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VOL. 6.—NO. 22.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
THE U. 8. JUDGE«HIP.
The Georgia Delegation to Oppose Spier.
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Special Dispatch to Savannah Dally Times. f
Washington, Jan. 20. —Emory Speer’s t
nom nation will be presented to the Senate (
this afternoon. Representative Nicholls (
says the Georgia delegation will try and
prevent Speer’s confirmation on the ground ]
that he is unpopular, and is considered <
unfitted for the Judgeship by nine tenths of !
the people of the State.
speer’s name SENT IN. I
The President to-day sent the name of
Emory Speer to the Senate as United
States District Jddge for the Southern Dis- .
trict of Georgia. '
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. ,
Work Done in Both Houses This Morning.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.—1 n the
Senate, Mr. Manders from the Committee ,
on Printing, reported a joint resolution pro- ■
viding for printing the descriptive cata
logue of the Government publications which
was, by unanimous consent, taken up and .
passed. 1
Mr. Bayard offered a bill to provide for 1
an improved system of signal and side lights
for vessels under way, which was referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
In the House, on motion of Mr. Chase, of
Rhode Island, 4 o’clock to-morrow was
set for consideration of the Senate resolu
tions on the death of Senator Anthony.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, from the Com
mittee on Public Lands, reported a bill to
prevent aliens and foreigners from acquiring
titles to or holding lauds in the United
States.
The morning hour having been disposed I
of, Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, moved to go into I
committee of the whole on the Indian ap- !
propriation I ill. This wes resisted by Mr. I
Willis, of Kentucky, who desired considera- ,
tion of the Education bill. The House ,
finally decided to consider the Appropria- |
tion bill.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Various Items from the State Capital.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, Jan. 20. —The United States
Court opened here to-day, Judge Boarman
presiding. The Judge reached the city
yesterday afternoon. Emory Speer, the
District Attorney, is still in Washington,
and Mr. Haight, the Assistant District At
torney, is attending to the business.
Governor McDaniel spent yesterday with
his father at Allatoona. It was the 75th
birthday of the Governor’s father.
Dr. H. H. Carlton, President of the Sen
ate, is spending a few days in Atlanta.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Richardson, a
prominent society lady of Atlanta, who re
sides at 17 Wheat street, was run over by a
runawav horse attached to a dray. She
was knocked down and painfully hurt.
Gov. McDaniel has received a nun her
of letters commending the manner in which
he dealt with the Lockett convict matter.
FEROCIOUS TIGERS KILLED.
Believed to Have Escaped From a Circus.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 20 -Some men
hunting on Black river in a great swamp,
near the South Carolina line, killed a black
tiger six feet long. The animal died hard
after killing two dcgs, and ore of the hun
ters had a narrow escape. Another tiger of
the same species and equal size has beea
killed in Sampson county. It had killed a
cow, several sheep and a colt. It is believed
that these tigers are those which escaped
from Robinson’s circus near Portsmouth,
Va., last autumn.
CARL SCHURZ
Receives Distinguished Honors in North
Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 20.—Carl Schurz
is here, and was yesterday invited to a seat
on the floor of the Senate. Many courtesies
were tendered him by the Governor and
citizens. He returned in the evening and
afterwards attended a reception arranged in
his honor. He goes to Wilmington to-day.
MRS. EDGAR A. POE.
Her Remains Placed by the Side of Her
Husband.
Baltimore, Jan. 20. —The remains of
Edgar Poe’s wife, Virginia Clemm, were
buried at Fordsham, N. C., in 1848. Yes
terday, on the 76th anniversary of Poe’s
birth, her remains were brought here and
deposited beside those of the poet in the
Dutch Presbyterian Church.
THE N. Y. SENATORSHIP.
William M. Evarts Elected
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 20.—Willi m M.
Evarts was to-day elected United States
Senator for the term of six years from
March 4th 1885, in place of Mr. Laphan,
whose term expires. All the Republicans
voted for Evarts, and the Democrats for
Edward Cooper.
Absconded.
San Francisco, Jan. 20.—1 tis rumored
that John McLaughlin, of G. W. Tyler’s
law office, who obtained $25,000 from Gen
eral Barnes, senior counsel for ex-Senator
Sharon in his divorce case by a spurious
agreement, has absconded with the money.
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LABORING MEN.
No Sympathy for Them by the Executive
or the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 20.—Laboring men
have about concluded that the Executive
and the Senate have little sympathy with
them, if they are to judge by the anxiety
exhibited to comply with the measures in
troduced for their benefit. Through Mr
Arthur’s failure to appoint a Chief, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, which was
established by law several months ago,
is yet unorganized, and through the
indifference of the Senate the bill pro
hibiting the importation of foreign labor
under contract, which passed the House of
Representatives on the 19th of last June,
has not been called up in the Senate during
this session. The bill passed the House by
a vote of 102 to 17. It was before the
Senate on July 5, but was postponed to the
second Thursday in December, on motion
of Senator Brown, because the session was
too near its close to discuss the measure as
it deserved. It was not called up on the
second Thursday of December and no at
tempt has since been made to call
it up. Senator Blair, in whose
charge it is, says it can be
called up at any time by a majority vote of
the Senate, but that he has not yet had
what he considered a good opportunity, on
account of the interposition of other bills,
and that he does not desire to move its con
sideration till he has a good prospect of
succeeding. The truth is that while Mr.
Blair and a few other Senators favor the bill
the majority are opposed to it, though they
may not have the courage to vote against it
if it can ever be got before them.
THE NICARAGUA TREATY.
The Efforts to Postpone or Defeat a Rati
fication.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The opponents
[of the Nicaragua treaty have been veiy
j active in the vicini’y of the capital for a
} few days past, and express the opinion that
| the measure will surely fail of ratification
Iby the Senate. Captain Eads, who knows
I that the construction of the canal would
| destroy all chances of his Tehuantepec ship
railway scheme, has been among the most
energetic opponents of the treaty, and he
declares that its defeat was practically as
sured. There are Senators who think a vote
will not be reached this session because of
the general desire of members for debate,
the speeches in every instance being par
ticularly long and exhaustive. The trans
continental railway lines, as well, as the
Panama people, are arrayed against the
Nicaraguan project, and they are bringing
forward every influence in their power to
defeat or postpone a ratification of the
treaty.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 20.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 49%
Missouri Pacific 95%
Western Union Telegraph Co 57%
Pacific Mail 55%
Lake Shore WJ/s
Louisville and Nashville 24
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande
Michigan Central >?,
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 80%
Northwestern Bj%
St. Paul <B%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 118
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific ——
Rock Island W’%
Jersey Central 31%
Memphis and Charleston 28,2
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (corn) •_>%
East Tennessee, Va, & Ga. (pfd) 5
Philadelphia and Reading lb
Omaha (com) 25%
Omaha (pfd) 85
New York Central 8b
Kansas and Texas 18%
Erie 13%
New York Produce Market’
New York, Jan. 20.—Flour dull and un
changed. Wheat for February 91}; March
93§; April 95: May 96}. Corn No. 2
mixed, for January 52; February 50J,March
50. Oats No. 2 mixed, 36} for January;
February 36}. Pork, mess sl3 50. Lard
$7 13 for February; March $7 22. Molas
ses firm, ranging from 40 to 50c. Turpen
tine quiet, 30fa31. Petroleum dull, re
fined in cases, $7 75. Butter steady, i
Western imitation creamery choice, 21a22. ■
Cheese steady; Ohio flats, prime to c oice, |
9jalO. Eggs firm; Western, 30; State, 30a |
31. Sugar dull; relined cut loaf, 6}; gran- !
ulated, 6,}; confectioners’. 6 94at>. Tallow !
steady; prime < itr, 6}. Freights dull: grain |
to Liverpool, 4J. Coffee slerdy; fair car
goes, 9|.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Jan. 20—Wheat opened steady;
February 79 j, March 80j, May 86|. Corn
steady; 38§ for February and March; 41} for
May. Oats steady; 27; for March; 31} for
May. Pork firm; sl2 51} for May. Lard
firm; $6 85 for February; $6 95 for
March.
Accidentally Shot.
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 20—On Lelot’s
plantation nine miles from here yesterday,
one of the Lelot boys was killed by an
elder brother who was shooting with a pistol
at a tree The bullet glanced from the tree
and hit the boy.
Harbers Convention.
Goldsboro, N. C., Jan. 20—A convention
of barbers of the State has just ended its
deliberations here by calling upon the Leg
islature to make apprenticeship a necessary
prerequisite for any one entering the tonso
rial profession.
Bad News from the Exposition.
New York, Jan. 20.—A New Orleans}
dispatch says that the Exposition finances
are in such bad shape that the Exposition !
may be placed in the hands of receivers.
Lynched by Masked Men.
Tyler, Tex., Jan. 20.—A band of masked
men Sunday night, at the village of Lydial,
took Daniel Lutton from a negro’s house
and lynched him.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1885.
THE FROZEN NORTH.
TRAIN IMPRISONED BY SNCW.
I W I
1 A Thousand Men and Twenty Locomo
tives Unable to R- lease it— Terrible
Suffering Among Passengers lce
and Snow Ferry Feet Deep— A
True Story That Reads
Like Fiction.
A correspondent writing from Portland,
Oregon, says: The experience of the pas- i
sengers on the snow-bonnd train on the
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s
Road, is probably without a parallel in this
country. The train became fast in the snow
on December 16,and the efforts of more than
one thousand men, a score of locomotives and
half a dozen snow ploughs have been pow
erless thus far to release it. Snow began
falling on the 16th, accompanied by a high
wind, and before night the Columbia and
Wallamette valleys were completely buried.
The west-bound train of the Northern Paci
fic came along with about J 50 passengers on j
board, and had no great trouble until it |
reached the Dalles, though the suow was
three feet deep. At that poiut a snow I
plough was sent on ahead, and the train '
followed. After leaving Hood river the ’
plough became stalled when about four I
miles the other side of Wyeth, and the }
train was forced to come to a stand. Every j
able-bodied man on the train took a }
shovel, and repeated efforts were made .
to clear the track. The wind was high and
the snow dry, and shoveling was found to
be useless Repeated snow slides from the I
mountains soon convinced the conductor
that there was imminent danger of the |
train being buried, and he backed up to a [
trestle, which had only just been gained |
when a tremendous slide occurred, covering |
the engines and baggage cars almost out ot
sight. The snow storm continued with una- I
bated violence, and the wind, which soon ,
oecarne a hurricaue, was intolerably severe.
With the locomotive covered and the track I
, ahead of and behind them buried to a '
depth of 40 feet in snow and ice, it became :
: evident 'hat a tong siege was at hand. There 1
was little food on the train, and great con
! sternatii.n prevailed for a time, more espe
l j cially among the women aud children, ot i
, j whom there were many.
. . The next morning the conductor sent ;
, | two trainmen to Cascade Locks for food, j
. The distance was eleven miles, and the trip
‘ in the blinding snow and cutting wind was :
f; one of great difficulty. When they arrived
jat their destination the men had much ;
' ' trouble in inducing any one to make the
return journey with them, but they at
, length found men willing to undertake the
, errand, and succeeded in reaching the train
■ the next day at 2p. tn. with several hun- i
dred pounds of provisions on tobogans. In I
the express car were found a tot of jack
rabbits, two quarters of beef and several I
cases of oysters in cans. These were cooxed j
and served along with the other rations, ;
each passenger receiving a regular allow- !
ance twice a day. After this the railroad
company organized exi editions at Cascade
Locks every two or three days to carry food
to the beleaguered train. The provisions
taken were such only as could be packed
easily and were carried on poies, a man at
each end. The sufferings of these messen
gers in making the trip were frequently
terrible. Several of them were overcome
by fatigue and cold, and had to be carried
by their companions.
After this had been going on for a few
■ days the authorities notified the passengers
i that food could not be furnished for so many
‘ in that way, and that all able-bodied men
• would be expected to abandon the train and
set out for Cascade Locks on foot. Twenty
five started the next morning in a driving
suow storm, and all made the Locks that
evening except four, who had to be left at a
farm house. Many suffered from frozen
faces, hands and feet. The next morning
thirty-five more starter 1 , and all made the
journey safely, although some of them were |
in a pitiable condition. The snow was from
five to fifty feet in depth, and much of the j
' way the path lay along hillsides so icy that !
a misstep would have ended at the river far
i below. In seme places the travelers had
j to cut holes in the icy crust for their hands
' and feet, and crawl along with the greatest ;
j care. Some other small parties left the ’
j train afterward. The women and children
I wept pitifully when the men left, fearing
i that they were to be abandoned to starve and ■
! freeze; but the assurance of the conductor,
that they would be safely guarded by the ■
I train bauds and the men who were not :
I thought able to make the trip after a time piq |
i them at ease.
Thus relieved of one-half of the passen
gers the transportation of food became a less
difficult problem. Several times during '
the last two weeks it was thought that the
shovellers and snow ploughs would be able
soon to relieve the train, but just as they ap
peared to be gaining on the snow and ice a
little a fresh storm would set in, and then
things would be worse than before. The
train is surrounded with snow, and the track
at that place for about four miles is covered
in many places to a depth of forty feet with
solid ice. During the high winds the spray
from the numerous falls was blown upon the
tracks, and this, freezing, caused the forma
tion of hills of ice, which could only be re
moved by blasting.
In the cars the passengers made them
selves as comfortable as possible. Thus far
there has been no sickness, though there are
scores of children aboard, and the opportu
nities for exercise are necessarily limited.
When the coal gave out the brakemen went i
out and chopped wood, ‘which was found
near by in abundance. Hundreds of men
have been working on the track with picks
and shovels, and there is now hope that the
blockade will be raised. It has been found
that the only way to make permanent pro
■ gress without destroying the track is to pick
j the ice out in chunks and carry them
away. At first there was plenty
lof whisky and tobacco on the
i train, but when all the travelling
I men’s samples had been consumed the peo
i pie who used these luxuries had. to do with
out, for the men who packed provisions to
the train refused to be loaded with any
thing but necessaries. Although the pros
pect that the train will soon be released is
I now good, it is not forgotten that things
have appeared equally favorable many times
btfore during the pa tl6 days. If we have
no more storms or severe cold it will not
take long to open the road. The passengers
on the train are as cheerful as could be ex
pected,but the experience is one which they
will never forget.
Most of the men who walked to Cascade
Locks continued on to Portland in parties of
10 or 12, also on foot. The distance is 55
1 miles, and much of the route is very dan
gerous. Nearly all of them have arrived
I here in bad condition. A few are laid up
at farm houses on the way. One party took
the railroad track, and by clinging to the
telegraph wires most of the way, the snow
being so deep that they could easily reach
them, they made the trip without much
trouble. The blockade has cost the railroad
company about $5,000 a day for shovelers
and plows, and has caused an entire suspen
sion of business by the Northern Pacific.
Mails now go East by steamer to San Fran
cisco.
THE CHATHAM ARRIVES.
An Unsuccessful Attempt to Stop Her at
Philadelphia.
Baltimore Sun of 19th.
I The new iron steamship Chatham, built I
' by the American Shipbuilding Company of
Philadelphia for the Merchants and Min
ers’ Transportation Company of this city,
\ arrived here at 8 o’clock last night, having
left Philadelphia at an early hour Satur
day morning. The Chatham came in com-
i mand of Captain Wm. A. Hallett, and Mr.
| Wm. Plummer, the assistant to the Presi
i dent of the steamship company, was also
lon board. Dispatches from Philadelphia
say the Chatham left that city surrepti
; tiously to avoid being held by an attach
j ment issued at the instance of Neafie &
j Levy, who built the engines. The Ameri
can Shipbuilding Company, which had the
contract for building the vessel, failed and
j went into the hands of a receiver.
I One of the principal claims against
I the company was that of Neafie &
Levy for $31,000 for the engines.
This firm, had an injunction issued
lon Friday by the Philadelphia Court of
Common Pleas restraining the American
Shipbuilding Company from allowing the
Chatham to leave. The officers of the Mer- ;
'chants and Miners’ Company, however,!
I heard of the order, and as they had had j
the steamer regularly transferred on Thurs
day and had paid for it, they considered
they had nothing to do with [the injuntion
of a Philadelphia court. They theretore
i got up steam and left early Saturday morn
ing. As the men on the wharf of the ship
building company refused to cast off the
lines, those on the steamer cut the hawsers
As soon as they got out of the river they
caught the storm, but the steamer behaved
! nobly. Her commander pr ceeded slowly
j as he did not wish to put the machinery .to
j too much test on the initial trip. A num
l ber of tools and garments belonging to men
! who had beea working on the Chatham on
| Friday were brought along, and will be sent I
back.
The Chatham cost about $300,000, all of i
which has been paid but the bill of Neafie
& Levy, and this the Merchants and Miners’
Transportation Company had guaranteed.
The owners have paid, including Neafie &
Levy’s bill, fully SIO,OOO more for the
steamer than the contract price. The Chat
ham is not quite finished, but will be com
pleted at once and put on the Boston line. |
She will be open for inspection of the direc- j
tors and the press to-day at the Boston
steamship wharf.
In reference to the difficulty in Philadel
phia, Mr. George J. Appold, President of
the Merchants’ and Miners’ Transportation
Company, says the time of the sailing of the
Chatham was advertised in the Philadel
phia papers. The boat was built by the
American Shipbuilding Company, which is
now in the hands of a receiver, for the Mer
chants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com
pany. The company has paid to the Amer
ican Shipbuilding Company all that they
i owe for the building of the vessel, including
several bills assumed by them. Among the
bills is that claimed by Messrs. Neafie &
Levy for putting in the machinery. The
machinery, Mr. Appold says, was not fin
ished in time, which delayed the comple
tion of the boat for about three months.
The American Shipbuilding Company
therefore claimed damages amounting to as
much or more than the bill of the firm who
' put in the engines, etc. The builders,
therefore, requested the Merchants’ and
Miners’ Company to hold the money due
! Messrs. Neafie & Levy until the case as to
the damages was adjudicated. The owners
jof the Chatham, therefore, refused to pay
the bill, as requested, and Mr. Appold says
that is the reason, he supposes, proceedings
. were taken such as reported.
10,000 Pieces of Select Music at Only Ten
Cents per Copy.
What do you think, Music buyers?
Full Sized Sheet Music, printed on heavy
Music Paper, at only Ten Cents Per
Copy. Same Music as is usually sold at
from 30 cents to $1 50 per copy. Vocal
and Instrumental. One thousand subjects
from best composers. Standard Reprints
and popular Copyrights.
What does it mean? Just this. As a
live business house, we propose to furnish
what our patrons want, and to this end we
have secured exclusive control of Evans’
10 Cent Music for several Southern States,
and purchased at one invoice 40,000 copies.
This enormous stock we have for four weeks
past been classifying and putting on our
shelves. It has been a long and weary
i task, but at last we are ready to lay our
hands on any piece call for. Complete
Catalogues of this Music are furnished free
to all Music Buyers. Call or send for them.
We have other surprises in store yet in the
way of cheap Music. Wait for our next
week’s announcements.
Ludden & Bates’ Music House.
N. B.—'When we say 40,000 pieces of
Music at one purchase, we do not mean
4,000 pieces, nor 39,999 pieces either. We
mean precisely 40,000 pieces, and not even
one more or less. It’s a wav we have of
being exact. See?
“ROUGH ON RATS.’’
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ants
oed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. 15c
Druggists.
THE NEGRO VOTE
A PURCHASEABLE COMMODITY.
A Practice of Buying It Discussed—What
a Colored Organ Says ou the Subject-
Degrading to Southern Civiliza
tion—A General Registration
Law the Remedy.
Augusta Evening News.
The Georgia Baptist, published in this
city and edited by Rev. W. J. White, takes
part in the discussion about buying votes
at elections, and places the blame prima
rily and chiefly upon the whites. He
writes forcibly about a matter which is a
disgrace to white and black men alike,
and we republish his editorial below. The
buying of votes by anybody is a foul blot
upon the freedom of the ballot and of con- ’
science, and public opinion should compel
our law makers to give us a State registra
tion law as the only remedy for this crying
1 evil of the times.
i Whether the white or colored people}
l must be chiefly blamed, it is certain that !
the whites must bear a large share of this !
I burden, for if they did not encourage the
negroes to sell themselves, or if they would
unite and stop the purchase of votes, the
remedy would be at hand. Unfortunately |
there are many who will not quit corrupt
practices, and so long as the negro vote is
in the market it will be purchased. For [
these reasons we think a State registration i
law the only remedy, and we call upon i
white and colored men alike to unite in j
compelling the Legislature to provide the
remedy as soon as possible.
The article of the Georgia Baptist on the
subject is as follows:
“At the election of county officers last
week in Richmond county it is claimed that
many colored votes were bought and sold.
A good deal has been said in the Demo- i
cratic papers of Augusta upon the subject
both editorially and by contributors. That
the ballot box should be thus prostituted is [
to be deeply lamented. But it is no new I
thing in Augusta. The practice of buying
votes was in full blast here long years before
the colored man was allowed to vote. It is
within the memory of persons now living i
! that thirty years ago voters were penned !
jup by candidates and their friends in this |
■ city, a day before the election, and '
I marched, after a big breakfast on election
day, to the polls and voted as machines. No
doubt our older citizens will remember the
large sums necessary to purchase the Pinch
Gut and Bloody Six Hundred vote. We
do not mention this in justification of the
practice, but to show that the colored man’s
enfranchisement did not bring with it vote
buying or vote-selling. And, again, we
shall insist that the colored voter is in no }
way responsible for the present deplorable
prostitution of the political franchise. The
sin lies at the door of the white people.
Not only the sin in its practice is
chargeable to the white people, but
j its very conception is the product of
; their fertile brain. The colored man was :
enfranchised by the Republican party
against the most solemn and bitter protest
of Democratic leaders. Coming into the
enjoyment of this high prerogative the col
ored man felt a reverence for the ballot that
would have forever prevented an intention- !
al misuse of it. To him it represented not,
only the sovereignty of his country, but
i his own manhood. This has been
attested by the fact that thousands
!of them have willingly laid down
their lives rather than prostitute their
ballots to personal or selfish purposes. So
long as the colored man thus regarded his
ballot it could not be bought. The white
man understanding this adopted every '
imaginable device to prevent the untram
melled casting of the colored men’s votes as
the expression of their political opinion.
This accomplished it was an easy task to
allure the colored voter with the promise of
some benefit by casting his vote for some man
whose political opinions were different from
h’s own. And again if votes are bought, it
must be by those who have something with
which to buy. Here the white man
comes in again. For instance take the
Ricbm< nd county case and every single
cent of money paid for colored votes
was pulled out of the white man’s
well filled pocket and the vote thus sold
was cast for some white man. The end of
the whole matter is that the elective fran
chise has been terribly debauched, and that
it has been done to elevate white men to i
positions of honor and trust at the behest of
the white people themselves.”
.Cotton Mills Starting Up.
Springfield Republican.
Mills are starting up all around. A large
dealer in wool and cotton who has been
around among manufacturers in this and I
adjoining States says that he finds the
stocks of goods well cleaned up, and a verj ’
hopeful feeling prevailing. Manufacturers
regard prices for raw material as at
the bottom, and see no reason why a
good year for business should not be
enjoyed. Many are laying in large stocks
of cotton and wool at present prices. New
England seems to be exceptionally well
situated. The proportion of idle laborers
is less in this section than in some others
according to the returns made to Bradstreets
Weekly. There will be a considerable
resumption of labor in the next month in
this section wherever it has been suspended
Murderer Executed.
Galway, Jan. 20. —Thomas Parry suf
fered the extreme penalty of the law in the
jail yard here, this morning, for the murder
of Miss Alicia Burns, his sweetheart.
Probabilities.
Washington, Jan. 20. —For the South
Atlantic States partly cloudy weather,
local rains Northerly winds, slight changes
in temperature, falling barometer.
Defaulting Treasurer.
Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 20—A deficiency
of $250,000 has been discovered in the ac
counts of the Treasurer’s office-
Mr. Stephen A. Alpin, Washington, D. C.,
says: “A member of my family having been
troubled for several years with kidney disease
was induced to use your Hunt s [Kidney
and Liver] Remedy, and has been completely
cured.”
$(>OO A .YEVR
LEE’S BIRTHDAY.
Its Enthusiastic CeHbration Yesterday-
Presentation to Major Schwarz.
The 78th anniversary of the birth o
General Robert E. Le?, the Chieftain of the
South, was celebrated by the military of
Savannah yesterday in the usual style.
Although the day was one of the most disa
greeable of the season, the display was bril
liant, the usual number of lady spectators
however, being missed.
At 3 o’clock the companies forming the
brigade marched into South Broad street
and formed into line as follows: First Vol
unteer Regiment, Savannah Volunteer
Guards Battalion, Georgia Military Acad
emy Cadets, Chatham Artillery, Georgia
I Hussars. The parade was through South
Broad, Abercorn, Bay, Bull, and Drayton
streets to the Park Extension.
Along the streets through which the
brigade marched there was quite a crowd of
i spectators. The parade ground was well
; filled with spectators who remained, not
! withstanding the weather. A halt was
l ordered and the regiment drew up on the
western side of the field as soon as the
column had filed inside. The colors were
j then fixed and the remaining columns
passed in review. The brigade being dis
: missed, the companies formed independently
and went through the manual of arms and
field manoeuvres in a graceful and correct
manner. The cadets gave an exhibition
j drill which was up to the standard usually
maintained by this excel’ent corps.
The Guards, accompanied by the
cadets of the Georgia Military
Academy, withdrew from the
field and went to the Oglethorpe Barracks,
where the Guards entertained the cadets.
1 The Georgia Hussars and Chatham Ar
tillery gave a field drill, after which they
returned to their armories and were dis
missed. Altogether the brigade made a
1 magnificent display, and was much admired
Iby all. Colonel Clifford W. Anderson,
acting Brigadier General, wore by his side
the elegant sword presented him at the
Sesqui-Centennial. His staff was well
selected and won the admiration of the
I assemblage.
j After the exercises on the parade ground
had been concluded, the brigade marched
down Abercorn to Jones street, and thence
j to the residence of Maj r John Schwarz, on
the corner of Lincoln street. Here the dis—
( ferent commands were drawn up into as
compact a body as possible, and came to pa
rade rest. Sergeant Major M. Frank Molina
and Lieut. E. C. Gkason came up in a car
riage and stopped immediately in front of
that gentleman’s residence. In response to a
call the gallant Major appeared in the door,
and it was evident to those who saw him.
that he did not know what to look for. A
| large crowd had assembled to see what was
going to take place, and the sidewalks were
lined. Capt. Geo. A. Mercer in behalf of the
companies composing the First Volunteer
Regiment of Georgia, made a speech
in which allusion was made to
Major Schwarz’s career as a
soldier and a man, and refer
ence was made to bis many loving servicts
rendered the regiment, citing among others,
the flag which then wav<d at its head as a
reminder of this fact. He said he could not
frame words into language sufficiently ex
pressive to convey to him the esteem in
which the members of the regiment held
him. He was gratified to say that he had
been selected by the regiment to present, as
a token of regard felt by its members, this
slight testimonial to their worthy Major.
[Here Lieutenant E. C. Gleason held up to
I the gaze of the crowd an elegant tilting
I pitcher of the latest design and finest work
i manship, and “oh! oh!” could be heard pass
ing through the crowd.] Major Schwarz
could scarcely speak but it was evident that
a more genuine response had never been
prepared. He expressed the sincerest thanks
for this testimonial of regard from the
brigade, ami said he would ever treasure it
in his memory. Besides the pitcher
there was a beautiful pair of solid
gold sleeve buttons, with diamond solitaires.
The pitcher is of hammered silver, of the
latest design, hanging over a gold lined
shell. The body of the pitcher bears a
landscape scene. Two beautiful goblets rest
on elephants’ tusks. The base upon which
rested tbe pitcher bore the fohowing in-
I scription: “Major John Schwarz, from the
I Companies composing the First Volunteer
■ Regiment of Georgia, as a token of tlieir
appreciation and esteem, January 19,1885.”
The goblets bore the initials “J. S.”
Sergeant Major M. Frank Molina, Lieu
tenant E. C. Gleason, and First Sergeant A.
B. Collins are to be congratulated on their
finesse in arranging the surprise so nicely
! and quietly.
I The Brigade then marched to the rendez
i vous and were dismissed. At Armory Hall
the Guards gave a hop, at which repre
sentatives from every corps in the city were
present. Major Schwarz was called upon by
the officers of the several commands of the
city, who poured upon him the warmest
congratulations upon his restoration to
health. He entertained all handsomely,
and when the health of the host was drunk,
Colonel Clifford W. Anderson was called on
to respond for him, and did so in a most
charming manner. Col. Wm. Garrard of
the Guards made an eloquent speech in res
ponse to calls. Altogether, the hour
spent in his pleasant home was a most
happy one, and when all withdrew, it was
with wishes for the host’s good health and
continued prosperity.
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If you are losing your grip on life, try
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weak spots.
THE HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH.
Visitors to Savannah, Ga., will find the
Harnett House a comfortable and desirable
stopping place, where the charges are mod
erate, while the uniform excellence of the
table is a subject of general remark-.-Chi
cago National Hotel Reporter.
Two charming little girls were dancing “tho
racket" in the streets. “What makes you so
happy?" asked a gentleman. “Oh! our mas
have thrown away all our horrid medicine,
and we nave only to take Dr. Bull s Cough
Syrup, and that ain't bad at all.”