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Siwamml) Dailnomii.
VOL. 6.—NO. 19.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
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Heavy Swindle of an Ex-Governor—A Hase
i Ball Bat as a Murderous Weapon—
Congressional Proceedings—Markets
and Minor Matters.,
Sterling, 111 , Jan. 15.—Guy M. Gali,
a lad of seventeen years, son of L. T. Galt,
and Jacob Rhinehart, aged twenty-seven,
both of this city, committed suicide by !
poison, the causes therefor being unknown,
i Young Galt was attending the military
school at Chester, Pa., and was home for the
holidays.
On his way back to school he got oS the
train at Chicago, returning to his home in |
Sterling without assigning any reason, and
was sternly reprimanded by his parents I
for his action. Purchasing a box of rat
poison, young Galt went to Hewe’s livery
stable where Rhinehart was employed, and j
while there took the fatal dose that resulted
in his death.
Rhinehart seemed much affected by Gait’s
death. box containing some of
the poison which Galt had taken, he, too,
swallowed some of the bane, and informed
his employer what he had done, saying he
wanted to die, and refusing all assistance or
remedies.
Both victims were highly respected,'and
the motive for their rash action is un
known. A Coroner’s jury rendered a ver
dict of death by his own hand, assigning
no cause.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
This Morning’s Proceedings.
Washington, Jan. 15.—The Speaker
laid before the House a communication from
, the Commissioners of the District of Co
' lumbia. asking for an appropriation of $lO,-
000 to enable them to preserve public order
during the ceremonies attending the dedica
tion of the Washington monument and the
inauguration of the President-elect. Re
ferred.
Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, called up as a spe
cial order the Senate bill to provide for the
issue of circulating notes to banking asso
ciations, generally known as the McPher
son bill. Mr. Wilkins addressed the House
in explanation of the bill.
In the Senate: A bill was introduced
and read twice, and referred, allowing one
year’s salary to the widow of the late Secre
tary of the Navy and Minister W. H. Hunt,
and increasing the pension of the widow of
General G. W. Thomas to $2,000 per an
num. The naval committee reported favor
ably a bill for the relief of sufferers by the
wreck of the Tallapoosa.
KNOCKED SENSELESS.
A Teacher Kills a Pupil With a Base Ball
Bat.
Charleston, 111 , Jan. 15.—A young
school teacher in Hickory township, named
Tichnor, hit one of the pupils named Welch
on the back of the head with a base ball bat,
knocking him senseless, and injuring him
fatally. Young Welch becoming unruly in
school, young 'l'ichnor called on the direc
tors and had him expelled. Tuesday even
ing Welch returned to the school house, and
) raising the window, stuck his head in the
room, and made remarks of an uncompli
mentary nature. He then went to the door
and came into the room. The teacher met
him and his eye falling on the base ball bat,
he seized it and struck Welch, knocking
him senseless. A doctor pronounced the
injuries fatal. Welch is 18 years old and
weighs 150 pounds. No arrest have yet
been made.
MINISTER TAFT.
Talk About His Being Nominated for Gov
eriior of Ohio.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Inasmuch as it
is probable that Minister Taft will be re
called from the Russian mission, there is
talk among Ohio Republicans in Washing
ton of nominating him for the Governorship
of that State. They contend that as'
the election
coming after the inauguration of the Demo
cratic administ’atio , a man of nations
reputation, one wnose views are as pro
nounced on national issues as are those of
the Republican party itself, s .ould be nom
inated Ohio also elects a Legislature
which chooses a successor to Senator Sher
man.
A NEGRO EXODUS.
The Movement Encouraged by Prominent
C»lo ed Persons in Washington.
VVAsuingion, Jan. lo—Thc moVemeu
toward an exodus of colored people from
the South, which began soon after the re
cent Presidential election, is again beii. o
revived, and tl e leading people
among the white population are
much concerned over the matter. They
and their newspapers are circulating dism . i
stories of suffering a d hardship among I
those colored people who went from the
South to Kansas a few years ago. Prominent
colored men here in Washington are en
couraging the exodus and propose to aid the
movement in every way within their power.
DAFTATN PHELAN’S CONDITION.
A Denial by O’Donovan Rossa.
New York, Jan. 15.—Captain Phelan
w continues to improve. O’Donovan Rossa
/ denies the truth of the statement in the
? Kansas City Times, that Phelan was one of
his ten men selected to be sent from Ameri
ca in 1883, to kill Carey, the expenses to be
paid out of the skirmishing fund.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1885.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
■ C/Hi cal Condition of a Capitol Coin
mlssioner—Personal Men. ion.
Special Dispatch to Savanna h Daily Times.
Atlanta, Jan. 15—Major B. E. Crane,
one of the Georgia Capitol Commissioners
is at the point of death from a complica
tion of spinal troubles. Major Crane is a
member of the firm of Langston & Crane,
wholesale grocers and cotton buyers, and is
I one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. His
physicians hourly expect his death, and say
I his recovery is impossible.
Hon. O. A. Lochrane, who has lately re
signed the position of general counsel of
the Pullman Car Company, has returned
to Atlanta and will make this his home per
manently.
| Governor McDaniel has not yet returned
I from Walton county. The Secretaries in
: the Executive office are very busy mailing
commissions to the various county officers.
i Contests were filed to-day in the matter of
; the Sheriff's office, in Early and the Tax
| Receivers office in Rabun county.
CLEVELAND’S IDEA.
He Will Give No Rewards.
Washington, Jan. 15—Ex-Congress
man Willis, of New York, yesterday said:
“If New York can present a good and suita
ble man for the Treasury he will probably
be appointed.”
“Who is a good man?”
“Oh, Hewitt, for one. He would be the
very man if he had robust health. The talk
obout Whitney is all speculation. I don’t
believe that Whitney will be chosen. Yes,
it is true that he did help the National
Committee. He helped to raise money at a
time when it was badly deeded But so did
others. Four men aided in raising that
money. They are Hewitt, Flower
Cooper and Whitney. Now, Whitney did
no more than either of the others. But
Cleveland is not going to pay any debts of
gratitude. That’s certain. His idea is that
if any Democrats rendered special service in
the campaign they can best be repaid by
having a good, safe and popular administra
tion- He will not undertake to reward them i
individually.”
THE UNITED PRESS.
Officers Elected for Ensuing Year.
New York, Jan. 15. —The annual meet -
ing of the United Press was held yesterday
at St. James’ Hotel and the following named
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President—C. H. Taylor, Boston Globe.
Vice President —E. H. Butler, Buffalo
News.
Treasurer —C. R. Baldwin, Waterbury
American.
Secretary—Walter P. Phillips.
A HEAVY SWINDLE.
An Ex-Governor Duped Out Off 8560,000
Boston, Mass, Jan. 15—It is learned that
shortly before his death, ex-Governor
Colburn, of Maine, was swindled out of
$560,000 in Topeka, Salina, and Western
Railroad securities, by a conspiracy of Bos
ton sharpers. He declined to prosecute the
men, and stood the loss without complaint.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 15. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific U>%
Missouri Pacific 93%
Western Union Telegraph Co 57
Pacific Mail 55-%
Lake Shore 61%
Louisville and Nashville 25
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 9%
Michigan Central ,i( )%
Delaware, Lackawanna At West'n SAi
Northwestern ‘J'.’Js
St. Paul "•»%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 1J !, %
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific W
Rock Island IWJ%
Jersey Central 37%
Memphis and Charleston 30
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pid) 5%
Philadelphia and Reading 17
Omaha (com) 2«%
Omaha (pld) ■■■
New York Central 33%
Kansas and Texas Hi%
, Erie 13%
New York Produce Market.
New Y'qbk, Jan, 15—Flour dull. Fine,
$215 2 35| Superfine, $2.85a3.30. Wheat,
NO. 2 red winter for February 94; do for
March, 95 3 4; dofor April 87 l-2bid. Cohn,
No. 2 mixed for January 53; do foi- Febru
ary; 50 5-8 bid for February. Oats,No. 2
mixed, for February 37 34; dos r March
35 1-2. Rye firm. Canada 71c. Barley un
changed. Pork dull, but firm at 13 25.25
Lard so; January 7 18. February 720
March, Molasses steady at 40J; rosin firm;
strained to good, $1 25al 30. Petroleum
quiet; case, 9 iIOJ. Sugar firmer; refined cut
loaf, 6J:’ 6}. Coffee quiet; fair cargoes, 9j.
Hawkinsville Election.
Special Dispatch to the Dally Times.
Hawkinsville, Jan. 15.—At the elec
tion held in this city yesterday, the follow
ing ticket was carried:
Mayor—W. A. Jeters.
Aldermen—J. P. Brown, Robert J. Tay>
i lor, A. Adams, S. A. Merritt, J. J. Joiner,
H. C. Rekell.
Cotton Manufacturing Company Assigns.
Columbia, S. C., Jan, 15.—The Red
Bank Cotton Manufacturing Company, Lex
ington county, has made an assignment.
The assets are $70,000, and the liabilities
less than $27,000.
Probabilities.
Washington, J Jan. 15.-—For file South
Atlantic States, weather cloudy, with east
erly winds, lower barometer.
LIFE preserver.
If you are losing your grip on life, try
Wells’ Health Renewer.” Goes direct to
weak spots.
IS IT A CANCER?
GENERAL GRAN C FORCED TO STOP
SMOKING.
Suft-. ring wi'h an Ass ction of the Tongue
Which .May or May Not Be a Cancer—
His Physicians Hopeful of
Recovery.
Philadelphia, Jan. 15. —The Bulletin
publishes the f llowing interesting state
ment of General Grant's condition: Discus
sion over the troubles which seem to come
thicker and faster upon General Grant has
been renewed of late upon the report that
the old leader is a sufferer from a cancer of
the tongue, and that he is really in a very
serious way, with the chances of a fatal
termination of the case. Another report
had the General lying speechless and bare
ly able to take nourishment from a heavy
swelling in the base of his tongue. The
facts are that the ex-Pres'dent has had a
very hard time of it with a complication of
troubles, and that in consequence he has
been advised to set aside his habit of exces
sive smoking, and that he has done so with a
sharp decision which more than surprised
the physicians who were in attendance upon
him.
This mouth disease, whatever it may be,
came upon the General during the past
summer while he was at his Long Branch
residence. It came first as a swelling at the
back part of the tongue, and little attention
was paid to the irritation by the patient.
It grew worse and he consented to consult
physicians who were at the Branch. They
did him little good with their prescriptions
and the swelling grew worse, becoming so
bad that in September, when Dr. Fordvce
Barker, of New York, the Grant family
physician arid a particular personal friend
of the General, came from an European |
trip, the tongue had grown to such a size |
that it almost ceased to be an organ of i
speech, and the patient was, perforce, even
more tactiturn that was his wont.
Dr. Barker recognized at once the pos i
bility of a bad outcome to the trouble and i
i began a vigorous campaign against the
growth. Under his ministrations the trouble
' was largely gotten rid of, though as yet it
| is very painful and threatening and requires
constant treatment and attention. A bad
tooth at the angle of the jaw had for a time
been a source of annoyance to the old solo
dier, and this was removed after a painful
operation, which the General bore without a
flinch- This gave mucli relief, but, in the
opinion of the attending doctors, the habit of
heavy smoking had much to do with bring
ing about the irritation, and made it diffi
cult for them to correctly diagnose the
case. There was a chance that it was the
beginning of a cancer which was eating into
the base of the tongue, and which would
require a serious and possibly fital
operation to remove, or it may have
been simply a lesion, which is known
to follow the excessive use of tobacco, but
which is curable by siu.p'e remedies and an
abstinence from the use of tobacco in any [
form for a time. In place of the dozen or
score of cigars which the General was in the
habit of smoking daily, he was ordered to
light no more than three cigars each dry
then to consume but half of e ci of them
throwing away the remaining half of each
cigar with the larger percentage of nico
tine remaining in it. Gen. Grant used a bit
of his own judgment in addition to that re
ceived from the doctors, and after his own
way went them two better in the cigar
cutting scheme and voluntarily dropped to
a single half cigar per day, and after a
week of this flung aside the weed entirely, I
and for nearly two mouths did not put a
lighted cigar in his mouth.
The result of all this has been a marked
improvement in the symptoms, and now the
whilom smoking sphynx has become the
hard-working scribbler, spending much of
his time in putting his remembrances of
war matters into writing. On Christmas
Day he had intended taking an enjoyable
holiday puff and did indeed light a cigar,
but with the first cloud of smoke the reso
lution he had formed to smoke no more
came back to him and he flung the Victoria
away and entered the new year the most
ardent ha’er of the weed, so far as he is !
personally concerned.
When asked directly whether there was
danger of a cancer at the base of the tongue
somewhat similar to that which proved fatal
in the case of Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia.
Dr. Baker replied that it was impossible for
him to say. In fact he was not sure that
the smoking was tLe c.use of the trouble,
but it had ao doubt been an irritant of the
swelling, and since the habit had been
refrained from there had been great
improvement. There was n t now any ma
terial trouble from the pain of the swelling,
since it had been treated with the new
anaesthetic uriate of c.caline, and the parts
had taken on a natural appearance, with an
absence of the undue redness of the sur
face.
Dr. Barker refused to commit himself
either pro or con on the cancer theory, de
clining to say that he was convinced that no
such serious trouble was impending, and on
the other hand saying that he could not
fairly announce that there was any real
danger of a cancel as 'far as the case had
developed.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Jan. 15—Wheat opened weak
and lower. February, 88f; May, 86|. Corn
firm and slightly higher; January, 38J;
February, 38; May, 41J. Oats steady; May,
•30J-. Pork, firm;sl2 25 for February; sl2 30
for March. Lard firmer; $6 92J for Feb
ruary; $7 02j for March.
Escape of a Murderer.
Binghampton . N. Y , Jan. 15—Meskin,
who killed Katie Brodhaust in Elmira, es
caped last night from jail here. He is under
sentence to be hanged next Wednesday.
“ROUGH ON RATS.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants
oed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15c
Druggists.
Clean teeth, healthy gums and a pure
breath by using Holmes’ Wash and Denti
frice. Try a bottle.
SOUTHERN OPINION.
A Manly Letter from a Confederate
Officer.
In the Chicago Times of a recent date, |
we find the following, which will be lead
with much interest here:
R'VER Point, III—To the Editor : In
the interest of intersectional peace and
amity, I ask permission to lay before your
numerous readers some extracts from a let
ter just received by me from the South.
The writer, formerly a distinguished officer
in the Conlederate army, is a highly intel
ligent, sagacious, and honorable gentleman,
whose testimony as to the disposition and
temper of the most influential classes of
Southern society is entitled to great weight.
If in any degree his views should tend to
relieve any minds oppressed by the crystal
lized stupidity of Bourbonism, who have
slept through the last quarter of a century,
and still fancy they bear the drum and
trumpet of war, my purpose will have been
answered. Respec’fully,
R. Walter Heurtley, M. D.
“To us at the South, it” [Cleveland’s
election] “seems almost too good to be.
true. * * * During the few days in
which the matter was in doubt, people were
for the most part quiet and sell-contained, j
but when the certainty of success came
everybody was the more excited be-1
cause of the previous repression. * * * |
Cannon were dragged from the arsenal, and
began to give utterance to the general re
joicing. From every building ani every
spire, in 10 minutes after the final dispatch
was received, the flag of the United States
floated; and in front of the cotton exchange
and board of trade an excited crowd of citi
zens of all classes gave noisy expression to
their feelings. Os course there had to be
speech-making. * * * Through every
speech there rang this refrain : ‘Thank
God, this is no longer a nominal union; we
are one people at last?’ There wasno
manufactured feeling about the affair; it
was genuine, heartfelt, spontaneous. * * *
And note this significant fact : Not a
I speaker alluded to public offices. Not one j
i word was uttered that can be construed into
! hatred or malice agiinst the other side;
I but every man who lifted up I
I his voice gloried .in the :
fact of being once more a factor in national
affairs, in the knowledge that our old State
was no longer a ‘conquered province,’ but a
sister State, having equal rights with every
other in the Union. Looking back analy.-
tically at my own feelings at the time, I
find that 1 was moved by the exhibition of
the flags as much as by any other circum
stance of the day—l found my heart thrill
ing with a pleasure in looking at them, and
realizing that they symbolized a union in
which, at last, I had the same voice and the
same pride as any other citizen from Maine
to California. Ever since the war ended I
have in all things tried to do my whole
duty as a citizen of the United States, as
well as of Savannah; but from that day”
(of the election) “I can date a returning
pride in saying civis Americanus sum. N ow
surely, as an individual, I have not differed
from those around me; and, surely, without
l reference to collateral issues, it is worth a
change of administration to bring about
such a change in the hearts of the whole
Southern people, and to end an alienation
that at one time seemed without end.
“And now we want our brethren of the
North to believe that this change has
actually taken place. Let them credit the
declarations that they find in the public
press throughout the South. We have
many faults down in this section; nobody
knows them better than ourselves. But we
are not ‘given to lying,’ and when we
stretch out our hands in amity and say ‘let
ius be brothers again,’ there is no hidden
meaning in it, no deception; our hearts go
with the words. The very devotion that
the Southern people showed for a cause
which they believed to be right ought to
convince the North of our truth and honor.
‘Old things,’ however, have passed away and
as a mighty united people, governing our
selves with wisdom and probity, a future
stretches before us that Rome in her palm
iest days did not attain.”
City Court.
City Court convened this morning at 10
o'clock in monthly session, Judge AV. D.
Harden, presiding. The following cases
were disposed of:
Mrs. Mary Feeley vs. Lafayette E.
Dancy. Action on account. Verdict for
plaintiff by consent, in the sum of $1,002.8
principal and interest from October Ist,
1884.
Thomas J. Bird v... James K. Clarke. Ac
tion for damagesi Case dismissed by plain
tiff’s attorney.
Court then a'journed until to-morrow
at 10 o’clock.
Port Notes.
Messrs. A. Minis & Sons, cleared to-day,
the Bri ish Steamship, Budapest, for Bre
men, Germany, with 3,624 bales of upland
cotton, weighing 1,681,506 pounds. Total
valuation $,775.10.
Sweet Gum and Mullein.
The sweet gum, as gathered from a tree ol
the same name, growing along the small
streams in the Southern States, contains a
stimulating expectorant principle that loos
ens the phlegm producing the early morning
sough, and stimulates the child to throw on
the false membrane in croup and whooping
sough. When combined with the healing
mucilaginous principle in the mullein plant
of the old fields, presents in Taylor’s Chero
see Remedy of Sweet uum and Mullein, the
1 Inest known remedy for coughs, croup,
whooping cough and consumption; and so
palatable any child can take it. Ask your j
druggist for it. Send two-cent stamp for
Taylor’s Riddle Book, which is not only for
he amusement of the little ones, who will
gather around your knee to hear the puzzling
questions, but contains information for the
lealth and welfare of every home.
Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor, propri- |
•tor Taylor’s Premium Cologne, Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. Bosanko.
This name has become so familiar witn 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 affections of the Throat
and Lungs. Price 50 cents and 81.00. Sold by
Osceola Butler and E. J. Kieffer.—Adv.
jpor the latest style and low prices in g ente
furnishing goods, L. Fried’s is the place
A LIVELY FUSILADE.
TWO MEN WHO WANTED TO SEE
THE EDITOR.
What Comes of Demanding Satisfaction
—All Three Wounded, and One Likely
to Die—Ten Shots Fired before the
Affray Stopped.
A special dispatch from New Orleans
says: The editorial office of the Mascot was ,
to-day the scene of a serious shooting affray. I
James T. Houston and Robert Brewster, I
two gentlemen of prominence in the city
called at the office about noon and inquired
for George Osmond, the editor. They came
to demand satisfaction for an editorial pub
lished in Saturday’s issue of the Mascot re
flecting on Judge W.T. Houston, brother of !
the former. Houston struck Oimond with I
a heavy cane, when the latter drew his re- j
volver and shot him through the right
hand. Houston was just pulling out his
revolver when the shot struck him and his
weapon fell to the floor. Picking it up with
j his left hand he turned it loose. A general
fusilade was opened and none of the trio
escaped the shower of bullets that whistled
j about the sanctum. Ten shots were ex
i changed and all of the party seriously
' wounded and one probably fatally shot.
I Great excitement was caused in Camp
street by the rapid succession of shots. It
s mnded as though a bunch of fire-crackers
had been set off on the top floor where the
Mascot office is located.
Immediately after the shooting Brewster
and Houston came down stairs, both bleed
ing from their wounds. Houston was placed
under arrest, but he and his companions
were permitted to go to the hospital. Os
mond followed them to the sidewalk a few
minutes afterwards, holding his wounded
hand, which appeared to cause him much
pain. He blew a police whistle, which
brought an officer to the scene, who prom pt
ily arrested him. He was also taken to the ;
hospital. He was shot in the palm of his
j right hand, the ball going up into the arm
as far as the elbow. It was taken out with
great difficulty. After his wound was dress
' ed he was taken to the Central Police Sta- j
tion and locked up to answer the charge of
felonious assault with intent to kill.
Brewster was shot four times, once in the
left arm, once in the thigh and twice in the
j body. The latter are of a serious nature, i
One ball passsd completely through the
body and the other entered just below the
: heart. Half an inch higher it would have
■ pierced that organ. Houston received but
one shot, as mentioned
In an interview with a reporter Osmond
stated:
“1 was sitting at my desk in my office
when about 12 o’clock the two men came in.
Houston I knew, but the other I‘ knew only
by sight. The former asked me if my name
was George Osmond. I answered ‘Yes,’ and
he struck me over the head with a club,
pulled his pistol and began shooting. I fired
two of the ten shots and struck Houston.
The man who was with him kept shooting
at Z mneck, my partner, who was throwing
things at him. I have not the slightest
idea what he shot or tackled me for.”
Adolph Zenneck, a wood engraver, and
one of the owners as the Mascot, corrobor
ates Osmond’s statement. He explained that
“the man with Houston commenced shooting
at me, when I threw the top of the stove at
him. He was desperate, and kept peppering
away at me, but did not hit me. When
Houston went out 1 followed him to the
stairway, and he shot at me, but I escaped.”
Houston, who is State Collector, says he
only drew his revolver after Osmond had
used his. He had gone there to punish the
editor.
Robert Brewster is State Register of Vo
ters. The surgeon at the hospital informed
an intimate friend that he could not re
cover. ;He is very weak and sinking
rapidly.
A MACON ROMANCE.
True Love and Fidelity Rewarded at Last.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
i Macon, Jan. 14.—One Sunday morning
about a year ago, Mr. B. L. Willingham and
. his son Broadus, were seated in Christs’
Church. A little ways further up sat about
one hundred Wesleyan Female College girls.
In the center of the group was a young lady,
; graceful, handsome and stylish. The young
man turned to his father and said: “See that
' j young lady! well I’m going to marry her; I
. | want her for my wife.” The young lady
. i was Miss Annie Lou Rushin, of Tallasee,
Ala., then in her senior year. The father
. smiled and dismissed the thought. Not so
with his son, he watched her intently
throughout, and when the service was over
he still kept his eye on her. He bad never
met her. About two months after the event
’ a small boy was seen plodding up the steps
■ of the college. He carried a huge basket of
' flowers, nearly as large as himself. He was
1 met at the door by Dr. Bass, the President
of the institution, who, when he took the
basset, spied a little card with the inscrip-
tion, “For Miss Rushin.” He asked who
had sent it. The boy grinned and said, Mr.
Broadus said not to tell.
It was several months before the couple
were introduced to each other. They met
during commencement and loved each other
from the first. After the exercises she re
turned home and a correspondence follow
ed. About three weeks ago she returned to
Macon to visit friends. The couple were
together very much. New Year’s she was
I invited to receive with Mrs. E. J. Willing
ham, and that evening he addressed her.
She told him to wait until March. He told i
his parents and they were pleased. Sunday
afternoon he grew impatient, and asked her
i to marry him. She refused, but told him if
i he went home with her, and her parents
I were willing, she would do so. The pair
left for the home of Dr. James K. Rushin
yesterday.
To-dav the young man’s father received
a telegram from him saying he would marry
1 at 2 o’clock to-day. They were married and
' went at once to New Orleans. The groom
is a member of the firm of C. B. & B. E.
Willingham, cotton warehouse. He is a
ponnlar young man and Las .lie confidence
' of the people. Wynton.
$6 00 A YEIR.
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
j Election of City Officers—Contracts
Awarded.
The I’st meeting of the present City
Council was held last evening, when the
election of city officers, the awarding of
! contracts and the finishing up of business
was attended to. The Council Chamber was
■ thronged with an eager and interested
crowd. There was no opposition in a ma-
I jority of the offices, and the present incum
' bents were re-elected, as follows:
Clerk of Council—F. E. Rebarer.
. City Treasurer—Major C. 8. Hardee.
City Marshal—Captain L. L. Goodwin.
Chief of Police—General R. H. Anderson.
Assistant Chief of Police—John Green.
City Surveyor—John B. Howard.
Health Officer —Dr. J. T. McFarland.
! Keeper of Laurel Grove Cemetery—A.
1 F. Torlay.
Messenger of Council—Luke Logan.
Chief Fireman—Adolph Fernandez.
Assistant Chief Firemen—Geo. Mouro.
Superintendent .of Water Works—A. N.
Miller.
Captain H. C. Cunningham was re-elected
Corporation Attorney over Mr. George W.
Owens.
R. C. Kennedy was elected Harbor Master
over John D. Tenßroeck.
For Clerk of the Market there were three
candidates: W. H. Bordley, the present
incumbent; Thomas Maddox and Charles
E. Mallette. Mr. Bordley was re elected.
For Keeper of the City Dispensary there
were two candidates: Lewis Cass, the pres
ent incumbent, and W. W. Lincoln. Mr.
Cass was re-elected.
Mr. Theo H Meves, the present keeper
of Forsyth Park, was re-elected over John
F. Daly.
There was a lively contest over the posi
tion of keeper of the Pest House. The can
didates were Thomas Carr, Patrick F. Hig
gins, William Yenken, Jamas F. Findley
and A. McEvoy. Mr. Carr was elected on
I the second ballot.
For Port Wardens there were twenty
eight candidates, five to be elected. The
applicants were Charles Van Horn, John
Power, Thomas H. Liird and Alexander
• Abrams, the present incumbents, and S. M.
Laffiteau, E. R. Hernandez, Thomas Daniels,
W. R. Pritchard, L. W. Brickman, M. J.
! Desverges, John Reilly, Lemuel Davis, R.
A. Pollard, Andrew Anson, P. M. Box, T.
B. Marshall, T. C. Farr, James Clements,
John F. Eiskamp, E. Flaherty, W. D.
Oliveira, Thomas Clark, O H. Lufburrow,
S. J. M. Baker, W. H. Patterson, Peter
Donelau, D. L. Martin, L. Wiggins. Three
of the present ienumbents, Charles Van
Horn, John Power and Thomas H. Laird,
were re-elected, and 8. J. M. Baker and W.
R. Pritchard were elected.
Chimney Contractor, E. D.—John Cas
sidy.
I Chimney Contractor, W. D.—Constantine
Dubler.
City Physicians—Drs. R. S. Sanders and
B. P. Oliveros.
Nival Stores Inspectors—C. D. Russell,
[ M. G. Register, S. M. Chesnut, B. Holmes,
W. H. Goodman, H. M. King, James G.
j Wells, F. T. Givy, W. E. Bevins.
Inspectors of Lumber and Tim 1 r—C. H
i Hell, A. B. Laßoche, J. J. Rackly, W- E.
j Merrill, G. P. Jordan, John G. Parry.
The bids for cPy contracts were as fol
lows :
Scavenger Contract —Studer & Harmon,
sl4,uvo. D. G. Heidt, city north of Ander
son street, $16,000; city extension, $5,000.
William Swoll, city north of Anderson
street, $14,350; city extension, SI,BOO. T.
F. Churchill, city extension, $2,000.
The contracts for City Proper and Exten
sion were awarded Captain Wm. Swoll.
Major John Schwarz received the contract
for supplying the Police Barracks with
bread at 3| cents per pound.
For City Printing there were two bids:
Morning News, $600; Savannah Daily
Times $550. The contract was awarded the
Daily Times.
An ordinance amending an ordinance
passed at the last meeting of Council,
granting the Central Railroad the right to
build a track along the wharf front of the
city was passed.
A number of other matters were referred
to the New Board and Council adjourned.
Base Ball Notes.
There is considerable talk going the
rounds among the lovers of the diamond,
‘ regarding the chances of having a first class
nine for the coming season. Although At
lanta, Augusta, Columbus and Macon, have
already formed nines, nothing definite has
been done in the matter in Savannah. There
are a few vague rumors about proposed
nines being made up, and some little corres
pondence has been entered into with parties
in the North, but so far, nothing has been
dine. The Dixies have not disbanded but
seem to be reclining on their oars. It is
suggested that those who feel an interest in
the matter, call a meeting and organize a
stock company, and get a first class nine up
ofsuperior men who will be able to cross
bats with the best in the country. Base ball
has improved much since last season even,
and Savannah is certainly large enough to
sustain a really first class team. It is high
time something were being done in the
matter, and it can only be done by concert
of action. Let the trial be made.
Superior Court
Court convened at 10 a. m , Judge A.
Pratt Adams presiding, and the following
cases were disposed of:
The grand jury returned true bills in the
following cases:
State vs. J ames Hunter. Larceny after
trust.
State vs. Isaac Miller. Assault with in
tent to murder.
State vs. Nora Wilson. Misdemeanor.
The grand jury was then discharged until
i Friday, January 23rd, at 10 o’clock a. m.
1 Albany News and Advertiser: Savan
nah is destined to become wealthy and pros-
1 perous beyond precedent, under the bene
i ficient dispensation of the tariff reform era.
. When Congress strikes the fetters from the
a limbs of trade, Savannah will feel in all her
e business arteries the impulse of a new and
more prosperous life.