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THE FIGHTFOR ORDINARY
THE LIVELIEST FEATURE OF THE
COUNTY CANVASS.
Judge Ferrill’s and Mr. O’Connor’s
Friends Pushing a Vigorous Cam
paign The Registered Vote and
How They Expect to Divide It—The
Race for Coroner Depending Upon
the Ordinary Contest.
The county election is but two days off,
and the campaign is at fever heat. The
most closely contested office* are those of
ordinary aid coroner. There is no little
feeling between the rival factions in the
race for ordinary, and both candidates are
industriously at work. Hon. Hampton L.
Ferrill, the present incumbent, and his
friends, claim that his election is a foregone
conclusion. His opponent, P. J. O’Connor,
and his friends do not concede this, but say
that Mr. Ferrill cannot win.
The friends of Mr. O’Connor claim that
the German vote will be practically solid
for their candidate. Thov also claim the solid
Irish vote, and that Mr. O’Connor will got his
share of the native while and colored vote.
The friends of Mr. Ferrill claim the Ger
man and Hebrew vole, the greater part of
the native white vote a id ihe col red vote,
and that their candidate will make inroads
upon the Irish vote.
THE REGISTERED VOTE.
In round numbers there are about 3.203
registered voters, but those who have
watched the vote of past years say that not
more than 2,200 votes will lie polled, la
past years the falling off from the registra
tion has ranged all the way from 800 to
1,700, but it is believed the heated canvass
this year will bring out not less than 2.20 U
votes, and some place it as high as 2.500.
One of the candidates gives the following
estimate of the classification of tiie voters
registered: Americans, 1,400; colored, 900;
Irish, 425; Hebrews, 250, and Germans, 225.
Those who are taking an active part in Mr.
O’Connor’s candidacy are free to say thut
they are depending on the German vote,
and if it is not cast for their candidate with
practical unanimity, it will react unfavora
bly upon Maj. Schwarz’s chances for the
mayoralty.
WHY THE CHATHAM CLUB WAITS.
It is said that it is for this reason that the
Chatham Club has held the naming of a
candidate for mayor in abeyance until the
night following the county election. The
club is presumably for Schwarz—if O’Con
nor is elected. If Mr. O’Connor is defeated
by any defect of the German vote, then the
club will be divided. This is the situation
as outlined last night by a mem er of the
Chathuur Club, who is also a friend of Mr.
O’Connor.
The race for coroner is a very closely
contested one, and one of the candidates,
Mr. Rossignol, seems to have lost his tem
per, and has published several amusing
cards. It is also stated that he had written
a very severe stricture on some of the candi
dates which, through the influence of his
friend Mr. O’Connor, he finally pocketed.
At a consultation meeting of Mr. O’Connor
ar,d his friends yesterday, it is said that
Mr. Kosaignol was present. It has been
talked about town that Mr. Rossignol’s
candidacy is in the interest of Mr. Goette,
but to judge from Mr. lio signol’s latest
card in Sunday’s Morning News he is run
ning on a schedule of his own.
WHAT THE O’CONNOR MEN BELIEVE.
The O’Connor men believe that a triple
alliance has been made between Col. War
ing Russell, Judge Ferrill and Capt. W m D.
Dixon, aud the talk of running a candidate
against Col. Russell was canvassed, but for
some reason the idea was abandoned, and a
clear field has been left for him; but he has
been given to understand that he must, not
be caught wiuking at Judge Ferrill or
taking a buggy ride with Capt Dixon,
under the penalty of having a vigorous op
position the next time he is a candidate.
An observing citizen said la-1 night: “I
can tell you how the county and city elec
tion will go. Ail the Ins will stay in, and
ihwarz will not be mayor, nor will he he
beaten by any of the candidates now being
dis cussed by the clubs. It will be anew
man, and he' will be elected.”
THE LIQUOR DEALERS’ SAY.
What One of Their Executive Com
mittee Says of the Mayoralty.
There is no little interest in what will be
the probable action of the liquor dealers in
the approaching municipal election. They
claim to control between 1100 and 11100
votes, and are a regularly organized associa
tion, of which 8. EUinger is president,
Georgs A Gemunden vice president, ami J.
J. Sullivan secretary. There is also an
executive committee and treasurer.
It was learned yesterday that a meeting
of the liquor dealers will lie held this week,
probably Thursday or Friday, following
the county election, to canvass the munici
pal situation. Until that meeting has been
held and action taken, the course which the
liquor dealers will pursue cannot be deter
mined.
A member of the executive committee of
the liquor dealers was asked yesterday what
the attitude of the association is in the
municipal campaign, and ha outlined the
position of the liquor dealers as follows:
“We are controlled by no one. We have
no ax to grind. AVhat the liquor dealers
want is good, clean men in office. The liquor
dealers don’t want to force any person ou
the public. Let them nominate a good
municipal ticket that will do justice to aii
Citizens concerned and tho liquor dealers
will support it, no matter what anybody
says to the contrary.”
■ “What do you mean by doing justice to
all concernedi Do you mean that the
liquor ques: ion is not to tie considered by
the liquor dealers’ association!"
“No, not that. We mean that we are not
going to help put any man iu office that
will do any more to harm our business tbaM
any other branch of business. We claim
that our business is a legitimate one, and is
so recognized by bring taxed to support the
city, county, state and general government.
It being a legitimate business, taxed to raise
a revenue for the support of the govern
ments named, we do not want any greater
burdens placed upon it than on any other
legitimate business.”
“If the people will nominate candidates
who are respectable, honest and clo.vn
handed business men, we will support them.
We want liberal men. Any man who
thinks he has the liquor dealers’ vote iu his
vest pocket is the most fooled man in the
world. Ne man has that. The liquor
dealers are as independent as any class of
people in the city, and the majority of us
are props: ty holders and tax payers inter
ested in good government. And we don’t
care who is elected to conduct the govern
ment of the city if they go in w ith clean
hands and do not Keek to burden us wit i
legislation that will tie more burdens roe to
us than upon other classes of business."
“Will toe liquor dealers take any active
partin the city registration!”
“Trie liquor dealers aro In duty bound to
register, and they will look to it to see that
their friends are registered. There are
about 300 liquor dealers in the city, notone
of whom but has paid his taxes and will
tegb.P-r. Every one of them can control at
Want two votes, and some of them more
tbau that number. Many of them have
more than that number of clerks and eta
ploys. This estimate will give the liquor
dealers a strength of not bus than 1,300,
and makes us ala tor that cannot be Mtfeiy
ignored. We wid vote solidly an a man if
our busunas is singled out for unfriendly
legislation or illiberal treatment,”
Ks* Tear's Turkeys.
Messrs. John Lyons it Cos. are receiving
this day. per exptess, sootier choice lot of
thoes ectre fine (Hewed turkeys if any
ttty. SMpsrtor to the Giirunn.ee lot. A
full supply for ah win sand Uuur outers
Marly.
Game Make at cost si L. A b. M M. U.
IN ITS NEW HOME.
The Trinity Sunday School Building
Formally Dedicated.
Fully 600 people crowded into Trinity
church Sunday school room last night to
witness the dedication of the Sunday school
and lecture rooms which have just been
completed.
The order of exercises was interesting
and was under the management of Supt.
Dr. 8. A. White. In the chancel were
seated Revs. E. H. McGehi-e, J R. McCioskoy,
J. L. Gilmore and Treasurer E. L. Noid
iinger, Assistant Supt. Marcus S. Baker,
Librarian W. C. Neidlinger and the build
ing committee Supt S. A. White, and
Messrs. R bert Mclntyre, J. P. Williams,
C. D. Rogers and John Houston. The
exercises opened with a praise service, fol
lowed by the reading of a scripture lesson
by Rev. J. L. Gilmore. “The Treasure* of
Heaven” was sung and the creed was said
and praver offered.
Rev. J. R McCleskey read as a lesson the
eighth chapter of the first book of Kings
and made an interesting address. He said
that God did not build tl.e magnificent
structure in which they had congregated,
but that he put in the hearts of those who
did build it, the erection of It, and the en
tire peoplo sk uld render to God their
thanks for it. He told them that it was a
structure which should make them feel
grateful. He spoke at length, and his ad
dress was entertaining and instructive.
Rev. Mr. McClesky was followed by Rev.
J. L. Gilmore, chaplain of the Seamen’s
Bethel, in a very interesting talk. Mr.
Gilmore said that he had talked to the
sailors so much and had become so familiar
with nautical expressions that it would ba
a. hard water for him to address any other
people without dropping into the speech
that the seatnan use. He compared the
structure to a well equipped vessel abcut to
be launched. Her crew was aboard aud every
preparation had been mude. The vessel was
ample in her proportions, and altogether
elaborate. She was going out to sea, and
it wits highly important with all the
magnificence of the vessel that there should
be tho->o vvuo could successfully man her.
The new structure, he said, is an edifice
that all appreciate. It is ample in its ap
pointment. It is important now that it be
placod in good hands. He thought it would
be.
Rev. E. H. McQehee followed in an in
teresting address to the children. If there
is anybody that ought to be cheored and
liftod up, he said, it is the little boys and
the little girls that throng around the altar.
They ought to be proud of the structure.
Not many of the older ones had a place like
it to worship in when they were children.
He congratulated them ou being the re
cipients of such a structure, and told them
that it was made for them to be trained in.
Ho told them to love their teachers, t >
honor their parents, be faithful, and great
will be their success and undying their re
ward.
The pastor referred to the occasion as the
last that he would attend before entering on
his new labors in Brunswick. He said that
it was a time of sadness with him. Turning
his attention o ico more to the children, he
told them of the responsibility resting upon
them and entreated them to improve their
time. He implored the blessings f heaven
on them as a Sunday school and as a church.
Supt. White said that he bad to return
thanks for putting it in the hearts of those
who had built the church. He said that the
mo-t essential thing in the Sunday school is
bringing in the little ones. He admonished
the parents to send their children. He felt
a deep interest, he said, in the children.
They nave their Sunday school for only one
purpose, and that is to bring the little ones
in and train them.
Mr. John Houston and Robert Mclntyre
made short addresses that were listnced to
attentively.
“Whiter Than Snow” was sung by Prof.
Boardslea’s class, as were all the songs that
were sung during the evening. The bene
diction was pronounced by Rev. E. H.
McGeheo.
The cost of the new building ia about
$17,000, all of which is paid except $5,000.
Tha Sunday-school room on the first floor is
handsomely fitted up aud finished through
out with walnut furnishings. It has a
chancel and leads out into the lecture room
through four doors.
The up-stall's department is fitted up es
neeially for festival purposes. There is one
large room with toilet rooms and kitchen
attached. It is well fitted up, and Dr. L.
L. Rogers, who makes a specialty of fitting
up Sunday school rooms, pronounces it,
without exception, the handsomest room
that he has ever seen.
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
Justice Molina Reported to Resign and
M. Naughtin a Canddate.
M. F. Molina, Esq., deputy collector of
internal revenue for this district,tendered his
resignation to Collector Crenshaw last week
and it was accepted, aud T. D.Rockwell,
Esq., a well-known young lawyer; has been
appointed in bis place.
Iu accepting Mr. Molina’s resignation the
collector expressed his regrets in every
complimentary language, and said: “1 re
gret that your decision to retire from the
revenue service is final for the reason that
you have made a faithful and efficient
officer as deputy collector, and the thanks of
tiie office are due for the promptness with
which you have performed every duty as
such ofHcer.” Mr. Molina has held the
office for three years, and during that time
nearly 130,000 have passed through his
hands for stamps.
The cause of Mr. Molina's resignation is
reported to bo his proposes i appointment as
deputy clerk of the superior court. That
geutloinan was soon last night, hut he de
clined to say whether the rep irt was correct
or not: that as far as he knew Mr. Carr was
free to act as ho saw proper in regard to his
appointments, and should ho vacate bis
present office, the question of his successor is
one for the voters of the magisterial district
to decide at the polls.
In connection with the prospective va
cancy in the -1(1100 of magistrate now hold
by Mr. Molina, it was rumored that ex-
Justice Mike Naughtin will he a candidate
for the position. Mr. Naughtin was a
magistrate for eight years, and made a
most efficient officer. If Mr. Molina should
re ign Mr. Naughtin will have a large fol
lowing at the polls.
SINGING XMAS CAROLS.
The Episcopal Sunday Schools Hold
Their Christmas Festivals.
The St. John’s Episcopal Sunday school
had its Christmas festival last night. The
children of the Episcopal Free church
took part iu the festival. Christmas carols
were sung by the Sunday school aud the
infant class, and the rector, Rev.
Charles H. Strong, gave the
children an interesting Christmas talk.
The music was uuder the direction of Mis.
K. 11. burke. The infant class carol,
“Who is He In yonder stall, at whose feet
the shepherd’s fallt” was very sweetly
sung. The church was thronged with
children aud members of the congregation.
The children of Christ church Sunday
school also hold theirjCbristriuu festival last
night.
Dr. Sheftail Gate Another Medal.
Dr. 11 F. Hhoftall has received a most
unique and costly badge of the American
Volunteer Medical Corps, which was organ
ized at Jacksonville last October. It is vf
solid gold, shield sliafied, the shield set In a
cii riel of laurel wreaths, and the front of
(be shield being of dark enami I, with the
lusc ipikm “I* A. V. U. C.—Ud,"running
■ nit • the rhteld. The letters are studded
| with diamonds On the ravers* aid* is this
i inscription; “3d Vine I'resident. Organ
I iad IH I, DM*, at Jack>avilla, Fla."
I 'ldes shield Is linked to a crow bar of chased
gold, with Ilia name of Dr, hbrftali an
graved upon It. __
Multable wadding present* lu rich Cut
I Glass at Meets China Fates*.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1888.
OLD SOL’S BLACK EYE.
He Will Get It To-Morrow Afternoon
If Astronomy Telia the Truth.
An eclipse of the sun will occur to-mor
row afternoon, visible from all parts of the
United States except that area which lies
east of a line drawn from Philadelphia to
the southern extremity of Hudson’* bay.
The eclipse will be total only to a narrow
belt which cute the Pacific coast a little
north of San Francisco, where it is about a
hundred miles wide, passes through the
Yellowstone Park and Fort Buford, and
ends a little east of Winnipeg, where its
breadth does not much exceed sixty mile*.
The phase of total eclipse will last only two
and a quarter minutes on the Pacific coast
and one and a half minutes in Manitoba.
To all observers south of that belt the
moon’s center will be further north in the
heavens than the center of the sun, leaving
a part of his southern edge exposed at the
instant of greatest obscuration.
if a dightly curved line be drawn on the
map from Winnipeg through Chicago to
the' western coast of Florida it will ap
proximately pass through those places to
which the sun will set at the middle of the
eclipse. About 700 miles west from that
line the eclipse will end at sunset, while on
the above noted line from Philadelphia to
Hudson’s bay it will begin at the time of
sunset. To observers in the Mississippi val
ley and further east the eclipse will be little
more than an interesting curiosity.
The solar eclipse is not a rare phenom
enon. The coming one is about the forty
fourth that has occurred since the groat one
of Aug. 7, 1869, the middle belt of which
ran through southern lowa and central
Illinois. But between that and this there
was only one (July, 1878), that was total in
any accessible part of North America. The
total solar eclipse is exceedingly rare in any
particular country, and for the revs m that
the shadow path is a narrow one seldom
exceeding 150 miles in breadth. Less t an
half the eclipses which occur are total at
any point of the earth’s surface, aud under
ttie most favorable conditions the time
of totality is limited to less than eight
minutes, while it averages about three.
As accessible silar eclipses only come
round once in about two year-, the total
time allowed for observing the phenom
enon is but one Jhour in,"say, forty years.
It may be noted that two other solar
eclipses will occur during the coming year.
The first is June 28, but it is of the class
called annular, the moon not being near
enough to us to totally obscure the sun to
a y part of the earta’s surface. This will
be visible in South Africa and the Indian
ocean. The other will occur Dec. 22, and
will be total, but the belt of totality barely
touches the northeastern coast of South
America, passes across the Atlantic, and
passes over “The Dark Continent” near the
equator. Hence the latter is the only one
that will be available for observation of the
corona and protuberances, and that only in
a heathen part of the eastern hemisphere,
the greatest totality there not exceeding
three minutes.
THE FIREWORKS SEASON.
The Dealers Had a Lively Time—The
New Year’s Displays.
Fireworks, like toy, have been packed
carefully away until another time. Christ
mas, that brought them, has gone, and
pyrotechnic displays are out of tha regular
order now. Savannah was more noisy
during the past week than it was ever be
fore, and in every street and square frag
ments of the giant popper may bo seen, lu
most cases these displays involved money,
aud the bigger the uoLe ou Christmas, the
larger the outlay. It would be idle to at
tempt to say how many hundred bundles of
paper and how many hundred pounds of
powder were destroyed in fireworks during
Christmas week. Tne tin horn seemed to give
place to the ilaro of the explosives, which
was a swapping that did little else than to
change the monotony of t e noise. How
ever, everybody expects a burly burly dur
ing Christinas week, and if it (lid not come
they would be dissatisfied aud probably
order another.
“We were taxed heavier during the past
week to supply the demand for fireworks
than ever before,” said a merchant who
made it a specialty this season. “There
were over $11,500 of fireworks sold during
last week. That is a third more than was
sold in 1887. A good many families
bought large quantities and took them home
to pop. The principal purchasers, though,
were the boys. They went into it open
handed, aud spent a lot of money. A gjod
many of them had the park extension to
themselves at night, aud made some pretty
displays. Ail the squares south of Liberty
street were thronged with children as they
enjoyed the week.
There will be a demand for fireworks on
New Year’s day and night, but tae display
will not be large.
PROGRESS OF THE PAVING.
The Broughton Street Contract to ba
Completed To-Morrow.
The Christmas holidays and the delay in
getting granite from the quarries have
delayed the work on the asphalt paving on
Broughton street, so Supt. Vandenburg in
formed the Morning News last night. He
said that lii3 company hoped to
have completed the pavement on
Broughton street to-day, so that
the city might have a well paved
street as its Now Year’s present to-morrow
morning, but the failure to got the granite
has caused delay and the pavement will not
be finished before noon to-morrow, after
which the employes will be given a half
holiday.
The work of laying tho base has begun
on Lii erty street and lias been completed
from West Broad to Jefferson on the north
side of the street railroad track, and tho
work of putting on tho binder will begin
about Thursday. The paving will then he
pushed vigorou-ly forward until the entire
street is asphalted from West Broad to
Wneaton street.
BHIPPING DAMAGED COTTON.
What a Prominent bblp Broker Bays
About It.
Capt. F. G. Strachan, in discussing the
Charleston cotton fires and the charges that
a ring of cotton speculators arranged things
so that it could purchase tho damaged cot
ton at nominal figures, and that stevedores
charge exorbitant rates for unload
ing and reloading damaged cotton,
smd yesterday that no such pructice has ob
tained hero, at any rate. An agent of a Liv
erpool house is sent here every season to
keep a lookout for damaged cotton, and is
here now. The experiment was tried by
the underwriters of sending damaged cot
ton to Liver[ool fur sale, hut they are not
likely to repeut it, for after paying Pr
shipping, handling and storage, the cotton
brought on average but i. 1 os, or about
S2O 57 per bale, when It would have sold
here for on average of #33 per bale. Ho
says that the Liverpool salvage corps
charge more to handle cargo than the
stevedores charge here.
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
Happening* on the South Carolina
Side of the Savannah.
Tho plans for tho now Charleston post
office have been rec(lived.
The lint stone of tho new Ht. Kin bars
cathedral was bloated by Bishop Northrop
ou Friday.
The ltev. John I*. Newman, TANARUS). I)., one of
tha new bishops of the Northern Methodist
church, will preside at the annual confer,
•no* of nia church for South Carolina iu
January.
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Hot*. FLh Seta, Tea Heps aud INiucr Sets
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Jeaal Ia at at eost at la AH.S.M. H.
Work ll.sea at oust at L. it, li. M M. 11
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.
Dashes Hero and There by the News
Reporters Yesterday’s Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Picklnga at
Police Headauarters.
The ijuarterly and monthly term of the
city criminal court will begin to-day.
The Savannah Rifle Association will hold
its annual contest at Greenwich park to
morrow.
DeKalb lodge No, 9, L O. O. F., meets
this evening, and will eloct officers for the
ensuing term.
Calanthe lodge No. 28, K. P., meets this
evening, when an election for officers for
the ensuing term will be held.
Mary Hamilton, a colored woman living
on the West Boundary street commons,
died yesterday morning of paralysis.
The races at Thunderbolt to-morrow
promise to be closely contested, and a great
deal of amusement is anticipated from the
bull race to saddle.
All of the sinking fund commissioners
elected last Saturday have signified their
acceptance, except Mr. Joseph D. Weed,
who is at the north.
The sisters at St. Joseph’s Infirmary will
be thankful for any old linens that may be
given them. Christmas Week has been an
unusually busy one with them, and they are
out of linens for their patients.
There were 334 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet’s last week,
against 335 in the preceding week and 246,
355, 185 md 410 in the corresponding weeks
of 1887, 1880, 1885 and 188-1 respectively.
The Second District Democratic Club
will meet at the offic -of JusticeSheftall to
night to nominate aldermen to represent
the district. It is understood that Aider
man Mell will be endorsed for re-election.
An addition has recently been made to the
Cathedral cemetery. The addition is called
the Magnolia division. It comprises several
lots, and to-morrovr afternoon the Ca ho
lies of Savannah will meet at the cemetery
and bid for the lots.
Yesterday was a quiet Sunday with the
police, and up to midnight there had been
hut four prisoners brought into the bar
racks sinco the adjournment of the mayor’s
court Saturday morning. The offenders
are all “drunks aud disorderlies.”
Daniel Smith applied at the drug store of
Dr. E. J. Kieffer yesterday to have a wound
in his left arm dressed. He said that a
colored woman named Mary Glover stabbed
him with a pair of scissors. The wound
was an ugly oue and was very painful.
There was a large crowd all of yesterday
on the iron bridge of the Beit Line. The
approaches to the bridge were completed
Saturday and the rails are down on the
greaier part of the structure. It is very
probable that a car will be run over the
hridge to-day, though it will be several
days before the line isopened so that the
road can be operated its entire length.
Michael Beasly, a young farmer from
Liberty county, was carried to St. Joseph’s
infirmary yesterday for treatment of a
rancor in tne mouth. Dr. Nichols is at
tending him. Since July the cancer has
given considerable pain,'and is eating his
mouth out rapidly. There seems to be no
chance for his recovery, and it is thought
at the infirmary that he will not live long.
J. H. Holmes, a colored drayman, met
his wife, from whom he has been separated
for some time, last night’on Broughton and
Whitaker streets, with another man. He
attempted to make her go home, she re
fused, and there pro nised to be a general
fracas, but friends of the parties persuaded
Holmes to leave aud not interfere, and hi -
w ife was permitted to go on with the othoi
man.
Bill Brown, an old, infirm and crippled
negro, was brought to tile office of the city
physician of the western division yesterday,
y some colored men who picked him up in
the public road, where he had been un
kindly dumped out by unfeeling relatives,
tie was given a permit to enter the Georgia
infirmary, and the city ambulance was
summoned and took the old man to a place
of refuge.
HE WANTED A DRINK.
The Bluff that a Btran?er Gave a Hotel
Clerk to Get It.
While several gentlemen lounged in the
lobby of one of the hotels last night, smok
ing their Havanas, they were attracted by
a very small and roughly clad little man
who entered and walked briskly up to the
clerk’s desk. He pulled away at a long
cigar with wonderful success, puffing out
volumes of smoke that roiled up over his
head like clouds. He stood at the desk fo.
a minuto without saying a word; then he
removed his cigar aud in an undertone
a-kerl the clerk where he could get a drink.
“There is none sold here on Sunday,” re
plied the clerk.
“Yes, but I am from the American navy
and I must have as much as a swallow.”
“Not here,” firmly responded the clerk.
“O well,” said the little man “that’s all
right.” Then plunging his hand deep down
in his trousers pocket ue drew out a hand
ful of silver half dollars and placed one of
them over near the clerk on th 6 counter
and the other near himielf. “Now I’ll bet
you I can remove the one nearest to you
without your knowledge,” he said,
and turned and walked two
or three steps from the desk,
“$3; I’ll bet you, understand, it is $3.”
He returned to the counter apparently
somewhat astonished, and picked up the
two piecos of silver, and without one word
left the office as hurrie lly as he had entered.
There was a quiet among the guests, who
were at a loss to know what it meant.
“You see now what kind of insults hotel
clerks are subjected to,” said the clerk, who
was the first to break the silence. He was
highly indignant at the stranger’s conduct.
Everybody confessed hat they saw noth
ing particularly wrong about his aciions
when the clerk explained. “It’s tho first
time that I ever had anybody try to play
that trick on me,” he raid, “nut that infa
mous wretch w?,s after a drink, and he tried
to play me for it, thinking that wheu he
put the half-dollar down mar me arid turned
his back, I would take it. up and show him
the way to the barroom.”
AGAIN WITHOUT A PASTOR.
Rev. A. F. do Camp’s Terms Not Satis
factory to tho Independent Church.
A meeting of the church members and
pew holders of the Independent Presby
terian church was held immediately after
the morning service yesterday to consider
the conditions of Rev. A. F. de Camp’s ac
ceptance of their call to the church’s
pastorate.
Mr. de Camp was temporarily called
to the church hut spring to fill the tiulplt
after the retirement of Dr. Bacon, and hav
ing boen several months acting pastor he
wos recently extended a permanent call.
His acceptance of the call was conditional
upon the granting by the church of a two
months’ vacation during the summer,
tha privilege of absence from the
city in com of yellow fever, aud the
placing of a furnace lu tho church parson
age. It was cnlv upon the fulfillment of
the-e ooniliUons that he would accept the
Oil).
The church officials did not exactly like
thecouditlune, aud a meeting of tue mem
bership was called yesteidnv to
consider tho pastor's letter. At the
claw of tha regular service
the congregation, except ineuitmrt of the
cbmch .ind pewlmlderr, was asked to retire.
I 1 he Liter as discuss <i at some length, and
by pre< icnily a unanimous vote the meet
mg dee.bind to aec*pt Mr. de Camp's oondl
iions, aud the church Is again without a
pastor. .
I 1 Argo assortment engraved and plain
Wine, Liqueur, i iaret, Champagne aud
I WUk/ (slate** at H set's (dii ie Palacs.
ABOUT FOLKS TOU KNOW.
Savannahlans and Other People Who
Come and Go.
H. C. Drew of Swan is at the Harnett.
W. B. Burn of Lake City is in the city.
I. L. Green of Atlanta is at the Harnett.
L. F. Wood, of Eden, i at the Marshall.
E. L. B. Swan, of Atlanta, is in the city.
G. W. Newbern, Jr., of Pearson, is in the
city.
J. W. Davidson, of Waresboro, is in the
city.
W. S. Carter, of Bailey, is at the Mar
shall.
F. H. Safifold of Swainsboro is at the
Screven.
M. Winstock of Charleston is at the
Screven.
G. M. Payne of Augusta is at the
Screven.
R. L. Williams of Brantley is at the
Marshall.
B. S. Pilkinton, of Lumber City, is at
the Marshall.
A. Wallenstein of Charleston is registered
at the Screven.
W. H. Cason, of Waycross, was at the
Marshall yesterday.
D. C. Morgan of Heard is registered at
the Marshall House.
T. H. McFarland of Sheffield, Ala., is
registered at the Screven.
Robert Monson and wite, of Mobile, are
guests of the Screven house.
Harry F. Dunwoody of Brunswick is
stopping at the Screven house.
Misses Sallie and Willie Renfroe of Quit
mau are stopping at the Marshall.
Mr. Arthur Pou, of Bainbridge, is in the
city, a guest of the Screven House.
E. Culin, Charles B. Faulkner and Sam
Bowman, of Augusta, spent yesterday in
Savannah.
Miss Lollie Willis, a charming young
lady from Talbotton, is visiting the Misses
McGehee at No. 58 Barnard street.
Senator Beck and son returned to the
city yesterday evening after a pleasant
visit to the plantation of Hon. Thomas M.
Norwood.
Invitations have been sent out for a New
Year’s eve party tendered to the Savannah
Busch Zouaves by Capt. Ardie Marniel
stein, Jr., at No. 116Liuerty street, to-uigtit.
Hon. D. T. Garow, who was acting mayor
of Jacksonville auring the epidemic, was
driven through the city yesterday by Dr.
B. F. Sneftall, between who u ami Mr.
Gerow an acquaintance was formed during
the prevalence of the fever in Jackson
ville.
ON RAIL AND CROSSTIB.
Local andlGeneral Gossip in ..Rail way
Circles.
During the last fiscal year, in South Caro
lina, 1,641 miles of new railroad and addi
tional track were built.
The gross earnings on 13,032 miles of rail
roads in Illinois for the year ending June 30
were $61,338,575, an increase of $3,309,764.
The net earnings were $19,738,133, a de
crease of $3,874,476.
The Valdosta Times says that Chief En
gineer Reynolds of the Savannah, Florida
and Western system, will begin a prelimi
nary survey at Onsley neit Tuesday and
run across to Marion, Fla.
The project of connecting Brazil and
Chili by a railway is being agitated in the
former country. The proposed line would
run from the most easterly port of Brazil
to Valparaiso, and the journey would take
five days. The estimated cost is 750,000,<XK)
francs.
The Valdosta Times says: If they have
good weather on the surfacing gmg tne
Georgia Southern and Florida llairoad
Company expect to run through trains to
Valdosta by Jan. 30. An accommodation
tri-weekly train will be put on between
Valdosta andTifton about Jan. 10, whether
the surfacing is finis ed or not. The con
struction train will haul a carload of cotton
down from Sparks to Valdosta Monday.
Fair Flay.
Editor Morning News: Appealing to
your well-known impartiality in matters
and things involving the good and welfare
of tho city, as much as to your love for fair
I lay, I beg the privilege of the use of the
columns of jour highly esteemed paper, iu
rder that justice mar be done a worthv
citizen in the race of the appronchiug elec
tion for municipal honors.
In his speech at the meeting of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club last Friday night,
tba Hon. P. W. MelJrirn mado use of the
words in connection with Maj. John
Schwa? z: “An earnest and industrious
enemy is at work."
Maj. Schwarz a i enemy! Of what, or of
whom? It cannot be said that ha is an ene
my to the Democratic party, for he has
time and again exhibited his loyalty and
devotion, sacrificing his own feelings and
aspirations for politic ,1 advancement for the
sake of peace and harmony in the party.
Neither can it be said that he is auo lemy
to the city or her interests, for he has for
twelve long years given his time anil energy
to the service of tho community. Iu coun
cil and out of it he has devoted himself to,
and identified hirnself with, every move
ment for tile benefit of the city’s condition.
Nor can it be said that he uas ever com
bined with any clique, ring, or set of men
to advance his private interest at the ex
pense of the community.
Mr. Meldrim, I feel confident, could not
have meant all the bitterness and harshness
this word “enemy”‘conveyg. He could not
have uttered it in doubt of the Major’s
sincerity as to the cause of the Democratic
party, because he knows full well, perhaps
more so than others, of his true-heurtedness
and attachment to the party, as he was one
of u committee that waited upon him two
years ago and appealed to him to stand by
the party aud not to allow his name to bo
used as a candidate against the regular
nominee. At the same hour another com
mittee waited upon tho major and urged him
to accept the nomination for mayor against
tho regular nominee.
Look at the picture then and compare it
with the view it presents to-day. Comment
is unnecessary.
Why this fight is made against the major
is inexplicable. The opposition does not
aud cannot find anrtbing against him as a
man and citizen, ilis services as an aider
man and acting mayor ought to be suffi
cient to rclute the charge made now and
then of a lack of ability lo properly admin
ister the affairs of the city. He has amply
justified tho confidence which the public
repeatedly chose to repose in him, and
filled with credit and honor every position
to which he was elected or appointed.
Taxpayer.
Concerning Your Wants.
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the reach of every one who has anything to
sell or wants anything. Advertising 6h->WH
thrift ami enterpr.su, and fer the small sum
of 15 cents you can demonstrate that you
are possessed of those very n-'ccssary requi
sites to success in life. Tho Moum.no News
circulates every where, reaches everybody,
is rend by rich auJ poor alike, I as thousands
of readers who never look at any other
newspaper.
It will print your advertisement, if 15
word! or less, for 15 cents, aud charge you
one cent for each added word. Thorn is no
trouble to culcula what your advertise
ment will cost you. If you have an adver
tising account witu tiie Morning News,
you can telephone your advertisement, if
you do so b-fore 10 p, m. Business ofllou
telephone is 304.
A Wrong Turning. ,
The New York Humlay World of Dee, 33,
beside* it variety of other interesting nows,
contain* a complete story by the Duchess,
entitled, “A Wrung Turning; a Christmas
Issve Story," For sals at Kuril's News
Depot. Fries, 5 nets is.
Toilet Hads at cost at L. A H. H, M U.
TO CONTEST THE WILL.
Another Side of the Smith Casa Yet
to Come Out.
M. A, O’Byrne, Esq., and Mr. E. A.
Smith returned yesterday from Mount
Holly, N. J. The decision in the contest
over the estate of Congressman Smith, in
which Mr. E. A. Sinita was in erested, was
announced in the Morning News yester
day. The contest, Mr. O’Byrno said, is a
complete victory for Mrs. Smith. The jury
was out but a few minutes, and
returned a verdict sustaining the legality
of her marriage to Congressman amith
in 1846, and declaring her the lawful widow,
and as such entitled to a dower interest in
his estate.
Nearly one hundred witnesses were sub
poenaed for the trial, seventy-five of which
were for Mrs. Smith and included many
prominent people, among them one of
the judges of the supreme court of
Vermont and a large number of load
ing professional and business men.
After the testimony of between fifty and
sixty witnesses had been heard, the judge
declined to hear any further testimony on
the part of the plaintiff, unless that to be
introduced by tho defendant should throw
doubt upon what had already been heard.
In that case he would permit the other wit
nesses to bo introduced. Uuder this ruling
between twenty and thirty of Mrs. Smith’s
w itnesses were not heard at all,
the jury finding a verdict almost imme
diately uqon retiring from the court. Airs.
Smith expected to come to Savannah wish
her son after the trial, but instead she re
turned to her home in Vermont.
Proceedings have been instituted in tho
orphans’ court of New Jersey to annul the
will of Congressman Smit.i on the ground
of its improper execution and the mcorii
petency of the testator. The will ea-.e,
however, will be held in abeyance
until the contest over the estate is finally
decided. The case lias been taken to the
court of appeals of New Jersey, and will
probably be heard at the spriug term. Mrs.
Smith’s friends and her attorneys do not
fear the result. 'They claim that the court
of appeals cannot do otherwise than sustai >
the judgment of the superior court, in
which the case was tried.
The total value of tho estate was at the
time of Congressman Smith’s death
estimated at $590,000. By the terms of his
will the entire estate was bequeathed to
nine trustees to be used in establishing and
maintaining a school for young
mechanics and apprentices. The prin
cipal part of the estate consisted
of Congressman Smith’s iuterost in the H.
B. Smith Machine Company at Smithville,
N. J. The rest was the laud and improve
ments in the village of Smithville
a manufacturing village found by
Mr. Smith. The interest in the
machine company was personal property.
Mrs. Smith’s dower interest is only in the
real estate and is not over $30,000 or $40,000.
In tne event of the will being set aside the
estate will be divided among the three
children, Mr. A. -Smith of this city, Mrs.
Ella Fuller and Mr. Eugene Smith of
Woodstock, the widow of course retaining
her dower interest.
KEEP YOUR PIANOS IN TUNE,
All You Have Got to Do la to Pur
chase a Growing Plant.
From the Musician.
‘‘This is the time of year when wo are
driven nearly crazy with work,” said a
tired-looking piano tuner to a reporter.
“Everybody wants his piano tuned for
Christmas, and most of them forget about
it till the last moment. And besides being
the busiest season, we have been having the
most trying weather. These cold, dry
days throw pianos out of tune every
time, and besides that, tho sounding
boards are beginning to split, it always sur
prises me what poor care most people take
of their pianos. Let, a man buy uu expen
sive watch and he’ll treat it as though it
were a live thing,* but people don’t seem to
realize what a delicate pie-, e of mechanism
a goo-1 piano is. Pianos are not affected so
much by heat or cold as they are bydrv
ness or dampness. Of course if you stick
one end of a piano up against a stove, or a
heater, or register and let the other enu
come near a cold, leaky window, it’ll raise
Xeu with it, but most people are on to that.
The trouble is the piano is too dry.
“You know the sounding board—the life
of a p.auo—is force 1 into tne case when it’s
made so tightly that it bulges up iu the
center, or has a ‘beiiy,’ as we call is, on the
principle of a violin. The wood is supposed
to be as dry as possible, but, of course, it cob
tains some moisture, and gathers a lot more
on dampdays and iu handling. Now, when
you put a piano in a i overheated, dry room
all tais moisture is dried out, and the board
loses its ‘belly’ and gets flabby, and finally
cracks. Even if it doesu’t crack, the lone
loses its resonance aud grows thin and
tinny, aud the felt cloth and leather used in
the acti -u dry up, and the whole machine
rattles, and everybody kicks.
“How can you prevent it i Easily enough.
Keep a growing plaut in the room, and so
long as your plant thrives your piano ought
to, or else there’s something wrong with it.
Just try it, and see how much more water
you’ll have to nut in the ttowor-pot in the
room where your piano is than in any other
room. Borne people keep a large vase or
urn, with a sopping-wet sponge in it, near
or under the piano, and keep it moistened
just as a cigar dealer keeps his stock. They
keep this up all the time the fires are on.”
At Estill’a.
Savannah Daily Morning News,
“A Moment of Madness,” by Charles J.
Bellamy; “Knight Errant.” bv Edna Ly
alis; “A Witch of tho Hill,” "by Florence
Warden; “Khoda Fleming,” by George
Meredith; “Chatterbox Christmas Box,”
with five chromes; “Chatterbox” for 1888,
The l’opular Science Monthly for January,
Mr. Grundy, London Weekly limes, Lon
don Illustrated News, 10c. edition. Horse
man, Sporting South, Sporting Times,
Snorting News, St orting Life, Sportsman,
New York Weekly, Saturday Night, New
York Lodger, Fireside Companion, Family
Story Paper, Public Opinion, New York
Herald, AVorld, Sun, Star, Press, Times,
Tribune, Boston Herald, Boston Globe,
Ba.timore Sun, Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Gazette, Philadelphia Press,
Philadelphia Times, New Orleans
Times-Democrat, Atlanta Constitution,
Muoon Telegraph, Augusta Chronicle,
Charleston News and Courier, Florida
Times-Union, Louisville Courier-Journal,
Chicago Inter-Ocean, St. Louis Republic.
Dressing Cases at cost at L. & B. S. M. H.
Your Bast Girl
Wants one of those fine Toilet Sets at L.
& B. S. M. H., and now is the time to get
it. at a bargain; entire line being sacrificed
at cost.
Game Sets at cost at L. & B. S. M. H.
Jewel Cases at cost at L. & B. S. M. H.
Work Boxes at cost at L. & B. 8. M. H.
Toilet Set.-, at I' .Kt a( :. 11,
Dressing Cases at cost at U & B. H. M. H.
Engraved, decorated and plain Lemon
ade Si ts. Wine Seta ami Punch Sets, at
West’s China Palace.
Mathushelc Pianos.
Upright, Grand, Rosewood and Khonized
Cases, I)*' Octaves, three s rings through
out, ivory keys, unique fall board, fancy
fretwork, (Jueen Anne trusses, equalising
scale, French grand action. Catalogue
prii e S7OO, but now for a limited period
only at $.125—15 cash, $2 weekly.
Ludden A Batch S. M. H.
Game Sets at curt at L. & B. H. M. 11.
Jewel Cases at oost at L. & U. H. M. ii.
Work Boxes at mat ut L. A 11. H. M. 11.
Toilet HrU at oost at I*. A B. H. M. If.
Dresiing Caw at cost at L. A H. H. M. 11.
Bric-a-brac FUhj** Jars, Umbrella Jsts,
Fir* Hole aiul Fire Dog*, at West's China
Palace.
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only in cans. Rovai. Baking Powder Cos., 104
Wall street, New York.
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ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. sth.
OUR entire stock of Pianos at Special Holi
day Prices until JAN. 5. A superb line of
choice Instruments from six leading makers. All
tho latest designs in artistic cases of Rosewood,
Mahogany, Walnut, Oak and Cherry.
Beautiful and lasting Pianos at $225, $2.10 and
$5275, instruments that can be conscientiously
recommended for tone and durability.
lasrgo sales since Deoember 20th, but our
warerooms are replenished with new instru
ments, fresh from factories.
Just ONE of those $335 Special Sale Mathu
sheks now in stock. Come early in the week if
you want it.
Don’t be too late for this Holiday Sale, ending
JANUARY 5, SATURDAY NIGHT.
LUDDEN & BATES *
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
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MAMMOTH FURNITURE & CARPET
EMPORIUM
IS FULLLY PREPARED WITH AN IMMENSE
STOCK OF DESIRABLE GOODS, TO
MEET THE DEMANDS OF ALL
CLASSES OF TRADE.
* FEW choice cabinets and other fancy
1 \ pieces left over from the holiday trade
will be closed out at nominal prices.
A. J, Miner & Cos.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES, ETC.
Chandeliers,
BRACKETS,
Hall Lights
_ AND ALL KINDS OF
Gas Fixtures
OF MANY ARTISTIC STYLES AND
DESIGNS, NOW FOR SALE BY
John Nicolson, Jr.,
30 and 32 Drayton St.
SPORTING GOODS.
GUNS,
AMMUNITION',
SPORTING GOODS.
FOR SALE BY
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS,
166 Broughton St root.
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