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THE SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES.
VOL. 6—NO. 12.
HOME AND ABROAD.
THE LIBERTY BELL.
To be Moved From I'blladelpbia With
Great Pomp and Ceremony.
Philadelphia, Jan. 7—The date of the
departuie of the Liberty Bell from this city
on its journey to New Orleans has been
changed from January 24 to the 23d, the
day on which Mayor Smith has signified
his intention of arriving in New Orleans.
The departure will be accompanied with
great pomp and ceremony. The bell will
be escorted from Independence Hall to the
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, at Thirty
first and Market streets, by 500 policemen
and the Councilmanic committee. At the
depot it will be placed in a car which is now
being built for its reception by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. The bell will
rest in the centre of the car under a red,
white and blue canopy. The sides of the
car will be open and at one end will be a
compartment for the accommodation of
the three officers who form the guard. On
one side of the car will be emblazoned the
word Philadelphia and on the other New
Orleans. Each side will bear the legend
“Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land.”
The car will run to the Exhibition Grunds
and the bell will not be disturbed until its
return to this city. The train will make
thirteen stops, as symbolical of the thirteen
original States, during its trip between this
city and New Orleans. A telegram from
that city laet night said that preparations
were making to give the bell a grand re
ception, and that three policemen of the
Crescent City had been appointed to co
operate with the Philadelphia officers in
guarding the bell.
THE U. S SUPREME COURT.
Rumored Changes Soon to Take Place.
Washington, Jan. 7.—Rumor turns its
attention again to the Supreme Court, and
this time Secretary Frelinghuysen is made
to succeed Mr. Justice Bradley. The
grounds upon which the probable retire
ment of Jus’ice Bradley are based are,
first, his age, which is great enough
to entitle him to retire; second, his
health, which had not been strong for sev
eral years, and third, the fitness of his going
out with the party which he came to the
rescue of in 1876 with his celebrated deci
sion while a member of the Electoral Com
mission. Mr. Frelinghuysen is a lawyer of
learning and better fitted by temperament
for the bench than for active every day
politics. A staider, slower man has never
come to distinction in this country.
There is also another vacancy talked of.
This is at the head of the Court. Chief
Justice Waite, although not in desperate
straits physically, is still seriously run
down, and leaves this week, by advice of
his physician, for a long rest He is enti
tled to retire on full pay, and if his strength I
should not return to him it is thought likely '
that he will do so. He will be urged, of
course, to decide so important a matter be
fore the close of the present administration, '
so that his successor may be taken, if one I
is to be appointed from his own political
party. |
MURDERED AT A DANCE.
Avenging an Insult to His Sister and
Losing His Life.
Chattanooga, Tenn , Jan. 7.—Avery
sensational tragedy was enacted at Rock
wood, on the line of the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad, near this city, on Friday. A
dance was given at the residence of Henry
Crawford, and more than fifty people were
present. During the evening a number of
games were played, among them one called
“snap.” By the rules of the game the last
gentleman out has the privilege of kissing
his partner. Richard Brummitt, a young
man, found himself to be the last
out, and placing his arm around the waist
of Miss Fannie Crawford, a beautiful
blonde, claimed a kiss from her. She ob
jected, and when Brummitt good naturedly
persisted she gave his cheek a stinging
sniack with her hand. Without thinking ■
jirummitt said to Miss Crawford; “You are I
a fool,” and turned to walk away, A brother j
of »he lady rushed up at this jiibcture and
demanded that Brummitt should retract
what he had said. This the latter refused
to do, whereupon Crawford knocked Brum
mitt down. When he arose Brummit drew
a huge dirk, and before anyone could inter
fere plunged it to the hilt in Crawford’s
breast three times, killing him instntly.
The blood spurted out on the ball room
floor, bespattering the dresses of several
ladies standing near.
IS IT DEATH?
Pi ostrated by the Killing of Her Lover.
New York, Jan. 7.—Amelia Schafer, a
young German girl, living near New Dur- I
ham, received a letteron New Year’s even
ing informing her that her betrothed lover
had been killed by an explosion in a mine.
She turned pale and retired to bed. The
next morning her mother found her
stretched on the bed, her limbs flexible and
her body warm, but otherwise presenting all
the appearance of death. All efforts to
arouse her have since proved futile. Her
eyes remain staring wide open and the
flesh has a blue white tinge. The physicians
pronounce it a case of catalepsy; and expect
a recovery.
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, Jan. 7.—Wheat opened weak
and } to J lower; February 79}, March 79|,
May*BsJ. Corn easier; January 35f, Feb
ruary 36J, March 36|. Oats steady; May
29 j. Lard weak and lower; $6 821 for Feb
ruary. $6 95 for March. Pork steady;
sll 70 for February, sll 82} for March.
Bulk meats dull; $6 02} for March, $5 15
for May.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother of the pre
mier, has 30,000 acres of land idle on his
hands.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1885.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Morning’s Proceedings.
i Washington. Jar. 7.—ln the House to
day, the Chair laid before the House a com
-1 munication from the Secretary of the
Navy, recommending an appropriation of
$2,500,000 for the establishment of a gun
foundry, and the purch se of shell in ac
cordance with the recommendation of the
Gun Foundry Board. Referred.
On the demand for the regular order, the
Reagan Inter-state Commerce bill came up
as unfinished business, the pending question
being the motion by Mr. O’Neill, of Penn
Sylvania, to strike out the section under
consideration—the fourth —relating to long
and short hauls.
In the Senate, Mr. Plumb presented a
memorial from the Oklahoma settlers com
plaining of their expulsion by the army of
the United States, and asserting that this
action was taken in the interest of a
certain syndicate who, without au
thori'y of law, had had fenced in
these lands, and were using them. They
prayed that Oklahoma might be organized
as a Territory. Mr. Plumb sustained their
request, and urged that the Committe on
Foreign Affairs should decide at the earliest
date whether these lands be opened to set
tlement or not.
The House joint resolution appropriating
$50,000 for the relief of certain destitute
Indians in Montana Territory, was taken up
and passed.
THE SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COM
PANY.
An Answer to Mahone.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 7. —The Southern
Telegraph Company has filed in Court in
this city, its answer to the bill of Senator
Mahone. It denies all charges of fraud,
collusion and conspiracy, of overissue of
bonds or stock and mismanagement and in
solvency. It says the Company had con
structed 2,300 miles of telegraph,
and was within 250 miles of New Orleans,
and would have completed it in sixty days
but for the filing of the Mahone bill; that
the Company would have paid the Novem
ber interest on December 11, but for the
filing of the bill; that the Bankers and Mer
chants’ Telegraph Company owns a con
trolling interest in the Southern Telegraph
Company and its bond (its only debt) will
be paid at once, and the line completed to
New Orleans and Mobile without delay.
A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
Killed by His Sister’s Husband.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 7—Last night
Diaz Chapman was shot by his brother-in
law, Wm. Lovell. The latter and a sister
of Chapman’s wife, called at the Police
station to procure the arrest of Chapman,
who was breaking up all the household fur-
I niture and had beaten his wife. Lovell and
the lady returned home, when Chapman
called the latter out of the house, and when
the door was opened, walked in with a drawn
j pistol. Lovell, however, got the drop on
1 him and fired three balls into his body,
I causing instant death.
I THE SPANISH EARTHQUAKE.
The Shocks Still Continuing, With In
creased Intensity.
Madrid, Jan. 7. —Dispatches received
this morning from Motril show that the
earthquake shocks at that city last evening
were more severe than was indicated by the
reports last night. A church and convent
and fifty houses collapsed by seismic shocks,
but fortunately no one was killed, as the
people had abandoned them and sought
places of safety on the first shock being felt.
CLEVELAND’S CABINET.
A New Hampshire Man Said to Have Been
Offered a Position.
New York, Jan. 7. —The Sun’s corre
spondent at Portsmouth, N. 11., telegraphs
' that Hon. Frank Jones, of that city, has
i !, ?Un offered by Mr. Cleveland the Secretary
ship of the Navy. Mr. Jones is a wealthy
brewer and influential man in New Hamp
shire Democracy.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Jan. 7. —Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat No 2 red winter Jan
88 J; corn No 2 mixed 51; Jan oats 2 mixed
35|;Jan pork steady, mess 12 75a13 00;
molasses dull, fair to fancy 40 to 51; turpen
tine steaky, old at 31; rosin lower; strained
to good 1 20al 27}; rice firm.
Senator Sharon Sued.
San Francisco, Jan. 7.—The Masonic
Association has sued ex-Senator Sharon and
others for desecrating graves to get evi
dencein the Hill case.
A Judge Shot.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 7.—J. M. Dun
lap, just appointed to a seal on the bench
of the Circuit Court by Governor Critten
den, was accidentally shot last night while
at the office of ex-Mayor Shillay.
A Heavy Defalcation.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 7.—The defalca
tions in the office of Auditor of State now
reach over $109,000. W. R Smith, the
guilty first clerk, is still in jail.
Fatal Accident on the Mississippi.
New Orleans, Jan. 7.—The steamer
Belle of Shreveport sank above Arkansas
City yesterday. Two passengers were
drowned.
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 7.—For the South-
Atlantic States fair and slightly colder
weather with westerly winds.
CLEVELAND'S POWER.
THE OFFICES PRACTICALLY UNDER
HIS CONTROL.
? D- inocrats Explaining His Recent Letter—
t Absurd to Mippite He is Going to Let
1 Things Drift Al»ng—Mr. Arthur
Not to ba Allowed to Pile Up
- Radical Officers on Him.
' Philadelphia, Jan. 7. —The Washing
i ton correspondent of the Times writes that
the Democrats who consider the Federal
r offices as legitimate spoils to be divided up
’ for party services are busy at work explain
i ing the Cleveland letter to their liking. It
- is perfectly clear that a good many old
f Jacksonian Democrats are not disposed to
t accept the general interpretation. One of.
. these, an Ohio Congressman, says it is absurd
> to suppose that Mr. Cleveland is going to
' let things drift along with everything in the
r hands of the Republicans. The party, he
i thinks, will be held responsible for an honest ■
t and efficient government and the Cleveland i
administration will be held answerable for
it. If things go wrong in one department
' or another it will not serve the Democratic
8 party to say: “Well, these men were Repub
-3 items and were in office when we came in; I
we wash our hands of their acts.” So far as I
the civil service laws are concerned, he j
thought that Cleveland would unquestiona
bly observe the lawsand do his best to carry
them out in spirit as well as letter; but the
civil service laws do not reach the vast ;
majority of cases. The tenure of office law I
1 once covered public officials, such as Post- ■
i masters, Collectors, Consuls, etc., but the
r law was amended to oblige President Grant. ,
A member of the House judiciary com
’ mittee was asked whether the present ■
f laws prevented a President from re- |
- moving anybody in the < ivil service at will. I
. He replied that they did not; that it wes
foolish to talk of snap judgment at the las', j
’ moment by reappointing a large number of I
g Federal officials ii a manner which had
t been extensively discussed in the newspa- ;
_ pers The new President could turn them
3 out immediately. It was wholly immate- '
” rial as to the term of office for which an ap- i
. pointment w; s made. Under existing laws j
, the Postmaster at Philadelphia or Pitts-|
j burg could be removed at any time. The
cause need not be stated. To be sure, under
the law it is termed suspension, but it oper
aes practically as a removal. The Senate
might refuse to confirm the successor, but
that would not restore the suspended officer.
For instance, suppose Mr. Cleveland desired
to give some political friend the office of
Postmaster of Philadelphia, be could sus
-1 pend Mr. Huldekoper and appoint Mr.
- Jones, a Democrat, but the Senate, refusing
r to confirm Mr. Jones, could not restore Mr.
Huldekoper to office. It would simply com
! pel the President to withdraw Mr. Jones
, and permit him to send in the name of some
other Democrat. Mr. Jones would continue
i Postmaster until his successor was confirmed.
The law really leads the the President to '
1 water at stated intervals, but it cannot make :
‘ him drink. When, therefore, the probabi'-
1 ity of a clash between the Republican Sen
-1 ate and the Democratic President is dis
-1 j cussed, the Presidential power must be
considered with it.
From wbat is dropped by some Democrats
they would like to see just some such
struggle, since it would be likely to stiffen
■ the President’s political vertebrae. One
thing is certain; while Mr. Cleveland must
be given credit for his good intentions un
| til some evidence is adduced to show their
violation, there is no legal bar to his abso
lute control of nearly every Federal office
! of importance in and out of the country,
s The tenure of office law, which was modi
fied to fit Grant, the Republican spoilsman
in-chief, will equally fit any Democratic
spoilsman who occupies the Executive
Chair.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 7.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 47% I
Missouri Pacific 92% ■
Western Union Telegraph Co 55% i
Pacific Mail 51%
Lake Shore <ll
Louisville aud Nashville 25
Texas Pacific 13'.,
Denver aud Rio Grande 9
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 87%
Northwestern 87%
St. Paul 74
Chicago,-Burlington and Quincy 418
Oregon,,Transc9~nlinen tai 13%
Northern Pacific 39%
Rock Island 106%
Jersey Central 38
Memphis and Charleston 30
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 5
Philadelphia and Reading 16%
Omaha (com) 25%
Omaha (pfd) 84%
New ¥Ol4l Central 87%
Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie 14%
Lulu Hurst and the Color Line.
Miss Lulu Hurst, the Georgia Wonder,
is giving her tests at Central Music Hall,
Chicago, and during the performance Fri
day evening the manager repeated that
“any man” in the house should come for
ward and hold the chair. In response a
colored man appeared on the stage, but the
manager informed him that the contest was
not open to colored men, whereupon consid
erable excitement ensued, the colored man
insisting on his right to make the trial, and ‘
the audience indulging in mingled applause
and hisses. Mr. Hurst then appeared, and
sustained the manager, and the colored man
withdrew, declining the offer of a seat on ;
the stage unless allowed to go through the
test. Mr. Hurst afterward said that this
was only the second time a colored man had
attempted to come on the platform, and he
had objected each time. He was personally
a friend of the colored race, and at his home
in Georgia had the good will of all the ne
groes, but he did not wish his daughter to
engage in tests with them. Miss Hurst also
said that she would have declined to have
tried any experiment with the colored man.
The ladies in the audience, she says, sym
' pathized with her, as after the performance
several of them expressed their pleasure at
the stand she had taken.
YTLANFA AFFAIRS.
Inauguration of the New City Govern
ment—The United States Judgeship
of the Southern District—An
Amusing Election Joke.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Atlanta, Jan. 6. —Hon. George Hillyer,
the new Mayor, and the new City Council
men; were sworn in and took charge of the
city’s affairs last night. A good deal of
interest is felt in the probable course of the
new City Fathers. They were elected on
the reform idea, and with a view to putting
into office a class of citizens who will reflect
more credit on the city than the small fry
politicians have in the past. It is believed
that the experiment will prove a success.
Judge Hillyer has to make a sacrifice of his
| private interests to take the office.
i The Times correspondent asked Mr.
Emory Speer concerning the statement that
his friends were pressing his claims for the
I Southern District Judgeship. He replied :
[ “I am not an applicant for the position and
have given my support to Col. Farrow.” In
I spite of this, however, it is pretty certain
j that Mr. Speer would not refuse the place
if he could get it without a struggle. It
would not be a surp ise if he should get it.
The office is a snug berth for life, aud that
is the sort of a thing eloquent Emory would
like to run afoul of at this particular junc
j ture. It is conceded that Farrow’s chances
I are very slim.
The Governor has received notice from
| several defeated candidates for Justice of
the Peace tnat they will contest. A. W.
Corker states that he will contest “the so
l called election” of W. H. Woodhouse, of
I the Fourth district G. M., of Chatham.
The Supreme Court has resumed its
I labors. The tribunal is engaged on the
Atlanta Circuit
I An amusing case of the office seeking the
i man is reported from West End.
On election day there were five votes cast
for Justice of the Peace, and as night drew
near and no other patriots appeared to claim
i their rights, six young men formed a com- [
| bination and voted solidly for Colonel W. I.
Heyward, who has been mentioned on more
I than one occasion for Jmlge of the Superior
Court of the Atlanta Circuit. When the
vote was counted out it was seen that Colonel
| Heyward had carried the day and was
j elected Justice of the Peace of the Wes.
j End district.
The next morning the Colonel was riding
into the city to his office, when one of his
supporters boarded the car and remarked:
“Well, Colonel, we elected you.”
“What?”
“I say we elected you ”
“Elected me whal?”
“Why, elected you Justice of the Peace
of the West End district.”
“The devil you did! What did you do
that for?”
The Colonel has notified the Governor
that will not have the proffered honor,
and there is to be another election in the
West End district.
Pickwick.
MACON MATTERS.
Reorganization of the Exchange Bank—
Election of Officers—Tld Retiring
President Caned.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Macon, Jan. 6—To-day the annual
election of officers of the Exchange Bank
occurred. Mr. George B. Turpin declined
reelection as President, and was succeeded
by Col. H. J. Lamar. The following Board
of Directors were unanimously elected:
L. W. Hunt, H. J. Lamar, Geo. B. Turpin,
G. B. Roberts, Thomas Wood, S. R. Jaques,
R. H. Brown, S. T. Coleman and W. R.
Rogers. Cashier Cabiness read a statement
of the condition of the bank. The gross
earnings for ’B4 were $40,000. The expen
ses $14,000; net $26,000, with a seven per
cent, dividend declared, making total net
earnings $16,000, SIO,OOO of which was
placed as a surplus fund. The directors
decided to increase the capital stock from
$150,000 to $200,000 after the first. Re
' solutions of thanks were offered Mr. Tur
pin. He was made chairman of the Fi
nance Committee. After the business was
finished, Mr. S. W. Hunt arose, and in be
half of the direc'.ois presented him with a
handsome cane. Wyntom.
PH 11 AND POINT,
No Doubt He Will Be Merciful.
Buffalo Express.
The merciful view is that the recording !
angel does not take cognizance of New
Year vows.
The Pen Mightier Than the Sword.
Chicago Tribune.
Gen. Grant’s famous sword is in seme
danger of being sold for debt, while his pen
is earning him a handsome income.
Ben Will Get Even.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Politicians who are setting afloat uncom
plimentary stories about Ben. Butler, had
better keep their names out of the papers.
Ben. will undoubtedly pay off his enemies
in that forthcoming book.
In a Cave of Gloom.
New York World.
Mr. Cleveland’s recent letter on the sub
ject of the civil service seems to have cast
a gloom over the faithful Jacksonian end of
the Ohio Democracy—the sub-election vic
tors yearn for spoils.
Some Things More Surprising than Others.
New York Times.
A Chicago reporter has discovered a Cin
cinnati person who heard Mr. Frank Hurd
say that Mr. Bissell, a former partner of
Mr. Cleveland, had remarked that it was a
matter of surprise that the whole world did
not know that Mr. Cleveland had for years
been the President of the first free trade
club organized in the country and situate in
the city of Buff'd*. It is matter for much
greater surprise that the inventor of this
bold mythical story did not offer it to Chair
man Jones at a time when the current
quotations for such productions would have
secured him at least a 15 cent drink.
THE ELECTION
PROCEEDING QUIETLY AND IN
ORDER.
A Cl< a Day and a Large Concourse Around
the Polls—Eve jthing Well Managed—
Speculations On the Streets as to the
Chances of the Various Candidates
To day at 7 o’clock the polls opened with
everything in tip-top shape. The managers
1 had been on hand sometime, and were ready
I ten or fifteen minutes before the time. The
■ day which yesterday seemed to indicate
would be muddy and disagreeable, dawned
1 bright and lovely as a blushing bride, and
’ in consequence the attendance at the polls
j from the start was large. A special detach
ment of police and all the county constables
; were on hand for the preservation of order
> The majority of people around the polls
; were colored, and among the e the various
I candidates were seen passing to and fro,
i speaking pleasantly to acquaintances and
i doing all they could to catch “one more
, vote.” The array of tickets offered by the
henchmen of the various candidates was
enough to confound the most careful, and it
I is confidently believed that more than one
man voted otherwise than he wished on
account of this confusion.
I The Ogeecheeites to the number of fully
■ 300 were on hand when the polls opened
| and cast their votes at once. It was a no-
■ I ticeable fact, that every one seemed to have
already made up his mind as to his choice,
j and few changes were effected on the
grounds. The managers, as published in
last evening’s Times, were at their respect
ive places, none having failed to appear. A
list of the registered voters was at each poll,
and no one whose name did not appear on
the list was allowed to vote. The same
programme as pursued on former elections
was adhered to to-day, especially the mat
ter of initials, thus preventing much confu
sion.
I It is thought that as large a vote will be
polled to-day as was given at the late Na-
I tional contest. The number of people or. I
the Square seemed to remain at about 1,000, '
. and they were remarkably quiet and order
ly, not one arrest being made or a drunken
: man being seen. Up to one
i o’clock few whites had been to the polls
except those living in the county, but from
that hour on, up to the close of this report,
; a steady stream of the business men ot
Savannah quietly marched to the ballot
box and nominated their choices for the
various offices. Although this stream of
voters’may have seemed small, it was evi
dent that with it the number of votes
■ began to swell immensely and the managers
had their hands full to keep up with their
work.
No outward demonstration was made ex
cept early in the morning, when a wagon
containing a brass band paraded in advo- |
cacy of Mr. Waring Russell for the Sher- i
iffaltay. A reporter tried to ascertain who
I the candidates were with the largest follow
ing, but the task was one not easily accom
plished. The talk around the Court House
| seems to concede that the Ordinaryship
is trembling in the balance, not know
ing whether to tip in favor of
Hamilton or Ferrill. The friends of John
T. Ronan claim that much quick work has
been done for him, and say he will beat
Russell by at least 200 votes, while the fol
lowers of the latter candidate claim that he
is dead sure to win, and are willing to put
up money on it. However, the result of
this contest seems to be in very grave
doubt. The two candidates for the office of
Coroner, B. F. Sheftall and W. D. Dixon
are said to be running neck and neck,
neither having the advantage and bets
being made even. No one seems to have
much idea about the Superior Court Clerk
ship, for which Col. B. E. Bee and Mr. Wm
J. Clements are measuring strength. The
large number of candidates running for
Receiver ol Tax Returns makes it a more
difficult feat to determine the winner than
the solution of a problem in Euclid. The
majority of the candidates however, have
been long since distanced, and it is said
that John R. Dillon and John S. Tyson, are
in the lead, closely followed by Clement
Saussy and Michael J. Dooner,;who)_has a
goodly number of the Irish votes. No
combinations have so far developed them
selves and it is safe to say that nene have
been formed.
It is a matter of fact that all the saloons j
' of the city have been closed and will not be j
j again opened until 6 o’clock.
Although it was expected that over 4,000 |
j votes would be polled during the day, the j
indications are that not more that 3,500
will be cast. The following is the number
at each box up to 1:30 p. m.
Box No. 1, facing Bull street, 523; box
No. 2, facing York street, 521; box No. 3,
facing Drayton street, 537; box No. 4, facing
President street, 432, making a total of
2,013 votes.
The polls will be closed to-night at 6
o’clock, and the official result will probably
be made known during the night or early in
the morning. The making up of the re
turns will be a serious matter owing to the
various combinations of names on the tick
ets.
Port Notes.
Messrs. Shotter & Co., cleared to-day the
Norwegian Bark Esra, for Liverpool, Eng
land, with 1,304 bales cotton, weighing 618,-
899 pounds. Total valuation, $65,200.
Messrs. Muir, Duckworth & Co., cleared
the British Ship Asiana, for Liverpool,
England, with 1,113 bales cotton, weighing
1,910,919 pounds, 4,900 oak staves. Total
valuation, $202,400.
Messrs. Jcs. Roberts & Co., cleared the
Bark Bristol, for Providence, Rhode Island,
with 7,581 pieces p. p., lumber, measuring
‘ 338,212 feet. Cargo by McDonough & Co.
' —Mr. Luis Marinas, Vice Consul of Spain
at this port, informs us that he is meeting
with gratifying success in his appeal for aid
to the sufferers by the Spanish earthquake.
Although out but a short time this morning,
quite a neat sum was subscribed. Both Mr.
Marinas and Mr. De Fuentes, the Consul,
express themselves as deeply grateful for
this substantial expression of sympathy by
the merchants of Savannah for tl.eir suffer
ing countrymen.
$6 00 A YE UR.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
King Alfonso, of Spain, is agpin very ill
He is going soon upon a cruise On the
Mediterranean.
Quill pens are again in fashion. They
ire well adapted for the large, angular pen
manship now in fashion among ladies.
North Carolina is one of the original
thirteen States, yet the largest city within
Us borders has only 20,000 population.
The Young Men’s Christian Association
■if this country have enjoyed great prosper
ity the past year- Eighty societies own
luildings valued at $3,000,000. The tota
number of associations in the United State
is 839, and the membership numbers near
ly 110,000.
The greasiest miser in Indiana put his
savings into life insurance policies, and de
nied himself all luxuries and most com
forts in order to pay the premiums, though
his heirs were distant relatives, for whom
he seemed to care nothing. They will get,
now that he is dead, about thirty-four thou
sand dollars.
An actor in a traveling company meant
to telegraph to his agent in town, “Let the
newspapers know that I have been fatally
hurt in a railroad accident,” and at the
same wrote the truth for his wife, “I am
only slightly stratched;” but the messages
got transposed, and the shocked wife is dan
gerously ill.
According to the United States Surgeon
General’s annual report, the death rate for
colored troops has, for the first time since
their organization, fal’en below that for
white troops. Their mortality from respir
atory affections—usually pneumonia—is
more than four times as great as jthat of
white troops.
In a Dorsetshire village, a few weeks ago,
the son of a clergyman eloped with a cou
sin who was residing in his father’s parish,
and in the chapel of the neighboring work
house the couple were married. The fath
er’s rage was intente. He vented it by
having his son’s two ponies and favorite
dogs brutally shot.
Warren county, Kentucky, developes the
■ most liberal man heard from. The Bowling
| Green Gazette says : ‘lMilton Francis re-
I quests us to inform those in the city who
are in want of fuel that he has upward of a
thousand cords of wood on his farm, five
miles out cn the Green Hill road, aud that
whoever will come and cut and haul the
wood off is welcome to it.”
Mary Anderson is to make a tour ol
America a year from this winter. Contracts
with the theatres are now being made. A
carious feature of the project is that her
azent demands a loan of SSOO to $5,000 from
each local manager, to be paid out of the
receipts, but partially secured against the
creaking of the engagement by an insur
ance policy on the actress’s life.
From a single grain i f whea’ planted in
j 1881, says the Grass Valley (Cal.) Record,
■ grew 22 stalks, each bearing a full head.
These yielded 860 grains, 760 of which were
planted the next ytar, producing one-fifth
f a bushel of splendid wheat This was
planted last spring, yielding 17 bushels,
! making 1,020 peunds of wheat from one
grain in three years.
Last month, in Madrid, was sold for high
prices a remarkable Collection of fans. One
of ivoiy, painted by Watteau, and which
formerly belonged to the Princess Adelaide
of Savoy, fetched $750. Another which
was painted by Boucher, sold for $950, and
another, which Lebrun painted for the
Duchess of Medina-Cecil, went for $450.
Large fortunes are rare in Switzerland,
and the salaries of public functionaries are
very modest. The President of the Con
federation receives $3,000 a year, few
Judges more than $1,250, and there is prob
ably no band president in the country who
gets more than twice that amount. A man
with an income of $2,500 is considered very
well off, indeed, and to have $5,000 is to be
rich.
An English magazine tells a story of an
artist whn sent a sketch of some .Indian
scene to one of the illustrated papers, and
afterward complained that it had been tam
pered with before publication, a group of
palms having been introduced into the
background, whereas those trees were un
known in the region which he had de
picted. “That is very possible, Mr. ,”
replied the editor, “but let me tell you that
the public expects palms in Oriental land
i scapes, and will have them.”
A Souvenir of Reunion Day, Nov. 4, 1881.
The Times have received from the author,
I Mr. J. A. Bates, a copy of a handsome piece
of sheet music, a reunion medley for piano
or organ entitled “A Souvenir of Reunion
Day, November 4, 1884, a musical reminis
cence of union, disunion and reunion, show
ing “Uncle Sam’s Happy Family Many
Years Ago,” “Family Troubles, 1860,” “A.
Difference of Opinion,” “Katy Did,” “Katy
Didn't,” “The First Gun,” “A Regular
Fracas, 1861-65,” “Off to the Field,” “The
Boys in Gray,” “The Boys in Blue,” “The
Harvest of Death,” “Mourning Homes,”
“Appomattox,” “Reconstruction’s Dark
Night,” “Light at Last,” “Babylon is
Fallen,” “The Day of Jubilee, Nov. 4,1884,”
and introducing the following popular war
and home melodics: “The Red, White and
Blue,” “Dixie,” “c irl I Left Behind Me,”
“The Vacant Chair,” “Hard Times,” “Bab
ylon is Fallen,” “Bonnie Blue Flag,”
“Yankee Doodle,” “Rally Round the Flag,”
“The Conquered Banner,” “Hold the
Fort,” “Lennox, America,” which
are easily arranged for either piano
or parlor organ. The elegant litho
graphic title has a superb likeness of
“Grover Cleveland, the People’s Choice,”
to whom the piece is inscribed. This pic
ture alone is worth the price of the piece.
This is a genuine musical novelty which
must please immensely. Every Democrat
North and South, who voted for Cleveland
and Reform, will want it as a souvenir of
“The Day of Jubilee.” A 7-page piece,
price 50 cents, for 25 cents. An immense
, sale enables us to reduce the price, and we
. therefore offer to mail this piece, post paid,
, to any address for only 25 cents. Stamps
r received. An easy arrangement for brass
’ bands is also published. Price 50 cents.
Published by Ludden & Bates Southern
1 Music House, Savannah, Ga.