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hOW SADIE WON'T HAVE HIM. I
fadie'3 Mother Sued for Money Ad
vanced for Wedding? Expenses.
From the Xeic York Sun.
Is the social obligation of a young woman
to return ayonng man’s gits when she breaks
an engagement also a legal obligation?
That in substance was the problem placed be
fore Judge Goldfogleiu the Fifth district
civil court yesterday, and half the east side
•wes there to help him solve it if he needed
assistance, David Leese expcted to marry
Sadie Dichtenberg on Marca 18th at
her borne, 43 Divison street. David and
fsadie both have a great many friends, and
David offered to bear a share of the expense
of ai ig wedding. He is a young man who
believes in doing everything on a strict
business basis, so he took a receipt from
Sadie's mother on Feb. 17 for SBS which he
paid on that date. But before the wedding
•Jay arrived soraetody went to Sadie with
the store that David had at one time bee i
an inmate of ttie Ward’s Island insane asy
lum The wedding was postponed, and
David demanded the return of the SB3,
•which was refused. He sued for it, and the
case was heard yesterday.
David told Judge Goldfogle his story in
answer to questions by his lawyer, ox-Judge
Laugbeiu. He produced Mrs. Dichteu
berg’s receiDt and also a postal card which
he i eceived from her March 11, bearing the
laconic message. “The wedding is post
**"Did you go to see’Mrs. Dichtenberg af
ter that?” asged Judge Langbein.
“Yes, I went on the 12th, and she told
me sh' wouldn’t have me lor a son-in-law.
I said then she must give me back my SBS.
tsne say she take a pitcher of water and spill
’iin over my head, aud I’m afraid to go in
there any more.”
David said he was willing to marry the
girl now, but she was not.
"Were you not engaged to four or five
other girD?” .. . .
"No. 1 never been engaged to but one girl
before, and she gave me b .ck everything.”
The court interposed that it would take ju
dicial uotice that young men will give pres
ents to voung ladies.
“But you will also take judicial notice
that the young ladies are not required to
give them back.” said Lawyer Saiashon.
“Well, I don’t know about that,” replied
the court.
Mr. Sarasohn moved to dismiss the case
on the ground that no cuuse of action had
been shown.
The motion was denied, and Mrs. Dichten
berg was called for the defense.
“Mrs. Dichtenberg," said lawyer Sarasohn,
“you are a married woman ?” Amid the roar
which greeted this question Mr. Sarasohn
tried to explain to the court that he “mere
ly wished to establish a self-evident fact.”
Mrs. Dichtenberg detailed what she had
done with David’s SBS, a good share of which,
she declared, she had paid for corned beet
and red cabbage, preparatory to the wed
ding feast. On cross-examination Mrs.
Dichtenberg became very much confused as
to what she had purchased and when, but
was quite positive that she had purchased
the vegetables eleven da vs before the wed
ding was to have taken place.
When Judge Laogbein said, “We will now
turn from the vegetables to the corned beef,”
the court interposed with. “How many
courses are you going to serve?”
“Not many, but I shall want dessert with
each one.”
“Well, I hope you will soon come to the
black coffee.”
“When Ido it will be settled.” Mrs. Dich
tenberg denied that she had ever prohibited
the marriage, and said that she was always
willing it should proceed.
Sadie was the next witness. She is a
buxom girl of 17, with rosy ehe -ks, and look
ed as if she had never known a day’s sickness.
She said she bad postponed the marriage six
months that she might get over a cold and
growslrong again. After she bad postponed
ttie wedding sue began to find out David’s
ways, and now, since he had slandered her
in the newspapers, she would not marry
him.
Questioned as to what she meant by finding
out his ways, she said: “I was sick two
weeks, and he never asked how I was.”
She denied that she was now engaged to
anybody, and said she had had experi
ence enough with one man not to want an
other.
She was explaining to the judge in an ex
cited voice why she would not now marry
David when the doleful tones of a decrepit
barrel organ came in from the street dron
ing out the familiar air of
Soon we’ll marry.
Never to part.
Little Annie Rooney,
Is my sweetheart.
And the officers made no effort to check
the laugh that went round. The end of the
whole matter was that, after Judge Gold
fogle had denied Lawyer Sarasohn’s motion
to dismiss the case, a week was granted for
the submission of briefs, and decision was
reserved.
MURDER WILL OUT.
The True Story of a Crime Committed
Eleven Years Ago Just Disclosed.
Martinsville (Ind.) Special to Cincinnati En
quirer.
On the night of Jan. 39, 1879, J. W.
Brown, a wealthy fermer Of Morgan
county, was most brutally murdered while
in bed with his wife. Mr. Brown was very
grasping in a financial way, working
hard and accumulating a great deal of
money. Brown, with his two sons, had
taken a load of produce to Indianapolis on
the day of the murder. They returned
about 10 o’clock at night, and Mi. Brown
had the proceeds of the sale in his pocket
book.
About midnight his boys up sta rs were
awakened by a terrified calling of their
mother, and they hastened down with lamp
in hand to find their father weltering in his
life’s blood, his head beaten into a jelly, and
gaping wounds all over his body. She said
she had been awakened with a violent
aching of her head and her ear. and upon
her calling to their father he had not
answered. The light revealed to her eight
frightened children that their father bad
been fairlv pummeled to death, and that
their mother was severely injured on the
head and ear.
A CONFESSION AND ARREST.
A specinl grand jury in the course of time
was called to investigate the murder. An
indictment was returned against Mrs. Lou
I’arrott, the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mr-. Brown, her brother Willard, gen>rally
known as “Buck,” and Joe Greer, a son-in
law. Mrs. Parrott had frequently had
trouble with her parents. She had left her
husband several years before, but had not
resided at home for the previous three years.
She was at home, however, the night of
the murder.
She left a short; time atter the murder
and went to Indianapolis, where she was
re-arrested about the middle of May in a
house of questionable character on the
strength of a volumiuous confession made by
“Buck,” implicating Mrs. Parrott and Joe
Greer as the principals in the murder.
Buck was ve y illiterate, not being able
to read or write. His information was placed
in writing, and sworn to Mav 12 before Jus
tice of the Peace William Y. Pratt of this
city, and was to the effect that Mrs. Lou
Parrott and Joe Greer had approached him
°n the subject of killing their father and
mother in order to secure a division of the
estate.
He said he stocd guard looking through a
transom while Mrs. Parrott approached the
sleeping father and mother and applied a
c.oth saturated with chloroform to their
hoses. This was repeated once or twice,
" hen she stepped to another room and soon
reappeared with Joe Greer at her side, with
a monkey wrench in her hand. She seized
her mother by the throat, while Joe dealt his
father a heavy blow on the head and struck
his mother four times. Joe took Mr. Brown’s
poeketbook from under the pillows.and, with
, p- Parrott, divided the money, and then
left the house for his home. “I kept things to
myself tiecause I was afraid Louisa would
Kill me.” The foregoing is substantially the
same as that sworn to by Back, a copy of
which is still on record here.
At the trial,which soon after occurred here
in the circuit court, Joe Greer was c eared, !
while Buck was sent to the penitentiary ]
for two years. Mrs. Parrott', securing a !
separate trial and change of veuue to the
Owen circuit court, was acquitted. The
mother and James Brown moved to Miami
c nnty, where they resided until their
deaths. James died some years ago. The
mother, however, on her deathbed recentlv
told her daughter in detail the account of
one of the most bloodcurdling murders that •
has ever occurred in this part;of the
country.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE CRIME.
She says that after retiring with her hus
band the stealthily crept out of bed and
secured a large monkey reach, with which
she struck him on the temple and daze i
him. She thou :ht him dead, but he soon
rallied, and, jumping u l , succeeied in get
ting the wrencn from her. and dealt her a
blow on the ear and another on her head,
when her sons, Buck and James, rushed in
w ith ati ax aud hacked their father to pieces,
cutting the top of his bead off. Tms secret
and heartreading confession of the dying
mother has just been disclosed by the
daughter to IV. R. Ilarri on of this city,
one of the attorneys for the state.
A NEW ATLANTIC aCBEAMEH.
The Ship That May Provide the Next
Bensation for tiecord Beating.
From the London Times.
Anew competitor in the Atlantic service,
the Normannia (Hamburg American Line),
was tried on the Clyde last week with re
markable results. It is only twelve months
since the first proposals to build the vessel
were made, and it is difficult to imagine
how so enormous a structure, 500 feet iu
length, a 57 feet 6 inch beam, and meas
uring 8,500 tons, could be out together, with
two sets of engines, and furnished with all
the innumerable fittings necessary for an
ocean-going snip, in so short a space of time.
No steamer of the same size has ever been
Eroduced with such expedition, and few
ave been delivered, as the Normannia was,
the very day she was due.
Auotuer feature of this vessel, as regards
workm uiship, consists in the fact that
within threo days of her leaving the dock
she achieved a speed of over 21 k nots on the
measured mile and of 20j-.j in the run on
Saturday from the Cloch light to the Gum
brae. The Normannia has realized a greater
speed on the measured miio than any other
Atlan ic liner on her trials, and with dis
tinctly less effort.
She has nine double-ended boilers, with
eight furnaces in each, and three funnels,
but has no forced draught. She is, how
ever, pr vided with open fans to ventilate
the stokeholes. This is eminently satisfac
tory, and may lead to engineers abandoning
the policy of forcing air through the fur
naces to the destruction of the boiler plates
and furnace bars, straining the boilers by
excessive contraction o.i cooling.
The engines are two sets of triple-expan
sion cyliuders, with a downward stroke of
5% feet. The diameters ef the cylinders
are 40 inches in the high pressure, 67 inches
in the intermediate, aud 106 inches in t ie
low pressure. The steam is worked at 160
pounds, and the revolutions at sea will
probably be about 85. On tome occasions
on the trial they made 03.
The screws are only 18 feet in diameter,
the smallest of any blades yet put upon a
twin-screw Allantic steamer. The horse
power contracted for was 14,000, with a
speed of 19 knots, but over 16,000 horse
power has* been indicated, and the coal
consumption is not much over 1% pounds
per horse power per hour.
Tne form of the hull and the number and
character of the compartments into which
it is sub-divided are matters of special in
terest 1 1 the public. There are 16 bulkheads,
making 17 water-tight compartments, and
there are doorways through only five of the
transverse bulkheads. The subdivision of
the hull, however, does not stop here.
Throughout tho whole length of the ship
the floor of the vessel has a double skin, and
the inner floor is throughout 4 inches above
the lower or outer to:tom except in the
part under the engines, where the inter
vening space is 7 feet deep. There are r.o
fewer than nineteen of these spaces, so that
the hull is subdivided into as many as
thirty-six water tight compartments. These
spaces are largely utilized for water ballast,
and their contents are controlled by pumps
which are in all cases worked from the main
deck, where the donkey engine aud donkey
boiler for pumping are also placed. This
arrangement of the pumps permits of con
tinuous steam pumping in the event of an
accident, such us that which befel tin City
of Paris, whose pumps were below the
water lino, and therefore useless as soon as
they were swamped.
To put out tho fires and stop the engines
of the Normannia it would be necessary to
make havoc of five compartments. The
nine boilers are placed three abreast, and
each triplet is contained iu the center of
three water-tight compartments. Two of
these compartments in each set are coal
hut kers, stretching right across the ship,
and each set of three boilers communicates
by separate steam-pipes with both sets of
engines, the boiler-, are, ns before stated,
further protected by the double floor und
its sub-divisions, and thus it will be seen
the engineer has three sources from which
to draw his steam, besides having the two
sets of engines for locomotion.
LIKE THE PRODIGAL OF OLD.
How an Englishman Who Had Lived
in Dakota Astonished His Kinfolk:.
From the Chicago Herald.
A prominent young Englishman relates
the curious embarrassment be suffered upon
his first visit home. When he c ime to this
country he was led to go to Dakota and try
farming. Asa farmer he was a success as
long as the money ho brought from the old
country lasted. At lengta his desire for
one of Albion’s fogs—something he could
not beg, buy, borrow or s'eal in Dakota—
became so strong that he started hastily for
the tight little island. So hastily, indeed,
it wasn't until he reached Chicago
and noticed a general staro that he
realized that a red flannel shirt, blue
overalls,cowhide boots, and big gray hat did
not form a very good traveling ou.fit. He
invested in a cheap ready-made suit, all he
could stand in hit depleted financi .1 con
dition, and, packing his cast-off clothing
and one extra boiled shirt in a small “grip.”
pursued his way homeward. Like the
prodigal S id, be was sen afar off, fr an
elder brother met him at the station with a
carriage, coachman, and etceteras. Mind
ful of the numerous trunks which departed
with the young in{in on his journey to the
new world, tne coachman saluted his mas
ter and inquired:
“How about t ie luigage?”
As an answer the arrival pointed to tho
small saebel. The horror-stricken flunkey
approached it, picked it up gingerly, when,
unfortunately, the catcu unfastened and its
striking c ntents appeared.
The death of a servitor of many years’
devotion from heart disease marred the
festivities which marked tho young man’s
return, and never again will he venture to
invade his auce.-tral home without trunks
enough for a theatrical company.
GEORGIA THRIFT.
At Macon four street railway companies
wish to use the same streets.
Anew loan and investment company has
been organized in Valdosta. The capital
stock is to be $200,000, to be paid in monthly
and by-assessments, as may be rtquired.
Tho Southern Bank of Savannah has
bought tor 10014 the new thirty year 6 per
cent bonds is-ued by tho city of Milledge
ville to aid the Girls’ Normal and Industrial
school.
The city council, at a special meeting
held on Friday night last, voted unani
mously to put in an electric light plant m
Valdosta, provided a desirable contract can
be made.
The eight hour plan is right. That gives a
man eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep,
and eight hours in which to clamor for six
“urf& a working dsj.-Dallas Sandwich.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1890— TWELVE PAGES.
DRY GOODS.
O’pTDrNT A T EAKSTEIN & CO. continue their great -ale this week. Many
-I—J-XAAJ, new- bai gains have been added, and our counters are crowded
from morning till night. Special Bargains this week in Lace Dress Goods and Fiouncings.
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Continue to sell the best
yard wide Bleaching, sc.
Fine Biege Dress Goods, sc.
Elegant styles Challies, sc.
Fast Color Lawns, sc.
50c. Ladies’ Hose at 25c.
50c. Misses £Hoseat2sc.
Finest French Satines, 25c.
Finest White Goods, 15c.
19s. Embroideries at sc.
52 80 Parasols el SI 90.
53 50 Parasols at $2 00.
10c. Seersuckers at 64c.
Silks at a Sacrifice,
Slaughter Black Goods.
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO.
GUTMAN’S,
141 Bronglitori Street),
Special Discount Sale
To reduce stock we will from May 12th to
31st, inclusive, return twenty (20) cents on
every dollar’s worth of goods purchased of
us. Don’t miss this opportunity.
GUTMAN’S,
clothing.
REPLENISHED.
The opening of the Spring Season having greatly en
couraged us, we are pleased to announce that several new
styles that we ordered to replenish our stock are now being
received.
The verv flattering success accorded us this season as
well as in the past is undoubtedly the outcome ot
A. FALK & SONS,
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Outfitters,
161 BROUGS-IITOIS- STREET.
Our importation of Lawn Tennis and
Outing Suits, Fancy Vests, Etc., have
been received and are now ready for in
spection
~~DIAJION :*■, JKWELIIY , ETC.
M.STERNBERG k BRO.
Are displaying some elegant
Diamond, GrolcL and Silver
Jewelry, Watches, :
Chains, J?ins, etc.
gold and Fine Silverware a:m_cL
silver _A-3?t Goods, Suitable for
handled Weddings am-cL Other
canes and OooasioxLs. Optical
UMBRELLAS. GrOOcLs.
Our giving full value for the price;
Our selling the best goods for the least possible money;
Our selecting the most desirable patterns;
Our adopting the “most correct” styles, and
Our leading in all the requirements of the tra le.
[Respectfully,
clothiho
OUTING RING SCARFS!
EVERBODY WANTS ONE—ONLY AT LEVYS*. '
BATH GOWNS & SLIPPERS. '■
lIING- SUITS* p— *pv i pv | 11 -l— • p
silk pajamas. READ LOCAL NOTICES.
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS.
”H EA , • B. H. LEVY & BRO.
CLOTHING,
fit ll Hi# Knows
A good article when he sees
it sllOllld FOLLOW HIS KNOWS,
and he will surely bring up
at our store, the headquarters
for the best goods in
MEN’S CLOTHING
Knowledge is Power.
The ignorant man is led by
the nose by those who devise
cunning and plausible state
ments.
The wise man is led by his
knobs, and cannot be caught
by clap trap aud big prom
ises.
We do not do business on
the brag plan, but appeal to
the judgment of buyers.
We invite comparison in
every PARTICULAR of our
goods with any on the market,
content to abide the verdict
of discriminating buyers.
We offer as bargains this
week:
Children’s Knee Pants at 18c
Children’s Knee Pants at 18c
Children’s Knee Pants at 18c
Balbriggan Undershirts at 40c
Balbriggan Undershirts at 40c
Balbriggan Undershirts at 40c
Which the man who sees
Will surely seize.
Ami k Mail,
ONE PRICE TO ALL.
EDUCATIONAL.
BOOKKEEPING VERSUS SHORTHAND.
The demand for Shorthand writing, In tho
South especially, is very slight. Bookkeeping
is far more easily learned and pays hotter.
Again, tuose having a knowledge of oookkeep
ing are frequently promoted. Shorthand clerks
are rarely, if over, promoted. Bookkeeping
will always keep tho lead as a means of afford
ing pleasant and remunerative employment,
and. moreover, it is the avenue that loads
directly lo the highest positions in the mercan
t|te world.
1 guarantee the competency of every stndent
that finishes my course to pass an examination
before a committee of accountants of bis ( the
student's) own choosing, ny Bookkcepi >g course
is ns go das t hose ot the very best Northern busi
ness colleges, and fur superior to that of any
other school in this city. Fifteen hundred
former students in business In thlß city alone.
My terms are as low as the lowest Now is the
time to begin, in order to prepare for situations
in the fall. Day and night sessions.
J. Y. B. McCarthy. Princlnal.
WOOL.
WOOL!
WOOL!
WOOL!
DIRECT YOUR CONSIGNMENTS TO
Lee Roy lyers & Cos.,
133 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA.
Wool
WANTED.
200,000 Lbs.
Correspondence and consignments solicited.
Liberal advances made.
Highest market price guaranteed.
Savannah Grocery Company,
SAVANNAH, GA.
FUBXITCBE.
SUMMER GOODS
—AT—
SUMMER PRICES,
Reed and Rattan
nun OF mi DESCRIPTION.
MATTINGS. MATTINGS. MATTINGS.
AT EVERY PRICE.
NETS. NETS. NETS.
IN LACE OR GAUZE.
AWNINGS. AWNINGS. AWNINGS.
IN EVERY STYLE AND QUALITY.
EMIL A. SCHWARZ,
125 AND 127 BROUGHTON STREET,
SHOES.
WE CURE EITSP
Those who suffer from BAD FITS will find a SURE and CERTAIN CURE by buying all
their SHOES from
Tlie Globe Shoe Store.
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WE GUARANTEE
T T
I I
S S
F F
WE GUARANTEE
C C
T T
I I
O O
N N
TRY ITS FOR A GOOD FIT.
The Globe Shoe Store
SHOES.
FOUR FORFEITS.
FORFEIT OFFER O FORFEET OFFER
NO. 1. # NO, 3.
We will forfeit the For feet that ar
sum of Five Dol- pinched all out of
lars for each and shape by ill fitting
every pair of Our F* shoes, we offer the
Three Dollar Shoe* o Acme of ease and
that fail of satis- comfort in our $2 50
faction. R Ladles' Shoe.
OUR FOR F EET OFFER
FORFEIT OFFER E FORFEET OFFER
NO. 3. X NO. 4.
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FOB FIT AND
We will forfeit
ELEGANCE we
another five if any-
Jj offer the best line of
one can duplicate
P shoes on the mark-
Eet; the best to wear
as well as the best
offer it. T3
■Lu appearing.
BUTLER & MORRISSEY,
130 BROUGHTON ST.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
ONIONS
Scotch Potatoes, Lemons,
Cow Peas, Axle Grease,
Hay, Grain and
Feed.
W. D. SIMKINS.
m 'LB. .'.'Ljwsgg
pi CENTS will pay for THE DAILY
* I fcj MORNING NEWS one week, delivered
#T to any part of the city. Send your ad-
Mm W dress with 25 cents to the Business
Office and bare the paper delivered regularly.
CARRIAGES. BUGGIES, ETC.
ROOM
WE NEED~" J
=====s=FOß
An immense
stock of vehicles our
buyers purchased,
and to secure this
NEEDED
= FLOOR
SPACE
Purchasers can select at almost their OWN
PRICKS some very desirable equipages Just
coming in. An Inspection will repay.
Still beadouarters for—■
FARM AND TURPENTINE WA6ONS
the Savannah Carriage
and Wagon Company,
BAY AND MONTGOMERY STS.
HOTEL*.
THE MARSHALL,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Under new management.
Most Fopular Hotel. Spacious Piazza.
Finest Location.
With broad piazzas commanding a grand view
of the fashionable promenade, the Broadway of
Savannah. Cuisine and serviceequal tothebest
Northern hotels.
M. L. HARNETT.
PULASKI HOUSE,
Savannah, Ga.
ENLARGED AND REMODELED WITB
PASSENGER ELEVATOR. BATHS,
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. AND
ALL MODERN CONVEN
IENCES,
Making one of the best and most complete
hotels of its size in the South.
Cuisine and service of a high standard.
WATSON & POWERS, Proprietora.
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