Georgia Historic Newspapers

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AT A PISTOL’S POINT.
A SAVANNAH MAN FOROES ABRA
HAM BAOKB i TO A SETTLEMENT.
Yhe Sensational stcry Reported In
New York in Connection With the
B g Failure—Judge Harden’s Trans
actions With the Collapsed Broker.
Kei-ecarss Backer's Indictment for
G.-ar.d Larceny Other t avannah
Parties Reported Involved.
A rather sensational story comes from
New York ia connection with the Backer
failure.
The story is that a Savannah drygoods
merchant discounted notes for 135,000
through Backer. Two days before Backer
tailed the Savannah man went to New York
and compelled Backer at the point of the
pistol to pay him the face value of the
notes.
Quito a number of Savannah business
men are reported involved iu the llickir
failure, hut no names are given in connec
tion with the forcing of Backer to a settle
ment. Several Savauaah merchant* are i
now iu New York, but whether there on |
account of the Backer oas.e is not known. j
JUDGE HARDEN’S CASE.
A New York dispatch to the Morning
News this morning ann muces that Backer
is held m *15,000 ball to answer the charge
operand larce .y brought by .Judge Harden,
Judge Harden is detained in New \ ork
through his connection with the failuro. and
the citvconrt will not convene until Mon
day. Judge Harden, it seems, is
more heavily involved than it was at first
supposed. Statements from New York put
the amount in the neighborhood of $20,000.
Judge Hardens affidavit, upon which
Backer was arrested, as reported
in yesterday’s Morning News,
shows the following facts: Maroh 14. INK),
nudge Harden executed and delivered to
Backer a promissory note for *IO,OOO, pay
able Oot. 1,1890. At the same time he
sent securities of the Central Railroad and
Banking Company, valued at $9,700, and
certificates representing 00 shares of the
stock of the Savannah Gaslight Company
of the par value of *25 a share, ar and powers
of attorney, with the understanding that
the debentures and stock should he held as
collateral. The papers were sent through
Mohr Bros.of this city, and Backer acknowl
edged thstr reoeipk
RENEWALS or THE PAPER.
Upon maturity of the note it was re
newed, upon Julge Harden's request, for
four months from Oot. 4, 1800. When it
again became due it was once more re ie wed,
this time for six mouths, due Aug. 12, 1891.
Judge Harden wanted further renewal and
Backer suggested that he pay *2,000 on ac
count and take out the note of *B,OOO for
ninety days, leaviqg same seounty with
Backer.
While negotiations were going on Backer
made a general assignment for the benefit
of bit creditors. Judge Harden then learn and
t hat his note for *10,090 had been disoouuted
by the Park National Bank of Ne w York
without deposit by Backer of any of the
securities deposited with him; and further
more, that Backer ha 1 assigned and trans
ferred those securities to the Merchants’
National Bank of New York iu return for
a loan. In consequence Judge Harden was
compelled to pav his note for *IO,OOO and
sustained a loss of his seourities besides. He
charged Backer with grand larceny in the
first degree.
Hammond Read returned to Bavan nah
yesterday.
Nothing has been done yet toward put
ting the government property at York and
Abercorn streets in a sanitary condition.
The Morning News called attention to the
matter several days ago. The place is in
need of attention by the authorities.
It is understood that Crohan & Doonor
are also interested in the failure. ,A few
days before the collapse the firm drew a
draft upon Backer f r something over
*1,200, payable to Sylvester Bell of New
York. Bell held the draft too long, and
when the crash came he had the papier in his
hands, aud of course e uidn’t collect from
Backer. One of the firm will go to New
York sbortlv to eee what the courts can do
about the matter.
FEAIHEB3 MAKE A SMOKE.
A Burning Bed in opt. Screven’s
Residence Causes an Alarm.
Some gentlemen passing on Gaston street
yesterday afternoon about ti:3J o'clock were
attracted by seme negro women on the
street soreatuiug “fire!” In a moat excited
manner. Smoke was issuing from the base
ment of Capt Thomas F. Screven’s resi
dence, So. 55 Uaston street.
A feather bed lying upon a sofa in the
basement had somehow caught (Ire, proba
bly from aspark, aud was smoldering away,
producing a very heavy smoke.
The gentlemen went to work throwing all
the water they could get, with the aid of
the servants, upou the fire, and soon had it
under control.
The fea her bed was destroyed and the
sofa was about burned through.
There was very little other damage except
from the sm .ke. Bomo one sent iu an
alarm from box 37, at the corner
of Gaston and Lincoln streets,
about fifteen minutes after the
fire was discovered. Tne department re
sponded, but l's servioes were hardly
needed. The basement was occupied by
servauts, and It is supposed that a spark
from a pipe set fire to the feathers.
Quite a crowd, chiefly women and chil
dren, gathered iu the street at the alarm of
fire.
C’apt. and Mrs. Screven were not at home
at the time.
TO BE FINISHED Tdl3 WINTER.
The Cathedral to Be Made One of the
Finest Edifices in the South.
The work of c mipletiug the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist will be done during the
coming winter. Architect Baldwin of Bal
timore, under whose plans and supervision
the cathedral was built, will be here in No
vember to make an inspection of the build,
ing and prepare plaus for its completion'
It is estimated that the cost of erecting the
spires, plastering the exterior, frescoing the
interior, putting in anew organ and chime
bell* and clock will be $35,000.
The committee in charge of the matter
has on hand something like SII,OOO toward
this amount, aud monthly contributions
are being aided by the congregation. Eariy
in the spring it is proposed to hold a niam
inotu fair to raise funds.
When completed Savannah's oathedral
will be the finest church edifice south of
Baltimore, with the possible exception of
ouo at New Orleans.
ITS FUNDS GARNISHED.
Mrs. Myers After the Savannah Gro
cery Company.
The alimony suit of Mrs. Herman Myers
•gainst her husband, Alderman Herman
Myers, will probably oome up In the superior
court this morning at 10 o’clock, when it is
expected Alderman Myers will file an
answer to his wife’s charges.
Asa result of the differences between
Mr. and Mrs. Myers two suits have been
filed in the city oourt against Mr. Manrice
Deitsh by H. Myers & Bros. One is for
$-56 38. balance on a note of $5,500, which
Mr. Deitsh owes the firm, and the other is
for S6OO, for the payment of which the
Savannah Grocery Company has been gar
nished.
First Bala of Cart Cotton.
The first bale of “cart” cotton was re
ceived yesterday—a day earlier than last
’ear’s first bale. It was brought in by
Jeorge H. Lanier of Bryan county, and
fas bought by H. Traub. It classed mid-
Ulug, aud sold for 10 cents per pound.
CAN’T BREAK THE LE’-SE.
The Legislature's Action In the Central
Railroad Matter.
A gentleman who is a keen observer of
railroad and financial matters said in con
versation with a Morning News reporter
i yesterday:
i “It strike* me that the Georgia legislature
is very inconsistent in tbi* matter of the
lease of the Central railroad by the Rich
mond and Da i villa.
“Not very longag .’there was the same cry
again!' railroad monopolies and the leasing
of the railroads of the state by larger rail
road svstems. but when the U eatern and
! Atlantic railr ad was to be leased the slate
| proceeded to 'Ter it in ° '. Br Y
bus::. ess-like moaner to the highest bidder,
I and it was knocked off to the Nashville,
i Chattanooga and Bt. Louis railroad, a
j branch of the Lonisvflle and Nashville sys
! tem, fir the aum <*f #35,000 a month. How
j can the legislature, with a y degree of con
sistency, object to any railroad system leas
ing anv railroad line in the state, wbea tue
state is itself engaged in leasing its own
I railroad line to one of the largest railroad
1 corporations in the United States’ It was
just ns much wrong for th- state to lease
the Western and Atlautic to the Louisville
aud Nashville as it was for the Richmond
an i Danville to lease the Central railroad.
“The lease will never be broken, no matter
how many investigating committees are ap
pointed. A similar investigating commit
tee was appointed three years ago when the
East Tennes'es, Virginia an 1 Geo.gia rail
road was i asad to the Richmond and Dan
ville. The report of the committee was
never read, and the results of its investiga
tion have never been made public. It will
probably be the same thing iu tuis case."
FOR THE MO <UMKNT.
The Guards and Cade'.'e Crosa Eats
To-day.
There will doubtless be a big crowd out
this afternoon to see the game of ball be
tween the Guards and the Cadets at the
Bolton street park for the benefit of the
the Davis memorial fund. Both
clubs have seleoted good teams
which have been practicing for the last
week for this afternoon’s game. The game
may not be professional, but it will be
lively.
Umpire M. Scanlon will call the game at
4 o'clock sharp.
Coney ad Jones will do the batte'y work
for the Cadets, and Draue and Mercer for
the Guards.
T. 8. Morgan will play center field for
the Guards and argue the points of the
game between balls.
The friends of both the Guards and the
Cadets are taking a great deal of interest in
the game, and will attend in large numbers.
As eac i side desires toe support of iu lady
friends the ladies will be admitted free.
The teams are as follows:
Cadets—Coney 0., Jones p., Farr Ist b.,
Oppienbeitner 2d b., Gaudrv 3d b., Gorman
s. a, Mallory 1. f.. Banks c, f., Thomas
r. f.
Guards—Drane c., Mercer p., Hunter Ist
b., Cunningham 2d b., Cann 8d b.. Hall s.
s. Hatch L f.. T. 8. Morgan, Jr., c. f.,
Lamar r. f.
Umpire—M. Scanlon.
Scorer—F. Mercer.
GONE INTO NEW HAND3.
The Savannah Steam Bakery Com
pany Organized.
The Savannah Steam Bakery Company,
at Bay and Barnard streets, has been sold
by the proprietors, Ferst & Cos., to a com
pany of Savannah business men who will
continue the business on a larger scale.
The stockholders of the new company
met yesterday afternoon and elected the
following board of directors:
Isaac G. Haas, John Schwarz, James M.
Dixon, J. B. W ithers, Irvine B. Tiedeman
L. Kayton, J. A. G. Carson.
Tho directors met and elected the follow
ing officers:
President—l. G. Haas.
Vice President aud Manager—John
Boh warz.
Mr. DixoD will aot a* secretary and treas
urer temporarily.
The amount of stock of the new oompany
is $60,000, already subscribed, with the
privilege of increasing to 1250,000. The
transfer of the bakery to the now oompany
will be made within the next few days.
The new compauy is oomposed of about
forty of Savannah's leading business men.
Among the number are J. P. Williams &
Cos., E. A. Weil, I. M. Frank, E. Karow,
Thomas J. Reid, William Kehoe, A. Ehr
lich & Bro., J. D. Weed, John C. Rowland,
Ellis, Young & Cos.. John Lyons, Engel &
Rothschilds. A. B. Hull & Cos., Herman &
Kay ton, George W. Tiedeman & Bro., W.
W. Chisholm & Cos., William F. Reid, N.
Paulsen and M. Foret’s Sons & Cos.
>0 doctor's bills presented to the families
who use Mutinous Liver Hegulalor.— Ad-
TAUGHT A COSTLY LESSON.
Capt. Torreeon Fined SIOO for Vio
lating Quarantine Hegulat.ons.
Copt. C. L. Torreson of the bark Albion
was fined SIOO by Mayor McDonough yes
terday morning for violating quarantine
regulations in refusing or failing to give
correct unswers to a pilot regarding the
condition of his vessel and the health of his
crew. The prosecutors were Health Officer
Brunuor and Pilot Charles G. Makin.
The Albion arrived off Tybee bar July 17
from Santos. She was spoken by Pilot
Makin, who boarded the bark from the
Odell after being told things were all right.
He remained aboard of the vessel for some
time and was afterward taken off by the
Sprite. Quarantine Officer Keller later on
learned tnere had been some deaths on the
Albion (luring the voyage from suspected
contagious sickness and ho ordered the hark
to Sapelo, along with Pilot Makin aud the
Sprite and her crew. As soon as the pilot
wits released from quarantine he filed
charges against Capt. Torreson, and yester
day morning the master of the bark was
taughlja lesson for his negiigenoe which he
will not soon forget.
THE HSITAIANS CONVICTED.
Found Guilty of Rolling Liquor to
Osgood Lee.
John F. and C. Heitmau, proprietors of
the store at which Policeman Clayton was
shot, July 9, by Osgocxl 1 .ec (colored), who
was afterward killed by Officer Neidlinger,
were found guilty by a jury, in the superior
court last night, of selling liquor to a minor
and were recommended to the extreme
mercy of the court. Sentence will be passed
this morning.
The prosecutor in the case was Lee’s
mother, who proved that her son was only
30 years of ago. There was an array of
witnesses on both sides and the case was
stubbornly fought to the end. R. K. Rich
ards, Esq., defended the Heilmans, aud the
state's case was equally as well handled by
Solioltor General Fraser.
A MISTRIAL IN THE KELLY CASS.
The Jury Stood Ten for Conviction
and Two for Acquittal.
A mistrial was declared in the Policeman
Kelly assault and battery case last night.
Judge Falligant kept the jury locked
up for over twenty-seven hours
and, finding that there was no
possible chance of a verdict being reached,
ordered a mistrial. It is understood that
the jury stood ten for conviction and two
for acquittal. The names of the jurors who
held out for acquittal oould not be learned.
The case cannot be tried again before the
December term of the supremo oourt.
G. W. Chandler, Red Fork, Ark., writes:
‘‘l was so weak that it was only with great
effort that I oould do anything. I used
several bottles of Botanic Blood Balm, and
can now do a good day’s work.”— Ad.
TIIE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1891.
KEEP CP THE DRAINAGE.
THE GUANO JURY URGTB ACTIVE
WORK AROUND THE CITY.
The Co-operation of the City and County
Authorit'es Ask id in Placing Aius
grove Creek and the Lauds De
pendent Upon it for Drainage in a
Sanitary t ondlt on-An Inquiry
Asked for Concerning the County
Roads Appropriation.
The grand jury of the superior court,
which adjourned yesterday for the term,
paid particular attention, in its general pre
sentments, to the drainage question.
After commenting favorably upon what
ha3 already been done in this line, the grand
jury urged an active continuance of the
work, particularly iu and around the city.
The county commisioner* and city authori
ties are asked to co-operate at oaca in plac
ing Musgrove creek and the lands dependent
upon it in a thoroughly sanitary condition.
“High tides and heavy rains,” says the
jury, "now cause the tranks to leak and
overflow, and the lauds adjacent are flooded,
and remain in a sadly unhealthy condition.
It has always been a menace to the health
of the city and a subject of continuous anx
iety and just complaint. We are informed
by high medical authority that the greater
portion of the sickness of the city prevail
ing in the western and southwestern por
tion is attributable to the condition of this
creek aud the lands that ueod an outlet for
drainage."
The grand jury recommends that Mus
grove creek be widened, its banks raided
and flood gates constructed a; its mouth to
carry off all the water tuat may be required
of it in thoroughly draining the dependent
lands.
Attention is also called to the low lands
at Southover juuotion and to the condition
of the Casey canal, both of which need at
tention.
The Louisville, Telfair, Pine Barren,
Quaoo and Ogeechee rgida are reported in
bad condition on account of the recent
heavy rams aud in neei of immediate atten
tion. The chairman of the road commis
sioners having reported to the jury that he
had repeatedly asked for and was refused
the #5,000 appropriated for roads aud
bridges in the county budget, Judge Falli
gant la requested to inquire into the matter
and have some understanding arrived at
that the roads may receive the benefits of
the funds appropriated for their improve
ment.
In view of the fact that the city council
has deferfed action until November in the
putting down of a noiseless pavement on
Drayton street east of the court house the
grand jury refers the whole question to the
proper authority for the suppression of
nuisances, with the request that vigorous
measures be at once instituted for its abate
ment. If the* matter cannot be arranged
otherwise, the grand Jury recommended
that the county commissioners do the work
at the county’s expense.
CHRIoT-AN ENDEAVOR PEOPLE.
Trinity Church Society Celebrates Its
Anniversary.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church celebrated its
first anniversary last night. There was a
large attendance of the members of the so
ciety and of the other Christian endeavor
societies of the city. President R. C. Bach
lott conducted the meeting.
The meeting opened with the singing of
"Glory to God on High," followed by prayer
by Rev. A. J. Jarrell, pastor of Trinity.
The roil was called by Secretary J. A. Var
nedoe. As each member’s name was called
he or she arose and repeated some appropri
ate verße. This is a r-ustom of the society.
Rev. A. J. Jarrell read a selection of
soripture from the third chapter of Daniel,
giving an account of the casting of the
three children of Israel iutO the fiery fur
nace bv Nebuchadnezzar, and their miraou
lous delivery. Mr. Jarrell commented
briefly on the scripture, illustrating the
power of faith.
A series of “sentence prayers” by mem
bers of the society followed.
“Work, for the Night Is Coming” was
sung by the congregation.
President Basblott rendered his report,
whioh was brief.
The Soolety of Christian Endeavor of
Trinity Church was organized a year ago
with 26 members. It now has 93, with an
average attendance of 55.
“ Some Day,” a duet, was sung by Miss
Ida Mell and .Susie Jarrell.
There was a recitation by Miss Nannie
Fulford.
Rev. Mr. Jarroli was called upon and
made a short talk.
The meeting adjourned with singing
"Lord be With You Till We Meet Again”
and the benediction by Rev. A. J. Jarrell.
THE SCUPPERNONG CROP.
The Juicy Grape Plentiful Thia Year
and teginning to Come In Now.
The scuppernong crop is beginning to
ripen and Savannah should be well supplied
with this luscious grape, as there is any
quantity of them grown, and the crop is
reported very good this year. So far only
a few shipments have been received in Sa
vannah, obielly from Gordon on the Central
railroad. They are retailing at 10 cents to
15 cents a quart.
There is uo reason, fruit men say, why
the scuppernong should uot be shipped north
in large quantities. It is a delicious grape
and ships well, having a very thick
skin. The commission men here say that
they make very few shipments. It may be
because there are plenty of northern grapes
on the market at that time, but as the
souppernong is an entirely different grape
from any raised in the northern climate it
should command some sale there.
A splendid wine is made from the scup
pernong, but very little of it is sold. If
there were a demand for this wine at $1 a
gallon, the farmers could make more money
off one acre of common gray land in
scuppernong grapes than on forty acres in
ootton.
The Singular Fate Which Befell a Rat.
In the warehouse of Tilton & Cos., rice
dealers, is stored a quantity of rice in bags
and barrels and in bulk. Toe
rat family is numerous there. On
a shelf near the door aro placed
conveniently a dozen ordinary iron wire
paper file - for filing dray tickets. On open
ing the doors of the warehouse a morning
or two ago a fine, sleek and fat rat was
found impaled on one of the files, pieroed
through and through and resting on the
dray tiokets, wriggling head and feet and
tail in endeavors to free himself. It was
believed that, in attempting to walk along
the projecting ledge of bricks near the ceil
ing to get under the floor, the rat missed bis
footing and fell, and trying, oatlike, to
alight on his feet, stuck ou the file.
Its First Birthday.
Acorn Lodge, No. 103, of Odd Fel
lows celebrated its first anniversary last
night.
The lodge was organized with a member
ship of nearly 100. It now has 131 mem
bers and is in a flourishing condition in
every way, and after the meeting last night
refreshments were serve! in the supper
room adjoining the main hall. Congratu
latory speeches were made by various mem
bers of the order.
Oonfirmed.
The favorable impression produced on the
first appearance of the agreeable liquid
fruit remedy Syrup of Figs a few years ago
has been more than oonfirmed by the pleas
ant experience of all who have used it, aud
the suocess of the proprietors and manufac
turers of the California Fig Syrup Com
pany.—Ad.
WILL NOT AFFSST CHATHAM.
The Davis Bill In the Legislature for a
board of Jtqua iization.
The “board of equalization" bill which
was pa-sed in the lower house of the gen
era! a •nibly dav before yesterday will not
affect Cuecham county, because it is prac
tically a measure providing for the appoint
ment of a b ard of as-ossors for each
county, which has been in operation here
for many years under a special law.
Representative Davis of Burke county,
in speaking in favor of the measure, made
the statement that there was a difference of
$3,646,884 in the amount of Chatham
county’s assessed property valuation and
that returned by the tax receiver. The
assessment, Mr. Davis claimed, footed up
$18,580,330, and the returns to the state
snowed but $14,993,446. Capt. John R.
Dillon, receiver of tax returns, was asked
by a Morning News reporter for an ex
planation of the matter:
“The valuation pi iced on property within
the city limits,” sa\d Capt. Dil
lon, “was an arbitrary aot done
specially for the purpose of secur
ing the usual revenue at a lower rate of
taxation. To have followed the aotion of
the city would have caused the taxpayers of
Chatham to pay more than their just share
of the state tax. -Mr. Davis was not aware,
perhaps, that tbeageregateof city valuation
includes the imme se holdings of the Cen
tral and Savannah, Florida aud Western
Railroad Companies, and all ihe property,
real and personal, of the street railroad com
panies, which do not appear on our county
digest, but which are returned directly to
the controller ge ieral who assesses aud col
lects the state aud county taxes
aud apportions it out without the
intervention of the tax receiver.
The value of the real estate of banks,
cotton factories, iron foundries, gas and
electric light companies, building and loan
associations and of defaulters entered on
the county’s digests in special columns seem
al3o to have escaped the eye of the member
from Burke.”
"While the creation of a board of equal
ization,” continued Capt. Dillon, "will have
no effeot in Chatham county, where one
already exists, the law will have the effect,
if properly and fairly enforced, of making
many of the lnteri r counties increase their
valuations and assume their just portion of
the burden of taxation, which is now so
heavily pressing on the counties containing
large oities.”
LOCAL PERSONAL.
D. C. Bacon is at the Da Soto.
M. Brice of Quitman is at the Marshall.
R. K. Walker of Darien is at the Pulaski.
8. A. Crosby of Baxley is at the Screven.
W. S. Tison left for New York last night.
J. W. Hopson of Quitman is at the Pu
laski.
Dr. B. P. Oliveros and wife are at Ashe
ville.
Wm. H. Gannon is stopping at the Mar
shall.
A. S. Eichberg left for Wilmington last
night.
W. N. Stevens of Atlanta is registered at
the Da Soto.
Charles H. Deans of Fort White was in the
city yesterday.
J. C. Powell and child of Macon are stop
ping at the Pulaski.
J. K. Morisey of Winston, N. C., is a
guest of the Screven.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Dukes of Quitman are
guests of the Pulaski.
J. B. Raymond of Citrus county, Fla., is
a guest of the Marshall.
Frank A. Einstein left for Long Branch
yesterday by the Coast Line.
D. C. Bacon arrived yesterday on the
Kansas City from New York.
Jacob Rauers returned yesterday from
New York on the Kansas City.
W. S. Hutton came home on the Kansas
City, which arrived yesterday afternoon
from Now York.
James E. Grady, Mrs. Grady and Miss
Gradv returned yesterday on tho Kansas
City from New York.
Thomas R. Wright, Miss M. E. Wright
and W. F. Thomas ot Augusta were guests
of the Do Soto yesterday.
Clarence 8. Connerat arrived home yos
torday on the Kansas City from New York.
He was accompanied by his son.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Muonerlyn, Sr.,
and John D. Munnerlyu, Jr. of Waynes
boro are stopping at the Screveu.
Miss Nellie Cooley sailed for New York
yesterday on the City of Savannah. She
was accompanied by her brother.
B. G. Tarver of the Savannah and Atlantic
railway left last night for Indian Springs
to recuperate from a recent attack of fever.
D. T. Inman, with Stillwell, Millen &
Cos., left by the Central railroad yesterday
morning to spend his vacation with friends
in North Georgia.
Chief Engineer Tupper of the revenue
cutter Boutwell returned yesterday on the
Kansas City from a six weeks’ leave of
absence, which he spent with his family in
Northern New York and Vermont.
The worst attacks of Indigestion Simmon
Liver Regulator never falls to relieve.— Ad.
OI TV BREVITIES.
Yesterday afternoon a belt car ran off
the track at the Gwinnett street crossing of
the Electrio road, blocking the latter’s line
for a short time.
The name o* the new pastor who is to be
installed at the Second African Baptist
churoh Thursday night. Is Rev. J. J. Dur
ham and not J. J. Dunbar, as announced
in the Morning News yesterday.
Mrs. Mumm, an elderly woman, was
thrown out of her wagon and badly hurt
yesterday morning while returning to her
home in I .overs lane from the market. The
wheel of the wagon came off, frightening
the horse, which started to run, throwing
Mrs. Mumm out into the street with the
wagon on top of her. The aocident occurred
onJVVbitaker street near Charlton.
The Y. M. C. Association.
The meeting for men to-morrow at 3:30
p. m. will be led by W. B. Stubbs. The
meeting will last only forty-five minutes.
Credentials have been issued by the inter
national committee to 104 delegates from
America to the world’s conference of asso
ciations of all lands now in session at Am
sterdam, Holland. This is the largest rep
resentation ever sent from the United
States aud Canada to any world’s confer
ence.
Meeting for boys to-morrow afternoon at
6:15 o’clock will be led by G. W. Stradt
man.
The lecture and entertainment committee
hope soon to bo able to aunounce the enter
tainments for the coming winter. They
expect to have a very fine course.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Hiss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Cutorlg
AT THE COURTS.
The contempt case of Reporter Doolan of
the Moaning News, which was set for a
hearing in the city court this morning at 10
o’clock, has been postponed until the same
hoar Monday. Judge Harden has impor
tant business on hand In New York.
The cases of C harles F. Graham and B.
Dub, charged with keep ng tippling houses
open at Tybee on the Sabbath, which were
set far trial in the superior court yesterday,
were postponed until Monday, on which
day an adjournment for the term will be
had.
BAKING POWDER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
ABSOLUTE!?? PWtS
SALOONKEEPERS IN IT.
EIGHTEEN OS’ THEM INDICTED FOR
KEEPING OPEN SDNDiYS.
The Grand Jury Tates Ud the Sunday
Violators The Plea of Twice in
Jeopardy Dues Not Hold in Oaae of
Violation of Two Laws—The Solicitor
General Takes Sunday Tippling- Into
the Higher courts.
The saloonkeepers who disregarded Mayor
McDonough’s injunction about closing their
places Sundays have come to grief. Had
things stopped in the mayor’s court it would
have been different, but now they will have
to face the superior court tor the violation
of the Sunday laws.
In nearly every case where a saloonkeeper
was before Mayor McDonough the point
was raised that if any offense had been
committed it was against the state laws,
therefore the police court had no jurisdic
tion in the cases, because a person could not
be punished twice for the same offense. The
plea didn’t work, though, and Instead of
securing immunity from the mayor, only
compelled Solicitor General Fraser to take
cognizance of the offenses and bring the
.saloonkeepers to the attention of the grand
jury.
The solicitor general was asked what ef
fect a conviction in the superior court would
have upon Mayor McDonough’s judge
ments! "None whatever," he replied. A
man may be tried for au offense against a
city ordinance in the police court, and if
the offense is also covered by a state law he
may afterward he tried in a higher court.
A man who assaults another on the street
and is arrested can be fined for disorderly
conduct by the mayor, and afterward prose
cuted and fined in either the city or su
perior courts for assault and battery, al
though it is the same offense he is punished
for each time.
Eighteen special presentments were yes
terday returned by the grand jury against
parties already fined by Mayor McDonough.
The charge against oaoh is "Keeping a tip
pling house open on the Sabbath.” They
are as follows:
Ivy 8. Hall, Celia Walsh, Felix Mendel,
Thomas Houlihan, Mary A. Bandy, Henry
Blanke, John Warren, J. F. Meyer, Her
man Renken, H. J. Sobnaars and J. H.
Lenkeman, J. M. Denmark, Henry Kinkeu,
Albert Thomas, John Bresnan, two, aud
Maria E. Larkin, two.
Tnese parties will be tried at the Decem
ber term of the superior court.
•A faded or gray beard may be colored a
beautiful brown or black, at will, by using
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers.—Ad.
RAIL AND CROaSTIHL
A number of passenger locomotives on
the Chesapeake and Ohio are to bo equipped
with eleotrio headlights.
The Vanderbilts are said to be interested
in anew project to built anew road from
New York to the foot of Labe Ontario, to
connect with the Canadian lines. The title
of the road is to be the New York-Cauadisn
Pacific railway. It will be 350 miles long,
and its estimated oost is $15,000,000.
The surgeons to the Pennsylvania rail
road, Pennsylvania division, will meet at
the Mountain house, Crescent Spriugs, Pa,,
Sept. 3, to organize the Pennsylvania Rail
road Surgical Society. Prominent railroad
surgeons from different parts of the coun
try will be present to participate in the de
liberations.
Although England may fairly claim to
operate the fastest train, she is, if tho fol
lowing account taken from Engineering is
to be believed, also entitled to the distinc
tion of having the slowest: "Some illustra
tions of modern railway speed cited before
the parliamentary committee o:i the cross
county railway bill merit spec a! attentiou,
showing what can be accomplished when a
railway company makes an effort. A Bux
ton coal merchant says that sometimes the
Midland company manages to oonvev coal
from Buxton to Chesterfield in eleven to
thirty-four days, and as the towns are more
than twenty miles apart. It will be seen that
sometimes the coal trains dash along the
line at the rate of two miles a day. Once
the witness found a bird’s nest in a truck
which had been thirty days on the way,
and he reasonably believes that the nest wa3
built and the eggs laid during the mouth.
Yet this Buxton merchant is not happy and
desires a change."
Indicted for Murder.
Charles Thompson, who shot and killed
Joshua Heyward last Sunday on the Au
gusta road, was yesterday indicted bv the
grand jury of the superior court for mur
der. Thompson has not yet been oaptured.
BATTLES WITH T3S BAT. rr,
Beaultsofthe BiUGxma* Between the
Country's Big Clubs.
Washington, Aug. 14.—T0-day's ball
games resulted:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn— r. b .h. e.
Brooklyn 10 9 0
Chicago .6 4 7
Batteries: Hemming and Kinslow; Nicol
Luby and Klttredge.
At Boston— r. b.h. E .
Boston 5 o I
Cleveland 2 8 5
Batteries: Clarkson ana Bennett, Gruber and
Zimmer.
At Philadelphia— r. b h b
Philadelphia. 11 17 j
Pittsburg 2 10 J 7
Batteries: Gleason and Clements; Galvin,
King, Berger aud Miller.
At New York- r. BH . B .
New York. ••**••• 2 7 2
Cincinnati ] 4 q
Batteries: Ewing and Burrell, ilullane and
Keenan.
Concerning Your Wants.
The “one cent a word” column of the
Morning News placet advertising witliiu
the reach of every one who has anything to
sell or wants anything. Advertising shows
thrift and enterprise, and for the small sum
of 15 cents vou can demonstrate that vou
are possessed of those very necessary requi
sites to suocess in life. The Morning News
circulates everywhere, reaches everybody,
is read by rich and poor alike, has thousands
of readers who never loox at any other
newspaper.
It will print your advertisement, if If
words or less, for 15 cents, and charge you
One cent for each added word. There is no
trouble to calculate what your advertise
ment will cost you. If you have an adver
tising account with the Morning News.
you can telephone your advertisement., if
you do so before 10 p. in. Business office
telephone is 364.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla never before equaled
its present daily record of marvelous cures
—Ad. _
Dr. Holmes is said to be writing two memoirs,
one being that of a great surgeon.
THE TRADE REVIEW.
IT WILL BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST
TO BOYERS AND SELLERS.
Savannah’s Merchants Must Encour
age Trade—They Must Toll the Peo
ple What They Have to Sell and In
terior Merchants Will Find that All
Their Wants Can Be Satisfied in Sa
vannah—And the Morning News is
the Medium of Communication.
Dooe any business man in Savannah need
to be told of what has been going on in the
commercial emporium of tho South Atlan
tic since the last trade review of the Morn
ing News was published! The Morning
News thinks not. Probably in the history
of this country there was never before such
a 6tate of affairs as that which was brought
about by the troubles of the great banking
house in London. In the eventful nine
months that have elapsed sinoe then Sa
vannah’s merchants have stood in tho front
rank in the commercial world. In spite of
the heavy raids on tho banks of the city, and
the large investments of Savauunh’s surplus
capital in railroad building, Florida phos
phate mines, local manufactures and real
estate ventures, the business outlook is not
only healthy, but very promising. Savan
nah has passed through the financial stonn
in safety, with a sound aud seaworthy hull,
and all her spars, sails and rigging in good
condition. She is ready for another pros
perous voyage under the more balmy busi
ness skies of 1801-93.
Doubtless without the new railroads Sa
vannah would not have had so prosperous
a year. With tho beginning of this cur
rent year we have the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery railroad completed to
Montgomery, Ala., and the South Bound
railroad to Columbia, 8. C., will be ready
for business this month. There are good
reasons for hoping that the Macon aud At
lantic railroad and the Middle Georgia aud
Atlantic railroad will be contributing to
the trade of the city before the end of the
twelvemonth.
Of course everybody knows that Savan
nah is to be the South Atlantic terminus of
the great transcontinental and interstate
system of railroads by the incorporation of
the Central railroad into the Richmond
Terminal end Gould’s lines of transporta
tion. This all portends good fortune to the
enterprising merchant. Savannah’s op
portunities have been great in the past, but
tbeeo were as nothing when compared with
those opening to her now. It is for her peo
ple to take hold of the golden opportunity
which, we are told, "taken at the flood,
leads on to fame and fortune.”
Reports show that the farms have been
more than usually productive aud that the
crops bave been grown at a less figure
than usual. Much of these eropß will bo
marketed at once, because the producer
needs the money. Ha will have it in his
power to spend freely, because he has had
but little credit given to him this year,
and is therefore his own master. This
will make trade open early and actively.
These probable buyers are now reading
the advertisements in the Morning News
and laying out (in their mind’s eye) what
they will want and where they will get
what they want when they come to
Savannah.
The Morning News wants this immense
volume of personal trade to come to Sa
vannah, and to that end it proposes to de
vote, through its Annual Trade Review, its
best efforts to convincing its readers that
the merchants of this city are energetic and
enterprising. Agents of the Morning
News are promptly sent over ail new terri
tory opened up to Savannah by railroads.
These gentlemen are tho avant couriers of
the business man of this city. They carry
tho news and the Morning News to the
people, and thereby assure our new made
friends that we are glad to know them and
want them to know us.
Every business man aud business enter
prise should have something to say to the
re.vlors of the Morning News through its
advertising columns.
This season is especially appropriate for
liberal advertising. The farmers aud mer
chants want to know who has withstood tho
damaging effects of the financial cyclone.
An advertisement will show them who is
alive. In the absence of an advertisement
it may be supposed that the missing firm is
dead.
The Annual Trade Review, to be issued
about Sept. 1, will contain the usual
history of the trade of the city during the
I business year. It is proposed to send a oopy
of the paper to every subscriber to the
Weekly News, as well os to the readers
of the Daily Morning News.
Those wanting advertising space In the
Trade Review can obtain information at the
office, or if advertisers desire a representa
tive of the Morning News will call on
them.
Artists’ Materials, all kinds, at M. T. Tay
lo’r 135 York street.—Ad.
The only harmless cure for sick head
aches is called Quickstep, and sells for 35
cents, at Solomons & Cos., druggists.—Ad.
Old newspapers—3oo for 25 oents—at
business office. Morning News.—Ad.
Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint cures corns,
bunions and warts.— Ad.
TALKS WITH PIANO BTJY2R3.
No. 0.
Now that you know some cf the insM
facts about the piano trade, and res. ~
perhaps, some pf the difficulties in the
of selecting a really good instrument le
tell you something of the hls’ory of.??
pianos wo have been identified with so ms,
years. There are several very celebrate*
names among the piano makere of th.
world. ’Broad wood" is a household nJ!
in England; "Beckste.u” is equally
known ou the continent, but it is no exs?
geratir u to say that the name of "Cbick
ing” is famous the world over. A mom-nt’s
reflection will convince any one that there
must be a solid reason for this. No pin?
could make Itself a name in the cultural
centers of Europe unless it had merits of
most decided and peculiar order. Now th
faot is that the Chickering piano, above ii
others, has been from its birth the leader it!
every great improvement known fo t.he
modem piano-forte. Jonas Cbickenmr
the founder of the great house of Cbiekur
mg Sons, had a positive genius for oia-o
construction, aud when his instruments
were exhibited at the great Paris Exrosi.
tion of 1806 they excited more attention
than any pianos produced up to that tim.
and so great was the interest excited thf
Mr. Chickering received from theempfror
the cross of the Legion of Honor, the most,
distinguished mark of approval ever be
stowed upon any piano. From that day to
the present the Chickering has maintained
its position, and while it has a few worthy
rivals, it remains the very best example of
all that a piano ought to be. Like every
really meritorious thing, this piano has its
enemies and detractors. The best answe- to
be made them is that the firm of Chickerinw
&Sons has made nearly 80,000 pianos—more
than double that of any other manufac.
turor, and of late years their output has
steadily increased, being in 188;! nearly
double what it was in 1878. 7
If you can afford to buy tho very best
piano—one satisfactory to the most critical
musical taste—you will fiud it in the Chick
eriug. We cordially invite you to examine
our stock whenever it suits vou. We have
every style, from the Gonoert Grand to the
smallest upright.
Lumen & Bates Southern Musio
House.
DRY GOODS.
CRBHAR& DOOISER
Items of Interest to tho
Public.
Fine outing oloths that have been selling at 20a
and 25c. yard, now 12]^c.
Fine imported satines that have been selling
at 250. yard, now 12V$c.
Fine Scotch ginghams and zephyrs that have
been soiling at 25c aud 35c. yard, now 19c.
Fine American coalites, French printed, that
have been selling at 20c. yard, now 15c.
Fine checked and plaid India linens that have
been selling at 10c. yard, now 6^c.
Ladies' plain black and plain white India
lawn shirt waists.
Ladies', and misses’ fine lock stitch, well-mad®
muslin underwear.
Ladies’ misses’ and children’s fast black Ethi
opian dye hosiery and gent's half hose.
137 Broughton Street
CLOTHING.
SO GLAD
It’s SATURDAY.
You ought to bo GLAD,
too, that 3 T ou’ve been getting
SUMMER CLOTHING at
HALF PRICE all the week.
This is the last day.
THANKS, but finish tho
week.
COAL AND WOOD.
. LIME, "
Alabama or Georgia, &1 Per Barrel.
Portland Cement,
$2 25 Per Barrel.
Calcined Plaster,
$1 50 Per Barrel.
DENIS J. MURPHY,
5 Drayton Street. Telephone 49.
COAL AND WOOD
OF ALL KINDS AND SIZES PROMPTLY
DELIVERED.
ID. IR- Tlb-oirn-aiS.,
3ay St. West Broad St. Wbarrea,
Trj.rphone No. C 9.
SIIOE&.
JAMES MEANS & CO?S
only 13 Goodyear Welt J
made of Calfskin ever widely /
Sold everywhere. / [J
This is the original *3 Shoe,and / J
the best made. Beware of i mi- / f
tat ions. Positively none gen- /fo f
uinc unless stAraped on the ~ 31
Boi*9“.iameaA)Leana* jf/Ly. l
S3 Shos.’* ° V
3. jiKAh’s & co.
Boat au, lim, I
Full lino of SHOES for Men and boys. For
Kale bv
A. S. NICHOLS. ‘”°£'.’S M * T
GROCERIES, ’
OUR 50c.
HVCHXIIEID tea
la the best value for the
money that has ever
been sold in the South,
A.M. & C. W, WEST.