of attorney gen
erals from the foundation of the govern
ment down to the last administration. The
gallery is now complete with the exception
of Mr. Brewster’s portrait, who always
politely but firmly declined to allow himsolf
to be painted.
“I made repeated requests of Mr. Brews:
ter,” said Attorney General Garland, “but
he steadily refused to comply, and J am
now in communication with some members
of his family, in the hope of getting from
them a photograph or something from
which a proper portrait can be painted.
The only pictures of the whole sit which
have been painted during the present
administration are these tw said Mr.
Garland, pointing to the counterfeit pre
sentments of Wayne MacVeagh and
Charles Devens. “MacVeagh’s cost SSOO,
and Devens’, being considerably larger, as
you will notice, cost $750. Judge Durham,
the first comptroller of the treasury, you
remember, did not want to pay for them,
for the judge is an economist, you know.
It is not on that ground, however, that he
is so often mistaken for me and I for him.
The resemblance, as I understand it, is
confined to the mere quality of personal
beauty.
“The first time I was mistaken for Judge
Durham,” continued Mr. Garland, “was in
1885, shortly after the present administra
tion came into office. I got into a street
car at the corner of Fourteenth and F
streets, when to my surprise a very fine
looking lady bowed to me and said: ‘How
d’do, colonel!' I bowed in returu and
thanked the lady, and told her I was very
well; but she saw that I did not
recognize her. So she asked me if
I was not Col. Durham. I told her
that I was not CoL Durham; that my
name was Garlana, and that if she had a
husband or a brother or a grown son, or any
relative who would assume the responsi
bility for the affront she had put upon me, I
would like to know his address, that I might
inform him where he could meet me. The
lady took it quite in earnest, aud let me
know that she had male relatives who
would champion her cause. She also showed
great indignation that Col. Durham should
be slighted by me, and went off into ex
travagant praises of the colonel.
“When she expressed the opinion that he
was a very handsome aud a very excellent
man, I could not resist the temptation to
say that I forgave her for the mistake she
had made, and that 1 did not insist upon
auy further satisfaction. The lady and I
parted very good friends.
“But the matter came back to me and
began to weigh heavily on my mind, and
so I brought it up at a cabinet meeting one
day. I remember there was some tough
nuts to crack, aud things were not all as
merry as a marriage bell at that meeting.
Manning, I remember, was sitting at the
head of the table with a very troubled ex
pression on his countenance. The entire
cabinet was in a very serious, not to say
uneasy mood. I felt that some relief was
needed, and so when I was asked if I had
any proposition to make, I at first said I
thought not, but then I said I thought I
had, and I proceeded to tell of my
rievance, closing with the remark that
thought the proper thing to do
in the circumstances was to resign.
The proposition was a great relief to
Manning. He laughed very heartily, and
agreed with me that it was time for a
man to resign, or die, or do something when
it had come to pass that be had been mis
taken for Judge Durham.”
Of all the portraits in his official gallerv.
Attorney General Garland likes the portrait
of Nathan Clifford best. He says Judge
Clifford bad the finest face he ever saw, and
that he never saw a better or truer likeness
of a man than that of Judge Clifford, which
hangs among the other attorney generals
on the wall.
“We don’t hang attorney generals on
these walls,” said Mr. Garland, signifi
cantly, “until they go out of office. In
that respect, I shall soon be ready for bang
ing myself.”
Convict Labor.
Editor Morning News: In your issue of
Dec. 21 you ask how to preVeut convict
lat>or corning into competition with free
labor. “The Morning News, for the sake
of workingmen, would like to have this
question answered satisfactorily, but it does
not expect it will be soon.”
Your writer has given the convict labor
quostion no little thought, and in ilays past
threw out suggestions which we thought
wise at the time, and which came near
being adopted by the Georgia legislature.
It was discussed, but the cry of convict
labor as agaiust free labor intimidated and
demoralized the legislature, or at least a
majority of them.
My idea is for the state to buy a part of
Stone mountain and make of it a perma
nent penitentiary. Wall it in, as was done
at MilledgeviUe, and then put the convicts
to getting out granite in the rough and sell
ing it to stonemasons and cutters. It will
not conflict or come in competition with
free labor. It will only develop free labor
greatly, put hundreds to work to fill orders
for these stone steps, sills, pavements, etc.,
etc., for then granite will be in demand. In
cities the demand would be on the increase
daily. The cheaper an article which is
always in demand, the greater the demand.
Granite is needed and wanted in all
buildings of eny pretentions, but it is the
cost which forbids its use. Put the convicts
to work getting out the material in the
rough an i selling it to those who will always
have a demand for it for building purposes.
Maine lays down granite in Georgia chea|>or
than can bo furnished from 8 tone mountain.
The absurdity of the thing is seeu at once.
Convict labor could furnish all that could
be needed to contractors, and the state de
veloped. Mon would learn the trade of
stone cutters if there were inducements held
out. Instead of driving out those engaged
iu cutting and dressing granite, there would
bo an increase of free labor.
The state is in duty bound to take carecf
its own interosts, to use convict labor to the
best advantage, and, at the same time, to
build ut> a growing and demanding imsi
noss. If I mistake not, the granite in tho
Morning News building ernue from Stone
Mountain. There is no use of sendiug out of
the state for granite when Georgia
has enough to build hundreds) of cities.
Cheap material a'ways demands ready and
many bidders, and if the state would only
be wise, Bione Mountain would be con
verted into u mighty workshop by convict
labor getting out the' raw materiel to till
tlie demands which would be mail" for it.
Such were my views twenty years ng ,
and su h are my views to-day after looking
at the convict question from every stand
l>oint. Georgia is under no obligations to
tax the people of the state In the interests
of a few stonecutters: hut hv giving them
cheap stone they can be benefited
E. M. O.
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ON RAIL AND CP.OSSTIB.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.
A Pittsburg engineer and contractor is
bidding on seven new iron and steel plants
to be erected in the south next year. The
seven contracts will aggregate over $1,000,-
_ Master of Transportation Savage of the
Central railroad returned yesterday from
Kentucky, where he has be°n attending the
funeral of his father, who died Wednesday
of pneumonia.
A bill is being framed in the interest of
railway engineers, firemen, brakemen and
switchmen which the Minnesota legislature
will be asked to pass prohibiting Pinkerton
detectives from operating in that state.
H. L. Gates, the poDular conductor on
the Shoofly train, will shortly be trans
ferred to the Atlanta run. He will take
the place of Conductor Yonge, who has
been transferred to the Millen accommoda
tion train.
John Shannon,who was injured by a coal
bucket weighing 600 pounds falling on him
at the coal docks of the Columbus, Hocking
\ alley and Toledo road in Toledo, 0., was
last week given a verdict for $30,000 in a
suit for damages against the company.
The first bridge over the Missouri river
was built at Kansas City twenty-one years
ago, and was regarded as a bold undertak
ing. Now sixteen bridges for railways
span that stream, namely, at St. Charles,
Booueville, Glasgow, Sibley, Randolph,
Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison, St.
Joseph, Rulo, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth,
Omaha, Blair, Sioux City and Bismarck,
and eight or ten more are not unlikely to be
built in the next ten years.
A Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch says that
the victims of the Mud Run disaster have
decided to prosecute the Lehigh Valley rail
road employes under the act of 1865 instead
of for manslaughter. If convicted under
this act, the employes responsible for the
wreck can be sentenced to five years’ im
prisonment and to pay $5,000 fine. Joseph
Cook, the engineer whose train ran into
the one ahead, is losing his mind through
sorrow, fear of punishment and inability to
get employment.
As British fear of French invasion pre
vents the construction of the channel tun
nel the scheme is now proposed of suspend
ing two tubes about three feet in diameter
across the channel by means of cables sup
ported by pillars, each tube to contain a
miniature railway on which cars will be
run, carrying mail and express matter not
exceeding 450 pounds to a load. Even sup
posing the scheme fea ible, it is not likely
that the bold Britons who oppose the
channel tunnel enterprise would tolerate its
carrying; out, for wit a such a means of com
munication in existence what would pre
vent a lot of French soldiers from smuggling
themselves through the tube and capturing
England!
The railways on the American continent
whoso gross earnings now are as large as
they were a year ago are the exception, and
that notwithstanding a large increase of
mileage in many cases. In a tablo of gross
earnings in November, compiled by the
Financial Chronicle, 107 roads show earn
ings aggregating #29,961.660 against $31,-
159,983 in November, 1887. The actual de
crease thus is $1,198,323 or 4 per cent., but
when mileage is considered, the compara
tive decrease is much greater. These 107
roads in 1887 represented 52,800 miles, so
that the earnings averaged for the month
$495 80 per mile. But in November last the
mileage was 55,703. an increase of 2,858
miles, and at the same rate they should have
earned $32,575,1>17 instead of $29,961,660; so
that for the single month they show a com
parative loss of $3,613,887. Of the 107 lines
42 show an increase which in several cases
can be accounted for by additions of
mileage, while 65, or 60 per cent., indicate
a falling off.
The New York Times in writing of the
vestibule train says: Tbe phenomenal suc
cess of the New York and Florida specials of
Pullman drawing-room, dining-room and
sleeping cars, running between New York
and Jacksonville last season, demonstrated
beyond doubt the popularity of such a high
class train. Travel demands it, and, with
tbe view of catering in the best, manner
possible to the wishes of every class of its
patrons, the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany has arranged to place this train in
service again between the points mention and.
It will make its initial trip of the season on
Monday, Jan. 7, 1889, and will be run tri
weekly—Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
-thereafter. Tne schedule of last year will
be maintained, and the special will leave
New York at 9:30 o’clock a. m., Philadel
phia 11:59 o’clock a. m., Baltimore 2:30
o’clock p. m., Washington 3:30 o’clock p. m.
and arrive at Jacksonville at 3:40 o’clock
p. m. next day. The equipment of the train
will consist of Pullman vestibuled drawing
room, sleeping, smoking and library and
(lining cars, heated by steam and lighted by
electricity. The well-earned reputation of
the train for comfort, luxury and an ex
cellent attention to the creature comforts of
its patrons will not only be preserved, but
nothing will be left undone to make it bet
ter than ever in every respect.
SET UPON BY A MOB.
Constable F mall, of the Eighth Dis
trict, Forced to Give Up a Prisoner
A serious affray took place out at the
brickyard on; the Central, railroad, three
miles from the city, a day or two ago, in
which a colored constable, was dangerously
cut and beaten. Joe Small, who is con
stable in the Eighth district, had a warrant
for the arrest of Stafford Melrose, an em
ploye at the brickyard, but he was unable
to execute it until a day or two ago, when
the employes were being paid off.
The constable arrest’d Melrose after be
had been paid off, and star ed to the magis
trate’s oflice with him. He had gone only a
short distance when several negroes over
took him and forced him to release
his prisoner. They loft Small ly
ing in the road and informed
his friends of what had transpired and
Small was removed to his borne and a
physician summoned. Ho bears several
ugly gashes on the bauds, arms and bead,
some of them serious wounds. Besides tiiat,
he was beaten up about the face. None of
his assailants nave yet been arrested.
Melrose has made his escape.
Nearly all the constables of the city have
had dealings with Melrose and they say that
he is a man of bad character.
THE FOURTH DISTRICT'S CHOICE.
H. F. Willink and Dr. F. T. Lincoln Nom
inated for Aldermen.
The Fourth District Independeut Demo
cratic Club held a meeting last night at the
Bay View House, and the report of the
nominating committee appointed at the
last meeting was presented. Mr. Henry ft
Willink and Dr. F. T. Lincoln were named
for aldermen, and thecommittce reported
that they bad been notified and will
accept the nomination. The report was
unanimously adopted. The club was or
ganized with a view, while securing a
representation in the council from the
Fourth district, to secure a representation
also from Washington ward. It was irn
ixissible, however, to secure a candidate
which the club wus willing to indorse, and
Wa-bington ward will have to go without
representation.
The committee made no report upon tho
mayoralty. That will be discussed at tho
next meeting when the club will take
action In regard to ths conference of clubs
to be held oa Jail. 4.
The Lister's Agricultural Chemical
Works.
By a card in another column it will 1*
seen that +ir William K Boyd, the agent
of the above named fertilizer company, has
returned to this oily, and will hereafter make
It his headquarters, ns well as having an
office in Atlanta, ibo manufacture < f the
animal bme fertiliser is a specialty or this
ootupanjr.
_ Weather Indications.
I FAII I indications for Georgia:
I | Fair weather, warmer, easterly
I winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, Dec. 24, 1888, and the mean of same day
for fifteen years.
! Departure | Total
Mean Temperature from the ; Departure
Mean j Since
for 15 years Dec. 24, 'BB. --or —i Jan. 1,1888.
04 46 | __ 8 j TB5
Comparative rainfall statement:
Departure, Total
Mean Daily Amount from the ; Departure
A mount for 1 for Mean Since
16 years. Dec. 24, ’B6. -|-or 'Jan. 1,1888.
12 ! .00 .12 -- 5 90
Maximum temperature, 62.8; minimum tem
erature,37 1.
The hight of the river at Augusta at 7:33
o’clock a. m. yesterday (Augusta time) was
9.7 feet, a fall of 0.2 feet during the past
twentyfour hours.
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stations.
Savannah. Dec. 24, 6:?6 a. m., City time.
Temperature. \
Direction.
Velocity. “
Rainfall.
name
or
STATIONS.
Portland i 42|SW 18 Clear.
Boston i 44iSWlS.. Clear.
Block Island j 42 W 24 ... Fair.
New York city i 4C SWi 14:.... [Clear.
Philadelphia j 40SW; 8 Clear.
Washington City.. 36 !.. Clear.
Norfolk 48 S ; 6 Clear.
Charlotte •. 48 ...... j... Clear.
Hatteras . 48ENj.J... ;Cloudy.
Detroit 44; S 16' Fair.
Fort Buford 4 NW 6! Fair.
St. Vincent —l6! N Clear.
Wilmington 48 Clear.
Charleston 52 N E Clear.
Augusta STNW ! Clear.
Savannah . 52 N Clear.
Jacksonville 56; N E Clear.
Cedar Keys 62 N E 8 Clear.
Key West 66 E 12 ... Fair.
Atlanta 50'S Ei 10... |Clear.
PeDsacola 56 E |_. ICloudy.
Mobile 58,S E; 6 ....'Fair.
Montgomery 58 SE 6| Clear.
Vicksburg , 62SE'6| Clear.
New Orleans 54' E |loj jUlear.
Shreveport 66; S 16 5 Cloudy.
Fort Smith 56; S; 6 .... ;doudy.
Galveston 62|S El 8 .... [Clear.
Palestine 40 S E 6 ICloudy.
Brownesville 68 S F. 6 IClear.
RioGrande 70SE'12j Clear.
Memphis 58 S Ej S| 'Clear.
Nashville 52 S 6 Clear.
Cincinnati 48 S El.. j IClear
Pittsburg 48 S E' Clear.
Buffalo 44 S 18 ICloudy.
Marquette 28 N I 8 .20 Cloudy.
Chicago 48 S 'l6 08 Raining.
Duluth 24 NW 18 ' T Snowing.
St. Paul 24 N E 12! 12lSnowngL
Point Jupiter, Fla. 70 N E 12! IClear.
Titusville 60 NW 6 . i Clear.
St. Louis 52 SW OHRaining.
Kansas City 46 N 12 .02 Raining.
Omaha 26 NW 8; *T ICloudy.
Yanktno 16 N 12; .02ICiear.
Bismarck 10 NW . j lclcioudy.
Cheyenne 18 N | 6|....1C10udy.
*T denotes trace of rainfall.
M. J. Wright, Jr.. Observer Signal Corps.
KAINIT.
Anti-Monopoly Kit
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 from us.
We are “Independent Deal
ers,” and propose to remain
so.
BALDWIN FERTILIZER CD.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
JEWELRY.
J. H. KOCH,
22 h WHITAKER ST.,
(Lyons' Building.)
Respectfully Announces to the Public that he
has a Large Asssortment of
HOLIDAY GOODS,
CONSISTING OF DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
PLATED WARE, FANCY GOODS,
WATCHES, CLOCKS, ETC.
A CORDIAL invitation is extended to all to
call and inspect my goods and prices, aud
satisfy themselves that my prices are as low as
the lowest, and I guarantee all my goods to be
as represented.
CASH BUYERS of a gold watch, or other
goods to the amount of $25, will also be presented
with a ticket worth $2, which entitles them to a
chance on a pair of Diamond Earrings, which
can not be duplicated under S6OO. and on a Dia
mond Ring worth $75. Separate chances on
these articles may also be bad at the rate of $2
each.
“ watches AND jewelry.
Watches, Diamonds, Silverware.
A. L. DESBOUILLONS,
a I HTTI.r. STREET.
MY STOCK is now complete. I have the finest
selection of LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN'S
GOLD and SILVER WATCHES of the best
make. Fine JEWELRY in Diamond Settings,
STERLING SILVERWARE, for wedding pres
ents, of the very beat quality, in elegam cases.
Specialty of
18 CARAT FINGER RINGS,
BRACELETS. WATCH CHAINS, OOLD and
SILVER HEADED CANES and UMBRELLAS,
GOLD SPECTACLES. GOLD PENS and PEN
CILS, FINE FRENCH CLOCKS, aud many ar
tides which for variety, design, quality and
prices cannot be surpassed.
OPTICAL GOODS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
Watches Repaired bv Competent Workmen.
W HOLES ALE GROCERS.
Henry Solomon <t Sod,
Wholesale Grocers
and
LIQUOR DEALERS,
173. 175. 182, 184 BAY STREET.
Jobbers of FLOURS, TOBACCOS and CIGARS.
Sole Agents for AMERICAN MACHINE
COMPANY'S PEKFECTI >N SCALES.
I by Mall Solicited.
A- EHRLICH BRO.,
WHOLESALE—
Grocers, Provision and Liquor Dealers.
TOBACCOS AND CIGARS. FLORIDA
ORANGES AND I RUITS A SPECIALTY
ir,:i a.xi> inn iiay street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
LTTMPER! LUM BER!
A. S. BACON,
Office and Planing Mdl. Liberty aud Laat Broad
•tract•
4 FULL STOCK of DRr.SSF.I* and TOUGH
■f\ LUMBER. LATHS, KHINOLHI, ere , always
on be-id Estimates given upon application
Prwnpi delivery guaranteed. Tjet>iioue 117. I
MEETINGS.
OGLETHORPE LODGE NO. 1, LO. O. V.
A regular meeting of this Lodge will be held
THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o’clock.
Members of sister Lodges and transient
brothers are cordially invited to attend.
JOHN A. WILSON, Noble Grand.
J. H. H. Osborne. Secretary.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under “Special
Notices ” will be charged SI 00 a Square each
insertion.
All persons are cautioned against harboring
or trusting any of the crew of the British
steamship BELLINI, as neither the Captain
nor Consignees will be responsible for any debts
contracted by them.
RICHARDSON & BARNARD, Consignees.
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.
Office Water Works, 1
Savannah, Dec. 25th. 1888. j
The water will be shut off from the city at
nine (9) o’clock TO-MORROW (Wednesday)
MORNING for the purpose of replacing valve at
Ocean Steamship Company’s warehouses and
will be off a short time.
A. N, MILLER. Superintendent.
SAVANNAH ACADEMY, 20T11 ANIMAL
SESSION.
Bull Street, Madison Square.
Students on "Roll of Honor” for the third
scholastic month:
Mongin Nichols. Hugo Frank,
Ed. Max Nichols, Louis Herman,
Ralph Thomson, Jacob Herman.
Thomas Thomson, Horace P. Smart,
Max Leffler, George Quint,
Augustus Schafer, Robert Eason,
Henry Harden. Joseph Lovenstein.
JOHN TALIAFERRO Principal.
FIREWORKS.
In order to supply everybody with Fireworks
for Xmas night we will keep our stores open
ALL DAY and until 10 o’clock XMAS NIGHT.
DAVIS BROS..
SPECIAL TO THE LADIES
Doing the Market for Christmas and Knnday.
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.
The Merchants’ Nat’l Bank of Savaitnah, )
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 9, 1888. )
The annual election for Directors of this Bank
will be held at the Banking House on TUES
DAY, Jan. 8, 1889, between the hours of 12 and
1 o’clock. THOS. GADSDEN. Cashier.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
City of Savannah, )
Office City Marsahal, Dec. 18th, 1888. f
Notice is hereby given to all parties interested
in City Lot Ground Rents that on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN JANUARY, 1889, I will advertise
for sale all lots in arrears. The effect of the
sale will vest a fee simple title in the purchasers.
The lots will be sold without reserve to the
highest aDd best bidder.
ROBT. J. WADE, City Marshal.
BEST IMPORTED AND AMERICAN
WINES AND LiaiOßS,
In Stock by Michael Lavin’s Estate,
ESTABLISHED 1858.
CHAMPAGNES—Piper Heidsick, Dry Mono
pole and Mumm’s Extra Dry.
CLARETS—Chateau Maucamp, St. Julian
Medoc and Zinfaudel.
WINES- Spanish Ports, Sherries and
Madeira, California Augelica.
ALES, ETC.—Bass’ Ale, Guinness’Stout, Irish
Ginger Ale. Budweiser Beer.
RUMS—Jamaica, St. Croix and New England.
GlNS—Holland and Domestic.
WHISKIES—Irish and Scotch Malt, American
Corn and Rye, Celebrated Old Wilson,
Orders by mail and telephone promptly and
properly attended to.
Telephone 54. 45 EAST BROAD ST.
STATE
OP
WEATHER.
ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS.
CENTRA!, R. R. AND BANKING Cos. OF GeORCIA, 1
Savannah, Ga., Dec. sth, 1888. )
An election for thirteen Director* to manage
the affairs of this Company for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking House in Sa
vannah, MONDAY, the seventh day of January,
1889, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
2 o'clock p. h. Stockholders and their families
will be passed free over the Company's road to
attend the election from the 4th to the 7th
January, inclusive, and be passed free return
ing from the 7th to the 10th January, inclusive,
on presentation of their stock certificates to
the conductors.
T, M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
Fellow Citizens: lam a candidate for re
election to the office of Tax Collector, at the
election to be held on JANUARY 2d, 1889, and
respectfully solicit your support.
james j. McGowan.
FOR COUNTY SHERIFF.
To inv Fellow-Citizens.
Gentlemen: Being thankful for your support
and votes in the past, I beg to announce myself
as a candidate for re-electioo 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.
NOTICE.
City Treasurer's Office, I
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 17, 1888. t
Owners of unoccupied property will take no
tice of the following clause m relation to Water
Rents: "When discontinuance of water is in
tended. written notice must be served oil the
Treasurer seven day3 before the commence
ment of the following term, or the contract will
be held as continued for the next term, and rull
rent for the same required.
C. S JIARDEE, City Treasurer.
DON’T BE DECEIVED.
Ask for ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR, a
safe and reliable medicine, and take no other.
I have introduced Dr. B. F. ULMER'S LIVER
CORRECTOR in my practice, and find that it
gives general satisfaction. The best evidence
of the estimation in which it is held is the foot
that jiersons trying it once invariably return
for another bottle, recommending it at the
same time to their friends.
G. A. PENNY, M. D., Cedar Key, Fla.
I have found ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR
to act like a charm In torpid liver, etc.
D. 0. C. IIEERY, M. D„ Atlanta. Ga.
FOR ORDINARY.
To my friends and Fellow Citizen's of Chat
ham County
1 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 or JANUARY next, and kindly
solicit your votes and Inlluenoe.
HAMPTON L. FKRRILL.
4VEDDINUN.
Wedding Invitations and card* printed or en
graved at the shortest notice end in the latest
styles. We carry an extensive and well selected
stock of flue ps|iers, envelopes and cards es
pecially for such order*. Maniples sent on ap
plication M..rmnu News Printing House,
Savannah, Us.
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Office Chief of Polic*. i
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 19, 1888 f
The following order is hereby published’ for
the information of all concerned: * lor
General Order No. V
I. The ordinances of the city forbid the fir ire
of guns, pistols and other firearms anywhe™
and at any time within the corporate limits
11. The firing of sky rockets, wheel rocked
Roman candles, serpents, firecrackers and other
fireworks, or ot any other articles or thing non
tabling gunpowder, fulminating powder nr
other explosive or detonating substance and
the making of bonfires, except in the extended
portion of Forsyth place, and in the pubHe
sqares of tne city south of Liberty street and
then only five days before and ten days ’after
Christmas day and the Fourth day of Julv in
each and every year, is also positively prohibited
by the ordinances of the city. 1
HI. The members of the police department
are hereby ordered to arrest all persons found
violating these ordinances, and to be unusual v
vigilant during the approaching holidays n
checking prompt y all improper irregularities
an 1 disorders detrimental to good order and 11
the proper protection of life and property
JOHN GREEN, Chief of Poiioe.
FOR ORDINARY.
I respectfully announce to my friends and th
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 your
votes and support. P. J. O’CONNOR.
AM ÜBKMENTS.
Christmas Races
AT THUNDERBOLT
3-GREATRACES---3
i.
Trotting race, mile heats, best three in five
purse SIOO, divided. James Mulligan enters c’
g. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Mike Kelly ente™
s. m. MAGGIE K, A. P. Doyle enters b m T™
BE, James F. Furling enters g. g. FREDDIE B
n.
Sweepstakes, running, one-half mile dash.
111.
Free for all mule race, sls to first 'mule Fn
tries will close at the track at 2 r. m. CLaV
-SIORE will lie driven between the heats of the
trotting race. Races commence promptly at 3
o’clock p. m. J
J”os- JP. Doyle.
SAVANNAH THEATER.
DEO. 24 AND |>s.
ENGAGEMENT
-THE- * EXTRAORDINARY!
CO\fP\NY Mr ;, ATOUSTIN DALY’S
UVilli nil 1. Greatest New York
Success,
iSr A NIGHT OFF.
Mr. Rignold, j
Mr. Yerney, i A Comedy that has always
Mr. DeLesser, Pleased the people. A Cast
Mrs. Kbehle, ? uch m “as never been seen
MissHAKNED. nere Crowded houses. A
Miss Willard, Company of Comedy Stars.
Miss Livinoston. , n Evening of Fun. Pro
duced m the same elegant
manner as at DALY'S THE
ATRE, New York City.
Reserved Seats on sale at Davis Bros.’ Dec. 22.
Next Attraction -Estelle Clayton, Dec. 27.
SAVANNAH THEATER.
THURSDAY, DEC. 27.
The Society Attraction of ths Season.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED
YOUNG ACTRESS,
Miss Estelle Clayton!
Direct from the Fifth Avenue Theater, New
York, with her own company, in a
dramatization of Amelia Rives’
Celebrated novel,
THE QUICK OR IRE DEAD,
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR.
C. W. DURANT.
Miss Clayton is the only artist that the
Madison Square management ever starred.
Seats at Davis Bros. ’ Dec. 26. Extra attraction,
JANE COOMBS. Dec. 28 and 29.
RAILROADS.
CHRISTMAS AT THUNDERBOLT,
WITH RACES AT
DOYLE’S RACE COURSE.
Special Schedule of the Coast Line Railroad.
Coast Line Railroad.
Suburban Sunday Schedule.
Cathedral Cemetery, Bonaven
ture and Thunderbolt.
SCHEDULE KOK THIS DAY
STEAM CARS.
Leave Savannah 8 a. m , 9:35 a. m.. 10:35a m ,
II:45 a. m„ 2p. in., 3p.m , 4 p.m., sp. m., 6p,
m., 6:50 p. m.
Leave Bona venture 7*20 a. in., 9:05 a. m.. 10:06
a. m., 11:05 a. rn., 12:40 p m., 2:40 p. m., 3:30 p.
nt.. 4:30 p. m.. 5:30 p. in., 6:30 p. m.
I.eave Thunderbolt 7:10 am., 9 am., 10a.
m., 11 a. W., 12:35 p. m., 2:35 p. m., 3:25 p. m.,
4:25 p. m„ 5:25 p. m., 6:25 p. m.
Round trip to Bonavcntiiro 20c.: round trip to
Thunderbolt 25c.; round trip to Cathedral Own*
tery 10c.
Take Broughton street cars 25 minutes befors
departure of suburban trains.
R. E. COBB, Superintendent.^
COAL.
Coal, Coke and Pig Iron,
In Carload Lots, Shipped to All Points.
ALABAMA COAL CO.,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
IT.HTII.I/.KKS.
JOHN L. HAMMOND. JOSEPH HULL
HAMDIQND. HULL & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
FERTILIZERS,
DEALERS IN
FERTILIZER MATERIAL,
AND
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF KAINIT
(German Potash Halt)
AT AND rims Tit* roUOWINO posts:
SAVANNAH. GA, PORT ROYAL R ' •
BRUNSWICK, GA., JACKSONVILLE. * •
PENSACOLA, FLA.. MOBILE, ALA.
118 BAY ST„ SAVANNAH, GA.