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8 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 msnuik "SKS> pianos^ ORG4^ 20YEARS’E3P ER ,fv^. i.w jpL 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,