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Newspaper Page TextWERE SOT BORN TO DIE. PEOPLE WHO 6URVIVED WOUNDS CONSIDERED MORTAL. The Singular Casa of Tom McNab, Who Lived for Ten Years With a Bullet In His Head—Though Pierced Through the Vitals, Bill Poole and Jack Barnett Lived and Told Their Tales. FYon the Sin FYancisco Examiner. “Man doth not yield himself unto the angels, nor unto death utterly, save by the weakness of his own feeble will.” So wrote one of the old philosophers, and many moderns who have withstood the assaults of the gray reaper seem to bear witness to the truth of the thinker’s singular assertion. Although FalstaiT determined that honor could not heal a wound and had no skill in •urgery, the iron will baa on more than one occasion kept the restive spirit lingering in a body “wounded unto death,” stanching the flow of blood and overcoming the shuck. A few nights ago a group of detectives and loungers at the old oity ball were dis cussing the greivnus wounds ami unex pected recoveries, and one told of how be had once witnessed a duel between two Malays, who had cut at each other* with the oruel Kris until both had a dozen slashes, any one of which would ordinarily have been O' nsidered sufficient to send the aoul toward Nirvana; yet. under no better attendance than the rough care of the native dootors, both lived to fight again. This tale brought others into mind, and the narrator went on: “There’s Warren B. English over there In Oakland, who is as hale and hearty a man as you oould wish to see and who re cently went through a possibly successful campaign for congress. During the civil war, while serving in the gray, English was shot through and through from side to side by a 10-ounce minnie ball. So great was the rent that a silkeu handkerchief was passed through the wound to clean it. Nine hundred and ninety-uine men out of 1,000 would have died right there. But English ■et his teeth and will, got well and went to fighting again. He was just as hard to down by death as he is in politics. “Then call to mind the recent cose of Jaok Barnett. Two years ago be received a bul let which oarried away the apex of bis heart. Now, the heart is a very necessary organ, and the doctors thought it was all up with Barnett. Though a man of iron constitu tion, he was well along ia years, at a time In life whan a far slighter hurt would carry off most men. But, bless you, be’s walking around now, apparently heart whole, and good for any number of aches and ills. Probably he’ll die of a fish bone or a pin priok. “You remember how he shot himself and May (J as tree, or ’MignoD,’ at the same time, under an agreement to die together. He did his best In both cases, and ’Mignon, went across the tide to give an aocouut of herself. But Barnett not only survived tbe shook of the bullet in bis love-laden heart, but also survived tbe awful rlgor9 of tbe receiving hospital." Detective Ben Bohen here “pnt his oar In” the stream of experience and dipped out the story of Tom McNab. “MoNab lived for ten years with a bullet in his brain,” he said. "During a scrim mage in the famojs ‘EI Dorado’ during the old days Con Mooney put a pistol ball into MoNab’a bead, and thought there was one man less to struggle for fame and fortune In the new land. The El Dorado was at the corner of Washington and Kearney streets, wbsre the receiving hospital bas since been. It was one of tbe gambling and dance houses which kept the entire police force of about thirty members busy oil Washington and Jackson streets. "Just previous to tbe shooting of McNab, John Buck ley, a brother of Chris, Jim Dob son, Con Mooney anil Bill Fair men were in the house. There had been bad blood be tween some of the men and they soon got to fighting. Dobson was a Texan and a fine big fellow. He was afterward mur dered by J bnnv Tyler 011 Montgomery street, opposite the Occidental hotel. The row bad no sooner commenced than Jobnuy Buckley took a shot at Dobson. In an in stant every one bad bis gun out. Just then the door swung open and Torn McNab, who was also from Texas, where be had belonged to the rangers under Col. Jack Hays, stop ped room. He was a splendid loos ing man of commanding figure. As be ap peared in tbe room be stood with bis hands iu tbe side pockets of bis coaf, as if grasp ing two pistols, aud said: * VVbat is all this going ou and I not heref “Mooney thought McNab was going to shoot, so be sprang forward aud caught him by tbe shoulder. Ho held a cooked derrin ger in his right hand, and as he grasped McNab to push him away the pistol went off and the ball struck McNab iu the left side of the bead, just above the front of tbe ear. It went clean through the bead to tbu other side. “MoNab staggered and fell. I beard tbe shooting and, running into the E) Dorado with Policeman John Conway, arrested Mooney and took him into tbe prison. He did not know that be bad shot MoNab, and protested that If we would go hack and get his pistol we would find that it was not dis charged. We did so, and found tbe derrin ger under some casks, where be bad thrown it. One ban el had been fired. “MoNab’s wound was examined, and it was found that the bullet bad gone right through bis brain, lodging in the skull di rectly opposite the point of entrance. Not withstanding the supposedly fatal wound he got belter and lived for ten years, during which time he carried in his head the little chunk of lead as a memento of tbe row. He apparently enjoyed the best of health ail this time. “As for men living after being shot through the heart, there was Bill Poole, me great pugilist of New \ork. lean just re member him as the handsomest man who ever walked the earth. He was a .listener, not a talker, ad clean grit clear through. He was a leader lu the ‘Native American party,' and iu loose hot political timos had to maintain bis p< sition by almost continual fighting. Of course he had many enemies, and at last a plot was hatched !o kill him. "He had been on a spree, and tuu was considered tbe best time to tackle him. Bo a Crowd of half a dozen of his opponent , in cluding Lew Baker. Jim Tumor, Dad Cun ningham aud McLaughlin, went in a heck to rhauwick hall. New York city, where they knew he was to be found. As they en tered the place Poole, who was unarmed, drew hi seif up and said: • “ *\V ell, you fellows have come here for murder, have you? Come on!’ “At once Dad Cunningham spat in his face, and t e next instant Turner fired. The bail struck Poole iu the leg and brought him to the floor. Lew Baker jumped lorward, placed his .pistol to tbe fallen man's breast and fired. Tue bullet went straight to the heart. “Poole was picked up by his friends and cared for. His death was exported at once. But with that ball imbedded in his heart he IBed for ten days and did not give up uutij the weakening of his body sapped his will," “My story Dof a woman,” volunteered another of the group— ‘ ‘a woman who sur vived a broken neck. Her name was Lizzie Hammond, and she was employed as a chambermaid in the Brooklyn hotel of this city. On July 129, 1882, in attempting to escape from a compromising position, sbo fell from a fourth floor window, a distance of ninety feet, striking on her head. “She attempted to leave room 12*1 and reach the room immediately beneath it by climbing from tue window aud sliding to the next sill 011 a telegraph wire. The wire cut her hands until she looßunud her hold, and she fell into the alley way between the hotel aud the old Mercantile library build ing. She bounded from wall to wall of the narrow alley, aud her fall was partially broken by a heavy wire. “She remaiued unconscious for four hours. It was found that, iu additiou to contusions all over her body, and the cuttiug of her bands and legs to the bone by the wne on which she bad attempt) and her de-ant, her net s was dislocated. Burgeon S'. F. Lord attended the case, and his diagnosis was confirmed by other eminent medical men. “On the morning after the acaident Dr. Lord, assisted by Dr. R. A MoLean and Dr. H. N. Kuoker, ‘reduced’ tbs disloca tion, hardly dreaming of a successful out come. But the girl lived for six years and finally died of consumption in Placer county." . The case of Hill, the housemover, who bad his neck broken i y the falling of a bale of bay on him and who lived fifty days after tbe aocident, is still fresh in the minds of Ban Franciscans. Something over four years ago two little boys, brothers, living in the Western addi tion, found an old revolver belonging to their father. Boy like, they began playing wiih the weapon'one of them assuming the character of an Indian and the other that of a soldier. The soldier was pursuing the Indian about tbe bouse when the latter turned, leveled the pistol at tbe soldier and pulled the trigger. A report followed, and the little fellow at whom the pistol was aimed fell to the floor with a bullet in bis bead. Tbe ball entered the forehead just between the eyes, and passing straight through the head, lodged iu the back of the skull. Dr. Wagner was summoned, and for manv weeks after the shooting the little sufferer hovered between life and death. But he had no notion of so soon leaving a world in which there was so much fun, and to-day he is as well as ever, though the bullet re mains imbeddod In his skull, and a scar be tween the eyes marks tbe place of its en tranae. So man may not yield himself unto the angels, nor unto death utterly, save by the weakness of bis own feeble will. THE fcILVAR REBAN CRITICISED. Only the Actress’ Head and Ankles in Evidence, and They Are Libels. from the Chicago Times. The day model for the statue of Justice, to be cast in solid silver as an exhibit of tbe natural wealth of the state of Montana, is now finished. It was on exhibition yester day at the studio of the sculptor, R. H. Park. It is modeled; after Ada Reban. Admirers of the actress will lie somewhat surprised if not disappointed. The wonder ful points of excellence in her physique are so well covered by a square-cut, long un dergarment that, minus the scales and sword, the statue could easily be mistaken for the lay figure of a theatrical costumer. The Countenance is in the herolo mold, looking to the front. Outlines of the figure are urdiscernible under (he wrappings of drapery. The right arm is extended down ward and outward, the band grasping a toy-shaped sword. The left arm is out stretched, with the forearm elevated and the fingers lightly closed on a pair of scales. The neck of Justice’s underwear Is askew, falling from a point on the left shoulder near the neck to an inoh or so below the shoulder on the right arm. When Miss Behan is confronted by a pale blue drawing of what purports to be the Montana goddess of justice she will he tempted to go off somewhere and expire. The pu'ollo can probably stand it, tor tbe public is tough and long forbearing. Lillian Russell and Pauliuc Hall and the other terpsioborean and bistrlonio fairirs may take an extra bitch in their suspenders and sing amerrv tra-ln-100, for they areaveugod. ihe thrifty devotees of high art whose devotion to beauty and booty is orsditsd with the perpetration of the silver statue of Hehan have got so far aloug with their In spired labors that they are enabled to pub liah a blue-vrlut map of the Montana fig ure mounted on a turkey gobbler with wings and tail rampant. The bine print diagram represents the fair but sightless goddess, nee 'Kehau, with her good sword arm tied to ber sids by a nightie six sizes too small. While sho grasps her trusty cheeso knife In a manner that would indi cate a heroic resolve to vindicate tbe ve racity of her druggist’s reales, there is no possible way by which she can use it until somebody cuts tbe strep wnioh binds her right arm to her side. It is possible that this hampered condition of the goddess was premeditatedly executed by tbe artist as a measure of self-defense, for there is grave reason to believe that if the sword could be freed the bead of tbe designer would be the first to tall beneath its blow. It Is not the province of an art critio to go into hypercritical details concerning tbe methods of the artist, but in this instance tbe “make-up” of Ada Renan certainly comes within tbs scope of critioism. With out questioning her privilege to adorn the ah—terminal facilities of her night gown with Irish shamrocks and harps of Erin, or even intimating that Miss Kehau is inju diciously boycotting tbe corn doctor, it is certainly proper to suggest that she should have obanged dressmakers before appear ing in she role of the sightless goddess. The measurements to which it is said Miss Return submitted herself must —if one is to take the statue itself as a standard, have i eeu made by two persons, one working by the day and the other doing “space work.” The artistic surveyor of the Rehari form divine who worked on the off side gave that side of the statue a tunio big enough for Vera Ava or “Big Bteve, the fairy of the police force.” It bags under the armpit, and is only saved from Boating away line a mainsail by a girdle at the belt. On the right side, however, the artist, who was evidently working on a salary and whose stock of material had run short, has made the gown so tight that it holds the goddess’ arm close to her side, giving the sleeve the appearance of having been forcibly pulled down over the shoulder. It is Aliss Reban’s bead and feet, as shown iu the statue, that will 6tartle the public, however. Td* features are sour. Tbe face would indicate that tbe statue is that ol Nemesis instead of Justice. The expression might resemble that of Lillian Russell or Mrs. Beach when they heaYd that Miss Kehau had been selected as tbe model for the status, it may al-o resemble Miss ltehan’s face when she gazes upon the so called work of art for the first time, but certainly not as she looked when the anatomical engineers were marking her off by metes and bounds, unless they were sticking pi s in her calves and making re marks about her feet. Bpeaking of feet and things, it is said that Kehan has an elegantly turned pdr of ankles. If so, the ertist or sculptor or pby s.oul engineer his mislaid then*. They are built o.i the plans and specifications of a fire hydrant. O. her who they are poems. The thriitv gentlemen who are elevating art a. and their ow.< oauk account iu one fell ewoop in tbe Kehau statue have wisely col lected Inias Reban’s figure and cash iu ad vance. And the publlo cares little for tbe arc so that tbe financial part of the trans action is all right. No flowery rhetoric can tell the merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla as well as tbe cures ac complished by this excellent medicine. — ad, Thoiigoattes, the famous Norwegian mount ain, bos a bole extendiug entirely through it from one side to the other. According to a Norwegian Lgend this same Mount Thorg hatleu was once a I at and belonged to one Thor . hence the name Thorghatten. it seems that in the mythical ages a gia t and giantess fell violently in love with each other. They were forced to part for a time, but vowed that they would marry’in the near future. Soon alter, however, the fickle woman pledged her troth to an ther. This augered her giant lover to a degree unknown to modern men of smaller stature. He was seventy miles from her when the elfs brought the new*, but, selectlug a good arrow, he shot it iu her direction. Now it hap pened that uer brother. Thorg, was standing in uiiect Hue of the arrow's flight. It went through his hat. aud skull, killing him instantly, nnil he (ell harmless at the feet of the faithless giantess. She had the power of turning all objects Into stoue. and forthwith willed that her brother's hat become a stone monument to the tragedy. Tbe cruel lover was turned to stone where he sat astride his horse at Hest maudo, and the giantess herself petrified at l.rcko. The two latter objects have disap peared, but Thorg * bat (Thorghatten) is still the object of many curious pilgrimages. Mrs. E. W. A. Robinsom. of Muscogee. I T , bas completed the translation of the New Testa ment from ttie original Greek Into the Greek language. The University of Ohio has conferred upon tier the degree of doctor of philosophy In recognition of her scholarly attainments. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1892. HIGH POWER BURGLARS. STEAM AND ELECTRICITY TO THE CRACKSMEN’S AID. John Gilmore's Great Feat —Chance Prevented His Making a Big Haul—A Chicago Man’s Clever Electric Drill. from the fete York Recorder. In thia age of machinery it is not surpris ing to find a class of olsver mechanics who, by negative methods, have done muoh to bring tbe art of safe manufacture to its present state of perfection, discarding tbs time-honored “jimmy,” “hand drill” and “drag” in favor of the modern “power'’ processes. That steam machinery should rapidly come Into universal use for burglarious pur poses is unlikely, owmg to considerations of expense; and the difficulties connected with the application of the power, but there is at least one instance of Its adoption on a mag nificent scale. The felonious genius to whom Is due tbe dubious honor of being the pioneer in this department of mechanics was John Clare, alias John Gilmore, a truly scientific cracks man, who is now in temporary retirement In oouspqueuoa of being found in p ssesslon of a number of cleverly constructed im plements, evidectly designed for use in his "business.” Gilmore, who is now a handsome well preserved man of 50, began life as a pho tographer, but for the past thirty years has devoted himself to a career of crime which hat not been without its reward. He is a person of refined appearance and manners, dresses well, and usually affects a drooping mustache and loDg flowing side-whiskers of the Dundreary type, which give him rather a mild and benevolent aspect. Ho first come into notoriety iu 1865, when he was arrested in Baltimore for shooting and kill ing Henry B. Grove, was convicted and sentenced to death. He succeeded, however, in getting anew trial, which resulted iu his acquittal. For nearly twelve yaars af terward he was the associate of such emi nent felons as Ike Marsh, Jimmy Hope, “Big Frank" McCoy and “Eddie”'Geary. His master stroke, which gave him his unique fame aud only failed of complete success by the merest accideut, was made in 1874. In tbe early spring of that year a dapper, smartly dressed, gllb-tougusd youug man, who introduced himself ns John Gilmore, re cently of Boston, eutered into negotiations for the purchase of the premises at 83 Eighth avenue, with the view of opening a llrst-olass oyster and chop bouse. He paid $3,000 down,and gave a mortgage for $4,000, payable on Aug. 1. The owner said he would have no objection to extending the mortgage, but Mr. Gilmore replied that he guessed business would be good enough to enable him to clear off the mortgage. The next day he took possession, and a force of carpenters, plumbers and decorators was set to work to transform the store floor Into a restaurant. Business prospered, and it was wonderful what a popular man Mr. Gilmore became. The neighbors swore by him, and certain timid depositors in the New York Savings Bank and tba New York County Hank in the big brownstone building at tbe corner of Fourteenth STeet, next door to the obop house, even went to tbe length of declaring that the close prox imity Of such a respectable man as Mr. Gil more actually added to the seourity of the two institutions. Frsitv soon Gilmore leased the building at 393 West Fourteenth street, on the other side of the bank building, and opened a billiard hall. The billiard room had a pas sageway leading to tbe rear of the oyster saloon, so that he bad the bank building oomDletely surrounded. Toward the mid dle of June a big truok drove up to the saloon door and a boiler and a 5-horse power upright engine were dumped ou the sidewalk. Jocular customers a-kud Gil more whether be was doing such a big business that he aa going to have his oysters opened by steam. Gilmore smiled e.ftly and said tha.t the engine was to run a dish-washing rnaohiue and a set of ventilat ing fans. At thst the customers said: “Enterprising raao, that GUmore. I tell you he’s a daisy I” He was! Id due time the boiler end engine were erected in the cellar, and than Gilmore bod a double plenk partition erected across the cellar. He said that it was the deaden the uoiae of the vagina It happened that year that July 4 fell on Saturday, and that as this would leave all tbe banks closed for two days the police, as is customary, were directed to exercise special vigilance. There was no reason why Policeman Keller should have been specially anxious for the safety of the two banks, but as he passed by shortly sfter midnight on July 3 bis ear caught a sound like the whirring of machinery from the basement of Gilmore’t saloon. It was probably, be thought, only Gilmore’s engine, but on listening again be was con vinced that he detected the sound of a drill. Hurrying to the station house, he soon re turned with a sergeant and a squad of men. In tbe band all seemed quiet, but the sounds oontinued. A sharp rap at tbe door of the saloon brought the proprietor to a window on tbe second floor. “Hello, sergeant!” he oried, “what’s up? Hold on a minute and I’il be down!” then be closed the wiDdow aud the police waited for nearly five minutes before it dawned upon them that Gilmore wasn’t ooming. He bad beat a hasty retreat over back fences and roofs to Fifteenth street, leaving three of his comrades in the cellar. These three worthies wera sighted us they made a dash for the rear, and were captured after a sharp ohase. They proved to be William Morgan, alias “Bunker,” James (Simpson and Charles Sanborn. Gilmore owed his escape to the fact that he happened to be upstairs when the police arrived His trail across the roofs was followed, and at one point he was found to have leaped aa alley twelve feet wide and then lowered himself to the ground with a rope ladder which he carried with him. On descending to the cellar, the police found the euglne running at full speed driving a drill through a bole that had : een dug iu tbe oellar wall, iuto tbe massive granite vault of the savings bank. At tbe rate at which the drill was working it would not have required more than two or three hours to make a breach in the rear of the vault. There were iu the vaults money and se curities worth $3,000,000. Gilmore’s companions were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, but be himseif evaded capture for nearly two years, when he was arrested and sent to Ring Sing tor 4>.i years. Daringly original as was Gilmore’s appli cation of steam p >wer, it was, after all, a bungling and cumbersome contrivance com pared to a device which tbe general use of high-powered electrio currents promises to mekeavaile le. Already one such machine is in existence, having been found by the Chicago police among the abatid mod effects of a crook whose don was recently raided. It was simply ah electric motor, rather rudely o instructed. It could readily be concealed in a g >od sized enrpet-bag, aud was capable of developing lyj to k-nor so power. Tbe police were puzzled at first to imagine what it could bn intended for until they noticed that one end of tbe revolving armature was provided with a “chuck” into which a diamond pointed drill oould bo fitted. Then tbe whols thing was perfectly clear. Even this does not define tbe limits of tbe advance of burglarious science, for signs are not lacking that gunpowder, tbe agent so long depended upon to complete tbe work done by tbedrill, has had its day. Dynamite is difficult to bandie and uncertain In its action, and there are various ob jeotione to tbe use of other high explosives*. When Gilmore was recently arrested, with a large aseortmeut of felonious brio-a-brac in bis possession, there woe found amoDg it a small package that proved to contain a sample of smoko lees powder, the value of which, from a burglarious point of view, lies uot iu its smokeless quality, but in the fact that bulk for bulk it L twice as strong aud uot half so noisy as gunpowder. With electric drills and smokeless powder It would seem that we are probably on the eve of a renaissance of the almost forgotten art of burglary, and that a wide field of profitable iodust v Is about to be opened to tbe flu de aiecle sate oracker. A CARD. Correspondence in Which Mr. D. B. Thomas and Dr. Falligant Are In terested. Savannah, Ga., Dee. 37. Edit or Morn ing News: As jour issue of Dec. 23, in the account of a speech of Dr. L. A Falligant made tbe evening before, contained a charge which reflects upon my personal and official integrity, I beg that you wili, ia justice to myself, publish the following e rrespi ndence between my at torneys aud Dr, Falligant and a short state ment from me; Savannah, Oa., Deo, 22,1992. Dr. L. A. falligant, Savannah, (fa.: Dear Sin— Representing Mr. D H. Thomas, we beg to oall your attention to the fact tnat the Morning News of to-day reports you as using the following language concerning Mr. Thomas in your speech las: night; “The first name 1 shall notice is D. R, Thomas. IVhen seven or eight years ago 1 was a candidate for alderman Mr. Thomas was one who put up a scheme that would put me off the board and put in my place a man who voted for the elec tric light bill, whloh sold to the city lights at $250 per light. In the opening up of River street Mr. Thomas soldhislots at prises four or five times their value, and he was an ohierman. .So much for Mr. Thomas." Your attention is particularly requested to the language underscored. You are respectfully askud to state whether you are correotly leported. and whether this publication is authorized, or confirmed, by you. Respectfully yours, Ds shark & Adams, Attorneys. Savannah, Ga. Dec. 23, 1891 Messrs Denmark dt Adams: Gentlemen—ln reply to yours of yesterday representing Mr. I>. H. Thomas,! have to say that I didnot say that “Mr. Thomas was one who put up a scheme that would put me off the board, etc.,’’ but that “my information was thatitwasat that office that a scheme was concocted, etc.” Ido not even know whether Mr. Thomas had a hand In it or not. In the matter of the underscored lines 1 said that ”in the opening up of River street Mr. Thomas received for a Utile strip whloh a as cut off his lot an amount largely In excess of Its pro rata value as represented by tbo tax assess ment ou the lot ” I recollect saying that an adjoining lot owner who had agreed to take a certain sum (about #2oo| for his strip, put up hi< prioe to some SBOO or more (four or five, times what it was really worth), and got ii, and justified the net on the ground that he wanted as much for Ills pl-ee as Mr. Thomas wanted for hie, as they were ad joining So that tbe oity treasurer stated to me some time afterward that, the widening of the street cost between $40,000 and $30,000, when it was originally expected that it would cost only SIO,OOO to $18,00: Respeotfully yours. Louis A. Fallioant. I wish ;to add that I received from the city of Savannah the sum of $448 73 for 1.433 square feet of tnv land, taken for the widening of River street, and for the grading of the end of the remaining lot so as to conform to tbe portion taken, this grading being mads necessary by tbe widen ing of tbe street, and that, including this (which was fhe committee’s estimated cost of tbe grading), tbe prioe paid me was less than that paid any other property owner on tbe block, and lesa than 1 afterwards paid for tbe adjoining land. I was not only not paid a cent more than tbe market value, but less than value, although it may lie true that i waa paid ' ‘in excess of iu pro reta value aa repre sented by the tax assessment ou tbs lot.” It will ba recollected that In those days tha oity of .Savannah pursued the polioy of a nigh rate of taxatiou (2' 4 per cent), and of assessing property at very much lesa then Its market value. Neither in tbe open ing of River street nor in any other mat ter did I over advance, or seek to advanoe, my private interests at the publio expense, and I am oonfldeut that no one will so ebargo over his own signature. I uow state that if the city will bring suit agalust me 1 will waive tbe question as to the statute of limitations, or settlement, and every other technical defense, and will agree to pay auy excess over and above the fair market value of my property that a jury may And 1 have received, with interest. Under this state ment it would be the duty of the mayor and aldermen to institute this suit, if this, or the succeeding hoard, should ouene to tha con clusion that I have received a dollar mors than lam justly eutitled to. As to the widening of River street, and as to any other matter, I invite the closest scrutiny into my official conduct. Concerning the cost of widening River street, I beg to say that I have the data be fore me which shows the amount assessed in each case and tbe amount paid in each case, that the eotire assessed cost was $l2, 965 50 and tbe aotual cost, including re moval of electric tower, ohangmg machinery of rice mill and building retaining walls, was $18,615 17. Iu his letter Dr. Falligant etates that he does not know whether I bed a hand in keeping him off the board or not. The fact is, I had nothing to do with it. It therefore appears, Mr. Editor, accord ing to Dr. Faliigant’s letter, that he bas not been correctly reported. The published re port of his speech contains a very serious oharge against ms. HU letter to my at torney makes none. Respectfully yours, D. R. Thomas. WHAT THE REPORTER SAYS. In reference to the speech made by Dr. Falligant on the night of Deo. 21, at Odd Fellows’ hall, these facte may be stated: I reported the speeoh for tbe Morning News, and gave Dr. Falligant’s exact words In his remarks about the various gen tlemen prominent in the mass meeting that Dominated Mayor McDonough for re-elec tion. In order that there should be no mis take as to his language, I went to Dr. Falli gaut after his a idress aud asked him for bis manuscript. He said that be only had some notes, but he repeated his remarks about each of the gentlemen, and they were writ ten by me just as he gave them. 1 bad taken full uotes of the speech during its de livery, but not being a stenographer, I wanted to be sure that what was written was exactly right. My notes corresponded almost exactly with what Dr. Falligant s iid, but at his suggestion a number of changes in the phraseology, and a number of additions were made. Dr. Bbeftoli and ano:her gentleman, whom Ido not know, were present when Dr. Falligant dictated from hts manuscript to me. Paol M. Brice. “He told me I was tbe only girl he ever loved.” “And told it so that you believed itf’’ inquired ber confidante. "Yes ” “I would consider bis offer very carefully. He certainly ought to do ifell Iu business " - l(’as/t --ington Mar. Wiooins—lt seems sad to see Mrs. Flynn left a widow s> young. Spriggins Heavens, man! there’s her hus band standing rigtit beside her. Wigsins-Yes, I know; but she married his money, and that is oil gone. —Chicago Inter Ocean. "It bay be," says Ous DeSmlth, “It may be that a tnao and hfs wife are ono, but I notice that when I come homo to pay tbe weekly board bill the landlord does not think so." Texas Siftings. MKDICAL. Jf [adies expecting to Become -MOTHERS^ mm I IBS fBRftPriCLD REOL'LATOIf CO.. AtlamtaTGal SVi-D hr AU. enugdlhTt * ":"*R3X j _ MEDICAL 'A to the dealer who is r V- A—--? bent ou bigger profits. I. i Tbe thing that ha L K. wants you to buy, when you ask for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pro- I nt'yy scription, im t “just \\ as §°°d-” Proof of f this is easy. The only } guaranteed remedy vvl for the ailments of wo \-L I manhood is the “Fa (a\ ~ /, vorite Prescription.” SB ||| I, If it ever fails to bene efi§ IH 1 fit or cure, in malting weak women strong or | suffering women well, you have your I money bock. Anything “just as good,” 1 or as sure to bring help, could be, and I would be, sold in just that way. This guaranteed medicine Is an in vigorating, restorative tonic, especially adapted to woman’s needs and perfectly harmless in any condition of her system. It builds up, streiigUu iis, regulates, and cures. For periodical pains, bear ing-down sensations, ulceration, Inflam mation— every thing that's known as a “female complaint,” it’s a remedy that’s sals, certain, and proved. Local Record for the Morning News. Local foreoast for Savannah and vicinity till midnight Dec. 28, 1892: Generally fair Wednesday, continued low temperature, moderating Wednesday night or Thursday morning; northwest to north wiuds. Official forecast for Georgia: Fair, north west winds. Ooranartsmor mean temperature at Savan nah. Ga.. Dec. 87, 1898, with the normal for the day. , I Departure Total TxEPxßATtias | from ti Departure • normal Bir.ee .Normal j Mean. -|- or | Jan. 1,1892, _6l i 88 -23 ___ | -431 O^rapiTAtlre t * ,i a.: Departure Total Vramimi Amount from thu Departure is on oat for normal Since j Deo. 27, 20 -|- or ] Jan. 1,1‘*22. .12 | .01 —ll ! —*.lo Maximum temperature, SO*, irunhnutu to’a perature. 27*. The hight of the river at Augusta at 8 o’clock a. in. yesterday (Augusta time) was 7.0 feet, a fall of 0.8 feot daring the preceding twenty-four hours. Observations taxon at tha same moment of tlmeat all stations for tha Morion > News. Savannah. Doc 27. 7:88 p. M.. oitv tlms. Rainfall... ’ Q Velocity : r. Direction... Temperature... Niks or Stations. Boston 2* N IS .OOjOloudy. New York city.... iNW l*[ .00 Pt’ly cloudy Philadelphia 28 MV 1C .OolCloudy. Washington city.. 22 .MV 10 UOiOleaT. Norfolk 24 N 114 .70 Knowing Wilmington *4 NW 12 .04 ClOlldy. Charlotte 22 NE 12 l [Cloudy Charleston. . ..... ■ 20 NW 81 *T Cloudy. Atlanta.., 2,1 NW 12 .OOCltmdy. Augusta 28 N 8| .01 Cloudy. Savabnah. *8 NW 10; *T.Cloudy. Jacksonville, 3G IV 8! *T Cloudy. Titusville 48 NVV 8 1 .00 I’t’ly cloudy Jupiter 54 NW L| .00 Clear. Key West... 08 W j*2 .OOjCleav. Tampa. 48, N 8| 00 Cloudy. Pensacola 8i N |lO .00 Cloudy. Mobile 82 NW H, .00. Cloudy. Montgomery JO NW t; .00 Clear. Meridian 2N N 8 .00 Clear. Vicksburg 26 N | 6 .00 Clear. New Orleans 36 W J 4 00 l''tly cloudy Fort Smith 22NWjL .00,Clear. Galveston 38 Cm ! .00 Clear. Corpus Christ!.... 42 N > 8 .ofi|olear. Palestine 32 N E[ 0 .00 Cloudy Memphis 21 N jl! .00. Clear. Nashville 18 N 12! Tjsnowlog Knoxville ] S 8 .00|Clear. Indianapolis. ]Bj Ni 6 *T[Clear. Cincinnati 20 N K' 6 *T Snowing Ptueburg i NWi I, *T Clear. Buffalo SO SWjL *T Cloudy. Cleveland 2>NE!B .01 j Pt’ly cloudy Detroit 22 NW L *T Cloudy Chicago 10 W 8 .00, Clear. Marquette 12 W 6 *T Clear. Ht. Paul 0 8 I, .00 Clear. Davenport . 2 N W L .OO Clear. Bt. Louis 20! N 8 .OOiClear. Kansas City 11 E L .OOClear. Omaha 1818 E L *T Snowing north Platte 80, N L 00;Cloudy. Dodge City. 22 N E 6 OOClear. Bismarck 10 NW 10 Ti’ tiy Cloudy •T indicates trace of rain or snow. P.H. Bhvtil observer Weather Bureau. RAIL AND GROSS TIE. Dawon people are talking about building a railroad to Quincy, Fla. The projectors of the Boston and Albany railroad are advertising for 300 hands to do grading. The road is rapidly approaching Moultrie. A OGLORH.D CONFEDERATE. The Gallant Oook of Fenner’a Battery Passes Awa y._ from the lievi Orleans Picayune. A Baton Rouge dispatch announces tbe death of Bpenoer Watson, a colored man, on tbe Conrad place, near that city. Tbe telegram detailed that Wntson had a war reoord, having been a servant in the fain us Fet.tier’s Battery, and would be re membered by all tae leading men who were members of the old command. Watson bad been a farmer since the war, and al ways felt proud of his association with the gentlemen whom be served during the struggle. Tbe dispatch was shown to Col. W. T. Cluverius, whocommanded the battery dur ing tbe last few years of the war. “Do I remember him?” said Col. Cluverius. “Cer tainly I do. Watson was a handsome negro of medium size, somewhat darker than n mulatto, and as true as steel. He belonged to the family with which George Mather, the insurance mau, and H. G. Morgan, the lawyer, wero connected, and when they joined the battery he came along. His reasous for caatiug bis fortunes with tbe confederacy, aa expressed Uy himself, wore: ‘Them young men is nil right and knows what they is doing.’ That was reason enough for him. Wntson was made cok for tbe company, and was faithful (wider all tbe trying circumstances of war. He had a thousand chances to desert to the other side, hut never dreamed of taking ndvabtag of them. He accompanied the battery all through tbe war, aud while he took no personal parr, iu any of the battles ho was compelled to get out of some ery tight places. When the cattery fought its way out Watson fought his way out, too, and came out with the precious mass kettle intact. “(Spencer’s greatest tribulation was when there was nothing to cook. He often came tome with ibs report that the mso were knklng about their lations. I would tell him to see the oomnds-iary, and Watson badly off es be was, and that there would would answer that the commissary was as was ‘no rations fer to oook.’ I recollect one occasion when wo were fighting under Forrest when Wntson wus almost in despair because there were 'no rations for to oook,’ and I told him that the general had some wagons corralled down in ibe bottom and that they would soon be found. (Sure enough, the commis sary train of the enemy was captured as it was iu transit and guarded only by one regi ment, aud our menu was excellent for some days. Hpencer came at ound later to make his usual report, aud said with great unction: ‘That was the squarest oooking I'se had iu six blessed months.’ “Watson was an honest, active, handsome fellow. You can leave out that handsome, for so were all of Fenuer’s Battery, black und white. After be surrendered with the battery at Meridian, be returned to Baton Rouge, got married and went to farming. He always took great prl le In tbe fact that he was a veteran of Fenner’s Battery, and bas al *avs v ted the demo cratic tic set. He seid tbet be bad been r mining too long with straight goods to gu tbe other way, and nothing could s worva him from his determination. lam sorry to hear that old Watson is dead." FALK CLOTHING CO. the immense reductions We hive made in the prices of those FROCK SUITS is enough to persuade everybody who ha? to consider the value of money to wear a Frock Suit, even if they prefer Sack—That is the object of the reductions—Men who greter Frock Suits are in great luck— i hey can buy our rightly made ones for less teai cost of* manufacture— We are heavily overstocked on Frock Suits, and have made such prices on them as to quickly close them out.- That's all. FALK CLOTHING CO. Suits sell now for $6 SB, $lO, sll and sls— former prices of which ranged from sl2 to sls. Think of it CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CENT A WORD. ADVF.HTI3EMENTS. 1.3 Words or mom. in this column inserted for ONE CENT A WOHI >. Cash In Advance, each Insertion. Every Uxly who has aur want So supply, any thing to buy or sell, any business or enoomnw dnttons to secure; indeed, any wish to gratify, should Advertise In tills oohirun. Fxmoxal r>HOTOORAI’HY iu all styles and sixes, from i stamp to life size. Prloes reduced. Flue cabinets aud crayons specialties. Views and frames at reduced prices. J. N. WILSON, *1 Bull street. MONEY— It will he to your advantage, if you need money, to oall at the “(lid Re liable Pawnbroker House." 179 Oongross street, where you cau get a loan ou diamonds, watches. Jewelry, clothing, shoes aud oa almost any thing of value. F VIUIILBKKG, Manager. HELP WaKTEbT \\ ' ANTED, a young girl to do light house Jefferson street \\7 ANTED, a good nurse for children: set • ' lied woman preferred; while or ooiored. Apply 175 Waldburg street \ \r ANTED, a respectable white person to aa- V net in light housekeeping Call at Uar uard street, second door west, south of Ander son. UT ANTED, A traveling salesman on commis sion: one a -quainted with paint ano oil business. Address B, 18 India square, Boston Mass. \\T ANTED, a 15-yearold boy to make him v v self useful around store. Address in own writing P O-JjoxN. ___________ IU ANTED, at 137 McDonough (treat, good v cook; must come well recommended. \V’ ANTF.D. a respeotahle woman to cook for *v a small family. Apply at 13 Broughton street. WANTED, a good piano player to play at nights, white or ooiored, at 18 Reynolds street; good wages. WANTED, traveling salesmen for liquors on commission, In the country, as a side line. “B,” News office. SALARY Olt OOMMIBBION to agents to hauille the Patent Chemical Ink Eras ing Pencil. The most useful and novel In vention of the age. Erases Ink thoroughly In two seconds. Works like magic. 801' to 500 per cent, profit. Agents making S3O p>-r week. We ais i want a general agent to take charge of ter ritory aud appoiut sub a. Ants A rare chance to make money Write for terms and sample or erasing MONROE ERASER MANUFAOT URING CO- X 981, LaC'roeae, Wis. EMPLOYMENT WANTED. \T OUN'O MAN, German, from New York, likes employment as clerk or bookkeeper. either whole >ale or retail. Address P. O. box 31V. _ __ STENOGRAPHER. —A young man who has just completed a thorough course of short hand end tviwwriting at Eastmau s iluelnees College desires a position In this city. Address 8. C. 8., Nows office. W ANTED, a set of books to keep at night; accurate and systematic. Address REASON ABLE ACCOUNTANT. News offioe. \roUNG ooiored ii:an wants situation of any kind; stenographer and typewriter; refer ence; experience. Address box 7, Morning WANTED, by an experienced teacher hold • V ing a state license, a school or assistant's place for spring term: best of reference# fur nished. Address box 2a, Boston, Ga. Stats or WXATUBR. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. YXf ANTF.D. you to express your old olotbes Tv to ns to clean or dye without rlppiog; dye auy shade or tint in cotton, silk or woo!; repair men's clothing; we pay ex dressage both ways to sny point id America; write for catalogue. (Mention this paper.) MoEWKN’B BTEAM DYE WORKS. Nashville, Tenn. WANTED. 200 bencli-s. Address 78 Bay street. BOOMS TO RENT. "VriCELY furnished front room, parlor floor; Is hath. 79 Broughton, between Abercorn and Lincoln. FBUR RENT, a fiat of four connecting rooms for light housekeeping. Apply 93j$ Gwin nett street. 1 BURNISHED ROMS to rent, with bath on ' same floor. 41 Jefferson street, near York. \ FURNISHED room lo family for young gentlemen. 95 Waldburg street, near Drayton. HOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT r po RENT, s 6-room house, good neighbor- I h .id. Apply T. Tattnall street. 17'OR RENT, house No. 180 Bolton street to i a good tenant, for a reasonable rent until Oct. 1. Apply at No. 170 Bolton street. tX)R RENT, dwelling No. 115 Gordon etreet. JOHN M. GUEHARi), 113 Gordon street. RENT, 200 New Houston street, seven rooms and all o nvenieuces aud atable. Ap ply 200 New Houston street. tjiOß RENT, the Newell outtege at Mont gomery, furnished; five connections dally with tbe city by steam and eleotnc cars To a good permanent tenant easy terms will be made. Apply to LEWIH T. TURNER. 17'OR RENT, the 2-story br ck store, 43 East I Broad street; well located fora liquor aud grocery store. Apply to JOHN R. DILLON, Receiver, 80 Bay street. TT'OK RENT, OR BALE, that desirable I house, on a spacious lot, southeast corner of Gwinnett and Aborcorn streets. These premises are well adapted to the purposes of a olub No finer residence in the oity. For fur ther particulars, apply to J. L. WHATLEY, liß Bryau street. 17'OR KENT, the premises now oooupied by I 1 the Germania Bank; posseeslon given Dec. 1. For further particulars apply at the GER MAMA BANK. FOR SALE A FINE paying restaurant for sale. Good reasons for sell! g. Address TONTINE RESTAURANT. UU Monk street. Brunswick Ga. 17'OR SALE, a stylish and woil broke lady's I mare with phaeton aud harness. .Apply to G. A. WHITEHEAD, 11 and Jones street. 17'OR BALE, four sa-es of tend osar the cross- JT mg of ttie < igeecbee roai and tba Charles ton aod Havanoah railroad; about two miles from the end of the West Broad street electrio railroad. C. H. DORSETT. AUCTION SALEH FUTURE DATS FOR SALE; 23 head¥horses> By J. McLaughlin & Son, On THURSDAY. Dec 29, I.B* before the auction ro< ins of J. McI.AUGHLIN & SON, US) Bay street, at 11 o'clock s. a. 81 HEAD OF HORSES, The same b-lng undelivered live stock belong ing to Whiteon dt Beak, to satisfy unpaid freight chargee aud other expenses, in pursu ance of section 2884 la, et seq. of the (iode of Georgia. H. M. COMER. Receiver of the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah. FOR SALK. IJVSR SALE, on the Buckhaiter rood, near where it crossed the Savannah. Florida and Western railway, six miles from the oity. Hen acres of fine level land; also adjoining the above, a piece measuring Nixon six and a third acres I neve pieces t getter have a frontage of over twelve hundred feet on tbe public road, and are within two hundred feet of the railroad. Will sell either or both. 0. H DORSETT. 17'OR SALE, a perfectly ore ooinolnatioa r borne, six years old; sold for no fault ; also top buggy, almost new. Call 137 Liberty street, basement. FX)R SALE, oak, pine end lightwood sawed 1 and In Slick, by J H. HKNNF.SSY. Hull and East Broad. 1 elepbone 68. 17'OR SALE—We are offering that valuable lot southeast corner of Halt and Barnard streets; also, four lots adjotnlog, running from Howard street to Barnard. Call at once. Par ticulars at office of I. D. & R. D. I.xROCHK, Real Estate Dealers, 116 Bryan street. FjV)R BALE, the largest and nest assorted stook -W While Pine Sash. Doors. Blinds, Moldings, etn , etc., in the south. Also ail stoii-Urd bramli of l*urs White Leads, <velars, dry and in all Mixed Paints, Farnlabat, etc. Mill supplies Builders’ hardware is my specialty Ume. Piaster and Hair. Dlreotlm l-ortatiuns of Riwendale and Portland Oemenk.. Hewer, Culvert and Floe Pipe, ail -vises, bendA trails. Ts, etc Coil or write for my prloes. sod gel estimates before buying. ANDREW HAN LEY. LOST. Ii )BT, West India parrot with wings slightly J cut, answers to •‘Polly ’or “Ada ” Suit able reward if returned to 98 State sireet. STRAYED. STRAYED or stolen from *B7 Montgomery rvtfeet hay horse with wnlle S)iot* ou hind feet; reward If returned to above address. FOUND. I/O END. Saturday afternoon,# carriage robe: -T owner can have same by proving property and paying charges. Apply to 1941 iwinn it street. —~ " "a EDUCATIONAL. Q HORTHAND, bookkeeping, typewriting, peu ’ manship and English brandies, individual instructions, no class system. COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE, opposite postoffice. MIBCKLLANEOUts. IIVERY BTABLEH—Everything new, navi J horses, the finest learns, new iandaus, rietorlas, drags and buggies. Finn a-itla horses Patronage solicited. The ()glethori>a Lirery end Boarding Htahles, 98 snil 100 Hr) an street. THOMAS E. GLEASON & CO. Tele phone 46. 1/INE beef, veal, lamb, at BAKER’B, comer te Barnard and Gaston streets. Telephone 828. F|”L< >WEKHend Fancy ferns. Floral designs for all occasion* at short notice at Strong's pharmacy. GEORGE WAGNER, Thunderbolt road. Telephone 498. A FEW DAYS’ ADVERTISING in this ooium will sorely bring great results Try It and beeanrtuoed. BE y<)HK you buy or sell property nonsuit ROBERT H. TATEM. Real Estate Dealer and Auctioneer. DOMHRTIC Rhine wine, port, sherry and claret bottled by ourselves. They are fine and pure wines. I’ric* reasonable. Free de llrory Obtain sample*. CHARLES KOIw SHORN & BRO-, 170 Broughton. LEGAL NOTH KS. JNCHATMAM SUPERIOR COURT, DECEM BER TERM, 1892.—J H. M CLINCH end T. M. CUNNINGH AM, executors of tbe will of JACOB WALDBURG. vs. J. F. CAVANAUGH, M. E. CAVANAUGH, GEORGE B. CARHaRT and J. L. WHaTLEY. Petition to set aside and eanoel oonvovancetv aud deeds to lot num ber three 13), White ward, : arunnah, Georgia, that said lot number three i3j he adjudge 1 mi ti led to tbe lien of the execution iasue-i in behalf Of said plaintiffs against aahl.l. E.CaVANAUGH from said court, June 24tb, 1892, for Injunction and relief. To JEREMIAH F. CAVANAUGH and MAR GARET K. CAVANAUGH- You. JEREMIAH F. CAVANAUGH and MARGARET E. CAVA- N AUGH, defendants in the above stated cause, are commanded to be aud appear at the March term, 1893, of said Superior Court of Chatham county, Georgia, on the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH. 1893, then and there to answer petit ioners on the merits of the abore mentioned petition, as in default of such appearance the seid court will proceed as to justice shall apper tain Witness the Honorable Robert Fai.i.ioant, Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham county, this 7th day of December, 189*. JAMES K. P. CARR. : Heal of Superior ! Clerk Superior Court : Court. Chatham : Chatham Cos.. Ga, ; County, Ga : real estate. Buy a Lot at West Savannah For $250, $lO cash, bal ance $5 a month. The price will be advanced to a much higher figure on Jan. 1, 1893. EDW.W. BROWN, REAL ESTATE, 107 J3ay Street, Room 2, over Savannah Bank and True* Company. TELEPHONE 587. RICE. UPLAND RICE WANTED' The highest market prices paid. A. C. HARMON, 189 BAY BTftKKT. < ill TON TIES. 'COTTON TIESr STANDARD 501 b BUNDLES ARROW COTTON TIES. —FOR SALK BY C. M, GILBERT & CO, WEDDINGS. Wedding Invitations aud cards orinted or en graved at the shortest notice and in the latest tyiss. We carry an extensive and well selected stock of hue capers, envelope* aud cords eo peclauy for such orders. Samples sent on op plication, MoaxiNO News Printing Reuse > Barounou, G*. 3