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MAY WEEK AGREED UPON
APRIL 28 TO MAY 3 THE DATE
FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
The Executive Board to Organize
Next Week—A Preliminary Confer
ence With Representatives of the
City Council, Cotton Exchange, and
Board of Trade Held Last Night.
The Celebration to be Distinctly a
Merchants’ Week.
A meeting of the executive board of
Merchants' week wa3 held last night at the
travelers’ exchange to discuss the spring
celebration. Mayor Sch warz, repress nting
thecity council: President John R. Young,
jf the board of trade, and a majority of the
members of the Merchants’ week commit
tee of the Southern Travelers’ Association
were present Letters were read from
the board of trade and the superintendent
jf the cotton exciiange, assuring the execu
tive board of the co-operation of these
organizations.
A resolution was adopted providing for
su increase in the board by representatives
from the city council, the cotton exchange,
aoard of trade, and the wholesale and retail
merchants, and from the daily newspapers.
The aim of the board is to make the cele
bration distinctly a merchants’ week.
The time fixed'for the celebration is the
last three davs in April and the first three
days in May—Monday, April 28,t0 Saturday,
May 3—devoting an entire week to the festi
val with parades, a grand military display,
fire-works, torchlight processions, balloon
n-censions, a grand barbecue at Tybee and
marine pyrotechnics, yacht races, base bail,
excursions, concerts, a gram! school clul
dren’s parade, etc., with stjorial low rate
excursions from all parts of Georgia, South
Carolina, and Florida.
As soon as the committee is completed,
and it only remaius tor the city council,
the cotton exchange, and board of trade to
appoint their delegates, it will be called to
gether for the appointment of subcommit
tees and the mapping out of a programme
for the celobration.
A business committee was appointed
last night to report to the called
meeting. At that meeting a programme
will lie submitted, the various sub
committees on finance, invitation, reception
and entertamment,railronds,transi>ortation,
etc., will be appointed, ard everything will
lie got in ship-shape for the celebration.
The success of the last May celebration is
an assurance that the coming festival,
on a far grander scale, with new features
and attractions and special excursions from
ail over the south, will be a still greater
success.
H. W. Palmer, chairman of the executive
board, presided at last night’s conference.
Max Robinson nctod as secretary. The
discussion was informal, and no definite
action was takeu except to fix the date for
the celebration. The meeting was au
enthusiastic one. The members of
the Southern Travelers’ Association are
taking an active interest in the matter, and
they propose to join with the merchants in
making the celebration excel anything that
Savannah baa ever undertaken.
THE GRAND JURY’3 WORK.
Policeman McMurray’s Assailants In
dicted for Attempted Murder.
The grand jury of the superior court was
in session yesterday and returned sixteen
indictments, and adjourned to next Friday
at 4 o’clock p. m. The indictments are as
follows:
Maurice A. Buttimor, Daniol J. Ruttimer,
Thomas F. Lovett, James J. Buckle}', and
William Barrett, for assault with intent to
murder Policeman Patrick McMurray on
Dec. 16. There are two couuts to the in
dictment. The first includes all the defend
ants as principals, and the second count
t barges Maurice A. Buttimer with doing
the stabbing, and the co-defendants with
aiding and abetting it.
D. H. Wilcox, misdemeanor. The indict
ment alleges the sale on March 5,188 b, of
thirty-seven tons of dissolved bone phos
phate which had not been Inspected, and of
which no aualysis had been made prior to
the sale.
Clarence Robinson, alias Clarence Sim
mons, for the burglary of Dryfus Bros.’
store Oct 5 last. T his is the colored burg
lar who “pinched” the sub-treasury of
Bacon, Bryan <& Co.’s safe.
The following indictments allege assault
with intent to murder, all of which instru
ments used in making the assault were
loaded firearms:
Willie Griffin on Floyd Brown, Hept 15.
Willie Moore on John Graham, Dec 23.
Martin Harris on Jane Bonds, Dec. 13.
Thomas Franklin on Sol Williams, Nov.
14.
Luther West on Henry Culten, Dec. 24.
Ashley Smith on Dau Brown, Dec. 10.
Dan Brown on E l Wagett, Dec. 25.
For carrying concealed weapons indict
ments were returned against Willie Moore
and Thomas Franklin.
TWO ELIGIBLE BITES.
The Hussars Still Considering the
Location of Their New Armory.
The quarterly meeting of the Georgia
Jlussars was held last night at Masonic hall.
The location of a site for the new armory
■was considered again. Eight pieces of
property were offered and considered. The
committee recommended that six ot these
be declined, end longer time be granted for
tbe consideration of tho other two.
The lots now under consideration are
the Taliaferro property fronting Madi
son square, south of the Do Soto
hotel, opposite St. John’s church, and
the Heywood property on YVfaltaker
street, south of the Georgia Historical So
ciety’s hall. Both are magnificent sites, and
upon either the Hussars will be able to erect
an armory that will be among the most
attractive buildings in the city.
R. J. Davnnt, Jr., was re-elected quarter
master and treasurer of the company. The
election for secre:ary sergeant was post
poned until the next meeting.
The regular committees were appointed,
including the committees on finance, cre
dentials, drills, and also the oonuniltoe on
Rrrangements for the drill to take place
Feb. 22.
CITY BREVITIES.
Pulaski Council of the Royal Arcanum
will held its anniversary banquet at the
Do Soto to-night,
The Jasper Mutual Ix>an Association will
hold its ninety-seventh monthly meotiug at
tbe office of Garrard & Meldrim, No. 135
Bay street, to-night.
The Oorrio Ice Company.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Qorrie Ice Manufacturing Company, held
yesterday, the following were elected
directors:
Louis P. Hart, R J. YVhiteside,
R. W. Hopkins, Samuel Lallam,
A. S. Lyons, Gaylord B. Clark,
YV. R. Brown.
To Extend the Balt Line.
At a meating of the Savannah Street and
Rural Resort railway, held yesterday morn
ing, the president was authorized to build
tho road through Karra, Bay, and YVadley
streets, os authorized by council.
New Telephone Stations.
The following telephone stations have
been added to tbe telephone exchange: No.
154, Dr. M. F. Dunn, residence; No. 435, Dr.
W. S. Lawton, residence.
Unprecedented success and still increasing
lales attend Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. 25 cents.
Salvation Oil is the best thing in the market
■M both man and burnt, trice 2} cento.
COL GEORGE L. COPE DYING.
Stricken With Paralysis and
Momentarily Expected.
Col. George L. Cope was stricken with
paralysis at his residence on Hull street
night before last, and his death is momen
tarily expected. Cob Cope was in hit usual
health Wednesday. In the afternoon
he presided at a meeting of
the Tybee Hotel Company, and
in the evening he was at the theater. He
returned home from the theater in goo i
spirits, and after laughing and joking with
the members of his family he retired to his
room. A moment later a heavy fall was
heard, and the family ran up-stairs. Col.
Cope was lying on the floor unconscious.
Dr. J. D. Martin was summoned, and later
a consultation of physicians was held, but
from the first no hope for his recovery was
ontertained. At midnight last night he had
not regained consciousness, and was sinking
rapidly.
Col. Cope was born in 1817, and he
and his estimable wife celebrated their
golden wedding Nov. 13. He was attended
yesterday by t.e members of bis family
except his daughter, Mrs. Tbomns It. Mills
of Griffin, who has been telegraphed for.
PICKING DP STOLEN JEWELRY.
Detective Wetherhorn Beta the
Thieves Hustling.
Detective AY etherhorn had his hands full
the last few days hunting up jewelry
thieves. He arrested James Johnson (col
ored) yesterday for the Peirson robbery, at
No. 5 Montgomery street, day before yes
terday, and recovered seven silver spoons
with tlie initial “P” on them, Mr. Peirson
identifying the silverware as a portion of
the property stolen from him. Justice
Naugh’in committed Johnson to jail.
On Wednesday a double-case gold watch
and chain, valued at S6O, were stolen from
the house of George C. Schwarz, nt No. 18
Margaret street. Detective Wetherhorn
was put on the case, and after investigating
it he arrested Mary Ferguson, a colored
domestic in the employ of Mr. Schwarz, and
she was committed to jail by Justice
Naughtin. The prisoner was arrested at
YVoodville, and it is claimed tuat the
evidence points to her guilt, although the
stolen property has not been recovered.
Justice Naughtiu also committed James
O’Quinn to jail on the chargo of stealing
from William Mell, in the neighborhood of
the market night before Inst, a silver watch
and heavily gold-plated chain,valued at S6O.
O’Quinn was a nested by Detective Wether
horn, and Justice Naughtin says that
O’Quinn, before his commitment, admitted
taking the watch and giving it, as he claims,
do a barkeeper for safe keeping. Mell was
trinkiug when ho parted company with his
ticker.
Some days ago a colored woman from
Beaufort took lodgings at tho lodging house
of J. J. Guerard, a colored barber, on
Bryan street. She left a fine double-case
gold watch under her pillow, and did not
miss it until she was on her way home to
Beaufort. When she reached there she
seut back word to her son-in-law to recover
the property aud send it to her. Guerard
was applied to, but he bad heard nothing of
the loss nor the finding of the watch. Sus
pecting Julia Moore, a colored chamber
maid in his wife’s employ, he asked her
about the watch, but she denied any
knowledge of it. He was provoked to learn
that any property left la his house should bo
missing, and as Julia had made the bed
after the Beaufort woman had left tho
house ho put tho matter in Detective Weth
erhorn’s hands, aud ho recovered 119 watch
from the suspected chambermaid yester
day. The loser of the property is not in
the oity, and no prosecution has been insti
tuted.
CENTRAL’S NOVEMBER EARNINGS.
A Gross Increase of Over $31,000
Compared With 1888.
The earnings of the Central railroad sys
tem for last November, which have just
been incorporated in the company’s report,
show an increase of over $31,000 over the
earnings of November, 1888. Tho operating,
expenses show un increase of over $38,000,
which reduces the net earnings, aud they
show a decrease of over $6,000 compared
with tho not November earnings of 1888.
The following is the statement in full, show
ing comparisons between 18S8 and 1889:
1889. 1888. Changes.
Earnings $ AS,'.<73 74 $797,399 17 I $31,574 57
Expenses (in
cluding
taxes and
betterm'tt) 526,634 60 488,214 93 I. 38,469 73
Net $302,289 03 $309,184 24 I). $~6J95t6
Income
from
Investm'ts 61,546 00 I, 51,546 00
Total net
Income $353,835 08 $309,181 24 I. $44,030 84
1889 1888
Mileage 1,254 1,220
Voyages 25 32
The earnings for the five months of the
year up to Nov. 30 make tho following
showing:
1839. 1888. Changes.
Earning5..53,752,589 51 *3,372,840 65 T. $379,148 90
Ex [lenses. 2,566,043 82 2,041,292 15 I. 524,751 67
Net $1,186,645 69 $1,331,548 40 D.5145,002 71
Income from
lavestmTjt 04,417 00 4,512 50 1. 59,904 50
Total net
Income $1,250,962 09 $1,336,000 90 D.585,098 21
1889 1888
Mileage 1,254 1,229
Voyages 128 131
TRAINS TO PEMBROKE.
The Savannah and Western to be
Extended Monday.
Train service on the Savannah and YYTest
ern railway wtll be extended from Ellabell
to Pembroke, a distance of eight miles, next
Monday. The distance from Eden junction
to Pembroke is fifteen miles, and the latter
is thirty-two miles from Savannah. Trains
will run to Pembroke daily except Sunday.
It is understood that Col. Hawkins’ force
of men will eoou reach Sterling, where the
force will then be employed by the Central
and continue grading eastwardly. The
Central wi’l send rails around via Macon to
Sterling, pushing the road vigorously at
both ends of the line, and the officials of the
road say that it is expected that the entire
road will be scheduled by April 1, nextj
The schedule to Pembroke will be offi
cially announced by day after to-morrow.
The Charity Ball.
The annual charity ball for the benefit of
the Savannah poor was given last night at
the Armory hall. The attendance was not
as large as it was last year. Many people,
however, bought tickets who did not attend,
aud a handsome sum was Dotted. An ele
gant sapper was served by tbe ladv man
agers. Cobb’s orchestra furnished the
music.
No Change in the Weather Yet.
Signal Observer YY’hiitiey says that the
weather was clear last night all over the
country, excep; slight rains on the upper
lakes. The prediction for Savaunah aud
this section for to-day is rising tempara
ture.
THE RIVES AND HARBOR.
Happenings Along the Wharves and
Among the Shipping.
The United States revenue cutter Lott
M. Morrill arrived in port yesterday.
The tug Maud was hauled out yesterday
ou Jones’ marine railway for repairs and to
have anew wheel put in.
For Sale.
A valuable tract of land in Chatham
oounty is offered for sale. See advertise
ment in special notice column.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1890.
NOT CLERKS ENOUGH.
THE SAVANNAH POSTOFFICE EM
PLOYES OVERWORKED.
Mailing Clerk Tunno Resigns—Post
master Lamar Says the Government
Won't Give Him Enough Help to
Run the Postofflce—A Word About
the Late Mails.
The mailing clerks in tho postoffice are
complaining of overwork, and Robert G.
Tuuno has resigned. There are three clerks
in the mailing department. They say that
they have to be at tho office at 4 o'clock in
the morning to make up the out-going mails,
and under a recent schedule one of them
had to remain on duty until after midnight
to receive tho mail from the north-bound
Atlantic Coast Line express, which arrives
at 11:53 o’clock at night. Tne trouble seems
to be that the postotfics is lacking in clerical
fores.
Postmaster Lamar was seen yesterday,
and was asked about the matter. He said
that he did not kuow why Clerk Tunno had
resigned. He has selected his successor, but
until the appointment is confirmed ho pre
ferred not to make any announcement.
A LARGER FORCE NEEDED.
Referring to the inadequate clerical force
of the office. Capt. Lamar says that
an extra mailing clerk is badly needed,
one who would be a night mailing
clerk, and who would not only be at tho
postallice during the night to distribute the
mails, and sort the mails for the carriers,
but who would lie there for the better pro
tection of tho office, which is now locked up
at night, aud has not eveu a janitor.
An additional registry clerk is needed, tho
postmaster says. The present registry clerk
must be at the postoffice by 5 o’clock in the
morning, and during his absence at break
fast and dinner the stamp clerk must keep
tho work of both up, and the registry clerk
often loses his supper, as he must remain at
his desk until the mail arrives, whether it
be early or late.
“What steps have you takon to get your
clerical force increased?” Capt. Lamar was
asked.
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.
He replied that he brought to the atten
tion of the postoffice department, under the
last administration, the large increase in
the mails of Savaunah, aud urged that the
needed additions to tho clerical force should
be granted, but all the satisfaction be could
get was that the department would “take it
under advisement,” and he added that the
department had it under advisement whan
the administration went out of power. He
expressed the opinion that the last adminis
tration would not increase the force as re
quested, because it was too parsimonious.
“Have you renowod your recommenda
tion for more clerical help since the presout
administration has been in power!”
“Yes, on two occasions; aud they say that
they will take it under advisement. Mean
time, the business has continued to increase
beyond tho ability of the present force to
handle tbe mails as expeditiously as it
should be done.”
“Do the postoffiea employes work under
the eight-hour law!”
THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW DOESN’T APPLY.
“None but the mail carriers. The law
applies only to them, and there is not one of
the postoffice attaches, other than the car
riers, who do not work more than eight
hours every day.”
“If you have no one at the postoffice all
night, how do you work the mail which
comes in at midnight from Jacksonville?”
"By arrangement it is held over until
morning, aud sent to the postoffice at 4
o’clock.”
Capt. Lamar was asked if the mails are
coming more regularly than awhile back,
and he replied that thoy are not; that the
mail service is simply abominable, and par
ticularly the northern mails coming on the
Charleston and Savaunah road aud the
southern mails by the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. He expressed tho
opinion that the roads are trying to do too
much business, and this has tended to delay
the mails continuously, and the delay of
the northern mails i3 particularly embar
rassing to merchants, and it discommodes
them very much. Tbe northern, southern,
and western mails ought to get here within
half an hour of each other, and merchants,
when tho mails are on time, can take up all
their correspondence at one time and dis
pose of it, but the manner in which the
mails have been coming and are now
being received is vexatious and abominable.
MUST BE A BIG RECORD.
"Do you report to the postal authorities
when the mails are behind time?”
“Yes, in every instance. Every mail be
hind time is reported promptly to Supt
Terrell, who receivos daily reports
from the Savannah office, and the route
agents aro also required to report to him in
the same way, giving the cause of any
delay. Tho Savannah office also reports
■ni nthly to tho postoffiea department at
Washington each mail delayed during the
month, giving the cause of delay as far as
it can be ascertained, and we also report
the cause of the delay to Supt.
Terrell. Our only avenue of information
as to the causes of delay is through the rail
road officials.”
“Empty pouches aro brought from YVil
miugton to Savannah on the train which
arrives here at 5:05 o’clock a. m. ahead of
the fast mail. Couid they not as well be
filled, and thus got the northern mail to Sa
vannah earlier?”
MIGHT BE LOOKED INTO.
“I have no knowledge that such pouches
are brought.. It is not a matter under my
control; auyway I do not think there is any
such arrangement. Supt. Terrell is one of
tho most efficient in the service, and hss
charge of the railway mail service in this
section. If such an arrangement were pos
sible, he would have remodied the condi
tion of affairs before this. The trouble
with the mails is not with the
rostal authorities, but with the railroads.
C the excuses they make to the postofilce
department at YVashlngtou for delays are
deemed reasonable aud unavoidable, they
are excused, if not, they are under their
contract with the government fined for any
unreasonable and unavoidable delay in tlie
transmission of the mails."
A Well-Kept Prison.
“The cleanest jail in America," said
Keeper Strickland at tho county jail last
night.. Keeper Strickland takes the deepest
| interest in the jail, and looks out always
for the prisoners. A month ago he began
ito clean up the jail. Four men were put to
wora scrubbing the floors, wiping the bars,
i and cleaning tne windows. Tae keeper did
I a good deal of inspecting, and the work
' was kept going. A few days ago it was
| finished, ana the jail looks a good deal bet
j ter, smells bsttor, and is pleasanter every
way. Tho work was not done any too soon,
j for tho grand jury went through it
i yesterday and inspected it. Whoa the
j foreman came out atter looking the huild
iog over, the keepor asked him what he
I thought of it, and ho replied: “It is just as
| you tdd me; it is all right.” Keeper fcilrick
j laud felt very proud, and he said that he
I intends to keep the jail as neat as a pin/
j The prisoners eveu looked cleaner w
I they came out of thoir cells yesw^ r ,[ av
afternoon to walk about, and they
around as if they were proud of soi nettling
The j il did not seem to have Sd& A
for them. /
Clubs, ‘
The following named Commercial,
at Augusta Ga.; S'jtnuiolo, at Jackson
ville, Fla.; Cape Fqfo,-. Wilmington, N.
C.; Guards, at Sa v fanuab, Ga., supply their
members with tj„ ••//*, „, CorUS’ cigars,
made at Key,.'west a:l j gold by Lee Roy
Myers & COyTSavannah, Gn.
Oak, pino and Llghtwood.
Have niy wood yard to corner
Gwiunett stret,, au j savannaii, Florida aud
Western railway, roiophoiw tf. R, & u-seg.qg
CORNERED AND ROBBED.
Two Women Arrested for Robbing a
Couple of Street Peddlers.
A queer case of robbery came up in Jus
tice SLef tail's court yesterday. Eila Malone
and Sarah McCracken, both white, were
charged with seizing g Axis from the baskets
of two street peddlers. It was claimed that
they refused to pay for the goods or to re
turn them. The queer part of the charge is
that the women are the wires of aa ex-po
liceman and an ex-Ooast Line conductor.
When they were brought into court their
husbands did not appear at the trial, and
the women were sens to jail. The peddlers
were robbed the same day, but at different
times. The prosecutors wore Harris
Kravlsh and N. L. Gordan.
The peddlers' story of the affair is that
th) women were implicated with another
white woman, a negro woman, and a white
man, all of whom helped themselves to
whatever they wanted. Kravish, who was
the first victim, said that Tuesday morning
as he was passing a house at Waldburg and
Price streets, a colored woman came out of
the gat*, and Kravish asked her if she
wanted to buy anything. The woman re
plied that the people in the house might
want something, and asked him to step
inside. Kravis a went in, and was
shown into a small back room,
where the women were sitting. He
spread his wares out on the floor and the
women began to help themselves right and
left Kravish thought they were fooling at
first, and he paid little attention to them.
When he came to leave, however, they ro
fu-ed to give tho goods back to him. He
began to remonstrate, when a man came in
the door and told him that if he did not get
out he would kill him.
Gordon came along a half hour later. A
colored woman was standing in the yard,
he said, and ho asked her if she wanted to
buy anything. She asked him into the
house too, telling him that the
folks inside wanted something. Gordon
said that ho went in, mid was utso shown
to a rear room, where he met three white
women. Ho began to show his wares, when
the women began to seize them. He threw
the articles back into the basket, and ran
out.
When served with the warrants the
women came to the magistrate’s office
quietly. They protested their innocence,
and while they acknowledged that the ped
dlers were iu their house at the time
alleged, thoy said that they (lid not molest
them. The peddlers went out unharmed,
aud their baskets were as full as when they
entered. They clainiod that it was a put
up job on them. The women say that the
same story was told by both peddlers, aud
it is plain that they are in collusion.
When the arresting officer went to the
house pointed out by the peddlers he found
only two women. The colored woman was
not to be found, nor was the man or tho
other woman. The peddlers did not
know the names of the two women before
thoy were arrested, but as soon as tho officer
brought them out, Kravish and Gordon
recognized them. A warrant was sworn
out for the colored woman, the other white
woman, aud also for the man. The man
was charged with pointing a pistol at Kra
vish. He will be arrested to-day.
AT THE COURTS.
Gossip Picked Up Here and There In
the Court Rooms.
The grand jury of the city court was in
session yesterday afternoon, and, after re
turning four indictments for assault and
battery and one for carrying concealed
weapons, adj ourned to meot next Thursday
afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The city court will convene at 10 o’clock
this morning, with the traverse jury in
attendance, for the trial of civil cases.
In the superior court yesterday in the
case of John G. Butler against H. if. Lewis,
for foreclosing a lieu on the Ocean View
hotel at Tybee, the jury rendered a verdict
iu favor of Butler for *274 18.
Clerk Carr, of the superior court is keep
ing two minute books under the provisions
of the law passed by the last legislature.
Separate mmute books are required for the
civil and criminal business transacted by
the court. The system, Mr. Carr says, is
expensive, and eutails unnecessary and
additional wrork. A third book, in which
all charters must be recorded, and known
as the “Charter Book,” is also required to
bo kept. Heretofore these have gone on the
court minutes.
In the superior court yesterday, Sophie
Ingram was acquitted on the charge of
assaulting Maria Kaiser with intent to
murder, a knife being the murderous
instrument used.
John Smith (colored) was tried in the
superior court yesterday afternoon for
assault with intent to murder Anthony
Small, into whose shoulder, when the two
men were in liquor, on the night of Nov.
S3, Smith plunged bis sheath-knife. The
jury brought in a verdict agaiust Smith of
stabbing, not m his own defense. The affray
occurred in Zamacraw at Pine aud Farm
streets.
The traverse jurors iu both the United
States circuit and district courts have bean
excused from attendance until next Mon
day morning, at 10 o’clock.
THE UNITED STATES COURTS.
The Baum Si Bro. Waycross Failure
and the Tutty-Ward Casea.
The United States circuit court was in
session yesterday, aud tho greater part of
the session was consumed by argument in
the case of Fecheimer Claflin et. ai. against
Baum & Bro. The defendants, who did
business at Waycross, failed nearly two
years ago for *150,000, and a receiver was
appointed. The figut is on a distribution of
the funds in the hands of the receiver,
which amount to nearly *30,000.
The celebrated Tutty-Ward fornica
cation case, from Liberty, came up
iu the United States circuit court
by a petition asking the court to stay pro
ceedings on the estreated bond, and to
compel the state to recognize the marriage
contract entered into between Charles
Tutty and Rosa Ward in tho District of
Columbia, under the laws of the United
States.
The defendants were separately indicted
by the superior court grand jury "of Liberty
county on May 22, 1880, aud, failing to
appear for trial at the adjourned
session of the November term, their
bonds were estreated Dec. 5. The
petition admits that Rosa Ward is of African
descent, but that the defendants wore
married in the District of Columbia accord
ing to and under the sanction and approval
of the laws of the district, and therefore
they are living in a state of lawful mar
riage, and were at the time of the alleged
violation of the Georgia statutes. Judge
Speer received tho paper* aa 1 said that he
wottM examine them. The state was not
represented, Solicitor General Fraser being
engaged in the superior court.
RAIL AND GttOSSTIS.
Train No. 78 <j'u the Savannah, Florida,
mid \V est pm raiiwuy arrived an hour late
last pAgVit.
. G. Brewer, formerly Central railroad
' agent, telegraph operator, aud postmaster
at llaloyondale, has been nop uutsd assistant
ticket agent in the Central office here. Mr.
Brower has be a with the Central railroad
for twelve years, aud is one of the most
popular men along the line of road.
Several changes in the office of the Cen
tral’s main stem at Macon are looked for in
a short time. It is rumored that Dispatcher
Go,sett, i ue of the most efficient men that
the Central has, will leave iu a few weeks.
Wednesday nigut two Virginia dispatchers
came down on traiu No. Sti on an iuspecuag
I tour over the road. They returned on the
next train. It is expected ttia-t they will
; take hold in Macon soon.
Grattan's Belfast Ginger Ale, established 1825,
is the finest imported from Ireland. The dis
tinctive feature of this ale is its thao delicate
flavor of pure ginger. Lippunui Bros., Agents,
Savannah, Ga. . . _ s
TRADE’S BRIGHT OUTLOOK
BETTER BUSINESS AND DIMINISH
ING DEBTS OVER THE SOUTH.
Georgia Leada in Prosperity—Fifty
one Dess Failures Last Year than
the Year Eefore, and Debts Dimin
ished Over sl,ooo,ooo—All Branches
of Trade Prospering, and the Reason
Why— Corporations Springing Up
Rapidly, and Resources Being De
veloped.
Every pulsation of trade in Savannah and
in Georgia is felt by the mercantile agen
cies whose headquarters are here. With a
view of obtaining facts and figures from so
reliable a bureau of commercial informa
tion, a Morning News reporter called yes
terday oa Mr. C. O. Drummond, manager
of Dun’s agency, and in the course of an
interview Mr. Drummond said that during
the year 1889 the amount of business done
in the city and state has been most satis
factory, and its results eminently so.
“The number of failures last year was
151, with liabilities of $1,627,945. This is
an improvement, in every way, on previous
years. Compared with 1888, the failures
show a decrease of 51, and debts diminished
by over $1,000,000, while, if 1884 be taken
as a basis for comparison, there is an im
provement of over 50 per cent, in tho sum
total of liabilities. In point of fact, Georgia
leads all the other states, and her position
may be justly estimated when it is said that
in Rhode Island, which is neither 60 popu
lous nor so extensive, the failures last year,
though only 150 in number, were accom
panied by liabilities of over $10,000,000.
“The cause of our prosperity,” said Mr.
Drummond, “lies mostly in this, that the
natural wealth of the state was never so
keenly appreciated, nor so skillfully utilized.
In turpentine alone very large sums of
money have been made, cotton has been
treated as merchandise and not as an objc t
of speculation, and there have been great
advances in the development of the mineral
resources of tho state.
“Among retail dealers there has been an
increasing appreciation of the value of
prompt settlements, and while the sharp
northern drummer has been abroad, in
many cases with results satisfactory to his
employers, still Savannah, Atlanta, Au
gusta, and Macon have more than held
their own. The grocery trade of Savannah
has been good; retailors appear to know
that they can be as well served here as in
any other place, and their patronage is not
only well deserved, but likely to be re
tained.
“Corporations are springing up rapidly,
and though such forms of association have
sometimes been abused, as yet Georgia has
sustained no injuries, and has derived many
advantages from the organization of capi
tal and ability in corporate form.”
Mr. Drummond added that, though there
have been a few failures at the opening of
tho present year, these are by no means a
sign of general weakness, and the places of
those who have fallen by the wayside will
soon be taken by strong and capable re
cruits.
In conclusion, Mr. Drummond said that
in every department the tone of business is
good, and it appears certain that, with a
continuance of present conservative and
honorable methods, this section of the south
will advance steadily and surely in amount
of business and of wealth.
JUDGE SPEER’B BIG DOCKET.
A Dong Dist of Cases to be Triad in the
United States Courts.
Judge Speer assigned quite a large num
ber of cases yesterday for trial in the
United States circuit and district courts,
among which six are admiralty cases. The
assignments run intq February.
The injunction case of Leo Speyer against
the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad Com
pany et al., virtually to enjoin the Central
and Georgia Railroad and Banking com
panies from voting for officers for the first
named road, etc., was assigned for heariug
on Monday, Jan. 20.
Tho damage suit of H. J. Jones et al.
against the St. Nicholas was assigned for
Friday, Jan. 31. This is the case growing
out of the fatalities and injuries from the
oollision of the St. Nicholes with the Tybee
railroad bridge over St. Augustine’s creek
on the night of July 20, last.
Another damage suit against the St.
Nicholas is set for trial Friday, Jan. 14—the
case of Brown against the St. Nicholas for
damages resulting from a collision with a
schooner.
The following suits on postmasters’ bonds
are set down for Wednesday, Jan. 22:
R. J. Smith, Jr., et al.; Lock Shaw;
George W. Hatcher et al., two cases; Paul
A. Bryan, three eases; Willie E. Frost and
W. H. Hatfield, two cases.
The suit against ex-Umted States Marshal
E. C. Wade on marshal’s bolid is assigned
for trial Tuesday, Jan. 28.
The other assigned cases are as follows:
John W. Weed vs. J. H. Smith, Jan. 12.
Strange vs. Macon and Brunswick rail
road, Jau. 12.
Mynck vs. Eienfield, Jan. 13.
Same vs. Champion & Freeman, Jan. 13.
Portland Parker vs. William Hone!
Jan. 14.
Minis & Sons vs. Nelson & Donkin,
Jan. 15. This is a case in which custody
fees are sought to be recovered on the valua
tion of cargo on the British steamship
Naples, and the result of the trial
will be watohed with interest, as
a case of the kind has been
appealed from the city court to the supreme
court in the case of Straoban & Cos. vs. the
owners of a British steamship, and the dis
puted question of oustody fees, now in the
courts, in the British steamship Ttialia case,
led to the lockout of the longshoremen last
month.
Oceana Sears vs. J os. F. King, Jan. 16.
Waldon & Taintor vs. J. H. Johnson.
Jan. 17. ’
Thos. R. Mills vs. L. H. B. Scott, Jan
21.
E A. Gillette vs. Martha Boners, Jan. 23.
W. C. Jackson vs. Kimball & Cos., Jan.
24.
Geo. A. Cunningham vs. the Macon and
Brunswick Railway Company, Jan. 27.
Isaac Henry et al. vs. the Steamer Edith.
Jan. 29.
The Brunswick and South Atlantic rail
way vs. the Steamer San Antonio, Jan. 29.
The Listore Agricultural and Chemical
Company vs. J. H. McKenzie, Jan. 30.
J. H. M. Clinch vs. Steamer May Belle.
Jan. 30.
The Anglo-Australian Companv vs. Pen
niman, Jan. 31.
M. K. Jesup vs. the Savannah, Florida
and Westeru Railway Company, Feb. 3.
George H. Tilley vs. the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western Railway Companv
Feb. 3. v
Moore & Mercer vs. Robt. Keefe, Feb. 4.
Some of the cases have been so long on
the calendar that, tho records are beginning
to show signs of having fallen into the sere
and yellow leaf. It is not likely that half
of them will come to trial, as "it is much
easier to assign the cases than it is to got the
lawyers to bring them to trial. Still the
assignment goes bravely on, and the fault
does not lie with the court.
Sirocco Tea
Is the fashionable breakfast, luncheon, and
afternoon bever ge in England and tho
continent of Europe, and will soon be the
favorite in America. It is imported direct
from our own gardens in lnd.a and Ceylon
and we guarantee its purity The most
economical tea in the world. In sealed
packets, at 60 cents, 80 cents, and *1 per
nound Davidson c Cos., 1436 Broadway
New York. Savan.ah agents, Uppman
Bros., Lippman block, Savannah. VV
Have you an engagement for to-night that
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W* t*bi JinaljjKg uu e. **
LOCAL PERSONAL
C. H. Cohen of Augusta is here.
W. F. Thomas of Macon is in the city.
Marion Erwin is a guest of the De Soto.
R. S. Mclver of Brunswick is in the city.
C. Eldridge of Birmingham is in the city.
John G. Gibson of Augusta is in the city.
R. S. Hatcher of Waycross is in the city.
William G. Whilden and wife, of Green
ville, S. C., are at the De Sito.
Mrs. Ed Levy of Augusta is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Lovenstein. on Perry street.
Judge Emory Speer, Walter B. Hill, and
Robert Hodges of Macon are guests of the
De Soto.
United States Marshal W. P. Corbett and
his deputy, Cuming F. Thomas, arrived
yesterday.
Dr. H. S. Colding was elected a lance
corporal of the Chatham Abtillery at the
company’s last meeting.
Mrs. L. Cohen, af.er spending several
days with friends in Savannah, returned
last night to her home in Atlanta.
Robert Hodges, Esq., of Macon, one of
the brilliant young lawyers of the state,
came dowu to "Savannah yesterday on legal
business.
Rov. J. W. Simmons spent yosterday and
the day before in the city, returning to
HawkinWviiie last night. Mr. Simmons ex
presses himself as well pleased with his new
pastoral charge.
WHILE SHE SAT ON HIS KNEE.
Insane Missionary Powell Cuta the
Throat of His Child.
From the New York World.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 6.—News has been
received here that Carson L. Powell, inde
pendent Baptist missionary to Algiers,
North Africa, from Fair Biuflf, N. C., had
murdered his daughter. He had been in an
insane asylum here before he went abroad,
and three"months ago his mental condition
became so bad that he was placed in a hos
pital in Algiers. He afterward appeared
to be improved, and was released. He
went out distributing Bibles Dee. 21, re
turned to his house, took up his Bible, and
began reading. Little Ruth, his 3-year-old
daughter, sat on his kneo, as was her cus
tom, and was prattling to him, when he
suddenly took a knife from his pocket and
cut her throat. Dr. Leech of New York,
who is also a missionary working with
Powell, happened to be in the house at the
time, and did everything possible to save
the life of the child, but without avail.
Powell is now.confined in the French hos
pital in Algiers.
Powell had frequently given evidence of
possessing an unsound mind. Once at the
Baptist state convention here he demanded
that he be sent to Africa as missionary, but
his application was refused. He procured
some gayly colored calico, ribbons and hair
pins, returned to the church, went into the
basement, stripped bimself of his clothing,
wrapped the calico and ribbons about him,
fastening them to his body by sticking pins
deep into the flesh, and then walked into the
auditorium while the convention was in ses
sion. He secured some work as missionary
in North Carolina, and whiio traveling mot a
young woman in Cleveland. They became
engaged. The day preceding the one set
for the marriage he" tried on his wedding
suit and found the coat too small. He re
garded this as an indication from the Lord
that he should not marry, and positively re
fused to fulfill the engagement. His fiance
became insane over tnis and after ward died
in an insane asylum in Raleigh. He went
to Algiers three yearn ago. New York
friends paid His j expenses, and two young
men of that city named Beach and May
nard accompanied him. Maynard will
bring Mrs. Poweli and her four remaining
children to tcia country.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Something About a Firm Well Patron
ized by Bay Street Houses.
The hardware and stove merchants of
Savannah take an active part in supplying
many things required for farmers and tur
pentine men, and prominently among these
are Lovell & Lattimore, who have not only
a fine trade direct with these oustomers,
but through their factors to them. Persist
ent efforts on the part of this concern has
secured for them the patronage of the
greater part of the city trade. Prices and
promptness govern everything.
Oglethorpe Seminary
Commences its second annual term on Feb.
1, 1890. It commends Itself by it3 high
order of education. Its object is to advance
those who have gone through the public
schools. It has every advantage of other
schools in higher climates. Its curriculum
will compare with the best schools of Bos
ton ; and because it is anew institution in
the south, it is sought to be even better.
Among its professors and lecturers are Mr.
H, E. Sheppard, Rov. C. H. Strong, Dr. J.
P. 8. Houstoun, and others. The higher
classes will have the advantage of Mr.
Eggleston’s lectures.
“OLD RIP” Tobacco is a splendid seller.
New York, Dec. 31, 1889.
Editors Musical Courier: Gentlemen
—ln answer to your circular letter of the
23d inst., we will say to you that the num
ber of new Steinway Square Pianos in
st ick has been reduced to four instruments,
and, as stated to you one year ago, the
manufacture of Square Pianos has been en
tirely discontinued by us.
The number of Upright Pianos made and
sold during 18S9 is only 7 per esnt. larger
than in the previous year.
There is again a heavy increase in the
number of Grand Pianos tbis year over the
year 1888, having this last day of the year
1889 reached the unprecedented figure of
I, Grand Pianos of the different styles
and sizes for t e year just past, with a largo
Dumber of unfilled orders, and consequent
loss of sales even at retail for not having
them. The year closes without our having
a single Parlor Grand on hand for sale. Wo
have completed arrangements largely to in
crease our production of Grand i'iano.i.
Respectfully yours,
Stein way & Sons.
This proves conclusively the extraordi
nary demand and immense popularity of
the Steinway Pianos.
Schreiner’s Music House.
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in the city. Anew lot ot SULKIES just ar
rived.
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Jouvin’s Celebrated Kid Gloves,
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stitched
Muslin Underwear,
AT COST!
Previous to taking our annual inventory.
oommeneing on MONDAY, Jan. 6, 1890
cbohu&dooher
137 BROUGHTON ST,
COAL AND WOOD.
WOOD & COAL
OF ALL KINDS.
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FORSALK.
EMPTY SACKS. '
CECOND-HAND EMPTY SACKS, various
kj kinds and sizes, for sale by
C.M. GILBERT & CO.
Bay and West Broad Streets.
ITTIIL
BOOM ! BOOM ! ALL ALONG
THE LINE!
\ CENTRAL RAILROAD stockholder knows
a good thing when he sees it; 5 elegant
Upright Knabe Pianos sold Monday; 4 for cash,
lon time. We are still the proud agents of the
celebrated Knabe, Conover, and Harrington
Pianos, that sweep everything before them like
a cyclone. Our Story & Clark and Kimball
Organs catch the eve, please the ear, and fit the
pocket. Look out for us; we are on the war
path, and mean business. Our prices and
terms catch on, and we are happy.
MR. G. WaNNBACHER, the 75th name drawn
in Davis Bros.’ Piano Club No. 1.
DJI VIS BROS.,
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