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CRENSHAW TO STEP OUT.
▲ BELIEF THAT DR. ARNOLD WILL
BE BIS SUCCESSOR.
Decision of the Attorney General as
to the Taxation of An Insurance
Company’s Money Out on Loan-
Medical Colleges Exempt From Tax
ation—A Fleeing Negro Shot.
Atlanta, 01, June 6.—A special from
Washington to the Journal this afternoon
announces that Collector Crenshaw has
banded in his resignation and that the aD
pointment of his successor will he
made this week. Col. Buck is in
Washington and has been very active
at the treasury department for two days.
It is asserted that a commission for the col
lectorship was made out for Dr. Arnold
several days ago, hut for some reason with
held. It is believed that he will get the
place.
AN INSURANCE COMPANY’S TAX.
The Fulton county tax collector recently
ascertained that tlie Atlanta Home In
surance Company has for several years
been using a portion of its capital in load
ing money at interest, and demanded of
thorn the back and present tax on tho capi
tal so employed. The Atlanta Homo denied
liability, and the matter was carried to
Comptroller Wright, who referred the
question to the attorney general, who ren
dered a lengthy opinion to-day. The facts
were that tho Atlanta Home has $200,000
invested in mortgages on real estate, and
has also money loaned out on personal
security.
REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES EXEMPT.
The attorney genoral held that the money
invested in real estate mortgages is exempt,
ns tho law requires all insurance companies
to have at least SIOO,OOO in cash or invested
in stocks, bonds or mortgages on real estate
for tho protection ot policy hhlders. Under
his construction of the tax act such
investment is legitimately connected
with the insurance business, because
required by law before the company
can operate in this state, the special tax on
premiums being all that the law contem
plates. But the attorney general holds the
company .liabloTor a tax,on its capita I loaned
out on personal security, because this is in
no wise connected with the business of in
surance, is not authorized by law or tho
company’s charter, and thereforejis not ex
empt
MEDICAL COLLEGES EXEMPT.
The attorney general also gave an opinion
that medical colleges are exempt from taxa
tion under the provision exempting all col
leges not used for purposes of pri vate or
corporate profit or income. The question
came up on the effort of the tax collector
to subject to tax tho property of the South
ern Botanical Medical college at Atlanta.
MURDER AT MARIETTA.
A difficulty occurred at midnight last
night at the shops of the Marietta and
North Georgia road at Marietta, in which
the night watchman, Zachary Alov wine,
was killed by Robert L Howell. A dis
pute arose about $2 worth of potato slips,
which Aleywine owed Howell. Howell
fired three shota, the last proving fatal.
Howell was put under arrest soon after the
shooting.
A FLEEING NEGRO SHOT.
On Marietta street this afternoon Officer
Christophine arrested Tom Bankston, a
trifling negro, for disorderly conduct. The
negro broke away from the officer aud ran,
followed by a crowd of men and boys.
Rome distance out the fugitive passed tho
the residence of Officer Paul, who ran out
■with a Winchester rifle and told the negro
to halt. The negro cursed him and went
on. Paul fired twice, the second shot hit
ting the negro in the thigh and bringing
him down. The negro was gent to a hos
pital, but is not seriously wounded.
DEED TO THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
A committee of Griffin citizens called on
the governor to-day aud delivered a doer! to
the experiment farm. It will be referred
to the the attorney general.
A rOSTUFFICE ROBBED.
The Edgewood postoftlco was robbed last
night, but the thieves got but littie.
SCHOOL BOOK RIVALRY.
A big fight has beenjwaged here by the
Appletors, Lippincotts, and Van Antwerp
Bragg & Cos., over arithmetics used in the
public schools. The board of education
this afternoon decided in favor of the Ap
pletons for the full series.
AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.
A Negro Shoots a Sailor at Brunswick
\V Ithout Cause.
Brunswick, Ga., Junetl—Joseph Haley,
a sailor on board the schooner Drury, now
loading lumber at Banks’ dock, left the
vessel to-night about 9 o’clock and started
to town. As he passed a pile of lumber a
negro spoang from behind it and exclaimed:
“I have got you now, you - ,”
,” leveled a pistol at his heart and fired.
The ball entered right over Haley’s heart,
ranging upward and inward, but
failed to strike it. He foil to the ground,
and the negro ran off. Comrades ran to
his assistance, and carried him to Port
Physician Dunwody’s office. Dr. Donwody
probed and found the ball, and Haley is
now recovering. He said to the News cor
respondent that he never visited Bruns
wick before, and did not know why any
one attempted to assassinate him. Officers
are scouring the city for the would-be mur
derer, but have not yet found him.
WOOLFOLKS RETRIAL.
The Second Attempt to Secure a Jury
Now in Progress.
Ferry, Ga., June o.—Court convened at
10 o’clock this morning. The jurors sum
moned for the trial were called and sworn
in for the Woolfolk trial. Five jurors were
obtained up to the time of adjournment at
5:30 o’clock. Thecase is progressing slowly.
The defendant’s counsel contesteve.v point
Subpcenaes were issued this afternoon for I
225 jurors to appear to-morrow morning at
S o’clock. The prisoner appears quiet with ‘
.JMiie or no excitement. Mim s. Crane, 1
SSawards and CowaD, with other friends,
rjttend closely every day, aud watch with
interest every movement of the state’s
counsel. The crowd increases daily. It is
now certain that a jury will be obtained to
morrow.
OUPID STEALS A MARCH.
Two Popular Young People of Albany
Quietly Married.
Albany, Ga., June 6.—Dr. XT. L. Davis !
and Miss Annie Smith were united in the !
bonds of wedlock at noon to-day, Rev. D.
F. Riley officiating. The marriage took
place at the residence of the bride’s father
on Pine street. It was a great surprise to
every one. Although expected by many,
no one surmised that the ceremony would
be so private, none of their acquaintances
or friends being incited to bo present. Tho
groom is one of Albany’s most promising
young physicians, and no young man stands
higher in the community. The bride is the
handsome and highly-accomplished daugh
ter of Hon. Tete Smith. The bridal couple
loft at 2 o’clock for New York.
Brunswick a Piay Houses.
Brunswick, Ga., June 6.—lt is
stated on good authority that the
Laricsa opera bouse was sold to-day to a
local syndicate who will at once commence
the erection of a large r.ew theater. This
•will give Brunswick two such places, as one
ia now being erected at a cost of $25,000.
Death Near Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., Jnne 6. —Mrs. Laura
B. Lamb, wife of Hon. Thomas Lamb, died
at her home, about three miles from this
tv, to-day, and will be buried here to
morrow.
COLUMBUB CHAPTERS.
Knights of Pythias Help Out the
Flood Sufferers.
Colttmbus, Ga., June 6.—The lodge of
the Knights of Pythias of this city to-night
donated SSO to the Pennsylvania ftjod
sufferers.
George Grimes, the negro who struck
Bailiff Newsome on the head with a brick
several weeks ago, has been found guilty in
tho superior court of assault with intent to
murder. Sentence has not yet been pro
nounced.
The Reynolds Sunday school will picnic
at Wildwood park, near this city, to-mor
row. They will come on the new road
from Buena Vista.
Quitman Topics.
Quitman, Ga., June 6.— The alliance
men of Brocks to-day closed a trade for an
acre lot ia town, on which they will at once
build an alliance warehouse. The ' i
centrally located ands >ld for about $2,50 •.
A most refreshing rain fell throughout
this section yesterday. It was much needed
and will do crops an incalculable amount
of good.
Green Cove Springs Gleanings.
Green Cove Springs, Fla., June 6.
Clay county wants anew court house.
Some advise issuing couuty bonds and
others oppose it.
The recent rains have done vast good in
this vicinity. The orange and pear trees
are doing splendidly. The crop from both
will be large and of excellent quality.
LYTTON’S ABSENCE.
French Deputies Reply to the English
Palnament'a Memorialists.
Paris, June 6 hundred and fifty
members of the Chamber of Deputies have
signed a response to the memorial sent by
2(53 members of the British House of Com
mons to President Carnot in relation to the
absence of Ixird Lytton, the British ambas
sador, from the opening of the Paris expo
sition. The responso expresses gratitude
for the evidence of sympathy for France
which the memorial contained, and utters a
hope that those who signed it wilt join in
an international parliamentary conference
on June 29, at which authorized representa
tives of public opinion may unite to chase
away the threats darkening tho political
horizon.
FRANCE’S SECRET SMRVICE.
M. Dreyfus Bound to Keep Pace with
German Methods.
Paris, June 6. —During the discussion of
the budget in the Chamber of Deputies
to-day, M. Dreyfus moved that 3,000,000
francs bo added to the estimates for the
secret service. He said that recent revela
tions, showing how ready the German gov
ernment was to expend money in buying an
English journal, clearly demonstrated that
Germany’s idea of warfare was not merely
a question of cannon balls. M. Spuller,
minister of foreign affairs, said he would
not refuse increased means to assist the
diplomacy of France. The motion was
referred to a committee.
A MARCHIONESS MURDERED.
Her Assassin Believed to Be an Em
bittered Tenant.
Brussels, June 0. —The Marchioness de
Cbasteler, an old lady belonging to a noble
Belgian family, has been found murdered
in her bed in tho chateau Moulbaux at
Mono. The crime has caused great excite
ment. ISho was shot through the heart.
The bullet was fired through her bedroom
window. The assassin is supposed to be
some former tenant of the marchioness who
had become enraged because his request for
a reduction of rent had been refused.
Uproar in the Chamber.
Paris, June 6. —In the dobate on the
educational budget in the Chamber of
Deputies to-dav, the rising of ex-President
Ferry to address the house caused great
unroar. A member of the right shouted:
“The blood of the Tonquin dead chokes
you!” and many similar cries were heard.
M.Cassagnac "advised the House to submit
and listen.
“We swallow our disgust,” exclaimed
M. Bourgois, deputy for the department of
Vendee.
Finally, on demaad of the president,
order was restored and M. Ferry pro
ceeded with his remarks.
Germany and Switzerland.
Berlin, June (s.—The Post says that
unless the Swiss Bundesrath reproves the
official concerned iu tho Wohlgemuth affair,
Germany will take reprisals by restricting
frontier intercourse iu the freight, postal
and passenger service. Wehlgeimith is the
German police inspector who was arrested
in Switzerland on a charge of bribing a
Swiss to act as agent provocateur and was
expelled from the country.
Russia Denies That She is Arming.
St. Petersburg, June 6.—A semi-official
denial has been made of the report which
caused the fall iu prices on the Berlin
bourse, that Russia was actively engaged
in arming her troops. The Journal de St.
Petersburg says the report is absolutely
groundless and reasserts that Russia’s
desire is for peace. The paper attributes
the report to stock speculators.
Mrs. Maybnck Held for Murder.
Liverpool, June 6. —At the inquest into
the death of Mr. May brick to-day a chemist
testified that he found a bottle of arsonic in
Mrst Maybrick’s trunk, and that a glass of
chocolate in her room also contained arsenic.
Toe inquest was concluded this afternoon
and a verdict of willful murder of her hus
band was returned against Mrs. Maybrick.
Gilly Flees.
Paris, June 6. —Numa Gilly, a member
of the Chamber of Deputies, who was
sentenced to a month’s imprisonment and to
pay a fine of 200 francs for libeling 51.
Salis, also a member of the Chamber of
Deputies for the department of Herault. has
fled the city to avoid arrest and imprison
ment under the sentence.
The Thames Mystery Explained.
London, June 6. —The Thames ravstery
is explained. The police have learned that
the unfortunate woman, whose mutilated
remains were picked up recently at differ
ent points on the river, belonged to Oxford
and was named Fisher. At the time of her
death she was a servant in London.
An American Blowout at Paris.
Paris, June 6.—The cabinet has consid
ered favorably tho request of the American
residents for permission to hold a public
celebration in Paris on July 4. President
Carnot has consented to unveil a statue of
liberty on that date.
Strike of the Seamen.
London, June 6. —The Aberdeen packets
have stopped running, owing to the strike
of the seamen and firemen. The dock labor
ers at Glasgow, Greenock, Belfast and Lon
donderry have joined the strike.
MEMORIAL EXBRCISSa
The Confederate Dead Paid a Tribute
at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va., June 6.— Memorial exer
cises iu honor of tho confederate dead were
conducted here to-day. The procession was
the largest ever known here, embracing
state troops, ex-coufederate veterans,United
I (States marines and sailo s, mem
bers of the Grand Army of
the Republic, veterans from the National
Soldiers’ Home and firemen who are here
attending the firemen’s state convention.
Gov. Fitzaugh Lee and others delivered ad
dresses at the cemetery, and David B. Lu
cas, of West Virginia, read a poem written
for the occasion.
TOE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 7. 1889.
STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
Tho Telegraphic Service Renewed on
a New Basis.
New York, June 6.— The stock ex
change has renewed its telegraphic quota
tion service. The final arrangements to
bring this about were made yesterday after
noon. The governors of tho exchange make
the following statement:
The -Gold and Stock Company makes a deal
with the Commercial Telegram Company, bv
the terms ot which Jay Goul.l is to have con
trol of bot h tickers so far as tbeir operation on
the stock exchange goa-. Two services are to
be e-tablished. The gold and stock tickers are
to be used in the offices of members of the
stock exchange, while bankers, speculators and
such part of the financial community as may
need or desire telegraphic quotation service can
subscribe for the use of tbe commer
cial tickers, each application for
this service having to meet with
the approval of the stock exchange authorities
before being granted. Tuere is to be this
difference in tho two services: Members of the
stock exchange are to receive their quotations
from one to two minutes ahead of those sold to
outsiders. Tnere is to be this other change, too,
from the recent terms: Instead of the long es
tahlished rate of SHI per ticker per month, $25
per mouth is to be dhargeri.
CLAIMS OF THE EXCHANGE.
It is claimed by tho stock exchange
authorities that oven if the courts compel
them to make public the distribution of
quotations, the delay of one or two minutes,
provided for in their outside service, will
bo quite sufficient to head off the so.iemes
of bucket shops, who can thrive only by
having immedi ate quotations.
The vice preside n of the New York Stock
Exchange stated to-day that the ticker
service was resumed for the convenience of
members, but tho resumption promised
nothing for the future. Tno present ar
rangement is teniDorary and c in be stopped
at any time without notice. Negotiations are
Dow pending for a ticker service which
shall be conducted with reference to the
best Interests of te e exchange, and in this
arrangement all interests entitled to
be heard will havo due consideration.
AID FOR HOME CHURCHES.
Action of the Missionary Society on
the Subject.
Saratoga, June 6.—At the extra morn
ing session of the American Home Mission
ary Society, to decide tbe conditions on
which southern white churches that have
recently applied for congregational fellow
ship shall be aided by this society, after very
earnest discussion of the present and future
relations between them and the congrega
tional churches and associations already in
that region, the members of which are
mostly colored, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
In full conviction that these churches are in
accord with the principles of this society and
with those held by the congregational churches
which it represents;
Resolved, That we heartily recommend them
to fellowship witii us in the gospel. \Veeoin
mend them to the fraternal sympathy and
prayers of nil our people, and wo request the
officers of the society to extend them such
financial aid as they may need as promptly as
tlie state of its treasury shall permit.
Resolved, That this society rejoices to learn
that an effort is being made to unite the
Georgia Congressional Conference and the
Georgia Congregational Association on the
principles of equal recognition and fellow
ship of all churches of cacti body, and trusts
that such union will be accomplished.
Groat satisfaction was expressed at the
unanimous adoption of these resolutions, as
at one time it was feared that there might
be a serious split on caste questions.
CHICAGO’S CRUEL CRIME.
Alexander Sullivan's Stock Deala Be
fore the Inquest Jury.
Chicago, June 6.—ln the Cronin inauest
to-day J. W. Moore, cashier of John T.
Letter & Cos., bankers, testified that be
tween June 1, ISS2, and April 13, ISS3,
Alexander Sullivan paid to the firm on
transactions with the firm, the sum of $133,-
800; that during the same period he drew
out $115,318 in checks and stocks worth
$14,000, showing a net loss of about $4,500.
One of the Lester & Co.’s bookkeepers
was put on the stand aud proceeded to read
an abstract of transactions in stocks which
Mr. Sullivan had with the firm during the
period mentioned. The list was long and
was not all read.
Internal Revenue Collectors.
■Washington, June o.—The President
to-day appointed to be c Electors of inter
nal revenue: John B. Eaves of North Car
olina for the Fifth district of North Car
olina; William A. Allen of Tennessee for
the Second district of Tennessee, vice Na
than Gregg, removed; David A. Nunn of
Tennessee for the Fifth district of Ten
nessee.
The Purchases of 4 l-2a.
Washington, June 6.—The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $21,250 4jq's at
and all were accepted.
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Here and There in
the Court Rooms.
A. R. Wright was commissioned a com
mercial notary by Judge Falligant yester
day.
Sigmund Brandt was admitted to citizen
ship iu tho superior court yesterday.
The bond of Robert Bryan was estreated
in the superior court yesterday. He was
under indictment for an assault with inteat
to murder Joseph Jones.
The court last night dismissed the petit
jury of the superior court until next Tues
day morning at 10 o’clock, and adjourned
until 10 o’clock this morning.
The trial of Patrick McEnenany for the
murder ot Frank Dobson has been assigned
for Wednesday, July 10. Hon. P.
W. Moldrim has been retained as counsel
for the defense.
The trial of Walter Jleyler for assault
with intent to murder has beau assigned for
Tuesday, July 9.
The Dunn assault case will be tried la the
superior court Wednesday, June 19.
AVylly Grant was convicted in the
superior court yesterday for the unlawful
shooting ot Gus Butler, and was sent-need
to two years in the penitentiary. Giver
Houston, alleged to havo been an accom
plice in the shooting, was acquitted by a
jury. Under tbe cr. ss-exa uination of
Thomas S. Morgan, Jr., counsel for the de
fense, the testimony was conflicting and
diff-red in material essentials from the tes
timony of the same witnesses on the trial of
Grant. Grant and Houston are colored
boys, tho latter being only about 15 years
of age.
In the superior court yesterday, Dick
Turner (colored) plead guilty to unlaw
fully stabbing William Oliver, and was
sentenced to the chain-gang for twelve
months. The original warrant was sworn
out in the office of a colored magistrate,
George A. Davidson, of Eastville, and is a
curious document. It starts out by giving
theuameofthe man who snore out the
warrant as “Oliver Williams,” on the sec
ond line gives it as "William Oliver,” and
to crown the blunder, tho name of Dick
Turner is signed to the warrant, which, oa
the face of the document, he swore out
against himself. It is a curiosity, which
the solicitor genera! has preserved.
W. K. Perry, the aeronaut, sued I. R. N.
Fisk in Justice Reynold’s court yes'erday
for $75 due for salary, and garnisheed t ie
Belt Line road aud the City and Suburban
railway for $33 33 each, which the plaintiff
claims was to have been paid Fisk tor the
a cension Wednesday afternoon.
Justice Reynolds committed Robert
Ripley (coloreu) to jail yesterday in dofault
of bail, ou the charge of the larceny of a
watch and other articles from Peter Roland,
the colored keeper of the Tybee railroad
bridge over Lazaretto creek, the day previ
ous.
Justice Russell sent H. H. Carter (colored)
to jail yesterday on a warrant charging
Carter "with cheating and swindling. C.
Bruce (colored) was the prosecutor. He
made au affidavit that Carter rented him a
storeroom on the corner of Stone and West
Broad streets, claimi eg that it was his prop
erty. Bruce paid $5 rent for a month, and
after moving into the house was dispos
sessed by the owner. It was then proven
that Carter had no claim whatever on the
house, and when Bruce went to him to get
him to refund the $5 Carter ret used. A
settlement could not be reached, and Bruce
prosecuted Carter for cheating and swin
dling. Carter was unable to give bond and
he was turned over to the city court.
Pastors’ Card.
We, the pastors of a number of Christian
churches in our city, feeling our responsi
bility to God and the people committed to
our care, desire to makea frank and earnest
statement and appeal, especially to our own
congregations, and as far as it may be right
aud proper, and our influence extends, to
our fellow-citizens at large. It is certainly
obvious to the most casual observer, that
with our increase of population and pr s
perity in material things, there is a fearfully
disuroportiouate increase of many crying
and dostruciive evils and vices in our com
munity. Two of these evils seem to us to
lie at the foundation and are the direct
cause of a large proportion of the vice and
immorality so prevalent and deplorable,
namely, intemperance and the violati <n of
the Sabbath day. Each of these multi
plies, intensifies and aggravates the other.
But we desire now especially to call at
tention to the desecration of the Sabbath.
The seventh day is divinely declared to
be a rest day, required by tiie constitution
of muu’s nature and by the laws of our
land, and ought nat, therefore, to be a day
for business meetings of a worldly nature,
nor for the celebration of worldly events,
nor for secular clu > meetings, nor for gath
erings for the transaction of worldly busi
ness of any kind. Much less ought it to be
used as a day for pleasure excursions,
which openly and defiantly violate the laws
of God and tne laws of the laud. No mail
can reasonably gainsay the statement that
a scriptural and sensible observance of the
Habbath rest oonserves public morals, pro
motes public peace and prosperity and very
largely contributes to the public welfare
generally. But the continued and no
ticeably increasing violations of the
Sabbath law by so large a portion of our
citizens, is a matter of deep regret, and
when rightly considered is certainly a mat
ter of very great alarm. We fear that
some of our own people are involved,
directly or indirectly, in these violations
of divine and human laws, and their
solemn church vows, and are thus being
swept away by tho rising tide of evil. We
feel then tnat the time has come when not
only all Christian people, but all lovers cl
their country aud of their race ought to
make a firm and decided stand for the Sab
batn of Bible, the Sabbath of our fathers,
and the Sabbath of our country, which is
now so fearfully imperiled. Every parent,
every humanitarian and patriot, every
lover of good order, aid every good and
true citizen is vitally interested in this
issue. Placards and public notices weekly
urge and inflame our people to violate
tho laws of God and tho state by steamboat
and railroad excursions aud other forms of
Sabbath desecration without any rrbuko or
protost, and tho evil is rapidly increasing.
Now we, as pastors of flocks, and ia acer
tain sense guardians of the moral welfare
of our people, and as citizens, desire to
nuike this earnest appeal to ali t > aid us in
trying to arrest and abate these crying
evils. Then, in the name of God and his
church, of morality and humanity, of the
rising generation, our sons aud daughters,
of tho majesty of law, of the honor and
good name of our city, and of every high
aud noble motive that appeals to man’s bet
tor nature, wo most earnestly and lovingly
ask you not only to abstain from these
things yourselves but to discour
age and discountenance them in
every way, both publicly and privately,
and by every proper means seek to create a
public sentiment against Sabbath viola
tions, and all kinds of evils, and the enforce
ment of law, until our city shall bo relieved
of this disgrace and wrong. We feel moved
to make this solemn and earnest appeal,
under a deep sense of our personal and
official responsibilities to God aud men,
believing tnat all our fellow-citizms, like
minded with ourselves, will appreciate our
motives and approve our action.
I. S. K. Axson,
J. F. Dripps,
Pastors Independ’. Presbyterian Church.
W. 8. Bowman,
Pastor Lutheran Church.
J. R. 51cCleskey,
Pastor Trinity Methodist Church.
J. E. L. Holmes.
Pastor First Baptist Church.
J. W. Rogan,
Pastor First Pre bylerian Church.
A. M. Wynn.
Pastor Wesley Monumental Church.
T. H. Blenus,
Pastor Christian Church.
R. Q. AY ay,
Pastor Anderson Presbyterian Church.
J. XT. summons,
Pastor Now Houston Methodist Church.
W. S. Royall,
Pastor Duffy Street Baptist Church.
T. E. Deavenport,
Pastor Marvin Methodist Church.
J. E. Gilmore,
Chaplain Seamen’s .Bethel.
A REMARKABLE YACHT.
To Prevent Cotton Fires on V essels—
An American Idea.
From the Boston Journal of Commerce.
Capt. Francis L. Norton’s patent water
ballasted, non-capsizab'.e, non-sinkable,
yawl-rigged, koul, 36-foot yacht Neversink
left New York on ‘lay 11, bond across the
Atlantic to H ivre, by way of Boston. She
is intended at an exhibit at the Paris expo
sition. She i3 manned by Capt. Josiah W.
Lawlor, Edward S. McKinney and Hans
Hansen. She measures 33 feet over all, 39
feet oa tho water line, 12 feet beam, and
her draught oi water amidships is 30 inches.
The Neverffuk’s lower mast and topmast
are both in one piece, a stout Oregon pine
stick, about 30 feet long. She has a spare
suit of sails, and when running before the
wind she will carry a squaresail.
Capt. Nortan says about the system on
which the Neversink is built and equipped:
“A b at or vessel constructed ia this man
ner will, on being placed in the water, auto
matically receive her water ballast through
the openings in its ballast chambers, and as
the air in them, except that contained in
the arms, is forced out, it cannot, return,
and the water ballast is retained in position
until the boat is again taken from the wa
ter.”
Another device or method has bean added
to those h ret'fore proposed to prevent the
burning of cotton when being conveyed in
vessels. The safeguards no a- brought for
ward consi-t in w rapping eacu bale of cot
ton in vriie gauze i -stead of tho usual cov
ering of jute bagging. It has teen, it is
claimed, subjected to all kinds of tests, in
cluding hooks and compression, and it is
alleged has proved itself equal in all
respects to jute bagging, tho cost of the
nsv material at present Deing the same as
that of jute bagging. Tho principle in
volved is that flame will not pass through
very small holes, according to the
well known construction of the
Davy safety lamp. Cotton packed in the
hold of a vessel will when once on fire burn
more or less slowly for works, even if the
hold is flooded wiih sea wa or, and when
removing the cotton will burst into flames,
burning fiercely and most destructively.
Cotton bales have even been known to float
blazing away when thrown overboard
aft :r being taken from a burning vessel.
In this case the cotton became heated
almost to the charring point by the long
contmued lire close by. But while such
wire cFth might stand a considerable de
gree of heat tor some time, sooner or later
the material will oxidizs and fall into
pieces. It is suggested, therefore, that jute
bagging might be treated with silicate of
seda or some fireproofing “water glass” to
render the fabric non-inflammable.
Difficult.— Poctor—And now, as to the
■welling on the back of your head, there is
nothing serious about it at present, but you
must keep your eye fixed on it .—Fliegende
Blotter.
USES OF HUMAN SKIN.
A NSW FAD THAT PHYSICIANS OF
GOTHAM AFFECT.
It Is Cured and Tanned and Made Up
Into Purses, Spectacle and Card
Cases—The Newest Craze for a Me
mento of Villians—A Business That
Is Not Lively to be Very Popular.
(Copyright 1889.)
New York, June I.—lt was only a few
nights ago that a party of men about town
were chatting in the cafe of an uptown
hotel. The ordinary topics of conversation
had seemingly become exhausted, when one
of the mea of business took from his vest
pocket what looked like a square piece cf
soft leather.
“Carried that a good many years,’’ he
said sententiously.
“You must have had very little to put
in your pocket*,” remarked one young
man.
“Goat skin I guess,” suggested another.
“No, gentlemen,” was the response, “you
are both wrong. I didn’t carry it because
my pockets were empty, and it isn't goat
skin. That piece of skm came from a hu
man body, and the mau who once wore it
was hanged in the Tombs notsomany years
ago."
Several of the group examined the piece
of s.,in curiously while one turned pale and
rushing to the bar smallowed a drink of
brandy and-was seen no more.
“I got that,” continued the owner of this
queer pocket piece—“’out no matter where
I got it. .At any rate I carry it with me at
ail times. What’s more, there are a num
ber of companion pieces to it drifting
around New York. Une of them is carried
by a society lady who takes up a good deal
of space in the newspapers.”
“Well, all I’ve got to say,” remarked one
of the group, “is that you’ve deuced queer
taste. I don’t envy you your pocket piece.
It suggests cannibalism to me!”
But the eccentric mau only laughed, and
lighting a fresh cigar drifted out.
A little investigation in that part of New
York city that is locally known as the
“Swamp,” brought cut the fact vouched
for by reliable persons that the young man
referred to is but one of quite a 1 srge class.
In the “Swamp” on the lower east side of
New York is centered ;the hide and leather
business of the city, and some very solid
citizens do business there and are tc be met
auy afternoon at the Hide and Leather
club where their decidedly odorous calling
is forgotten over sparkling wine and other
good things.
It was one of these solid citizens who is
responsible for the statement that the tan
ning of portions of the human skin is by
no means uncommon. The solid citizen
averred, of course, that his firm did not
run lo this sort of business, but that every
one in the hide and leather industry knew
that it was done, and quite extensively, too.
What this solid citizen said was’ corrobo
rated by other solid citizens in the same
business. One of them said that this par
ticular Hue of bnsinsss would never become
very extensive owing to the fact that the
human skin, unlike that of an animal, is
not susceptible of successful treatment by
tho tanners. Many experiments in this
line have been made but with little success.
“I don’t know what affinity there is be
tween a human being and a walrus,” said
the dresser of skins, “bat it is a peculiar
fact that the only animal whose skiu when
dressed is like the skin of a man is a walrus.
Between the skm of this animal and that of
a man there is little or no difference. Both
have the same characteristics.
“The human skin when tanned and
dressed,” said the expert, continuing upon
his s nuewhat remarkable subject, in a mat
ter of, fact way, “can bo put to but a small
number of uses. It cannot be used as the
skin of an animal can be. You see the hu
man skiu is p ,rous. It cannot be used
where it will come into contact with water.
But you can make pocketbooks, spectacle
cases, and things of that kind out of it.”
Those affecting this queer fad are chiefly
surgoons and physicians. With them,
however, it is not altogether a fad, but a
matter of business. Many physicians use
bags made of human skiu to hold their
more delicate instruments, and say it is the
best material from which such an article
can be made. At least two of New York’s
coroners, according to one of the workers
in hides, have these cases, and many sur
geons also use them. In one case the wife
of a well-known surgeon has affected tho
custom too. She has a particularly hand
some purse which sho ue.er tires of show
ing to her friends. She does not tell ail of
them, however, that it was made from the
skin of a human being who came under her
husband’s scalpel. But it was, just the
same, and this particular fair dame is not
the only one who carries a purse of this re
markable material.
Most of the young surgeons in our hos
pitals affect it. Some very romantic cases
come under their notice from time to time,
cases the characters of which the public has
little idea. Some of these young men tell
queer stories that are suggested by these
ghastly keepsakes, stories that recall some
of those told by Gaboriau, and that are re
plete with romance or more often with
tragedy. J. Wilson Johnson.
Plain History.
Swift’s Specific is a simple vegetable com
pound, prepared from roots gathered freshly
from the forest, and contains nothing of the
mineral kingdom or auy poisonous sub
stance, or any articlo at all which comes
from the chemist’s laboratory.
The formula of the remedy was obtained
from the Creek Indians in Middle Georgia,
by reliable white men, who had witnessed
the wonderful cures made by that tribe of
Indians, of blood diseas is. Mr. Hugh L.
Dennard of Houston county, Georgia, be
gan using Swift’s Specific in 1829, and con
tinued its use all of his life, and asserted
that he had never known it to fail to cure
any case of scrofula, blood taint or con
tagious olood poison. This testimony has
been corroborated every day for years. The
present company wa. formed m 1879, and
have since m :de known to the world the
vir! ues of Swift’s Specific, aad to-day it is
sold in every city, town and country store
all over America, Great Britain and many
other portions of the world.
I have seen Swift’s Specific used and
known of many cases of thj worst form of
blood diseases which have been cured by it.
I know the proprietors to be gentlemen ot
the highest type and utmost reliability. I
recomrae id it as a great olood remedy, un
equiled by auytuing that I know of.
M. B. Wharton,
Pastor First Baptist Church, Montgomery
Ala.
Treatise on Blood and Skiu Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Company, Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga.
THE BOOK FOR BOOKKEEPERS.
It Will open Out Perfectly Flat From
First to Last Page.
The Morning News Printing House is
the licensed manufacturer of Bronson’s
Flat Opening Blauk Books (adopted by the
United States government).
There is no book made of equal strength.
It, will open at any page and remain per
fectly flat. There is no danger of the leaves
bee ,ruing loose. It is tho only elastic bind
ing designed to open fiat that has received
the unqualified indorsement of bookkeepers
as well as bookbinders. Books ruled to any
pattern, made to any size and bound in any
style.
We are making books for a number of
firms in this city and elsewhere, and will
take pleasure in showing them to those in
terested.
The Morning News Steam Printing
House, 3 Whitaker street. Savannah.
The British steamship James Turpie, on a re
cent trip from Messina to New York, ran into a
6d-foot whale, and killed the monster. Although
the vessel was violently shocked she was in no
wise damaged.
ON THE DIAMOND.
Results of the Gamas Between the
Country’s Leading Teams.
Washington, June 6.—Base ball gam as
were played to-day with the following re
sults:
At Baltimore—
Baltimore 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0— 3
Cincinnati 1 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 x—lo
Base hits: Ba'tirnore 2. Cincinnati 7. Errors:
Baltimore 6, Cincinnati 7. Batteries: Fore
man and Quinn. Duryea and Keenan.
At Pmladelphia (first game)—
Athletic 1 2 020000 o—s
Louisville 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0— 2
Base hits: Athletic 10, Louisville 5. Errors:
Athletic 4, Louisville 6. Batteries: be wart
and Robinson, Ramsay and Cook.
Second game—
Athletic 1 1 0 0 8 1 0 5 o—l 6
Louisville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1— 3
Base hits: Athletic 17, Louisville 12. Errors:
Athletic 1. Louisville 6. Batteries: Coleman
and Robinson, Ebret and Vaughan
Philadelphia 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 o—6
Washington 0 0000000 1— 1
Base hits: Philadelphia 13. Washington 7.
Errors: Pnil.idelphia 1. Washington 1. Bat
teries: Buffinton and Clements, Haddock and
Mack.
At Boston—
Boston 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 o—lo
New York 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0— 7
Base hits: Boston 15, New York 10. Errors:
Boston 2, New York 4. Batteries: Clarkson and
Bennett; Keefe and W. Brown.
At Brooklyn—
Kansas City 2 100201 00—0
Brooklyn 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0— 4
fase hits: Kansas City 9; Brooklyn 10. Er
rors: Kansas City 5; Brooklyn 6. Batteries
Swatzel and Donohue, Lovett and Reynolds.
At Cleveland—
Cleveland 10700000 0— 8
Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 o—2
Base hits: Cleveland 12, Pittsburg 2. Errois:
Cleveland 2, Pittsburg 5. Batteries: Beatin
and Sutcliffe, Staley and Miller.
At Chicago—
Chicago. 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 I—ll
Indianapolis 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2—lo
Basehiis: Chicago 12, Indianapolis 11. Errors:
Chicago 3, Indianapolis 5. Batteries: Tener,
Gumbert and Darling, Getzein and Buckley.
At Columbus —
Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
St. Louis 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 x—9
Base hits: Columbus 7, St Louis 9. Errors:
Columbus 5, St. Louis 2. Batteries: Gastright
and Bligh, Hudson and Milligan.
LONGSTREET'B GOLD MINE.
A New Story as to Its Discovery After
the Fire.
Washington, Juni 6.—Co’. “Jack’
Brown called on the President to-day at the
request of Gen. Longstreet, who is still sick
in Gainesville, in the interest of Freeman
Longstreet’s candidacy for collector of in
ternal revenue for Georgia. In speaking of
the burniug of Gen. Longstreet’s house,
Capt. Brown said: “After the fire work
men were engaged in clearing away the
ruins and in a hopeless sort of way looking
to see if anything could be
saved. While at Work with pick
and shovels, they struck a gold mine on the
site of the destroyed homestead. Further
investigation assays, etc., have disci, sed
that it is a gold tpine of great richness.
Gen. Longstreet and his family are raised
from the depression of a loss they could ill
afford to the prospect of the actual posses
sion of wealth. There is gold all through
that section of Georgia.
MEDICAL.
“Thick and Glossy.”
THE PRODUCTION of an abundant
growth of hair, of a silk-like texture
and of the original color, often results
from the use, by those who have become
bald or gray, of Ayer’s Hair Vigor:
“ I was rapidly becoming gray and
bald ; but after using two or three
bottles of Ayer’s Hair Vigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the origi
nal color was restored.”—M. Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, N. H.
“ A trial of Ayer’s Hair Vigor has con
vinced me of its merits. Its use has
not only caused the hair of my wife and
daughter to be abundant and glossy, but
it has given my rather stunted mus
tache a respectable length and appear
ance.” — R. Brittou, Oakland, Ohio.
“ I have used Ayer’s Hair Vigor for
the past four or five years and find it a
most satisfactory dressing for the hair.
It. is all that I could desire, being harm
less, causing the hair to retain its
natural color, and requiring but a small
quantity to render the hair easy to ar
range.”—Mrs. M. A. Bailey, 9 Charles
st., Haverhill, Mass.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor,
PREPARED BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer Sc Cos., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by Druggists and Perfumers.
AMU SEME NTS.
SAVANNAH THEATER.
ONE WEEK, COMMENCING
MONDAY,,_JUNE 3.
Wednesday and Saturday Matinees.
dim Romany
IN THE FOLLOWING REPERTOIRE:
GlrolleGirofla, Pirates of Penzance, Bohemi
an Girl, Chimes of Normandy, Biilee
Tuvlor, .Mikado, Olivette.
SUMMER PRICES. 35c., 35c. and bOc.
RAILROADS.
SAVANNAH AND TYBEE RAILROAD.
IN EFFECT SUNDAY, APRIL 2S, 1P39.
Trains leave Savannah daily, except Sunday,
Standard Time, at 9:3U a. m., 2:30 p. m.,5:40p.
m. and 8 p. m.
Leave Tybee 7 a. M., 11:45 a. a., 6:05 p. a. and
0 p. M.
Sunday schedule, in effect on and after April
28,1889:
Leave Savannah 9:30 a. m., 1:30 p. a., 3p. a.
and 8 p. m.
Leave Tybee 6:45 A, a., 11:45 a. m., 5:30 and
6:45 p. a.
Fare for round trip. 50c.; half fare, 25c. Sea
son tickets at reduced rates. Family excursions
evety Tuesday and Friday. Fare for round
trip, 35c.; half fare, 20c. .
Trains leave from the company's NEW
DEPOT, on Randolph street, foot of President
street.
Tickets on sale at Fernandez's cigar store,
or at Gazan's cigar store, under Pulaski House,
also at ticket office at Savannah and Tybee De
pot and Central Railroad Ticket Office.
Arrangements for special excursions can be
made by addressing R. E. COBB, Suderintend
ent, or li H. WOODRUFF, Freight and Passen
ger Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R- E. COBB, Supt.
SPECIAL, NOTICES.
' NOTICE. '
Having secured the agency of the COLLIER,
strictly pure WHITE LEAD, of St. Louis, Mo.,
I am prepared to sell at the lowest prices.
ANDREW HANLEY,
Corner Bay and Whitaker streets.
PAINTS,
OILS AND VARNISHES, LEADS, COLORS
AND MIXED PAINTS.
Berry Bros.’Hard Oii and Varnishes. A full
stock of Paint and White Wash Brushes on
hand. Call and get prices at
EDWARD J. KIEFFEP.'S
Drug and Seed Store,
Corner West Broad and Stewart streets.
6 GUARANTEED TO CURE
OR MONEY REFUNDED. H J
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
McGRATH.—The relatives and
and Mrs. Geo. McGrath and family are .
spectfully invited to attend the funeral of- 9
former from his late residence. 4GU Easr p„ ?
street, at 10 o'clock THIS MORNING.
MEETINGS.
Landrum lodge xoT tsTY Y
A regular communication of this lodge
will be held THIS (Friday} EVEN _/A
ING at 8 o'clock at Masonic Temple. NJ 2*
The F. C. degree will be conferred.
Members of lister Lodges and transient hreth
ren are cordially invited to attend.
By order of A. H. MACDONELL, SV. "u
H. E. Wilson. Secretary.
MYRTLE LODGE NO. 6, K. OF p"
A regular meeting of this Lodge will
be held THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock. / r.A
Sister Lodges and transient Knights fr
are invited. Lviej
CHARLES RATZ, C. C.
Waring Russell. Jr., K. of R. and S.
PULASKI COUNCIL NO. 153, R. \ ~
A regular meeting THIS EVENING at
o'clock at Knights of Pythias Hall.
„ W. P. SCHIRM, Regent
Clarence S. Connkrat. Secretary.
EDUCATIONAL MEETING^
A meeting in the interest of Female Educa
tion will be held in the Lecture Room of thi
Lutheran Church THIS i Friday) NIGHT at s-ji
o’clock. Officers and members of the churck
and tbe public invited. Address by C. H. Dun
Esq., of Charlotte, N. C.
W. S. BOWMAN, Pastor.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements inserted under
Notices" will be charged SI 00 a Square
insertion. 1
THE TWE\TV ~ '
' WHICH I WILL SELL AT AUCTION
HAVE THESE ADVANTAGES:
They have the usual frontage of thirty feet,
and the great depth of 115 feet.
They front north and south. They hav.
frontages on the only streets that are 100 fee:
wide; all the others having a width of but 6i
feet.
The terms are liberal, requiring only 39;
down.
Thp small monthly payment of SlOenablei
the buyer to meet t'ne obligation with ease, anf
insures a quicker completion of tho contract.
The low rate of 6 per cent, is cheaper that
money can be borrowed on the best collateral)
known in the market.
Each purchaser has the warranty of the Title
Guarntee and Loan Company.
Every purchaser may receive assistance from
the Guarantee Company in his efforts to build
a home upon his purchase.
C. H, DORSETT, Auctioneer.
*lO REWARD.
Lost, a large ivory-necked, gold-headed ebonj
Walking Cane, engraved “E. L. Whatley, 1866.”
I will pay 310 for its delivery to ine, and asl
no questions.
. G. B. WHATLEY, 182 State street.
BLACKFISH BANKS. '
Tug CYNTHIA will leave wharf foot of Dray
ton street, SUNDAY, June 9th, at 6A. M. Tick
ets to be had at
STRAUSS STEAM PRINTING CO.,
CHATHAM SUPERIOR COURTS
JUNE TERM, 1889.
All Petit Jurors of this court are hereby noti
fied that they need not appear until 10 o'clock
TUESDAY MORNING, next, 11th inst.
By order of His Honor Judge Falligant.
JAMES K. P. CARR, Clerk S. C. C, C,
GIVEN AWAY AT HEIDT’S
On MONDAY, 10th, to heads off imliies,
THE DOCTOR AT HOME,
A valuable treatise on Man and Horse, by Dr.
J. Kendall & Cos.
DO YOU FOLLOW THE SRUIBSt
You should clip them out and preserve for
reference. Too busy to get any ready on yes
terday. Will try to furnish another installment
to-morrow.
.1. J. REILY,
Importer and Specialist,
30 Whitaker Street.
Telephone 165.
DIVIDEND NO. 53.
Augusta and Savannah 2__ 7 lrcad. i
Savannah. Ga., June 4, 1889. f
On and after this date a dividend of Three
Dollars and a Half per share will be paid to the
stockholders of tbe Augusta and Savannah
Railroad, at tho banking house of Charles H.
Olmstead & Cos„ between the hours of 10 A. x.
and Ip. M. W. S. LAWTON. President.
SHERWOOD’S DANCING ACADEMY.
The Ladies and Gentlemen's FRIDAY EVEN
ING CLASS postponed until FRIDAY EVEN
ING, June 14th, at 8:30 o’clock. _____
DR. BEST
HAS RETURNED AND RESUMED
PRACTICE.
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, aud it will be forwarded by ex
press, freight paid.
PURIFY YOUR HOMES.
USE PHENYLE,
The best disinfectant known. In daily use by
city authorities, and indorsed by our physicians.
Clean' v to use. Sold in quantities to suit. For
sale pniv at
BUTLER'S PHARMACY.
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
20 HEAD OF MULES,
Suitable for farm and Turpentine purposes.
A. McCORMICK.
TO THE PUBLIC.
All persons are cautioned against purchasing
that tract of land in Chatham County, Georgia,
immediately south of the extended limits of
the city of Savannah, known as the BRANCH
TRACT, containing One Hundred and Seven
Acres, more or less, bounded on the north by
Estill Avenue, east by Waters Road, south by
lands of Barstow, and west by lands of Gen. A.
R. Lawton, as I have made "a contract for the
purchase thereof, and intend to apply to tho
courts for a specific performance of the con
tract. J. H. ESTILU
Savannah, Aug. 30, 1889-
