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Newspaper Page Text8 THE TOLLY CO. GETS IT. TO BUILD THE WAT3B WORKS EN GINES FOB $02,400. Rourke & Son Awarded the Boiler Contract for sl3,B7s—The Ho!l7 Company's Bid SI,OOO Above Its Previous Bid, But the Engines to be of Greater Capacity—The Price to be Cut Down $1,500 If a Railroad is Built to the Water Works Site—How the Contraot Was Awarded. The water committee yesterday awarded the contract for the two pumping engines for the new water works to the Holly oom pany of Lockport.N. Y., for $92,490, and the contract for the six boilers to John Rourke & Son of this city for $13,875. The Holly company agrees to reduce the price $1,500 if the city will build a rail road track to within 200 feet of the pro posed works, and this will most likely he done. The Holly company’s first bid was $91,- 400, with the same proviso, which brought it down to $89,000. The last bid is there fore just SI,OOO over the previous one, but the capacity of the engines are increased accoordingly. The engines which the Holly company will build uuder the contract just awarded are to have a surface coudensiug apparatus attached with a capacity for pumping 12,- 000,000 gallons a day instead of 10,lK)9,tMJ gallons, as called for by the specifications. The engines will have two 27-inch high pressure steam cylinders, two 54-inch low pressure steam cylinders and two 30-inoh double acting pump plungers, all having forty inches stroke. The first engine is to be completed and delivered in twelve months and the second in eighteen months. THE BOILER CONTRACT. The boilers, to be furnished by Rourke & Son, are to be of the horizontal tubular type, set with full flush fronts. The shells are to be 19 feet 4 Inches long outside and fib inches in diameter measured at the out side at the smallest ring. The shell plates are to he three-eighths of au inch thick, of the beat quality of marine steel, haviug a tensile strength of not less than 55.U00 pounds nor more than 60,000 pounds per Suare inch of section, with not less than per cent, of ductility as indicated by contraction of area at the point of fracture under a test and by an elongation of 25 per cent, of a length of 8 inches. Rourke & bon agree to insure the boilers in the Hartford Steam Boiler and Inspector Insurance Company for $20,000 for three years from date of completion, without cost to the city. The boilers will be completed and ready for delivery in eight mouths. It will be remembered that the Holly oompauv was awarded the contract for the boilers, together with the engines, July 18, and this really was the reason the time question was raised by the other bidders, which resulted lu the setting aside of tbe awar l. The Holly company offered to furnish the boilers for SIO,OOO, and Rourke & Son for $13,875. The other oompsting companies incorporated Rourke & Sons’ figures in their bids, intending, if sucoeas ful, to take the contract for the entire work, and then sub-let to Rourke & Sons. WOULDN’T DIVIDE THE CONTRACT. The Holly Company Wouldn’t do that un less the Savannah firm would do the work for SIO,OOO. This it wouldn’t do, and then came the kick on the time and the sucot'ss fulfight against c affirmation in the coun cil, which brought from Alderman Cann at the time the tart remarks that the re fusal to conform was “the successful po litical pull of an unsuccessful bidder.” This time both the Holly company and Rourke & Son offered exactly the same bids as those originally tendered, and the water ooramittee and Mayor McDonough, after a two hours’meeting, decided to reject the Holly boiler bid and accept that ol Rourke & Son. Aldsrman “inn, chairman of the water committee, was asked by a Morning News reporter for an explanation of this fhange of front. Ho replied that the reasou tbe bid of Rourke & Sou was accepted in preference to that of the Holly company is that the boilers offered by the Savaunah firm are superior to those of the Holly, and the difference of $3,875 in price represents the difference in material, workmanship and other advantages. CLERKS STILL DISSA TISFIED. Agent W ilkinson Issues a Sec end Cir cular Explaining Hia First. There was no strike yesterday on the Ocean Steamship Company’s wharyes, though it was rumored that a number of clerks had left their work. The relations between Agent Wilkinson and the clerks were considerably modified instead. Another oircular was issued to the clerks, stating that the first circular had been misconstrued, and that the agent had not meaut to charge them with stealing from the company, or neglecting their work. ;The circular still provides that they sign the agreement submitted to them. They have not signed yet, and they say they will not sign, A Morning News reporter called at Mr. .Wilkinson’s oifice yesterday afternoon, but Mr. Wilkinson was not in. Work was going on on the wharf as i usual. Trouble is expected, however. A general dissatisfaction seems to exist on the wharves. It is said that the intention is to reduce the wa;es of laborers from f1 3a per day for colored help and $1 40 for white men to $1 10 forooiored and 91 SO for white help. A MONUMENT TO OGLETHORPE. A Charter for a Monument Association Applied For. When the Jasper monument was com puted a fund remained la the hands of the committee of citisnus to whloh was in trusted the arrangements for the oelobra tioo. At a meeting of the committee, held after the celebration, it was decided to resolve that body into an association for the pur pose of erecting a monument to Uen. James Oglethorpe, the fouuder of Georgia, aid the funds on hand, amounting to übout 95U0, were reserved as a nucleus on whloh to raise the necessary funds. The matter has remained in abeyance until lately, when It was determined to apply for a charter aud organise. In an other column will be found tne application for the charter, and as soon as it has been r ranted steps will be taken to raiso the uuds to build the monument to the fouuder of Georgia, than whom there was never a greater or better man EXECUTIONS ISSUED. Ground Renters Must Pay Laßt Year's Taxes. City Treasurer Hardee has issued execu tions against all the ground renters for taxes for 1830, and Marshal Wade and his assistaut are busy enforcing them. Quite a crowd paid up yesterday, aud a big rush is expected next week. Several persons hold ing ground rent property seem to have given up hope of wiau.ug the fight against the city and have paid up the balance of pur chase mo 'ey to get tb benefit of the 15 per cant, reduction allowed by council. Murshal Wade predicts that a sufficient sum of money will be derived from the pay ment of the taxes and balance of the pur chase money to buiid the new water works without having to increase the bonded in debtedness of the city, or any increase in taxation. K. O. Hoffman, editor Times, Rocky Mount, Vo., writes: "I am pleased to say that Botanic Blood Balm is the best appe tizer aud tonic for delicate people I ever saw. it acted like a charm in my case. ” Ad. WANT TUB BILL VETOED. Oyster Dealers Denounce Represent ative Ryals’ Oyster Measure. The oyster and fish dealers of Savannah are about as much stirred up over the pass age of the oyster bill adopting the survey of Ensign Drake as authority for tbe grants ing of oyster lands by the county commis sioners as the oyster fishermen themselves. They declare the t ill an outrage and that it is for the r enefit of the large oyster com panies to enable them to scoop the natural oyster bed* not indicated upon Drake’s map. . .. .. , T e present oyster law provides that the county commissioners may grant any oys ter land on proper legal application accord ing to the provisions of the act, except the natural oyster bed?, which are wo ked by the adjacent residents. The bill now betore the governor, besides other important changes, as stated in tho Morning News yesterday, makes Ensign Drako’s survey the authority by which the commissioners shall Lo guidod in making their grants. The bill had passed both houses before the fishermen In Chatham and other counties got wind of it. -Mr. M. J. Desvergors is now in Atlsnta with au exteusively signed ! memorial, white and colored protesting against the bill. (J. A. Hudson, one of the largest fish and oyster dealers in the south, was asked yester day for his opinion of the bill. * ‘The bill will work a great injustice to a large number of poor people who depend to a large extent during the season upon oyster gathering for a support. A great many natural oyster beds are not specified iu the Drake survey, laud the oyster com panies would at once gather these in as soon as they could legally do so. The effect of the bill would be to give the oyster companies a monopoly of the oyster busi ness, and to increase the price of oysters in Savannah 50 to 75 per cent. The bili should be so amouded that good local authority should be aeoepted as proof of the existence of natural oyster beds. Whether a bed has been resorted to for oysters within tbe last few years sufficiently to be called a natural oy iter bod can easily be established.” Mr. Hudson seDt the following telegram to Gov. Northen yesterdav: Savannah. Ga., Aug. 21.1891. Hon. W. J. Morthen, Governor State of Gear- Via, Atlanta. Ga.: There should be no oyster law enacted which restricts the poor oyster men and families from gathering oysters oft natural tied* that have existed for years and furnished them a living. The government survey was not a complete one. and there are numbers of natural bods not on Its chart. The law should be amended be fore becoming operative. Respectfully, Gkoroe A. Hudson. M. M. Sullivan was asked his opinion of the bill. Mr. Sullivan replied that the bill it an outrage and intended to defraud the poor oeople along the coast of their natural rights and to give the oyster companies a monopoly of the business. Ensign Drake’s survey, he said, is incomplete, and largo areas of natural beds do uot appear upon tho map. Mr. Sullivan mentioned Oyster creek, near Thunderbolt, as a large natural bed which doos uot appear in the survoy. Some of these beds have been in use for thirty years. He thinks the natural beds should be de termined by local authority. The fish dealers are confident that if the situation is fully explained to Gov. Northon he will either veto the bill or return it to the legislature for further consideration. THREE PINED FOR CONTEMPT. Mavor McDonough Won’t Allow the Police Court to be Trifled With. Mayor McDonough proposos to make people understand that the polloe court is entitled to just as much respect as any other court of the land, and its summons and mandates must he obeyed with as much promptness as those of auv other oourt. When a party is cited to appear at 8:30 o’clock, it doesn’t mean 8:45 or any other time that may suit the summoned party’s convenience, although this seems to have been the underetanding iu most instances for a long while. Nora Simmons and Jane Bryant, two col ored women, and George Schroder, a whits man, wore summoned to answer chargee on tho information docket yesterday morning for petty violations of the ordinances. Whan their eases wore oalled by the mayor no uaswer was made, and about fifteen minutes later the defendants appeared. Mayor McDonough oallod thorn up to the baraud aflor a brief lecture on their care lessness respecting time fined eaoh $5 for eoutempt ot court and an additional fine of $1 each on the women and $5 oa Schroder for tho violations charged. The mayor stated that ho hoped parties having business wi-h the police court in tbo future would oomply strictly with its rules and relievo the court of the neeosuty of en forcing them by fines and penalties. “A stitoh in time saves nine,” and if you take Hood’s Sarsaparilla now it may savo months of future possible sickness.— Ait. CYCLONE MOVING THIS WAY. The Bignal Bureau Unable to Tell Whether It Will Hit Savannah. The "information” signal upon tho signal office is still flying, but nothing definite has been beard from the cyclone in the West India waters. The following telegram was received from the chief of the weather bureau at Washington yesterday afternoon: A hurricane is reported just north of Ilayti, moving toward Southern Florida, which accord ing to the rate of movement given, it should reach by Saturday. It is possible, however, that it will turn northerly, barely reaching further west than the Bahamas. Assistant Signal Observer Penoo was no titled from Washington to prepare to re main on duty all night ia expectation of the storm moviug this way. At 13:80 o’clock this morning n > further reports of the Btorm had been received. A violent thuudor storm passed south of Savannah between 10:80 and 11:30 o’ol >ck, and a sharp showor fell here The woathor was threatening dnriug ihe evening, and there wore indications of a blow, tut it passed over. Yesterduy was a hot day, the maximum temperature being 00”, but it was not so hot as it has been this woek, there being a good breeze and the day somewhat cloudy. CAMS NEAR BEING LEFT. The Naooochee Turns Back for a Crowd of Belated Passengers. Jusj as the Nacoochoe had swung out in midstream yesterday morning from the the Ocean Steamship wharves a ’bus load of north-bound passengers who had arrive:! on the Central train ware driven up to the wharf. The chief officer of the steamship happened to be on the stern of the ship and he notified Capt. Smith of the state of affairs. Toe vessel was backed into the Centra! press wharf, the ’bus was driven there, and the travelers who hod thought they were left were trans ferred to a lighter" and taken aboard the Steamer. It was a close call for tho n, and no doubt Capt. Smith received their thauks for his kindness. James W. Maurice Dead. James W. Maurice died yesterday after noon at his bouse. No. 134 West Broad street, alter a lingering illness from gas tritis. Mr. Maurice vras a native of Savan nah and wasabout 35years old. Ho leavos a wife and three children. The deceased was a member of Fidelity Castle No. 7, K. G. K., and was at ore time a member of the old volunteer fire. depart ment. His funeral will take place this morning at lOo’olook, and will be attended by the castle of which he was a member. The intermoat will bo in Laurel Grove cem etery. Scrofula cannot resist the purifying powers of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Sold by druggists.—Ad. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1891. PARSON LOVE'S TURN NOW A SCH'SM AMONG THE FIRST AFRICAN BAPTISTS. The Pastor Charged With Leading Hla Congregation to Hades—The Church Divided and the Malcontents Mail ing Things Lively—B. L Foster Ar rested for Criminal Libel in Attack ing the Pastor Through "tho Metho dist Union”—An Examination To-day. Another church sohism has broken out. There is a dissatisfied element In the First African Baptist c hurcb. For several months it has been trying to throw all sorts of obstacles lu the path of the pastor. Rev. E. K. Love. Some of tbe malcontents preferred obarges against him some time ago, but Rev. Love came out of the Investigation with flyiDg colors. This male the kickers mad and they be gan a warfare against him through the columns of the Methodist Union , a paper published by colored men in Augusta. Nearly every issue since the investigation has contained anonymously signed commu nications reflecting in a scurrilous manner upon the character and actions of the pastor. Finally in the issue of July 25, E. L. Foster, who, it is claimed, is not a member of the church, at the iustance of the dissatisfied party, published a card against Rev. Love over his own signature. The card charged the minister with im morality, that he wasn’t fit to be a pastor of hogs, and that he was leadiug the country faction which remained in his ohurch "to the depths of hell.” This was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and Constable VV. H. Jones of Justice Naughtiu’s court, who is a member of Rev. Love’s church, swore out a warrant against Foster, charging him with criminal libel. Detective Wettaerhoru arrested Foster yes terday aod found in his pookots several letters addressed "Mr. Editor," which were equally as scurrilous as the card ot July 25. Justice Naughtin ordered au examination this morning at 10 o’clock, and Foster said he would provo by J. H. Brown, Joe Will iams, Alexander Collier and Jim Fullor that the charges against Rev. Love are well founded. The pastor’s adherents, on the other hand, claim that they can show that tbe charges haven’t the slightest foundation and have been concocted by the malcontents to perse cute and annoy the pastor, beoause he proved himself to be a mail of character and re fused to allow them to use him for a tool. Justice Naughtiu’s court will hardly fail to be crowded at this morning’s examina tion. The probability is that it will result in tho prosecution of till of Foster’s com panions on a similar oharge to that uuder which he is hold. CUT OFF A CORPSE'S LEFT HAND. A Negro Conjurer Rob3 a Grave to Work a Spell Upon an Enemy. The most ghastly piece of voudoo work that has probably ever come to light in this state is reported from Bulloch county by a turpentine distiller who was In Savannah recently, and told It to the naval stores men hero. Some time ago a negro working on tho distiller’s farm died, and was buried oa the place one Sunday morning. Several woeks afterward a crowd of negroes came to the distiller’s bouse and informed him that the grave of tho negro that had died had been < pened, and that something was wrong there. The gentleman accompanied the negroes back to tbe grave, and round that the body had been dug up, and the coffin opened and the left hand of the dead man severed from the body. He was at a loss what to make of it. There was only one track leading from the grave and that was traced to the house of a negro living near by. The negroes asserted that this nogro was a con jurer, and they fastened upon him the crime <>f digging up the dead man’s body and tak ing off tbe left hand. The negro bad a pistol stolen some time before, and he had threatened to eonjuro tho man who stole it if he did not bring it back, and tnis was the ohjoct he bad in stealing the hand of tbo dead man. He must have intended to work a spell upon hij enemy, because it is seldom that one of the pretended conjurers goe3 to such ’ u length as that. What makes it more strange is the natural horror in which a negro holds a graveyard and everything pertaining to tne dead. Not one in five hundred will stay alone in a house with a dead person, and how this fellow nerved himself to dig up a dead body alone at night is a miraola. ANOTHER LICENSE REVOKED. A Ssc and Violation of the Sunday Law Coats a Saloonkeeper His Business. Another saloonkeeper has lost his license for being foolhardy enough to trifle with the Sunday law a socond time. Several months ago John M. Domuark, who keeps a saloon on Zubly street, was lined 9101) for selling liquor on Sunday, ami was given the usual warning, but it and dn’t seem to have had tho proper affect. Mayor McDonough, a few days ago, re ceived information that Deumark had sold liqmor to Ann Harris, a colored woman, Sunday, July 36. He summoned both Denmark end tho Har ris woman to the police court yesterday morning. The woman swore positively that she had bought whisky from Denmark himself and dram: it on the premises at 9 o’clock that night. Deumark made a rather weak defense. Ho denied that the liquor had been sold, but couldn’t prove it. Jlavor MoDonough fined him SIOO aud ro\okod his license. Denmark gave bond and appealed the ease to tiie council, which smiiis to have become the practice lately in order to stay the collection of the fines for a while. TO BE NAMED NEXT WEEK. The M. & T. Agent W:ll Bo One in the Favor of Business Men. Traffic Moua.for Whitney of the Mor chantsAnd Mine: s’ Transportation Company returned to Savannah yesterday on the steamship Willie in Crane to look after the oifice of the company here. Mr. Whitney i nfortued a Morning Nbws reporter that an agent to succeed W. E. Guerard will bo appointed when ho returns to Baltimore ne>s week. There are a number of applicants for the position from Savan nah and other points in tho south, but Mr. Whitney said uo one has yet been decided upon. The company will appoint who ever he reo : mends,"aud he stated that it wilt not be a Baltimore man. It is the desire <if both the company and himself, Mr. Whimsy saia, to appoint a man who will be acoeptable to and in favor with the businesr men of Savannah, upon whom tho Baltimore line depend for patron ago James Mh Selkirk Doad. James M. SelkicH, for many years for warding agent of the Central railroad, in this city, died in Rome day before yester day. Mr. Selkirk was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1819. and was in his 7id year. During tho war ! m was state agent at Rich mond, Va., for tt. a supplies of "the Georgia troops. Mr. Selkirk wo s one of the most popular omployasoonuec; ed with the Central, and is kindly rememi t red by those wno asso ciated with him : u work and other walks of life. He was Inflexibly just ia all his transactions and was over ready to be p and assist those r ruuud him. His life was one long record < t good deeds. Tho deceased > eill bo burlod in Augusta to-day by the si of his fleet wife. Pains in the reiaion of (he kidneys arc cured by biiiiinvns Liv<r Regulator,— Ad. A LAST CALL TO SHCRT CUTTERS. Mayor McDonough to Enforce the $25 Penalty From Now On. It seems to be a difficult matter to edu cate tbe people to the new law against crossing grass plats. Every day for the past week, since tbe police began its en forcement, an average of half a dozen per sons, among them some prominent citizens, have been put on tbe information docket for making short cuts acrors the plats. The paths have not been obliterated, and in most instance- the "s2o-ponalty-for-oross ing-plat” sign is erected only at one end, and then only a few inches above the ground. Thesr little paths look so conven ient for saving time that moes people, never thinking of the ordinance, take to them, and don’t realize that a law has been vio lated until the little sign is stumbled over. It is too late to make amends then, and if an officer happens to be in sight the offender is asked his mme, residence, etc., and next morning recoives a summons to appear be fore the mayor to auswer for the "crime.” One alderman, who was au enthusiastic supporter of the grass plat ordinance in council and made a stirring speech for the necessity of its adoption if Savannah’s beauty was to bo retained, thoughtlessly violated the law himself day before yester day. He was passing through Lufayette squaro and in a hurry to get down town. Ho was deeply in thought, and before ho was aware of what he was doing be took a short cut across one of the plats. Tho aider man was suddenly brought to realization that he had vio lated the law he had so ably championed by stumbling against the “floe sign.” Luckily for the city father no policeman was around, and he escaped the ignominy of facing the police oourt for violating the law he had helped to frame. Mayor McDonough has been dismissing tho offenders every day with a lecture to go and sin no moro. He has becomo fatigued with this, however, and yesterday, after discharging a butch of "short cutters,” he announced that from now on the law will be enforced with as much vigor as the Sunday law. local personal. J. NY. Mallett of Leighton is at the Pu laski. C. I. Collins of St. Augustine is registered at the Pulaski. • H. B. Hinsworth, Jr., of Tboausville, is at the Do Soto. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Polly of Belleview, Fla., arc guests of the Pulaski. T. F. Pitts of Clayton and B. H. Jennings of Ozark, Ala., are reztstsred ot tho De Soto. T. iL'Bell of "Waynesboro and VVillian Bell pi Millea are registered at the Sorovan. Hon. William D. Harden left for New York yesterday at noon on business con nected with the Backer failure. Mrs. W. W. Paine, Miss P. H. Smets and Mrs. Utiles VV. Brown have gone to Green ville, S. C., for the summer. Mr. and Mrs TV. R. I’ittraan n”d daugh ter, J. T. Pittman and C. C. Pittman of Thoujasville are gnosts of The De Soto. Mrs. Carrio G. Brown of Jacksonville, Fia., is visitinr her daughter, Mrs. James TV. Johnson, at No. 17 Williams street. A telegram received yesterday announced that Mr. Frank Buchanan, who is very ill at his homo in Easton, Md., was slightly improved. TV. N. Ilarriss of Wilmington, N. C., is in tho city. He is the junior member of tho shipping firm of Gee. Harriss & Cos. He is stopping at the Hotel Tyhes. Lieuk JS3y vind Bjorseth of tho Royal Nor wegian navy and Mr. Ragnvald Astruo, son of tho ex-minister qf the interior of Norway, Who have been spending two weeks in Savannah at. the Pnlasfci, sailed on the steamship Nttooochee yesterday for New Yorx, whence they will return to Norway in a few days. During their stay in the city tho young gentlemen made many friouds. BACK FROM THE GRAND LODGE. Savannah Odd Fallows Speak Kind Wordefor Columbus. Tbe representative! from the Savannah lodges to the grand lodge of Odd Follows returned from Columbus yesterday morn ing. They report a warm reception by the Columbus people, and a successful maetieg of the grand lodge. Savannah has three grand lodge offleore this year—Deputy Grand Master Jamss Van lierschot of Oglethorpe Lodge, one of the most active Odd Fellows lu the state; Grand Treasurer J. S. Tyson of Golden Rule Lodge, who has fillod the offioa for several terms, and Grand Representative C. 11. DorsotS of DeKalb Lodge, who was re-eiefcted for the third terra. HIS FOOK3TBOOK, STOLEN. An Augusta Man Loaos Betwaan S3O and SIOO at lyboe. Joseph Murray of Augusta was robbed at Hotel Tyhee day before yesterday of a pooketbook containing between $8!) and SIOO. The pockotbooU was taken from Mr. Murray’s room while he was at breakfast. He had been at the hotel several days, and every night put his pooketbook under the bureau for safe keeping. When be returned to his room after breakfast to get his money, the bureau had been shoved asido and the poeketbook was gone. DeteotiVe Wetherhorn is working on the case, and expects to get the thief to-day. PITY BREVITIES. The Norwegian bark P. A. Munch ar rived off Tyhee yesterday morning from Barbados and was ordered to Sapelo. The two bags of sea island cotton con signed to Butler & Stevens came in on time yesterday morning and were sampled. Tho cotton proved to be,of Bplendid staple aud will grade flue. The cotton will be dis posed of in a day or two. There were no sea island buyers in the market yesterday. Buyers are desirous, however, of securing the first cotton as type;. A Meat of tho Bicyclists. There ia to boa meeting of tne wheel men of Georgia in Columbia Sept. 17 and 18. Over $1,01)0 will be offered in prizes. The management is anxious to get a man from this city to match Brown of Augusta, who claims to be the champion fast rider of the south. It is probable that Snvaunah’s bi cycle club wilt send a delegation. Off on a Maroon. Mayor McDonough, Capt. John F. Wheaton, Health Offices Bruaner, J. R. Saussy, Esq., Alvin M. Bell, E. F. Wbit omb. Aldermen Bailey and Cann, Albert Wylly and Col. C. H. Phinizy of Augusta will leave for Blackbeard Island to-day on the city tug Theckla for a week’s fishing maroon. Confirm ed. Tho favorable Impression produced on the first appearance of tho agreeable liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs a few years ago has been more than by the pleas ant experience of nil who have used it, and the success of the proprietors and manufac turers of ihe California Fig Syrup Com pany. — Ail. Excursion Tickets to Stwatnej Springs. The Savannah, Florida and Western rail way have just issued over their entire sys tem through round trip tickets to Suwannee Springs, which are now oa sale. Faro from Savannnh, including one week’s board at hotel, best accommodations, free baths, etc., sl7 90. Through Pul mans eepiug cars will run irom Savannah to Suwannee every Sui day night. This puts these famous spring; within the reach of all who desire to b benefited by these wonderful waters.—Ad. BAKr vq pown er. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, ISB9. ABSOLUTELY PURE TO MANAGE THE FREIGHT SAVANNAH MADE FREI3BT TRAF SS FIC HBADQUARTSRB. The Central and Georgia Pac'flc’a Traffic Business to be Conducted From Here—Mej. Whitehead’s Ap pointment Officially Announced. The Richmond and Danville’s New Freight Divisions. The official orders announcing tbe ap pointment ot Maj. G. A. Whitehead general freight agent of tee Central railroad, the Georgia Pacific and the Port Royal and Augusta railroad, and fixing the freight divisions of the Richmond and Dan ville system, were itsued yester day. Maj. Whitehead’s appoint ment and tbe new arrangement of freight divisions will go into effect Sept. 1. The entire freight business of the Central and the Georgia Pacific, covering 2,400 miles of rail lines, will bo handled in Sa vannah after that date. This is the natural point from which to (handle tbo freight business of the Central and its western conanecting lines, and the Rich mond and Danville management at once decided to make Savannah the freight head quarters of the system. The following is the arrangement of the freight traffic divisions: First Division —Virginia Midland railway and branches, including the Washington, Ohio and Western railroad. Second Division—Richmond and Dan ville railroad and branches, North Caro lina rail-uad aud branches, Northwestern North Carolina railroad. Third Division—Atlanta and Charleston Air-line railway and branches, Western North Carolina railroad aud branches, Asheville and Spart-nburg railroad, State.- ville and Western railroad, Northeastern Ruilroad of Georgia, Macon and Northern railroad. Fourth Division—Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad and hranches, At lantic, Tennessee and Ohio railroad, Colum bia and Greenville railroad and branches, Port Royal and Western Carolina railway. Fifth Division —Central railroad, Savan nah to Atlanta; Savannah and Atlantic railway, Savannah to Tybee; MUledgeville aud Eatonton railroad, Gordon to Eaton ton; Upton County branch. Central rail road , Baruesville to Thomsston; Savannah aud Western railroad, Meidrim to Lyons; Augusta and Savannah railroad, Milieu to Augusta; Port Royal and Augusta railway, Augusta to Port Royal: Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, Carrollton to Chattanooga; Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama railroad, Griffin to Carrollton. Sixth Division —Southwestern railroad, Macon to Eufaula; Southwestern railroad, bimithville to Columbia; Southwestern railroad, Cuthbert to Fort Gaines; Savan nah and Western railroad, Eufaula to Ozark; Southwestern railroad, Fort Valloy to Columbus; Southwestern railrood, Perry branch, Fort Valloy to Perry; Savannah and Western railroad, Columbus to Green ville; Montgomery and Eufaula railway, Eufaula to Montgomery; Savannah and Western railroad, Columbus to Americas; Mobile and Girard railroad. Seventh Division —Georgia Pacific rail way nnd branches: Savannah aud Western railroad, Columbus to Birmingham; Savan nah and Western railroad, Opelika to Roan oke. J. H. Drake, general freight agent, Rich mond, Va., will have immediate supervis ion of the first, second, third and fourth divisions. Maj. Whitehead, general freight agent, will have immediate supervision of the fifth, sixth and seventh divisions. The circular ordors announcing the ap pointment of W. J. Craig division freight agent at Columbus, in charge of the sixth division, audG. S. Barnum at Birmingham, in charge of the seventh division, will be issued Sept. X, when the appointments will go into effect. AN A3TIST IN EIS WAY. the Man Who Has Palntsd Mere Fences Tuan Any Man Living. T. A. Skidmore of Brooklyu has been a guest of tbe Pulaski house for the last two weeks, in which time he has painted the suburbs and a largo portion of the city red and various other colors. Mr. Skidmore is the man who paiuts signs on houses and fences suoh as "Oastori i “Pyle's Pcarliue," “Beckett's Blue” aud tho various other well known signs that adorn tho walls and fences along every rail road. He is proprietor of the Skidmore Advertising Agency of Brooklyn. His bill head announced that he is the "originator of painting signs on roofs of barns,” and that he has painted more walls, barns,rocks, fences, etc., than any other advertiser in the world." He came south this time exclusively for Castoria, In the interest of which he has spread the name of that remedy all the way from Now York to Savannah, and will con tinue to do so until he roaohes New Orleans. He has painted nearly 100 signs of this kind in and near Savannah. Mr. Skidmore’s business is one of the kind demanded by in idem American enterprise, wiiich advertises itself iu season and out of zeason, and would hang its sign on the north pole if suoh a thing were possible. AT THE COURTS. The city court adjourned yesterday for the term, but before doing so disposed of quite a number of criminal cases. Julius Francis, Gyrus James and Bam Brown, for inciting a riot at the Bolton street base ball park, were sentenced to four months each on the chaia-gaug. Albert Israel, ho stole the umbrella day before yesterday from Jackson, Metzger & Co.’s store, was given a six months’ sen te ice. Leo Buraev, the woman who was only carried to jail after nearly all her clothes had teen torn from her body while resist i- g arrest, was sentenced to six months on the chain-gang. Tedney Brown, for wife beating, got four months, Alecs Murphy was given a six months, sentence for larceny from the person. To Play the Guytons To-day. Tbe Central Railroad Base Ball Club will play a picked nine from G uyton this after noon at the Bolton street park. The Guyton nine is ooraposed eg follows; Ferguson c., Neidlinger l>., Mell Ist b.. Hunter 2b., Mell, W. Bb., Hall ss., Ferguson B. r. f., Mercer 1. f., Armstrong c. f. Tbe Centrals have their old team: Bou chard c., Gross p., Lerlare. Ist, Farr 2d, Gaudry 3d, Tyson as.. McEroy r. f., Gor man c.f., Quantock 1. f. This will be amoug the last games of the season. The Centrals will arrange a gamo with Butler’s team for next Saturday, which will wind up the Centrals far tho season. Malaria! fever anil It* effects quickly give way to Simmons Liver Regulator.—Ad. THE TRADE REVIEW. IT wr L BE OF BPECIAL INTEREST TO BOYERS AMD SELLERS. Savannah’s Merchants Mu3t Encour age Trade—They Must Tell 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. Does any business msn in Savannah need to be told of what has been going on in the commercial emporium of the 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 state of affairs as that which was brought about by the troubles of the groat banking house in London. In the evoatful nine months that have elapsed since then Sa vannah’s merchants have stood in tho front rank in the commercial world. In spite of tho heavy raids on the banks of the city, and tbo large investments of Savannah’s surplus capital in railroad building, Florida phos phate mines, local manufactures and real estate ventures, tho business outlook is not only healthy, but very promising. Savan nah has passed through the financial storm in safety, with a sound and seaworthy hull, and all her spars, sails and rigging in good condition, Sho is ready for another pros perous voyage under tho more balmy busi ness skies of 1891-92. Doubtless without the now railroads Sa vannah would not have had so prosperous a year. With the beginning of this cur-' rent year wo have the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad completed to Montgomery, Ala., end the South Bound railroad to Columbia, S, C., will bo ready for business this month. There are good reasons for hoping that the Macon aud At lantic railroad and tho Middle Georgia and 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 tbe Ccnlrol railroad into tho Richmond Terminal and Gould’s lines of transporta tion. This all portends good fortune to the enterprising merchant. Savannah’s op portunities have been great in the pust, but theao were as nothing when compared with those opening to her now. It is for hor peo ple to tako hold of the golden opportunity which, wo aro told, “taken at the flood, loads on to fame and fortune." Reports show that the farms have been more than usually productive and that the crops have been grown at a less figure than usual. Much of those crops will be marketed at once, because the producer needs the money. He will have it in his power to spend freely, because ho 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 prcbahle buyers aro 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 cf 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 all new terri tory opened up to Savannah by railroads. These gentlemen are the avant couriers of the business men of this city. They carry the nows 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 1 eiders of the Morning News through its advertising columus. This season is especially appropriate for liberal advertising. The farmers and mer chants want to know who has withstood tho damaging effects of tbe financial cyclone. An advertisement will show them who is alive. In the absence of an advertisement it may tie supposed that tbe missing firm is dead. Tho Annual Trade Review, to bo issued about Sept. 1, will contain the usual history of the trade of the city during tbo business year. It is proposed to send a oopy of the paper to every subscriber to the Weekly News, as well as to the readers of tbe 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. Men’s nightshirts, of light cambric, cool for summer, all sizes, at La Far’s. Ad. Gymnasium shoes aud tennis shoes, at LaFar’s.— A and. For neuralgia,headaches Quickstep never fails to cure in from fifteen to thirty min utes; warranted, at Solomons & Cos., whole sale druggists.— Ad. Belts and sashes, all colors and widths, at LaFar’s.— Ad. Abbott's East Indian Com Faiut cures corns, bunions and warts.— Ad. TALKS WITH PIANO BUYERS. No. 7. Until the year 1882 the house of Mason & Hamlin had been known simply as the greatest in tho realm of organ buiMi ntr ° The -Mason & Harniin reed organ being the criterion of excellence tho world over. At the time named, they decided to go into the making of pianos, and with characteristic enterprise and judgment produced once what has been demonstrated to be the greatest improvement in the pianoforte since the invention of the iron frame. This great feature is the entire and ra-’i cal change in tho method of stringing thki is, of fattening tbe wires to the frame ol the piano. 1 The old system, which is tho one in g 9n eral use, consisted of an iron peg driven int' a wooden block or wrest plank, the vri r being twisted around the peg or pin. which is turned back and forth in the wood to uZ crease or decrease the tension of the string thus raising or lowering the tone. In suite of ihe most skillful construction this has never been an entirely satisfactory method of stringing, and nine tenths of the annov. anee caused by the failure to stand in tune aud exasperating breaking of strings are owing to the faults of this manner of fash, ening the wires. Like so many great Inventions, the Mason & Hamlin stringer is so simple as to excite wonder at its not having been sooner dis covered. It is a simple screw device bv which the siring is fastened directly to the iron frame. By this means the immense strain of the wires is placed where it pron er/y belongs, upon tbe only part of the in strument which can successfully resist the tension. The consequenoe is that the Mason & Hamlin piano stands in tune perfectly for a great length of time, and broken strings are almost uuknowu. The makers of this instrument were not content with the introduction of a mere mechanical improvement, however import ant. They immediately set about produc ing an instrument that should be of the highest musical excellence, and so well have they succeeded that any maker in the world might be proud of their present pianos. Within the past few weeks four M. & H grands and ten uprights have been sold to tbe Chicago Conservatory of Music, one of tho leading music schools of the world and they are constantly growing in favor ’with the musical public. It will be remembered that William H. Sherwood used the Mason & Hamlin on his last winter’s tour through the south. " We shall take tho greatest interest in showing the many fine examples of tha M. & H. now in our warerooms, and iuvite correspondence concerning them. Ludden & Bates Southern Musio House. DRY GOODS. CIHASpII Items of Interest to the Public. Fine outing cloths that have been selling at 200 and 25c. yard, now 12>Jc. Fme imported satines that have been selling at 25c. yard, now 121$c. Fine Scotch ginghams and zephyrs that have been selling at 25c and 35c. yard, now 19c. Fine American cnaiiies, French printed, that have beon selling at 20c. yard, now isc. Fine checked and plaid India linens that have been soiling ot 10c. yard, now 6>£c. Ladies'plain black and plain white India lawn shire waists. Ladies’, and misses'fine lock-stitch, well-made muslin underwear. Ladies’ misses’ and children's fast black Ethi opian dye hosiery and gent's half hose. 137 Broughton Street CLOTHING. DOFT WEAR ~ Everybody’s Bathing Suit. You remind us of the ocean traveler who was looking for the tooth brush that be longed to the boat! Wear your own BATHING SUITS. H-A-L-F P-R-I-C-E. i hin Suits, Outing Suits, all Half Price. Fix up ior to-morrow. COAL AND WOOD. ~ LIME, " Alabama or Georgia, $1 Pee Barrel. Portland Cement, $2 50 Per Barrel. Calcined Plaster, $1 50 Per Barrel. DENIS J. MURPHY, 0 bray ton Street. Telephone 49. COAL AIM D WOOD OF all KINDS AND SIZES PROMPTLY DELIVERED. ID. _R,_ TlbLOiaxaig, All Say St* West Broad St. Wharvsst Telephone No. 89. 1 ’ ' ■ " 1 m PAINTS AND OILS. JOHN G. BUTLER^ PAINTb; RAILROAD. STEAMER AND vtHA rYorwlma. 3A3H * S - DOORS, BUNDS AMS hardware. Sole Ag nt tm CALCINED PLASTER, dfcUE SAAR AND LAND PLASTER MMkttgraai ttroet and 1W bt. .wa. maeak Savannah. Georgia- GROCERIES, OUR 50c. imiiixiied tea Is the best value for the money that has ever been sold iu the South. A. M. & C. W. WEST.