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Thanksgiving- in Brunswick.
„, s Thanksgiving day. Ah. no fairer I ween—
‘ r a ji the broad earth, or land can be seen,
sadly, merrily, the church bells ring qut—
lift up our sou ls m a Thanksgiving
‘ -bout.
thanksgiving in Brunswick, the fair southern
town—
tThere tor months death s grim visage and
pain could be found.
ere madness and sorrow, and wailing was
heard.
the forms of our loved ones were in
terred.
Thanksgiving day came, with its cold crispy
air—
Thank God. cry the throng, our freedom is
near.
ajjT now the fair city is smiling, joyous agid
gay—
ai re send forth our prayers on Thanksgiv
ing day-
Ai.exina E. Murdoch.
r-t Augustine. Fla.. Nov. 28.
IH.SCIYI\ T G ON
PRIMROSE HILL.
From the Now York Press.
Harriet and Hannah Primrose were
ver. much surprised to see Lawyer Kitt
-edpe turn in from the old Stock bridge
read and come up Primrose Hill toward
their little house, one fine morning before
Thanksgiving, some years ago.
Mr. Kittredge had an office in Pittsfield.
Bn out two milesaway, and although these
twin sisters knew him by reputation and
sight, they had yet to speak with him:
therefore, their surprise when they saw
him advancing upon their little castle.
What in the world could he want with
them' They were alone in the world, and
had licen for over thirty years. They lived
in the little oak ribbed house ip
which they were horn a half cen
tury before and were unmarried.
They were quiet, refined, gentle
little bodies, but as courageous as lions.
Their friends had many years before
given up trying to prevail upon them to
move nearer ' town,'- as Pittsfield is
proudly called by its inhabitants in a way
that constant practice has made casual.
In Primrose Hall, on Primrose Hill, Har
riett and Hannah Primrose were born,
and there they intended to die. Their
father. Adam Primrose, had left the house
and sll',ooo to them just before he blessed
them and slipped away. There was anoth
er child, a son. who had disappeared and
died in China, a year or so before his
father died in the old home. So every
thing had gone to the sisters.
.Many ambitious young men had come to
woo the sisters in other days, but Harri
ett and Hannah were not to be wooed.
They loved each other too dearly to ever
allow any man to come between that love,
in all the years they hod never spoken to
each other except in tones of affection.
People used to say that the love existing
between the Primrose sisters was the
most beautiful thing in the Berkshire
Hills. Everybody knew their history,
and how .lasper Hardlines had lost their
little all in a speculation he had urged
them to embark upon. Hardlines was
the meanest man in Massachusetts. He
lived about half a mile nearer Pittsfield
than the Primroses, in a ramshackle
house, with his half starved wife. It was
said that he had millions of money, but
that is generally said of mean old men.
.Nobody would ever suspect itliat he had a
dollar, from his appearance; and Mrs.
Hardlines looked shabbier than he. She
was in mortal terror of him. too, and had
been for over thirty years.
In answer to Lawyer Kittredge’s knock,
the door was softly opened by Hannah
Primrose, and he was requested to enter.
It was as good as a tonic to look at uud
listen to the big voiced, big framed Prank
Kittredge. His laugh was as hearty and
genuine as one of the songs of Bobby
Burns.
"Good morning, ladies. Allow me to in
troduce to your gentle selves an ornament
of the Boston bar. who has been all over
the world, and who came .to Pittsfield six
weeks ago to settle down—mother words,
allow me to present to you Lawyer Fran
cis Kittredge.’’ Then he went off into a
perfect hurricane of inextinguishable
laughter. The Primrose sisters, in spite
of all they could do, were compelled to
smile in sympathy, Lawyer Kittredge
I had such a rosy face, and such magni
ficent teeth, and w ide, honest blue eyes.
Now, ladies, I want you to understand
that lam your friend. I know all about
you, and how that old rascal, Hardlines.
did you out of your inheritance. No, I
don’t know all, blit 1 want to know'. How
much was itf”
"It was $10,000.” replied Hannah.
"All you possessed?”
"All we possessed,” answered Harriett.
Then she went on: “That is, in money.
We own this little property, and Mr.
Hardlines pays ns the interest on the
money, which is very good of him, as he
needn't do it.”
"How much interest, pray?”
"Two and a half per cent. Some years,
only 2 per cent— —”
And there were six years when he only
paid 1' drearily cut m Hannah.
The old villain'” muttered Kittredge.
But how do you live;” he queried.
Not extravagantly,’’ smiled Harriett.
‘ We put up preserves and sell,them, and
our wants are few.”
"Didn’t you have a brother? The peo
ple of the village say you had."
Oh. poor Sidney," Harriett said. “He
had a fight with a boy, and imagining
that he had killed him, fled. He died in
China many years ago. “And then these two
: toiy souls surreptitiously wiped their
tweet, patient eyes. Lawyer Kittredge
watched them with a lump in his throat
'or a few mintes, and then in an altered
lone, said:
Harriett and Hannah Primrose, you
®a.V trust me.
1 am nearly 50 years of age. andl have
l "° sisters just like you—just as sweet
■wd patient and good as you are. May
?h<-dear Lord deal by them as Ido by
.you I want you to invite Jasper Hard-
Imes and his poor wife here to dinner to
morrow !’’
Had an earthquake happened along at
that moment the sisters might have been
* H’itle more astonished. Invite Hard
• mes and his wife to their scanty board 1
•No. no. Would hecotne? Oh, yes! he
ukt go anywhere to get something for
nothing.
1 hen invite him. have a good dinner
■or five, for 1 effiall be one of the party,
stm I promise you, on the honor of a—
Kittredge, that you shall never regret
having done as I ask you to do,” and
' Tl! h that Lawyer Kittredge kissed the
tnrni of each sister and withdrew. They
"atched his fine figure swing down Prim
rose Hill and up the Stockbridgo road
'"'vaixi Pittsfield, and then they sat and
pa y,od at each other speechlessly.
\i he next day over the nuts and raisins,
-! 1 '- Kittredge suddenly said to Jasper
Hardlines:
Mr. Hardlines, you have a pretty good
appetite, while Mrs. Hardlines seems to
..o°ly eilt anything.”
1 retty good, pretty good.” cackled the
Ujd miser. -Oh, she!” throwing a wicked
y ance at his scared-looking wife, “she
its me out of house and home! She has
“terrible appetite—a ter-ritrle appetite
~ taven't you, baggage!” suddenly, like
Hie snarl of a wolf
> es! Oh. yes, Jasper. Tdo eat a lot.
ian “ v °u!" and the poor thing actually
" taued under her husband's baleful look.
_. ' J'ou know, Hardlines," measuredly
, Kittredge, "that you remind me
c a man—named— Pettingill—l defended
Jpye in New Orleans—for murder,
bats the matter, Hardlines? Dinner
disagree with yon? Never mind him. la
dies, he is all right now. Oh, but this
Pettingill was a slick, psalm-siuging
rascal! but such a cold blooded wretch.
Well, he was hanged. He used to tell
me so many stories. One 1 shall always
remember. It seems that he was a New
England man, horn of good parents, too.
but the devil looked out of his snaky
eyes, and the world to linn was distortou.
It seems that when he was a young man
there was a girl in the village loved by
two young fellows. One of these young
men was named Marbury. He was poor.
The other was named—Smith. He was
the meanest of mortals—a miserly
young man. But he was generous enough
one day. when he gave Pettingill #I.OOO.
That was a few days after Marbury’s
body was found frozen in the ice of the
Housatonic, under the bridge, up yonder.
He had been thrown over the bridge the
night before, after Pettingill had crushed
in his skull. Smith married the girl, and
ill treated her from that day to —. But.
1 say. Hardlines. you're not eating? Now,
Mr. Hardlines, you are to go right back
to your bouse and return here in half an
hour, with ten thousand dollars in money,
not checks, for Harriet and Hannah
Primrose, my two dear sisters!” and be
fore the sisters had time to faint their
brother bad them crushed to his big, deep
chest.
Jasper was back in the specified time
wuh the money. He laid it carefully on
the table, looked at Sidney Primrose with
horrible eyes, and then staggered out of
the house. His poor wife was in such an
agony of fear, that they kept her there
all night, and forever after, for Hardlines
was found dead in his hut next morning,
and to this day nobody knows what he
did with the money he was supposed to
have had.
A TALK WITH SENATOR WRIGHT.
He Discusses Local Measures From
His District.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29,—“The Senate is
close up with its work.” said Senator
Wright, of the First district, to-day in
discussing the calendar of the Senate.
“Our committee have acted promptly,
and the action of the Senate itself upon
all measures that have so far been before
it, has been harmonious and prompt. So
far as we are concerned we could get
through our work considerably short of
the allotted fifty days for the session. At
the same time the Senate has done a
great deal of important business this ses
sion, and it has, 1 believe, been well done.
Speaking of matters effecting his own
district, Senator Wright said:
“The local bills for Effingham county
are naturally my first charge. The Chat
ham muddle is the House's affair. The
fight over that bill properly belongs in
the House, and hence 1 have not troubled
myself much about it. Of course, if there
is anything contrary to the constitution
in the measure, I will see that that is
remedied by the Senate.
"But of the local bills, my wine bill for
the regulation of the sale of domestic
wines in Effingham county, and the bill
to establish a county court for Effingham,
with the bill by Mr. Hopkins, of Mcln
tosh county, to change the judicial eir
cutis are the important ones.”
“What does your wine bill provide?”
“It is intended to allow the growers of
grapes, who manufacture them into wines,
to sell the wine in quantities of ten gal
lons and upwards. The bill has already
passed the Senate and probably reported
by the House committee, which practi
cally insures its becoming a law.
“We have had no little trouble over the
county court of Effingham, but I tnink
when the present bill becomes a law
there will he no further trouble. I,ast
session 1 had an act passed abolishing the
county court. You see the judge of the
court, as it then existed, received fees for
<i conviction. He did not get any salary,
and in case of acquittal got nothing. The
abolition of the court was generally ap
proved. but the grand jury wanted an
other court, and my present bill requires
Mil it the judge shall be paid a salary in
's toad of fees.
"I addition I have introduced a general
bill requiring that all judges of county
courts shall be paid a salary. No argu
ment is necessary to show that a fee sys
tem for judges is iniquitous.”
"And how about the proposed new ju
dicial circuit ?”
“You may say for me, that while there
is practically no opposition to the bill
which Mr. Hopkins, of Mclntosh county,
has introduced, from the representatives
of the district directly affected, yet 1 do
not believe the bill will become a law.
Why? Because there is a decided ten
dency amoug the members of both houses
to oppose anything that carries with it an
expenditure of money. At the same time
our claim for anew circuit is a just one,
and I intend to do my best to secure its
success. As it is. Chatham county alone
furnishes enough litigation to constitute
a circuit by itself. Fulton county, which
is only one-third larger than Chatham
county, has practically two circuits, and
we believe Chatham is entitled at least
to be one circuit. Liberty. Mclntosh,
Tattnall. Bryan. Bulloch and Effingham
are all willing to become another circuit.
Tattnall has been reported to be against
the proposition, but this is a mistake.
Senator Wilcox, of the Second district,
does not favor the new circuit, but his
opposition is the strongest we have to
contend with.
Senator Wright, who has been on the
sick list, suffering with a bad cold, has
fully recovered, and is again filling his
place as one of the wheel-horses of the
Senate.
AFTER THE PORT ROYAL ROAD.
A Bill Introducad to Forfeit Its Char
ter.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 29.—Representa
tive Brezeale, of Anderson, to-day intro
duced in the House a bill to repeal the
charter of the Port Royal and Augusta
railroad and to liquidate the corporation
and distribute the assets.
This bill provides that the attorney
general bfe directed to institute forth
with pro]ier proceedings to liquidate the
corporation, to restrain its stockholders
or creditors from exercising any rights,
privileges or franchises as a corporation-:
to have a receiver appointed who shall
sell the property and make distribution
of the proceeds thereof among the cred
itors and stockholders.
In order to prevent the road from being
controlled by any competing line, no pur
chasers, nor any other person, shall be
allowed to operate the road without be
coming first incorporated under the laws
of this state, and no corporation shall bo
formed by any purchaser to operate
or control the road under any
law of this state otherwise enabling
thereto, except with the prior consent
in writing of the governor, the attorney
general and the chairman of the hoard of
railroad commissioners of this state, and
no such consent snail he given by these
officers, unless it bo made fully and abso
lutely to appear that no competing line
is in any way interested therein, the evi
dence establishing sucli fact, to be filed
in the office of the secretary of state.
No individual or corporation who may
control any transportation line competing
with the said road or have a controlling
interest therein in any corporation oper
ating such competing lines or in any way
representing such controlling interest
shall be owner of a controlling
interest m said corporation author
ized to be created and organized
under the provisions of this act. and
should any such corporation or individual
become so' interested, then the charter
herein authorized shall become ipso facto
null and void, and the franchises, powers
and privileges thereby conferred shall,
cease absolutely and the attorney-general
shall immediately institute proceedings to
liquidate the same, and the sale and pur
chase of the property.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER3O. 1893.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
A Festival That Dates Back to Colo
nial Times.
Intermittent for Many Years—How
the President Issues His Proclama
tion—The Seal of State.
From the Washington Star.
Every year at about this time the Pres
ident of the United States issues a proc
lamation fixing “Thanksgiving day,” as
it has come to be known. Every year the
proclamation of the President is trans
mitted to the governors of the states, and
the day named by the President is set
aside as a general holiday. Originally it
was intended as a day of fasting and
prayer. Now it is a day of feasting and
frolic and foot ball games. Every good
American is thankful that he is an Amer
ican 365 days in the year— and one day
extra in leap years. He does not need a
special day set aside for rejoicing.
The making of the Thanksgiving day
proclamation is a serious duty for the
President; for it is customary for him to
write this proclamation with his own
band and to put into it as much of the
spirit of the day as possible. President
Harrison used to take a pencil and a little
pad of paper and write out the proclama
tion in full. Then he would turn it over
to one of the executive clerks’ to be copied.
Mr. Harrison preferred to use his pencil
rather than dictate. President Cleveland
also writes some things with his own
hand, but he uses a stenographer, too, a
great deal.
The first draft of the proclamation is
copied and the copy is sent to the state
department. There are two or three
clerks in the state department who make
a specialty of penmanship. One of these
engrosses the proclamation on parchment
artistically. The parchment is sent back
to the white house to receive the Presi
dent's signature. When "Grover Cleve
land" has been written at the bottom of
it it is taken back to the state depart
ment. whercc’Walter Q. GreshamVsigna
ture attests that of the President. Then
the great seal of the state department is
affixed. It is a very ornate seal. It
ought to be. for it cost #I.OOO. It is kept
in a rosewood case in the bureau of com
missions and pardons, and its custodian
is George Battle, who has been in the de
dartment service for forty-seven years.
Bartle was appointed to a clerkship by
Daniel Webster. He is one of the oldest
employes the government at Washing
ton.
It takes an order from the President of
the United States to procure an impres
sion of the great seal of state. Col
lectors of seals and autographs frequently
write to the Secretary of State for copies
of the seal of state. The same formal re
ply is sent to all of them —that under the
law no impressions of the seal can go out
of the department unless they are affixed
to official papers. The President of the
United States could give authority to a
collector to obtain an impression of the
seal. But no President has ever done
so. The law of 1789 says that the seal
shall not be affixed to any instrument ex
cept a commission "without the special
warrant of the President therefor.” The
President, therefore, when he sends a
Thanksgiving proclamation to the state
department for the seal, sends with it a
copy of the following printed form, duly
filled out and signed:
“I hereby authorize and direct the Sec
retary of State to cause the seal of the
United States to be affixed to —, dated
this day and signed by me, and for doing
so this shall be his warrant.”
When Mr. Bartle receives this order he
unlocks the rosewood case, puts a scal
loped circleof paper in the press, and with
a light turn of the heavy steel hall above,
brings the seal down on the paper and
leaves its impress there. Then the
stamped piece of paper is fastened-to the
proclamation and it is ready to go to the
world.
TOE GREAT SEAL.
Bartle is very conscientious about the
exercise of his duties toward the great
seal, and he has controversies not infre
quently with people who are in a hurry
for public documents, and who do not un
derstand why the state department has
not authority under the general law to
affix the great seal to any document bear
ing the President’s signature.
When the proclamation has been com
pleted by the addition of the seal clerks
of the state department are set to work
making copies for transmission to the
governors of the state and territories.
These copies are not made on typewriters
or with manifolding paper or by any other
process of duplication. The state de
partment uses the typewriter for some
purposes, but not for official correspond
ence. All of the copies of the proclama
tion are written out on the long sheets of
blue paper which are used for official
correspondence. Each governor who re
ceives a copy of the President’s procla
mation will make a proclamation of his
own. But in the meantime the procla
mation uf the President has been made
public, and the people all over the country
know what day has been chosen for
"Thanksgiving.”
There is no law providing a day for
general thanksgiving. "Thanksgiving
day” is a product of custom. The Presi
dent could omit his "Thanksgiving”
proclamation in any year, or he could fix
May 7or Dec. 21 as the day for giving
thanks. But it has come to be the cus
tom for the President to issue a procla
mation each year, naming, usually, the
last Thursday in the month of November
as Thanksgiving day. This custom dates
hack only to 1864. though Thanksgiving
day was celebrated at odd times as far
back as the days of the colonies. Among
the records preserved by congress is a
proclamation by the council of Massachu
setts. dated Nov. 16. 1776, recommending
"acknowledgments for mercies enjoyed.”
A form of thanksgiving proclamation was
reported to the continental congress Nov.
1. 1777, by Samuel Adams, of Massachu
setts. It was Samuel Adams who urged
the opening of congress with prayer in
opposition to John Ja.\, who said that
Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc., could
hardly be expected to unite in formal
worship. Adams’ form of proclamation
has not heeu observed since, for each
proclamation follows the fancy of the
President who writes it.
In November, 1778, the chaplain of con
gress recommended that Wednesday, Dec.
39, be observed as ”a day of thanksgiving
and praise," so the Thursday in Novem
ber has not been the invariable day for
this festival. In 1779 the first Tuesday in
May was appointed as a day of thanks
giving, and this appointment was made
by proclamation of the continental con
gress. This was an extra day of thanks,
for in the following October Congressman
Root reported in favor of appointing
Thursday. Dec. 9, as a day of thanksgiv
ing. In 1782 the states were recom
mended (on report of Congressman With
erspoon) to appoint Nov. 28 as a day of
thanksgiving.
For a great many years the custom of
observing Thanksgiving day fell into in
nocuous desuetude. Then the editor of a
woman’s paper took the mattar up. Her
name was Sarah Josepha Hale and she
lived in Philadelphia until her death four
teen years ajro. She inaugurated a move
ment to raise #50.000 to complete the
Bunker Hill monument. It was success
ful. Then she began to manufacture pub
lic sentiment in favor of an annual
observance of Thanksgiving day. She in
terested President Lincoln, and in 1864 he
adopted her suggestion and issued a
proclamation for a day of thanksgiving.
The custom has been unchanged down to
the present day.
THE FIRST OP THE SERIES.
The first Thanksgiving day proclama
tion ever issued by a President was
signed by George Washington in 1789.
The original is in the possession of Rev.
,1. W. Wellman who inherited it from his
grandfather. William Ripley of Cornish,
N. H. This proclamation was issued b.\
request of both houses of :-engross
through their joint committee. The text
of the proclamation following the pre
amble is:
"Now. therefore, 1 do recommend and
assign Thursday, the 26th day of Novem
her next, to he devoted by the people of
these states to the service of that great
and glorious being, who is the beneficent
author of all the good that was,
that is, or that will be: That
we may then all unite in render
ing unto him our sincere and humble
thanks for his kind care and protection of
the people of this country previous to
their becoming a nation : for the signal
and manifold mercies, and the favourable
interpositions of his providence in the
course and conclusion of the late war:
for the great degree of tranquillity, union
and plenty, which we have since en
joyed :—for the peaceable and national
manner in which we have been enabled
to establish constitutions of government
for our safety and happiness, and par
ticularly the national one now lately in
stituted ;—for the civil and religious
liberty with which we are blessed, and the
means we have of acquiring and diffusing
useful knowledge: and in general, for
all the great and various favours which
he hath been pleased to confer u|xm us.
And. also, that we may then unite in
most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to the great lord and Ruler
of Nations, anil beseech him to pardon our
national and other transgressions: to
enable us all, whether in public or private
stations, to perform our several and rela
tive duties properly and punctually: -to
render our national government a bless
ing to all the people. b,v constantly lieing
a government of wise, just and constitu
tional laws, directly and faithfully exe
cuted and obeyed:—to protect aud guide
all sovereigns and nations (especially
such as have shown kindness to us), and
to bless them with good Government,
peace and concord: —to promote the
knowledge and practice of true religion
and virtue, and the increase of science
among them and us;—and generally to
grant unto all mankind such a degree of
temporal prosperity as he alone knows
to be best.
Given under my hand, at the city of
of New York, the third day of October,
in the year of our Ixird one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nine.
G. Washington.
The Thanksgiving proclamations issued
since the time of "G. Washington” have
usually been less elaborate.
There is no special observance of the
day at the capital except the occasional
services in the churches. It is altogether
likely that President Olevelaud, will he
fishing or shooting ou Thanksgiving day
this year. If he is not the traditional
turkey with cranberry sauce will be
served at the white house table, possibly
to a few guests as well as to the Presi
dent and his family. The cabinet people
usually eat their Thanksgiving dinner by
“their own firesides.’ 1 If they feel any
special occasion for giving thanks they
do not show it.
A VICTORY FOR FITZSIMMONS
Judge Ellis Decides That He Can Ob
tain Judgment Against the Club.
New Orleans, La., Npv. 29.—Judge Kills
this morning handed down a decision of
some importance in the suits against the
Crescent City Athletic Ulub. It will he
remembered that about the time the club
was going to pieces. Bob Fitzsimmons, the
prize-fighter, entered suit against the club
to recover some $9,000 said to be due
him as a balance nf the • purse
for Ills fight with Jim Hall
before the club last. March. The club
had offered a purse of #4p.noo for the liajj
tie. and wneh the match had been fought
it could only pay a portion of that sum.
Fitzsimmons took what the club was able
to give in cash and accepted notes for the
balance of the amount. After the suit of
Fitzsimmons had been field, the state in
tervened to prevent Fitzsimmons from get
ting judgment for'the amount, the state
claiming that there was “no considera
tion” Judge Ellis delivered ;r lengthy
opinion this morning refusing the injunc
tion prayed for by the state, the judg
ment carrying with it costs against the
state. The effect of the decision is to a
certain extent a victory for the club, inas
much as it is a recognition of Fitzsim
mons' right to sue the club for the bal
ance duelnm for the purse offered for the
fight.
CHAPTERS FROM CANDLER.
Wet Weather Interfering With the
Picking of Oranges.
Candler, Fla., Nov. 29.—For the past
week heavy rains have fallen in this
section, a very unusual thing at this
season. The wet weather is seriously in
terfering with the gatheringof theorauge
crop.
The orange crop has been steadily mov
ing for the past month, and it is esti
mated that two thirds of the heavy crop
of Lake Weir have been shipped. Prices
have kept up well under the heavy sup
ply, but show signs of weakening,now.
Sugar boilings are in order with the
farmers, and delicious new Florida syrup
is plentiful. The sugar cane crop is ex
cellent.
Miss Myra Crumley, of Anderson, S.
C.. arrived this.week to spend the winter
with the family of Maj. J. M. Thompson.
The lakes and rivers are teeming with
wild ducks—they seem to be coming in
larger numbers than usual. Some say it
presages a cold winter.
COMING OF THE SLUGGERS.
The Trainers of Cos rbett Now En route
to Jacksonville.
New York. Nov. 29.- The best evidence
that Corbett and Mitchell expect to fight
their great international pugilistic battle
in Florida, is the fact that DeLaney and
MeVey. the trainers of Corbett, left this
city to-day at 4:30 p m., on the Richmond
and Danville short line for Jacksonville.
They are to get Corbett's training quar
ters in readiness for him, as Corbett and
his party arc to leave the city for
Florida on Sunday or Monday. Corbett
will not go directly to Jacksonville, as he
has arranged to give sparring exhibitions
in some half a dozen southern cities on
the way down, and will hardly reach
Jacksonville before the middle of Decem
ber. 11 is the opinion of DeLaney that
there will be no interference whatever
with the contest on the night of the bat
tle. He w’ill have Corbett in the pink of
condition.
Returning Refugees.
Waycross, Ga, Nov. 29. Mrs. A.
Kaiser, accompanied by her daughter,
Miss Retta, and her son Gordon, arrived
here yesterday from the north, and were
given an elegant reception at the South
ern hotel last night by the proprietor,*
Mr. Weiss. A number of Brunswick
people were present. The entertainment
passed off very pleasantly. Mrs. Kaiser
and family returned to Brunswick this
morning.
Miss Cathline Elmore, of Waycross,
has entered upon her duties as asistant
principal of the Gulleth high school at
Bickley, Ga.
The contract for the erection of a pump
house and bell tower for the city water
works will be let Dec. 1.
Just before he shot himself at Rockbridge.
Alum Springs, Va . Charles Warwick shaved
himself carefully attired himself in hts dress
suit, and otherwise composed his remains"
for burial.
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Items Gathered Here and There
Among the Shipping.
The Italian bark Armonia. which lias
been at Tvliee a few days waiting orders,
cleared yesterday for Newport News.
Holst A Cos. cleared yesterday the Nor
wegian bark Vimera for Harburg. She
has a cargo of 5,244 barrels of rosin,
valued at #10,453, shipped by Paterson,
Downing & Cos.
The Italian bark Peppina. Capt. Oafcro,
which has been at Tybee for several days,
waiting orders, arrived up yesterday.
She is consigned to Chr. G. Dahl A Cos.,
and is chartered to load with naval stores
for Europe.
The schooner Susan ,1. Pickering, Capt
Haskell, arrived yesterday from New
York, light,. She is consigned to George
Harriss A Cos,, and is chartered to load
with lumber for a coastwise |Kirt.
The Antwerp Naval Stores Company’s
steamer Iris, which sailed from this ixirt
on Nov. 9. was reported passed Scilly on
Nov. 27 for Antwerp,
The British steamship Monomoy, Capt.
Jenkins, which sailed from Savannah on
Nov. tl with a cargo of cotton for
Bremen, passed Isle of Wight on Nov. 26.
The British steamer Miramar. Capt.
Langwoll. which sailed from this port
with a cargo of cotton and phosphate
rock for Genoa, arrived at St. Michaels
ou Nov. 26, via Bermuda, where she put
in for coal.
The British barkentinc Genestn, Capt.
Davies, which sailed Oct. 5 from Savan
nah for Glasgow, with a cargo of naval
stores, arrived at her destination on Nov.
24. The Gencsta is the bark which was
blown aeeros3 1 eng island at quarantine
station, during the storm of Aug. 27, and
was afterwards floated out of the creek,
and was uninjured.
The Norwegian hark Werner, Capt.
Tobiassen, which sailed from Savannah
Oct. 4, for Harburg, arrived at her desti
nation on Nov. 23.
The British steamship Empire, which
sailed from this port on Oct. 27 with a
cargo of cotton, arrived at Reval on
Nov. 19.
The bark New Light, Capt. Avis,
which sailed from Savannah for Philadel
phia on Nov. 21, put into Wilmington last
Monday in a leaking condition.
The schooner Jennie Thomas, Capt.
Young, from Savannah, arrived at Balti
more, Nov. 27.
The British steamer Elphinstone sailed
from Delaware Breakwater, for this port,
on Nov. 27.
The 3-masted schooner George G. Green,
Capt. Mueller, from Tampa for Wilming
ton, Del., cargo phosphate rock, was sunk
;it 1 o’clock a. in., near Frying Pan Shoal
lighthouse, on Nov. 26. The whole crew
took to their yawlboats and went to
Southport safe.
Tin- British steamship Buckingham.
Captaiu Neorgie, arrived yesterday from
New York. She is chartered to load
with cotton for Genoa. The steamer is
consigned to Richardson A Barnard.
The British steamship El phinstone,Cap
tain Veal, arrived at quarantine .yester
day from Hamburg, via Boston. She took
a cargo from Hamburg to Boston, and ar
rived here in ballast, to load phosphate
rock for the continent. She is consigned
to ,1. M. I ,uug A Cos.
The British steamship Glemnarvis.
Captain Wallace, arrived yesterday at
quarantine, from Hamburg. She lias a
cargo of kainit. The vessel is consigned
to J. F. Minis A Cos., and will take a cargo
of cotton to Bremen.
A REAR COACH SMASHED.
A Woman's Leg Broken and a Man
Injured Internally.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 29.—This morn
ing, about 10:45 o’clock, passenger train
No. 54, from Atlanta, ran Into the rear
coach of passenger train No. 55, to At
lanta, on the Western railroad, near
Cliett's station. No. 55 had not cleared
the switch when No. 54 rounded a sharp
curve, and struck the coach before it
could be stopped. The coach was knocked
about ten feet from the track. Mrs.
Mary Walker had a leg broken and U. U.
Coleman’s back was wrenched, and he is
hurt internally. Several others were
badly shaken. The air brake failed to
work on No. 54.
TWO ENGINES WRECKED.
A Limited and a Freight Collide at
Jackson, Miss.
Memphis, Tcnn., Nov. 29. -The Chicago
limited on the Illinois Central railroad
collided with a freight train half r mile
north of the dejiot at Jackson. Miss., this
afternoon. Both locomotives were
wrecked and several cars demolished.
Tim Jewett, conductor on the limited,
was seriously injured. The passengers
escaped with a severe shaking up.
The new statue of Sir William Wallace, at
Baltimore, will be unveiled on Thanksgiving
day by the great-grandchildren of W. W.
Spence who gave the statue to the city.
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GENUINE
JEWfcLHY.
IF LOOKING FOR A PRESENT
You always find something new and pretty at
DESBOUILLONS’
Fine line of Silverware appropriate for
wedding presents. Latest novelties In Silver,
such as Hat Pins, Hair Pins, Hat Marks,
Scarf Holders, Key Kings. Book Marks
pocket Books, Match Boxes, Pocket Knives
Garters, Souvenir Spoons, etc.
Gold Watches of finest quality and make.
Our immense stock of Diamonds and Jewelry
always complete, at
A. L. DESBOUILLONS
The Reliable Jeweler,
PINE LINE OP
GAS • FIXTURES • H - GLOBES
AT
L. It. MCCARTHY’S
46 DRAYTON STREET.
DRY GOODS.
ECKSTEIN’S
Gustave Eckstein & Cos. begin on Monday their
Great Holiday Sale, comprising the latest productions
ot Imported Dolls and Toys. The prices will be found
the lowest for such goods in the city.
DOLLS FOR HALF PRICE.
Steam Fire Engines Adams Express Wagons Hansom and Driver
Hook and Ladder Large Brewery Wagons Dog Cart and Driver
The Water Tower Iron Tandem Wagon F.lephant Beil Ringer
Four Horse Artillery Donkey Wheet Cart Columbus Chariots
Tally Ho Coach Iron Monkey Cart Railroad Trains
American and Imported Toys.
Host Polls at 25c Infant Dolt llnhies Rubber Doll Itablas
Best Dolls at s>c Hov Doll Babies Jointed Doll Babies
Best Dolls at $1 Ctrl Doll Babies Kid Body Dolls
Best Dolls at $2 Undressed Dolls Patent Doll Babies
Best Dolls at $3 Dressed Dolls Bisque Doll Babies
ALL CLOAKS HALF PRICE.
Tree Ornaments Btiresus Flowers Handkerchief Boxes
Spinning Tops Chiffoniers Albums I‘hisn (Slove Boxes
Brass Trumpets Bedspreads Manicures Plush Necessaries
McOintv Ladders Desks Tea-sets Elegant Jewel Cases
Surprise Boxes Tenpins Toilets Fine Writing Cases
BARGAINS IN FINE SILKS.
White H S Handkerchiefs Ostrich Feather Fans Ladle's Kid Gloves
Fmbroidered Handkerchiefs Fainted Gauze Fans Ladle's Kid Gauntlets
Qauze Silk Handkerchiefs WeiteSattn Pam Men's Kid Glovts
Real Lace Handkerchiefs bans In Glass Cases MtssCs Kid Gloves
Sheer Linen Hnndkerchlefs Parasols and Fmbrellas Warm Winter Gloves
SLAUGHTER in ORESS GOODS
Baby Sacks Slik Hosiery Ladles' Cnderwear California Blankets
Baby Gloves Lisle Hosiery Men s Cnderwnar Fine (Tib Blankets
Habv Cloaks Cotton Hosiery Misses Underwear Silk Comfortanles
Baby Hits Wool Hosiery Infant s Underwear Down Comfortables
Baby ( aps Fast Black Hose Corsets and Waists Marseilles Spreads
THE BEST $1 KID GLOVES.
Art Linen Scarfs Reudt Made Sheets Shopping Bags Balmoral Skirts
Art Linen Squares Beady Made Pillows Fine Pocket Books Fine Silk Skirts
Art Linen Malts Line?i Table Sets Fine Leather Purses Wool Neck Shawls
Hemstitch Linens Outlined Linens Ladies' Aprons Fmbroidered Flannels
Linen Pillow Cases Fine'ruble Linens Rubber Garments Eiderdown Flannel
Fast Prints sc; Heavy Checks sc; Best Shirtings sc;
Best Cotton Flannels He; Dark Printed Outings 10c.
Our Goods Always the Best! Our Prices the Lowest!
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIMCO
BROUGHTON STREET.
You expect the best; you get the best and you’ve always gotten a
little more of It here, and for less money than anywhere you’ve evor
dealt. Is it not so?
THIS WEEK WE WILL EVEN DO BETTER EON YOU.
Novelties.
New line SilU Windsor Ties at 25c.
Ladies Linen < hrmisetteH, new styles. 35c.
Lad!eV Colored Sets Collars and Cuffs 50c.
Cloves.
Suede Evening Gloves $i.W. worth $3.50
Ladies' Black Kid Gloves $1.48, worth $1.75.
Children’s
White and Colored Worsted Mitts 25c.
White and Colored Worsted Bootees 15c.
White and Colored Worsted Legging 25c.
FURNITURE ANU CARPETS.
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Furniture Soled
As our artist depicts Is a novelty. Furniture sold by us Is an every day blessing. PeOplS
know Its character. Reliability. Patrons know Its price. Low. The largest and most com
plete line of Furniture and Carpets In the state. Prices always the lowest. Accomodattc3
terms to responsible parties.
EMIL A. SCHWARZ,
125 and 127 Broughton Street.
MACHINERY. CASTINGS. ETC.
K E li OE’S IRO N WORKS,
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND HOILERMAK
EKS, ENGINES, BOILERS AND MACHINERY, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, ETC.
Special atlentian lo Repair Work. Estimates promptly tarnished. Broujhton strap
from Reynolds to Randolph streets. Telephone 268.
Silks.
Black Satin Duchess 98c, worth 1.3S
Satins, all colors, 50c. worth 75c
Black Faille Silk, $1.23, worth $1.75.
Corsets.
One L. C. Corset $2.33. worth $2.75.
C|B Corset Kile, worth SI.OO.
Handkerchiefs.
Ia lies' White and Colored Embroidered
Handerchlefs2sc, worth 35c and sbc.
Gents' white Silk initial 3c, worth 55c.
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