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MARINE 'NTELLIGENCE.
<iunS*tg_ J-J JJ_ J , •_•“ 9:50
(Central Standard Time).
•' Monday, July 30.
Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship Tallahassee. Asklns. Boston—
r;, inderson. Agent.
Steamship Dessoug Doughty, Philadelphia
r r, Anderson, Agent.
""steamshiplris [Belyi, Smit, Wilmington,
vr—Antwerp Naval fetoies Cos.
■ Steamer Alpha, Daniels.Bluflton—C H Med
|0 steamer Ethel. Carroii. Augusta and way
landings—W T Gibson. Manager.
Arrived Below Yesterday.
Bark Hertnod [Nor], Fredrlcksen, Bremen,
(for orders)—J C Andersen & Cos.
Sailed Yesterday.
steamship Nacoochee. New York.
ghipGripen ISwJ, Rotterdam.
Departed Yesterday.
-earner Aipna. Daniels. Bluflton, (with
.s'cursioni— C H Medlock, agent.
Memoranda.
Key West, July 28—Entered, schr Irene,
rarballo. Tampa; steamship Maecotte, Deck
er Havana
neared, steamship Mascotre, Tampa; schrs
Rollin Sanford, Newman. Miami. Lily White,
Griffin, Punta Rassa; Hollyhock, Saunders.
' l Port* Eads. July 29—Arrived, steamship
Knickerbocker, Halsey, New York; City of
Dallas, Ra\ mond, Puerto Cortez.
-ailed, steamships Kerrweider. Hamburg
via Norfolk; Brelfond, Bocas del Toro, Henry
Dumois. Santa Marta; ship Susanne. Bremen,
tchr Anna M .vtammer, Boston
New York, Julv 27—Cleared, steamer James
T,jrpie [Brl, Smith. Corsaw
Sailed, schr John H Tingue, Burdge. Savan-
Ea iialtimore. July 27—Arrived, schr Emma
C Knowles, Mayhew, Charleston.
Brunswick, July 27—Arrived schrs Harry
p Kitter, Peterson. Philadelphia; Almeda
Willey. Willey, Boston, Robt J Barr, Phila-
E *Cleared, brig Virglnes [Spl, Palma, Barce
-1 hailed, schr Chas H Valentine, Thompson,
New York.
Richmond, Julv 28—Arrived, schr Benj F
I,ee, steelman. Port Royal
FernaDdlna. July 27—Sailed, schr Anna E
Pendleton. Thomas. New York.
Hartlepool. July 26—Arrived,steamer Tock
with r Hr], Newton. Fernandina.
Hull, July 26—Sailed, bark Framnas [Sw],
Nilson, Mobile.
Delfzyl. Julv 20—Arrived, bark Altai IRus],
Nyroos, Darien.
Spoken.
Schr Frank W Howe, Boston for Brunswick
July 26, 8 miles N Hatteras.
For additional shipring news
see other columns.
Notice to Mariners,
The United States Hydrographic Office has
been removed f-om the basement to the first
floor of the Cusiom House and now occupies
the office In the northeast corner of the
building
Pllo* charts and all hydrographic Informa
fon will be furnished masters of vessels free
of charge in United states Hydrographic
OSlce in the custom house Captains are re
ouested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
Passengers.
Per steamship Nacoochee for New York—
Miss Jessie Thompson, H J McGinnis and
wife and child. Dr Moore and wife and two
children E skinner, M J Brown. E Golds
man. J W Walker, E S McCreary, Mrs Dunn,
C Bush. F. Blan, L M LeHardy and wife, W H
Mills. C M Law, C H Richardson. C J Hunter,
J Weiss, E Engel Jr, A Anderson, J Z Solo
mon, I B Mount, C W Lawson, C Thompson.
Per steamship Tallahassee from Boston—
J M Tracy. Mrs I’raoy H Hamilton. I' N Al
len WII Seibert, W Harden! J N Lovell, D
Batchelder. Mrs A F Sinclair. Mrs J Henry,
Mrs L Adams and Infant (col), W Pettlbone
and two steerage.
Export*.
Per steamship Nacoochee for New York
-185 bales ro; ton. 58 bales moss. 266 bales do
mestics. 8.610 melons. 100.200 shingles. 1.961
pieces lumber. 887 bales hides. 49 bales sweep
ings. 705 bbls fruit. 210 boxes fruit, 22 boxes
vegetables, 50 tons pig Iron.
LIST OF VESSELS
Up. Cleared and Sailed for This Port.
STEAMSHIPS.
Castiegrath, 1673 tons, , Shields, sld
July 7.
Powhatan, 1712 tons, Edwards, Genoa, sld
July 20.
BARES.
Arenfißp TNor], Omland, London, sld July 26.
Augustina' 'Nor], 896 tons, Larsen. Dantzic,
sld J une 2.
Blandina [Aus], 791 tons, Rosmannich, Gir
gentt. sld June 26.
Pamela C [ltal], 597 tons, Cafiero, London,
passed Dover July 20
Carlo [ltal], 751 tons. Trapani, Girgenti, sld
June 28. Passed Gibraltar July 18.
Cyphrian [NorJ, 880 tons. Hansen, Hamburg,
passed Dover July 16.
Edward A Sanchez, 463 tons, Fooks. at Balti
more July 25.
Godtbaab [Nor], Bie, Rochefort sld June 19.
Gnisseppi d' Albundo [ltall, tons. Castag
liola. Rotterdam, sld June 1.
I.uigl Rugglera [ltalJ. 490 tons, Basile, Hull,
sld July 14.
Morcengry [Nor], Relnertsen, Exmouth, sld
July 11.
Mane Kuyper [Ger], 362 tons, Maass, London,
sld June 6.
Rex [Nor], Andersen. Arendal, sld Junes.
Ragnhild [Norl. tons. Honliuer. sld June 3.
Rhea [Ger], 670 tons. Bulow, Greenoch, sld
July 17.
Singapore [Ger], 922 tons. Voss, Hamburg,sld
July 23.
Sondre INor], 585 tons, Nielsen, London, sld
July S.
Veneta fNcr], 647 tons, Pedersen, Rotterdam,
sld Julv 14
Washington I Ital], 636 tons, Cafiero, Dublin,
sld June 29.
BRIG.
Robert Dillon, 431 tons, Leighton, New York,
sld July 19.
SCHOONERS.
Aaron Reppard, 436 tons, Steelman, at Phila
delnhia July 18.
Georgetta Lawrence, 229 tons. Rowland, at
New York July 18.
Harriet C Kerlin, 491 tons, Dutch, at Norfolk
July 28
Hilda, 615 tons, O’Donnell, Philadelphia, sld
July 18.
Ida Lawrence, 489 tons, Campbell, Baltimore,
eld July 21.
Island Citv. 406 tons. Voorhees, at Philadel
phia. July 25.
Jenu.e Thomas, 657 tons, Young, at Baltimore
July 25.
John H Tingue. 525 tons, Burdge, New York,
sld July 27,
Linah C Kaminski, 421 tons. Anderson, New
York, sld Julv 14.
May O’Neill, 574 tons, Watts, Boston, sld
July 25.
Thomas A Ward, 765 tons, Lyman, Norfolk,
July 9.
THE GREEN CORN DANCE.
Pottawatomie Indians Now Indulging
in Their Curious Celebration.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Topeka, Kan., July 34. —The Pottawat
omie Indians are just now reveling in
their annual “preen corn dance’’ on their
reservation, about twenty miles north
west of Topeka. Hundreds of people
daily go there from the ueignborinp
towns and the surrounding country to
look upon the Indian in his native haunts
Participating in the sports that have
broken the monotony of camp life and the
war trail for his ancestral line for many
.’> ears.
ihe green corn dance is a celebration
to the Indian deity on the arrival of the
green corn season, as the name suggests.
I he dance lasts day and night for about
! welve days, though of late years the
limit has been shortened as civilization
approached. It will probably soon die
out altogether.
•ho braves do all the dancing. The
r< iebraiioo continues day ami night, dif
ferent braves dancing while others rest
‘tit exercises are conducted in a ring.
,J ot uhlike a circus ring The partici
iarits are dressed in all the grotesque
'•■•turnes of the race , with feathers,
ueads and furs The braves are seated
‘found the edge of the ring, With fa) es
•o l he center. Tne music, which consists
of several Indians beating on a one-skin
drum, in the middle of the ring, guides
the dancers. The dance, which consists
of contortions of the body that only an
Indian is capable of, and hideous imita
tions of the cries of wild animals, lasts
continuously for about a half hour, and
then the music stops, while one of the
braves in the ring makes a speech, always
using the Indian tongue.
The squaws have also a duty to per
form. They are kept busy taking care of
the babies and cooking a green-colored
liquid from the corn, which is brought
into the ring in tin buckets, steaming hot,
and from which the dancers take refresh
ment. The dance is full of interest to
the white people, and at times as many as
1.000 people have gathered around the
ring to witness the celebration.
A BRIDEGROOM LOCKED TIP.
Held by His Mother on the Night Set
for His Wedding.
From the New York Sun.
John Beatty, a grocer's clerk in Eliza
beth. found himself in an embarrassing
predicament on Thursday evening. At
the hour appointed for his wedding he
was locked in his own room at home. His
mother had the key. She also had cer
tain necessary portions of his wedding
suit. It isn’t the coat and waistcoat that
make the man in warm weather. It's the
—well, the other garments that Mrs.
Beatty had removed from her son’s
room. Their absence was more serious
as an obstruction than the barred door, so
that John was forced to stay in his room
all night.
After a long wait, messengers brought
the news of his misfortune to the bridal
party. They made efforts to rescue him,
but Mr. Beatty held the key of the door
and the situation. But her "strategy did
not win for her a decisive victory. John
made his escape yesterday, and late in
the afternoon took the girl, of his choice
to Newark and brought her back as Mrs.
John Beatty.
Mrs. John Beatty, who was until yes
terday afternoon Miss Annie Sloan, has
been living for the past year with her
uncle, J. W. Orr, a grocer, at 808 Eliza
beth avenue. Miss Sloan's father was a
well-to-do farmer in Brooklyn, la. She
has received a good education and some
musical training and is also pleasant to
look upon.
John Beatty found his duties at her un
cle’s store much pleasanter after Miss
Sloan’s arrival, She lived with the Orrs
in comfortable apartments over the
store, and as John was a manly, good
looking chap, she frequently came down
to talk with him a bit when business was
dull. Then John fell into the habit of
going up stairs to hear Miss Sloan play,
and so it went on until John found him
self in love, and Annie admitted that she
was likewise.
But John's mother, who lives at 24
Reid street, his big brother, and his sis
ter suspected that he was thinking of
marriage, and they determined to bead
him off. They had nothing to say against
Miss Sloan, but they objected to John’s
marrying any one. He and his brother
supported the family. Mr Orr was also
opposed to the marriage, for his niece
was somewhat of an heiress.
When Mr. Orr found that the young
people were, as Miss Sloan expressed it,
“really and truly in earnest,” he gave
his consent to the marriage, and made
arrangements to have it take place in his
rooms.
Miss Sloan made her own wedding
dress, and every one who saw it said that
no handsomer gown had been seen in
Klizabeth this summer. John neglected
to inform his mother of the approaching
marriage, and, knowing her opposition,
he began to remove his clothes, on the in
stallment plan, to Mr. Orr’s rooms.
Ihe ceremony was to have taken place
on Thursday evening at 8 o’clock in Mr.
Orr s rooms. The Kev. C. F. Nettleship,
an old friend of Mr. Orr’s, came over
from Newark to tie the knot. John went
home to supper on Thursday night, as
usual. His mother had found out that he
had taken away nearly all his personal
effects.
John said nothing at supper about
his approaching marriage, and when he
went to his room to dress his mother fol
lowed him.
“Are you thinking of getting married
to-night, John?” she asked.
"I am,” he answered.
“I shall not permit it,” said Mrs.
Beatty.
“I love Miss Sloan,” said John, as he
smoothed down his black hair, “and we
are going to be married at 8 to-night.”
“No you are not,” said Mrs. Beatty,
and, grabbing up portions of his wardrobe
which it is the fasnion just now to crease,
she raarfched out of the door and locked it
behind her. John was naturally angry.
He pounded on the door.
“iou shan’t get married to-night,” said
Mrs. Beatty on the other side.
John pleaded and begged, but it was no
use. When 8 o’clock drew near he became
desperate and kicked on the door, and
through it tried to argue with his mother.
She wouldn’t argue.
Meanwhile the wedding guests had as
sembled, and Miss Sloan had put on her
wedding gown. When John didn’t appear
at the appointed hour Miss Sloan became
nervous. Her nervousness increased as
the minutes passed, but she didn’t lose
faith in her lover.
“Something has detained him,” she
said, “or he would be here.”
At 8:45 John’s big brother came along
and told Mr. Orr that there would be no
wedding in his house that night. Mr.
Orr took John’s big brother up stairs and
learned from him that the groom was be
ing detained under lock and key. This
news agitated the bride, but it braced up
her confidence in her lover.
A messenger was sent to Mason with
Mrs. Beatty. He returned, saying that
she wouldn't listen to reason. Then the
Kev. Mr. Nettleship went out himself to
talk to the “good woman.” He used that
phrase before be went. When he came
back he brought such discouraging news
that the bridal party separated and left
John to his fate.
At 10 o’clock yesterday morning, John
appeared at Mr. Orr’s store very angry
and very determined. He didn’t wear
his coat and waistcoat. He had ex
changed them with his mother for a pair
of trousers.
“I’m going to get married, Mr. Orr.”
he said, “just as soon as I can get into
some clothes.”
"Good for you,” said Mr. Orr. “I like
your pluck, and I’ll help you.”
John had some clothes at the Orrs. He
put them on. Then he saw Miss Sloan
and told her how he had been made a
prisoner. At noon they went over to
Newark. The Rev. Mr. Nettleship was
at home, and he lost no time in marrying
them.
When they returned to Elizabeth as
Mr. and Mrs. Beatty, John was the
proudest grocer’s clerk that ever drew
molasses, and the fortunate ones who saw
the bride thought that he had the right
to be. Rooms had been furnished for
them over tho Orrs, and, although it was
his wedding day, John went right to
work.
Mrs. Beatty bustled around and ar
ranged the furniture, and nothing was
heard from John's mother. But she did
make it very embarrassing for John on
Thursday nigbL
The following appears in a small pro
vincial paper “The bridegroom's pres
ent to the bride was a handsome diamond
brooch, besides many other beautUul
things in cut glass "-Tit-Bits.
Proud Father (looking at his first)
len the sweet' Mother Yes, ideedyis
Wee lest Itty sing as ever was Proud
Father Looks almost human, doesn't he’
—Harper's Bazar _
Hltbop John M WslUon of the Methodist
Episcopal church began life oo an Ono liver
Uaiooet Uu saiary tea* 50 cents a day.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 30, isfij.
A BRILLIANT SWINDLER.
David Coleman and His Very Clever
Methods.
So Engaging tn Manner and So Skilled
in Business No One Detected Him.
Bankers and Business Men Easily
Deceived—Coleman, It Is Believed,
Has Made Good Hia Escape to the
Other Side.
From the Philadelphia Press
New York, July 37.—David Coleman
must be esteemed, perhaps, the most bril
liant geni us of swindling who has made
this city his temporary home for many a
day. His name or this name is inscribed
upon at least two of the books of the
banks of this city and one of a bank in a
neighboring town in which are registered
the names of new customers or depositors.
In each of these banks he was welcomed
as a most desirable client, and in each of
them within twenty-four hours he had
been discovered to be an expert swind
ler
The methods of the police by which
! professional scoundrels are recorded and
their whereabouts from time to time as
certained will not serve in the case of
David Coleman. All that the astute de
tectives have been able to discover is that
he had some brilliant exploits in forgery
and evil persuasion in Richmond.
The officers are not even sure that the
Richmond gentlemanly villain and David
Coleman are the same person. The police
find no record in their books of any com
pany of forgers or swindlers of which
David Coleman may have been a member.
Therefore they have no clew to begin
with, and as Mr Coleman came whence
nobody knows, so he has departed whither
nobody can discover, and he has taken
with "him some 810,000 in cold cash
as politely and skillfully wheedled out of
astute business men as like exploit was
ever done. He has, morever, with him
certificates of stock of three corpora
tions, the half title in a piece of Jersey
real estate and nobody knows how many
other valuable tnings.
The story of the domgs of this accom
plished scoundrel is worth telling, partly
as an interesting narratiou of crime and
partly that others may be warned
against him or so warned that the police
may be able to apprehend him. A busi
ness proposition appeared in one of the
papers as an advertisement about three
weeks ago, and it seemed to be so sin
cere a proposition from a capitalist
who had money to invest in a safe and
profitable business that Mr. Coleman
received certainly three propositions,
probably a good many more, for it was
David Coleman who published the adver-
tisemenf
One of these came from Charles S. Hig
gins. a man who has been a prominent
and very successful manufacturer of a
household article for many years, but
who has had lately unpleasant experi
ences with ungrateful stockholders. An
other catne from a former clergyman
who found business more to his liking
and who had been running a silk mill in
New Jersey for some years. A third
came from a manufacturer of furnaces,
and if there were others written by men
who have since then had exciting experi
ences with David Coleman, as the police
say there are. these men have pocketed
their losses and concealed their humilia
tion in silence.
With those gentlemen with whom Mr.
David Coleman did negotiate he created
soon after the first interview a most re
markable opinion respecting his business
talents. He was a rich gentleman who
had made money in the far west and who
had settled down in Washington, purpos
ing to spend the rest of his days there in
the enjoyment of it.
But he had found, although past 60
years of age. that a life of idleness in
Washington was not congenial to him
and he had no taste for politics. He had
a very firm opinion that some of the dem
ocratic senators were scoundrels, and that
neither the Democratic party nor Grover
Cleveland had lived up to their privileges,
and as it happened that most of the gen
tlemen with whom he was thrown in con
tact were republicans or humiliated dem
ocrats, Mr. Coleman speedily found him
self esteemed as a man of sound views
upon political subjects.
COLEMAN AS A BUSINESS SIAN.
But it was as a business man that
David Coleman gained special admira
tion. He spent an hour or two every day
talking with one of the more prominent
brokers of New York, who would feel
humiliated if the public should now know
how he, after having once got the better
of Jay Gould, twice of Russell Sage,
several times of Jim Keene, and other
shrewd operators, had been completely
hypnotized by the fascinating manners of
David Coleman.
Mr. Coleman was especially indignant
when talking of the sugar trust, de
claring that that was a security which
no wise man would touch with a 10-foot
pole.
In examining Mr. Higgins’ property he
nosed around like an old miser, plowing
through the books, figuring up the ca
pacity of the plant, speaking in a brusque
and almost insolent way when his opinion
met with opposition, coquetting with Mr.
Higgins like a girl with her first lover,
and at last with some show of reluctance
agreeing to buy nearly SBO,OOO worth of
stock and to pay for it in spot cash.
Mr. Coleman had submitted cheerfully
to a few little formalities. He had shown
a letter which seemed to have been writ
ten, by the president of the Columbia
Bank in Washington, commending Mr.
Coleman as one of the bank’s stockhold
ers and Washington's best citizens, and
especially commending his fortune to any
with whom he might propose to have
business dealings.
It never occurred to Mr. Higgins to
write to the president of theColumoia
Bank thanking him for being the means
of bringing so capable a business man as
Mr. Coleman into relations with Mr.
Higgins.
While Mr. Coleman was negotiating
with Mr. Higgins he was also bambooz
ling a very smart lawyer of Nassau street,
so that this lawyer consented to act as
his counsel, and to represent him in ne
gotiations which were going on with the
New Jersey silk manufacturer. These
little operations being insufficient for Mr.
Coleman, he engaged in another with the
owner of a furnace manufactory and per
haps some others.
All these negotiations came to an mi
happy climax on Tuesday, but we have
not had all the facts until to-day. Upon
Monday Mr. David Coleman, his high
silk bat, his neatly trimmed black beard,
perhaps also neatly dyed, his flashing
black eyes and his somewhat sweltering
suit of conventional black, appeared in
the Lincoln Bank with Mr. Higgins and
also with one of the directors of the
bank.
it was a very pleasant party. Mr.
Higgins was rejoiced at the prospect of a
speedy release from business embarrass
ments through the purchase by Mr. Da
vid Coleman of some of the stock in tho
company. The director of the bank had
something of pride that he should be
able to introduce anew customer to
lieu. James, the president who would be
gin wiin so large a balance us $80,(881.
The secretary of Mr. Higgins’company
was on hand with the big transfer book
and the stock book. Mr. David Coleman
had Informed his friends that he had
spent a day or two in Washington, closed
out bis accounts there and had received a
certified check lor bis mon'.
The negotiations were soon completed,
Mr. Coleman appearing to be extremely
technical and (-articular If this were •
fault it was a fault on the right side sug
gesting to tne parties be was dealing with
CENTRAL RAILROAD OI GEORGIA.
H. M. COMER ami R. S. lIAYES, Receivers.
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that he even then was not quite sure that
he was doing wisely in investing so much
money in Mr. Higgins’ company.
However, he received the stock, turned
over a certified check for $28,000 to Mr.
Higgins, w>ho deposited the money in the
bank, and then went away full of ambi
tion and hopes for the development of his
business.
David Coleman suggested that he would
like to open a, personal account at the
Lincoln Bank and he walked with delib
erate step to that counter where new
customers register their names in the big
book. Beside his name was another en
try announcing that he had been intro
duced by a certain one of the directors
Then Mr. Coleman offered a certified
check for $35,000 with the indorsement
of the cashier of the Columbia Bank of
Washington as the first of his deposits.
There was an accustomed manuerism, a
familiarity with banking and its methods
an experienced hand and speech which
persuaded the officers of the hank t hat
Mr. Coleman bad, as he said, enjoyed loDg
experience in the business of banking,
mainly before the counter.
He said in the most matter-of-fact way
to the cashier, Mr. Cornell, a man who
has one of the quickest eyes for rogues
that looks out from behind any financier’s
desk in this city, that he had a partner
ship matter to settle at one of the greater
lawyer's offices in this city and would
draw some legal tenders that, he might
do it.
He was particular that the money
should be legal tenders, that six of the
notes should be of the denomination of
SI,OOO each and five of them of the’denom
ination of SIOO.
“He might have asked for SIO,OOO or
even more without suspicion,” said Mr.
Cornell this morning. “His business
manners were perfect. He did not make
one false step. He said or did nothing
that would create the shadow of a sus
picion, and as he had been well intro
duced, and had just finished one rattier
large negotiation, it seemed but natural
that he should want as much as SO,OOO or
$7,000 in cash for another.”
Then Mr. Coleman walked out, and he
must, according to subsequent evidence,
have opened some small bottles during
the evening He'certainly appeared the
next morning at the office of his lawyer
with every evidence that the contents of
a good many small bottles had been con
sumed and the effects not entirely dissi
pated, but as he said to his lawyer in a
most familiar way: “You know that
champagne is the only wine I drink and
the only liquor I drink, and as I dined at
at the Union League Club with Chauncey
M. Depew and some others of my friends
there last night, I had some of the best
champagne that is to be found in New
York. I feel a little heavy this morn
ing.”
EXPOSCRI COMES.
The only remarkable thing about Mr.
David Coleman so far as these negotia
tions are concerned is that a man who
would spend three weeks building up a
structure of fraud as he did should im
peril it by even so much as one small bot
tle. But he went to New Jersey with
his lawyer and while tnere negotiating
for a half interest in the silk factory and
paying for it with another large certified
check on Washington and then openingan
account at this bank with another certi
fied check, being latisfied to draw not
more than SOOO on that, Mr. Higgins and
his secretary. Mr. Stray, Gen. James and
the cashier. Mr. Cornell, and the director
were in a fine frenzy of excitement and
there were flashing eyes and white faces
and an interchange of telegrams and the
sigh of despair, especially from Mr. Hig
gins.
For the Columbia Bank had tele
graphed that Mr. David Coleman was un.
known, that his check was n. g , and the
certification a forgery-. A few hours
later the Columbia Bank had occasion to*
telegraph the same dismal news to the
bank in New Jersey, and soon again to
the president of the furnace company, so
that before the close of banking hours on
that day there were these extraordinary
complications as a result of the business
like methods of Mr. David Coleman.
The Lincoln Bauk was out s<j.sl)o, the
first time in its history that it had been
considerably swindled. The director
was overwhelmed with humiliation. Mr.
Higgins saw bankruptcy instead of pros
perity ahead of him and has, in fact,
had a receiver appointed for his com
pany.
The Jersey bank cashier was in high
anger that he had lost S6OO. tempered
someA-hat by joy that it was not greater.
The Jersey silk manufacturer was begin
ning proceedings in chancery to set aside
the bill of sale which ho had made to Mr.
Coleman of a half interest in his prop
erty.
The person from whom this manufac
turer had borrowed money was raising
a row because the manufacturer bad not
paid off the sls,uO<J mortgage which he
promised to do that afternoon. The
furnace manufacturer was bewailing
the loss of a considerable sum of money,
ab well as some of his valuable stozic,
and Superintendent Brynes and Inspec
tor McLaughlin were put to their wits’
end because this villain had gone as mys
teriously as he came and goue half full,
too, for he was iu that condition when at
the Jersey bank, according to a report the
police received.
Take it all in all, it is one of the slickest
pieces of villainy practiced by an ac
complished scoundrel upon astute busi
ness men that has ever occurred hero,and
it was so slickly done that in spite of the
heavy losses, of the unfortunate entangle
ments and the very serious embarrass
ment of two manufacturers, there arc in
cidents of the story which those who had
part in it cannot now tell without laugh- i
lan.
Coleman probably took passage on one
of the steamers that left on Wednesday.
The police say that a man who swindled
in this way must have thus swindle! be
fore, and they believe they will find from
the records of tome of the prisons some
thing that will give a clew to his identity
Mr. Byrnes declares that wo have had
no swindle in recent years that compares
with It for audacity, for patience and
thoroughness of method and for the com
plot* success with w hich able and shrewd i
men were hoodwinked by this scoundrel.
BOOK NOTICES.
“The Ills of the South, or Related
Causes Hostile to the General Prosperity
of the Southern People,” by Charles H.
Otken, LL. D. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 27
West Twenty-third street. New York.
Cloth $1.25. There are chapters in this
valurne that contain a good deal of truth,
particularly those on “The Credit Sys
tem" and "The Lien Law Machine.” The
credit system and the lien law have been
patent factors in keeping southern farm
ers poor. However, there is a much bet
ter outlook now for the farmers than
there was a few years ago. They are
learning to raise food crops and to pay as
they go. Consequently their material
condition is improving.
MAGAZINES.
Scribner's Magazine for August is a
fiction number, as has been the custom
for seven years. It contains six complete
short stories by H. C. Bunner, T. R. Sul
livan, WilliamJ H. Shelton, W. Grail.v
Hewitt, Octave Uzanne and Harrison
Robertson, the author of one of the most
famous stories ever published in Scrib
ner's, “How the Derby Was Won.” All
these strories are distinguished by an in
dividuality and delicate fancy that make
them of unusual quality, even for the high
standard of short fiction in American
magazines. Mr Bunner, in o“French for
a Fortnight,” describes the adventures
which befell a strict clergy man while
living with a French family on the Bronx,
near New York; Mr. Robertson's “She
and Journalism” is a love story that ends
right; Mr. Shelton, in "The Missing Evi
dence in the Case of the People versus
Dangerking,” tells an old-fashioned de
tective story of the most exciting kind ;
Octave Uzanne’s “The End of Books” is
a peep into the future, when books and
newspapers will be furnished by the pho
nograph instead of typo; “An Undis
covered Murder,” by .T. R. Sullivau, is
a tale of real imagination, whi’e the ele
ment of simple pathos is furnished in the
little sketch, “Awaiting Judgment," by
W. Grail.v Hewitt. Charles Scribner’s
Sons, New York.
The Forum for August has a number of
first-class articles on timely topics. Mr.
Holt's article criticises our system of
punishing criminals, and suggests anew
treatment for anarchists. Mr. Rice's
article tells how American railroads have
been exploited in tho interests of their
officials to the loss of their stockholders,
mentioning some well known cases, and
explains the principal features of a bill
which has lately been introduced into
both bouses of Congress which is aimed
to guard against these abuses. Mr. Car
roll’s article enumerates the salaries paid
to their preachers by the different relig
ious denominations in the United States,
comparing tneir pay with the pay of
other professions. Mr. Means’ article re
views the recent strike, calls attention to
the principles involved therein, and ex
presses the belief that American work
men will soon come to see the futility of
attempting to coerce their employers into
paying them higher wages than they can
afford to pay. The I orum Publishing
Company, Union Square, New York.
The last of Frank Bolles’ papers, “Au
gust Birds in Cape Breton,” has the place
of honor in the August Atlantic, at the
right hand of the hostess, so to speak,
for it follows immediately upon the in
stallment of Mrs. Deland’s “Philip and
his Wife,” at the opening of the number.
In the third place stands Susan Cooi
idge’s "The Girlhood of an Autocrat,”
the story of the famous Empress Cath
erine of Russia. “The College Graduate
aud Public Life,” by Theodore Roosevelt.
The life with he deals is that of politics,
a pratical phrase of which is discussed in
Mr. A. H. Washburn’s paper. Houghton,
Mifflin & Cos.. 11 East Seventeenth
street, New York.
The complete novel in tba August num
ber of Lippincott’s is “Sweetheart Ma
nette,” by Maurice Thompson. The
scene is laid at Bay St. Louis, on the
Gulf of Mexico, and the charming hero
ine has a quartette of lovers, and no lit
tle difficulty in deciding between them.
Other short stories are “At the Rougb
and-Tumble Landing,” by Prof. Charles
G. D. Roberts; “A Military Mareuvre,”
by Kate Lee Ashley; "The Evcrlastin’
Buzzards’ Sit,” by Charles Mcllvaine;
and “An In Memoriam of the Keys,” by
Johnannu Staats. J. B. Lippincott Com
pany, Philadelphia.
The Southern Magazine for August
has a very interesting table of contents.
“Some Reminiscences of Famous Men,”
by W. W. Scott is certain to attract at
tention. And there are some excellent
short stories. Southern Magazine Cor
poration, Louisville, Ky.
The Sugar and Salt Trick.
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
It's a poor barroom that has no prac
tical ,oker lying in wait for the unwary.
There is such a joker not many miles from
the city hall, and there are several excel
lent stories about this local Joker. He has
an office in the same block as the barroom.
He is a big, broad, tall, Jolly-looking indi
vidual, whose laugh Is so hearty that it
shakes him alt over, aud the sight of that
spectacle more than pays tho victim for
the Joke that called it forth.
He contrived anew one the other day.
and sprung it after this fashion: He has
two men besides hiutseif and places four
little piles of white powder u|>oo the bar.
The \ icliut enters The Joker offers to
gamble for the refreshments. The victim
asks hewr. The joker points silently to
the four piles of white powder, which
look like sugar. The victim's curiosity is
•roused. The joker assigns one pile to
each of his three companions, and savs
that the pile which a fly lights on first
shall pay All agree and the Uy lights on
the victim’s pile They drink and try
again, with tne same result and again
Taco, If the victim lie not too much ex
cited, he examine* ins heaps of so-r slied
sugar more carefully aud finds that all
but bis ars salt! Tbtu toe oker laughs
until he weeps. I
RAILROADS. __ _____
PLANT SYSTEM.
Charleston & Savannah R'y. Savannah, Florida & Western R’y.
GOINGSOUTH READ DQvVNI TIME CARD rGOING NORTH—RE AD'
15 I ft I 33 | :5 | m Effect July 29. 1894. ! 72 j 78 | 8 I
340 pm Lv Wilmington. Ar 11 10am: *'*
■ -I 4 3>pm 1251am|Lv ..Fayetteville Ar 9 30pm 10 25am
m _ *'isam lisffpm
-■ - ■- 1 j .. r !Lv \ugnsta Ari j 12 45pm
1232 pm Lv Beaufort Ar 543pm] ilOOtaml ....
|4 41pm 6 09am Lv Yemassee Ar 1 3upm .... | 9 loam
I 6 30pm| 2 23am I 7 35am Ar sAC.v NS A H Lv 12 02pm lOoOiim 7 20am,
2 15pm 6 45pm 2 43am 1 7 55aui Lv .SAVANNAH Ar 11 42am; 920 pm: 7 00am T " ’
440 pm 855 pm 4 35am I 8 23am Ar Jeaup LvjlO 13am| 733 pm 4 35aml . ...
603 pm 1020 pm 5 50am,10 22am Ar Waycross Lvj vOSaml 610 pm: 300 am!
645 nm , 7 50am Ar Brunswick Lv j 7xspmt
1 21am 1045 am ! Ar Alhany Lv] 1 30am ! 4(Jopmi
840 pm 840 am 12 30pm Ar Jacksonville Lv! 7Uoam 320 pm 7 oopu>! I
339am ; 1 50pm Ar ThonnasvUle Lv 220 pm
7 30am 125 pm Ar Gainesville Lv] 10 35am 6 15pm ...
350 am 209 pm 5 lOpm Ar Sanford Lv] 1 15am 10 20am
a m! 7 50pm:Ar Atlanta Lv 7 30am 7 30pm
700 am 5 00pm! 8 55pm Ar Montgomery Lv| 7 30pm 7 18am] 8 00am
1225 pm ] 8 05am Ar Mobile Lvl 12 20am
5 00pm .. 1 735amlAr New Orleans Lv| 7 50pmi
Trains 5. 6. 15. 23. 32. 35 and 78 run daily. Train 12 leaves Ravenel daily except Sunday at
4:25 p m for Charleston Train 11 leaves Charleston daily except Sundav at 8a m for Ravenel.
Train 9 leaves Charleston 7:35 a m Sundays only and arrives Savannah 11:08 am. Train 10
leaves Savannah 3:40 pm Sundays only and arrives Charleston 9p m. Trainss, 6, 9 and 10
stop at all stations.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE AND CONNECTIONS.
Trains 32 and 35 carry Pullman buffet sleeping cars between New York and Port Tampa.
Trains 23 and 78 carry Pullman buffet sleeping cars between New York and Jacksonville
Train 35 carries Pullman sleeping car Waycross to Montgomery, Nashville, Louisville and
Cincinnati. Trains 5 and 6 carry Pullman Buffet sleeping cars between Savannah and Ocala.
Trains 6 and 23 carry Pullman sleeping cars between Savannah and Jacksonville. Passen
gers for Jacksonville by train 23 can enter seeping car at 9 p m. Trains 15 and 35 make
close connection at Waycross. for Mobile, New Orleans and the Southwest.
Tickets sold to all points and sleeping car berths secured at passenger station, and ticket
office, 22 Bull street.
C. S. GADSDEN. R. G. FLEMING W. M. DAVIDSON.
Supt C. & S. R’y Supt. S„ F. & W R’y, Gen. Pass. Agent,
Charleston. S. O. Savannah. Ga. Jacksonville. Fla.
Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Cos.
<#oTn MERIDIAN TIME.)
j Time Table in Effect May 20, 1894.
NORTHBOUND. T 3B*“ | SOUTH-BOUND.
fTv Savannah 11 45 am 5" pm Lv Savannah. T. 77 535 am 440 pm
Ar Fairfax. S. C 140 pm 1130 pm Ar Everett .?... 733 am 654 pm
Ar Augusta .. Ar Brunswick
Ar Denmark. S. C . ... 226 pm 12 16 am Ar Yulee 920 am 847 pm
Ar Columbia. S.C 405 pm 210 am Ar Fernandina 1130 am
Ar Spartanburg, S. C. . 810 pm Ar Callahan 953 am
Ar Asheville, N. C 1120 pm Ar Jacksonville 10 15 am 935 pm
Ar. Hot Springs, N. C 1250 am Ar St. Augustine ..
Ar. Charlotte. N7C ~835~bm MO am Ar Palatka
Ar Salisbury, N. C . 949 pm 828 am Ar Lake City 11 45 am .!...
Ar Greensboro, N. C 1109 pm 10 05 um Ar Live Oak 1231 pm
Ar Danville, Va 12 27 am 11 45 am Ar Monticello 245 pm
Ar Richmond. Va ... 620 am 450 pm Ar Tallahassee 335 pm
Ar Lynchburg, Va 218 am 200 pm Ar Chattahoochee 512 pm
Ar Charlottesville, Va 400 am 407 nm Ar River Junction 515 pm
Ar.. Washington 713 am 830 pm Ar Pensacola 1100 pm
Ar Baltimore 823 am 1185 pm Ar Mobile 306 am
Ar Philadelphia . ...... 1046 am 300 am Ar New Orleans 735 am
ft n„r; o ' n ork 1% SS Ar'Waldo 7 ItaOpm UWiS.
Ar Boston 830 pm 300 pm Ar Gainesville 150 pm
N035 lvs New York 1215 am, N037 430 pm Ar Cedar Key 600 pm
•' ' Philadelphia.. 350 am, . 655 pm Ar Silver Springs 236 pm
" " Baltimore.... 6 31am, “ . 9 20pm Ar Ocala 251 pm 300 am
“ “ Washington .11 01 am, “ .10 43 pm Ar Wildwood 353 pm 425 am
“ Asbsville 700 pm, Ar —TneiUlira i
“!! SwtrtsnbiirjJOMpm, ... ft Orlando .W"..':::.' 620pm*!7! 77 7 7
'' CoHimbta Ar. Winter Park 700 nm !
NoSSar Savannah ... 5 80am, 4 30pm A r Lake Charm 7pm ......77ft
No 36 ar Savannah 925 pm, No 38 11 35 am Ar I.acoochee 60i pm 563 am
From Jacksonville and all points in Ar Tarpon Springs *9 00 pm
South. Middle and Western Florida and New Ar St. Petersburg 10 80 pm
Orleans by the Florida Central and Peninsu- Ar Plant City 626 pm 730 am
lar Railroad. Ar Tampa 720 pm 900 am
•Note—Daily except Sunday.
Vestibuled sleepers on trains 36 and 38 via Richmond and Danville railroad be
tween Tampa. Jacksonville and New York, connecting with Colonial express solid tram
Washington and Boston without change.
To Florida—New York sleeper on No. 87 to Tampa. No 35 to Jacksonville.
Pullman sleeper between Jacksonville AhUeviffu and riot -springs on trains 38 and 35 dally.
Sleeper to New Orleans on No. 35 from Jacksonville.
For full information apply to A. O. MAC DONELL, G. P. A, Jacksonville, Fla.
N. S. PE*4NING3ON. Traffic Manager, Jacksonville. Fla.
All trains arrive and depart at Central railroad depot .
X. M. FLEMING, Div. Pass. Agent.
Tickets on sale corner Bull and Bryan streets and Central railroad depot, Savannah, Ok
D. C. ALLEN. City Ticket Agont.
THE TROPICAL TRUNK LINE.
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway.
JOSEPH H. DURKEE, Receiver.
THE FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO. I
INDIAN RIVER STEAMBOAT COMPANY VR. B. CADLE, General Manager.
JUPITER AND LAKE WORTH RAILWAY. I
-SOUTH- | Ti me~Ta hie [ -KURTS-
No. 15. I No. 36. I No. 23. r ~,, ,)u t QC|l 78. No. fiT*
Ex. Sun | Dally. 1 Dally. ln *-neCt may JO, 18J*. Dally, Dally. Ex-Mon.
850 pin 12 50 pm 900 am!Lv Jacksonville Ar 680 am 300 pm 545 pin
1020 pm 140 pm 10 00 am,Ar Green Cove Springs Lv 515 am 2 00pm 415 pm
1135 pm 2 30pm 10 50 amiAr Palatka ..Lv 420 am 103 pm 310 pm
110 am 337 pm 12 07 pm|Ar Seville Lv 303 am 1154 am 105 pm
158 am 407 pm 12 40 pm Ar DeLeon Springs Lv 223 am 1123 am 12 02 pm
450 pm 132 pm Ar. I nr and J .Lv 10 80 am .
350 pm 1235 pmiLv. f uen,ana , , Ar 1130 am
258 am 434 pm 122 pm Ar Orange City Junction Lv 150 am 10 56 am
350 am alO pin 200 pm Ar. Sanford Lv IlTamlo 20 am - 10 99 am
2 51 pm Ar Ocala Lv 9 47 am
565 pmjAr Pemberton Lv 7 00 am
840 ami 615 pm I 313 pm Ar Orlando Lv 11 40 pm "9 15 am
940 am| 645 pm| 355 prajAr Kissimmee Lv 10 50 pm 842 am
10 50 am 745 pm 505 pm Ar Bartow Junction Lv #4B pro 755 am
1 05jrm[ 945 pm! 55pm|Ar Tampa Lv 800 pm 6 30am
.... ..4 320 pmjtlO3s ptnlAr _ Punta Gorda ~. . Lvjt 110 pm|4 600 am
tDaily except Sunday.
Trains 85 and 32 carry through Pullman Buffet Sleepers dally between New York and
Port Tampa, connecting at Port Tampa on Mondays and Thursdays for Key
West and Havana
INDIAN RIVER STEAMERS are appointed to perform the following service:
Leave Titusville <" 00 a. rn Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Rockledge. Meihovma
and way landings Returning, leave Melbourne at 7:00 a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays an J
Sat i-divg.
Leave Titusville for Jupiter Mondays and Thursdays at Bpm.: due Jupiter 7 p. m. the
following day. connecting with J. and L. W. R'y for Palm Beach and other points oc Lake
Worth. Returning, leave Jupiter Wednesdays and Sundays, sa. m.; due Titusville 0 a. m,
following morning. ~
G. D ACKERLY General Passenger Agent, Jacksonville, Fie.
SAM ROUTE.
Sauannsh, Anterlcue and Montgomery Railway.
~WE SJ’l)() [; N D ] "Schedule in' Effect July 23, 1894. EAST BOtINIT
33 No. 17 I No. 18 84
Mixed. Mail and I Mall and Mixed,
Dally Express STATIONS. Express Dally
ex. Sun. Daily. Dally, ex. Sun.
8 00 a mil 30 a m Lv Helena Ar 321 pm 5 35 pm
I 50 pm Lv Cordele Ar 105 pm
8 30 pm 300 pmi Ar Americas Lv 12 00 n n 7 09 am
"TSoTil N0T35~ No. 36 ~N0~42
Mixed, Monday. Tuesday, Mixed.
TusTnur Wednes Tbursd y Monday,
Sat. Friday. Sstu rd’y Wed. Frt
16"50 pm TB.i 3 it) pm Lv ! Amerlcos ~Ar II 5H am 515pniU 56 a m
12 40 am; 11 10 a m 4 10 p miLv highland Lv 11 CO am 30upmll20pia
I Dam 12 Pi pm ISdpinLv Lumpkin Lv 10 40 am 140 pm 10 90 pm
1 10 aot 1 lift pm 4 49 pm l.v Louvole Junction Lv in 29 am 1 05 pm 9 A2 p m
226amiI57pin ft 10 pm Lv 'Jmuha Lv 10 01 am 1220 pm Vl7 p m
3 04 a ni 2 33 pm 5 31 pin i.v Hillsboro Lv 9 41 um 11 35 pm 8 40 p m
4 05 am 3 45 pin 1 01 pm Lv Hortsboro Lv 9 10 am 10 20 pm 7 4ft pm
7 00 a 111 7 00 pm Mil pm Ar Montgomery Lv 7 IS am 600 sm 4 30pm
l U ta Ar Mobile Lvilt 20 ni t
7 36 am Ar New oriesns Lv 7 50 pm
i 12 00 ni l Ar Birmingham Lv 3 ft am
... 1 640 amAr ~ ..Nashville Lv] 916 pm
I 12 33 pm Ar Louisville Lv 3 22 pm.. . a*.
. .. I 7 20 pin Ar St Lou in Lv; 7 Sn am
solid i lut between Savannah and Montgomery.
No 17 waken connection ui Montano try tor all points In the west and northwest, and as
New orlesn* fur all points tn Texas and tne acithwest
No is i oui>e< t st savannah with Florida Central and Peninsular it-outh Bound divalent
and Atlantic i oast Line for all points In the north, also with ocean steamers for Pbiladsi
pbls New York and lios’.on
No" 17 and H> run solid between fiavsnnsb sod Mostgmery
Cr < 1L G Allßt T i Gensrsl Man nf A POP* Gen fi (• and Psa sr Af*.
Ameri- us. Ga.
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