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for the ships.
. ™ SAV.W.IAH
\ lo , K i; PRESIDENT COMER.
s ß v They Are Completing Ar
f rtßßement. to Put on the Dlreet
t . „ f steamer* Whenever n Pro
||i(1I1I1 Time tor It Comes—No DeH
'' Date FI veil l pon Which the
v',v Company’* Ofllee Will Be
op.ne.l Here— They Say, However,
,l,e New Line Is Sure to Come.
William Johnston of the firm of
: lin Johnston & Cos., of Liverpool,
. hi( , owners and ship charterers, is
n ,he c *ty on a buslness vlslt t 0 Pres '
i ii' H. M. Comer of the Central of
‘,'jLia Railway Company. He is ac
c“panied by Mr. J. H. Welsford, also
' f gpgiand, and Mr. Patterson, who rep
ents his iirm at Norfolk, Va.
It was through Mr. Johnston, as was
ted first by the Morning News, that
jj r C omcr has arranged to put on a
direct line of steamers between Savan
ilaii and torelen ports, for the purpose
0 f handling all classes of merchandise,
bm principally cotton.
Mr Johnston and President Comer
ere seen yesterday by a representative
t,( the Morning News, and asked about
the proposed line of steamers. It was
e ta:ed that Mr. Johnston ts here for the
purpose of completing arrangements to
put on the line of steamers at such a
turf as Will be propitious for the under
pins but that no definite agreement
been reached as to just what time
jjUrs. Johnston & Cos. would open an
ettirr her. or send their first steamer to
Savannah for a cargo. The impression
was given, however, that there is no
doubt about the proposed line from Sa
vannah being put on.
A? was siated some time ago Messrs.
William Johnston & Cos. made arrange
ments to put on direct lines of steamers
to foreign ports from Norfolk, Wilming
ton Charleston, Savannah and Bruns
wick. The firm has already put on its
steamers from two or three of these ports
and is now operating them regularly.
Savannah was on the list, and several
gentlemen who are interested in the un
dmaking, among them President Comer
and Capt. John Flannery of Savannah, se
cured a charter from the superior court
for the Georgia Export and Import Com
pany. with a capital of $50,000, and an au
thorized capital of $1,000,009. At that time
ii was thought the new line of steamers
would be put on within a few days, it hav
ing been stated that Messrs. William
Johnston & Cos. would open an office in
Savannah by Nov. 15.
Nothing came of the project at that
time and it was thought by some that it
had been given up. Mr. Johnston's visit
to Savannah at this time, however, indi
cates differently, and it looks now as if it
were an assured fact, though the gentle
men interested say no definite date has
yet been fixed for the opening of an office
here by Mr. Johnston's firm, nor has it
been settled when the first of the steam
ers will come for a cargo.
One of the objects of the plan, as was
slated at the time, was to fortify the port
and enable it by equitable ocean, rates to
g-t its full proportion of the cotton shipped
through South Atlantic ports. Savannah
has recently been picking up considerably
in its cotton receipts, but still something
is needed to fortify it for the future and
to enable it to maintain its due rights in
this respect. The cotton exchange has
taken up the matter from one point of
view, and the proposed direct line of
steamers may be considered somewhat in
the light of a step taken on the other
side of the question. Parties interested
in the welfare of the port will await eag
erly the result of both steps.
SOI 111 SIDE IMPROVEMENTS*
Alderman Hudson Kipremea Some
View* on the Subject.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 14.—Editor Morn
ir.g News: What an administration can
<io for a city, or for a special section of a
eit}\ is, to a great degree, limited by the
amount of money it has in hand. Its rev
enues necessarily gauge its capacity to im
fov. in comparing what this adminis
tration has done in the south side, beyond
Anderson street, with what its predeces
sor lid in its last two years, a start may
■airly be made by comparing the cash at
command. Here it is;
Wand 1891 $1,607,401
W and 1896 1,522,518
.I'°™ ,his 't will be seen that In 1893 and
tile McDonough administration had
“ ts command $84,883 more than the pres
,2; had in 1895 and 1896. In
MM the preceding administration
„ “ $1,646,763 against expenditures of
Jr ’- 8 . 1 " and 1696. The preceding
<v,ri mh i rallon in lts last ‘wo years ac
cordingly expended $161,740 more than the
offi s administration in its two years of
ana 1 ; , vln s more money at its service,
, pending so much more money than
Sl] . •' y " r " administration it is natural to
that the precedinl* administration
■ . ' VL 'd°ne correspondingly more for
1896 h 8 <le than bas been done ln 1895
thu s„ at , emea out there complain that
nt °i" , has been neglected by the
ha,iiv , a l m'nistratlon; that it has been
much I f ted ', Tt 18 easy t 0 complain;
the o eaß ‘,t r i h l n t 0 do Jußtlce - Here is
In iui? lat tbe otflcial figures tell:
the u r an ' 3 189 ‘- tbe last two years of
Xerp ~ ’enough administration, there
street o fls'Kds*4Ureß I $'K d s*4 UreB B ° Utb ° f Anderson
Istr*:u** 189<i ' under the Myers admln
df-rso,, tlle ex Penditures south of An-
Th ° n s,rf, et were $72,051.
K, ei , Present administration, it will be
every xi'l.r" 1 .1" that sect ton, $2.65 for
tlon .rvi;, tha ‘ the preceding admlnlstra
]>, w I. be expenditures in 1896 and
188). ,41,953 greater than In 1893 and
feature and an especially striking
mitn,L?; the oase ’ under the Myers ad
“„ ‘n ~ he Clty ,n two year* has
Ct f y >. more than it received
litht Becl l° n ln taxes.
'he smith 11 K s os> discrimination against
CSV™ 1 wUI lpave “ to the clt
in l “ at section to determine,
tone fh meto recapitulate what has been
r ‘l'rts h, h UreH bel "K from the official
*HI ci'.. are open to B " citltens. I
tno ri . . *,* bc f ac's in tables, as being the
iMiy understood and appreciated.
]l, rk In 1893 and 1894-
]>v “Petting streets $ 6 276
189:1' w r .?,“" K H '. reet nothing done.
IttT n U n raalnß . etc 11.961
I*l, g T llnlf e Streetß 7 - t9 °
im „ ‘ lln * four streets, about 1,000
“ter mains, etc nothing done.
for 1893 and 1891 %32G
liir k *n 1895 and ISM—
by.' * ‘dng streets $23,547
18K ‘ ," k Anderson and Battery.. D421
W, pavin? e ®chee road 5.943
non m -i? ,J . U street, from Ander
% w?,* WeU ? h 1,639
I*-, . * , n, ? ln ". etc 5,000
W fourteen streets 5.572
to roadways. Anderson
18*. itradih! 1 ”?* 1.252
lie L*, * e *vf*n streets 1,*,23
aier niains, etc.... 7,500
J for isfis an( j 172.051
rtßcn t these facta and figures for the
consideration of southsiders and citizens
generally. They speak for themselves.
They require no further explanation. 1
need say nothing about the great work
accomplished by this administration in
getting crossings over the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway free of cost to
the city. That was in addition to what
has been enumerated above.
If it were a question of the present ad
ministration rising or falling solely on
what it has done for the south side, I
would, for one, feel no fear as to which
it would do.
But it may be asked, what does it pro
pose to do the coming year? I can say
that the record of this administration
speaks for the future. As it has gone
ahead to open up the southern section and
improve it along with the rest of the city,
so will it continue. Here is the work pro
posed for 1897. and for which appropriation
has been made. (By the careful manage
ment of the city’s affairs it began the
new year with a balance to its credit of
practically $60,000, so it is enabled to begin
new improvements at once.
Work laid out for 1597 for the south side—
New water mains, etc $ 6,000
Grading streets 4,0*10
Opening streets 40,000
New sewer, Abercorn street, Ninth
to Sixth, and sewer on Jefferson
from Eighth to terminus of street. 3,500
New sewer, 2,000 feet long, along new
driveways to intersection of S., F.
& W., and East Broad and down
East Broad to that sewer 5,C00
New lights and minior improvements 1,300
Total work planned and provided for
for 1897 $60,000
Very Respectfully,
George A. Hudson.
THE DEAD BETTER OFFICE.
A Pleasant Talk About \\ hat .May Be
Seen anil Heard There.
From the Philadelphia Times.
During the first eleven years of the ex
istence of the dead letter office one email
book was sufficient to record a. memoran
dum of all the important letters that
reached it. At the present time about
20,000 letters are received each day, though
a large majority of them are of little im
portance. There are letters from all sort 9
of people and from all parts of the world.
All lost letters are sent to the office In
hope that patience, perseverence and skill
may ultimately find their destined owners.
In the greater number of cases the quest
is successful.
Every day many of the 70,000 postoffices
in the United States send to the dead let
ter office in Washington letters with an
illegible address, an insufficient address,
or, as is often the case, with an entire
lack of address, and others that have been
advertised and not claimed. When this
bulky mail reaches the department it is
rapidly separated and the various kinds
of letters assigned the clerks whose duty
it is to sort them.
Visitors to the office are usually shown
only the museum and are then conducted
to a balcony where they are allowed to
look at the busy clerks, who sit at their
desks in the room below, sorting, counting,
opening, arranging and disposing of let
ters with marvelous rapidity. Through
the courtesy of Mr. Frank Jones, first as
sistant postmaster general, 1 was permit
ted to enter this room, to talk with the
clerks and to watch their work.
Twenty people, with small keen blades,
were swiftly cutting envelopes, glancing
at the contents, and, usually, throwing
them aside as valueless. These are the
letters that have been properly addressed,
stamped and received at the specified post
office, but the owners of which the post
master has been unable to find. He adver
tises them for ten or fifteen days, and if
they be unclaimed at the expiration of
that time he sends them to Washington.
Each clerk opens about two thousand of
these letters daily. The object is to see if
they contain money, money-orders, checks
or any other article of value. If they do,
every effort is made to return them to the
sender. When a clerk finds money In a
letter, he immediately writes the amount,
the date and his name on the back of the
envelope, and it is then sent to another
clerk, who studies the letter to find some
clue by which the money may bo return
ed. Sometimes success crowns his efforts
and sometimes the puzzle cannot be solv
ed. The address on the envelope, the name
of the examining clerk, the amount of
money and the date are recorded, and the
money is out aside for two years. At the
end of that time, if no inquiry has been
made for it, it is sent to the United States
treasury, where the owner by furnishing
conclusive proof that it is his property,
may redeem it any time within four years
of the day the treasurer received it.
Many of these letters are written by rel
atives or by friends, who sign names giv
en them by their sponsors or some eupho
nious title of their babyhood days. Thus,
a letter commencing "My dear Bee,” and
ending with “Your loving George," con
veys no idea of which of the many loving
Georges in the United States wrote the
epistle. The clerk who is endeavoring to
find some means of individualizing the
owner reads the letter studiously and some
times finds a sentence like this: “Did
you know Frank Bentley Is working at
W 's store in P—?’’ Then the office
writes to Frank Bentley, asking whether
he can identify the "loving George,” who
writes to a "dear Bee.” In nine eases out
of ten, George in this way recovers his
money.
Other clerks open letters that have been
dropped into the street mail-boxes with
out either stamp or address. A number of
theso blank envelopes are received every
day and the greater part of them are sent
by business men and often contain legal
documents. As we stood by watching, the
clerk opened a number of these envelopes,
in one of which he found the sum of eight
dollars, and in another a dollar bill. They
were put aside to be examined in the same
way that the advertised letters are. An
other blank envelope held a gold ring,
with a letter touchingly signed, "Your
sweetheart Sam.” Two unaddressed envel
opes each contained the photograph of a
pretty young girl. The pictures were taken
in Cleveland and had the name of the pho
tographer in the corner. Through him the
office will endeavor to restore them to the
original.
In another part of the room a letter was
shown to me that was stamped and plainly
addressed to a man in Burlington, Vt.,
This letter had been held by a postmaster
in one of the western states and advertised
for thirty days. The dead letter office will
send it to the man in Vermont, asking
him to return the envelope to the Wash
ington office. They will then send it to
the western postmaster, demanding an ex
planation of his conduct in holding a let
ter legibly addressed to another town and
state.
In one corner of the department sits a
woman, of whom the ordinary mortal Is
inclined to think as the. possessor of som>
system of accult reasoning. It is her duty
to decipher Illegible addresses and to com
plete those that are unfinished. This lat
ter is not so difficult, as she Is supplied
with directories of all the cities and la-ge
towns in the United States, and when n
letter is received directed to John Jay,
Wall street. Philadelphia, Pa., she erases
the city and state and substitutes "New
York.” Errors of this kind are of fre
quent occurrence, the writer putting on
the envelope the name of the city from
which he is writing.
Many letters also reach this desk with
an incomplete address, as James Smith,
Providence. Rhode Island is soon added
and the letter is forwarded. A letter
was once received at this desk bearing the
words, Dr. Washburn, Roberts College.
With very little delay, Constantinople,
Turkey, was added, and the doctor re
ceived the letter almost as quickly ns
though it had gone directly from the
sender.
When the work of deciphering Illegible
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1897.
addresses begins real genius is display ed,
for intricate puzzles are pleasurable pas
times in comparison with the words and
the writing on these envelopes. Every
error of orthography is displayed, and the
writing would cause leaden despair to close
about a teacher's heart, English and Ger
man letters mixed indiscriminately, writ
ten with a soft lead pencil and spelled ac
cording to the sound, are of frequent oc
currence. One letter was directed to
"Porniprehri.” This was changed to Paw
nee Prairie. "Provenen taw” was meant
for Province Town, and Dale Verte for
Green Bay. Many of the letters are sent
by Hungarians, who spell very much us
the name of the place sounds.
lit a letter can be sent from the office
without opening it, it is always done. The
few people in the United States that are
privileged by the government to open and
read other people’s letters grow very
weary of so doing, and all curiosity as to
the contents is quickly lost when one
opens an average of two thousand letters
a day.
The inquiry division of the dead letter
office is a very useful branch of its work.
Here inquiries for lost letters and pack-'
ages are received, and as all letters of
value and all packages are recorded and
classified, they are very readily found. A
few days before I visited the office, a lady
had written to say that a certain maga
zine had advertised that for ten cents it
would send a copy of the magazine for a
year and also a small teaset. Not hear
ing from it, she wrote to the dead letter
office. They at once looked into the matter,
discovered the magazine to be fraudulent
and notified the post office in the city
where it was published to send all letters
directed to the magazine to the dead letter
office. Five hundred letters were received
and opened, and were then, with the en
closed ten cents, returned to the sender,
while the people in the office groaned over
the work it had involved and the gullibil
ity of five hundred women. This was a
not unusual case.
The foreign department of the office has
charge of the letters sent from distant
lands to the United States, whose owners
cannot be discovered. These letters are
numbered in the thousands. Often the peo
ple for whom they are intended have mov
ed to a different part of the country and
cannot be found. Frequently the envel
ope bears only the name of the person that
the letter is intended for and "United
States.” To find the owner is an ardu
ous task, and yet it is often accomplished.
Every year more than 80,000 parcels are
received at the dead letter office. A par
cel that is insufficiently prepaid, with an
illegible, or an unfinished address, is im
mediately Bent to the office. There they
endeavor to notify the person for whom
the package is intended, that they may
claim it by paying the sum due. If the
owner declines to do this the con
tents of the package become the property
of the United States. If the address on
the parcel cannot be deciphered, or if it
be without an address, it is also claimed
by the .government.
Addressed articles are held for redemp
tion for two years; unaddressed for six
months; at the end of tha£. time they be
come the property of any one that will
buy them, for each year, at Christmas
time, the dead letter office has an auc
tion. Catalogues are printed, and the auc
tion is advertised in the Washington pa
pers and superintended by a competent
auctioneer.
There are two museums connected with
the postoffice department, both filled with
interesting curios and postal appliances.
The one connected with the dead letter
office is used to display articles that have
been seized in the mail as contraband.
Among them is a rattlesnake; an al.iga
tor, a Sioux pipe, a large centipede that
was mailed alive in a newspaper, a pis
tol mailed with six bullets in it, and a
skull that was sent 'through the mail to a
doctor in Philadelphia, who refused to pay
the $3.19 postage due on it.
There is also in this collection a ash
tub, a bunch of sleigh-bells, roller skates,
hand-cuffs, several flasks of whisky, false
teeth, immense rag-dolls, coffee pots, gar
den tools, a log of wood four feet in
length, a postal card 'that went around
the world in 120 days, and a registered let
ter that traveled for six months, and is
covered with inscriptions, and a great va
riety of other curious things.
Avery large book shown here is always
attractive to the museum visitor. It con
tains soldiers' photographs lost in the mall
during the civil war. They are photo
graphs of old men and young boys, fath
ers, brothers, husbands and sweethearts,
all in soldier costume. During the meet
ing of the Grand Army of the Republic in
Washington in IS9I these photographs
were taken from the album and hung on
the wall of the museum, and in this way
many people recovered their lost pictures.
In the larger museum one of the most in
teresting exhibits is the mail team used
in the woods of Northern Michigan on the
run from Sault Ste. Marie to Mackinaw.
Three stuffed dogs, which, two years ago,
were alive and in active service, are har
nessed to a toboggan, on which are strap
ped two mail-bags, and by the side stands
the Indian driver. At the door of the room
is a representation of a mounted mail
carrier of the west. He sits on a large
horse and is clad In the garb of a cow
boy, with a six-shooter at his hip and the
mail-bag firmly tied on behind.
In glass cases about this room are
shown the mail uniform of various coun
tries. Among them are the snowy white
linen of the town postman of India, the
dark blue of the Japanese, the white and
blue of the Tape Colony carrier, the dark
blue, with gold and red trimmings, used
by the postman of Great Britain, and the
blue cloak and yellow leggings of the
Swiss. All the European letter-carriers are
more heavily accoutered than are those
of this country, and many of them are
obliged to carry a horn, or a bugle. The
Swedish carrier wears a heavy belt from
which hangs his sword, a bugle, a cart
ridge-box, a metal letter-box, a revolver
and a passport-box.
All kinds of letter-pouches, registered
sacks and mail hags are displayed; queer
head-coverings and helmets, the largest
of which is snow white and very broad
and protects the head of the postman of
Cape Town, while the Japanese mailman
wears a light basket-like hat, wide and
deep, with a light frame setting, so that
the air has plenty of room for circulating
about the head. But among all these gaudy
and curious uniforms and bags, none look
ed so attractive and pleasing to us as the
modest gray worn by everybody's friend—
our postman.
A Freak of Fashion.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The wearer of the single-barreled eye
glass, who parted his hair In the middle
in order to balance his brains and wore
coffee-sack trousers, has another freak
garb In which to Indulge—the tapering
trousers, full at the top and tight at
the bottom. To the wearer of this vil
lainous garment it may seem to be a fit;
but it appears more like a convulsion.
The apparition preaented by the tight
fitting bottoms, with the full size of the
feet exposed, suggests toothpicks stuck
into pumpkin seeds. The only apology
offered for the wearing of these things
is that they are English.
—This is the way a popular soprano foot
ed up her earnings for the year: Salary,
$24,000; testimonial for Hop's Fault Dis
tract, $500; recommending Silclace's Con
traction corset, $300; magazine article on
"How to Be Happy Though Singing,”
$1 000; three recitals for Mrs. Slcherocker,
JbDrt); singing to none except Snickering
Piano. $2,000; testimonial for Dr. Larink's
voice purifier, $350; for living at the Hotel
Evryland as an attraction, $500; total in
come from all sources, $30,150. Of course,
I have to use fictitious names, but the
facts arc about as stated.
>1 VRINE INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAH, Saturday, Jan. 16, 1897.
Sun sets 5 ;B1
High water at Tybce 6:3S am, 7:38 pm.
High water at Savannah 7:38 am, 8:38 pm.
The time bail on Cotton Exchange drops
12 m., 75th meridlam _
Steamship City of Birmingham, Burg,
New York—C. G. Anderson, Agent.
Steamship D. H. Miller, Billups, Baiti
more—J. J. Carolan, Agent.
Steamship Iris (Beig). Leenaers, Ant
werp, with cement, consigned to Antwerp
Naval Stores Company.
Steamer Alpha, Strobhar, Beaufort—
Geo. U. Beach, Manager.
Steamer Star, Finney, Bluffton, and de
parted on return—Geo. U. Beach, Manager.
CI,EAII ED YKSTERDAY.
Steamship City of Birmingham. Burg,
New York—C. G. Anderson, Agent.
Bark Eugenie (Nor), Hansen, Hamburg
—Dahl & Andersen.
Bark Ariel (Nor), Paust, Hamburg—Dahl
& Andersen.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Macon, Philadelphia.
Bark Ariel (Nor), Hamburg.
MEMORANDA.
Charleston, Jan. 15.—Arrived, steamers
Algonquin, Platt, Jacksonville, proceeded
New York; Seminole, BeSrse, New York,
proceeded Jacksonville.
Sailed, steamer Reindeer (Br), Osborne,
Bremen; bark Gerda (Ger), Siege, Europe,
via Savannah.
New York, Jan. 13.—Arrived, schrs
George H. Ames, Marshall, Brunswick;
Horace G. Morse, Highee, Savannah; J. C.
Gregory, Bernhardt, Savannah; Florence
Randall, Thompson, Charleston; John R.
Halliday, Moore, Charleston.
Boston, Jan. 13.-*Salled, schr May
O’Neill, Watts, Savannah.
Baltimore, Jan. fs.—Sailed, schr Frank
Vanderherchen, Crawford. Savannah.
Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—Arrived, schr
Charles S. Davis, Sooye, Savannah; John
R. Penrose, Somers, Savannah; Emma C.
Middleton, Higbee, Savannah.
Cleared, schr Lulie L. Pollard, Powell,
Savannah.
Eddystone, Jan. 13.—Passed, hark Aljuca
(Nor), Gunderson, Savannah for Harbutg.
notice to mariners.
Pilot charts and all hydrographic infor
mation will be furnished masters of ves
sels free of charge In United States hy
drographic office, in custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
Philadelphia, Jan. 13.—Notice is given by
the lighthouse board that two additional
buoys have been place in the eastern
channel (Cherry Island Flats), Delaware
river as follows:
One spar buoy, painted red, on the east
ern side of channel, nearly abreast buoy
No. 29 (Cherry Island Flats, midw-ay of
shoal): Cherry Island Range (front) light
house, N. by W. 1-16 W.; Christiana light
house W. % S.; Deep Water Point range
(rear) lighthouse, S. by W. % W. depth
of water, 19 feet.
One spar buoy, painted black, on the
western side of channel, off Cherry Island
Range (front) lighthouse: Cherry Island
Range (rear) lighthouse, NNW. •% W.;
Christiana lighthouse, SW. 13-16 W.;
Deep Water Point Range (rear) lighthouse,
S. by W. % W.; depth of water, 19 feet.
Cherry Island F.ats (midway of shoal)
buoy, red, No. 32. has been discontinued,
it being no longer necessary.
PASSENGERS.
Per steamship City of Macon for Phila
delphia—George McDowell, W V Yung
fleisch, E Thiele.
Per steamship D. H. Miller from Bal
timore—Miss Lula Ritter, Mrs J M Burn
side, J M Burnside, Mrs E B Alsop, E B
Alsop, M Kreeger, W L Weaver, G 8
Hall, G M Pollard, C J Dyson, M J Pat
terson, M P Lavate.
Per steamship City of Birmingham from
Boston—Rev Alex Miller, Mrs Alex Miller,
Mr Oaks, Miss E Benjamin, J F Durston,
Nat C Dean, H G Cope, W H McLean, Mrs
C T Ward, Mrs Victor Belanger,Miss A
R Johnson, Miss E Johnson, Mrs G W
Johnson, F L Montgomery, Miss Weeks,
John Kennedy, Mr Metzger, Mr Mianea,
Doro Lorak, Anna Lorak, C A Copeland,
G W Apertng, W C Marwin, Mrs L Will
iams. John A Coffman, F W Schoeremer,
Zerah Coept, E M Tracey (eol), Sarah Dean
(col), Fred St. George, A N Richardson.
Mr Johnson, Sarah Dudley (col), Miss E
Tenner, William Bailey, Frank Smith and
three steerage.
EXPORTS.
Per steamboat City of Macon for Phila
delphia—423 bales upland cotton, 78 bales
sea island cotton, 158 bales domestics and
yarns, 415 bags sugar, 345 bbls rosin, 130
bbls spirits turpentine, 11,316 feet lumber,
486 bales straw, 83 bbls lampblaqk, 1 case
cigars, 2,197 bags clay, 112 boxes fruit, 25
bbls vegetables, 160 boxes vegetables, 362
pig Iron, 25 bales linters, 4 bbls terapln, 147
pkgs mdse, 6 cases old rails.
Per Norwegian bark Eugenie for Ham
burg—l,9ol bbls rosin, valued at $5,925 ; 50
cases pitch, valued at $276 ; 430 bbls of
rosin oil, valued at $2,505 and 700 casks
spirits turpentine, valued at $10,297.-8. P.
Shotter Company.
Per Norwegian bark Ariel for Hamburg—
-5,970 bbls rosin, valued at $18,459.—5. P.
Shotter Company.
RECEIPTS.
Per Central of Georgia railway, Jan. 15
—1,524 bales cotton, 587 bbls rosin, 31 bbls
spirits, 23 cars lumber, 500 bbls cotton seed
oil, 125 tons pig iron, 143 bales domestic, 327
pkgs mdse.l car lumber, 8 cars wood, 1 car
fresh meat, 1 car cattle, 1 car oats, 1 car
bran.
Per Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, Jan. 15—405 bales cotton, 104 crates
vegetables, 61 boxes oranges, 1,487 bbls
rosin, 177 bbls spirits, 14 cars rock, 2 cars
phosphate, 7 cars lumber, 5 cars wood, 7
cars coal.J! cars cotton seed, 1 car doors
and windows, 1 car pig iron, 7 cars mdse,
5 bdls hides.
Per Charleston and Savannah railroad,
Jan. 15—20 bales cotton, 2 cars wood, 1 car
castings, 3 cars plow castings, 2 cars phos
phate, 1 car stone, 2 cars mdse.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road,Jan. 15—217 bales cotton.3o6 bbls rosin,
2 cars piling, 2 cars supplies, 8 cars lumber,
1 car empty boxes, 1 car material, 4 cars
phosphate, 1 car hogs, 6 cars coal, 1 car
empty barrels, 6 cars mdse, 3 cars ties,
5 cars wood, 4 cars stone.
Per Georgia and Alabama railway, Jan.
15—152 bales cotton. 833 bbls rosin, 106 bbls
spirits, 35 cars lumber, 5 cars wood, 7 cars
mdse, 3 cars grain, 2 cars hay.
List of Vessels In the Port of Savun
nnh January IS.
STEAMSHIPS.
City of Birmingham. 2,153 tons, Burg—C.
G. Anderson, Agent.
D. H. Miller, 1,674 tons, Billups—J. J. Car.
oian, Agent.
Mannlngtry (Br), 1,828 tons, Whits, Idg
cotton for Liverpool—Strachan & Cos.
Llnwood (Nor), 1,058 tons, Stubbs, idg cot
ton for Genoa—Strachan A Cos.
Dunedin (Br), 1,412 tons, Parrett, Idg cot
ton for Bremen.—Wilder A Cos.
Iris (Beig), 1,832 tons, Leenaers, dis ce
ment—Antwerp Naval Stores Company.
Forest Holme (Br), 1,644 tons, Johnstone,
idg cotton, Bremen.—J. F. Minis A Cos.
Miguel Gallart, 2,404 tons, Mass, idg cot
ton, F. Minis A Cos.
Miguel M. Plnilios (Span), 2,198 tons, Men
gual, idg cotthn for Barcelona and Ge
noa—Jose M. Esteve A Co>
SHIPS.
Auphentia (Br), 1,540 tons, Kenney, ldg
lumber for Santos—Richardson & Bar
narJ.
Macduff (Nor), 1,065 tons, Sorensen, ldg
naval stores, Europe.—Paterson, Down
ing & Cos.
II IRKS.
Eugenie (Nor), 549 tons, Hansen, cld Ham
burg—Dalil & Andersen.
Sverre (Not), SSO tons, DiedrlKsen, Sabine
Pass, for Bahia, repairing—Dahi & An
dersen.
Elvira (Ger), 1.449 tons, Wuthmann, ldg
naval stores, Europe—Dahl & Andersen.
Pallas (Nor), tons, Johnsen, ldg naval
stores. Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Frlstad (Nor), 915 tons, Gabrlelsen, ldg
naval stores, Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Sirena (Aust), 668 tons, Malabotlch, ldg
naval stores, Europe—Dahl & Andersen.
Ellezer (Nor), 593 tons, Andre ussen, ldg
naval stores, Europe.—Dahl & Andersen.
Pietro Accame (Ital), 848 tons, Costa, dls
sulphur.—Dahl & Andersen.
Hansa (Ger). 1,208 tons, Hansa, dls ce
ment.—Dahl & Andersen.
Solveig (Nor), 574 tons, Kaalstad, dis salt—
Dahl & Andersen,
Tony (Ital), 1,078 tons, Lavagnino, cld,
Anjer—Strachan & Cos.
Carlo (Ital), 751 tons, Trapani, wtg, to Id
lumber and cotton, Oporto—Strachan &
Cos.
Antofogasta (Br), 679 tons, Sinclair, ldg
naval stores, Europe—Strachan & Cos.
Alfredo (Ital), 910 tons, Apea, ldg naval
stores, Europe—Strachan & Cos.
Guidregn (Nor), 369 tons, Hansen, ldg na
val stores, Europe—l’aterbon, Downing
& Cos.
Dronning Sophie (Nor), 735 tons, Hansen,
ldg naval stores, Europe—Paterson,
Downing & Cos.
BRIGS.
Laboremus (Ital), 393 tons, Vldatello, ldg
lumber, Seville.—Strachan & Cos.
SCHOONERS.
Joel F. Shepard, 539 tons, Carter, cld New
York—C. W. Howard & Cos.
Charmer, 376 tons, Plgott, laid up—C. W.
Howard & Cos.
Napoleon Houghton, 786 tons, Stiles, ldg
lumber, New York—C. W. Howard & Cos.
Stephen G. Loud, 475 tons, Pierson, dls
guano—C. W. Howard & Cos.
Charles H. Valentine, 611 tons, Thompson,
ldg lumber.—Master.
Lillie (Br), 311 tons, Davis, ldg lumber for
Parahyba.—Richardson & Barnard.
Island City, 406 tons, Harvey, ldg lumber,
Wl.mington, Del.—Dixon, Mitchell &
Wells.
Carrie T. Balano, 574 tons, Barter, dls fer
tilizer—J, J, Cummings.
Douglass Gregory, 589 tons, Stilwell, dls
coal—Dixon, Mitchell & Cos.
Ida Lawrence, 489 tons, Campbell, dls
guana—E. B. Hunting & Cos.
hahoes.
Belle of Oregon, 1,050 tons, Harding, ldg
lumber, New York—C. W. Howard * Cos.
Forest Belle, 1,226 tons, Weed, ldg lumber
C. W. Howard & Cos.
LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Savannah and vicinity un
til midnight Saturday: Generally fair; no
decided change in temperature; northerly
winds.
Forecast from Washington—
Georgia; Generally fair; northerly winds,
becoming variable.
Eastern Florida: Fair; northerly -winds.
Western Florida: Fair; light, variable
winds.
South Carolina; Generally fair; north
erly winds; warmer in northern portion.
General Conditions—The area of low
pressure moving In from the northwest
has caused a decided rise In temperature
west of the Mississippi river, and the low
est temperature at 8 p. m. was 36 degrees,
at Buffalo, N. Y.
The weather remains generally cloudy
and unsettled over all sections, and at 8
p. m. snow was failing at New York and
Philadelphia; during the day light scat
tered showers fell along the Atlantic coast.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah—,
Maximum temperature, 2:30 pm 60 degrees
Minimum temperature, 6:30 am, 56 degre.es
Mean temperature 58 degrees
Normal temperature 52 degrees
Excess of temperature 6 degrees
Accumulated excess since Jan 1 25 degrees
Kainfall 94 Inches
Normal 11 Inches
Excess or deticlency since Jan 1—1.52 Indies
River Report—
The hight of the Savannah river at Au
gusta at 8 a. m. (75th meridian time) yes
terday was 12.4 feet, a rise of 5.6 feet dur
ing the preceding twentyfour hours.
Observations taken Jan. 15, 1897, 8 p. m.
(75th meridian time), at the same moment
of time at all stations, for the Morning
News:
Name of Station. | -|-T.| •V. | Rain
Boston, cloudy | 30 | 8 | .00
New York city, snowing, j 32 | 6 j T
Philadeliihla, snowing ..| 32 | 13 | .00
Washington city, cloudy.| 33 | L< | T
Norfolk, cloudy 30 6 .01
Hatteras. cloudy 42 24 .04
Wilmington, cloudy 40 8 .04
Charlotte, clear 36 | L .00
Atlanta, partly cloudy ... 48 | 6 T
Savannah, ptly cloudy ... .">8 | L .12
Jacksonville, cloudy | 68 | 6 .00
Jupiter, partly cloudy .... 08 \ L .00
Key West, ptly cloudy .... 68 j L .00
Tampa, clear 66 | 1/ j .00
Pensacola, partly cloudy. 60 J 6 | T
Montgomery, cloudy 68 L | .30
Vicksburg, cloudy 68 | 6 | T
New Orleans, cloudy .... 60 | 10 .4)0
Galveston, foggy 60 j 12 .01
Corpus Chrlsti. cloudy ..06 6 T
Palestine, cloudy 64 8 .00
Memphis, clear 48 L .110
Cincinnati, cloudy 34 6 ,<8)
Pittsburg, clear 38 L .00
Buffalo, cloudy 26 6 .00
Detroit, cloudy 28 10 .00
Chicago, cloudy 33 20 |
Marquette, cloudy 32 10 j T
St. Paul, cloudy | 33 1 10 | .00
Davenport, cloudy | 34 | Xi | .00
St. Louis, cloudy | 40 | 6 | T
Kansas City, cloudy ....| 36 | 8 .00
North Platte, clear I 38 I L .00
Dodge City, clear [44 | 6 .00
-1-Temperature; ‘Velocity of Wind.
J. M. Sherler,
Observer, Weather Bureau.
A DOG VAX.
The far That Should Be Made t It.
Editor Morning News; Your specula
tions some days since as to the proper
use to be made of the revenue which may
be derived from a dog tax lacked one Item
to make It complete. The first use of
such tax should be to compensate men
who have lost sheep by dogs and who
have failed to fix the responsibility on
tho owner of the dog.
This would discourage worthless dogs,
and encourage sheep husbandry and save
much bud blood and litigation. Because
sheep-owners must now be dog killers.
Balnbrtdge, Ga. T. B. Broolta.
To Cure a Cold lu One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If It falls
to cure. 25c.—ad.
PROPOSALS WASTED.
'*tL a ENGINEER OFFICE!Bt!
Augustine, Fla., Jan. 16, 1897.—Pro
posals for building gun and mortar bat
teries at Key West, Fla., will be received
until 2 p. m., Jan. 3D. 1897, and then public
ly opened. For Information apply to W.
H. H. Benyuurd, Lieut. Col., Engineers.
DELICATE
un^DFimiiD'a
FEMALE
REGULATOR
IT IS ft SUPERB TONIC >nd
exerts a wonderful influence in
strengthening her system by
driving through the proper chan
nel aii impurities. Health and
strength are guaranteed to result
Irom its use.
My wife was bedridden for eighteen months,
after using BUADFIELD’S FEMALE REGU
LATOR for two months. Is getting well.—
J. M. JOHNSON, Malvern, Ark.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, Ui.
Bold by all Srttggiite at SI.OO per bottle.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS^
PERSONAL.
pins, hair coloring; the most se.eet stock
in Savannah, 28 Broughton street, hair
store. The place for hairdressing, hair
cutting, singeing, shampooing by the most
skilful hairdresser in Georgia. Mall or
ders for wigs, switches, bangs, stage make
ups, and masquerades promptly lllled.
BAY STREET EXTENSION—POPU
lar road for bicylists; slop at Jasper
Springs for refreshments; select member
ship lo Jasper Club solicited.
TYBEE SCHEDULE: LEAVE S.U
vannah daily except Sunday, 9:30 a. m.;
leave Tybee, 4:30 p. m.; leave Savannah
Sundays at 10 a. m. and 2:30 p. in.: all
trains leave by city time.
’ HAVETyOU" SEEN THE NEW FIRE
ktndler? Cheap, quick, sure, safe; no dan
ger; lookout for agents, who will call; ig
nites coal quick.
FEET VERSUS BRAINS.—I TREAT
your understanding—not your brains, but
your feet; It Is as great a luxury to have
good feet as to have a clear head; corns.
Ingrowing nails and other diseases of the
feet skillfully treated at moderate
charges; I have 500 references In Savan
nah; leave orders at Wheeler's drug store,
or at my offlee, 215 Broughton street, east.
Lem Davis, Surgeon Chiropodist.
“JASPER CLUB, AT JASPER SPRINGS,
now open* for members and their friends;
delightful resort to spend the afternoon;
take the Electric ears.
II WE ynp SEEN THE NEW FIRE
ktndler? Cheap, quick, sure, safe; no dan
ger; lookout for agents, who will call; ig
nites coal quick.
“FINN’S COMMISSION ROOM; “YOU
can find almost anything you want; I pay
spot cash for bicycles, or will buy any
kind of fixtures and merchandise.
11 El, I" VAN TK I- M A MM.
WANTED. IMMEDIATELY, GOOD
blank book forwarder. The H. & W. B.
Drew Company, Jacksonville, Fla.
DEPUTIES TO REPRESENT THE
American Benevolent Legion and organize
councils In every town and city of the
United States; the most popular system of
Insurance in the world; contracts liberal.
Address American Benevolent Legion, 1603
Chemical Building, St. Louis, Mo.
HELP WANTED—FEMALES.
WANTED, FEMALE MODE LS,
white and colored. Address VT . 8., Morn
ing News.
\ .i: nTS WASTED,
TO 130 A
week sure to workers; no capital needed;
new goods; new plan; sells at sight;
every family needs It. Household Spec
ialty Cos., Box 424, Cincinnati, O.
BMPLOvment WAXTMD.
'''YoTTNG'TnRITwAN^
house girl in private family. Apply 419
Charlton, east.
“wanted, by“first-class bar
tender and originator of fancy drinks; re
ferences furnished. Address Bartender,
Box 34, Albany, Ga.
WANTED. SITUATION AS MANA
ger rice plantation; best reference. Bid,
220 E. Gordon street.
rooms WASTED.
bath, within boundary Taylor, Barnard
and Habersham street. “J.,’* Morning
News.
FOR nENT—ROOMS.
"""one eTTkoant room! first
floor; one large hall, third floor. In Lyons’
block. John Lyons.
FOR RENT—HOUSES.
FOR RENT. FROM OCT. 1, THAT DB
slrable residence. No. 100 Taylor street.
For particulars apply S. Guckenheimer,
Bay and Jefferson streets.
" FOR RENT. THAT DESIRABLE
residence, 317 New Houston street, west.
Apply Albert Wylly, 12 Bryan street, east.
“FOR RENT, THAT DESIRABLE RES-
Idence, southwest corner Whitaker and
Perry streets. Possession immediately. An
drew Hanley, 137 Whitaker street.
"TO RENT, FROM JAN. 1, 1897,“ THE
handsome residence 215 Whitaker street,
between Waldburg and New Houston
streets (next to Col. Estill’s), llaa all
modern improvements. Apply to F. G.
Bell, Morning News office.
“FOR RENT. bEBIR"XBLE ““RESl
dences, In best locations. Apply to Cham
pion A Germany. 118 Bryan street.
“FOR RENT. NO. 3 AND 5 DUFFY
street, east; have all mod'.i’n Improve
ments; rent reasonable. Apply to Wal
thour & Rivers, Drayton and St. Julian
streets.
FOR RENT—STORES.
FOR RENT, OFFICE OR SMALL
stora on ground floor; Bull street, near
Broughton. Address H., Morning News.
“ONE CORNER AND ADJOINING
store. West Broad and South Broad
streets, from Oct. Ist; glass fronts, fao
ing South Broad street, which will be
peved eoon. J. F. Gullmartin A Cos.
“FOR RENT, STORE NO. 143 C"6nT
rresa street, formerly occupied by Palmer
Hardware Company; possession given Im
mediately. Apply to Walthour A Rivera.
FOR SALE—HEAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE, CHEAP, WHITEHALL
plantation, In Beaufort county, South
Carolina, on Broad river, consisting of
800 acres; large portion cultivated land;
this Is a rare opportunity. Apply to or
adoress H. W. Way, News offlee.
“FOR HALE, AT A BARGAIN, A GOOD
Florida home, house, orange grove and 95-
acres of land; price, 11,000. Apply to W.
8. Sands, New Smyrna, Fla.
FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS.
jxj—i_—ui - u~u~-~L-~_i—i_i—u~i_r~urun^~i_j—u~
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR
lands, new patent on staple article; no
experience needed to manufacture and
conduct the business, 500 per cent, prof
it*. Inquire, 45 Barnard street, Savannah.
AUCTION SALES.
’
I. I). I,A ROCHE, Auctioneer.
By virtue of an order granted by fhe
Honorable Hampton L. Ferrtll, I will sell
before the Court House door In Savannah,
Ga., during the legal hours of sale, for
cash, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of Feb
ruary, 1897,
Eight (8) shares of the capital stock ot
the Southwestern Railroad Company ot
Georgia. Sold for maintenance and sup
port MARY W. HOLST,
Guardian of Pierre N. Holst, minor.
THK MOST DESIRALE
BUILDING LOTS IN THE CITY
FOli SALE
—tit—
Greatlu Reduced Prices.
20 LOTS, 30x105,
Located on DUFFY, NEW HOUSTON
anil WALDRURG streets, east of Price.
The Waring estate desires to develop
the neighborhood in the section above,
and for prompt sales will make a great
reduction In price, together with accom
modating terms. The location Is ur sur
passed—three street car lines, high and
dry lots, water, gas and electrlcty. Theso
lots are not In the country, but are In tho
very heart of the city. For building or In
vestment they are the best obtainable.
For particulars apply to
I*. A. WARING,
Post ’
FOR RENT—MI SC EL LA N EOIS.
FOR SALE, CUSTOM HOUBE SHADE!*
saloon cheap; terms spot cash. Apply,
No. 9 Drayton, Joseph Galina.
iAT PUBLIC AUCTION, HORSESj
horses, horses. On Tuesday at 11:30, I
will sell at my regular auction, 25 head
of horses consigned to me from the north,
among them are some with speed and ex
tra good business horses. C. B. Young
love.
SOVEREIGN REMEDY CURE3“GRIP,
cough or money refunded; 25 cents,
J’erase’s drug store.
“FOR SA LE OR EXCHANGE, A VAL
uable patent recently granted, a fortune
for someone. Will sell low If taken It*
ten days. Address “S,’* Box 88, Cedae
Key, Fla.
FOR SALE 7 CHEAP, ONE CARLOAD
lime In bulk. Apply to J. W. Comer,
purchasing agent.
~25 SHARES OF STOCK OF NATIONAL
Bank of Brunswick, Ga., at par. Worth
about 120. Box “O.” Gainesville, Fla.
' CYPRESS SHINGLES AND KtiWl!
We sell good cypress shingles at $2.25 per
thousand. Special prices on carload lots;
boats can load at the mills; can also fur*
nlsh cypress piles In any quantity on
short notice. Vale Royal Manufacturing
Company.
~ FOR SALE! SEVENTY-FIVE SETS
of timber carts fit for turpentine or tim
ber. Will be sold cheap In lots to suit
purchaser*. Enquire of The Atlantic Con
tracting Company, foot of East Broad
street. John F. Gaynor. president.
—— .'-t-tt T-j-a
REWARD.
eiberalTrewardPi black and
tan terrier, weighs about five pounds; eara
clipped; answers to the name of Alec.
Please return to No. 208 East Gwinnett
street.
nOAKDIMG.
COUPLE CAN HAVE UNFURNISHED
room and board, $32 per month. 307 West
McDonough.
-PARTY GENTLEMEN DESIRING oc
cupy one room, separate beds, can have
board very cheap; best table board in city
for price. 307 West McDonough.
TWO COUPLES CAN GET BEAUTI
fuI furnished rooms near business local
ity. one $36 per month, other $46; best ta
ble board In city for price; gas, bath, hot
and cold water. 307 West McDonough.
HOUSE STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS']
every convenience; meals served prompt
ly. 207 Jones street, west.
MIBCELLAJIEOIS.’
lng and painting; special attention given
to repairing tin and slate roofs. 136 Whit
aker.
BEFORE YOU BUY OR SELL PROP
crty, consult Robert H. Tatem. real es
tate dealer. No. 7 West York street, neaa
Bull street.
SEED
Oats, Wheat, Rye.
RETAIL PRICES.
OATS—Our Yellow Mexican Rust-proof
yielded over 6,000 bushels this dry season
on 100 acres. Price 66c. Earliest to get
ripe. We harvest first week In May.
OATS— Gray Winter Turf Oats, best
oats to pasture. Price $l.
WHEAT—Acclimated Rust-proof, ovgg
30 bushels. Price $1.60.
RYE—Georgia, over 20 bushels. PrloQ
$2.00.
OATS—Rust-proof, Georgia raised, KOo.
Gionettl, Lincoln. Tartsrlcan, Whits
Abundance Oats. All rusted with us and
are not for sale.
All raised on our farms adjoining Sa
vannah.
All our bags of seed have our namn
printed on them. Not genuine without.
We have no agents.
STRAW—BaIe 36c. Ton $6.
HAY-75c carload; 13.50 ton.
HAY—Pea Vine end Hay 900 carload|
$l6 ton.*
J. F. GUILMARTIN & CO.,
Proprietors Chatham County Experi
mental Farms of 1,100 Acres,
SAVANNAH.
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