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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. MEDICAL. BEW&HSjhVURIP Dr. Edson fears another epidemic, and sounds the alarm. In Inner and chest pains, coughs, colds, hoarseness and pneumonia, no other external remedy affords prompt preven tion and quicker cure than BENSON’S POROUS PLASTER. Indorsed by over 5,000 Physicians and Chemists. Be sure to get the genuine Henson's, may be had from all druggists. I SEABURY & JOHNSON, Chemists, N. Y. City. | MEDICAL HIP-JOINT DISEASE. Klitabetti, Harrison Co s., Ini. —n. At the age of eight yc X years I became afflict frmm I Vt ed with "Hip-joint X J Disease." For a vear I suffered as much as ■wC \J it was possible for a D human being to suf- J ter. My physicians —J told me I would bars \ / to wait patiently, but j my fathc*.- procured me some of Doctor Vjy\/LrCf \v Pierce's Golden toedi- ATTy / \ c <d Discovery, and I \\// I \ found my failing I Yg i health restored. \ / I can cheerfully say Edward J. Roth, that I believe I owo my life to the use of that valuable medicine. Yours truly, EDWARD J. RUSH. PIERCE CURE A scrofulous state of the system is the frimal cause of Hip- joint Disease. Dr. force's Golden Medical Discovery has cured thousands of eases of Scrofula. I> Skin Diseases, all Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, it’s the only yuai antred Llood purifier. 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* 3