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COTTON RAGGING THE GO.
THE COTTON f XCHANOE'3 REPLY
TO LIVERPOOL’S ASSOCIATION.
The Necessity for the Establishment
of an Equitable Difference in Tare
in Favor of Cotton Covering The
Action of the Savannah Exchange
Upon the Liverpool Association's
Letter.
The bagging problem i* the talk now
among cotton men. The conference of the
southern states agricultural commissioners
with the New York Cotton Kxchango Gay
before yesterday, resulted in h recommen
dation of cotton bagging in place of jute.
The necessity now arucs for the establish
ment of a proper amount of tare in favor
of the lighter covering.
President Blood worth of the Savannah
Cotton Exchange received the following
letter h few days ago from the Liverpool
exchange:
Liverpool. Eno., July sw, 1889.
To the President of the Savannah Cotton Ex
change:
Deah Sir —The question of covering bales of
cotton with “cotton bagging" has been under
the consideration of this ass >ciation, an i they
are strougly of opinion that te adoption
of cotton bagging w -ild be attended with an
noyance'and inevitable loss to the importers,
and to others.
Among th** weighty objections to adoption of
Cotton bagging art*
a> That it will not afford adequate protec
tion against damage, and cannot resist rough
handling.
(b). Difficulty ami cost of mending. If the
question of tare be dealt with, jute bagging
with cotton bagging cannot I>* used, and cotton
covering costs 7d jht yard aga.nst jute 2fd?‘i,
Causing a serious and direct loss to import rs
and users of cotton.
(c*. Extra bands w ill bo needed.
(db Underwriters, after making think
its use undesirable, and would be likely to make
differential rates of premium.
The association is given to understand that
there will be only a small proportion of the pres
•nt cotton crop coming forward with the cotton
covering; and in c >qsideration of the strong ob
jections 1 have been instructed to intimate to
the American exehang** that tnis as-*o>nation
condemns the useofcottm bagging, and dmm
not see its way to make any legislation dealing
with cotton so covered. 1 am. dear sir. yours
faithfully, Peter Brown.
The letter was referred by Pres,dent
Bloodwortb to the directors of the ex
change, and the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the president be requested to
repiy to the communication from the Liverpool
Cotton Exchange that the'‘Fanners' Alliances”
in the southern state-** have all declared in favor
Kft cotton bagging, and that no action of cotton
exchanges can prevent its use. ari l the only
limit to its use will be tho capacity of the mills
manufacturing it.
That in view of the fact that probably not
less t ban one-tenth of the grow ing crop will I**
covered with cotton bagging, exchanges in con
trolling markets ought to take steps to etab
lish an equitable difference in tare In favor of
this light covering.
********
President Bloodworth, in his roply to the
Liverpool exchange, says:
The question of the use of cotton bagging as
a covering for cotton has alrea ly been decided
In the affirmative by the farmers' organizations
in the southern states, which organizations
are strong In numbers and influ
ence. Under the arrangements made with them
mills are engaged in its manufacture, and their
output for weeks ahead has already been con
traded for. The distribution of this bagging
has begun, and a few bales of the new cr p cov
ered with it have been received. The sufficiency
of the covering as n protection against damage
can only be certainly determined by experience*,
but as the planters are sending, and will con
tinue to send their cotton to market in this
covering, the experiment must tried. The
question then, that concerns the cotton t rade or
ganizations, is not w hether cotton bagging shall
be used—that has already been d*cided by the
planters themselves -but bow shall the diffl
col ties and inconvienees, which the use of the
two coverings will inevitably cause, be mil and
overcome?
It is hoped that your association will re
consider its resolution not to legislate on the
subject, and that it will lead in an effort at such
an adjustment as the changed conditions re
quire, and especially in an equitable nrraug**
ljent of the question of tare so that there may
be no unjust discrimination against tho light
weight cotton bagging.
The planter heretofore has received tho
full price for his cotton, gross weight, includ
ing bagging and ties. In this way ho received
a neat sum in the price of cotton applied to
the weight of bagging and ties. While the
bulk of the coining crop will of course be
covered with jute, a good portion
Mill also be covered with cotton, and
the planter, in view of thin fact, asks that
the tare between tho two coverings be ad
justed so that ho will not bo compellod to
buffer loss on account of tho lighter weight
of the cotton covering.
THE CENTRAL’S VIEW OF IT.
Gen. Alexander on the South Bound
Enterprise.
Gen. E. P. Alexander has evidently been
taking quite an interest in the Suuth Bound
railway enterprise, t e building of winch
hefecoguizes will open up new territory lo
Savannah, and will be a feeder for the
Ocean steamship line. He thinks, however,
that it will be a rather expensive thing to
attempt to make it an independent road to
Savannah, and deprive itself of terminal
facilities from other roads, or obtain its
own only at great expense. He thinks it
especially expe sive to build its road from
where it is proposed to bridge the Savan
nah river at Sister's ferry, and run down
the river through a territory from which it
cannot expect to draw much traffic.
The prudent thing to do, Gou. Alexander
thinks, is for the South Bound folks to
build from Barnwell to the nearest point on
the Port Royal and Augusta road and use
it to its junction with the Charleston and
Savannah road, and uso the Charleston and
Savannah road to this city, by which ar
rangement it would then be easy to avail
itself of the depot facilities of the Charles
ton and Savannah depot and the Central
depot—either, or both—and the distance
would than be only about ten miles greater
than by the proposed route of the South
Bound from Barnwell to Savannah.
As Gen. Alexander outlined the ad
vantages of that plan he said if the South
Bound folks do not build their road he in
tends to build from a point on the Port
Royal and Augusta to Barnwell and give
the people of that section a shorter line to
Savannah.
FALL FROM A TRAIN.
M. J. Gibbons Thrown from a Car Plat
form and Seriously Injured.
M. J. Gibbons, a boiler maker, who was
•ent down by Dale, Dixon & Cos., to Jesup
to repair some mill machinery there, fell
from the train near Jesup, breaking bis
collar bone and fracturing his skull. He
was brought back to Savaunah on the fast
mail yesterday morning, and Dr. Charlton
ordered him taken to the havannah hos
pital where his wounds were treated. His
skull will be trephined to-day. The physi
cians say that while the man’s wound is very
painful it is not dangerous.
Gibbons is about forty-seven years old
and has a wife, who remains with him at
the hospital. It is said that he was on the
platform aud by a sudden jerk of the train
he was precipitate 1 from the platform to
the ground. In falling one of the cars
struck him, causing the fractures.
IT WANTS THE MONEY.
The Tybee Hotel Company Sues
Ehrlich & Bro. for SSOO.
In the city city court yesterday argument
was heard on a demurrer to plaintiff’s peti
tion in the case of the Tybee Hotel Com -
pany vs. A. Ehrlich & Bro., the court over
ruling the demurrer aud continuing the
case for the term.
The suit is to recover the sum of s’>oo,
snbaoription for five shares of the capital
stock of the hotel company, which Ehrlich
<jc Bro. refused to pay after subscribing to
the stock. Denmark, Adams & Adams
represent Ehrlich & Bro., and R. R. Rich
ard*, Esq., the hotel company.
THS LIFE ELIXIR CRAZE.
Savannah Physicians Preparing for
a 1 est of the New Discovery.
The Brown-Sequard elixir is still a sub
ject of study by the medical fraternity of
this city, and it is hinted among then that
one of their number has tried the elixir <m
himself, but with no corresponding gain.
This, however, has not discouraged the phy
sicians, who do not want to decry the elixir
too hastily, and ivjieci'dly so ns it i-. u der
stood that the physician experimented with
the glands of a rabbit, a very short-lived
animal, having an extremely nervous
organism, and net calculated t" stimulate
vitality, us sacred writ ha noted that - ‘the
cony are a feeble folk.”
Another physician, it is said, lias ex
pressed the elixir from the gland* of a
game fowl, and administered it hypoderm
ically to an aged negro, who was so much
exhilarated by the operation that he crowed
for joy, and strutted up and down in high
feather.
Dr. J. A. \V. AVegefarih said last night,
in reply to an inquiry of a Morning News
r_port' r if ho had yet experimented with
the elixir, that he had not, bat that
h- his be u studying up tho
different formulae with a view to a t early
test. Dr. AVegefarth says there will bo no
trouble to find pat in s, and lie has one in
mind where permission, he thinks, will be
cheerfully given. The doctor says he will
uso a lamb to supply tne elixir, and he
will have his arrange nc its perfected in d
vance, so that very shortly after the aniinai
has boo i killed the elixir ca.i he used bofo e
fermentation car. pos-ibly sot in.
Dr. E. 11. Nichols and tnnt lie intends
experimenting with the olixir 100:1, ad bo
will take ev. ry precaution to make tho ex
periment before spore life is developed.
1 >r. N.chols thinks ho will have a goat sac
rificed on the alt.r of science. To retain
the vital esfence of the elixir, and ni, the
same time sterilized, is the doctor’s idea of
using the preparation in this climate, if its
use is practicable, or, in other words, if it is
found to havo the medical virtues w hich
have Peon ascribed to it, or if this is not
practical, then to maintain, artificially, tho
neat of the elixir to Us t ie norn.nl tem
perature in the life of the animal from
which the elixir is taken.
The elixir cra:'.e, if such a term may be
properly applied to it, is rapidly spreading
over the country, and there is hardly a eitv
of any considerable size in the United
States in which it lias not tieen experi
mented with, and the reports are nearly- all
of the most flattering character. It is not
safe, however, to delay using it too long.
A physician of Cincinnati, who was a
sufferer from insomnia, extracted the elixir
from the glands of a liinb on Thursday of
la3t week, and administered it to himself.
Asa result lie says ho had not spent such a
restful night in year* as that nignt, and ins
slumber continued so late in the morning
that his wife thought it best to
awaken him. After making liis toilet
he concluded he would take another
hypodermic injection, and was about to do
so when be thought it best to take the pre
caution to examine it under the microscope,
when he found spores, in which state, had
he applied it, death must have inevitably
resulted. This is why it is considered ex
tremely risky iti a climate so much wanner.
The experiment of using the elixir, how
ever, has been tried in Mobile, still farther
south than Savannah, in the last few days,
and favorable results are said to have fol
lowed the treatment.
Dr. Hammond aud other physicians, who
are inclined to fake a conservative view of
the new discovery, say that the elixir is a
tonic, ami they do not expect lasting bene
fits from its use, but >tber physicians think
it uasgreator vitalizing virtues, and that it
may lead up to something higher than has
yet tieen attained iu the scientillc domain of
materia medica.
THE DSVIHB WERE AFTER HIM.
A Victim of Delirium Tremens Jumps
Into the River.
An unknown white man, supposed to
have been suffering from an attack of de
lirium tremens, jumped into the river from
market dock at the foot of Barnard street
yesterday afternoon. Two colored boys
who were rowing n boat went to the rescuo
and the would-be suicide wus lished out
after having come to the surface a second
time, little the worse for his
plunge. One of the boys caught hold of
the man’s coat, and kept his head above
the water while he drifted down to the
Exchange slip.
John Franz, a clerk in N. Paulson &
Co.’s, and Raymond Noble, the porter at
Henry Berg’s store, at the foot of Bull
street, assisted in dragging the mull out. of
the water. He was taken into Berg's store,
where Noble poured some brandy
down his throat and rolled him on a barrel.
When asked his name amt whore he was
from, tho stranger sasd ho was J. W.
Parker of New Vark, and that he was
stopping nt the Screven house. He had
lost considerable money, he said, coming
down on the steamer from Now York. A
carriage had in the meantime b ion sent
for, but before it arrived he felt strong
onough to walk, and he started for the
Pulaski house. Inquiry at b th the Screven
and Pulaski failed to’tind any such party.
Before leaving Berg’s store Parker asked
the porter his name and thanked him for
his kindness. Someone asked him if he
was iu need of money aud he replied that
he had written north for a check ami it
would arrive here in a few days, lie would
say nothing about his jump into the river
and did not apparently realize what he hail
dona
AGAINST THE SHORT LINK.
Two More Judgments Obtained in the
City Court.
In the city court yesterday two judg
ments were given, and special liens as sub
contractors under VV, H. Ferguson & Cos.,
established against the funds derived from
the sale of the Savannah, Dublin aud
Western Short Line railway. The plain
tiffs were sub-contractors. One was Samuel
MoPritehard. He secured a judgment
against VV. H. Ferguson & Cos., for $2,284 53
and interest from Aug. 18. 1880, and of ibe
amount due VV. 11. Ferguson, to wit
$-',114 13 and interest from Nov. Iff, 1880,
McPritchard is to recover against the Sa
vannah, Dublin and Western Short Lino
Railway Company the sum of $1,17008
and interest from Nov. Iff, 1880, the same
being the proportion found and adjudged
to be due McPritchard.
The plaintiffs in the other suits were
Hagin & Screven, who were given a judg
u ent of #1,858 ffs and interest from Sept. 1,
1386, against Ferguson & Cos., and of the
sum awarded Ferguson & Cos., plaintiffs,
are to recover $064 15 with interest from
Nov. Iff, 1886. Lester &■ Ravenel represent
McPritchard and dußignon & Fraser are
counsel for Hagin & Screven.
TO DECIDE WHO IS CHAMPION.
Crack Shots to Wing Clay Pigeons for
Medals.
There are so many sportsmen in Savannah
and in Chatham county outside of the city
who think they are the champions with the
shotgun on wing shots, that the real cham
pionship is to be decided by a match at clay
pigeons on Friday of next week, on the
grounds of the Forest City Gun Club, on
Hutchinson's Island. The list is now open
at George 8. McAlpin's, aud the crack shots
are dropping In and entering for the match,
which promises to be closely contested, for
there is no disguising the fact that there
are some good shots in Chatham county.
The match is to be shot under the rules of
the American Association except as to
classing the shooters, as there will be but
one class. Each man is to shoot at fifty
single ciny pigeons at eighteen yards rise,
and twenty-five doubles at 16 yards. The
entries have been placet! at $5, with four
moneys, and a championship badge is talked
of, but the preliminaries have not all been
agreed upon.
TITE MORNING NEWSc WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1880.
DISEASE IN THE MILK.
One of the Causes of the Mortality
Among Children.
The groat fatality among infanta during
the hot, dry weeks of May and June
swelled the mortuary list to a degree dis
couraging to the medical fraternity, and
has set them to studying how it may Le
decreased.
Among those who have been investigating
the subject patiently is Dr. K. H. Nichols,
and he said last night that
lie was led to it by the large
percentage . f deaths amon g infants under
1 year, which he places at 25 per cent. He
has concluded that this fatality
is largely due to sores in
the milk food of infants. iiy the
heat of the stomach the foo 1 is rapidly dt -
veloped into countless spores, which may
be detected by the greenish disenarges of
the infant, am! which condition in th - little
I atients has so often resisted medical treat
ment.
Dr. Nichols says that having detected
these s ores in the inilk under the micro
scope, he concluded that the milk could l>e
sterilized, and if so, then it would lose none
of ite nutritive qualit.es, and with the
spore life destroyed would be a healthful
to and for infants anil obviate the diseases
occasioned by tho uso of a food feculent
with agencies destructive to the lives of
children.
Yesterday Dr. Nichols obtained some
cow’s mils, c unparatively frt-sh and un
adulterated, aid examining it under the
microscope, found it contained spores. He
thou obtau ed four nursing bottles, and,
tilling them wit i milk, and usiug common
cotton to stop the necks of the bottles, he
planed them ii a tin oven fitting closely into
a copper vessel half full of water, the
bottle ■ so arranged on perforated shelves in
the oven th it a free passage of steam would
rise iu the oven, and the copper
vessel was then placed on a common
gas stove and steam generated. After
being submitted to the steam bath for
thirty-eight minutes the milk was removed
from the oven and an examination under
the microscope disclosed the fact that the
milk had been thoroughly sterilized, as no
sig 1 of spore life was visible.
liy this process the milk can bo kept for a
long time without fermentation, and the
flavor of the milk is improved rather than
injured by the process.
Dr. Nichols says that a largo percentage
of infants are artificially fed. That is the
nursing bottle aud cow’s milk are reverted
to. The best milk, in this climate soon un
dergoes the fermenting process, and the
sjHiros multiply rapidly the single spore soo t
becomes two, the two four, four split into
eight and the process is kept uvo by the ani
mal heat of the stomach. The milk may
come from the slop-fed cow. the cow that
drinks from Bilbo canal and the ill-fed cow,
to say nothing of tho adulterated inilk. To
insure the safety of tho child its food must
be sterilizod.
In addition to the character of the milk,
the doctor says the bottles, and tho attach
ments of the bottles, do not have the atten
tion they require. Every bottle should
have not less than half a dozen rubbers,
and theso should bo frequently cleaned
with a solution of common cooking soda
and water, and then rinsed freely uudor the
hydrant, while tho bottle itself should bo
treated in the same mauuer, or
better still, submitted to a steam tem
perature. The doctor says that something
must be done to lessen the fatality among
infants in the heated season, and ho thinks
that the sterilization of the food and the
exercise of greater care with them will ma
terially contribute to the end sought to be
attained. He expects to continue his in
vestigations and experiments, one of which
is to teat how long the sterilized milk may
b 9 safely kept for uso. Of ore tliiug, how
ever, he is confident, and that is that tho
milk may bo kept for a week, and its abso
lute purity maintained, aud ho prefers the
raw cotton stopple.
THE CENTRAL’S ARRANGEMENT.
Geu. Alexander Fxplains the Agree
ment With Col. Hawkin9.
There is au entente eo rd idle between the
.Savannah and Western road and the Sa
vannah, Americus and Montgomery road,
or, to put it plainer, Gen. E. P. Alex
ander of the Central, and Col. S. H. Haw
kins-, have cotne to an agreement whereby
the Savannah and Western railway will go
no farther west than Sterling, and" the Sa
vannah, Amencus and Montgomery road
will come no farther east than Sterling.
This is the situation as Gen. Alexander
outlined it yesterday to a Morning News
reporter, and is substantially what Col.
Haw kins said in Atlanta. Geu. Alexander
says that Col. Hawkins expects t > complete
his road from Mcßae to Sterling within
ninety days, iu which time tho Savannah
and Western is also to be finished to Ster
ling, and the Savannah ami AV’estern trams
will uso Col. Hawkins’ road from Sterling
to Americus, and the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery trains will use the Savan
nah and Western track from Sterling to
Savannah aud have the terminal facilities
of the Central.
Gen. Alexander appeared pleased with
the arrangements, and lie predicted that
Col. Hawkins would not build the road any
farther east than Sterling, nor has the gen
eral the remotest idea that t;e road will
ever Le diverted to Brunswick.
Y. M. O. A.’B TO APPEAL
The Canvass for the Building Fund to
Begin This Week.
A meeting of the members of the Young
Men’s Christian Association was held last
night in the rooms at Turnors’ hall, to re
ceive the report of the building committee.
At the last meetiug, at Masonic hall, about
sff,soo were raised, and since thou, fur
ther subscriptions, amounting to $650,
have been secured amongst the members
ami friends of the association. In all $.1,150
have been subscribed, aud the directors
Imvo made out canvassing lists, and an ap
peal will now bo made to the business men
of the city to aid iu securing the balance
needed to complete the $16,000 required to
purchase the property at Bull aud Jones
streets.
During this week a number of calls will
be made, and it is hoped by the directors
that a hearty and substantial responso will
be mado to the appeal for the building
fund.
The work of the association is much ham
pered by the present illy-adapted quarters,
and new premises are absolutely indispens
able to the proper carrying out of the asso
ciation’s work. This is more felt by the
directors and members, and a determined
effort will now be mado to secure the prop
erty in view.
THE RAIN KEEPS COMING,
The Farmers Fear Heavy Damages if
it Does Not Stop Soon.
Although little more than half an iueh of
rain fell yesterday in Savannah, the streets
were full of water and some of them are
washed considerably. On East Broad
street, south of the Savaunah, Florida and
Western railway depot, large tuddles
formed, and the water in some places
washed under the Belt Line track. On
West Broad street, south of the Central
railroad depot, the water stood in the
street. In front of the Tybee railroad
deoot it washed small gullim in the street.
The wet weather for the last two or three
days has packet! the soil so that the water
will not percolate through it, but remains
on the surface. Considerable oomplaint is
coming from the planters, who thought they
were pretty sure of a big crop this year.
Many of them now believe that if the wet
weather lasts another week not only will
cotton bo damaged so that not more than
one-haif of a crop will be gathered, but corn
which is left on the stalk in the field nsv
rot. '
Just now, a farmer said yesterday, the
state of affairs is very discouraging. What
the farmers thought would be a good year
for them may be quite the other way be
fore the crops are gathered.
IN' AND ABOUT TIIE CITY.
TO BEGIN WORK BIGHT AWAY.
The Bay Street Extension Not to Be
Delayed Long Now.
The work of extending Bay street is to
be begun at a much earlier date than was
at first contemplated by Alderman Har
mon, chairman of tho street and lane tom
mittee of council. Aide man Hannon said
yesterday that the engineers will go on tho
work next week, so that the extension may
be completed by Jan. 1.
Gen. Alexand-r. of the Central, said yes
terday that while the Central is kept busv
getting ready for the cotton trade it stands
ready to do its share of the gra ling under
its contract with the city whenever tho
latter signifies its desire that the work shall
commence, and he feels honorably bound to
do so at any time eveu at a sacrifice.
Tin Central is pushing its Hover street
track eastward, and is increasing it.- facili
ties for handling the i creased G allic of the
Central and the O jan steamship lino.
THE REGIMENT AT TYBEE.
The Military Picnic and the Prize
Drawing at the Beach To-Day.
The military w ill make to-day a gala-day
at Tyboe. Ameeti gof the regimental com
mittee of arrang meats was held at the ar
mory last night to complete the details of
the progtamni'. Tie regimental prize
drawing for of cash prizes will of
course be the principal attraction. That
will take place u. t! o Ocean house pivillion
at 4:&) o'clock this afternoon. Col. William
Garrard, Maj. P. IV. M 1 Irini, ('apt. J. F.
Wheaton, Capt. John Ileilly and Lieut. G.
B. Pritchard wi 1 superintend the drawing.
The beadquarte - i.r'the committee will
lie at the Ocean house, wnero ticket i will be
sold for the drawing up to within fifteen
minutes of the tinn it will begin. In the
city the sale of tickets will el se at Fernan
dez's at 2 o’clock.
After the drawing a military hop will bo
given. Both the Ocean house a d Ocean
View pavilions have been engaged. th re
will be music at beta pavilions for dancing
from 11 o’clock this morning until the time
for tho prize draw ing.
Nupt. Cobb has arranged a special
schedule of trains over the Tybee railroad
to run as follows:
Leave Savannah 9:30, 11:20 a. m., 1:30,
2:00, 4, 0:25, 8:15 p. m.
Leave Tybee depot 7, 13 a. in., 12:20, 2:55,
5, 0:4.5, 9:25, 11 p. m.
With seven trams and an ample number
of cars, Supt. Cobb says there will be no
trouble in handling tho crowds promptly.
Many merchants have, in response to an
appeal made by tne regiment, consented to
give their employe, a half holiday, and the
rati road clerks will also have a half holi
day. Tho military will go down in force.
The Hussars will attend iu uniform and the
Guards will send down a big delegation.
With good weather, the event promises
to be the biggest teat Tybee has had this
summer.
TO PLAY JULIUS C^ISAR.
The Fords' to Support Lawrence
Hanley In a Shakespearean Flay.
In response to numerous requests by hi/
friends, Mr. Lawrence Hanley will appear
in a Shakespearean play at the theater be
fore his return north. A special perform
ance las been arranged for next week,
Thursday night, when Mr. Hanley will ap
pear as “Marc Antony” iu "Julius CVesar.”
xhe entire third act of tho
play in which occurs Antony’s
oration, will be given. Mr. Hanley
will be supported by a special cast from the
Fords. Tho performance will include one
of Dion Boucicault’s comedies, making a
double bill. In the comedy Mr. Hanley
will appear in one of Boucicault’s most suc
cessful rolos. “J u uis Caesar” was one of
the most successful plays in the Booth-
Barreit repertoire, and Savunuahiuns will
be gratified bv the nnnouu ement of Mr.
Hanley’s appearance in a Shakespearean
character. The first rehearsal for the per
formauce will be hel l to-morrow right.
CITY BREVITIES.
Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I. O. O. F.,
meets this evening.
The Pulaski Loan Association will meet
to-day at the secretary’s office, No. 135 Bay
street.
The Merchants’ anil Mechanics’ Loan As
sociation will hold its eighty-seventh
monthly meeting to-night at the secretary’s
office, No. 118 Bryan street.
The game of l aso ball between the Chat
ham artillery and the Georgia Ilussars has
been postponed until next Friday afternoon,
owing to the heavy rains of the week.
The receipts of new cotton are increasing.
Monday’s receipts were eight b .les, aud
yesterday six bales, making a total all
told thus far this season of seventeen halo).
Mesrrs. A. R. Salas & Cos. cleared yester
day the Norwegian bark T. C. Berg for
London with 2,743 car,ks of regulars meas
uring 140,029 gallons, vnlu at $56,232.
Cargo by James Farie, Jr., Esq.
THE CENTRAL’S EXTENSION.
The Greenville and Newnan Road
Being Pushed.
“How is your Columbus, Greenville
and Newnan extern ion getting along!”
Gan. E. P. Alexander was asked yesterday.
Tiie general replied that the road is a part
of the Savannah and AA'estarn system, ami
$300,000 of tiie bonds of the Savannah and
Western were reserved to change tho nar
row gauge road from Columbus" to Green
ville to standard gauge and to extend the
road from Greenville to Newnan.
Gen. Alexander says that a surveying
corps has bean put on this week to locate
the road from Greenville to Nowuau, and
it may connect with the road at Stiarps
burg. The work of widening the track bo
tweon Columbus and Greenville is under
way, and it is expected that by next spring
the road will be iu operation.
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.
The right of wav of tho Groeu Cove
Spring railroad is cut to within eight miles
of Melrose.
The Plant Investment Company will put
on two sieamers between Tampa and Mo
bile 011 Sept. 15. These steamers will run
in connection with the Mobile ar.d Ohio
railroad.
A broken rail on the Tybee railroad, be
tween the Ocean house aud the now hotel,
derailed two cars of the night train from
the island uight before last. No 0110 was
injured, and the cars were got back on tho
track in a short time.
Gov. Larrabea of lowa has addressed a
letter to the railroad commissioners, asking
them to obtain aud incorporate iu their
annual report information from every rail
road doing business in tho state as to the
following points: 1. The names of all per
sons who were stockholders June 30, 1881),
their place of residence and amount of
stock owned by each. ff. The salary paid
to general officers. 3. The average daily
wages paid to employes as station agents,
conductors, brakeinen, etc. 4. The names
of regular attorneys in the state, the salary
ar.d other compensation of each; also,
the names of all other attorneys in
the state retained by the roari during tho
year .and the retaining fee per diem or
other compensation or emolument received
by each. 5. The number and total mileage
of so-called I.UOO and ff,ooo mile tickets is
sued to persons in this state for other than
casli compensation; also, whether the cash
value of all mileage tickets is included in its
report of gross receipts. 'Hie governor
says; “There is reason to belbeve that it is
the practice of some companies not to in
clude the value of such mileage in their re
ports of total earnings upon which the clas
sification of railroads for tho purpose of
regulating their tariff is based.” Tne gov
ernor in conclusion tells the commissioners
that if any roads refuse to give the desired
information to report them to aim.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
L. Hertz of Mcntezuma is here.
E. J. Downing of Crisp is in town.
Thomas McKean of Mobile is here.
L. Godruan of Macon is in the city.
if. J. W ood of Memphis is in town.
F. J. Robinson of Columbus is here.
C. A. Lloyd of Thomasvilla is in town.
E. A. H. Roberts of Eufaula is in town.
AV. P. Flanders of Atlanta is in the city.
AY. 8. Ivey of Branford, Fla., is in the
city.
J. C. JYendergast of AVaycro3s is iu the
city.
B. Kprene came down from Atlanta yes
terday.
Miss Rosa AA'illiams of Birmingham, is in
the city.
J. R. Whitehead of Albany was in the
city yesterday.
T. E. Artope of Macon came down to Sa
vannah yesterday.
D. R. Groover of Statesboro came up to
Savannah yesterday.
Mrs. Joseph B. Fraser of Mclntosh is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Baldwin T. Cook of AYadley came down
to the city yesterday.
George B. AV hiteside and wife, of Colum
bus, aro visiting in the city.
George AI. Brinson of Stillmore came
down to Savannah yesterday.
R. C. Mclntosh of Quitman, returned from
a two week-’ trip to New York.
C. AY. Parker, wife and child, of Selma,
Ala., are guests of the Marshall.
A. S. Lyons of Mobile, Ala., secretary of
the Central fee Company, is in town.
Mrs. AVafiace Gumming left for Clarkos
ville last night via the Central railroad.
Mrs. C. F. Spangenbur and family left
on the Baltimore steamer for tho north yes
terday.
Airs. Redftdd, Miss Yetta Goidi urg and
San Golding of Macon are guests of tho
Screven.
L. McManus arrived on tho steamer yes
tor, lav from New York city. He is enroute
to Macon, his home.
Miss Cora F. Bunnells of I.os Angeles,
Cal., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Dnsett at I-.ie of Hops.
John R. Ellis and family cams down
from .Macon iast night, aud took the New
A’oi lc steamer this morning. They were
guests of rhe Marshall while here.
C l. Win. Donovan of AYadley, returned
yesterday from an extended trip north. He
says that he is very much rejuvenated and
thinks lie will go back nortu later in the
season for a few weeks.
Air. James R. Kiernan, record clerk of
the supreme court chambers. New York,
and his wife, after an enjoyable week spent
in Bavannab, will leave for name on the
steamship City of Birmingham this morn
ing.
The excursionists who left on the steam
ship Chattahoochee last Wednesday to at
tend tne launching of the new steamship
Kansas City, will leave New York at 3
o’clock this afternoon on the City of
Augusta homeward bound, and aro ex
pected to reach Savannah early Saturday
morning.
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Hera and There
at the Court Rooms.
AVheu the Pearson & Spann case was
called in the superior court yesterday it
went over by consent until Saturday, at
which time the objections to the receiver’s
report, filed by Pearson & Spann, will come
on for hearing on arguments of counsel
Messrs. J. R. Saussy, Col. George A. Mercer
and M. A. O’Byrne represent Pearson &
Spann and Charles N. West, Esq., j* coun
sel fur John S. Haines, the receiver. It is
understood that among other objections tho
charge of 10 per cent, commission on collec
tions is objected to on the ground that the
compensation of SSOO allowed the receiver
should have been adequate without the
charge for collections.
In the superior court yesterday, in the
divorce suit of Solomon Cox vs. Grade Cox,
tho plaintiff was directed to pav alimony.
United States Commissioner Frank
Lamar held an examination yesterday into
tho charge of assault upon the high seas,
preferred by Thomas .Miller, a colored deck
hand on the steamboat David Clark, against
T homas Healy, chief e.igi :er ofkthe vessel.
Tho evidence did not justify holding the
accused, and he was discharged.
In tuo mayor’s court yesterday morning
tho three colored vagrants, YVilliamSherui
teile, Lewis Lowell and William H. Jack
son, who were found by Officer Belford
asleep at 4 o’clock yesterday morning unler
a shed on River street, at the foot of Bar
nard, were each sentenced by the inny r
to pay 820 line or go on tho chain-gang for
thirty days. As the heavy sleepers did not
happen to have that amount of capital
about their persons they went to the
ditches.
William Garrett, charged with jabbing a
fork into the anatomy of Dan Brown at
Chatham hall, was fined £2O or thirty days.
There were six other prisoners arraigned
for minor offenses, one of whom was dis
charged, and the sum of the penalties in
dicted upon the five-was s2l or forty-one
days.
The traverse jury of the city court has
beon excused until Friday.
The postponed monthly session of the
criminal court will be convened at 10
o'clock this morning.
The bond of Julia Anderson, charged with
keeping a iewd house, was estreated yester
day in the city court.
An inquest of lunacy was held in the
court of ordinary yesterday afternoon, and
Edward Ray, Die subject of the inquiry,
was adjudged insaue. Ray is the colored
man who claims to te Christ, and who
climbed a tree to get nearer his Father,
from which place he was with difficulty
brought down by threo policemon.
Joe Washington, the colored thief who
has outwitted the offices so often, was
arrested by United States Deputy Sheriff
Humphreys last night at the lower end of
Tattnall street. He was committed to jail
from Justice Shettail’soffice, in wnose court
the warrants against Washington wore
issued.
Tom Gary (colored) was committed to
jail from Justice Russell’s court upon a
charge of assault with intent to murder.
That Tired Feeling
Afflicts nearly every one in the spring. The
system having become accustomed to the
bracing air of winter, is weakened by the
warm days of the changing season, aud
reudily yi Ids to attacks or disease. Hood's
[Sarsaparilla is just the medicine needed.
It tones aud builds up every part of the
body, and also expels all impurities from
the blood. Try it this season.
Fall Gardening.
The time is at hand for planting white
cabbage, rutabaga turnips, beets, etc.
Chatham county is noted for the finest
vegetable crops in the country. The reason
for this is <>ur gardeners realize the neces
sity of buying nothing but the best seeds,
which they obtain from J. T. Shuptriue &
Bro., who are headquarters in the south for
fresh and reliable seeds of all kinds.
Urders by mail have same careful attention
as if bought iu person. J. T. Shuptrine &
Bro., 185 Congress street.
Bparkling, Pure, Delicious.
The great Rochester Beer is conceded in
New York where all Beers are sold to be
superior to them all, and as the par excel
lence of a healthy, palatable and delicious
article. lor sale by all first class grocers
and bars.
Made only by the R Chester Brewing
Company of Rochester, N. Y., and sold
only in bottles. For sale by John Lvons
& Cos., J. McGrath, 8. W. Branch, VV G
Cooper, Moehlenbrock & Dierks and John
Lynch.
A FARMERS’ MARKET PLACE.
The Need for a Free Market for Coun
try Produce.
The falling off in the number of country
carts and wagons that bring produce to
market in Savannah is causing a number
of the market square merchants to grum
ble and shake their heads when people talk
of Savannah’s thrift and enterprise.
AVithiu the la-t two years the decrease in
the trade from the country carts has been
so marked that few fail to see it, aud won
der why it is.
One merchant explained yesterday that
the tax imposed upon the farmers causes
great dissatisfaction among them. Alany
times they are unable to sell their produce,
yet they must pay the tax. AA’herever this
has been the cate, the merchant said, it has
had a tendency to discourage farmers in
bringing produce to market. They have
gone into other lines of business, and they
raise only so much poultry, butter and eggs,
and peaches and watermelons as are neces
sary for their own consumption.
. Savannah is all the while losing by this
operation, the fresh country produce, and
is getting instead stale uroduce snipped
long distances from Tenoessee. The mer
chant went on to say tha’ people aro begin
ing to see the difference already, but it will
manifest itself more forcibly in two years
if the same s’ate of affairs exists then as
now. People in Bavannab ho said, will
know considerably more about Tennessee
produce than they do now, and very much
less about fresh “truck” raised iu the coun
try around them.
The merchants say that licenses are col
lected from farmers selling produce from
their carts, not only at the market, but tliey
have been made to pay the tux wren they
sold stuff ns far away from the market as
Jefferson und iiotitg binary streets.
Tiie market square merchants have re
ceived numerous complaints from the far
mers übout the tax which they havo to pay.
They have been t j the ci y council with it
and asked that the license imposed upon
farmers be removed. A Morning News
reporter saw Alderman Harris, whom it was
said had tho matter in hand.
“There is no ordinance compelling farm
ers to pay a license,” said the alderman. Ho
then turned to section 4dll, pngs 123, of the
new city code, which roads:
All hucksters, selling In the Savannah market
shall sell inside of the market, and it shall be
unlawful for any person other than farmers
who sell their own produce to sell on the out
side of the Savannah market.
This ordinance was passed Oct. 21, 1885.
Dr. Harris said furth-r that he was not
apprised that the farmers were being taxed
to sell. He said that he thought it was
very important to the city, as well as the
farmers themselves, that they be allowed to
come into the city and dispose of their
produce without being burdened with a tax
of any sort. The farmers raise the stuff,
Dr. Harris added, aud they should be
allowed to dispose of it free. “I shall look
into the matter more fully,” he said, “and
if the tax is levied upon them without au
ordinance providing for it, it shall be ad
justed, or if there is au ordinance providing
for the exacting of a tax from them, I will
endeavor to have it repealed.”
One market square merchant, who has
baen assisting the farmers who bring prod
uce to town in, every way he can, without
any commission or pay for his service*, said
that Savannah has probably the largest
wagon aud cart trade of any city in the
state. Asa result what produce it gets is
fresher than that of any other city. Farm
ers, ho said, catch chickens the night before
bringing them to the city for sale, aud the
poultry is al ways fresh. The butter which is
brought in is ouly two or throe days old.
Tho fruit is gathered the day before bring
ing to market. In tnis way, ho added, tho
very best of the country produce can be
had here. He said that iu order to main
tain this trade the tax upon farmers selling
produce will have to be removed.
He suggested a better plan stiff of
encouraging and keeping the cart and
wagon trade, and that is to havo what
is called a farmers’ market. If people
know just where to find the farmers and
their carts, the farmers will be able to dis
pose of their stuff quicker. At the same
time they will be considerably more com
fortably situated in knowing that they have
a market of their own in winch to dispose
of their “truck.” They will not then be i.i
the hands of hucksters, who
crowd their customers away in order to
get the contents of the farmers’ carts at
a price very much below what people buy
ing direct from the farmers will : ay.
The merchant suggested that Franklin
square, between Br /an an l Congress streets,
on Montgomery street, be sou apart as a
market for the countryman. Ha said that
tho square can be converted into a ren
dezvous for the farmers at practically no
expense. AU that is required is a shelter
over it and a railing around :t.
Mackerel, Codfish, Bmokod Herring, Bas
kets, Swiss and American Cheese, Baskets,
at Strauss Bros.’.
If you wish a nice Basket for Picnic pur
poses, Strauss Bros, can supply satno, also
a full line of seasonable Delicacies.
English as She is Spoke.
Plain, correct English is not indulged in
by everyb >dy; in fact, there is a big ma
jority who slip ud more or less in the daily
use of the queen’s English. We are speak
ing very plainly, correctly and emphatic
ally when we say that P. P. P. (Prickly
Asti, Poke Root and Potassium) is the very
best blood remedy extant for rheumatism,
gout, dyspepsia, syphilis, scrofula and all
skin diseases. It is furthermore a decidedly
powerful and efti.acious tonic, and as a
builder up and reviver of imoaired mau
hood and womanhood is unrivaled. For
weak, worn dawn women particularly it is
a Godsend, and brings happiness to hun
dreds of households yearly. All druggists
sell it.
Don’t fail to attend the Basket Bargain
Sale at Strauss Bros.’, at the same time ask
for our special prices on Teas and Coffees.
Loose Chow-Chow, Olives and Mixed
Pickles. The largest stock of Baskets in
the city. Strauss Bros.
FURNITURE A N D CARPKTB.
91 Bay Street
Our Stock is Not Exhausted Yet.
'\7'EljVET,Body Brusselg.Tapestry,Extra Super
' and Ingrain Carpets, Art Squares, Brussels
Squares, Window Shades. I,ace Curtains. Cor
nice Poles, Matting, Oil Cloth. Linoleum, Stair
Linen, Upholstery Goods, Plushes, etc., Rugs
and Mats.
Competent Workmen to Lay Goods.
Barber Chairs, Commodes, Easy Chairs, Cab
inets. Desks, Wardrobes. Sideboards, Bookcases
Mattr;ssas, Pillows, Baby Carriages, Refrig
erators, Bedsteads, Parlor Suits, etc., etc.
Price is a secondary considers tion, as the goods
Must Be Closed Out
Call early and got the pick. A choice lino
of Nevr Goods being ad‘led.
A. J. MILLER & CO.,
91 BAY STREET.
WOOD AND COAL.
WOOD & COAL
OP ALL KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE 49.
Office, I Draytea street, Qfcfena’ Bank Building,
BAKING POWpirn
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This powder never varies A man-] r
Strength and wholesomeness. M ,r r!lr,t T.
than the ordinary kinds ant Y COG ' ::! --h
sold in competition with the muititnu n,lo i,
test, short weight alum or phosphate™ T* 0 *
Sold only in can*. Royal Bit is le !*l*rs
-100 Wall street. New York Powr,,B
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your Piano or Organ
needs attention. Un
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tuning, repairing and
moving. Our Clearance
Sale still continues.
Bargains for spot cash
buyers. Terms to suit
every one.
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Y\7E has b received during the past week tk
* t following lines of seasonable goods:
SATINES.
50 pieces French finished Sutines, beautiful
styles and colors, at 15c. yard.
Chambrays and G inghama
120 pieces Vhambrays,in plains, stnpeds,solid
colors and new side bands, at yard.
80 pieces flue Plaid and Stripdi Uingliams, all
new tints and styles, at. 10c. yar!.
Unlaundered Shirts.
10) dozen Gents’ Shirts, ma*l
from good cotton, linen bosom and bands, cca*
tinuous stay back aud front, perfect fittm*;, *8
eae h
7 5 dozen Gents' Unlaundered Shirts, plaited
bosom, extra lonj? aud extra bodies.
Can't be matched any where less than *l.
sell thorn at 75c. each.
Umbrellas and Parasols.
300 Gloria Silk Umbrellas, gold mounted
handles, at Si 50; would bo cheap at 82 bO.
A full line of finer grades in Gloria, Puritan
and Twilled Silks, in oxidized, silver and gold
mountings. IjTl
N. b. -A full line of Ladies* Lockstitchmusra
Underwear.
CROHAI & DQOIEE
Guaranteed Stainless*
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every month. It now has the lari . j oU tb
tion of any magazine published ai & _ rt , a; .
The subscription price onl X,„ at Connor 1
Single copies 6c each, sale
amt Estllls news depots. For adve 44
and rites see the proprietors at the.r
44 and 46 Bull street.
Knabe, Conover and HaP
rington Pianos, Story &
and Kimball Organs. as j
monthly installments. Like
discount for cash.
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48„ 41 AND 46 BULL STREE
