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ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
TABLEAUX ON THE THEATER OF
THE NEW YORK STREST&
Memorial Day-The Appalling Drum
Major The Machine Soldier of
Europe— A WorkingEishop—Edward
Lloyd, the Great English Tenor—How
His Voice Educated Him-Grinding
the Cherubs.
(Copyright.)
New York, June 7.—The Fifth Avenue
Theater is an open air affair for one day in
the year, Memorial day. The roadway is
the stage, the stoops are the balconies, the
■windows the boxes, the sidewalks the par
quet, and the soldiers are both actors and
orchestra in one. The Fifth Avenue Thea
ter holds perhaps 20,000 or 30,000 spectators
on this occasion only, and the show is free
to aIL A military show beats all the cir
cuses in popularity, the world over. What
fierce- visaged lion-tamer among his spirit
less lions, what gorgeous queen of
the sawdust arena, mounted aloft on
her glittering wheeled throne, is half so fas
cinating as the resplendent drum major? To
Bee him stalk along in all bis peacock
majesty, who would not wait hours on tip
toe in a jam of candy-jowled youngsters,
loquacious and bulbous matrons, colored
belles patchoulied within an inch of their
lives, and a trio of expectorant veterans too
■weighty to march. The old guards are
magnificent in their Eiffel tower bearskin
headgear, the'artillerymen are warlike and
noisy, the tootling rattle of the flfers and
kettle-clatterers is sublimely deafening,
but they all fall into insignificance
before the heaven-sent drum major. That
ravishing walk of his! That exquisite
twirl of his big bob-baton! That inimitable
air of superhuman superiority 1 Was there
ever the like seen elsewhere, even in the
palmy days of the old French kings? I
iSoubt it. Whenever I am blessed with a
t -glimpse of the drum major in all his glory,
! j' go around for the rest of that day intox
-1 irated with sheer delight at having realized
l-a foretaste of what we shall feel like when
■ was get to heaven.
j [Two foreigners were chatting about the
. r>r< cession where I stood, and I overheard
their remarks. “Splendid body of men,
at their faces, fellows like these vete
rans would fight like devils again to-mor
, row if they were called upon.”
“They would—if their patriotism was
IBtirred —you ought to say. These are not a
machine army, my friend, like we have in
Europe. Those are free citizens, volunteers,
feud I fancy they would want to know a
thing or two abont the merits of the quarrel
! before they would take up arms and sail in
i -fct the bidding of a cabinet.”
" “That’s quite right sir, and 1 honor the
' country that pets its trust in its people's
L *anse of right rather than in the mecnan
seal action of hired fighters, By the way,
; -do you notice any difference between the
t (marching of these men and the armies of
Eurgpe?”
“undoubtedly these are men, not the
machines we have over there. Our Boldiers
do nothing but drill, drill, drill, year in and
year out, and when they march they keep
step and straight lines as if they went by
ilockwork. The American soldier looks
snore of a free lance, caring lass for appear
ance on parade than for alertness in actual
Work.”
“1 wonder how the two systems would
come out in a practical test—suppose there
Was to be war between a European army
. machine and American soldiers of inde
pendence.”
“Ah, thank heaven, it’s only .a supposi
tion. But 1 know this, wbntoror the odds
against them, these smart fellows look as if
they would get there just the same, as they
Bay."
Down in the lower regions of the city the
other day who should I see striding along
Broadway but ex-Speaker Carlisle. One
would have supposed that he was in another
city looking after his sonatorship, but here
be was, as brawny as a pugilist and as merry
as a tadpole. His new silk hat was way
down the back of his head. I never knew
■what use the collar of a coat was on a
hot day till I saw how handily it held up
the hat pushed back off a burning forehead!
He wore a sort of plum-colored coat, shiny
and new, that ilapped its wings freely at
each side of bis brawny bosom. It was
near the stock exchange and the new
Senator wore his very beamingest Senato
rial smile. The smile of a winning man, of
course.
Who is that farmer-like man in black
stepping so nimbly out of the ferry for the
West Shore railroad? Farmar-like? Well,
Bay a cross between a farmer, a retired
general and an English dude and then I’ll
fell you that Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson
of Mississippi is your man. I saw him
officiate a few nights ago at a
confirmation in a Protestant Epis
copal church, where he gave
the candidates the most original address I
over heard on an occasion of that sort. A
jovial, sensible, busines9-like bishop, this,
none of your namby-pamby, silk stocking,
*oft oushion divines, but a real working
man. Just the type for his diocese or for
the Bowery corner of New York, where he
used to be located, if I mistake not.
A plump, oomfortable-body-and-mlnded
gentleman comes sauntering towards us on
' srifth avenue. We saw him yesterday dur
ing a luxurious drive in the pork in an open
landau. You wouldn’t think it from his gen
eral appearance, but he is no other than
the greatest English tenor of the day. Yes,
that is Edward Lloyd, who has been
singing in Cincinnati and Boston at
fabulous prices and with enormous success.
He has the sweetest voice and the most per
fect manner of any living ooucert room
singer, and it would need a brave man to
point to his equal on tbe operatic stage,
(bough Lloyd bas never sung in opera,
fcims Reeves, known to most American
visitors to England during the paßt thirty
years, used to make Lloyd his substitute on
*be innumerable oocasions when he would
not or oould not sing himself. But Lloyd’s
own merits destined him to supremacy.
A poor boy, whose pretty voice gained
the attention of one of the rich college
chapels with which England abounds. He,
as many other lads before and since, was
taken in hand entirely by the ohurch
authorities. They educate these luoky hoys,
train their voices, use them in the choir by
way of repayment of what is invested on
them, and thus they are floated on the tide
of suocess. In Lloyd’s case his early man
hood was spent in the well-paid service
of Westminster Abbey as first tenor. Pri
vate teaching and concert engagements
follow as matter of course, and the rest is
easy sailing. So much for the chances of
life’ in old England. I happened into old
Trinity church one afternoon. There is
generally a nice choral service on, and
afterward, on this occasion, there was
a practice. The boys had to try over a
new anthem. They did their level'best, but
the peppery choir master had just run out
of his stock of angelic moods, and the way
ho terrified those cherubs of song was any
thing nut sweet to see. Again and again
had the little fellow with the solo to try it
over, screeching his voice to its topmost
limits, and his only reward a torrent of raps
on the book-hack by the knuckles of the
irritable maestro. Well, even the angels
have their feathers ruffled when they are
learning to fly. Out of discords music
cometh.
DEAD ON HIS FARM.
btanley Berwick of Clarke County
Carried Off by Heart Disease.
Athens, Ga., June B. —Stanley Berwick,
a highly respected citizen of thi3 place, died
suddenly yesterday afternoon of heart dis
ease. He came into Athens from his farm,
a short distance in the country, yesterday
morning with the intention of attending
the polmca l speaking at Bishop, but being
late he found that the train had left, so
he returned to his farm. In the afternoon
he was taken with heart disease and in a
short while was a corpse. Mr. Barwick was
a prosperous farmer, and the manager of
the (.arks county poor house. He leaves a
family.
CLOSING DAYS AT COLLEGE.
The Commencement Week Ezercisea
at Milledgeville.
Mn.LEixrEvn.LE, Ga., June B.—The first
night of commencement of the Agricultural
college was given to the primary depart
ment. The calisthenics, under the con
trol of Miss Carrie Fain, was exceed
ingly interesting. The sash drill
was by a company of thirty-two
young ladies, each being tastefully
dressed and each carrying a colored sash,
and arranged to give the different colors of
the Dicture. The exercises Friday night
were a scientific entertainment given by the
senior class. It was the first of the kind
ever given by the pupils of the college.
Prof. J. C. Hinton, formerly professor of
ancient languages in the college here, but
for the post year a st ident at Johns Hop
kins university, is in the city visiting the
family of Capt. Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Smith leave to
day for Charleston, S. C.
Milledgeville will take Tybee and Savan
nah by storm next week. There will
be t.ut two families in the parry, but
the number will reach eight.-en.' Our
mayor, P. J. Cline, is at the head of one of
these families, ■ and Mr. 8. Barrett will be
the controller of the other.
COMMENCEMENT SUNDAY.
Milledgeville, Ga.. June B.—All the
churches were closed to-day, and every one
that could possibly go went to the college
chapel to hear the commencement sermon.
By 11 o’clock every available seat was
filled, and several had to leave because there
was no room.
The services opened by singing “Praise
ye the Lord,” which was followed by prayer
by Rev. J. M. White. The morning lesson was
read by Rev. Donald McQueen, after which
the Rev. D. L. Buttolph, D. D., of Marietta
preached the tenth commencement sermon
of the Middle Georgia Military and Agri
cultural College. Dr. B ittolph took for his
text L Cor. xiii., 12. The sermon occupied
forty minutes in delivery, and was pro
nounced by all a very fine one.
James L. Foster of St. Simonts, Ga., will
wed Miss Lizzie Lackerstou of this city to
morrow morning at 8 o’clock. They leave
for Europe on their bridal tour, and will be
gone about four months.
A MONSTER SNAKE.
Ho was aaLarge Around as the Crown
of a Derby.
Montezuma, Ga. , June B.— The Record
prints the following in its issue of to-day:
“Robert Jones, a colored man who lives
near Henderson, in Houston county, told
the Record about a big rattlesnake he
killed a few days ago. He relates that be
was in the field near his house at work.
His dog, near by, was barking at some ob
ject, and as he turnel to look he saw his
dog jump at least three feet in the air and
then yelled as if painfully hurt. The dog
started to him, and when in a few feet
began to reel and fall, and in five minutes
ha was dead. The face of the dog was
skinhed from above the eyes down to his
nose by the fangs of the maddened ser
pent. He told his boy to go the house and
get his shotgun and pistol. When the boy
returned they started to look for the snake,
but could not locate him for some time, as
the peculiar rattle sounds as though it was
in every direction at the same time.
SHOT AT SHORT RANGE.
"The snake was found and the contents of
the gun fired into him at short range, while
still In his coil ready to strike again. The
load did not stop him from rattling and the
pistol then put two balls through his body,
but it did not diminish the singing the least
bit. They finally got two poles and had to
strike him at least a dozen hard blows before
life was extinct. His body was as large as
the crown of a derby hat, 5% feet long, and
had forty-two rattles and a button, making
aim 43 years old. His den was under a
'o r (C* rook, and Jones thinks there are more
of them in the deu. It is the largest snake
ever killed in this part of Georgia.”
A TOWN OF NINE PEOPLE.
One Man and His Family Publish an
Alliance Paper There.
Tallahassee, Fla-, June B.—W. R.
Shields, editor of the Alliance-Farmer,
published at Selman, Calhoun county, has
been visiting friends here this week. The
total population of Selman is nine souls, all
members of Mr. Shields’ family. It is
located twenty-five miles away from
any town or village, and has a
stage mail three times a week from
Sneads. The Alliance-Farmer office
is fitted up in a barn, in the midst of grow
ing crops, in the center of the farm. Mr.
Shields cultivates his farm during the day
and edits his paper at night. His wife and
daughters set all the type, and Mr. Shields
does the press work in odd hours. He gets
out a splendid farmers’ paper, and has a
good circulation. Besides setting type Mrs.
Shields does her household work and edits
the woman’s department of the paper.
A New Trading Company.
Tallahassee, Fla. June B.—The Flor
ida and W est Indies Trading Company has
filed articles of incorporation with the sec
retary of state. The principal place of
business of this company is to be Jackson
ville, and they have au authorized capital
stock of *1,000,000. The object of the
company is to build and manage steamships
to ply between Jacksonville and the ports
of the West Indies, for the purpose of car
rying on a general trading business. The
charter is to run for seventy-five years.
The first board of directors consists of Will
iam M. Somerville, Edwin H. Nevin. Crom
well Gibbons, William A. Somerville, W.
H. Logan, M. C. Jordan and C. A. Arthur.
A Music Hall for Pensacola
Tallahassee, Fla., June B.—Articles
of incorporation of the Mozart Hall Com
pany have been filed with the secretary of
state. It has a capital stock of *2,000, and
is authorized to lease, construct and fit up a
suitable music hall in the city of Pensacola
for the furtherance of musical and literary
culture. The incorporators are J. Emet
Wolfe, Thomas C. Watson, C. E. Zeck, J.
W. Lurton, J. Harris Pierpont, Andrew F.
Warren aud Sol Calm. Audrew F. Warren
is president, Sol Calm secretary, and Thos.
C. Watson treasurer. Some of the finest
musicians and dramatic artists in Florida
belong to the Mozart Club.
aanford Religious Notes.
Sanford, Fla.. June B.—Rev. H. W.
Burwell.the new pastor of tho Presbyterian
church of this city, was oi daiaed to and in
stalled in his office Thursday night at his
church. Revs. Patten. Wilson, Telford aud
others took part. Mr. Burwell is a young
man recently from the theological semiuary
at Columbia, S. C.
J. F. Turner of the West End grocery at
Sanford was baptized into tbe fellowship of
the Baptist church a week ago by Rev.
Paul Willis, pastor.
Wakulla’s Lumber Company.
Tallahassee, Fla., June B.— The
Wakulla Lumber and Phosphate Company,
with principal place of business at Talla
hassee aud a capital stock of *IO,OOO, is a
newly incorporated company. The incor
porators are A. L. Beidler of New York ;
Walter E. Hathaway of Baltimore, aud
Jefferson D. Ferrell of Wakulla.
Dropped De&d.
Albany, Ga., June B.—Fred Benard, tho
head cook at Hotel Mayo, was paid off
about 9 o’clock and started home. He
seemed in good health, but was a corpse
before 10 o’clock. He dropped with heart
disease. He came to Albany from Macon
just before Chautauqua week. He was
married here a few weeks ago.
Florida Appointments.
Tallahassee, Fla. June B.— Gov.
Fleming has appointed John R. Durrance
to be justice of the peace in and for De
Soto county, H. S. Allyn, notarv public,
Volusia county, and E. i). Lukenbill to be a
pilot commissioner at Fernandina.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1890.
A WAREHOUSE FOR CASH.
UNCLE SAM’S BIG TREASUBE BOX
IN WASHINGTON.
Large Sums in Small Packages—The
Great Macerator and How It Does
Its Work-In the Vaults—Thousands
of Visitors Who Are Interested—The
Questions They Ask.
FVom the Washington Star.
IT ader the jurisdiction of the treas dry de
partment are two places that are visited by
thousands of people each month, and these
are, first, the place where the government’s
promissory notes are made and the other
where some other firm’s notes are destroyed.
It is a case of nip and tuck between these
places as to which one is the most powerful
attraction, but the truth is that those who
go to one place think that they have not
completed the rounds until they have seen
the other.
It is the old story of the love of gold. If
people cannot have lots of money of their
own they want to see other folks’ money,
and there is always a certain sort of attrac
tion about the vast sums that are kept in
stock by the government in the large ware
house on the oorner of the avenue and Fif
teenth Btreat. People like to let their eyes
rest on thousands, or millions, even if their
hands cannot touch them. In this light the
large sum* of money are as much of an at
traction as a rare animal at a menagerie;
there is something about it that givei it an
atmosphere of raritv, and that is always a
drawing card, either in money—that is, ex
hibition money—animals or spring bonnets.
There used to be a large sum of money
done up in a very small package in the
treasury deparlment, a million dollars or
jnore, it may have been, which the guides
used to show to visitors to the vaults as a
specimen of how much wealth could be> put
into a small spaoe. Folks used to look at
it, handle it c irefully, rub their hands over
it in a caressing, loving manner, and then
put it down again with a long sit'n that
spoke of regret at parting. Some of the n
were incredulous as to the sum that was in
the bundle and would show skepticism by
asking some rather ridiculous questions.
But most of them s wallowed the statements
of the guides without a murmur, and went
home to tell as a marvelous tale how they
had a million dollars in their hauds at once,
just think of it!
THE STREAM OF VIStTORS.
to the treasury is constant. It begins at
10 o’clock in the morning, when the doors
are thrown open to the public, and it does
not cease until after 2 o’clock, when they
are closed again. It is estimated that
30,000 people went down through the vaults
aud other places of interest last month
alone, and this is but a sample of other
months in the year. There is a regular
route over which the guides, who are fur
nished at the office of the treasurer,
take their charges—along the corridor,
past the rooms where the ladies are
counting money, both new and old, and
then the questions begin. Everybody wants
to know what the wire cages are put up
around the counters for; if it is to prevent
them from getting away with some of the
government’s cash, or whether it is to ward
off a possible raid on the rooms by mobs of
burglars. Then the parties, numbering
from five to fifty, descend into the bsse
me its, where the doors of the vaults are to
be seen, peering out vaguely from the half
lights of the gas flames that dance and
flutter at the approach of visitors.
The mysteriousnesi of these huge doors,
portentous wi h their charges, impresses the
bystanders, aud they are silent for a mo
ment, but they soon break forth into ques
tions about the exact amount of money
stored away there, which the guide can tell
to a cent. They get themselves into trouble
sometimes, however, by being too accurate,
as on one occasion one of the number, a
bright, quick colored man, pointed to a
paper pasted on the wall and read from
it the amount of cash turned over lo the
present tieasurer by his predecessor. It
happens that the total ends with a fraction
of a cent on account of the exactness with
which the calculation of bond interest was
carried out. Someone in the party ex
pressed a disbelief in the idea tnat there
was any such sum in the treasury as two
thirds of a cent, and demanded to see it.
No amount of argument could persuade
him of the truth, and he went away with
the most firm convmction that tho accounts
of the government were being manipulated
by the guides.
THE INTERESING MACERATOR.
But the main point of interest is the
macerator, which is the name for the great
machine that grinds old money into shape
less, valueless pulp—the financial ogre, os it
might be called. It is in the sub-basemeut
of the building in a room facing the court
yard ou the west side, and any day from
this point can be heard a laud whirring and
moauing, as if the monster was gnashing his
teeth for more food. Until lately it has
been impossible to run this machine during
office hours, owing to the fact that the fit
tings of the belts and other gear that
turned it were fastened to the roof of the
room, and the revolutions caused the entire
building on that side to shake and tremble
so that work was almost impossible in any
of tho offices above it. A force of man has
been at work for some days remodeling the
machinery in order to avoid the necessity of
doing the maceration of the old money
after office hours, and this has been accom
plished, so that now the giant can do his
chewing without making any one at all ner
vous who is a few feet away. Posts of iron
were placed on the ground and on these were
put the belt pullies and the shafts, so that
everything is now clear of the roof, and all
the vibration goes into the ground.
The money that is put into this hungry
thing to be destroyed is that sent back to
the treasury for redemption by national
banks, after it has done its best service, old
money issued by the government that has
become limp and ragged, and other forms
of the buying power that has seen better
days. lu short, this is the grave of the
cash. It is a huge kettle, closed on top aud
on all sides, with a lot of pipes running
into it and an amount of gear renebing
almost to the ceiling. A large, smooth
engine in one end of the small room slid s
back and forth with noiseless motious, and
starts a wide belt that turns and twists
several times before it finally goes around
tne shaft of the macerator aud gives to it a
spinning motion that is almost dizzying.
THE GREAT KETTLE
is about 6 feet deep and 6 feet in diameter.
The upper half only is to be seen, as the
lower part is buried in a square base of
bricks that has been built up so that in
order to reach the mac due itseif one has to
go up a few steps. On the side near the
door is a hole cut into the metal and cov
ered by a plate of steel about a foot square,
perforated by little round holes through
which the attendant or visitor can neer and
see the mass of mutilated money flying
around at lightning pace in a flood of seeth
ing water, which has assumed the color of
a soiled handkerchief if it is very much
soiled. This plate is locked down with
three large brass padlocks, one for each of
the officers that have access to the machine.
The money is put into the kettle every day
at I o’clock, and again at 2 o’clock, under
the eyes of a committee of of three officers,
one from the office of the secretary, one
from the office of the treasurer, and the
other from that of the controller of the cur
rency. Each of these men has a key to one
of the locks, and it will fit no other, so that
it is necessary for all three to be present; when
the macerator isopened. This prevents any
possible fraud, which is not an unwise pre
caution, a. the money that is put into tho
pot is quite good at the time.
It takes about fivo hours to grind the
money quite into a pulp so that it is en
tirely devoid of financial value except as a
curiosity, and when it is taken out the next
morning it has the consistency of rather
hard mud that is still moist. The water
has all been driven from the kettle, and
drawn out by means of a tube attached to
a blower on the engine. The pulp is then
taken to the bureau of engraving and print
ing, where it is put through a process to
extract the ink, and is then used to make
more paper. A small amount of it gets
into the hands of private parties, wbo use
it to make curiosities for sale.
The kettle will bold a large sum of
money, the day's meal for It being an aver
age of about *300,000 or *400.000. The
cutting is done by a series of large knives
that revolve at a high rate, being occa
sionally reversed in order to throw the
money into a different position.
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
The Beeulta of the Day’s Games AU
Over the Country.
Washington. June B.— Bali games were
played to-day as follows:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At St. Louis— r. s. a. x.
St Louis 4 11 9
Toledo 8 9 0
Batteries: Ramsey, Hungan and Earle, Cush
man and Sage.
At Louisville— 8. aa. r.
Louisville 5 5 5
Columbus .10 14 4
Batteries: Ehret and Ryan, Gaslrizht and
O'Connor.
At Rochester— r. b. h. b.
Rochester 17 3
Athletics . 3 8 2
Batteries: Callihan and McKeogh, Esper and
Robinson.
At New York— b b. h. z.
Brooklyn 9 2 7
Syracuse 5 10 4
Batteries: Daily and Foy, Casey and Briggs.
JOHN K. JACKiON DEAD.
A Surgical Operation at Hot Bprings
Proved Fatal.
Augusta, Ga., June B.—The family of
Maj. George T. Jackson received the std
news to-day of the death of Joan K. Jack
son at Hot Springs, Ark. He was 23 years
old, and died from the effects of a danger
ous surgical operation. Maj. Jackson left
yesterday for Arkansas, but his son was
dead before he reached there.
SOUTH BOUND CONTRACTS.
Bids to be Opened and Awards Made
Here To-morrow.
Augusta, Ga., June B.—Mike Brown and
Alfred Aldrich of Barnwell are in Augusta
to-nieht en route to the meeting of the
directors of the South Bound Railroad in
Savannah Tuesday. They say the South
Bound is in fine shape and that bids will be
opened and contracts awarded for its con
struction at Tuesiay’s meeting.
A TENNESSEE ROMANCE.
A Pretty Girl Runs Away and Marries
a Tramp Whom She Nursed.
An interesting story comes from Green
Ridge in Robertson county , Tennessee, in
which a handsome young man and a
pretty girl figure as its leading spirits.
Last fall a stalwart youth of about twenty
two years made his appearance at the home
of a farmer in the surburbs of Green Ridge
and applied for work. He was a tramp
with liis worldly possessions in a bundle
slung across his shoulder, and was hungry
and footsore and eager for a job. The
farmer gave him a trial, and being much
pleased with his labor, employed him reg
ularly.
In March the young man fell sick with a
fever and for two weeks or more was very
ill.
In the same village resided Essie Sullivan,
who was pretty and attractive, and the
daughter of a merchant in good circum
stances. She had seen the young fellow a
great many times, but had no acquaintance
with him as he was not attentive to the
ladies, but remained at home and attended
to bis duties closely. The young girl had
doubtless been attracted by his personal
appearance, for when she learned of his sick
ness, she began sending him flowers and
then nice things to eat. At first, she went
no farther than the door, but was finally
induced to enter the sick room to receive
the invalid’s thanks.
As time wore on she grew bolder and pro
longed her visits, and in the kindness of her
heart read to the afflicted youth. Life
was a pleasant dream to them for several
weeks,and the rumor soon spread that they
would wed.
The report was confirmed last Tuesday
when the young peeple went to Nashville
and were married. The girl left a note be
hind saying that she had eloped as she knew
her parents would never consent to her wed
ding a common laborer without a home and
unknown, but that she loved him, and had
rather share poverty with him than live in
ease and comfort without his protecting
love and care.
The girl’s parents wers ignorant of the
attachment betwe-n their daughter and the
stranger, and were taken by surprise. They
are much distressed over the affair, and re
fused to forgive the girl or to recognize her
if she aud her husband should return.
SULLIVAN IN A QUIET MOOD.
Ho Might Have Been a Car Driver.
When a Fist Comes Handy.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The great fig hter who is honoring Pitts
burg with his presence this week is not
traveling on his muscle so much as usual.
Everybody who bos met him this time has
been impressed with the mildness and good
humor of the man. Re is drinking litrle or
nothing, aud there lies the secret of John L.
Sullivan’s graciousness.
It would not be extraordinary if success
had swelled tie champion’s head, but it has
not, apparently. Somebody was talking
about Joe Goss, one of Sullivan’s first antag
onists, on Sunday evening, and the com
ment of the great fighter was characteristic.
Said he: “If I hadn’t knocked the old man
out I guess I’d ha’ been driving a street car
now.”
Fancy Boston’s pride behind a pair of
mules, with one hand on the brake and the
other gripping the iiues!
Mr. Sullivan is a very handy man to have
around in a dramatic company that is
bothered by sheriffs and other legal tor
ments.
Five or six years ago, when Sullivan was
playing with Lostcr aud Allen’s minstrels,
in Now London, Conn., the company had
trouble witn a man from whom a bale of
hay used In the performance as a property
had been borrowed. The hay had hot been
injured at all —it was employed to lend
realism to a plantation scene—and the owner
could have taken it back at the close of the
engagement had he fieen so inclined. He
had been paid for bis trouble in tickets for
the show, but i l addition he demanded the
value of the bale in cash. This was refused
him, and he threatened to attach the com
pany’s effects.
He made good hri threat by appearing at
the depot just as the company was getting
aboard the train, breathing all kinds of
fearful things. With him was a deputy
sheriff, who was noted in New London as
i’s biggest aud ugliest man. The deputy
had the name of beiug ab: uiser as well.
Sullivan was on the platform when the
pair came up, and the hay merchant told
the deputy to arrest the big pugilist, rightly
deeming him to be the most valuable piece
of property belonging to the company. The
deputy walkod up to Sullivan and got out
the monosvllable “I,” before a remarkably
callous left hand smote him near the jugu
lar and i>e fell stunned to the ground. In
the subsequent excitement the train moved
out and the hay man was balked of his prey.
A gentleman in Valdosta received a letter
several days ago from the treas irer of the
Tallapoosa Improvement Company in which
it was stated that during the last ten weeks
they had locited ten manufacturing enter
prises in Tallapoosa.
T. T. Martin, foreman of the Perry Man
ufacturing Company, lias invented a con
trivance that does away with the hard
hand and hammer labor in setting the rivets
in curry-combs. His invention consists of
an attachment to one of the machines by
wbioh two rivets are set at one pressure of
the foot.
BAS WBLShC A DOUBLE?
A Mystery or Rise a Peculiar Case Of
Mistaken Identity.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Wednesday night a curious scene was en
acted at the Palmer house. At that time a
tall, slender man with a smooth face, dark
olive complexion, and jet black hair, marked
here and there with gray, alighted from a
carriage at the Monroe street entrance, ac
companied by a lady, whom he left in the
reception room while he registered as “A.
Avignon and wife, Darblay Villa, Cannes.’’
Having been given a room, he turned from
the desk. As he did so bis arm was grasped
by a younger man who had been waiting to
ask a question of the clerk. The stranger
seemed to be laboring under terrible excite
ment.
“Good God!” he almost screamed, “are
you Prof. Welsh ?’
The gentleman thus strangely addressed
turned suddenly pale. His hand trembled
so violently that the small valise which he
held fell to the floor, and he was forced to
lean against the desk for support. For a
moment he said nothing; then, seeming to
recover some of his self-possession, he ex
claimed somewhat haughtily:
“You have made a strange mistake, sir.
My name is Avignon.”
He spoke without a trace of any foreign
accent. The other looked fixedly at him for
a moment, then seized the register and
glanced at the name jnst signed. Finally
he asked that they should step aside from
the small crowd which had been attracted
by the novel dialogue. The gentleman
whose identity had been questioned seemed
annoyed, but stood for a moment in conver
sation. He tbaa returned to the lady who
had been waiting for him, and the two held
a lengthy but inaudible conversation. His
questioner, after standing in thought for
some time, walked slowly away.
Shortly after a bell boy brought back the
key given to Mr. Avignon, with the mes
sage that he should not require the room
after all. A carriage was called and the
mysterious couple were rapidly driven
away. His companion was a dark, pretty
little woman, who seemed to be slightly
lame.
The young man who had seemingly driven
the pair from the hotel refused to give bis
name.
He claimed that, in spite of the stranger’s
denial, he had recognized in him Prof.
Alfred H. Welsh, formerly profe sor of
English literature at the Ohio State Univer
sity at Columbus, who was supposed to ha ve
been drowned in a small Ohio lake about a
year ago. This was shortly after his mar
riage to a young Columbus girl who had at
one time been his pupil. He believed the
holy ha<l never been found, though until
that moment no doubt had existed as to liis
actual death.
Columbus, 0., June s.—[Special.]—Prof.
A. H. Welsh was not drosv: ed, but he took
cold from a bath at Lakeside on the shore
of Lake Erie, aud died in his wife’s arms of
pneumor ii July 26. His body was brought
here and bu. ied July 29. His father-in-law,
C. T. Clark, says the Chicago story is with
out the slightest foundation. Welsh was an
Ohio born and bred man, rising from the
lower walk of life, aud he was a protege of
ex-Gov. Foster, who paid his way through
college, and to whom Prof. Walsh dedicated
all his literary works. He was the author
of several standard publications on gram
mar and English literature.
MEDICAL.
SCROFULA
Is that impurity of the blood which produces
unsightly lumps or swellings In the neck;
which causes running sores on the arms,
legs, or feet; which develops ulcers in the
eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which is the origin ol pimples, can
cerous growths, or “humors;” which, fasten
ing upon the lungs, causes consumption and
death. It is the most ancient of all diseases,
and very lew persons are entirely free from it.
H uß C r CURED
By taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, by
the remarkable cures it has accomplished,
has proven itself to be a potent and peculiar
medicine lor this disease. II you suffer from
scrofula, try Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“ Every spring my wife and children have
been troubled with scrofula, my little boy,
three years Old, being a terrible sufferer.
Last spring he was one mass ot sores from
head to feet. We all took Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
and all have been cured of the scrofula. My
little boy is entirely tree from sores, and all
four of my children look bright and healthy.”
W. B. Atherton, Passaic City, N. J.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. gl;sixforss. Preparedonly
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IQO Doses One Poilar
SPBCIAL NOTICES.
SAVANNAH’S GREAT ENTERPRISeT
SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE.
THE SAVANNAH BREWING COMPANY
Beg leave to inform.the public that
C& AND AFTER MONDAY. 2th INST.
ALL LEADING GROCERS AND DEALERS
OF THIS CITY
WILL ATTEND TO AND PROMPTLY FILL
ALL ORDERS FOR
F A MIL Y US E
Of the Savannah Brewing Company's
EXTRA PILSEN BEER,
MUNCHENER HOFBRAU BEER,
A pure and unadulterated brand of choicest
Bavarian Hops of our own importation.
CENTRAL RAILROAD AND BANKING
COMPANY.
Savannah, Ga., June 4, 1890.
A dividend of FOUR DOLLARS per share
from the earnings of this Company aud its de
pendencies has been declared payable on and
after JUNE 23, to stockholders, as of record
this day. T. M. CUNNINGHAM. Cashier.
THE MORNING NEWS AT TV BEE.
The Morning News is now regularly delivered
at Tybee by special carrier, leaving the city on
first train at 5:15 a. m.
Papers can be obtained from the carrier at the
usual price, 5 cents a copy, and subscriptions
will be received at the business office at the
regular rates. Delivery will be made at all of
the hotels and from the train at any point sub
scribers may direct.
Guests of the hotels not regularly subscribing
should instruct the clerk to purchase papers
from the carrier on arrival.
BLECTiON NOTICE.
An election for Director* to manage the af
fairs of the Citizens' Bank of Savannah for the
ensuing year will be held at the bank on TUES
DAY next, June 10, between the hours of 11 and
1 o’clock. GEO. C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
meetings!
CLINTON LODGE NO. 54 F. A I 11.
A regular communication of this lodge A
will be held at Masonic Temple THIS
lMonday) EVENING. June Stb. at 8
o’clock. The E. A. degree will be con- ' '
ferred. Members of sister lodges and visit
ing brethren are cordially Invited to meet
with us.
FRANK H. MORSE. W. M.
Waring Russell, Jr., Secretary.
MAGNOLIA ENCAMPMENT NO. 10, T
O. F.
Regular meeting *
will be held THIS
< Monday) EVENING . -
at 8 o'clock, in hall of , f.
Trinity Methodist ft
church building, cor- / /BjL'j.tL—
ner of President and
Jefferson streets.
Geo. G. WILSON. C. P.
A. N. Mant cy, Scribe.
DeKALB LODGE NO. 9. I. O. O. F.
A regular meeting will be held THIS (Monday)
EVENING at 8 o’clock, sun time. Metropolitan
Hall, corner Whitaker and President Streets.
The first degree will be conferred.
Members of other Lodges and visiting brotner*
are cordially invited to attend.
By order of J. D. GOODMAN, N. G.
John Riley. Secretary.
CALANTHE LODGE NO. 28, K. OF P.
The regular meeting of the Lodge will
be held THIS (Monday) EVENING, at /;
8 o’clock. g/ Stsl
Punctual attendance is desired. koiL&ari
J. W. DANIEL. C. C. V&jy
J. E. Freeman. K. of R. and S. mi&r
GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of this society
will, be held THIS (Monday) EVENING at 8
o'clock, in Knights of Pythias Hall.
WM. SCHEIHING, Pres.
A. Heller, Secretary.
CHATHAM DIME SAVINGS BANK.
A special meeting of the shareholders of this
bank has been called for by the Board of Di
rectors, to be held at the Armory hall JUNE 10,
at 8:30 o'clock p. m., to vote on an increase of
capital stock and other matters that may arise
at the meeting. Shareholders unable to attend
are requested to forward their proxies to the
qashier as soon as possible.
R. F. BURDELL, Cashier.
MILITARY ORDERS.
SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS. '
Headquarters Battalion 1
Savannah Volunteer Guards,
Savannah, June 4, 1890. j
Order No. 32.
The regul ir monthly meeting of the corps
will be held at the armory on MONDAY. June 9,
at 8:15 o’clock p. M. By order of
LIEUT. COL. GARRARD.
Wm. P. Hunter, Ist Lieut, and Adjutant.
SPECIAL NOTICEa!
On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the basts 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.
THE GERM A\IA S A VINGS B ANK, ~
Au election for nine directors at the Germania
Savings Bank, to manage the business of the
bank for the ensuing year, will be held at the
banking house on WEDNESDAY. June 11. be
tween the hours of 11 o’clock a. m. and 2 o’clock
p. M.
A vote will also be taken on an amendment to
the charter. JNO. M. HOGAN, Cashier.
DYSPEPSIA AND KIDNEY COMPLAINTS
A specific, the celebrated
TATE SPRING WATER,
Only 40c. Gallon.
Try it. HKIDT’S Agency.
WANTED.
ACRES AND SMALL TRACTS
SUITABLE for Subdivision. Parties holding
such will find it to their advantage to put their
property in my hands for sale Telephone No.
459. jj W. K. WILKINSON,
Real Estate Dealer,
142 St. Julian Street.
VV. K. W ILKINSON,
REAL ESTATE DEALER and AUCTIONEER,
142 ST. JULIAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
08. T. F. ROBERSON,
DENTIST,—
149 Broughton Street.
DIVIDEND NO. 55.
Augusta and Savannah Railroad. )
Savannah, Ga., Ju. e 3, 1890. f
On and after this date a dividend of Three
Dollars and a Half per share will be paid to
tho stockholders of the Augusta and Savannah
railroad at the bankiug house of Charles H.
Oimstead & Cos., between the hours of 19 a.m.
and l p. m. W. S. LAWTON, President.
NOTICE TO WATER-TAKERS.
Office Water Works. )
Savannah. Ga., June 8. 1839. (
The willful and extravagant waste of water by
water-takers bas made it necessary that action
should be taken to prevent such waste.
For the information of all concerned the fol
lowing extract from the rules and regulations
for the government of the consumers is pub
lished:
Section 8. The water at wash basins, bath
tubs and water closets or other fixtures, must
not be left running when not in use. Willful
waste, or waste through neglect, or by allowing
water to be taken from premises by persons
having no right to its use, will be sufficient
cause for the shutting off of the water from
premises in which such waste ex:sts.
JAMES MANNING. Superintendent.
NOTICE.
The sale of family excursion tickets at 35c
and 20c will be discontinued for June 19 (Tues
day next), on account of Sunday school picnic
ou that date.
H. H. WOODRUFF, G. A.
S. & A. R. R.
RETURNING AGAIN
Are the Fashions of Our Grandparents.
This is demonstrated in one instance by tho
elegant display of
TORTOISE SHELL COMBS, (side and back),
LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S TOILET.
These are the finest goods yet shown in
Savannah.
—AT—
BUTLER’S PHARMACY,
Corner Bull and Congress Streets.
DON’T TRAVEL WITHOUT IT.
No traveler should be without a bottle ot
DR ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR,
To ward off the ill effects incidental to a change
of climate and water. This faultless family
medicine is gaining popularity daily, and was
awarded highest prizes over competitors.
Prominent medical men indorse it. Ask for Dr.
Ulmer’s Liver Corrector and take no other.
Prepared by B. F. Ulmer, M. D., Pharmacist.
Price. $1 09. Sold by ail druggists.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received for the
erection of the City Hall and also for the addi
tions and alterations of the public school build
ing at Americus. Ga.. until 20th of June, 1890.
The drawings and specifications can be seen at
the office of the chairman of the building com
mittee at Americus. Ga. or at tbe office of the
architect, G. L. Norrman, Atlanta, Ga.
P. H. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
Americus, Ga
EXCURSIONS.
summer excursions:
the
Charleston k Savanna!) Ry.
WILL COMMENCE THEIR REGULAR SUM
MER EXCURSIONS TO CHARLESTON
ON SATURDAY, MAY 3d.
T EAVE Savannah at 12:39 p. m.Batnxdav ~
4a turning leave Charleston at 7:20 *,
Leave Savannah at 7:00 a m. Sunday, return,
mg leave Charleston at 7:20 a. m. Monday *2
Leave Savannah at 7:00 a. m. Sunday return
ing leave Charleaton at 4:05 p. m. samedav
E. P. McSWIXEy *”
General Passenger Agent
EXCURSIONS
Steamer CRESCENT CITY
will make excursions to
WAR SAW
Every Wednesday and Saturday.
Leaving wharf at 9 a. m., connecting at Thun
derbolt with train leaving city at 10 a. m 118
FARE 50c. | CHILDREN
Sunday, Two Excursions to Warsaw,
Leaving wharf foot of Abercorn street 'lam
connecting at Thunderbolt with trains leaving
city 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. caving
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OF
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SIZE 30x34 INCHES.
SHOWING THE TRUE STREET AND PROP.
ERTY LINES OF THE CITY.
PRINTED ON BOND PAPER and put up in
book form. Every property owner and real
estate dealer, and every other person interested
n the city should have a copy.
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ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
New Deals
MEAN MANY NEW ENTER
PRISES FOR SAVANNAH.
WE were correct, and put up our immense
Hanley building with a view for the fui
ture greatness of Savannah.
Everybody almost nowadays want Building
Materials, and we set out to supply them.
The larger quantity, the lowest price.
We buy in ship loads and sell correspond
ingly lo A.
Get estimates on Lime, Cement, Doors. Sashes,
Blinds. Paint and Oils, Builders’ Hardware and
Materials from
A. HANLEY,
HANLEY’S BLOCK.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
Notice to Contractors.
ON and after June 19th, 1599, the SAVAN
NAH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY will be
prepared to receive sealed proposals for the
grading, trestling, crossties, masonry and
track laving on the first division of the South
Bound Railroad, consisting of thirty-eight
miles, beginning at Savannah, Ga. Bits can be
ma te on the entire work, or on each portion
separately. Specifications, profiles and esti
mates of quantities can fee seen at the office ot
GEORGE DOLE WADJ.EY, Chief Engineer of
the company, third floor. Battersby building,
corner of Bay and Drayton streets. Savannah,
Ga., after June 10th. All proposals must be
made on forms furnished for the purpose. Tbe
company reserves the right to reject any ani
all bids, t Address all communications to the
Chief Engineer.
B. A. DENMARK, President.
Savannah, Ga., May 21, 1899.
Office of Cohmissioneks of Public Printing, I
Atlanta, Ga., June 2. 1899. i
CEALED proposals to do the public printing
O for the State for the ensuing two years from
August sth, 1890, will be received by the Com
missioners of Public Printing at the offlre of
the Secretary of State, in Atlanta, Ga., for
thirty (39) days from this date. The Com mis*
sloners reserve the right, under the law, to re
ject any and all bids. 1
For stipulations, specifications and require
ments apply to tho Secretary of State, Atlanta,
Ga.
PHILIP COOK. Secretary of State.
WM. A. WRIGHT, Controller General.
R. U. HARDEMAN, Treasurer,
Commsssioners of Public Printing.
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