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FOOTING UP TIIK LOSSES.
$332,000 THE LOWEST ESTIMATE
ON THE COTTON PRESS FIRE.
The Lower Hydraulic and Tyier Com
presses. and Five Warehouses To
tally Destroyed 4,090 Pales ot
Cotton Burned—The Insurance on
the Presses and Warehouses SB6, •
600—The Cotton Mostly Covered by
Floating Policies—The Fire's Start
and Its Furious Sweep— l'he Work
of the Firemen—The Upper Hydrau
lic Press to be Started To-Day—The
Facilities for Handling Cotton Not
Impaired.
The firemen were at work all of yesterday
and most of last night oa the ruius of the
cotton press fire. The immense property —
the Lower hydraulic press, tho Tyler press,
and five brick warehouses—was totally
destroyed, wit ,t 4,099 bales of cotton. Tie
latest estimates put the loss at (332,000.
A full account of the fire
appeared in yesterday’s second
edition of the Morning News. The
burned property had a wharf frontage of
fully 350 feet aad an equal front
along the eastern extension of Bay street
from a point a short distance below Has
House bill. The fire burned from its west
ernmost point to the timber basin at the east
ern extremity of the warehouses,aud stopped
tnere only because there was nothing more
for it to feed oj. Tue fact that the ware
houses were low and the wind was
east instead of south was nil that prevented
the (lanes from leaping across Bay street
and licking up the warehouses along its
north side.
THE FIRE’S START.
The fire broke out at 2 o’clock. The
watchman at the Hy Irauiic press was sit
ting by tho door on the river front of the
wa ehouse No. 2, when he smelled smoke.
As he turned to see whe ce it came a burst
of flame came from a bale in the center of
the building. Hose >i stretched along the
floor, and everything was in readiness for
the emergency. The furious swiftness with
which the flames ran from bale t >
bale, however, rendered all prepara
tion useless. If it had been following
a trail of gunpowder the lire could not
have spread with more lightning-like rapid
ity. In an instant the warehouse was
filled with roaring flames and an impene
trable cloud of smoke as black as soot.
Instead of becoming a fire-fighter the watch
man became a fugitive for his life. He
did not get out a second t o soon. One
instant’s delay would have sealed his fate.
Rushing to fire box 37, he turned in
au alarm and brought the department
to the scene.
A FLAMING FURNACE.
The bells had not rung two alarms be
fore the flames were bursting through
the roof of the ws rehouse and
lighting up the sky. A policeman
had passed along the Bay street front of
the warehouse hardly a moment before
the watchman discovered the flames, but at
that time there was not even a suspicion
of the coming outburst. Relieved of the
confining tin ro if, tiie flames paved the
way for the spreading by sending skyward
a shower of sparks mat fell among the
bales in the adjoining yards, an 1 in less
than half an hour after tho beginning of
the flare-up three warehouses and both com
presses were in flames. The firemen rau
lines of hose along Bay street sidt, but the
streams gave no outward evidence of effect
iveness, so fierce was the fire. The wind car
ried the flames eastward with uncontrollable
fury, and the efforts of the men who were
trying to check their progress were entirely
unavailing. Men on the roof of the ware
house west of the westernmost tioundary of
the burned district were largely instru
mental in saving that structure, which, but
for their efforts, would undoubtedly have
succumbed to the intense heat.
THE SHIPPING IN DANGER.
The fire was the fiercest on the river front.
The paint on the irou hulls of the steamers
moored at the wuarvei was blistered, and
the masts and rigging were scorched. The
ships’ crews were brought do <n and every
thing was got in readiness to pull into the
stream. Several hundred bales of cotton
were piled in front of the Hydraulic press,
ready to be loaded, but the falling walls
and smoke-stacss ignited it, and iu ten
minutes after the fire started it was in a
blaze. The draft was tremendous, and the
flames swept and whirled in the wiud, leap
ing from one building to another uutll the
entire row of sheds was a mass of fire.
Just opposite tue Lower press the British
steamship Carlton was moored, and on the
outside of her the Cyprus, which arrived
Tuesday. To the eastward of them was
the Napier, which was moored to the wharf
back of the Tyler press, and the Florence
at Gordon’s wharf. The Napier’s engines
were put to work, and the ship’s hose was
brought out and played on the burning
cotton on the wharf. The first two steam
ers were in great danger until the walls and
smoke-stacks of tho press fell and tho wiud
had veered around to the westward.
The fire swept on to the east, and did not
stop until it had burned to the timber
basin dividing the Tyler and the Gordon
wharves.
THE FIGHT AFTER DAYLIGHT.
Although under control, the fire burned
fiercely under tho tin roofs which had
fallen in on the smoldering bales, and the
firemen had to keep the hose on the ruius
all day. At 1:30 o’clock yesterday after
noon fire broke out fiercely iu the stork of
jute baggi g, and for a time it was feared
that it would communicate to the interior
of the warehouse on the west, but three
firetneu with difficulty dragged a line of
hose over the hot bricks from the river
side of the building, and kept the
fire under control until another line
of hose could bo taken in from
the Bay street side, which was done with
great difficulty, as the men had to wade in
water that came over their boot t )ps to get
close to the burning cotton aud cotton bag
ging to play the water under the tin. After
checking the fire, axmen cut the roof in
sections and dragged the sections out, aud
by that means saved the wail of the build
ing on the east from being overheated, as
the bulk of the burning jute and cotton was
piled against the wall.
THE FIREMEN’S HARD WORK.
The fo ce of firemen hail been depleted
by the fire on Second street; some were uu
able to work yesterday, and it left six or
eig t men on duty all yesterday forenoon
and late in th afternoon without their din
ners. Foreman Connolly of firemen’s head
quarters got up from u sick bed to do duty,
and Assistant Chief Mouro is now confine!
to his bed with fever, super
induced by running a nail in his
foot at the Second street fire, so that the
firemen were as thoroughly worn out last
night as they were after the big fire of last
sprig, the heat along the river front and
on Bay street being intense, ad the smoke
so stifling that some of the men had to sus
pend work in the afternoon and go home.
That the wi.arves and the cotton on
them were not entirely consumed is due to
the good work of tue firemen with the
Mogul engine, and the reserve engine.
Capt. Harvey of the British steamship
Napier aud tbe captain of the British steam
ship Cyp us each placed in service two
lines of hose. Their good work also saved
the snipping. The steamship Carlton, load
ing cotton for abroad, was bad,y scorched,
and her sides were hot. Her blistered spars
and scorched rigging show how narrow an
escape she had. Had this vessel taken
fire the destruction to shipping would have
been great.
THE LOSSES HEAVY.’
It has been a difficult work to collect ac
curate information as to the losses incurred,
or how much is covered by insurance. A
very thorough canvass among insurance
men shows that $86,600 insurance was held
eases and tunchiuery,
and $6.Lx on cotton, but this is a very
>maU part of the insurance on cut ton, as it
is carried on floating policies and neither
the owners of tue cotton nor the insurance
companies could tell last night what their
! loss -a o i cotton are.
There were 4.030 bales of cotton burned,
upon which there will be considerable
! salvage,as the cotton on the wharves was not
entirely consumed, and there will bo some
I cotton tak-n in a partially burned state
from the buildings.
Of the 4,1.00 bates of cotton burned, i: n
b-lieved to bv a fair estimate to divide it
into 4,065 bale, upland and 25 bale* sea
island, which would make the loss oa cotton
$205,600.
THE JUTE BAGGING LOSS.
There were about 250 rolls of jute bsgg.ng
burned at a probable loss off 1,330, and
$.500 on ties. The estimated loss to build
ings. macninery, etc., can be conservatively
put at $125,000, which would swell the total
loss to $332,400.
Supt. William Wade of the Savannah
Cotton Pres* Association estimates the in
surance oil th - Lower hydraulic press aud
its property burned at about $.50,020, and
on the Tyler press property about $40,000.
He said that he was unable to te.l at prese it
how near this would come to covering their
losses.
Assuming that the cotton is fully covered
by Arc and marine p ilioies, it would appsar
from the estimate of aggregate 1 sses t at
the property burned is not fully covered by
insurance, but that the loss over and above
insurance wi.l reach about $40,(200.
THE INSURANCE.
The insurance on the presses, warehouses
and cotton, so far as it could be obtained
yesterday, is as follows:
Footman £ Co.’s agency—
Home of New York on wharf
front I 4,600
Home of New York on cotton
aud other merchandise.. 2.000—$ 0,600
Queen of England on building. . 5,500
Queen of England on cotton L.
Gourdin Young 1,100 6,800
I’htenix of London on buildings 5.000
l'unpnix of London on boilers 3,000 8,000
John Sullivan A Co.’s agenoy—
Lancashire Insurance Company on ware
house C and I) 3,000
Haines & Daniels' agency
Commercial Union Assurance Company
on buildings 16,000
M. A. Cohen & Co.'s agency—
Georgia Home on buildings. 2,500
Orient of Hartford on Duildings 2,500
C. A. Heitze A Co.’s agency—
Royal of Liverpool on building 14,500
E. F. Neufville A Co.’s agency—
Central City of Selma on cotton ... 8.500
Rowland & Myers’ agency—
Amazon Insurance Company on cotton . 1,000
J. F. Wheaton A Son's agency—
Hibernia Insurance Company on build
ings 10.000
Germania Insurance Company on build
ings... 5.000
Williamsburg City on buildln s 7,500
Fire Association of Philadelphia on build
ings 7,500
Total insurance $93,200
THE COMPANIES’ LOSSES.
The losses of the companies are as follows:
Central City of Selma $ 2,5u0
Germania Insurance Company 5,000
Williamsburg City 7,500
Fire Assurance of Philadelphia 7.5(H)
Hibernia Insurance Company 10,000
Amazon Insurance Company 1,000
Home of New York 6,600
Queen of England 6,600
Fbembdof London. 8,000
laucasnire Insurance Company 3,000
Commercial Union Assurance Compauy 16.0(H)
Georgia Home 2,500
i irient Of Hartford 2,50)
Royal of Liverpool 14,500
Total $ 93,900
Supt. Wade says that 3,838 bales of cotton
were burned in the buildings, of which
1,389 were “on disposal’’—that is, it was at
the disposal of the owners of the cotton.
Tne remaining 2,479 bales were “trans
ferred”—that is, held la the press at the
order of the shipper.
Of the 252 bales burned, or partially
burned on the wharves, Capt. J. F. Stracuan
says 233 bales were about to be
loaded into the British ship Carlton The
cotton was owned by Lionel C. Nowell,
au Augusta cotton broker, and by Wilder
& Cos., of this city.
A. Minis & Sons say that the remaining
nineteen bales on the wharves wore a part
of tba cargo of the unloaded British steam
ship Napier.
TO START THE UPPER PRESS.
The Savannah Cotton Press Association
held a meeting yesterday afternoon and de
cided to start the Upper hydraulic pres,
this morning, aud to receive cotton for
compressing at that press for ships
now loading, but that no cotton for
disposal will be received until further no
tice. Advertisements for the daily papers,
announcing that the fire will not interfere
with compressing cotton, as their reserve
compress will be brought into requisition,
were telegraphed last night to Macon, Au
gusta, Albany, Columbus and other cotton
receiving towns in the interior.
Before the meeting adjourned a Morning
News reporter was autuo izsd to say that
tre Savannah Cotton Press Association will
rebuild aud restore the pi nit at the earliest
possible moment practlca le.
THE WORK OF THE FIREMEN.
Chief Puder said last night that the en
gines had all the water they could use, and
thov were placed as follows:
No. 1, the “Mogul,” at tho west end, on
the wharves, where it could not be cut off
by the flames or endangered, and where it
pumped two strong streams from the river.
The No. 5 and No. 3 engines took water
from the Bay street main, No. 5 at the foot
of Gas House Hill with a good stream, and
No. 3at Randolph and Bay with two strong
streams.
The No. 4 engine took the Randolph street
plug at tue Old Fort house, aud supplied
one good stream.
The No. 2, or roeerve engine, when the
flames were subdued enough to get the
horses to draw the engine down Bay street,
was located on the bridge between
the Gord >n wharves aud the Tyler
press building, aud supplied two
good streams from the river. The
flames spread so rapidly, aud the lieat aud
smoke were so suffocating, that to save the
eastern or Tyier press propertv was im
possible, and ail that could be done was to
confine the fire as much as possible to the
two compress buildings, saving the prop
erty east, west, and south, and the shipping.
TWO ENGINES TAKEN OFF.
The five engines with their eight streams
of water had not been working to exceed
teu minutes when the alarm from the
Second street fire was sent in, and Assistant
Chief Mouro with No. 4 engine was dis
patched to the new fire. As Lhe reflection
indicated that a big fire was in th*
southern part of the city, Chief Puder
sent out the No. 5, or new La France,
engine ten minutes later, leaving
three engines and six streams of v;ater,
which, with the four streams from the two
British steamships, worked unremittingly
until 10 o’clock yesterday morning, and
after that the three engines worked until 6
o’clock last night, when tbeNo. sengine was
relieved, the No. 1 and the No. 2 engines re
maining all night pumping from tue river
upon the smoldering ruins.
There were, as has been seen, five engines
in service, but as there are only four reg
ularly employed engineers, the driver of
the No. 3 engine ran her, and the engineer
of that engine ran the No. 2, or reserve
engine. This engine had just bean over
hauled by the department, and the work of
putting on the wheels was not completed
until 10 o’clock the night before.
TO INCREASE PRESS FACILITIES.
Gen. Manager Gabbett of the Central has
taken steps toward preventing any block iu
cotton that mig it occur in eon.equence of
the burniug of the two presses. Both of
the Gordon presses will bo in operation
within the next few days, and they will
be operated day and nignt. in this way
tnree times the amount of cotton will be
bandied at the Central’s press that is uow
handled. The general manager has already
instructed the (Southwestern ratlr a’l
officials at Maoon to send n- more cot'on
here nt present not compressed by tue Ma
oon press.
Five hundred additional care were also
leased yesterday by Hie Central, and Lite
increased facilities will euabie the rood to
nuudie the cotton without luUirupuua.
THE MORNING NEWSt THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1(Q 1889.
The receipts of cotton at the smaller sta
tions along the lire are very heavy just at
this time, and with the immense western
traffic which th* Central now has, the lease
of tne 500 cars became a necessity in order
to make the proper facilities.
THE SECOND STREET FIRE.
The City and Suburban Property Has
A Close Call.
The loss by the fire at Second and Whita
ker streets, which broke out shortly after
3 o’clock yesterday morning, proved to be
mere destructive than was reported in the
Morning News.
The fire started iu a two-itory frame
building at the northwest corner of Whit-
Second streets, occupied by John
H. Keogh as a grocery and and welling. Mrs.
Keogh was awakened by the stifling
smoko, and, hastily arousing her
husband, she seized her child in her
arms and hurried down-stairs, followed by
Mr. Keogh. The onlv thing saved from the
house was a trunk with the few valuables
and some clothing it contained.
renjamm McDonald, a City and Sub
urban conductor, broke open the store door,
thinking from the looks of the fire that a
bucket of water would extinguish the
flame; but he soon discovered his mistake,
as the entire floor blazed up as soon as he
entered, and he had to beat a hasty retreat.
Mr. Keogh’s loss was covered by a policy
of $1,400 in Johnston & Douglas’agency.
The duuse belo-iget to Mr. Eniinger, was
valued at $2,200, aud it is sid to have been
in-ured for SI,OOO.
The dwelling house occupied by C. H.
Gruver, on the southwest corner, next took
fire, and it and two one-storv frame tene
ment houses south of it on Whitaker street
• v re burned. They were occupied by
W. G. Holden aud a family named Jerigo.
The fire communicated to a row of one
story dwelling houses west of the Gruver
house, o i Second street, firo of which were
burned. Mr. Cox lived in one of the houses,
James Barnett in another, the remaining
three being occupied by colored families.
The loss on the eight houses will aggre
gate $4,000, partly covered by insurance.
These buildings were owned by J. Mendel.
J hn Siein, and a Mr. Weichen. Mr.
Gruver’s loss on furniture and carpenters’
tools and builders’ material he estimates at
SI,OOO, with insurance for SSOO with John
Sullivan & Co.’s agency in the Norwich
Union. The tenants of the other buil liugs
got the most of their household goods out.
A goat was cremated in one of the houses.
ihe stables of the City aud Suburban
railway were in imminent danger, and the
employes liberated the animals, which left
their stalls and were driven to the pasture.
The flames were dangerously near, and
nothing but the roof saved the building.
The Rosenbrookstore inddwelling, opposite
Keogh’s place, was well scorched,the shutters
charred, and many of the paues in the wm
do-vs broken from the intense heat. The
City and Suburoan depot was very hot, but
the firemen and the employes of "the com
pany saved it by keeping it wet. The
queer octago al house occupied by
Mr. Ensinger, in the rear of Keogh’s store,
caught fire on the roof aud as damaged
slightly. Those who witnessed the fire say
that the firemen deserve great credit for
the way they worked Hnd prevented any
wider spread of the flames. Lines of hose
were laid from the Anderson street main.
An incident of the fire, showing the in
telligence of a dog, is worth noting. A. H.
Good > iu, a street car conductor, living just
north of the Keogh house, had some time
ago, given a dog answering to the name of
Fannie, to Mr. Barnett, and when Fannie
saw the flames issuing from the house she
barked and scratched vig mously at Mr.
Barnett's door uutil it awakened him.
Having succeeded in arousiug her new
master, Fannie ran to her old home, and as
she could not-get|into the yard, she set up a
piteous howl at the gate." Mrs. Go idwin
went to an upper window, recognized Fan
nie, aud just at that time Mrs. Uoodwin
heard the cry of fire. The family was
not long in gettiug out, aud the intelligent
Fannie, having warned the two families,
ceased her howlings.
FI BE IN A LANE.
J. B. Kelly Loses His Household Goode
and S2O In Money.
A fire in AValdburg street lane, east of
Lincoln street, at 7 o’clock last night, gutted
the two-story frame house occupied by J.
B. Kelly, a driver in the employ of J. S.
Collins. The fire originated in the front
room, in the absence of Mrs. Kelly
at a grocery on New Houston
street. She says that she had not been
away from home to exceed fifteen minutes.
S e left a fire in the fireplace; the fire evi
dently caught from that. None of the
household goods were saved, and Kelly says
a S2O bill and his insurance policy for S3OO
in VV heaton & Son’s agency were burned.
The building was owned by Mrs. Crouin
of No. 64 Broughton street, and is damaged
to the extent of SIOO. The fire was disc jv
ered by a conductor on the Belt Line on a
down trip of his car, and alarms sent in
from boxes 2S and 41. The hose company
on VYaldburg street got the first stream of
water from the fi e hydrant, aud soon ex
tinguished the fla nes.
THE COLD WAVE PABT.
Fair Weather and a High Tempera
ture Now Looked For.
The cold wave has passed. The minimum
temperature was reached yesterday morn
ing, It was 42°. While the weather was
cold enough for frost, none is reported.
This is due to the wind. If the weather had
been calm, frost would have fallen at a
higher temperature.
At Bainbridge the temperature
reached 42°, but no frost was
reported there. Milieu went down to 34°,
and Albany, Thomnsville and Jessup re
pirted 38'’, Quitman 40°, and Kastman and
Fort Gain-s reported 80* and 90° respect
ively, being the highest temperature iu the
Savannah district of the cotton belt.
The cotton region bulletin at the signal
office gave Wilmington the lowest average
minimum temperature. The temperature
reported by the Wilmington district is 34".
Augusta, Charleston and Mobile reported
an average minimum of 86°. Galveston
reported the highest average maximum
temperature, 83”. Nearly all reports from
the New England districts show the state
of the weather to be cloudy. The Mid
dle and South Atlantic slates reported
cloudless weather, as did the Florida penin
sula, Eastern and Western Gulf states, the
Rio Grande and Ohio vallevs, Tennessee,
upper and lower la .es, Upper Mississippi
valley, Missouri vaiiey, extreme northwest,
northern and midule slope, aud soutneru
plateau. The weather will now grow
warmer, and to-d .y will be considerably
warmer than yesterday. No rain was re
ported anywhere in the United States. The
local forecast for to-day is for fair aud
warmer weather.
ODD FELLOWS' BIG DAY.
The Corner Stone of Their New Build
ing to be Laid this Afternoon.
To-day will be a big day for the Odd Fel
lows of Savannah. The corner-stone of
their new building will be laid this after
noon at 4 o’clock. Grand Master Russel is
expected to arrive this morning. He will
deliver the oration at 4 o’clock. The dif
ferent lodges will nieot at 3 o’clock at the
bail at Tri .ity church and will march to
the platform erected at the site of the new
building.
A good many visiting Odd Fellows in
Georgia, and iu South Carolina and Florida,
I are expected to be prese t. Contributions
1 for the stouo will bo received by Secretary
! Fawcett until 11 o’clock this moriti ig. The
arrangement committee has perfected all
j arrangeiueut, for the ceremony. Tuo plat
| form has l>ee:i erected aud tue order of ox
l ercisee ha* Loon made out.
If you are melancholy your liver is out of
| order. Bile Beaus is tbe remedy for liver
[ trouble*.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Matters Discussed at the October
Meeting—i he Oyster Survey.
The ciocty commissioners heid their
October meeting yesterday morning. Col.
R- D. Walker presided. Commissioners
Estill and Smart were present.
The application of T. \T. Archer for a
license to sell liquors at the Stevenson place,
adjoining the pour farm, was refused.
The resigr.at.onof Edwird Loe, constable
in the First district, was accepted, and an
election will be heid to fill tho vacancy
under the terms of the law.
C mnty Engineer Thomas presented his
rep- rt on the work of tne convict forces for
September.
I'etitions signed by A. L. Hartridge,
agent for tbe art ,te of Deßeune, Lester
ifubbell, A. M. Graham, J. A. Stevenson,
and John Nitte, owners of lands lying be
tween E-till ave me and the Montgomery
cross-road, were presented, asking that two
roads, a mile apart, be opened f. om the
H bite Biuff to the Waters real, one to he
called Deßenne avenue, and th* other Kens
ington avenue. The width of the proposed
road* was placed at forty feet. The peti
tions were referred back to the petitioners
with a statement that if the width of th?
roads was made fifty feet the m itter would
be considered.
The petition of L. M. Warfield, J. A.
Stevenson and others i.sking that a road be
opened between the White Bluff and
Waters roads, and offering to give the
right of way, was received. As the county
is now building a road parallel to and
within a quarter of a mile of that asked for,
the petition wa? received as information
and action was deferred.
Bills amounting - 1 > $2.3,577 47 were passed
for payment—sl2,s37 was on account of the
contract for the new court house, $.5,000 for
public education, $1,350 for the Bay street
right of way through the Jasper Spring
property, and the balance was for current
expenses.
The commissioners talkel over the matter
of laying off the county poor farm into
small farms, building road3 and drains
through it, and, after setting apart 400
acres for county purposes, disposing of tbs
oalauce of about 1,000 acres. This tract
will make the best farming land in the
county, and tbe lots will doubtless find
ready purchasers.
Ensign Drake, in command of the coast
survey schooner Ready, who is to
make the survey of the six tide-water coun
ties of Georgia, was before the commission
ers, aud gave a very interesting a-count of
the work that has been done in North Caro
lina in locating oyster beds and places to
cultivate oysters. Ha stated that under his
instructions from Washington he was to
prepare charts of tne survey he is about to
make, but in order to make the survey
available to the commissioners, so that they
could act under the law to protect
oysters recently passed by the legislature,
it would be necessary that there should be
c pies of the plats in their possession. Ha
stated that about $l5O would be all that
would be necessary to secure them. A
resolution was passed appropriating that
a nount.
E islgn Drake stated that he had already
made survevs of the oyster beds north of
Tybee, and hefou id that the improveme its
that are being made in tUe river are rapidly
destroying the oysters. In some places he
found adepositof twofeetover thebedsaud
the oysters dead. Ha had also surveyed the
beds in front and rear of Fort Pulaski, aud
thought there would be little water space
available for oyster planting. It took
three years to complete the survey in North
Carolina, but Ensign Drake does not
know how long it will take to and > t e w >rk
in Georgia. It is probable, however, that
his connection with the work will end in
Ja mary, at wkic i time he will doubtless
receive orders to report on board a man-of
war. County Engi leer Thomas was directed
to assist the surveying party by giving
them county lines and property lines when
ever necessary.
GOT THEIR CHILD BACK.
The Baran Family in Possession of
Their Young Hopeful Again.
A hearing of the Baran-Brown habeas
corpus case was had before Judge Ferriil
yesterday afternoon. The principals In the
case were Daniel and Amalie Baran, parents,
aud Charles and Jessie Brown, custodians
of a child. Several of the witnesses sworn
were Hungarians, who spoko German. They
were not able to testify in English, and upon
consent of counsel o.i both sides Clerk
Kellbach was sworn in as the interpreter.
The evidence of Mrs. Jessie Brown was that
she was to Lave the child forever, all claim
to it being reiinqui.bed by the parents.
Mrs. Baran denied this statement absolutely
and declared that the child was only given
to Mrs. Brown temporarily until her hus
band became able to support it. He re
luctantly gave up the child.
The evidence of B ran was that he is able
now to take care of and support the child.
He is earning $1 25 per dav, and sometimes
earns extra wages. He and bis wife desired,
he said, to regain the possession of their
child from Mrs. Brown, who upon several
requests refused to give it up, on the ground
that sue had maintained auil supported it
for fourteen weeks; had clothed it, and had
provided medical attention when the child
was in deli ate health.
Much of the evidence was contradicted
by the principals. Mrs. Brown was williug,
some time before the case was tried, to turn
over toe child to its parents, provided they
paid her $5 per week for her trouble aud
care. Shortly before the trial she wanted
$l5O paid down. This proposition was
rejected.
The left tho parents wasjaw.
They accordingly entered their writ of
habeas corpus against Charles and Jessie
Brown. The attention of the c urt, was
occupied several hours in the trial of the
ease. T. D. Rockwell, Esq., attorney for
Mr. Brown, ably presented his side, and
Emil Newman, E q., rejp i tied, appealing
to the court on behalf of the parents. Judge
Ferriil briefly awarded little Rudolph to
the custody of his parents.
TAKEN TO A HIGHER COURT.
An Appeal to the Supreme Court for
One of the Yamacraw Rioters.
The record of the case against George H.
Robinson, convicted of participation in the
Yamacraw riot, at the last term of the
superior court, wa9 completed yesterday
and forwarded to Atlanta. The document
consisted of 100 pages, and is one of the
largest forwarded front the eastern circuit.
IV. 8. Chisholm, Jr., Esq., represents Rob
iuson, and he is making a str mg fight for
his client. Notice of the appoal was given
when the case was concluded at the Decem
ber term of the superior court, but it re
quired some time to compile the document
ary evideuce and get it in simpo. After
the return of Mr. Chisholm front the north
a few days ago, the evideuce was closed and
the document was forwarded at once to
Atlanta.
Killed by a Train.
Rhoda Campbell, 70 years old, was killed
a short distanoe from the Ogeecbee crossing
night before last by a Charleston aud
Savannah railroad train. Coroner Dixon
held an inquest yesterday, aud the jury re
turned a verd ct of accidental kill) ng. The
engineer and fireman of the train said that
they saw tue woman ou toe track, but at
the time they did not know whet Lor it was
a person or a cow. Several blasts of tbe
whistle wore given before the tram struck
and knocked her off the track. The woman’s
husband. G orge Campbell, was at tbe in
quest. He saiu that his wife bad beeu iu
town to buy some provisions, and was re
turning home.
FOB HEADACHE
Use Horaford's Add Phosphate.
Dr. L R. Han Fit HD, Sheffield, Mas*,
says: "Most excellent iu derang. maoU of
the nervous system, such as headache aud
sleepWstues*. ,
TH2 OY3T?R SURVEY.
Br.aiga Drake at Work on the Survey
of the Georgia Oyeter Waters.
The coast and geodetic survey schooner
Ready, which arrived at Tybse last week
for the purpose of making surveys of the
oysreriag waters of Georgia, completed
yesterday a survey at the mouth of the Sa
vannah river. \Vnile the survey whs a
very satisfactory one, it was discovered that
the liability to da oage by freshets renders
it not altogether the best place to begin the
cultivation of oysters. Ensign J. C. Drake
is :;i eommaud of the schooner.
After tbe ompietio i of the survey at the
moutn of th* Savmuah river yesterday, he
went to Thunderbolt t> ascertain the
density of the water at that point. The
cur. outs, a id also tne extent of The natural
beds, are exaan red, as well os the area open
to cultivation by the recent law and th&-
which is favorable for cultivation.
All of the oyster waters in this county
will be surveyed, which will require the sur
veymg party to remain hare during October
and a part of November. The surveys are
made us far up toe rivers as the salt water,
of sufficient density to pormit propagation
of the oyster, reaches. At that point the
survey is discontinue!. The oyster area of
Georgia is approximated at 590,000 acres.
The area of North Carolina, where Ensign
Drake has just completed a survey, is over
1.000,000 acres. The surveying party was
nearly three years completing the survey
iu North Carolina.
The counties that will be included in the
Georgia survey are Chatham, Bryan, Lib
erty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden. This
is i he first survey that has beeu made, or in
fact the first notice that has ever been taken
of the oyster industry of Georgia. The
surveys that have been made, demonstrate
the fact that southern waters are in many
respects superior to the waters north for
oyster propagation. Iu the first place the
condition of the water, its density, etc., is
must favorable to the mollusk. Besides
this, there is the absence in southern
waters of the oyster enemy, the starfisn.
In the survey in North Carolina which
Ensign Drake has completed with Lieut.
Winslow, not a starfish was found. The
starfish is a great drawback to oystering at
the north. Many oystermen expend as
high as $2,000 per month in getting rid of
the fish. In consequence of this drawback
some northern oystermen have tur .e 1 their
attention to the south, and yesterday a Con
necticut gentleman was in Savannah nego
tiating with an old oysterman about tue
purchase of beds. In the oysters found at
Thunderbolt the ensign discovers a rem irk
able thriftiness in their growth, which the
surveyors say indicates good oystering
waters.
The surveys as they are followed up’ ap
pear to be more favorable. In North Car
olina, where the extended survey has just
been fi ished, the improvement of oyster
ing is phenomenal. Northern oystermen
are pouring into the state and establishing
oyster plants preparatory to doing business
on an immense scale. It is understood that
$02,000 will be expended in that state within
the next few weeks by oystermen who have
gone into the oyster culture. The Pam
lico Oyster Company of North Car
olina has a capital stock of $209,000,
and it is developing new grounds all the
time. The company has a steamer, and
employs between thirty and forty regular
men, natives of the state, to do the work.
It imports no labor at all, and one distinct
feature of the bill advocated by Dr. Oemler
is to restrict tne labor to residents of
Georgia. Besides the Pamlico compauy,
a gentleman ia .-orta Carolina has planted
$40,000 bushels during the last six months.
Oyster culture, Ensign Drake says, is ,a
much larger industry than people of the
south have au idea it is. Formerly in Geor
gia it has been confined to the poorer classes,
whose means and appliances were far too
limited to admit of carrying on a respect
able business, and to a great many it may
seem like foolisnness to be legislating and
uiaki g laws governing the industry, but
when it is known that $20,000 is oftentimes
expended in preparing a single bed, before
oven a cent of revenue is derived from it,
that idea of an insignificant industry must
be removed.
H. C. Rowe of New Haven, Conn., proba
bly the greatest oyster state at present in
the United States, began the oyster business
a fa w years ago with a capital of $6,000, and
he now has a plant valued at $500,000. He
owns three steamers and carries on an im
mense business in shipping to all parts of the
United States and Canada. Ensign Drake
said that iu many inst tices he has discovered
a tardiness aud unwillingness on the part of
some of the naive oystermen aud fishermen
to give all the information which they pos
sess about the beds, location, etc., of the
waters about them, but he sees no apparent
cause for this. The surveyor makes a thor
ough survey of all the available waters
anyhow, and if he fails to report a bed, it
is not included in the survey, and
private parties may take it. In addition
to t is, the idea that the waters are going
to be taken away from them has got rooted
iu some of the small growers’ miuds. En
sign Drake said tuat in every case where
the surveys have been made the small
oystermen have been benefited. If
they are unable to carry on a busi
ness of their own that will be remunerative
they invariably re reive employmaut from
the larger oystermen who establish plants.
By the establishment of plants the poorer
elas.es ara afforded a means of livelihood
on a sure basis, and neither their business
nor their ineaus of living can possibly be
affected. It is the desire of the surveying
party that all the oystermen aud fl-.hmen
who are familiar with the territory will
furnish them as much information as possi
ble concerning tbe location of the beds.
CITY BREVITIES.
Zerubbabel Lodge No. 15, F. and A. M.,
meets this evening.
Peter Frasier and Sandy Green, th 9 two
negroes who were arrested day before
yesterday for the murder of James Smith
(colored), are both in jail. The officers are
at work getting important witnesses in the
case.
Charles Murphy, a pressman in the
Morning News job department, had the
first joint of the index fi.iger on his right
hand torn off in a Hoe cylinder press at
which he was working yesterday. The
joint was completely severed from the
hand and dropped to the floor.
On the night of the fire at Kauffman's
restaurant on South Broad street last week,
Chief Puder ranja piece of glass into|his foot,
but as the wound bled freely at tbe time, he
thought the glass was all out. Yesterday
the foot pained him so severely that he ex
amined tbe wound more closely, to see that
a piece of glass had worked upward, and
was visible on the upper side of the foot.
With a pair of scissors as improved pincers,
he extractedja spear-shaped piece of glass
fully an inch in length.
Brewer’s Lung Restorer is by far the best
throat and lung medicine I have ever used,
and I take pleasure in indorsing it as such.
Having used it in my family, and seen it
used in many cases, I know whoreof I
speak- T. J. Burney.
At Nichols’.
Just opened, anew and complete stock of
$l5O, $2 and $2 50 ladies’ kid button
shoes; every pair guaranted. Complete
li e of misses’, children's and infants’ heel
and spring heel shoes at lovr prices. A. H.
Nichols, 128 Broughton street.
Notice to Contractors and Builders.
1 have been appointed eol„ agent for th* sale
of the celebrated Cnewacla Lime. This Ume has
ueen sold m this market for the last twenty
years, aud is conceded to bate given better sat
isfaction ttieu auv other Ibne. lam also agent
for if oilman itoanuilale Content, lugllsn end
German Portland Cement*. Calomel Plaster
Plastering Hair etc., whmn 1 can furnish In any
quenUiy and on short notice. 1 seep ou hand toe
largest stock in the south of White Puis Doors,
Bsii. llhude. UuUderV Herd were. Paints, OtU,
Glass. Lubricating Oils, Packings ot all kinds, a
oo in plots assortment of alee .ibuat end mill
supplies. Get my pnees before purcheeiM
nhawhare ■ethaalee heerfutl> furnished
aaumv llimoo.
BAKING POWDER.
FOR
FOWSII
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of purltv,
strength and h /lesomeoess. More economical
than the ordinary Kin. is, and cannot be
sold in competition with tbe multitude of low
teat, short weight alum or phosphate powders.
Sold only in cans. Rotzi. Basins Fowses Cos.,
106 Wall street. New York.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
B. L. Harrell of Eastman is here.
I. Q. Coleman of Seward is here.
A. Kuchler of Charleston is here.
G. W. Taylor Johnson is in town.
F. H. Jones of Augusta is in town.
J. S. Cotes, Jr., of Brunswick is here,
W. F. Combs of Macon is in the city.
M. D. McNeill of Sumner is iu the city,
B. B. Rawls of Lumber City is in the city.
Dr. W. B. Rush of Oakland is in the city.
J. S. L. Alexander of Charleston is here.
J. I. Williams of Jeffersouton is in the
city.
J. D. Kirkpatrick of Birmingham is in
town.
R. K. Walker came in from Darien yes
terday.
D. G. Drew, wife and child, of Swan, are
in the city.
R. Sloan and wife, of Mascotte, Fla., are
in the city.
W. M. Spier and A. J. Hall, of Bartow,
are in the city.
Jacob Lott of Waycross came up to the
city yesterday.
H. G. Williams and J. Griffin, of Keyser,
N. C., are in the city.
E. R. Smith and W. T. Goodman, of
Jacksonville, are here.
E. E. W. Brewster of Kissimmee, Fla.,
came up to Savannah yesterday.
John McLean and M. W. Howol, of Brax
ton, came into the city yesterday.
C. C. Colby and wife and Mrs. J. R. Col
by, of Ocala, Flo., are guests of the Harnett.
A. T. Williams and wife and Miss Starke,
of Jacksonville, are guests of the Screven
house.
General Manager George Cecil of the De
Bary line of steamers, of Jacksonville, ac
companied by his wife, passed through yes
terday eu route to New York.
The Young America Social Club held its
first hop of the season last night at Catholic
Library ball. It was largely attended, and
the affair was a social success.
Mrs. W. B. Bristol of Beaufort,
S. C., and Mrs. T. A. Carroll and Master
Ted of Gainesville, Fla., are guests of Miss
Ella Symous, oa Liberty street.
Game Coming In Lively.
Since the opening of the game season on
Oct. 1, game has been coming in lively.
Duck, doves, quail and snipe are being
brought in by the farmers, and the sports
men are getting in go and work. Fancy
prices are being offered for them. Freid &
Hicks received a large quantity of quail
aud doves yesterday from Effingham
county. Farmer E. "S. Shearhouse, who
brought the game in, said that it is plenti
ful, and is in an excellent condition. Be :s
are about ripe, and the acreage is larger
than ever known before in Effingham, he
said. The season has been favorable for
the crop. The game is making incursious
in the pea fields a rnut now, aud until har
vest the game will be very fat. Rice birds
have dropped out. There are no longer
calls for them at the restaurants. Venisou
will begin coming in shortly. A few
farmers have brought in venison since the
first of the month. Fancj- prices will be
paid for almost all kinds of game for a
short while.
Naval Stores for Genoa.
A. R. Salas & Cos. cleared yesterday the
Italian bark AVashington for Genoa, with
3,427 barrels of rosin, weighing 1,639,285
pounds, valued at $6,415; and 2,500 barrels
of spirits turpentine, measuring 25,000
gallons, valued at $11,375. Total valuation
of cargo, $17,790. Cargo by Messrs. Pater
son, Downing & Cos.
If you try a sample bottle of Shepard’s
B. B. Cologne, you will certainly buy a
large bottle after you have tested its merits.
It is an article that you never tire of.
Oak, Fine and Lightwood.
Have removed my wood yard to corner
Gwinnett street and Savanna!], Florida and
AVestern railway. Telephone 77. R. B. Cassels.
“Fall Hats."
My complete stock of men’s and boys’
stiff and soft hats now opened, and for sale
reasonable, at A. S. Nichols, 128 Broughton
street.
Y outnan s Hata.
I take pleasure in informing my patrons
I have accepted the agency of Youmarrs
hats, the best stiff hats made. Call an
examine them. A. S. Nichols, 128 Brough
ton street.
The Man About Town.
“An eye's an eye, and whether black or blue,
Is no great matter, so its in request
Tis nonsense to dispute about a hue;
The kindest, may be taken as the best.”
—Don Juan.
“The Man About Town” has often wondered why
So many people wear spectacles. In his rambles
He meets them by tho score: wee boys in knick
erbockers.
School boys, young men, girls and young ladies
all
Seem to be usurping the once considered, sole
prerogative
Of our elders. 1 was in Sternberg £ Bro’s jew
elry palace
A day or two ago, and the above subject was
recalled by the
Immense display there, of spectacles and eye
glasses in
Gold, silver, steel and tortoise frames. They
told mo that
They arc mailing a specialty of these goods and
keep the
Finest lenses and frames, at prices far below
those charged
By exclusive opticians, giving equal satisfaction.
“Fashion,’' that trim goddess, wh) is popularly
Regarued as being most at home in "woman's
Proud domain.” ia’ it again. Thin time she
Decrees I’aiNcrss and Manqi isß finger rings as
The lalest'‘fad” for the tubes. I noticed them in
Greatest variety at Sternberg & Bros., daintily
I Set in diamonds, rubies, emeralds and
I Sapphires, glittering, glistening tempters, quite
Rivn looking and at very roa-ouable prices.
. The Sternbergs say they are all the rage now.
j A'ou may not be able to find out in a
| I oshlonsble Jewelry store who ,s going
To get marrii-d, but you can gel au accurate
Idea of the prospects of the matrimonial market
ro.n the uuiuLkt of people une s•■*s.> buying
Wedding pros,-ms for tho* in whose Inline
uptial cares they are Interested. Just
Now Sternberg £ Hros. U dally crowded with
such ptircluuiers, and having the largest
And finest, display of wedding pr -tcnls In
Tin' illy, the rush and bustle In their
I liaiidsoiue new quarters is not surprising
1 Tua Mas Adult Tow*,
LCDDEN * BATES . M. H.
AI.I. dealers in Pianos and Or.„
have lo learn bv nJn!*
,l “' no enduring 'u P , e„ <!„ [£
made by retijn- iu.ir„.7 n “
mat ere not flrst.,| a r, i n heir*”*'
prctite grades. r rc -
IF a high grade, high priced instr..
"'".A j**"' 1 '" hare *
world-wide reputation like th., *,
I D ‘he (Tuckering or Meson
IF a medium priced Instrument .
oflered. it should be the £.,?* *
tains si,- at the price. 1 h**
IF a cheap instrument is desires
there are still stronger reason
should bs the**ery besto|
WK learned this lesson many vesr.
ago. in our callow da{,. , n4
while our highest priced i„ Ir ".
■nents are acknowledged
teaa the world we assert that m r
cheapest are of more actual
than most Instruments for which ,
higher price is asked by many house,
ESPECIAL attention is invited lo
the iniequaied facililies lor tun
tng, repairing and moving.
[PDDEN $ JJATES
S. M. 11.
DRY GOODS.
si;PERIOR quality
AND MAKE
OB'
FINE
Muslin Underwear.
kadies often hesitate to purchase
Muffin Underwear because the gar
ments they wish are often small,
short, or not well made, the manu
facturer using 3-Cord Thread and
Chain Stitch, especially in the tuck
ing. When such a garment is pur
chased it is not cheap at any price,
as it never gives satisfaction.
This advertisement calls your
personal attention to tbe celebrated
“W” BRAND Muslin Underwear,
made entirely, “tucking and all,"
on lock-stitch machine, 6-Cord
Thread, both upper aud under; are
full size, in length aud widta, and
made of good muslin and fine cam
bric. The Skirts and Drawers have
the yoke hand, and are, in every
respect, well made goods.
Our assortment is now complete,
and your inspection is solicited.
CROHAN&DOQNER.
FUBNITUKE AND £AKPKTS.
rp-pg —pp t
i J. Miller Cos,
WILL MOVE INTO THEIR NEW STORE,
No. 171 Broughton St,
ABOUT
OCTOBER 15,
WITH AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF
FURNITURE
Their office until that time will be st 9t
BAY BTLEET.
The balance of the Roods saved from the flr
will be auctioned daily at
Mr. C. P. Miller’s Auction Warerooms,
131 Congress Street.
Bargains Every Dar*
i ‘
WOOD AND COAL.
WOOD &COAL
OP ALL KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE <m
Office 7, Drayton street. Citizens’ Bankisnilding^
TERRA COIT^
PERTii AMBOY TERRA COTTA U
Architectural Terra Cotta,
SPECIAL SIZES AND COLORS OF FRONT
BRICK.
18 Cortlandt, New York, N. Y.: Prexel Build*
ing, Philadelphia, Pa.; 81 South Clark street,
Chicago. 111.; Perth Amboy, N. J. m
DAVIS BBOs.
The Atlanta Emosilioi
SHOULD BE VISITED BY
EVERY SAVANNAHIAN,
And when there be sure to inspect our exhibit.
We have as fine a display of Pianos and Organ*
as can be seen anywhere in the country. Out
exhibit or “The Old Homestead,” with 50. W
extra exposition copies, will largely aid our
advertisers and increase our circulation. VS
mean business every time we put a dollar in't
anything, and, of course, a big success naturally
follows. Our Savannah display of Ant* Pianu*
and Organs cannot be surpassed, and from th
tremendous business we are doing in this lit*
we feel assured of a public appreciation of ou
efforts.’ Our new Tuner from Bostou, Mas<
just arrived. He is a good one, and we bearti y
recommend him.
K N. STUNT the 83d name drawn in Pst*
Bros,' Piano Club No. 1.
DAVIS BROS.,
42,44 and 46 Bull
