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Soommlj VOL. 6.—NO. 31. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. AT HOME AND ABROAD. Disastrous Fire in West Virginia—Fright ful Railway Accident—A Desperate Moonshiner Rumored Fight Be- < tween French and Chinese Force# —The Markets and Other Items. Jersey City, Jan. 30—A frightful rail- 1 road accident occurred this morning on the ' New Jersey Central Railroad, in which a number ot persons were either killed or wounded. As the fast express from Phila- , delphia was approaching Danforth avenue, just after crossing the cemetery bridge, a wheel of one of the forward coiches broke, causing several of the others to leave the ■ track. The derailed cars crashed into a coal 1 train standing on a siding, upsetting the | coal cars and piling up on them in a badly I wrecked condition. At 11 o'clock, thirty seven per-ons in all had been taken from the wreck, more or less badly injured, some it is feared fatally. Others are still in the wreck badly wedged in among broken tim bers, etc., and it is reported several corpses can be seen amidst the debris. OUR RIVERS AND HARBORS. What Mr. Nicholls Proposes to Do for Their Improvement. Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times. Washington, Jan. 30—Representative Nicholls will at the proper time introduce an amendment to the river and harbor bill mw before the House,to appropriate SIO,OOO to provide for building a large dredge boat, to be operated in the harbors of Savannah, Charleston, St. Johns and Fernandina, the object being to facilitate the deepening of the channels at these points. He will also ask to have the appropriation for the Bruns wick harbor increased to $2-5,000, and also provide for a survey of the entrance to Doboy’s Sound. DISASTROUS FIRE Which Threatens to Becoms a Conflagra tion. Wheeling W. Va., Jan. 30.—A fire broke out in the shoe store of Geo. White at Wellsburg, sixteen miles north of th : s city, early this morning, and, owing to in tense cold and absence of any fire extin guishing apparatus, it is spreading on all sides. There is nothing but telephone con nection with the place. The postoffice and a number of other buildings are reported to te in flames, with prospects that the entire i business portion of the town will be de-1 strayed- CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. This Morning’s Work in Both Houses. Washington, Jan. 30—In the House, at the opening this morning, a letter was I read from the Speaker designating Hon J. C. T. Blackburn, of Kentucky, as Speaker ] for this day. Speaker Carlisle’s absence is in consequence of an invitation to Albany to confer wth the President elect. The Chair laid before the Senate a com - I munication from the Secretary of the In - ' terior in relation to an objection on the part of the Creek Indians to pending legis lation for the opening up “to settlement lands in the Indian lerritory. REMARKABLE REVIVAL. Over One Thousand Conversions Report'd. Gallipolis, 0., Jan. 30.—The most re- j markable religious revival ever known here is in progress. One thousand conversions I have been reported. Saloonsand di-reputa ble houses have been closed and business is to a large extent suspended. A Desperado Who Has Committed Num- , erous Murders. Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 30 Riley Pile,, a desperate moonshiner of Pickett county, murdered Deputy Marshal J. McDonald, a ; few weeks go, and two or three days ago he , murdered Jank Davidson, a respected farm , 1 er. McDonald was kill-d white trying to arrest Pile, and Davidson was murdered , while saving his brother, who was threaten ed by Pile for ha ing given certain infor I 1 mation on him. A Preacher in Tumble. Lawrence, Kans, Jan. 30.—Rev. B. F. I ] Elder of the African M. E. Church, was j i bound over yester -av on a charge of illegit mate parents, e. Carrie Anderson, the p complaining witness, is a mulattoe girl 17 j ( yea-s old. 1 , Fire—L >ss, #23,500. i New York, Jan. 30.—At 1:30 o’clock 1 this morning a fi-e at No. 35 West Four teenth street caused the loss of $3,500 to E. D. Bashford & Co., dealers in house ( furnishing goods, and $20,000 to B. Y. Turner, picture dealer. , Couch's Whereabouts. . Arkansas City, Ark., Jan. 30 —Couch and his colonists, returning from Oklahoma, t are encamped on the State line, six miles south of here. General Hatch and command are reported moving toward Caldwell. Train Wreckers Arrested. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 30.—Three men were arrested at Lloyds and two at Darbyville yesterday, charged with causing I recent numerous wrecks on the Florida ' Central Railroad. > LIFE PRESERVER. If you are losing your grip on life, try I Wells’ Health Renewer.” Goes direct to ; weak spots. t SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1885. ATLANTA AFFAIRS. Two Damage Suits Against the Constitu- , tion—Minor Matters. Special Dispatch to the Daily Times. Atlanta, Jan. 30. —Two suits for dama ges were filed in the Superior Court of Ful ton county to-dav, against the Atlanta Con stitution Publishing Company. They are for SIO,OOO each. Last year the Constitu tion published a special from Henderson, j Houston county, stating that Miss Camelia | Perry, of that community, had eloped with her married brother-in-law James T. Grant, i on the day set for her marriage to a young farmer named William E. Till. The pair were overtaken at Hawkinsville, when Grant explained that he was taking the young lady away from an objectionable suitor. Miss Perry and Till have since mar ried, and now Giant sues for SIO,OOO and Till and his wife sue for SIO,OOO. The Con stitution published a statement for the two at the time of the occurrence, aud the pro prietors of the big daily are not very much frightened by this heavy claim for damages. R N. Holtzclaw, of Perry, represents the parti-s who bring the suits. Hon. W. W. Gordon, of Chatham, was among the callers at the Governor’s office yesterday. The report reaches here that Hon. W. O. Tuggle, of Troup, now at Thomasville, is at the point of death from consumption. There is much hope here now that the artesian well will be made a success. New York Stock Market. New York, Jan. 30. —At 1:30 p. m. to dav quotations were : Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Western Union Telegraph Co 58% Pacific Mall 53% Lake Shore Gl l / H Louisville and Nashville 23% Texas Pacific 12% Denver and Rio Grande 8% Michigan Central 5> Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n Bli% Northwestern 89% St. Paul ~- Chlcago, Burlington aud Quincy Ils 1 .; Oregon Transcontinental 11% Northern Pacific 37% Hock Island 1081, Jersey Central 31% Mem phis and Charleston 25% East Tennessee, Va. <S Ga (com) 3 East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 5% Philadelphia and Reading Hi Omaha (com) 25% Omahal(pfd) 86% New York Central 87% Kansas and Texas 15% Erie 12% New York Produce Market. New York, Jan. 30.—Flour opened quiet and easy. Fine grades $2.50a2.82; Su perfine $2 80 <3OO. Wheat, No. 2, red win ter, for February 89. Corn, No. 2, mixed’ for February 50a50jc. Oats, No. 2, mixed, 36} for January. Pork dull. Mess sl3 50 al3 75 Turpentine quiet, at 31c. Rosin dull, strained to good, $1.25al 30. Sugar, j refined, dull; cut loaf 6|; granulated, 63; i confectioners, 6?,; coflee dull, fair Sargoet, 9c ' Chicago 'Change. Chicago, Jan. 30 —Wheat opened weak | and lower. February, 76}; March, 77g. j orn easier; February 351; March 36}af; I April 36, • Oats easier; May, 30}. Lard nominal. Pork lower; March, sl2 17}; May I sl2 35. Bulk meats nominal. Reported Franco-Chinese Fights. Paris, Jan. 30. —A report is current here of a sanguinary engagement between the French and Chinese fleets off Matsop. Prob abilities. Washington, Jan. 30—For the South Atlantic States, warmer weather, followed by increasing cloudiness and local rains; winds generally easterly, falling barometer. He Knew He Wouldn't Make a Liar of Him. A few weeks since an Irishman direct from the old country called upon a well-known Bostonian, presenting letters of introduction from mutual friends in England The Bostonian leceivtd him very cordially and proffered a glass of brandy, which the Irishman drank with a relish. After some further conversation the for eigner said : “Well, Mister X., Oi’ui very much pleas ed wid the new country. It’s a foim: place. I will tell me frierds what a foine land it is and what foine gentlemen y- have in it. I’ll te'l them how foinely ye ir >ted me; how you gave me two glasses < I foine old brandy—” ‘ Bur,” broke in the amused host, ‘‘l haven’t given you Hit one.” “Oh, well, ve wouldn’t make a liar of me to my friends. That Oi know!” Ano.her glass was f rthcoming at Once. she Was Just Too Cute for Anything. It was only about three hours since dinner, but the small boy of the house was hungry and began to “snoop around,” as his mother called it, for “suthin’ to er.” 3 “Ma,” said he, “can I have some of them c-r-a-c -k-e-r-s on the table?” (spelling the word out, but not pronouncing it, as Rilla, the 4 year-old, always wanted whatever the rest h id, and it was thought advisable some times not to let her have it). “Yes, my boy, help yourself if you’re starving,” replied his mother. “Oh, I want one too," said Rilla, as she danced out to the dining-room. Presently she returned minus crackers with a downeast Ipok, and just ready to cry. “What’s the matter, pet?” said her m ithi'r. “I—thought that spelled doughnuts,” said she, and began to sob. Sue got the. doughnut. PRETTY WOMEN. Ladies who would retain freshness and viyacity. Don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health Renewer.” Jay Gould's wonderful yacht will, it is said be most completely and elegantly furnished. Among other useful and indispenslble things ordered for It was a box of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. Idling Piles.”—Symptoms: Moisture Like perspiration, Intense Itching, worse by scratching, most at night, seems as if pin worms were crawling. “Swayne’s Ointment” Is a pleasant, sure cure. A WINTER CARNIVAL. MERRY TIMES IN MONTREAL Thousands of People Present at the Festi vities— A Grand Ice Palace—An Inter national Schedule of Railway Fare* —Unveiling; an Ice Lion—Mag nificent Sights and Scenes— Tobogganing, Skating and Sleighing. I Montreal, Canada, January 30. I The weather to-day has proven favorable for the opening of the third win ter carnival. A rising thermometer yes terday threatened the Wills and foundation of the grand ice palace, but this morning came in brisk and frosty, and all the hill side streets have been throughout the day crowded with residentsaud visitors. There are a great many Americans in town, and their enthusiasm to-night at the sight of the crystal turrets of the ice king’s palace and the shining proportions of the icy lion is very great. Montreal, in fact the entire Canadian Government, has this year made a big bid for Americans and American gold. For the last three days customs officials have been unusually civil and non-inquisi tive. A very cheap international schedule of railroad fares has been arranged, and all efforts have been made to draw a crowd over the border. These efforts have proved particularly successful, and the Windsor and other hotels are crowded to their ut most capacity. Nothing of all the strange surroundings prove more attractive to visitors from the United States than the wondrous glassy hill courses, that by cureful attention have been made ready for the steel runners of the to boggans, and which were thrown open this afternoun. Canadians in their seal coals, and New Yorkers in meltons and chinchil las, have been ever since the opening of the slides, and are at this moment, fighting f>r places on the swift running sleds. Through the level streets bordering thefjotof the ! bills, sleighs merry with silvery bells are making their way. Many of the houses are illuminated. There is music in the prii - cipal hotels. The genuine carnival spirit is abroad in the land, although the cream ot the sport will not begin until to-morrow. Ou Wednesday the storming of the ice-pal ace by an army on snow-shoes, will take place, and there will be the inauguration if the ice condora and a fancy-dress ball al the Victoria Rink on Thursday night. The programme for the week calls for an alm' st continued round of gayety and excitement. Nobody here seems to feel the cold. There is no shivering, and the streets are throng ed with bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked wo men, many of them Americans, who seem i determined to see and enjoy all that is go j ing on. The boulevard to St Helen Island and ■ the Corso on the St Liwrence river were formally inaugurated this afternoon. Sever- I al of the leading members of the East End j Carnival Committee drove across in s'eighs i and the general public followed. It was j noticed that the majority of those enj ying the drive were American visitors who were . charmed with the novelty of crossing over the frozen surface of the mighty river. The boulevard was nicely traced out by means of trees, pathways on either side being marked out for pedestrians. For a distance of four or five bundle 1 yards the roadway had been carefully levelled off, but beyond the Corso considerable lump ice was encountered. The ice was capable of bearing burdens, as dozens of sleighs followed one another in a serpentine trail to the island in quick succession. Several hundred persons thronged the revetment wall to watch the proceedings, while all the sairounding buildings contained their quota of sight seers. As seen from the city the ice-bound island presen'ed a very pleasing appearance the snow-clad hills being literally black with j eople. All the toooggan slides are open and in condition. Tugue Blue slide, on the Mon treal Lacro sc Club grounds, was alive and g'owing with the variegated costumes of many scores of pleasure seekers. The Landsdowne slide evenly divide I the hon its with the Tugue Blue as regards the num bers that were to be seen enjoying them selves on its fur fine tracks. At these two slides strangers, both American arid Cana dian, seemed to be enjoying themselves to the fullest possible extent. To-night all the tobaggan bills are lighted up with electric lamps an 1 are crowded with thous . | ands of visitors. The ice lio i was unveiled this evening. Upwards of t n thousand people witnessed the inauguration The ice palace is partly illuminated and is a magnificent sight. L’he . streets are blocked with all kinds of convey ances and thronged with sightseers in every imaginable costume. Ti.e carnival proper does rot begin until to-morrow night, when the first torchlight procession will take place. STRANGE WORLD THIS And some funny people in it, too. You have all come in contact with some that ire never satisfied. They grumble from morning until night—we heard a man even grumble in bed. That man would grumble at any thing ar.d every thing, without reason; but this week we heard a gentleman grumble with good reason. He bought a suit of clothes and paid a good old fashioned price for it, and, hap pening to co ne into the “ Famous,” he was shown a suit of the same class of goods, and our price was $8 less than he had paid. That gentleman had good rea son to find fault, and grumbled at bis bad luck; but it will be a good lesson to him, and he will buy of the “Famous” □ext time. We are through taking stock, and now comes our annual clearing sale. We will sell you anything in our line at manufacturers’ cost. Our prize system has worked charmingly, and we made dozens of people happy by giving them prizes. We will keep it up. Call, and we will not only give you better goods, cheaper than you can buy any where, but give a prize to every twentieth purchaser in the bargain. “Famous,” 140 Congress street. THE MISSING BONDS Suits Against the Bank of Augusta —Beth- lehem Iron Works Sue for a Special Deposit of #115,000 in Bonds. Augusta Evening News, 29th. The suits against the Bank of Augusta for the recovery of a special deposit and I the discovery of assets, began to day. The first suit is brought by the Bethle- ■ hem Iron Works, of Pennsylvania, which I furnished the iron for the Georgetown and Lanes Railroad, and which holds the no’es 1 j of President A. J. Twiggs for $95,495 71 with interest, endorsed by W. S. Roberts, ■ ’ President of the Bank of Augus'a. To , I secure these notes President Twiggs de posited from time to time the bonds of the ■ Georgetown and Lanes road as collateral, ■ amounting in the aggregate to $145,000. > Instead of sending on these bonds to the , Pennsylvania Company, the Bank of Augusta . sent receipts for their safe keeping as a special deposit, and subject to the order of I the Bethlehem Iron Works. Receipts for > $82,000 of these bonds were signed by W. S. 1 Roberts, President, and the balance by E H. Walton, cashier. These receipts were for ! warded from time to time as the notes f< r i iron, given by Messrs. Twiggs & Walton, were made. They date as far back as 1883 . On the recent suspension of the bank of Augusta the B-thlehem Iron Works made a demand for their special deposit ot bonds ! and they were not found by the assignees I among the assets. The officers of the bank | were called upon by the representatives of [ the claimants and whi'e President Roberts ■ was non committal and reticent, Cashier . Walton gave a statement of the case as long as the bonds were in his keeping and until . taken to New York by the President. Be . tween them.it was ascertained that these bonds, together with the other i . bonds of the Georgetown and Lanes : road, held by the bank as collateral on ; President A. J. Twiggs’ note to the bank, 1 had been taken by President Roberts to . • New York for disposition and sale to meet . j the notes on which they were deposited as ■ collateral. It was also stated that $40,000 , ;of bonds had been placed in New York for . Mr. Roberts’ own debts in the Mechanics . ■ Bank, and that $185,000 were deposited . unsold, in the Bank »f New York. Os these . $105,000 was left for safe keeping And i i there the bonds are still held. f Other assets of the Bank of Augusta are . lin New York or in process of collection . through the Georgia Railroad and Banking > ' Company in this city; and to-day, in order flto get at the assets,’he Bethlehem Iron t | Works, through its attorney, Mr. F. H. Mil ; I ler, brought a suit in tquity against the i Bank of Augusta, Harper & Bro., assignees, the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, , J. B. 1 umining, its attorney, also attorney . fir the 1 ai.k of New York, and others, and . Judge H. C Roney, af.er hearing the bill, ; granted an injunction against tae Georgia . Railroad and ussoiic to ,an 1 solicitor of the Bank of New York from transmitting beyond | the Hurts of the State ■ Georgia any a-sets ,: of the .Bank of Augusta tur ied over t. the . ! Bank of New York. Here the case rests at present, and its de . velopments, while startling, were not alto ; gether unexpected. What further is in store must be awai ed with patience while i the courts take charge of the matter. TO SAVANNAH VIA CHARLESTON. A Singular Shipment from New York. In face of the fact that Savannah possesses ■ unrivaled communication by sea with New ! York in the service of the splendidly i equipped Ocean Steamship Line, it seems somewhat singular to read the following paragraph, which appears in the local columns of the Charleston News and Cou rier of to day, under the caption, “To Savan- ■ nah byway of Charleston.” “A very large and valuable shipment of machinery was made from New York to ! Savannah byway of this city, by the steam ship City of Columbia. The machinery con ; sisted of the complete outfit for a steam dredging machine, and weighed in the ag gregate, 58,000 pounds. It came from the Lidgerwood Manufacturing Comdany, of ■ New York, and was consigned to Messrs. Ross A Sanford, of Savannah. The several > parts of the machinery were carried from Adger'swhirf to the Charleston and Sa vannah Railway depot in the Enterprise Railroad cars, and were there transferred to , the three large platform cars for shipment to Savannah yesterday.” j We cannot understand why such a ship ment should have been made. These goods ' ■ could have been forward-! from New York to Savannah direct by steamer at consider- i i ably less cost and time An Interesting Reminiscense. The following is what, at the time of the writing, the writer and his friends all thought would be his last composition, as he was a Southern spy and doomed to be Lung on the morrow. The original letter was written in the prison at Sandusky City, and is now in the possession of Maj. A. A. Winn, who was a prisoner there at the time. The doomed man was led out to be excuted and the dreaded moment had almost arrived when a reprieve was received and the spy’s life saved. What became of him after wartbis not known, whether he be living or not. The contents of the let'er show the agitatien of the writer : Johnson's Island, Near Sandusky 1 I City, 0., February 11th, 1865. J My Dear Friends: Time is short. Let one letter do for both. Friday is near—only to-morrow —but “God’s will bl done." To hope seems almost ridiculous, but, like a drowning man I catch at every straw. I am (thank God) the same man I was a week ago. Nearness has no effect upon me. Tls only ; going to bed a little earlier to-night, then you all will soon follow. I have done my duty. I I die submissive te God’s will. lam not afraid I to die. “Only tell my young friends and companions when they meet and crowd around to hear my mournful story in the good old Richmond town.” Tell them I died a man, a soldier, with clear conscience, a firm trust in God and ashamed of nothing. I have done. Farewell, my friends. May a long and happy life be yours. Farewell. [Signed] S. Boyer Davis. "■ To Lieutenants Hollingsworth and Golds borough. ACTOR’S SALARIES. THE ACTOR’S SIDE OF THE QUES TION. What Mr. Janies Neill, Savannah's Young Actor Has to Say on the Subject—A 1 Glimpse Behind the Shenes—Why S» Many “Solid” Companies Disband Dramatic Artists Entitled to Good I'ay. In the Kansas City Journal of a late Hate I we find the following letter, from Mr. Jas Neill, the young Savannahian, who has > ; achieved a creditable reputation as an actor. - It will be read with interest. Mr. Nei 1 3 referring to an extended review in the Kan sas City Journal of the present theatrical , i situation, and seeking to explain the present t depression as partially, if not wholly, at , tributableto the alleged high salaries of the C ■ artists composing road combinations, says : “In default of any worthier champion of the much abused actor, let me respectively call your attention to a few mistakes, con . tained in the article referred to, and to pre . I sent a few facts for your consideration. ; “Your premise that an ordinary utility ac • tor demands a salary of from S4O to SSO a week is incorrect. As a matter of fact, util , ity actors never receive more than S3O, and i ‘ in almost every case from S2O to $25, whilst ■ ; the salary of people entrusted with the im- i portant roles, in the average combination, i ■ seldom exceeds sso—in rare cases reaching i S6O and $75. In the cases of leading men ' . and leading women engaged to support ‘stars;’the average is somewhat higher. The popular belief that dramatic people receive enormous salaries attributed to them by the ; press is an outgrowth of professional vanity, which leads the ordinary actor to overs' at i his salary f om 50 to 100 per cent; some go ing so far as to have two contracts made with the manager, one for a moderate com- : pensation under which he “works,” and an- I other, for some fanciful amount, which he ■ uses to impress the unsophisticated with a i sense of his greatness. To cite a case in point: An Atchison daily recently contain ed a complimentary personal notice of a ; professional lady, which concluded with the , I matter-of-fact statement, made with an air of quiet conviction very amusing, that her salary was $l5O a week. Her salary is ac- . trially just one-third that amount. “Another material mistake you make is in . overstating the number of people composing I the average combination. Shook & Collier , and Brooksand Dickson control the largest dramatic organizations on the road, and the . total strength of the largest company is i exactly twenty-two includirg advance] : agents, manager and mechanical force. J “The true reason why so many apparently , I solid companies disband and return to New York is simple. Managers are unwilling to ; ’ stand by th" result of their want of spec Ha 1 , tive judgment as indicated by a successive i number of week’s losses, preferring to dis band, cancel datrs and go back to New , . York regardless of all obligations, to await until a ripe time for another venture. ‘‘Such a step of course throws the poor ictor out of a position, but there is no re dress. “Custom hath made it” in him such a property of easiness that lie does not eve think of protesting usually. He quietly waits for a few more crumbs from the mana gerial table. The injustice of such a pro- , ceeding is well illustrated by the policy oi one managerial firm, which netted in the 1 first two season’s tours of one of their at tractions a sum which amounts to a large fortune. They admit that they have sus tained no actual loss this season with that particular attraction, and yet the members of the companv were called upon some time since to consider a proposition to accept a 20 per cent, reduction of their salaries. It is but fair to add that a wise remonstrance was successful in defeating the measure. Three gentlemen of that company were members of it during the two successful tours, and are still playing their original 1 parts, one at a salary of SSO and the two I others at salaries of $35 each. They parti cipated very modestly in the large profits of the management, and yet they were asked to reduce their salaries tq prevent a wealthy management- from sustaining a va y in i - , ‘ nificant prospective loss. But assuming that leading people in this profession are paid the salaries they are rep resented to receive, in a spirit of debate let me ask, are they really overpai 1 ? By what . i right is the remuneration ot a dramatic p ■ ■ ■ : < fessional to be restricted more than that of a physician, a lawyer or a journalist. The apprenticeship we serve is fully as hard as that undergone by a medical student, a law- 1 yer’s clerk or an aspirant for the honois and t profits of the fourth estate, and the talent developed by an actor’s hard experience, certainly deserves relative financial recogni ! tion. Mr. James O’Neill, Mr. Eben Plympton, Mr. Joseph Wheelock and Mr. Robert Mantell fill relatively the same po sitions occupied by the leading medical, le gal and journalistic talent of this country. Yet what a difference between their yearly receipts and those of Drs. Harr mo id ai d ] Ague, Messrs. Joe Howard, Whitelaw Reid and Charles A. Dana, not Io mention the ■ enormous sums realized from their practices by such men as O’Conor, Conkling and I Evarts. One gentleman of my acquaintance, a j graduate of a military college and of a state university, a man of brilliant parts, many j accomplishments and of splendid physique, I without the drawback of a single cardinal I vice, finding journalism, law and medicine I overcrowded, turned to the drama, and is exerting all the qualities of his soul to reach i the topmost round of dramatic fame. Do j you think that the profession would have j ] received this yaluable acquisition if the re- j i wards of his most persevering efforts were to j be circumscribed by an ultimatum of SIOO, j or, perhaps, S2OO a week ? Is it because salaries are small that men ] of talent are forced immaturely into the rank I of “stars”—stars who, becoming too numer ous, surfeit the public with attractions and . react upon themselves as well as tending to paralyze the whole dramatic field with over production. Pay your leading people good salaries and there will be fewer stars; in : other words fewer companies, and fewer j companies means larger receipts for all; a I smaller contingent of amateur additions and a restoration to healthier business princi- ■ pies. ■ $6 (JO A YE V “It must not be forgotten that a dramatic i season is considered a good one that gives thirty weeks employment—thirty-five weeks is exceptional. For twenty-two weeks the actor remains idle and during that time, as well as throughout the season, he must pro vide for himself and family out of the bal , ance of his salary left from hotel bills, the demands of his wardrobe and personal ex penses. The newspapers argue that the actor must meet the business depression prevailing, but hotel rates remain the same, tailor’s bills are quite as high, and no im portant reduction is mide in the selling prices of commodities in which actors deal. p The prices of admission have not been re duced, and yet we are invited to lower our s j already barely sustaining salaries from 20 ! to 50 per cent, acconjiug to the amount of ' misinformation possessed by the dramatic ' ; critic. The movement to reduce salaries was J inaugurated by the Dramatic Times, or at least first given voice by that paper, a journal which derives its support almost . entirely from the profession, vet it has failed to announce any change in its subscription pri e or advertising rates. It is probable because you have not in vestigated the subject closely, or perhaps because you have been misled by a hurried | acceptance of the ostensible cause of the j difficulty that you have lent yourself to the views you recently advanced. I trust you will not consider it presumptuous in a poor i actor who has many interests at stake to call : your attention mildly and respectfully to I the other side of the question. Believe me, I voice the opinion of the whole acting pro ; session, and the deep convictions of so many , interested persons deserve an earnest con- I sideration. Let me trust that however much you may differ from the view taken by a humble pro fessional, you will at least give me a I courteous hearing. James Neill. MLLE RHEA. Another Delightful Entertainment. [ Last night the theatre was again crowd ]ed with as select an audience as the best j social circles of Savannah coild afford. The play produced was Victor Sardou’s “Ar cadia,” adapted to the American stage. The play is assuredly a most charming one, abounding in interesting situations, and in the bands of the excellent company sup ] porting Mlle. Rhea immediately bounded into the good grices of the entire audience. And Mlle Rhea—well she was well I received the previous evening, but as ] “Helene” last evening she succeeded with i out est irt in captiva i-g her audience so ] entirely that it was with the utmost im patience that the rise of the curtain after each act was ] awaited. The role assumed by her last eve : ning was that of a charming young girl, - innocent of the guiles of the world, in love with a handsome young fellow, ’‘Henri Leverdier," whom sue unconven t.onally and with the most charmine: I naive'e, isks to become her husband. Her I attemp. at figuring up 50,000 francs worth of nous keeping on only 35,000 francs, was quite . m tsing. Mi e Rhea s wirdrobe has ] not been equaled by -ny on the stage this season, and she understands perfectly the art of wearing them to the best advantage. : Her every action indicative of the most careful culture and inspiring all with feel | ings of greatest respect, her motions, poet i ie and graceful, her voice sweet and flexible and possessed of wonderful effect, her soft brown eyes and earnestness in action make it a nutter of little wonder indeed that she is the great success which she is. She plays in Augusta to-night, and Au j gusta will be charmed, as was Savannah. I Gome again among us, Rhea, you will not j be forgotten ever. He Was Not Trying to Steal. Peter Jenkins is a negro man about 45 or 50 years of age employed as a wa'chman at Baker's wood yard on the Ogeechee canal, at the foot of Niw street. This morning about 4 o’c'ock he heard a noise in the stables and taking a lantern and his gun he went on an inv’stigating tour. At first he visited the chickens, thinking probably some one was trying to raise his fine chickens, some dozen of which had already disappeared. Finding no one here, he was about to give up the search when he dis covered i man’s body crouched under the breast of one of the mules and trying to hide himself in the trough. Peter hailed the individual quite a number of times, but elic ited no reply. He then told the hiding mao. if he did not answer him at once, he would immediately give him a through ticket to climb the golden stairs and to impress on the fellow the fact that he m&ant business, he cocked his gun and proceeded to take careful and deliberate aim. This fetched, the would be thief who came rushing out saying, “Fer God’s sake don’t shoo’d Ise your good and true friend Moses Spann!” “Friend or no friend, I am going to take I you to the barracks, and have you locked i up for attempting to steal,” and so Peter j did intend to do, but Moses got away for a ■ short time. However, a warrant was is-tued ■by Magistrate M. Frank Molina, and in a j short time Officer Jas. Adams had Moses | again in custody. Moses said he did not go I there to “steal dem chickens —he wouldn’t i steal no chickens, ’t’want right to steal ‘ chickens—Le jesr went thar to git some I wood. F<-r shore, he wouldn’t do dat for nuffin.” However, an examination of his ] premises were made, and a young pullet was I found in a coop, while the feathers of six others lay scattered >in the yard. Adam Brown, who had to j leave the place because so many things were I stolen from him while he was watchman that i he found the position unremunerative, since he was charged with ail losses, was hunted up and identified the pullet as one stolen : from him, and for which he had to pay. Peter and Adam say they will make it as I uncomfortable for Moses as the law will allow. Peter is a plucky old fellow and de serves notice for his bravery in catching the I fellow, “HOUGH ON PAIN” PLASTER’ Porous and strengthening, improved, the | best for backache, pains in the chest ob tide, rheumatism, neuralgia. 25c. Drug- I gist or mail.