The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, December 21, 1891, Page 2, Image 2
2 if a thousand men in those great cities who have achieved a fortune could see it their duty to do ail business for Christ and the alleviation of the world's suffering. Again, I remark, that business life is a school of patience. In your every-day life how many things to annoy and to disquiet: Bargains wiil rub. Commercial men will sometimes fail to meet their engagement*. Cash book and money drawer will some times quarrel. Goods ordered for a special emergency will come too late, or be dam aged in the transportation. People Intend ing no harm wiil go shopping without any intention of purchase, overturning great stocks of goods, and insisting that you break the dozen. More bad debts on the ledger. More counterfeit bills in the drawer. More debts to pay for other people. More meanness on the part of partners in business. Annoyance after annoyance, vexation after vexation, and io6t after loss. All that process will either break you down or brighten yon up. It is a school of petlcuoe. You have known men under the process to become petulant and choleric and angry and t ugnactous and cross and sour and queer, and they lost their customers and their name became a detestation. Other men have been bright ened up under the process. They were toughened by the exposure. They were like roexs, all the more valuable for being blasted. At first they had to choke down their wrath, at first they had to bit* their lip, at first they thought of some stinging retort they would like to make; but they conquered their impatience. They have kind words now for sarcastic flings. They have gentle behavior now for un mannerly customers. They are patient now with unfortunate debtors. They have Christian reflection now for sudden re verses. Where did they gel that patience i By hearing a minister preach concerning it on Sabbath? O, na They got it just where you will get it—if you over get it at all—selling bats, discounting notes, turning banisters, ploughing corn, tinniug roofs, pl eading causes. O, that amid the turmoil and anxiety and exasperation of every-day life you might hear the voloe of God say ing:' "In patience possess your soul. Let patience have her perfect work.” I remark again, that business life is a school of useful knowledge. Merchants do not road many books and do not study lex icons. They do not dive into profounds of learning, and yet nearly all through their occupations oorne to understand questions of finance, and politics, and geography, and jurisprudence, and ethics. Business is a severe schoolmistress. If pupils will not learn she strikes them over the head and the heart with severe losses. You put five thousand dollars into an enter prise. It is oil gone. You say, ••That is a dead loss." O, no. You are paying the schooling. That was only tuition, very large tuition—l told you it was a severe schoolmistress—but it was worth it. You learned things under that process you would not have learned in any other way. Traders in grain oome to know something about foreign harvests; traders in fruit come to know something about the prospects of tropical production; manufacturers of American goods oome to understand the tariff on imported articles; publishers of books must come to under stand the new law of oopyright; owners of ships must come to know winds and shoals and navigation; and every bale of cotton, and every raisin cask, and every tea box, and every cluster of bananas is so much literature for a business man. Now, my brother, what are you going to do with the intelligence! Do you suppose God put you in this school of information merely that you might be sharper in a trade, that you might be more successful as n worldling? O, no; it was that you might take that useful information and use it for Jesna Christ. Can it be that you have been dealing with foreign lands and never had the missionary spirit, wishing the salva- tion of foreign people? Can it be that you have become acquainted with all the outrages Inflicted in business life and that you have never tried to bring to bear that gospel which Is to extirpate all evil and oor rect all wrongs and illumine all darkness and lift up al! wretchedness and save men for this world and tbo world to oome? Can it be that understanding all the intricacies of busi tness, you know nothing about those things which will last after all bills of exchange ami consignments and invoioee and rent rolls shall have crumbled up and been con sumed in the fires of the last great day? Can it be that a man wiil be wise for time and tool tor eternity? I remark, also, that business life is a school for integrity. No man knows what be will do when he is tempted. There are thousands of men who have kept their in tegrity merely because they never have been tested. A man was elected treasurer of tho state of Maine some years ago. He was distinguished for his honesty, useful ness aud uprightness, but before one year bad passed he bad taken of the publio funds for his own private use, und was hurled out of office in diagraoa. Distin guished for virtue before. Dis tinguished for crime after. You cau call over tho names of men just like that, in whose honesty you had com plete confidence, but placed in certain crisis of temptation they went overboard. Never so many temptations to soounarellsm as now. Not a law on the statute book but has some back door through which a mis creant can escape. Ah! how many decep tions in the fabrio of goods; so much plun dering in commercial life that if a man talks about living a life of complete com mercial accuracy there are Chose who ascribe it to greenness and lack of tact. More need of honesty now than ever Defore, tried honesty, complete honesty, more than iu those times whea business was a plain affair and woolens were woolens and silks were silks and men were men. How many men do you suppose there are in commercial life who could Bay truth fully, "In all the sales I have ever made I have never overstated the value of goods; in all the sales I have ever made I have never covered up an imperfection in the fabrio; of all the thousands of dollars I have ever made I have not taken ouo dishonest farthing?” There are men, however, who can say it, hundreds who can say it, thou sands who can say it. They are more honest than when they sold their first tierce of rice, or their first firkin of butter, be cause their honesty and integrity have been tested, tried and came out triumphant. But they remember a time when they could have robbed a partner, or have absconded with the funds of a bank, or sprung a snap judgment, or made a false assigument, or borrowed inimitably without any efforts at payment, or got a man into a sharp cor ner and fleeced him. But they never took one step on that patnway of hell fire. They oan say their prayers without hearing the ciiiuk of dishonest dollars. They can rend their Bible without thluking of the time when with a lio on their soul in the custom house they kissed the book. They can think of death and the judgment that comes after it without any flinching—that day when all charlatans and cheats and jockeys and frauds shall be doubly damned. It does not make their knees knock together, and it does not make their teeth chatter to read “as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatched them not; so he that getteth riohos, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fooL” O, what a school of integrity business life Is I If you have ever attempted to let your integrity criuge before present advantage, if you have ever wakened up, in some em barrassment, and said: “Now, I’ll step a little aside from the right path and no one will know It, and I’ll oome all right again; it is only once.” O, that only once has ruined tens of thousands of men for this life and blasted their souls for eternity. It is a tremendous sohool, business life, a school of integrity. A merchant in Liverpool got a five-pound Bank of England note, and holding it up toward tho light bo saw b >me into- liueations in what seemed red ink. He finally deciphered the letters, and found out that the wriilug had been made by a slavo in Algiers, saying In substance: ‘ n hoever gets this bank note will pleaie to mform rny brother, John Dean, living near Carlisle, that I am a slave of the bey of Al giers. The merchant sent word, employed governmout officers, and found who this tnon wos, spokeu of In this batik bill. After awhile the man was rescued, who for eleven years had been a slave of the bey of Algiers. He was immediately emancipated, but was so worn out by hardship and exposure he soon after died. O, if some of the bank bills that oome through your hands could tell all the scenes through which they hsve passed, it would be a tragedy eclipsing any dramaof Shakespeare, mightier than King Lear or Macbeth. As I go on in this subject, I am impressed with the importance of our having more sympathy with the business men. Is it not a shame that we in our pulpits do not oftener preach about their struggles, their trials and their temptations ? Men who toil with tbs band are not ap. to be very sympathetic with those who toll with the brain. The farmers who raise the ooru and the oats and the wheat some times are tempted to think that grain mer chants have an easy time, and get thsir profits without giving any equivalent. Plato and Aristotle were so opposed to merchandise that they declared com merce to be the curse of the nations, and they advised that cities be built at least ten miles from the sea-coast. But you and I know that there are oo more industrious or high-minded men than those who move in the world of traffic). Some of them carry burdens heavier than hods of brick, and are exposed to sharper things than the east wind, and climb mountains higher than tbs Alp* or Himalayas, and if they are faith ful Christ will at last say to them: “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things. Knter thou into the joy of thy Lord." We talk about the martyrs of the Pied mont valley, nad lb* martyrs among the Sootoh highlands, and the martyrs at Ox ford. There are lust as certainly martyrs of Wall street and Htate street, martyrs of Fulton street and Broadway, martyrs of Atlantic street and Chestnut street, going through hotter fires, or having their necks under sharper axes. Then it behooves us to banish all fretfulness from our lives, if this subject be true. We look back to the time when we wore at sohool, and we remember the rod, and we remember the hard tasks, and we complained grievously; but now we see it was for the best. Business life is a sohool, and the tasks are hard, and tho ohastlsements some times are very grievous; but do not com rJain. The hotter the fire the better the re fining. There are men before the throne of God this day in triumph who on earth were cheated oat of everything but their coffin. They were sued, they were imprisoned for debt, they were throttled by constables with e whole pack of write, they were sold out of the sheriffs, they had no compromise with their creditors, they bad to make as signments. Their dying hours were an noyed by the sharp ringing of the door-bell ty some Impetuous creditor who thought it was outrageous and impudent that a man should dare to die before be paid the last three shillings and sixpence. 1 had a friend who had many misfortunes. Everything wont against him. He had good business quality, and was of the best of morals, but he was one of those men such as you have sometimes seen, for whom everything seems to go wrong. His life became to him a plague. When I heard he was dead, I said: "Good; got rid of the sheriffs!” Who are those lustrous souls before the throne? When the ques tion is asked, “Who are they?’ the angels standing on the sea of gloss respond: ‘ ‘These are they who came out of great business trouble, and had their robes washed and made white In the blood of the Lamb,” A mau arose in Fulton street prayer meeting and said: “I wish publicly to ac knowledge the goodnees of God. 1 was in business trouble. I had money to pay, and I had no means to pay it, and I was iu utter despair of all human help, and I laid this mutter before the Lord, and this morning I went down among some old business friends I had not seen in many years, jjusi to make a call, and one said to me, “Why, I am so glad to see you, walk In. Me have some money oo our books due you a good while, but we didn't know where you were, and fhorefore not having your ad dress we eculd not send it. We are very glad you have coma” And the man standing in Fulton street prayer-meeting said: "The amount they paid me was six times what I owed.” You say it only hap pened so? You are an infidel. God an swered that man’s prayer. O, you want business graoe. Commercial ethics, busi ness honors, laws of trade, are all very goqd iu their place, but thert are times when you want something more than this world will give you. You want God. For tha lack of him soma that you have known have consented to forge, and to maltreat their friends, and to curse their enemies, and their names have been bulletined among scoundrels, aud they have been ground to powder; while other men you have known have gone through the very same streets of circumstances triumphant. There are men here to-dav who fought the battle and gained the victory. People come out of that mau's store, and they say: "Well, if there ever was a Christian trader, that is one.” In tegrity kept the books and waited on the customers. Light from the eternal world flashed through tho show windows. Lova to God and love to man presided in that storehouse. Some day peoplo going through the street notice that the shutters of the window are not down. The bar of that store door has not been removed. Peoplo say: “W’hat is the matter i" You go up a little closer, and you see written on tha card of that window: "Closed on account of the doath of one of the firm.” That day all through the cir oles of business there is talk about how a good man has gone. Boards of trade pass resolutions of sympathy, and ohturohes of Christ pray, ‘Help, Lord, for the godly man ceasetb.” He has made his last bargain, he has suf fered his last loss, he has ached with the last fatigue. His children will get the re sult of his industry, or, if through mis fortune there bo no dollar left, they will have an estate of prayer and Christian ex ample which will be everlasting. Heavenly reward* for earthly discipline. There “the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.” RAN OFF THE RAILS. Narrow Escape of a Train From a Plunge From a Trestle. Gainesville, Fla., Dec. 2d— The down train on the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad was derailed this afternoon about half a mile from the city. Every car went off the rails, but fortunately the train was not going at a high rate of speed and no one was hurt. It had Just passed ovsr the high trestle whloh spans Ellis' branch. Had it gone off on this many lives would have been lost. The accident was caused by rot ten Has and a rail which had the inner flange broken or worn off. The road from hore to Cedar Key is in a miserable condi tion. It is the oldest in the state, but never theless is allowed at an infant industry to charge 4 cents per mile. A libel suit ended. The suit of Knox vs. Montgomery ended last night in a verdict for the defendant (Montgomery). The suit was one for libel ous publication by Montgomery against Knox, charging him with having burned his storshouso, which was insured in the Florida Mutual Fire Insurance Association, of which Montgomery was president. There are saveral murder cases to be triod at this term of court. The first cabbage of the Beason came to town yesterday. Lettuce is going for ward. Strawberries are ripe. Thomasvilie Topics. Tupmasville, Ga., Deo. 20.—J. W. Dillon IS Cii liftvo bought out the hay and grain business of C. S. Parker. The following officers have been elected by St. Thomas Lodge No. 49: Arthur Patten, W. M.: J. G. Hopkins, S. W.; David Elias, J. TV.; M. A. Fleetwood, sec retary; L Levy, treasurer; N. J. Brown, tyler. HhZ-Yb*. I ass very fond of pets. He-Indeed; What, may I ask, is your favor ite anioialf- She ;?raijly>—•'SanA- .yun.if'y'i Weilcly. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 21,1891. A SCANDAL AT ATLANTA. B. G. KHUBT AND MBS. COLDE COTT REPORTED UNDER ARREST. Humor Says They Were Together at a Fashionable Hotel at Cincinnati Mr. Coldecott Refuses to Believe the Story. Atlanta, Oa. , Dec. 20. —Two weeks ago to-day Henry G. Khnrt, the well known tobaoconist, proprietor of the largest house of the kind in Atlanta, packed his grip, and, telling his wife aDd cler ks that he was going to New York on busi ness, left the city on the Air Line train. Last Wednesday M. L. Coldecott, well known as the proprietor of the Munro bath institute, in the Traders’ Bank building, purchased railroad and sleeping car tickets for his wife to 8t Louis, and with hus bandly care went to the depot and had her comfortably located in the oar. Mrs. Coldecott is an exceed ingly handsome woman, a blonde of that striking, delicate type that never fails to attract attention and ad miration. Mr. and Mrs. Coldecott, with their one child, have lived in Atlanta for about five years, and the wife, by reason of her striking beauty, has become to be kuown by sight by half tie population of the city. Mr. and Mr*. Coldecott have al ways lived in fine style, keeping their horses and carriages aud eujoying all the luxuries that an apparently happy and prosperous business man could command. Henry Khurt Is one of the best known young men iu the olty, a handsome, liberal-hearted fellow who bos made free use of a fortune among his friends. His wife, with whom every body sympathises in the affair, is the oldest daughter of John Ryan aud a sister to Steve Kyan, the merchant prince, who is now iu Fulton county jail for contempt of court. ARRBBTSD AT BT. LOUIS. Yesterday a telegram was received in At lanta stating that Henry Khurt and Mrs. Coldecott had been placed under arrest iu Cincinnati. This developed that the pretty blonde had not kept faith with her husband and gone to visit relatives in St. Louis, as he believed, but instead made straight to Cincinnati to join the handsome young At lanta merchant. What the details of the arrest aro could not be ascertained, but it is rumored here that there is still another woman in the case who caused the arrest. TRYING TO HUSH IT UP. Every effort is being made to suppress the particulars of the sensation on account of the prominence of the parties, but the news of the arrest spread quickly and to-night It is the leading topic of gossip among men about town. It was reported among other things that Khurt had sent to his book keeper here for *5,000 yesterday, but at his store this was denied. For several years the Caldecotts and Khnrts lived near neighbors. Mr. Coldecott is much wrought up over the affair. He says he has perfect oonfidenoe in bis wife and would not even telegraph to Cincinnati for confirmation of the story, for fear ho would place himsolf in the posi tion of doubting her. Beyond this he would say nothing, except that if the re ported arrests were true it of course meant that all was over between him and his wife. HSLD UP BY FOOTPADa A Car Inspector of Albany Relieved of S4B. Albany, Ga., Deo. 20.— Z. T. Layfiold, chief car inspector for the Albany division of the Southwestern road, was last night the victim of one of the boldest and most ■uocessful robberies every committed in the city. Mr. Layfleld was leaving the depot at a late hour, walking on the traok that forms the "Y.” Coming into North street, and Just after be had passed the water tank, two men sprang from behind a pile of crossties and seized him. Both men bad a hold of Mr. Layfleld before he real ized what was up, and odo of them bald a knife to bis throat and told him that if he moved or gave any alarm, they would kill him. They demanded hit inonoy, and finding himself entirely in their power, Mr. Layfleld could do nothing but submit. They got aH he had in his pookets, *4O 3\ After getting his money one of the robbers walked off a short distance and stopped. He then called to his partner to follow him, and warned Mr. Layfleld that if be moved until they ware safely out of sight they would shoot. Thus both men disappeared into the darkness of the night, and Mr. Layfleltt, us soon ns he felt that it was safe for him to do so, moved on and hurried up town i*tor an officer. He did not know whether the robbers were whits or black. No arrests have been made. FLORIDA’S METROPOLIS. A Church Narrowly Escapes Firo—A Woman Leaps From a Window. Jacksonville, Fla., Deo. 20.—The Tabernacle Baptist church caught fire during this morning’s service, but Rev, Malcom MacGracgar continued to preach right through to the end of his sermon. Tho flames started in a shed In the rear of the church. Tho prompt arrival of the department and the quick work extin guished the flames before any serious dam age was done. A woman, stopping at the Everett hotel, leaped through the glass of a second story window into the yard of Col. Bam Houston to-night just after supper, and caused much exoitement. She fortu nately landed on soft ground so no bones were broken, though internal Injuries were suffered. The unfortunate was temporar ily Insane. The steamship Seminole of the Clyde line arrived in port at noon to-day forty-eight hours overdue. She was prevented from eutering the harbor by a northeast gale and anchored outside the bar, being un reported owing to the dense fog. Much apprehension was felt hore for her safety. She sails north to-morrow morning at 9:30 o’olock with 14,000 boxes of oranges for the holiday trade. KILLED BY AN ENGINE. An Aged White Man Struck by a Train Near Morcrosa. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2d—Passenger train No. 37 of the Ricbuioud and Danville road knocked James Lett, an aged white man, from the track at Norcrcss yesterday after noon, killing him Instantly. Lott had just lluishad making some pur chases at one of the stores and started down the railroad track toward his home with his purchases under his arms. Engineer O’Neal, sitting iu his seat in the engine, with bis band on tho throttle, peer ing oageriy down the track through the mist and rain, saw tho old man and gave a sharp blast of the whistle. The old man looked back and increased bis pace, but failed to leave the traok. An instant later he was hurled into the air by the pilot and fell eoveral feet from the track. A few minutes later he was dead. POLICE SIGNAL 3YSTE 51. Savannah Officials inspecting Its Workings at Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 20.—Mayor MoDon ougb, Alderman Haines and Chief of Polioe Green of Savannah are in the city. The object of the visit is to Investigate the Garaowcll police signal system in operation here. This afternoon they were shown over tho police station by Chief Connolly and Capt. Thompson. Some interesting experi ments were also made with tho signal sys tem, aud tho mayor, alderman und chief expressed themselves as highly pleased with it. Richardson’j Manager Dond. Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 20.—C01. W. C. Kennedy, general manager of tho vast estate of Joiiu Richardson, died at Rattan this morning. FLORIDA’S CAPITAL CITY. Articles of Incorporation for New Com panies Filed at the OapitoL Tallahasskx, Fla., Dec. 90.—Tallahas see’s artesian well is a success. At a depth of 090 feet an abundant supply of fine qual ity of mineral water has been obtained. Htate Chennai Norman Robinson says this water oontains excellent medicinal proper ties'. Articles of incorporation of new compa nies have been filed with the secretary of state as follows: Sprague, Duncan & Hutchinson, limited, capital stock (00,000; places of business at Yew York and Jacksonville. This is a com pany of electrical engineers. The directors are Frank L. Bprague, Alfred Bishop Mason and Cary T. Hutchinson. The Pharr Phosphate Company of Bar tow, capital stock *540,000. The directors are Emmett M. Ureeson, Alexander F. Pharr and James B. Gibson, The Tropical Development and Naviga tion Company, successors to the Polk County Canal and Navigation Company. The capital stock is *50,000. The officers are: C. I. Page, pi-sidont; H.O. Johnson, vice president; H. Hammond, secretary and treasurer. The Pasadena Land and Improvement Company, capital stock *130,000. The in corporators are: John D. Flint, Elijah Fox. Wylie Hheek, David H. Young, Ira K. Chase, John J. Thrasher, Alfred E. Draw and Jamas A. Dow. The Exoeteior Phosphate Company of Jacksonville, oapital stock *IOO,OOO. The directors are: Wilfiam 8. Prinder, Henry M. Brooks, Samuel B. Glazier, Amanda W. Barn and Harrison W. Clark. The Ooala Banner Publishing Company, oapital stock *40,0001 The directors sre, F. E. Harris. P. I). A. Pratt, Charles H. Pratt, J. H. O, Pratt, C. I* Bit Unger and Samuel F. Treague. The Saddle Creek Phosphate Company of Bartow, capital stock *300,000. The direc tors aro: C. J. Bearlt-s, A. C. Britton and J. M. Se&rloe. The West Florida and Northern Railway Company, oapital st ick *30,000. The road is to be built from St. Andrew’s northward through Holmes county to the Alabama Uue, eastward to Wewahitohka, thence to Apalachicola, thence to Bt. Josephs, thence northward via Wewahitohka through Jack son oounly to the Alabama line, a distance of 190 miles. The directors are: J. G. Fuller, Roswell Bhinn aud John E. Cailey of Chicago, E S. Lawrence of New York, J. D. Plrrong of Wewahitohka, J. D. Martin of St. Andrew’s,(and John Barr Glenn erf Chipiey, The Pensacola Home and Savings Asso ciation, the offloers of which are H. B. Hat ton, president; J. T. Whiting, vice presi dent; R. M. Car>y, Jr., secretary; H. K. Hyer, Jr., treasurer, and A. G. Blount, Jr., attorney. The New Sub-Tropioal Exposition of Jack sonville, capital porators are J. W. Archibald, W. A. Mac dull, W. A. Borri, A. B. Campbell, J. R. Campbell, J. C. Greeley and C. Benedict. The Seminole Building Association of Jacksonville, capital otook SSOO. Theincor poratorznna T. W. li'iby. C. W. Cockrell, Jr., J. H. Darke!, J. S. Fairhead and John L’Eugie. w j Da. Elyah Whitsky of New York r akes the proud boast of having seen every President from Washington to Cleveland. Dr. Whitney Is 93 years old. Rabbis Ootthai> Dbutsch, the newly elected professor of Hebrew history and philosophy in the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, is only 33 years of age. MEDICAL Be Sure It you have made up your mind to buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take any other. A Boston lady, whose example Is worthy imitation, tells her experience below: “ In one store where I went to buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to Induce me buy their Own instead of Hood’s; he told roe their’s would last longer; that I might take it oo ten To Get days’ trial; that if I did not like it I need not pay anythlsg, etc. But he conld not prevail on me to change. I told him I had taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla, knew what It was, was satisfied with It,,and did not want any other. When I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla I was feeling rpM iplserable with dyspepsia, and so weak tßaf at times I could hardly Hood’s stand. I looked like a person In consump tion. Hood's Sarsaparilla did me so much good that I wonder at myself sometimes, and my friends frequently speak of it." Mrs. Ella A. Goff, 61 Terrace Street, Boston. Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists, gt ; gi x f o r flg. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowdll, Mas*. IQO Doses One Dollar " SPECIAL NOTICES. ICK.^ All bills against the Spanish bark NALON, Castro master, must be presented at our office by 32 o'clock noon THIS DAY, or payment thereof will be debarred. STILLWELL, MILLEN & CO., Consignees. APPLES. APPLES. Two hundred barrels Fancy Baldwin Apples arriving to-day. Get prlcos before buying. W. P. GREEN & CO. DON’T FORGET, TUESDAY, 22D DECEMBER, —>lß LAST CHANUE TO BUY AT AUCTION FINE FURNITURE. THE CLOSING UNDERWRITER'S SALE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 150 BROUGHTON STREET. UPSTAIRS, AS ABOVE. SOME ELEGANT GOODS WILL BE SOLD WHICH WILL MAKE GRAND CHRISTMAS GIFTS. C. H. DORSETT, Auctiowbbb. MERRY XMAS ’ RECEIVED TO-DAY. 1,000 SELECTED TURKEYS, Which I offer for sale in quantities to suit, alive or dressed. {iF" Send me your Xmas orders for FRESH KILLED TURKEYS. L. rUTZEL, MjmtUT Biskmext. TELEPHONE 10 3, RAISIN We have five hundred boxes Fine Raisins to sell within the next few days. See us before buying. W. P. GREEN & CO., 100 Bay Street. MEDIC AL,. The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or bad taste In the mouth; Pain In the Back. Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Kheumatism; Sour Stomach; Loss of Appetite; Bowels alternately costive and lax; Headache; Loss of Memory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do something which ought to have been done; Debility; Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the Skin and Eyes; a dry Cough often mistaken for Consumption. Sometime* maay of these symptoms attend the disease, at others eery few; but the Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness and Death will ensue. AS AN UNFAILING SPECIFIC For DYSPEPSIA .CONSTIPATION. Jaundice, Whous attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Colic. De pression Of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn, Etc., Etc. Take Siaaons’ Lifer Regulator, or Medicine, NAJfuvAcrvRKD ointv nr J. H. ZEILIN A CO.. . „ PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sold by all Druggists. FPIOtRAL INTITATIONA COHEN—The friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cohen are respectfully re quested to attend the funeral of the latter from her late residence. Bull and Perry streets, THIS MORNING, at 21 o’olock. MKRTINOSk. NOTICE. All persons suffering loss or damage by the present condition of the Ogeechee Canal are requested to meet at Chatham Court House on 88th Inst., at 10 o'clock, for the purpose of ar ranging for our protection. SPECIAL N OTIC Kb. " On and after Feb. 1,1880, the basis of meas urement of all advertising in the Mohniho News will be agate, or at the rate of $. 40 an lnoh for the first Insertion. No Special Notice inserted for less than $1 00. DESIRABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS. FOR THE APPROACHING HOLI DAYS WE ARE SHOWING AN EXCELLENT LINE OF NECK WEAR, UMBRELLAS, DRESSING GOWNS, SMOKING JACKETS* ETC. THE PRESENT STRINGENCY OF THE MONEY MARKET WILL MAKE SUCH GIFTS MORE AC CEPTABLE THAN EVER, AS IT MAY SAVE THE RECIPIENT BUY ING SIMILAR GOODS HIMSELF. BESIDES THIS OUR PRICES ARE SO LOW THAT FOR A LIT TLE MONEY YOU CAN GET SUCH DESIRABLE GOODS. THY US, FALK CLOTHING CO. SOMETHING SEW, DUO DE MONTEBELLO EXTRA DRY CHAMPAGNE. Pints and half pints, put up In fine wicker baekete with handles, Loif dozen pints in a basket, oie dozen half pints. This champagne wae put up in France by our special order, in these fine baskets. For sale only by _ P. H. WARD, INS atjd 830 Bryan Street. GROUND RENT LOT HOLDERS. Holders of ground rent lots desiring to file objections to assess nenta of said lots for city taxes will find blank notices at our offices. SAUBSY & BAUS9Y, Attorneys for Lot Holders. FOR CHRISTMAS. FINE TABLE AND COOKING WINES. FINE OLD WHISKIES AND BRANDIES. JELLIES, JAMS AND PRESERVES. FINEST FRENCH AND AMERICAN VEGE TABLES AND FRUITS! FINE CANDIES AND NUTS AT WM. G. COOPER’S, 2S Whitaker Street. OCO TURKEYS, 1,500 DOZEN EGGS, Choice Tennessee Butter, Pigeon Pease, Black-eye Pease. For Safe Cheap by W. INMAN MILLER, ’ TURKEYS, TURKEYS. TURKEYS, TURKEYS. GEESE To arrive Tuesday, and for sale in lots to suit. Parties who want Turkeys for Christmas will do well to plane orders with us. J. B. COLLINS & CO. SPECIAL NOTICE. To thb Public: Wo have a surplus stock on account of our two stores, and being direct Importers and wholesale dealers, buying from first hands, are In a position to give full value for all orders of Wines, Liquors, Cordials Intrusted to our care. M. LAVIN’S ESTATE, 48 East Broad, SO Bay Street Telephone 840. FHEID A HICKS, HEADQUARTERS.. FREID A HICKS. Headquarters, FREID & HICKS, Headquarters, FREID & HICKS, Headquarters, Open day and night'. Telephonesl3. Nos. 9, 11 and 13 Market. SPECIAL NOTICES. MERCHANTS- NATIONAL' SAVANNAH. _ , , fizVAKBAH. Oa.. Deo. 9,1991. The annual election for directors will be held at the banking house (corner bt. Julian and Drayton streets). TUESDAY, Jan. 18,18*9, from 12 to 1 o dock v. a. W. S. ROCKWELL. Cashier. NOTICE TO TOY STORKS, RETAIL ETC. Cm or Savannah. I Omen Cixbk of Council, Dec. 8.1391. f The following ordinanoe is published for the information of all concerned. By order of the Mayor. FRANK E. REBARER. Clerk of Council. OaniNANca, Due. 10, 1888. An Obdinancs to suspend the ordinance passed in council April 25, 1883, relative to obstruc tion of sidewalks. Bzction 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and al dermen of the City of Satan sau. In council assembled, and It is hereby ordained by the authority aforesaid, that tha ordinance paseed in council on April 35. 1383, relative to obstruc tion of sidewalks by the displaying of <L-y goods, etc., be suspended from Dec. 3 to Deo. fc, in dusive of each ysar, upon condition that' the space oooupled by dealers in displaying their goods shall not exceed two and a naif feet from store to sidewalks, and shall not exceed three feet from the curb toward the street, but no goods or boxes shall be left oo the pa Yemen t or street after S o'dock p. x. of each day. ELECTION NOTICE. Citt of Savannah, 1 Orvicß Clnbk of Council, Dec. 10, 1891. ( Under and by virtue of a resolution adopted by city oousoil on the 9th Instant, oocmoli will elect at its next regular meeting, that is to aay, on WEDNESDAY, the 83d instant, a commis sioner to fill vacancy now existing in the Board of Commissioners of Pilotage. Applicants must hand In their applications to the office of the clerk of council at or before 8 o’clock p. as,, on MONDAY preoeding the day of election. By order of counoil, FRANK E. REBARER, Clerk of Council. DON’T GET LEFT. Remember and send In your orders early, and you will be provided for. I have a fine lot of the fattest and best TURKEYS TURKEYS Dressed at home and guaranteed to be the finest in the city. Send to JAMES J. JOYCE, Comer Liberty and Abercorn Streets. We have rece.ved a large supply of HUYLER’B CANDIES. Fine Mixed Chocolates. Buttercups, Flgalettes, Maron Qlace, Cream Mints, old-fashioned Mo lasses. Marshmallows, etc,, in assorted size packages and fauoy boxes aud baskets. SOLOMONS A CO., 133 Congress Street and 92 Bull Street. SULLIVAN’S RESTAURANT' HO and 113 Bbtam Street. Northern and western meats, game of all kinds in season, Blue Point oysters and Little Neok clams, lobsters, soft,shell crabs and Span, J sh mackerel by every steamer. SILVERWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION SILVER NOVELTIEB OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE CHARACTER. DIAMONDS, WATCHES, JEWELRY. SAMUEL KIRK A SON, Establishsd 1817. 114 BALTIMORE STREET EAST, Baltimore, Md. JUST RECEIVED, A large supply of PEASE. BEANS AND ONION SETS, Which we offer at lowest prices at Wholesale and Retail. SOLOMONS A CO., Druggists, Market Square. FOR RENT OR SALE, At Isle of Hope, a nloe cottage and outbuild ings with about forty (40) acres of farming laud. Possession given Immediately. Apply to WALTHOUR & RIVERS. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Treasurer's Offiob of the ) City of Savannah. v Savannah, Ga., Dec. !lth, 1891. ) Notloe la hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Savannah that under tho ordinance passed by couuoil on the 9th instant, the assess ment and valuation of property made for municipal taxation for the year 1890, under the terms and provisions of the ordinance of the city passed Nov. 3ft, 183 ft, wifi be continued ar the basis of taxation by the city for the year 1893 as to the real estate, including improve ments, covered thereby, in tho absence of ob jections. Such objections, if any, must be filed m the office of the clerk of council within fifteen days from this date. In the absence of objeo tlons within tho time specified, the assessment and valuation already made will he considered as satisfactory, and will bo binding for the year 1892. [Signed] CHAR 8. HARDEE, Olty Treasurer. NOTICE. First-class accountant, engaged as treasurer of a prominent successful Bavannah corpora tion, can divide his time In similar capacity. Best Savannah references. Box 34. care News. NOTICE. Cittof Savannah, I Office Chirf of Polios, Dec. 19,1891. f The following order is hereby published for the iuformatiou of all concerned: 1. The Ordinance of the city forbids the firing of guns, pistols and other firearms anywhere and at any time within the corporate limits. 2. The firing of sky rockets, wheel roe ets, roman candles, sorpents, firecrackers and other fireworks, or of any other article or thing con taining gunpowder, fulminating powder, or other explosive or detonating substances, and the making of bonfires, except In tho extended portion if Forsyth Place and in the public squares of the city south of Liberty street, and then only five days before and ten days after Christmas day nd the Fourth Day of July la each and overy year, is aro poslti+ely pro hibited by the Ordinance of the r fey. 8. The members of the Police Department are 1 hereby ordered to arrest all persons found vio lating these Ordinances, and to be unusually vigilant during the approaching holidays in checking promptly all improper irregularities and disorders detrimental to gool order, aud to the proper protection of life and property. JOHN GREEN, Chief of Police. l imiHTHAH IIIFT, Betides the very complete stock of Optical Goods always to he found at onr establishment, we offer an unusually large assortment of Opera, Field and Spy Glasses, Magio Lanterns, Lorgne tes, Opera Glass Holders, Opera Glass Bags and Ohatelalne|Tases for Spectacles or Eyeglasses. We also have a special sale of Gold Spectacles and Eyeglasses at reduoad prices. Every pair of Gold Speotaelee or Eye glasses bought for a holiday present esn bo ex changed within one year free of oharge. N. B.—Our store will he open every n'ght un til tho 35th ius unit until 10 o’clock. Kespeot fully, DR. M. SOHWAB A SON. No. 21 Bull Street, ! CLOTHTNG. What Better Christmas Present can you make your hubbys, your sons, sweethearts and friends than an elegant Fisk Clark & Flagg Scarf, a pretty Smoking Jacket, a Full Dress Shirt and a thou! sand and one appropriate things that you will find in our establish ment ? You can get everything new and first-class from the most noted makers, at inventory prices. Come and get your holiday presents from us, APPEL & Sdl, One Price Clothiers k Haberdashers, amusements. SAVANNAH THEATER WEDNESDAY ~A§ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 33 and 34, THE POPULAR, ROMANTIC ACTOR, Mr. James O’Neill And Hi* Supporting Company of Twenty-two Artists in an Elaborate Revival of monte^cristo. Bale of Seat* at Davis Music Oct’s Store MOV DAY, DEC. 21. Next attraction "TWO JOHNS,” Dec. 35, % BANKS. ~ THE GEIANIIIAI SAVANNAH, GA CAPITAL, $200,000 In connection with banking bug. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, WHERE 4 Per Cent Per Ami Is paid on deposits compounded quarterir n* poaitors of all classes are solicited. With „ obliging staff of offloers and oonaervative msa. element patrons and tE.se desiring to JsdoJi with it may be assured that thair interest* rill be carefully guarded. “ OIi'I’ICEUS. HENRY BLUN, GEO. W OWENB President. Vice I-res'ideoi JOHN M. HOGAN, Cashier. DIRECTORS. HENRY BLUN. GBQ. W. OWENS, Attorney at Law P. BRENNAN, of Kavanaugh * iCiL H. M. HULL, of Bearing ,t Hull WILLIAM KEHOB. of Wm Kehoe A 00. AMSON MOHR, of Mohr Bros. DR. J. R READ. T. F. STUBBS, of Stubbs & Tlson. A. P. SOLOMON, of Henry Solomon & Sonx O. M. RYALS. IRVIN B. TIEDEMAtLof Geo. W. Tledemsnk Bro. A. O. HARMON, Broker and Commission Mer chant. Joe. D. Who. Jno. C. Rowland, PrKKIDKMT. Jab. M. Hunter, cashiin. Savannah Bank & Trust Cos. SAVINGS DEPT 4% Deposits of $1 and Upward Received. Interest on Deposits Payable quarterly. DIRECTORS. JOSEPH D. WEED, of J. D. Wxl A 00. JOHN C. ROWLAND, Capitaliet. tX A REITZS, Exchange and Insurance. R. O. ERWIN, of Chisholm, Erwin 4 duElgnoo. EDWARD KAROW, of Strau* 4 00. XBAAC G. HAAS, General Broker. M. T. MACINTYRE, of M. Y. A D. I. Maclntyre. JOHN LYONS, of John Lyons A Oa WALTER CONEY, of Patterson. Downing 4 0a D. C. BACON, Lumber. J EDUCATIONAL. COLLEGE FOR 111, COLUMBIA, S. C Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON, D. D, President. Tills college will resume exerclsos after ChrW mas holidays on December 30th, and will <”• its session June 15th. No institution In toe south offers greater advantages for the eauc*. tion of y ouug ladies in the Academic. Mus e Art departments. The college is at tha Hampton or Preeton place. A masnlflwatn* building has been erected, with “ r3£ '°,'“’ appointments of every kind, for the boaraiDg department; no school In the south has supen. The college refers to the following WecM who either ore patrons of or have visited the ow e *Kev. C. S. Vedder, D. D„ Charleston, &C. James Allan, Charleston, S. 0. Rev J. G. law, Darlington, 8. 0. Col, E. R. Jlelver, Darlington. 3. 0. Gen. W. E. James, Darlington, 8. C. ' Judge J. D Witherspoon, Yorkville, 8. G B. 8. Barnwell, Abbeville. 8. C. Bon. A. 0. Ilaskoil, Columbia, S. C. Maj. J. T. Rh*tt, Columbia, S. C. W. A. Clark, Bsq., Columbia, S. 0. FISH AND OrBTRBR. ESTABLISHED 1858. M. M. Sullivan & Son? Wholesale Fish and Oyster Dealers 150 Bryan st. and 153 Hoy laue. Savsnim 3. G* Fish orders for Punta Gordft receive- 1 Lave prompt attention. BKUKRRs ~ F. C. WYLLY. TOCKB. BONDS AND REAS E rAT * BROKER Strict Attention Given to All Orders. lAm ns Negotiated on Marketable Securiti* Correspondence Rnilelted. PLUMBER. 1 P'l NIC r.INBI OF GAS FIXTURES Al GLOBES L, A. MCCARTHY’S,; 40 JlßiW’rOlSr T.