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Newspaper Page Text2 FARMERS NOT ORATORS. THE PRESENT SESSION GIVING NO TIME TO DEBATE. Bore© Members Think There Is a Dan gerous Laci of Conservatism—Sena tor Culver Proposes That the State Publish Books for Use in the Schools. Senator Todd's New Bill. Atlanta, Ga., liee. a.—As compared with former assemblies the present legisla ture presents some striking contrasts. One of the most notable, in the 1-enate more especially, though the remark is m a groat measure applicable alio to the House, is the nivsens© of talkers. The farmer legislature don’t dieeu-s, it acts. -As a consequence it has almost no leaders, ree guized as such, on the floor and possessing unfailing influ ence with the waverera. Conser vatiim is lacking, as some members tbemseiv. s admit, almost to a dangeroui extent. From this very fact a brief session is now. if ever, possible. Bills, no matter how startling, go through with a rush. Seldom has any one much to say before explaining them. Even when two opinions exist, which is comparatively rare, they are not prolific of long-winded speeches. The name of at least one senator might be mentioned who last year uttered more words than have all the members of the present Senate combined. PUBLICATION OF SCHOOL BOOKS. This morning another of those bold prop ositions for which the existing assembly has become famous was put forward in the Senate and accepted in a jiffy, without the slightest deliberation. Its object was the breaking up of the alleged monopoly in the publication of school books, and if practicable the assumption by the state of such publication. The resolu tion was introduced by Mr. Culver. It declared that through the instrumentality of tne pool existing among school book publishers a monopoly had been created ana prices advanced several hundred per cent., thus burdening the entire public and placing the purchase of text books beyond the reach of the poor; that the constitution of this state authorized the breaking up of monop olies, and that the policy of one or more other states had been to publish their own school books. Therefore, retohed. That the state school commisioners.if possible system or plan for furnishing books al great !y reduced rates, and Inquire Into the feasibility of the state publishing school books, and report to the adjourned session of the legislature, provided one is held, otherwise to the next general as sembly. A PROVOKING EXPERIENCE. It was scarcely necessary for the one senator who advooated the resolution with words to relate the provoking experience of his county school board with book agents, to secure the immediate adoption of a meas ure which the conservative Senate of last year would have fought, slept and prayed over. That the resolution will slip as easily through the House cannot with safety be asserted, but that the language in which it is drafted, full as it is of such expressions as “pools,” "mo nopolies,” "high prices,” "schools” and “poor people,” will commend it to a body, many members of whioh think and dream of nothing else, can’t for an instant be donbbed. DISHONEST CONTRACTORS. Senator Todd again came to the fore this morning with a bill to prevent dishonest Contractors from running off with the pay of laborers aud furnishers of building ma terial. It provides that such material, when neither paid for nor worked into the houses for which it may have been ordered, shall be legally removed by the furnisher from the premises in case the contractor jumps his contract and the owner of the buildings does not pay for it; that in scch cases laborers, mechanics and sub-contractors shall also have the right to enforce their claims, aud failure on their part to complete their contracts when thus abandoned shall be no bar to recovery. It is declared a misdemeanor for con tractors to purchase on wedit material for one building and a PP‘T it to the erecticu of another without the written consent of the seller. The bill also requires contractors to furnish accounts to the owner by whom they are employed, the latter to be kept opan for inspection by tho former's hands. There is a good deal of this bill. Mr. Todd has a way of crowd ing the cemetery where young laws are buried. A HOLE IN HIS STOMACH. When He Drank Whisky it Escaped Through It. Atlanta, lie, Dec. S. — An astonishing case of vitality was reported in the superior court to-day where the trial of Uus Britt for stabbing 11 ill, Ab and Nick Hansom has been in progress. Will Hansoui was cut to deep in the stomach that whisky given him by the doctor was no sooner swallowed ttian it escaped through the wound. The doctor did not even take the trouble to sew up the gash, his patient’s case appeared so hopeless. Yet to-day he is alive and well. Medical men say there is but one such case on record. Another of the Ransom brethers was also cut so terri bly in the same row that his recovery was regarded as miraculous. INSURANCE! POOLS. The House Finance Committee Hears the Agents. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8, — The finance committee spent the entire afternoon listen ing to arguments pro and eon on the bill to break up pooling of rates by insurance companies, which was introduced by Air. W hitfield. Conspicuous in opposing it was Maj. Livingston Mims. Messrs. Knowles Dean Bud Denny from Rome favored the’ bill. Insurance men from every part of the state were here opposing the bill. Wednes day has been set as the time for disposing of it. LIKE EAST POINT S OUTRAGE. The Cobb County Flogging Charged to Atlanta Men. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8, —The reported double murder in Cobb county is denied. It is said the negroes were mobbed by white men from this city and one of them whipped but not killed. The trnth ha., been hard to get at. but the affair now looks more like a second Hast Point riot outrage than a mur der. West Jones, the negro who was flogged, in reported to be not only alive, but threatening prosecutions. Columbus' Electric Railroad. Atlanta, Gv 1( Dec. 8. -—The railroad committee of the House had under con sideraliou to-dav the'Bill incorporating the Highland Electric Railway Compauy of Columbus. It was opposed by the Colum bus Horse Car Company, us the lines are to run parallel for three l,lock. Messrs. Gar rard, Hatcher and Flournoy of Columbus, and Mr. Meldnut of Favunuab, argued against the new charier. Messrs. McNeill and Wimbish favored it. After three hours of ergument and consideration tie now charter secured thi- vote of the committee, and will bo fa vorably reported to-morrow. Regulation of Rates. Atlanta, Ga., D. c. B.—The general ju diciary committee bad a busy afternoon Mr. Atkinson’s bill giving the state railroad coininUtdaLeis power to regulate the charges of express, telegraph ami deeping car companies was cojuddered aud iu oppo nents secured a postponement until Friday. A Car Coupler Mangled. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. B.—Charlie Floyd, negro car o iiplrr for the < ieorgia Pacific ■ailowd, wn crush to death to-day. It u helieved his fo'it tuts caugut tu the guard rail lit* body was horribly maup-lal A AiU ABOUf AUGUSTA. Visiting Lumbermen Back from Pasteur Institute-Mrs. King's Fun eral. Augusta, Ua., Dec. 8-AugJs-a was visited to-day by a delegations of leading lumber manufacturers and buyers. They nave just visited Florida and Southwest Georgia, and arrived on a private car from Savannah. They represent the largest long ieaf yellow pine interest in the world, and an annual cut of 4!)0,00o,(X>J feet of lumber. They sav thev are cot iu the reported lumber trust and tho object of the tour is to show the northern lumber buyers who are in the party the pine forests aud the practical manufacturing of the lumber. They left on the Central road for mills in Emanuel county an I elsewhere in that section. They were greatly pleased with Augusta and her big lumber and cotton factories. BA< K 1 BOM PASTEUR INSTITUTE. J. G. K. Fonder, who was badly bitten I by a mad dog at his home near Stellaville j three weeks ago, and went on to New York i for the Pasteur treatment, returned to-Jav. j He was in a serious frame of mind when i he reached New York and feels assured that ihe would soon have died with hydrophobia if he had not gotten there. Dr. Gibier regarded his as oae of the most serious ea-es he has treated. Mr. Ponder has lost a great deal of flesh, and shows the great nervous excitement under which he has been, but returns assured of his cure, and is going home in excellent spirits. MRS, KTNO’S FUNERAL. Mrs. John P. King will be buried on Thursday. Her remains arrived in New York to-day from Havre, accompanied by dpt sou, H. B. King. Mrs. King died m France while on a visit to her daughter, the Marchioness of Anglesey. She was the wife of John P. King, for many years the president of the Georgia railroad, and at the time of his death last year the oldest living ex-senator of the United States. FORSYTHE'S ASSASSINATION, The Trial of the Alleged Conspirators Begun at Macon. Macon, Ga., Dec. 8. — The trial of the case for alleged conspiracy in the murder of J. C. Forsythe, manager of the Dodge estate at Normandale, in October last, by Luther A, Hall, Wright Lsnoasfer aud four other citizens of Dodge and Telfair counties, was begun in the United State* court here to-day. Lemm Kerch,one of the conspirators, pleaded guilty to the charge, as had been expected. The day was spent in a lengthy fight between counsel on the question of severing the case of Charles Clements from that of the other defendants, and when the court adjourned the prisoners had not bean arraigned. Sensational developments are expected in the trial. INDIANS SHOW FIGHT. Cowboys Have a Narrow Escape from Being Killed. Chicago, Dec. B. —Gon. Miles this morn ing received a letter from Buffalo Gap, •South Dakota, under date of Dec. 6, which says; "Yesterday afternoon a party of fifteen Sioux, at the entrance to the Bad I Amis, endeavored to cut off aud capture three cowboys. Ranchmen in the vicinity of the Bad Lands are sending their women and children into this town. There are no rifles or ammunition, and none has been received here, although application has been made for them in order that the settlers may arm themselves.” Shorty after this letter was received a telegram came from the same place, dated to-day saying: “Ranchmen and Indians had a slight skirmish. The situation is becoming serious, for the settlers are un armed. Can you supply fifty good rifles and ummuultion so that the settlers can defeud themselves;' Gen. Miles will leave for the sceno of the Indian trouble to-mor row. DISCUSSED IS THY SENATE. Washington, Dee. 8. —The Indian ques tion agaiu came up in the Senate to-day iu discussion upon the joint resolution hereto fore introduced by Mr. Morgan appropriat ing *5,000 for an investigation of the Sioux outbreak. It was participated iu bv Messrs. Fierce, Voorhees and Paddock, the latter indulging in some criticisms upon the ‘‘military cnieitains,’ who atjevery cross roads they stop at send for newspaper men to interview them. In this way a great many foolish things were said, and t hors had beeu a great deal of absurd exaggera tion in connection with the whole business. Mr. Hawley favored Mr. Morgan's joint resolution and said tbat one cause of the disturbance was the opposition of some of the Sioux to the settlement made by tue Sioux commission two years ago. The government, he said, had tried to do Us duty generally by these people. Mr. Morgan’s joiut resolution was re ferred to the committee on imliau affairs. Beecham’s Pills act like magic on a weak stomach. —.-tar. ASSETS OF THE ALLENS. The Firm Can Pay Dollar for Dollar if Given an Extension. Memphis, Tknn,, Dec, 8, —A committee consisting of t welve of the most prominent business men of Memphis, including five hank presidents and two cashiers of hanks, have made an investigation of the financial condition of the firm of Thomas H. Alien & Cos., which recently assigned. Its liabil ities are $084,090. The assets, after a reduc tion of all questions in the ac counts and placing a very conserva tive estimate on the valuation of the firm's realty, are $1,319,459, uivideil as follows: Good bills receivable $599,318, .good open accounts $300,000, real estate $539,801, securities $70,280. The firm proposes to pay in four installment of six, twelve, eighteen and t weuty-four months each with interest at (i per cent. The committee say the fir u will, it they are permitted to take charge of their assets, properly apply them to meet the install ments punctually, aud theyd.) not hesitate to recommend that plau of settlement. SNOW BEGINS TO FLY, Virginia Decked in White and the Air Very Cold. Hakhuonburo, Ya„ Dec. 8. —A terrible storm set iu here last night. Snow aud iiuii full, and a snow storm ragoi fiercsly. The wt-ather is intensely cold. SNOW AT DANVILLE. Danville, \ a., l)sc. B.—Tiie first snow of tke season fell here this morning a .and the storm extended through lieurv out Patrick counties. The strange part of it is that there was a lively thunder storm last night just before the suotv began to full. The weather Is still cold and threatening. Telfair Sttporior Court. Helena, Ga., Dec. 8. --(Jaile a number of persons were indicted las; week during the sessiou of the Telfair superior e urt for seiiin.; cigarettes to mite rs Fred logger, was fined sls and costs fur carrying concealed weapons. lieieua bank will he opened in a few davs. Washington McLsac Dead. Washington, Dec. B.—Washington Me- Lean, formerly proprietor .f the Cincic na'i Kw/uirer ami father if John it. McLean, win now owns Ida: paper, died m Washington t '-night, aged 74. Ifo ha beeu mliug for u year or more. If you are ell run <Pv.i i lagged out. take ehninuu* Lier ton! lie spry. Ah. important to traveling Public. New livctwtt Uoiet now <i en Largest. >n equipped, and nio-t pojiular hotel iu Jat'kaea vitle. Rooms ee suite with hA'L'-. K*o>s. $1 per day and upward, \p-l. n a Bi*>r Fropi. UU , -Ad. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1890. GEORGIA’S LOWER HOESK ! ADJOURNMENT WON'T S'" EAR?TIER THAN THE 20 :H. ; The Appropriation Bill to be Taken Lp to-morrow A Summer Session Inevitable - The General Tax Act Under Consideration Dealers in Futures Knocked Out--Tlie Lunatic Asylum. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. B.—“ When will we adjourn:'' is the question canvassed among the members. Mr. Calvin offered a resolu tion to-day that the present session be ex teu>led till certain measures now before the legislature demanding consideration and action are disposal of, and the resolution was referred to the committee on adjourn mar.t. It will be impossible for the legisla ture to adjourn till Dee. 2u at the earliest. The appropriation bill will be taken up Wednesday aud will, if discussion does not prevent, go to the Senate Thursday. Then the committee will have, a- a ma'ter of history, some changes to suggest, and the House may not, when the bill comes back, accept these, and a joint committee of con ference may be necessary as in past years. A SUMMER SESSION. That there is to be a summer session is conceded, for the Western aud Atlantic lease matter has been neglected, and the convict camps are yet to be visited. Mr. Calvin also offered a resolution that a committee of five from the Senate aud ten from the House be appointed to attend the commencement of the university, as in the past seasons. The general tax act, the special order for this morning, was then taken up. The first section, that prescribing an ad valorem tax, was passed over, as its adjustment is de pendent on the action on the appropriation bill, which will be considered by the House VV ednesday, though it was heard aud re ported on by the committee of the whole to-day. COST OF SELLING FIREARMS. The first feature to call forth amendment was that fixing the tax for dealers ii fire arms. Mr. Chappell wanted a prohibitive tax, as the turpentine hands in Southwest Georgia were a menace to life, through ease with which they secured weapouA The tax was increased from $25 to SSO. Mr. Gilbert had an amendment attached taxing dealers in bovrie knives and dirks SIOO, and Mr. Berner another amendment, imposing a similar tax on dealers iu long range magazine rifles, or rifles equipped with sights. The general tax on whisky dealers passed without comment for the first time in the memory of the old-timers, it having been in the past a prolific source for suggestions to debaters. THE TAX RATB. The general tax bill shows that the rate for 1891 —’9il will be lower as against the past two fiscal years. The rate for 1891 will be, at the closest approximation possible, 3 2-3 milk agaiust 4 3-10 mills in 1889, aud in 1892 it will oe 3 5-6 mills against 8 4-10 mills in in the year just ending. FUTURES KNOCKED OUT. Futures receive a black eye. A tax of SIO,OOO precludes the existence of any bucket-snot in Georgia, and tee recent de cision in a case from the Augusta circuit before the supreme court, where Alexander, the defendant, was lined for receiving an order to buy future cotton as agent, and was held amenable to the law, will check agency operations. Cotton and all other future dealings are in this pro hibitive clause. HARD ON THE CIRCUSES. Circuses will be asked to yield larger re turns to the state aud county coffers. The tax is now (50, where it was $25 and pro rated accordingly to S3O. The state tax is now S3OO per day, where it was S2OO. Old soldiers may conduct games of chance, peddle, and eugage in several other Mjeoified vocations, free of state or county license. Cold storage concerns for importations of western dressed meats and their agents must pay SSOO for each county where busi ness is conducted. Tne farmers felt that home raised meats and beef suffered in competition. TO HELP COLLECTIONS. Controller General Wright has had much trouble m getting business taxes from insurance agents and in reaching rail roads and sewing machine venders. The present bills verbiage is changed with a view of closing iu on these. A joint session of the House and Senate elected Hon John R. Slater solicitor of the Southern circuit, vice Daniel Rountree, re signed. There was no opposition. l’he penitentiary committee, composed of about thirty members, left for the Dade coal mines to-night to inspect the convict camp. • A couple of bills were passed at the morn ing session. Mr. Ryais offered a joint resolution pro viding for the appointment of a committee of two from the House and two from Jbe Senate to cooler with the governor with the idea of having the state appropriately represented at the world's fair. THE NIGHT SESSION. To-night’s session was not marked bv en thusiasm. Those members present, about ninety iri number, put iu an hour and a half writing letters while local bills for third reading were being passed. The report of the .joint committee on the lunatic asylum indicates pre<sure there for room and intimates an early demand for enlarged facilities. The appropriation asked for is #130,0u0. Mr. Ryais offered a bill incorporating the Milieu and Southern Railroad Company. BILLS PASSED. The bill was passed amending the c'.after of the City and Suburban railroad of Savannah. Among other bills passed were the follow ing: A registration law for Laurens county. to charter the Bank of Oglethorpe, iu .Macon county, the Farmers aud Merchants’ Bank of Quitman and the Continental Bauking Company of Macon. A resolution offered bv Mr. Huff pro vides that a committee of two from the Neuate and three from the House shall visit the t xecutive mansion and look after its appointment and furnishing. There is little possibility of a session to morrow nigbt, as the report that Gen. Gor don will be initiated as a member of the alliance wid make the occasion a popular one lor alliance members of the House, and Hon. Uaz. Hartridge’s lecture at the armory on “The Alliance” will further re duce the attendance. Killed by Morpialnc. Jacksonville, I'i.a.. Dec. 8. -John Ker uaiL a prominent contractor, died this morning tit 4 o’clock from an overdose of morphine. He was just recovering from the effects of a spree, and, being nervous and unable to sleep, Im took up a bottle of morphine ard Rwailow-od over six grains, lie was a native if Philadelphia, but tad been a resident of Jacksonville for many years. Ho leaves a wife and four children. Death of a Charlestonian. Charleston, 8. C., Dec. -P, H Guilw nuc. a prominent in,/ n of charleston, and u vestryman of bit. Mary’s Catholic church, died t edav, aged 07 years. Him funeral will take place to-morrow. fell Load tu Hit Pulpit. Yew lli-.i nv.vk k, N. J., Dec. s.— llv. Paschal btroug, age 1 55 years, ol tiie Last Milestone Reformed church. - stricken with i*. liiytis in tne pulju las: evening and fell deed. Htevadores Resumo Work. lelvi)■ l \, Ji#.\ 8 —The striking steve dores. employed by the New /,eilan 1 riu-miu Uip C. ui(W!iy and tiio British India Kteani ►titp ('mupenv, taj" c i w "rk si th* Advert dock l o - Sm ) NATIONAL BOARD OF TBADK. Seventy five Delegates at the Session ' "'at New Orleans. ' N::w Orleans, Dec. B.—Toe national | board of trade met this afternoon in the St. j Charles hotel. Then were about seventy five gentlemen pre-ent, representing the boards of trade of Boston, Cincinnati, buffalo, Indianapolis. M‘"waukee, New ; Orleans, Philadelphia, Portland. Ore., i RochesterSt, Lo u ia, Scranton, Trenton and New York. In the absence of the presi -1 deut, A. If. Miller of this city presided over I the meeting. Mayor Suakespeare welcomed I the delegates. A School Burned. * Wesson, Miss., Dec. 8.-The Wesson public school building was burned this afternoon. The loss is $27,000, and the insurance SIO,OOO. The fire was caused bv a defective flue. A Millionaire's Will. New Y cat:, Dec. 8. —'L'be will of Daniel B. Fayerweather, the millionaire leather dealer, which was tiled to-day, (rive* $2,- 100,000 to different colleges and $95,000 to a hospital. The testator died Nov. 15, 1890. A Bomb Thrown in Valencia. \ AI.ENCIA, Dec. 8. —A bomb was thrown last nigbt at the residence of the archbishop of the diocese aud exploded under one of the window*. Mnch damage was done to the building. Wallace Gets off Easy. Albany, Ga., Dec. B.—W. L. Wallace, who shot Ins wife last Friday night, was tried on a writ of lunacy to-day. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. An Anarchist Sentenced. Paris, Dec. 8. —The manager of the auarchist paper Pure Peinard has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for inciting to arson. MADE HER OWN SHROUD. A Woman, After Preparing a Burial Garment, Dies by Poison. Prom the Philadelphia Press. New London, Conn., Dec. 4. —In the little country hamlet of Niantic, in Lyme, a few mile* west of this city, Mrs. Wilcox, a widow-of the late Charles Wilcox, killed herself Tuesday by taking aconite. Mrs. Wilcox was an odd woman. She dwelt in the upper half of H. I. Smith’s house, and appeared to be very cheerful. Tuesday af ternoon the Smith family heard groans, ascended to her rooms, and found Mrs. Wil cox on the floor dying of poison. For several weeks the womau had been very busy with her needle. She was mak ing a beautiful white dress for herself, and she added to it a fine collar and cuffs, and seemed to be very proud of her creation. Evidenly Mrs. Wilcox was about to make a great social impres ion by wearing her dress among her neighbors, but none of them knew just when she proposed to ap pear in it. They know now. Mrs. Wilcox had boon making the beuutiful white dress for her shroud, and that idea was what she had been singing about as she toiled. She left written directions saying that she must be laid in her coffin in the white dress, and tho person that laid her out would not forget to add the snowy collar and cuffs to the rest of her attire. The reason she killed herself is found in a letter written jast before she cook poison, to Mist Lizzie Sheldon, New Haven. In it she said that “a voice told her that within a year she would bo an inmate of an insane asylum. To avoid that fate see decided to die.” CAUGHT ON A TRKSTLS. Terrible Situation of a Father and Three Children. From the PiMatlelphta Prest. Monroe, Mien., Dec. 7.—One of Farmer Kreigor’s little girls was ground to pieces by a Hying passenger train last night. Tho father and his three little ones were cross ing Otter Creek upon the open trestle bridge of the Lake Shore rood. The distance from end to end is considerable, as the banks of the little stream are high aud some distance apart. When about in the center of the bridge the father was horrified to see a train ap proaching. it was impossible to get off the Bridge. The father looked for ft place to shield his children, and tne engineer whis tled loud and often. He made the little one- stand upon the edge of the ties, but saw that even then the projecting steps of the car would hurl them flying into the water and probably to instant death. Just ns the engine was about to strike the two smallest ones ho seized them and jumped into the river, shouting to the third to follow, .-tiie was a girl of 12 years aud stood for an instant ready to leap, aud! hen, fearing to make the plunge, turned aud ran toward the opposite eh re. She had gone only a few steps when the train struck her, and she was ground to pieces under the wheels. The father, after a struggle iu the icy water and mud, reached shore with the smaller children. A MAGNETIC LITTLE LADY Who Sways Strong Men by the Ap plication of Her Hand. Pittsblko. Dec. 7.—A slight and pretty woman waltzing a tiOO-pound man iu a chair for the edification of a uuinher of physicians was tho peculiar sight presented at a local museum ye terday afternoon. The lady i was Mi.,3 Mattie Lee Price, who possesses a mysterious power winch has never been fuiiy identified. She can sway halt a dozen stalwart men by the simole application cf a pretty p nk palm, aud if her power over the hearts of her victims is as weil devel oped as her control over their muscles she is indeed a wonder. Dr. Flowers, " no took a great interest in the tests, declared it as Lis opinion t hat the power was the result of nn unusual develop ment of animal magnetism. DI£D TO saVB A train. A Heroic Carpenter Loses His Life to ■ Prevent a Railroad Accident. Berlin, Dec. 7.—The express train be- j tween Hamburg and Berlin was saved by the heroism <fa carpenter named Bcholz, who gave h life in order to prevent the wreck. As the train was entering the sta tion at Sp :u(lau Scholz u%ni iron bar lying acro-s the rails widen would un doubtedly throw the engine off the line. He j uni nod forward and managod to tear it away uln: .sf from under the very wheels of the locm'dive, but in doing this he was .- truck, thrown forward and his head severed from his body. CHAMPION COHV-HPSKER3. An Even U.ace Betwosn lowa Claim ants for the Honor and a Purse. Avo la., Dec. 7,--A big coru-buskiug | match to, k place here in which all Western lowa was interested. Al Johnson aud Will , McConnell, who for two years have claimed tiie championship of lowa, were the cou testautq \ ftel I of corn averaging forty bushels t . the aete wa chosen, euJ lar'ii I chaupi ui work I t*n hour*. A big crowd I of friend" watched the race, ami cheered 1 tbc.r respective favorites on. Tne result i wiisthat i" -h eontfstanthuskt'd uml cribbed I I4'i tiish'L of corn almost to tho even I pound. Ti i contest ni for sll/1 a ..tile, uml i award'*: to Johns >n, hi* corn being I cleaner of hu>ir. !( I* kt-urJ 10 s'lttrr from tty.pep ho Hheu , nimmtue biter Regulator will -lire you. -Jr/. •'ll a next riur<4* thing,’ said kiultfi ers ‘ ho. I oex rse( to 1 in I but pae-e wttleeit It bet* be a very di ssi ••,!*• persou mud- ” Aud t iiittti mi -* e derwi wire hi- ft .Met* l*,gh cl *e tufci <tt*iy MU”U ‘no l oth Pirn, MOBILE'S DEVELOPMENT. i Nashville Capitalist© Looking into its Possibilities Mobile, Ala., Dec. 8. —An excursion of ! Nashville (Teen.) capitalist* under the auspices of the Southern Laud Investment Company of Kansas City, has spent several day* investigating Mobile's progress and prmpect*. They are investigating with a belief that the resource* of this country. ! made available by the expenditure of the iate cougreos.oaal appropriation for open- I ing and improving the river system which traverse* the mineral regions of Alabama and is tributary to Mobile, must wove a sure guarantee of the commercial and industrial development of Mobile, which is the only seaport in Alabama. Powderly at Jacksonville. Jacksonville, Fiji., Dec. S.— General Master Powderly of the Knights of Labor spoke in Park Orera house to-night. SYRUP OF FIGS. GIVIS EXJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant aud refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches aud fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the | only remedy of its kind ever pro-' Jduced, pleasing to the taste and ae-| jceptable to the stomach, prompt ini its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most' healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known, * Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. f CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCfSCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, r.Y. LEW YORK, j V.r- COTTON FACTORS. John Pla.nnery. John L. Johnson. JOHN FLANNERY & CO.. Cotton Factors, SAVANNAH, GA. Bagging and Iron ties furnished at lowest market ratas. Prompt attention given to ail business entrusted to ns. I.1 1 w-rai cash advances made on consignments of cotton. sVS( XAXj NOTICES. FOR comi TRBAWRVR. The friends of Col.. CHARLES 11. OLM STEAL* announce him as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, and ask in his be half the votes and support of their fellow citi zens at the election WEDNESDAY, January T. IN9I. 13t\ PER POI'MI. FINE DRESSED TURKEYS. 35c Per Bunch, WHITE PLUME CELERY. NEW ITALIAN CHESTNUTS, 3 pound* 35c. Order early. JNO. J. IJEILY, Telephone 103. 3(1 Whitaker street. ‘Ten hundred and one” other tine specialties. NOTICE. All hills against the British steamship WASHINGTON CITY must be presented at our office by 13 o'clock soon THIS DAY or pay merit will be debarred. WILDER CO.. Agents. NOTICE. Neither the master nor the agents of the Brit ish steamship M.A.NIN will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew. WILDER A CO.. Agents. B VEER WHISKY. I have been appointed by E. Walters St Cos. of Baltimore, Md., as agent, for their celebrated BAKER WHISKY. Parties wishing it can be supplied from store. I lift and I <><> Bryan street, or from E. WALTERS A CO., Baltimore, Md. r. H. WARD, Successor to W. M. Davidson. AUCTIONEERS' SALE STABLE*. West Broad and Charlton streets. TUESDAY, Dec. V. regular -ales of Horses. Mules, Cows, Buggies, Gigs. Carts, Wagons, Harness. DOVT BIS “DEAD BROKE." “L ncle Adarn" wi.l lend you Money on auy • personal” propeity at lowest rate of interest for one, two or three months. Open from t * M. to Op. a.; Saturday* to 11 r. w. NFAY YORK LOAN OFFICE, 20 Jefferson street, corner Congress Street Lane. ADAM STRAUSS. Manager. ‘•PEACH II LOSsO’.I,” A DELICATE, DELIGHTFUL, YET LASTING <>DO!t. THE PKKFECT RESULT OK CONSTANT STUDY. Our store will be perfumed everr afternoon with it. Made and sold only at BUTLER'S PHARMACY, Corner Hull and Lon*rose stree'v PRIED Si HU H*. THE ONLY LADIES RESTAURANT IN THE SOUTH. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT ! I'IIK * I NEST oYBTF.It COOK INOFoROIA. i FRIED A lIICKS, *, II **l 111 Martel MEETINGS. AVI fr.Vi LAASMARK LODGE XO. SXJ? K. *. A ,M The annual meeting of this lodge will be held at Mason.c Teturle THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8 o’clock. Members are requested to come prefiared to pay tuea. Members nt other lodge* are invited to attend w 8. ROCKWELL, W. M. Jno. S. Hii't*. Secretary. YBMAnsEE TRIBE i\o7 tt:, 77 O~hTT A regular meeting will be held THIS (Tues day.! EVENING at 8 o'clock at Knights of Pytnia* Hall, corner Uaruard and York streets A full aiteu lance is requested. Members of other tribes and visiting brothers are cordially invited to attend. 11. C. BOLTON, Sachem. J. C. Bsrxhxudt. Chief of Record*. CHATHAM ASSEMBLY AO. 136. ROYAL SOCIETY OF GOOD FELLOWS. Regular meeting of Chatham Assembly No. 136. Royal Society Good Fellows, will be held THIS (Tuesdayi EVENING at 8 o'clock in new Oda Fellows' hall, fourth floor. Initiation and anm.ai election of officers. A full attendance earnestly requested. . G. G. WILSON, Ruler. _J no. Hexdehso.n. Secretary. CATtIOI.K LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. A regular monthly meeting of the arsocia tion will be held THIS (Tuesday) EVENING at 8:15 o’clock. P. F. GLEASON. J. M. Thomas. President. Recording Secretary. SOUTHER N .MUTUAL LOAN ASSO (TATIO.Y The fifty-third regular monthly meeting of series B will be held THIS AFTERNOON at 4 o clock p. m. at the office of Win HARDEN court house. JI. J. SOLOMONS, President, ’ ” M. D. Hards?., Secretary. THE sOI Tlllll KH LAND AND IMPROVE MENT COMPANY. The sixth (fith) regular monthly meeting of the stockholders and board of directors of this company will be held at the office of the presi dent. 118 Bryan street, THIS TUESDAY at 4 o clock. J. L WHATLEY, President. ■ ■ G. W ooiifin, Secretary. MEETING OP STOCKHOLDERS. Cxxthai. Railroad and Ban-kino Cos. of Ga. i Savannah, Ua., Dec. 3,1890. ( The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company will take place at the Banking House, in Savannah, on TUESDAY, Dec 38, at 10 o’clock a. m. Stockholders and their families wiU be passed free over the company's road to the meeting from the 20th to the 23d, inclusive, and will be passed free returning from the 23d to the 27th. inclusive, upon presentation of their stock certificates to the conductors. T. M. CUNNINGHAM, Cashier. SPECIAL NOTICES, On and after Feb. 1, 1890, the batU of msaj- Urement of all advertitina in the Monittm Nws mU be agate, or at the rate of $1 40 an inch for the first insertion. NOTH E TO RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. We are ready to let, immediately, forty miles of grading, consisting of team and station work, on line of Macon and Atlantic railroad, close to Savannah. Work will be let in sections suita ble to size of outfits. Good work, good prices, and material first-class. For full particulars apply to or address J. McTIGHE A CO., R. R. Contraotors, Guyton, Ga., 30 miles from __Savannab, on Central R. R. INSURANCE AGENCY' Jas. T. Stewart A Son, Agents. Jas. G. Yoxot, Manager. London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Com pany of Liverpool and New York Underwriters Agency of New York. OFFICE: No. 90 Bay Street. ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS. Central Railroad and Bane ing Cos. of Ga. ) Savannah. Ga., Dec. 3, 1890. f An election for thirteen directors to manage the affairs of this company for the ensuing year will he he’d at the Banking House In Su vaunali, MONDAY, the sth of January, 1331, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m , and 2 o'clock p. M. Stockholders and their families will be passed free over the company's road to attend the election, from the 3rd to the sth of January, inclusive, and be passed free return ing, from the sth to the 7th of January, inclu sive, on presentation of their stock certificates to the conductors. T. M.CUNNINGHAM,Cashier. NOTICE [s hereby given that application will be made to Che General Assembly to amend ‘An Act to Organize and Incorporate a Regiment of Cav alry” by striking out the word •’First” aud insert iug the w ord ’'Fifth.” E. C. PACETTI, PRACTICAL WORKMAN. TIN ROOFING. GUTTERS AND LEADERS, REPAIRING TIN ROOFS, Ere., Etc. Galvanized Cornices and Window Cap* a specialty. Agent for Corf right .Metal P.oofing Shingles. < 'orner Jefferson and State Street*. PLUG HORSES AND MULES Must and will be sold at public outcry TUES DAY. Dec. 3, AUCTIONEERS’ SALE STABLES, West Broad and Charlton streets- K O \V L I NS H I , I’BARJtACIST. Prescriptions. Ships' Medicine Chests filled and labeled in French, German, Swedish, Nor wegian or Danish. Broughton and Drayton Street*. Telephone 465. DR. T. P. ROBERSON, DENTIST. ODD FELLOWS BUILDING Corner Barnard and State Street*. DON’T GltE UP IN DESPAIR. Dyspeptics, you will find a reliable remedy in DR. ULMER’S LIVER CORRECTOR. It i* a faultless vegetable preparation, and indorsed by prominent medical men. Silver medal and diploma awarded over com petitors. Prepared by B. K. ULMER. M. D„ Pharmacist, Savannah, Ga. Price. $1 per bottle. Sold by all druggists. HOW IS THIS FOR t'l T PRIC Es THIS WEEK AT HEIDT S? An 1 why not secure your Christmas Candv, as delay is your loss? Four days, if not sold sooner: 28t£c pound Marshmallow Drops TODAY. lJ' lic. 19Hic and 24kso pound Chocolate Creams, one naif usually sold for. 14Vac pound Pure Mixed Candy, three assort ments; nut refuse, broken or stole. Sltjc pound .Special, or 53c Beautiful Package. Seen Htidt’a pretty <'bristmas good*? Makes a specialty of Perfumery. Cut Glass Bottles, Toot baud lla.c Bru: ua, Wnisk Holders and Christmas novelties at low prices. SATURDAY, sample Cologne and < 'ard. t-PKfl \L NOTICE. N ilher th- rap’ain nor consignee* of the Norwegian hark AURORA, Carl Baize, master, will be rm-iousible tor aoy deb's contracted by by the ciew of said vessel. HOLST A CO., Consign©** NOTICE. Neu. r the master nor consignee* of the llrilM 1 MiamhtpORPINGTON, M alia s-. mas (er. will he rMporwibSe for aoy d*bts contracted by crew 0! stol •*! A MI N IS' BONN, Con • (goo** ANTTSENTENT*. SAVANNAH Monday Z . nwst successful ' u * __ of the age. ao ° BL - UE I .J3EARD, - fMry. ’ -'-to* Eaecffiatm'^l^of 1 ' f * extra. Seats on Sale at r*" 1 Next attraction. Little SAVANNAH THEATER two NIGHTS, WEdSSSay TiU’Rsruv -nsaaß&’ssrsS OF THESE VOX ”* LITTLE wnj.atm AiDfrieaa Japanese Come Opera Sqcwi Under the personal management of the author Illustrated by Msgn'tioen’ , a t or byGorgeous \\ ardrebes by a IT‘, CAst, permeated by Fun and Ia T-Siw by tbeir Own Orchestra ilii f®nd-*red ant Electric eK ** l b L *!” and 25c ; Reserved seats 2Vs“. * ' sale MONDAY. Dec. 8, at Butter * ' , ° a traction ' Shenandoah.” a ’" HOUSE FURNISHING GOOD* CHRISTMAS Examine our RICH display of Imported ART WARES FINE CUT GLASS. BISQUE DOLLS. bric-a-brac. CHINA, BRONZES, ETC Handsomest Exhibit in Sa vannah, and PRICES THE LOWEST. IW Hfc’awr—ip ROYAL MANHATTAN AND OTHELLO BUCK’S BRILLIANT STOVES. FURNACES, HEATERS, ETC., ETC. GRATES. MANTELS. TILING, GAS FIXTURES. Barnard and Broughton Lana. Successor to J. A. Douglass &. Cos )S, DOUGLASS. STOVES* WOOD MANTELS* SLATE MANTELS. TIL INGE, GRATES, GRATE REPAIRS, HOT AIR FURNACES, FIREPLACE HEATERS, NORTON k HARLEY, York* President ami W BANKS. 1 JJUNTEB, Wider- SAVANNAH BANK 4 TRb® Savings Dep’t ALLOWS JO Deposits of Si and Upward Rswwi Interest on Deposits Payable QuarWU OIBKUTOBa Jokph D. Winn, of J- U. 4Vee Jotoi C. Kowi.iMO. (J*.pitalis ] c. A. ‘-txrrzit. Exohangp audlnsuranov Jonn L. Hakdu*. i apltalist. HjiStgnor K. G. EawiN. of Ohlsno.m. y.rmu &aaon Edwaiid KAlto* of htrausisi t IhaaoG. Haas. Gener* l Broke.. WJTt M. Y. MAPIHTWt. of M. 4 . A D-d- John Lyons, of John .-vons £ & o Waltkh Coney, of Paterson, Down' li (■ Hrnv- | Lumber. ... __ Pit INTI NU A.N D HOG K-Di > Ol . 1890 FALL an lip IBSI PRINTING ANO BINDING. BLANK BOOKS. Establishment tally l F*^* necessary TOOLh anu V A” ~a r u\i*ek3*ikl matblu y 1; k i „■* tent Workmen. -■.! * tion for Good Wo k. Ait 5 ,4. tiers solicited. ElUn*t*r_n> 9:j;, BAY STREET' GEO. N NICHOLS.