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Ba*r Time* OarlßK ihe Holiday*.
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From the Washington Star.
There is no class of working people on
• face of the earth that look forward
to the first of the year with so much joy.
< the employes of the express companies,
them that day shines out as a beacon
i' ih ! meaning that weeks of Incessant
toil are over, and that they can settie
drwn to normal conditions.
The messengers of the railroad cars are
tl,. ones that really do the most hustling,
'though their opportunities are better
for sleep. Their responsibilities are
: ~H ,r, as sometimes their cars contain
fabulous sums. And, besides, their risks
c' iniury are big. Cooped up, as they are,
l„V t - n walls of merchandise of all de
e riptiona, it does not take a tremendous
toll to bury them under the mass, and a
genuine collision almost invariably places
their names on the list of kiUed in the
newspapers.
Few people realize the amount of val
--aides that have been transported by the
, \cress companies during the past month.
\o one knows better than an express
ne -senger the truthfullness of the old
saving that the most valuable goods are
• md in small packages, but seldom, in
.,l does a package go astray. And
money’ They frequently handle money
I! .. wages that would permit ft man to
the remainder of his days in luxury
if his property. . . ,
While waiting for an overdue train at
the Sixth street depot during the past
week a Star reporter became engaged In
conversation with a messenger who ex
pected to go south on the Incoming train s
‘■■outhern connections. The subject of the
holiday business was discussed, especial
ly the'feature relating to the transporta
tion of largo sums of money. The re
1, orter suggested that, the temptation to
do wrong must be, strong at such times,
t specially as there was a fair chance of
getting off clear.
The messenger said: "Men have gone
astrav with far less opportunities, hut
messengers are honest and faithful in the
discharge of their duties. If they were
cot so the companies would suffer many
financial losses, and I am not 'throwing
bouquets' at the boys when I make this
statement.
' The mere fact,” continued the messen
ger. “that a man is bonded for a few thou
>and dollars is not going to prevent him
from stealing if he desires to, is it? It Is
the honesty of the man, not the bond,
that keeps him in the straight path. We
arc always on the alert for the slightest
indications of dishonesty or treachery In
others, and that fact, together with the
arduous work and the ever present fear
of accidents on the rail, causes a con
stant strain upon a man’s physical and
mental powers. Ours is a life of watch
fulness, care and exposure to danger.*
'I once had three ribs broken by a eol
lison, and once I received a shaking up
titat disahled me from work for two
months. But my family and 1 were treat
ed royally during the lay off, and I can’t
complain. Our train jumped a switch, run
into an engine on a side track, and then
went over an embankment, and the dug
me out of the wreck a subject for the
hospital. You remember the accident? It
wasn't far from Washington, and two mail
clerks were ushered into eternity in the
twinkle of an eye.
"Numerous scares have come my way,
such as close calls for collisions and at
tempted train wrecking, but I was about
as badly frightened over a money package
once as I ever was in my life. I had
signed for some freight and money way
bills at a station, and the agent handed
me some leters with the money pack
ages. I placed the latter in my safe, and
1 tossed the letters in the pigeon hole
over my desk. After I had checked my
freight I turned my attention to the money
run, when, to my horror, I was short a
thousand-dollar package.
"Frightened? I was paralyzed. The clos
est search did not reveal the missing pack
age, and just as I had decided to tele
graph back to the agent and ask if he
neglected to give me the money I hap
pened to look at the pigeon-hole. Like a
drowning man catching hold of a straw,
1 thought perhaps my salvation lay there.
It did. sure enough. In some manner, I
had shuffled that package in with the
letters, and there it lay, afi innocent
cause of my terror. Even now it makes
the chills chase down my back to think
of it. You can rest assured that taught
me a lesson to ba more careful in future
about handling letters and packages of
money together.”
“One of the most remarkable cases which
has come to my notice is one in which
an agent named Huber fig
ured some years back. He was
located at a large mining town up on
the Erie road. He had worked his way
up from delivery messenger, and was held
in high esteem by the company that em
ployed him. One night a train came in
having two safes. One was empty and
unsealed, and the other, it was thought,
contained nearly SIOO,OOO to be paid out
the next day to the miners. The mes
senger that brought them in got his re
ceipt, and the next day the safe contain
ing the money was turned over to the
company with the seal still untouched.
"When the safe was opened at the min
ing company's office it was found empty,
l ou can bet the wires hummed for a few
hours, but nothing could be found of the
money, and a great sensation ensued.
The agent at Philadelphia swore he had
placed the money in the sealed safe, but
he was arrested, hailed out, and the de
fectives watched him day and night like
a hawk. The man was sensitive and suf
fered terribly. His trial came on, and, I
think, he was given a year in jail.
"Meanwhile, the company’s detectives
were not idle. Every man that had any
thing to do with that safe was shadowed,
but for months nothing was developed.
Huber was the last man suspected, and
lie was watched only on account of the
order given to keep tab on everybody.
"I could give you a thousand guesses,
and you would never guess what threw
suspicion on Huber. It was simply a
change of habit. He discarded overalls,
and went about his work in his regular of
fice clothes. This was the first, but all
important clew. Other little extrava
gances developed, and one day Huber was
arrested and a search of his home made.
Back of the mantelpiece, concealed in
crevices, was discovered the money, all
but $1,600. It was a great day for the
detectives, and how the old man who
heads our company did chuckle at the big
find.
“When taken to jail, and, later, con
fronted with the proofs of his guilt, Hu
ber broke down and made a full confes
sion. He said that on the fateful night
the two safes arrived as usual, but in
stead of the one safe being empty, as
supposed, it contained the money for the
miners. He was so thoroughly booked up
in the express business that he knew at
once that some terrible mistake had been
made, and that the agent at Philadelphia
would be held accountable for its loss.
"He was weak, and couldn’t stand the
temptation, expecting to secret the money
and in after years use it after the rob
bery had been forgotten. The man in
jail was at once released, and sued the
company for damages, but I think a sat
isfactory settlement was arrived at. But
that mistake was a terrible thing for him,
as it took about twenty years of his life.
Huber was given only a short sentence,
as nearly all the money was recovered,
but bis life was also wrecked, and the
•amides of both men suffered. And all
°n account of one man’s carelessness.
. Bo you know that I came mighty near
being in that hold-up a year or so ago
uovvn below Alexandria. 1 traded runs
with the messenger that had to face
that music and I never made a trade I
"us better pleased with in my life. I
nail passed through one hold-up out west,
nti once was enough for me, as I was
not longing for that kind of glory.
i think it was in 1883, but the events
th v *vid In my mind and I’ll never forget
mem. The manager of our division re
i'ved a ‘tip’ that a hold-up was being
jiurmed by a gang of outlaws who were
p iown to be in a certain locality on my
un. As usual in such cases, every ir.es
anrt w was accompanied by two guards,
o ? ?' e were armed to the teeth.- But
usadliMt weapons were shut guns
ini i bhf-rels sawed off short and
aj -tl with buckshot. An ordinary shot-
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gun at ten paces will scatter the load
say about a foot in circumference, but
these guns threw the shot like hail, and
was sure to hit something within a radius
of three yards. , .
“For two weeks the guards made their
trips without anything turning up to
startle us, and we began to think the tip
was of the fake order. Our manager was
a shrewd'one and thought otherwise and
ordered the guards continued. He argued
that the gang had probably been made
aware of the precautions taken und were
lying low, so to speak, waiting for the
guards to be taken off.
"As luck would have it my run took me
out on a Monday night, about two weeks
after the first alarm, and with me went
about $20,000, and 1 warned the guards to
be on the lookout for trouble. The coun
try we were running through was thor
oughly western, mountains for a stretch,
then woods, then plains and so on. We
han no ’pick-up’ water tank on that di
vision and had to stop for water. Of
course, the water tank was in the wildest
section of a wild country and the gang
of robbefs knew we had to stop there. As
the train slowed up we were taking things
easy in the car, everybody smoking pipes
and arguing over polities, but we had the
guns ready and a barricade built of the
goods in the car, as we had done every
run since the first warning had been giv
en us.
“All at once a pistol shot was heard
and we were on our feet in a fraction of
a second. Then all was still for a brief
period, and then came shots and yells
and a great uproar up near the engine,
and then pounding on the car door and
hoarse yells to open.
“On the instant of the first shot I had
blown out the lights, and all made a break
for the barricade. A second demand was
made accompanied by the threat that un
less the car was opened dynamite would
be used and all blown to hades. Finally,
one of the guards said we could not af
ford to trifle with that gang, and told me
to open the door and then get back be
hind the barricade. I crawled over to
the door, pulled it back, and with a leap
joined my companions.
"The next instant two of the robbers
crawled into the car, and seeing the lights
were out called with great oaths for a
torch. One was brought, and with it came
a half dozen more of the highwaymen.
When the light flared up our position was
disclosed to the robbers, but they thought
only one man was behind the barricade.
With terrible yells they commenced firing
and then we joined in. With two pulls at
the triggers our shotguns were emptied
and then our pistols began to bark. The
din and confusion was simply awful.
"Hardly a minute was consumed in the
battle. The robbers on the outside had de
camped when they heard the terrible rack
et in the car. We waited a minute for
signs of renewal of the fight and then 1
hastened to light the lamps. And what a
sight! It seemed to me as if everything
was covered with hlood. Four of the rob
bers had been killed outright and two
so badly injured that It was only a ques
tion of a few miflutes when they, too,
would join their maker.
“When the passengers came running up
to the car they dropped back in horror at
the sight, and I couldn’t blame them, as
I was sick myself. At the next station
we left the, bodies and cleaned up the
car. I shall never forget that encounter
and don’t want to run the same chances
again.”
CALIFORNIA PIONEER BANKING.
Large Profits, Bnt the Banker’s Path
way Was Strewn With Thorns.
From the Overland Monthly.
In treating of the romantic period of the
Argonauts writers have touched but light
ly upon pioneer banking, a subject which
would have furnished many an interesting
chapter. This is to be doubly regretted, be
cause the business was of a magnitude
hardly equaled in any other new country,
and because the records are to-day mainly
derived from personal reminiscences,
blotted and dimmed by the passage of
time. The old banks of San Francisco
were undoubtedly marvels of the age.
While lacking the showy exteriors and
handsome furnishings of their modern
successors, they proved fully equal to the
requirements of a day when gold was
more of a commodity than it has ever
since been. Statements of immense de
posits ot gold in the ramshackle buildings
and the pot metal safes peculiar to the
times might seem exaggerated were they
not amply proved by reliable statistics.
If the profits were large in those days,
manv and varied were the vicissitudes of
the business. While as a rule the banker
of the period is generally supposed to
haite rolled in luxury, his pathway was
liberally strewn with thorns. It could
hardly be said that capital was cautious
then, but it certainly was timed to a de
gree which frequently precipitated a cri
sis short-lived as a rule, but sufficiently
threatening in its aspect to cause general
uneasiness.
The depositors among the mining com
munitiv were ineiined to be as fickle as
the fortune which attended their search
for gold, and when not engaged in delving
among the gulches and ravines of the
higher Sierra, or along the banks and
beds of the Sacramento and its tributa
ries they seem to have kept a watchful
eye over the movements of the banker.
An apparently trivial event would suffice
to create suspicion, and that meant an
immediate demand for whatever money
was on deposit, which had to "be forth
coming on short notice. t _
There was no law then to protect the
hanker by requiring formal application
l c the withdrawal ot deposits under
special classification. The drafts pre
sented had to be paid or t‘.:e doors must
be closed. In the.beglnni&g tt 1854. Adams
& Cos. were subject**! to a most trying ex
perience from the most trivial cause. Us
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, IsiHi.
ually large shippers of cotnl*the January
steamer had departed without their name
appearing on the manifest for some rea
son. A run immediately was commence,!
on the bank, and before the firsi day had
closed, nearly half a million in gold had
been paid over the counter to an excited
crowd of depositors. As usual in such
cases, the apparent ease with which the
sudden demand was met. and the well
stocked trays of gold behind the counters
confronting customers, soon turned the
tide, and a few hours later the deposits
were pouring back again more rapidly
even than they were withdrawn.
This is only one instance of the kind,
quoted to show "the nervous disposition
of a community iarnely made up of men
who had followed the-exciting and pre
carious career of miner* in a compara
tively wild and unexplored region, a life
in itself calculated to inspire and foster
a natural feeling of distrust in their sur
roundings,
SLAIN HY A MOTH.
Defense That Wa* Effective in Case
of a Prince, •
From the New York World.
Recent murder mysteries serve to re
call that of Princess Caravella, a singu
larly lovely woman, who met with a vio
lent death at Naples.
The princess had been entertaining a
party of friends at dinner at the Caravella
palace; and as she had promised to attend
a ball toward midnight, she went to her
lied room to lie down for a few minutes'
rest to refresh herself for the dance.
At 11 o'clock her maid entered the room
to awaken her, whereupon the princess
asked her to return a little later, and
twenty minutes afterward, whim she re
turned, the girl found her mistress still
lying on her bed, with scarcely a ißusclo
of the face changed, but stone dead, with
the mark of a tiny bullet in the region of
the heart.
The maid’s shrieks quickly brought the
prince' and the whole household to the
room, and within ten minutes the judicial
and police authorities arrived. It was
clear that no stranger had fired the shot,
since the bed room was situated on the
third floor, and no one had entered the
gates of the psffaoe between the hour of
10 o’clock and midnight.
At length the prinee was arrested on a
charge of having murdered his wife with
the littlo pistol which lay by her side on
the table, and one chamber of which was
empty, color being lent to the accusation
hy the fact that he was notoriously Jeal
ous.
His trial resulted in acquittal, partly
in consequence of an extraordinary piece
of testimony which was produced in court
by one of the police officials. The story
he related was this:
A couple of days after the murder, on
the removal of the seals from the doors
of the bed room, he had made g careful
investigation of the upartment and had
found on the floor by the bedside one of
those enormous .night moths, the bodteß of
which are almost as thick as a man’s
thumb, and which abound In Italy.
He declared that the moth's wings were
badly singed, as if it had flown against
the candle that stood on the table by the
bedside.
He produced the moth in court, and then
proceeded to point out to the judges that
some of the powder of the insect's wings
was apparent on the black ebony and gold
stock and trigger of the little revolver
which had been found on the table, and
with which the shooting had been done.
He then called the attention of the
judges and jury to the phenomenal facility
with which the trigger yielded, and ad
vanced the extraordinary argument that
the princess had been murdered by the
night moth, which, ne alleged, must have
flown into the* room, attracted by the
candle light, and falling with singed wings
onto the table had discharged the revol
ver in' the violence of its contortions.
CATS AND THEIR WAYS.
Some Characteristic* of This Popular
Household Pet.
From Temple Bar.
Cats do not take punishment as dogs
do; their temper rises, and if struck they
are apt to strike back; but beyond a
gentle cuff to a kitten, now and then, I
find a scolding or an exclamation of re
buke enough. They are also less Intelli
gent and forgiving than a dog if unin
tentionally kicked or trodden on. There
is no more beautiful expression in a dog’s
face than the look he turns to the friend
who has Involuntarily hurt him, before
there is time to explain; his whole de
meanor expresses the highest magnani
mity, not only the foregone pardon, but
the eager desire that the offender shall
think no more of the matter.
In many respects cats are more like
men and women than uogs are; they
have moods, and their nature is complex.
A dog is very much of a piece; he is a
good dog or a bad dog, brave or cow
ardly, honest or a sneak; the canine in
telligence is much higher than the feline,
but the disposition is simpler.
Cats are exceedingly irritable by tem
perament, sensitive to changes of the
weather, to frost, to thunder; they are
excitable and naturally disposed to bite
and scratch when at play; there is a cu
rious tendency in them, as in ill-balanced
or overstrung human beings, to lose their
heads when in high spirits, and the self
command most of them show when full
grown in resisting these impulses is a
strinking proof of conscious responsibil
ity. A full-grown pet cat scarcely ever
scratches a young child, no matter how
much mauled by it. Besides being irrita
ble they are moody and subject to de
pression, probably a physical reaction
from the former condition. Princess,
though not a sullen cat, would sometimes
forsake the hearth or veranda, and pass
days by herself, on a garden wall or un
der a bush, not ill or out of temper; but
out of spirits,-morbid, and wishing for
solitude, instead of the sympathy which
she always sought in her real ailments
and bereavements.
Her peculiarities, both of race and in
dividuality, were remarkably defined,
even when she held them in restrain, but,
with one exception, all the eats I have
knswn are captious. Their instinct when
11 or sad is to be alone, but this is entire
ly neutralized by petting; they become as
dependent on caresses and sympathy as
children, and much wiser than children
when they are ill or injured, as they ap
ply for relief with the most unmistaka
ble suggestidhs, sometimes indicating
plainly where they are in pain, and pre
senting the suffering member for treat
ment. They are not so patient as dogs in
taking medicine, or submitting to surgi
cal care, but show their recognition of
its benefit by coming back for it under
similar circumstances.
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—Maudie: Mamma, it ’ou died would
’ou ’climb the golden stairs?’ Mamma:
I suppose I would, my dear. Maudie: I
wouldn't, mamma. I’d take the eleva
tor. —Truth.
—Sub-editor—How is Pennington on
spelling, anyway?
Editor—Well he’s a little too quaint for
ordinary English, and not quaint enough
for dialect.—(Somerville Journal.
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ORDINANCE.
* (Published as Information.)
Ordinance read In council for the first
lime Jan. 1, 1896, and by unanimous con
sent read a second time and laid on the
table.
By Committee on Finance—
An ordinance touching the board of lax
assessors and receivers for (he city of
Savannah, the compensation or salary of
the members thereof, anil of their clerk,
their bonds, duties and powers, requiring
tax returns to be made, and the manner
and prescribing penalties for failure to
comply with the requirements hereof, and
for other purposes connected herewith.
Section 1. Be it ordained by-the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
council assembled, That the board of tax
assessors and receivers for the city of
Savannah, provided for by an act of the
legislature of Georgia, approved on the
loth day of December. 1895, and entitled,
"An act to create and organize u board
of tax assessors and receivers for the city
,of Savannah to define its powers and
duties, to provide a clerk for said board,
to provide for 'the compensation of said
tax assessors and receivers, and said clerk
and for other purposes," shall, immediate
ly upon their qualification, organize, and
shall at once proceed to carry out the
duties* imposed upon them by the said
act, and the ordinances of the city of Sa
vannah in pursuance thereof. They shall
take and subscribe before the mayor of the
the city the oath provided for in section
two of tl)© said act, and shail each of
them give a bond in the penal sum of
three thotisqlpd' dollars iYh'lfoi, payable to
the mayor and aldefmeh of the etty ot
Savannah, conditioned for the faithful
performance and discharge of all of his
duties as said tax assessor and receiver,
and, in addition to this, the bond of the
clerk of sajd bond shall be conditioned
for the faithful performance and dis
charge of all of his duties, not only as said
tax assessor and receiver, but also as
the said clerk.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. That
each of said tSc assessors and receivers
shall receive as his compensation the
sum of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars
per annum, payable in equal monthly in
stallments out of the treasury of the
city of Savannah, and, in adifltlon to this
compensation, the 'tax assessor and re
ceiver serving as the clerk of the said
board, shall receive, as such clerk, the sum
of six hundred ($600) dollars per annum,
payable in equal monthly lpg.taUments,
out of the treasury of (tie' stria city of Sa
vannah, in addition to his. said compensa
tion or sajary as such tax assessor and
receiver.
Sec. 3. Be is further ordained, That
the said tax assessors and receivers shall
have an office in the City Exchange, or
at such other place as the mayor of the
city of Savannah shall designate, of which
notice shall be given to the tax payers
and citizens of the city of Savannah, and
it shall be the duty of the said tax as
sessors and receivers other than the clerk
of the board to bd nutd.remain at their
said office every day, Sundays and holi
days excep/ed, between the hours of 4 p.
m. and 6 p. m., except when their otflcisCl
duties as said tax assessors and receivers
shall require their presehee'elsV-Whero, but
the,clerk of the said board .is hereby re
quired to be at the said office every day,
Sundays and holidays -excepted, from 9
a. m. to 2 p. m. and from 4-p. m. to 6 p. in.,
except when his absence from the said of
fice is required by his official duties.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That
the clerk of said board shalL keep a true
and correct record of the proceedings of
the said board, which shall always be
subject to the imqjection.of the mayor, or
any alderman of the said city, and shall
perform such other duties as may here
after be imposed upon him by ordinance,
or by the- rules and regulations of the
said board not inconsistent with the act
of the legislature creating the said board,
or with any ordinance of the city of Sa
vannah.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That
in addtion to the powers and duties con
ferred upon them by section three of the
said act of the legislature of Georgia, tile
said tax assessors and receivers shall also
have the following powers, and exercise
the following duties. to-Wit:
(a) They, shall require all returns of
personal property subject to taxation, to
be made before them at their office, in
the city of Savannah, upon such form or
forms as they may prescribe or approve
of, by the first day of February of each
year, and the following bath or affirma
tion shail be administered to each and
every person making returns for taxa
tion of personal property to said board
of tax assessors and receivers, to-wit:
“You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
the returns which you are about to make
shall be a just and true statement of all
personal property of every kind, which
you held or ,owned on the first day of
January (inserting here the year) or were
interested in, either in your own right,
or the right of any person or persons
whomsoever, either as a parent, guardian,
executor, administrator, agent or trus
tee, or in any other manner whatsoever,
to the best of your knowledge, informa
tion and belief. You do further swear
that you will truly, corrtxdiy and fuily
answer all questions asked you bv the
tax assessors and receivers, in reference
to said return, and that you have not
conveyed or assigned to others, or remov
ed out of the city of Savannah any prop
erty whatsoever, to avoid returning* the
same for taxation.”
The said board of tax assessors and
receivers shall keep the tax books Open
and ready for returns urutii the time spec
ified above, and of which full notice shall
be given to the tax, payers, by publica
tion ire the official organ of said city, and
by such other means as the said board
may adopt.
It shall be the duty of said, beard of tax
assessors and receivers to have prepared
suitable books for the purpose of receiv
ing returns as provided herein.
(b) If any person falls, neglects or re
fuses to make a return of his or her per
sonal property within the time adopted,
or to truly answer such questions as may
be asked, or to snbmlt-his personal prop
erty for the Inspection and valuation of
said tax assessors and receiver* or to
furnish such data and information as
may be called for by them, then it shall
be the duty of the said tax assessors and
receivers, Jointly, from the best fcnfor
mation they can get in reference to the I
amount and value of the personal prop- j
erty owned and i>osse*se,i by such person,
to arrive at the true value of the same
and place it upon their 1 sicks. They
shall also enter upon their books the
name of any person, firm, company or
corporation who shall either fail or re
fuse to give in their property, and of
all they are unable to find, and whom
they may believe to lie subject to a tax
on personal property, and of the amount
of the tax assessable against them.
<e>. In the discharge of their duties, j
the said tax assessor* and receivers *hall I
be authorized to enter the store or place i
of business of any person, but shall not j
enter any private, residence against the j
consent of the occupants.
<d. in case of false, fraudulent or un
fair returns, the said lax assessors and
receivers shall cite the person making
the same to appear before them on some
day to lie fixed by them, and siiow cause j
why the return should not be corrected.
Upon any such person so cite,! appear- j
ing before them, ihey may. and shall if
requested, hear evidence as to the real
value of the property in dispute, and
determine the same, if such person so
cited refuses or neglects to appear, his
return shall lie corrected hy the said
tax assessors and receivers, according
to the liest information tlies' can obtain.
(e*. After the returns are in and cor
rected (where corrections are necessary),
tile said tax assessors and receivers shall
enter (he same upon two identical tax '
digests, alphabetically arranged, one of
which tax digests shall be retained for
use in their office and the other for the
city treasurer.
(f). They shall have power, in all cases,
to swear a person making a return that
he will tell the fruth, the whole truth
and nothing hut the truth In answer to
their questions, and to Interrogate him
or her closely for the purpose of having
a Just, full, true and correct return made.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained. That in
case of tlie failure of the owner or agent,
trustee, guardian or person in charge of
any property, which ought to appear on
Ine tax books, to come to the office of
the hoard of tax assessors a nil receivers,
and take the oath and make the returns
required hy law, the said tax assessors
and receivers shall keep a digest, to be
known as the “Defaulters' Digest,” in
which all such names and the amounts re
turned by them or assessed against them,
shall be recorded, and it shall be the duty
of the marshal, before settling with them,
to require all defaulting tax (layers to
go to the office of the said board of tax
assessors and receivers and take the oath
and make the required by law;
and any defaulter failing to eoiqply with
this section, when thus required Jiy the
marshal, shall he subject to a film fiot ex
ceeding SSO, or Imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days, or noth, upon conviction In
the recorder’s court.
hee. 7. Be it further ordained, Thai any
person who shall knowingly make any In
complete or unfaithful return for taxa
tion, or who shall refuse to make a set
turn, shall, on conviction before the police
court of the city of Savannah, be subj*e4
to a tine not exceeding s3u, oftimurisomneret
not exceeding thirty days, elthlr or both,
in the discretion of the court, for each
offense. ju ip
Sec. S. Be It further orilirified, That In
ease any person, firm or corporation liable
under the tax ordinances of the city of Sa
vannah, shall fail or refuse to make re
turns of personal property as required in
this ordinance, it shall be in the power
of said board of lax assessors and receiv
ers to assess such persons, firm or cor
poration at double the amount of the Im
mediately preceding tax return, and If no
return shall have been made, then the
said board shall have the pewer to assess
such person, firm or corporation. In Its
discretion, provided, however, that upon
petition made to said hoard, by any such
person, firm or corjioratlon, within thirty
days after such assessment, nrnoubia As
sessment, and not thereafter, the said
board may hear the said petitioner, and
such evidence as may be adduced before
it, and if proper excuse lie shown, in the
judgment of said board, it shall have the
power to reduce such assessment or
double assessment und upon such terms
as it may deem just and equitable.
See. 9. Be it further ordained. That the
assessment of the said tax a|fiessors and
receivers as finally made by them shall
be final, and there shall be no appeal
therefrom.
See. 10. Be it further ordained, Tha all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con
flict with tills ordinance are hereby re
pealed.
Published by order of council.
A. N. MANUCT,
Clerk of Council.
MARRIED 4 JAPANESE.
She H ire a Chicago Girl Had Doe* Not
Regrel It.
Frcrm the Chicago Record.
Speaking of Japanese in Chicago, not
the least notable Is Harry K. Tetsuka,
who married a daughter of Mr. Gibson,
the cotton manufacturer. Miss Gibson
met Mr. Tetsuka at the world s fair. They
fell in love with each other, and were
married about a year ago, and are now
living in a handsome apartment house on
Washington, avenue, near Fifty-eighth
street. Mrs. Tetsuka’s drawing-room Is
remarkably pretty, living furnished In part
Japanese, part American style. It is a
large, bow-window room, with kokemonos
(portieres) on the walls ant! doors. Oft©
pair of silk portiers is 200 years old, and
came from some famous old temple In
Japan.
“1 do not wear the Japanese dress on the
street,” she said, but I often do in the
house, and my husband is always glad to
get into his Japanese dressing gown and
put off his armor, as he calls his American
clothes. Yes, i believe I am the first Chi
cago girl who ever married a Japanese,
but I know lots more who would like to
sinqe they have known my hjusband.
When we were first engaged my father
and mother opposed It a little, but pow
they think there is no one in the world
like my husband. I love everything Jap
anese, and can use the chopsticks like
a native, and I am very fond of Japanese
cooking.”
Local Daily We a (her Report for the
Morning News.
Local forecast for Savannah and vicin
ity till midnight, Jan. 2, 1896: Warmer
Thursday afternoon and night; generally
fair weather, followed by increasing cloud
iness; variable winds, becoming southerly.
Forecast for Georgia: Fair and warmer;
southerly winds.
Comparison •of mean temperature at
Savannah, Ga., on Jan. 1, 1896, with the
normal for the day: Temperature—Nor
mal, 49; mean, 42; deficiency for this date,
7; accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1,
1896, 7.
Comparative rainfall statement—Nor
mal, .12; amount for Jan. 1, 1896, .00; de
parture from the normal, —.12; total de
parture since Jan. 1, 1896, —.12.
Maximum temperature, 49; minimum
temperature, 35.
The hight of the Savannah river at
Augusta at 8 a. m., 75th meridian time, yes
terday, was 12.0 feet, a rise of 1.8 feet
during the preceding rivrety-four hours.
Observations taken Jan. 1 at the same
moment of time at all stations for the
Morning News.
Boston, t 30, w W, v 12, partly cloudy.
New York City, t 26, w W, v 26, clear.
Philadelphia, t 30, w W, v 8, clear.
Washington City, t 30, w NW, v light,
clear.
Norfolk, t 36, w W, v 6, clear.
Hatteras, t 42, w NW, v 20, clear.
Wilmington, t 40, w W, v light,clear,
Charlotte, t 36, w SW, v 8, clear.
Atlanta, t 36, w SW, v 10, clear.
Savannah, t 40. w W. v fight, clear.
Jacksonville, .! 42, w NW, v fight, clear.
Key West, t 62, w NE, v 12, cloudy.
Tampa, t 44, w NW, v light, clear.
Mobile, t 42, w SW, v fight, clear.
Montgomery, t 40, w SE, v 6, clear,
l Vicksburg, t 46, w S, v 10, clear.
-New Orleans, t 42, w SE, v 10, clear.
Galveston, t 56, w S, v 10, clear.
Corpus Christ!, t 56, w SE, v 12, clear,
Palestine, t 50, w 8, v 8, clear.
Memphis, t 42. w S, v 16, clear.
Cincinnati, t 34, w SW, v 8, clear.
Pittsburg, t 22, w SE, v 8, clear.
Buffalo, t 26, w SW, V 16, snowing.
Detroit, t 24, w SW, v 16, clear.
Chicago, t 30, w S, v 36, cloudy.
Marquette, t 18, w SE, V 10, snowing.
St. Paul, t 28, w W, v 12, cloudy.
Davenport, t 36, w S, v 10. clear.
St. Louis, t 40, w S, v 16, partly cloudy,
Kansas City, t 40, w SW, v 14, cloudy,
Oklahoma, t 48. w S. v 12, clear.
North Platte, t 82, w N, v 16, partly cloudy.
Dodge Ci .y, t 44, w SE, v 6, partly cloudy.
Rainfall—Pittsburg, trace; Buffalo,
trace; Detroit, trace; Marquette, trace.
F. H. Smyth,
Observer, Weather Bureau,
X, temperature! ,w wittdj y, velocity.
A NEW YEAR
A NEW MONTH
WOULD SUCCEST
A NEW DINNER SET.
Of course the only place to
select one is
ISIS (HI PU
Some exquisite patterns!
at decidedly iow prices.
OIL HEATERS
Are seasonable just now.
The best kinds in the
world are sold by us.
Lamps and Lamp Fix
tures, Kitchen Ware and
Household Supplies.
Everything at West’s is
good. Good things are cheap
at West’s.
The Best Advertising
For the Least Money.
ONLY 1 ll \ WORD.
WANTS, such as Help or Situation*
Wanted; Houses or Rooms Wanted, or
To Let; Houses and other Property for
Bale; Lost, Found and Personal adver
tisements, and any other advertising in
serted in the CHEAP COLUMN, 15
WORDS or more, at
ONt CENT A WORD.
DISPLAYED advertisements in This col
umn at special rates.
PERSONAL,
TO pins Tn
brooches and clean ’em like new; watch,
clock and spectacles repairing at corre
sponding moderate prices; nothing too
small, nothing too big; bring your Jobs
and engraving to Fegeas, the reliable
Jeweler, 108 Broughton; a few holiday
goods to I* closed out cheat).
DR. SEYMOUR PUTNAM (RESIDENT
specialist), treats all chronic, nervous, pri
vate, blood and skin diseases. "Consulta
tion free." 136 Broughton street.
"COWS PASTURED AT 75 CENTS
per month, puyuble In advance. Vale
Royal Dairy.
"LADIES, CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH
Pennyroyal Pills (Diamond brand,) are the
best; safe, reliable; take no other; send
4c stamps, for particulars; “Relief for
Ladies," In letter by return mall; at drug
gists. Chichester Chemical Cos., Philadel
phia, Pa.
"DR. JEROME E. BLANC HAS HE
turned to Savannah; specialty, female
complaints and chronic diseases. Office
186 H Broughton street, corner Barnard.
AVOID A FREEZE OUT BY THE
city and a freeze up by Jack Frost by hav
ing a waste-cock placed on your water
pipes. Cornwell & Chipman.
HAVING GIVEN THE PEOPLE OF
Savannali advantage of our contract on
butterlne; also allowing them to test Its
sterling qualities, we beg to announce
that the price in future wifi be 20c per
pound, or two pounds for 35c. Still a
great saving on butter. Cohen Bros.
BEFORE YOU BUT OR SELL PROP
©rty consult Robert H. Tatem, Real Es
tate Dealer, 129 York street, near Bull
Street. ’
THERE IB NOTHING THAT SO Dis
turbs one’s equanimity as an aching foot!
Lem Davis, surgeon chiropodist, removes
and cures ingrowing nai’.s, corns, bun
ions and other ailmants that feol aie heir
to. Leave orders at Wheeler’s Pharmacy,
Bull and State streets.
PHOTOGRAPH V .
r'BULL
street for fine photographs at reasonable
prices. Cabinets and crayon specialties.
Views taken In city or country by a spec
lal artist. J. N, Wilson.
HELP WANTED.
salesladies in retail dry goods store; state
salary" expected; those who can talk busi
ness, make a good book, and are good
stock keepers. Address Strictly Business,
Morning News, city. ___
"WANTED, BY FAMILY OF THREE
(no children) a German woman as cook;
must sleep on premises. Good wages and
a good home to right party. L., care News
office.
"WANTED. AT ONCE, 25 OR 30 MEN
to do swamp work, chopping logs and
work at log skidder; wages SI.OO per day
and hoard; none but able bodied men need
apply. Suwanee Canal Company, (Camp
Cornelia), near Folkston, Ga.. on S., F. &
W. railway, between Waycross and Jack
sonville.
WANTED, FIVE FRESCO PAINTERS;
steady work. Leon & Cos., Tampa. _Fla.
s6O TO $l5O PAID SALESMEN FOR
cigars; experience not necessary; extra
inducements to customers. Bishop &
Kline, St. Louis. Mo. _____
"wANTED, TWO GILT-KDGE TRAV
eling salesmen; responsible and experi
enced; permanent employment guaran
teed. New England Jewelry and Silver
ware Cos., lowa City, lowa.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
'^HU?GG7s : F7)E : ~TfHR^
experience desires situation; references
furnished from last employer. Address
Druggist, 156 Liberty street, city.
~A MIDDLE-AGED LADY WISHES A
situation as governess, housekeeper or
companion; references exchanged. Ad
dress Mrs. Franklin Johnston, Luray,
Hampton county. South Carolina.
"WANTED, SITUATION; A COMPE
tent young lady desires a position as
stenographer and typewriter. Address 192
State street, Mrs. E. Lepinsky.
MONEY TO LOAN.
'^E0J)00~^ V LOA>r^OjP9AVANNAH
reai estate, at 444 per cent.; mortages
taken up; new loans made. H. Sinclair,
the De Soto.
HOUSES AND STOKES FOR RENT.
FOR RENT, RESIDENCE NO. 116
Liberty street. John L. Archer & Cos.
FOR RENT, THE FOUR-StoRV
brick house, 168 X.iberty street; southern
frontage; thoroughly renovated; posses
sion Immediately. Apply Albert Wylly,
120 Bryan street.
~FOR RENT FLORIDA HOUSE, 101
Broughton street; 18 rooms; remodeled,
painted and papered throughout; posses
sion immediately. Apply Albert Wylly,
120 Bryan
FOR RENT, RESIDENCE CORNER
Charlton and Barnard streets. John L.
Archer & Cos., No. 6 Bull street.
FOR RENT, RESIDENCE CORNER
Henry and Lincoln streets. John
L. Archer & Cos.. No. 6 Bull street.
AUCTION SALES.
~AT 'aUCTIOnT*
FINE BIORM IHIMt. ROM, TOP DESK,
t.HOf KHIKB. MEDICINES, ETC.
%. K. WILSON, iHetloaerr,
Will sell at 177 Congress street, this day at It
o'clock. Sideboard*. Desk* Be! and Dtning
Room Suits. Stoves, Grocene*. Medicines, etc.
ROOMS FOR HF\ I
FOR RENT. LARGE SOUTH ROOM,
furnished and attended, or three connect
ing. 155 South Broad. I
ONE OR TWO ROOMS, SUITABLE
for office, laundry or liarls-r shop. 217 New
Houston
" elegant ROOMS, first floorJ
large hall; third floor: convenient store,
Wlhtaker itreat. Apply John Lyona.
ED It RENT—IIS( F.I.I.ANKUIS.
FOR KENT. FIRST FLOOR AND
basement of 86 Bryan street, formerly oc
cupied hy Germania Bank. For partic
ulars apply at premises.
FOR RENT, OFFICES NO. U 4 BRT
an street. Ist floor; rent reasonable; pos
session given Oct. L Apply to VValthour At
Rivers.
FUR SALE.
ONE DOLLAR PER LOAD FOR OAK.
stick or sawed, at Aimar'sr Telephone
121.
FOR SA LE. CONTENTS OF ONE OF
the best locations in the city for boarders;
convenient to both depots, also business
center; bouse for rent. Address News
office.
COW! COW! FINE FAMILY COW;
calf two days old. Jo© Jordan, at Gutl
martin’s stables. '
FOR SALE, TWO MANGLES, OF 7S
inch cylinders, of Troy Jjiundry Com
pany's manufacture, in, perfect condi
tion, and ready for immediate use. Th*
above mangles have been removed to.
give place to mangles of larger capacity.*
For price and particulars, inquire of W.
P. > ancey, manager Tampa Bay Hotel
Laundry, Tampa, Fla.
FOR SALE. SMALL FARMS, THREE
miles from court house, one mile from
city limits, on Ogeechee road, recently pav
ed; tracts of any size from one acre tA
one hundred; good land for truck farming
or for dairy farms; will exchange for city
property or Association Company stock.
C. H. Dorsett.
CYPRESS PILING AND SHINGLES;,
black cypress piles at special prices in
quantities; cypress shingles reduced t
$1.25 and $2.25 per thousand; boats can
load at the mills; carload lots a specialty.
Yale Royal Manufacturing Company.
HAY AND PEA VINES-H A T
wholesale, 67Wc; retail, 75c per 100 pounds:
pea vines, with peas, $1 per IOC. J. F.
Qulimarttn & Co.’s Stables. _
' UNREDEEMED WATCHES, JEWEL
ry, organs, sewing machine*, clothlnff
very cheap. Arthur Deutsch, Pawn Brok
er, Congress street, next to Solomons*
drug store.
: r-* t
LOST.
to name of Carlo; suitable reward if re
turned to E. Helmken. South Broad and
East liroail streets. '
"lost, PUG BITCH: HAS MANGE AND
answer* to name of Bess. Reward If re
turned to 173 Bolton street.
LOST, PURSE CONTAINING SMALL
sum rneney and key on Broughton, Bull
or Liberty Btreets. Finder will be re
warded by leaving at tills office.
"LOST OR STOLEN, ONE SMALL LlV
er and white setter bitch; name Clyde;
when lust seen was with two boys, near
West Broad and Roberts street. Liberal
reward if returned to W. J. Floyd, 4T
Roberts street.
EDUCATIONAL.
~I FEw" S CHcTIARS
for Instruction on piano in harmony or
in counterpoint. Address N. A. Hardee,
151 Taylor street.
"a*"
MISCELLANEOUS.
the most costly literary enterprise ever
undertaken in America. Constructed by
specialists (over KM,of the leading univer
sities and scientific societies represented
on the editorial staff) at a cost of sl,uou,-
(100. Although but recently Issued is al
ready accepted as the standard of author
ity by the departments at Washington, of
Canada, the supreme court or the United
States, the Smithsonian Institute, public,
schools of New York, etc. Present prices
surely advanced January. Copies cheer
fully sent for Inspection. H. Heilman, ]Ol
President, Savannah.
SEED OATS.
Georgia Raised— Bust Proof.
J. F. GUILMARTIN & CO.
LEGAL NOTICES.
Chatham" countyX
Sarah Glover haiKapplied to the Court of
Ordinary for a twelve months support
for herself out of the estate of James
Glover, deceased. Appraisers have made
returns allowing same.
These are, therefore, to cite ail whom
It may concern to appear before said court
to make objection on or before the first
Monday In January next, otherwise same
will be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L.
Ferrill, Ordinary for Chatham county,
this the 11th day of December, 1895.
FRANK E. KEILBACIR .
Clerk C. 0„ C. C.
ORDINANCE,
By Alderman Kolshorn—
An ordinance to require reports from
Junk dealers.
Section 1. Be it ordained hy the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah, in
council assembled, that It is hereby made
the duty of all junk dealers and of every
owner or owners, lessee or lessees of a
junk shop doing business In the city of
Savannah, to make dally reports to Mm
chief of police of the city of Savannah,
and within twenty-tour hours of the re
ception by them of any junk, merchan
dise or other property received by them
in the course of trade, giving such •
description of the property as will make
its identification easy.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that any
Junk dealer, owner or owners, lessee or
lessees of a junk shop, doing business in
the city of Savannah, who shail violate
the provisions of the foregoing section,
or any of them, shall, on conviction Derore
the police court of the city of Savannah,
be subject to a fine not exceeding on©
hundred dollars and imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, either or both, in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, that all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed in council Dec. 18, 1596.
HERMAN MYERS, Mayor.
Attest: A N. MANUC’Y,
Clerk of Council.
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