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TO MOVE THE POSTOFFICE
INSPECTOR S 'ODDARD FAVORS
THE WHITFIELD BUILDING.
▲ Recommendation for a Change
Likel 7 to be Made to the Postofflee
Department Business Men Think
the Move Will be a Good One-The
Present Pest office Quarters Wholly
Inadequate.
Inspector Stoddard of the postoffice de
partment has been spending a day or two
in the city looking into the matter of
changiac the p-atoffice from the present
site on Bey street to the Whitfield building.
In company with Postmaster Doyle, In
spector Stoddard visited the leading busi
i.eas men to gat their views on the subject.
The majority favored a change to fce
Whitfield building, and few of those who
opposed it gave anything but personal
reasons.
The inspector himself considers the pres
ent quarters entirely too c amped and un
destiat le. and it is probable that he will
immediately report to tt-e department in
favor of accepting the Whitfield until the
r.ew government building is completed.
Be does not anticipate this for at least
three vents.
Inspector Stoddard, in leaving the pcst
office by the back way night before last,
missed bis footing on the narrow stairway
and fell down tba cellar steps. He was not
injured, and when be arose and brushed
himself ff he said he felt satisfied then that
he wou'd not favor a continuance in the pres
ent quarters, and hum rouslyadded: "The
postofflee department wants to give the
people of Savannah an office where they
will not have to climb up to get in and fail
down to get out.”
A party standing near by suggested that
the office bo removed to tba ce.lar of the
present building. Inspector Stoddard re
plied :
“I understand that when business was
carried on there before people were almost
compelled to swim to the boxes on rainy
days to get their mail.”
It is highly probable that the inspector’s
report w ill be adopted by the postofflee
department, and that Savannah will have
at an early day a postofflee convenient in
every way to handle the rapidly increasing
business of tbe city.
TO LOOK AT THB BELT LINE.
New York and Alabama Capitalists
to Visit Savannah To-day.
A party of New York and Alabama cap
italists is expeotsd in Savannah to-day to
look over the Belt Line. The party has
been in Macon, looking over tbe electric
street railway there, with a view to pur
chasing it Tba party is composed of Sieg
fried Steiner of Stainer Bros., bankers of
Birmingham, Ala; Alfred Gutwillig of
Gutwilng Bros., capitalist* of New York,
and C. Ernst of the banking firm of M. L.
&C. Ernst of New York. They are ac
companied by John B. Reid of Birming
ham, wbo is considered an expert on the
values of railroad property.
These gentleman are said to represent
millions of capital. Steiner Brothers are
leading bankers of Birmingham, and have
for yaars handled the bulk of that city’s
bonds. They alto have a branch home in
New York. The Gutwilligs are men of very
large capital, having Invested extensively
in late years in the south. The Ernst
Brothers are also moneyed men.
Mr. John Rhea, representing the Nash
ville owners of the Belt Line, will meet the
party here. After visiting Bavannah the
party will go to New Orleans, where they
have investments, and will than return to
New York.
THB OHIOANS COMING.
They Will Arrive From Florida To
morrow and Bpend the Day Here.
A telegram from M . W. L. Glessnar, who
is in charge of the party of Ohioana who are
making a tour of Georgia and are now in
Florida, states that the party will arrive
here to-morrow morning and will spend the
day here visiting the various points af in
terest in and about the otty.
There are twenty-four in the party.
They will spend to-day in Jacksonville aud
Bt. Augustine, leaving Jacksonville to
night. The visitors have been making a
tour of inspection through Middle Georgia.
They wers entertained at Macon and have
received attention wherever they have
beet).
Arrangements will be made to-day to
give them a proper reception on their ar
rival here and to show them the city. Tbe
matter will be laid before the mayor this
morning with tbe requeat for a co-operation
of the railroad! and steamship companies.
CUT OFF BY THB SIORM.
Telegraph Communication North of
Washington Suspended.
A heavy storm in the north almost to
tally cut off telegraphic communication
north and west of Washington last
Bight. No Assooia'ed Press mat
ter was received from points beyond
Washington and commercial business was
received subject to delay and will be laid
over in Washington until tbe lines are re
opened.
The signal bureau reports were meager,
owing to the.wires being down, and the full
extent of the storm is yet unknown.
The storm is the one which swept up from
the southwest and passed over Savannah
Saturday. The signals displayed here Sat
urday and Saturday night were lowered
yesterday. The weather here yester
day and last night was cool
and clear. The blow which began Saturday
morning and lasted most of the day and
night subsided early yesterday morning.
THE ET. PATRICK’S CHURCH FAIR
To Open To-night in the Church Base
ment—Tho Fair’s Cbjecte.
A ten-days’ fair for the benefit of St.
Patrick's church will be opened to-night at
1 o’clock in tho church basement. There
will be four tables besides the supper table,
and different kinds of amusements will be
in progress. A great many valu
able a: tides have been donated,
and the promoters of the
fair expec to realize a neat sum of money,
which will be devoted to laying off tho
church debt. Two geld watches are t> t o
voted for, one to the most popular city
drummer and the ther to the most popular
young lady of the parish. Several candi
dates are out for both articles, and their
friends are working hard.
A RECORD HARD TO BEAT.
A Cow Gives Birth to Two Calves
Within Twenty-six Days.
Tbe Georgia Infirmary is in possession of
a cow with a record that will be hard to
beat. Jan. 1 tbe oow gave birth to a calf,
apd since then has been giving milk
freely. One of tbe colored attaches
cf the infirmary, on going into
the stable yesterday morning, was quite
surprised to find another new-born calf of
the same species, about a size larger than the
former one. The case is rather a peculiar
one, from the fact that twenty-six davs
elapsed between the births of the calves.
The latest arrival is as active as bis older
brother, and tbe hospital authorities feel
proud of their cow.
Fathers buy it. Mothers nrize It, and the child-
Fen take Dr. Bull s Cough 8/rup
“Your only safety is in acting promptlyif
you suffer pain buy Salvation Oil quick.— 3d.
10Bc Pound To-morrow,
Pure Candy, think of It, and to look for
each day’s cut prices in speoial notices.
Unbreakable Combs 25c.; Heldt’g Celebrated
Cough Drops 10c. box; try one.—Ad.
THB NSW COUNCIL'S INAUGURAL.
Miyor McDonough to Auumi the
Rains of Government To-day.
Mayor-elect McDonough and the new city
council will take the oath of office at noon
to-day and will ass jme the r?i m of muni
cipal government for the next two year*.
The farewell speeches of the retiring
aldermen were made at the last meeting,
: except by Alderman Nicbo.s, woo wa ab
sent.
The oath of office will be administered
to-day by e.ther Judge Fnlligant or Judge
Harden, after which the new aldermen will
take their teats and Mayor McDonough
will announce his committees. There will
probably be a rearrangement of com
mittees of the outgoing c >uncil.
The most important committees are those
on finance, water, streets and lanes, as-esu
ments, fire and health and cemetery. Tbe
present chairmen of these ornmittr-es re-
spectively are Aldermen Myers, McDon
ough, Harmon, Carson, Bailey and Karris.
There will probably be a radical change iu
the make up of some of the committees,and
the new aldermen will be given the chair
manship of some of them.
A serenade will be tendered the new
mayor and each member of the council to
morrow night.
Tbe saloon keepers are on the anxious
seat about Mavor-elect McDonough’s inten
tions in regard to tbe enforcement of the
Sunday laws, but if bis stand on the ques
ti n as an alderman is any indication of bis
course as mayor their anxiety will be
promptly relieve'!.
A well-known citizen said yesterday that
if Mayor McDonough would break
up the selling of whisky on Sunday ihe
citizens of ravamiah generally will be
un ier lasting obligati ns to him. “Tbe
practice has tieeo allowed to run such a 1 mg
time without interference,” said he, “that
the dealers bare come to almost look upon it
as a matter of right, and iu some portions of
the city the violators of the law have been so
open that the front doors of the saloons
might as well here been open. I think that
Mayor McDonough will have bub little
trouble, however, if he shows the saloon
keepers that be means busmen*, and will
compel an adherence to the
laws at any cost. Take almost
every crime committed on a Sunday—
and they have been numerous of late—and
it will inevitably be traced to Sunday
liquor selling. It is a standing disgrace on
Savannah to see gangs of uegroe* congre
gated around and pasting in and out of grog
shops in the eastern and western portions of
tbe city every Sunday. The closing of the
barrooms on Sundays should be tbe first re
form cduied at by the new adminUiration,
and it will be ably seconded by tbe law
abiding citizens and the batter element of
saloonkeepers."
THS MILITARY ENCAMPMENT.
Savannah Soldiers Interested in Its
Location by the Advisory Board.
The Savannah military Is deeply interest
ed in the location of tbe site for the next
state encampment. The bids will close
Feb. 21, when the adjutant general will
proceed to select the site.
The resolutions adopted by the military
advisory board in Atlanta call for a state
ment of all the facts by localities bidding
for the site. It is not improbable that Ma
con will get the encampment, as a strong
effort is being made to have it located
there.
The board will particularly consider the
healthfulness of the prop >sed site nud sur
roundings, the water facilities for purposes
of cooking, dritikmg, ablution and sanita
tion, tbe dimensions and character of tho
grounds for the location of tents, permanent
hospital, quartermaster, commissary, and
other necessary structures, including a rifle
range and for the movements of troops for
purposes of drills and ceremonial parades.
Tbe bids must show with as mu h acour
racy as possible tbe cost to the state for the
site, and the expense of uso annually. From
tre bids sr tui mittei the board will make a
selection In accordance with the statute
after personal inspection of the most avail
able sites by the advisory hoard, or a com
mittee from it.
WILL MOVS TO N3W 70SK.
001. Hainas to l eave* Savannah Some
lime in March.
CoL H. 8. Haines, vice president of the
Flant system, is back from New York. lie
said last night that his new position will
necessitate his removal to New York, where
he will be In a better position to look after
the interests of the Plant roads. He will
remain in Savannah until the latter part of
March, and will then go to New York.
Col. Haines said that the system is in the
best financial condition. At present the
management Is not contemplating any new
projects.
He thinks the present firm of Chisholm,
Krwin & dußiguon will be continued as
general counsel of the system, anrl
toat none of its members will have
to go to New York, as all
legal business can be attended to from Sa
vnnnab, as has been don > for some years.
Col. Haines said be will also continue as
general manager for the present, as no pro*
' ision to the contrary has yet been made.
TfcE LATERSBBI H&RRIS.
He Was Formerly Minister to the
Miokva Israel Congregation.
The announcement in yesterday’s Morn
ing News of the sudden death of Rabbi
A. Harris, in Riohmond, Va., caused con
siderable regret among the Hebrew popula
tion of Savannah, to whom the dead clergy
man was well and favorably known.
Rabbi Harris was tor a number of years
in charge of the Miokva Israel congregation
of this City. In 1877 he received a call to
Richmond, where he has been continually
in service since. He was about 55 years of
age, anl a man of robust con
stitution. About five years ago he
married a Richmond lady. The
doad rabbi was a man of great learning and
an eloquent pulpit orat r. He was in Sn
vaunab, lost April, for several days and as
sisted at the marriage of Alderman Herman
Myers and Miss Deilsb. It is probable
that Mickva Israel congregation will take
official action on his death iu a tew days.
AT REST IN LAUREL GSOVE
Funeral of tho Late Mrs. Alethea
Munford.
The funeral of Mrs. R. D. Mut ford took
place yesterday at 12:30 o’clock from her
residence. No. 72 Huntingdon street, and
was largely attended by the friends of the
dead lady. Rev. Dr. Dripps of the Inde
pendent Presbyterian church performed
the services at the house, aud the ven
erable Dr. Axs>n read the burial
i-ervicea at the grave iu Laurel Grove. The
floral offerings were numerous and of hand
rome designs. The interment was at
Laure i Grove. The pall-bea era wereL. A.
Wakeman, Joseph Clay, W. L. Wakelee,
R. S. Anderson, B. L. Owens and M. C.
Kollock.
Funeral of Miss Sullivan.
Mis* Sarah 8. Sullivan, who died last
Thursday, was buried in Bonaventure yes
terday afternoon. The funeral was a large
one, and the floral offerings were many and
beautiful.
The importations into this country during
1890 show 90,130 cases of G. H. Muinm &
Co.’s Extra Dry, Vising an inorease of 27,000
cases over the previous year, evidencing tbe
high appreciation iu which this wine is held
for its excellent quality. It is recommended
by the most eminent physicians in this
country for its purity, small amount of alco
hol and wholesomsness, while for a dry
champagne, “G. H. Humrn & Co.’s Extra
Dry" is considered by connoisseurs as unsur
passed.—Ad
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1691.
A WOOD TO B! DEVELOPFD.
The Palmetto to be On* of tba Eoutb’a
Most Valuable Products.
Mr. C. B. V> errand, through an Interview
with whom tbe MoKtnro News some weeks
ago printed an interesting article on the
uses of the palmetto, baa given a good deal
of time aid study to the tr ee and to some
of the uses to which it may be put. He
says:
“We have in the four states of Georgia,
Florida, Alabama ami South Carol.na at
least 10,000 acres of this growth of saw
palmetto. It is a shrub whicn creeps along
the ground, sending numberless roots into
the S' ii as it grows, rendering it almost in
destructible. Annual forest fires bu-n the
leaves end tbeir sterna, hat do not affect the
plant. In less than six months anew and
luxurious growth covers the grotmd, often
so deusely that it is impossible to walk
or ride through the thickets, which will vary
from two to eight feet iu bight. The
yield is abundant, on the average a ton to
every two or three acres wheu cured. It
requires but ordinary care in partly drying
a.,d baling.”
The soil on which the palmetto grows is,
as a rule, a pure white sand without aay
clay sub-soil. It is indigenous and vary
hariy, unaffected by either droughts or
floods, and on account of its astringent and
acid taste is not eaten by animals. It is an
evergreen and can be harvested
ail the year at small cost by
inferior labor. It needs no care or
cultivation. It is evidently one of tbe
cheapest, as well as one of the meet abund
ant sources of supply the south possesses.
While oak, hemlock and sumach are all but
worthless when the taauin is extracted,
there is in the residue of palmetto a very
valuable fiber which, if properiy prepared,
will compare favorably in color and texture
itb jute, and is equal in strength to hemp.
The fiber Is not inflammable. Upon analy
sis of a boiling hot extract made from pal
metto, it was found to contain 12 20-100 of
tannic add. An extract made at a tem
perature of 105® to 125® F. tbe percentage
of taunlc acid will be t really increased, as
the majority of the gums of the palmetto
are only soluble In boiling water. Mr.
War. and estimates that a ton of leaves will
yisld about 250 pounds of sabaliae, of a
density of 60’ measure, which will contain
by far more tannic acid than either oak or
hemlock or even sumach.
The yield of fiber is about 1,200 pounds
per ton, which is well adapted for tugging
to cover cotton, for making burlaps, binder
t.< ine, cordage, mattings and innumerable
other textile products of the coarser sort.
Besides this fiber there Is a certain amount
of fine refuse fiber, which is a good papier
stock, making a paper as strong as nfhmlla.
AT THB THEATER.
Evans and Hoey in “A Parlor Match”
To-night's Attraction.
Evans and Hoey in “A Parlor Matoh”
will be the week's opening attraction at the
theater to-night. Of Evans and Hoey
nothing need be said. They are unques
tionably the two best comedians of tbeir
class on the stage. Mr. Evans plays his oi l
part of tho b ok agent and Mr. H<y sticks
to his character of the tramp. Both
characters fit tbe men as they fit
the ci.a’-acters like a glove. *“ A
Parlor Ma ch” in the hands of people with
out a keen sense of the ludicrous and a
genius for expressing it, it would be the
veriest rubbish. But Evans aud Hoey
make the dry bones live. Each is excellent
in his particular walk. The dryness of the
one is ouly equaled by the s-mooth, oily
•humor of the other. The taking incidental
features are the songs and dances of the
Levoy sisters; the musical contribution* of
Old Boss, the Sappho serenade by three
symphonies in tight fitting black, the
military drill of the Olympia quartette,
aud no end o i operatic selections and popu
lar choruses.
MURRAY MUST STAY Hid TIME.
Gov. Northen Refuses to Interfere
W ith Ris bentence.
Gov. Northen has refused to pardon
Thomas J. Murray, who was sent to tho
penitentiary from Chatham county for
larceny some time ago. His sentouco was
five years. Murray’s wife has been work
ing constantly, securing signatures to the
aDplication for his pardon. Being without
legal advice, the peution is hardly what
would be termed a “strong one”—there was
no system iu the effort to get signatures,
and the papier is signed promiscuoudy—bu;
it is an eloquent witness of the wife’s devo
tion.
Gov. Northen promised to do wbat ho
could, aud tbe case was investigated. Sat
urday, tiy direction of the governor. Secre
tary Tip Harrison wrote Mrs. Murray in
forming her that the governor was com
pelled to refuse to interfere with the sen
tence of the court.
B’Nal Brith Jacob Congregation.
At a meeting of the congregation B’nni
Brith Jacob held yesterday the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President—H. Haym.
Vice President— J. W hite.
Secretary—B. Gabel.
Board of Trustees—a Krouskoff. A.
Samuels, M. Brown, J. Lehwald and W.
Barnet..
County Officials to be Sworn In.
The county commissioners will hold a
spiecial meeting this morning at 11 o’clock,
at which the newly elected county officers
will be sworn iuto office. Several constables
will also hare the oath of offloe administered
to them.
THE RIVER AND IIARBOH.
Happenings Along the Wharves and
Among the Shipping.
The British bark Ossuna, which sailed
Saturday for London, anchored outaiue of
the bar, and (.'apt. McKav, commnnder of
tbe vessel, returned to tbe city ill, and is
now at the hospital. There are two other
vessels belonging to the owners of the
Ossuna iu port loading, and it is very
probable that one of the captains will take
her across.
CITY BR&VIXISd.
DeKalb Lodge Na 9,1. O. O. F., meets
to-night.
Reg lar meeting of Calanthe Lodge Na
28, K. P., to-night.
The University club will meet to-night in
Odd Fellows hall. Dr. M. L. Boyd will de
liver an address.
Dolls, Half Price, at Silva's.
A large stock of dressed and undressed
Bisque Jointed Dolls, tiisqua Kid Body Doll*,
Washalle and Wax Doll*, which must, and
will be sold, if price is any inducement.
Early buyers will save money and get the
choice.
My sale at reduced prices to close out
retail stock still continues.
Sliver plated ware verv low. Rich Cut
Glassware ditto. Dinner Sets, Chamber
Sets, Tea Set*, moving lively. A good line
of Piaco3, Parlor and Hall Lamps, Table
Cutlery, Brass Goods, Bisque Figures, Art
Pottery, aud every-day furnishings. A
large lot of Toy Tea Sets. Call early and
often. Jas. S. Silva,
—Ad 140 Broughton Street
Tybee is a delightful place to spend a
pleasant winter day. Make up a party and
go down.—Ad.
WEDDINGS.
invitations end cards printed or en
graved at the snortest notioe and in the latest
tjles. We carry an extensive and well selected
stock of fine capers, envelope* sod cards es
pecially for such orders. Samples sent on ap
plication, ttosxixo News Printing House
Savannah, Ga
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Arthur W. Clarke of Darien is at the
De Soto.
Mike Brown of Barnwell. S. C., is at the
| De Soto.
Albert Zwart of Chicago Is at the
Screven.
E. B. Donohue of Boston is registered at
tbe Pulaski.
George H. Cooper of Tampa is a guest of
tbe De Kota
P. B. Davis of Willaooochea is a guest of
the Screven.
Jobn F, Campbell of Andovsr, Mas*., b
at the Pulaski.
A. R. Gunn of Tbomaaville is registered
at the Soreven.
B. A. Richardson, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., is
at tbe De Soto.
Meyer Slone and G. H. Mixon of Augusta
are at the Screven.
J. H. Germany of Montgomery is stop
ping at the Puiaski.
Charles Wenar of San Francisco i* stop
ping at the De Soto.
H. B. Horton of Robbins, S. C., is regis
tered at the Pulaski.
C. F. Furness and wife of Boston are
guests of the De Soto.
Robert Johnston cf Chicago is regis
tered at the De Soto.
J. F. Finney and J. D. Aucburs of Had
dish, are at toe Pulaski.
Joseph K. Crosby of Yarmouth, N. 8., u
stopping at the Pulaski.
Eduard Bread hurst cf Providence, R. I
is stopping at the Screven.
Robert Gauff anddaughtei of Jameevllle,
Pa., are guests of tbe Screven.
Edward C. Hood and wife of Cambridge,
Mess., are guests of the Pulaski.
J. M. Parker and wife, of Pine Bluff,
Ark., are stopping at tbe Da Soto.
Miss Annie McH. Lynah was a passenger
by the Kansas City, from New York, oil tier
last trip.
H. A. Coates, southern salesman for Van
Hautin & Zoon, the largest “cocoa” manu
facturers in the world, is stopping at the De
Soto.
Miss Stoue of New York is a guest of Dr.
Charles R. Heron. She is a niece of Mrs.
Heron, aud expects to remaiu iu the city
several weeks,
Jaspersen Smith, treasurer of the Ludden
& Bates Southern Music House, wbo has
been confined to bis ho se at Rosedew for
some time, is better aud will soon be at his
desk again.
RAIL AND CROSSTXE.
Tba Baldwin Locomotive works in 1890
built 953 locomotives, and the Scbonectely
Locomotive works constructed 337 (luring
the year.
Railroad Coommlasioner Norton of Ohio
has recommended the passage of a law pre
venting railroad companies from employing
telegraph operators leu than 21 years old
who are required to handle orders or in
structions in tbe running of trains.
The Chicago and Erie will issue no more
family passes to einpLyes. Five bundled
mile books will be sold to them at the rate
of $2 50 each, and the books can be used by
any member of tho family or any one de
pendent on the employe for support,
A mortgage has been filed iu the Rich
mond county superior court for *0,000.000
on the Augusta and West Florida railroad.
The Mercantile Trust Company of New
York is the trustee. Tbe mortgaee pro
vides for *25,000 per mile. Twenty-five
miles are graded from Augusta toward
Thomasville.
On Jan, 1 a home for disabled railroad
men was opened at Chicago, and has al
ready received a number of inmates. The
officers of the home receive no salary, and
the institution is to be supported entirely
by voluntary contributions, which have
thus far been suffleeut to support the
charitable enterprise.
The recent agreement entered into by the
managers of the western roads restricting
the issuance of free passes bas alread been
dissolved. Some of the companies were
discovered issuing passes iu violation of tho
agreement, and aU lines are now giving out
transportation to whomsoever they wish re
gardless of their competitors.
The General Time Convention, which is an
organization of tbe general managers of all
the railroads in the country, and which
regulates and arranges for ai l'through con
nections. will meet in regular semi-annual
session in New York about the middle of
March to agree ou schedules and connections
for the ensuing six months.
C. G. Dantzler has been apiiointod re
ceiver of the Orangeburg and Lewisdale
(3. C.l Railroad Company. A creditor*’
bill had been filed to wind up the
affairs of the company. The receiver will
dispose of the property of the company, and
with the proceeds pay up its indebtedness—
a dif the proceeds be insufficient he wifi
collect the deficit from the stockholders.
Tbe indebtedness is very smalJ.
A Pittsburg student while reading tho
book of the Vision of Nahum, the Elkashite,
came across a passage that seemed to him to
be a prophecy of the discovery of the use of
electricity as a motive pow er "in the electric
railways of the present dav. The passage
is from Nahum ii., 4. and read as follows:
“Tho Ci-ariots shall rage in the streets; they
shall jostle cue against another in the
broadways; they shall seem like torches;
they shall run like the lightuings. ”
Northern travel toward the south is on
the increase, and after the beginning of
Lent, which is the fashionable time for
>miug s uth, tbs railroads will bo kept
busy handling the travel. The number of
tourists handled by the Savannah, Florida
and Western since Ja 1. I is largely in ex
cess of last year. The prospects for a big
tourist season are gratifyiug and the vesti
bule train is doing a good business. Tho
hotels have had big fists of northern ar
rivals tor several days.
A New York dispatch save: Among the
bills introduced into the state Senate was
one which the railroad men hereabouts cafi
the "veterau.” It is entitled “An act to
prevent accidents on railroad trains.” It
provides that passenger trains of six cars or
less shall have two brakemen ou each car,
and that for each three cars additional
there shall be another brakeman.
Freight trains of thirty cars shall not
have less than four brakemsD. The
bill was introduced by Senator Collins.
This is only a modified form of a bill that
has been up annually for many years,” said
Chauncey M. Depew. “It was originally
introduced in the interest of the Knights of
Labor, who desired to see the number of
employes on the railroads increase. Tbe
bill is preposterous. In these days of tho
perfect airbrake brakemen are cot needed.
We call them trainmen now, and to put
two of them on acar would be an absurdity.
No sane man wdl vote for such a bill.”
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Georgia and Florida Construction
Company, which has tbe contract for the
building of tha Florida Midland and Geor
fia railroad, was held in Valdosta last week.
he president read his report, showing the
disbursements for the year, the amount of
work done, etc. The company, by this ex
hibit. has a balance in the bands of the
treasurer, owes no debts, and about 55 per
cent, of the stock subscriptions have not
been called in. About fifteen miles of road
are ready for the ties. The bridges are being
put in, and quite a number of crosstiee have
been cut and put on tbe line. The following
directors were chosen by acclamation: W.
8. Jordan and J. W. West of Madison, J.
R. Young and J. B. Withers of Savannah,
J. M. Wilkinson, T. G. Cranford. J. F.
Lewis, E. L. Moore and N. A. Williams
of Valdosta. The new board elected the
following officers: J. M. Wilkinson, presi
dent; J. B. Wither.-, vice president; W. S.
West, secretary and treasurer.
Pwxcass Locisk, Marchioness of Lome, paid
her lata master in art. Sir Edgar Boehm, the
graceful tribute of attending his funeral in per
son. Her royal highness, who was dressed in
deep mourning, was seated on the south side
of ihe n.ve of tbe cathedral, close to tbe
daughters of Sir Edgar, during the service.
_ „ BAKING POWDER.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
WAiil.vG FOri MARK TO DiJf.
Humorist Twain Tails How His Skele
ton Is Mortgaged.
From, the Pharmaceutical Era.
Mark Twain was present at the banquet
of tbe National Wholesale Druggists' Asso
ciation at its meeting in Washington, and
related tbe following story:
Ab >ut a thousand years ago. approxi
mately, I was apprenticed as a printer’s
devil to learn .the trade, in common with
three other boys of about my own age.
There came to the village a long legged in- I
dividual of about 19, from one of the in
terior counties; fish-eyed, no expression,
and without the suggestion of a smile
—couldu’t have smiled for a salary.
We took him for a fool and thought we
would try to scare him to death. We went
to tbe village druggist and borrowed a
skelet on. Tlie skeleton didn’t belong to the
druggist, but be had imported it for the
village doctor, because the doctor thought
be would send away for it, having some
delicacy about using . The price of tbe
skeleton at that time was SSO.
We borrowed the skeleton about 9 o’clock
at night, and we got this man—Nicodemus
Dodge was bis name—wo got him down
towu, out of the way, and then we put the
skeleton in bis bed. He lived in a little one
storied log cabin in the middle of a vacant
lot. We left him to get home by himself.
We enjoyed the result in the light of
anticipation, but by and by we began to
drop into silence; the possible consequences
were preyiug upon us Suppose that it
frightens him into madness, overtu- ns bis
reason and sends him screeching through
the streets! We shall spend sleepless nignts
tb9 rest of our days. Everybody was afraid.
By and by it was forced to the lips of one
of us that we hud better go at once and see
what had happened. Loaded down with
crime we approached that but and peered
through the window.
That long-legged critter was sitting on his
bed with n hunk of gingerbread in bis hand,
and bet.veen the bites tie played a tune on a
jew’s harp. There he sat perfectly happy,
and all around him on the bed were toys
and jime; acks and striped candy. The
darned cuss! he had gone and sold that
skeleton for $5. The druggist’s SSO skeleton
was gone.
We went in tears to the druggist and ex
plained the matter. We couldn't have
raised that SSO in 250 years. We wereget
ting board and clothing for the first year,
clothing and hoard for the second year, and
both of them for the third year; but the
druggist forgave us on the spot, but he said
he would like us to let him have our skele
tons when we were done with them. There
couldu’t be anything fairer than that; we
spouted our skeletons and went away com
fort able.
But from that time the druggist’s pros
perity ceased. That was one of the most
unfortunate speculations be ever went into.
After some years one of the boys went and
got drowned; that was one skeleton gone,
and I tell you the druggist felt pretty badly
about it. A few years after another of the
boys went up in a balloon. He was to get
$5 an hour for it. When ho gets back they
will be owing him $1,000,000.
The druggist’s property was decreasing
right along. After a few more years the
third boy tried an experiment to see if a
dynamite charge would go. It went all
right. Tnev found some of him, perhaps a
ve-t-pocketful; still it was enough to show
that some more of that estate had gone.
The druggist was getting along in years,
and ha commenced to conespoud with me.
1 have been the beat correspondent he has.
He is the sweetest natured man I ever saw;
always mild and polite, and never wants to
hurry me at all. I get a letter from him
every now and then, and he never refers to
my form as a skeleton, but says: “Well,
how is it getting along—is it in good re
pair !”
I got a night rate message from him re
cently-said he was getting old and the
property wns depreciating in value, and if
1 could let him have a part of it now he
would give time on the balance. Think of
the graceful way in whioh he does every
thing—the generosity of it all. You can
not find a finer character than that.. It is
the gracious characteristic of all druggists.
80, out of my heart, I wish you all prosper
ity and every happiness.
TRIFLING WITH THEIR DIGESTION
The Lack of Judgment Displayed by
Restaurant Habitues.
“The rik3 which New York men take
with their digestion," said the proprietor of
a croup of well-known restaurants down
town, to a New York Sun reporter, "is a
cons rant source of surprise to me. Heavy
pie and pulpy pudding are bolted at the
very time when careful eating should be
rigorously attended to. I sit nnd look on
at ti#io< "iu my different restaurants with
absolute amazement at the judgment, or
rather lacs of judgment, which men dis
i lay at the table. Wo have two throngs of
customers. The first rush comes about 9:30
in the morning. It is composed of brokers,
business men, clerks and office employes,
who have grown into the habit of rising
late and rushing down to the office
without breakfast so as to start the work
of the day on time. They could easily get
their breakfast at their boarding houses or
at home if they would rise a half hour ear
lier. but most of them are up late at night,
and the temptation of a longer nap in the
morning is too alluring to resist. So thev
hurry down town, open the mail, start
tnings a-going, and the 1 rush into the near
est restaurant for breakfast. It does not
hurt any man to take a little exercise be
fore he eats in the morning, and undoubted
ly a delay in the first meal of the day would
not do them any particular barm if they
would be careful about the character of
their food. But after working two hours
on an empty stomach they come in in vio
lent haste, order a cocktail, and then eat
pastry aud sweets enough to ruin the di
gestion of an ostrich. They usually start in
with roast beef or some ether dish that is
ready and wind up with mince pie or a
boiled apple dumpling. I kno-v many a
business man who comes in and consumes
three or four dishes and is out of the place
again in less than fifteen minutes. At
lunch time they come in again and load up
with an oyster pattie or beefsteak pie or
some other dish iu which rioh pastry is au
important factor. This second rush of
trade is even more interesting than the first,
because it shows how the habit of eating
pastry grows. It is no unusual thiug to see
a man of 40 Tears of age take wheat cakes,
sausages, and mince pie for his luncheon. He
bolts the sausage, covers his cakes with rich
syrup, and has his pie served hot and
sprinkled an inch deep with powdered
sugar. He is invariably an advanced dys
peptic in appearance, and for some unac
countable reason be seems to succeed m
businoss. It does not do any good to sneer
at the pie eaters of New York, because half
the railroad presidents, telegraph superin
tendents, and iniluential men of affairs of
this town oat things which cause a man of
gastronomies,! intelligence to shudder.
Most of the absorbed and nervous financiers
and business men die at 50, and everybody
says it is due to overwork. All a mistake.
Pie is the fell destroyer.”
GREAT FAILURE.
ONE OF THE GREATEST BANKRUPT
ASSIGNEE’S CLOiHING SALE
That Has Ever Taken Place in This
Country—Cut This Out-Save This
and Wait Until the Day and Date,
Thursday Jan. 29 at 9 a. ru.
Great failure of a large Wholesale Clothing
House of New York. Stock to be sold at
retail by order of the court. In conse
quence of this great failure, the build
ing, 109 Bar street, opposite Savannah
Cotton Exchange, Savannah, Ua., has been
rented exprsssly for this Great Bankrupt
Sale. The large building has been closed
for the lost week to take an inventory of
the stock and arrange for a Great Bankrupt
Sale. The entire building will be opened
again, and this Great Bankrupt Sale will
commence on Thursday, January 29th, at 9
a. ra., and last for five days only.
Everything will be sold at retail without
reserve, at 85 per cent, on the dollar of
actual manufacturing cost. This is the first
time a sale of this kind has ever taken place
in Savannah, and a chance for such
Bargains will never occur again. This Tre
mendous Bankrupt Sale of Clothing will
commence Thursday, January 29tb, at 9 a.
m. in the large building 109 Bay street, and
last five days only.
The stock includes only Clothing of the
Finest Texture, and embraces Full Dress
Suits, Evening Dress and Business Suits,
Nobby S .yles in Youths’ Clothing and Boys’
and Children’s Clothing of every descrip
tion, besides mauy Novelties that cannot be
mentioned here. A few of the many Bar
gains that can be obtained are mentioned
here.
Cut this out and bring it with you, and
ask for the following mentioned articles,
and remember this great sale will last for
five days only:
A splendid suit of men’s clothe* for $4 60:
this suit is well made, all to match, latest
style, and really worth $l3. Men’s extra
fine quality tults made snd trimmed iu the
best possible manner, $7 89, guaranteed to
be worth $2O. High grade goods, meaning
equal to the finest qualitv tailor work, in
all styles—Prince Alberts, Cutaways,
Backs, In Wide Wales, Clay Worsteds
and Cheviots, Silk and Satin
Lined, we will sell for $lO 2,5, worth
$2.5. We offer an elegant pair of Men’s
Pants for $1 55, made of nice cloth, and they
are really worth $1; Men’s Fancv Sripe
Dress Pants, worth $7 60, sold here at $2 50;
Youths’ Nobbv Suits, worth $lO, sold here at
$3 50; Men’s Bpring Overcoats, worth $l6,
sold here at $6 25; Nobby Top Coats, worth
$25, sold here at #7 50; Genuine Scotch Che
viot Suite, worth $2O, sold here at #5 75;
Foreign Wide Wale Worsted Dress Suits,
worth $3B, sold hero at $l2 50, and mauy
other bargains that cannot be mentioned
here. Come and see them. Costs nothing
to look. You cannot afford to miss this
opportunity. If you wiU.Jto~aUlf yourself
as well as you enu afford, you can now do it
at one-third its price. Be very careful and
make no mistake. Look for Number, and
recolloot that there are no branch stores
connected with this wonderful sale, which
will last for Five days only, at the Grand
Bankrupt Assignee Sale of Fine High-Class
Clothing. A chance for such wonderful
bargains occurs or,ly once in a life time.
Remember the address, 109 Bay street,
opposite Savannah Cotton Exchange, Sav
annah, Ga.
Positively no goods sold and no one al
lowed in the building until the sale com
mences on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 9a. m.
During the Great Sale of Clothing the
salesroom will remain open until 9 at night
and Saturday till 11 p. m.
Richard Maltby, Esq.
— Ad. Assignee.
LEVY’S SPECIAL.
The Town Agog Over the Slaughter.
Levy’s promised special tale began Satur
day, Jan. 24. Prior limited mention at it
had the entire oity on the qul vivs, and
when the doors opened on Saturday morn
ing the scene was suggestive of the Theater
box office ou the eve of a popular ticket
sale. Levy’* “specials” always draw well,
simply because the public has learned that
every promise is fulfilled just as adver
tisd-no hair-splitting, no evasions, no
quibbling. The programme is carried out
to the letter, regardless of results.
Their particular “special" that is now on
is the grandfather special of the lot—knocks
out all past records, and fills the people’s
pockets and carries dismay to the heart of
competition, because nothing has, nor can
equal it. The idea of turning out the Very
Best qualities of Overcoats, Clothing
and Underwear at Seventy-five cents on
the dollar, is something so very serious that
it is bard to realise as fact, were it not that
the reputation of a first-class, and the
leading Clothing establishment of the city
and state is behind the promise. The cause
of this tumble in values is not shrouded in
mystery, simply a matter of business.
Our Spring stock is moving this way, and
we won’t have room to store it unless we
can run off our remaining Winter Clothing.
“Desperate cases require desperate reme
dies,” and this is most assuredly a “ground
hog” case, and if our patrons and the public
generally continue the interest shown thus
far. Winter won’t haunt Spring’s lap very
long. This opportunity will pay fully all
who “gather” it—Men. Boys and Children
cau make more money by investing in
Overooats, Clothing and Underwear—even
for next Season's use than by depositiag in
a Savings bank at four per cent, interest.
You can figure this out yourself, and the
cold invariable figures may prove more con
vincing than any “say-so” of ours.
—Ad. B. H. Levy & Bro.
Oitice of J. S. Rosamond & Cos., >
Durant, Miss., Dec. 12, 1890, f
Messrs. Lippman Bros.. Savannah, Ga.:
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After taking I think ten bottles I have cot nad
a pain or acue since. Previous to that i suffered
for twenty-five 125) years and could not get the
least benefit until I tried P. P P , and, there
fore. take pleasure in recommending it to those
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DRY GOODS.
Si Clearing I
==SALE=
OF
Beilis Dry Hoods;
HOSIERY. NOTIONS,
And Fine Lock-stitched
luslin Underwear,
At prices the public will ap
preciate, commences
MONDAY. JAN. 5, 1891.
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t
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