The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, February 12, 1892, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextLIFE OF A WELL-SHOOTER II 13 ALWAYS full of excite ment AND DANGER. jjrooptasr Powerful Explosives Into the Bowels of the Earth and Then Banning for Life—Some Remarkable Escapes. From the Sew York Timer. Cleveland. Feb. 7.—Few more hazard ous occupations can be named than that of we ll-hooter in the oil and gas regions. Usually visitors to the Northwestern Ohio gelds gave these men a berth and learn little from them. The stranger naturally Aspect* to find men. whose lives are at the mer ey of the smallest accident and who are daily in danger of death for hours at a time, more or lose gloomy and morose, but in actual fact a more a more happy-appearing and Jolly a Ol of fellows would hardly be foun 1 among any group of workingmen of euy class. A well-shooter is always in the employ of soms company that manufactures high ex plosives, and his business is to load long tubes with nitro-glycerine or other similar substance, lower them to the bottom of tbo cas or oil well, and there explode them. The shock loosens the Trenton limestone, the porous strata in which the oil or gas is found in these fields, and causes an increased fl,w. Sometimes a well that is worthless and almost dry becomes productive and protltable after being shot, and the stimulus usually lasts for weeks. Ia the Ohio and Indiana field, which com prises, all told, an area of probably 10,000 square miles, there are about a score of me i v.r: j follow this dangerous business, besides the manufacturers and the men who are employed to haul the explosives to the out of-the-way places where the magazines are erected, and where a small supply, scarcely more than 800 quarts of nitro-glyoerine in one place at most, is stored. A shot is sometimes as little as 8 quarts, but more often it is from 60 to 80, and in some cases as much as 160 quarts are used. Imagine, if you can, what a terrifio shock that would cause if exploded at the surface. Even 1,200 or 2,000 feet below, it makes the earth tremble and throws a tremendous burst of gravel and debris out of the well, end not infrequently high above the der rick. Ia hauling these terrible explosives to the wells, or magazines, odd-looking covered wagons are used, and the state laws provide that each shall be marked on the sides in large letters: nitro-glycerine: dangerous: Within the warning cover are carefully fitted compartments, lined with heavy felt, and into these the square zinc cans fits as B.iugly as is possible. A shake or jar going over reads tnat are never any too smooth might easily mean death to the driver and destruction to surrounding property, and the deadly stuff is packed as solidly a* it can be. Once at the well, the nitro-glycerine is poured into tin tubes or shells 5 feet long and 2 inches or more in diameter, pointed at the lower end and with bail handles at the top. A sudden jar or a slip of the hand means destruction, and softly, with steady band, the oily liquid is poured into the long tiu. As each shell is filled it is lowered to the bottom of the well gently, and another is let down ou top of it, and still another, till the desired quan ity has I een put dowu. Then the “go-devil,” a 5-pound pointed iron, 10 or 12 inches long, is dropped, point down, on tbe mass below and the shooter runs for his life. Sometimes rock fragments are thrown out so quickly and so far that he does not get beyond their reach, but usually be is a safe distance by the time the eruption occurs. The men engaged in this hazardous work teem utterly oblivious of tbe danger. They have become accustomed to the continual risk aud only think enough about it to be careful. It may be said that they seldom feel the apprehension their business excites in strangers, and if they do, it usually re sults in their nervousness costing them their lives. So true is this that these men have a superstition that the fearless man is per fectly safe and the fearful one certain of death. One terrible accident a year or more ago, near Findlay, illustrated this belief. An employe of the High Explosive Company, George Struble by name, who was engaged in hauling the stuff to magazines and shooters iu different sections, had grown apprehensive and made all arrangements for his burial, in case of death, if burial wu p ssible, and for the disposition of his little property. Very soon after he lost his life, probably by the explosion of theglycer ine sticki g to the empty cans, for he had emptied his cans at the well, and was on his way back to Findlay from Prairie De pot when the ace dent occurred. Ho wai torn to pieces, and the wagon was literally reduced to splinters. It is one of tbe inci dents of tbe business that when an accident happens nobody is left to tell how it came about. All that is left is guesswork. One ef tbe death in tho business oepurred near Decatur, Ind., a load of nitro-glycerine ex ploding and shooter and horses being blown to atoms. Possibly only an unnotiood rut iu the road caused the calamity. The hairbreadth escapes are many, and serve and presence of mind are the fir: t requisites of a shooter. In one case a shooter was lowering the first ti i into the well when the rope suddenly slackened. There could be but one explanation. The well had unexpectedly begun t<*flow agniu. it would be but a few minutes till the six quarts of nitre-glycerine would be hurled cut of the well. That means death and de struction. He had not time to reach safety by running. There was only one expedient and he took it. Standing directly over the well, he grasped the deadly shell by the handles as it cams up, almost with the force cl a cannon shot, and, though the force of it threw him across the derrick and dislo cated his shoulder, he was saved. Ast >ry isjtold of u savage bu'.l that at teokeii the team attached to a wagon con taining empty cans, to which very fre qnently enough of the stuff sticks to cause an explosion if jarred. The driver leaped ‘tom the wagon as the horses started to run nnn was saved, and tne bull was probably “e most surprised animal in all Ohio when i attack came to an end. th . . men are 80 f an ‘iliar with the danger they frequently do not take even wv, cable precautions. One young fellow, its a load of eighty quarts of explosive, p ßs *ent out near Postage to shoot a well. k~!r" 8 his destination he recklessly neg imM? 10 un hitch or even to tie bis team, fin i’? n to hll the shells at the derrick. had been filled and two cans Of nitro- were on the derrick floor when began to lower the shell into the well, j some mishap the rope loosened from it it f r ? l6 was a third of tho way down, and .i to the bottom. Instantly the ex jw Jl “ a hame, boards fell from the derrick tankk.i cans . bu t fortunately did not * them. The horses took fright and m in away "’’th the rest of the load. Half a ■e avtay they overtook a buggy contain- I L,° * a, ' les and plunged into it. The c' n was overturned, and only by a sort • traclo did it happen that the explosives harmlessly out of the cans. The young t[ -■'till alive, but it is no fault of his ih^. ctl ** the life of the oil and gas well U s . p l '- Under a constant menace, the ej .* lR tolerable comfort, ond seem to Wort “ 0 " As ‘^ e from the danger, the fairl 11 “ot arduous, and the wages are ktd ir B °°P* Most of them are young men, wb o j lB l he exception to strike a shooter reason marriolb Their age is probably one oatii-c,’ for , their almost uniform good (j u ‘‘ ana jollity and familiarity with ble ..rr l lJU( ‘tlesa explains thoir imperturba ters a skin Eruptions, Pimples, Ul . i | “kPhihs, use only P. P. P., and net fr. ui • ,“l° y the blessing only to be derived KovUnd of P - p - p - [Prickly Ash, Poke wa Potassium, j—gW. TO BANG MR. CROKER. "Jimmy" O’Brien’s Alleged Plot, ae Told in “ivloter” Burke's Con fees lor. From the .Veto York Commercial Advertiser. Gord new* came to the braves of Tam many yesterday. A confession was made that exonerates Richard Croker from the charge of killing McKenna on election day, 1874. The confesaion comes from a man named ‘‘Rioter’’ Burke, who m the sixties was one of New Yorks picturesque characters, along with tio-vard, John Morrissey and others of the same ilk. Boon after John Kelly gained his ascen dency in Tammany, after William M. Tweed bad gone into obliquy, he sent Richard Croker to succeed Jimmy O’Brien as leader in the Seventeenth assembly dis trict. It was not exactly an oasy job, and for the plan to succeed it was necessary to hring into play not only great political ability, but physical prowess as well. Crok-r was equal to the task, and at the ensuing primary election knocked O’Brien completely out. This so enraged the O’Brien ites that they swore war to the knife and no quarter. On election day, in 1874, there was a row in which McKenna was shot dead. O’Brien boldly pointed out Croker as the man who had find the fatal shot. Croker was arrested and had two trials, in both of which the jury disagreed— on the first standing 11 for conviction and 1 for acquittal, and on the second 6to 6. The case never came up again, and not a great many years ago the indictment was quashed. The witnesses against Croker on both tri als were numerous, and theevidence strong. O’Brien was sheriff at the time, and his in terest in getting evidence against Croker was marked. He made no bones of it, and once told Croker to his face, it is said, that be would soon have the satisfaction of see ing him “dance on nothing.’’ ihe other day Burke called upon Croker. The later did not know him, so great had he changed from the time he was a political heeler. He had grown thin, his face was emaciated, and he looked what he was, a man in the last stages of consumption. “Dick,” he said, “don’t you know me?” “1 don’t,” said Croker. “ Why, I’m Burke—Rioter Burke.” “Oh, yes. Well, old fellow, you are greatly changed.” Burke spoke in a husky voice, and with apparent difficulty. Said he: “Dick, l am dying of consumption. I can’t live more than a week. I want to make a confession about the row that night” “ What row t" "You know, the one where they said you shot McKenna. Dick, I saw the whole business. I know who the murderer is. I knew at the time, hut O’Brien and his crowd paid me not to testify on your side. They wanted me to appear against you but I wouldn’t do that. O’Brien gave me f 100 the day of the shooting to get out of the town with. My mother was jauitress in a public building and my father held a small political office. O’Brien threatened to oust both of them if I came back to New York. Dick, 1 went away and kept away, when, if I had come back and testified, I could have saved you. I can’t livo but a few days and wont youot forgive me. Will you do it?” “I forgive you,” said and the rioter took bis departure. The Temptatou To go out of doors in rough weather is not strong, but we are. many of us, compelled to face rough weather frequently. Diseases which arise from a chill are peculiar to no season of the year. This is true, therefore there should be in the closet of every household—what? Not an unmedicated stimulant, absolutely devoid of anything but an excitive action, but a tonic combining, In the effective form of an invigo rant and an alterative, the quantity of defense against changes oi weather, llostetter’s Stomach Bdters has three or lour proper’ies that no other article of its c’asg possesses. Not only does it relieve the complaints which it event ually cures, it fortifies the system against the bad effects of changes of temperatue, fatally and too often shown in the deadly form of “la grippe;"’it produces a radical change in the weakened condition of a system peculiarly liable to be attacked by it, and it tends to pro vide against the danger resulting from an im poverished condition of the blood and a dis ordered state of the liver or bowels.— Ad. IV YOTTR RACK A (HIS, Or you are all worn out, really good for noth ing, it is general debility. Try BROWN’S llt OS BITTERS. It will cure you, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite. Wedding Presents. We are receiving daily new and attract ive novelties iu wedding presents, fine jewelry, etc., and have in stock splendid varieties of diamond nocklaces, diamond earrings, diamond pendauts and hair orna ments, diamond rings, diamond lace pins, diamond scarf pins and every conceivable article in diamond jowelry. 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Neckwear, Fisk, Clark & Flagg’s fine goods, at LaFar's. — Ad. Men’s handkerchiefs, linen or silk, and silk mufflers at LaFar's. — Ad. Old Newspapers Cheap. In cleaning out our file room we have a lot of old newspapers, and they will be sold at f 1 per 1,000 until all are gone. Business office Morning News. Windsor ties, lawn bows and Fequin goods at LaFar’s.— Ad. Military goods ordered in any quantity by LaFar.— Ad. Mon’s underwear, closing out. All win ter goods reduced at LaFar’s. — Ad. Harderfold underwear, equal to Jaeger’s at LaFar.— Ad. Erysipelas, Swollen Limbs. Bad Sores, Scales and Scabs on the leg have been entirely cured by P. P. P, the most wonderful blood medicine of the day.—Ad. Chamois underwear and chest protectors at LaFar’s.—.4d. For Corns, Warts and Bunions Use only Abbott’s East Indian Corn Paint.—Ad. THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1892. NE .V GRIP COMPLICATIONS. Technically It Is Known As Glossitis, and I: Killed William Hanley. From the Sew York Herald. William Hanley, 25 years old, a news dealer at Sackett and Hicks street, died in the city hospital, Brooklyn, yesterday morning of glossitis, or inflammation of the tongue, after an illness of four days. The disease is an exceptionally rare one, and has excited the attention of medical men in Brooklyn. Hanley was attacked with the grip on ! Friday morning, and in the evening his tongue be-an to swell and pain him greatly, i His mother sent for Dr. A. W. Ford, of I Henry and Union streets, Brooklyn, who | called in Dr. D W. Waugh, of No. 543 Henry street, for consultation. By mid ; night Hanley’s tongue and-.surrouuding i giands were swollen to such an extent, sto ! force his jaws apart, aud he was unable to ; speak o.- swallow. The phy.-inans were puzzled as to the nature of the disease and had Hanley re moved to the city h-spital on Saturday morning, boon after his arrival there several of the most eminent physicians in Brooklyn became interested in the case and held a consultation, but they were unable to reach any conclusion regarding the strange malady. FEARED HE WOULD SUFFOCATE. The patient suffered the most excruciating agony. The tongue was so thick that it pressed against the open jaws, and the hos pital doctors were afraid that Hanley would suffocate. He was unable to articulate and could only make negative and affirma tive motions with his head. He was very weak on Sunday, but the in flammation appeared to lesseu. An abscess also formed on the right side of the tongue and the doctors had hopes that the unfortu nate man would recover. His pulse was 136 and he seemed to be improving until late on Sunday night, when the tongue again began to enlarge and protrude from the mouth. The doctors were compelled to watch at Hanley’s bedside constantly to prevent him from suffocating. From Hanley’s parents Dr. Waugh learned that Hanley had often been seized with rheumatlo pains and had takeu drugs to relieve pain. It was thought that his dis ease might have resulted from the effects of the drugs, but eminent medical men scouted the idea and were inclined to believe that a diphtheritic inflammation bad brought it on. Mrs. Hanley told the doctor that her son had been in delicate nealth for several montns, but had never been known to have any such disease. Sometimes Hanley complained of tickling sensations iu his threat, but nothing was thought of ir. DIED IN GREAT AGONY. Hanley tried to talk on Monday after noon and pointed to his tongue. He evi dently wanted to explain something to the doctors who sat at his bedside. Failing to make himself understood he began to cry. The doctors assured him that he w ould re cover and told him to rem'ain quiet. During the night, however, his condition became worse, and the enlarged tongue was forced hard against the open jaws. The attendants upon Hanley were unable to witness his agony and left his bedside. At 4 o’clock yesterday m irning Hanley died. An autopsy on the body was made yester day afternoon in the presence of the entire medical staff of the institution. The con clusion reached by most of the doctors was that the disease was formed through a diph theritic inflammation. Dr. William Waugh, assistant house sur geon of the city hospital, told me that the disease was the first of its kind in the his tory of that institution. He said that every effort was made to obtain from Hanley a history of the case, but he was unable td> speak. Hanley’s body was removed to his home, No. 153 Backett street, Brooklyn, last night. ANNOYING MIsS HATTIE BLAINE. Receives Letters From a Department Clerk Who Wants to Marry Her. From the Sew York Sun. W ashington, Feb. 9. —Proceedings have been instituted to have O. J. Markle, a clerk in the war department, declared insaue. During the past few days Miss Hattie Blaine has been receiving a series of letters, couched in fervent language and signed “ Markle.” He expressed an urgent desire to marry her. The climax wag reached when Secre tary Blaine received a letter from the im portunate suitor asking that he might meet the secretary in his library and receive an introduction. Upon investigation it was found that Markle was a clerk in the war department, of good reputation, and it was determined to proceed with a lunacy commission as the best way of relieving the secretary and his family from annoyance. Markle wrote a card to the Star, published this evening, in which lie says that his letters were on busi ness matters, and that if given to the public they would be seen to furnish no evidence of unsoundness of mind. “In my opinion,’’ be says, "there is only one letter that really need an explanation, and I have made a request of persons properly interested that I should be permit ted to call and explain. I feel confident that the persons to whom they were written have that magnanimity of mind and those principles of cnaracter as to freely grant me pardon when I entreat it of them. My letters were all written in a courteous tone and with the greatest respect to all parties concerned, for, claiming to be a gentleman of education and character, I would not willingly detract from the worth of any one, and especially from those in prominent official life or reiined society. “The letter I wrote to Secretary Elkins was one strictly on business, concerning a leave ot absence I desired, and I wrote to him because I was informed that he was tbe proper person to address. My letter con tained nothing, so far as I am awa-e, that would at all annoy or offend any gentleman. I have also written to one senator and two representatives and have conferred with several others personally, but these letters were also on business; and if I cannot have wrongs righted I may sec or write to others or even the President himself. ■ The consti tution guarantees to me freedom of speech so long as I do not abuse that privilege. Dr. Magruder gave me a certificate at first, stating that I was suffering from neuralgia, to secure my leave of absence, and now for any one, ssemingly not a friend, to in stigate proceedings of inquiry as to supposed lunacy, as stated, does me great wrong ana injustice, and is an apparent falsehood without any foundation whatever.” Kve'a Daughters. Marion Harland, on pages 103 and 445 of her popular work, "Eve's Daughters ; or, Common Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother," says: "For the aching back—should it be slow in recovering its normal strength—an All cock’s Porous Plaster is an excellent com forter, combining tbe sensation of tbe sus tained pressure of a strong warm hand with certain tonic qualities developed in the wear ing. It should be kept over the seat of un easiness for several days—in obstinate cases, for perhaps a fortnight. “For pain in the back wear an All cock’s Porous Plaster constantly,renew ing as it wears off. This is an invaluable support when the weight on the small of the back becomes heavy and the aching incessant. ” — Ad. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Cures Dyspepsia, In digestion & Debility. , Old newspapers —'JOO for -Jo cents—at business office. Morning News.— Ad. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens tbe gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrheea. Twenty-five cents a bottle.—Ad. HE HAD SC : RES OF POCKETS. Not a Cent in Them—P cis uo What ever He Finds but Ia -.’t a Thief. trom the Sew York Sun. The conspicuous rotundity of a little man with a long blonde mustache who walked along Sixth avenue on Wednesday aroused the suspicions of Detective Have:, who had been on the lookout for a week for the thief who had been taking theater ushers’ suits. When searched at the station it was found that the prisoner had three frock coats and three waist coats. From the numerous pockets the detective fished up part of a pewter funnel and a broken hammer and a lot of suspender buckles. Twenty and liars came out of the first frock coat, and there were half a dozen cuffs and a worn pair of overshoes in the next coat. Half-burned cigarettes aud old cigarette boxes and cig arette pictures were stuffed in the tails of the third coat. In the waistcoats were hits of leather and striug, collar buttons, brass studs, pins, needles, cards and theatrioal bill heads. "Got anything in your trouser pockets?” "Certainly," said the prisoner. "I’ve got three paiis on, and I always have thing iu the po keta.” The detective started in afresh and found all kinds of trifles, principally horseshoe nails. It took nearly half an hour to clear out all the pockets. The prisoner had dwindled to a ligut weight of 130 pounds when the last collar button was Ashed out of the third pair of trousers. He didn’t have a cent of money. "Where on earth did you get all that truck f’ asked Capt. Reilly. "Picked it uo,” said the prisoner. "When ever I see auything in the street 1 have an irresistible impulse to pick it up.” The prisoner was William Ketsltas and he used to be connected with the Broad way theater. He was also advance agent for a French opera company. At one time he was reputed to lie rich. Keteltas said that he worked as a bill poster now. He lost his money long ago and took to drink and he appeared to be mentally unbalanced. Hayes found that Keteltas had had nothing to do with the theft of the dress suits and he was discharged in oourt. He looked again like a prize fat man as he walked out into the cold air with.all hit clothes on. He stooped down as he left the court and picked up a bit of paper and stuffed it in his overcoat pocket Then he lit one of his half-burned cigar ettes and plodded on slowly in perfeot con tent. MEDICAL. Young Mothers! 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NEW MANAGEMENT | Jgg | ( (FORMERLY OF THE BROWN HOUSE, MACON, OA.) This Hotel has been renovated and put in first class order in every particular. AH the latest conveniences and modern improvements, Special accommodations for tourists. O A _ ONE OF Till: MOST ELEGANTL AP >IXt/? . I sff . POINTED HOTELS IN THE WORLD AU £l \ V_J > COM MO RATIONS FOR 500 GUESTS. , . Special rates for families and parties remaia - - 9 | jng week or longer. *** ** a /WJ KH!\ It 1\ C\ Tourists will find Savannah one of the most , A J waw VAbI sinleresting and beautiful cities in the eutira - - v --r __ ” M ' -I South. No place more healthy or desirable as a .WAT/’toN A. roW£R/->* winter resort. Send for DESCRIPTIVE ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET. TRUNKS AND SACTIKLri. Ul Sign BEER. GLOBE BREWERY. “GOLDBRAU.” The Ingredients used in the brewing of this famous Lager Beer consist of the best grade Canada Malt and Bohemian Hops, brewed by tho most approved scientific methods and puri fied by a slow and low prooess of fermentation, while long storage renders the same mellow, fine flavored and thoroughly wholesome Asa refreshing, strength giving beverage the Globe Brewing Company's GOLDBRAU is unsur passed. Served barrels and bottles. Orders addressed to Globe Brewing Agency, SAVANNAH, G-A., Will receive prompt and careful attention. Savannah Depot, 63 River street. FLO UK. Deliberate with cau tion, but act with decision. Determine carefully to use tke£U£ SELF-RAISING BUCKWHEAT, and then use no other. _ PLUMBER. FINK LINE OK " ~ GAS FIXTURES AM) GLOBES L. A. MCCARTHY’S, 4.6 DRAYTON kT. .Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria* i MEDICAL. SANITARY PLUMdtINu. REMOVAL. The Savannah Plumbing Company has removed to cor ner Drayton and Congress streets, and is now prepared to do work with its usual rapidity and efficiency. ICK. THE GORRIE ICE MANUFACTURING CO. Will sell you ice at their fac tory at 15 cents per 100 pounds. NURSERY. KIESLING’S NURSERY^ WHITE BLUFF ROAD. PLANTS, Bouquets, Designs, Cut Flowers furnished to order. Leave orders at DAVIB BROS.’, cor. Bull and York sta. The Belt Rat way passes through the nursery. Teelphone T-qiE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS for sale at the SOUTH SIDE PHARMACY, corner Henry and Aheroom. INSURANCE STATEMENT. U. S. BRANCH. SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT, For the Six Months Ending December 31st. 1891, OF THE CONDITION OF U. 8 BRANCH OF THE Thames & Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited) OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. Organized under the Laws of the Kingdom of Great Britain made to the Governor of the State of Georgia, in pursuanoe of tho Laws or said State PRINCIPAL OFFICE U. 3. BRANCH, NO. C 9 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. I. CAPITAL. Whole amount of capital stock $ 10,000,000 00 Amount paid ut> in cash 1,000,000 00-*1.000.0)0 00 — ~~ =) 11. ABSETB OF U. 8. BRANCH, STOCKS AND BONDS OWNED ABSOLUTE LY BY THE COMPAnV. Total par value 8 453.000 00 Total market value 538,350 00— 586,850 <M Cash tn company's principal office 69 Wall Street 1,663 05 Cash belonging to the company do - posited in bank, Nati o n a i City Bank N Y 11,814 68 Cash in tbe hands of agents and in course of trans mission 86.555 90 Total 839,488 58 Total cash items 89,438 51 Mannheim Insurance Company ■proportion of claim paid 14 71 Total assets of the company, actual cash market value 575,803 29 111. LIABILITIES. Gross losses In process of adjustment, or in suspense, including all reported and supposed losses 844,059 00 Losses resisted, includ ing interest, cost and other expenses thereon 20,763 00 Total amount of claims for losses 64,822 00 Deduct reinsurance thereon 13,313 00 Net amount of unpaid losses 851.509 00 The amount of reserve for re-insuranoe 85,205 00 Brokeiage and com mission 1,051 85 Reinsurance 5,382 55 6,484 40 Surplus beyond all liabilities 482,654 89 Total liabilities 575,803 29 IV. INCOME DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1891. Amount of cash premiums received $136,277 98 Received for interest 3,750 00 Total income actually received during the last six months in cash 139,027 98 V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1691. Amount of Losses paid $ 29,031 43 Amount of Expenses paid.including fees, salaries and coinmiMlong to agents and officers of the oom pany 19,374 68 Paid for state, national and local taxes in this and other states 1,682 30 All other payments and oxpendl tures, viz: Rent, supplies, etc., and legal ex|>enses 8,087 79 American branches of foreign companies report amount suit to home offices during the last six months 76,716 18 Total expenditures during the last six .months of the year In cash, f 134,912 33 Total amount of in suranco outstanding *2,872,624 STATE OF GEORGIA. County or Chatham. Personally appeared before the undersigned, A. L. FARIE, Attorney, who. beiug duly sworn, deposes and savs mat he is the attorney (legal) of JOHN N. JOHNSON, and that the foregoing statement Is correct and true. T. O. HUNTER. Notary Public Chatham county, Georgia. Sworn to and subscribed before me this tenth day of February, 1892. JOHN N. JOHNSON. A. L. FARIE, Attorney CEMENT. SPECIAL SOME. I am pleased tc announce that my faotory, which I have Just erected on the Savannah river, is now in perfect operation, producing from twenty to thirty tons per day of the celo brated KING’S ASBESTOS WINDSOR CEMENT, DRY MORTAR and FINISH for plastering walls and ceilings. I am the sole agent and manufacturer of this material for Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. Though the Windsor Clement has given thorough satisfaction wherever it has been used as directed, and the sales have increased oyer 409 per cent, in the past year, experience bassbown that it is advisable to insure perfect work by mixing the cement by machinery ready for use. By so doing tbe only thing left to the judgment of the man at tbe mortar bed is the right quantity of water, whion auy plasterer can determine. I claim for this material: That it makes walls and ceilings more elastic than any other material kuown for plastering. The asbestos used renders the material a great protection against fire and deadens sound. The extreme density of the cement rendars it vermin and germ proof. It is anti-rust. It will not discolor any matoriaL It is free from acid. It is not made by any chemical process, and no action takes Dlaco after setting, which is a matter of two or three hours only. Frost or w r ater will not injure the work after it is once set. Experience has shown that ceilings well soaked from auy cause will dry out as strong as ever. Falling ceilings are unknown, and the plastering will last as long as the building itself. It can be finished In any way of which ordinary plastering is capable. If directions are followed, I guarantee all we claim. Wails and ceilings made from this material are second to none; and, considering tbe advantages named, tbe excess of cost above lime and bair is a small matter It is less ex pensive than any other patent plaster. This material is no experiment, aud is Indorsed by the beat architects and builders wherever it has been used. I shall be pleased to furnish any further in formation. ANDREW HANLEY SAVANNAH, G-A, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. STRAW! STRAW! STEAW I Four hundred tons nice clean, bright straw In small bales. Texas R. P. Oats, Seed Rye, Hay, Corn and Oats, Our Own Cow Feed. Cotton Seed MeaL T. J. DAVIS, 130 Bay Street. Sole Agent for Orsno Manhattan Food. 5