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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES.
VOL. 6.—NO. 4.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
BUSINESS IN THE SENATE.
Several Bills Which Will Speedily Receive
Attention.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The bills before
the Senate which come under the head of
unfinished business, are Senator Cullom’s
Inter-State Commerce bill, which is wholly
unlike the Reagan bill before the House,
and proposes to create a commission for the
regulation of railways, and the Ore
gon Central land grant forfeiture, the
latter, however, not yet having been dis
cussed, though made a special order
for Thursday of last week. After these are
out of the way Senator Blair, from the Com- j
mittee on Education and Labor, will make ;
an eSort to get up the Foran bill to prohibit
the importation of foreign labor. Senator
Brown, of Georgia, and other prominent
Democratic Senators, are understood to be
opposed to the measure, but the Republi
cans are generally in favor of it, and if it
can be pressed to a vote, Senator Blair has
no doubt of its passage.
HON. S. J. BANDAU,
Arrives in Louisville and Receives a Warm
Greeting.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29. —Hon. S. J.
Randall, Mrs. Randall and Congressman
McAdoo arrived here last night. At sev
eral towns along the trip crowds had gath
ered to see him, and he made short speeches
from the train. He is the guest here of
Hon. Oscar Turner. At noon to-day he
visited the Commercial Exchange to greet
the merchants of the city, having been in
vited to do so by Directors of the Board of
Trade. This afternoon he will be dined at
the Pendennis Club, and in the evening will
address a mass meeting at Leiderkranz
Hall. At midnight he leaves for Nashville
in charge of a committee from that city.
GOLD AND SILVER.
Great Excitement in a Georgia Town.
St. Louis, Dec. 29—A dispatch from
Spring Place, Ga, says : Recent discoveries
of very rich gold veins on and about Fort
Mountain have now been supplemented by
the discovery of wonderful silver mines and
great excitement exists throughout that
section.
The richest deposit yet found is seven
miles from Spring Place and eighteen miles
from Dalton. The lead is about 1,500 feet
wide, 300 deep, and 28 miles long, and is
■ now being worked at Ducktown, Tenn. The
ore is only five feet from the surface and
assays from S6O to $2,300 to the ton.
DOUBLE MURDER.
A Well Known Cattle Man and Wife
Found Dead.
Sierra Blanca, Texas, Dec. 29. —Thos.
Merritt, a well known cattle man with his
wife, were yesterday discovered murdered
on the Merritt & Mailry ranche, some 40
miles Southwest of here on the Rio Grande.
Merritt had two Mexicans in his employ
and was seen alive on Christmas day.
Extensive Fire —Loss, $200,000.
Canton, 0., Dec. 29. —The extensive sad
dlery hardware works, of Ellbell, Gillam
& Co., caught fire at midnight, and is now in
ruins. The building destroyed cost $16,000.
The loss of the firm will reach $200,000 —
insurance, SIOO,OOO. Two hundred men
will be thrown out of work. The work will
be rebuilt.
Suicide of an African Traveler.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 29.—Henry N.
Austin, who traveled through Africa with
Stanley and through many other little
known countries alone, was found dead in
the woods near here Saturday. He had sui
cided by shooting himself while suffering
from African fever, contracted while on one
of his expeditions.
Suicide of a Railroad Agent.
Woonsocket, R. 1., Dec. 29—Ezekiel
Young, agent of the Providence and Spring
field Railroad, this morning locked himself
in an engine house at Pascong and blew
out his brains with a revolver. Trouble
with a bank where he had deposited money
js the only cause known.
t To Take the Veil.
Washington, Dec. 29—A sensation has
been caused in society here by the an
nouncement upon authority of Mrs. Jerome
Bonaparte that the lady’s daughter, Miss
Constance Edgar, will take the veil about
Easter time.
Gladstone's 75th Birthday.
London, Dec. 29. —10-day is the 75th
anniversay Mr. Gladstone’s birth. Prepar
ations have been made by his friends for a
suitable celebration of the event.
Probabilities.
Washington, Dec. 29. —Indications for
the South Atlantic States: Partly cloudy
weather and local rains, with northwesterly
winds, and stationary temperature.
“ROUGH ON TOOTHACHE.”
Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache,
Faceache. Ask for “Rough on Toothache. ’
15 and 25c.
Dr. Bosanko.
This name has become so familiar with the
most of people throughout the United States
that it is hardly necessary to state that he is
the originator of the great Dr. Bosanko
Cough and Lung Syrup, the people s favorite
remedy, wherever known, for Coughs, Colds,
Consumption and all
and Lungs. Price 50 cents and *I.OO. Sold by
Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer. Adv.
Ft r the latest style and low prices in gents
xyrnishing goods, iL Fried’s is tne place*
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1884.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Various Item* of Interest Chronicled by
Our Correspondent.
Special Dispatch to Savanrah Daily Times.
Atlanta, Dec. 29 —A telegram from
) the Chief of Police of Greenville. S. C.,
states that the unknown man who died here
in Mercer’s Hotel Friday, from “blowing
out the gas,” is Pink Brothers, alias Pink
Bradley, of Pickens county, S. C.
Four men are now being tried before a
United States Commissioner at Gainesville,
I for the connection with the recent conspii
| acy to kill out the revenue men. Their
I names are as follows : Hiram Grant, Thos.
I Grant, Oregon Smith and little Anderson
I Grant.
The Coroner of Henry county on yester-
I day investigated the killing of Mitchell by ■
I Shields, at Stockbridge, day before yester
j terday, and found that the killing was justi
i liable". Shields was trying to quiet a row
between Mitchell and a negro, and into
which several other parties had been drawn,
i Shields had taken a rifle from one of the
5 parties and was going into a store with it,
; when Mitchell fired three barrels of a pis
tol at him. Shields turned and fired the
rifle at Mitchell. The ball entered Mitch
ell’s head and killed him.
CHINESE ROBBERS.
Three Celestials Hack a Countryman to
Pieces and Take His Money.
Newark, N. J., Dec. 29 —Three China
men in American dress entered Hong
| Chong’s laundry, No. 555 Market street, last
i Friday night and demanded the key to his
•' money box. On his refusing to give it up
they strung him up to a rafter and with a
l hatchet and knife hacked him all over the
body until, wild with pain, he revealed the
' hiding place of the key. They took all the
> money he had and left without releasing
‘ him. His moans attracted attention, and
the neighbors finally cut him down and at-1
' tended to his wounds; he can hardly recover.
I He says he cannot identify the assailants.
ANOTHER SPECULATION.
Senator Thurman Mentioned for the Cab
inet.
’ | A Washington special states that promi
' nent Democrats, who have visited and
talked with Governor Cleveland, have con
fided to friends the fact that he often
' makes inquiries about ex-Senator Thur
man. This fact has been communicated
jto the friends of the ex-Senator from
i i Ohio, and they begin to hope that Cleve-
- I land has the former Democratic leader of
1 I the Senate in view for a Cabinet position.
- I If the Democratic members of the House of
j Representatives should be consulted by the
| President-elect, it is plain that their voice
| would be almost overwhelmingly for Thur-
j man. Nearly all of them openly declare
that if Cleveland wants to honor Ohio with
' ! a Cabinet position and wishes to satisfy the
j Democracy of that State, Thurman is the
. man for the Cabinet.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Dec. 29. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific <5%
Missouri Pacific 89%
Western Union Telegraph Co 54%
Pacific Mail 55%
Lake Shore 60%
Louisville and Nashville 25%
Texas Pacific.. 12%
Denver and Rio Grande _B%
| Michigan Central 54
Delaware, Lackawanna <fc West’n 89%
Northwestern - 83%
St. Paul 70%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 115%
Oregon Transcontinental 14
Northern Pacific 40%
Rock Island 107%
Jersey Central 38%
Memphis and Charleston 20
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5%
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (com) 23%
1 Omaha (pfd) 83%
. New York Central 81%
Kansas and Texas !•’%
■ Erie 13%
New York Produce Market.
. I New York, Dec. 29—Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat No. 2 red winter for De
cember 83c. Corn No. 2 mixed for Decem
ber 56|c. Oats No. 2 mixed 34Jc for Jan
ary. Pork dull, mess sl2 30a12 37. Lard
$6 90a6 92J for January; $6 93a6 97 for
February. Molasses dull, ranging from 40
to 52c. Turpentine dull at 3 la3ljc. Rosin
dull, strained $1 22Jal 27J. Sugar nom
inal. Coffee dull, fair cargoes 9|c.
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, Dec. 29. —Wheat opened Jc
higher than Saturday’s closing; January 74c;
February 75fc; May 81$c. Corn Jc higher;
January 35c; February 34fc; May 37|c.
Oats nominally unchanged. Lard sa7|c
higher at $6 70 for February. Pork sa7|c
lower at $lO 90 for February.
Mr. Morris Sullivan, Savannah,says: “I
have given Brown’s Iron Bitters a fair test
and found it in case of indigeston from
which I was a sufierer, all that is claimed
for it. I heartily recommend it to the
afflicted.
pretty women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and
viyacity. Don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health
Renewer.”
Mrs. Annie Benken, 10 William street,
Savannah, says: “I suffered severe neuralgia
in the neck and could find no relief. I
tried Brown’s Iron Bitters with very favora
ble results.”
‘ROUGH ON ITCH.’
“Rough on Itch” cures humors, eruptions
ringworms, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet
hilblains.
Favorite Cigarettes are mild, sweet and ver
fine.
The prettiest goods for men, youths and
boys in the city can be found at B. H Levy A
Bro.’s.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
EXPLOSION OF THE AUGUSTA GAS j
WORKS.
Four Men Among the Ruins—No Visible I
Chance for their Escape—A
Pathetic Scene.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29.—The Augusta
gas works exploded this morning at 10
o’clock. Four men are among the ruins
crying for assistance. There is no visible
chance for their escape. A very pathetic |
scene is presented to our noble volunteer
fire department. The explosion caused a
I heavy shock in that vicinity. The fire will [
i be confined to that building.
later particulars.
Augusta, Dec. 29—At 11 o’clock to-day
an explosion occurred at the Augusta gas
works while the workmen were making re
pairs and tapping a big pipe in the meter
room under the office. The explosion burst
the pipe and a large meter recently bought
in Philadelphia, costing $1,200. The office
is a complete wreck and a two-story brick
building is completely annihilated with all
the office furniture. The total loss is about
$5,000. Win. Pendleton, of the Pendleton
foundry, was superintending tne work,and was
blown through a hole in the wall of the
building, thus saving his life, as the house
fell immediately in a wreck. He was struck
by bricks and internally injured, and was
fastened under the debris, but was extri
cated before the fire reached him. He was
badly singed in his hair and whiskers Two
negroes, Dennis Davis and Pompey Young
blood, were badly injured by the explosion,
ind Davis is at the point of death. The
firemen soon extinguished the flames, which
caused the explosion. The main works of
company will supply the city all right with
gas.
The Astors and Vanderbilts.
I New York Letter in Troy Tinies.
The rivalry between the Astors and Van
derbilts is nowhere more apparent than in
the array of guests at the recent wedding.
None of the Vanderbilts were present, nor
were any of their followers. The Goulds,
the Sloans and the Depews were all con
spicuous by their absence, no'hing but blue
blood being wanted on such an occasion. It
. is well understood, indeed, in society circles
that the Astors consider the Vanderbilts
parvenues, and when the latter began to
’ build such magnificent palaces it gave rise
to the inevitable rivalry of wealth. Van
derbilt has the finest collection of pictures
in America, and he has gathered around
him a circle of active and progressive
minds, while the Astors are of a more quiet
character. The prestige and eclat which
William H. Vanderbilt won by the Obelisk
enterprise was also felt in the same direc
tion. All of these things indicate a rivalry
between the old noblesse on the one hand
and the parvenues on the other, and this
will continue until New York society is
ranged under the one or the other of these
contending banners, like the old houses of
Capulet and Montague.
A Prominent Farmer Writes.
Roßßirr Station, Jones County, Ga., June 20th
1884—By the recommendation ot Rev. C. C. Davis
used Dr. Mozely’s Lemon Elixir lor indigestion, de
qllity and nervous prostration, having been a great
sufferer for years and tried all known remedies ior
these diseases, all ot which failed. Five boities of
Lemon Elixir made a new man of me and restored
my strc ngth and energy so that 1 can attend to my
farm with all ease and comfort. Refer any one to me.
I our friend,
William B. Emerson.
A Card From Cuthbert:
This Is to certify that I used Dr. Mozley’s Lemon
Elixir for neuralgia of the head and eyes with the
most marked benefits to my general health. 1 would
gladly have paid SSOO for the relief it has given me at
a cost of two or three dollars.
H. A. Beall,
Clerk Superior Court, Randolph Co.
Cuthbert, Ga., June 21, 1884.
Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir, prepared at his drug
store, 114 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
It cures ail biliiousness, constipation, indigestion,
headache, malaria, kidney disease, fever, chills, .m
purities of the blood, loss of appetite, debility and
nervous prostration by regulating the Liver. Stomach,
Bowels, Kidneys and Blood.
Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of
lemons, combined with other vegetable liver tonics,
cathartics, aromatic stimulants and blood puriliers.
Fifty cents for one half pint bottle, one dollar for
pint and half bottle. Sold by druggists generally
ml by all wholesale Druggists.
Too Many to the Acre.
Our crop of Overcoats bas been too plenti
ful for this season, and as the weather proph
ets predict mild weather for next year—lßßs
and ’B6—we have decided not to burn our stock,
but to put them on the market, and sell them
[or what they will briny. Our Overcoats must
be sold. It is only a question for you if you
will take advantage of our low prices and
supply yourself with an Overcoat, and save
money. We will sell you a good, strong *9
Overcoat for *6, a 815 Overcoat for *l2, and
the finest *3O Overcoat in Savannah for *2O.
Boys’ Overcoats, from 4 to 12years old, as low
as 83, Youths’ Overcoats, from 12 to 17 years,
from *5 up. We have plenty of fine Suits on
hand which we will sell at greatly reduced
prices. Remember and buy of the “Famous,"
as we give a prize of half the purchase money
to every twentieth purchaser. “-Famous”
New York Clothing House, 140 Congress
street.
Ridge, Mclntosh County, Ga.
Dr. J. Bradtl-ld—Dear Sir: I have taken
several bottles of your Female Regulator for
falling of the womb and other diseases com
bined, of 16 years standing, and 1 really be
lieve I am cured entirely, for which please ac
cept my heartfelt thanks and most profound
gratitude. I know your medicine saved my
life, so you see I cannot speak too highly in
in Its favor. I have recommended it to sev
eral of my friends who are suffering as I was,
Yours, very respectfully,
MRS. W. E. STEBBINS.
Treatise on the Health and Happiness of
Woman mailed free.
Bradfield Regulator Co.,
Box 28. Atlanta, Ga.
Drunkenness, or the Liquor Habit, can
be Cured by Administering Dr.
Hain s’ Golden S pciflc.
It can be given in a cup of coffee or tea
without the knowledge of the person taking
It, effecting a speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient is a moderate drinker or
an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunkards
have been made temperate men who have
taken the Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowledge, and to-day believe
they quit drinking of their own free will.
No harmful effects result from Its adminis
tration. Cures guaranteed. Circulars and
testimonials sent free. Address
Golden Specific Co.,
185 Race St., Cincinnati, O.
j SPANISH-AMERICAN TRADE.
I The Important Part that the Exposition
Will Perform in Securing It for
the United States.
Memphis Avalanche.
I Yesterday the Avalanche spoke of one of
the important lessons of the great Exposi
, tion. What will be the results of the inter
national exhibit?
The country stands at the opening of an
important era. Its weightiest domes’ic
questions have been settled for fifty years to
come.
Making no great account of the few fossils
I North and South who yet cling ard will
yet cling to old prejudices until death dis-
I solve them, sectionalism and the terms
: “North” and “South” as political designa
tions have faded out forever.
I When this was a young and crude nation
| with few industries, its sole commercial
and other foreign relations were naturally
with the older and more advanced coun
j tries of the world. England, France, Spain
I and Holland stood toward us in the relations
in which we now ought to stand toward
Spanish America. They made the profits
of trade out of Americin commerce which
older nations made out of those less ad
vanced. Now we are full grown and with
out losing the benefits of any necessary and
profitable connections with the other world,
i we stand ready to play our own part in se
, curing the profits of trade with backward
peoples, at the same time becoming their
leader in civilization and progress.
i In 1822-23 Henry Clay, as Secretary of
. State, glancing at the Spanish-American
i struggle for liberty, and seeing the oppor
, tunity of the country sixty years too soon,
. as he had seen it while in the Senate, pro
posed, or fell in with, the idea of a Panama
. conference. His object was partly political,
, partly with a view to advance the great
I cause of liberty, which he had much at
i I heart; but he also saw and pictured in
i glowing terms the commercial and other
. advantages of a United S'ates leadership in
the American family of nations. The slave
! interest opposed; the domestic questions in
. terposed; and these had yet to be settled.
| The opposition of the slave interest afforded
the only instance in American history, in
• i connection with foreign relations, where the
r I South was not foremost in broad national
and wise foreign politics. And even then
’ | the South was not unanimous. Nor was
’ | the North united. *
5 We stand now now where all domestic
t reasons for opposition have disappeared
-3 The American family of nations has grown
3 up without practical recognition of the ties
, of interest which unite all American peoples
, more closely than they can be united with
j more distant and other peoples. The United
3 States are the natural leader of the Ameri
t can group of nations.
> It has been proposed to revive the idea of
t a conference, but it is probable that the New
, Orleans Exposition, under the management
. of Colonel E. A. Burke, a man thoroughly
) alive to this great question, and himse.f an
. active practical laborer in that field, who
has already secured considerable Spanisb
. American trade for New Orleans will prove
. the better way to the solidarity of the
, American family of nations under the lead-
■ er ship of the United States.
We stand at the opening of this great
question. In agriculture and manufactures
this country has surpassed in its rate of pro
, gress anything ever known in the history of
the world. But we are suffering from ple
thora, making more than we can consume
• and finding no foreign outlet. It is neces-
■ sary now to cut through all frivolous objec
l tions made by trivial and partial interests,
to drive straight at the main chance, to take
our place at the head of American pro
gress, and lead as we have led our own.
Spanish Americaoffers territory, soil, clime,
actual products and capacity for production,
i dwarfing even our own vast capacities.
' Here we enter a rich and ever-widening
. | field.
The Exposition, with its Spanish-Amer
. ican resources, products and commercial
1 possibilities, with its visiting citizens from
■. our sister republics, offers a speedy and feas
ible way to find the way to full fruition of
[ all and more than all Clay, with his bold,
1 I stateslike imagination ever dreamed.
> I To the Mississippi Valley this promises
f ; prosperity, while it comes with equal prom
, I ise to tempt the worker upon bleak New
I England hills, the laborer in the far North
\ west, the delver upon the Pacific slope, and
1 the millions in the great interior.
| The Exposition, just at this important
era, is rich in promise of results far beyond
■ anything ever dreamed of or contemplated
■ by its projectors. If one might glance far
' down into the long reaches of time, it prom
ises to lead Spanish America, in one century,
to the point now occupied by the United
States; and in the process to place the Uni
ted States at the end of a century as the
very “roof and crown of things” amongst
nations.
Far short of all that stand plain, practi
cal advantageous results most timely to a
people whose trade, production and labor
languish from overproduction; and these any
mole eye ought to be able to see.
MOTHERS.
If you are failing; broken, worn out and
nervous, use “Wells’ Health Renewer.” sl.
Druggists.
Persons wearing artificial teeth should use
Holmes’ Mouth Wash and Dentifrice. It
will keep the gums healthy and free from
soreness; keeps the plate from getting loose
and being offensive.
“ROUGH ON COUGHS.”
Ask for “Rough on Coughs,” for Coughs
Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches 1
15c. Liquid, 25.
The ghost at the White House is said to
walk half of every night, but he could put in
for double that amount of ork if he wasn’t
afraid of the morning air, and knew that Dr.
Bull s Cough Syrup cured all kinds of troub
some coughs and colds.
Miss Ida Haddock, Savannah, writes:
“Brown’s Iron Bitters relieved me of weak
back and nervous depression, caused by in
digestion. It also has gone far toward re
lieving me of that distressing disease exze
ma—pronounced by many incurable.”
WESTERN PRODUCE.
SPECULATION LANGUISHING.
A Dull Week—Bulls and Bears Watching
and Waiting—No Revival Looked
For Before January Ist.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Chicago, Dec. 29. —The week on ’Change
has been very dull, chiefly owing to the in
terruption in business caused by Christmas
and the disposition of operators to even up
trades so as to start out square on the new
year. Many of the leading dealers have I
been out of the city, and some days the at- |
tendance was not much more than half the j
usual average, with a good share of the I
time given to “horse play.”
Wheat started firm on predictions of a j
speedy diminution in receipts and fair pur ,
chases by Wright, Hamile & Brine, Baxter ■
and Lester. Advices from all about the
country told of an enormous shrinkage in
farmers’ deliveries and small amounts of
grain remaining in first hands, both of
which facts must be felt here. Export buy
ing at the seaboard too was reported good,
and the bulls soon had a little boom under
der way. All their calculations, how
ever, received a black eye when
the visible supply statement show
ing an increase of nearly two million
bushels was posted. Those who had bought
in hopes that the long delayed turning
, point had come sold out and a few scalpers,
went “short” carrying values back to their
former level. Since then the market has
dragged along within a very narrow ranges
being boosted a trifle by the reported dis
covery ol an error of half a million bushels
in the statement of grain at Buffalo, and
weighed down by an almost entire absence
of outside orders and continued negleet by
the local trade. Now all inquiries begin
with: “After January 1 when dealers get
down to business again.” No one seems to
look for much activity or any important
change until then. After that, everything
depends upon the receipts. If, as the bulls
persistently argue, the mevements have per
manently fallen off, if the small farmers
have all sold out and the rich ones are de
termined to hold, conservatives agree that,
considering the very low prices now
1 ruling, a rise is almost certain.
1 But if the grain continues to How
in, and the amount in sight keeps piling up
' at the rate of a million to a million and a
half bushels per week, it is thought a
1 slumpy, sagging market will result, unless
! moneyed speculators put forth an immense
' effort. The amount of grain on passage to
' the United Kingdom and Continent has de
creased over a million bushels and stocks in
England are expected to show a material
reduction at the end of the year, but agains
' this must be put the fact that the new
wheat crop there is looking very promising
Corn has ruled quiet, “steady and feature
less,” about covering the situation. Rec»ipts
average lighter but show an improvement
in quality. All fears of a squeeze in ear
have vanished, but many think there wi 1 '
yet be a moderate advance in it from legiti
mate causes.
Provisions have been affected by the same
influence which interfered with business in
other articles. Packers are selling moder
ately against their production, and, should
, hogs come in more freely next week, which
is not improbable, many look for a lower
range.
HANDSOME TRIBUTE.
A Banquet to Col. Owens on His Df partlire
for Savannah.
> Mention has been made in the Daily
' Times of the appointment of Col. Charles
D. Owens as Traffic Manager of the Savan
nah, Florida and Western Railway. Oi
■ the eve of his departure from New York,
i where had been stationed for years as the
1 representative of the company, he was ten-
■ tendered a complimentary banquet (as we
f learn from a neat circular enclosing copy
i of the menu) in the private parlors of the
Astor House by a few of his friends. After
1 the bountiful feast had been discussed, Mr.
' W. F. Allen, editor of the Official Railway
Guide, made a few preliminary remarks,
paying a glowing tribute to the guest of the
evening, and proposing his health and suc
cess.
Col. Owens responded as follows :
“Gentlemen —It would be doing scant
justice to my feelings were I to confine my
self to the usual form of acknowledging the
graceful compliment you have paid me on
this occasion. Ours is a jealous and an ex
acting pursuit; it leaves but little time to
cultivate the graces of oratory, and I can
only try to express my gratitude by saying
from my heart of hearts, ‘I thank you.’ It
is a most gratifying proof of the kindly
regard of my business associates, and one
that will serve to keep the memory of my
New York friends fresh and green on the
tablets of life’s memory. A witty « riter has
somewhere said that when man arrives at
the reminiscent stage of existence it marks
the culminating period; all that occurs after
ward is not worth recording. Ido not feel
this to be true. Thanks to a kindly Provi
dence I enjoy good health, feel that I am
still capable of work, and what is more,
keenly enjoy the pursuits I am engaged in
All this preparatory to a condensed story in
one chapter.
“Shortly after the war I landed in this
city, with" all the sectional animosity and
feeling engendered by that conflict. Among
the people of this section I found some ot
my warmest friends. I married here, and
my children were born here, eighteen years
ago. From the fourth story of a Broadway
building I began to spread the news to an
expectant world that there was an all-rail
line to Florida, and proudly announced
that we could put a traveler into Jackson
sonville in seventy-two hours from leaving
New York. Fifteen hours of the time was
consumed between Savannah and Jackson
ville. We will not dwell upon that period.
Many who traveled over this portion of the
line believed that nothing but Provident e
and a judicious schedule saved their lives.
To-day, we send a passenger from Jersey City
to Jacksonville.in a Pullman car in thirty six
ho with a choice of routes. The steam
$6 00 A YEAR.
ship service has not been behind in improve
ment. Our steamships esnnot be surpassed
iby any, and what in 1864
j was a passage of fottr days lias
| b ?en reduced to an average trip of
fifty-five hours, aud the time from Savan
nah to Jacksonville has been reduced from
fifteen to less than five hours. Eighteen
years ago, Florida oranges and Florida pro
ducts were unknown in New York ; now we
transport one million boxes of oranges pet
annum. Eighteen years ago we had a dis
jointed, poorly equipped, and nearly broken
down road ; now we have nearly one thous
and miles of track, and think our system
will compare favorably with the wealthier
and older trunk lines of the North. Do you
I not think I have much to be proud of, much to.
| be grateful for—proud to know that the mau
■ agement of this system has called me to th©
head of its Traffic Department, and grateful
that the many years spent in their etnploy
bas been acknowledged in this manner '*
I To add to my happiness, my New York
friends meet to congratulate me and wish
me God speed on the journey to my new
home. Allow me to propose, as a toast, the
Transportation Guild of New York, steam
ship and rail—its steamships represented by
one who is ever Yonge; its railways by one
ever fresh and blooming as the Rose.”
Colonel Owens’ remarks were received
with cheers. Speeches were made by Mr-
W. S. St. George, General Agent Cincinnati
Southern Railway; H. W. Cary, General
Agent Kanawha Dispatch; representatives
of the press and others. The health of
Colonel H. S. Haines, General Manager,
was drunk standing, and responded to W.
F. Allen, Editor Official Railway Guide,
who paid a high tribute to his ability.
Letters and telegrams of regret were
received from a number of parties. Among
the guests present were the following:
H. Yonge, agent Ocean Steamship Com
pany; O. F. Burton, Freight Agent Balti
more and Ohio Railroad; H. R. Christian,
General Soliciting Agent Ocean Steamship
Company; H. P. Clark, General Eastern
Passenger Agent Associated Railways; F.
M. Ironmonger, Freight Agent Associated
Railways; H. V. Tompsins, Eastern Passen
ger Agent Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia
Air Line; Jonah H. White, Eastern Passen
ger Agent Atlantic Coast Line ; M. M.
Rogers, Assistant General Agent Great
Southern Freight Lines; G. M. Huntington,
Eastern Passenger Agent Virginia Midland
Railroad; J. D. Hashagen, Eastern Freight
Agent Florida Dispatch Line; F. E. R.
Sawin, Soliciting Agent Florida Dispatch
Line; Mr. Gillett, proprietor Piney Woods
Hotel, Thomasville, Ga.; C. G. Crawford,
Railroad Printer.
NHE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
Interview With a Recent Visitor—Geor
gia’s Exhibit Very Fair—Many
Weeks Yet Before the Dis
play Will be Under
Headway.
Yesterday a Times reporter had a short
talk with Mr. Lee A. Riley, representing
Geo. Mather’s Sons, manufacturers of fine
j printing inks, of New York. Mr. Riley
was stopping at the Pnlaski House, and re
mained over yesterday to get a glimpse of
Savannah, this being his first visit to the
Sunny South. Speaking about the New
Orleans Exposition where he has been for
the last month engaged in gettting the ex
hibit of Mather’s Sons into good shape, Mr.
Riley stated that although large quantities
of goods have been placed on exhibition al
ready, yet the immense space still left un
occupied imparted to the different hails, a
look of desertion.
“I took a walk around the main building
a day or two before I left New Orleans and
the exhibits already completed as compared
with the spaces yet to be filled, remind me
of oases in the desert. By-the-way, the
distance around the main building is claimed
to be just a mile, and I am fully convinced
that the claim is correct.”
“Well, how is the Georgia exhibit look
ing as compared with other Southern
States ?”
“Oh, I think it looks very well, and will
stand a favorable comparison with the ma
jority of the States, although Alabama has
by far the best exhibit on the grounds
among the Southern States. Louisiana is
away behind her sister States, and does not
seem to made much effort, although I
understand that the New Orleans merchants
intend to exhibit to their utmost capacity.
They have their exhibits in readiness in the
city, but have not moved them to the
grounds yet. This same thing is true of
many more States and countries. The city
is full of goods to be put on exhibition as
sx>n as possible. However, it will yet be
weeks before the exposition will have
gotten under complete headway.”
“What will a man in moderate circum
stances be able to visit the Exposition on?”
Well, that dtpends. New Orleans, as yeti
know, has some of the finest restaurants in
the world. The number and different grades
of restaurants in the city make the item of
eating one to be governed by the taste of
the eater alone. I should say that one ccn'.d
live On from SI.OO to 50 cents per day,
though including room rent and admission
to the grounds I suppose one could get
through on $5 00 per day. The restaurants
have not raised their prices at all, but the
renters of rooms have evidently made up
their minds to reap the benefit of the rush
and make all they can. Rooms rent by the
month at from S3O to SIOO, though a com
fotable room will cost SSO. Before
this time the same room
could be had at sls to S2O. As to the
hotels—well, they are overflowing and turn
ing away people by the thousand each day.
I saw a gentleman offer the St. Charles
Hotel sl4 per day for one room and board
for himself and wife, and guarantee staying
four months. He simply could not be ac
commodated; all the rooms were either
engaged or already occupied. The city is
now pretty full, and, I think, will soon be
crowded.”
Mr. Riley left for the North last evening,
much pleased with his stay in Savannah.
Just as Good.
Many unscrupulous dealears may tell you
they have remedies for Coughs and Colds
equal in merit and in every respect just aS
good as the old reliable Dr. Bosanko Cough
and Lung Syrup, unless you Insist upon this
remedy and will take no other, you are liable
to be greatly deceived. Price 50 cents aud 81.
joSbdy Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer.