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IHE LAWS WELL ENFORCED.
judge Speer on the Absence ot Crime
in Sonlhern Georgia.
Els Charge to the United States
Court Grand Jury—The Condition of
the South Now and What It Would
Have Been Had the Confederate
Cause Succeeded—The Work of the
Courts.
The grand jury in the United States
district court was impaneled and sworn
yesterday and the charge of the court de
livered. Judge Speer’s charge was a
strong one and in many respects an en
tirely original one.
The grand jury consists of Samuel Her
man, foreman; A. S. Nichols, Albert
Jackson, Henry W. Palmer, C. Y. Rich
ardson. of Chatham county; James Coun
cil, of Montgomery; E. C. Elkins, of Sere
yen ; H. C. Grace and W. M. Daniels, of
Tattnall; W. N. Clarke and T. A. Floyd,
of Wayne; L. F. Shaw and C. C. Varna
doc. of Lowndes; E. B. Arnsdorf, of Ef
fingham ; H. H. Schumann, of Bryan ; J.
B. Crawford, of Thomas; G.'A. Register,
of Clinch; Morgan Brown, of Bulloch; H.
J, Mobley, of Liberty; J. W. McDaniel, of
Irw in; B. F. Coleman, of Emanuel, and
Cuyler Hamilton, colored, of Chatham.
Judge Speer charged the grand jury as
follows:
IMPORTANCE OP NATIONAL LAWS.
You have been selected as representative
men ot the several communities in which vou
live to make inquests to ascertain whether
crimes against the laws of the gen
eral government have been com
mitted in the Eastern division ot the
Southern district ot Georgia. Under the
consUtutioaoftheUnited Sttttes.no man Is
held to answer for a capital or other infamous
oflense, except on the indictment or present
ment of the grand jury. It is au institution
peculiar to the English speaking races. It is
wise, philosophic and humane that the citi
zen should not be held to answer for a crime,
however serious in its character,
unless a body of his intelligent
and law-respecting fellow citizens pres ut
him for that crime. Your inquiry will be lim
ited as X have stated, to accusations of crime
as cleaned by the laws of the general govern
ment. These iaws have been made for the
purpose of protecting the integrity of the na
tional government and they are also Imme
diately for the protection of the citizens who
live under that government. You are as
much concerned in ih J inforcement of the na
tional as you are in the Inforcement of the
State laws. For instance, suppose you send a
registered letter through the mail and a pos
tal thief steals It. The oflense Is quite as in
jurious to you, the loss is quite as great, as It
an ordinary theft or larceny, tritble in the
state courts, had been committed.
THE CHIME OS' COUNTERFEITING.
So too. with those crimes which tend to
the degradation of the currency of the coun
try-counterfeiting the obligations of the
government, treasury notes, national bank
notes, or the coin of the country. When a
man has made a contract, the profits of
which are to be paid in money, or has per
formed labor, the wages of which are to be
paid in the same way.it Isa great injury to
him if he is paid in debased and spurious
coin. It afTects, too, the credit of the govern
ment. It is in every sense injurious to the
public, and therefore to each member of the
public. Do not for one moment consider
then, that because you are summoned as
grand jurors of the United States court, that
there is any less obligation upon you to vigi
lantly and diligently and fearlessly present,
than if you were among your neighbors in
your communities at home, in the sta e court.
You are not legislators. The national legis
lature has enacted these laws. You had the
right, and have the right to elect your repre
sentatives to the national legislature, and
your state has the right to send its senators
there. You have a voice in the selection of
the President who approves these bills, and
therefore those laws are made by the repre
sentatives of the people, and therefore by the
people, and therefore by yourselves.
You are enforcing your own laws, and as
I have pointed out to you, you are enforcing
your own laws for the protection of your
rights. It may be possible that some of the
laws with regard to which accusations may
be submitted to you are not altogether as
well understood by you. perhaps not alto
gether as popular as some laws which stand
upon the statute books of the state. But,
gentlemen, you are not to be concerned with
that fact. You can be readily made to under
stand them, and the district attorney is your
legal adviser. As I have said, you are not
legislators—you are agents and assistants of
the law, but you are not lawmakers.
THE HAW WELL SUPPORTED.
It is. perhaps, unnecessary for me to say
this much for you. because 1 hare never seen
anywhere such steady and uniform support of
the law. as there has been by the juries and
grand juries of these courts, and it is to that
reason that the happy condition of this dis
trict with regard to crimes against the gen
eral government may be attributed. There
is very little crime here. This district com
prehends more than half of the state
of Georgia. This division of the
district more than one-fourth of the
district, and yet in the number of counties
embraced in this division, you will prob
ably not find as many indictments as there
are counties, and yet will probably indict
every man whose crime has been ascertained,
and is worthy of Indictment or presentment,
how. certainly this is a very happy slate of
affairs. It is one upon which you should con
gratulate yourselves. It is one in which the
court has the right to take a just pride, and,
as I have statedi it .exists because the men
who have been selected for the important
functions you now occupy have discharged
their duty fearlessly, resolutely and fairly, as
1 ask you to do, and as i know very wen that
you will do.
ALL EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.
The laws of-the United States government
are entitled to the support of- the people,
they are humane laws, and they are hu
manely enforced. If the methods o' enforce
ment of the laws in the United Mates courts
are contrasted with the manner in which the
laws of other countries have been and are en
forced. the contrast will present a most favor
able condition for the humanity and the
fairness of the.enforcement of the iaws of-our
country.
At no period of the history of the United
states have the laws been inhumanely en
forced. No doubt it is true that lust after
Ohr great Civil war. when the passions of the
public on both sides were excited, injustice
"m S one ' and ho doubt bad men were in
omce, because when the cauldron of revolu
tion is seething and boiling, it always
throws the scum of society to the top.
out this is no longer possible, in these courts,
it is ]ust as much a Georgia court as if it were
the court of Chatham county. Moreover, it is
a typical southern eonrt. The district attor
hSy, the marshal and the judge are ailex-con
rederate soldiers, but we are none the 1 ss. on
that account, devoted to the laws of our com
mon country, we are none the less resolved to
do all we can fearlessly and justly for their
enforcement. The philosophy of the laws
commend them to you. You have to consider
the purpose for which the constitution was
adopted to see how strong is the claim upon
you for your favorable maintenance and
e,torts in behalf of the laws of the general
government.
"We, the people of the United States. In
order to form a more perfect union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
mr one common defense, promote the
general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do or
dain and establish this constitution for the
United States of America."
WOULD HAVE BRISTLED WITH FORTS.
The constitution of the United States was
adopted to secure a more perfect union,
imagine what is comprehended In that.
- uppqse the several states of th s union con
stituted independant principalities, each with
its own system of government, each with its
own standing army,and its own navy and in
dependent system of laws. Can you lmuginc
that the condition of the people would be com
parable in happiness to what it is now? Go a
step further, suppose that w had succeeded
in the late effort to disrupt the government,
aim establish an independent government of
our own In the south, what would have been
the condition of , hc people? in all the light
waich the lapse ot years has lhrown upon
that terrible struggle, and upon its results It
cannot be doubted. I believe, n.v thlnklug
and philosophic men that our condition would
nave iieeu much worse than it is now.
IF THE SOUTH HAD DF.KN VICTORIOUS.
t\ e would have been a strong militury gov
ernment as a matter qi necessity. Tlipse of
'C Who are of the appropna e military age
would have been in the standing army or in
jap, navy. Our boundaries would have bris
tled with forts. Opposed as we would have
oueu to the spirited people of the northern
section of thus country, a people noted as well
and determination, we would
“*<• constant wars. We would have
Peh taxed into a condition of pov
erty watch- the people could not
“ av ® I ome. What is the spectacle
now. \\ e have an harmonious union, bene
neent in all its results upon more than 80 0 10,-
ww of people, and the very men who at
tempted to separate this country into two in
dependent governments are actually combin
ing for its welfare, and taking an even and
patrlotio part in its councils, discharging
witheven impartiality its public functions,
and with even devotion its military duties.
Ao other people can point, in its history, to
such an instance of magi animity on the part
of the government, it could only be possiole
where the powers of the government flow
from the sovereignty of the people.
HE FIRED ON THE FLAG.
Suppose the people of Poland, with far
greater reason, had attempted to throw off
the Russian yoke, and establish an independ
ant sovereignty, what would have been the
result of the defeat? Their leaders would
hat e died under the Russian knout or expi
ated their lives in the quicksilver mines of
Siberia. Vat vlctis is the maxim under the
monarchic or despotic governments where
people revolt and are defeated! but here we
witness in this great government, which
we tried to overturn, and in Us court, the ob
ject lesson that the marshal and the district
attorney weie gallant confederate soldiers,
and the judge himself had the impudence to
lire on the flag of his country from tne out
works of two of the cities in which he now
holds his courts. Certainly isuth a govern
ment, so magnanimous, with such laws, de
serves the full, free and unreserved support
of all of its people, ami as i have said, it has
had the support of the juries and the grand
juries of this court, and 1 do not douot it will
have your support.
At the conclusion of the charge the
grand jury retired to consider a number
of criminal cases which were brought be
fore it by the district attorney Maj. W.
T. Geary.
AN OLD SUIT DECIDED.
After some argument a final decree was
taken in the suit of Boykin, Connor &
Cos., of Baltimore, against W. B. Folks &
Cos., of Ware county.
This case is one of the oldest on the
docket, it was brought to recover lor a
lot of fertilizers shipped to the defendants
in 1882. about twelve years ago. The suit
was not filed, however, until 1886, and on
account of the death of Mr. W. B. Folks,
one of the partners in the defendant com
pany, and lor other causes, has been de
layed until now.
A decree was rendered in favor of the
plaintiff company, however, for #502 '.to
the amount of the bill in 188:4, on which
interest must be paid from November of
that year. The decree is rendered against
G. B. Folks, the surviving partner.
RAILROAD INTERVENTIONS.
Mr. A. Minis, attorney for the Brush
Electric Light aud Power Company, filed
a petition to amend the bill of exceptions
to the master’s report in their interven
tion asking for the amount of a bill for
the use of arc lights in the latter part of
1891 and the'beginning ot 1892. The peti
tion was granted, which will allow the
bill to be amended and the exceptions to
be reinstated,
A final decree has been taken in the
case of the intervention of A. M. Street
and others. The master's report, award
ing Street $4,138 86 and about forty other
complainant s? sums amounting all the
way from $lO. to S3OO against the receivers
of the Savannah and Western railroad,
Messrs. Comer and Lowry, was sustained
and the awards made accordingly. The
receivers of that road were also required
to pay for some crossties used on it in
making repairs.
There is a groat deal of important busi
ness now before the court, and the
chances are that it will be in session for
at least three weeks and perhaps for a
month. Case3 haye been assigned on the
docket up to the letter part of the third
week, and there are still others for
which no disposition has yet been pro
vided.
BATTLERS BY HUNDREDS.
The Experience of a Negro Boy While
Rabbit Hunting 1 .
From the Philadelphia Times.
Harlem Switch, Tex., Jan. 16.—A negro
boy named Isaac Mudroe recently struck
a bonanza near here in a fallen tree, from
which he drove and killed over 300 rattle
snakes. Munroe was out bunting rabbits
with his dog, and was in full chase of a
‘•mule ear” when the little creature ran
into the hollow end of the tree.
It almost immediately ran out again,
and even before the dog could seize it
rolled over and over on the ground in
great pain, the boy observing that blood
was issuing from what appeared to be
numberless pin pricks all over its body.
Before he could notice anything else of
its symptoms the dog had torn the rabbit
to pieces. Then curious to know what
hau’happened to the rabbit in the tree,
Munroe tried to drive the dog into the
trunk, but the cur evinced a decided ob
jection to entering it. and had to be
beaten before it would venture to do as
his master desired.
It had barely gotten its body inside when,
•with a shrill yelp, it backed out, whin
ing and bleedjug, in the same unusual
manner as the rabbit. The boy now
stooped down and looked into the tree,
but though ho fancied that he could see
several small points of light, he could
find nothing to account for the singular
appearance of the dog and rabbit.
A SUPRISE FQR MUNROE.
Not contented with this the negro was
foolish enough to thrust in his arm to see
if he c&uid not feel that which he was un
able to see. He felt something strike
him, and drawing his arm out hastily, he
saw hanging to his sleeve a tremendous
rat-Uesntrice, The creature was caught
in the woolen garment by its fangs and
was unable to release itself.
Munroe was afraid to shake the snake
off lest he could not manage to kill it
quick enough, and it should attack his
bare feat. Calling a companion that was
at work near by, he waited, with the
snake trying to entwine itself about his
arm. The boy who came to Munroe s as
sistance, seeing what the trouble was,
caught up a stick and Munroe shook off
therattler. killed the reptile with a blow.
'The dog was dead by this time, and
looking at him the boy decided that the
snake must have bitten him several times.
They then got down to search the tree for
the eggs that the reptile might have left,
and from which a fresh*brood might come,
but as they did so, a second monster rat
tler ran out of the tree, giving the boys
only time enough to leap to one side. Con
vinced now that there was even more in
the tree the young negroes secured a sack,
and holding it open at one end, thev built
at the other a tire, and soon the snakes,
with which the tree was fairly alive,
broke out of it by the dozen, and running
into the sack were dispatched by the boys.
ONE OF TIIE BOTS BITTEN.
Pains had to be taken in killing them
so as to bruise only the heads as the skin
when whole has a commercial value, but
the negroes were experts at the thing,
and succeeded in crushing the skull only.
Once the writhing of the trapped ser
pents was so great as to cause the stone
with which they had confined the open
end of the sack to roll to one side, aud
the whole lot would have escaped had not
the other boy placed his naked foot on it.
He was promptly bitten, and it was
only by the most heroic measures that his
life was saved. In a couple of hours bis
body was swollen to nearly twice its
normal size, and his teeth were so locked
that it was necessary to administer chloro
form to wrench them a| art. Munroe
sold his skins in Houston for $1.50 apiece,
many buying them for belts, while others
invested’ in them as a charm to prevent
rheumatism.
This is the hibernating season for
snakes, but owing to the continued warm
weather, it is thought that they remained
far from torpid as they usually are during
the winter, though they sought the fallen
tree for their cold weather sleep.
THE MORNING NEWS; THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. 1894.
THE DB AIN AGE QUESTION.
Commissioner Dale Beplies to Com
missioner Carson.
Savannah, Ga.. Jan. 22.—Editor Morn
ing News: Sir—ln yonr issue of the 15th
inst., you publish an interview with
County Commissioner J. A. G. Carson, in
which that gentleman is made to make
several statements which are not in ac
cordance with the facts; as Commissioner
Carson has now had ample time to make
corrections, and as he has not etaoseu to
do so, thereby verifying the statements,
in Justice to myself it devolves upon me
to correct the iingrant mistatements.
Commissioner Carson says "he is aware
that the work "has not progressed as rap
idly as it should have done,” and pro
ceeds to give his reasons for it, starting
off with this statement, to wit: "The
board had not been organized long before
the chairman of the commissioners,
without anv action on the part of the
board, took the entire force from cam])
No. 1 and had them put on the Buck
halter and Montgomery cross roads; this
caused a delay,' I think, of about two
weeks.”
The following letter will show what the
facts in this case are:
Savannah. Ga., Jan. 18,1804. —Mr.J. J. Dale,
Chairman. City: Sir—ln reply to your inquiry
in regard to thx work en the Buckhalter road
last soring, we ojld reply, that the board
Instructed you to have the work done as no
committees had been appointed at that time.
Yours truly,
William K b ioe, C. C. C.
W. F. Chaplin. C. C. C.
John Dillon. Clerk,
“Again,” says Commissioner Carson,
“the differences of opinion among the
members of the board last summer caused
delays in one way and another. Whiltt
the charges which had been prepared
against Maj. Blandford were being in
vestigated, the camp forces became de
moralized and there was some littlo dis
satisfaction among the guards and super
intendents.” 'This statement is simply
absurd. “That the differences of opinion
among the members of the board” causod
no delay in the work, is pa tent, to those who
took the trouble to read the "proceedin is
of the meetings of the eouuty commission
ers as published in the Morning News.
The plans of the majority of the board
have bedn adhered to in every instance.
Had Commissioner Carson said that “the
camp forces, became, to a certain extent,
demoralised, etc.,” before the charges
had been preferred against Maj. Bland
ford, he would have been nearer correct.
Maj. Blandford does not seem to have
been much disturbed during the investi
gation of the measurements of the work
said to have been done by the dredge by the
expert chosen by the majority of the
board of county commissioners, as to in
terfere with his duties, for it was stated
in your paper that while Mr. Chaplin and
myself viewed the work being done by
the expert, Mai. Blandford quietly at
tended to his duties, or words to that
effect. I presume the superintendents
and guards were also quietly attending
to their duties.
Commissioner Carson says, in alluding
to the county farm: “A portion of it,
which a year ago was a salt marsh, pro
duced this year one of the best rice crops
in this section.” When the rice planters
of olden times “took in” salt marsh lands
they would have been glad to have had
the experience of the managers of the
county’ farm. The fact is, a large propor
tion of the land upon which the said rice
was grown was “taken in” many years
ago—l doubt not, before Commissioner
Carson was old enough to partake
of that nutritious grain. It is
not at all surprising that Com
missioner Carson wishes to make excuses
for the small amount of work done in the
drainage department, well may he; but
he should confine himself to the true
causes, and not endeavor to elevate his
own standing by attacking others, and
with making statements that do not agree
with the facts; it might be detrimental to
his reputation. J. J. Dale, Chairman.
THE END OF THE WORLD.
Leader of the Adventists Explains
Why the Event Is Close at Hand.
From the Washington Post.
Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 21.—Elder
Smith, the head of the Adventists here,
has issued a statement showing why his
followers believe the world is soon to
come to an end. Ho says the gospel was
intended to do a specific work In the
world—to gather out a people for the
Lord, as stated in Acts, xv, 14.
“We believe,” says Elder Smith, “the
gospel has nearly accomplished its work
m the world and that a change of dispen
sation is at hand. We believe a change
is also awaiting the physical world, and
that change is described In Second Peter,
iii:,7. We understand that this physical
globe is to be renewed and will be the
everlasting abode of the redeemed under
the title of a ‘new heaven and anew
earth,’Revelations xxi, 1. Then will be
fulfilled Christ’s words in Matthew v, 5.”
A Relic of ‘‘Good Queen Bess.”
There is now in this city, says the Bos
ton Transcript, in the possession of Mr.
Charles A. flewins. a valuable and inter
esting relic of “Good Queen Bess” of
England. It is a glove which was worn
by her majesty at her coronation ceremo
nies, way back in the year of grace 1659.
It is also interesting as an example of the
glovemakers’ art in that early day. Sur
prising as it nia.yseem.it would be re
garded as a very good gauntlet even now.
It Is a well known fact that the queen
was possessed of a hand of more than
ordinary size, and many of her courtiers
grieved full sore at the Vigorous way she
had of using jt to cuff the oars of the pre
sumptuous ones. Although this glove
was never, in all probability, as
tight-itting as a woman of rank
would demand of a glove to-day for
a ceremony of such importance, yet it
could not have been much too large,
notwithstanding the size, according to
modern measures, is eight. As it lies on
a background of blue velvet, carefully
preserved from molh and dust by a frame
of gold and glass, it shows little of its
original beauty. It was evidently of
sheepskin, dressed white, and its ample
gauntlet was handsomely embroidered in
gold with the orb, crown and ostrich
plumes, the insignia of English royalty.
To-day the glove is gray and soiled and
the embroidery is black with tarnish, but
its grace is still there. The brief story of
this relic is. that it was given by the
queen, after the ceremony, to one of her
inaids of honor, who was a Scotch woman,
and until about four years ago it re
mained in the possession of her family.
Fownes&Co.. the London glovemakers,
then purchased it and hau it framed.
When Mr. Hewins was in England last
summer, he prevailed upon the owners to
allow him to take it home with him for a
time. There is in the Ashmolian Museum
at Oxford a glove which closely resembles
this one which is now in America.
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Official Rxeord for thy Morning Nows.
Local forecast for Savannah and vicinity
till midnight. Jan. 25. 1891: Clearing by
Thursday afternoon: docidedly colder; high
northwest to north winds; severe freezing
weather Friday night.
Forecast for Georgia: Generally clear, pre
ceded by showers in eastern portion; north
winds and a eold wave
Tho following telegram Ims been received
from the chief of the woather bureau at
Washington, D. C.:
Washington. Jan. 24. 11:30 p. m.-“--Observer.
Savannah. Ga.: Hoist storm northwest siz
nnls at 11:30 p. m. High northwest Winds,
caused by rapidly rising barometer, attended
by a cold wave. Mark W. Harrington,
Chief of Bureau.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah Ga., ou Jan. 24, 1894, with tho normal for
the day: _____
(Departure I Total
Temperature. j from the ! departure
Normal, j Mean. -(-or —• Jan. 1.1894.
5.1 | 02 -|- j -| 127
Comparative rainfall statement :
Departurel Total
, T . Amount from tho departure
Normal. for normal since
Jan. 24.1894 I or— Jan. 1,1891.
.11 .01 -.10 2.28
Maximum temperature. 72°: minimum, tem
perature. 53°.
The bight of tho Savannah river at Augusta
at Ba. m. 1 7.3 th Meridian tlme> yesterday whs
9.6 feet, a tall of 0.3 feet during the preceding
twenty-four hours.
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stations for the Mouni.no Ntws:
Rainfall
■ri ~
a :
Direction., j
Temperature., j
Namb
OF
Station.
Boston SftSW:23 .08 Raining
New York city. . 54 S ? 34 04 Cloud v
Philadelphia SSWi* .02 Cloudy
Washington city. 46'NW 26 .28 Raining
Norfolk (sc: S jl4 TPt ly cloudy
Hatterus 66! S 16 .20 Cloudy
Wilmington OOSWjIO .00 Cloudy
Charlotte 68 S [8 TlCloudv
Raleigh MSW 8 T Cloudy
Charleston 60 8 jL T lOlondv
Atlanta 34[NW[24 52 Pt ly cloudy
Augusta 64;S El 2 TlCloudv
SAVANNAH. .. 2|SW 7 Obtaining
Jacksonville 6s] W 6 ,02Pflv cloudy
Titusville 70 BE 12 T [Clear
Jupiter 70 S el OO Pt lyoloudv
Key West 72 E 6 T [Pt ly cloudy
Tampa 68 SW 8 .00 Pt’ly cloudy
Pensacola 46 NW 20 .24 Cloudy
Motile 38 N si .38Cloudy
BSSSTCsr 9ff a tas?
Vicksburg 24 N 18 T Clear
New Orleans 38! N 23 .10 Clear
Fort Smith BNW io .00 Clear
Galveston SIjNW js .OOTlear
Corpus Chrlstl... XB[NW ig .ooClear
Palestine 18 N 10 .OfiClear
Memphis I4| N 10 .uOClear
Nashville BNW io .82 Clear
Knoxville 24l N 8 ,M[Clear
Indianapolis 2 W 10 (SjClear
Cincinnati 4:NW 12 26[ctear
Pittsburg 26 NW 20 .38 Cloudy
Buffalo 28! W 40 . 30[Cloudy
Cleveland .SOl.Nnowing
Detroit 14! w 23 HjClear
Chicago —2SW 84 T Clear
Marquette —2l W 12 .18 Clear
St Paul —IiSW L .(0 Clear
Davenport Bi W 12 .OOClear
St. Louis 2jNW 10 .00Clear
Kansas City —2. NW 8 .(jo]Clear
Omaha —l N I, .Ga’ciear
North Piatte 2 S E 12 .OO'Cioar
Dodge City 10 S K 8 .COClear
Bismarca —lß] 6 8 .OOClear
P. H. Smytbl
Observer. Weather Bureau.
U. S. Department of Aoriculture, )
Weather Bureau, v
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 24, 10 p. m. j
weather synopsis.
The cold wave centers to-night in the
lower Missouri valley, with a slight de
crease in intensity. At 8 o’clock p. m.
the temperature at Bismarck was lb”, be
low zero, at St. Paul .16’ below, Daven
port 8’ below, St. Louis, Kansas Git.y and
Chicago 2° below, Cincinnati 4° above
zero, Nashville 8“ above, Mein phis 14°,
Knoxville 24°, Meridian and Vicksburg.
Miss., 24°, and Atlanta 84°. The crest of
the wave will probably move eastward
north of the 35th parallel
The temperature has fallen 50° in Mid
dle Tonhessee, 46° in Western Tennessee,
44° in Southern Ohio and Middle mdiaria,
32° to BtV in (’lantern Texas, and 12° to 30°
in the East Gulf states.
A decided rise in temperature has taken
place along the New England coast, in
Middle Nebraska and Southwestern Kan
sas. An area of comparatively low pres
sure extends from the St. Lawronce
valley southward to the South Atlantic
coast, with a storm central oil the New
England coast.
At 8 o'clockp. m. cloudiness prevailed
in Alabama, Florida, throughout the At
lantic states, in the lower lake region and
along the New England coast, with light
rain falling at Savannah, Washington
city. New Vork and Boston, and snow at
Cleveland.
Elsewhere generally clear weather was
reported. The following telegram was
received this (Wednesday) morning from
the chief of the weather bureau: Ob
server, Savannah. "Hoist cold wave sig
nal ; temperature will fall about twenty
(20°) degrees by Thursday nicht, and
probably below freezing by Friday morn
ing.”
The maximum temperature at Savan
nah to-day was 72°, and the minimum
53°, the meau temperature being 62°, or
9° above the normal.
P. H. Smyth,
Observer, Wenthor Bureau.
Late Shipping News.
For other marine news see 7 page.
Georgetown, SC, Jan 24—Sailed, sohr
Gladstone, Morris, Barbadoes.
Arrived, steamer Crouton, Hansen. New
York.
Beaufort, SC. Jan 24—Sailed. Port Royal 2!d
schr Tena A Colton for Savannah.
New Orleans, Jan 24—Cleared, steamships
Pedro Havre; Assaye, Liverpool; Whitney,
Havana: Prof Morse, Celba; West Indian
Liverpool.
Port Bads. Jan 24—Arrived, steamship
Brelfond [Nor], Eakiland Bo,as del 'loro;
Kovor, Colombo, Belize. Honduras: Newton,
Madeira; Carolina jSp|. Aldumtz, Liverpool.
Sailed, steamship Albert Dumols Port
Limon; Engineer, Liverpool; Joseph Otcri,
jr. Cell)*: Drummond, Rotterdam; El Monte,
Hudson, Now York
Mobile, Jan 24 Cleared, bark Norma.rNor!.
Andersen. Rotterdam, steamship Mithildia,
INorj, (irann. Greenock, schr A F Crockett,
Thorndike Havana
Pensacola Jan 24—Arrived, tug Carboner.
Hopkins. Galveaton; sohr Dalgey. Farlln.
Dunton, Galveston; Angie L G reel, Ann, Lee,
Havana.
Cleared, tug Carboner. Hopkins. Havana;
bark Julius Port Vlerea Oporto: schrs Kl|a
L Davenport Dunten, Philadelphia; Carrie
Strong, Tampico
balk clothing cq.
whs n6t
have your Shirts made to order, espe
cially as you can now get them for less
than the same shirt would cost ready
made ? The shirts for which we are
taking measures would cost ready
made about II SO, made to order 82—
The price of the County Down Manu
facturing Cos. in order to introduce
them and to start the factory going In
dull times Is
18 2.3 A HALF DOZEN.
Folk ClotlUnj Cj,
CHEAP ADVERTISING,
ONE CENT A WORD.
Advertisements, ib words or more.
In this column Inserted for ONE CENT A
WORD, Cash In Advance, each Insertion.
Anybody who has any want to supply, any
thing to buy or sell, any business or aooom
modatXons to socure; Indeed, any wiah to
gratify, should advertise In this column.
PERSONAL.
kk T>RKSENTS,” Anger rings are always
handy. Friendship rings, stiver, 25c.,
gold, 50c. Misses’ rings, handsomely set. 11.50.
PIMn solid gold rings from 81.50 up to 810.
Fegeas, the reliable jeweler, 112 Broughton
street.
( CHILDREN'S soiree at Prof. Black H Danc-
VJ ing Academy this afternoon from 6
o’clock to 8. Soiree to night class Friday
evening. Jan. 28.
DO you want money? If so. you can get all
you want on your diamonds, watches,
Jewelry, clothing, tools, guns, pistols, etc.,
and on almost anythingbf value, at the Old
Reliable Pawnbroker House. 179 Congress
street, R Muhlberg. menager.
SOLID COMFORT-After I have treated
your feet you will wish you had called on
me sooner. I cum corns, bunions and In
growing too nail. L. Davis, Resident Chlrop
odist, 82 Broughton street.
HELP WANTED.
\\f ANTED, a good barber, white or mu
r> latto, with several years’ experience
and strietl.v sober. Apply to Geo. S. Black*
burn, Statesboro. Ga.
SALESMAN wanted to oarry finest side line
on earth. Elgin Cigar Factory, Lynch
burg, Va.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
TX7ANTEP, position to travel; ten years
v T experience, and controls good trade
Address Traveler, this office.
\I7ANTED. cooking or nursing, and plain
' sewing in first class family, by an ex
perienced white woman. Address E. S., Morn
ing News.
"VITANTED, position as nursery governess
' * (German), also very handy at sewing.
Address N. H., Morning News.
TIT ANTED, position at anything: will
v v clerk, collect, or do general office work;
moral habits. Address J. H. Hooker. 60 West
Broad street.
~ ' MiSCELL ANE U U S WANTS. _
\\T ANTED, names of persons troubled
vv with asthma or any cough- Samples
and books mailed free. F. Gonuux, Houma,
La.
TO RENT.
lilOR RENT, furnished front and hall rooms
on tecond floor; gas and bath same floor.
York, first door west Whltakor.
J AOUBr.E front room to rent for gentlemen;
-l A large fireplace; $1 50 each per week. iBO
Hroughton street
TAOR RENT, three rooms; $7 per month.
-J- Z7 l /i Congress street.
N EWLY furnished rooms to rent. Hot
and cold laths. 50 Habersham, corner
S. Broad.
State
of
tYuaiiif.r.
IYLAT of three rooms with bath for rent. 193
Perry street.
HOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT.
fIOR RENT, store with two rooms. 14s
Abcr.'orn, near Hall street: rent $8 50
per month. Apply D. Kohler, HO Broughton
street.
TAOK RF.NT, home, 232 Jefferson; all con'
X 1 venlonces. Apply Louis Vogel, 220 Jef
ferson.
rpo RENT. 2 story wooden tenement on
A briek basenu nt, McLonough street, near
West Broad. Possession given immediately.
61 Elbert square.
>IOR RENT, that desirable dwelling, corner
Whitaker and perry streets. Apply to
Andrew Hanley. 30 Whitaker street.
TI4OR KENT, from Feb. 1. house No. 96Jones
X street. Apply to Champion & Garmany,
D8 Bryan street.
IMGHT-BQOM new house, all modem im
x provements. I6i l , New Houston, for rent.
Apply Appel St Scbaul.
HOUSE for rent, 9t 1 4 Whitaker street.
Apply Mohlenbrook. cor. Charlton, or’
114 Jones street. Jacoo Cohen.
lAOR RENT, a store on the southwestern
X corner of Broughton and A hercorn also
store on Abercorn, Becoud door south of
Broughton. For particulars, apply to S.
Guckenhelmor St Sons, Bay and Jefferson
streets.
IHOR RENT. 171 Gordon street, fronting
X Chatham square; (8.5 per mouth to tho
right party. Apply W. H. Connerat.
STORK, No. B3!j Abercorn near Jones street,
for rent cheap; suitable for any business;
it has been thoroughly renovated: tastily
papered, and makes a neat appearance. J. r.
Brooks A Frlpp. j
T/dOR RENT, the premises. 161 Congress
X street, now oocuplod by Drvfus A Kick,
possession Oct. 1. Apply to Goo. W. Owens,
124 Bryan street.
RESIDENCE No B 8 Ferry street, now va
cant; tenants In possession notliled. W
J. Harty, No. 15 Habersham s.reet,
FORSALt.
House and lot for sale in town of
Louisville, the county seat of Jefferson
county, a prosperous and thriving little city.
The house contains 5 large rooms, 3 of them
I -lister finished and 2 ceiled. A comfortable
house for small family. The lot on which
house stands is situated in center of town,
high and dry, having 2 large stables, a feed
room and other out-hou?us. Lot contains one
acre, more or less, and just across streeL from
the hotel, which is owned by Dr. Halllwanger.
of Savannah, who had it built a rew years ago
by Savannah workmen, and is paving him a
handsome Interest. The aforesaid house and
lot opposite hotel will he sold, on reasonable
terms Money is scarce, times are hard, so
very little money will be required. Fartles
desiring io purchase apply by letter or In
person to W. J. Lettice, Louisville, Ga.
/IKIMKKY STORE, established stand In
VI large neighborhood and no Competition
north of Waldhurg street. Apply to llam
mond J. Read, room 4, Frovldent building.
A N afternoon newspaper In large southern
x- city for sale. Address P. O. Box 334,
Charleston, S. Cl
XIOOD AND CHEAP. Anyone wishing to
VJf buy a good sot of bedroom furniture,
cuii at West Broad street.
\* APHTHA launch for sale,SOxrfnet, copper
sheathed, glass front, fast, good seauoat.
perfc torder. Cualc, 10 West I turtle th street,
New York.
__ FOR SALE.
MILK, cream and butter. Vale Royal
Dairy, j>ost office box 200.
AK. WILSON will sell at auction. 110
• Congress street, this -day at II o'clock,
cedar chest, stoves, line sideboard, carpets,
furniture, iron safes, desks, carriages, nar
ness. lounge tools, turpentine axes, etc.
MERCHANTS and Meihanics I-and Com
pany are offering on easy terms S acre
tracts with railroad or shellroad frontage,
on Skidawa.v. Bonaveature and Thunderbolt
shellroad: also smaller areas on Wilmington
river, with railroad in rear. For terms and
fuller particulars, apply to D. G> Purse, Presi
dent, No. 11l Bay street.
BEFORE you nuy or sell property consult
Robert H. Tatem, Real Estate Dealer,
No. f Bull street.
/"lOWS. COWS, just arrived at atable. 10
head tine blooded acclimate 1 gentle
family mtlchers and springers, also have lot
cheap milchers auil springers at our farm,
known as l'wickingham Dairy, adjoining olty
on cast side. J. F. Oullmartln A Cos.
TI•" " ' llvcred. Telephone 119. W. C.
McDonough
IOST. Wednesday morning, on Hull stroet,
i a lady’s handbag, silk, with morocco
trimmings, containing keys and pocketbook,
with small sum of money. Kifnler will please
return to No. 187 Whitaker street.
I GST. on Tuesday, Jan 21, from premises.
I J a reddish setter, half grown, about five
months old. suitable reward if delivored to
S. It. Adams, Cfl Gwinnett streot.
1" OST. lady's hairpin, tortoise shell orna
i moated with twogold coils with diamond
set between tho colls. Reward If returned to
Dole, Dixon & Cos.
REWARD.
LSIVE dollars' reward will be paid for proof
I to convict the party who stole the milk
sign and rod from my stoop 161 Gordon street,
on Monday night. M. L. Exley.
_ BOARDING. ~
N'ICF. rooms and meals at 186 South Brood
street; a few more boarders wanted
613W0 young men can obtain beautiful
X front room and boaid In private house;
every convenience. 159 Gordon.
M ISC ELL A N EOUB
T>IPE smokers, try a 5-cent paokage of Ar-
I row Plug Cut Feu sole by all dealers.
HOSES, La France. Mareehal Ntel, the
Bride, Papa Gontier. etc., violets, nar
clssus, hyacinths, asparagus plumosus fern,
floral designs a specialty. Leave orders at
Strong s Pharmacy. 87 Bull street. George
Wagner, Thunderbolt road. Telephone 498.
BICYCLES."
Ft NO
The lien Hur
Will be Leaders
IN SAVANNAH
IN 1894.
Write for our elegnnt descriptive catalogue
CENTRAL CYCLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
GOODS
fj f gpn \ j -THE-
Ut SR RELIABLE"
Holler uni Men’s Mir,
STILL OFFERS
DUNLAP’S AND STETSON’S
FINE HATS,
nod Men’s Underwear
REDUCED 10 LOWEST FIGURES.
LaFAR i 132 Broughton St.
OPEN UNTIL MAY.
HOTEL
60RD0VH.
St. fluorine.
One of the group of Spanish Moresque
palaces (Ponce de Leon, Alcazar. Cordova).
American plan. Kate $3, S3 50, $4 per day.
C. B. K NOTY, Manager.
Hotel Ponce de Leon will onen Jan. 10. 1894a
I IIOM/aSVILLE, GA.
MITCHELL HOUSE.
Now open under an entirely NEW manage
ment. offering to the public a house thorough
ly first-class In all its details.
LOUIS P. ROBERTS, Proprietor.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
Great Inducements In Diamonds.
Solitaire Diamond Earrings $25. S2B, (30, (36
to 1250 a pair.
Solitaire Diamond Kings $6.(10, (15,(18, (20,
$25, up to (400 each.
All warranted Genuine Fine Diamonds.
Solid Gold Wutches at most reasonable
firices. Gold Filled Watches from $lO up.
mmense stock of Silver Novelties. Hat Pins,
Hair Pin*. Match Boxes, snd hundreds of
other things, too numerous to mention. Solid
Gold. Pearl Handle Pens, in cases, tor 11.60
Call aud examine I efore buying.
Also finest line of Silverware, at,
DESBOUILLONS’,
No. Hull street.
AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.
BrTfisOa r kßa r badlai
BY J. McUUSHLIN &. SON,
On THURSDAY, 26th January, 1894, at the
Upper Hydraulic Press, in tho port at Sa
vannah. Unitod Statea, at 13 o'clock.
The British hark BARBADIAN. Anderson,
master. 675 tons register, composite build,
iron rrame. with wood planking: beams, bul
warks, stanchion and kelson all Iron: dlawseff
in 1893 for four yoars, and repper fastened.
Sold by order of the hoard of survey for ao
count of all concerned.
Tho Barbadian will be sold either entire ef
hy piecemeal as suits owner*, if the vessel
is unsold entire, then the hull, spars water
tanks and stand.ng rigging will be sold to
gother anil all the other articles belonging be
said vessel will be offered, as follows:
Upwards of 30 Sails 6 Anchors and Moor*
Ing Chain. Chain Cable. Hemp bower Cable,
Hawsers. 3 Boats, Oars, otc.. Blocks, colls off
old running rigging. Spun Yarn, Twine,
Paints,Oils,.Ct-mpassca,Signal Lanterna.Fog
llorns. Sea Leuds. etc., together with a large
extended Inventory, comprising everything
required for a seagoing ship. Inventory da
tie seen at office of J. McLaughlin A Son and
Messrs Richardson & Barnard's..
RICHARDSON A BARNARD,
Agent*.
IJL- " i ..l.'Wg
AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS.
' trustee^sTale
Of the Southern Cider end Vlnegmr Co*
I. D. & R. D. LaROCHE, Auctioneers.
On FRIDAY, the 26th day of January, J 894,
on premises. No. 4 Williamson street, at I*'
o'oloek am., I will sell for cash to tho
highest bidders.
The comnlete plant of the Southern Otdent
and Vinegar Company, together with all tho
material, chemicals and fruit Juices used In
the manufacturing of cider and vlnogar. Also
all the office furniture. (Signed!
ISADORE SILVERBERG,
Trustee for tho Southern Cider and Vlnogalt
Company.
- not.ces.
' * George T. Haywood has applied to Cour*
of Ordinary for letters of administration otbi
the estate of ALFRED HAYWOOD, do*
ceased. These are, therefore, to cite ana adw
monish all whom It may concern to he uia
appear beforo said court to make objection fig
any they have) on or before the first Monflaw
in February next, otherwise said letters will
bag ranted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferrtll, orv
dlnary for Chatham county, this the 3d day off
January, 1894.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk O. 0, 0. a, j
/~1 EORGIA, CHATHAM CottNTT.—EllzahetJ
■ * Murphy has applied to the Court of Or
dinary for n twelve months’ support for herd
self and minor children out of the estate of J 4
J- MURPHY, deceased. Appraisers havto
made returns allowing same.
These are, therefore, to cite all whom it maj*
concern to appear before said court to tnakO
objection on or before the first Monday it*
February next, otherwise same will bo
granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L. Ferrille
Ordinary for Chatham county, this tho DOUp
day of December. 1803.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0..C.0.
/lEOHOIA, Cnatham Oountv—
' I Francis S. Lathrop has applied toCourtoa
the of Ordinary for letters ot udmlnlstraUoa
estate of WILLIAM G. LATHROP. deceased.
These are. therefore, to cite ar and admonish
all whom it may concern to tie and appear be
foro said Court to make objection (if anv
they have) on or before the first Monday in
February next, otherwise said letters will he
granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferrlll, Or*,
dlnary for Chntham countv, this the 3d day
ot January, 1894.
FRANK E KEILBACH.
Clerk C. 0., qft
IN Chatham Superior court March term,!
|. 1891 Alice Cleveland vs. Frank Cleve-j
land, libel for total dlvoroe. To Franlej
Cleveland. 3ou are hereby required to ap-’
pear at the next March term, 1894, of Chat-i
nam superior court, to unswer the libellant;
on the* merits ot the petition filed In tba>
above cause.
Witness the Honorable Kobort Falllgantd
Judge of said court, this 4th day of January*
1891. JAMES K. P. CARR,
Clerk S. c. c. C. Go.
GniFFiK & Brown, Attys. for Plaintiff.
/TKORGIA, Chatham Countt.—Whereaa,l
vl James H. Johnston has upplled to tho
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Admlnlstra-I
tion on the estate of JAMES JOHNSTON. JR.,
deceased, I hese are, therefore, to cite and
admonish nil whom it may concern to he and
appeor before said court to make objection (if
any they havei on or before the first Monday
in February next, otnerwise said letters will
he granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L. Fer-i
rill. Ordinary for Chatham County, this tha
30th day of Decern! er. 1h93.
FRANK E. KEILBACH, •
Clerk 0. 0., 0. C.
o fficial:
City of Savannah. Office Clerk of Council,
Jan. :32. IHII4. The following ordinance laid on
the i able to betaken up for consideratloß, lii'
published for information:
F. E. Rfratifr,
Clerk of Council,.
By Alderman W. I. O’Brien, at tho request "off
the mayor:
An ordinance to repeal so much of an ordi
nance, passed Nov. 23, 1881, as provides fop
the appointment of sergeants of police, and
to repeal so much of ordinances passed Jan.
5. IB6U. und May 84, 1871. on provides for the
appointment of privates of police, and to re
peal section 368 of MacDonell's Code, re
quiring policemen to lie tried in the police
court for breach of good order, disclpliaa.
etc.
Section 1. Be it ordnlned by the mayor and
aldermen of thc city of Savannah In council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by au
thority of the same that the portions of th*
said above recited ordinance alluded to and
contained in sections 149, 318 and 319 Mac-
DOnell s code, are hereby repealed and the
following substituted therefor: The sergeant*
of police shall he appointed by the mayor on
recommendation of the chief of police subject
to tho approval of council, and shall hold
their office during good behavior and capacity
to discharge the duties of their office; pro
vided nevertheless, that upon recommenda
tion of the chief of police the mayor may dis
charge any or all of the said sergeants when
ever in the opinion of the mayor the service*
of any or all of said sergeants are nir longer
desired for the police service, said discharge
to 1)0 with or without cause, and subject to
the approval of council.
Hoc. 8. The privates of police shall be ap
pointed by the mayor on recommendation ot
the chief of police, and they shall continue in
the employ of the city as privates of the po
lice force during good behavior and capacity
to discharge the duties of the position; pro
vided. nevertheless, that upon recommenda
tion of the chief of police the mayor may dis
charge any private of the police for violation
of unv of the rules or regulations of the police
department or of any of the city ordinances,
and may. on the recommendation of the chief
of police, discharge any private, with or with
oat cause, whenever, in the opinion of the
mayor, kls services are not necessary for th*
police service; and be it ordained by the au
thority of the aforesaid, that the mayor and
aldermen of the city of Savannuhshallalways
have the right to discharge any or all of the
sergeants and privates of the police force
whenever, in the opinion of the board, such Is
desirable, or a reorganization or chauge la
the said department is necessary.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that that
portion of tho ordinance passed in 1880, and
contained in section 362, MaeDonell's Code,
which requires that policemen shall be tried
in the police court for breach of discipline,
good order and violation of rules and regula
tions, he, und the same Is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. Be It further ordained that all ordi
nances or parts of ordinances in conflict with
this be, und the same are hereby repealed.
NURSERY.
RIESLING'S NURSERY^
White Bluff Road.
PLANTS. Bouquets. Designs, Cot Flower*
furnished to order. Leave orders a*
hose nf rid A Murray'*. 36 Whitaker street.
The Belt Railway passes through the au*>
scry, 'luteplums Mu.
OLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for 16 cents, at
Hnstoess Office Morning New*
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