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HANNAH’S FRANCHISE SOLID.
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1 (OK THE TEAM.
. ( l Make Arranaementa for the
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jj t . \niunK the Eineat in the South.
j-,|iihition Games With the llig
t In 1
j; i] McGuire, the owner of the Sa
. : franchise in the Southern Base
; p, ague, arrived in Savannah from
, v „. ( ~ieans yesterday. Mr. SlcGuire
~> Savannah to look after the af
j..i ihe Savannah Club and to arrange
~,: n ing of the season. He will re
(ju ;;l re a week and will return to New
Orle-tti-- to arrange his affairs in that city,
~, i: „• will return to Savannah for the
t* r*' 1 ' ■
Mr. McGuire had a talk yesterday with
Johnston of the Savannah, Thun
j,rb,.l > and Isle of Hope Railway in re
pr l to a proposition which tab base ball
made to the railway when he was
1,-re about a month ago. Capt. John
son, Mr. J. S. Collins and Mr. McGuire
,i,l have a conference to-day to talk over
dir am stion of playing grounds for the
club. There is hardly a doubt that the
C, L. A. park will be used. The railway
company is disposed to help the club, and
there is every probability that it will sub
jiribe a sufficient amount to put the park
jii condition.
Evn nsive improvements In the park are
contemplated, and when they are finished
Savannah will have one of the finest ball
{rounds in the South. The fence will be
almost entirely rebuilt. Another stand will
lie erected immediately back of the home
plate and this stand will be used as a
moker.’ A rooters’ “cage” will also be
built. The main bleachers will be moved
to the right side of the park, off first
base, so that the sun will not be shining
in the spectators’ faces as is now the case.
The bleachers will also be enlarged and
a stand will be erected for the colored
people. Before the opening of the season
the diamond will be looked after and will
bo levelled off and rolled. Altogether a
large amount of money will be spent on
the park and it will be put in first-class
shape. As soon as contracts are signed
between the railway people, the lessees
of the park and Mr. McGuire, this work
will be begun.
Mr McGuire has received an offer from
a well-known Bay street business man,
a member of the Cotton Exchange, to take
a half interest In the club and the two
gentlemen will meet to-night to talk over
the matter.
Nearly all of the players signed by Sa
vannah have received advance money and
•i kets will be sent them the latter part
of this month. They will report In Sa
vannah March 15.
Mr. McGuire states that he had the op
tion of (he Chicago Club to train In Sa
vannah. but says he decided not to ac
cept it. He feared that the continual pres
* net- hereof the Chicago team would inter
i re with the practice and preparation of
the Savannah team. The Chicago Club
wanted to lease the grounds for a specified
time and this was refased. This Is why
the Colts decided to go to Waycross. It
was not a matter of choice, and Mr. Mc-
Guire has letters from President Hart, in
which the Chicago man says he would
much prefer to come to Savannahs.
Dates for exhibition games have been ar
ranged with Chicago, however, and the
(Vlt.s will be here sometime in March or
April. Exhibition games have also been
arranged with Baltimore for March 26, 28
ami 29, and games with Richmond, Nor
folk and Indianapolis will be played, but
the dates have not been agreed upon. All
of the big clubs which train in this sec
tion will be seen in exhibition games with
the Savannah Club.
Mr. McGuire is enthusiastic over the
prospects of the league, and especially of
Savannah. He speaks in glowing terms of
this city’s team and says if it ip not a
pennant winner, then h is no base ball
prophet. Jack Huston, Savannah's man
ager, is now in New Orleans, and will
t ome on to Savannah about March 1. Joe
bowie and Chas. Beecher, two players
who will be with Savannah the coming
season, are wintering in New Orleans.
A MASTERY OF THE LAKES.
ISotlie* of Shipwrecked Sailors Swal
lowed Ip by Quicksand.
From the Buffalo Express.
Many weeks have passed since the
c inter Idaho sunk off Long Point, Lake
1-rie, with nineteen members of her crew
or. board, and not one of the bodies of the
drowned sailors has been found. Some
vessel men regard this as strange, while
others do not.
" ,w 'n the Idaho sank nearly all the
members of her crew were on the upper
k of the vessel. Two or thre men. it
c til, were in the chain hold. The rest
o the crew were scattered about on the
'Tper deck, according to the stories of
I” is La Force and William Gill, the only
numbers of the crew who were saved.
11 win I*, remembered that these men
'■limbed the mast of the Idaho and clung
il until thy were taken off by Capt,
and his crew of the steamer Mari
posa.
Naturally, when the Idaho went be
-1 'tit the waves, the men on the deck,
wh.i we re not in the cabins on that deck,
u bft struggling in the water, although
' 1 of them were seen by Gill or La
But this is explained by the fact
I 1:11 the boat went down early in ti e
"ig, before day began to dawn.
1 • theory is that the men who were In
' 'bills on the upper deck of the Idaho
v down; J>ut when the boat sank tie
!l <’e of water to the cabins tore them
' 1,1,1 swept them away. This left the
'' 1 -of the men free from wreckage, to
"►•I about by the same angry waves
" 11 tilled the Idaho with water until
s no longer could tloat.
■ 'tty persons interested thought the
II t would be “picked up by passing
' Is or would be washed ashore. A
" " r two alter the wreck a member of
tew of the steamer Thomas Cran
vvhlch pased the Idaho on her v ay
I, 1 ;l|s port, claimed that, in the inoon
! "n the morning his vessel arrived
he had seen the hotly of a man bc-
s town about by the waves near the
' k of the Idaho. A few miles nearer to
1 I'tri members of the crew of the
J, l!: 1 vessel claim they sow another body
1 bug with, a life-preserver around it.
" waver, many local vessels were in-
I to doubt the truth of the stories
• crew of the Cranage, Inasmuch as
' is near midnight when the steamer
"and the wreck, and the light of the
upon the water was deceiving. Since
; nothing has been learned that would
; • °f strengthen the story, of the crew
Cranage.
I, ' v days later it was reported a fish
an of Dunkirk, while entering that
in a small boat, saw a body floating
j, .'” e harbor. 'The fisherman tried to
1,1, 1 11 U P. if reports of the happening are
out it slipped from his grasp, he
1, , • at >d sank. Since then nothing
been seen or heard of the body, it
was thought to be the body of one of the
Idaho’s crew.
Relatives of Alexander Gilles, captain
of the Idaho, offered a reward of $5O for
the recovery of the body, but it has not
been found.
7 his is the principal reason, according
to some vesselmen. why the bodies will
not be found: in 1884, thirteen years ago,
in the early part of the season of naviga
tion. the schooner Eddie Fitzgerald was
blown ashore or went aground near to the
place where the wreck of the Idaho now
lies. Slowly the vessel, after it had been
on bottom for some time, began to dis
appear. It was on a stretch of sanc£-
some vesselmen call it quicksand-and
gradually it was sinking into this sand.
After a time nothing of the vessel could
be seen—it had been swallowed up by the
quicksand, so called. Vesselmen were re
minded of this peculiar incident about a
week after, when a captain, who had just
come down the lake, passing near to the
wreck of (he Idaho, reported that, while
sailing in three fathoms of water, his boat
struck something. Ho thought it was the
upper works of the schooner Fitzgerald.
And so, in view of this circumstance and
the fact that vesselmen are aware it is
not uncommon to And sand much like
quicksand in spots along the shores of the
lnkr.s, many have come to the conclusion
that the crew of the Idaho has boon swal
lowed up by this treacherous sand, of
which there is a large stretch along the
Canadian shore above Ig>ng Point, nearly
opposite the place where the Idaho lies.
*he possibility of drowned men being
covered forever by this sand is substan
tiated here: On October 11, 1894, the schoon
er Hartford, foundered in Mexico Bay. Lake
Ontario. On board, it is said, were seven
liersons—the captain, his wife and child
and four men who made up the crew. In
the evening of the day of the wreck the
body of the baby was washed ashore. The
body of the captain’s wife was found on
Oct. 20, nine days later. The body of the
captain or any of the crew has not been
found, and more than three years have
elapsed since the boat was lost. The theory
is the bodies of the men were sw’allowed up
by quicksand*
The fact that so much time has elapsed
since the Idaho sank strengthens this the
ory. The stay of a body under water de
pends on’ the temperature of the water; but
so far as can be learned, there is no in
stance on record where bodies have re
mained on bottom, free from wreckage or
anything else tnat might keep them from
floating to the surface of the water, for a
month or more.
According to the stories of Gill and La
Force, the survivors, some of the crew had
on life-preservers. These should have
brought their bodies to the surface, and
the fact that none has appeared gives even
more strength to the almost general opin
ion that they are covered by quicksand.
It is thought, however, that the bodies of
a few members of crew still are in the
chain-hold of the wreck.
STORY OF A CAMPAIGN BADGE.
How the Gold-Bag Came to Be Sold
on the Street.
From the New York Post.
The campaign badge known as the “gold
bug,” which was sold so widely on the
day of the great business men's McKinley
parade, during the last Presidential cam
paign, and which is remembered, if it l as
not been preserved by many political en
thusiasts, was supplied to the street fak
irs by F. R. Sanders, son and successor to
Nat Sanders, who was known as the King
of Fakirs. The story of how it came to
be made and how it nearly missed being
sold at all is that of a series of incidents
which illustrate the hazardous nature of
the fakir’s enterprises. As Sanders ex
presses it, he “held a bluff hand and won
out by playing it to the limit.”
“About two weeks before the day set for
the parade,” he says, “a man, whom I
knew at once for a mechanic, strolled into
my place with a gold bug hammered cut
of solid brass. I was on the sharp look
out for just such a novelty at that time.
It struck me as a good seller, and I tried
to bargain for a large quantity. For some
reason or other—it became plain to me
later—he refused to give me his name and
address, and hung fire in the bargaining
until, used to quick dealing as I am, I
gave him up. However, I invited him to
lunch with me on the chance that he
might be more pliable afterward.
"After lunch we lounged into the cafe
The stranger had been drinking a good
deal, and was even more mysterious in
his talk. Finally he offered to make me
10,000 of the bugs at a price that_ would
permit their sale ore the street at 2o cents.
This I refused, and he immediately left
me. He had given me the sample, fortu
nately, and I was examining it for the fif
tieth time when a man whom I did not
know approached and said:
“ 'Quite a novejty, isn’t it. It was made
in my town, Bristol, Conn., wasn t it?
“Here was a valuable bit of information.
A better selling campaign novelty couldn t
be found. I was sure of that. Perhaps
■he mechanic I bad seen had nothing to
do with its manufacture. Could I meet a
principal I might close a deal and have
the bugs turned out Immediately.
"Late that afternoon I arrived in Bris
tol I had no means of knowing whom I
wanted to see; but after having question
ed several men from whom I learned
nothing. I chanced upon one from whom
I learned all. ,
“ -Yes ’ he said, ‘a foreman in the
works makes them. He does the work
on the sly in a shanty near the factory.
You won’t give him away, will you
“I found the foreman, and stated his
position plainly to him. He ’vast ready to
fall in with any suggestion 1 might make
”'Now ’ I said, ‘we’ll have a talk with
the oroprietor of the works to-morrow.
I'll make a proposition, and he’ll accept
it. if you help along, you'll keep your
P °AVe’met the proprietor the next morn
imr It was the slack season with him,
J," said, and he was willing to make a
„ nn(r , ct it was eleven days before the
SX when I must have every last hug
ToouM sell If my profit was to amount
to anything. .
“ ’What can you make them at. I ask-
ed. ,
•• 'Five cents each.
“'What!’ said I. There was money in
them at that, I knew; they could be sold
on the street for ten cents.
“ 'Five cents each.*
" ‘Done! How many can you turn out
1 1 thousand, working day and night.
“ 'When can you start?’
“ -Give me five days to make the dies
and get the material here.’
'Done!' said I again; and the bargain
W “Two days before the parade day the
first lot arrived. There were 5,000 of them.
I had hard work to stow them away in
mv place, and 1 knew that they would be
followed by thousands more every day.
They had to be sold. Every fakir 1 had I
loaded with them at seven rents each,
with instructions to sell them at ten. 1 hen
I waited as quietly as I ■could for results,
if thev sold well, Ihe fakirs would be
back soon; If the fakirs didn’t return
ouiekly-I was in for a big loss. Noon
came without the reappearance of a sin
rtr fakir 1 couldn't wait patiently any
Sneer: so I went out to see for myself.
This is what I learned: That the fakirs
w< re selling the badges at 25 cents. I
went back to my place and waited. Very
c .rn they came back for a second load.
‘ '"This time,' said I, ‘the gold bugs will
cot you $2 a dozen.
.t .you C an sell them yourself, then,’ said
(t “ Two dollars or no gold bugs,’ said I.
"That's where the bluff began. If the
Brptol man was as good as his word I
would have about 60.000 gold bugs on my
hand" on the morning of the parade, and
I’d have to pay for them whether 1 sold
them or not. But there was no way to
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sell them, except through the fakirs, ev
ery last man of whom, knowing the hole
I was in, refused to take them at any
price. I determined to fight them out,
win or lose the game. If I had Kicked
down then, I might as well have giver, up
business.
“First, I made arrangements to stow the
goid bugs as they arrived. Then I blocked
one of the fakirs' moves. I had a lot of
is’ari flags on hand that might have serv
ed well enough for souvenirs of the parade.
This the fakirs knew; and they were de
pending upon selling them for the money
there always is in such a 'big day.’ When
I sold them to the dealers—as I did on the
very next day—it startled the fellows a
littie, but they didn't crawl. Day after
day they hung off—evprv day is like a year
at a time like that. The gold hugs kept
coming in, case after case of them, and
I packed them all away without a sign
of weakening. Sink or swim, said I, they
wifi pay me $2 a dozen or nothing.
“Finally, the day before the parade ar
rived, I had 40,000 gold bugs on hand; and
in tlie afternoon 1 had a telegram from
Bristol that there woulp lie 5,000 more for
me there that night, but that there was
no way to get them through before the
next day. That wouldnt’ do; I had to
have them in the morning, or they were
like old clothes; here I might sell them,
there I eouldn”t. So I went to Bristol. I
reached there about 7 o’clock in the even
ing. The rain was pouring down, and
gave me anew ground for worry. If it
rained in New York on the next day, my
chance of getting the gold bugs off my
hands would Indeed be slim. However, I
resolved to act as though tine weather was
promised.
“ ‘Here are the gold bugs,’ was the first
thing the proprietor of the works said
to me.
“ ’Put them in the cases,’ said I.
“ ‘Not a case on hand,” said he. ‘Ttiat’s
the trouble.”
“It struck me right away that trunks
were as good as case. I could sell the
trunks again. I ransacked the town for
them and. 9 o’clock though it was, manag
ed to get enough. . When the gold bugs
were packed I learned for the first time
that the express company wouldn’t do
business at such a late hour—never found
out the reason yet—and anew difficulty,
a real difficulty, stared me in the face.
“ 'What am I going to do?’ I asked, ‘I
can’t afford to charter a train.’
"Don’t know, I'm sure,’ was the answer
I got.
“ ’Why, theyr’e trunks,’ I thought. ‘l’ll
take them as baggage, although the ex
cess will cost me a pretty penny.'
“The train left near midnight. It took me
every minute to get those trunks to the
station. When the last one arrived, I
felt like saying ’Saved.’ The baggage
master objected and the baggage men
swore, but they had to get those heavy
trunks on the train, and they did it at
last.
"I arrived at the Grand Central station
at 2 o'clock in the morning, with three
hours to get my trunks to my place of
business and get ready for the fight with
the fakirs that I knew had to come. I tel
ephoned for express wagons, but not a
civil answer could 1 get. And the trunks
had to be moved, you know. I hurried over
to East Twelfth street, roused my own
expressman, and, with his aid, loaded the
wagon and carted the gold bugs to the
shop.
"When I opened up at 5 o'clock in the
morning, the fakirs were in line at the
door—the whole 200 of them. They had
to come down; they couldn’t miss the
day’s profits, and they had nothing to sell
but my gold bugs.
They will cost you $2 a dozen,’ I said.
“The men paid it, and they ma.de well
by the bargain. Before 3 o'clock that af
ternoon I was sold out Why, the public
fairly ate those gold bugs up. It seemPd
as though we couldn’i get them on the
street fast enough. When the last one
left the shop, I went home to sleep. Yes,
it was a bluff hand, but I played it well.”
Sanders added that he had 20,000 more
on hand on e’ection day—all gold bugs.
He was a little In doubt about the re
sult of the election, and, as a precaution,
had a crude metal plating plant in readi
ness for' the emergency of Bryan’s elec
tion.
“Silver or gold,” says he, “I was ready.
Those gold bugs could have been changed
to silver in an hour if it had been neces
sary.”
SULPHUR CREEK’S DISCOVERER.
IDs Name Is Briniston. and He Tried
InefTeetnally to Keep Ills Hleli
Find a Secret.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Seattle, Wash.—Among the recent ar
rivals from Alaska was George Brimston,
a young man who left here last March for
Alaska. Brimston is the discoverer of
Sulphur creek, one of the richest streams
in the vicinity of Dawson, the mines of
which are considered almost as good as
those of El Dorado. One would never
know that this quiet young man was the
first to discover gold on this creek unless
someone, told you, for the man himself
would say nothing about it. To a corres
pondent of the Giobe-Democr.'U Brimston
finally told the story of his search for gold
during the last four years, which has been
at l ist crowned with success in the far
North.
“The first time I had that feeling to hunt
for gold which causes men to brave all
sorts of dangers and privations ” said the
young miner, “was when Seattle was first
excited about Cook lniet. I joined In with
the rush and after a long trip reached
Sunrise City. I worked hard in the Inlet
country for two years, hut could get noth
ing ahead. By making a spurt I got
enough saved up to pay my way back to
Seattle.
"Then I heard a story of a golden creek
away back in the mountains of Vancou
ver Island. I outfitted carefully and for
months searched for the stream, but could
not find It. I came back to Seattle in
March and, having no great prospects, per
suaded a business man to grubstake me
for the Klondike.
“At Victoria i got a tip-that there was
a fractional claim on El Dorado which was
as yet ur.located. An old miner who y es
a friend of mine gave me the tip, and
then commenced the maddest race that
a man ever made into the Yukon. I near
ly lost my life several times, hut finally
got in. At Dyea I found two other men
Just as anxious to get in, so we started
up the Chilkoot pass with our sleds. At
Dike Underman we found the ice would
■ iot go out for some ticne. so continued
drawing our sleds till Lake La Barge
was reached. Here we built our boat and
waited,for the ice to break. As soon as
there was open water we put our boat
in, and several times were nearly crushed
as the big ice floes came together. All
went well until we got below the mouth
of the Little Salmon river. One morning
we were drifting in a swift current Just
behind a monster ice cake. Suddenly the
ice cake grounded, and our trouble com
menced. Instead of glancing off when cur
boat struck the cake, it went under it,
and we were spilled in the icy water. My
partners managed to get on the ice cake,
but I drifted down the stream a quarter
of a mile before I was picked up. We lost
all of our outfit, and even my hat was
gone. We were taken on to Dawson in
other boots and landed without a pound
of supplies.
“I went to work on El Dorado creek for
wage. I took out more gold titan I had
ever dreamed of before, but tt belonged
to someone else. On June 10 “Couchlnno'
Albert, who had for four years manufac
tured whisky and sold it to the Indians,
discovered gold on Dominion creek. Nine
days later 1 joined the rush, but got to
Dominion too late to get a good claim.
The strike was made three miles from the
head of the creek. The entire creek, twen
ty-three miles, is now located. The dirt
averages 75 cents per pan on the better
claims. Bed rock is worth about $9 to
the pan.
“I started back to Dawson on the 20th
of June. I intended to go hack to work
for wages and wait for another stampede.
Instead of going down Dominion creek to
Indian river and down the river to the
Yukon, I started up over the hill that
separated Dominion from Sulphur creek.
It was a hard trip, but I struck Sulphur
next day about seven miles from its head.
Sulphur creek also headed into Dominion
creek and I could see no reason why it
should not be a gold stream. I began to
prospect in the middle of the stream and
soon found colors. The next day four
men came across the hill on thejr way to
Dawson, and, after telling them of my
find, I proposed that we sink a shaft
to bed rock and if it turned out all right
to locate claims. We sunk the shaft,
and at twelve feet the dirt was fair. When
the shaft was down to gravel we got $2.35,
and the first rock we got was worth $5.40
to the pan.
"We tried to keep our new find a secret
until we could get a lot of prospectors on
the creek under contract to give up half
their claims for showing them where to
locate. We did keep the Sulphur creek
find to ourselves for $1 ve weeks, but the
news finally leaked out. Then the Dom
inion creek rush was repeated, only in
worse way, for there were more people in
camp without claims than when Dominion
was discovered. Although the whole
creek is located now, there are only six
teen claims working this winter. A num
ber of pans have run over sl4, and all of
the claims prospected are paying well.
The highest pan I got on my claim was
$10.70. I have other claims on All Gold
creek and Skookum gulch.
“By Dec. 4 I had taken out about $3,000
from my claim, and, as I could not buy
grub at any price, was compelled to come
out. In company with three young fel
lows from Victoria we made the trip out
over the Ice. We had six dogs, and came
through on short rations. I had my fin
gers frozen several times, but not badly.
Our worst trouble was while crossing the
Chilkoot Pass. It was snowing and the
wind was blowing a gale. We had to
break a trail, and It was only luck that
brought us through safely. I will go
back in May in time for the elean-up.”
AN ITINERANT CHURCH.
Hallway Curs With Folding Pulpits,
Settees and Steeples.
From the Boston Transcript.
Transportation, next to food supply, Is
the most serious problem of civilization.
That is why there is such a vast number
of inventions recorded at the patent of
fice for the purpose o‘f carrying people and
things. Some of them are very odd in
deed.
Particularly for the use and benefit of
the evangelical missionary is a newly in
vented railway car. When on the road it
looks like an ordinary Pullman, but, when
desired, It expands into a church, and fur.
nishes shelter and housing for a congre
gation of worshipers. So complete is th's
traveling sacredotal edifice, indeed, that it
actually has a steeple, which is hoisted up
and clapped upon the top of it as the fin
ishing touch. Many people consider that
a church without a steeple is no church
at fill in the proper sense, and hence the
desirableness of this part of the apparatus.
The inventor of this cathedral on wheels
is Albert Bierstadt. the distinguished
painter of New York. His idea sprang
originally from a recognition of the diffi
culties which must be encountered by per
ipatetic preachers who find themselves
BO frequently in places where there is no
church. Now, it is a fact undeniable that
religious services of any kind depend for
their iinig-ossiveness largely upon archi
tecture. A sermon delivered from a grace
fully carved pulpit in the apse of a su
perb Gothic edifice has an effect upon its
hearers very different from that which
would he produced ui>on the same congre
gation by the same discourse pronounced
from the tail of a cart. Hence the value
of the sacerdotal railway car herein de
scribed.
The car Is as useful for transportation
as any parlor Pullman. When it reaches
a place where its services in Its sacred ca
pacity are required, if is run off upon a
side track. But Just here it must be ex
plained that cars of this kind are design
ed to travel in couples, each of them mak
ing one-half of the church. The side walls
ore swung outward, and the whole affair
unfolds, Ihe two halves being joined to
gether. In order to. accomplish this the
two cars are run upon tracks side by side.
If the tracks arc not convenient, half a
dozen rails temporarily laid will do.
The steeple, which Is collapsible, is tele
scoped out before placing II upon the sum.
mit of the edifice. Then, the building be
ing complete—lts construction does not
take more than half an hour—lt only re
mains to unfold a lot of settees for use
as Improvised pews oy the congregation,
and all is ready for the church service.
The folding pulpit, with baptismal font
combined, is a mere detail, though im
portant for saving space. In conclusion.
It ought to be stated that the church Is
really convertible into, a lecture hall or a
gallery for the exhibition of pictures. Now
t hat'the interior of Africa Is being pene
trated by railways, It will he practicable
for missionaries to carry their churches
with them, and to preach the gospel to tho
untutored blacks under auspice* much
more favorable.
TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Savannah and vicinity un
til midnight Tuesday, Feb. 15, IS9S: Gen
erally fair; no decided change in temper
ature.
Weather from Washington:
For Georgia and South Carolina—Gener
ally fair; southwesterly winds.
For Western Florida—Fair; southwest
erly winds.
For Eastern Florida—Fair; east to south
winds.
General Conditions—Partly cloudy to
cloudy weather prevails in the Northwest,
the Upper Mississippi valley, throughout
the Lake Region and the New England
states with rain falling at Boston and
snow at (Marquette, Chicago and Detroit;
elsewhere generally fair weather was ob
served.
No decided changes in temperature have
taken place in any section east of the
Rockies. The coldest point was Mar
quette, Mich., 20 degrees.
Light to fresh variable winds, mostly
from the southwest, prevail along the
coast.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature 4 p. in 68 degrees
Minimum temperature 7 a. in. ..45 degrees
Mean temperature 50 degre es
Normal temperature ...1 53 degrees
Excess of temperature 8 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Feb. 1 .5!) degrees
Accumulated excess since Jan. 1 80 degrees
Rainfall 00 Inch
Normal 11 inch
Deficiency since Feh. 1 1.55 inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 4.45 inches
River Report—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m. (75th meri
dian time) yesterday was ti.O feet, a fall of
0.1 foot during (lie preceding twenty-four
hours.
Observations taken, Fety. 14, 189S, 8 p. m.,
(75th meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News:
” Stations |'-;-T. | *V | Rum
Boston, raining I 34 |’V I T~
New York city, clear...| 88 | 12 | .04
Philadelphia, clear | 86 | 8 | T
Washington city, clear. . | 4*5 | 10 | .00
Norfolk, clear | 54 | L | ,f.o
Hatteras, clear | 52 | 8 |,O
Wilmington, clear | 56 | I, | .00
Charlotte, clear j 58 | 8 | ,C 0
Raleigh, clear | 50 | I, | .00
Charleston, pt. cloudy...| 54 | 10 | .00
Atlanta, clear | (?) ; 12 ; .00
Augusta, clear | 62 | L | .00
Savannah, clear 56 | 10 | .CO
Jacksonville, clear 60 | L | .00
Jupiter, clear 70 | 6 | .00
Key West, clear 72 | 8 | .00
Tampa, cler 64 | L | .00
Pensacola, clear 60 | 8 | .00
Montgomery, clear 64 L | [off
Vicksburg, clear 64 6 | .00
New Orleans, clear 62 10 | .00
Galveston, clear. go 8 I .00
Corpus Christ!, clear 64 12 | .00
Palestine, clear 64 6 | .00
Memphis, pt. cloudy 62 10 I .00
Cincinnati, pt. cloudy.... 44 L I .00
Pittsburg, clear. 3* L j .00
Buffalo, cloudy | 30 | 12 | .02
Detroit, snowing | 34 j g j -y
Chicago, snowing | 32 | 16 | .14
Marquette, snowing j 20 | 10 j .02
St. Paul, pt. cloudy | 24 | L I .16
Davenport, cloudy | 38 | g 1 -y
St. Louis, cloudy | 52 | g 1 t
Kansas City, pt. cloudy.] 54 | L | .00
-|-T, temperature; *V, vsloolty of wind.
J. M Sherier.
Observer Weather Bureuu.
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Failure impossible; ago no barrier.
No C. O. I). scheme.
ERIE MEDICAL Co..£t^ fl L A o %. 8 £
Baby <
Garments
JUST SUITABLE FOR
Your Baby.
A nice aa the BABY ITSELF.
Onr spring atock of INFANTS' and
CHILDREN’S WHITE DRESSES IS
NOW READY.
Our select trade will certainly appre
ciate these daintily trimmed and well
made garments.
Note, too, the smallness of the prices:
INFANTS’ SLIPS, made of English
Nainsook, bishop style, at 25c, 40c and 50c.
INFANTS’ DRESSES, made of fine
Nainsook and fine embroidery trimming,
from 75c to $3.00.
CHILDREN'S DRESSES, faultlessly
made and of good material. The style is
in them too—nothing better in any way—
and the prices make them so attractive.
The whole line Is cheap, and ranges from
25C TO $2.98.
INFANTS' SACQUES.
INFANTS’ SACQUES. white lined, with
pa'.e blue and pink china silks, hand em
broidery, exquisite In every detail.
INFANTS’ GOODS are a special
ty with us and we make closer figures
than are usual elsewhere. The stock is
always up to the standard and complete
In every detail.
EMBROIDERIES AND LACES.
In this department the Hogan store Is
always at the front. We get the best
from every quarter of the globe and keep
it In stock. This season we have bought
advantageously, and can sell at prices very
close.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
, . ' fa
for Infants and Children.
The Fac-simile Signature of
Appears on Every Wrapper.
™r CCNTAUW COMMNT. TT MURMV ■TNIfT. Nrw VOW* CITY.
Thomson's £?„< Corsets.
Thomson's Short Hip Corset* SI.OO I Thomson's New Empire Corsets 2.00
i Thomson’s High Book Corsets ~.$1.0) ] Thomson's "Abdominal” Corsets $1.50
Thomson’s French Model <*orsets $1.0'.) j Thomson’s Extra Bom? Corsets $1.50
Thomson’s "Ventilated” Corsets SI.OO | Thomson’s ‘‘Nursim?’* Corsets SI.OO
The Best 50c Corse) in Town.
K. A: (4. Extra Hook Corsets 75e. \ Our Special -No. 244 Corsets SI.OO
Onr Special Dollar Corsets 75c H. & <4. Extra Stout Corsets $1.25
R. X- <4 Medium Waist Corsets SI.OO | R. & <4. Black Sateen Corsets $1.50
14. K’ ( I. Black Saicen Corsets SI.OO ‘Children's Waists from 29c to 43c
H. & U. Slate Coutil Corsets SI.OO Boys’ Strong Corset Waists 500
H. & G. "Ventilated” Corsets SI.OO | Infants’ 39c Misses’ Copse Is 50a
FCKSTEIN'S.
New Jewel Belts on Leather and Metal 50c to SZ7S.
New Pompadour Combs. New Ladies’ Collars and Cuffs.
New Mull Caps, Sun Bonnets and Pique Sun Hats.
New Plaid Hose. Special 25c Ladies’ Black Hose 15c.
Last Week for 79c Silks.
These Silks include Only High Class Black Brocades,
Satins, Chinas. Moiree and many exquisite Fancy
Silks worth double. No samples, no approval or exchange.
These Prices Rule the Town.
Standard Yardwide Bleachlngs 4c The Best Embroideries In Town 5c
Standard Yardwide (‘ Islands 464 c The Best Embroideries In Town 10c
Standard Yardwide Cambric 7c The Best Embroideries in Town 16c
Standard Fast color Calicoes 5c The Best Embroideries In Town 25c
Standard Fast Color Ginghams sc, The Rest India Llnnon In Town 10c
Standard Twilled Roller Crush 5c The Best Check Nainsook In T0wn....100
Standard Yardwide Percales 12'4c The Best Bed Spreads in Town 59c
Standard Quulify Bed Tickings 5e The Best Cotton Diaper in Town 59c
Slaughter Prices Move These
SI.OO l’hald Winter Shirt Waists ~..59e | Balmoral Skirts that were 76c at 4fto
$2.00 I-’laln Flannel Shirt Waists S9c Balmoral Skirts that were SI.OO at 69c
$3.00 Black Hrilliantlne Shiri Waists. .$1.99 Balmoral Skirts that were $1.50 at 99c
$3.00 Wool Cashmere Shirt Waists $1.09 Balmoral Skirts that were $2.00 at ....$1.25’
$4.50 Black Velveteen Shirt Waists $2.76 Emp|re Cloth Capes that were $4.00 at. 51.75
$3.00 Fine Ail Wool Jersey Waists $1.75 laidles’ 811 k Walking Skirts down to. .$5.00
$2.00 Fine All Wool Jersey Waists Sl.Sib Ladles' $5 Walking Skirts down to s2.!>
$6.00 Fine All Wool Jersey Waists $2.75 Ladles' $6.50 Silk Waists down t0...,..53.99
Men's Fancy Shirts 3 fnr $1.25.
See the New Venetian Cloth* Nee the fact* Harualnn at 3 cent*.
See the New I*rlutel Chatties. See the Dre** Glnahnnm at H eent*.
See the New Taffeta Silk*. See the White Citiilt* at 89 cent*.
See the New Kreneh Orumiles. See the Linen Towel* at 25 cent*.
See the New French Plqnen. See the Table Linen* at R 9 cent*.
Sec the New Madron Shirt I nit*. See the Dre*n Good* at 33 cent*.
Muslin UnderwearSpscials 50c
There Are Attraction, to Crowd the Store Every n ay.
The Ladies Relieve Oar Announcement*.
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO.
SEED
Virginia Second Crop, Rase, Crown Jew
el Bliss add Bride of South, Moulton
(Maine) Rose, New York State Early Rose.
Potatoes.
Hay, Grain, Feed. Flour, Fruits and
Vegetables. Selling agents for Commercial
Guano Company.
W. 1). SIMKINS & CO.
MGIJ MSI PROOF SEED OATS
These out* were raised iu (hi*
section and are o( n superior quality
TEXAS SEED OATS,
GEORGIA SEED ItYE,
CRIMSON CLOVEn.
HAY, GRAIN, ETC., CHICKEN FEED,
COW FEED, ETC.
T. J. DAVIS,
>ruoNE ass. iu day st., west.
JAMES F. BUTLER,
use, Sip S Oiaenil Mil
Graining, Kalsomining,
Paper Hanging ani Pioturi Moulding.
•I’houe let. s*• lid W. Congress.
PLUMBING, STEAM AND GAS FITTING
By Competent Workmen at Reasonable
Figures.
L. A. MCCARTHY.
All work done under my supervision.
A full supply of G.obes, Chandeliers,
Steam and Gas Fittings of all the latest
styles, ut 46 DRAYTON STREET.
PORTLAND CEMENT
FOR SALE BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
IMPORTERS.
FLORIDA
AND THE
“THE LAND OF THE SKY,"
Asheville * Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta.
The Winter season at these well-known ani
wonderful resorts Is now opening and the
many Improvements In hotel facilities and
railroad service will draw a larger number
arid more enthusiastic pleasure and health
seekers than ever before.
The schedules and service of ths
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
to each and all of them will bo unequalei
118 MTi Hull] IMIIII
will again be operated, commencing
January 17, 1896.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio River
Gateways go on sale Oct 15, 1897. From
other points Nov. 1, 1897.
SIDE TRIPS
are made a feature by the Southern
Railway. Tourists and all patrons nt
Ihe Southern Railway have most care
ful attention at the hands of its many
representatives, who are fully in
formed on all subjects incident to
travel.
J. D. WEED & CO.,
Agents Hojt’s Leather Belting.
RAINBOW SHEET PACKING.
and ECLIPSE SECTIONAL RAINBOW)
GASKETS.
BEST RITBBER BELTING.
i’EERLESa PISTON PACKING.
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