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2 M'DOW'S .JURY I’A.VEL NEARLY HALF OF THE JURYMEN DRAWN ARE NEGROES. The Friends of the Dead Edit r Sus pect That the Jury Box Was Tam pered With-So Large a Proportion of Negroes on a Panel Unpro cedentod Since the Days of Recon struction. Charleston*, S. C„ Max 20 —A good deal of comment is caused by th peculiar complexion of the jury panel which was drawn yesterday in the session court.s T e panel is to try Me Dow for the mur ler f Capt. F. AT. Dawson, the co :rt meeting oa the third Monday in Ju: e. Out of the thirty- Bix jurymen drawn fourteen are n-g.-oes, a proportion unirecedented since 1t.6, when the negroes had control of the courts. There are no negroes to be tried for mrnfer at the coming term. SUSPICION AROUSED. Some of the fnenis of the murdered edit,..- think that the ju y box has been tampered with in the interest of MeD w. Tbev say that the propor ion of neg oes on the jurv is unusual ad unprecedented. It is well known that sh rtly U-fore his death Capt. Dawson l ad incurre 1 ti.e enmity of a number of the leading c lored preachers by an editorial article wnich was accredited to him. THE ARTICLE. In the article in question he urged Gov. Richardson to .anion the negro lynchers iu Pickens county, who were under sentence of death f r lynching a white man who had raped a negro girl. It was intimated in the article that while it was true that virtue was not held as high and as dear among colored women as among the whites, yet the priLCiple was the same, and the chastity of the colored women si.ould be guarded as jealously against ruffians as if their skins were white. A BOYCOTT ORDERED. Soon after the publication of this article the negro preachers held a meeting and de cided to boycott Cant. Daw-on. I uree of the leading colored mi wer- r fused t > g . into the bovcot —one Methodist, ne Ba - tist an i one Episc palia i. Tne boycott consisted iu denouuci g the eiitor and tiis paper fr m the ulpit ad in w thdrawing their church noticts and giring them to the opd sitioa paper. These are the reaso is that cause un a-i .e<s among tiie frie ,ds f the murdered editor. The jury c mmis si ne is a colored man. Tne feeling is very intense. McDow will be defended by ex-Gov. McGrath and Asher D. Cohen, of the Charleston bar, who will plead self-defe so. The state will be represented by Holicitor Jervey. and possibly assistant counsel. McDow’s f: iends are conflden that he will b>- acqu. ted. . 'any law-abiding citizens fear that the most that the state can h .po for is conviction of manslaughter. The case will probabiv come ud for trial about June 28. Judge Kershaw will preside. A PUMP HOUSE BURNED. The City of Athens the Loser—Cause of the Fire Unknown. Athens, Ga., May 29. —The pump hou-e of the Athens city water works was t tally destroyed by fire this morning at 5 o’clock. T..e fire was first discovered by Mr.Wils >n, the engineer, who stated that when he reached the building flames were coming out of the top of the b bler-room. When the department arrive 1 tiier was no plug on the ground, ad b f re connections could i e made the fire had gained headway and the me., were forced t • stand by and see the elegant machinery rui ed. Mr. Wilson, the engineer, states t at he weut around on a lour of inspect! *n la t nig it at 8 o’clock to see that everything was sufe. He went to the boile -room, filled the boiler, fcan .ed lus fire and left eve ything safe. When he readied the house again it was in flames. The loss is placed at about {5,000. It is not known whether there is any i suranee or not. Work on the pump las been commenced, and it will be repaired immediately. A second fire a.arm was turned in this afternoon. A small out building at Mrs. H. S. Hughes’ residence was consumed. The loss is small. BAIN BRIDGE’3 BUDGET. Alex Henderson Confesses the Mur der of Amos Jackson. Bainbridge, Ga., May 29.—Aiox Hender son has confess, and thokillingof AmosJucks n' and his little girl. He do des that he shot her, but says lie drowned her because he could not hush her cries whil ■ ho was carrying her fathe \s corpse i to the river. As he started from toe shore with the dead man the child ran into ti e boat and kept up a continual screaming. Fearing she would attract a w itness to the "spot, he pitched her iuto the river. Ho says lie would not have killed Jackson in p eseuce of ihe child had ie not renewed u:i old quai rel and threatened to have him ar re.-ted a- soon as ho (Jackson) co .Id go to Bain bridge. Blunt Smith, a young man, was danger ously wounded Saturday evening. Mrs. Brooks, a relative, was packing his trunk preparatory to an extended vi it to Vir ginia. In picking up and handling his pistol it w. nt off, inflicting a very danger ous wound in his groin. AMONG THE ALBANIANS. The Guards Elect Minor Officers—A Terrapin irom the Sky. Albany, Ga., May 2*.*.—T e Albany Guards held their annual election last night with the following result: A. Clayton, Jr., second lieutenant, W. E. Wooten, first ser geant, 8. W. Smith sec md sergeant, T. M. Ticknor third se ge mt, K. L. Jones fourth sergeant, B. L Weston color sergeant, Hugo R binson quartermaster sergeant,!'. M. Nelson first cor no nl, S. il. Wig.it sec ond c rporal, M. W. Tift tmrd corporal, 8. F. Fl ic-* fourth corporal. During a hard shower of rain this evening a highland terranin, weighing l' + p unds, fell from the clouds at T. Clements’ feet while he was walking across the river bridge. BLOUNT CONVICTED. He is theJMurderer of Miller on the Ex curston I rain. Valdosta, Ga., May 29.—Frank Blount, charged with the killing of Miller, a dray man for the Keely Transfer Company, of Havauuab, was to-Jay iu the superior court found guilty of murder in the first degree. The killing • ccSSrred on ni excursion tr.in Isitneen \ aid < tiu and Dip i.it, two weeks ajjo. The excursion us from .Savannah to Valdosta, n and the killing was done on the return trip to 8 ivannab. Blunt is from v. u} cross and is -uidto beanulori ms gain- , bier Wooifolkln Jail at Perry. Perky, <>a., May 21).—Thomas Woolfnlk j arrival in perry tbm in r img. He 1 ft ' Ma< on on tin- il;15 o' 1 ck trai , escorted by the Sheritf I H. 1.1. and II mstnn conn- I ties. At Fort Viiiley the sheiitT of H US'oo j took charge of ilie priv mer with t.ea-slst- j auce <>f bis b’oti.er and K. ( . Huunr. I tiny took Woutfolk bv ptiva'e conveyance t> | Perry jail, where he is n w safely e-oured. Ten nine Pleased With Rain. Tennillk, Ga., Mav 311. -Vim.ills was vis.ted this afutrnio., at 4 o’clotia by a tine I rain, a <<l fi ,ui the I'state.n * f toe clouds it I Is liras .tiled that lie gr aler portion of Washington county iree.v. Ia generous sl|.ljr. Wln.e toe rai was In pr .gr-ss, Inti.tnlng struck a l-e.* n J - ~ry D*vu' lot, kih...g a vanish u luUcu out* e analog otar. GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY. Railroad Assessors Appointed—Sena tor Brown's Condition. Atlanta, Ga., May 29.—The governor has a: pom ed assessors to ascertain the value of the roads whose returns have been rejected by the comptroller general. The assessors are: C .vingt ti and Macon—John Davidson of Augus a, Thomas Mills f Griffin anJ J. W. Rob-reton of C.arksvi ie. Alla .ta, vVest P int and Georgia Pacific —R. P. Tripp f Forsyth. S. C, McLe..dou of Th masw ie a.i 1 U\ A. Turner of Macon. For the Alabama ad (treat Southern and tue East a..0 West of A.abama— Tyier M. . eeples of Lawrencev.i.e, James i\ Nesbitt of Atlanta, and J. C. Fain of Cal houn. Adit. Gen. Kell has received from the war department a copy of general orders No. 116, winch details f :>r five day-.' duty at tue St. Simon’s e’.cam meat, beginning June 17, the following officers: Maj. Jacob B. Rawies of the Fourth artillery, and C arles B. Satteriee, adjutant of the Third | artillery. Reports from Senator Brown to day in dicate that his condition is still extremely critical. COLUMBUS CHAPTERS. A Marriage—Journey of the Editors— Railroad Work. Columbus, Ga., May 29 —Miss Sallie McClintock, daughter of W. H. McClintoct, superintendent of the Central railroad lin s of this city, was married to-night to Walter G. Oslin, a prominent young merenant. A large party of Georgia journalists, headed by Col. J. H. F-ftili, passed through this citv to-day en ute to Kansas City. Work on he i -.lum .usSouthern railroad is being vigor udy pushed. A contract was clos.-d to-day with Col. Waters of Butler for crossties. A ROBBERY. T. C. Bandman, a traveling man, had his valise and grip stole i from the train at the depot to-nigut in this city while eu route Ir >m Binningcam to Savannah. John F. Swift of Troy, Ala., lost a box containing three gold watches and four g Id ci.ai .s at the Broad street depot this eve ning. He left them on a shelf at the ticket office while he was buying a ticket and tor get to pick them up. \V„en he returned they were gone and he has not succeeded iu find them. JACKSON SILENT. He Had Nothing to Say Concerning the News’ Interview. Augusta, Ga., May 29. —James U. Jack son having been shown to-day the inter view in the Savannah Morning News, and asked if he had anything to say in reply, stated to the News’ correspondent that his statement already published in re gard >o the differences between himself and Mr. Eager is correct and true, and as the mat er has beeu placed in the hands of his counsel, he does not care to say anything further for publication. Unless he and Mr. Eager arrive at a settlement, the whole ma ter will come up for adjudication in the courts. FLOITI D A 7 3~L KOI 3L A TU3E. Both Houses Now Holding Night Ses sions to Rush Work. Tallahassee, Fla., May 29.—The Sen ate did a largo a count of heavy work to day, without making much show or dis posing of rnauy bil s. One new bill, No. 251, granting a charter to a compa >y to bu.ld and operate a toll drawbridge across th) Suwannee river at Branford, was intio iuced, advanc'd to second and third readings, passed, and er tified to the H mse ia ab >ut five mi antes. The general appropriation bill occupied considerable time, aud was passed with many amendments. The hill regulating the assessment and collection of revenue pass'd ii al reading. A message from the gover lor a m mneed that he hud vetoed Senate bill No. 200, the oyster bill, on the c institutional grounds tiiat it interfered with the riparian rights of laud owners on the seacoast. In the House. The House this morning adopted a resolu tion to consider oulv Oil s on third reading regardless of other bills, and it disposed of about forty such, among which wi re the House bill to incorporate the Ocklawaha Canal Company, to straighten t .e tJrkla walia river, and Senate bill No. 239 grant ing lands to t e Gainesville, Tallahassee uud Western Railway Company. The joint committee for investigating the condition of tie comptroller’s and trea u er’s offices reported hav ing found the books, records aid vouchers neatly and intelligibly kept, and in satisfactory conditio >. The gove nor als . sent a message to the House announcing his veto of the Lsou county local option, a no fence law. Both houses now hold night sessions and business is rapidly dispatched. The Night Sessions. The Senate iu its first night session dis posed of business rapidly iu bills on third reading, of which House bill No. (il, the mechanic*’ and lao rr;.*’ lie i law, an l Sen ate bill No. 57, to fix ti e legal rate of in t rest at 12 percent, maximum on contracts and 8 per cent, wtiero no r ite is specified, were passed. The House to-night called up the bill making an appropriation for the seminary wo-t of the Su.vani.ee river, which was laid over last night under notice to reenn-ider an amendment making appropriation of $15,000. due hill was ordered engrossed for third reading. The House joint resolution re atiug to grants of lands to the state of FI . ida, under the act of congress appoved May 17, 1850, was read the third time and passed. BUtNOS AYREi’ DOCK. The Report That It Was Completed Proves arroneoua. Pensacola, Fla., May 20.—A recent pre-sdi.patch an i .u iced the completion of the dock construction that has been going forward for so do time past at Buenos Ayres. The stat-ment also contained the information that the completion of the work and the opening of the harbor "as nor nil's lied by u b;g demonstration, mu ll enthusiasm, ct'. To-dav the N’xws corre spondent ran across Messrs. Haycruft and uoodfellow, reprvs 'ntatives at tins poi it of T. A Walker, who is ro isnichng the docks nt Due. o. Ayres. They ha 1 b th read tbs dispatch una both laugned at the informa tion it contained. “Tiie work,” said Mr. Haycraft, “will not be completed for two years and a half vet. T hat is all bosh. What the dispatch refers to is the completion of part of the work, about one-third of the whole, n 1 the facili ties afforded sh ppi -g i . the completion of that third r-i but little superior to those existing be! re. We will he shipp ng tim ber I run Pe isacola for the completion of that work two eari h ice.” Heavy Crop Losaoa at Hammock. Hammock, Fla., May 29.— Owing to a sosici v, f rain then it a heavy h*s ii the vegetable crop. S.xty-llve par cent, will not more than cover the du-im ;e. It i now o-arly s-ven weeks sin e rain fell. The so s i|i commence! in- m i.,tti l:r than mm il f i snipping. The dr light caused a dl ■- mtun.auci of shippi g of norlheru winter cab ag--. Banderson’e Crops ButTprlnsr. Haniieksuv. Pi. a., May 29.— The con th usi.c- and this drought iiiucu onger mut •ffe- t the yield of cotton a,l r ,rn. The ■ Uiitiiig sets ii opened very late, many having nce.tly rt*i>lanUM. This was ( su-t-1 bv the c, * 1 "av . m t e first i-art of May, wUlcu i.i roy• <1 the seed. There was a scarcity >f mL Jbe trail crop will hi on average vus. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1889. NAVAL YARD PROSPECTS. A Survey at Pen-acola Relative to a Railroad’s Removal. Pensacola, Fla., May 29.—The naval commission that recently visited these shores is having a survey made about a mile east of tnis city. The object of the survey as given out is to ascertain the pou sibiUtes relative to the removal of the Pen sacola ad Atlantic railroad which row runs along the shore i.i tbatllocation. Tee road was obj.ct-d to by Commodore McCann as interfering if it were left es is with the operation af the yard or deck, if the latter should be located at that ’>oint. The railroad company agreed to remove the road as far back from toe shore as might be deemed necessary, and it is upon their agreeme t that the survey was ordered. T hese facts indicate nothing. The board are simply iak.ng advantage of every co cession, and are procuring all the data attainable to a.d toem in arriving at a conclusion. ALL QUIET AT BRAID WOOD. A Probability That Half of the Mili tary Will ba Sent Home. Chicago, May 29. —A special from Braid wood to the Journal says: “Everything is quiet to-day, and very little fear is enter tained of further trouble as long as the military remain. 11 is probable that half of the force on guard at the mines will be sent home. A heavy rain during the fore noon dampened the ardor of the strikers. A small body of rioters was surrounded by a squad of soldiers this morning, and four of tnom were found to be armed and were arrejted. The militia have made incursions into neighboring mining settlements, and have confiscated what weapons they could fid.” rolling mill men strike. Harrisburg, Pa.. May 29.—About 100 men struck at the Lochiel rolling mill to day because they were a-ked to work in a larger mill which bad been idle since the strikers were discharged last week. Only the puddle mill is now in operation. HOUSES OK LEADERS RAIDED. Berlin, May 2!). —The polico raided the houses of the leaders of the miners’ strike at Dortmund to-day and seised a number of letters anil a considerable amount of money, wnen those whose homes were invaded were accused of being socialist agitators. The editor of the Westphalia People's Ga zette has been arrested on a c aige of in stigating the strikes in the mining re gions. Four members of the Bochum strikers’ committee havo “been released from prison. The strikers at Essen, Bochum and Dort mund held meetings to-day and decided tn resume work Friday next. If iheir de mands are not granted by the end of two months the men will go on a strike again. NO CONFERENCE. A New Situation Among the Iron and Steel Mills. Pittsburg, May 29.—For tne first time iD the fifteen years of the existence of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers there will be no conference this year with the manufacturers on the annual wage scale. The Manufacturers’ Associa tion disbanded last year, and in reply to a notice from President Weihe of the Amal gamated As-ociation the announcement that the workers would be read) to confer with the manufacturers in regard to a scale, the former secretary of the Manufacturers’ Association, Joseph D. Weeks, replied tiiat there was no way by which they could got the committee to gether to represent t e association of manu facture sof iron, steel aud nails as it was not now in existence. There will, there fore, be no conference with the iron mas ers this year, and the workmen in each mill will present a scale that sill be drawn this week, and levi ei by the convention next week for the different firms. DIBAaTrtGUB FROa I’d. Vegetable Crop 9 Badly Nipped In Michigan and New York. Kalamazoo, Mich., May 29.—The most disastrous frost of the saison visited South western Michigan Wedneslay morning. From all sections come reports of great damage to early vegr.ables and small fruits, and, in some localities, wheat and corn suffered severely. NEW YORK ALSO NIPPED. Rochester, N. Y., May 29.—Killing frosts ure reported in Livingston, Or leans and Munroe co uties. Grape vines were wilted and all sorts of garden truck was killed in so no parts of Orleans cou ty. The damage will be vert heavy. Not in five years has the grape crop of the Keuka valley been so badly cut up bv fro ts as it was last night. Over 15,000 acres are devoted to grapes in that region, and the estimated loss is 25 per cent. ice around lock haven. Lock Haven, Pa., May 29. — There were heavy frosts in this section this morninr, with the temperature low enough to form ice. The damage to cr ps is not yet known. GnEAT DAMAGE AT LOCKPORT. Lockfort, N. Y., May 29.—8 y mid-day t- -day it was apparent that great damage ha 1 boa i done by ust night’s frost in this vicinity. Nearly all the young plants are wilted to the ground, aid grape vines are frostou nearly six feet 'run the roots. ASSAULTED IN A DINI.G CAB. A Walter Makes a Brutal Attack on a Lady Passenger. Minneapolis, Minn., May 29,—Tie Journal's special from Chippewa Falls, Wi ~ says: “Yesterdiy, as a Wisconsin Central train for Minneapolis was about one mile from the city, John Ayotta, a waiter in the dining car, assaulted a young lady passenger in the sleeping car. Con ductor Clark went to the rescue, when Ayotta throw a largo sto e, which struck another lady in the heal, inflicting serb-us injury. Ayotta wa< arres.ed, and to-day sealenced to one year iu the penitentiary. Tne passengers were with difficulty re strained from lynching Ayotta.” A BIG SALE OF FLANNELS. Over $2,000,000 Worth Sold at Satls iactory Brices. New York, May 29.—The sale of 12,000 packages of flannels bv Wilderming, Morris & Mitchell was concluded to-day. The prices were far in advance of those of a year ago, and in some instances showed an increase of more tba ilO per cent. T- e K’s and C’s twilled scarlets opened at 29 W cents for 50-oase lots, rose to 29$£ cents and eli sed at :>0 cents. Twilled bines brought from 17,'T to 21 cents; twilled scar let mixtures, HY cent-; twilled cadet mixtures, 22 cents; twilled blue mixtures, 22 to 29 .4 c -nts; fancy mixt ures, 19 9, to “7 cents; twilled whtt s, 18 to 2b i cen Ii tan twills, 19V 4 cents; Victor medicate!, 20 4 cents; diamond O twills, sea let, 22;* cents; ir wrn no thwestern, 22 4 cents; Wilt m’-, 22'* t 20 , 4 can's; fire neu flannel, 24c, cent*; IN lit nX. cents; diamond (I, N >. 2, 25 cents; Wilt -u XX, 2I!' 4 11 25 I*, 1 *, cents. The sale realised more t.iun f2,9U0,000, and the prices ob tained were decidedly satisfactory. Brunswick’s Wira Budget. Brunswick, Ga., Mav 29. Ground was broken to-day forttu* erection of tne Fust National Bank buddl g, whio i will cost tHD.OUO, and ul o f r th Jewish synagogue, which will cost $12,090. * The firs' ram iu s-ven weeks fell to-day. Women's Right to Vote. Hartford, Cork , May 29. — The Mouse this afternoon passed by a vole of it! to 69 th lull g v iug women th* rig tto votelon tiie '|uirsliou of the sale of intoxicating Imuurs, 808 CONNORS’ MONEY. Mrs. O. P. Turner of Augusta, Ga., Claims the Fortune He Left. From the Few York Herald. Augusta, Ga., May 27.—Mrs. G. P. TurJ ner, a lady of mod rate means in Augusta, has fallen heir to $900.00 j left by John Con nors, a gambler, who died ia New York last August A telegram was received here a few days after Connors’death stating that the sup posed only living heir to the fortune was a brother of the dec ased, John W. Connors, who when last h>ard from was residi :g in Augus'a. Mrs. Turner thought she might probably be interested, as her mother was named Connors, but did not make any claim then. Lost week Mrs. Turner wont to Athens, Ga.. to visit her granduncle, Mr. William Stark, wao is 75 years old. Iu the course of conversation Mr. Stark assured his grandniece that she was th3 only living legal heir to Bob Con ors’ e tate. TALE OF TWO IMMIGRANTS. He told her that fifty years ago Bob and John W. Connors, two brothers, came to America from Irela id. Bob remained no: *' and John came south and located in Augusta. He married Miss Stark in Ath ens, and returning t > Augusta died, leaving a daughter, Mary Hue Connors, 13 years old. He says he witnessed the marriage ceremony, and that the license is recorded in Athens. Mary Lue Connors, be says, married George W. Williams twenty-six years ago. and she died shortly afterward, leaving a daughter, Anna Lue Wi liam-, five months old, who, lie states, is none other than Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Turner has returned to Augusta, and placed her claim in tne hands of attor neys, who will make a legal demand for Bob Connors’ money. MRS. FOLSOM'S MARRIAGE. The Clever Manner in Which She Kept It Secret—Mr. Perrine’s Long Wait. Xew York Letter in Brooklyn Eagle. The skill with which Mrs. Folsom eluded the omniscient newpaper reporter and kept the public en'irely in ignorance of her in tentions until they were accomplished, shows that this sort of ability for attending to their own business and preventing others from helping them in the task is one of family talents, for Mrs. Cleveland herself did almost as well whet she maie up her mind to marry so prominent a per son as the President of tne United State-. Very few of even the most intimate frie ids of the family bad any idea of what was about to happen and the mar riage was a great surprise to them; but the verdict everywhere seems to be that it was a wise a; and natural thing to do. Though Mrs F Isom was a welc me gues: in her s n-iu-law’s housed Id, the fact of her daughter’s marriage neces arily ren dered her somewhat lonely, since she ha i no definite homo . f her own and must de pend upon them for ail her domesticity. No matter how welcome a mother may be in her daughter's home there are necessarily times when she must feel herself somewhat de trop , and under no circumstances is it satisfactory to spend one’s life merely as a guest. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, in spits of taeir attachment to Mrs. Folsom and their reluctance to give her up, appreciated this very natural teeli g oq her part, and made no objection whatever to her decision. Mr. Perrine is amply able to provide a home for her, and his children were not only willing but anxious for the match, having known and loved Mrs. Folsom all their lives. They express mucb gratitude for her willingness to make their father’s declining years su h happy ones. He had been her lover for several years, but before Mrs. Cleveland’s marriage she would listen to no such suggestion, nor, indeed, as long as her daughter was in the white house and needed her aid aud counsel, which were of more assistance to Mrs. Cleveland iu her difficult task than the world realized. Now t at her daughter has appar ently settled down for life in New York at:d purchased a home of her own, all apparent necessity for her mother’s residence with her has passed, and very naturally tue eider lady began to turn favorable eves upon the sugge>t.on tiiat she should make a place for herself in life so that her ol 1 age should not be lacking in dignity and comfort. Mrs. Folsom is still a very attractive looking wotna i of 42 years of age, with a well proportion and figure, slender a id erect, pretty hands a..d feet, and clear, smooth skin, somewhat colorless like that of her daughter, and has pretty eyes nd teeth; her hair is quite g ay and a somewhat for i al manner of arrang ing it, as wel: as a c oice of grave colors and fashion in and e.-s, has made her appear much older tha i she really is. GROWTH OF T IE PIANO Its Gradual Evolution from the Harp of Two Strings. From the Musical Courier. The piano, as we see it to-day, is tfce growth of ceuturies of invention. In its in fancy it was a harp of two or three string'. From time to time more strings were added, and after a while tne| cithara was born. Tne cithara was in the shape of the letter P, and bad ten strings. It took many cen t iris for musicians to get the idea of stretching the strings a ross an open box, but so nowhere about trie year 12'Xl this was thought of and tho dulcimer made its np pearaueo, the strings being struck with hammers. For another hundred years then him nors were held in the hands of the player, and then a genius inveuied a key boar I, which, being t u-k by the 11 ig r-, moved the hammers. The lustrum* t was called a clayicythenu r, or keye 1 cithara. X Ins under we it none modifications and Improvements from time to time. In Queen Elizabeth's timo it was called a virginal. Then it was c illei a spine, be cause the hammers were covered with spines of quills, wnicb struck or caught the s rings of wires ad produced the sou id. F oni 170 U to 1890 it was much enlarged and improved, and called a harpsichord, and this was the instrument that Lady Washington, Mrs. Hamilton, and the fine ladi s of imr revolution* y times played on. In 1710 B rtolomeo Cristofoli, ai Italian, invented a key or key-b ard such as we have now s ibstantially, which caused ham mers to strike the wires from above, and thus developed the piano. In tne past 1.50 years there is no musical instrument, wnich has so c unpletely absorbed the inventive faculty of man a* toe piano. At tho p: .went dav the upright piano has the field aim st entirely to itself, and has reached sue i a grade of perfecti n in shape, tone and ap pearance that there would appear to be no possibility of further improvement. He Fought Against Napoleon. From tKe Little Falls { .V. Y. i 7'imes. On Saturday Martin Ysgens, of tuii vil lage, will cel'-brate his lIXLh birthday. He is pr ibabiy the oldest person in the Mohaw k vallev. F r tiie past two weeks he has b en'in rather feeble heal'b, but is able to move alwut. ihoutrh be is obliged to rest on a couch occasionally during tne dav. Oth r w.se . great age remarkably well. Mr. Yajreus was b >ru in S hes vig- Hulsten in 1789. He fought in the battle of Waterloo on tbe victo ious aid* and still distinctly remembers that bloody contest which ended so disastrous!v for the great Nap' Icon. Ho caino to this country in 184s, ad in 18<19 moved from Alhanv to Little Fail-, where he bis since r **lded. George Baker, "f this village, wno is mar ried to Mr. Vagoiis' L*,Hlaigtit r, bis docume ,tary ovuionce showing that M•. Yi,gens is ns old as ho claims to I>. lie hns be ,i the father ol tore ity-tw i chil Iren, of whom onlv two survive, Mr*. Pete Flood and Mis* Lizzie Yagens, both rosidoi.ta of Little Falls. Railroad Men to be DlacUarged Dai.nu ill, May 29.- A general ills charge, comprising about I.s9men, will take pla<*>i fioni the Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare s .ops toon >rr j* ior**n >on. The die clisr.ee Will cmipri-e s >ertsin nuuih.-r of ip.u fiout each shop Assisted in Hansing Himself. From the Philadelphia Press. In a handsome mansion situated in a lonely part' f England, a few years ago, lived a maiden lady of considerable wealth, One morning she was discovered foully murdered. Her man servant, named Lee, was suspected, arrested and convicted on circumstantial evidence, and sentenced to be hanged. .So conclusive seemed the evi dence against the prisoner that no attempt whatever was made on the part < f the public to induce the Home Secretary to exercise executive clemency. The day of the execution having arrived, the prisoner was led forth to surfer t*.e extreme penalty. The rope to be used, the texture of whica was silk and hemp, bad been, as is cus otn ary in such case-’, tested with the aid of sand bags, and was not found wanting. The bolt was drawn and the prisoner was given a drop of eight feat. The rope broke The prisoner walked, unaided, up tue steps leading to the scaffold, and after the rope had been fixed again and the noose ad justed the bolt was drawn for the second time. The rope broke again. Lee was by this time considerably stunned. However, after the lapse of a few moments ho again ascended, unaided, the step--, and after doing ail in his po.ver to allay the nervousness of the hangmin, assisted the latter in o ce more fixing the rope. The prisoner placed himself on the trap door, the bolt was pulled and the condemned mau dropped once more out of view. The rope parted for the third time. After considera ble delay Lee once more placed himself in the executioner’s hands, but that personage and the ot er officials, horrified at what seemed a divine interposition, refused t:> proceed further with the business. The tacts were reportei to the home secretary, who at once respited the prisoner, condemn > 2 him to imprisonment for life. Three years later a w ma i who was Loe’s fellow servant confessed on her dying bed that it was she who killed her mistress. She declared that Lee had vi connection what ever with the affair and stated facts strong ly onflrmatory of her confession. Instances may possibly have occurred in which an equal amount of physical courage has been displayed, but outside of the pale of fiction there cannot be cited a single case in which bravery ever play and a more consoicuous p.rt than in the incident above detailed. Retrenchment at New York. New York, May 29.—Thomas F. Gilroy, commissioner of public works, to-day made a wholesale abolition of offices in his de partment, including those of consulting an I assistant engineers, a lot of inspectors, rodmen, draughtsmen and clerks. T e sal ries of the thirty-one men thus dis charged ranged from SI,OOO to $4,000 per annum. All new Russian ships of war are to be lighted exclusively by electricity, and by next year it is expected to have the whole Russian fleet so lighted. ~ KEIRIG Kit V H IIXE APi I ll'll Ur FlTiMlTiit NECESSARY TO COMFORT IN THIS CLI MATE IS A GOOD ICE BOX OR REFRIGERATOR! VLL admit the convenience and comfort afforded, but has it ever occurred to you that they pay for themselves in a short time, bi as nuch they enable you to save much that would otherwise be lost. Articles of f->od that cannot be kept over for a day (and ofttimes in this climate for a few hours) may be kept if you have a sweet, clean, dry ice box. I AM SOLE AGENT FOR G- E O E G- I A OF THE REFRIGKER ATORS MANUFACTURED BY F. A. ATHERTON. WORCESTER, MASS. For the last tun months 1 have had in use in my store one of his Refrigerators, so that I know whereof X speak. I was lei to apply for the agency on these Refrigerators after I had tested mine and become satisfied: First. That they were well built and hand some in appearance. Second. That they were sweet, dry and cold. Third. That they were very economical in the consumption of ice. And lasti ', that they were 40 percent, cheaper than any other Refrigerator 1 could learn of. Before buying my Refrigerator, I wrote to several manufacturers in different sections of the country, and in no instance did I find one I liked as well as Atherton’s, while the lowest hid I received wa > for the same size box, about SSO higher. Full details as to e ast, consumption of ice, and special merits of these boxes, too long for advertisement, will be cheerfully furnished on application. This i* the style of Refrigerator for Grocers, Butter Dealers, etc. Made ia various siz.s. prT t • This ,s ihe st> le of tiie large family or Hotel Refrigerato . Various sues. hi-1; SjaT **s pwCi i® :-iia I*. iii.:'’;. ■'(t'sto ’ fi ' J • 'v*‘. *d ©ftp M •*-*** *fT;‘‘.:SjiJ ’ t ‘i • t ■ -iik ■■ . --V l- ~A 0 Oue %tylu of Family Rrfrigvntor in ovariii* ■irfii JNO. J. REILY, IHPoKTE* AND fcPECI XI.IB I', TcU-ißioue Call lSh, M W blither slrest. FUNERAh INVITATIONS. CREGAR.— Died, at Bloomingdale, yesterdey mormnv Walter T , infant son of Charles B. and Willie M (’regar. Funeral services at Laurel Grove THIS MORNING at 8:45 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. ME ETINGsi ZERIBBABEL LODGE NO. 15. fXI M An extra communication ot this A lodge will be held THIS (Thursday) EVENING at Bo'clock. ‘ The M. M. Degree will be conferred. ’ ~ ' Members of sister lodges and transient breth ren are fraternally invited to meet with us. By order of W. A. WALKER, W. M. John Riley, Secretary. .NOTICE TO HOAD COMMISSIONERS. The semi-annual meeting of the Board of Road Commissioners of Chatham county will be held at the Court House on SATURDAY, June Ist, at 10 o'clock a. m. G. BOURQUIN, Chairman. R. Coaklsy, Secretary. HAL’PT LODGE NO. 58, I. O. O. F. The regular weekly meeting of the lodge will be held THIS (Thursday) EVENING at the new lodge room southeast corner President and Jef ferson streets (up stairs), over Trinity church lecture room, at 8 o'clock. Conferring of degrees. Punctual attendance is requested. Members of other lodges and transient broth ers invited to meet with us. By order of JAS. A. SHEPHERD, N. G. A. N. Manucy. Secretary. SAVANNAH BRANCH The adjourned meeting will /j* take place at Armory hall, 8 F. M., SATURDAY, June 1. ffi j Important announcements | vi-t and committee appointments. By order KULMAN. President. Max Robinson. ©OlJJflfkKTfVwtbgkg Sec, and Treas. /BStCIATMjt SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements inserted under “Special Notices" will be charged $1 00 a Square each insertion. THE fil ATH A M REA I. EST ATE AND IAIPR O VEME.NT COM PAW’S SALE or 40 SPLENDID LOTS WILL TAKE PLACE Wednesday, June 5,1559, At 4:20 o’clock, on the premises, to-wit: Ten Lots, each one 30x125, fronting on Ninth street, between Burroughs and West Broad streets. Ten Lots, each 30x125, fronting on Tenth street, between Burroughs and West Broad streets; also IO LOTS Fronting on Tenth street, between Barnard and Jefferson streets, and ten Lots on Eleventh, be tween the same streets, all measuring 30x125. C. H. DORSETT. Auctioneer. ■NOTICE. All persons having claims against the Steam boats ADVANCE and PROGRESS, of the Au gusta Steamboat Company, will present them to P. G. BURUM, President. Augusta, Ga., at office for payment. NOTICE. I have THIS DAY associated wi(k me, In medical practice, Dr. WM. F. AIKEN of New York. Office. 98 Harris street. Office hours, 9 to 1:30, except Sundays. J. P. S. HOUSTOUN, DR. BEST HAS RETURNED AND RESUMED PRACTICE. TO THE PUBLIC. I will open a Livery and Boarding Stable in connection with the Ocean House, Tybee. Parties going fishing needing a turnout can leave orders at the office. CHAS. F. GRAHAM. Proprietor. FIRBER’S POINT HOUSE, ~ TYBEE ISLAND. Will open on SATURDAY, June 1, for the accommodation of guests. Mrs Bannon will have charge of the culinary department, and will be assisted bv first-class c.oks. Mrs. Hannon’s celebrated Fish Break fasts at Thunderbolt will be a sufficient guaran tee as to tne manner iu which that department will be run. Tue house has bee i tuorough y renovated and put in first-class con litioti. Large bath houses, fine dancing pavilion ami porcties extending entire length ot bouse. For terms see J. H. FURoKR. PURIFY VOI R HOMES. USE PHENYLE, The best disinfectant known. In daily use by city authorities, and indorsed by our physicians. Cleanly to use. Sold in quantities to suit. For sale only at BUTLER S PHARMACY. Corner Bull and Congress Streets. IT NEVER FAILS. ULMER S LIVER CORRECTOR is guaran teed to be a safe and reliable medicine for Dys pepsia. Acid Stomach, Constipation, Nervous Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery and other dis eases arising from a disordered state of the liver. Recommended by prominent physicians and awarded highest prizes over competitors. Ask for ULMER'S LIVER CORRECTOR and take no other. Prepared by B. F. ULMER, M. D„ Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. Price $1 per bottle, if you cannot obtain the “Corrector” from your druggist, send your order direct, and it will ba forwarded by ex press, freight paid. FAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, LEADS, COLORS AND MIXED PAINTS. Berry Bros. ’ Hard oil and Varnishes. A full stock of Paint and White Wash Brushes on band. Call and get pryes it EDfrrvKli ,1. KIEFFER’S 1 ‘rug and Seed Store, Corner West Broa l and Stewart street*. EIX < vi ION AX. V I7BIENDB Sf!H >OI„ Providence, it i. for I both \e- Pounded in 1181 Excellent home. Siudeat* from is slates. All deno iniui lions, llioriigb work in Koglwli, .Solute. <la , dtp an I Art. )nr c*i lidcale ndin ts i ■ c 1.-ge. Address AUGUSTINE JUNES, IX. II ’ BOTXLfe. i THE MORRIbON HOUSE / 1 PHTRA f.t V lt>rß'mi.on Untt t ttrntt o#M * •fT i* i-l vjxnt iM‘t!i r oii * wiU> *x(ll** i t*>4fd. 1* ' *, r*t’ * Vstill Q* M i illii* •*Wt i it. • and v< u ilia amta. y condltjoa * f fhr of tn txwic. C orner iirou^Ltoj •i.d l Jityuru slr> i-u. h#v uitoo. *. 'IIJI' *l‘ MM.MV N! s carriers re*r* I II I * i ' : art of UHvctiyMiiy Tweuty -1 *Oi hit wia * snt pa j s for utt lab/. | AMUSEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATER; ONE WEEK, COMMENCING MONDAY, JUNE 3. Wednesday and Saturday Matinees O’IISTIEXLZ/S BIJOU OPERA COMPANY IN THE FOLLOWING REPERTOIRE •. Glroile GlroOa. Pirates of Penzance, Boheml an Girl, Chimea of Normandy, Billee Taylor, Mikado, Olivette. _SUMMKR PRICES, 25c, 35c. and 50c BASKET PICNIC TO TYBEE ISLAND THURSDAY,May 30,1880 For the Benefit of the Episcopal Free Church. Ocean House and Lewis’ Pavilions enga-ed for the day, and both will be provided vath muaic for dancing. SCHEDULE— Standard Time Leave Savannah 9:30 a. m.. 2:30 p. m 5 40 i> „ Leave Tybee 11:45 a. M., 6:05 p. m a P „ 10;30 p. M. *'• Whole Tickets 50c.; Half Tickets COMMITTEE—D. G. Pi-rse. General Chair man; Thomas Gadsden. J. R. F. Tattnall. J k Sheldon, W. W. Williamson, W. E. Guerard W G. Cooper, D. Douglass, W. deßruyn Eons' D. V. Lebev, C. S. Connerat, C. A. Drayton (i* S. McAlpin. G. T Cann. H. G. Ganahi, G ' H Remsbart, .1. A. Thomas, Mrs. E. ji. Screven Mrs. L. L. Goodwin, .Mrs. T. S. Wayne, Mrs' A. E. Moynelo, Mrs. Beirne Gordon, Mrs ’ F G Straehan, Mrs. E. W. Girard. Mrs. A. H Oliver' Mrs. C. S. Park. Mrs. T. L. Kinsev, Mrs. D Y* Dancy, Miss Maria Myers, Miss Branch, Miss Maccaw, Miss Orme. Tickets can be had from the members of tbs Committee and at O. Butler's, J. B Feruan dez’s, Theus Bros.’, L. C. Strong's and J T Thornton's. Family Excursion —TO— FOBT PULASKI! FRIDAY AFTERNOON By Str. Governor Safford. IEAVE foot of Drayton street at 3 o'clock, A city time. 25c. round trip. For informa tion, inquire of H. G. KENT, Passenger Agent, Board Boat. PUBLICATIONS. sin ill AT ESTES NEWS DEPOT, 21 1-2 Bull Street. “Thou Shalt Not" . “A Marriage Below Zero”! . 50c "That Frenchman," by author of “Mr. Barnesof New York" 59c “Donovan, a Modern Englishman" “ 50c “John Herring," bv S. Baring Gould . ,Vc "Mehalah," by S. Baring Gould 50c “M.ss Kate." by Rita &>c “The Reproach of Annesly,” by Maxwell Hray 23c ‘ The Fatal Phone,"by R. C. Philips, au thor of “As in hooking Glass ’ 30c “Under False Preiences," by Adeline Ser geant 50c “I r-derick Struthsr’s Romance,”byAlbert Ulmann 50c “The Fog Princess," by Florence Warden. “Daisy Brooks," by Laura Jean Libbey 25c “Madolln Rivers." by Laura Jean Libbey 2'o “Robert Elsmere,” bv Mrs. Humphrey Ward .' 40c “Mrs. Robert Elsmere”.... 25c “Mollle Darling," by Lady Constance Howard 25c “Chance or Fate.” by Alice O’Hanlon 25c “Lightly Lost." by Ilawlev Smart 25c “Guilderoy,” by Oulda . 25c “A Witch of the Hills,” by Florence War den 25c “Two Chiefs of Dunboy,” by James An thony Froude, .. 25c “John Ward, Preacher," by .Margaret De land J! 50j “Little Lord Faumleroy.” by francos Hodgson Bu 'nett 2 00 “At the Mercy of Tibsrius,” by Augusta Evans Wilson 2 00 ALSO, Robert's Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for DeliOMrative Assemblies. , 150 Cushing’s Manual 25c Jefferso.i's Manual 753 Address all orders to WILLIAM ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. RAILROADS. SAVANNAH AND TYBEE RAILROAD. IN EFFECT SUNDAY, APRIL 28. 188?. Trains leave Savannah daily, except Sundav, Standard Time, at 9:39 a. M., 2:30 r, a , 5:40 P. a. aud 8 p. a. Leave Tybee 7A. a., 11:45 A. a., 6:05 p. a. and 9 p. a. Sunday schedule, in effect on and after AprJ SB, 1889: .Leave Savannah 9:30 a. m., 1:30 p a . 3r m. and 8 pm. Leave Tybee 6:45 a. a., 11:45 a. a., 5:31 and 6:45 P. M. Fare for round trip. 50e.; half fare. 85c rea son tickets at reduced rates. Family excursion* every Tuesday aud Friday. Faro tor round trip, 35c.; halt fare. 20c. _ Trams leave from the company's NEW DEPOT, on Randolph street, foot of President street. Tickets on sale at Fernandez'* ci car store, or at Gazan's cigar store, under Pulaski II use, also at ticket office at savannah ami Tybee De pot an l Central Railroad Ticks: Office Arrangements for special excursions ran be made by addressing It. F. COBB, Si: monte i 4 ent, nr H. if. WO'. >I)RUFF, Freignt and Pass n ger Agent. Savaunah, Ga. R. E. COBB. Sup: BllOKs. S3 SHOE oi'NTlVu'lEN. s*:; slior FOR LAIH !> Best 1 the World. Ex irotn* his $5 OQ Oenutue Hnnd-Se\vo4 Hb no. $4 00 Hand -Sewed 'Ve t hoe. $3 60 Police aud Farmers Hhoa $2 60 hxtra Vidus Calf Shot* $2 20 Wr>rl:'n’ioui'Hhoi. $12.00 and J 1 76 Roys' Bcuool Sho**. F raw l wuu i&J r and fl ‘ il vu W. LU L-CI *• 1 roolct iu, waa Fiarmpa K I* DouflM |V alio** l ,Jf * U' 'nt*B dl)4 k M . . _ For *4,1 mfCl *K J%, I? WklU**‘ *‘- roib nraiiii \k