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Newspaper Page Text2 CAPITAL OF THE STATE. AN AGED FLAGMAN KILLED BT A SWITCH ENGINE. A Real Estate Agent Dying from a Blow Dealt by a Liveryman-Sen tence* of the Jewelry Thieves- Notice of a Railroad Extension—Sus picious Death of an Unhappy Mar vied Woman. Atlanta, Ga., April 21—John Odom, 60 years of ape. was mashed to death at Whitehall street crossing early this after noon by a backing switch engine. Odom was formerly a Georgia railroad engineer, bnt bad become antiquated and resigned. Recently ba has been employed by the city to operate the heavy roller machine used to pack Macadam pavements. Some days ago be began acting as a flagman at the cross ing where he was killed, in place of the regular man, whom sickuess had detained at home. This morning a switch engine be longing to the Atlanta and West Point road passed the crossing and btgan backing. As soon as a switch had beeu shifted Odom signaled to the engineer that the street was clear, and walked ahead to keep people out ci the way. a fatal mistake. He supposed the engine would take one track leading from the switch, and selected the other to walk upon. The engine, con trary to his calculation, pursued and knocked him down. The tender passed over his body, and after the locomotive was stopped he lay fifteen minutes under the ash-pan before he could be extricated. It was fonnd that the fingers rf one hand had been cut oft, one leg broken below and one above the knee, and the hips crushed hor ribly. He lingered several hours, and then died from his injuries. His son is the engi neer who generally drives the locomotive that killed him, but had just gone to dinner, leaving his engine in other hands. He re turned just after tha accident, and assisted in getting his father out from under the engine. A SKULL CRUSHED WITH A CHAIR. Thomas A. Shelton, a prominent real estate man of this city, in a fight with a liveryman named harper, about ten days ago. wns knocked over the head with a chair. The affair was kept quiet until to day. when the doctor reported tnat Mr. Shelton could hardly live. The blow broke his skull and erysipelas ha* set in. THE JEWELRY THIEVERY. Samuel and Simon Marcus, who yesterday confessed that they received the goods stolen by young Herman Vineburg from Jeweler Delkin, were this morning each fined SSOO and costs. Their brother, Meyer Marcus, who is supposed to lie the chief offender, has escaped. Vineburg was al lowed to plead guiity to larceny from the bouse, and an account as his age was fined only |IOO. ITis elder brother ZLschmann Vineburg, was acquitted. A RAILROAD EXTENSION. A resolution of the board of directors of the Wrightsville and Tennille railroad, pro viding for an extension of the line to Abbe ville, Wilcox county, was filed in the office of the secretary of s ate to-day. The road will cross the Oconee river at Dublin, Lau rens county, and run through Dodge county. The extension will be forty miles in length. HE PASSED BOGUS MONEY. Frank Fortune, a vagabond from North Carolina, to-day entered a plea of guilty in the federal court and was sentenced to eighteen months at hard labor and fiued SIOO for passing counterfeit silver dollars in Polk county. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. Mrs. John Nichols died suddenly at the Bt. James hotel here early this morning Tinder peculiar circumstances. She and ber husband came from Florida some months since. They seem to have had trouble of some kind, and last night Mrs. Nichols took what she said was bromide to relieve a headache, rthe died a short time afterward, her condition indicating death from morphine or opium. The coroner is investigating the case. Mrs. Nichols was a daughter of Rev. Mr. Bryant, a Methodist minister, at Monticello, Fla, D3. HOLMES ACQUITTED. The Jury Brings in a Verdict in Fif teen Minutes. Rome, Ga., April 23.—Court opened this morning at 8:30 o'clock. Judge Branham spoke until 11:30 o’clock for the defense. Nathaniel Hammond concluded for the prosecution. At 4 o’clock Judge Maddox made a charge of twenty minutes. The jury went to their room at 4 :25 o’clock, and returned at 4:4') o’clock with a verdict of not guilty. Dr. Holmes is a free man. Col. Hammond made a very able speech, which is pronounced by many the best ever beard here. Over 100 ladies attended court this morning. Everybody is glad the case ended. It lasted eight days. The verdict gives general satisfaction. HOW THE ZULU WOMEN BEW. They Are Not So Rapid as the Ameri cans, But Do Wonderful Work. From the 1/ulitt' Home Journal. The skill of the Zulu in South Africa in sewing fur is a household word in South Africa, and some of the other tribes can compete with them. The needle employed Is widely different from that used by the American needlewoman. In the first place it has no eye; in the second, it is like a skewer, pointed at one end and thick at the other. The Zulu woman is never without them, and carries them in an elaborately decorated sheath of raw hide. The thread is not of cotton, but is made of the sinews of various animals, the best being made from the sinews in the necx of a giraffe. It is stiff, inelastic, with a great tendency to “kink” and tangle itself up with anything near it. Before being used it is steeped in hot water until it is quite soft, and is then beaten between two smooth stones, which causes it to separate into fila ments, which can thus be obtained of any strength and thickness. She bores two holes in the edge 6 of the rug or garment on which she is working. The thread is then pushed through with the butt of the needle, drawn tight, and two more holes are made with a like result, the skewer progressing very slowly compared with the American needle woman, but fast enough for a country where time is of no value whatever. The skin upon which the seamstress is working is damped with water before she com mences, and as the damp thread and hide dry cut it brings the work very closely to gether. ; An Aristocratic Hen. From the Baltimore Herald. Wiiliam J. Free, of ,340 Four-and-ahalf street, has a hen which is almost too proud to acknowledge the acquaintance of the proprietor of the house. This has only been the case for a short time. This hen was formerly meek enough, but to be the mother of a chicken on Easter Monday, the like of wcich no other hen in Baltimore, or any other place, could produce, overturned her ideas of modest stillness and humility. This hen, the property of Mr. Free, al though she now holds herself aloof from most hnns, has among a newly hatched •>“ llt , tle chicken which has the letters •O. k. plainly marked in black on the top of its head in down, with a distinct spaed between them. Tne chicken is what is Cftiled ‘part gamethe balance is just plain chicken. It is brown, with light colored wings. The mother sat for three weeks on thirteen eggs, triumphantly hatened every one, and, of course, feels that liberal principles have been abundantly rewarded in having a chicken with its head all “O. K,” Va Hcten-’s Cocoa -The original, most •oluble.— Adv. BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT. Tne Results of the Day's Games All Over the Country. Washington, April 22—8a1l games | were played to-day as follows: national league. I At New York— ! Philadelphia 4 0 0 X 0 O n A (t—. 7 1 New Vote.. .. 0000 2 0 1 AO— 3 1 Base hits: Philadelphia 5: New York 6. Er rors: Philalelnhia 6, New Yoric 2. Batteries: ! Gleason and Clements, Burkett and O Bourse. At Boston— Boston 1 I T 3 1 0 0 I I—ll ; Brooklyn ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0— 1 Base hits. Boston 12 Brooklyn 5. Errors Boston 1. Brooklyn 9. batteries: Clarkson and Bardie; Terry and Clark. At Pitisburg— Allegheny 0 00100000-1 Cleveland 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 x— 7 Base hits: Allegheny S: Cleveland 0. Errors; Allegheny 3; Cleveland L Batteries. Sowders, Miller and Jones. B-Min and Zimmer. At Cincinnati — Cincinnati..., 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0— 3 Chicago 5 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 x—l3 Base hits: Cincinnati 7, Chicago 12. Errors. Cincinnati 8. Chicago 1. Batteries: Viau. Baldwin. Rhine*and Harrington. Coughlin and Nagle. PLAYERS’ LEAGUE. At Boston— Brooklyn 40202002 o—lo Boston It 1110012- 8 Bose hits: Brooklyn 10: Boston 11. Errors: Brooklyn 4; Boston!. Batteries: Sowders and Kinslow; Kilroy, hadbourn and Murphy. At Pittsburg— Pittsburg 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 o—B Chicago 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 x—s Base hits: Pittsburg 3; Chicago 13. Errors: Pittsburg l; Chicago 5. Batteries: Tener and Carroll: King and Boyles At New York— Philadelphia 5 00010200—8 New York 0 8 1 3 0 1 0 1 4-13 Base hits: Philadelphia 11. New York 18. Errors: Philadelphia 4, New York 2 Batteries; Cunn ngham and Hallman, Crane and Ewing. At Buffalo- Buffalo 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 4—lo Cleveland 2 01 1 03000-7 Base hits: Buffalo 13. Cleveland 7. Errors: Buffalo 5, Cleveland 4. Batteries Gruber. Bakely and Brennan; Keefe. Mack and Clark. ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. At Washington— Washington. 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 o—B Hartford 21200 3 22 x—l 2 Base hits; Washington 7, Hartford 11. Er rors: Washington 4, Hartford 1. Batteries: Maloney, Macs and Riddle; Fagan and Moore. At Wilmington, Del.— Wilmington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 1 Worcester . 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 x—a Base hits: Wilmington, 2; Worcester. 17. Errors: Wilmington, 2, Worcester, 2. Batteries: Smith and Corcoran, Stafford and Wilson. At Baltimore— Baltimore. . ........0 2000 1 020—5 Now Haven 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 o—3 Base hits: Baltimore 0, New Haven 11. Er rors: Baltimore 3, New Haven 3. Batteries: Baker and Townsend, Horner and Terrien. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Philadelphia— Athletic 0 1 .3 0 .3 8 4 2 I—l 7 Syracuse 00000005 I—6 Base hits: Athletic 11, Syracuse 11. Errors: Athletics 11, Syracuse 11. Batteries: Green and Gan*; Casey, Morrison and Briggs. At Louisville— Louiavllie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 o—2 Columbus 1 0000000 o—l Base hits: Louisville, 9; Columbus, 7. Errors: Louisville, 0; Columbus, 1. At St. Louis— -Bt. Louis 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 u— 9 Toledo 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 —8 Base hits: St. Louis, 10; Toledo, 7. Errors: St. Louis, 5; Toledo. 1. Batteries: Chamberlain and Meeks, Healy and Rogers. At Rochester— Rochester 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2—7 Brooklyn 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—2 Baa; hits: Rochester 8, Brooklyn 5. Errors. Rochester 0, Brooklyn 2. Batteries; Callahan and MeKeogh, Williams and Pits A MUCH MARRIED KING. His Majesty of Ashantee Has 3,333 Wives and 600 Children. Front the Baltimore American. Polygamy is practiced to an extravagant degree in Ashantee. The more wives a man has the higher his social importance. The number which a man in private life may have is limited by his ability to purchase and support them, but the number of wives which the king may have is limited by law—limited to the modest number of 3,333, and it is said that he usually does not far exceed this limit. At any rate, he must have more wives than any of his subjects, or his respecta bility will suffer. I was told by the Ameri can consular agent at Elmira that the pres,, ent king actually has 3,333 wives, and that he has 600 children. All the king has to do to get a wife is to choose any female he pleases, no matter how young she may be. Girls are often chosen woen less than 10 years old, and in such cases they ore left with their mothers until they are of mature age, at which time they are taken to join the rest of the 3,333. No man is ever allowed to see any of the king’s wives, and should he even accident ally see one his punistiment is death. These wives during the working season attend to the king’s plantations, but the rest of the time they live at Coomassie, the Ashantee capital, where they occupy two long streets. When they go out’for a walk in a bodv, as is often the case, they are preceded "by a number of eunuebs, who herald their com • ing, that all men may disappear and avoid looking upon them. When this is impossi ble they must fall upon their faces to the ground. If a white man happens to be there and understands not the law, the ennuchs turn his face away from the advancing women. A HARD-HEADED NEGRO. He Butte an Ox to Death on a Wager of $5. from the tf'aehinoton Star. Birmingham, Ala., April 20.—“ Big Six,” a negro pugilist of considerable local repu tation, to win a wager of $5 is said to have, a few days ago, butted an ox to death. The ox was three years old and well growD. When their heads qp.me together the noise could be heard a block away. Four times in rapid succession the colored giant’s head struck the ox squarely in the forehead with terrific force. Then the animal began to reel and stagger, and gathering himself for a final plunge, “Big Six” drew back a full arm’s length and ran his head against that of the ox with the force of a battering-ram. Tha animal fell to the ground and in five minutes was dead. There was a small lump on “Big Six’s ’ head, but he said that he felt no pain what ever. “Big Six” is about 5 feet 10 inches high, and weighs 240 pounds. On his arms, shoulders and chest the muscles stand out in great black knots. He is a giant in strength, but knows nothing of the science of pugilism. His strong point in a fight is his toughness. It seem s almost impossible to hurt him. For a glass of beer he will break a piece of scantling over his head, and for half a dollar will butt the head out of an empty beer keg. For five years “Big Six” has met and de feated all pugilists whoicame here and cared to try their powers on him. No negro can be found in this section who will face him. Probably the best fight of his life was when he knocked out Mervine Thompson of Cleve land, 0.. in three rounds in a glove contest at the Casino theater last December. Thomp son struck him some terrible blows on the neck, face and body, but none of them staggered the black giant, while a right hand swing caught Thompson in the ribs, lifted him off his feet, and ‘laid him sense less on the stage. “Big Six” was recently offered S2OO to go to Louisville and face Peter Jackson for four rounds, but he refused. He works as a common laborer at the brewery. He was for a time employed as a driver, but was too brutal. If a mule or a horse angered him he would knock the animal down with one blow of his big fist. Are you compelled to stay home on ac count of a headache! Take Bradycrotine and in fifteen minutes you are entirely 1 ’ re lieved. —Adis. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, IR9O. PREHISTORIC SHARKS. FISHES OF THE TERTIARY PERIOD 125 FEET IN LENGTH. A Man’s Body Must Have Been but a Morsel to One of These Marine Mon sters. If we may judge prehistoric man by his modern representatives, says C. F. Holder, we may assume that shark-fishing was car ried on at a very early day—so very early, in fact, that not the slightest proof remains, or even a remnant of the early Walton. In geological maps of America, during what is known as the tertiary age, we find it oc cupying a much more restricted area than at present. The southern states were largely under w ater, and Florida was but a shoal beneath the waves. Where the At lantic then tossea, and was carried this wav and that by currents, now is found dry land, covered with fertile fields and supporting a large and vigor ous human population; but that it was once the bottom of the tertiary sea we have abundant testimony. That man existed at this time there is little doubt, theugh satisfactory evidence m tha shapa of remains is extremely rare, and we can but refer to the fauna aDd flora of tie period to show that the assumption is at least tenable. Man undoubtedly appeared upon the globe when it was ready for his occujiatiOD, or rather when the conditions were all favorable for his support. The world in the tertiary time looked very much as it does at present, comparatively speaking. Trees, flowers, and animals much like those of to-day flourished, and with them undoubtedly were found human beings. Having assumed this, and knowing the animals which were then living, we may easily understand something of the habits of our ancient ancestors. Large whales and fishes of all kinds are always of great value to rude tribes. Their appliances are few and simple, and a laage an:mol not only provides them with food, but with clothing, weapons, and numerous articles of domestic use. So we may as sume that tertiary men were fishermen, and endeavoring to capture game, large and small. In the immediate vicinity of Charleston, 8. C., from the bottom of the river-bed have been taken the remains of some sharks so suggestive of gigantic size that the modern man-eater is dwarfed in compari son. The remains consist of teeth, huge deviated specimens, in some instances almost as large as a woman’s hand—many times larger than those found in large sharks of to-day. The writer once had the curiosity to arrange a number of these teeth after the model of a modern shark, and the result gave a fish large euough to swallow a horse entire, and as for length, 125 feet must have beeu the dimensions of these monsters. If a shark fourteen feet long is sufficient at the present day to scare any one, what must have been the effect of the appearance of this tertiary giant? lake the great whales it required deep water to float it, and doubtless was only attacked when by accident it became stranded on the shoals. At such a time the fishermen may have put off in their rude crafts and aided in its cap ture, perhaps fastening it with cables and driving logs of wood into its vulnerable parts. To capture Buch monsters by any other means must have been impossible. The largest boats would hardly have withstood the|struggles that must have ensued after an atte npt at capture by spear or harpoon, assuming even that such weapons were known. Once entrapped in shallow water we can imagine that the sight must have been a striking one; the enormous fish, far more active in this condition than a whale, beating the water with blows of its powerful tail, making frantic and mighty rushes this way and that, snapping the great cables like threads, capsizing the rude boats and spreading terror and destruction every where. Such efforts at escape naturally would exhaust the strength of so powerful an animal and force it farther in shore, and ultimately destroy it. Then comes the cutting up process. The news of the capture was carried inland, and hun dreds of natives came down to the shore to secure their share. From caves, brush houses, and the rudest retreats they swarm ed, armed with rude implements of various kinds dubs of wood and Btone, and dag gers of flint and other hard substances. Clothed in skins, or perhaps not clothed at all, this rude people must have presented a strange appeara ce. We hear of our mod ern savages wallowing in the blood of whales which they have captured, and delighted in the butchery; and undoubtedly these early men were no exceptions, and the scene of the capture was a literal slaughter. A man to one of these mighty sharks would L>e almost un noticeable, and we cau imagine that such a huge creature must have been upon a continual forage to ap pease its appetite. A moderate-sized whale would have been legitimate prey, as our ordinary man-eaters of to-day have been knowh to swallow nearly an entire horse. At this time many strange creatures thronged the ocean, and doubtless animal life was made much more profuse than at present. The writer once hooked a shark about fourteen feet in length. The brute was towing the heavy boat at steamboat speed through the water—my man crouching in the stern, which was high in air, while I was engaged at the bow in keeping tne line in the notch, a slip from which would have tipped us over. We bad rushed up the channel for about half a mile at this pace, when I chanced to glance over board, and there, about ten feet from the surface, were half a dozen man ea’ers of the largest size swim ming along, keeping up with us, apparently determined to see what became of their friend. The appearance of these huge fishes, moving along so swiftly, and with such little exertion, had au extremely dis agreeable impression upon me—one that 1 never fully recovered from—as I have never enjoyed sea bathing since, even in northern waters. The attendant sharks, I judged, were from teu to thirteen feet in length, and the exact size of the monster that towed us we never determined, as he finally e caped. If these modern man-eaters are so formid able, what must have been the scene pre sented when a dozen or more of the ancient giants were swimming ab ut, dashing here and there in search of prey, turning upon their backs, exposing a mouth cavernous in its immensity, and armed with row after row of the enormous teeth which we have as legacies of their greatness? Like many of the great animals of the time, these sharks must have entirely passed away, be ing represented by similar but smaller forms. That they existed in immense num bers and were tbekings and marauders of th# ocean world wo have abundant evidence. The various expeditions sent out by England, France, and Italy have dredged their huge teeth from the deep waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, which retained their luster as perfect as if they had been taken from the sharks of to-day. In South Carolina, at the junction of the Ashley and Cooper rivers, thousands of these teeth have been dredged in deepening the river, not of one species alone, but of many, showing that here must have bee t a common feeding ground for schools of these giants, that perhaps en gaged in warfare among themselves, and so formed this strange graveyard of teth that thousands of years laier became, through a rising of the coast, dry land. Of the man-eaters of to-day the carchartv don is the largest, a specimen having been captured in Australian waters thirty-six feet iti length; the jaw of the monster is now in the British museum. The largest shark, however, is the phinodeu, which has a wide geographical range, and attains a length of from fifty to seventy-five feet, ap p-oximating that of the great whales, but this huge creature in not a menace to the other dwellers of the sea, having small, harmless teeth and preying upon small pel - agieof floating animals. Another shark, called the “bone shark,” is occasionally found off our eastern coast, ranging from twenty to fifty feet A reliable fisherman informed me that his father captured one off the southern coast of Wamc'iusetta which nai longer than thii The schooner was sixty tons burden, and when the fish wav brought alongside nnd lashed i: was longer than the vessel, or be tween sixty and seventy feat This shark is also a defenseless creature, relying upon small ani-nals for food. One hundred years ago a well-con-dueted fishery for them was carried on on the New E igland coast—the oil being extremely valuable, while the other parts were utilized in various ways. It is supposed that so many were killed at this time that they have been nearly ex terminated, and doubtless are fast meeting the fate of the giant sharks of the tertiary time. Eow He Lost His Tail. From txe Xctr York Ltdq+r. “Gentlemen.” said a tali Kentuckian, hauliug up and leisurely taking his seat in a vacant chair, “don t make fun of that thar dog, if you please,’ and, with a face of profound melancnoly and touching pathos, he added, “unless you want to hurt his feelings.” "O, of course not, sir. if you dislike it. But. pray, how did he come to be curtailed of his fair proportions I” “Well, gentlemen. I’ll tell you,” said the Kentuckian, replenishing the spacious hol low of his cheek with a quid of tobacco. “That thar dog was the greatest b?ar hunter of Kamtuek. A few years ag ; I usedrto take my rifle and old Riptearer of an arter noon, and think nothing of killin’ ten b’ars. One cold day in the middle of winter, bein’ troubled a good deal with an old he b’ar that used to carry off our pigs by the dozen, I started out with Riptearer, determined to kill the old rascal or die in the attempt. “Well, arter we had gone about two miles through the woods we all of a sudden came right smack on the old b’ar, with his wife and three Cuba I know’d I couldn’t shoot ’em all at once, and I know’d if I killed either of the old ’tins t'other would make at me, for I could see they were mortal hungry. 80 says I, ’Rip, what’ll wo dofl Rip know’d what I was sayin’, and without watin’ to bold any confab about it he gave a growl and pitched right in among them. With that I let fly at the old she b’ar, cos I know’d she was the worst when the cubs was about. Over she rolled, a3 dead as a mackerel. "Rip then hitched on the he-b’ar, and they had a most mighty tussel for about five minutes, when the b’ar began to roar enough like bljie murder. I run up then and knocked his brains out with the butt end of my rifle. The cubs were so skeered and cold that I killed 'em all in about two minutes with my knife. But Rip took on terrible about my knockin’ off the old b’ar on tne head. At fust 1 thought he was goiDg to tackle me. and says I, ’Rio, that’s downright ungrateful.’ With that he sneaked off in a huff, but I could easily sea he was terrible mad yet. “Well, I left all the b’ars on the ground, concluding to call bock with the neighbors for ’em as soon as 1 could let ’em know. On the way home Rip kep’ ahead of me. Every time he thought how I killed the old b’ar his tail would stand right up on end, he was so powerful mad. “It was gettin’ on to night, and began to grow freezin’ cold. About half a mile from the house Rip came to a halt, thinkin’ he’d have another look back in the direction of the b’ars. The scent of 'em raised his dander wuss than ever. His tail stood right squar’ up, as stiff as a hoe-handle. Just then it came on colder than ever, and poor Rip’s tall friz exactly as it stood. I was in a bad fix —I had no fire to thaw it. While I was thinking what I’d do to get it down ag’in a big buck deer sprung up and darted right over a fence about fifty yards ahead. Rip did not wait to be told whar to go, but pitched arter the deer. I cracked away with my rifle, and just rai-ed the fuzz between his horns. As soon as Rip got to the fence he thought he’d make a short cut, so he dashed right through, but his tail was so brittle it broke off between the rails. Poor old Rip was done fcr good. He never had a tail to show after that—it broke his spirit as well as nis tail; and that’s how he come to lose it. And now, gentlemen, I’m gettin’ a little dry, and, if you have no objection, we’ll take a horn.” ON ACCOUNT OF A BULL. A Telegram That Should Have Read “B. Z.” is Sent “B. J.” In the superior court yesterday in the suit of Cunningham & Gibbs against the Western Union Telegraph Company, a jury gave plaintiffs a verdict of $9 15. The case came upon appeal from Justice Bheftail's court. Suit was to recover $99 75, and a judgment was given in the court below for $75. The suit grew out of an error in a tele gram. The plaintiffs, rice brokers, tele graphod a rice broker by the name of Blootn, in New Orleans to ship a Savannah house a brand of rice known as “B. Z.” and the message when it reached its destination read “B. J.” The Savannah bouse refused to take the rice because it was not np to the sample, and the rice had to be sold for wbat it would bring. The plaintiffs received for the difference between the price the “B. J.” rice brought and what the “B. Z.” rice was contracted at, but the jury gave only a ver dict for the commission due plaintiffs on rice sold. Bloom will be quite sure to sue for the balance under the court’s ruling thatihe was the proper person to sue for any damage sustained by plaintiff. A remarkable STORY of a railroad accident comes from Japan. The Japan Gazette states that, on Jan. 24, a soldier committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train on the Tokaido railway. When the body was found one of the arms was missing and on arrival of the train at Kobe the missing lira b was found attached to one of the engine wheels. The dis tance between the spot where the suicide took placejim^KojjeisjiboutaOOraUeic^^^^^^^ MEDICAL. Be Sure If you have made np your mind to buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not he induced to take any other. A Boston lady, whose example is worthy imitation, tells her experience below: “ Tn one store where I went to buy Hood's Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy t.heirown instead of Hood’s; hetoidmetheir’s would last longer; that I might take it on ten To Get days’ trial, that if I did not like it I need not pay anything, etc. But be could not prevail on me to change. T told him I had taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla, knew what it was, was satisfied with it, and did not want any other. When T began taking Ttood’s Sarsaparilla I was feeling real miserable with dyspepsia, and so weak that a*' times I eould hardly Hood’s stand. T looked like a person in consump tion. Hood’e Sarsaparilla did me so much good that I wonder at myself sometimes, and my friends frequently speak of it.” Mrsi. Ella A. Goff, 61 Terrace Street, Boston. Sarsaparilla Fold by all drnsffists. jpl; six for J.V Prepared only by C. I. HOOP 6 CO., Apothecaries, liowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE. Say a waft Street and Rural Resort R. R., 1 Superintendent's Office. - Savannah. Ga., April 23. ISBO. 1 Commencing on THURSDAY, 24th inst., the cars of this road (THE LKLT LINE) will run by way of Tybee depot on regular schedule, continuing the same during the Tyb-e season. The track on East Broad street between Liberty street aud President & reet will b temporarily abandoned. CLEMENT SAUSSY, Superintendent. IN MEMORIAM. PRITCHARD—In the early morning of March 21. UM, the spirit of Edhund D. Pritchard, free! from the frail tenement of rlay. winded it* flight from earth away, to bask forever "in tne morning twilight of heaven's eternal day.” For weary months he was a patient sufferer from the fell disease, which, insidiously sappe 1 the fountain of a life, of which he had "tasted only the vernal sweets, and ns—ed away before the mildew and the frost had fallen.” His soul, chastened bv suffering, was pre pared for the dawning glory of a holier clime, the revelation of an en lless day As day by day life's tide still ebbed away. The dew of piety which gemmed the flower of his youth" bedded and bloomed into peaceful resignation, which rested like a heavenly benediction upon him. His loving wife, sisters and brothers, with the many whom tris noble nature had monided into friends, watched the waning health of the suf ferer. "scattering the blossoms of affection over the pillow of disease, and making the pas sage to the tomb a beautiful and love-lighted path* ay. ” "Sad. silent and pure, be the tear that we shed. As the night-dew that falls on the turf o'er his head. But the night-dew that fails, though in silence It weeps. Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls. Snail long keep his memory green in our souls.” B. MEETINGS. GOLDEN RI LE LODGE AO. It, \. O. O. V. There will be a regular weekly meeting THIS (Wednesday; EVENING at 8 o'clock, city time, at hall, corner Jefferson and President streets. Members of sister lodges and transient broth ers cordially invited to meet with us. D. F. McCOY, N. G. AV. B. Shuptrink. Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. St. Joseph's Council No. 3, Knights of Damon. You are hereby ordered to meet at the Lodge room THIS AFTERNOON, at 1 o’clock, to pay the last.tribute of respect to our deceased brother, J. R. Brown. By order of J. W. COATES, W. G. E. Attest: J. F. Andrews, F. S. SAVANNAH JOCKEY CLUB. A meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY, April 23, at 12 o’clock m„ for election of mem bers, at the Pulaski bouse. M. A. COHEN. Acting Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICE. Savannah, Ga., April 23, 1890. The anniversary meeting of the University Club of Savannah will be held at Hodgson Hall on FRIDAY, the 25th Inst., at 7:30 o'clock p. M. An address will be delivered by the Hon. John Screven, president of the club, on the “Career and Work of the University of Georgia," at the same place at 8 o'clock r. m. The public is in vites to attend. Members of the club will assemble after the address for the banquet at the Pulaski house. W. S. CHISHOLM, Jr.. Secretary, CARNIVAL AND TORCHLIGHT COM MITTEKS. Members of the above committees are re quested to attend an important meeting THIS EVENING, at 8:30 o’clock. It is absolutely essential that every member be present, as business of the most vital Importance is to be effected. ABE S. GUCKENHEIMER, Chairman Carnival Committee. ROBERT G. GAILLARD, Chairman Torchlight Committee. SOUTHERN TRAVELERS’ ASSOCIATION savannah branch. A special meeting of Savan- ns nah Branch, S. T. A., will be held at Travelers' Exchange rH j WEDNESDAY, April 23. at 11 A. m., for the purpose of ffiUjSSL electing new members. 'lkl l-S '•s* S. K. MAYERS. _. ~... „ .. First v ice President. /OsSSCIATISIf R L Coldino, Secretary. SPECIAL NOTICES. On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the basis of meas urement of all advertising in the Morning News will be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an inch for the first insertion. HOTH ANNIVERSARY —OF THE— UNION SOCIETY, Bethesdn Orphan House, WILL BE CELEBRATED AT BETHESDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1890, The Anniversary Address will be delivered at 4 o'clock p. m. by S. B. ADAMS, Esq. The meeting will be held at 1 p. M. Members and their families, and those who have been Wards of the Society, and the public, are cordially invited to join in the celebration. A band of music will be in attendance, and rooms in the Orphan House placed at the dis posal of those who wish to dance. Railroad fare from City and Suburban Rail way depot to Bethesda and return, 50e; Children and servants half price. Tickets for sale at But ler’s Drug Store. Strong's Drug Store, Fernan dez's Cigar Store, Theus’ Jewelry Store, and Estill’s News Depot, and from the Stewards of the Society. Special Rsilroaa Schedules for the day. Leave city at 9:30, 10:25 A. M., 12 M., 3, 8:25 p. h. Leave Bethesda 1:30, 5:45, 6:30 p. M. SPECIAL NOTICE. It having been reported to us that one C. F. GRAHAM had opened an agency in Savannah, Ga., under our name, we desire to inform the publiothat we have no connection with said agency in any manner whatever. If done, it was without our knowledge or authority. We made no shipments of any kind to said GRAHAM, though we learn that he purchased some of our goods from a former customer of ours, and that it was these that he sold, representing himself to be our agent. tITE CONTINENTAL BREWING CO.. Of Philadelphia, Pa. The above C. F. Graham is not the gentleman who is the proprietor of the Merchants' Ex change Saloon, 1 *9 Congress street. Savannah. CB. CO. g 25 CASH AND *IO A MONTH. ON THESE EASY TERMS You can purchase a nice lot by attending the gale THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 O’CLOCK. The Belt Line Cars take you within a block of these lots. —See auctioneers' column.— ROWLAND £ MYERS, Auctioneers. TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. Office of i Savannah Cotton Press Association, V Savannah, Ga.. April 11, I.K>. \ The drawings and specifications for rebuild inz Lower ana Tyler Cotton Press buildings and sheds can be seen at this office. Builders and contractors are requested to examine same and make estimates for rebuild ing at once. Bids received until April 23, 1890. The right to reject all or any bids is reserved. SAVANNAH COTTON PRESS ASS’N. NOTICE. ‘ We bare this day entered into a copartner ship under the firm name of ROCKSVF.Lt, A MORGAN for the practice of lae. All business intrusted to us will have prompt and careful attention. T. t>. ROCKWELL T. S. MORGAN, Jr. Office Its Bryan Stre-t. SPECIAL NOTICES. . PILSENJBEER THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY Beg to Inform the public that on and after MONDAY, 20th inst., ALL LEADING GROCERS AND DEALERS Of this city will attend to and promptly fill all orders for family use of the Savannah Brewing Company’* EXTRA PILSEN BEER, MUNCHEXER HOFBRAU BEER, A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest Bavarian Hope of our own importation. THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY Will discontinue the direct delivery from that date. THE TITLE GUARANTEE AND LOAN COMPANY OF SAVANN AH, 135 Congress Street, Receives deposits and pays interest from the Ist and 15th days of each month. TRUSTEES or SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Henry Meixhard, Wm. Keztoe, , Hon. John Schwarz, h. W. Palmer, / M. J. Solomons. directors. Geo. H. Stoxe, M. D„ S. Krouskoff. Wm. P. Schirm, Chas. H. Dorsett, M M. Kehoe, J. H. Furbkr, A. R. Fawcett. INSURES TITLES TO REAL ESTATE. DON’T PORGET —TO ATTEND THE SALE Or LOTS— THIS AFTERNOON at 4 O’CLOCK. The Belt Line cars take you within a block of these lots. —See auctioneers' column.— ROWLAND & MYERS, Auctioneers. TURKISH S.ALEs OF OTTA OF ROSES By Pear's Snap manufacturers have been enor mous. The genuine Otta of Rose Soap, Glycer ine, Unscented Shaving Sticks, and Fuller’s Earth received direct at BUTLER’S PHARMACY, Corner Bull and Congress Streets. WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD It is a broad assertion, but nevertheless true, that Ulmer's "Liver Corrector," a faultless family medicine, is worth its weight in gold. Prominent medical men indorse it, and thou sands of citizens who have used it bear willing and cheerful testimony to the above assertion. Silver medal and diploma awarded over com petitors. Prepared by B, F. ULMER, M. D., Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. Price, One Dollar Per Bottle. If you cannot obtain the “Corrector” from your druggist, send your orders direct and it will be forwarded by express, freight paid. DH. T. F. ROBERSON, -DENTIST,— 149 Broughton Street. I .AM THE MAN! Having devoted years of study to the Builders' supply business, and having been in a measure quite successful, which results testify, it naturally follows that my experience, backed by ample capital, should enable me to serve the public in both large’or small contracts to the best advantage. OUR DEPARTMENTS In all lines are now complete, and buyers and builders should consult their interests and pocket-books by first getting our estimates on DOORS, SASHES. BLINDS, PAINTS AND OILS, GRATES AND MANTELS, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, CEMENTS, And everything connected with the business. A. HANLEY " NOTICE. Office County Engineer. | _, _ , „ Savannah. April 23, 1890. ( The Waters Road from the Bee Road to the Montgomery Cross Road wUI be obstructed for the next three or four days, brick culvert being constructed at the 4te mile canal. EDWARD J. THOMAS. County Engineer. SPECIAL NOTICE. ' For Reliable Drug3, Fresh Seed, Fine Confec tionery, and Fancy Articles at reasonable prices go to HEIDT’S. ~READ ROWLAND <t MYERS’ Advertisement in auctioneers’ column. 110 DOZEN Assorted Hats in store and for sale very low at JAUDON’S, MONEY TO LOAN. Liberal loans made on Diamonds, Gold and Silver Watches, Jewelry, docks. Silverware, Guns, Pistols, Clothing, Tools, and on almost anything of value, at the old reliable Pawn broker House, 179 Congress street. E. MUHLBERG, Manager. Highest prices paid for old Gold and Sliver. G GUARANTEED TO CURE . c:i:c3eeia ti -lsk jSjt&aa ORJ*ONEY_REFUNDED. T. FIKeF^ Sole Agent, Savannah, Ga. AMT’SEMENTS. SAVANNAH THEATER Wednesday Evening, April 23. IE? rogramme St Patrick's Choir Organ Fen I Entertainment. Concert, Calisthenics, and Farce by the Fords. PART I.—CONCERT. 1. Soprano Solo and Chorus from the “Mous quetairs.” „ Mrs. Altick and Choir. 2 Base Solo. . . . .. ..Me** _ _ , Mr. 11 A. O’Byrne. 3. Tenor and Bast Duet, “Hope Abides For ever" Sfceartg Messrs. Donovan and Dumas. A Soprano Solo, "La Fioraja” Bevignani _ _ Mrs. Altick. 5. Rosamonde Overture, Quartette, two pianos. Mr. Whitehurst, Miss Gertrude Ida O’Byrne. Miss Gertrude Dougla* 8. Soprano Solo, “The Daisy” Ardlttl Miss Josie King. 7. Trio, “Row Us Swiftly" Camna-.a Mrs. Altick, Mrs. Reilly, Miss Ida O’Byrne 9. Quartette, “Good Night, Good Night, Beioved” Pinsuti Miss King, Miss O'Byrne, Messrs. Donovan and Loughead. PART II.—CALISTHENICS. By Thirty Young Ladies, uniformed, tinder the leadership of Miss Allie Kennedy. PART 111.-“ REGULAR FIX.” THE FORDS. CAST or CHARACTERS. Mr. Hugh do Brass Mr. Joe F Dovle Mr. Surplus, a lawyer Mr. Jas. F. La n Charles Surplus, his nephew , Mr. R. W. Warrick Abel Quck, clerk to Surplus... Mr. Kd. Leonard Srailer. a sheriff’s officer, ...Mr. Wm. Flemin- Porter. Mr. Larry Doyle Mrs Surplus Miss Dilv Miss Conway Mr*. Deborah Caster, housekeeper to „ . Surplus ... ..Miss McEvoy Matilda Jane Miss Katie Mehrtens Admission 50c. Seats reserved at Butler’s without extra charge. Box Hieet open Tuesday and Wednesday. 22 an.l 23. from 9 a. m. to s P „ GRAND SHOTGUN TOURNAMENT (OPEN TO ALL.) -GIVEN BY- Southern Travelers’ Association. FIRST MATCH.—Seven Single Blue Rocks, 13 yards rise. Entrance sl. sls GUARANTEED. SECOND MATCH.—Three Single and Threa Pair Double Blue Rocks. Entrance $2. $35 GUARANTEED. THIRD MATCH—Twelve Single Blue Rocks, 22 yards rise, use of both barrels. Entrance $3 SSO GUARANTEED. FOURTH MATCH.—Twenty-five Single Blue Rocks, 18 yards rise. Entrance S3. $75 GUARANTEED. Shooting will begin at 10 a. m. sharp. For further information address G. S. McALPIN, 31 Whitaker street. SAVANNAH, GA, MAY 2d. IS9O. Admission to the grounds free. Yonge’s Hall. Friday Evening, April 25,1890. COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT FOR St. John’s Rectory Fund. • George M. Baier’s Three-Act Drama, “NEVADA,” OR THE LOST MINE, MUSIC AND DANCING. Admission 60 Centa. DRY GOODS. ms & ca Grand Bargain Sale of White Goods • and Embroideries. 1.500 yards Cambric Edgings at Se. 1.500 yards Cambric Edgings at sc. 1.500 yards Cambric Edgings at Sc. 1.500 yards Cambric Edgings at 10c. 2,000 yards Cambric Edgings at 15c. 2,000 yards Cambric Edgmgs on center table at 25c.; t hese are superb value worth 30c. to 40c. yard. 45-inch Embroidered Skirtings, 50c. to $0 50 per yard. 2T-inch Embroidered Skirtings, 30c. to $3 50 per yard. AU-over Cambric Nainsook and Swiss Em broidered, 35c. to $2 50 yard. WHITE GOODS Checked Nainsook. sc. to 23c. vard, (Special good value) at 10c. yard. Choice and desirable things in Checks, Stripes, Plaids, and fancy effects at \2Ws., 15c., 20c., 25c. Fast Black Striped and Checked Lawns. 40 inch drawn worjc Mulls, Soft Cambrics, Nainsooks, Batiste de Opera (new), French Nainsook, India Line-'. Linon dlreland, Persian Lawns, Etc., Etc. A call solicited and satisfaction assured. MILIUS & CQ. CS5'" Drives in Parasols, Dress Trimmings at cost. PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING. |OET YOUR BLANK BOOKS J * BETTER THAN THOSE MADE BY ICHOLS. HE HAS THE BEST FAFERS J JN STOCK, AND YOU QAN MAKE YOURSELF AND HIM JJAPPY IF YOU WILL J QNLY GIVE HIM AN order FOR A SET. OOTS of BANKS and BUSINESS HOUSES 0 SEND TO HIM FOR THEIR BOOKS. 93 BAY ST. SAVINGS BANir SAVANNAH BAM k TRUST CO. 4°| o Deposits of SI and Upward Receive! A m CENTS will ray tor THB DAILY 1 1%HORNING NEWS one weeK, delivered / gto any part of the city. Send your ad 4b W dress with 25 cents to the Business Offlce and have the paper delivered regularly.