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UNDECIDED WHAT TO DO.
THE CITY STILL WRESTLING WITH
THE RAILWAY PROBLEM.
Tbs Council Trying to Make Up Its
Mind Whether it Will Grant the
Street Railways Free Franchises
or Whether it Will Charge for
Them—A Special Committee Ap
pointed to Consider the Matter.
The city council had the petition* of the
various street railway companies for right*
of way through the streets, before it last
night.
The petitions were presented in July, but
were laid on the table to be taken up at a
later meeting. The Belt Line's petition for
the privilege to build a cross-town line
from Montgomery street through Joues to
East Broad, and, also, from Barnard and
Bay streets, along Barnard str -et to Bryan
Street, thence around the west side of the
market to St. Julian street, thence along
St. Julian street to Jefferson street, thence
along Jefferson street to Liberty, thence
east over Liberty street to Barnard street,
thence south on Barnard street to the south
ern corpoi ate limits of the city, was taken
up first. President Cooper and Capt. H. O.
Cunningham were present to represent the
company.
THE CITT UNDECIDED WHAT TO DO.
Alderman Myers thought the first thing
for the council to settle was whether it will
charge the railway companies for the use of
Its streets, and, if so, whether it will make a
fixed charge or whether it w-ili hspose of
the franchise to the highest bidder.
Alderman Carson replied that the city
could not dispose of its streets in ; hat we.y
—to the highest bidder—but that it oould
dispoft of the franchise to whatever com
pany it sees tit at a fixed charge.
Alderman Harmon was opposed to charg
ing the street railwavs for any franchise.
“The railways are the developers of the
city,” he said, “and, under oertsln restric
tions, we should open the streets to them.”
Aldermen Carson and Bailey held to the
view that the city should receive a revenue
from its street franchise.
Alderman Myers movel the appointment
of a special committee of five to determine
what the city will do, whether it will
grant the franchises asked for without a
return from the railroads or whether it will
charge a fixed price for the use of the
streets, the oommittee to meet at as ear’y a
day os practicable and to report to a called
meeting of council, pending which the
petitions be laid on the table.
WOULD INCREASE THE COST OF TRAVEL.
Alderman Myers was not in favor of
granting franchises to all the companies
that have asked for them. He believed that
the companies which have invested their
money in lines now in operation should be
granted whatever franchises they require,
under certain conditions and restrictions.
A multiplicity of railway lines under differ
ent managements would require frequent
transfers of passengers and additional fares
at every t-ansfer in order to go from one
point in the city to another, whereas, under
one management, only one fare is required.
The motion for the appointment of a
apecial committee was carried, and the
mayor appointed Aidermen Myers, Har
mon, Cann, Carson a:d Bailey. The com
mittee will meet early nest week, and the
matter will go before council probably next
Wednesday or Thursday.
BLUES AT THE KIFLE RANGE.
Corp. J. E. Maguire Wine the Com
pany Medal and the First Prize.
The Republican Blues had their annual
target practice yesterday. The company
turned out thirty strong, under command
of Capt. W. D. Dixon, and took' the Coast
line cars for Harmon’s range, where the
practice took place.
Oorpw J. E. Maguire won the first prize, a
p*r of gold sleeve bu tons, on a score of 10.
He will wear the company medal for the
coming year. The medal was worn last
year by W. T. Dixon.
The seo' nd prize, a scarf pin, was won by
Veteran Member E. S. Muse, on a score
of 18.
Honorary Member J. P. White won the
third prize, a handsome silk umbrella, on a
score of U 5.
The medal for best single shot was won
by Private G. A. Miller. The medal was
contested for by five members, who had
tied on the first round, which narrowed
down to Maguire and Miller, and was won
by the latter.
Four of the new members tied on
the leather medaL, each making five goose
eggs. They will draw for the prize at the
company meeting Wednesday night. The
company returned to the armory late in the
afternoon where the prizes were presented
by Capt. Dixon. The Blues’ stock is on the
rise. A number of new members have been
add to the company recently, and a much
livelier interest is manifested. The annual
target practice should have been held dur
ing May. It is usually held on the occasion
of the company’s annual picnic, but this
year the company held no picnic, and the
target practice was postponed.
ROUGH ON DIRT Family Soap. Pure, solid,
lasting.— Adv.
A LABORER’S FRIGHTFUL FALL.
Alex Abner Goes to Bleep in a Win
dow and Falla Two Stories.
Alexander Abner, a colored porter for
Wilcox St Gibbs, was taking his usual noon
day nap yesterday iu the rear window of
the firm's offioe on Bay street, in the Sa
vannah Grocery Company’s building.
Abner’s nodding settled into a
heavy sleep, and while sleeping
he lost his balance and knew nothing
until he struck the tin roof of the wharf
shed two stories below. He struck oa his
head and chest, fracturing his collar-bone
and splitting his head q ea to the skull.
The injured mau was taken off the roof,
and Drs. Norton and Cox were called iu.
They pronounced his injuries fatal, and
said that he would die from concussion of
the brain.
The polloe ambulanoe was telephoned for,
and Abner was taken to bis home on Cem
etery s’reet, near Gwinnett. It was about
Abner's dinuer hour and his wife was on
her way with his meal in a can when the
accident happened. Her cries when sue
saw her husbaud attracted a large crowd of
people, aud th street was thronged with
people. Abner’s fall was between thirty
five and forty feet.
MAY BE FATALLY INJURED.
James Delaney Thrown From His
Bulky on Liberty Street.
James Dulaney came very near being
killed on Liberty street yesterday morning.
He was riding in a light sulky when his
horse shied at something and turned sud
denly, throwing Delaney out of the sulky
backward. His head struck the pavement,
making a very bail triangular wound in the
back of the head and knocking him sense
less. He was carried into Dr. Parson’s
drug store near by and iis wound was
dressed by Dr. John Schwabb. it was
several miuutes before he rec >vered con
sciousness, and then he was out ot hts head.
Dr. Lincoln was called and ordered the
injured man sent to St. Joseph’s Infirmary.
Dr. Dunn attended him at the iufirma y.
Delaney suffered a great deal and was and
-and it was with difficultv that the
attendants kept him iu bed. He was re
ported last night as being no better, and it
is feared that he has concussion of the
brain.
Delaney is a young blacksmith, who works
at Barrett’s shop on West Broad street,
Veni, Vidi, Viet! This is true of Hall's
Hair Renewer, for it is the great conqueror
‘■f gray or faded hair, making it look the
same even oolor of youth.— Adv.
OLD SOL GETTING FREAKISH.
The Weather Enough to Drive a
Thermometer Crazy.
With the exception of in the northwest
the temperature was generally normal
throughout the country yesterday. It was
slightly below normal in (be South At
lantic states. Light sho vers were general
ihorougbout the cotton belt. The Galves
tou district of the signal bureau reported
light showers geuaral, with an
a- erage of less tbau one-halt inoh of nun
for the district. The I attic Rock district
reported an average of nearly one-half
inch. Showers were general throughout
G* Tgia. The Atlanta district reported
one-tudf inch of rain, the Savannah district
.32 a-d the Augusta district .20. Athens
had a rainfall of over two iucbes, Way cross
1 and Albauy one-half mob.
Savannah’s maximum temperature was
88* and its minimum was 70°. The mean
was 2'- below norma:. A sharp shower fell
between 10 and 11 o’olock in the morning,
one-fourth of an inch of rai i falling in a
short w lie. The sh .wer did not have tue
effect of oooling the atmosphere, but seemed
to make the heat more oppressive.
Tlie variations of temperature in the
nortuwest are enough to drive the ther
mometer crazy. Ai Bismarck, N. Dak.,
yesterday, mercury went to 102”. Day be
fore yesterday it was was down to 40 . At
■St. Vincent, in Northern Minnesota, it went
to 92*. as against 38" the day before. It
registered 94“ at Fort Buford, lUO at Rapid
City and 2b* at North Piatte. .People going
to spend the summer in that country should
carry overcoats as well as linen dusters.
ANOTHER NEW BALE.
Savannah’# First Balee for the Last
Ten Years.
Another bain of new cotton arrived
yesterday and was sold immediately on its
arrival. Several bale* are expected in to
day.
New cotton is arriving at tbe Gulf ports
in good sized blocks every day now. Tue
cotton arriving here is of beautiful color
and texture and gives evidence of a fine
crop should good weather continue.
Too new bsles are being bought for
types to give an idea of what kind of ma
terial the crop is to be. The first bale of
the new crop of sea island is expected next
week. The reports from the whole sea
Island belt are excellent, showing increased
acreage, good stands and (letter average
advancement at this time of the yoar than
in several years past, and the percentages
are very much tetter than last year, *o far.
The following table shows the date of the
receipt of the first bale of upland crop for
the last ten years:
I%*) ..August 2
I*B9 August 5
18* July 25
18W August 6
I*6 August 7
188 ■ August 3
I*B4. August 4
1883 Tjuly 6
1882 . August 2
I*l July 24
1860 July W
LIGHTER NO. 20 LAUNCHED.
A Pretty Sight on the North bide of
the River.
About the prettiest and most successful
launching of a vessel that has occurred on
the river in recent years took place on the
north side of the river, between Bull and
Drayton streets, yesterday shortly after 1
o’clock. It was witnessed by a large crowd
of merchants and clerks from the balconies
and windows in the rear of the offices and
the Cotton exchange.
It was the launching of lighter No. 20, just
completed by YVm. Kelly & Son for the
River Literuge Cos. There was not a jar
nor a hitch, and the big, heavy and cum
bersome lighter glided off the stocks and
into the water as easy and gracefully as if
it had life, amid the hurrahs of those on tbe
lighter and the spectators on the south side
of the river.
The new lighter is eighty-five feet in
length, thirty feet in breadth, and six and a
half feet in depth of hold. It has all the
conveniences and appurtenances, a.d will
be a useful and substantial vessel. The
freight capacity will be 300 tons. Kelly &
Bon are now cutting out the frame for
another lighter, wnich will soon be laid for
the same company.
ONE WAY TO WAKE A TRAMP.
A Pair of Them on a Freight Platform
Touched by Flstol Shots.
A white man, giving the name of James
Leddy.was taken to tbe St. Joseph’s Infirm
ary at 1 o’clock yesterday with a pistol shot
wound in the oalf of his left leg.
story is that he and hi* partner “Barney”
had walked from Charleston and were
coming into the city ulong
the White Bluff road. They
lay down on a freight platform alongside
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way about u on and went to sleep. They
were awakened by a volley of pistol sho is
and Led Jy received a ball in the leg and
his partner was grazed on the knee. Leddy
says that tbe negro that shot him exclaimed
as he fired, “That’s the way
to wake ’em up.” The tramps
dropped off the platform into a
ditch and made tracks, followed by a shower
of bullet*. There were about six men in
the crowd, so Leddy says. His story may
be true or it may be a fabrication to ac
count for a wound received while robbing
a hen roost or a truck patch.
One dollar a year will rover your doctor's
bills if yea take Mutinous Liver Regulator.
Adv.
THE GRAIN MARKET ACTIVE.
A Shortage In the Corn, Oat and
Wheat Crops.
The grain market is strong and prices are
steadily advancing, especially in corn. The
crop report* from the west are very un
favorable to the corn crop, caused by the
drought in ail of the oorn producing states
of the west.
It se.uM to be reasonably certain now
that there will be a shortage m this year’s
production and that there is not a sufficient
amount of the old crop carried over to
counterbalance the deficiency.
There is also a short oat and wheat crop
from the came cause*, aud values have cor
resp ndingly advanced in flour. This section
is particularly interested in the western
corn crop, as it affects the food supple of
the south very much, notably in provi
sions, which are also following in the wake
ol the grain markets.
COLEMAN STILL HIDING.
The Black Desperado Entrenched in a
bwamp south of the City. •
The negro desperado, Isaac Coleman, who
terrorized Sackville and the portion of the
city in the neighborhood of the Coast Line
depot Tuesday, has not been hoard from
since. When last seen by Officer Mc-
Quade he had reached an inaccessi
ble position in the swamp. He is
thought to be in hiding at Isle of Hope or
ou some of the islands along the coast.
Chief Green was disappointed at the failure
of the officers to secure Coleman, as he is
anxious to get possession of him. Coleman
is an ugly character.
Haney—McFall.
Mr. 8. Harney of Altmayer & Co.’* shoo
deportment was quietly married last night
to Miss Nettie McFall at her residence, No.
1541$ .Jones street, Rev. T. T. Christian
|iertorwing the ceremony. The bridal
couple received many handsome present*.
Both the brl te and gr out ar well-known
and have many friends iu th* city.
Beechai/i’* Filk ours sink hnadache.
Adv,
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1890.
LOCAL PERSONAL
L. I* Rawls left for Macon last night.
J. C. Haskell went to Macon last night.
J. J. Rimes of Oliver spent yesterday in
tbe city.
D. R. Groover of Statesboro is at the
Screven.
J. H. Kavauaugb and family left for
Gaine-viHe last night.
D. W. Bowman of Lake Helen, Fla, is
registered at the Screven.
Mias Irene Franklin of Washington it
\ visiting relatives in Savannah.
W. L. Venabl# of Atlanta has been at the
Screven since yesterday morning.
A number of Florida people leave for the
north to-day on tbe City of Macon.
M. H. Kcbaul left yesterday for New
York to look after his fall and winter
stock.
Mrs. John M. Lamotte left for, Gordons
viile, W. V*., yesterday for the summer,
via the Coast Line.
Mrs. W. H. Wade and daughters t
Washington city yesterday, and after iew
days there will go to New York.
Mr. Joseph Cummings, who spent a
month or so at one of the pleasant resorts
of the Thousand Islands, has returned
home.
Capt. W. T. Gibson left yesterday on the
City of Birmingham for New York. He
will go to join his wife, who is near Bor
dentown, N. J.
A pleasant hop was given at the Masonic
hail last night by a number of young gen
tlemen complimentary to Miss Greenwood
of Macon, who is visiting friends in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Chesnutt were pas
sengers on the City of Birmingham yester
day for New York. They are on an ex
tended trip and n ill visit the resorts north
nud will make a tour through Canada be
fore their return.
A, R. Launey and George C. Goebel will
leave to-morrow by the City of Augusta for
the north, to attend tbe national convention
of photographers, to be held in Wa-hing
tou, Aug. 12 to 15. The convention is com
posed of photographers and members of
photographers’ supply firms from all over
the United States, and ail new inventions
ore on exhibition there, and the latest prac
tices of photography are discussed. The
monument of Daguerre in front of the
Smithsonian Institute, will be unveiled
during the convention.
The testimonial hop to the orchestra at
Hotel Tybee to-night promises to be a fine
affair, Costume de Rigeur. The sale of
tickets has been very successful, and there
will no doubt be a large number
present from the city. Everything
has been arranged for the en
joyment of those who attend. Dancing
will commence at 9:30 o’clook. The last
train from Savannah leaves at 6:85 p. m.
The special train will leave tbe hotel, re
turning, at 1:30 standard time. The music
will be furnished by the hotel orchestra com
bined with Cobbs’ Military band.
VETERANS AT TAYLOR OBRBK.
The Liberty County Association Enter
tains the Bryan County Men.
The Liberty county veteran* entertained
the Bryan county association at Taylor
Greek day before yesterday. There were
also present many veterans from the adjoin
ing counties.
By invitation of tbe association tbe
Liberty Guards and the Constitutional
Guards acted as an escort to the veterans.
The proo*ssiou was formed in front of the
armory and marched to the church, the
hall tajiDg insufficient to accommodate the
imm uiu crowd.
The meeting was called to order, and Sec
retary J. O. Davis read a letter from Capt.
8. D. flradwell, stating his inability to at
tend. In the absence of Capt. Brad well,
who is president of Liberty’s association,
Rev. A, J. Smith delivered the address of
welcome to the visiting veterans.
Maj. William Letford, president of the
Bryan county association, responded to tbe
address. It was one of his happiest efforts,
and the old veterans could be seen on all
sides wiping away the unbidden tear as they
were reminded of the toils and struggles of
the ’6os. At the close of his address Maj.
Letford read a letter written by Capt. Smith
of the Twenty-fifth Georgia regiment just
after the battle of Chickamnuga, giving the
number of killed and wounded iu his com
pany. Maj. Letford very pathetically
alluded to some who fell in that struggle.
“Our Confederate Dead” was admirably
rendered by Miss Ruby Bradley. This
seeming diversion campletely captivated
the audience, and Miss Bradley received a
vote of thanks from the association.
After adjournment dinner was an
nounced, aud an audience, estimated at
1,500, gathered around a table loaded with
tue best things of Liberty’s hospitable citi
zens. Having done justice to the dinner the
people repaired to the parade ground of the
Constitutional Guards. The company,
dressed in neat, new uniforms formed and
the old veterans looked with pride uDon
their sons as they executed the commands
of tiieir captain with the ease and alacrity
of old soldiers.
The Liberty Guards then contended for a
prize, which was awarded to Lieut. R. 8.
Hendry.
Everybody had a good time, and it was
especially interesting to notice the little
groups of veterans, the friends of the com
pany, as they chatted together. Many
were the jokes and little war incidents that
they told, and mauy the handshake between
men who have seldom met since their
separation in '65.
WANTED A DIVORCE PAPER.
The Queer Ideas Colored People Have
of Marriage.
The oolored people have some queer ideas
of divorce. A colored woman wanted
Justice Patterson to issue her a “divoroe
paper” yesterday. Shejsaid that she married
her husband in Aui usta seve nl years ago,
and after living with her nine months he
left her, saying he was unable to make
enough to support them both and they had
best go their separate ways.
The other day the woman met her hus
band in ravannah and they talked the
matter over. She wants to get married
again. He told her that would be all right;
to just go to a justice of the peace and get
him to write her cut a “divorce warrant,"
and that would fix matters. The woman
was iu earnest In wanting the justice to
div rce her, and was willing to pay for it.
Justice Patterson told her that while he
lmd power to u arry people, be had no right
to divorce them. If she wanted a divorce
she could get it by paying a lawyer SSO as a
retainer and putting the case in his hands.
When told that it would take a year to
secure a divorce iu this mauner the woman
said that was too long a time, and she left
the office.
A Broughton Street Man’s Trip.
A well-known business man on Brough
ton street has thought out a novel plan of
taking a pleasant summer trip at a small
outlay, both of time and money. He bor
rowed a summer route map from a ticket
office the other day, saving he was goi g to
take a summer trip, and returned the map
a few hoars afterward, taring that he had
taken his trip. Being called upon to explain,
he said that he laid tiie map out before him
and chose the route which he would like to
take aud then imagined himself to bo tak
ing a trip through that country with tne
scenery p sung before bis mi id's eye. His
trip was by steamer from Savannah to
Boston, thence through the mountains of
Vermont aud New Hampshire aud down
the Hudson to New York, thuce to Balti
more and from there home.
%u harm ever done by in* iur of Mininou*
Liver Regularor. Adv.
Take Off Your Shabby Coat.
Go to B. 11. Levy & Bro. on Saturday,
Aug. 9, aud get anew one at half price.-
Adv.
TO GO TO WORK AT ONCE.
THE BELT LINE ADOPTS THE WSST
INGHOUBB ELECTRIC MOTOR
Tbe Electric Plant Ordered and to be
Erected on tbe Site of the Company's
Present Cer Bhed—Twenty Miles of
Wire to be Used In Making the Cir
cuit—The Engines for the Electric
Works to be Up Next Month.
Tbe Belt Line has awarded the contract
for its electric plant. Tbe Westlnghouse
motor system has been agreed upon, and the
plant will be put in by the Westinghouse
Company. The poles ere partly on the
ground, ready to be put up, and the electric
wire it already here. It take* over twenty
miles of wire for the entire line.
The engines, from the Phoenix works of
Pittsburg, witi be here iu thirty days. The
company will supply it* power from works
to be located on th* site of tbe company’,
car shed, at Habersham and St. James
streets. The present car shed, with an addi
tion to be built, will accommodate the
dynamos and engines.
The Westinghouse motor system is the
lateet system of car motors, and embodies
the workings of the older systems with a
number of improvements. It is now in
operation in Nashville, and is being intro
duced on a number of other hoes.
The Belt Line will eouip all of its Ste
phenson cars—the heavy cars—with motors
and will use the sinali cars as “trailers,”
In making up trains. The motor cars will
be equipped with tclectric lights and elec
tno Dells, and all of the latest improve
ments. There will be no general change in
the appearance of the cars.
The principal change required
for th* motor equipment u new trucks.
The contract for the plant calls for the
delivery within thirty-five days, but with
the rush of orders at the works it is hardly
expected that it will be delivered much be
fore Oct. L The work of putting up tbe
poles and stringing the wire will be fin
ished before the plant Is up, so that ever
ything will be ready for the road to be put
in 'operation as soon as the dynamos are
started.
President Cooper received a letter yester
day from Mr. Rhea of Nashville stating
that the construction of the plant will be
pushed by the Westinghouse Company, so
that the road may be equipped and put in
operation by electric motors os soon as pos
sible. That will probably be about Nov. 1.
There will be a number of changes in
the switches to provide for the quicker
schedule which will be run when the mo
tors are put in. The present schedule is
twelve minutes. The electric motor sched
ule will be eight minutes at first, and if
possible it will be reduced to six minutes,
running the belt in half the time it is run in
now.
RAIL AND CRO3STIB.
J. W. Bracken, trainmaster of the Geor
gia Southern and Florida, has resigned.
Tbe Chicago and Alton is fitting up re
volving fans in its ladies’ parlor cars to te
operated by electricity.
The receipt* in the ticket office of the
Union depot in Macon were $25,000 In June,
aud exoeeded that amount in July.
D. W. Lum, chief engineer, aud F. W.
Flynn, assistant engineer of too East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia, have been
looating the tracks to be laid to the works
of the Central City Guano Con^pany.
The time for the C#rington and Macon
railway to begin tbe draw in their bridge
over the Ocmulgee river at Macon has been
extended by the war department, which
ordered the construction of the draw from
July 1 to Oct. 1, 1890.
Henry Harris, general yardmastcr of
the Central at Macon, has resigned. First
Assistant YardmasterC. B. Marshall is now
acting general yardmaster. Rumor ac
credits Mr. Harris with the Intention of
taking a position wit i the Georgia South
ern and Florida in Savannah, and again
say* that he may accept service with a local
road.
A dispatch from Columbus says: Maj.
Dabney, engineer in charge of the Mobile
and Girard extension, said to-night the
authorities had decid ’d not to build the
road to Luverne, as was expected b” the
people of that locality. The road will pass
within seven miles of the place. Five hun
dred hands will be at work on the road next
week.
The traveling passenger agents located at
Birmingham, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nash
ville aud other points iu the south are seri
ously c ngidering the organization of a
southern traveling passenger agents’ asso
ciation. The organization known ns the
National I’assenger Agents’ Association has
grown to such proportions that it does not
now accomplish what it originally proposed
to do. The southern boys desire an ex
clusive organization, admitting none but
passenger agents located south of the Ohio
river. The objects will be of a social and
benevolent character.
A. G. Craig, general freight agent of the
Covington and Macon; B. W. Wrenn, gen
eral passenger agent of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia, and A. C. Knapp,
general traffic manager of the Georgia
Southern and Florida, have gone north
ward to the meeting of the Southern Rail
way and Steamship Association. The rate
committee will convene in New York; the
association will meet at Virginia Beach,
Va Col. Knapp’s headquarters will be
at the Hotel Princess Anne, Virginia
Beach. The association was formed
originally for the protection of rates. Some
dissension having occurred at the last meet
ing, in July, the old rule was extended for
one month longer. The present conference,
embracing the rat* oommittee and the
executive committee, will decide if the
association is to continue longer or not. If
the association disbands there will be some
severe aud lively cutting in rates.
CITY BREVITIES.
Regular meeting of Southern Star Castle
No. 7, K. G. E., to-night.
Regular weekly meeting of Haupt Lodge
No. 58, L O. O. F., to-night.
Excelsior Loan and Savings Company
will hold a regular meeting to-night.
The Workman’s and Trader’s Loan and
Building Association meets to-night.
An extra communication of Solomon’s
Lodge No. 1, F. aud A. M., will be held to
night.
The steamship Tallahassee arrived up to
her wharf from New York at 2 o’clock this
morning.
The city council yosterday ordered paid
bills against the city amounting to
$18,494 3&
Four arrests were made by the police yes
terday and four last night, two white and
six colored. A white man was charged
with drunkenness and disorderly conduct,
and throwing watermelon rinds promis
cuously on PTico street. All the others were
in for disorderly conduct.
The two 6afes for the city and superior
court rooms in the new c urt bouse have
arrived, and will be put iu position this
week. They will be plaood iu front of the
judges’ platforms and In the rear of tne
clerks' desks, aud will contain the books
and papers ordinarily used in the court
room.
“Just an Good,’’
Say some dialers who try to tell a sub
eti'.ute preparation when a customer <-allt for
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Do not allow any such
false statements s this induce you to buy
what you do not want. Remember that
the only reason for making it Is that a few
cents more protit will be inode on the sub
stitute. Insist upon tiaviug tne best medi
cine -Hood’s Sarsapaniia. It l* Peculiar to
naelf.— Adv.
On - ocount of tbe Many
Request* from customers, wo shall repeat
our half-rate aolo oo summer goods on Sat
urday next, Aug. 9.
—Adv. a. H L*vy & u*>.
THE BOYOGTT PROPOSITION.
The Idee an Old One—following Hie
toriCAl Precedent.
Whether It be a universal truism that
hietory repeats itself, it is true as a fact
that mankind under the same conditions
and surrounding active circumstances, will
do tbe same substantial act* over and over
again, however remote one period may be
from another. Every one acquainted with
the early history of New York, while it was
yet New Amsterdam, and under toe
dominion of the Dutch, will well remember
how the Dutch boycotted the British nation,
tbe historian saying, '‘Finally, to strike a
violent blow at the very vitals of Great
Britain, a multitude of tbe wiser inhabit
ants assembled, and having purchased all
the British manufactures they could
find, tney made of them a huge
bonfire; and iu the patriotic glow
of the moment, every man present, who
had a hat or breeches of English workman
ship pulled it off and most undoubtedly cast
it into the flames to the irreparable detri
ment, loss and ruin of the Englis i manu
factures. In commendation of this great
exploit tney erec ed a pole ou the spot,
wiih a device on the tip intended to repre
sent the province of New Netherlands
destroying Grea Britain under the simuli
tude of an eagle picking the little island of
old England out of the globe, but either
through the u .skillfulness of the sculptor
or his ill-timed wazgery, it bore a striking
resemblance to a goose vainly striving to
get hold of a dumpling.”
The faithful historian of this period does
not make it exactly clear whether the gov
ernor of New Netherlands, Peter Stuyves
ant, opposed directly and openly the boy
cott of the Eng.i-h. But the inference is,
tuat he was no much engaged in deviling
measure* of greater importance for the pre
servation of his people that the boycott
failed to receive Lis high and mighty ap
roval. It is remarkable, as well as pain
ful, to note what fatal and
misery-producing blunders great and
mighty governors sometimes make
in dealing with momentous questions. Who
knows, or can say, that had the mighty and
sagacious Peter Stuyvesant recognized,
approved and encouraged the boycott thus
suggested by the wiser inhabitants with
that vehem noe of martial spirit so
peculiarly his, coupled with his unmatched
fame and military renown, but what the
civil government, known now as the United
States of America, would have beeu written
the United States of Holland.
If history be philosophy teaching by ex
ample, should not all from the “wiser in
habitants” down to the governor, and
aslant to the Van Colear editors ponder
well the ruin and misery to the north this
boycott might p oduce?
The sudden passion to engulf a whole
section in ruin is so little consonant with
the heretofore expressed feelings of brother
hood that the conduct of these wiser in
habitants, governors and editors, in sug
gesting a boycott, appalls the.imaginatlon
aod paralyzes the reason.
In the nature of things there must be a
basal atom of some kind upon which the
suggestion of a sectional boycott is founded.
It is said that because of the probable en
actment of a federal election law this inter
state or international boycott should be
inaugurated. This is simply the old fight
over again between tbe “Long Pipes” and
“Short Pipes” to down each other if they
oau and elevate themselves, and nowhere
does it appear that the welfare of the
oountry is considered.
However, the boyc itters perhaps belong
to that class of highly starched brained
citizens, who reason not themselves, nor
hearken to the voice of reason in graver
matters of s6ate, but are guided entirely by
historic precedent, and the practice of the
conscript fathers, finding an analogue in
Prof. Gold win Smith’s review article, “The
Hatred of England;" being blind to the
“converge fallacy of accident,” and the
folly of the occasion, gathered themselves
together in the New Amsterdam of the
south—Atlanta—and resolved (following
historical precedent of the first interna
tional boyoott) nem. con:
1. We are the most enlightened, the most
dignified, the most formidable and the most
ancient people upon the face of the earth.
2. The pe pie of the south have no com
merce or dealing whatever with the north
if the election bill is passed.
3. If any one in the south objects to these
resolution’s, that tbe Tarpean rock punish
ment be inflic ed upon him; that is to say,
tarred and feathered. The right of appeal
is hereby denied.
And thus the commercial and business re
lati ns ot sections and nations are ruined
and swept away, and all are made strangers
one to another. T. P. L.
Brooksville, Ha., Aug. 3, 1890.
OFF FOR THE CONVENTION.
Only a Part of the Chatham Delega
tion Goes.
Col. Peter Reilly, George W. Owens,
Esq., and G. W. Parish left for Atlanta
last nignt to cast Chatham county’s vote in
the state democratic convention, which
meets to-day. W. G. Cann is already in
Atlanta, but the balance of the delegation
failed to get off. The four delegates m at
tendance are amply able, however, to cast
Chatham’s vote.
William Clifton, Esq., accompanied the
delegation, and Gazaway Hartridge, Esq.,
will be in Atlanta this evening.
Chatham’s delegation goes instructed for
Northen for governor, Nesbit for commis
sioner of agriculture, Anderson for attor
ney general, aud the present state house
offloers. The full and legation to the conven
tion chosen by the mass meeting is: Walter
S. King. John Rourke. H. E. Wilson, George
Meyer, P. J. O’Connor, George W. Owens
G. \V. Parish, Peter Reilly, G. B. Pritchard’
Joljn R. Dillon, Thomas Ballantyae, W. G.
Cann.
AT THE OOUBTa
Gossip Picked Up Here and There In
tbe Court Rooms.
Col, G. A. Mercer, attorney for James
Horan in the case of Strachan & Cj. vs.
James Horan, moved for anew trial before
Judge Harden yesterday, which was re
fused. The case will be carried to the
supreme court. A verdict for $4,975 was
given in the city court in favor of Straohan
& Cos. Dec. 10, 1889, the case being a uam
nge suit for expenditures and supplies for
the British ship Resolute.
Too Free With Pistols. -
Quite an excitement was created on Pres
ident street about 3 o’clock yesterday after
noon, when a drunken negro passed by the
court house, cursing aud flourishing a pistol
in the air. About five minutes after
he passed a negro boy came by
the same way, drumc and flourisaing a
pistoL Word was sent to the police barracks
au.i Mounted Officer Davis came down the
street at a gallop and oaught the young
negro at the c rner of President and Jeffer
son streets. He was carried in, but was too
drunk to give his name. He seemed to be
in pursuit of the one ahead of him. The
other man was not captured.
The Court House Sidewalks.
The city oouncil discussed the width to be
allowed for the sidewalk* around the new
court house yesterday. An ordinance was
introduced providing for a flft*en-foot wide
sidewalk on the President street side, and
for the wala on the Bull street front to ex
teud to a line even with tbe sidwalk on
front of the Lutheran church. The walk*
ou the Drayton anl York street front*, the
oniinaiioi- specified, should be regulated by
existing ordinances. After some discussion
the ordinance was laid over until tae next
meeting of oouucb.
A Now Lumbar Inspector.
George M. William* was nleetwd Inspector
of lumber aud Umber by the oily council
/setwrday.
BAKING POWDER.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure*
A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest
of all In leavening strength.— U. 8. Government
Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
Local Record for the Morning Newe.
Local forecast* for Savannah and vicinity
for to-day: Partly cloudy, with showers.
Special forecast for Georgia:
Showers, variable winds, station-
try temperature, warmer.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, <4a.. Aug. 6, 1890, and the mean of the
same day for sixteen years.
Departure
Mkzs Temperatcbs from the Departure
. normal Since
for 16 years Aug. 6, '9O. -|-or Jan. 1,1890.
81 j 79 —2 - 1 - 853
Comparative rainfall statem-nt:
j Departure j
Amount for Amount j from the Departure
16 years. for normal Since
Aug. 8, "90. -|- or Jan. J, 1890.
26 20 ,06 —lO 50
Maximum temperature, 83, minimum tem
perature. 70.
The higbt of the river at Augusta at 7:33
o'clock a. in. yesterday (Augusta time) was
9.5 feet—a fall of 2.3 feet during the past
twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin for twenty-four hours
ending 6 p. rn., Auf. 6, 1890, 75th Meridian time.
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at aLI stations
DISTRICTS. Avrhagr.
If.™ Max. Min. Kain-
Horn Temp Temp fall, t
Atlanta 10 84 68 . 47
Augusta 114 88 70 .80
Charleston 6 88 70 . 00
Galveston 17 93 70 .11
Little Bock .... 13 94 70 .38
Memphis. 14 88 68 . 27
Mobile 6 88 68 12
Montgomery 5 68 68 .14
New Orleans 9 92 70 . 02
Savannah 10 83 70 .32
Vicksburg 3 91 72 .03
Wilmington 10 80 70 . 38
Summary
Means.
stations ox Max. Mm. Ram
kAvannah district. Temp Temp;falU.t
— j I —
Alapaha 90 70 . 00
Albany.. 88 70 .63
Americus
Cordele
Bainbridge. 86 72 05
Eastman 90 68 .33
Fort Gaines *. 88 70 20
Gainesville, Fla 80 70 11
Milieu 94 68 .84
Quitman
Savannah 88 70 !a0
Thomasville 90 72 32
Way cross 88 68 IJS
Summary
Means. **”*
•T Indicates trace, Tlncnes and hundredths.
C. S. Gorges, Observer Signal Corps.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla never before equaled
its present daily record of marvelous cures.
— Adv.
To Mothers.
For upward of fifty years “Mrs, Win
slow’s Soothing Syrup” has been used by
millions of mothers for their children while
teething with never-failing safety and suc
cess. It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, regulates the bowels, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy for
diarrhoea. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing
Syrup” is for sale by druggists in every
part of the world. Price 25 cents a bottle.
Adv.
Just your cut—our new novelties at cut
prices. Appel & Schaul, One Price
Clothiers.— Adv.
Among Them.
Among the gojds offered on our half
price sale on Saturday, Aug. 9, we offer 250
fine alpaca and drap d’ete and Sicilian
vests, sizes 38 to 50.
—Adv. B. H. Levy & Bro.
The band played a Scottish air, and
Appel & Schaui’s one-price system becomes
more and more popular every day.— Adv.
Warranted to wash, our exclusive patterns
in Sa teen, Madras. Silk, Linen, Worsted
and Flannel Shirts. Appel & Schaul. One
Price Clothiers. — A dv.
Pure Water.
An article in the Times of the 27th states
that some of our citizens send away for
spring water for drinking purposes. Why
should they do this when by the use of one
of Pasteur’s Germ Proof Filters the river or
artesian water can be made absolutely pure
a.id wholesome?
This is anew invention by the celebrated
French physician after whom it is called.
The water is forced through a number of
porcelain tubes, which are so arranged as to
be protected from the least danger of con
tamination, as it passes directly from the
hydrant. Physicians and others interested
are invited to inspect its workings at the
cr ckery house of James 8. Silva, where all
information will be cheerfully furnished.
— Adv.
To Fit All Sizes.
Over 200 Serge Suits, in black, brown
and gray, prices heretofore $l5; on Satur
day next for half that price.
— Adv. B. H. Levy & Bro.
The best iu-vest-ment—a white or fancy
Vest at Appel & Schaui’s, One Price
Clothiers. — Ad v.
Large Variety
Of White Marseil and Duck, as well as fancy
Pique Vest at half price on Saiarday next
August 9.
— Adv. B. H. Levy & Bro.
Got the drop on us—our prices. Appel &
Schaul.— Adv.
Just received, anew lot of those nobby
Satteen Shirts at $l. Appel & Schaul.
— Adv.
Have You Heard?
B. H. Levy & Bro. are repeating their
half price sale on Saturday, Aug. 9 .—Adv.
Weddings.
Wedding invitation* and cards printed or
engraved at the shortest notice and in the
ulest styles. We carry tt u extensive aud
well selected stock of fine papers, envelope*
and card* especially for such orders. Ham
tiles sent on application. Momnibg H,cw|
Printing Uousa, Savannah, Ua.
madden batw h. m. n.
HAVE YOU AN EYE
For the Advertisements o
If so, it proves that you have an
eye to your own interest. You may
b Jin need of a fine Piano or Organ.
If so, this is to assure you that you can
buy from us a better instrument, at as
low a price, and upon more favorable
terms, than will be offered you else
where in the United States. For twenty
years we have represented only the
greatest makers, such as CHICKERIN’O
MASON 3 HAMLIN, MATHUSHEg'
STERLING. We sell every style from
the elegant little Sterling Upright, at
$250, to the Chiekering Grand, in
specially designed case, at $2,500. Pbicej
always as low or lower than in New
York. If you think this is mere advk*.
tisi.yo it will cost you but a few mo .
ments to investigate it. We shall be
yleased to talk with you.
Special bargains this week
in thoroughly repaired
Second-hand Pianos and
Organs.
MEN HATES S. IR
DRY GOODS.
GROHAN&UOOMEB,
137 Broughton Street.
would call special attention to the follow
ing lines of poods which wo offer this week as
the season for same is fast nearing its end, aud
we have no space to pac.c them away when the
season Is over, consequently we have to get rM
of them regardless of what they cost.
LOT I.
One lot of Striped and Printed English Organ,
dies that have been selling at 25c., what there is
left of them will be sold at '2Yse
LOT 2.
One lot of fine Printed Batiste, the bulk of
which was sold at 20c. yard, will be sold this
week at 12j$c.
LOT 3.
One lot of extra fine Striped and Plaid India
Linens; we have sold quantities of them at 30c 1
we will close what is left at 10c.
LOT 4-.
One lot of Striped Lawns and Plaid Nansook*
that was sold at 8 and 10c., this coming week
they will be sold at sc. *
CHOMMOIM
FURNITURE.
FURNITURE
We are making a cut of
2 5 PER CENT.
On all Goods for
30 DAYS ONLY.
Now is the time to get a
Refrigerator
—AT COST-
Hi# i J. Hr Ci,
171 BRQUQ-HTON ST.
COAL 'AND WOOD.
COAL AND WOOD
OF ALL KINDS AND SIZES PROMPTLY
DELIVERED.
H>- Ft. Tliomas,
111 Bay St. West Broad St. Wiiarvoi.
Telephone No. 89.
COFFEE.
Minmnn n/VfTM
Ml) (Ml.
Dealers supplied with freshly roasted Coffee
choice grades at low prices, by
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
Bay and West Broad streets.
DAVIS BROS
Fearful,
Horrible,
Terrible,
Infamous,
Ourageous,
Shocking,
Dreadful*
THESE and many more objections of JjJ?
nature have been huriei by rival “ ea
throughout tue south at tue meritorious mo*
ments handled by our firm. I.ike the Rock
Gibraltar they stand high above the breas n
and grandly, ~ereaely and without an
cause a recoil whose undertow • rags such co
tie itlon to an ignominious death, made m
horrible by seeing victory crown the cause
endeavored to destroy. . ..u
Names like these are dear to every housen
ad will last forever KNAUE. COVJNM"
HARRINGTON, FaKKOW St VOTEV,
KALI., and last but not least,
DAVIS BROS.
