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CLAIMS BY THE DOZEN.
SHIP BROKER COSCLICH’3 EFFECTS
SEIZED BY CREDITORS.
The Ex-Portuguese Consul's Office
Stripped of Its Furniture and His
Boom at the Morrison House Taken
Possession Of— Mr. Ccsulicb Said to
be on Kis Way to Savannah from
Europe Now Claims Still Piling Up.
All of the possessions on this continent,
so far as known, of M. & Cosulich, ship
broker and ex-Portuguese consul, have been
seized by the constables and stored away in
the magistrates' offices. They were attached
for debt. The ex-consul’s debts approxi
mate nearly #2,725, while his visible assets
do not amount to more than S3OO.
Mr. Cosulich is not in the city. He has
been abroad four mouths. His creditors
waited patiently his return, and, when the
three months which he was to have spent
abroad expired, VV. It, Leaken, Esq., levied
an attachment on the broker’s office
furniture. It is understood that over forty
claims against him are in the bamls of tl.e
officers. Everthing possible to be identified
as Cosulich’s property has been seized.
THE FIRST LEV V.
Mr. Leaken represents Moore & John
son, who bold a claim of 3100 borrowed
money. Mrs. W. D. Wapies put in a
claim of $275 for rent. Mr. C.aulich', share
in the cotton exchange was lejied upon, but
it understood that the " share had
been transferred to Charles Green’s Sons
& Cos. To them Co-ulich is debtor
to the amount of sl6 50 for difference in
freight. A claim amuonting to over SSOO
is brought against him by a Brunswick
party.
Mr. Ivansich has sued out an attach
ment for $l6O for services rendered since
July 20, and the office boy put iu a claim
■of S4O. The specific tax of the firm is SIOO,
and is unpaid, as is the city tax. It is un
derstood that claims of Norwegian parties
amounting to a round sum will also be
brongbt.
All the levies were made yesterday. All
of the office furniture was taken
to Juste* Reynolds’ office and Cosulich *
room, No. 13,’ at the Morrison house, was
Stripped of its effects.
THE OFFICE STRIPPED.
T. B. Marshall, who is Jlr. Cosulich’s au
thorized representative here,has been unable
to do anything but stand by and see the
office of his employer stripped of its furni
ture. Mr. Ivansich, an ex-employe of Mr.
Cosulich, sent a cablegram to Mr. Co-ulich
yesterday advising him of the levies, but he
received no reply, and he believes that tne
broker is on his way’to Savannah. Mr.
Cosulich left here July 20 and Mr. Ivan
sich was in charge of his affairs. He went
to Europe and chartered six vessels. Tae
rate of freight at the time the charters
were made was 4 shillings. The broker’s
charter rates ranged from 3 shillings 6
pence to 3 shillings 9 pence. The rate of
freight has since dropped to 3 shillings, and
from the present outlook it is not likely to
go up soon.
A LOSING BARGAIN.
One of these vessels has arrived at
Charleston, and it is estimated that Mr.
Cosulich will lose at least SI,OOO on that
charter. The others are on their way here.
They are chartered for naval stores. One
of the vessels is chartered for lumber, and
it is thought that this vessel will get out all
right
After Mr. Cosulich had been in Europe
two months Mr. Ivansich resigned. He
was unable to remain longer, he said, re
ceiving no remu.o. atiou for his services.
He accordingly cabled Mr. Cosulich his
resignation. Air. Cosulich received it and
appointed by cable T. B. Marshall, who has
charge of the affairs now.
A cable wa3 received from Mr. Cosulich
a few days ago stating that he was about to
leave for New York. Mr. Ivansich is of
opiuion that he is on route to America, or
he would have answered the cablegram ad
vising him of the levies. T
The case promises to be an interesting
one. It will be a struggle for the pickings.
THE 6T. ANDREWS SOCIETY.
The Officers Elected for the Ensuing
Year.
The meeting of St. Andrew’s Society,
previous to the annual meeting, was held
at the Knights of Pythias hail last night.
The secretary’s report snows i a very satis
factory increase of member;nip and a good
balance in the treasury. The following
Officers were elected:
President—P. W. Dougan.
First Vice President— William Rogers.
Second Vice President—Joaep i M. Lang
Secretary and Treasurer—Henry A.
McLeod.
First Steward—Wiliam Falconer.
Second Steward—Henry. W. Alpin.
Third Steward—T. E, Sprunt.
Librarian—H. F. Train.
Corresponding Secretary—W. IV. Fraser.
The stewards were appointed a commit
tee to make all arrangements for the cele
bration of the society’s anniversary ou
Nov. 30.
BOTH L.EG3 AND AN ARM BROKEN.
A Central Railroad Oar Coupler Badly
Used Up.
Jackson James, a car coupler on a Cen
tral railroad local freight train, fell under a
car while making a coupling at Midville
yesterday morning about 9 o'clock, and the
train passed over him, breaking both of his
legs and one arm. The young man was
treated in Midville by the local physician,
and the afternoon fast mail train brought
him down to the city, and the Central’s
surgeon. Dr. Elliott, attended him. James
was removed to the Savannah hospital,
■where he was operated upon. His broken
limbs were set last night aud the physi
cians think that the conditions are favor
able for saving his legs, and that amputa
tion will not be neoess try.
Young James has only been a short time
with the railroad. He lived, prior to going
with the Central, three miles from Egypt.
Not Cara Enough.
CoL William Donovan, one of the largest
lumber dealers and saw-mill men along the
line of the Central railroad, came down
from Wadley last night to see what the
chances are for securing cars to transport
lumber.
“We just can’t get cars,’’ he said to a
Morning News reporter. “Our lumber is
piling up on us, and has been for some
time.”
The cars are all used for carrying cotton
and iron, it is claimed, and t te lumber men
and the coal dealers aro in trouble.
Blaze In a Mirror Factory.
A fire broke out yesterday morning at 11
o’clock in the store in Charlton street lane,
second door from Barnard street, and No. 4
engine’s hose reel responded. The room in
which the fire was conflnod is occupied by
Brickman Bros, as a mirror factory. A
new stove had been put up in the room, aud
the blaze from it caught the floor of the
Becond floor. The men in the factory rau
upstairs, and, ripping up the floor, soon
extinguished the flames. No water from
the hose was used.
The Board of Trade’s Committee.
President John It. Young of the board of
trade yesterday appointed Raymond Judge,
E. A Weil, and L B. Tiodemann a com
mittee from the board of trade to co-oper
ate with the city council committee in in
viting the Pan - American delegates to Sa
vannah while on their southern tour.
flalvatlon Oil will relieve and cure pain at
lightning speed. Price 25 cents a bottle.
“Paper, sir? No charge if you don’t find Dr.
Tail's Cough Syrup lu it,” Price 20 cents,
OPERA AT THE THEATER
‘The Beggar Btudent” This Afternoon,
tand “Falka" To-Night.
The sale of seats for the MacColiin Opera
Company’s performance of “Falka' to
night begin vesterdav morning. The com
pauy will give two performances to-day—a
matinee performance of “The Beggar Stu
dent,'’ and “Falka,” or “The Briganis,”
to-night. The matinee will be at 3 o’clock —
a half hour later than the usual matinee
time.
The MacColiin company has forty people
and MocColUn’s orchestra. “The
Beggar Student” is too well-known
to opera g era to require any introd ictory
notice. It has been seen here before.
“Falka’' is anew opera to Savannah. The
Charleston World says that the o; ora itself
is Ci.arming, full of rich and comic inc.-
dents woven into a very pretty story of
“Love in a tangle, and how he escaped.”
The .Setts and Courier says: “It is a suf
ficient commentary on ‘Falsa’ to say that
a Charleston audience—composed of its best
critical talent—awarded tne largest and
most enthusiastic meed of praise,
throughout the entertainment, to
Aliss I-'annie i>. Hall, who sang aa
‘introduced’ sing from ‘Francois the
Blue Stocking’—the famous song in praise
of wane. The whole vis of ‘Falka’ de
pends, so far as the music is concerned, on
ihe dashing strains and bars of ‘Boloslas,’
the briganl chief, by Air. Arthur Miller.
"In the first act Miss Augusta Roche, con
tralto, sing- an air which is marked not
cuiy by tne instinct of classic composition,
hut waicb she renders with the most fault
less execution and the most pleasing modu
lation. Mr. MacColiin, the inimitable, the
suggestive, the original, the impromptu, the
ingenious, the quick at repartee, the same
old MacColiin, kept the audienci in roars of
laughter. He is the soul of the bright,
sparkling dialogue of the opera.”
“Our Irish V I*l to re" To-Morrow Night.
The sale of seats for Murray & Murphy
in “Our Irish Visitors” to-morrow night
will begin at Butler’s this morning. The
company is under the same management as
“A Possible Case” and “The Wife.” The
play is pronounced one of the hits of the
season. The New Orleans Cicayune suys
of it: “The play can hardly be called a
pley—it is heaps of fun piled up. The
whole object of the perf rmaice is t > make
the audience laugh. ‘Our Irish Visitors’
visited New Orleans five years ago, and at
that time took v ell. it is still a ha;>py suc
cession of farcical sayings and takes quite as
welL Tne company is good. Thomas E.
Murray was very good, and sang well.
■Jerry McGuiness,’ by Mark Murphy, was
also lunny. Miss Lotta Thornton as ‘Ara
bella McGuiness' was also good. Miss
Addle Boose as ‘Mrs. Gilhooley,’ played
exquisitely on the cornet, and Miss Ada
Melrose, as pretty little ‘Dorothy,’ danced
and sang beautifully.”
A PRELATE HONORED.
Catholics and Non-Catholics Pay Their
Respects to Archbishop Gross.
The reception to Archbishop Gross at
Catholic Librtry hall last night was
largely attended. The library association
rooms were thronged with the archbishop’s
friends—both Catholic and non-Catholic.
Ihe main hall, the library and reception
rooms, the billiard and amusement rooms,
and the meeting room were thrown open
to the distinguished prelate’s visitors.
The archbishop was escorted from the
bishop’s residence by the recaption commit
tee at 8 o’clock. He received in the recep
tion room and was assisted by the com
mittee, composed of M. A. O’Byrne, Capt.
Henry Blun, and P. F. Gleason. Bishop
Becker was unable to attend the reception
in Consequence of sickness. The first thing
Archbishop Gross did upon being escorted
into the superb quarters of the Library As
sociation, was to register. A special regi
ster was opened in the library for the even
ing. After this he was shown over the
budding. He complimented the ef
forts of those who constructed
it. Rev. Father Cafferty, vicar-geu
eral, and Fathers O'Brien of Augusta,
McMahon, Quinlan, Colbert and McCarthy
were present during the evening. A large
number of nou-Catholies were also present,
among them Oen. A. R. Lawton, who was
the first to pay his respects to the prelate.
The archbishop’s reception was a very
warm one. All of his old friends here were
glad to see him. He has a sunny disposi
tion and always has a good word for every
body. The archbishop will lecture to-night
at the cathedral. In order that all who go
may hear, a temporary platform lias been
constructed midway down the center aisle,
from which he will "speak. The archbishop
is a popular orator, and it is expected that
the cathedral will be filled with people.
THE PUBLIC BOILDJNG.
Supt. Peck to Pay Off the Contractors
To-Day,
Supt. Peck of the new public building
will leave in a short time for Atlanta, being
called there to look after a fine piece of
work. He will settle with the contractors
of the first floor part to-day, probably, and
the business of the postoffice will then be
temporarily suspended, although Supt.
Peck will be in charge, and in the event of
any unforeseen busiuess requiring atten
tion, he will attend to it.
Supt. Peck has two photographs of the
foundation of the building as far as com
pleted up to Oot 1. The pictures are taken
from diagonally opposite sides of the build
ing. Copies of them were sent to Washing
ton in accordance witn the following rule:
Section 8. The superintendent must p ocure
at the end of each calendar quarter, during
active building operation, inexpensive pho
tograph views, Bxl2, of the work on the
building, one from each of two diagonally
opposite corners, and forward them by mail
unmounted and rolled to the supervising
architect and make payment of the cost of
same.
These are the first photographs ever taken
of the building since Supt. Peck began its
construction. The second quarter will
occur in January, but since work has been
suspended on the building the superintend
ent will not make the pictures. This is
done, the superintendent said, in order that
the department may keep posted as to the
progress of the work on the building.
BCHIVKN COUNTY’S bENSATION.
The People Taking Sides in the Bay
ard Murder Case.
W. E. Morrison, Esq., who returned yes
terday from Sylvania superior court, re
ports that a great deal of interest is cen
tered in the trial for murder of an allianco
man named Bayard. The trial takes place
to-day. Judge Twiggs represents Bayard,
and Solicitor General Rogers will prosecute
the case. The alliance men are standing
up for Bayard and have raised SI,OOO to aid
iu his defense.
Bayard claims that he acted in self-de
fense. Sometime ago he became involved
iu a difficulty with another farmer who
was not an alliauceman, and Bayard was
slapped in the face. He seized a stick and
dealt his antagonist a blow on the head,
killing hitn almost instantly. He did not
attempt to elude the officers, but gave him
self up, and after a preliminary hearing
was bailed out.
The affair has caused a good deal of excite
ment in the vicinity, and iu fact through
out alliance circles all over the state. The
counsel for the accused ranks foremost as a
prosecuting attorney. The vicinity, it is
said, has taken sides on the matter. Bayard
has his strong frieuds, while the sympa
thizers with the deceased are many.
A Visit to Quarantine.
Health Officer Brunner, Alderman Har
ris, chairman of the city council committee
on health and cemetery, City Surveyor
Winn and Mr. W. R. Curtis made a visit
to the site of the new quarantine station
on Cockspur Island yesterday, ...
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1889.
THS UTILITY OP BALLOONS.
Aeronaut King Does Not Believe
Aerial Navigation Practicable.
Aeronaut King, whose talk in the
Morning News a day or two ago
on ballooning attracted s mi attention,
coining as it did from probably the fore
most aeronaut in America, who has made
ballooning a life study, while he is a groat
believer in the future of the balloon, does
not think that such a thing as aerial navi
gation is possible. The principle govern
ing the Sight of balloons, be says, is such
that no dreamer of future aerial navigation
wi lever be ab.e to utilize it for that purpose.
“I do not wish to be understood, how
ever.” Mr. King savs, “as one 'Who denies
the poss.bility of the future discovery of
some means of making the air the great
highway for the world’s travel.”
It is a wonder, he thinks, why the signal
bureau, spending hundreds of thousands of
debars yearly, does not have a central
ballon station whence it might continually
observe from day to day and year to year
such meteorological phenomena as must
• ever remain as a sealed book, while it
is content to stand upon the earth and
speculate on what It transpiring beyond the
impenetrable cloud veil above. Some
ad vancement has been made in the use of
balloons for army use in observing the
enemy and inspec:ing their fortifications,
and as a means of escape and for conveying
intelligence from beleaguered cities, par
ticularly during the seige of Pans, but the
best results have not yet been gained, and
European countries, especially France and
Germany, have of iata been making un
usual efforts to master the problem of
practical and effective balloon operations
for army purposes. Oar own government
has done but little in this direction.
Balloons were in use during the war, but
thev were connected with no department,
and were entrusted to men of little ex
perience, who were allowed to operate
when and where they pleased with none to
question, except the commanding officer;
hence their effectiveness was a minimum of
what might have been accomplished under
proper organization.
As the history of the balloon stands be
fore the world to-day, Mr. Ring says that
more than a century since its first introduc
tion his own conception of its future great
ness may, to many, seem overdrawn indeed,
yet he asserts his belief that with but one
exception all balloons yet made have been
the merest toys, sui.ed, perhaps, well
enough for the work in hand, but the
merest trifles compared with what must
follow before the great value of the buoy
ant principle of hydrogen gas comes to be
fully recognized. At the French expusition
previous to the one just closed, Mr. King
says that M. Giffard had a balloon inflated
which was made of seven thicknesses of
material, covered with a heavy netting
supporting a car seating fifty persons.
It was allowed to rise in all
sorts of weather by means of a
windlass while attached to a cable
three inches iu diameter at its thicket part.
It was able to stand upagaiust thestrongest
wind which occurred during the summer,
and held its gas almost intact the whole
season through. It cost $100,006 to con
struct it and it cleared $100,060 for its
owner. Had the balloon been constructed
on this side of the Atlantic aud been filled
. with pure hydrogen, as it was there, and
then sot adrift with proper trailing
apparatus to keep it at a permanent
hight, Prof. King says that it should,
with favoring winds, not only have
crossed the Atlantic ocean, but pos
sibly Europe and Asia as well.
"Indeed,” the aeronaut says, "I do not
hesitate to say that I believe it perfectly
practicable t > co struct a balloon that shall
l>e capable of circumnavigating the globe.
Our first effort toward this development of
the balloon must be to cross the Atlantic;
then will follow a voyage over the Polar
regions, after which we will question no
more the marvelous powers of the balloon.”
PRETTY NEARLY FINISHED.
The Finishing Touches Being Put on
the De fc'oto.
The observatory of the De Soto is fin
ished. It is a pretty little hall 18x50 feet,
with twenty-four windows overlooking the
city and two doors on the north side leading
out onto the roof. Tho hall is provided
with two steam heaters.
The hotel dining room is being beauti
fully decorated. The work is being done in
relief, and when finished will be beautiful.
The lag mantel is up. It is placed near
the middle of the north side of the hall. It
is a model of workmanship. It
is carved skillfully. On each
side of the fire place, twined about the side
pieces which extend down to the hearth, are
large and massive carved wreaths. On the
top of the mantel is an opening five feet in
diameter for a clock. Behind the clock, the
roar of which will be toward Liberty street,
will be a glass reflecting tho electric light
on the dial of the clock, making it light
enough at all times to tell the time of day.
On tho western wall will be a hand
painted scene of De Soto discovering the
Mississippi. The entire side of the wall
will be devoted to this picture.
The mantels in the drawing room front
ing Bull and Harris streets are up. One is
placed on the north side aud the other on
the south side of the room. The mantels
are very tasty, being hand carved. They
are provided with three mirrors at the top
of each.
In the center of the dining-room ceiling
is a sixteen-foot circle, interwoven with
ribbon tapestry. On the west side of the
large circle is an eliptic of a similar design.
Between the two figures is a square center
for the chandelier and electric light, and
on the east, side of the large circle is another
center. Squares and small wreaths with
ribbon tapestry are worked in prominently
about over the ceiling, making it very
pretty.
PLENTY OF OOCOANUTS NOW.
The Ydun Brings in a Big Cargo from
the Blueflelds.
Cocoanuts will drop in price now. The
steamer Ydun has arrived with a large
cargo. The nuts were quoted by some of
the dealers last night at S3B per 1,000. A
week ago they were quoted at S4O. The
price will drop temporarily, but it will be
at no time as low as last year. The dealers
say that the fruit is scarce in comparison to
wnat it was last year. A year ago cocoa
nuts sold iu Barracoa fir $18; they are sell
ing now for $22. These are the first
figures. Importers have to pay there
now from $22 to $24 per 1,000.
The yield has not been so groat is one
reason why the demand scorns to be greater
than the supply, forcing the price up. J.
S. Collins & Cos. received a cable yesterday
announcing thejdeparture of the Leon Swift,
a sail vossel, with a cargo of 3,500 bananas
and 150,000 cocoanuts.
Taken to Ohio.
United States Marshal Corbett left for
Columbus, 0., last night with five prisoners
convicted in the United States court aud
sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary. Deputy
Marshal Arfwedson has been placed iu
charge of the marshal’s office here until
Jan. 9, when tho United States courts will
reconvene.
Morrlssey-Dwyer.
Mr. John I. Morrissey and Mrs. M. E.
Dwyer were quietly married at tho cathe
dral yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Only
the immediate families of the bride and
groom wore present. Rev. Fathor Cafferty
officiated. The couple will reside at 107
Habersham street.
The Marshall House.
Tho Marshall house in this city is now
under tho personal management of Mr. M.
L. Harnett. It is replete with all modern
improvements, electric bells, electric lights,
and newly furnished throughout. Ratos
have beeu reduoed to $2, $2 50 and $3 per
day. . M. L. & Cos,
IX AXD ABOUT THE CITY.
EFFECT OF THE CITY’S MOVE.
The Ground Rent Fight Will Not Delay
Collection of Other Taxes.
In answer to the question as to whether
the effort by the city to collect taxation
from the ground rent lot* would tie up the
city’s usual revenue or delay its collection,
j Corporation Attorney A lams said yester
! that he could not perceive any reason
for this apprehension. Tax-payers, other
than the holders of ground rent lots, would
not and could not refuse to pay, or com
plain, because the city is endeavoring to
collect a revenue from these lots and thus
decrease their burdens.
The obligation to pay what is called
ground rent, but what is substantially the
interest on the deferred payments of pur
chase money, the corporation attorney said,
is admittedly require i by the deed and is
entirely a distinct and separate thing from
the taxation of the 1 it. The failure to pay
the ground rent would cause a sale of the
lot without the right of redemption, and no
prudent lot holder would take so serious a
ri-k, iu the face, tx>, of an undisputed and
indisputable obligation.
In assessing real property for taxation
the lot and improvements are assessed
separately, and an effort to collect taxes on
toe lot could not, the corporation attorney
added, prejudice or delay tne collection of
the taxes on the improvements, as to which
there is no dispute or question. By separate
assessments and executions the disputed
question can be isolated, and, by this course,
tne regular and urnal sources of revenue
will remain just as they are, unimpaired
and unaffected. Th 3 adoption of the resolu
tion of Alderman Falligint cannot, there
fore, he said, hurt the city in any way, or
postpone the collection of a dollar of its
present revenue. If its purpose is sustained
by the courts the benefits will be consider
able.
As to the course to be pursued]in bringing
the matter to a test, Mr. Adams said that
this a question for the council, but he is
confident that the purpose of all the board
is to hare this done in a way that will be
least expensive and troublesome to the hold
ers of these lots. He thought that Alderman
Myers expressed the fpeling of the board
when he suggested at the last meeting that
some lot be selected and a test case be made
of that—the claims as to all other lots being
held, in the meanwhile, iu abeyance.
If the manner <>f procedure is left to him,
Mr. Adams said that he would select a lot
of a wealthy and prominent citizen—one
particularly earnest aud intense in his con
viction that his lots ought not to be taxed
and in the determination to resist the effort
to tax. Such a i t holder could and would
see to it that his side had a complete show
ing iu the court-, whether others made
common cause with him or not. During
this litigation no other lot holders need be
molested.
AT THE COURTB.
Tho Wimpey Damage Case On Trial
in the City Court,
The Wimpey case against the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway occupied the
city court yesterday, aud was not concluded
at the hour of adjournment last night.
The suit is for $5,006 damages.
W. E. Wimpey, agent for John A. Wimpey
of Atlanta, late ownerjof the steamboat New
South, is the plaintiff. The case will come
up again this morning, when the remainder
of the plaintiff’s testimony will be heard,
and the testim >nv for the defense will also
be given. Mr. Wimpey was manager of
the New South, which was engaged iu haul
ing naval stores from points on the Great
Ogeechee and Canoochee rivers. The suit
is based upon the allegation that the rail
road company impeded navigation on the
the Great Ogeechee river by placing a
bridge across the stream, the draw of which
is not of sufficient width to allow the safe
passage of the New South, and thereby
causing the plaintiff the loss of a large
amount of naval stores already contracted
for with parties above the bridge. The
New South received tho naval
stores contracted for, but the
cargo had to be brought to the
boat on flats, and the prices bargained
for had to be deducted, in consequence of
the steamer not being able to go where the
naval stores were stored.
The railroad company altered tho bridge
somewhat upon notification by Mr. Wim
pey, but a number of fenders or piling
were left projecting above the water at low
water, and which were covered at high
tide, over which Mr. Wimpey is not will
iug to run his boat, and he alleges that the
New South could not safely pass through
the draw as it stood. Ha made several trips
up the Ogeechee river with the New South,
but did not get full cargoes, which he would
have received, and for which he seeks to
have the railroad pay him.
The railroad company through its attor
neys denies the allegations, and contends
that the draw of the bridge is amply wide
for the safe passage of the New South,
and that the river above the bridge is ua
navigable and could not bo navigable by a
steamboat of the dimensions of the New
South.
A large number of witnesses has been
subpoenaed and the case is being hotly coa
tes;ed by both sides. Mr. Wimpey vras on
tho stand almost the entire day.
The New South is the same vessel that
was about to be libelled by tho crew not
long ago for wages, but the crew was
finally paid when toe vessel passed into
other hands. Lester & Raveael represent
the plaintiff, and Chisholm & Erwin the
defendant.
William Pease, Esq., who defended M. P.
Stegiu in tho United States court this week
aud secured his acquittal on trial
for extortion, says that the statement that
he misrepresented the condition of Stegin’s
family when he said that they were in
penury aud were about to be dispossessed
for delinquency in rents, is untrue. Mr.
Pease says that he represented to the court
the exact condition of Stegin’s family.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR.
Happening* Along the Wharves and
Among the Shipping.
Strachan Cos. cleared yesterday the
British steamship Lemuria for Barcelona
with 4.467 hales of upl ind cotton, weighing
2,175,662 pounds, valued at $226,470.
The disabled steamship Bengore Head is
at Tybee anchored yet. No steps have been
taken by the captain except to notify the
owners, and he is awaiting their instruc
tions. In the meantime A. R. Salas & Cos.
aro acting for the owners.
The Norwegian bark Froducent was
cleared yesterday by A. R. Salas & Cos.
for Liverpool, with 1,927 barrels of spirits
turpentine, measuring 98,597 gallons,
value! at $42,400, and 3,722 white-oak
staves, valued at $450. Total valuation
$42,850.
The fishing smack Belle of the Bay, Capt.
J. W. Emmons, arrived here yesterday
from New York via the red snapper banks.
This is the second vessel of the fishing fieot
to arrive this season. She was followed last
night by tho Melinda Wood, which arrived
from the banks with 350 snappers, her sec
ond trip this season. The Belle of the Bay
took 300 fish for her first catch. The Ger
trude Summers is on her way here, and
will arrive in a day or two. The above
three vessels will constitute the fishing fleet
for the balance of the winter.
A Disastrous Failure.
Mobley—l see Spickins has gone wrong.
Daisey—That doesn’t surprise me—it’s in
the blood.
Mobley—That is just where you’re right.
It is in the blood—Rheumatic, you know.
Daisey—Oh 11 thought you meant a finan
cial fiuiure. If it is only the blood, a few
bottles of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root
and Potassium) will cure him. Its the best
remedy that I ever hoard of for any blood
trouble. It works ou Gout, Syphilis.
Scrofula or Skin Eruptions of any kind like
a charm, and the beauty of it is, that it is
always accessible. Every .drug store sells it.
LIPS IN BOOTBLACKDOM.
The Way The Book black Barns His
Living And How He Spends It.
The bxitMack element of Savannah is a
rather tough one, but for all that there are
god traits in some of these urchins. The
disciples of bootblackism are scatterol all
over the city, but the bulk of them fre
quent the hotels. Hunday is their favorite
flay and Saturday afternoon comes next.
Oa Sunday every young man puts on his
best suit, and, of course, wants his shoes
polished; but just at the moment he wants
to make the polished acquaintance of a
bootblack, that worthy is not in sight, and
at the time he Is not desired, he is all the
time bothering to “shine ’em upf” His kit
is a scant and cheao affair, and is usually
made by the bootr.laek himself.
All that he needs Is a small pine box, a
pot of blacking and two brushes. The only
running outlay is for blacking, which is
very cheap. A few bootblacks who enter
tain some regard for the appearance of
their trousers have a small piece of carpet
under their knees while kneeling, but such
bootblacks are scarce, for the average
youngster has no ambition to wear fine
trousers, and furthermore, the respect
which he would naturally have for them
would seriously interfere with his move
ments in throwing “de bones,” his favorite
pastime.
At one time the bootblack population of
Savannah was large, has been dimin
ishing lately at a rapid rate, and if it con
tinues to diminish the only data which the
coming generation will havo as to there
ever having existed such a being as a boot
black will be the records of the police court,
which, if Father Time allows, will laconic
ally “tell the tale.”
In large cities the bootblack is forced
to his wit’s ends to eke out an existence,
and he has some queer characteristics.
The Savannah bootblack exhibits the same
distinctive features, and is a veritable stoic
toward his brother bootblack in a business
transaction, which only goes to show
that he has bean treated to some
injustice in this w'orld, and he treats
everybody the same way. His age ranges
from 5 to 20 years, and ne smokes, chews,
curses and fights. No living person sticks
up for his rights more than the bootblack.
He is pugnacious and will fight to the
scratch, and to attempt to cheat him is like
trying to get a board of aldermen to agree
upon a question without a squabble. It
can’t be done. It is one of the impossibili
ties of the age, and the person who succeeds
in passing a bad nickel on one of them
ought to be given a diploma.
The bootblack’s life is not a path of roses
nor a romantic one by any means, but he
manages to make it decidedly interesting to
himself, and happy is the bootblack who
has enough money left from his earnings,
after settling up his debts, to play “seven
up” with. He is up at " o’clock in the
morning, and after breakfast, if he is able
to pick up one, he is off for his morning
papers, which he fights for through
a howling mob of other bootblacks and news
boys, but he gets there. At 4 o’clock
Bay lane, soutn of the Morning News
building, where the b lys get their papers
as tiiey come from the press, is jammed,
aud the lane is nothing but a mass of howl
ing humanity. If a little fellow has the
luck to secure a good position he is pretty
sure to lie dislodged by some big fellow,
who confiscates the place with a smile of
satisfaction. Protestatious are of no avail,
for “might rules right” every time.
The average weekly income of the
bootblack is not much, and hardly ever
reaches over f4. To clear $5 in a week he
has to hustle, indeed. He would have more
money at the end of the week, but nearly
every bootblack is an inveterate gambler,
and the size of his pocketbook is limited by
the number of games he plays. It is a hard
task for the police to catch him gambling,
even when the officers are dressed in citi
zens’ clothes, for the bootblack is as fleet
footed as a deer, and can tell a blue-coat
four blocks off, so keeii are his observ
ing powers in matters of vital interest to
him. Capture means “$5 or ten days,” and
he does his best to avoid it. He lingel-s
around the hotels until everybody else has
retired, and when things get lonesome he
either goes home, if he has one, or hunts up
some convenient dry goods box wherein he
can sleep as soundly as in a feather bed.
Perhaps the hardest part of the boot
black’s life, and the time when he
bitterly curses the irony of fate, is
when he is unceremoniously yanked
out by the ear from a snug dry goods box
by a stony-hearted policeman, and is me
chanically told to “move on.” It is the
most unhappy event in his career, and his
half-uttered words would not look well in
cold type. The police say that they can
tell the bootblack by his snore, and they
show no pity when they come across one.
Nevertheless, the bootblacks continue to
shino at the feet of society; and despite the
strictures imposed upon them by the police
and the public iu general, they laugh
in their sleeve at the efforts of the
fly “cop” who tries to catch them. Nothing
more delights the bootblack than the sight
of a policeman in trouble, and when one is
iu trouble their only fear is that he will get
out of it. The bootblacks of Savannah
know the name of every man on the police
force, and they have them classified ac
cordingly. They pick out the ones who get
after them oftenest, and when that one is
on the beat where they congregate a close
watch is kept for him, and the gang quietly
disappears when ho makes an appearance.
If a bootblack is hard up or “busted,” as
the saying is, he can borrow from his fellow
bootblack, but ho has to pay it back or
fight.
The bootblackiug business in Savannah is
mostly given up to colored boys. Whits
bootblacks are scarce. The colored boys
will not allow them the freedom of the
city, and have effectually driven them
from the business. The crowd which fre
quents the hotels is far different from that
which covers the other portions of the city,
and it is more aggressive. The former will
not allow the latter to solicit trade in their
district, and when they find one of them
doing it they make it hot for him. A good
many eminent men have reiterated time
and again that they began life as an bumble
bootblack, but they were evidently not
Savannah bootblacks, for the principal end
of a Savannah bootblack’s career is a first
class gambler or all-around tough. He is
not to be despised, though, for he is an in
dispensable necessity. To look neat and
gentlemanly one must have his shoes pol
ished. So the bootblack has the upper hold
on the public, and the underhold on its
purse. He will act the despot as long as he
possibly can, aud when he caa no longer do
it he will retire reluctantly.
COL. DEVEAOX GETS THERE.
The President Appoints Him Collector
of Brunswick.
The announcement of Col. John H.
Deveaux’s appointment to the customs col
lectorship at Brunswick Is not in the naturo
of a surprise to the republicans of Georgia.
It is not likely, nowever, from the attitude
of the Brunswick people, that it will tie
very heartily relished there. Col. Deveaux
was the only colored applicant for the
place. Pledger wa3 an aspirant, but he
retired.
• Henry T. Dunn* of Brunswick was the
white applicant for the office, with a local
backing, but Col. Deveaux had the support
of Col. Bruce, and the president himself, in
an interview with him, was favorably 1m-
Cressed with his manners. Col. Deveaux
as made two or three trips to Washington
to urge his appointment.
I|The present collector at Brunswick is J.
E. Dart. The district is an important one,
and controls Darien, Dnboy aud Sapelo. It
paid last year about 42,900, very nearly as
much as the Savannah office paid.
Clubs.
The following named clubs, Commercial,
at Augusta. Ga.; Seminole, at Jackson
ville, Fla.; Cape Fear, at Wilmington, N.
C.; Guards, at Savannah, Ga., supply their
members with th e“Hernan Cortez" cigars,
made at Key West and sold by Lee Roy
Myers & Ga.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
S. J. Duncan of Atlanta is her#.
C. C. Grace of Scriven is in town.
J. Clifton of Augusta is in the city.
C. E. Battle of Columbus is in the city.
G. D. Youngloveis here from Gainesville
Fla.
John G. Smith of Charleston is in the
city.
C. A. Whitnerof Fernandina is in the
city.
John A. Marks of Richmmd is in the
city.
E. Y. Vickers of Willacoochee is in the
city.
G. W. Bowen of Concord, Fla., is in the
city.
George H. Shaw of Daytona, Fla., is in
town.
J. H. White, Jr., of Griffin, is at the
Screven.
John W. Pearce came down from Atlanta
yesterday.
A. B. Murray came over from Charleston
yesterday.
Lessee Baker of the De Soto is expected
this morning.
Dr. T. S. Mims and son, of Scriven coun
ty, are in the city.
J. J. Keith of Louisville came down to
the city yesterday.
W. J. Sanderson of Odum came down to
Savannah yesterday.
H. W. Reed and wife, of Way cross, are
guests of the Pulaski.
Mrs. M. B. Hill, of Waynesboro, is a
guest of the Screven.
IV. J. Strickland and D. F. McCrimmon
of Sibley are iu town.
J. B. Cumming and wife of Starke, Fla.,
are guests of the Harnett.
Thomas H. Hineley of Effingham countv
came into the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Savage of Bruns
wick are guests of the Pulaski.
,T. K. Leslie of the Suwannee Springs
Company was iu the city yesterday.
Arthur S. Haynes returned yesterday
from a three days’ trip to Wilmington.
Lieut. O. M. Carter left for Albany, N.
Y.,yesterday to attend the marriage of his
Mrs, A. A. Aveilhe left for Charleston
last night via the Charleston and Savannah
railroad.
The Young Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent
Society will Hold its eleventh annual ball
at Masonic hall next Wednesday evening.
Nov. 27. The committee consists of M.’
Dryfus, M. D. Hirsch, Sig. Binswanger,
Sam Selig, Sol Rothcaild and H. 11. Liv
ingston.
Mrs. Jacob Lippmann has just returned
from the north. While in Now York she
received from Emma Abbott two beautiful
gold pius, one having Miss Abbott’s mon
ogram, aud the other her motto, “Conquer
or die.” Miss Abbott is au iutiinate friend
of Mrs. Lippmann.
Charles F. Clarke, recently of the Mar
shall house, has connected himself with J.
H. Ewinstein, wholesale hat dealer,as trav
eling salesman, and he will travel the
Savannah, Florida and Western railmay,
Florida, aud in portions of South Carolina.’
Mr. Clarke is well known in Georgia as
well as in Florida and South Carolina, and
his genial disposition will make him one of
the popular drummers that goes out of Sa
vannah.
CITY BREVITIES.
A unique entertainment will be given
at Yonge’s hall to-night. A feature will be
the Chinese drill, given here for the first
time. Refreshments will be served. The
entertainment deserves liberal Datronage,
having for its object benevolent purposes.
The Chatham Military Band, a white
band which was organized Nov. 14, held its
first rehearsal last night at iu hall on the
corner of Bay and Abercorn streets. The
band is under the leadership of Prof. L.
List, the military band leader aud music
composer.
Joe Waters, a small colored boy, was
stabbed in the arm last night while stand
ing near Furber’s store' on Broughton
steet, by a white lad in the employment of
A. R. Aitmayer & Cos. The boy who did
the cutting ran off, and could not be found.
Joe went to bis home on Bryan and Ann
streets, where he had the injured arm
bandaged.
E. L. Husted, Norwalk, 0., says: “After
being a sufferer from Sick Headache from
childhood, I have for two months since
using Bradycrotine been free from it.”
A New Appointment.
As will be seen by notice elsewhere Mr.
George W. Haupt has been appointed
special agent for the state of Georgia of the
well-known Penn Mutual Insurance Com
pany, and will present the claims of that
comDany to the people of Savannah, and
afterwards to other sections of the state.
Mr. Haupt is in direct connection with the
home office, and will doubtless largely in
crease the business of the company.
The Morning News Letter Box.
The following letters, in answers to ad
vertisements, are in the Morning News
Letter Box. Advertisers will please call
for them: A. A. A.; A. B.;
A. 2; B. A. 25; Children, 2; C.;
Check; Druggist; G. W.; Grocer, 4; Im
mediate, 5; K., 2; Clerk; Lombard; M. P.,
2; N., 24; Rosa; R. ; R. R.; Wholesale
Grocer, 2; Willis, 2; Willing; Z. Y. X.; X,
Y. Z. Letters uncalled for will be de
stroyed one week after their receipt.
Notice to Contractors and Builders
I have been appointed sole agent for the sale
of the celebrated Chewacla Lime. This lime has
ueen sold in this market for the last twenty
years, and is conceded to have given better sat
isfaction than any other lime. lam also agent
for Hoffman Kosendale Cement, English and
German Portland Cements, Calcined Piaster,
Plastering Hair, etc., which I can furnish in any
quantity and on short notice. I keep on hand the
largest stock in the south of White Pine Doors
Sash, Blinds, Builders’ Hardware, Paints, Oils
Glass, Lubricating Oils, Packings of all kinds, a
complete assortment of steamboat and mill
supplies. Get my prices before purchasing
elsewhere. Estimates cheerfully furnished.
Andrew Hanlev.
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BEDROOM SUITES.
Fifty different designs, finished in Antique
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Dining-Room Furniture.
Extension Tables from $5 to $55,
Sideboard, all Woods, from sl2 to $125.
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