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THE CORNER-STONE LAID
THIS CEREMONY AT THE ODD FEL
LOWS’ NEW BUILDING.
Grand Master Russell Puts tne Stone
In Position and Delivers tbe Oration.
The Grand Lodge Ceremonial-The
Parade of the Savannah Lodges
The Contents of the Copper Box
The Grand Master Entertained by
the Savannah Odd Fellows.
Yesterday was one of interest in tbe
history of Odd Felljwship in Savannah.
The corner-stone <if the new building at
State and Barnard streets was laid with
impressive ceremonies. Hon. R. B. Russell
of Athens, grand master of tbe state, laid
the stone, aud delivered the oration. The
Odd Fellows turned out in Urge numbers
and made the occasion one deserving of the
high regard and resnect which it got.
Five hundred people witnessed the cere
monies. The afternoon was pleasant. At
3:30 o'clock the lodges met at their halls,
and marched in recalia to the site of the
new building. OeKa b lodge was
escorted from Metropolitan hall to
the hall tomiiorarily 000 ipied by
the other lodges in Trinity church.
Myer’s Cornet Baud led the procession.
DeKalb Lodge turned out fifty members.
At the church the procession formed in the
following order:
THE PROCESSION.
Oglethorpe No. 1, Noble Grand J. A.
Hutton.
Live Oak No. 3, Noble Grand William
Fawcett.
DeKalb No. I', Noble Grand U. L.
MeLaws.
Haupt No. 58, Noble Grand F. K. Frei
herr.
Golden Rule No. 12, Noble Grand J. G.
Swanston.
■Magnolia Encampment No. 1, Chief
Patriarch G. G. Wilson.
These lodges represented n membership of
660, over one-half of which was in line.
Grand Master Russell, < uairinan Askew
of the Hall Association, aud Deputy
Grand Master David Porter "ero the last
to file out of the hall. They marched with
the procession down Jefferson to Broughton
street, thence to Drayton and Liberty, up
Liberty to Barnard, and thence to
the building. Giand Master Russell
was conduoted to the platform, es
oorfcei bv the following officers:
Deputy Grand Master David Porter,
Grand Warden A. V. Manuov, Grand Sec
retary A. R. Fawcett, Grand Treasurer
J. S. Tyson, Grand Marshal J. H. H. Os
borne, and Grand Chaplain C. H. Carson.
Besides these was a large number of mem
bers of the various lodges on the platform.
The others stood around in front of the
platform. Barnard street lor a long dis
tance north and south of the building was
crowded. The ceremonies were begun by
Grand Master Russell, and Grand Chaplain
Carson invoked thedivine blessing. Grand
Secretary Fawcett read the list of contribu
tions.
CONTENTS OP THE COPPER.
Tho box of contributions of the old build
ing, which was taken from tho old stone,
was intact. It was not opened, and was
placed in tbe stoue with this inscription:
This box was pi ace A in the corner-stone of
Odd Fellows’ Hall April .'ii. 1888 Building de
stroyed by fire April (S, I8S!i. Replaced in new
building without opening Oct. IP, 18811.
The following is a list of the articles
placed in t e new hix by Grand Treasurer
Tyson: Coustit tion arm by-laws of Magno
lia Encampment No. 1; of the American
Legion of Honor; of the Royal Society of
Good Fellows; postal card notice of next
meeting of Magnolia Encampment No. 1,
aud also a burned seal of the encampment;
Mrs. Cole, No. 81. I ay street, contributed
ail ore coin of 1887, a shilling of 186;}, au
English penny of 1805, half penny f 1775,
a United States ca it of 171)8, an English
half penny of 1145, 10 pfennig German
of 1876; a Spanish cin of 180:!
was put in by William Fawcett, aud
lot of confederate money in denominations
from $5 to SIOO, by C. Basch; a list of all
comtnuuioa ions, donations and money
give i for the building, and a copy of tho
grand master’s report of 1889; seal of
vV Udey Degree Lodge, saved from the old
building, by F. Blanchard; 50-penny
Deutsche rochmark, 10-peuny Deutsche
rochmark, by D. 4. Morrison; copy of by
laws of Haupt Lodge for 1889, 1886, 1869,
1877, 1879, by A. N. Manucy.
ODD FELLOWS’ BY-LAWS.
T. A. Askew contributed the following
articles: Cony Savannah Keening Times
April 26, 1886, containing list of articles
deposited in corner-stone laid that day;
copy of proceedings Grind Encampment of
1.0. O. F. of Georgia, 1888; copy of Grand
Sire Underwood’s report of session of Sov
ereign Grand Lodge, 1889; copy of memo
rial service of Odd Fellows of Savannah,
Nov. 9, 1SS8; copy of by-laws Enterprise
Lodge I. O. 0. F. No. 30,0f New York city;
copy of by-laws Mayflower Itebekah Lodge
No. 77, Brooklyn, N. Y.; copy of by-laws
Maguolia Encampment No. 1, I. O. O. F.,
Savannah, 1877; copy of by-laws Ogle
thorpe Lodge No. 1, 1. O. O. F., Savannah;
Directory of New York Degree Lodge No.
1, New York city; Directory of New York
aud Brooklyn Lodges 1. O. O. F; Directory
of Golden Rule D gree Lodge No. 1, New
York; Directory of Lodges of I. O. O. F.,
Rhiladelphia, Peon.; Brennine souvenir of
Prospect Lodge No. 290, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
name of Degree Team of Prospect Ixidgo
No. 290, Brooklyn, N. Y.; r 11 of officers of
Frankliu Degree L dge, of Brooklyn, N. Y.;
souvenir from Howard Lodge No. 00,1. O.
O. F. New York; souvenir of Palestine
Rebckah Degree Lodge No. 99, of Now
York; souvenir of anniversary of 1.0. O.
P. lodges of Newark, N. J., 1885; souvenir
68th anniversary of Brooklyn Lodge,
I. O. O. F., No. 20, Brooklyn, N. Y; souve
nir of reunion of past gr mds of Protection
Lodge No. 28, Newark, N. J., 1B87; photo
graph of Odd Fellows’ monument at Cincin
nati, O; souvenir of fortieth anniversary
of Protection Lodge No. 28, Newark. N. J.;
copy of appeal of Savannah Odd Fellows
for aid to rebuild their hall, issued May.
1889; copy of invitation to banquet and
excursion of the Odd Follows of Savan
nah in honor of Grand Lodge, 1881;
souvenir of Rippowan L dgo No. 2d, Stan
ford, Conn., May 10, 1887; e py of pro
gramme of the 68th anniversary of the
order in Savanna i, when the hall was
dedicated April 26, 1887; copy of the by
laws May encampment, 1888; roll of mem
bers of Oglethorpe l.iodge No. 1, 1. O. O.
F., 1888; roll of officers Mechanics’ Lodge
No. 113, I. O. O. F., New York city, 1880;
copy of Howard's soug, dedicated to How
ard Lodge No. 69, L O. O. F., New York
city.
THE GENERAL CONTRIBUTION.
Ely Otto contributed a copy of yellow
fever record of 1876; a copy of Third annual
meetiug of ihe Weekly Press Association;
fire alarm telegraph card; “What is Odd
Fellowship,” by-laws Chatham Degree
Camp; Odd Fellows’ memorial services,
1881; Penny Local , Oct. S. lbS9.
I. D. La Roche, Jr., contributed an Italian
coin of 1826; J. F. Gaitigny, Sr., con
tributed a copy of the first by-laws of Live
Oak Lodge No. 3, 1843; C. J. Hancok, a
Portuguese coin, 20 reis, 1883; Portuguese
coin, 10 reis, 1869; Portugue-e com, 30 reis,
1869; Spanish coin, 5 centimes, 1861;
Spanish coin, 30 reis, 1869;, English coin,
1782; 1 pfennig, Dutch; 10 pfe inig, Dutch;
Phillip Slyerson presented a Jewish Euglisn
almanac. 5649, 1888-’S9; A. Krieger, 30
pence, Irish, 1808, cuie centimes, Fiouch,
1850; 1 penny, Victoria, 1863, Ocent, Colonies
Fra. causes, 1828, 1 cent, P. E. Island,
1871; Elms Brown, a French coin, 1767;
J. L. Gallagher, bv-laws of St. John the
Baptist Total AbiUne ,ce Society, 1885; J.
Beckett, charter and by-laws of the Title
Guarantee Company of Savannah, 1887;
Jonas Mondell, cony of charter of the Sa
vannah Grocery Company; J, H. Pearson,
10 oeute, Units! Stale . 1853; C. li. Mon
four very old 00i.., date* illeg.ble;
liieo Ba*-h, one Spanish coin, 18ifi;c .nfed
t >*sued by R. Toomtus, July 8,
leei; K. C. Zitvrouer, 1 cent,' Canada, 1854.
TH* GRAND MASTER’S ORATION.
When the reading ot the list had been
concluded, tbe grand master adjusted tbe
box and sealed it. Chairman Askew then
stepped to tns font of the platform, and in
a neat spmh introduced Grand Master
Russell, wno was the orator of the occasion.
The grand master’s speech commanded
tbe closest attention. Mr. Russell
said that here in Savannah, rich in
historic interest, riod in its great
names, and rich in its Illustrious living, be
had been called to speak upon na
occasion which will ever be his
toric in Odd Fellowship in Geor
gia. He congratulated the Savannah lodges
upon the pluck and enterprise and unpar
alleled energy which they have exhibited.
Although coming from a distant part uf the
state, he felt that he was no *'ranger here.
“In this historic spot, which Pulaski sanoti
fled; which is enriched by the blood of
Jasper; here where Oglethorpe first
landed, and where it has been uni
versally admitted that the chivalry
of (ie rgiu has resided, and the beauty
and queenliness of it* matrons have found
their loftiest exemplifications”—he said
that he felt it impossible to he a stranger.
He came to the Odd Fellows here to bear
them the news from North Georgia’s wildest
recesses—the news that Odd Fellowship
there, as elsewhere, is up, alive,
energetic, and abreast of t..e times.
In Savannah he claimed a
common heritage, and he Cast himself
upon the good graces aud the chivalry of
the noble citizens with safety, and ho could
appeal with utmost complacency to the
graces of the ladies, because he never saw a
lady but who liked an Odd Fe.low, and he
was odd in the double sense.
THE PRINCIPLES OK ODD FELLOWSHIP.
The grand master took up the
cardinal principles of odd fellow
ship. The three links, he said,
f rin a chain that binds toe brotherhood
together. It is often said by some people
that Odd Fellowship is a secret order, and
that in these days they have no concern
with such institution-. There are no secrets
in Odd Fellowship, the speaker said, only
such as will enable a brother to
know an impostor. It teaches no
lessons but such as are worthy to
be learned. The grand master related
a story of a philosopher who discovered,
as he was coming down a hill, a rickety
building that was used as a tan-yard, and
the taunor advertised his business by stick
ing a cow’s tail through a knot hole in the
upper part of the building. The philoso
pher ruminated: “Well, great Jehosophat.
lam a philosopher. I can tell how the sun,
moon and stars make their daily revolutions.
I understand how little butterflies make
butter, and little horseflies make horses,
but I don’t understand hnw that cow could
have gotten through.th >t hole and couldn’t
pull her tail after her.” Tho trouble was,
said the grand master, the puilosopher was
on the outside. Bo with the world
when it calls Odd Fellowship a faice;
it is not on the inside. If it was
it would see that the cow’s tail
had no bovine attachment, but was a mere
sign of the business which was carried on.
A DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION.
I’lis grand master said that he loves Odd
Fellowship because it is tho most democratic
order wtth which ho is acquainted. It
teaches that great doctrine that goodness is
greatuoes in used. it rests not in externals
nor derives its worth front gorgeous dis
play. Its foundation is honesty and it
rears its |totvers upward to the skies.
It is that which will make ono call ano her
a brother no matter what his c mdition
in life may be. It lays its foundation in
the soul. “I love it,” he said, “because it
brings together every trade and class, and
obliterates social distinction. When the
lodge room is open it welds ail together in
a common fellowship.”
As au Odd Fellow, the grand master
said that he was proud of the Savannah
lodges. Their enterprise is uuparalleled.
Their thrift in rebu ldiug their hall is re
markable. Before the asnes Imd cooled on
the spot where the burned building stood,
when others would have sold the tot and
given up the undertaking, the lodges pre
pared to build a better struciute tnau the
one destroyed. Let it rise, ho said,
to the skies and kiss them. As
Tyboe light rises to welcome tho
returning mariner from distant seas, so
may the Odd Fellows’ building rising in its
fair proportions, in the historic city des
tined yet Lobe greater and grander with ap
proaching years, until it shall be tho metrop
olis, not only of Georgia, but of the south
—lot this temple, rising here, burdene 1 with
a labor for humanity, forever welcome in
friendship, love and truth the oppressed
and friendless and the virtuous of all classes
and oondi ions of life.
Odd Fellows wifi look upon this day, the
grand . aster said, in concluding, with
congratulation aud pride.
THE CONCLUDING CEREMONY.
The grand chaplain then invoked the
blessing of the Divine Spirit. The line of
march wan taken up, mid, after escort
ing DeKalb Lodge to its hall, the
other lodges marchod to their quarters at
Trinity c lurch and disbanded.
A party of thirty was formed last night,
and Grand Master Kussell was taken to
Thunderbolt, where an oyster roast was
served. Mr. Russell will remain in the
city to-day, aud will be shown the points of
interest. 'The graud master is less than 30
years of age, aud a good many of the i ldor
Odd Fellows wero surprised to see so youug
a man at the head of the order.
Tno new building will be completed in
June, and the third Wednesday in August,
the grand lodge will meet here in its annual
convention, at which time the building will
be dedicated.
THE HUSSARS’ BAZAR.
Work on the Bazar Building lo Begin
in a Few Days.
The Georgia Hussars held their quarterly
meeting last night and discussed the plans
for the coming bazar. Chairman Blood
worth of the general committee presented
an interesting report, showing what the
committee has done and what it is doiag
now.
Tne clearing of the lots at South Broad
and Whitaker streets for the bazar building
began yesterday, and work on tne building
itself will begin within the next few days.
It will bo completed by Nov. 15. The
bazar will be opened Dec. 3, aud will con
tinue until New Year’s.
The building will cover the entire three
lots fronting South Broad street, from
Whitaker street to Dr. Hopp,’ resnleuco,
a id will extend back to York street laue.
It will have two exti auces, one on South
Broad street and one on Whitaker street'.
The plans for the building
are complete and have been accepted, and
ail that remains is to erect the building
and decorate it.
The bazar committee is actively at
work, and it has received gener
ous donations from every direc
tion. The canvassing committees will
begin work right away. So far the onlv
canvassing that has boon do e has been out
of Savannah. The ladies’ auxiliary com
mittee is hard at work, and everything
points to a brilliant aud successful bazar.
CITY BREVITIES.
The enamel cloth cover of the new La
France engine was lost Wednesday uigut
on the run from Bay to Second street.
The delay in the plans for tho Pulaski
house improvements has led to the postpone
ment of the work until next Mond .y, by
which tirao the contracts will have been let-
Assistant Chief Mouro, of the liro depart
ment, is still confined to bis bod, and fever
ish, from the wound in his foot, from the
accident at the Secoud street Are, by which
a rusty nail pierced through his toot.
Piano Tuning.
Our rew tuner ii&s just arrived, and we
bes|ieak for bitu the o mill ience and patron
age of our customers. Specialty .line tun
ing Stain way piano*. All orders promptly
attended to. Piano moving a specialty.
Schreiner's Music Uouse.
THE MORNING NEWSi FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11,’ 1889.
TUB UPPER PREB9 STARTED.
No Lack of Compress Facilities—More
of Wednesday Morning's Fire.
Tbe Savannah Cotton Press Association
started tbe Upper hydraulic press, at the
foot of Jefferson street, at noon yesterday
to test it, as it is now some six or seven
years since it has been operated. It was
found that the beaters needed cleaning out
j and some minor repairs, which were
! promptly begun, and the e impress will be
put inoperati n this morning and run night
j and day. Its capacity is 140 bales an hour,
and as it will be run doable time, its output
, every twenty-four hours will be 3,360 bales,
I fully up to the day work of tbe two com
presses destroyed
The insurance adjusters are expected to
day to take a survey of the ruiosof the
i urned compressed buil tings, end the local
insurance agents have been making up more
accurate reports of ;he losses of their com
pact -s than were telegraphed just after the
fire, as the companies wanted to know tbe
approximate ioss at once.
Twost9im fi e engines pumpel from the
river ail Wednesday night and yesterday
on the smoky ruins, aud at 7 o’clock last
night the No. 2 engine was relieved, but
the Mogul was kept on duty with the en
gineer, a regular fireman and three extra
men, employed to manage the hose. Two
Siamese attae iments furnished four streams
of water, and they were kept playing on the
ruins last night.
Yesterday fire broke out several times in
the pileuf jute bagging, and in piles of par
tially burned bales of cotton in the ruins,
and on the wharf in front of them, but
water was immediately turned on, and the
flames were extinguished. It hardly seems
possible that cotton so wet as that at tbe
lire could have blazed up, but it did several
tunes.
In the report of the fire the prompt and
efficient services of Capt. Storey and tne
crew of the Britl-h steamship Carlton
were overlooked. Tbe steamship Cyprus
was the first to get a line of hose out.
and started her pumps. Then followed
the Carlton with her hose, which
played upon the wharf and mooring
posts, as well as on the 233 bales of cotton
which were on the wharf waitiug to be
taken aboard the vessel. The Carlton’s
watchman was the first to cry fire, and tbe
vessel’s crew, which slept aboard, promptly
responded to the summons. Capt. Storey
said that at one time it was almost impossi
ble to stand on the decks of bis vessel, which
are of iron, they were so hot. The sides
of the Carlton, as well as her masts and
spars, are scorched and blistered, as she was
the nearest to the hottest part of the fire.
The crew of the British steamship Napier
was ashore, and Capt. Storey sent his
boatswain aboard of tne Napier to assist her
watchman to haul in her lines and get her
out in the stream, if it should be found nec
essary, before the Napier’s crow arrived.
A RUSH OF OYSTERMBN.
Northern Growers Preparing to Coma
to Georgia.
The oyster law recently enacted by the
egislature is like ly to have a greater effect
upon the oyster business than was antici
pated by those who for years have agitated
the question of protecting the bivalve from
destruction, aud at the ssmu time pro
moting its production by placing it under
the protection of the law.
Heretofo, e there lists been little or no pro
tection given to those who made the culti
vation of oysters a business. Beds that
cost hundreds of dollars to plant have been
depredated, until the area cultivated has
become limited to such an ex.out that it
could be watched from the oysterman’s
house.
The law just passed, and which goes into
effect Jan. 1, wifi bo tne means of iucroas
iug the oyster product many hundred fold.
While it leavosall the natural bods fee to
the public, it gives ample protection to
those who p'ant oysters. Already o/star
tne.i in the north are preparing to avail
themselves of ths advantages offered along
the coast of Georgia to cultivate oysters,
and are preparing to pre-empt ovster plant
ing privileges. Mr. F. 8. Beardsley of the
H. J. Lewis Compaay of Stratford, Conn.,
is in the city in the interest of his com
pany. This company makes a business of
planting, buying and selling oysters, and
employs three steamers and a float of
smaller vessels. Last year the company
shipped 10,Oik) barrels of oysters to Europe
and to western states. As soon as the gov
ernment snrvey of the oyster growing area
of Georgia is completed, there will be a
rush of oysterinsn to this coast to pre-empt
localities for oyster propagation.
The business wifi give employ nent to
thousands of people, and will largely in
crease the trade of the cities aud towns on
the coast, particularly of this city, where
there are such excellent facilities for ship
ping by rail and steamer.
THU ‘'GOOBER’’ TRAIN.
Pooler People Don’t Want tho Guy
toniana to Gobble it Up.
The efforts being made to have the Pooler
“goober” train leave Savannah at 7 o’clock
p. m. daily, to take belated business men to
Guyton, an account of which appeared in
Sunday’s Morning News, has stirred up a
small sized hornet’s nest among the Pooler
ites. Those who w ere prominent in secur
ing the truiu to bring the mechanics in at
an early hour, so as to arrive in Savannah
at the regular time to go to work, are up in
arms against tho extension of the train serv
ice to Guyton.
They say that to run tho train to Guyton
will necessitate the laying over of the
traiu's crew all night at Guyton; that the
crew are, in the main, men of families,
and to be kept away from their families
every night will work a great hardship.
They also say that it means the annoying
delays which tney experience 1 before they
secured this accommodation in the way of
reaching their work at the proper time.
They arguo that the early morning freights
will undoubtedly block up the way to such
an extent that they will always be delayed.
They claim, too," that before the railroad
officials would consent to put on the
“goober” train for their accommodation
the road required a guarantee of forty-five
tickets, which number they and
also purchased quarterly and monthly
tickets, aud since the train has been run
ning this number has been increased to
sixty prompt and reliable pajTng passen
gers. The Guyton business men whose
business will not allow them to use the
Millen accommodation, can go up in the
through Atlanta tratu, which leaves Savan
nah at BTO. Tuey are decidedly opposed
to having any change in the service of the
train which is run especially for their ac
commodation, so as to enable t hem to go to
work at the regular hour in the morning.
“HELD BY THE ENEMY.”
The Closing Attraction of the Week
at the theater.
“Held by the Enemy” wiil be the attrac
tion the rest of the week at the theater,
opening to-night. The play has been seen
here before with the charming Minnie
Dupree in the cast. The play was written
by William Gillette. It is purely an
American drama, and while it ii
founded on the history of the civil
war, it contains nothing of sectional
ism 11 offeud those who espoused
either cause. There are plenty of stage
tricks and devices—the bursting of shells
and clattcri g of horses’ hoofs, and the
bustle at headquarters during an engage
ment—but there are several dramatic situa
tions of a genuine sort. The fourth act,
where tboro is un attempt to smuggle out a
confederate spy from the hospital, where he
is under sentence of death, is a prolonged
series of excellent iituatin*, changing
every minute and perpetually holding the
Interest. The oouiody, too, is all good and
refreshing, while the acting of the com
pany i* worthy of aim et unqualified praise.
The play w.ll bn given to-night and to
morrow night, and at a matinee to-morrow
aftaruoou.
THE COIN-TVS DRAINAGE
THE DRAINAGE COMMISSION’S RH
PORT TO THE GOVERNOR.
The Results of tbe system Inaugu
rated Through the State Approprie
! tion in 1877—How the Appropriation
Was Spent, and the Benefits That
Have Accrued From the Commis
sion's Work—The Area of Waste
Land Reclaimed The Decrease in
Mortality Through the Improvement
of the Lands.
The drainage commission, having con
cluded its work, has made its final report to
Gov. Gordon, and it will be forwarded to
Atlanta to-day
The memteri of tbe commission were ap
pointed under an act to provide for the drain
age of Chatham county, and to protect it
from epidemic and other diseases, approved
by the legislature in February, 1877, and it
is under the seoond section of the act that
the final report is submitted.
For the disposition made by the com
mission of the appropriation of $27,632 72
voted by the state, the commissioners
refer to former reports, to which they also
refer as showing the method by which the
commissioners have been governed in carry
ing out tbe aims which inspired the passage
of the law:
THE WORK OP THIS COMMISSION.
The commissioners say that the appro
priation would of itself have lieen inade
quate to effect the whole purpose of the
general assembly, as it would be difficult, if
not impossible, to fix a limit for the araiu
age proposed; but as far as the
appropriation would permit, the efforts
were primarily directed to improvement of
ihe drainage of localities nearest Savannah
as most necessary to the health of the bulk
of the population of the county. This, they
say, was happily effected through the co
operation of the county commissioners, who
united in the plans aud efforts of the com
mission, the operations in progress under
it* direction having been extended and
pressed by the county commissioners.
THE RESULTS OF DRAINAGE.
Asa result the commission reports that
the labor of the convicts was systematically
and effectively utilized. The canals and
drains excavated aggregate about 34
miles in length, ami the laud area reclaimed
comprises about 21,000 acres. While the
commissioners say that this is only about
8 per cent, of the gross acreage of tho
county, they add that the be eiicial influ
ences of the drainage, applied where the
most good could be soonest accomplished
for the greatest number, have extended
over a greater urea, and it has become evi
dent that tho original appropriation by the
state has laid the foundation of a benefi
cence of inestimable value.
The commissioners snow that, the value
of taxable property in the county, exclu
sive of the city, in 1880, was but $1,176,784,
and in 1888 it was $2,308,545, or more than
double, and they say that, while this notable
increase is in part due to iuerease of popu
lation and consequent dema id for land and
prod note of tho soil, it in great part may
be attributed to the improved healthfuhiess
of the country and the enlarged area of
cultivatable land consequent upon the
system of public drainage.
EFFECT UPON THE HEALTH.
The commissioners, to demonstrate the
conspicuous sanitary advantages which have
accrued to the city population, commencing
when the present system of drainage ha 1
beou but a short time in progress, and end
ing when it is yet incomplete, and there
fore only partially effected, present a
mortuary report which shows that the
annual rate of mortality lihs decreased
during the nine years cited, 1880 to 1888, in
clusive, from 23.3 per 1,000 of tho white to
11.45, and from 58.8 per 1,000 of the colored
population to 20.0.
’the average mortality per 1,000 in this
period is put at 1(5.54 for the white, and 44.7
for the colored population, but the commis
sioners say that, great as have been tho
sanitary benefits of the country drainage,
improvements in the city have contributed
to the health of the city’s population.
IMPROVED THE COUNTRY.
Extended sewerage and p wing, the lib
eral use of purer water and careful sanita
tion have tieon coadjutors of the external
drainage system, but the ln.asinauc or
paludal fevers outside of the city have been
specially and conspicuously reduced. The
commissioners compare the mortality
from fevers in 1881 with that of 1888, aud
show a decrease of 32 per cent,
in the total number o( deaths from
tUisleause, as follows: 1881, 61 white and
40 (Silored died of fever, whereas in 1888
there were but 28 white and 32 colored, a
difference in lavor of 1888 of 31 deaths loss
than the year 1881.
The commissioners say that by the judi
cious aud liberal appropriation : y the state
the object has been virtually fulfilled of
protecting it from epidemics of
yellow fever and other diseases, and that
the act has laid such a foundation of sani
tary protection about tho principal port of
the stale that it seems improbable that
yellow fever can invade the state through
Savannah.
protection against epidemics.
The commissioners take t e pains to sav
that aside from the protectives against ma
larial diseases already established, or which
are bei g resolutely pressed to completion
by the county or city authorities, it is a
pregnant fact “that this city has suffered less
from yellow fever epidemics than any o h-r
South Atlantic or Gulf port city, and in
fact less than any of the leading ports ex
cept Boston and Providence, where epi
demics of the kind have numbered four,
the same as at Savannah.
The commission expresses to the governor
the gatitude cf the people of Chatham
county for the benefaction received from
the stale at u time of appalling calamity
and distress, from which happy results
have been derived.
Tljb death of three of the original
members is noted: Ex-Chairmau Dr.
J. G. Thomas, Gen. J. F. Gilmoi; and
County Coiutnissiouer Casey, to whom the
commission pays a tribute for their prudent
counsels and zealous efforts; and acknowl
edgments are made to T. M. Cunningham,
the treasurer, and Frank E. Kebarer,
secretory of the comlliis ion.
The report is signed by Capt. John F.
Wheaton, Col. John Sereveu and Hon. R.
K Lester, aud is attested by Frank E.
Kebarer.
DUNK CAUGHT IN BRUNSWICK,
The Fugitive Yamacraw Rough in Jail
in Glynn County.
“Joe Dunk,” who skipped out of Savan
nah early last month for shooting a colored
man in a Yamacraw barroom, is said to be
in the jail at Bruns wick for killing a man
in Glyun county. After Dunk left this city
he went to Way cross aud sent back for
his watch, but he did not remain in Wav
cross long enough to be communica ed
with, and bis ticker is still iu this city. He
was seen in Brunswick later on, aud he has
been there for two or three weeks.
H. C. Arnold, the popular druggist of
Kansas City, Mo., says Bradycrotine is the
greatest boon to humanity in the world,
it cures every form oX headache.
ateinway and Gabler Pianos.
We still represent the two of the leading
pianos. These are, without question, the
best pianos manufactured, aud *j acknowl
edged by tho trade. Their Pianos are not
higher in price than even inferior instru
ments. W<> wiil sell t ie-e instruments at
the lowest prioaa for cash or installments.
Pianos to rent. Rant applied to their pur
chase if desired Notureiuer's Music Rouse.
THE BAY STREfeT ROAD.
The Central Railroad Begins Its Share
of the Work.
The Central railroad began work yester
day on its portion of the grading for the
Bay street extension. The road began at
its track near Musgrove creek, and will
grade the extension between 1,600 and 1,700
feet distance and 50 feet wide.
The dirt is being obtained at the Four
mile hill, and is brought by tram to tbe
point where the grading began, ,wbere six
teen carts aid a proportionate number of
men are ermloyed in removing the dirt to
make the embankment or roadbpd.
City purveyor W. J. Winn said yester
day : “ i he Central is doing its sbnrs of the
street-extension grading wi.h a vim and
energy, and will be much mistaken and
very badly disappointed if they do not
finish their part of the work inside of two
weeks. ’’
The county is grading its share of the
ex’e sion eastwardly, and. Col. Winn said,
is making rapid progress. The Central will
grade to the east li ,e of Exley’s lads, and
the county will g ade to the western line,
leaving the city to grade the section be
tween, which will be speedily dono when
the two end sections have nea i graded.
Road mo* tar Marvin, who has charge of
the Cen ral’s part of the work, is pushing
it vigorously, and he said to night that the
road wifi be completed in the stated possi
ble time.
TRIED TO SUICIDE.
J. B. Hamilton Swallows an Ounce
and a Half of Laudanum.
J. B. Hamilton, an employe at the Ocean
steamship wharf, attempted suicide yester
day at his boarding-house, No. 44% West
Broad street, by taking an ounce and a half
of laudanum.
Hamilton had been on a spree since Sat
urday, atid lost $52, which he said were
taken from him by someone. He left his
boardiug-house fur a dav without going for
his meals or to sleep. Yesterday morning
he told his landlady that bad luck had
befallen him, and he said that he was going
to kill himself. Tne landlady paid no at
tention to what he said, but told him that,
he would have to change his boarding
place if he did not change nis habits.
Hamilton went out aud in a few hours
returned and went to his room. In a little
while he called tho landlady. His voice
sounded as if he were strangling.
The landlady went to his room. The door
was partly opeu, and an empty bottle lay
on the flo >r. Hamilton was writhing in bed.
Dr. Keller was called and Hamilton was
roused up and walked about for several
hours, and antidotes were administered. At
G o’clock lost night ha was better, and it is
thought that he will recover. A telegram
was sent his relatives at Teiinille, and they
are expected to-day.
PANIC IN A SCHOOL.
A Drunken Man Starts a Stampede in
the East Broad Building.
A white man, considerably the worse for
liquor, caused a stampede in the East
Broad street colored school, day before
yesterday. He staggered into the building
and uttered a sky-scraping yell, which
emptied the school house in a twinkling,
the boys and girls thought the building was
on Are and they tumbled over each other
in w ild confusion.
Two of the teachers took iu the situation
and tried to persuade the intruder to go
out, but ho wouldn’t go. He wanted to see
“school keep,” and he proposed to remain
until the educational machinery was set to
work again. The scholars after their first
fright realized that the teachers had caught
art elepliaut, and that they would have a
recess and a shouting time, and so they had,
and they jeered and yelled and laughed
while tea teachers were engaged in a diplo
matic effort to get the stranger to take a
walk.
Finally they persuaded the man to go
with them, and after going a short distance,
one dropped back, corraled tne scholars in
tlie school house yard and made the gate
fast. The inebriate, finding he had been
tricked, went back and tried to force an
entrance to the yard, but after repeated
efforts to open the gate he staggered off.
THE ANCIENT HIBERNIANS.
Condition of the Savannah Branch- -A
Uniform Division Organized.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians will
meet to-night at tueir new quar.ers at Bay
and Abercorn streets, at 8 o’clock. A num
ber of new members will be admitted, and
important business will be transacted. The
order has made great progress within the
last few years. It. has over 100 prominent
Irish Catholics as members, aud Is engaged
in various works of benevolence and charity.
The order now has branches in nearly every
State and territory in tho union.
The annual report recently issued by the
national officers shows that the order is ex
tending its usefulness, sustaining Ireland in
its struggle for home rule, and concludes
with the hope that the coming year will
bring a large increase of members, a con
tinuance of u-.ity aud brotherly love in the
ranks, and peace and prosperity reigning.
The order will be established in Charles
ton next month. An attrac ive feature has
been added to the Savannah division by the
formation of a uniform branch. It will be
commanded by Capt. John T. Romm. The
members will be u iformed and equipped
soon, and their military movements will,
no doubt, attract attention. The interest
manifested in the welfare of the order here
bespeaks for it a prosperous future.
KIEFFERS WIN THE BAT.
The Standing of the Clubs in the City
Base Ball League.
The directors of the city base ball league
met last night at the office of George S.
McAlpin aud made up, the percentage of
the teams for the season recently olosed.
T e Kieffers stand at the head of the list,
and are the winners of the beautifully
mounted bat which was the pride of
the Dixie club in the days of its triumphs on
the diamond. The Kieifers will hold the bat
until next season, when, if they want to
retain it, they will have to contest for it
again, as the city league is not to ce per
mitted to go out of existence.
The following is the record of the per
centage of the four clubs composing the
city le.igue:
Kieffers 846
Hendys 500
Centers 1
Keids
It was understood at the meeting last night
that the present officers of thd city league
will continue in office until the opening of
the next season, wnon an election for new
officers will be held and a schedule agreed
upon.
A Change of Quarters.
The Robert Emmet Association has
rented the hall at Bay and Abercorn
streets, and has made arrangements
whereby the Ancient Order ot Hibernians,
the St. Patrick’s T. A, B. Society, Hancock
Post, G. A. R., and the Machinists’ Uuion
will also use the hall. The Oglethorpe
Club has taken the floor recently occupied
by the Robert Emmet Association, and it
is said will use on -half of the floor for a
gymnasium aud tne other half for a billiard
hall.
To Shoot for Big Prizes.
The Forest CityGuu Club has decided to
send up throe or four teams of its best shots
to contest for the prizes in the interstate
shot-gun tournament at Atlanta, o 1 Oct.
34, U 5 and '-Id. The prizes are t>o tempting
to escape the notice of the Forest City club,
there being money prizes of |4 K), and prizes
to the amount of S3JJ iu sportsmen's out
flu. Tbs friends of the Pored City club
feel confident that the boys will bring their
share of the pnaas home on their re. lira.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
W. J. Pollard of Augusta is hers.
R. E. Wishart of Wish art is in town.
J. R. Boyd of Columbus is in the city.
B. A. Fahm of Brunswick is in the city.
F. A. Boyle of Brunswick is in the city.
Morris Thennan of Atlanta is in the city.
W. H. Swift of Brunswick is in ths city.
E. Goldsteine of Punta Gorda is in the
city.
E. V. Haggau of Offerman is in the
city.
N. D. P. McGrazly of Liberty county is in
town.
H. W. Porker of Millen was in town yes
terday.
w. SV. Sheppard of Long Branch is in
the city.
George Morton came up from Tampa
yesterday.
U. P. Wade, Esq., came in from Sylvania
yesterday.
Charles Cohen came in from Beaufort, S.
G, yesterday.
Mr*. P. Armstrong of Augusta is a guest
of the Screven.
W. J. Skelton came over from Florence,
Ala., yesterday.
L. P. Surrency of Surrency came up to
the city yesterday.
W. E. Kay and M. Dart of Brunswick
came up yesterday.
J. W. Murphy and wife of Atlanta are
guests of the Pulassi.
Mtke Snbel of Jacksonville came up to
Savannah yesterday.
G. M. Gadsden returned from a visit to
New York yesterday.
J. G. Chitty and wife, of Halcyondale,
are at the Harnett house.
J. F. Sprenkle returned yesterday from a
visit to his home at York, Pa.
Walter Coney left for New York yester
day via the Atlantic Coast lino.
J. W. Mallett and daughter, of Pearson,
were in the city yesterday, and stopped at
the Screven.
W. A. Taylor, B. F. Herrington and
H. W. Joyner of Sylvania spent the day in
the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. Getchell of Cincinnati are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. W. A.
Bishop, on Gwinnett street.
Solicitor General Fraser returned last
night from Marietta, where he has been
spending the summer with his family.
C. Barnwell, Esq., of the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway, left last night for
Denver, Col., to attend the convention of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Oct. 16.
Capt. Corkery of the British steamship
Suez is in the city. Capt Corkery will be
remembered as the commander of the
British steamship Athens, a former old
trader, and at one time one of the largest
vessels trading here.
S. M. Gregg of DeKalb Lodge of Odd
Fellows wore at yesterdav’s corner-stone
laying au encampment badge which he has
had ever since he became a member ol the
order many years ago. Yesterday was the
first time in nineteen years that he has worn
it. John Harrison, another member of
DeKalb Lodge, was out yesterday in a re
galia which be has worn for the last thirty
five years.
Peculiar
In the combination, proportion, and prepa
ration of its ingredients, Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla accomplishes cures where other prepa
rations entirely fail. Peculiar in its good
name at home, which is a “tower of
strength abr.iad," peculiar in the phenom
enal sale it has attaiued. Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla is the most successful medicine for
purifying the blood, giving strength, aud
creating an appetite.
The Man About Town.
“An eye's an eye. and whether black or blue.
Is no great matter, so its in request
Tls 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 bis ram bles
He meets them by the 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. I 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, steal and tortoise frames. They
told me that
They arc making 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, who is popularly
Regarded as being most at home in "woman’s
Proud domain,” is at it again. This time she
Decrees Princess and Marquise finger rings as
The latest "fad” for the adies. t noticed them in
Greatest variety at Sternberg & Bros., daintily
Set in diamonds, rubies, emeralds and
Sapphires, glittering, glistening tempters, quite
Rich looking and at very reasonable prices.
The Sternbergs say they are all the rage now.
You may not be able to find out in a
Fashionable jewelry store who is going
To get married, but you cau get an accurate
Idea of the prospects of the matrimonial market
From the number of people one sees buying
Wedding presents for those in whose future
.Nuptial cares they are interested. Just
Now Sternberg A* Bros, to daily crowded with
Such purchasers, and having the largest
And finest display of wedding presents in
The city, the rush and bustle in their
Handsome new quarters is not surprising.
The Man About Town.
Notice to Contractors and Builders.
1 have been appointed sol? agent for the sale
of the celebrated Chewacla Lime. This lime has
ueen sold m this market for tbe last twenty
years, and nconceded to have given better sat
isfaction than any other lime. lam also agent
for Hodman li.>eeoda)e Cement, Kngiisti and
(Jenuau Portland Cements, Calcined Piaster,
Plastering Hatr, etc., whioa l can furnish in any
quantity and on short notice. 1 lte-p on haud the
largest stock in the south of White Pine Doors,
Sash, Blinds, Builders' Hardware, Paiuts, Oils,
Ulaea, Lubricating Oils, Packings of all kinds, a
complete assortment of stea uhoat and mill
supplies. Get my prices hefore purchasing
olsewbere. Estimates cheerfully furnished.
Andrew Havusk.
FURNITURE AND CARPET'S
JL J. MILLER CO,
91 BAY STREET,
Have opened a line of Oak
and Walnut Bedroom Suites,
Extension Tables, Sideboards,
Hat Racks, Tables; also Par
lar Suites, Etc.
Mr. C. P. MILLER, 131
Congress street, will continue
tbe auction sale of the balance
of the goods saved from our
late lire. •
f I P MORNINO NEWS carriers reach
MM. every part of the city early. Twenty-
X XXXj flit cauls weak pay* tor the Daily.
BAKTXO POWDBR
fffiN
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Till* powder never varies. A marvel of nr,. ..
strength and wh .lesoraeness. Mare
than the ordinary kin.ls, and
sold in competition with tbe multitude cj
test, short weight alum or phosphate po* i
Sold ontv in cans. Rotal Uaajno Povrtm tv
109 Wall street. New York. 8
LCDDES & BATES 8. M. H .
AM. dealers in Tisnos and Grunns
have lo learn by experience
that no enduring success can be
made by selling instruments
thill are not flrst-i-lass in (heir re
speclive grades.
IK a high grade, high priced inslru.
ment is offered, it should hate a
world-wide reputation like that ol
the Chickeriag or Mason A Ham
lin.
IF a medium priced instrument U
offered, it should he the best at
tainable at the price.
IF a cheap instrument is desired
•here are still stronger reasons
why it should be the very best ot
its kind.
WE learned thislesson ntanv years
ago, in our callow days,' and
while our highest prioed'instru
ments are acknowledged to
lead the world, we assert that our
cheapest are of more actual value
•nan most Instruments for which a
higher price is asked by many houses
E SPECIAL attention is invited to
the uneqitaied facilities for tun
ing, repairing and moving.
I
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S. M. ii.
DRY GOODS.
SUPERIOR QUALITY
AND MAKE
OB’
F 1 I X E
Muslin Underwear.
Ladies often hesitate to purchase
Musiiu Underwear because the gar
ments thev wish are often small,
short, or not well made, tbe 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 the celebrated
“W” BRAND Muslin Underwear,
made entirely, “tucking and all,”
on lock-stitch machine. 6-Cord
Thread, both upper and under; are
full sizs. in length and widt i, and
made of good muslin and fine cam
bric. The Skirts and Drawers have
the yoke baud, and are, in every
respect, well made goods.
Our ass rtment is now complete,
and your inspection is solicited.
CBOHAIO DOIER
WOOD AND COAL.
WOOD &COAL
OF ALL KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE 49.
Office 7, Drayton street. Citizens' Bankßuildioit-
TERRA COTTA.
PERTH AMBOY TERRA COTTA I
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.
DAVIS BROS.
Tie Atlanta Emositii
SHOULD BE VISITED BY
EVERY SAVANNAH IAN,
And when there be sure to inspect our exhibit.
We have as flue a display of Pianos and Organs
as can be seen anywhere in the country. Our
exhibit ot “The Old Homestead.” with w.OOH
extra exposition copies, will largely aid our
advertisers and increase our circulation.
mean business every time we put a dollar into
anything, and, of course, a big success naturally
follows. Our Savannah display of fine Piano'
and Organs cannot be surpassed, and from tbs
tremendous business we are doing in this liD tf
we feel assured of a public appreciation of our
efforts. Our new Tuner from Boston, Maw-,
just arrived. He is a good one, and we heartilj
recommend him.
R. N. STUNT the <Bd name drawn in P vil
Bros.' Plano Club No. 1.
DAVIS BROS.,
42, 44 and 40 Bull SL