The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, July 02, 1891, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text8 GUARDS BACKFROM CAMP THE BATTALION R--TURNS HOMS AMID HURRAH-'. The Week at Chick mauga an Event ful One .'or the Younj Soldiers—They Made the Most of It and C ime Home Load 3d With Compliments —1 he Stay-at-Homes’ Welcome to Their Comrades-Jol. Garrard’s Address— Incidents of the Camp. The Guards returned irom Cbickainauga yesterday at nooa. They were a dusty aid sunburned but thoroughly happy lot of sol - diers. As with the First regiment, the traiu ar rived several hou-8 late. L.eit. Johu M. Bryan and a detachment of the Guards at home were at the a mory bright and early in the m er.nug i.. full uniform a id, with a brass baud, prepare i to receive the battal ion with all the honors due the came-worn veterans. The fables were spread in thn drill room awaiting their return, but a telegram from C>L Garrard announced tunc tae train was delay*i several he irs at Iriffi i, aid would not reach savannah until 1- o'clock. So the detachment broke ranks und the men went about their business. at the depot. At noon the train rolled into the depot. It was dusty ands > were the boys. There was nothing ela. tae matter with the.n, though, and ’hey poured out of the tram BhOutiug at their return, and they were re ceived with cheers by their com rades awaiting them. They looked like veterans. Every man had several pounds of dus - o.i his clothi.g. The boys were in their blue shirts a id Jeans panta.onns, with Jeggins aid thoy carried tjeinselves as f thev had never worn any thing else. They Dad a good night’s sleep and wtreali br.gb and hair y aid ready for work after their week of sol tiering. After they ha 1 snalr u hands with their comrades tbs cun.iM-s were formed and th b* talion star e! f-r ti ■ arm iry. The me imarcuel with a quick, elastic step, as if eager to get bom a id assume the and :t;-s of citizen. again, and th ■ a m Dry was roacne l in a few minutes. 1 nero the battalion was imre ied into the drill room aud formed around tis tab'os, wuere a suostaatiai lunch awaited it. PAUSE PISOU COT- GARRARD. After the lunch Col. Garrard dismissed the b ittalion with a few words expressing his appreciat nof tbs conduct of the men in camp. Ho said he wished to tnauk too men personally for th 9 manner in which they hid acquitted themselves. They had act and Iko rrue sjldiors, ha sail, aud had established for themselves a reputation which had gone nil over two states. They had throughout performed their duties ii a manner highlv orelitabla, and in a manner whicn commands of more exjierience in camp might well be proud of. The praise which they ha i received from the coalmanler of the camp, from the United States offic rs, Capt. Fioids aud Lieut. Satterlc.', ar.d me oil!" r. of the bes. commands of the Sec m l regiment might have seemed flatte mg if it had not been deserved. These oticers personally ex pressed to Col. Gar ard thmr appreciation of the m inner in which th • battalion hod acquitte 1 itself in ca up, and ho had uo hesitation in sayi g tha’ it was the best dis ciplined and bast appearing ooiamaad at Chi.kamauga. PRAISE WELL DESERVED. Col. Garrard said he could ‘-ay for himself that these remarks were deserve! He had observed the conduct of the men and he could say that order was as strictly pre served and guard duty a- strictly performed at midnight as at mid lay. Guard was mounted at midnight with the same pre cision as in the day. when the eyes of the United States officers were upon the men. Cos! Garrard impressed upon the men the necessity of preserving the morale of the command, which had been so fully estab lished. He ssid that everything pointed toward the oontinuod success of what bad, in his opinion, been for eightv-nine years the best military command in Georgia. Thanking the corps again t r the am ner In which it had acquitted itself, he dismissed the bataliinn. CHEERS FOR THE OFFICERS. Sombody proposed three cheers for Cos! Garrard, aud they were given with a will. Then there were three cheers for Capt. Tom Screven and three for Cap’. John Reilly, and three again f r Capt. Willlum son. It was noticeable that tne men of the whole batallion aud not merely of each company cheered for each captain os his name was mentioned. The week in camp has brought the Guards nearer together, and his trade them proud, not only of their companies, but of the whole battnl ion. Three cheers were given for Lieut. Davis Freeman, acting adjutant for the week, and from the heartiness with which they were fiven Lieu! Freeman ha 1 evidently per ormed his duties well. The men slowly dispersed from the armory, stopping to fight their batuesover again with their comrades who were unable to go into camp. THE TRIP HOME. The Guards’ train left the camp at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. At 10 o'clock at night the locomotive broke down seven miles west of Griffin, and it was several hours before they were enabled to proceed. The men did not mind it, however, for they were putting in sleep to make up for what they had lost in a week of guard duty and incidental skirmishing around Chicka mauga. The train stopped at Wadiey for breakfast at the Terminal hjtel yesterday morning, aud the Guards vow to a man that they never had a breakfast quite so good. It was worth while to be delayed they say, just to get that breakfast. THE CAMP TOO FAR AWAY. The Guard* are enthusiastic over the camp. They are not tired, they say, and most of them would have been glad to stay awhile longer. They like Chickamauga. They say it i9 a splendid place for the en eampment. but it takes too long going and coming. For practical reasons they would prefer a camp more centrally located. Col. Garrard says that as a camp Chickamauga is all that i9 to be desired, but it is too far away from Savannah. He spoke as if he would favor the selection of a more centrally located 9ite f r the permanent encampment All of the battalion speak highly of the United States officers—Capt. Field and Lieut Batterlee. They found them both pleasant gentlemen as well as perfect soldiers. The only com plaint they make against them is that they gave so much more of their time to the instruction of the regiment than to the Guards. The officers excused themselves for this on the ground that the regiment needed the Instruction and the Guards didn’t. A COMPLIMENT APPRECIATED. This made the Guards open their eyes. They thought they were only tyros at soldiering before, hut now they are con vinced that they are soldiers, it also made them, redouble their efforts to maintain the high position so unexpectedly assigned them. The Guards are naturally a modest lot, but they have no hesitation in saving that they were “the people” at camp. They did more work and had more fun than any three commands there. They out a dash when out on leave, hired all the hacss in sight and owned the hotel. As for tho girls, they doted on the Guards, and the other fellows were not in it baside them. The proprietor of the Chickamauga hotel said they were trie best crowd for Lim that had been in ramp, and everybody, even down to the barkeeper, was down to see them off. The Guards service uniform attracted a great deal of attention. Notwithstanding its roughness it looks w ell on the men, and is just the thing for camp. The Southern Csldets and others of the best c unmauds in camp examined it closely, and next year will see a great msDy of them equipped witn BEHAVIOR OF THE HEM. The officers of ihe Guards say that the reports of arrests were very much exagger ated. especially the report yesterday of the grand break across the lines and the arrest of nearly fifty men. Only five men were arrested and there was no break across the Guards' line. The men did not attempt to break across the line, because they had found from experience that ther were sure to be arrested and compel el to pay the penalty. The Guards were very strict in this respect, and every man who was absent from camp without leave was put under arrest. Acting Adjt. Freeman says that the corporals performed their duty well, and there was no laxity in the en forcement of orders, sorely to,the surprise of many of their comrade-, w ho thought they would be as easy-going as when at home. Corpl. Comer of Company B won the repu tation of being the s’ricteit corporal in comp. He made the boys toe the line and waltzed the delinquents in at every ebaace. THE FIRST SIGHT OF CAMP. The Guards say that things presented a very discouraging appearance the first day they got into camp. Tne men were tired and worn out. The quarters were entirely inadequate to accommodate them, and had been left in a very disorderly condition by their previ us occupants, ihe supply of provisi ns was very poor and the food was hardlvfitto tat. Soma of the men were so disgusted With app-arauce of things that they wo Id willingly have turned around and come back home. Hard work, h twever, on the part of men and officers too i remedied part of these ov.ls. and. with g od food and somewhere to sleep, the boys were s >o i enjoving their camp life. They have many g >od t mgs to tell of their camp experieuc-s. Tom M ir gan -ays positively that.,- goat that ate his tag joke belongs t J hn Hardee and not t > turn. The joke took, htwever, and everybody in camp was saying, “You don’t know, I don’t know, nobody don’t know. I've eat my tag.” The papers published it, and the story has gone all over the state. It cams near being too much for Hick Hen nessey, though. A FAVORITE TRICK. Hennesiy and three other fellows were out after 11 o’clock without leave, and so they o included to work a racket on the guard of the regiment, and get through without being arrested. They didn’t try it on tie Guards, beiause they knew it wouldn’t work. Hennessy got a comifiand mg air on him, and with the other three men behind him, marched no to the guard. •‘Who goes there i” exclaimed the guard. "Lieut. Jone 6 of the Third battalion and a detail returning from the hotel with a prisoner,” -aid Hennessey. The guard didn't know exactly what to do, so he called for the Ulcer of the guard. The officer was about as green as the man, but he suspected some th! g a id asked fur the names of the party. “I'm Lisut. Jones,” said Hennessey, "and this is and he gave some fictitious name to the man on each side of the sup posed prisoner. "What's the prisoner’s name?'’ said the officer. “I don’t know; he didn’t give his name,” sat i Hennessey, who.e supply of names had given out. "Prisoner, what’s your name?” “I don’t know, you don’t know, nobody don't know, I’ve eat my tag,” replied the paeude-prisoner. “arrest him again.” “Shut up, you fool," commanded Hen nessy. "Arrest that man over again, officer. ” " Well, what do I have to do?” said the green otiioer of the guard. "You see I never had just Buch a case before.” “Why, turn out the guard and salute us and we'll return the salute and pass down the line.” Tbo officer did as he was told and Hen nessy marched his squad into camp. This was a favorite trick for 'he boys to play on the officers of the regiment. John Hardee started in with a crowd one night, and when challenged by the gutrJ, explained that be was the officer making the grand rounds. The guard allosid his squad to pa-s, but he had : ot gone rn feat further before he ran against a sung in the shape of Capt. Fields, who halted them. CAPT. FIELDS FOOLED. Hardee gave him the same explanation he bad given the guard. “What officer are you?” demanded Capt. Fields. “Lieut. Hardee of Company C,’’ boldly replied Ilard.-e. He happened to have the countersign, and so Capt. Fields couldn’t hold him. Ho took Lieut. Hardee’s name down any way, aud next morning he went down to the Guards camp and inquired for L ent. Hardee of Cos. C. “There’s no such man in the battalion,” replied Capt. Reilly, and Hardee was safe. He did not try it again, however. The boys have reminis cences enough to last them six months. The Guards were considerably elated over the sale o{ their lot to the government. The first news they had of it was a telegram received by Cos! Garrard from Savannah just as the battalion was going down to take the train forborne, The announcement was received with cheers. TEE VETERANS AT FEMBBOSB. The Arrangements for the Trip to the Bryan Reunion. The confederate veterans are preparing for a big time at Pembroke to-morrow. Savannah will send up fifty "vets” and the Effingham and Bryan delegations will be out in force. Gov. Northen aud Congress man Lester will be there. _ The Savannah delegation wifi leave at 7:35 o’clock to-morrow morning in special cars attached to the Savannah and Western train, and will arrive at Pembroke at 9:34 o’olock. Returning they will leave Pem broke at 5:09 in the afternoon, reaching Savannah at 7:10 o’clock. The veterans will meet at the Central railroad to-morrow morning, where tickets may be procured. The committee of arrangements will fur nish badges, and none but members ot the association and their ladies will be allowed in the special cars. The regimental band and a string band will accompany the ex cursiooislts. The committee will carry liquid refreshments for all the veterans who w.li beat Pembroke, so that none will go thirsty. All the arrangements for the trip have been completed, and the trip and reunion promise to be an event in the history of Bryan county. Goy. Nurtben’s presenoe will lend enthusiasm to tbo occasion. The committee of Savannah veterans having the arrangements for the trip in charge consists ot Cos! J. H. E still, chair man: W. P. Bcbirm, Charles White, J. 1). Johnston, D. Brown, W. B. Puder, A. J. Pu se y, J. Perlintki, A. F. Marmolsteiu and J. K. P. Carr. JULY’S WEATHER AT fcEA. The Hydrographic Bureau’s Forecast for this l onth. The Hydrygraphio Bureau has made the following forecast of the weather for July, at sea: Generally fair weather will pre vail. Occasional moderate gales, frequently accompanied by electric phenomena, will tie felt north of the 40th parallel; ami West Indian hurricanes are apt to occur, es pecially during the latter part of the month. Frequent fogs may be expect and over the Grand Banks, ‘iff the coast of Nova Scotia anl Newfoundland and our own coast north of Hatteras, as well as in mid-ocean, along the transatlantic route. Icebergs may be encountered to the southward aud eastward of the Grand Banks, possibly as far siuib as the 41st parallel Everybody Knows That at this season the blood is filled with impurities, the occumniulation of months of close confinement in poorly ventilated stores, workshops aud tenements. All these un purities and every trace of scrofula, salt rheum, or other disease:, may be expelled by taxing Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier ever produced. It Is the only med icine of which “100 doees one dollar” is true. — Ad. THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 2, IS9I. ODT OF THE ARMY NOW. Signal Observer Gorgas No Longer a Sergeant, But a Private C tlzen. Signal Observer G >rgas has been notified of his transfer from the war department to the weather bureau of the agricultural de partment. He is a "sergeant” no longer, but is simply a private citizen. He L will ing to dispense with a title which was only a title, however, because he is no loader compelled to obey an order transferring him from the frozen wastes of North Da kita to tne sweltering regions of the South Atlantic. . . . . About 300 other obs-rvers and assistant ob servers are transferred in like manner from the war department to the agricultural department. This is in accordance with an act of congress passed Oct. 2, 1390, to transfer the signal service corps from the war to the agricultural department, this bei g the department to which It more properly belonged, as its chief services at present are rendered in giving inf rmation concerning the weather for tbe benefit of commerce and agriculture. It is n"W tbe weather bureau of the agricultural depart ment. The connection of the weather prophets with the army has f >r some time appeared rather rem te to the common mind. This service, however, originated in the army and was chiefly used at first for giving signals a' long distance*. Tbe observation of the weather at the various signal stations and the forecasts of probable changes soon became a very important part of the work aud was gradually extended, as its benefits be ame apparent over tbe whole country. Tuese signal service stations are not simply of use for the in formation they afford the localities in which they are situated, but the weather statistics collected are very valuable from a scientific standpoint. The scientist who has the observations of the weather throughout the whole country, for a long number of years, is able to gain a very exact ides of the atmospheric conditions and movements at the various seasons lb this section of the world. About fifty of the mesi skillful observers will remain with the war department and will form the army signal service corps. Their work will be mainly army signaling, consisting al most altogether of holiograpio work, a sys tem of suu signals by means of mirrors, by which communication can be established between two points elevated above the sur face of the surrounding country at a dis tance of forty to 100 miles apart. With flash signals according to the Morse tele graph code messages can be transmitted as easily as by wire. Geo. AT W. Greeley will remain in command of the army corps. M. W. Herrington was yesterday ap pointed chief of the weather bureau of the agricultural department. Mr. Herrington was editor-in-chief of the American Meteorological Journal of Ann Arbor. Mich., and director of the astronomical observatory of the Ann Arbor college. M. G. lienno of Albany, N. Y., has ar rived, and is now engaged in assisting Mr. Gorges in the signal office in Sa vannah. He takes the place of Mr. Denson who was promoted to a position at Albany. The daily weather reports for the Morning News will now be resumed. These reports form a most interesting feature of the piper and are looked for with a great deal of interest by most of the readers of the paper, especially those interested in cotton and other crop*. TO MAKE TRAVEL SAFES. U. 3. Inspectors Looking After Viola tors of the Steamboat Laws. The United States inspectors of steam vessels have begun an inspection of the vessels of Savannah and this inspection dis trict, with a view to the better enforoemeut of the steamboat laws. The steamer Progress, of the Savannah and Brunswick route, was ordered under re pairs yesterday, and the muster’s and pilot's license was suspended for sixty days. Capt. W. G. Lae, the recently appointed inspector of hulls, hassignilised his entrance upon office by a determination to secure a proper safety to the lives of passengers by a vigorous enf roemeut of the laws of the steamboat service. The inspection of the Pro gress yesterday showed that the vessel was running without the ordinary means of protection against fire. Her decks were rotten and her life boat was unfit for use. The steamer was ordered repaired be fore leaving port, but later was allowed to go out with tue repairs In progress on the trip. The inspectors are determined to enforoe a rigid compliance with all the laws pro viding for the safety of passenger travel. F. H. Hickey, 1208 Main street, Lynch burg, Va., writes: "I was broke out all over with 8 res, and my hair was falling out. After using a few bottles of Botanic Blood Balm uiv hair quit falling out, and all the sores got well.”—Ad. TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY. lhs Roman Catholto Church atTybee Completed. The Cathollo church at Tybee has been completed and will be dedicated Sunday at 11 o’clock. Bishop Becker will probably perform the ceremony. He is out of the city, but was telegraphod yesterday that the church was ready. In case he does not return Vicar-General Cafferty will officiate. A solemn high mass will be oeiebrated and a full choir will be In attendance. The Catholic clergymen of the city will be pres ent. The dedication service is one of the most beautiful and interesting ceremonies of the Catholio ohurch. No doubt a big crowd of people will be in attendance. NO SEITLEMENT YET. The Cluts Willing to Pay License But Don’t Want to Close Sundays. The club liquor lioense question still re mains unsettled. Tbo clubs are willing to pay the license, but they are not willing to j to became amenable to the Sunday law as to closing. This is the point on which the negotiations hitch. Mayor McDonough contends that the ! clubs have no more right to keep their bare open on Sunday than saloon keepers. He 1 insists n their not only paying license hut also conforming to the Sunday law. A Case of Highway Robbery. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Benjamin Dryfus sent a little colored girl to her dressmaker with three fine drees patterns. While the girl was crossing the park extension a tall mulatto grabbed the cloth out of her hand and ran off. The girl made an outcry, but the mulatto made his escape. She will be able to recognize him if she sees him again. The case has been placed in the hands of Detective Wetherhorn. A New Lighter Launched. Avery pretty launch took place on the north side of the river yesterday afternoon. Lighter No. 29, just completed by Wm. Kelly & Son for the Savannah Lighterage and Transfer Company,gilded off the ways Into the water. It was one of the most successful launches ever made on the river. The new lighter is of the same model and capacity as the previous lighters built for the company, and Is 85 feet long over all, 30 feet in breadth and 0 feet 4 inches in depth. Biliousness, Mle. bolls and the blues cun be cured by taking binnnous Liver Regulator. —Ad. Dunlap’s fine hats and the Hopatcong sun hats at LaFar’s.— Ad. Old newspapers—2oo for 25 cents—at business office. Morninu Np.ws.— Ad. Elastic seam drawers, gauze underwear in variety, at LaFar's.—Ad. EDWARD M. GREEN FAILS J. K. GARNETT APPO NTED TEMPO RARY RECEIVER. H B. Bolllrs & Co.’a Claims Foot Up SIOI.OOO-The Rec iver Appointed Upon Hollins & Co.’s Petition- Green’s L'abilitlee Estimated at $125,000, and Assets $40,000 ! Other Claims Coming In—Comer & Cos. Se'ze Sixty Ea es of Cotton in ' Shipment. The financial troubles of Edward M. Green culminated yesterday in the appoint ment by Judge Falligant of J. K. Garnett temporary receiver. The appointment was made on tbe petition of H. B. Hollins & Cos. of New York, who hold claims agaiast Green for $101,365 SO. Tbe petition states that Green is indebted to Hollins it Cos. for $35,705 80 for moneys advanced upon drafts drawn upon the New York house, and £11,500, amounting in American currency to $55,660, for foreign bills of exchange drawn upon the Bank of Liverpool, aud which were bought by Hol lins Sc Cos. at their face value. The total amount $91,365 80, besides interest, has ma tured and is unsecured. Hollins & Cos. state that they de r.anded payment which was refused. This unsecured indebtedness equals one-third of Green's unsecured ma tured and unpaid debts. The other indebtedness to the New York firm is SIO,OOO on promissory notes, secured by sixty-two stares of the capital stock of the United Hydraulic Cotton Dress Com pany, and forty shares of Savannah Bank and Trust Company stock. AN INJUNCTION ASKED FOR. Hollins & Cos. claim that Green is insol vent and they filed the bill for a receiver on behalf of themselves and such other creditors as may hereafter be made parties. An injuction was also asked for, and was granted, to prevent Green from disposing of his assets. The reoeiver. in tbe language of the bill, is "to look after the collection and preser vation of tbe assets, real, personal and mixed, legal or equitable, of the defendant, and the distribution and division t ereof pro rata among the creditors, preserving all existing liens.” Judge Falligant fixed the bond of the tem porary receiver at SIO,OOO and ordered Green to show cause July 11 why a perma nent receiver should not be appointed. Dun’s Mercantile Ageucy places Green’s liabilities at $125,000, with assets of about $40,000. It Is understood that the family residence on Madison square and a rice plantation iu Mclntosh county are included in the assets. These, however, are subject to three mortgages, one to the Central Railroad Bank for SIO,OOO and the others to the Bavaunah National Bank for $15,406 and to Capt. John Flannery for $4,200, making a total of s'j!),6oo. EFFORT TO TIDE OVBR. It Was thought ter a day or two that the house would ti* able to tide over tbe crnbarrussnient. The sum required, how ever, so laygo that it was impossible undey the present condition of tbe money market to skdure it.' The failure was not unlooked for among business men, although it was generally expected that it would take the form of an assignment. The troubles of the Green house have been the principal topic among business men since last week. Tbe failure is one of tbe largest that bas ocourred in Savannah in a long time. The liabilities may foot up even more than that reported by Dun’s.when all the claims are in.; COTTON SEIZED ON SHIPBOARD. Before the appoin tmer.t of a receiver Deputy Sheriff P. L. Constantine of the city court held up thACity of Birmingham for an hour and a half behind her schedule time on a writ ox bail in trover by H. M. Comer & Cos., against the Ocean Steamship Company for sixty bales of cotton on board as the property of Green. As the cotton was deep down in the hold, and it would have caused great delay to unship it, the matter was arranged by tho Ocean Steam ship company giving bond to return the ootton to Savannah and deliver it to the au thorities here. A FIEND’S UGLY WORK. A Nerro Brutally Assaults a Bulloch cokHity Woman. RarteC m ffaifoioiL colored, who was in the employ of ej. %V. Williams & Cos., on tjieir turpentine fprm in Bulloch county, made a fiendish attempt Tuesday morning on Mrs. Mock, a trspectable white woman, a sister nf Remei l !*Mie, who lives in the neighborhood of Williams & Co.’s still. Garrison drove upfejto Mr. Mock’s house, who was away from home, stopped his team and entered the house and seined Mrs. Mock, at the same time telling her his pur pose. Mrs. Mock resisted the negro as best she could, being in a delicate condition, until he became frightened by the passing of a couple cf teams from Williams &. Co.’s still. He left the house hastily and returned to his wagon, telling the meu to take charge of his team, as he had to return to the camp. He went to the camp, got his valise, and leaving, then made off in t ed rectionof station No. on the Central railroad, crossing the Little Ugeechee river at Flatford. In toe meantime Mrs. Mock, having escaped the dutches of the negro through the timely arrival of the two wagons, after recovering from the shock, gave the alarm, and the men in the neighborhood at once started in pursuit. About noon Garrison was tracked to with in about one and a half miles from Tuscu lum, but there he changed his course aud going around that place made oil in the direction of Guyton, where it is said he has relatives. Garrison is described a9 black, of slender build, with thick lips, weighs about 140 pounds, is about 19 years old and talks with a brogue peculiar to the South Carolina sea coast negross. He is formerly from South Carolina and is regarded as a desperate character It is said this was Garrison's second at tempt of the kind. The pursuing party was on the Effingham side of the river night before last ana yesterday morning. Wliat will Sl,unions l.lver Regulator dot Cure dyspepsia, biliousness, sick headache and indigestion.— .del OITY BtiSVITIBo. The petit jurors of the superior oourt ordered to appear this morning are not needed until to-morrow. The tie gams between the Chathams and Mutual colored base ball clubs will be played off this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the base ball park. The score at the end of the ninth inning yesterday was 1 and 1. The maximum temperature yesterdey was 93% the minimum 71° and the mean 82 v . There was a good breeze blow ing in the afternoon. To-day will be fair and warm according to the observer’s fore cast. There has beeu a little delay in securing the piers for the South Bound railroad bridge over the Savannah river, and as a consequence the b idge will not be ready until some time next week. As soon as the bridge is completed, trains will be run reg larly between Savannah and Graham’s. The board of directors of the Chatham Heal Estate and Improvement Company yesterday declared a semi-annual dividend of $1 75 per share, payable on and after July 15. Tills is equal to au annual 7 per cent, dividend. Tne annual report of the secretary and treasurer shows the company to be in a very prosperous condition. AU humors of the scalp, tetter sores and dandruff cured and falling hair checked; hence, baldness prevented by using Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer.— Ad. BAKING POWDER. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE LOCAL PERSONAL. A. J. McEvoy of Macon i3 at the Pulaski. Walter Coney, Jr., left for Wrightsville last night. Charles Matthews of Atlanta is a guest of the De 8 s to. J. Ferris Cann, Esq., left last night for Oglethorpe. W. B. Schir?r of Beaufort, S. C., is a guest of the Pulaski J. W. McFarland of Winston, N. C., is a guest of the Marshall. Jas. S. Nelson of Richmond, Va., is reg istered at the Marshall. Mrs. John E. Maguire and family have gone to Tybee for a month. Fred Ellis returned on the Tallahassee last night from a trip north. Mrs. Geo. Walter and family leave for Keswick, Va., to-day at noon. The Misses Gumm returned last night on the Tallahassee from New York. A. J. O’Hara sailed for New York on tbe City of Birmiogham yesterday. J. H. Gilbert sailed on the City of Birmingham for New York yesterday." Jeremiah F. Cavanaugh was elected a member of the board of trade yesterday. The teacher* of the Anderson street Sun day school spent yesterday on Wilmington Island. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Soutfceott left for New York yesterday by the City of Birm ingham. Mrs. W. G. Woodfln aud child leave for North Georgia to-day to be absent during the summer. Mrs. Bierno Gordon was called north yes terday by a telegram announcing the death of her sister. Mrs. M. Swoll and Miss Willie Swoll left for New York yesterday on the City of Birmingham. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Rogers an l three children of Apalachicola, Fia., are stopping at the De Soto. Miss Ida Hansey is at Tybee, where she will spend a mouth recuperating from a re cent spell of illness. R. C. Johnston, Jr., of Branchville, 8. C., and J. I. Klnard of Waltorboro, 8. C., are guests of the Screven. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Owens of Way cross were guests of tho De Soto yesterday and left last night for Greenville, S. C. Charles Mathews, Jr., special agent of the Westchester Fire lusuranoe Company, is iu the city. He is a guest of the Do Soto. Misses Helen and Corry Warrock of Jack sonville, Fla., are visiting their aunt Mrs. Gray bell, corner of Tattnall and Huntington streets. Miss Ida Brown entertained a number of friends at her homo, No. 150 Hull street, last night. Musio and reoitations were In dulged in. Miss Sallie W. Cook, who has been visit ing Mrs. J. P. Williams at No. 15S Hall street, leaves to-day for her homo in Bennettsvllle, S. C. Miss Hattie L. Bailey of Now York, who has been visiting relatives in this city for several months, left for home yesterday by the City of Birmingham. William Downey of the Empire mills, Doboy, is in the city. He was looking after the loading of the steamship Raleigh, which sailed yesterday morning for New York. Hon. John B. Gordon, Mr*. Gordon and the Misses Gordon sailed for New York yes terday on the City of Birmingham. The general goes north for the benefit of his Health. Robert Mcßride of Newnan, Goorge T. Brown of Atlanta, R. W. Tilliott of En glish Eddy, J. T. Miilen of Thomasville and H. I. Oliff of Jesup were among the Geor gia arrivals at the Screven yesterday. Walter H. Lynch and M. F. Bell of Au gusta, R. Oberley aud G. O. Miller of Normandale, O. C. Johnson of Columbus, and Edgar Dunlap and Miss F. Dunlap of Atlanta, were among the Georgia arrivals at the De Soto yesterday. Chas. S. Kingsberry who was appointed receiver for Stephen A. Rvan of Atlanta, and gave a bond of $200,000 for the handling of the $500,000 of assets, is a brother of S. T. Kingsberry, Esq., legal counsel of the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad. Robert E. Hardee, who for the past year has been chemist for Hammond, Hull & Cos., and the Arcadia and Charlotte Harbor Phosphate Companies, left last night for Griffin to take cnarge of the chemical de partment of the Georgia State Experi mental Station, to whioh position he has beeu appointed by Prof. H. C. White. Geo. B. Denman of Atlanta, J, W. Domingos of Macon, Mr. aud Mrs. A. F. Marshall of Atlanta, Geo. M. Brinson of Stillmore, Moses D. Wadiey of Millen. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nelson of Macon, W. A. Smith of Pembroke, and R. 11. Johnson of Ouida were among the Georgia arrivals at the Pulaski yester day. Gordon Saussv of Savannah was the valedictorian at the graduation exercises of grammer sohool No. 35 In New York last week. The Now York Tribune in its re port of exercises mentions this incident: “Gen. O. O. Howard addressed the graduat ing class. Turning toward the father of the velediotorian, who sat near him, he said: ‘The last time I saw Mr. Raussy was when I was marohing through Georgia with Geo. Sherman. Now we meet upon a com mencement platform in the Dorth.’ An officer of the school said at the olose of the exercises: ‘I was afraid that the old build ing could not staad the weight of the tre mendous crowd. The Girard silver medals for popularity were awaded by a vote of the school to Gord in Baussy and lienry Baillet the salutatorian. The Porter Found the Money. Yesterday morning Conrad Schwarz, who keeps agrooory at AVayne and Jeffer son streets, lost out of his pocket #IOO in bills and a certified check for $25. He placid the matter in the hands of Detective Wetherhorn, fand that officer yesterday arrested Schwarz's colored porter. Eighty dollars of the money and the check were found in the yard, where the porter had hidden it. He had spent S2O. The negro confessed that ho had picked up the money and check in tho yard adjoiuing the store. He was committed to jail by Justice Naughtl n. For Warsaw. The Ladies" Wesley Monumental Associa tion will give an excursion to Warsaw Fri day, July 3. The committee is working hard to make this excursio l a success, and they will furnish refreshments on biat and island. There will be two tri)*. Boat and trains will leave same hours ns Sundays. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, operating through the blood, eradicates -ho scrofulous taint. Ad. Men’s nightshirts, of light cambric, cool for summer, all sizes, at LaFar’s.—Ad. IN THE FRATERNAL ORDERS. Odd Fellows' and Red Men’s Installa tions Lasc Night. The following officers of Golden Rule Lodge No 12 of Odd Fellows were installed last night by D. D. G. M. A. N. Manucy, assisted by P. G. James Van Bersehott, acting grand marshal; Henry Kolshorn, acting grand warden; J. W. Fretwell, act ting grand secretary, and William Fawcett, acting grand treasurer: N. G. —B. W. Cubbedge. V. G. —W. B. Shuptriae. Secretary—J. S. Tyson. Treasurer—A. S. Nichols. Chie's ‘'Raised Up.” Savannah Tribe No. 4 of Red Men "raised up” the following chiefs last night. The ceremony was by D. G. S. A. N. Manucy; Prophet—George W. Alley. Sachem—George W. Griffith. Senior Sag—D. P. Elliot. Junior Sag—E. P. Thompson. C. ofß. H. J. Herb. K. of W.—C. B. Herb. First Sannap—William Fried. Second Sannap—Louis LelHer. G. of W.—S. Steinman. G. of F.—J. A. Brake. First Warrior—C. A. Gonge. Second Warrior—T. C. Remler. Third Warrior—S. W. Mott. Fourth Warrior—W. L. Camming. First Brave —A. Jasme. Second Brave —C. B. Honiker. Third Brave—S. Buckwald. Fourth Brave—M. A. Morris*. Savannah Castle Sleets Officers. Savannah Castle No. 8, K. G. E., has elected the following officers for the ensuing term; N. C.—P. S. Callahan. V. C. —V. E. St. Cloud. H. P. —C. H. Carson. V. H.—J. M. Russell. M. of R.—Thomas J. Sheftail. C. of E.—Theodore E. Say both. "■ K. of E. —George Schroder. S. H.—Charles M. Mock. I'. C.—O. T. Shaffer. Trustee—J. W. Daniel. Representative to the Grand Castle— Thomas J. Sheftall. THE LAST DEMOCRAT IN ITALY. Hon. William Wallace Jones’ Return From the Messina Consulate. Hon. William Wallace Jones, formerly of Savannah, but now a residont of Jeff, rs in county, Florida, near Monticollo, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Jones was United States consul to Messina under Cleveland’s adminis tration, and served two yeirs un der the present administration. He was the last democratio appointee to the Italian consulates, and was removed by President Harrison, who has now made a clean sweep of President Cleveland’s appointments. He was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Brush, of South Dakota. Mr. Jones left Messina May 15, by the steamer Caledonia,for New York via Gibral tar. An accident to the vessel’s machinery disabled her, and she was twenty-four days at sea, arriving in New York June 8, after an eventful voyage. Mr. Jones is a careful student of men and affairs. His occupancy of the Messina consulate showed him to be a thorough busi ness man. During his term of office the receipts of his consulate were more than doubled. Mr. Jones bad every opportunity from hH position, and by reason of his member ship in the clubs of Messina, to know the feeling of the Italian people there concern ing the New Orleans trouble. While any discus-ion of the subject in the clubs was studiously avoided in his presence, Mr. Jones said the general feeling of the peoule was that Italy had got rid of a lot of unde sirable subjects. The gentlemen classes in Italy, Mr. Jones said, are all lawyers and a disputatious people, and the fad of the day is the study of constitutional law aud states’ rights. The relations between the United lata* 63 government and the individual states was the auestion of the hour when Mr. Jones left Italy. Mr. Jones spent yesterday with friends in Savannah and left last night for his home in Florida. Belts and sashes, all colors and widths, at LaFar's.— Ad. The Americanized Encyclopaedia Brl tannlca Is valuable because it is accurate, because it is modern, because it has rejected the worthless and preserved the necessary, be cause it brings the history of science, litera ture, commerce, geography and discovery, and the —lental and moral development of the race down to the year 1890. 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He may be an excellent judg of the value of all household furniture may be thoroughly posted In the values of real estate, may be able to build a house economically, may be quite capable of ren dering valuable assistance in artistio fur. nisbing of a home, but when he comes to a piano he bas to confess his ignorance. Still we beg to assure you that his lack of knowledge of this subject is not half as dense as that of many of the people who actually deal in pianos, and whose praise 0/ a particular instrument is guaged by the profit they expect to gain upon it. Pleas* don’t consider us vain when we say that this ts not and never has been the case with Ludden & Bates Southern Music House. Wo have always considered it essential to our business success that we have an inti, mate and expert knowledge of the musical and rnech mical value of the instrument* wo repro ent, and we endeavor to glvo pur chasers the benefit of this knowledge as fur as they will accept of It. Cali an 1 ask us a few questions. You will find expert meeba ios ready to take a piano apart iu your presence and explain the value of it* construction. You will find competent judges of musical tone quality readv to give you their assistance in making a selec tion, and when you have found a piano to suit,you will have the express guaranty ot a business house with a reputation to main tain, that should any possible latent defect show itself, you will have it made good promptly and cheerfully. It will be safe tor you to see us before you buy. Ludden & Bates S. M. H. JJK X WOODS. H STILL Ml® Our Grand Midsummer Sale. BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. WASH GOODS, WHITE GOODS, Linens. Housekeeping Goods, Embroidered Skirtings and Flouncings, Chantilly, Gui pure Lace Skirtings, Fish aud Drape Nets. HOSIERY. Ladies’ Muslin Underwear and Cents’Furnishing Goods at your own prices. CBOHAH & DOONEB 137 Broughton. CLOTHING. A CRUSH Has been the experience this week. 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