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FIVE MILES HIGH ON A TRAPEZE.
Adventures of a Man Whose Para
chute Got Away from Him.
From the London Standard,
Great excitement was caused at Croydon
oo Saturday afternoon in connection with
the ascent from the old fair field of Prof.
Higgins, the parachutist, and for several
hoars doubts were entertained as to his
safety The balloon, which had that day
b-eu uamed“The Duke's Motto,” and was
of the capacity of 12,000 cubic feet, was
fullv charged by 5 o’clock. Higgins said
the direction of the wind, which w as north
east, would necessitate his traveling a con
siderable bight, but he hoped to return to
the field in about half an hour. When he
gave the signal to the attendants to “Let
go’’the machine gradually rose, and ap
peared to go in the direction of Norwood.
Upon reaching an altitude of something 1 ike
4,000 feet the parachute became detached
from the net of the balloon, whica was
evidently proceeding upward at a great
rate, as the parachute was fully expanded,
although inverted. It was now evident
that something was wrong with the appa
ratus, and, amid breathless excitement, the
parachute droppied from the balloon and
fell into a garden in East Croydon. The
balloon rapidly disappeared in the clouds.
When darkness set in and no news hail been
received of the parachutist much anxiety
was evinced as to his fate. Shortly after 8
o’clock, however, all fear was dispelled by
the receipt of a telegram, stating that Hig
gins had landed safely near Tunbridge.
Higgins and bis lialloon arrived at East
Croydon by the 9:20 train.
In an interview with a correspondent
Higgins stated that be had experienced the
most wonderful of all his aerial voyages.
When he had reached a hight of 4,000 feet
he began to get into a strong current, and
the balloon twisted right round. The cur
rent then caught his parachute, causing the
wooden ring of it to catch him very tightly
under the arms. The test cord which held
the parachute then broke. Directly that
happened he saw that the parachute was
hanging below him fully inflated, and the
pressure on him was so great that it was
impossible for him to descend into the mid
dle of the town with anything like safety.
He therefore opened his penknife with his
teeth and cut the piarachute away. This
(Mused the balloon to shoot up (5,000 feet
higher, and on reaching that altitude ho
met another current, which brought him
back, and he saw nothing until be pa-sod
through some sleet and snow. He could
hoar, however, the sound of trains.
All of a sudden he found himself in dark-
ness, caused, he presumed, by the snow and
the thick atmosphere. He was iu this
snow storm for at least ten minutes, and
■when he had passed through it the sun was
shining beautifully. Below him he could
see what appeared to be snowy mountains
rising up and down for miles. He could
see a distanoe of some forty clear miles,
and was at le to discern the sun glistening
on the water at Brighton. It was evident
to him that he was going toward Tunbridge
"VVoils. He found the air getting very sharp
and keen; icicles were hanging from his
moustache, and he had no sooner rubbed
them off than others formed. For a fow
minutes he was quite deaf. He now seemed
to be descending on the mountains of snow,
and ho thought he was getting near Hast
ings or Brighton. He could smell the sea.
Thinking he was coming down, he took
hold of four of his guy ropes and pulled the
balloon partly over op one side to allow the
gas to escape at the mouth.
The balloon then turned round three
times, and he felt he was descending. He
did nothing more to the balloon, merely
sitting on his trapeze watching for terra
firma, which he did not see for some time.
At length he saw plowed fields, and close
by there was wbat he took to be a large
park, with white roads across it. He then
traveled about five or six miles at a very
rapid pace, and saw more plowed fields,
which he thought would be a suitable place
to land on. When he was about 2,000 feet
from the earth he prepared to descend by
hanging by one arm to his trapeze rope as
if he were using his parachute. When
his feet touched the ground the
balloon, which was in front of him, dragged
him for ten yards, j and then rebounded
some eighty foet in' the air, between two
trees. Two laborers ran from opposite
directions, and, in response to his signals,
they arrived just as he came down a second
time, and held the balloon until he let out
the gas. He found that he hail landed on a
farm in the occupation of Mr. Nash of
Penshurst, about thirty miles from Croy
don. In reply to questions he said that at
one time he must have been five miles
above the earth, the highest he had ever
been. He added that the balloon had no
escape valve.
A DIAMOND-SET TOOTH.
A New Fad for Women Who Spend
Their Money Foolishly.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Some time ago a New York paper told a
story that a dentist had inserted a diamond
in the tooth of a sprightly actress, with
which she dazzled the dudes who nightly
T>re-empted the first rows of orchestra
bbairs.
It remained for a St. Paul dentist (Dr.
Ellis) to actually accomplish this feat. A
short time ago a lady with a badly decayed
■upper lateral incisor entered his office, and,
after an examination, the doctor informed
her that the only means of saving the toeth
•would be to substitute a gold crown. In a
joking way he referred to the diamond
Story, and laughingly suggested that there
was an excellent opportunity to try the ex
periment in her case. To his surprise his
patient, who proved to lie an actress, as
sented. Dr. Ellis procured a small-sized
brilliant and embeded it in the goid crown
which he built on the remains of the natural
predecessor.
The actress is delighted with the result,
and declares that the next gem inserted
•hall be a carat in weight. The stone is not
conspicuous and might escape notice alto
gether, although a ray of artificial light
makes it sparkle in a way likely to arouse
Curiosity. The actress is the nearest actual
approach to the little girl in the fairy story
from whose mouth gems dropped whenever
she spoke. It is hardly probable that any
•uch fashion will become general, although
an inspection of the jeweled incisor shows
that the effect is far less startling than
would be expected.
WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK?
Test That are Applied In England
With Indifferent Results.
From the Newcastle Chronicle.
“Drunk, or not drunk ?’ That was the
question that presented itself for settlement
the other day at Ripon. On behalf of the
luckless man. who was accused of having
imbibed too freely, it was submitted that he
was only fresh.
The legal gentleman whose services had
been retained further maintained that a
person who could walk, as his client had
been able to do, was not. drunk within the
meaning of the act; and he reminded the
bench that it had been written that
He is not drunk, who from the floor
(tan rise again, and still drink more;
But drunk is he, who hopeless lies,
M ithout the power to drink or rise.
This poetical plea, however ingenious, as
it unquestionably was, was not sufficiently
sound to hold water, and so the customary
fine was imposed. It has lately become cus
tomary to apply tests in such cases, but this
did not appear to have been done in the
present Instance. When the licensing act
of 187-came into operation, a publican in
t Is neighborhood resorted to the happy ex
pedient of fixing the limits of supply by the
hls CUBt °mer to utter without
stumbling the words, “truly rural-” and
some time ago it fared badly with a poor
fellow in Loudon who was so far gone as to
lw unable to speU unconstitutional or sta
tistical. Ihe law, however, fcikes no cogni
zanceeitDer of shibboleths of spelling tees
w such matters. i F K 663
CALL AND CHIPLEY.
Mr. Chipley Submits a Proposition for
a Joint Discussion.
Bartow, Fla., May 15,1890.
Mr. J. -V. Parker, chairman, Arcadia,
Fla.:
When I reached Arcadia for the purpose
of addressing its citizens I was well aware
of the strong sentimant favorable to Mr.
Call iny. ur county, and I made my (peach
as a matter of duty, not expecting the audi
ence which kindly greeted me, nor the
close attention with which my remarks were
received.
You will recall the fact that yr u met me
at the depict after my speech bad been de
livered, and approached me, as chairman,
being accompanied by other members of
your county executive committee, request
ing me to meet Mr. Call at Arcadia and dis
cuss with him the charges I had preferred.
I explained, as you will remember, that I
had endeavored to secure a inectiug with
Senator Call for a discussion of his record,
but that my proposition hod boon received
with such discourtesy that I did not see
how I could agree to your proposition.
You then said that my cnarges would
have to be explained by the senator, or he
would lose tue high esteem in which the
good pieople of De Soto now hold him.
After considering this conference, held at
the dep>ot during the hustle and confusion
of my departure, it has oocurred to me that
in a joint debate lies the only test of the
issue between Senator Call a id many true
and tried democrats in this state who believe
as I do. Therefore I have concluded to
assent to your proposition under the fol
lowing conditions: I will meet Mr. Call at
Arcadia. I will prefer my charges in not ex
ceeding forty-five minutes. Mr. Call to reply
in a speech not exceeding two hours. A re
joinder of one hour and thirty minutes to
be allowed either me or my friend, as I may
elect. Two weeks’ notice of the date of meet
ing to be given me,that I may arrange to bo
present, the meeting to occur not biter than
July 1, that this matter may be eliminated
from the coming canvass.
If you inform me that you will sub
mit this matter to Senator Call
I will not publish any further ap
pointments, but will suspend my canvass
after meeting appointments already made,
provided his decision is received within two
weeks.
There is said to be a sentiment in this
state, though I have not inet with it, that
my canvass is likely to affect the unity of
the Democratic party of the state. 1 do
not believe that the hnrmony of the party
will be disturbed, but this iaea is being in
dustriously fostered.
I dispute that Senator Call is the Demo
cratic party, or that any public servant can
become too great to have his official record
investigated and criticisod. However, to
remove all discussion of the matter, I will
agree, in the event Senator C ill consents to
this joint discussion, that a stenographer be
employed, and if a full report of the debate
is published in the Times-Union I will per
manently withdraw niv canvass.
The only issue involved in your proposi
tion is this: Will Mr. Call meet in person
my charges, as requested by your commit
tee, the members of which are his warm
personal friends and political advocates?
W. D. Chipley.
EVERY INOfi A SAILOR.
Mrs. Lieut. Henn and Her Life on Her
Floating Home, Galatea.
From the New York World.
Mrs. Henn, the charming little wife of
chubby Lieut Henn of the royal navy,
many New Yorkers will remember with
pleasure, because of her delightful hospi
tality during the winter of 1888, when their
yacht, the Cutter Galatea, lay in the dry
dock at the South Brooklyn shipyards.
They gave some happy little dinners aboard
the yacht, which they made their home, in
spite of the barren surroundings, which
many yachtsmen recall and often speak of.
Mrs. Henn is undoubtedly the mod finished
aud competent yachtswoman iti the world.
She makes her home on board the yacht for
nine months in the year, and during the
other three months she pines for a return.
One of her common expressions is that she
never gets rid of her tea legs, and she avows
that she caunot dance anywhere but on the
deck of a ship.
The defeats of the Galatea by Gen.
Charles J. Paine’s sloop Mayflower in the
races for the famous and battered old relic,
the America cup, wore the cause of much
anguish to Mrs. Heuu. She had come to
this country confident that the cutter was
invincible, and it was hard to accept defeat
smilingly. She never would admit that it
was the superior speed of the Mayflower
that had defeated the Galatea. She was
explaining to pretty Amy Bend one day
after a race why the cutter was beaten.
Although Miss Beud has been ou a great
many yachting excursions she has not paid
particular attention to nautical terms, aud
her blue eyes opened wide with wondor
when Mrs. Henn proceeded at a rattling
pace to tell how “the Ma> flower’s first loug
leg to windward gave her the advantages
of the ebb tide, and, while we were out
pointing and outfooting her, for we were
under water all the time—
“ Under water I” gasped Miss Bend.
“Why, what do you mean!”
“O,” rattled on Mrs. Henn. “I mean that
our leo scupers were awash. But, don’t you
see, that was when the sloop gained about
four points in the wind on us, aud coming
to leeward when we set our balloon jibtop
sail, and boomed out our spinnaker ”
“Boomed your what?” cried Miss Bend.
“Our spinnaker. Don’t you know what a
spinuaker is?”
“No, I don’t,” cried Miss Bend ruefully.
“I don’t know what any of these things are.
I don’t know what you are talking about.
Caa’t you tell me in American?”
A SMOKING TREE.
A Strange Phenomenon That Causes
Dismay Among the Negroes.
From the Richmond Times.
Newton, a vigorous mountain town west
of Charlotte, N. C., has a curiosity that
beats by a large majority the rain tree
which gained such notoriety iu Charlotte in
1886. It is a smoking tree and baffles all ef
forts at explanation. It is a white mul
berry tree and stands on the sidewalk iu
frout of the residence of Levi Yoder.
It was brought from Illinois a year or
two ago and is now about twelve feet high,
with a bushy top and many lateral
branches. Last Sunday one of the family
noticed a puff of smoke proceed from one
of the limbs and by watching it closely puffs
identical in appearar.co to cigarette smoko
were seen starting every now and then from
all over the tree, sometimes from the
leaves, sometimes from the bloom, some
times from the bark of the limbs or trunk
of the tree. The puffs are at irregular
intervals; sometimes two or three at once
from various parts of the tree and some
times they are several seconds or a half
miuute apart. They just seem to come at
haphazard from any part of the tree, and
as they’ascend in the air look exactly like
smoke from a cigarette.
Since Tuesday, when the curiosity first
became generally known, large crowds,
both of town and country people, can be
seen there at Any time iu the” day. All
doubting Th maases are soon convinced on
the firs, visit that the trev “dosmike.”
Among the white people it is only looked
upon as a curiosity, and many, of course,
make explanations of the phenomenon,
which, perhaps, are plausible enough to
their authors, but which carry very little
conviction to the minds of others.
But the negroes don’t like the thing at
all. One negro womau, after intently
watching the puffs a few minutes, started
off in a run, saying: “1 wouldn’t lib dar fur
nothin’; poople better go to doiu’ better
’bout dis town.” A negro man said: “I’m
gwine stay way from dat thing. I can
smell de brimstone clear down to de liberv
stable.”
Jack Billinoton (to Susie CooingtonWThat
dear liitle snoe. how I do love it!
Parrot (devoutly)—Tuank heaven, I don't be
long to that breed Puck.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 19, 1890.
A BLOODY FIGHT AX ODOM.
Justice Aspinwalls and O. Odom Try
to Kill Each Other.
Odom, Ga.. May 18.—W. H. Aspinwalls,
justice of the peace for this district, came
to this place Friday morning. He and G.
Odom of this place were at outs with each
other. Justice Aspinwalls was inside of J.
B. Roberson’s store. Odom came up in
front of the store and said that he would
not answer to a case in which he was gar
nisheed before Aspinwalls, who, hearing
this, came out with two weights in his hand
and they commenced cursing each other.
Aspinwalls pushed Odom out of the store.
Odom ,then rau to his house and got his
Winchester rifie aou came out, but other
parties interfered and stopped him from
killing Justice Aspinwalls. Everything
quie ed down until 2 o’clock, wbeu the mail
train came. Odom went into L. Carter’s
store for his mail, when Aspinwalls came in
behind him, and. as Odom started to go out,
stepped up to him and asked him if he would
rotraet what bo had said, and Odom said he
would not.
A MURDEROUS FIGHT.
Aspinwalls then drew a revolver and
said, “I will kill you.” Odom sprang at
him and caught the pistol in his hand, and
others rau in. Odom, by some means or
other, got Aspinwalls’ pistol and fired at
him, hitting Aspinwalls in the head. As
pinwalis got his knife and cut Odom twice
near his heart, but not deep enough
to inflict a fatal wound. The ball
fired at Aspinwalls made a very
ugly wound, but not a serious one. The
men were parted by others. Odom then
went to the bouse after his Winchester rifle.
Aspinwalls rode off after his Winchester,
but at last accounts they bad not met agaiu.
Odom’s wife and Riia Reddish, both of
whom have heart disease, were nearly killed
by the excitement caused by the encounter.
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
The Results of the Day’s Gamas All
Over the Country.
Washington, May 18. —Ball games were
played to-day as follows:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Philadelphia— r. b. r. e.
Athletics 2 7 6
Louisville 5 7 4
Batteries: Seward and Robinson. Meakin and
Ryan.
At Syracuse- r. b. h. e.
Syracuse ji 13 o
St. Louis 9 a 7
Batteries: Casey and Briggs, Stivetts and
Earle.
At Rochester— r b, h . e.
Rochester . .... 2 4 3
Columbus ,11 11 1
Batteries: Callahan and McKejgh, Gastright
and O'Connor.
At Brooklyn— r. b . h. e.
Brooklyn 2 6 3
Toledo 3 f, 5
Batteries: Wattimore and Jerry, Healy and
Rogers.
A CHILD STOLEN BY GYPSIES,
Exciting Chase by the Distracted
Father After Them.
There is considerable excitement in the
Pequannock Valley, near Wagner station,
says a Newark, N. Y., special to the Phila
delphia Inquirer, over the attempted ab
duction yesterday by gypsies of 5-yoar-old
Joseph Mitchell. Young Mitchell was
picked up a few hundred yards from his
father’s house by gypsies and placed in a
caravan, which was then driven off. Fannie
Andrus, the 10-year-old daughter of John
Andrus, a charcoal burner, picking flowers
near by, saw what the gypsies had done,
and she informed Mr. Mitchell. Arming
himself with a revolver he summoned two
of his workmen, one of whom took a shot
gun, and the two jumped into a wagon and
gave chase.
After a drive of about three miles the
frantic father sighted the caravan going
over a side road in the direction of Passaic
couuty. He gradually closed the gap be
tween himself aud the fugitives, and got
within a quarter of a mile of him before tie
was discovered. When the gypsies saw
they were being pursued they whipped up
their horses, but the extra weight of their
vehicles prevented them from covering
f round very quickly. Before another mile
ad been traversed Mr. Mitchell was in shot
gun range of the fugitives, and raising the
weapon to his shoulder, he cried “Halt!”
The command had the desired effect, and
Mr. Mitchell was soou face to face with the
abductors of his child. When questioned
the leader denied all knowledge of the boy,
whereupon the frantic father drew his re
volver and would have shot the chief but
for the interference of one of the workmen
who accompanied him.
At this juncture an old woman, who ap
peared to, be the queen of the tribe, sprang
from one of the wagons and told the chief
to give up the boy. He very reluctantly
went to one of the closed caravans, closely
followed by the elder Mitchell, and, unlock
ing a section that was almost air-tight, pro
duced the boy, who was tied hand and foot
and almost suffocated by a gag that nearly
filled his mouth. The ropes wore torn from
the boy and the gag was removed.
In the meantime several of the band who
were ahead on horseback aud in light
wagons returned, and seeing that they were
armed tho workmen prevailed upon Mr.
Mitchell to keep calm, as blood would be
shed on both sides if a quarrel started
After threatening to kill Mitchell if ho at
tempted to follow them any further tho
gypsies started off again, while Mitchell re
turned home with the boy. To-day a posse
of constables started out to run down, if
possible, the would-be abductors and bring
them to justice. Young Mitchell since his
arrival at home has acted very queerly, and
it is feared that the terrible fright he sus
tained will make him a maniac.
LADIES AS UNDERTAKERS.
Success a Woman Has Had in England
—Three Funerals.
A coutributor.to the Pall Mall Gazette
writes: “I met a brisk, pleasant little
w oman the other day who seems to combine
in herself a dozen functions. Sue under
takes funerals, furnishing houses, washes
valuable china, packs ladies’ clothes and
things for voyages, drapes dresses, arranges
tho details of a wedding breakfast, goes
shopping and paj s ladies’ bills; in fact, sue
does unything. She likes the work. She
insists on being placed on an equality with
her employers, and so escapes painful jars.
‘I started with a small connection eighteen
months ago,’ she said, ‘and it has increased
at such a rate that now I can never get a
day to myself. I have just finished a two
mouths’ engagement in Cornwall, where I
have been furnishing a house. But I don’t
care for such long engagements. I prefer
to work in London, so that I caa get home
every night. ’
“ ‘Do you undertake sewing and that sort
of thing?’ ‘I don’t care for sewing, it is so
overdone. AVhat Ido principally is washing
valuaole china, shopping, furnishing, pack
ing, and paying bills. Some ladies are so
careless with their money. If a lady asks
ine to do anything in tho way of doing up a
dress I don’t refuse. I don’t refuse to" do
anything, aud that is why I have been so
successful.’
“ ‘Do you do many funerals? ‘I have
conducted three, ordering all the mourning.
The people said I had saved them a lot of
money. My employers always treat me
nicely. I don’t think I have had more than
one disagreeable experience since I began.
1 have to suit prices to customers, but I
always get 7 shillings a day for furnishing,
with food and traveling expenses, and 5
shillings a day for packing. In packing I
never allow anybody to help me. I put up
fourteen cases of wedding presents for a
lady who was going to Germany and not a
thing got broke. Ido shopping for ladies
in India; and recently a lady in Hong Ko.ig
asked me to purchase an outfit for her.’
“‘Altogether, then, you find the thing
pay?’ ‘lt’s an excellent business for a
woman. I have tried to persuade some, of
my girl friends to help me when I have Lad
too much to do. But they always say it’s
so much like going out charring by the
day.’”
NEW MARKETS FOR TRUCK.
Savannah Vegetables Going to the
West and Northwest.
This week will be a busy one with the
truck farmers, as potatoes and beans will go
forward heavily by rail aud steamer.
The action cf the Pennsylvania railroad
in compelling commission merchants to
take goods regardless of condition and pay
ire ght cnarges has caused considerable loss
to receivers, ad this action will have a
tendeti y to diminish the shipments of
Florida vegetables. In fact, n rthern com
mission men have advised no further ship
ments of beans and squash from Florida,
as there is no hope of a reaction in prices of
Florida beans ad squash on account of
Savannah and Charleston sending them in
heavily.
The slacking of Florida vegetables will
have a tendency, it is believed, of main
taining preseut prices of Savannah vege
tables, even if it does not causo a slight ad
vance.
Savannah beans sold in New York Sat
urday at $112% per crate, and in Philadel
phia at sl. This is not as good as was ex
pected, and leave 4 only a slight margin for
growers, as these sales, reported by tele
gram to Hart Bros., were of goods "in the
best condition which were sent by refrig
erator car. With freight by refrigerator
car to New York at 57 cents per c: ate, and
from 15 to 20 cents for picking, with cost of
package, commission and handling, the
margin is quite small.
THE REFRIGERATOR TRUCK.
During last week eight refrigerator cars,
containing about 4,500 packages, went
north, besides the solid vegetable trains
daily by the Coast line and shipments by
steamer.
To-morrow Mr. R. M. C. Crawford will
semi a refrigerator car of Savanuah vegeta
bles to Cincinnati, the first of the kind ever
made, aud carload lots of vege
tables aud potatoes will also be
sent to Chicago and Cincinnati dur
ing the week, anew departure of
finding a western and northwestern market
for Savannah truck. These shimnents will
to some extent relieve the supply to north
ern markets and, it is predicted, will have
a tendency to keep prices up.
Cucumbers will l ogin to go forward to
day, and before the week closes the ship
incuts will be hoavy, with a good demand,
at from $2 to $5 50 per crate, as to quality.
Beans were shipped quite largely lost
week, and there will be heavy shipments
this week, with one more week of shipments
before the bulk of the crop is moved.
Prices, it, is thought, will range from 61 to
slls, as to quality. Should the bottom be
gin to drop out of the market. Savannah
truckers will hold off until the demand
compels better prices. The truck farmers
who plant on an extensive scale are satis
fied with 61 15 per crate.
THE POTATO CROP.
Potatoes will move quite freely this week,
and Savannah neger had a more promising
crop, and the season, it is predicted, will
last uutil July. Potatoes are bringing $5 50
to $6, as to quality, and it is thought that
there will not be any heavy falling off la
tne price. It is reported that the floods and
cold weather have cut short the Mobile aud
New Orleans crops, and a gentleman well
posted in the Florida crop said last night
that he does not believe there are 2,000
bushels of potatoes in Florida. Charleston
potatoes will move with the Savannah crop.
Newberno, N. C., will begin to ship early
next week, aud from Norfolk
is to tho effect that the crop there will be
gin to move uoout Juno 5.
While the early movement of potatoes in
North Carolina and Virginia would ordina
rily affect Savannah potatoes unfavorably,
the demand from tho west and non hwest
this season, it is predicted, will tend to keep
the prices up.
A DEMAND FROM THE WEST.
A western and northwestern demand is
said to be something new here, and Cincin
nati and Chicago dealers were here last
week looking over the field and arranging
to haudle a portion of the Savannah output.
One Chicago house contracted for thirty
car loads of Norfolk potatoes, none of which
crops have ever gone to the northwest in
former years. A snortage in the Ka..sas,
Texas and Illinois crop of last fall has made
the people in the west and nortnwest potato
hungry, and prime early rose of spring
growing is a delicacy for the table which, it
is claimed, Chicago, St. Louis and other
cities of the northwest will not deny them
selves in future seasons after this spring’s
experiment.
The rains of last week were of incalculable
ad v antage to the truck farmers. They have
settled the fact that the beaD, cucumber
and squash crops and tho potato crop
cannot be a failure. In fact, it may be said
that these crops are now made, as without
any more ram the cucumber vines will bo
most prolific. Beaus, potatoes and squa3h
will need no more rain. Tho watermol m
vines are looking weli, and in many patches
young melons have formed. They will want
occasional showers.
THE RUSH AT ITS HIOHT.
The railroads and steamships will haveall
the truck tins weak aud next (that thev can
handle, and they are doing all they can to
facilitate the rapid and proper movement
of crops. A solid vegetable train leaves the
Savannah, Florida and Western yai ds over
the Charleston and Savannah and Coast
Lino roads at 2 o’clock p. in. daily. Some of
these trams last week had as many as
twenty-five cars. Special vegetable trains
leave Savannah and pick up vegetables
along tho line of the Charleston and
Savannah railway as far out as Hardeville,
S. C., aud locul trains pick up the vegeta
bles along the line of the Savannah, Florida
and Western as far west as Blackshoar.
The vegetables are then sent out in the solid
truin from this city. The Central, with its
local freights, bring in the vegetables along
its line daily for the steamship line, and no
complaints have been heard thus far ia the
season of any lack of facilities.
it may bo of interest to know what the
freights are this .season. On beans, cucum
bers and squashes the freight tariff per crate
to New York is by steamer 22 cents, all rail
40 cents, refrigerator cars 57 cents. Pota
toes per barrel by steamer 43 cents, all raid
84 cents. To Philadelpnia, Boston and Ball
timore potatoes are 10cents less par barrel
by rail aud steamer. Very low freight
rates have been secured for the west and
northwest on carload lots. Vegetables to
Cinc.uuati 15 cents per crate, to Chicago 20
cents. Potatoes per barrel to Cincinnati 47
cents, to Chicago 55 cents.
ADVAN TAGES OF TELEGRAPHY.
A Reporter’s Experience in a Railroad
Station Late at Night.
(From the Message.)
The reporter who has been an operator
has a decided advantage in getting his copy
to the office by telegraph. A year or two
ago one who had a knowledge of telegraphy
was sent to Dobbs Ferry late at night on an
extremely important affair. He arrived
there at 11 o’clock, had to drive a consider
able distance trout the station, and it was 1
a. m. whan he returned 1a tho depot. The
lust train bad gone, and the telegraph office
closed a long time before. A watchman or
track walker at the depot said that the
operator lived a mile and a half away, and
that ho was ili anyuow, and that there was
no possibility of sendiug anything by wire
that night.
When the watchman had obligingly
taken a walk up the track the writer tried
the office window, found the catch rather
loose, and with the thin blade of a pocket
knife soon removed the fastening. To open
the window, crawl in and connect tho wires
in the switchboard was the work of a mo
ment. “N. Y.” was called and raised, and
the loop to the newspaper office asked for.
Twelve hundred words were sent iu liefore
2 o’clock, without copy, it being necessary
for lack of time to compose the story as it
was telegraphed on the key. This was done
iu the hark for fear tho watchman would
see a light and come back and shoot the re
porter for burglary. “O. K.” having been
received, the reporter we it outside, closed
the window and spent the remainder of the
night gazing at the moon and throwing
pebbles m the Hudson.
PUT THEM ON IN OPEN COURT.
He Had to Pay Not Only for the Trous
ers but for the Suit.
From the Kama* City Time*.
Justice Holt was in a critical frame of
mind yesterday, when the case of R. H.
! Hill against Revan Sugarmau came up for
trial. Sugarman is a tailor near Eleventh
street and Broadway, and some time ago
Hill had him make a pair of trousers for
him. When the garment was completed,
however, Hill claimed it was not a fit,
though be took it away with him and
brought his suit for damages. Hill was
eloquent yesterday in crying tue tailor’s in
competency in his work.
“Why. your honor,” he said to the
court, “the pants were so tight for me 1
could not wear them; I just wish you could
see them on me and I know you would give
me a judgment immediately.”
“Have you them here ß ” asked the judge.
“Yes, sir, here they are in this bundle,”
answered Hill, producing a bundle.
“Let me see them,’' said the c.,urt, reach
ing over. Hill handed the judge the bundle,
and his honor unrolled it, exposing a very
gaudy pair of spring pantaloons. The court
caught hold of "each leg and held them up
and surveyed them critically. Finally he
threw them back to Hill, saying:
"Put them on.”
“What?” said Hill, “right now—out them
on in court f’
“That is what I ordered, ” answered the
court.
Hill’s eyes stuck out and be looked as
though his ears had deceived him, but after
looking at the trousers thoughtfully for a
moment he c immenced to doff his nether
garments. The loungers in the court-room
were immensely amused by this time and
fairly arose in their seats with expectancy.
When Hill finally got his trousers off and
stepped out in front of the court a howl of
delight went up. Hill looked confused for
a moment, but commenced putting on the
new garment, when the court told him to
hurry up. Finally the trousers were on and
securely buttoned up.
“Now,” said the court, “stooD over and
let me see where they don’t fit.”"
Hill stooped and then paraded up and
down before the bench at the court’s order.
“You sec. Judge,” said Sugarman, when
he ordered that garment ha did not bring
enough goods and I had to do the best I
could. If he wanted a divided skirt he
ought to have bought more cloth.”
“Those pants are all right,” said the
court,” and I find for the defense. Mr.
Hill, yon keep them on and pay the costs of
the suit.”
Mr. Adams—You don’t mean to say that you
have to carry all your letters into town from the
college?
Miss Poughkeepsie—Yes, indeed: they are so
strict at Va.ssar that they won’t even allow a
mail box on the grounds.— Munsey's Weekly.
MEDICAL.
Dyspepsia
Makes the lives of many people miserable,
causing distress after eating, sour stomach,
sick headache, heartburn, loss of appetite,
a faint, “ all gone ” feeling, bad taste, coated
_. tongue, and Irregularity of
Distress the bowels. Dyspepsia does
After not get well of Itself. It
- requires careful attention,
bating and a remedy like Hood's
Sarsaparilla, which acts gently, yet efficiently.
It tones the stomach, regulates the diges
tion, creates a good ap- Sick
petite, banishes headache,
and refreshes the mind. HsadaCnO
“ I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I
had but little appetite, and what I did eat
distressed me, or did me
art little good. After eating I
Dlirn would have a faint or tired,
all-gone feeling, as though I had not eaten
anything. My trouble was aggravated by
my business, painting. Last c t• r
spring I took Hood’s Sar- _ oour
saparilla, which did me an Stomach
immense amount of good. It gave me an
appetite, and my food relished and satisfied
the craving I had previously experienced.”
George A. Page, Watertown, Mass.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. %\; six for £5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
SPECIAL NOTICES.
SAVANNAH’S GREAT ENTERPRISE^
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
PILSEX BEER .
THE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE.
THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
Beg leave to inform.the public that
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, 2®th INST.
ALL LEADING GROCERS AND DEALERS
or THIS CITY
WILL ATTEND TO AND PROMPTLY FILL
ALL ORDERS FOR
F A MIL Y US E ’
Of the Savannah Brewing Company's
EXTRA PIL3EN BEER,
MUNCHENER HOFBRAU BEER,
A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest
Bavarian Hops of our own importation.
DB. T. F. ROBERSON,
DENTIST,
149 Broughton Street.
FROM IIVBRA, GREECE,
A firm has sent us througn the New York
custom house some elegant
BATH AND FACE SPONGES,
Such as were never seen here before. Carriage
and Coupe Sponges and Chamolse at
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The directors of theTitleGuarantee and Loan
Company have this day declared an additional
dividend of $3 per share, to be credited to stock
holders in cancellation of the 98th and 99th in
stallments.
The company announces an issue of SOO
additional shares of stock, payable in monthly
installments of $5 per share, and to receive a
proportionate amount of the future earnings of
the company.
This stock will be issued, without premium,
for a limited period.
Office and banking rooms. No. 135 Congress
street.
E. L. HACKETT.
May 17, 1890. Treasurer.
MARRIAGES.
CRANE—COX.—Married, at First Presby
terian church, April 80. by Rev. Dr. Dripps,
Horace A. Crane and Mart 8. Cox, both of
Savannah.
FUNERAL INVITATIONS^
FOWLER-—The relatives and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Fowler are requested to attend
the fuDeral services of their infant daughter,
Etta, from No. 246 Montgomery street THIS
MORNING at 10 o'clock.
Charleston Courier and Chicago papers will
please copy.
CHASE.—The friends and acquaintance of J.
P. Chase and family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral of the former, from his late
residence, 163 South Broad street, corner of
Barnard, at 4 o’clock THIS (Monday) AFTER
NOON.
HARMON.—The relatives and friends of Mr.
and -Mrs A. C. Harmon are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral of the latter, from Trinity
church THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o’clock.
MEETINGS.
DeRALB LODGE NO. 9. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o’clock, sun time. Metropolitan
LWI. comer Whitaker and President Streets.
The initiatory degree will be conferred.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brotners
are cordially invited to attend.
By order of J. D. GOODMAN, N. G.
John Riley. Secretary.
OGLETHdHPE LODGE NO. I, I. O. O. F.
Savannah, Ga.. May 19,1890.
The members of th s lodge and brothers of other
lodges are requested to meet at the lodge room
at 4 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON to pay the last
tribute of respect to our deceased brother, A.
B. Erskine, of Howard Lodge No. 22, Charles
town, Mass. W. B. SPANN, Noble Grand.
_H. E. Wilson, Secretary.
WORRINGMEVB UNION ASSOCIATION.
The members of Workingmen's Union Asso
ciation are hereby requested to meet at their
hall THIS AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock to pay the
last tribute of respect to our deceased brother,
A. L. Jones. By order
JOHN S. RANXERS, President.
Attest: B. L. Thomas. Secretary.
CITIZENS’ SANITARY ASSOCIATION.
Office Citizens’ Sanitary Association, )
Savannah, May 16, 1890. (
A quarterly meeting of the Citizens’ Sanitary
Association will be held at the office of the
Association, No. 7 Drayton street, on MONDAY
EVENING, 19th Inst., at 8 o'clock p. M.
J. B. READ, President.
Denis J. McßPirr, Secretary.
MILITARY ORDERS. ~
FIRST VOLUNTEER REGIMENT Oh
GEORGIA.
Headquarters )
First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, ]-
Savannah, Ga , May 13, 1890. 1
Special Order .Vo. 6:
An election for a First Lieutenant of the Re
publican Blues, and for such other commis
sioned officers or officer as may be required to
fill existing vacancies in the company, will be
held at tne armory of the company at 8 o'clock
p. M. on MONDAY, the 19th day of May, 1890.
The election will be held under the superin
tendence of Lieut. R S. Mell of the Savannah
Cadets, Lieut. P. F. Gleason of the Irish Jascer
Greens and Lieut. F. C. Wylly of the Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry.
The polls will be kept open from 8 to 10
o'clock p. m., and the order for the election will
be promulgated to the members of the company
at least five days before the election. By order
GEORGE A. MERCER,
Colonel Commanding.
Robert G. Gaillard. Ist Lieut, and Adjt.
REPUBLICAN BLUES.
Headquarters Republican Blues, I
Savannah, Ga., May 19, 1890. f
In accordance with Special Order No. 6 from
Regimental Headquarters, the company will
assemble at its armory THIS (Monday) EVEN
ING at 8 o'clock, to attend said election.
W. D. DIXON, Capt. Com'd’g.
J. K. P. Carr, Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the basi* of meas
urement of all adverti*ing in the Morning
News unit be agate , or at the rate of 61 40 on
inch for the first insertion.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The fire of Friday night will not prevent us
from filling all orders promptly for Flour, Hay,
Grain, Provisions and Liquors. All orders left
at 187 St. Julian street until WEDNESDAY.
Will then occupy 190 Congress and 189 St.
Julian. HEIDT & SLATER.
THIS WEEK
AT HEIDT'S
*
54c. for Gum Camphor, 34c. for Insect Powder,
24c. for Camphorlin Moth Destroyer.
WANTED.
CARPENTERS to build depots on tho Savan
nah and Western extension. Apply to
F. Y. DABNEY,
Chief Engineer,
Central Railroad Office, New Building.
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.
Office Water Works, )
Savannah, May 19, IS9O. (
The water will bo shut off at 9 o'clock TO
DAY (Monday) MORNING in the district be
tween Gaston and Hail and Whitaker and West
Broad streets, for the purpose of connecting
pipes on Oak street, and will be off during the
day. JAMES MANNING,
Superintendent.
NOTICE.
The undersigned has this day gone into the
Cotton Commissiou and Brokerage business at
No. 68 Bay street, under the firm name and
style of EHRLICH A: CO., and respectfully
solicits a share of the trade.
H. EHRLICH,
Savannah, Ga., May 17, 1890.
OF WELL LOCATED LAND NEAR THE CITY
A CHANCE FOR SYNDICATES 1
I am authorized to sell the choicest of the
county’s land,generally known as the Pritchard
Plantation.
This land extends from the Waters Road to
the Skidaway iioad. and is almost hisected by
the City ami Suburban Railway. The second
station on this road, ‘ Prichard’s.” is near the
northern line of the land, aud ‘‘Saud-fly ’ sta
tion is just i.eyond tho southern line. There are
throe Lew roads cut, and being cut, through
this bud, which, with the two public roads and
the railroad above mentioned, give the property
unequaled facilities for travel and unusual
advantage in road frontage.
Tho Casey Canal as now, and the changes
thereof guaranteed by the county, wifi make
the drainage of this tract beyond criticism.
The land has been sub-divided into thirty
eight tracts, containing from seventeen to forty
acres, each having a guaranteed road front.
The quality of the land compares favorably
with tue best land in the county. Much of it is
high and beautifully wooded. None of it is
objectionably low. Taken as a whole, it would
be difficult if not impossible to get another
piece of the size, of the diversified nature of
soil, and so near to the city and possessing such
valuable road privileges.
Syndicates already formed or to be formed
will find in this a better chance for large profits
than anything else on the market.
Full and explicit plats of the land can be had
from the unde signed.
Terms: One-third cash, one-third in six
months and one-third in twelve months, with
interest at the rate of 7 per cent, on deterred
payments, a bond for title being given by the
county or its representative.
C. H. DORSETT,
Real Estate Dealer,
WORTH ITS WEIGHT 1\ G OLD,
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, 6end your orders direct and it
wifi be forwarded by express, freight paid.
AMUSEMENTS.
A MAMMOTH US
WILL BE GIVEN BY THE
Catholic Knights at
Tybee,
THURSDAY, MAY 22d, 1890.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ST. MARY’S HOME
AND BRANCH 38.
T'ICKETS 50cents; Children 25 cents. Can bn
• purchased at the stores of J. B. Fernando.
E. M. Connor, W. K. Reid and A. N. o’K™.-r- :
also from members of the Branch, and at thA
depot on the day of picnic.
Schedule (Standard time) —Trains will !e?v
deunt. foot of President street, at 515 9-a i ~
12:30,1:30, 3:30, 5. 6:15,7:55. ’ ' ’ *'•
Leave Tybee 5:10, 7. 10:.50, 12:20, 1 M 2-vi
3:50, 4:50, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30. ’
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