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TAKEN FOR AN OLD CRIME
MARK SOLOMONS ARRESTED FOR
A MURDER FOUR YEARS AGO.
The Slayer of Oscar Newman at
Cochran in 1885 Arrested at the
Savannah. Florida and Western
Yards by Officers Htegin and Frank
lin and Held for the Pulaski County
Authorittea-Solomon’s Story of the
Killing-.
Mark Solomons, n car inspector for the
Savannah, Flo-ida and Y\'e*tcrii railway,
was arrested yesterday by Officers Stegm
and Franklin for inuider. lie is wanted
for the killing of Oscar Newman at Cochran
four rears ago.
Solomons has lien in Savannah since
ADril and has bpe.i employed by the rail
road company. People from Cochran com
ing up to the city saw him here, and through
them the I’ulaski oounty authorities go
their information of ras whereabouts. The
officers here were iri-trueted to arrest Solo
mens, and they succeeded yesterday in
locating him. When he was arrested lie
•aid that he as glad that the matter was
going to be brought to an end. He thinks
that he will come out all right.
THE KILLING FOUR YEARS AGO.
The killing ef Newman took place near
Cochran in 188.1. Newman was stubbed in
the side by Solomons, and died from the
effects of the wound the next day. Solo
mons disappeared and the officers have not
been able to locate him until now. He has
traveled about a go si deal since he left
Cochran, and ha- !*>en in Jacksonville,
Charleston, Port Royal, Havana h and a
number of small country towns. His story
of the killing is that it was in relf-defon-o.
When he was asked why he ian away, he
said that Citro Newman, a brother of th •
dead man, swore that he would kill Solo
mons upon sight. Solomons said that lie
always felt as if he would have no trouble
in making his cause for his action very
plain, but be feared the brother.
ON HIS MOTHER’S ACCOUNT.
Anothor reason why he is glad that the
case never came to trial is that ins aged
mother did not want to see her son in court
with a charge of murder hanging ovr him.
His mother is dead now, Solomons says,
and his going to trial wilt not worry her.
“I have been worried,” he said, “by *!ie
thought that a warrant was out for me,
and that some time I would be urre-tod,’
however innocent I was. Yet, I am glad
that I am going to get through with it."
The fatal affray, according to Sol inons,
had its origin in a very trilling matter. Ho
and Newman wore reared t >g ther, arid
knew each other almost like brothers. They
were both the sons of farmers a few miles
outside of the little town of Cochran. They
were accustomed to visiting the same young
ladies, who livod near thorn.
THE FATAL APPLE.
One day when they were there, Ne wman
gave one of the girls an apple. Nobody
thought anything about i uutil whan .Solo
mms, Newman,and two others were on their
way home. Newman was easily teased,
and the boys began teasing him about giv
ing the apple to the girl. None of the boys
suspected that a difficulty and murder
would lie the result of the seemingly inno
cent banter. Newman flew into a passion
and struck Solomons in th face several
times, and Solomons said that he attempted
to use violence, when he stabbed him in t le
side. The young man was assisted to his
home. He grew worse gradually and the
next day he died from the wound. Solo
mons said that they were all young boys.
He w-as not 1? then. He is gentlemanly in
appearance, dresses neatly and is seemingly
quietly dispose!. His friends at the rail
road are very much attached to him, and
some of them knew of the charges against
him. It is expected that the sheriff of
Pulaski eouutv will be up to-morrow or
Monday to take Solomons to Hawkmsville
where the trial will take place.
STRUCK BY A LUMP OF COAX*
A Bailor on the Schooner Belle Hig
gins Instantly Killed.
Andrew M. Henderson, a sailor on the
schooner Belle Higgins, was killed yester
day morning at 10:30 o’clock by a piece of
coal falling out of a tub in which coals
were being hoisted from the deck. The un
fortunate man was at work on the hawser
when the steamship Tallahassee steamed
down the river, and the suction from the
pas,ing vessel caused the sohoouer to roll,
and by the swaying movement the heavy
lump of coal was dumped out of the hoist
ing tut) and fell on Henderson’s head, kill
ing him instantly. In the absence ot Coro
ner Dixon from the city, Justice Naughtm
held an inquest ou t.ie body, and the ver
dict w-as in accordance with the facts.
Henderson was 53 years old, and loaves a
wife and two children near Bangor, Me.
Henderson said the day liefore bis death
that this was the last voyage he intended to
make, as he contemplated retiring from the
sea. The body wes interred here. The schooner
is discharging a cargo of coal at the foot of
Key on Ids street, at Taggart’s coal yard
where the accident occurred.
ALL QUIET IN LIBERTY.
The Day for the March to Canaan
Passes Without Trouble.
Yesterday was the day for the Liberty
county followers of Dupont Bell and the
succeeding false Messiahs to be lo 1 into the
land of Canaan, but since their leaders have
been confined in the lunatic asylum the
spirit has f ores ken them. The struggle to
regain what they lost, during their hours of
idleness is the thing that seems to bo upper
most with them now. They have re
turned to their lields and are
trying to get a living. There was no
demonstration at the meeting ground
near Walthourville. and the crazs may be
said to have disappeared. Sheriff Smith has
an armed patrol in the section of country
where the parties con congregated and every
attempt at a meeting was promptly sup
pressed. The majoiity of the deluded
people see now they were take 1 in by Bell
and they are axious to get back the $5 tint
they paid for the wings which Bell told
them were to carry them into the promised
land.
THE FORDS’ NEXT PLAY.
Miss Eleanor Tyndale to Take Part in
the Performance.
The Fords’ are rehearsing for the per
formance of Act IU. of “Julius Cm tar"
next Thursday night with Lawrence Han
ley as “Marc Antony.” Besides Miss
Arthur, who has consented to remain and
take part in the porfor nance, Miss Eleanor
Tyndale, who was with the Bo th-Barrett
combination last year and who was Mod
jeska’s leading lady during her recent suc
cessful tour, will take part. Miss Tyndale
left New York yesterday ami will arrive
in Savannah by to-morrow’s steamer. The
performance, besides the third act of
“Julius Cajsar,” will inc.ude one of Bouci
cault's successful comedies. With Mr
Hanley, Miss Arthur and Miss Tyndale, the
Fords will be as well equipped as they have
ever been to put on any pi y. Miss Arthur,
who was to have returned north this week,
will remain at the urgent request of the
association and of her friends, who are
anxious to see her in anew role.
Taken Back to Carolina.
Deputy Sheriff Boyd of Beaufort took
■ebecea Wilson to South Carolina yester
day on the charge of grand larceny, it
being alleged that she and a colored girl by
the name of Fannie Walker stole $l5O
worth of jewelry in Beaufort. Detecuvo
vvetberhoru arrested the Wilson woman on
vvaidburg street near the Coast line junc-
S°“* *2 , a ' varr *ut issued from Justice
Naughtms ojiice. The prisoner waived a
requisition and returned with Officer
BULLETB FOR HI3 WIFE.
David Pelot Shoots His Wife in a
Domestic Quarrel.
A few minutes before midnight David
I Pelot (colored) shot his wile, Mary Ida
Pelot, in Gwinnett street lane, near X\'e*t
Broad street, arid it is thought fatally.
Pelot fired two shots from a revolver, one
of Inch took effect in the w man’s right
sboubbr, nnd the other in the right side,
under the shoulder blade. After the shoot
ing Pelot made his escape.
A domestic quarrel was the prelude to the
shooting. Great excitement prevailed
among the colored |>e >;>!eof the neighbor
I ood, but none of them at.cm; ted to inter
oept Pelot’* flight, but yelled “murder’* and
“police," while Pelot ran off in the direc
tion of the canal. Pelot was a porter for 8.
Guckenhoimvr & Son. His w ife was about
30 years old.
It was some time before an officer could
t>o got aril Pelot had plenty of time
to get out of the way. Tie police
patrol in the southern part of
the city is very small, and the patrol
forth" section where th.-shootingoccurred
was several bl ck- a -av and did not hear
t e shooting. As soon as an officer arrived
a re[>ort was sent to the barracks and a
squad of men was sent out to search for
Pelot, but up to 2 o'clock ho could not lie
found.
The woman was badly wounded and was
unable t ■ give any account of the sh oting.
The blood poured from the wound in her
side, an 1 it w as believed that the bullet had
struck a vita! part.
AT THF. COURTS.
Qosstp Picked Up Here and There
in tha Court Rooms.
The grand and petit jurors for the De
cember term of the superior court were
drawn yesterday, t :o court taking a recess
until 10 o’clock this morning. Judge Fal
ligant will call for the final disposiliou for
the term of the jury docket to-day.
Edward T. Harden, nephew of Judge
Harden of tho city court, was admitted to
practice iu the superior court yesterday.
Messrs. J. I* Whall'y, A. H. MacDonell,
T. D. Rockwell and Solicitor General Fraser
composed the board of examiners. Mr.
Harden intends to locate in California.
The city court adjourned yesterday to
Sept. 2.
The following subjects of Great Britain
and Ireland were admitted to citizenship iu
tho superior court yesterday: Ja nes Mur
phy, Frank J. Knox and l'homos F. Burke.
The Merchants’ a id Mechanics’ Loan and
Building Association wore granted a char
ter ' f ii,corporation iu tho superior court
yesterday.
Henry Mitchell, representing liimsdf as
the agent of th Farmers’ Alliance, who
had beon ot tabling small sums of money
from the colored people in the suburbs, was
convicted of cheating nnd swindling in the
city court yesterday and sentenced to six
months on the chain-gang.
James Wilson pleaded guilty to tho
larceny of a hat in the oity o mrt yesterday
and was sentenced to six months on the
chain-gang.
For cruelty to animals, in that ho rodo
tho horse of Mary Preston so recklessly as
to overheat the annual and cause its and ath,
James Williams was convicted in the city
court yesterday, ami lined #2d or three
months on tho chain-gang.
For carrying concealed weapons and
drawing a pistol on Ben Blount, Janies
Elliott was lined $25 or three mouths iu the
city c mrt vesterdny.
Louis Weston (colored) was in Justi-e
Sheftoll’s court yesterday on a charge of
carrying concealed weapons and assault and
battery and a breach of the peace. William
Preston (colored) was tho prosecutor.
George W. Owens, Esq., who represented
Weston, demanded an examination, and
Justice Slieftall set Thursday as a day for
the hearing.
AN EVENING IN GUYTON.
Songs, Recitations and Tableaux at a
Church Benefit.
A pleasant entertainment came off at the
town hall in the flourishing embryo city of
Guyton, Thursday evening, under the
auspices of Mrs. R. J. Davaut, assisted by
the ladies of the Methodist church, and, in
fact by ladies and gentlemen of all denomi
nations. It wes a demonstration that “we
are all one” when good deeds are
to be performed. The entertainment
was gotten up for tlio benefit of
the Methodist church, to assist
in paying for the painting and other im
provement of the church building, which
has boen recently beautifully done.
Among those who took part in the enter
tainment, which consisted of music, recita
tions and tableaux, were some of Savannah’s
favorites—Miss DeCastro, Messrs. Frank K.
Rcbarer, R. 8. Salas, William and R. J.
Davaut, dr. Dr. Stratton gave a comic
recitation, which was well received.
The gem of the evening was a duot from
“II Trovatoro," by Miss DeCastro and Mr.
Robarer. Mrs. Calvin ami Miss Hobby
contributed to the event by a tableau anil
music, and brought down the house with
“Rock a-By-Babv.” Among thetableaux
were “Rock of Ages” and “The Fates.”
The entire programme was well prepared
and passe l off without any of the usual
delay which attends amateur perform
ances.
After the entertainment the audience ad
journed to an adjoining building, where
was spread all tho good tilings that go to
make us feel pleasant, and to which full
justice was done. A good sum was realized,
which would probably have been greater
had not tho weather been unfavorable and
prevented many from attending.
AT REST IN LAUREL UKOVff.
Impressive Funeral of the Late Moses
Ferst.
The funeral of the late Moses Ferst took
place yesterday atteruoon from the family
residence at 108 Liberty street and was very
largely attended by all classes of people.
The remains arrived via the Atlantic Coast
Line moral g in charge of
Mr. .Jos. Strauss arid were taken to the
family residence, where they were re-em
balmed by Undertaker Henderson. The
funerai service was at o’clock. Rev.
I. P. Me des of tin* Mickva Israel syna
gogue officiated. The pall bearers were:
A. A. Solomons, M. J. Solomons,
Henry Rjthehild, E. A. Weil, I
M. I rank, J. R. Einstein, and S. Herman.
The floral offerings were profuse. They
wore placed on ihe casket and in tho parlor
where the coffin ros'ed. Quo large 11 ral
tribute bore tho words “Our Beloved Em
ployer.” It was from the employes of the
firm of M. Ferst & Cos, Tho fuuoral
cortege was a lengthy one. The interment
was i Laurel Grove, and the services at
the grave were deeply impressive.
The wholesale grocery bouses on the Bay
and many other busbies- h mses in tho city
were closed during the funeral, ia respect
to the memory of Mr. Ferst.
To Build Up a Colored School.
M. J. Maddox, principal of the Union
academy at Gainesville, Fla., and of normal
schools for colored teachers in Florida for
the last live v.-ars, is in Savannah on his
way north in the interest of the normal
and industrial school, into which it is pro
posed to merge the present school. The
U nion academy has been one of the most
successful schools for colored people in
Florida. It has ha lon its r ills over 50J
pupils. It has received an endowment of
SB,OOO from Alachua county, and Principal
Maddox is going north for tho purpose of
raising SIO,OOO to equip the institution for
the work which it proposes to accomplish
in anew direction as au industrial insti
tution.
THE MORNING NEWS* SATURDAY, AUGUST IT, 1880.
THE BRADY BILL
; What the Fertilizer Men Bay About
It—What the Bill Provides.
“Will the Brady bill pass?” is a question
: in w.ich tho fertiliser manufacturers and
i merchants of this and other cities in Geor
gia artyleeplv interested. Many of them
i are fearful that the bill will become a law.
I It passed the House day before yesterday,as
iit ha- done twice before. Each time prior
jto tho last time that it passed the Hous“ it
was met by stringent opposition in the Sen
ate and was defeated. Whether Reprcsent
i tive Brady's persistency will weary the
; mem tiers of the state congress out aiid se-
I cure th“ passage of his measure j s a q UW! .
| tion which those who are best posted even
| cannot say.
“If the bill becomes a law, the guano in
dustry in Georgia is a dead letter," said a
t member of one of the largest fertilizing
companies in Savannah ami in the state
yesterday. “The foolish and nntagoi stic
legi slntion,” he a ide* 1. "will crush out one
ot ttie hugest industries which the touth
can boast. ”
In former years the bulk of the fertilizer
use i in the south whs brought fnin the
|:ort i. It is not now. 'Hie recent build
ing of the factories ull over the s- ut h.a de>-
pecially in this state,ha cru: cl cut the sale
of irnporied guano, an i iu iirne eas, s -o.Ah
ern manufacturers have invaded the terri
tory cf northern concerns. It Is an industry
teat lias fairly got on its legs in the south,
and the success of it so far is a g arant o
of its p ogresi in the future, the guano
merchant said.
Ihe first section of the Rradv bill pro
vide* that any purchaser ot commercial
fertilir,er-i, guanos or manures, wp ■ shall
g vo a pr miss >ry note, or any other instru
ment in writing for the same, may plead
and prove, when sued in any court of the
state, a failure of consideration of said in
strument when said fertilisers, guanos or
manures, have proven worthless or of no
practical value.
The second section of tho bill provides
that no waiver of warranty, or any other
waiver, promise, agreement, condition or
undertaking expressed in any promissory
’'ote, or other instrument iu writing given
for commercial fertilizers, guan is or ma
nures shall defeat the right of the maker
thereof to plead and prove a failure of con
sideration "f tho same.
The third section provides that no trans
fer of any promissory note, or other instru
ment in writing, given for commercial fer
tilizers, guanos or manures to any pers n
claiming to l>eau innocent purchaser w ith
out notice, or holding the sume under an -
other contract or agreement, shall defeat
tho rigid of the maker taereof to plead
and prove a failure of the consideration of
the same.
The fourth section provides that any
agent for, or dealer in, commercial fer
tilisers, e-uanos or manures, or any other
person who shall soil the same, and who
shall take a negotiable promise iry note, or
any other negotiable instrument for the
same, and snail fail, refuse or neglect to
stale in the face of said promissory note or
instrument in writing, that the same is
given for commercial fertilizers, guanos or
manures, shall he guiiiy of a misdemeanor,
ad on conviction shall bo punished as pre
scribed in section 4,310 of the Code of 1882.
During the last twelve mouths over $l5O. -
000 have been expended iu tho equipment
of fertilizer factories in .Savannah. This,
in addition to other guano factories of the
south, give to the planters of Georgia ad
vantages excelled by those of n . other state
m the country. The industry is one of con
siderable moment when it is known that
Georgia alone uses 202,007 tons of guano.
len years ago sho used but about 50,000
tons. The bulk of this is sold to
the merchants on time and their
papers are taken and negotiated.
The Brady bill, a merchant explained,
will put an end to tbis arrangement. Not
one-quarter of the guano, he added, will be
sold, if the bill becomes a law, for the rea
son that manufacturers -vVill sell ouly for
cash. They will not take papers whose
negotiability is destroyed, neither will they
run the risk of losing the value of their
product when purchasers plead a failure of
consideration of the instrument, whenever
they are so inclined. It matters not if the
seasons are unfavorable, or the
fertilizer not adapted to the
soil, the bill provides that the
purchaser may plead ana prove the worth
lessness of the guano, In order to protect
themselves the manufacturers say that
they will not sell on time, and it will
prevent the majority of the fanners from
using fertilizer, since they areuuable to pay
cash for it. The merchant said that it will
necessarily be the policy of tho guano manu
facturers to abandon tho industry so far
as a reliance upon Georgia consumers is
concerned. If fertilizer is made in this
rate, it will have to bo transported to other
states and disposed of. This will bo the
entailment of a great oxpense, but it will
certainly tie less burdensome to the manu
facturers, they soy, than to tie defrauded
of what they make. Tho manufacturer
added that the fertilizer industry, which is
just now glowing with fervor, will receive,
if tho Brady bill passes, a blow which will
ultimately crush it.
TOOK AWAY Hid LICENSE.
The Inspectors Lay Capt. Boulineau
on the Shelf for a While.
The United States local board of
steamboat inspectors have agreed upon
their findings in the St. Nicholas
case, and while they did not refer
to the bridge or bridge lights, which
Inspector Laird said was not within the
jurisdiction of tho board, they revoked tho
license of Capt. E. C. Boulineau as master
aud pilot. Their decision was based upon
sections 4-150 and 1477 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, upon which
they found, from the evidence against
Capt. Boulineau, who was at the wheol a id
hi command of the St. Nicholas on tho
night of July 80, whoa the collision oc
curred.
The findings of tho board of inspectors
were as follows:
Orricß Local. Inspectors op Steam Vessels I
~ Savannah, La.. Aug. 10. 1889. ’ i
}• innings In the case of the steamer St
Nicholas running into the railroad bridge over
Si. Augustiue creels, Georgia, on the mglit of
July 80, 1889, when several lives were lost and a
great many injured. We find after a long
tedious and careful Investigation, occupying
four days, and careful review of the evidence
that i'apt. K. C. Boulineau. master ami pilot
who commanded the Bt. Nicholas on th-afore
said mg: t Of July 20, ]ss, has violate 1 suction
4400 revised statutes, and is guilty of misbe
havior, negligence and has endangered life
We further Una I hat section'4l77, Revised
Statutes, lias been violated, by not Having suit
able watchmen on deck, on said July 80, 1889
to guar.l against accident and disaster.
„ '', e . therefore, revoke the license of Cant.
I*. C. Houluieau. master and pilot.
Taos. H. I. aikii,
H. D. Hkadman,
Local Inspectors.
The sections referred to in the findings
are as fellows:
Section 4450. The local boards of inspectors
soa.l investigate all acts of incompeteucy or
niisc induct committed by any licensed officer
while acting under the authority of his license.’
and shall have power to summon before them
any witnesses within their respective districts
and coimiel their attendance by a similar proc
ess as in the United Slates circuit or district
courts: and they may administer all necessary
oaths to any witnesses thus summoned before
t.icm; ami after reasonable notice, in writing
given to the alleged delinunuit.
ot the time and place of such investigation
such witnesses shall lie examined under oatli
touching the performance of his duties by any
such licensed officer: au 1 if the board shall lie
satisfied t hat such licensed officer ts incompe
tent.or lias been guilty .of misbehavior, ncgli
gence or unskillfulueas, or lias endangered life
or willfully violated any provision of this title
license lrainodmte; J' suspend or revoke his
Sec. 1477. Every steamer carrying pas
sengers during the night tunc shall keep a suit
able number of watchmen in the cabins and on
each decs: to guard against fire or other dangers
au-r ° a Jarm in ease of accident or dis-
A Picnic for Boys Only.
The boys will enjoy B. H. Levy & Bro.’s
big picnic next week. See programme lu
to-morrow's News,
LIMBEHEDIT P.Y ELIXIR.
THE NEW REMEDY TRIED ON A
CONFIRMED RHEUMATIC.
Nathan Bryan, an Old Colored Man,
Straightens His Legs for the First
Time in a Long While After Taking
the Elixir—The Full Result of the
Test Not Yet Known—The Case
Closely Watched by Physlcians-
How the Test was Made.
The first experiment with the Brown-
Sequard Elixir in thus city was made yes
terday afternoon, and while it would bo too
much to say that the effect was miraculous,
it is not too m .ch to say that at 10:30 o’clock
last night, five hours after the experiment,
the patient wa-, by comparison, much im
proved in condition over the night before.
The patient experimented upon was Na
than Bryan, a colored rheumatic, who had
attained his 09th year on Thursday, and if
the experiment is not successful in his case,
there is little hope of it being successful in
any, for he certainly got the be efit of a
careful and exceedingly precautionary treat
ment.
Bryan is a confirmed rheumatic, ami be
fore the treatment he was unable to raise
his right arm t . his head, or to move his
lower limbs iu bed exc.-pt by the aid of
his hands.
THE ELIXIR TAKES EFFECT.
The elixir was administered t> him at 5
o’clock yesterday afternoon, and at four
hours he could use his right arm, and could
u*e his lower iimbs without assistance.
A Mousing News reporter who was
present at the treatment saw Bryan at 10
o’clock, and, while tho old ma i imeo ,-
servative, he said: “I tell you, b ss, i c uld
not move my 1 >g last night without Helping
it up with my hand.” He experienced no
trouble In moving his rheumatic limbs ufter
the treatment, and to satisf y- the reporter
he got up out of bad and walked acr .ss the
room. Dr. Wegefartb, who administered
the elixir, was present, and after examin
ing B yau, the doctor said that his pulse
wa* remarkably str ng, whereas it wa*
feeble befoie the test.
• )ne thing is established by the statement
of Bryan. He said that he suffered excru
ciating pain from his rheumatic troubles
until last night, and ne added that the pains
had then gone, and the only pain he felt
was a soreness wtiore the hypodermic injec
tion was administered.
HOW THE TE3T WAS MADE.
The test made by Dr. Wegefartb was ona
of the most caToful and scientific vet re
ported. The patient (Bryan) had been, by
Drevious arrange-neat, brought to Dr.
W egefurth’s office t Abercorn and State
streets, and he had consented to the test.
The glands of a young and healthful lamb
wore obtained fr n> Baker’* slaughter house,
a half mile south of Battery park. The
gland* were removed from the animal be
fore its death, and they were brought to
Dr. XVegefarth’s office iu antiseptic cotton,
in nine minutes, and a half hour had not
elapsed when the test was made.
The glands had boon kept at thoir normal
temperature by wrapping in tho cotton.
After soparation from their envelope the
glands were cut iu small pieces, and the
fluid was extracted in Dr. Wegefarth’s
office by Mr. Robert A. Rowlinski, chemist
with Raid & Cos.
PREPARATION OF THE ELIXIR.
The fluid was expressed by moans of a
meat press and immediately passed through
a filter of artificially heated asbestos ad
raw cotton. A filter pump was used at a
pressure of five pounds, the fluid p issing
through at once, everything bung kept at
a temporaturo approximating 98’. Messrs.
Solomons & Cos. furnished all the necessary
appliances for the te9t, and Mr. Rowlinski
expressed the juice.
There were present at the test Dr. Nichols,
Lawyers Osborne and Morrison and nine or
ten others. Dr. Wegefartb first injected a
drachm of the elixir in Bryan’s left leg,
next in bis right log, and finally in his right
arm above the elbow.
THE EFFECT NOT IMMEDIATE.
No immediate effect, beyond tho rising
pulse, was noticeable, but. five hours lator,
as has tieen seen, there w-as a greater supple
ness of the old man’s muscular system, and
as he sat up in the bed and moved his limbs
with ease, Dr. Wegofarth was elated over
the result of the experiment. The doctor
had taken every prec mtion for insuring a
critical test. The table and vessels used had
all been antiseptically treated, aud iustde
of twenty-five minutes from the removal of
the glands the juice had been expressed,
without trituration, an l administered with
out danger. The case wiil ba narrowly
watched by the profession, and if the de
crepit old inau Bryan should be relieved by
the treatment, it wiil tend to make the
Brown-Sequard elixir popular in Savannah.
Bryan rooms in Broughton street lane, op
posite the Luddon & Bates music house.
RAIL AND CROSSTIS.
The Louisville and Nashville and the
Pensacola and Atiautic will introduce the
exact charge system on their roads Sept. 1.
Thera is in Northern Georgia a rail way
that is probably the most unique in the
world, for though having rolling stock,
road bed and nil the appliances of a first
class rood, it has not bee., used for years.
Tln> line is twelvo miles in length, and wa;
built to carry copper from the Ducktown
mines.
It is reported that H. D. Hammond, au
employe of the Savannah, Florida and
\\ estnni Railway company was robbed of
?;7. Wednesday night at No. 4, or Dawson
station, a sneak thief entering his roo n
and making off with the plunder. A ne
gro is suspected, and the fact that he sud
denly left the following morning deepens
the suspicion.
Notification has been given by the rail
road commission to the railroads in Florida,
and to the public generally, of a series of
meetings to be t el l, beginning at Jackson
ville to-morrow. These meetings will c in
sider the schedule rates submitted by the
various companies, which must be passed
o i by the commission before final revision
and adoption. Those who have a.iy reason
able grounds of protest, one way or the
other, are invited to lay thoir complaints
before the commission. ‘So says the notifi
cation.
E. B. Waters of Butler, one of tho largest
railroad contractors for grading and fur
nishing ties m the state, came over to Savan
li ill yesterday to make a bid on ties for the
Eden extension of the Central as far out as
Sterling. The bids will bo opened to-dav,
and the contract will probably be awarded
by Chief Engineer D. Y. Dabney. Con -
siderably over 100,000 ties will bo used in 1 h*3
road to Sterling aud they will have to bo
delivered within the next four or five
months. Mr. Waters has t e contract for
furnishing crossties for the Columbus S utu
eru railroad, and he said that ho is pushing
the work vigorously In order that no delay
mav result from a failure to gat ties. Ho
thinks the Columlus Southern railroad will
ultimately be extended to Albany and will
become one of t oiumbus’ Important roods,
lie will pi- bably receive the contract for
turn-sting all the crossties for tho line.
I have suffered intensely with biliousness
nnd dyspepsia and find “Bile Beans” the
best remedy I have ever used. My wife
thinks we cannot do without them, and it is
with pleasure that wo roc un uend them
whenever the opportunity occurs.
, T. Akins, Oxford, Ark.
1 would state that 1 have lieen suffering
from constipation eighteen or nineteen
years, and Smith’s Bile Betas are the best
medicine 1 have yet found.
„ r- D „ H - c lay Wood,
ay. U. S. Steamer Yautic, Newport, R. I.
Miss Ciumpi.e (to clerk of Snake Creek boils-)
—w j t you please send the porter to our room,
Mr. Bigstuuf
C'e k— Yes. ma'm: anything wrong!
.lias Crimple—Papa j us t shot a mosquito, and
Weekly ld hke I’atrick to carry it out.-Jf unseys
LOCAL PERSONAL
N. E. Josslen of Rogers is here.
L. B. Powell of Cairo is in town.
* V. P. Hunt tof Quitman is here.
Dr. Jenkins is here from Atlanta.
T. M. Heffermau of Augusta is here.
It J. Scott of Atlauta is in ttie city.
B. Lucas of House Creek is in town.
P. H. Ward is here from Brunswick.
J. J. Caldwell of Macon is in the city.
C. X . Waugh of Griffi i is in the city.
F. Langley of Pensacola is in the city.
C. D. Thigpen of nun Hill is in the city.
M. P. Canfield of Pensacola is in town.
R. F. Watts of Lumpkin is in the city.
John A. Phillip of Lumber City is here.
R. B. Nisbet of Eatonton is in the city.
H. H. Gainshurgh of Pants is in the city.
B. L. Robertson of Bulloch is in the city.
J. C. Eaton of Nailand, Fla., is in town.
XV. B. Owen of Jacksonville is in the city.
W. I. Turner of Hartsboro, Ala., is in the
city.
C. F. Hamblen of St. Augustine is in the
city.
C. H. Beckwith of Glenmore is in the
city.
W. J. Thogord of Halcyondale is in the
city.
C. T. Cummings of Walterboro, S. C., is
here.
L. B. Schwarz of Birmingham is in
town.
C. C. Grace came in from Screven yes
terday.
M. Sahel came tip from Jacksonville
yesterday.
Mis* A. E. Haynie of Thomasville is a
guest of the Marshall.
Mrs. G. 1). Younglaveof Gainesville,Fla.,
is visiting in the city.
A. C.’ Ulmer returned fr >m the north on
the City of Augusta yesterday.
Mrs. A. C. Williams and chil l of Bran
ford are st pping at tho MarsualL
Oeorgo XV. Haslam returned yesterday
from the north on tho city of Augusta.
Mr*. Daniel Hopps and family have gone
to the XVarni springs of Georgia for the
balaaco of the summer.
, Lev. and Mrs. R. XX obb returned from
tile north yesterday. They were passongers
on tno city of Augusta.
County Commissioner H. P. Smart re
turned from New York state yesterday
whore he went to take his family for the
summer. They are at Middleburg, Soho
iiarie county.
Mrs. John Freeman Young, Mr* J Tel
fal" Stockton, Miss Clairo McLaughlin,
and Miss Frances McLaughlin, of
Jacksonville, stopped over at the Screven
last night enroute to Asheville for tho sum
mer.
Mrs Mary A. Crawford, while walking
out Whitaker streit night before last, feil
through a sewer manhole at tho corner of
ferry street, spraining her ankle and -ithor
wi e .severely bruising her. Mrs. Craw.ord
was walking with two ladies. As she
stepped upon the cover of the manhole in
the sidewalk tho cover tipped and she fell
through and was held fast until rescued by
parties who ca ne to her assistance.
JV 6 frisk WorUl of this week says-
Miss Minnie Doyle, daughter of Capt.
M. J. Doyle of Savan ah, is in New York
temporarily and has favored us with a
T iS j?' to ln( l uiril >2 about our old friend,
J. L. Duggan of the same southern town,
and who is well known to Irish World
readers, we were pleased to learn that Mr
Duggan is Miss Doyle’s god-father aud is
well. Miss Doyle goes to the Catsxill
mountains for health and pleasure, in tha
attainment of which she ha* our best
wishes.” Miss Doyle is stopping at the
Hunter house, in the Catskills, where she
will romain during the heated term.
Alderman XV. F. Reid of the fire com
mittee of council returned yesterday from
an extensive trip north, during which he
examiued the workings of the lire
department in New York, Phila
delphia, Washington and Baltimore
Alderman Reid said lie was treated most
courteously by the firo departments in tho
cities mentioned, and especially in Balti
more. He thinks the Baltimore department
is the most perfect one lie ever saw, and he
was most favorably impressed with the
workings of the aerial truck and the chem
ical engines. The Baitim ire Sun of la,t
Friday speaks in terms of compliment of
the Savannah alderman.
CITY BREVITIES.
Six cases of disorderly conduct were re
ported at police barracks this nfbrnine: at
1 o’clock. 6
Justice William H. Patterson has adorned
his office with anew and pretty sigu. The
sign is a largo one and the letters are
bronzed.
The fruit bureau of the Morning News
receiv ed yesterday a fine specimen of the
Japan plum, grown by Dr. J. D. Rogers
Fleming, Ga. ’
The Kieffors challenge the Reids for a
game of bail for big money, and are in
earnest. They claim that tho Reids first
cnal.onged, and then wouldn’t come to
time.
The meeting of the secretaries of the
various military companies which was to
have been held at the Guards’ armory last
night, to revise the bla-k list of the differ
ent corps, was postponed until next Friday
night. J
The tug Maud arrived up yesterday from
Tybee with a lighter in tow loaded with
copper and iron taken from the wrecked
lighter Brierly Hill. This is the last of the
wreckage. The hull of the lighter was set
fire to and burned.
Y. M. C. A. Notes.
The Athletic Club will play a gaina of
base ball this afternoon ..at 4 o’clock The
the teams aro as follows:
YOUNG AMATEURS. v v r. .
Mercer E e 6one v
Mercer'll ... .... .
§“!“ s.h Brown
Ilfltc h c. f ,JonH<*
Hiiicks r. f. Fleetwood
This will be the fourth game that has
been played between the two teams. The
Amateurs have won two, the Y. M. C. A’s
one, and one game was a tie. The game
this afternoon promises to be of iuterest.
Young men, and -specially the strangers
stopping over ia our city Sunday, are cor
dially invited to attond the y mug men’s
meeting at the Young Men’s Christian
Association, Turners’ hall, at 3:30 p m
The meeting will last fo tv-flve minutes
aud will consist of short talks from the
ineinfieri, and singing.
You Who Lead Sedentary Lives
ill dud great relief from constipation,
headache and nervousnoss, by Simmons
I.iver Kegulator. It is a simple, harmless,
vegetable compoun 1, sure t> relieve you'
Persons of sedentary habits often suffer
with kidney affections. If they would
maintain the strength of the digestive
organs and improve the quality of' the
Mood by taking the Regulator ‘it would
restore the kidueys to health nnd vigor.
Please Don’t
For a moment suppose we are fooling when
e say we are selling out; it is as sure as
you livo. The senior member of the firm,
nfter an active partnership of thirty years’
retires, thus i ecessitatiug the closing out iu
order to sctt.o up. What better evidence
do you want than vour own eves* We
offer you a suit for si,s that is worth $22 of
auy mans money. Our sls suite areas
good (it not better) than auv sls suit you
can buy anywhere. We offer you our sls
suits for SIU. Hats, shirts, and everything
V) our hue is offered at reduced * price.
Betnember, that it is not now a question of
proht, the goods have io be sold regardless
of cost. 7he Famous" 144 Cong-ess
6 ah o G northea3t coraer Whitaker, Savau-
BAKING POXVDKR.
fjjl
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of purity,
strength and wholesoineness. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, ar.d cannot be
sold in competition with the multitude of low
test, short weight alum or phosphate powders.
Sold ontv in cans. Koval Baking Powder Cos..
10*5 Wall street. New York.
THE AUSTRALIAN BOTTLE TREE.
One of the Remarkably Peculiar
Plants ot the Tropical Region.
From the Hawaiian Gazette.
Among the singular and rare plants of
the world is the Australian bottle tree, an
indigenous tree of a limited portion of trop
ical Queensland, and found nowhere else iu
Australia or on the globe. The native hab
itat of this peculiar specimen of vegetation
is on the eastern coast rungs of mountains
within the parallels of IS a-id 21“ of south
latitude. The soil on which it grows is
dry, the areas are level to a liinitel ex
tent, and elevated above sea level over
1,0 )d feet.
This tree takes it* name from the shape of
its trunk, which is wonderfully like the out
lines of a giant bottle of the common order.
The thick part of tho trunk from t m ground
upward is from 50 to (10 feet high, from 3J
to 40 feet in circumference aud quite straight
up to where tue neck tapers to the spro d
iug foliage above all. The bark of the tree
is about 3 feet thick, of a brown color and
of cork-like consistency. The foliage, which
is very graceful, spreads from the top of the
tree, and the branches have their base in
the top of the “neck.” Tue leaves are
similar in s;se and siiapo to those of a cherry
tree, but their color and consistency are
much lighter. The spread of the branch >s
an 1 foliage forms a regular shaped dome of
about 40 feet in dia neter and of moderate
density, giving ample shade from tha rays
of the sum
Those bottle trees grow in groves, from
ten to thirty in each, and are not less than
100 feet apart from each other, although
other trees intervene in placas. There is
generally good pasturage, ami very little
undergrowth of busho-; where the bottle
trees grow. Their appearance on the land
scape is very striking and unique, but
there is a quaint beauty in the tout ensem
ble nevertheless; and the tree, although
strange, is rather handsome iu the spread
of its foliage. Even the elephantic ap iear
ance of tiie trunk is not unhandsome, when
the eye becomes accustomed t j its shape.
ROPES FOR HANOING MSN.
The Making of Hempen Nooses an
Industry of St. Louis.
From the St. Louis Republic.
I dropped into an up-town stationery
store the other day. It was one ot those
stores that outfit banks aud county offices
throughout the country, a store where
everything from a steel pen up to a forty
quire blank book is kent for sale. Tno
house has a dozen traveling salesmen on
tho road. A clerk in the store wa* tilling
an order just received from one of the sales
men. Going to the elevator chute in the
rear of the store he yelled to a clerk or por
ter on one of the upper floors: “Jimmy,
sand me down two hangmen's ropes.”
Jimmy responded, and in a few minutes
down he came with the ropes.
Now, those are daisies,” ho said, turning
to the man about town. “You wouldn’t
hav e thought that we sold ropes to hang
men, would you? Bee here,” and he took
one of the ropes from the neat little paper
box in which it was coiled, “it has tha regu
lation knot already tied in it, so that ail the
sheriff has to do is to adjust the noose to fit
the neck of his victim. These ropes aie
made in this city out of a superior quality
of hemp, and thoy are sold for $9 each
which is a very low price fir them, con.fi i
ertng the fact that they are absolutely safe.
Every ono we sell has the guarantee of the
manufacturer ou the box that it has been
tested by dropping an iron weight. If tha
Christian oounty sheriff, who made such a
disgraceful scene at the hanging of tho
Bald Kuobbers, had hanged his men with
rope3 like these, ha would have saved the
state from disgrace.”
The First White House Baby.
Washington Special to Chattanooga Times.
Mrs. XV ilcox, a clerk in tne sixth auditor's
office, treasury department,, has a history
interesting to Tennes eeaus. Her father,
Andrew J:tck3on Dor.aldsoa, was an adopted
son of President Jackson, and she is said to
have been the only child wiio first saw the
light of day in the white house. Mrs Wii
oox is a lady of refined tastes and splendid
information. She has seen many European
capitals, aud has a command of Spanish
and other language* that serve her to good
purpose in her present sphere. Mrs. XX il
cox s husband, who died in 18(15, was a con
gressman from Mississippi in the Thirtv
second congress, and was afterward elected
to the Thirty-fourth congress from Texas.
He wa* also a member of tho confederate
congress. A more lively, cheerful ,ady is
not to bo found, and it is safe to sav that
Mrs. XVilcox enjoys life quite as fully as
any one.
Sparkling. Pure, Delicious.
The great Rochester Beer is conceded in
New York where all Beers are sola to be
superior to them all, and as the par excel
lence of a healthy, palatable and delicious
article. For 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 Lyons
<fc Cos., J. McGrath, 8. XV. Branch, YV G
Cooper, Moehlenbrock & Dierks and John
Lvuch.
Some Running Down.
If a clock “runs down,” we wind it up,
and in a few seconds it is going along iu its
s endy rut, ticking—ticking - using up time.
But if tho human system runs down we are
iu great trouble, days, weeks, months and
even years are spent in vain attempts to .set
o r i? ht - -Dxm’" this time an appeal to P.
1 . P., the great vegetable blood corrector
would be the sensible course t > pursue, as it is
the only really sure restorer of lost vitality
For Rheumatism, Gout, Soro'ula. Syphilis’
and a.l Ulcerous diseas -s. P. P. p. is incom
parable. it is a (itsr-class tonic and never
fails to cure. All druggists sell it. The in
gredients, Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Po
tassium, are a guaranies of its natural
medicinal properties.
A a vie# to Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should
always be used when children are cutting
teeth. It relieves the little sufferer at once
“atur1 > sleep by reliev
ing he child from pa;n. nnd the little cherub
awakes as bright ns a button.” It is very
E'^-t In taste. It soothes the child, soft-
u l * a b pain, relieves wind,
regulates tue bowels, and is the best known
remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from
AURLItf ° tBW Tw at.y-five owitl
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"SKS>
pianos^ ORG4^
20YEARS’E3P ER ,fv^.
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CHICKERING PIANOSL
MATHUSHEK PIANOS
STERLING PIANO3,
ARION PIANOS,
MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS,
STERLING ORGANS, ]
WATERLOO ORGANS
Now is the time that
your Piano or Organ
needs attention, fin
equaled facilities ior
tuning, repairing ana
moving. Our Clearance
bale still continued
Bargains for spot cash
buyers. Terms to suit
every one. u
LuMim & Bafas S. IH
DRY GOODS.
GfilAiyoom
137 BROUGHTON ST.
TTi'E have received during the past weekth.
▼ T following lines of seasonable goods: 1
SATINES.
50 pieces French finished Satines, beautiful
styles and colors, at 15c. yard.
Chambrays and Ginghams
120 pieces Chambrays.in plains, stripeds, solid
colors ami new side bands, at 12V*c. yard.
80 pieces line Plaid and Striped Uinguams all
new tints and styles, at 10c. yard.
Unlaundered Shirts.
103 dozen Gents' Unlaundered Shirts, marts
from good cotton, linen bosom and bands, con
tinuous stay back and front, perfect fitting, at
50c. each.
< 5 dozen Gents’ Unlaundered Shirts, plaited
bosom, extra long and extra large bodies,
Can’t be matched anywhere less than sl. Via
sell them at 75c. each.
Umbrellas and Parasols.
300 Gloria Silk Umbrellas, gold mounts!
handles, at $1 50; would be cheap at $2 50.
A full line of finer grades in Gloria, Puritan
and Twilled Silks, in oxidized, silver and gold
mountings.
N. B. —A full line of Ladies' Lockstitch Muslin
Underwear.
CROHMOGOm
I'UKJfir&BB AND CARPETS. '
91 Bay Street
Our Stock is Not Exhausted let.
\rELVET,Body Brussels, Tapsetry. Extra Super
and Ingrain Carpets, Art Squares, Brussels
Squares, Window Shades, Lace Curtains. Cor
nice Poles, Matting, Oil Cloth, Ltnuleum, Stair
Linen, Upholstery Goods, Hushes, etc., Bug*
and Mats.
Competent Workmen to Lay Cook
Barber CCiairs, Commodes, Easy Chairs. Cab
inets, Desks, Wardrobes, Sideboards, Bookcasss,
Mat tresses, Pillows, B.abv Carriages. Refrig
erators, Bedsteads, Parlor Suits, etc., etc.
Price is a secondary consideration, asthegoodl
Must Be Closed Out
Call early aud get tho pick. A choice Una
of New Goods being added.
A. J. MILLER & CO,
91 BAY STREET.
WOOD AND COAL.
WOOD & COAL
OP ALL KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE 49.
Office, 7 Dra-< ton street, Citizens’ BankßuiMNf
KIESLING’S NURSERY,
WHITE BL.UrH'fo ROAD.
“PLANTS. Bouquets, Designs, Cut Homl
I furnished to order. Leas e orders at ua
BROS.', cor. Bull aud York sts. The Belt
way passes through the nursery. Telephone _
Knabe Pianos.
From the American Musician, Fea
April 6. .
THE experience of American as weu
European pianomakers with Dr
von Bulow is that he Is a man very ha
please, with an uncontrollable habit ot ra. -
exact ly and precisely what he thinks, espe
when he is displeased. , . nr
We will not refer to the warm eulogmm
von Bnlowr has expressed privately to
friends, critics, musicians as to tne a
piano, nor will we express any ,
favorable opinion, which might, com;. 1
musical paper supported by Messrs, huaor.
expected as natural, whether right or ■
W - will content ourselves with saying tha
whole New York press and all tber nut,, L. 1 pn .
enthusiastic over the grandeur, the nia s“.
intellectuality, the high musicianly charset
Balojp's playing, and we will draw from
fact the logical moral that to have enabl _
to produce such u result, such an effect “t ,
auditors, the instrument ho played on ■ .
have been a masterpiece, aud as an ea '“ r >,
the New York Sun truly says, ‘ won
tho quality of its sound, in its power anait „
onanee, far surpassing ad like 'freund.
MR. H. R. ALTICK, the 54th Nam-
Drawn in Davis Bros’. Plano Club NO
DAV I S BROS
IS. 11 sad 46 BULL ST., SAVANNAS,