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AN AMERICAN SWEDEN.
THE MOST FAMOUS COI.OVV EVEII
PLANTED IN THIS COUNTKY.
{'.vrliiK n Qunrti r of n Century file
Settlement Ha Crown From 31
to 1,701! in Number*—’They Are the
Greatest Potato Itaiser* in tlie
AYorld—The Colony'* One Tragedy.
Scene* In n Day's Drive Annum the
Farm*.
Caribou, Me.. Nov. 11.—" From here on
It's ail Sweden."
The driver indicated by a sweep of his
arm all the farms to be seen ahead of
us. From Caribou it was eight miles over
a road as smooth and hard os asphalt,
and now we were on the edge of New
Sweden, the most flourishing colony ever
planted on American soil. A King foster
ed it. Because of it. Its projector was
subsequently made minister to Sweden by
our government, and its remarkable suc
cess is recognized by the social economists
of two hemispheres.
From the lower waters of the Penob
scot it is a weary climb of 200 miles on
the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad,
through the great pine woods of Central
and Northern Maine, to the uplands of
Aroostook county. The train carries you
through the home of the deer, past the
runways of the Moose and Caribou, by
lakes and trout streams, always up hill;
by the doors of hunting camps, sports
men's hotels, bare and most attractive
ly desolate, and around the foothills of
hoary old Katahdin, whose peak may be
seen in shadowy outline through rifts in
the forest. Then when least expected, the
primeval woods give place to man-made
groves of second growth, orchards and
plowed fields. Instead of log camps, farm
houses come Into view. The railway sta
tion, water tank and solitary tavern de
velop into villages with railroad, avenues
end Main street, and at length the tourist
steps from the car at Caribou—the gar
den spot of the great Northeast.
Fonnding tlie Colony.
Hon. William Wlgerly Thomas, ex-min
ister to Sweden, founded New Sweden in
1870. He had been appointed a war con
sul to that country in 1863, and then the
Idea of bringing the hardy and frugal
Norseman to Maine occurred to him. He
aroused the Interest of both the Swedish
and the Maine stale authorities, and aft
er some years of delay, he secured a grant
of 100 acres of land in Aroostook county
to the head of each family, and aid until
his first crop could be harvested. Mr.
Thomas was also appointed commissioner
of Immigration by the state of Maine, and
had personal charge of the colony until,
In 1873, the settlers voluntarily relinquish
ed state aid.
On June 26, 1870, under his guidance,
fifty-one Swedes sailed from Gothenberg
to America. The colony was composed of
twenty-two men, eleven women and eigh
teen children. All the men were farm
ers, and many of them were also skilled
in other trades and professions. Among
them was a lay pastor, a blacksmith, a
civil engineer, two carpenters, a basket
maker, a wheelwright, a baker, a tailor
and a maker of wooden shoes. It was a
sturdy, stalwart party of picked appli
cants. There was not a physical blemish
On one of them, and no one had been ac
cepted whose character had not been prop
erly vouched for. They came from nearly
every province In Sweden and were pro
vided with money enough to pay their
passages to their new home. After an
uneventful journey, the Immigrants
reached the borders of Maine on July 22.
As they crossed the line from New Bruns
wick, the American flag was unfurled and
the party was greeted by a salute of can
non by the citizens of Fort Fairfield.
Reßßii Work the Next Ilay.
The day after reaching their destination
the Swedes began converting the wilder
ness into homes. To put them in the way
of earning their living by their own labor,
Mr. Thomas set them to work felling trees,
cutting out roads and building houses,joy
ing them one dollar a day In provisions and
tools from the state fund provided for that
purpose. At the close of the year, through
births and additional immigration, the col
ony had increased in numbers to 114; sev
en miles of road had been cut, 26 dwellings
built and about 300 acres of land cleared
and partly sowed in grain. A number of
the dwellings were erected by the state
and were paid for in labor.
These buildings were of peeled
logs, and contained three rooms
each. They were also furnished with cook
ing stoves. The same year a public build
ing, called to this day "The Capitol," was
erected, wherein aii public functions not
given in the various churches are held.
It was hard work, but every one aided.
In the fields the men and women worked
side by side, and the potato field was the
playground of the youngsters. They rose
with the sun and went to bed at dusk.
Founder Thomas is fond of relating the
following incident showing the indefatig
able Industry of these pioneers.
"I met once,” he says, "a Swede woman
afoot, carrying on her back a bulging sack.
“ 'What have you got in there?" I ask
ad.
“ ‘Four nice pigs.'
" 'Where did you get them?’
" 'Two miles below Caribou.’
"That made a twenty miles walk, and the
good wife was smiling to herself to think
what nice pigs they were.”
Result* of a Year'* Toll.
That is the way they worked and that
Is also the way work even to this
day. So hard have they labored ntid so suc
cussful have they been that to-day there
are more than 1,700 Swedes in the colony,
which now extends over seven townships.
They have more than 700 buildings and 80
miles of turnpike roads. They own about
$90,000 worth of live stock, and In 1894 their
farm products were valued at $173,730. That
same year the total value of buildings,
clearings, tools, slock, factories, mills
and farm and mill products reached near
ly SBUO.OOO. When one considers that a quar
ter of a century ago tills territory did not
produce a dollar, these figures are elo
quent. To-day there are upward of 4,00$
Swedes in Maine, who are the direct re
sult of this enterprise. >
"This is all New Sweden,” otfritinuod the
driver, checking his team to give time to
observation. We were at the lop of Land
grine’s hill, and from where we stood the
land sloped in every direction to the thick
undergrowth that betokened a water
course and rose again, and thus on us far
as the eye could reach, rising and falling
gently, peacefully. From the crest of the
hlll, down five hundred feet runs the road,
then up again to the horizon. In winter
the young Swedes slide down this hill on
their sleds and a glorious sport it is. But
now it Is shaded on either side with north,
ern pine and hardwood, embowering it in
a latticed framework, through which the
Landgrin farm, with its busy family of toil
ers, the old church and the pastor's horn
could be seen in glimpses.
Enormous Potato Crop*.
Cn every side were neat farm houses,
some of them bright with paint, and all
of them tidy and warmly built, with barn
three and four times their size. Around
them were pasture hinds and groves, orch
ards and meadows and vast potuto fields.
Are fin jfa or ipidl; m i n
Business men and travel- M
lets carry them in vest m Ej Mij J'N
pockets, ladies carry them " H■ if
to purses, housekeepers keep them In medicine
closets, friends recommend them to friends. 28c.
Aroostook county raises more potatoes
than the entire balance of the state. It is
one of the great potato raising regions of
the world. One farmer has raised as
many as 743 bushels to the acre, and the
average yield is more than 200 bushels.
Among these farms we drove.
“This is Gabriel Gabriel son's farm,” ex
plained Oie, the driver, as we stopped be
fore a field that reached from the rdadside
to the hills, a full quarter of a mile be
yond.
"Good day, Gabriel," he called in Svensk.
“Good 'lay, Ole!” and a tall flaxen-hair
ed man came up to the wagon.
“How are your potatoes coming on?”
“Fine,” answered the farmer in fair En
glish; "about 300 to the acre.”
‘Hard work?”
The farmer shrugged his broad shoul
ders. At the lower end of the field, drawn
by two horses, rolled the potato digging
machine, which looks like a harrow, and
left a double row of pink tubers in its
wake, which were being literally shoveled
nto baskets 1* the farm hands. The
farm hands consisted of Mrs. Gabrlelson
and a string of little Gabrielsons of all
sizes. It pays to raise large families in
New Sweden. There would be very little
profit in farming, especially at this busy
season, if there were not plenty of children
to load the baskets In the potato fields. A
youngster can pick up as many potatoes
as a grown-up, and this is the great har
vest among the Aroostook Swedes. But
it is hard work, and there is plenty of it.
They get up at 4 in the morning; at
3 they are at work, and they keep at It
until it is too dark to distinguish a potato
from an earth ball. They only stop for
meals, of which they have four; breakfast
at 4:30, lunch at 11, dinner at 3 and sup
per at 6. At 7 lights are out and the tired
laborers ore enjollng a rest that the city
man reads about, but never experiences.
Preachers Who Farm.
The First Lutheran Church is built on
the Landgrin farm. It is a plain, white
structure, bare and simple, quite differ
ent from the rather gaudy Baptist meet
ing house down the road, where we saw
the parson and his pretty wife in the fam
ily potato patch with their little ones,
harvesting their crop, the same as the rest
of the people do. The preachers of New
Sweden all combine farming with their
ministerial labors. Money goes a long way
in this furaway nook, but even here S3OO
a year is not enough to rear and educate
a family, unless it Is pieced out with some
kind of labor. The feature of the Luth
eran, as of all the churches hereabouts,
is the horse shed, large enough to shelter
a regiment of cavalry, and in which the
worshipers leave their teams during ser
vices. The Swede is a merciful man to
his beasts.
A Colony Sorrow.
“We stop here," said Ole, and he turned
the team off to the side of the road.
Round the bend there came a proces
sion. First there was a spring wagon, in
which lay a coffin, a plain pine coffin
whose single coat of white paint only em
phasized its plainness. It was a home
made coffin. On the front seat sat two
Swedes, both of whom bowed politely to
Ole, while one raised ills hat to me.
"Whem ar det?" asked Ole.
"Carl Martenson,” whispered one of the
men on the front seat.
"Is that so?"
Oie’s informant nodded his head
gravely.
The dead man was a farmer’s son. The
parents and family mourners came after
the hearse In buggies and buckboards. The
men wore black; but for that matter, so
did most every one else, as black Is the
Sunday color In New Sweden clothing. The
only exception was the handsome Luth
eran parson, who looked like Siegfried, so
yellow and bearded was he. He .wore a
fashionable top coat, light brown and vel
vet co.lared. After the family came the
friends. It was a very long procession,
and it took fully a quarter of an hour to
pass, though the horses trotted briskly.
It kept Ole busy holding his own frisky
horses, who disliked standing still, and
keeping his hat raised in reply to the
greetings of his friends. The men of
New Sweden all know one another, but
not so well that they ever forget to be
polite. Tills kind of acquaintanceship is
confined to older and more civilized com
munities.
“A New York man owns that farm
house."
A Bnslne** Romance,
Old pointed out by far the prettiest and
tidiest farm house on the road. It is paint
ed red, and even the mammoth barns are
warm with color. It is the summer home
of J. B, Ha.lgrln, a well-known caterer
of the metropolis. His story reads like a
romance. Here It is; He came to New
York from Sweden a poor boy, and began
life as a caterer. After he had become
well-to-do he met and married a young
girl from New Sweden, who was living in
New' York. For a while they spent their
summers near New York, but the heart
of the New Sweden girl yearned for the
hills and valleys of her home, and at last
she persuaded her husband to come up
here and buy a farm. He has been here
about twelve years, and has made almost
as much money out of his farm as his
business, llis wife and the younger chil
dren live here all the year, but he and
his eldest son, who Is a rising young
dentist in New York, make the metropo
lis their winter homo.
At the foot of the hill there is a saw
mill, deserted now while the mill hands
help harvest, which is set In a heavy
hardwood thicket. A short ten feet away
there Is a row of dead trees a quarter of
a mile wide and ten miles long. It is the
line of the forest tire that nearly burned
the mill and threatened the best part of
the settlement. It came three years ago,
and the colonists worked for three days
to save the mill. There were a hundred of
them, and they divided themselves into
squads and worked unceasingly drenching
the lumber pile with water from the
spring.
A Colony Tragedy.
“Over yonder is the tree where little
Christine Syensson was found,” said Ole.
“Little Christine Svensson?”
Then the driver related the loss of a
child from her father's home the third
.V< ar of the colony. She was in the swamp
after water when a bear and her eub
frightened the child, who left the path and
was lost. For three days she was sought,
and when she was found she was insane
through fright. The story was told l>y
Founder Thomas at the quarter centen
nial. It is the only tragedy this peaceful
colony has ever known, and Ole, the driv
er, stops his horses for tourists before the
historic tree. From the Svensson tree the
road back to Caribou takes in about ell
there is left to he seen. There are
half a dozen white school houses with
their patriotic flag staffs, and a dozen
or more saw mills and starch factories.
The latter Is the greatest of all manufac
turing industries in this region, which
turns out 15,out> tons of starch annually.
New mills are going up yearly. I slop
p'd at one of these mills—a simple affair,
with many odd moke-shifts in a mechani
cal line, such as u home-made pump and
an electric plant, designed and made by
two youngster* who never saw a dynamo,
THE MORJSING NEWS: 3IONDAY. NOVEMBER 14, IS9H.
except the one at Caribou, and never saw
that until their own was set up. They
built it from descriptions in a book. The
machinery clanked and clamored noisily as
the potatoes hounded down the chutes into
the bins wherein they become pulp, then
paste, and at last starch. The latter
transformation, however, takes place In a
great drying house, which smells as sweet
as new mown clover.
The twilight brought out the vivid colors
of the autumn foliage in startling contrast
to the greens, whit h deepened in the dark
ness to almost black. A cool wave arose
from the earth as we dipped into a valley.
The setting sun had left a golden haze in
the west that gilded the with
such gold as no palette ever held. Up the
road, toward the horizon, there flared a
rose-flame cloud like Pharoah’s “pillar of
fire by night,” which covered the trees on
either side with crimson.
"Gorgeous!”
"Dust!" said Ole, "and a ray of the sun
through Landgrin’s grove. G’lang, Betsy!
we re almost home.”
Benjamin Northrop.
WANT MISS WILLARD’S PLACE.
Several Candidate* Announced for
the W. C. T. I!. Presidency.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 13.—This was a
quiet day among the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union delegates, so far as
convention work was concerned.
A number of delegates filled local pul
pits both morning and evening. But one
session of the convention was held, Miss
E. W. Greenwood, world's and national
superintendent of the evangelistic depart
ment, preaching at 2:30 o’clock at the Peo
ple's Church. The temple matter and
election of officers which promises so much
excitement Monday and Tuesday were kept
as much in the background as possible.
The general opinion has been that Mrs.
L. M. N. Stevens, vice president at large
and acting president, would be unopposed
in her candidacy for the place made va
cant by the death of Frances Willard, but
several other candidates have been an
nounced, including Mrs. Martin H. Dun
ham of Ohio, one of the temple trustees,
and now state president of lowa, and Mrs.
G. B. Forbes, state president of Connecti
cut.
GOTHAM'S ANNUAL. HORSE SHOW.
Success of the Meeting Celebrated
In Advance.
New York, Nov. 13.—The annual horse
show and parade of fashion will begin to
morrow in Madison Square Garden and
the directors of the National Horse Show
Associated to-day celebrated in advance
the success they feel certain to attend the
show this year.
A dinner was given in the garden and
after it the guests were invited into the
arena, where most of the horses entered
were put through their paces preliminary
to the opening.
The entries this year are far more nu
merous than they were last fall, and the
standard is high. Every box was sold sev
eral days ago, and, though there were few
fancy prices paid for choice, the average
was high.
DALLAS STREET CAR STRIKE.
President Alexander Say* He Will
Hun Hl* Car* tn Suit Himself.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 13—The committee of
seven citizens appointed by the mass meet
ing last night, fo consider the pending
strike of the employes of the Dallas Con
solidated Street Railway conferred with
President C. H. Alexander of that com
pany to-night. President Alexander re
fused to enter into abitration negotiations,
and announced that he would run the cars
as he thought best. This ended all out
side negotiations for a settlement of the
differences between the company and the
strikers.
Another citizens' mass meeting will be
hold to-morrow night to receive the report
of the committee. President Alexander
announced to-night that he would run his
cars if he had to use Gatling guns.
MONUMENT TO SCHILLER.
Unveiled Y"e*tordny Afternoon in tlie
St. Louis l’nrk.
St. Louis, Nov. 13.—A monument, design
ed by Rauhe, an exact reproduction of
the Schiller statue in Marbuck, Germany,
the birthplace of that poet, was fenveiled
in St. Louis Park this afternoon in the
presence of 20,000 people.
The donor is Col. Charles G. Stifel.
A parade preceded the unveiling pro
gramme. All the singing societies in the
city participated in the latter, while the
Turners and German military and civil
societies, with several Grand Army of the
Republic posts, composed the parade.
LOC AL PERSONAL.
Mr. J. A. Oanover of Jacksonville spent
yesterday In the city.
Mr. A. Pacetti of Atlanta is in the city,
a guest of the De Soto.
Mr. A. L. Peterson of Clarion, la., Is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. Colin Mcßae of Mount Vernon is
among the visitors in the city.
Mr. J. W. A. Parker of Rooky Ford is
registered at the Pulaski House.
Mr. J. A. Farris of Jacksonville is in the
city, stopping at the Pulaski House.
Mr. Z. P. Freeman of Tampa, spent yes
terday in the city, a guest of the Screven
House.
Mr. A. K. Leon came up yesterday from
Jacksonville, registering at the Screven
House.
Mr. C. C. Wolfe of Thomasville was
among the arrivals at the Pulaski House
yesterday.
Mr. W. H. Love of Tifton wns among
the guests registered at the Screven House
yesterday.
Mr. Jacob Gazan goes to Mount Vernon
to-day to attend Montgomery county’s Su
perior Court.
Mr. R. M. White of Chert was among
the visitors registered yesterday at the
Pulaski House.
Hon. P. W. Meldrim leaves to-day for
Springfield, Where he goes to attend the
session of the Superior Court of Effing
ham county.
Troop* Reach Athena.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 13.—The Fifteenth
Pennsylvania and Third New Jersey Regi
ments arrived here this morning, and will
go into camp to-morrow. Brig. Gen. Wm.
C. Oates, commanding this brigade, aiso
arrived to-day.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
STORIES FROM A STOREROOM.
GIFTS THAT BREATHE THE SPIRIT
OF LOVING KINDNESS.
Gen. Wood'* Storeroom at Santiago
Contain* Offering* Which Tell oi
Self-Sacrifice-—A Florida Woman
find Her Daughter* Send ltltl
Night Shirt*, the Material for
Which Wna Pnreliused With Their
Saving*—-Christinas. Jem anil
Atheint* Vie in Charitable Deed*.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Santiago, Cuba, Nov. I.—lt is an inter
esting and touching sight to go over Gen.
lieonard Wood's storeroom, where are
kept the goods shipped by the Red Cross
Women’s Relief, and other organizations,
as well as donations, big and small, sent
by private individuals for the use and
comfort of the sick soldiers and sailors
and others In need of assistance in this
hitherto unhappy land, where sickness and
starvation have brought *o many thou
sands to the verge of death, where the
very luxuriance of the weeds cry out
against mankind for not using the earth
for the benefit of themselves, where the
nature and character of the inhabitants
have been so blunted by contact with
their oppression that they have developed
all their vices, and added a cringing,
fawning, unreliable civility that is not the
fault of the people themselves so much
as the natural results of their birth and
surroundings.
The store room is a large place under
the custom house, and in it you will find
a most miscellaneous assortment of arti
cles of all kinds, including champagne,
whisky, brandy, ginger ale, quinine, medi
cal necessaries of all kinds, two muffs,
seven overcoats and one pair of shoes that
must evidently have been originally in
tended for the Klondike.
Yet it is not the grotesque nature of
some of the gifts that makes the lump in
one’s throat hard to swallow, but the
beautiful and touching humanity express
ed in the gifts themselves which breathe
such a spirit of pure be
nevolence, loving kindness and
self-sacrifice that in that store
room you feel yourself in some sanctified
spot, if not in the very portals of heaven
itself.
Many of the gifts, especially the smaller
ones, are accompanied by letters express
ing the intentions of the donor. These let
ters often give an account of the writer
that show the gift was purchased or made
as the case may be, at considerable sacri
fice of money and time.
One woman and her two daughters in
Leon county, Florida, made and sent 100
night shirts, and the money for the ma
terial had been taken out of savings from
their chicken and egg fund, which gen
erally supplied them each year with cloth
ing. If (his year the dreams of that fam
ily are not quite as new and fresh looking
as those of some of their neighbors they
will have the proud consciousness that
theirs was a duty nobly, faithfully and
well done.
Another poor woman, a widow in Maine,
who lives by washing the clothes of four
families, worked and sent fifteen house
wife's fitting, each with the necessary ar
ticles of that most useful institution in
the kit of a soldier or sailor.
From California came two dozen jars
of orange marmalade, the gift of another
widow, who owhk an acre of ground on
“which afe a few orange trees that are her
only source of Income.
These are only a sample of hundreds of
such letters that have been received here
since the surrender of Gen. Torah Chris
tians, Jews and Atheists announcing their
belief and unbelief have added their quota
to the whole, a common feeling of human
brotherhood animating seemingly the en
tire community, breaking down all barriers
of caste and religion, the whisky dealer
and wine merchant vicing with the bishop
and the tract distributor to see who could
do the most.
Little children have sent their pocket
money, Sunday schools have foregone their
annual excursion to send the money that
would have been spent upon it to aid the
sick at Santiago, Cuba, and the entire pop
illation haVe given to the world an object
lesson of human love that has never before
been equalized in the history of the world.
The Red Cross and Woman’s Relief have
done a noble work and are still engaged
in it, and the history of many of the gifts
sent through these sources must be even
more interesting in many, instances tnan
those that have been sent direct.
It would be like the play of "Hamlet"
without the Prince of Denmark himself
to describe all this human love without
mentioning the man who is at the head
of this great distribution, namely, Gen.
Wood, who, since April, has proved him
self a soldier, physician, administrator and
philanthropist, whose work in Santiago de
Cuba had elevated the opinion the world
had of America higher than ever before,
high as that was.
To Gen. Wood Is due the good health
of the city, its clean streets, its gradual
renovation 1 and the security that is felt
by all classes. Asa distributor of chari
table supplies, he had brought it to a
system that renders it next to Impossible
for any to lie misappropriated, and the
fervent wish of all the people here is that
no change will be made, even for Gen.
Wood’s own advancement, a rather sel
fish way of looking at it, but, neverthe
less, absolutely true.
Rumor Devoid of Truth.
Baltimore, Nov. 13.—Receiver Oscar G.
Murray of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road said to-day that there was no truth
in the story that there were any differ
ences between himself and J. J. Hill over
the appointment of a general manager
to succeed W. M. Greene.
To Arrange Yacht Race.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 13.—The committees
representing the Chicago Yacht Club and
the Royal Canadian Yacht Club will meet
here on Tuesday to arrange details for
the yacht race for the Canada cup next
season.
NO CURE— NO PAY.
That Is the way all druggists sell
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
for Chills and Malaria. It is simply Iron
and Quinine In a tasteless form. Children
love It. Adults prefer it to bitter, naus
eating Tonics. Price 50c.—ad.
SPEW I 41, NOTICES'
MISS M. E. RYAN’S BUSINESS COL
LEGE.
Room No. 32 l’*ovldent Building.
We take pleasure in aiding business men
to secure competent office help. The ma
chine which the business world employs,
is the one for students to learn and use.
That machine is the Remington standard
typewriter. Dearing & Hull, Sole Deal
ers.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAP.
no CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLOHS,
NICELY BOUND IN CLOTH AND
STAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
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HORNING NEWS.
FIVEKAL INVITATIONS.
CROWLEY—The relatives and friends of
Mr. Edward B. Crowley “and of Misses
Crowley’s and Mrs. J. J. Horrigan are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral of
the former from SIC Broughton street,
east, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Interment
at Cathedral cemetery.
MOFFATT—The relatives and friends of
Mrs. M. A. Moffatt and Wm. J. Moffatt
and of F. M. Pelot and families are re
quested to attend the funeral of Alfred
Moffatt from St. Paul's Church this af
ternoon at 4 o’clock.
uhE n.vus.
A regular communication of this A
lodge will be held this (Monday)
evening at 8 o'clock. ’▼>
F. C.' Degree will be conferred.
Members of sister lodges and visiting
brethren are cordially invited to meet
with us.
DANIEL T. ELLIOTT. W. M.
WARING RUSSELL, JR.. Secretary.
GALA NTHE LODGE NO. 2S, K. OF P.
A regular convention of this
lodge will be held this (Monday)
evening at 8 o’clock.
Th© Esquire Rank will be con
ferred. ’Sf
Members of sister lodges and visiting
knights are cordially invited.
I. HELLMAN, C. C.
M. S. HERMAN, K. of R. & S.
GERMAN FRIENDLY SOCIETY.
The regular monthly meeting of the Ger
man Friendly Society will be held this
(Monday) evening in K. of P. Hall at 8:15.
GUSTAVE FOX, President.
A. HELLER, Secretary.
THE SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER
GUARDS.
The regular monthly meeting of this
military corporation will be held at the
Arsenal on the second Monday, to wit:
this evening, at 8:15 o’clock.
Active, honorary, associate and all other
classes of members permitted by the rules
to participate are notified to be present.
By direction of the Commanding Officer
and ex-officio President.
F. A. D. HANCOCK, Secretary.
MILITARY ORDERS^
MILITARY ORDERS.
Armory Oglethorpe Light Infantry,
Nov. 14, 1898.
The company is ordered to appear at the
armory, in full uniform, at 3 p. m. this
day, to pay the last tribute of respect to
Corpl. Moffatt. By order
CHAS. H. RICHARDSON,
2d Lt. Commanding.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE GORRIE——
—ICE MANUFACTURING—
COMPANY.
’ I
OUTPUT 150 TONS DAILY.
Have three locations In the city.
No danger of shortage.
Can All orders for any amount.
The largest delivery aervlce In the city.
If you want Ice by the carload, or In any
large quantities get price from us.
THE GORRIE
ICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Room 12, Provident Building.
NOTICE.
Neither the master nor consignees of the
British steamship Madura, Dickie, mas
ter, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by crew of said vessel.
J. F. MINIS & CO., Consignees.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby cautioned against
harboring or trusting any of the crew of
the British steamship “Hero,” Wolf, mas
ter, from Rotterdam, as no debts of their
contracting will be paid by master, owners
or by W. W. WILSON, Agent,
• Consignee..
NOTICE.
Neither the master nor consignees of
the British steamship "'Rockabell,” Lit
ten, master, will be responsible for any
debts contracted by crew of said vessel.
J. F. MINIS & CO.,
Consignees.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
All persons are hereby cautioned against
harboring or trusting any of the crew of
the British steamship Lyndhurst, Pawley,
master, from Marseilles, as no debts of
their contracting will be paid by master,
owners or by
W. W. WILSON, Agent, Consignee.
WOLF & CO., FLORISTS,
Phone 634.
Choice Rose*, Chrysanthe
mum* and Pink and Red
Carnations. Wedding dec
oration* n specialty.
ATTENTION, 7TH ARMY CORPS.
You’ll find
THE GEM
The handsomest, the best and the most or
derly saloon In the city. Everybody is
welcome and good treatment prevails.
GEO. C. SCHWARZ,
Congress and Whitaker streets.
JOHN SCREVEN, JR.,
Rice Broker and Fuc’or,
218 West Bay Street. Savannah, Ga.
Consignments solicited.
REAL ESTATE,
Abstracts of Land Titles from settle
ment of Georgia to date. Real estate pur
chasing agency. Money loaned on city
property.
ISAAC BECKETT.
24 President street, east.
P-fS Uncle Sam
j could not do better than have us furnish his
l ;:^A/C arm i es with SHOES, it would make their
visit to Cuba and Porto Rico more comfort
a bl e * slloes fit easy and do splendid
t service.
Wm\ TRY ONE PAIR.
Here is our sample (as well as printer’s ink can show
it) of the best wearing shoe made for
foorcove/tEffs toauMank/nd.
25 Broughton Street, west, cor. Whitaker St.
AMUSEMENTS.
QAVANNAHTH£ATinr
Five nights, five matinees, commencing
Monday matinee, Nov. 14. Matinee daily
3 p. m.; nights 8 o’clock.
B ALD WIN -ME LVIL LE COMPANY.
(Walter S. Baldwin, manager.) Reper
toire: Monday matinee, “The Two Or
phans;’’ Monday night, “Bulls and Bears;”
Tuesday matinee, “Hazel Kirke;” Tues
day night, “All the Comforts of Home;”
Wednesday matinee, "East Lynne;” Wed
nesday night, “Over the Sea;” Thursday
matinee, “My Wife’s Friend;” Thursday
night, “Prisoner of Algiers;” Friday mati
nee, "A Mad Marriage;” Friday night,
“Master and Man.” The Silvers, Louise
Hamilton, Clark & Clark in high class
specialties. Matinee prices, admission to
all parts of the house 10c; reserved seats
10c extra. Night prices, 10c, 20 and 30c.
Coming—Saturday matinee and night,
Nov. 19. Hoyt’s “Milk White Flag.”
TELFAIR ACADEMY '
OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to Visitors daily, except Sunday.
From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 25 cents. Annual tickets
11.00.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
POINTERS FOR SPECTACLE WEAR
ERS.
It Is Just as important to have correct
ly fitted frames as correctly ground lens
es. Don’t let the matter of expense keep
you from visiting us. Sight is as precious
to you as life Itself. We have all the
latest and most improved apparatus for
accurate eye-testing, and charge you noth
ing for consultation or examination. Our
tests are scientific and accurate, and the
only ones that can -be relied on. If your
spectacles do not fit properly, bring them
to us. Always glad to help you.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON, 47 Bull street.
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
GUARANTEES THE PURITY OF
RUNNYMEDE CLUB
WHISKY.
Sold In glass only.
H. SOLOMON & SON, Savannah Agents.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
YOU
Can muke yonr old clothing look
like new by using
DETERSIVE FLUID.
Sold In large bottles at 25c.
SOLOMONS A CO.,
Congress Street, and Hull Street
Branch, Under (iunrii.’s Arsenal.
FURNITURE AND GENERAL MEH.
CHAN RISE STORAGE
Can be had at the District Messenger and
Delivery Company’s warehouse, 32 to 36
Montgomery street, on reasonable terms.
The building has been thoroughly over
hauled ana repaired, and now offers un
surpassed facilities for the storage of all
kinds furniture. Van, express wagons and
messengers furnished. Pianos and furni
ture packed for shipment and removed
with care. Telephone 2.
1 BUM 1
Of mmn
—CAPITAL $500,000
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Solicits accounts of Individuals.
Merchants. Banka and
other corporatlona
Collections handled with safety, economy
and dispatch.
Interest compounded quarterly allowed
on deposits In our Savings Department.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Storage Vaults.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK. President
MILLS B. LANE. Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
LEOPOLD ADLER, C. S. ELLIS,
President. Vice President.
W. F. M’CAULEY, Cashier.
THE CHATHAM BANK
SAVANNAH.
Will be pleased to receive the accounts
of Mercantile Firms, Individuals, Banks,
and Corporations.
Liberal favors extended.
Unsurpassed collection facilities, insur
ing prompt returns.
SEPARATE SAVINGS DEPARTMENT,
paying 4 per cent, interest per annum.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Vaults lor
rent. Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
A HOME IN A SPLENDID LOCATION,
On New Houston street, No. 114 East,
between Abercom and Drayton, a com
fortable two-story residence, facing south.
Avery small cash payment will secure
this home.
C. H. DORSETT.
LEVY’S
DISCOUNT NOTICE.
YOU WILL SAVE
TEN PER CENT.
By paying yoar bills on or be
fore the ICth Inst.
R. H. LEVY A BRO.
BLUE POINT AND NATIVE OYSTERS.
GAME OF ALL KINDS.
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MEATS,
SULLIVAN IS RESTAURANT,
30 111-; nn Street, East.
HECKMAN VS CAFE.
Just received a barrel of Pear
Cider, made near Blaokshear, Ga
18 months old. very fine.
Also Rockaway Oysters received
by every steamer.
RON VIV ANTS, ATTENTION.
Fresh New York Blue Point and East
River Oysters in every style. My restau
rant a ia carle is prepared to fill any order
the season affords.
The best brands of Domestic and Re
ported Beers, Liquors, Wines and Ciga rs
constantly on hand.
GUSTAVE FOX’S CAFE.
The Deimonico of the South,
21 Broughton street, east