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BEIT YEAR’S "EXPENSES.
to crrr btjdobt ‘oa iseo boots
OP $032,700.
An Xacraaaa of $50,300 Over Last
Tear's Budget Wtat the Additional
Appropriations Ara For— Th* Tax
Ordinance Passed With the Fxcap-
Sion of Fixing tne Rate on Real Es
tate and Personalty, Which W*a
Raft Until the New Assessment is
Finished The Wholesale Liquor
Dealers' Tax Seduced to s2oo—The
Other Chan gee.
The city council met in ad jpurned session
last night and passed the tax ordinance for
1890.
The rate of taxation on personal and real
property *m not fixed, hot the ordinance
provides that it shad be "at the rate here
v after to be fixed by ordinance. *’ it being the
l\nrpoee to await the cotr.piet.on of the new
■salament, and then fix the rate
Tin' budget for the year foots op 1632,700,
an inaTease of $56,800 over the budget of
1889. Bpr the purposes of comparison the
budget for this yaar and next are given, as
follow*:
1340 im.
Board of health 30.00 G $ 30,000
Cityclocka 300 250
Ohyoourt. 4.000 4.0 0
City lamps. .... 36.i0i St.flflO
lira! nave and dry culture . 13 0.0 15. .o*l
Fees 2.30" 1,7 U
Ftr* department ..... SS.uOO 33,000
Harbor and wharves 1,500 3 000
House drainage 5.000 45 000
Incidentals. .............. 5.000 5,000
Laurel drove Cemetery..... 7.500 O.iMO
Market. t.*** 3..-500
Parks snd squares 8,500 7 000
Paving street* 8.000 10,0.10
Police #O,OOO 55..00
Printing and stationery. 3.000 1,000
PiiUee snd fire uniforms .... 4.500 2,700
Public buildings . 1,000 750
Salaries *1,500 20,500
Scavenger department 22.1,00 1 ,000
Streets and lanes. 58,000 37.000
Waterworks 50.000 ai.'.OO
Sinking fund 31. 00 31,000
Interest. 181.(410 188,500
Opening street*. 10,00"
Total $631700 $575,300
THX raCßXa.4* ON T3* BCDGET.
The increases and their causes are as fol
lows:
Drainage and dry culture, SI,OOO. This
is for repairing trunks and flood gates.
Only SIO,OOO of last yea-’* appropriations
were expended, but the Sereveu sewer will
have to be extended to the river this year,
aad at a cost appropriating SB,OOO.
Fire department, $19,000. This is to put
the depart me t on a paid basis in a infirm
ity with the plans of Che Are committee and
according to the agreement with the special
commutes of tne Southeastern Traffic Asso
ciation.
Laurel Grove Cemetery, $1,300, for im
provements.
Parks and squares $1,500, principally for
curbing the squares and properly caring for
them snd improving them snd the grass
plats, and for contemplated improvements
to Forsythe park snd the park extension.
Police $5,00". This contemplates an in
crease of from five to seven mounted po
licemen for the u..protected soutnern part
Of i he otty.
Po ice and firemen’s uniforms SI,BOO. This
is rendered necessary by the proposed in
crease in the force or the two departments.
Public buildings $230. This is in view of
the proposed remodeii g of the offices in
the city exchange already detailed in the
Mos.tao Fiwi
trx QCAAA.vrrm xppropriatio*.
Quarantine $22,000. This Is for the con
struction and equipment of the new quar
antine station at Cockspur Point, which
Alderma i Harris, chairman of the health
and cemeterv committee, says is to be
equal to the best in the south.
Salaries $1,003. Tnis is a condition of
the increase iu an ordinance p used last
night fixing the salaries of
the city surveyor at $2,400,
..arbor mifsrer at SI,BOO. superintendent of
the water works at SI,BOO. corporation at
torney at $2,100. and clerk of the market at
S9OO. The health and cemetery committee
recommended fixing the salaries of tho two
city physicians at SIOO per month each, but
the council voted adversely to the increase.
Scavenger department $7,000. Tuis is
chiefly for extra teams and drivers, and for
extra work.
Streets and lanei $13,000. This will en
able the committee to do some sewer work
m the southern pert of the city, which ws
extensively petitioned for by citizens, the
coudcil last night authorizing the committee
to put down a pipe sewer in the vicinity of
Abercorn street between Duffy and An
daraon, and between Abercorn and Haber
sham. Sewer improveme its m toe south
western part of the city are also to be made,
thepetitiou of the citizens in that section
having been referred to the street and laDe
committee at the meeting last night,
THX WATCH WORKS Ft; NO,
Water works $20,000. This is for Im
proving the water works system, the plans
of which have not been fuliy matured
Opening streets SIO,OOO is anew feature
of tee budget, no such fund having been set
apart for 1889. It is understood that tee
greater part of this appropriation is for
streets already opened, principally that
portion of the city known as WarbigsviUe.
The decrease of $40,000 in the appropri
ation for house drainage is wita the under
standing, unanimously reached, that such
•nouns will be appropriated he. eater as
raay be found necessary from the balances
paid on ground reot lots.
Tha SB,OOO appr priated for paring
streets, it is said, contemplates the layi ig of
asphalt pavement on Bull from Liberty to
Harris street, and on Harris street from
Bull to Drayton, making asphalt pavement
on three sides of tha DeSoto.
TAX ORDINANCE CHANGES.
There are but few changee in the tax
ordinance, and these may be briefly stated
as follows:
The specific tax of S3OO on whoieea’e
liquor dealers was, on m itioq of Alderman
Myers, reduced to S2OO. Mr. Myers iu
support of bis motion, c.ted the lower tax
charged by other cities, and said that there is
but one wholesale liquor dealer in the city
who does not also pay the tax as a grocer
There was a division called on the vote
Meaan. Hams, Reed, Myers, Falbgant’
llama, and Nichols voting for the reduc
tion, and Messrs. Bailey, Mills, Cann, and
McDonough in the negative.
The specific tax uoon architects, civil en
gineers, surveyor*, ar.d contractors other
than builders was fixed at S4O, double that
of the present year.
A tax of S3OO on breweries was put in the
ordinance, and a t,x of SSO on the manu
facturers of ci.ler or vinegar, as the brew
ery and the cider and vinegar factory have
been astablisoed since the passage of the
ordinance for 1889.
ODDS AND ENDS OF COUNCIL.
The 10 O'clock Ordinance to Go to
the Committee of the Whole.
On motion of Alderman Haines, it was
decided to improve the wharf at the foot of
Abercorn street, at a cost not to exceed
*250.
The Young Hen’s Christian Association
was granted the right by council to erect a
con-ugated iron building for a gymnasium.
AWerman Bailey was given permission to
p ? t . lD bnck c P ,D * and lfrMß plat in front
of ha new residence, Holland a. and Tattnall
22***™* t '“ n * tjt lo Possession of
•°*rp* ctJwl P 'Jperty of the city
ttvto'lVyS <fltlma petitioned for a
at East and Gwinnett itteet*.
The right So drive fifeen pilings for the
| mproi emetic of ti e Baltimore steams.up
j wharves was granted.
P. D. Duffio petitioned for the return of
SB3O :vrpai : in ine last 17>£ years on a
ground-rent lot.
C. M. Cunningham’s petition to renalr
the wharf at foot cf Bull street was referred
to the committee.
The proposition of C. EL Doraett to have
mams extended 300 feet to Cuyler and
Duffy street* .a return for 'airing water for
six tenement housea which ha will build If
his proposition is accepted, was received
with a smbe that spread all around the
table and was referred.
. Tha patetion to close tha bar-room* at 10
o’clock was. on motion of Alderman >Tchols,
referred to the committee of the whole.
T'-e peri- loners take rime by the forelock.
Thev jay in their petition that last yesr
they were denied on the ground that the
licenses bad already been issued, now they
lay they ask in tune, so tnat the <:cen
may be issued with the proviso that the
saloons shall close at ID o’clock.
When the petition of the Wasters I Inion
Telegraph l ompany was read asking privi
lege to put up poles on Drayton street, to
connect with office in the De Soto and
private residences, Alderman McDoncugh
said. "It _a gr- and rime to maka them put
the w.rea under ground,” and Alderman
Hama aoprovingiy said “It is the proper
plan* fur them. ”
A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
A.darman Balnea Replies to “Cltl
zan'a“ Communication.
Just before the hour of adjoornment in
council last night Alderman Haines arose
to % question of privilege, and read first
from the Mor.SXo'G News of last Thurs
day an extract setting forth that a
gentleman had notified Alderman Haines
that he would report Chief Green for
taking ao steps to arrest offenders whom he
had witnaesed most flagrantly violating tha
o di ance against setting off fire-works
north of Liberty street.
Alderman Hamas stated that the publi
cation was absolutely correct. He then
read an extract from the com
ma ieation of “Citizen” in the
Morning News of yesterday, in wnich the
w iter says: “I notice that Alderman
Haines has been making himself the
medium of information to the News in
charging Chief Green with dereliction of
duty, etc.”
“This,” said Alderman Haines, "is not in
accordance with facts, and is
f ise.’ He expiai ed that several gen
tlemen, among whom was a repr* e it
*riva ‘ f the Morning News,
were present when the gentleman male the
statement of Chief Green's indifferen e t>
tue violation* of the o-dina ice, aad fol
lowed it with the remark that he intended
to report it to the proper authorities.
Alderman H ices concluded what he had
to say on the question of privilege by add
ing that i f he ha 1 sele .'ted any mediu n for
repeating t ie charge that h:d been made,
he would have chosen the mayor, and not
the preas.
THE TURPENTINE HAN Da
The Trouble at Jeaup Not Chargeable
to i hem.
The turpentine operators are beginning
to make their annual trios to the Caro
lina* and to Virginia for hands for
the coming season, and from now untti
about the middle of January they will be
gathering up hands for the turpentine
farms, it is estimated that there are be
tween 400 and 500 operators, or to, strike a
mean, 450 in the Georgia turpentine dis
trict, who operate oa the average about 40
hands each, or about 18,000 men. Be
tween 4.000 and 5,000 of them are brought
from the Carolina* and Virginia, but the
greater part from the two Carolina*.
Mr. Parker, an operator from Tate
county, was in the city yesterday on his
annual trip for hands, and from him the
arove estimates wer obtained by a Morn
ing News reporter.
Mr. Parker was asked if the trouble at
Jesup would have a tendency to deter the
negroes from coming to Georgia this season.
He replied tnat it wifi not ; the Caro,ton and
Virginia hands brought to Georgia are an
industrious aad law-abiding class of men,
and get along amicably and well with the
white people. Mr. Parker says that thev
are collected from the rural districts, and
have not formed the idle and vicious nabits
common to so many of the city bred ne
groes.
The worst class (of colored people to be
met with in the turpentine camps Mr
Parker says, are the tramps and gamblers’
who come from the towns and cities to prey
upon the earnings of the more industrious
of their race. Of the negr i Brewer be says
that he is a native of r i el fair county, ia this
state, and that the turpentine hands are not
chargeable for the trouble brought on by
him. The curse of some of the turpentine
camps are the gamblers and le *d characters
of he other sex, many of whom are aiso
proficient in gambling, and to wbose wiles
and skill with the cards the country negro
falls an easy victim. Mr. Parker says that
he does not allo w auy of these cnaracters to
come on his place, and to prevent it a guard
keeps a lookout for such 'cattle, ’ and make*
them move ou.
Mr. John R. Young of Ellis, Young &
Cos., and Mr. O. D. Baldwin of Peacock,
Hunt A Cos., agree with Mr. Parker that
the trouble at Jesup will have no influence
to preveut the operatives from getting all
t .e hands wanted fur work on the turpen
tine farms.
SANTA CLAU3 IN SONG.
A Delightful Entertainment at Tonga’s
Pars HaiL
The charming Christmas cantata "Santa
Claus” was given at Yonge’s hail last night,
under the direction of Mr. W. N. Smith
and Mrs. J. W, Simmons.
The musical faa ure of the entertainment
was the "Fairy Trio” rendered by Mis*
Nellie Wakeman, and Misses Mattie and
Marie Lesesne. Tne "Invocation to Joy,”
sung by Miss Gerald Carat hern, was sin
gularly sweet and sympathetic.
The final cbo us and tableaux, with red
light illumination, were much en.J vyed.
The concert that followed was of a kind
and quality not often heard at such enter
tain menra.
The piano duet—the Nations—played by
Mrs J, H. Yonge and Miss G. Smt n, was
a finished performance. The singing of
"Lovely Night” and a • ’Serenade” by the
Magnolia male quartet, were rendered in
happy s yle.
The quartet includes Messrs. George
Mackenzie, W. B. Ford, Julian Walker and
W, N. Smith. Its singing ia distinguished
by smoothness and richness of tone
and beauty of phrasing.
Mr. W. N. Smith captured the audience
with his rendering of the sing "Old Sim >n
the Celia er.” In the drilling of the chil
dren, the arrangeme it of the chorines, and
the management of the entertai.imsnt, Mr.
Smith and Mrs. Simm ns gave a gxi deal
of time, and its success is due greatly to
thsir effort.
In Respect to Mr. Lewman's Memory.
At the meeting of the board of directors
of toe Savannah Hotel Company, held yes
terday, resolutions were submitted and
unanimously adopted relative to the death
of the late M. T. Lew man, the senior mem
ber of tbe firm which has the contract for
i uildiug the De Soto.
The resolutions were from the pen of B.
A De .mark, Esq., and are beautifully ex
pressive of the kindly feeling that existed
bitween those who had cnarge of the busi
ness of the hotel company and the deceased
ge-tleman. whose sad death they deplored.
Has that Tom Cat scratched my .lading s
lac*! Rub Freddy, with Salvation Oil.
The best remedy for pulmonary complaint#
i U Vr~ £*u s kVuh korup. PnsaJiseats.
THE MORN I>GNEWS: cATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1889.
KILLER WHILE HUNTING.
John J. Glhhea of Boston. Msas., Acci
dentally Shot on May River.
Mr John J. Gibbes of Boston, Mas*., was
killed Thursday afternoon by the accidental
discharge of his gun while oat shooting
with several friends in Beaufort county,
Boath Carolina. BA remai is were Drought
’ to Savannah yesterday and put in charge
of Tndertazer Fox. to await advices from
i his sister or his friends.
From tbe statement of one of his com
panior.s it apt ears that Mr. Gibbes, Mr. W.
i L. Schlegei milch of B. ston, Mr. W. H.
Huggins of North Carolina, and Mr. Erne->t
, •'dci.it’geimilch. who lives with hi. father at
More. ind plantation, on Mav river, Ikouth
Carolina, were hunting ear the latter place,
j Ihe party had it pped to rest, and Mr.
Globes, who was apparently more fatigued
than bis fi lends, sat ou a log a short dis
tance from them. A few minutes after
they had halted, the report of a gun was
beard. Mr. Gibbes was not to he seen. His
companions rushed to the spot where he had
been sitting and found his lifeless body on
the ground. It is supposed that he placed
his gun, which was a oammerless o ia,
lieklnd him, resting it on the log, and as he
Dolled it forward in attamou ig to rise,
the piece was disc arged by the trigger
coming in contact with a splinter on a iog.
The charge of No. 8 s tot entered the neck,
severing tbe jugular v*in, and loiged ia the
otner side of his head and in his brain, pro
ducing instant death.
An inquest was held on the body by
the assistant coroner of Beaufort countv,
and a verdict was rendered in accordance
with the facts.
The de leased was a native of South Caro
lina, and was one of the family of his name
who live in the city of Columbia.
His father was an officer in the con
federate army, and was killed dur
ing the war. Young Gibbes went
north about ten years ago, and for several
years was with the house of G. a Guyer Sc
Cos., 138 Ha npcn street, Boston. Mass.,
aad in w ,ose employ meat he was at the
rinse of his death.
He spent his holiday last year on Mav
river, with his friend, Mr. W. L. Schlegel
milch, also of Host n, at the latter’s uncle’s
place. They had a very enjoyable time
hunting snd fishing, aud this winter they
retur ied to spend another vacation.
Tae oniy ne.r relatives of Mr. Gibbes,
thit his companions know of, is a sister
who lives in Brooklyn, N. Y., and who has
lieen ady sed of the sad bereavement w.iica
has so sudd *nly come upon her. The de
based was about 37 years of age. Tha
accident has ca.t a gloom over the entire
oouth .May River settlement.
COL. cL B, WILdON DEAD.
A South Carolina Confederate Vataran
Passes Away.
CoL ft. P Wilson, of Lexington, died at
the residence of his son-in-iaw. Dr. S. J.
Lanier, at Guyton, Thursday night. CoL
Wilson was formerly a cotton buyer in Au
gusta, but a few years ago was forced by
iil-hcalth to give up business, and he re
rnoved to Lexington, Ky., to be near his
children. As the winter drew on he made
a visit to hti daughter, Mrs. Dr. Lanier of
Guyosn, hoping that a milder climate would
benefit his health, but he steadily declined
until death relieved him of his sufferings.
Col. Wilson wa* a native of Barnwell
county, South Carolina, and. with Col. R.
J. Levant of this city, graduated at the
i-itadei Military Institute of Charleston
wnere be was fully equipped as a military
officer, and did gallant service during the
late war a* comiMkn.ier of a South Carolina
reuiriieut.
Tae deceased was a kind and affectionate
father, and leaves several children to whom
ho was devotedly attached. He was 58
years old. The remains were sent on the
Central train last Qighfc to his home ia Lex
ington, Ky., for intermeut. During his
.asc illness at Guyton every attention was
shown him by friends of tha family, who
sympathize with the > ,■ ~ ;d o .e*.
CHATHiM’3 UNiJ iv ;$Q LANDS.
The Board of Commissioners Reor
gan.zad and to Begin Work.
A meeting of the “commissioners of nn
granted land* in Chatham county,” was
held yesterday afternoon. Commissioners
Geo. A Mercer, John Screven, and J. H.
Estiil ware present. The meeting was
organized by calling Col. Mercer to the
chair.
Two vacancies having occurred in the
board canned by the death of Gan. G P.
Harrison and Hon. Thomas Holcombe, Mr
' H. Dorsett and Maj. G. M. Rval* were
elected to fill the vacancies. Mr. Dorsett
was sent fir, and took bis seat as a mem Per,
but Maj. Ryals was not ia the city and,
therefore, could not attend.
Col. Mercer was elected chairman and
Mr. Dorsett secretary of the hoard.
It is proposed to take active steps to carry
out the purposes for which the commission
ers were appointed, namely, to ascertain
the location of the ungraated lands in this
county, and take steps to recover them and
tarn them over to tbe Chatham Academy,
to be disposed of by sale or lease, and the
proceeds to o© used for educational purposes.
BURGLARS STRIP a house.
An Anderson Street Residence
“Cracked” and Ransacked.
Thieves ent red the bouse of Peter C.
Hagins, a carpenter, at No. 223 Anderson
street, night before last, during the absence
of Mr. Hagins from the city. The house is
a double one-story frame, ore end of which
is occupied by Frank Smith. Mr. Smith
heard a noise in his neighbor s house sh irtiy
after 7 o’clock that night, but, thinking
Mr. Hagin* had returned, paid no
fur her attention to it. Yesterday
morning he saw a lamp burning in the rear
part of Mr. Hagins’ house and the kitchen
door standing open. Receiving no reply to
a call for Hagini, he looked over and saw
that tha window had been opened from the
outside, the burglars having climbed up on
a pair of carpenters’ "homes” and forced
the window. The house had been ransacked
and even the flowers emptied out of the
flower boxes and pots and carried off. A
guard was put on the premises last night,
and Mr, Hagins has been notified to come
bone. He is unmarried and a brother of
Mrs. Frank Rustin.
St. Matthew’s Sunday School Festival.
The 8b Matthew’s Episcopal Sunday
school held its Christmas festival at Yonge's
hail yesterday afternoon from 5 to 7 o’clock.
The hall was filled with children. They
were entertained by the teachers and friends
of the school. There were no formal exer
cises. A table was set on tbe stage, and was
ioaled with candies, fruit and cake for the
little ones. The two hours were spent in a
way that children know how to spend them,
in dancing, romping, aud having a good
time generally. St. Matthew’s scaool has
now over 170 scholars.
Called Out by a Burning Chimney.
The firemen were called out a few min
utes before 7 o’clock last night by an
alarm from box No. 8, at Bryan and Farm
streets. The alarm was caused by a burn
ing chimney in a house on Farm street
near Bryan, No water was used and no
damage was done. One of the firemen lost
a cap on the way to the fire, and if f and
the chief fireman requests its return to
headquarters.
If any man can recommend Bile Beans
with great delight and a clear conscience,
I can. I have vsed them for sometime, and
can any without hesitation, that they have
bare done me more good than all toe other
medicine I ever used. Asa cure for bil
iousness, Ble Beans has no equal, and to
ward off malaria, chLls and fever, etc., I
use no other medicine. Very trolv
, J, W. Mixchsia., East 8w Louis/IU,
THE KiNSAH CITY’S FIRST TRIP.
The New Voaee. to Leave New York
for Savascnh This Afternoon.
Tne new stean. ip Kansas City of the
Ocean steamship ane will leave New York
this afternoon on var first regular trip.
•Jeneral .Manage - ' irrei, writing to Agent
.kndersen in th dty, announced that a
I reception would * aeld on board the vessel
yesterday after on, and that last night
I the e eetric light i vould bi turned on. The
vestei jv-.1l not b> :shed for a test of speed
|on her first trip intil the machinery nas
bum play, anl iae will not reac i Savan
nah until tbe ea. tide Monday. It is ex
-5c ted that she w be in port by II o'clock
onday mornic. lea. Sorrel will come
. down ou the vet-..
Mr. Anderson -avs that it is probable that
a receotion of a u nilar character to that of
yesterday at Ne * York will he tendered on
j the va sal here tet veen the rime of her
arrival and dep ire, as she will not sail
on her return trip t > New York n .til 4
o’clock next Friii > afternoon, in the place
of tbe City of A i- osta.
The officers of me Kansas Cl tv are as
follows:
Capt. K>mpto>:,
First Officer Cariencer,
Chief E igineer mith.
Chief Steward iaines.
Parser Poehoc
Assist mt Parser Usher.
Captain Keosptcn is commodore of the
fleet. He was formerly in command of the
Nacoochee, but luring the building of the
Kansas City he as spent considerable of
bis time at Ch-ver superitileidi .g the
work. First GlT.cor Carpenter ana Chief
Engineer Smith ire also from the Nacoo
chee, Chief Steward Gaines is from the
Tallahassee, and irser Pochon and Assist
ant Purser Usher are from the Chattahoo
chee.
The City of Augusta, which arrived at
New York yestt-r iar, will take on anew
wheel to increase er speed, lo ing one trip
for the repairs. The wheel is all raaiyto
be attac ,ed, and after discharging the
vessel will be drawn off. She will leave on
her regular schedn.fi for Savannah on next
Saturday afternc n.
The City of Sa iniah will make her last
trip in the Ne e York line next week,
leaving here nett Wedne dav afternoon.
She will go to Boston in ballast and will
’aka her place in tue Savannah and Boston
trade, leaving Boston Saturday, Jan. H.
This will mcreas. ,ie Boston service, mak
ing it a four days' service instead of seven,
a* at present, th.- Kansas City 'akingtae
City of Savanna i place in the New York
Hue.
A WIFE’S SAD CHRI3TMAS.
Benjamin D. Ga aher’a Death at the
Savannah Hospital.
Christinas day was a sad one for Mrs.
Benjamin D. Gxllaber of Orange, N. J.
On that day she received the dead body of
her husband, which was sent from Savan
nah.
Mr. Gallaher wn if the firm of Gailaher &
Smith, marine insurance adjusters, of New
York, and was on his return from a tear
through the south He arrived here Bat
arday, Dec. 14, an : stopped at the Pulaski
house. He died fi ra alcoholism. He was
seen to be drinking whe i he arrived here.
On bis arrival he c lied at J. N. Johnson Sc
Co.'a on tbe Bay, and made an en
gagement with Mr. Johnson to meet
him at his - dice on Monday,
which he failed to leep. He drank heavily
for several days, lad was finally take i to
the Savannan hosoirioL Gallaher had told
Johns .n Sc Cos. that ne had particular busi
ness with the firm, and when Mr. Johnson
learned of the mai. - illness ha went at once
to the hospital. When he arrived there
Gailaher was in ronvulsions and uncon
scious, and he died ia a short time.
Jlr. Johnson wired Gsiiaher s friends in
New York, and Watson and Powers had
the remains shipped to his home. Gallaher
was a man of prepossessing appearance,
about forty-five years old. Ha had been an
Insurance "adjuster for many years, and w as
regarded as one of the shrewdest insurance
men that ever came sonth. He was a man
not without means, and hi* purse which he
left here contained more tnan enough to
pay his bills and defray all the expenses he
incurred. He leaves a wife aad three chil
dren in Orange, N. J.
J. J. GREENLAW A33AULTED.
C. M. Malpheua Attacks Him Because
of His Part in the lart Arson Case.
Joseph J. Greenlaw, a friend of James 8.
Tart, and a witness in his behalf in the
arson case tried in Justice Russell’s court
recently, was set upon and brutally beaten
about the head and face yesterday altar
noon by C. M. Malpheus, one of the wit
nesses agaiMt Tart. The wounds are said
to have been i iflicted with the handle of a
clasp knife in the hands of Malpueus.
Dr. Groth was called aid dressed the
wounds, one of which is in the back of the
head, and is an ugly one, aad may produce
c ncussion of the brain. Two other wounds
were in the face, one of which was under
tne eye and the other in tne mouth. Dr.
Grot.ii reported the assault to Mayor
Schwarz last night. Mr. Greenlaw is a
collector, aud in fee le health. The assault
is said by those who witnessed it to have
been a cowardly one, and when Malpheus
was raken off his victim it u said
that he gave him a vicious kick. It ap
pears that Mr. Greanliw was not only a
favorable witness for Tart, who was
acquitted hy ihe magistrate, bat had taken
a change of eiorising to him while he was
in prison aweating an examination.
SUED FOR $20,000.
Barah Sinclair Asks the Central Rail
road for That Much Damages.
The damage suit of Sarah Sinclair against
the Central railroad, set for hearing in the
city court yesterday, was postponed until
next Thursday at 10 o’clock.
Sarah Sinclair, a widow, by Garrard &
Metdrino, her counsel, brought suit for
$20,000 damage*, alleged to have been sus
tained through tha death of her -on, Luther,
who was killed on the night of Oct. 16,1887,
at Eden station. In alighting from the
train he fell, strik.np his bead on one of the
rails of the track, slendering him uncon
scious, as alleged, until noon of the day fol
lowing the aecide it, when be died
The plaintiff alleges that her son was her
only support; that tne company should have
safely landed him as a passenger, but by
reason of its failure to provide suitable
platform accommodations, and proper and
safe egress, and more particularly by rea
so iof is failure to Have the station prop
erly lighted, the night being dark aid rainy,
he stepped on the platform and. falli g as
above s:ated, the injury and death resulted.
The railroad company is represented by
Lawton Sc Cunningham.
Making Times Easy.
The railroad and bank dividends, the
January coupons on state and railroad
bonds, and tbe change that the holidays
are extracting from private savings, with
tbe continued brisk business along the
d>>cks, to say nothing of the regular trade
of the city, promises to make money mat
ters quite ea*y. The banks, whica com
plained of a little stringency in the market
a few day - ago, yesterday reported money
easier and deposits good.
The Y. M. C. Association.
The young men’s meeting to-morrow at
5 o’clock, will be in charge of Mr. M. F.
Beais. Fifteen minutes will be spent at the
opening of the meeting in singing.
The game room on the second floor of
the building is now open, and contains
crokindle, checkers, ar.d the new game,
halena. Other games will be added.
"Against Heavy Odd*"
Is tbe title of one of the six serial stories
which the Youth's Companion will publish
during lUV, R is a stirring tale of a
, fisiimg yMUige by fl. H, Bovwsa,
CAiOUNA MIN UP TO TRICKS.
Talk About '*Legi Legerdemain" to
defeat the South Bouad.
The speech at Raceiver Chamberlain of
the South Carolina railway before the spe
cial committee of the Charleston Chamber
of Commerce and the standing committee
on internal trade, this week. Kaa aroused
considerable interest among ri friends of
the South Bound railway enterprise, and
especially that part of tne remar o3 where
the receiver suggestively talks of some
trick to get hold of the Barnwell branch,
better known as CoL Hike Browne read. Re
ceiver Chamberlain said in this crmnectioa:
“I must pause long enough, gentlemen,
to call your attention to the Barn well
branch. It was built by the monev at the
South Carolina railway—l rhink in 1595
for $86,000. It wag sold in 1088 to CoL Hike
Bro wn fur $65,000, simply to i o dangled as
a bait and temptation to the Ge;>rgia Cen
tral to divert the trade of lower Barnweil
to Savannan from Charleston. Well, I said.
[ would not reflect on my predecessors, but
it is not a reflection, it is a truth, that
nothing mere suicidal, more wretched in
-ma. agement, could be conceived of than
that transaction. Now we have the South
Bound road not only on piper, but carefully
developed, and unless we succeed, by what
I may call legal legerdemain, in setting
aside the sale of tne Barnwell road, we
must be deprived of a large fraction of the
business we now have.’’
President H. Myers of the South Bound
says that tne “legal legerdemain'’ will not
work, and he was surprised somewhat to
laara that Receiver Chamnerlain had con
fessed that the Barnwell branch can be
gobb.ed up by the receiver only through a
legal trick. President Mvers says,
however, that even if the “legerdemain ’
ghouri work. It will not affect the
South Bound, for the entire route will then
be built, and the “legerdemain" cannot
prevent it “I think, ■ said Mr. Myers,
‘that Receiver Chambs lain's remarks
should be brought to the attention of Sa
vannah peopls, to let them knnw what ex
tremes are contemplated to defeat a road of
suen vital importance to Savannah."
Mr. Mvers says that early in January, in
connectiou with the committees appointed
by the cotton exchange and board of trade,
be will take up the canvass to raise the
addiii -nal subscription expected of Savan
nah, and Col. Mike Brown will come over
from Bsrnweil end aid in the canvass.
A leading stoeka ider in the South Bound,
w.. 0 had read Receiver Chamberlain's
speech, said to a Mossing Nzws reporter:
"It is no new thing fjr some lawyers to
practice ‘legal,’ as well as . 1 legal •legerde
main.' It is an unusual thing, however,
for them to u.ibiushiagly assert in public
that their only hope of prevailing in a guit
is through such methods. I think that
when Savannah learns to what straits
they are going to in Charleston to defeat
the South Bound project that the busi.ieva
men of Savannah ought to wane up and
rane the additional subscription, aud get
the work under way. They do not appear
to realize the advantages which would ac
crue if the stockholders didn’t get a cent
directly out of the project, for it w<>old pay
them indirectly. In fact, the city of Savan
nah, for the inert sed business it would
bring to it, could well afford to boild the
road ar.d pay the entire c isG of construc
tion. Col. Mike Brown had the char ar
amended by the South Carolina legislature,
and all cow depends on Savannah taking
hold in earnest and comoieung its subscrip
tion.
SHOT ON THS BTAO2L
One of the “ 31 Periclne” Company Acci
dentally Wounded.
“Si Perkins” is of itself a very fanny
comedy, but it came near being a tragedy
last night. If the piatoi that “Si” uses in
his threshing machine act had been loaded
with lead instead of a wad, Joseph. Gomr*
would not have got off as easy as he did.
The p.stol is in tua machine, and is Bred by
pulling a string. Mr. Gomes, who is the
clever tenor singer of the company, was
standing in the wings in range of cbe pistol,
and the sh ck wad lodgßd in hie left thigh,
tearing the flesh and making a painful
wou id.
The audience did not know that anybody
had been shot, and supposed it was'all in
the show. At the end of the act the man
ager came before the curtain and stated
that one of the company had met with a
serious accident, and asked if there was a
physician in thß audience. Dr. E. H. Nichols
responded. The wounded actor’s wound was
examined, and after it was dressed he was
taken to the hospital, where he will be
treated until his recovery.
Mr. Gomes is from Springfield, 111., and
has been with the company several weeks.
As soon as he has recovered from his wound
he will rejoin it. The company left last
night for Charleston, where it will play to
day.
CITY BREVITIES.
The storm which is central in Lake
Ontario, will pass off, it is thought, as the
oth-r did yesterday, without aoy very seri
ous effect in this section,
tickets of admission to the De Soto have
been issued to the stockholders for the in
spection of the property on Dec. SI. The
hours of inspection are 3 to 6 aud 8 to II
o’clock p. m.
The wharves are still lined with vessels,
from the fertilizer works on the west to the
the Savannah, Florida and W estern rail
read wharves on the east, a distance of
nearly three miles.
Joe Green, the colored man who was so
bad.y s, ashed in the face on Christmas day
with a knife, was able to visit Dr. Groth's
office yesterday for farther treatment.
Eleven s. itches wore necessary for one of
the scaping wounds in Green’s face.
Gleason’s Transfer Company proposes to
reduce the rates of transfer and 'bus charges
in this ciiy to 25 cents. Mr. E. C. Gleason,
who baa just returned from New York,
expects his new omnibus here in a few days,
and as soon as it arrives he proposes to
establish the prices stated.
The name of B. Rochwell, superintendent
of tne Pooler Union Sunday school, was
omitted yesterday in the report of the
school's celebration. Supt. Kota well is a
hard and earnest worker In the school. He
gave two prizes to the girl and boy receiv
ing the largest number of Sunday school
tteke s during the year.
Foreman Wm. Heilman, of the brewery
bottling department, was presented a cane
by the employes in his department yester
day. John Summers, who represented the
brewery at the Atlanta exposition, male
the presentation speech, and Heilman
gracefully accepted it. Ha then tendered
his friendi a reception.
Knights of Honor.
Alliance Lodge N0.566, Knights of Honor,
has elected the following officers for 1889;
Past Dictator—D. B. Morgan.
Dictator—G. W. Hanpt.
Vice Dictator—C. Sust.
Assistant Dictator—Peter McGlashan.
Reporter—E. F. Bryan.
Financial Reporter—J. G. Pournelle,
Treasurer—J H. Elton.
Ch plain—W. P. Sehirm.
Guide—A. W. Harmon.
Guardian—W. J. Marshall.
Sentinel—J. H. Fox.
T ,™ st^ s ~- W ' P Sobirm, A. W. Harmon,
and G. P. Walker.
Repreeentative to Grand Lodge—D. B
Morgan; alternate, Peter McGlashan.
NOTHING CAN SURPASS IT.
Lovell St Lattimore'o Regal Acorn the
Finest Wood Cook In Savannah.
Lovell & L&ttimoce, hardware and stove
dealers, can certainly show some very hand
some stoves and ranges, and a very con
spicuous stove among them all is the Regal
Acorn. The ea<6 carvings, nickel trim
mings, and tile orr a mentations of this stove
are marvelous, but the leading feature of all
is its massiveness in structure. Persons who
take an interest in fine stoves should cal!
h 4 we it.
baking powder.
&AKIfl 6
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Ytus powder sever sarwa A marvel of purity,
vereogtn and .bolaaomeneea Bore economical
than the ordinary tinea, and cannot be
*ld In competition witn the multitude of low
tan, abort vie got alum or phosphate po wears.
Sat 1 only in cans. Ravza dtxum Pownss Cos.
IOS Tall street. Sew Yurt
LOCAL PBhAUhAn.
H- J. Olliff of Jesup is here.
J. G. ITcPael of Poulon is here.
J. E. May s of Macon is in the city.
Charles O. Hogan of Offer man is here.
E.Cribleof Bartow came down yesterday.
J. W. Payla r came in from Elliott last
night.
H. H. McCall of Gainesville, Fla., is in
the city,
J. F. Grantham came in from Hardaway
yesterday.
J. A. Peacock and J. D. Mason of Dublin
are in tte city.
P. S. Coggins came up from Madison,
Fla., yesterday.
H. B. Hines at Quitman came np to Sa
vannah last night.
J. M. Cook and wife of Tallahassee are
guests at the Marshall.
W. B. Thomas came in from Tennille,
and spent yesterday here.
H. C. Graham and E. A. Gasque of
Marion, 3. C., are in town.
Gen. Floyd King is visiting in the city.
Gen. King, for a number of- ears, very ably
represented one of the Louisiana districts
in congress.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Johanna Bernstein atari Mr. Max L. Byck.
at the residence of Mr. L. Mohr. No. 133
Gordon street, on Ja 1. S.
Sirocco Tea.
Goes twice as far as any other tea, there
by reducing its comparative cost by 50 per
cent.
American headquarters, 1436 Broadway,
New York, Davidson & Cos., Tea Growers
and Importers.
Savannah Agent3, Lippman Bros., Lipp
man Block.
The Muain Concert.
M. Ovide Mann and his company ap
peared in Washington, D. C., last week, and
tnis is what the Press has to say concerning
the celebrated violinist and bis support:
“The first concert of their season was given
by the Muem Concert Company at the Con
gregational church isat evening. It called
fortn a large and iig .ly appreciative audi
ence of over 2,000 peoole, and if the genial
and artistic performers are satisfie-l with
their reception, which was at once genuine
and enthusiastic, tbo ,e whose pleasure it was
to hear them assuredly were. M. Musia is
a violinist of international reputation, and
he more than sustained what has frequently
beeu said of him heretofore by his renditions
last evening. He proved that bis successful
career as an artist was due not only to
ability, but to a warm heart, wbich made
him enter into his work with a fervor sel
dom equaled. M. Musia has played in pub
lic since his eleventh year, anil has traveled
from Tonoik, .n Siberia, to San Francisco.
The routine of his prodac iou was some
thing remarkable, and every lAhviduai
piece drew forth rounds of applause, and he
was forced to give an encore repeatedly.
M. Musia is ably supported by Mian Annie
Louise Tanner, who is considered by authori
ties to be the leading soprano in this coun
try Miss Tanner’s force was in the high
notes, taking G without effort; but what
was more appreciated and decidedly more
difficult for a soprano was the clearness and
sweetness of the middle tones.” The date
of Musirrs Concert is Jan. 6, at Armory
Hail. Reserved seats sl. On sale at Lud
den & Bates on and after J an. 2, 9 a. m.
General admission will be only 75 cents.
Macon, Qa., Jane Ist, 1881.
Dear Sir—ln attempting to remove a
bunion from my foot, I produced a running
sore, which gave me great pain. A few
applications of Sanodine gave relief and
made a permanent cure. I recommend it
as a good medicine.
Yours respectfully, S. B. Prick,
John Lyons & Cos.
Are receiving this day per express another
choice lot of Dressed Turkeyst also Cape
Cod Cranberries and Kalamazoo Celery.
Send orders early.
The Provident Savings Life Assurance
Society of New York
Intends to commence business in this city
early in January. It is one of the very
best "old line" companies, and has a plan
of insurance that is cheap, safe, and defi
nite, and is doing a large business in Geor
gia, having now in force in the state r early
£1,000,000. Tne General Agent, J. O. Wynn,
will te here s-joq to select a local ag nt.
Attention is called to t e beautiful calendars
this Society has placed in many of the offices
in this city.
America Leads the World
In taste and the refined customs of civiliza
tion, the evidence of which is, that of 2,454,-
504 cases of champagne imported into the
United States daring the last ten years, over
twenty-five per cent, was "G. H. il umrn'a
Extra Dry,” whose Imports were over 200,-
000 cases in excess of any other brand.
Quality will tell.
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 tbeir
members with the "Heman Cortez" cigars,
made at Key West and sold by Lee Roy
Myers X Cos., Savannah, Ga.
The Marshall House.
The Marshall house in this citv is now
under the personal management of Mr. M.
L. Harnett. It is replete with ail modern
improvements, electric bells, eiectrio li zhts,
ana newly furnished throughout. Rates
have been reduced to $2, *2 50 and $3 per
day. M. L. Harnett & Cos.
“Good Cheer."
“Nothing so gladdens the heart, elevates
the spirit,” and makes it susceptible of all
the generous impulses which the advent of
Christmas inspires, as good wine. For
thirty-six years our brands have dispensed
a genial warmth from many a sideboard or
banquet table, and we are prepared to con
tribute to the comfort and mirth of others.
M. Lavin’s Estate. Telephone 54.
Oak, Pine and Lightw -od.
Have removed my wood yard to corner
Gwinnett street and Savannah. Florida and
Western railway, Telephone}?. U, B. Caesels
LCDDRN a bates b. >r. h.
FjELA.YS.if not always
U dangerous, are often
inconvenient. We be
lieve you will not be
disappointed in securin p
your Chickering, Mason
& Hamlin, Mathiishek or
Sterling Piano or
for the Holidays, but we
advise you to select as
early as convenient. We
nave a large stock of
Stools, Covers and Scarfs
among them many suita
ble for presents.
lIDI 4 BITES
S. LA. HI.
DRY GOODS.
A Seasonable and Attractire Offering
fob ms
HOLIDAY TRADE
CEiMlToosta
137 BROUGHTON St.
HANDKERCHIEF DEPARTMENT.
IN THE selecting of our Handkerchiefs for the
holiday trade this season, we have, by far
surpassed all previous efforts Limited space
form is a complete desert tion of our large and
varied assortment or ladies' and gentlemen's
White and Colored Bordered Linen and Silk
Hemmed-stitched Handkerchiefs, including a
cnoice assortment of White and Colored Silic
Mufflers, and chil rent' White and Colored
Bordered, all Linen, Handkerchiefs in fancy
imported boxes. An inspection of these elegant
gcods and the following useful Holiday gifts. 1*
respectfully solicited.
Children's Colored Silk Plush Persian and
Waite (embroidered Caps.
Ladies and Gentlemen s all Linen Collars amt
Cuffs
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s fine Imported Hoiw.
iery.
Children’s and Misses fine fast Black Hosierv,
Invin s Celebrated Kid Gioves for ladies and.
gentlemen in Blacks. Tans. Browns. Grays and
Evening Shades, in a.l sizes.
Gentlemen's fleece i line Fur Top Kid Gloves.
Colgate s Extracts and Perfumery.
Puritan Gloria and ail Silk Umbrellas in this
very latest styles of Sterling Silver, Oxidized
and Gold Mounted Handles.
- A handsome line just received of 24and®,
inch Mourning Paras, s. at popular prices.
ORPHAN & DOONER
J
FURNITURE
_
Ladies’ Writing Desks.
Book Cases.
Secretaries.
Rattan Rockers.
Plush Rockers.
Just arrived, a large assort*
ment of other Holiday Pres
ents, at reduced prices.
The A. J. Miller Cos.
171 BROUGHTON ST.
COAL AND WOOD.
WOOD 8c COAL
OP ALT. KINDS.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
TELEPHONE 49.
Office 7, Drayton street. Citizens’ Bankßuilding
REAL ESTATE.
J. Id. FULTON
Real Estate and Genera! Collecting
Agent
8 DRAYTON STREET.
C PECIAL attention given to the collection of
O rents and the care of real estate. Patron*
age respectfully solicited.
DA VIA BROS.
KNABE
LEADS THE WORLD?
THE KNABE PIANOS have been before the
public for over 50 years, and ranks and ard
justly recog lized as the leading piano of the
world. Especially is this true at the south; its
peculiar adaptability to our numerous and sud
den changes in temperature is one of its best)
and greatest features. VVorld-famed musicians,
like Dr. Hans Von Bulow, prefer it, use it, and
recommend it. We have conscientiously repre
sented these pianos in Savannah for four years
past, and our experience with them has been
both profitable and satisfactory. To those who
contemplate purchasing a piano, we cordially
invite inspection and comparison- We carry
always in stock a superb line of these instru
ments iu Grands and Uprights. Our prices and
terms will be found reasonable and legitimate.
DAVIS BROS.,
42,44,40ti.ua 43 Bull Street*
