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PLAYERS WILL BE.HERE SOON.
president wgvirg and manager
HY'STON ALSO COMING.
The Personnel of Savannah** LMgnc
Team—Four Pitcher* on the List.
Infield 1* Struns—Munaicer Ilnutou
Snys They Are VII Heavy Hitter*.
Teague Outlook Very Rriglit.
Clements anil Bnllantyne of Snvun
nah to Play With ttirininlini.
In about two weeks the players who
compose the team which will represent
Savannah in the Southern League the
coming season will be reporting in Savan
nah. and then It will only be a short time
before they will be seen in action. Of j
course. It will be some time tsfore the
players shape around and are at their
best, but it will not be long before they
limber up enough to give the "fans” an
opportunity of sizing up the winners of the
pennant of SS.
Savannah has eleven men signed now,
but two of them will be released or farm
ed out when the season opens. Manager
Huston has four pitchers, George Stultz,
Frank Herbert, "Dad" Nolan and "Buck”
Holloway. Jimmie Sullivan is signed to
catch. W. S. Alexander will be change
catcher, and when not catching will play
In the outfield.
The infield will be strong, and every
man is a star. Frank Welkert will take
care of first base, with little Johnnie Bam
mert at second and Joe Dowle at third.
Huston has two short-stops engaged, and
they are both so good he does not want
to let either of them go. They are Charles
Beecher and "Kid" Spencer. Bunch De
vinney has also been signed to play In the
infield. Devlnney is a second-baseman.
It will be seen that Huston has two in-
Selders too many. Whether he will carry
one as a utility man or let both of them
go after the men are tried is not known.
Manager Huston will play right field
end W. F. Brott has been signed to play
center, though he may be put in it fi ami
Alexander, the change catcher, put In cen
ter.
All of the players have good records, and
as Manager Huston is personally acquaint
ed with the playing ability of all of them
It is to be supposed that they are good
men. Huston says he will have a team of
heavy hitters, and woe be to the weak
pitchers of the league. If the Savannah
team Is composed of good stickers the
players will strike a popular chord, for the
Savannah “fans" dearly love to see the
home team hit the ball ear y and often.
The league is getting in belter shape
every day, and the outlook is exceedingly
bright. President Powers received the of
ficial recognition of the National League
from President Nick Young last week, and
the Southern Is now under the protecting
wing of the big league, with all the privi
leges attache.] thereto.
Jack Sheridan, who will manage Atlanta,
has -slgntd his full team. Sheridan is In
Louisville, and several of his players are
with him there, where they are doing gym
nasium work to keep in condition.
Frank Hallen has been engaged to man
age Birmingham, and he has already sign
ed several players. There is a probability
that both Ballantyne and Clements of
this city will play with Birmingham.
President McGuire stopped over in Bir
mingham on his way is New Orleans re
cently just to see the Birmingham man
ager and speak for the Savannah players.
He tad seen them at work In the park
while he was here, and was very much
Impressed with both of them. He has
since written to Savannah that Hallen has
promised to give them a show.
Both Clements and Ballantytie are good
ball players, and they should bo able to
hold up their end on the Birmingham
team. They wanted to play with Savan
nah, but were advised that they would do
better in another city.
Ballantyne is as good a catcher as there
Is in any of the smaller minor leagues
when he is in condition. He is an excel
lent backstop, throws like a shot out of
a rifle, a good sticker and swift base-run
ner. .Besides. he is a gingery player, al
ways In the game, and a great jollier to
the rest of his team. Ballantyne, if he
will mind himself, will prove one of the
star catchers in the Southern League this
season. This is his opportunity, and if he
nurses it properly, he may be in the big
league in a few years.
Clements has played professional ball
but one year. This was last year, with
Valdosta, and his reconl with the wire
grass team was high. He played an ex
cellent shortstop, and his stick work was
■way above .300. Clements Is a good
heady player, fast on his fret, and he will
make a good inflelder for Birmingham.
The Savannah Bose Ball Club Associa
tion has applied for articles of Incorpora
tion. The incori>orators named in the pe
tition are John McGuire, Murray M. Stew
art, George F. Armstrong and P. F. Lira
son. The association will be capitalized
at tbflOO, iald In. with privilege to increase
it to *5,000.
President McGuire will return to Savan
nah some time this week. He will be ac
companied by Manager Huston and
Charles Beecher, one of the infleldcrs. As
soon as President McGuire arrives, he will
arrange for the erection of the stands and
the fixthg up of the park.
VELLOIV-FEVER HEMI\ISCE\fES.
Some .Stories of Last Year's Epidem
ic—The Zeal of a Young Physician.
Cost of n NVlne Supper.
New Orleans Letter in New York Post.
The interest which the appointment of
anew Board of Health, and the inaugura
tion of a campaign against the reappear
ance of yellow fever, have revived in the
scare of last year, is a reminder of the
many stories that are told of that period
of panic. Every great calamity has left
behind it its train of anecdotes, which
serve the purpose at least of Illustrating
local conditions and the characteristic of
the people among whom it occurs. So
those that are related of the epidemic
of last year are valuable pointers to the
student of Gulf Coast men and manners.
it will be remembered that when it was
decided, early in the autumn, that yellow
fever actually existed in New Orleans, it
was determined to neglect no precautions
for confining and speedily stamping It out
There were thousands of old residents
who scoffed at all this, and who still main
tain that there was not a case of any
thing more serious than dengue fever
during the season. The medical fraternity
being early converts to the panic theory,
moat stringent regulations were determin
ed upon. With the best intentions possi
ble, a regular schedule of fees was ar
ranged. A physician was to receive from
the city ten do liars for each case of (he
fever r<?|x>rted to the Board of Health
and fifty dollars for altendance. The re’
suit was what might have been exported
Toe few old doctors, who were familiar
with the disease, gave no' trouble. But
there were a great many ambitious young
practitioners whose acquaintance with (he
fever was more or less theoretical and
they furnish material for a great mdny
of the atories In circulation. One that
any one here who talks for half an hour
of the epidemic will tell la ns follows:
One morning when the scare was only a
few days old. and the young practitioners
were eagerly on the outlook for cases
g>ne of them was called In to see a young
lady at a large boarding house. Her pulse
showed a high tempciature, ar.d the ex
ei.ed imagination of the young doctor im
nied.ateiy pronounced it yellow fever.
The pro.-pective fee was really no consid
eration, but the glory of having a yellow
fever patient on his list was r.o small
feather in his cap at that early stage, and
in a st rprisingly short time the Board of
Health had received his report, and sent
a guard up with a yellow flag to quaran
tine the house. As it happened, none of
(he boarders were in at the time, but they
began to appear about lunch lime, only
to be informed that the house was quar
antined and all admission denied. The
consequence was an angry crowd around
the door, and a narrowly averted riot.
But the agent of the Board of Health
stood his ground, and no one went in.
In the meantime the young lady's fever
had steadily diminished, and by the next
morning she was feeling so well that she
determined to go to work—she was a type
writer in a railroad office. At the door
she was met by the man in charge of the
yellow flag, who informed her that there
was yellow fever in the house, and re
fused to let her out.
“Why, I know of no one with yellow
fever in the house," said the young lady.
"Do you know the name?"
“It’s Miss Clark." replied the officer.
“I am Miss Clark,” replied the victim,
"and I haue no yellow fever. Take your
flag away, and let me go about my work.”
But the officer was inflexible, and the
victim compromised the matter by leaving
him in i>ossees!on of the front door and
making her escape by the rear. Her day's
work finished, she returned and applied
for admission at the front door. The offi
cer denied it, on the ground that there was
a lady in the house with yellow fever.
Seeing that he did not recognize her, she
asked the name of the patient.
"Miss Clark,” replied the officer,
"I think you must be mistaken about
that,” she remarked. "I am Miss Clark,
and I have never felt better in my life. I
have been at work all day, and I think
you might as well let me in."
There was no further opposition, and a
few minutes later the yellow-flag man
took his flag and went away of his own ac
cord, to the unutterable relief of the
household.
One night, when the scare was well on,
a well-known Cotton Exchange man went
out to spend the evening with seme friends.
They had a very pleasant time, and wound
up with a supper at Moreau's, where the
wines are good. His wife had never seen
him when the wines had been so enticing,
and in his desperation he decided to plead
yellow fever. The effect was electrical.
The household, awaknede at 2 a. m., was
immediately thrown into a panic, and from
that hour until morning no one slept ex
cept the sick man. Every one dreaded
the quarantine then, and by daylight the
deluded wife had determined, at any cost,
not to let the matter reach the ears of the
health officers. The family physician had
assured her than on no account would he
report any cases of the disease in her
house, and she felt confident that she could
arrange to have her husband treated with
out publicity. But ihe had reckoned
without her cook. It was absolutely nec
essary to take that good person into her
confidence when she came.. The imme
diate result was ft panic in the kitchen, a
hurried flight, and a cold breakfast. But
the cook was not satisfied with thus basely
deserting her post. Ten minutes after she
left the house the policeman on the beat
was notified that it contained yellow fever.
Meanwhile the patient rose, feeling re
freshed. and began dressing. He recol
lected his experiences of the night in a
vague sort of way, but had entirely for
gotten the yellow fever episode. His sur
prise may be lmagned, therefore, when in
the act of shaving himself he looked out
of the window just in time to see a man
nailing a yellow flag over his door,
"What the devil are you doing with that
flag?” he cried, lifting the window.
"Yellow fever in the house,” replied the
health officer.
Then there was another scene. The man
denied that he had ever had yellow fever,
and the health officer advised him, with a
grin, not to exert himself. The man de
manded to be let out, and the health offi
cer barred the way, with the assistance of
a policeman. About this time the wife be
gan to understand things, and. with a view
lo getting even, pleaded with the officers
not to let her husband expose himself.
They were more than willing to oblige her,
and for three weeks the unfortunate citi
zen was forced to resort to a step-ladder
and an alley belonging to the house in the
rear lo reach his office In the mornings,
returning the same way at night. The
wife claims that the fun she had during
that time compensates for the detention
she endured.
An Italian whose wealth consisted of a
barrel-organ and a monkey, concluded to
refugee. He really knew very little about
yellow fever-beyond the fact that it was
certain deaih, and he determined to Join
some countrymen on a sugar plantation
across the river. There was no trouble
about crossing the river, and no one inter
fered with his passing through the town
of Gretna on the other side. He had not
gone- far in the country, however, before
a man came out into the road With a
shotgun and asked where he was going.
The organ-grinder replied, as best he
could, ihat he was going to join his
friends on the plantation; and, as he was
in something of a hurry, started to push
on. The man with the shotgun had other
views, however, and induced him to stop.
"Now we,” said he, “will take you and
fumigate you.”
“Noa! noa!" said the organ grinder. “No
wanta fumigator. Wanta go ter di planta
shun. Y'eilow fever kllla me." But the
guard had the “drop” and the unfortunate
dago followed to the quarantine station.
There, in a dark room, they fumigated
him with sulphur until there was very lit
tle life left in him. Then they fumigated
the barrel-organ, and then the monkey.
It didn't hurt the barrel-organ, which was
practically worthless to begin with; but it
killed the monkey, and when last seen its
owner was carrying it away In his arms.
There were many strange things about
the spread of the epidemic. One, that It
is hard to make peoplf believe, is that on
streets where there are open canals and
reeking gutters it rnrely ever appeared;
wliile in the best drained and most care
fully cleaned parts of the city the yellow
flag was no uncommon sight. More than
this, there are streets through which large
drainage canal* run, which hnve recently
been covered over. Yellow fever had never
been Known to apjiear on these streets
while the open canal existed. Last fall
many houses along them were quaran
tined.
They say that by the beginning of sum
mer New Orleans will be so thorougnly
cleaned that yellow fever cannot exist, and
some go so far as to boast that the city
is in excellent sanitary condition now.
It may be a great deal cleaner than it was
lust summer, but unless there is a great
deal done between now and the hot sea
son, yellow fever will have no trouble
about finding all the dirt It wants to hatch
in. Not only in the slums—and there are
slums here that would open the eyes of
the lowest slum-dwellers In New York
but for the fact that the houses arc small
er and admit more air—but In the liest
parts of town,can one see gutters in which
water stands three or four Inches deep
day after day, green with slime and teem
ing with animal life, even at this season.
They have a street-cleaning force nt work;
but the way that it works would throw’
Col. Waring Into an ague. If the city
depends upon it for salvation the pros
pect is certainly gloomy.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, IS9S.
INDOOR BASE BALL LIVELY.
| YEYV TEAMS ABE APPEARING IN
THE FIELD EVERY WEEK.
1 The Gnme Should Sol lie Itiirlesqneil.
It Is Too Fine n Sport for Tlint—Y'.
M. C. A. \ow Leading the Associa
tion League—V. M. 11. I. Second noil
the C. L. A. Third—C. L. A. and
Y. M. C. A. to Play Thursday Sight.
Guards Leading the Military
Lcngnc.
That indoor base ball Is not only a pop
ular sport, but that the game has come
to stay Is attesteef by the fact that new
teams are organized nearly every week.
Up to last year the game had not been
played, except by the Young Men’s Chris
tian Assoclalion. Last year the Tri-C!ub
League was formed with teams from the
YV M. C. A., C. L. A. and Y. M. H. A.
At the opening of the present season the
Military league was formed, and it has
been quite a success. Now, the Odd Fel
lows are playing the game, and almost
every organization in the city with ma
terial In it to form a team Is contemplat
ing the getting up of teams, either this or
next season. “Nothing succeeds like suc
cess," is indeed a truism in this case.
It is a question if the wholesale organiza
tion of teams will not_ hurt the game.
There seems to be a desire on the part of
some of those who are organizing teams
to place the game In the realm of bur
lesque, and when this is dine the game
Is undoubtedly injured. Teams will prob
ably be formed simply for the purpose of
playing a few games with no idea of per
manency and simply because some of the
members of various organizations are stir
red up with a desire to play Indoor ball.
They do not know that to be a success
ful player and to have a team that will
put up an interesting exhibition requires
the devotion of three or four nights a
week to practice. They are not willing
to do this and the result is that the games
will not be well played. 'These hastily got
ten up teams will not last long, but their
life will be long enough to hurt the other
teams, which play the game for itself ana
because it is a healthy sport.
Of course, the association and the Mili
tary League have not got a patent on the
game, and Its members have no wish to
usurp it all to themselves. Neither Is this
meant to reflect on any of the teams that
are being organized or to throw cold water
on their plans, hut if they do not intend
to go into the game with tlie proper spirit,
it would be much better for the other
teams, a great deal better for the game
and perhaps for themselves also, to stay
out.
The victory of the Y. M. C. A. over
the Y. M. H. A. last week places the
former In the lead in the race for the cup.
The Hebrew’ team has played one more
game than either the Y. M. C. A. or the
C. L. A., however, and until the even num
ber of games have been played, the count
is not an even one.
As the table stands now the Y. M. C. A.
are leading by a half game over the Y.
M. H. A., while the latter are a half game
ahead of the C. L. A.
The following is the standing;
Won. Lost. P.C.
Y. M. C. A 3 2 . 600
Y. M. H. A ....3 3 . 500
C. L. A 2 3 . 400
The C. L. A. and the Y. M. C. A. teams
will play the next game Thursday night.
These teams have met twice before in this
series and each team have won and lost
a game. This is a critical stage in the
league race and the outcome of this game
will 1* eagerly watched for, as it means a
great deal.
If the Y. M. C. A. team should win
it would give them four games won, with
only two lost, and four more to ’play.
This would give them a clear lead with a
good chance for the cup. It would also
knock the chances of the Library team
into a cocked hat and the C. L. A. boys
would even have a fighting chance.
On the other hand, however, if the
Library team wins it will be a tie all
around for the third time in this series,
and the clubs would be like race horses
straightened out for the run home—neck
and neck in the stretch.
Unless the Library boys find their bat
ting eyesight between now and Thursday
night it is very doubtful if they can win.
No matter what kind of a fielding game
they put up, unless they can hit Thompson
they will stand a poor chance of win
ning. The Library boys have got lots of
sand, though, and if they do not win it
will be because the fates have willed
otherwise.
The C. L. A.’s will he somewhat weak
ened by the absence of Ed. Brady, Brady
has gone away from Savannah, and an
other man has been put in his place. Dan
Hogan will most likely play third. Hogan
took care of that bag for four innings in
a recent game, and did himself proud.
George Evans, anew man, will probably
take Hogan's place in the field.
The Y. M. C. A. boys are in excellent
condition. They are well pleased with their
standing, and are going to put up a hard
fight to retain or better it.
The defeat of the Guards by the Cadets
last Wednesday evening lessened the lerd
of the former team, and placed the Ca
dets one peg nearer to the Chathams,
who now occupy second place in the Mili
tary League race.
The game next Wednesday evening be
tween the Chathams and Cadets will be
awaited with much interest by the friends
of each team, as the result of that contest
will cause a material change in the -land
ing of the clubs. Should the Chathams
win, they will then tie tlfe Guards for
first place, while, on the other hand, if the
Cadets are victorious, they will take sec
ond place from the Chatham*, and the
Guards will retain their lead. That the
game will be a hard fought one, goes
without saying. The Cadets are losing no
time between the regular schedule game*,
but, on the contrary, are putting in acme
hard practice. Capt. Oppenhelmer be
lieves in working hi* men, and the benefit
accruing therefrom Is evidenced by the
Improvement in their team work.
The result of last Wednesday evening's
game was a keen disappointment to the
friends of the Guards. They were quite
confident that the result of that game
would place their favorites one notch clos
er to the coveted cup. But such was not
to lie, for the taii-enders got in the game
early, afid put up an aggressive fight from
start to finish.
The Guards feel pretty sore on account
of the manner In which Meyers was put
out In the ninth inning. He had landed
safely on second base, when somebody in
the audience shouted "go back to first
base." and, thinking the directions were
those of the umpire, he started back tor
the Inital bag. when be was put out by
Oppenhelmer. Had this not have occurred,
the result of the game may h’ave been
different, for the Cadets were only lead
ing by three runs, and with a man on
second base and only one out, the Guards
had a fighting chance of nt least Being
the score. The members of neither team
seem to know who uttered the cry that
brought about the misunderstanding, but
should his Identity tie disclosed he will
probaly find it difficult to witness future
*ntesis. Such conduct will not be eoun-
tenanced by the directors of the league,
and should there be a repetition of it, im
mediate steps will be taken to locate the
party.
The Guards accep:cd the defeat grace
fully, and afe offering no excuses, being
consoled by the fact that they were badly
handicapped by the absence of Cann and
McDonough, They feel confident that
they will retain their lead, and land a
winner by a good margin. It was cer
tainlv an off night for them, and there
Is no doubt they will profit by the de
feat, as every member of the team has
awakened to the fact that have got to
play great ball to win out. and when the
Guards are pushed they can put up a
game chock full of ginger that will com
pare favorably with ttie playing of any
team in the city.
The standing of the clubs Is as follows:
Won. Lost. Ter P.
Guards 3 2 .600
Chathams 2 2 .500
Cadets 2 3 .400
A CROWDED CHINESE PROVINCE.
Hardships of Life Where There Are
from. 500 to 12,000 People o the
Square Mile.
From the Overland China Mail.
In density of population Shantung ranks
first among the Northern provinces of the
empir,*. Half the province is more or less
moutita'nous, but on the broad plains live
fronjt 500 to 2,000 persons to the square mile.
Every village has some families of me
chanics and artisans who own no land.
Trades unions exist in the germ, and even
in branches in which a bright pupil could
learn in a few months all that a master
could teach him in a lifetime, it is neces
sary to take a three-years’ apprenticeship,
with little chance of being able to set up
for himseif at the end of that time. When
the apprentice is at last free, and gets at
work, his master or boss receives a per
centage on his earnings for an indefinite
period. The density of population makes
it very hard to get a living in Shantung.
There is a large class of men who have
neither land nor occupation. These sell
"strength,” or hun, as they call it. The
lack of means to support a family is no
barrier to matrimony in China, and cer
tainly not in Shantung, where Mencius
lived. It was he who uttered the dictum,
"There are three unfilia! courses, but of
these not to leave posterity is the chief.”
This view and the uniform procedure
based upon it are held to have been for
centuries the curse of China.
In every village are women and children
who have no visible means of support.
AVhlle the husband and father is away Hy
ing to sell hun what is his family to live
on? If he sells strength he is doing well
if he gets for a year's work his food and
10 strings of cash, each string worth less
than * Mexican dollar. It is impossible
for his family to exist on this pittance. If
ids wife knows how to weave cotton and
iias a. loom, it is a clumsy machine made
ages ago. Often two families possess one
loom, one using it by day and the other
by night. Whenever there is a bad year
tha loom has to be sold to buy food, and
then the night of despair settles down.
"If you can’t catfch up in one step, you
can't catch up in a hundred steps," says
a native proverb, and this is the condensed
biography of millions of Chinese. They
were born into the Mencian doctrine, and
they starve in it, and are duly buried and
laid to the only rest they ever know, to
be followed by posterity, which will re
peat the same round.
The prefecture of T’ao-chou-fu, in the
southwest corner of Shantung, has always
been a neat of robbers. They cannot be
exterminated, for the reason that the'
farmers themselves unite highway robbery
with their ordinary occupations. A peas
ant who sees an unprotected traveler pass
ing on the highway will drop his hoe, seize
his club, and proceed to take money or life,
or both, according to circumstances. Me
morials often appear in the Pekin Gazette,
complaining of the Intractable disposition
of these people and their congeners across
the Kiangsu border. The latter part of
July and the month of August are periods
during which lawlessness Is at a maxi
mum, for it Is then that detection is next
to impossible. The sorghum plants, which
grow to a hight of from ten to fifteen leet,
practically obliterate all landmarks. So
far as knowing where one goes, one mignt
as well be plunged in a jungle. Even na
tives of the region sometimes get lost with
in a few li of their own villages on a
cloudy day.
The autumn crops of Shantung consist
of millet, beans, Indian com or maize, pea
nuts, melons, squashes, sweet potatoes and
other vegetables, hemp, sesame, and es
pecially cotton. Of ail these products there
are barely more than two which do not
cause their owners anxiety lest they be
stolen from the field. The heads of sor
ghum and millet are easilj- clipped off.
Nothing Is easier than rapidly to despoil a
patch of corn or to dig potatoes. The lat
ter .indeed, are not safe from the village
dogs, which have learned by ages of ex
perience that raw vegetable food is much
better than no food at all. AVhat requires
the most unceasing vigilance are the wa
termelon patches and the orchards. Of
watermelons especially the Chinese are in
ordinately fond. Every field is provided
with a lodge, and there is someone watch
ing day and night. The same is true of the
fruit rows. Birds, insects, and man are
the foes of the man who has apples, pears,
peaches, plums, cherries, apricots and
grapes.
The darker and the rainier the njght.the
more essential it is that the watchman
should be wide awake. If the orchard is of
any size there may be collusion between
the thieves, who appear at both ends at
once. Both sets cannot be pursued. The
crows and the biuejays are the worst bird
robbers, but they can be scared off, espec
ially with a gun. The human pilferers are
not so easily dealt with. The farmer's
hope is that, seeing that someone is on
guard, they will go elsewhere and steal
from those noton guard. Hence everybody
is obliged to stand guard over everything.
Where the population is denest the extent
to which this watching must be carried
passes belief. In such regions about dusk
an exodus sets forth from a village like
that in the early morning to go to the fields
to work. By every path the men, women
and even children stream forth. Light
wooden beds, covered with a layer of stiff
sorghum stalks are kept out In the fields
for constant use. A few sorghum Stalks are
twisted together at the top, and a piece
of old matting tacked on the sunny side,
and under such a wretched shelter sits a
toothless old*woman alt day and all night.
Female thieves are common, and no one
hesitates to steal from his neighbors.
—A Conscientious Woman—Norah had
been told to say at the front door that
her mistress was not at home when cer
tain callers appeared upon the scene. It
evidently went much against the grain for
her to make herself responsible for even
so small a white lie. but she promised to
do so, and. with certain moditicotlons, she
kept her word. "Is Mrs. Blank at home?”
queries the caller. "For this wan toime,
Mr*. Smlthers, she ain’t-’’ said the maid;
"but Hlvln help her if yez ashk me again!
I'll not 10l twice for annybody livin', upon
me sowl!”—Harper’s Drawer.
—Money Wasted—Ethel—"They say It
coats Perry Van Noodle ten thousand dol
lar* a year to live."
Penelope— "Dear me! ther. what docs he
do It for?’’—Buck. 1
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL A\o GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.
Hurt! Lurk of the Ilrig Jennie Hal
bert on u Trip From Savannnh for
Portland—Pilot Boat J. H. Fat ill
Will Not Go to Cuba—Bark Sibnl to
Load Colton for Sweden—Other
Items.
The brig Jennie HulWrt, Capt. Rodiek,
from Savannah for Portland, which ar
rived at Vineyard Haven Thursday, ex
perienced a violent southeast gale off Hat
teras, lasting two days, during which the
vessel waif strained and leaked badly in
top sides, had chain plates carried away
and sustained other damage. On the 19th,
when off Nantucket, Second Mate James
E. Junk of Judsonia, Ark., was taken sick
with hemorrhages from the stomach and
died the next day; buried at sea. The Hul
bert anchored at Nobska Wednesday
night. She has two men sick with rheum
atism ond, not having a crew sufficient in
number to get the vessel under weigh,
was compelled to employ outside help to
reach the port. The sick seamen were
taken to the marine hospital. The brig
Jennie Hulbert sailed from this port Feb.
5 to Portland, Me., with a cargo of lum
ber, shipped by Cooney, Eckstein & Cos.
The steam phot boat J. H. Es
till will probably not go south
to carry news dispatches between
Havana and Key West. None of the New
York newspapers, which were negotiating
for a charier, agreed to accept the terms
of the owners of the steamer, and the
scheme Is abandoned.
The British steamship Hillbrook has
been posted at the Cotton Exchange for a
cargo of cotton to be shipped to Bremen.
She is due to arrive March 15 from Havre.
She has been chartered by the Georgia
Export and Import Company.
The Norwegian-bark Sibal, which has
been at Tybeo for a few days awaiting or
ders, has been chartered to load with cot
ton at this port for Sweden. She was
towed to the city yesterday. Dahl & An
dersen are her consignees.
The steamship Kansas City, which ar
rived at New York Feb. 23, from this port,
reports Feb. 23, about sixty-five miles
south-southwest from Delaware lightship,
passed a large quantity of lumber, mostly
boards, not long in the water; same date,
betw’een Northeast End lightship and Ab
secom, passed another lot of new boards
altout twelve feet long; both lots probably
parts of deekioads of lumber schooner.
A submerged wreck, located eleven and
one-half miles southwest one-half west
from Fire Island light, was removed Feb.
21 by the revenue cutter Daniel Manning
and towed to the beach oft Fire Island
lightship. There was seventeen fathoms
of water around the wreck. One spar was
eight feet out of the water, while the re
mainder of the wreck was submerged. The
vessel’s spars indicate that the wreck was
a coal barge.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises to-day at 6:31 and sets at 5:56.
High water at Tybee to-day 12:01 a. m.
and 12:17 p. m. High water at Savannah
one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for February.
Full moon, 6th, 0 hours and 24 minutes,
evening; last quarter, 13th, 6 hours and 35
minutes, evening; new moon, 20th, 1 hour
and 42 minutes, evening; first quarter, 28th,
5 hours and 13 minutes, morning; moon In
apogee, Ist; moon in perigee, 17th.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship Tallahassee, Askins, New
York.—Ocean Steamship Company.
Bark Sibal (Nor), Gundersen, from Ty
bee.—Dahl & Andersen.
Steamer Doretta, Chadwick, Blufflon
and returned.—J. H. Judkins.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
Steamship Tallahassee, Asking, New
York.—Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Itasca, James, Baltimore.—J.
J. Carolan, Agent.
Bark Laura (Ital), Castellano, Lisbon.—
Struchan & Cos.
Schooner Rebecca M. Walls, Little, New
York.—C. W. Howard & Cos.
River Steamers Departed.
Steamship Itasca, Baltimore.
Shipping Memoranda.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 26.—Arrived,
schooners Ella M. Willey, Willey, Key
West; Alice B. Phillips, Crossley, Norfolk;
Clara E. Bergen, Burroughs, New York:
steam yacht Penelope, New York, bound
for South America.
New York, Feb. 24.—Arrived, schooners
Silva C. Hall, Lowe, Fernandirfe; Linah
C. Kaminski, Ray, Jacksonville; Hugh
Ke'.iey, Haskell, Satllla river. 1
Ischia, Feb. 17.—Sailed, bark Unlone
(Ital), Gamero, Savannah.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 36.—Arrived,
schooner City of Jacksonville, Savannah.
New York. Feb. 26.—Arrived, steamer
Cacuna, Savannah.
Liverpool, Feb. 26.—Arrived, steamer
Leonora, Pensacola.
Newport News, Feb. 26.—Sailed, schoon
er Mary Curtis, Charleston.
Reedy Island, Feb. 26.—Passed down,
schooners Oscar G. Schmidt for Savan
nah; John G. Schmidt, for Charleston.
Notice to Mnrinera.
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.
The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
12 m., 75th meridian time.
Steamer I'tissengers,
Passengers per steamship Itasca for Bal
timore—John L. Pierce, John Kaiser, J.
A. Brawner, Miss Mary B. Hanan, C. M.
Whitcomb, J. W. Jackson, J. L. Younge,
Jr., F. W. Medilaugh, Rev. D. D. Kaigler
(colored), Rev. J. H. Harvey (colored).
Foreign Exports.
iPer Italian bark Laura for Lisbon, Port
ugal—2.loo barrels rosin, valued at 35,300,
and 175 bales cotton, valued at $5,339.
Coastwise Exports,
Per steamship Itasca fAr Baltimore— 1,500
bales upland cotton, 603 bbls rosin, 53
casks spirits turpentine, 138,952 feet lum
ber, 61 crates vegetables. 250 bbls vegeta
bles, 52 bbls rosin oil, 18 casks clay, 319
sacks clay. 162 pkgs mdse, 83 bdls hides
and wool, 56 pkgs domestics and yarns.
Per schooner Rebecca M. Walls for New
Y0rk—101,596 feet pitch pine lumber; cargo
by John A. Calhoun.
Receipts n< Railroads.
Per Central of Georgia Railway, Feb. 2*
—1,700 ba.es cotton, 123 bales domgstics, 17
bbls rosin, 14 casks spirits turpentine, 182
pkgs mdse, 21 cars lumber. 8 cars coal, 12
cars wood, 1 car packing house products,
1 ear flour.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular Rail
road, Feb. 26—94 bales cotton, 9 cars fertil
iser, 7 cars mdse, 2 cars grits, 3 cars ma
chinery, 2 street cars, 1 car Iron, 2 cars
tobacco, 2 cars telegraph poles, 12 cars
vegetables, 1 car barrels, 6 cars wood, 5
cars ties, 2 cars clay, 2 cars oil.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway, Feb.
26—174 bales cotton. 1,165 bbls rosin. H 6
casks spirits turpentine, 28 cars lumber,
17 cars mdse, 4 cars meal, 2 cars corn, 1
car oil, 1 car flour.
A Famous Duellist,
From Chambers's Journal.
One of the most notorious of French
duellists at the period of the restoration of
the Bourbons In 1815, when scarcely a day
passed without a hostile meeting, was the
Court de Lariliiere, a native of Bordeaux.
At that time he was a man of about thir
ty-five—tall, well made, and with polished
manners. His appearance, indeed, utterly
belied the recklessness of his disposition.
One day, as he was walking with a
friend in the principal street of Bordeaux,
he saw approaching them one of tt*e rich
est and most respected merchants of the
town, with his newly married wife on his
arm. Lariliiere advanced toward them,
hat in hand, with all the outward sem
blance of a well-bred man about to make
a speech of more than ordinary politeness.
“I beg your pardon.” said he, address
ing himself to the merchant, who, with
his wife, had halted abruptly, “but I have
just made a bet with my friend, whom
I have the honor of presenting to you”—
here he Introduced his friend in due form
hat I will kiss your wife on your arm”
—the merchant, knowing the Count’s
character and reputation, here became
deathly pale—"after having given you a
box on the ear.”
Saying this, the miscreant stared im
pudently in the face of the amazed mer
chant, and in spite of all the resistance he
could offer, put both threats Into imme
diate execution. A challenge and a meet
ing followed, which resulted in the in
jured party receiving his death wound,
and the aggressor going forth in search
of new victims.
In course of time Lariliiere had fought
upward of forty duels, and was able to
boast of having killed no fewer than
Cieven individuals. He was now bent
upon making up his dozen, after which
he proposed to rest, and continue his
practice with the new cavalry saber, to
which he had taken a strong fancy. This
laudable desire was not destined to bo
rea tzed however, for he was himself kill
ed In a duel, under strange circumstances
a few days after the death of his eleventh
and last victim.
r.° n i h m^ evening of a ma sked ball at the
Grand Theater at Bordeaux, Lariliiere was
seated in the adjoining cafe. It was about
II o clock, and the Count, not being in a
very quarrelsome humor, was occupied in
peacefully imbibing a glass of punch. Sud
denly a tall young man, wearing a black
domino and black velvet mask, entered
the room and strode up to the table at
which the formidable Count was seated.
No particular notice was taken of the
newcomer at first, but no sooner was he
observed to be in close vicinity of Lari!-
heres table than all eyes were attracted
toward him. Without a single preliminary
observation he seized hold of the Count’s
glass, threw away the punch it contained
and ordered the waiter in a loud voice to
a sr nall bottle or orgeat in its place.
\\ itnesses of the scene say that at this
moment for the first time in their lives
they saw that Lariliiere had turned pale
IL was the common belief in Bordeaux that
during all the years this man had been
applying himself to the work of destruc
tion he had never once allowed his coun.
tenance to betray te slightest emotion.
"Scoundrel!” he exclaimed, "you do not
know who I am,” at the same time making
a vigorous hut unsuccessful effort to re
move the stranger’s mask.
‘T know who you are perfectly well *’
the other replied coldly, forcing Lariliiere
violently back Into his seat
All present started to their feet, and,
without venturing to interfere, anxiously
waited the issue of this strange provoca
tlon.
’’Waiter,” exclaimed the stranger, "be
quick with that bottle of orgeat!”
At this second command the bottle was
brought, and the masked man, drawing
a pistol from his pocket, proceeded to ad
dress his adversary thus:
"Unless In the presence of this com
pany, and for my own personal satisfac
tion, you at once swallow this glass of
orgeat, I will blow your brains out with
less compunction than I would those of a
dog. Should you, however, comply with
my bidding, I will do you the honor of
fighting you to-morrow morning.”
“With the saber?” demanded Lariliiere
convulsed with rage.
“With what weapon you please,” re
plied the stranger disdainfully.
Whereupon the Count swallowed the or
geat, every one present preserving a
deathlike silence.
The masked man, satisfied with the re
sult, now retired, saying in a. voice loud
enough to be heard by all in the room:
“To-day I have humbled you sufficiently
-to-morrow I intend to take your life. My
seconds will wait upon you at 8 o’clock in
the morning. We will fight on the spot
where you killed the young Chevalier de
c - —•” This was the name of the Count’s
last victim.
The following morning Lariliiere found
himself in the presence of a man, no longer
wearing n mask, who appeared to be some
five-and-twenty years old, and of a calm
and dignified but singularly resolute bear
ing. His seconds were two private sol
diers belonging to one of the regiments of
the garrison. They brought weapons with
them, hut Larilliere's seconds took excep.
tion to them, at which a scarcely percepti
ble smile passed over the stranger’s face.
The combat commenced, and at the first
passes the Count was convinced that he
had to deal with a skillful antagonist
However, his courage did not fail him’
though at times he seemed to lose some
what of his customary composure. Lunges
and parryings succeeded each other with
rapidity on both sides. Lariliiere had al
ready tried his usually fatal finishing
thrust more than once, but each time only
to find his effort turned aside by his ad
versary’s blade.
Harassed at finding his efforts unavailing
he insolently remarked to his opponent:
“Well, sir, at what hour do you intend
to kill me?”
A momentary silence ensued. Then the
stranger, who seemed to have profited by
that slight Interval to assure himself that
the advantage lay decidedly with him
quietly remarked, “Immediately.”
Rushing forward, he thrust the point of
his sword through his adversary, who
sprang backward, tottered, and sank into
the arms of his nearest second.
Putting his right hand on the wound, the
Count was Just able to say:
“That, sir, is not a sabre cut; it is a
thrust with the point. W'ith the sabre I
feared no one;" and in a few minutes he
fell back dead.
The stranger now advanced politely to
ward the second* of the man he had slain
and inquired if he was at liberty to de
part.
"WIU you at least tell us your name'”’
they asked in reply.
Larilliere’s opponent proved to be one of
the young officers of Blaye, who had de
termined to avenge the murder, as he con
sidered It, of the Count’s last victim When
the fact of Larilliere’s death became gen
erally known in Bordeaux many mothers
of families aotually had masses said In
thankfulness for having been delivered
I from so dreaded a scourge.
ONCE THE TOWN COMMONS.
FORSmt PARK WAS FORMALLY
LAID OIT I\ 1851.
The Property Wan Part of tlie \ n _
elent Ooximon* Which Was
dared lit' the Provincial Assembly
In 1760 to- Belong; to the Lot-Hold.
ers of the Town—How the Military
Parade Grand Wua Aeqnired.
There is a popular belief that Savannilj
acquired what is known as "Forsyth
Park” by purchtve from the former own
ers. Mr. Isaac itxkett was seen yes>. r .
day at his absti set of title office con.
cerning the matter.
Mr. Beckett has made a study of thj
land history of Chatham county, and ij
equipped with a fund of information in re
gard to it. He claims to be able to nan,
by hia abstracts the owner of every i 0
of land in Savannah at jtny date ~
1760, when grants wore first issued, whi u
and to whom the land was sold anl the
prices paid for it. Ho produced a copy
of n plan of Savannah, made by T otnae
Shruder, deputy surveyor general of the
province of Georgia, in the- year 1770.
"You will sac,” said he, “that this plan
the original of which is on file in the of.
fice of the Secretary of State, shows that
tiie town of Savannah, as it existed in 177,
is bounded on the south by the street now
known as Oglethorpe avenue, on the west
by Jefferson street, on the east by Lin, on
street, and on the north by the Savanna},
river.
The town commons, from which the part
of the present city embracing the “ground
rent” lots was carved, extended on the
east to East Broad street, prolonged to
Wheaton, thence in a southeasterly direc
tion along Wheaton to Liberty street, west
along Liberty to a point thirty feet six
inches, west, of the west line of I’ri a
street, thence along that line to Gwinnett
street; west along Gwinnett street to Tatu
nail street; north along Tattnall to Lib.
erty street; west to West Broad street.an J
north along West Broad street to the Bay
or strand. These boundaries embrace
“Forsyth Park,” which was formally laid
out from the “town commons” by ordi
nance of council passed on April 26th, ttst.
and you observe, disposes of the claim that
the park was purchased by the city from
private parties.”
The map shows that the White Bluff
road—designated as 75 feet in width, start
ed from Oglethorpe avenue, at the termin
ation of Bull street, and that it is in fact,
simply a continuation of this street. It 1*
marked on the map “Pubiick Road.” Thu
"Western Road,” now known as the Louis,
ville or Augusta road, branched off from
the White Bluff road at’ a point between
the Savannah theater ar.wl Baptist Church,
and ran in a direction a little south of
west. The Ogeechee road, named in the
map “Southern Road” started from the
White Bluff road at about the southern
line of what is now Jones s-treet, and fol
lowed a southwesterly direct-km to a point
crossing over what is now, about the cor
ner of Tattnall and Hall streets.
The Thunderbolt road, design,ited “Pub
lick Road, S. E,“ started from ,Uie corner
of Broughton and Lincoln struts, an. I
continued in a straight line to and formed
•what i3 the present Wheaton etreon. in a
direction about southeast.
The “Church Cemetery” 211 feet from
north to south, and 396 feet from east to
west, Is shown about ICO feet south of tha
north line of Oglethorpe avenue, its wes
tern line being a continuation of Abtr
corn street, just as it exists to-day, and
its eastern line projecting a Jittle beyond
the east line of Lincoln street.
Forsyth park is a part of the ancient
“Town Commons,” of Savannah, which,
by act of the provincial assembly, ap
proved May 1, 1760, was declared to be the
property of the lot holders in the town.
In reply to questions as to the manner ir
which the military parade ground, or park
extension, was acquired, Mr. Beckett said:
“The city, as I have shown, owned by
right of succession, to the town of Savan
nah all the land between Hall street, th
southern boundary of the park proper and
Gwinnett street. To make the matter
clear as to the remainder of it, I must di
gress a little. On April 23. 1827, the United
States acquired by purchase the tract of
land then known as the northern half of
farm lot number one, Holland tythlng,
Percival ward, which embraced the land
lying between Gwinnett street on th
north, New Houston on the south, Mom
gomery on the west, and the White Bluff
road, or Bull street extended, on the cast.
This land was used for five years as a
cantonment, and on it was situated tha
quarters of the United States troops sine
tloned in Savannah.
On Aug. 27, 1833, the Mayor and aider
men of Savannah conveyed to the United
States, for the consideration of $12,006, 111®
entire block of land which is now occupied
by the De Soto Hotel. The price given
was about S6OO per lot, the land which
would be covered by Liberty street lans
being included. When it is considered that
the city sold the neighboring lots
about the same time to private individ
uals at prices ranging from S9OO to $1,519
each, it will appear plain that no hard
bargain was driven with the general gov
ernment.
Jan. 20, 1853. Congress, by joint resolu
tion authorized the Secretary of War t
convey the north half of the Farm lob
about twenty-five acres, to the city of Sa
vannah, in recognition, as the resolution
states, of “the liberality of the city in sur
rendering to the government heretofore,
certain lands now known as the new bar
racks in said city.” The dee 1 made by ths
Secretary of War is dated Feb. 22, 1833, and
embraces in the description the statement
that the land conveyed is "the site of the
old Oglethorpe barracks, adjacent to said
city, which site had long been abandoned ’
doubtless the “liberality” referred to was
the low price charged to tlie government
for the new barracks property.
In the early ttts the city laid out the mili
tary parnde ground, and to carry out IB
purpose purchased from various parties,
all the lots of land between Gwinnett and
New Houston streets, from Bull to Dray
ton, and paid liberal prices, in many in
stances, exchanging other lots, on tie op
posite stde of the parade ground.
This also disposes of a favorite theory
regarding the ownership by the military
companies of the old contonment, and in
exchange to the city for the present pa
rade ground. No doubt the military used
those grounds, but no grant of them, so
far as I have been able to discover, was
made by the city.
—The erecting and repair shops of the
Baltimore and Ohio at Mount Claire, i' l
the city of Baltimore, which are th* old
est shops in the United States, have b ■ 1
completely modernized. The locomot vo
tvocling shop has been rebuilt, and is sal”
pKed with two fifty-ton electric cram’s,
wlvoh lift the heaviest locomotives tnd
move them to any point as though they
weighed but a ton. The compressed -iff
appliances nre of the latest pattern, aid
the ooi't of making the Improvements will
lie savad in two years, as the new r.M
chlnery accelerates the work and does il
at a lesa expense than in times gone bX-