Georgia Historic Newspapers

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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.
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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.