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VOL. 6.—NO. 34.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Condition of O’Donovan Rossa —The Pr ss
on His Attempted Assassination—Ar
rest of A. no tilt r Dynamite Suspect in
London—The Centennial of Cot
ton—Ohio Miners Advised
to Resume Various
Items of lut.-rest.
New York, Feb. 3—o’Donovan Rcssa was
sleeping at the hospital this morning, and
surgeons were more inclined to think that
he would recover than they were early in I
evening. The ball has not been found.
Mrs. Yicsult Dudley, who shot O’Dm >-
van Rossa yesterday, was committed to jail
this morning to await the result of his in
juries, which were stated to be slight.
London, Feb. 3—The accident caused by
the news of the attempted assassination of
O’Donavan Rossa continues. The papers
have sold like wild fire all day. Enormous
crowds choke the streets in front of the
bureaus of information.
THE PRESS ON THE ROSSA SHOOTING.
Au Alliance Between England and the
United States Advocated.
New York, Feb. 3.—The World says:
‘‘Rossa has learned that in carrying on a
murderous warfare against England he has
exposed himself to great personal danger,
and that all ‘they that take sword shall
perish by the sword.’ ”
The Tribune says: “In no case is there
likely to be much sympathy for Rcssa.”
London, Feb. 3.—The Pall Mall Gazette
this afternoon, editorially advocates a strong
alliance between the United States and
Great Britain, which could have for its ob°
ject mutual protection against overt acts
committed by citizens of either country.
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.
The General Government tube Asked for
Aid.
New Orleans, Feb. 3.—The State Com
missioners to the Exposition met yesterday
and after discussing a statement submitted
by Director Burke, showing the manage
ment to be $30,000 in debt at the present
time, and there was no hope of further local
aid. They decided to send a delegation to
Washington to ask Congress for an addi
tional appropriation of $500,000 to save the
Exposition from financial failure.
KENTUCKY KU-KI.UX.
Get After the Wrong Man.
Louisville, Ky , Feb. 3. —A band of Ku-
Klux or regulators, in Grayson county, have
of late been going around at night whipping
and otherwise assaulting men who fell under
their ban. Ten of them surrounded the
house of a family named Forbes, last night, |
but Forbes fired on them and drove them
away, killing Jaa.es Salle, one of the regu
lators.
THE CENTENNIAL OF < OTTON
To be Celebrated at New Orleans.
Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 3. —President 1
Morehead, of the Cotton Planter’s Associa
tion, has, by direction of the Executive |
Committee, sent a letter to the Mayor, |
Council, Exchanges and S cial clubs of
New Orleans, urging them to unite their ef
forts to make February 12th a general holi
day. New Orleans proposes celebrating the
Cotton Centennial at the Exposition.
RAT POISON
I
Nearly Kills Twenty-Three Persons.
Omaha, Neb., Feb, 3.—Sunday after
noon twenty-three persons boarding with
Mrs. C. B Moore, were taken violently sick,
and during the evening the doctors, who
were called in, discovered that they had
been made ill by rat poison, which had ac
cidently become mixed with the sugar.
THE FRANCO-CHINESE WAR.
Another Defeat of the Celestials.
Paris, Feb 3- An official despatch from
Admird Courbet t, to the naval department;
this morning, states that the French forces I
under his command, have carried the
Chinese works com tundiug the mines at
Kelung In the attack the French lost 9
killed and 53 wounded. Th-; Chinese 10-. s
is stated to hate been very heavy.
Miners Advised to Accept the Reduction.
Columbus, O, Feb. 3. —The Executive
Board and acting President of the Miners’
Association have is ued an address to the
miners of Ohio outside the Hocking Valley
syndicate advising them to accept the pro
posed reductions in wages, and to go to
work, in order to prevent the syndicate from
u capturing all the contracts for coal, as they
| Will do if they have no competition.
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 3.—Wheat opened firm,
for February 77.; for March 771; for May
82}c. Corn firm, for May 39gc. Oats firm,
26 }c for February. Lard steady, $7.10 for
May. Pork firm, sl2 25 for February; for
March $12.32}. Bulk meats nominal.
CATARRH OF THE BLADDER.
Stinging, irritation, inflamation, all Kid
ney and Urinary Complaints, cured by
Buchu-Paiba.” sl.
Cfean teeth, healthy gums, a pure breath,by
l using Holmes’ Wash and Dentifrice.
’ Nursing sore mouth and ulcers cured by
using Holmes’ Wash. Try it.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1885.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Emory Speer's Confirmation Looked For—
Tae Pr.'gramme in Case His Nomina
tion is Ratified—Personal and Minor
Matters.
Special Dispatch to the Dally Times.
Atlanta, February 3.-It is understood
here that Emory Speer’s confirmation will
occur to day, and the outcome of the matter
is awaited with great interest. It seems to
be pretty well understood that Mr. B. H
Hill, Jr. will succeed Mr. Speer as District
Attorney. Mr. Hill was the law partner of
his father for some years and has been So-
I Heitor of this circuit for several terms, re
' signing last year. He is a lawyer of high
legal attainments, fine common sense and
strict integrity. If Judge McCay is dis
placed it is understood Captain
vV. T. Newman will succeed him.
Captain Newman was City Attorney for
several years and stands beside the foremost
members of the Atlanta bar. If these two
appointments, or others equally good, are
made, there will be a general clearing out of
old stagers in the United States Court House.
Attorney General Anderson has rendered
an opinion as to some of the Justice of the
Peace elections that are mixed up. He
holds that where there was a failure to hold
an election on the regular day there can be
no other election, as a vacancy is not thereby
occasioned, and that the old officer must
hold over until the next regular election.
Captain W. W. Gordon, of Savannah, who
has been in the city several days, left for his
home last night.
Mr. Clark Howell, Mr. Burton Smith and
several other young gentlemen gave a pleas
ant theatre party at DeGive’s, last night, in
honor of Miss Maggie Morton, a charming
young lady, who is visiting Atlanta, from
Athens.
The water in the artesian well has been
rising steadily for several days until it is to
day in 100 feet of the top of the well.
THE NICARAGUAN TREATY.
The President Desirous of Having the
Vote Reconsidered.
Washington, Feb. 3.—lt is understood
that the motion of Senator Edmunds to re
consider the vote by which the Nicaraguan
treaty was refused ratification by the Senate
was in conformity with a desire expressed
by the President to have an opportunity to
submit further information bearing upon
that important international measure. It
is also stated that several of the Senators
who voted against ratification have, upon
further investigation of the subject, ex
p essed an inclination to change their votes
if an opportunity offered. The President
is manifesting a positive interest in this
trei.tr, and the friends of the new adminis-
Ira ion are represented as exhibiting a more
friendly spirit. As far as the Clayton-BuL
wer treaty is concerned, a distinguished mem
ber of 'he Foreign Diplomatic orpssaid to a
correspondent that he th uizht that undue
I importance was given to that subject; that
treaties were not eternal i their application,
aud that the Nicaraguan treaty was, as far
at he could judge, regarded favorably at the
British Legation. In fact Ihe representa
! lives of a l the commercial nations, except
France, took the same view ol it, as it would
be of great advantage to the commerce if
the world and the United States, having a
-traditional disinclination to engage in
j European diplomatic questions, would be
I the proper power to build and control the
i proposed canal. It was suggested that, in
event of the enterprise taking a tangible
form, British capital would be offered in
abundance to carry out the work, for a
guarantee of the United States would place
any corporation or stock company on a
! asis to get all the money they might re
quire.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Feb. 3. —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 49%
Missouri Pacific 9.->c„
Western Union Telegraph Co (id 1 .
Pacific Mail M/4
Lake Shore 62
Louisville aud .Nashville 23%
Texas Pacific 12
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’u .... 91%
Northwestern 90
St. Paul 72%
Chicago, Burling on and Quincy 12'1
Oregon Transcontinental IT.
Northern Pacific 37%
Rock Island 108-lij
Jersey Central 3:%
Memphlsand Charleston 27%
Fast Tennessee, Va. & Ga (coni' 3%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. ipid) 5%
Pnlladelnhiaaml Reading lii%
Omaha (com) 2.5%
"maha ini.-u . 811%
i New York Central 88
Kn .isas auu Texas 15%
I Erie 11%
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 3. —Flour weak and
Unchanged. Wheat, N.. 2 red winter,
i February 88f, March 80}, April 91}. Corn
No. 2 mixed, 49} February, 49} March.
' Oils, No. 2 mixed, 36} February, 35f March.
Pork dull; mess sl2 25a13 60. Mo
i lasses dull, ranging from 40 to 53
according to quality. Turpentine quiet.
Rosin quiet, strained to good, $1 25a1.29f.
Sugar dull, rafined cut loaf, 6|a6|c.; granu
lated 6} Tallow firm, prime city 6}c.
Another Dynamite Suspect Arrested.
London, February 3.—A man named
•fo.dyear, arrested on the charge of being
an accomplice of Cunningham, Was re
manded to jail to-day after a hearing be
fore a magistrate. The evidence showed
him to be a suspicious character, but did not
connect him directly with the dynamiters.
Investigating an Indian Agent.
Billings, Mont, February 3 —The
Board of Trade here are investigating the
course of Indian Agent Armstrong in a
questionable transaction in regard to the
leasing by the Indians of grazing lands to
cattle men.
Probabilities.
Washington, Feb. 3. —For the Sodth
Atlantic States, warmer fair weather, light
southerly to westerly winds.
TWO TERRIBLE DAYS.
A PERILOUS AND DISASTROUS UN
DERTAKING.
An Effort to Cross Through ths Ice in
Northumberland straits—Frightful Ex
perience of Twenty-Two Men iu
Open Boats—The M jorlty of
Them Badly F/oz&u.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 3.1. —The
c of the Times-Star from
' Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island,
writes that paper a thrilling account of the
experiences of 22 men, including 7 passen
gers, who left Cape Travers Wednesday
afternoon in open boats to attempt to make
a crossing through the ice to Cape Termeu
tine, a point on the mainland connecting
the Canadian railway system. Among the
passengers were a Mr. Glidden, of Boston;
Dr. Mclntyre, member of Parliament from
that island, en route to Ottowa; J. A. Mor-
■ rison and W. A. Frazier, representing two
Halifax wholesale houses.
The boats were small, open ones, especial
. Iv built for crossing the ice in the Straits of
Northumberland during winter, and were
manned by the Mautlards, who have c>n
duc ed the winter mail and passenger ser
vice for a generation. They took no pro
visions, nothing but mails, baggage and
compass. Shortly after they left a heavy
, snow storm set in, followed by intense cold,
. and after they had been out over twenty
four hours all hope of their safety had been
given up. Yesterday, however, the ringing
. of church and fire bells and general rej be
ing in this and other cities of the island
. announced their safety.
’ They reached a point known as Argyle,
fifteen miles from Crapan, completely ex
, haiisted after their six hours of terrible
suffering. The majority are badly frozen.
The World correspondent interviewed Mr
Glidden, who was badly nipped by the
frost in hands, face and feet. He said they
d ifted all Wednesday in the ice with the I
thermometer at zero and nothing to eat. To- !
wards evening they made out a lighthouse
in the distance, but were too exhausted to
reach the land. I he storm abated and the
I weather moderated during the nisiht but all
were suflering from hunger and exposure
and the exertions of the day. After mid
1 night the thermometer fell to 16 deg. below
i zero, when the suffering becime intense.
1 Then they decided that all should crowd j
, into two boats, and a fire was made of the
third. 1 his gave temporary relief. The
1 thermometer continued at 16 degrees below
t all the forenoon, and at midday,
s after being out nearly thirty hours, most ol
i them made up their minds that their time
. had come and prepared for what appeared
s to be inevitable. Fifteen or sixteen of the
men had their hands or feet frozen and
5 were completely helpless, while the craving
. of hunger and thirst added to the horrors ol
> the occasion. Nearly all gave up hept and
, resigned themselves to their fate.
At about 2 o’clock, however, one of the j
L old sailors made out land in the distance and ;
. later saw the spire of a church. They knew I
i then that silvation was possible and made
I one supreme and united effort, reaching
shore just as darkness was again setting in,
i most of them more dead than alive. The I
. passengers, unused to such exposure, suflereil
terribly, and had to be carried from the ■
| boats to the houses of the inhabitants, where I
'I the greatest ca e and kindness were shown
A courier was sent to the nearest telegraph .
office, some miles distant, with the news,
. and those who were able to stand the fatigue
. of a journey were brought to Chari ttetown
i during the day.
' FATAL ENDING TO A COIN Tit Y DANCE
> An Aged Fiddler Frozen to Death and His
l Three Companions Badly Frostbitten,
A special dispatch from Hornellsville, N.
Y.,says: Royal Stevens, of Moreyville, Pa
who has played the violin in all the country
dances in that community for nearly forty
, years, started ea-ly Monday morning with
’ a party of five others to return home after a
i dance at Sleight’s tavern, nine miles distant.
, It was bitter co’d. The four had been
drinking heavily all night, aud were
all under the influence of liquor wh en
they left the tavern, and they took
s with them in the sleigh a half
■ gallon demijohn of apple whisky. Two
i hours after the parly had left the team
; t ime back to the tavern on a run, with only :
’ the front bobs of the sleigh attached to
them. Tw” men drove out to see what had I
’ become of th- sleigh load. They met two
of the party, James Malone and William
, Jay, walking in the md toward the tavern.
• They were intoxic'ted, but m naged to say
t mt their horses had run away, and that ore
of their companions, Charles Jay, had
I stopped at a farm house, but they did not
know where the old fiddler was, nor the
’ 'o irth companion, Jerry Ball. The men
fn m the tavern continued on their way, and
a mile from Moreyville found Stevens lying
by the roadside. There were signs of life
. about him, but he was dead before they
reached Moreyville with him. There
were no marks of injury on him, and it is
j supposed that he had frozen to death.
The men who were with hini can give
no account of the runaway. Near where
the old man lay the.ie were marks of
the sleigh being turned around in the road,
1 and the horses’ tracks show that they began
• to run at the top of their speed. The
feet and ears of all four of the men were
' terribly frozen. Charles Jay’s feet will
' have to be amputated. Jerry Ball was not
1 found till late in the day, when he was dis-
• covered in the hay mow of the Moreyville
tavern. He knew nothing of the runaway.
He was badly cut about the head and face,
’ and had eridently been thrown out of the
s sleigh. Four fingers on his right hand
■ were so badly frozen that they were ampu
’ tuteil. Stevens was seventy years old and
’ ; leaves a daughter in comfortable circum
stances. He had never been intemperate.
HE ARTS] PAIN.
1 Palpitation, Dropsical Dizzi
; ness, Indigestion, Headache, Steeple. ■ssnes"
cured by “Wells’ Health Rewswer,”’
SENATOR BAYARD INTERVIEWED.
The New Secretary of th a Navy—The Re
publican H ritage of Evils.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World quotes Senator Bayard as
saying in an interview Friday last:
“The Secretary of the Navy for Mr.
Cleveland’s cabinet should not be a politi
cian. The danger of taking a man from
the navy for Secretary of the Navy is tha:
he will not be impartial in the administra
tion of his office. Both the navy and the
army are full of little rings and clique o , and
it is hard to find a man in either service
who would not be too much influenced by
these. Still we might find a very able and
impartial mechanic I mean more than
handicraftsman; I mean a mechanic in the
great and broad sense of the word. We want
a man to build up the navy and make it an
arm of defense and offense, in which
the country can feel secure, and of which
every citizen will be proud. The record of
the American navy for the last 20 years h»s
been one that no citizen can look upon with
out feelings of the deepest humiliation, anil
indignation, too, for there have been millions
of dollars squandered upon that department
through incompetency, if not dishonesty. If
we are now to have a real navy, a man must
go into the Secretaryship with a system in
view. He must have definite aims and plans,
and to their development he must give his
patient attention. He must undertake his
work unencumbered, unhampered, but with
a single patriotic purpose in mind. He
must go atit as a business man, with common
sense, practical methods. He would have a
large force of capable officers, many of whom
are now absolutely idle. Why can’t we util
ize these? There are docks to build. The
United States navy does not own a single
dock. It does not own a single ordnance
foundry. It cannot cast a single gun. We
must not only have ordnance foundries and
docks, but we must have new coast line de
fenses, new ships and a well-equipped tcr
! pedo service. In the line of expksives there
are great things to be dene. The methods |
of naval warfare have n.dically changed in
20 years, and we have not made even a be- I
ginning at keeping ; ace with the progress
made by other first class nations. The new j
administration will come face to face with ,
the problem of a national navy, and the only
way to solve the problem is to take bold of
ft io a business way, free from political |
■ j ibbery.
“The new administration should be a I
bus nets administration. It will be con
fronted by the gravest difficulties. The I
Repub leans have left us a heritage of I
great evils. They have disposed of nothing. !
They have put off and put off. Their policy
has been one of uninterrupted postpone
ment. They have not. settled the currency
question. They issue a promise to pay, and
take that promise up with another promise
to pay. '1 hey have not settled the silver
question I hey have not removed the j
outrageous wrongs of the tariff. They I
! have done m thing for American ' h'p- I
I ping. . Tuey have leit us the wreck oi a
I navy. The new administration must under
take to dis; ose of the problems arising j
I out of this condition of things. How it !
i shall proceed is a momentous quest n. If j
I it is to be controlled by political ty amy
- such as that which has he'd sway of r-cent
| years, it will soon sink and go to ruin; and
iit ought to. Unless it is to occupy a higher
I ground in this respect than those sdunnis- !
' tratiuns that have recently preceded it, I
want nothing to do with it. I have be<-n
here, and I know how things have been |
done. I have seen the infamies of partisan '
supremacy and greed. If I rightly interpret
the influences by which Mr. Cleveland was
elected, he comes here free from embarrass
ing obligations, and can adopt such a policy
as he, in his own heart and conscience and
good judgment, may hold to the best for the
whole country. His election was not so
much a party triumph of honesty and re
form. He was not elected by Democrats
alone. The 200,000 majority he received
when he was elected Governor of New
York was made up largely of Republicans.
There is a certain powerful and well defined
public sentiment to which he owes alle
giance, and if he is faithful to the prompt
ings of that sentiment he will not submit to
the dictation of the politicians.”
PROUD AND DESTITUTE.
Sad Fate of a Federal Officer.
Milwaukee, Feb. 3. —Brigadier General
j H. M Strong was found yesterday living in
j destitute circumstances, and measures will
ibe taken for his relief. His pride left his
condition uikaown.
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Fired by an Insane Man.
Dover, Del., Feb. 3 This morning
about 1 o’clock the hotel stables of Justice
Lowery, the store of William B. Lowery and
the stables of Dr. Marshall, at Milford,
were totally consumed by fire. Lowery’s
Hotel narrowly escaped. The buildings
■ were set on fife by Frederick Voelker, a
barber, who has become deranged. He
was lofeked up in Dover jail, from
whence he will probably be sent to the in
sane asylum. He was quite a popular man,
being a Mason in good standing, and much
sympathy is expressed for his misfortune.
A Drunken Brute Jumps on His Wife and
Kills Her.
Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 3..—A few days
ago Thomas McDow, of Keensburg, Illinois,
went home drunk jumped on and killed his
wife. Sbe was about to become a mother,
she died on Sunday, McDow has been ar
. rested.
An AHegeid Poet Commits Suicide
Toronto, Ont., Feb. 3.—Potter, the re
i porter, wha won the Caledonian societies’
medal for a poem on Burns, has disappeared.
He is supposed to hive committed suicide
[ because the poem was discovered to be a
, plagiarism.
Hartford. Conn., Nov. 21,1882
“I cheerfully recommend Hunt's [Kidney
and Liver] Remedy. Have suffered from
-• severe kidney troubles and intense pain. I
am entirely relieved by Hunt’s [Kidney and
9 Liver] Remedy.”— Albert W. Handy, Superin
tendent Pratt & Whitney Company.,
THE “NATIONAL GAME.”
INAUGURATION OF A SOUTHERN
BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Clubi From Savannah, Augus’a, Charles
ton, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis and
N-w Orleans, and Other Cities
Splendid Nines to be Put in the
Field—A Fine Season Ex
pected,
For the past two days Mr. T. V. Rhodes,
President of the Clinch Baseball Club and
Athletic Association of Augusta, has been in
the city. Mr. Rhodes is a gentleman of
high social and commercial standing in Au
gusta, and always at the head of any enter- ,
prise benefitting his own, or sister cities <
Mr. Rhodes’ visit here was in the interest o!
the Southern Baseball League, the organiz- ‘
ation of which was commenced in Novem- |
her last, at Montgomery, Ala. This League 1
has Hie recognition and protection of the
National Arbitration Committee, a big '
point in favor of the success of a league ii> '
that it protects a club composing the league
from the annoyance of men employed quit- 1
ting when they have received a salary in
advance. Should a man break a contract
with any club under the protection of this
committee, he is barred from contracting
with any other club or league in the United
States. This is a great protection to a
league, as it generally saves a club SSOO to
S6OO losses during a season. When Mr.
Rhodes left the city last night he carried
papers in his pocket which gives authority
for the statement that Savannah belongs to
ihe Southern Base Ball League, and will
have a nine of first class professionals from
the North with “Fitzgerald” as Captain.
They will play under the name of the ;
Dixies. The other cities belonging to
the Southern League are Augusta,
Charleston, Atlanta, Nashville, Mem
phis and New Orleans. This makes 7
a'ready enlisted and the league has Macon; 1
Columbus, Birmingham, Ala, and Chatta
nooga, Tenn, to select the eighth club from.
j Only 8 clubs can belong to the league. 1
First-class professionals from the North | 1
i will composeall these clubs. In the course ’
of 4or 5 days a meeting will be held, at 1
I which all arrangements for the government :
,of the league for the coming season will be 1
completed. Mr. T. J. Bartley, of New ’
j Orleans, will immediately proceed to make !
up the Savannah 9. The cost of the 9 will
jbe SI,OOO per month, salaries ranging from '
j $65 to $125 being paid. During the season i
j a total of 120 games will be 1
I played by each club belonging to I
i the League. Os these games sixty will be
! played by the home club against the vari- !
ous other nine. o , who will visit each other
by turns. The other sixty games will be
played on the road. While on the road a
club may have the option of accenting 35 i
per cent, of the gate money or $65 guaran- ,
teed. This will be ample to pay all ex
j penses and even more, as each day on the !
| road a game will be played. Special rates | 1
will be secured over all railroads and at the i t
hotels. The Dixies will be here and iu > t
; readiness to play on the first of April. As
j the rules of the League prevent clubs be- '
: longing to it from playing any club j •
| oulside of the Southern League t
I for the championship of the South,
only exhibition games will be p'ayed with 1 1
visiting clubs from the North. Already , 1
dates for games have been fixed with a half i s
dozen of theb;St Western clubs for exhibi- 1 n
tion games between the Island 15th of!]
April. Among these Western clubs may j
be mentioned the Terre Haute, Indianapo- t
lis and Toledo nines, all of whom will play ’
] two days each. After the 15th regular chain
pion games will be played on during the
season, which closes on the 15th of October. ’
The Captain of the Dixies, “Fitz,” is afa '
vorite in Savannah, and his coming back ‘
will be hailed with delight by his many 1
friends. He was telegraphed yesterday and .
offered the captaincy, and as be was anxious
to return here, will immedia ely accept. 1
It is the intention of the League to make ;.
itself a profitable business enterprise, and I
though success should not attend their es- j
forts, temporary discouragement will not |
lessen their ardor or hope for the future. [ j
The principles upon which the League are ;
to be conducted are solid business ones, the
same as those which have proved so success
ful with Northern Leagues, and as this ;
League is in the hands of good, solid busi- I
ness men, there is every reason to believe !
the venture will be doubly successful, both i
as regards the financial portion and the I
establishment of a first-class Siuthern
League, equal in standard of excellence to |
the best in the country.
It is but just to Mr. Rhodes to say that
to him is due, in gieat measure, the singu
lar success attending the effort to organize
this League. He has been on the go con
tinually for several weeks, having visited
each of the cities named above, and com
batted most successfully every obstacle
placed in his path. His efforts have at last
been crowned with success.
As soon as the outcome of the proposed
meeting for the final arrangement is known, I
the Times will furnish the points to its I
readers.
Superior Court.
Court convened to-day at 10 a. tn.
Judge A. Pratt Adams presiding, and the
following proceedings weie had: |
State vs. Thomas H. Roderiue. Embez
zlement. After argument upon a demurrer
filed by the defendant’s counsel, which was
overruled by the Court, the trial of the case
was commenced. Before getting a jury the
defense took the benefit of every strike, 20
in number, and the State took 9 strikes out
of 10. The case then proceeded to trial.
Quite a number of witnesses are in attend
ance and the case will hardly be finished
to-day.
R. Wayne Russell was reappointed a No
tary Public.
Mr. M. Levy,
• The popular young tailor, under the Screven
5 House, left for New York last evening to
1 make his spring purchases. He intends his
stock to be replete with all the choicest
novelties that market affords, and the line
7 to be larger than ever shown in Savannah,
i Those intending to make new spring outfits
I will do well to defer their selections until
] they see his new goods and make a proper
inspection.
$6 00 A YEAR
THE SKIES IN FEBRUARY.
The Planetary Display for the Month.
The planets, with one notable exception,
will not contribute much to the brilliancy
,f the February skies. Mercury is morn
ing star, and consequently invisible to the
sensible portion of mankind who stay in
bed until sunrise. Mercury is invisible
inyhow, except on very rare occasions, so
his position makes no special difference to
anybody.
Mars is evening star until the 11th, when
he reaches conjunction, but he sets so soon
after the sun, and for the rest of the month
gets up such a short time before the sun,
that he remains practically out of sight
during the whole month.
Saturn is the only satisfactory evening
star of the lot. He is well up at sunsst
and shines serenely on until after 3 o’clock
in the morning.
The great planetary spectacle of the
month is Jupiter. He reaches opposition
on the 9th ; that is to say, the earth is in
line between him and the sun, and he
shows us his full face. We are nearer to
him at opposition than at any other point
in his orbit, and of course his brilliance is
at its height. At this time he is most favor
ably situated for telescopic observation, and
he will have as many glasses pointed at him
this month as ever did the most famous
opera singer in her palmiest days. The
latest theories hold that Jupiter is not
cool yet, and is in a semi fluid con
dition —a sort of secondary sun, in fact
some of whose light is inherent. One fact
that supports this theory is that the spots on
his equator Jthan those in forty
degrees of latitude. The ereat planet rises
on the Ist, a little before 7 in the evening.
The exact time of his opposition is
2 o’clock on the morning of the 19th.
February bare'y escapes having no full
moon at all, her next time of reple
tion ensuing only an hour before
midnight of the last day of the month.
If the planets are somewhat remiss in
their behavior during the little month, the
fixed stars more than make up for their ab
senc~. The most glorious constellations and
brightest suns of the systems that do not
acknowledge Old Sol as their lord and mas
ter are now in full view. More than half
the stars of the first magnitude may be
seen any cle<r evening at 9 o’clock. Sirius,
Arcturus, Vega, Frocyon, Betelgense, Al
debaran, Regulus, Castor and Pollux, with
half a dozen others of equal or slightly in
ferior brilliancy, are on exhibition. It is a
good month for amateur star gazers to learn
the position of the leading suns and con
stellations.
The Shooting cf Russa.
Editor Daily Times :—ln justification
of the assertion that th -re are some editors
here more English th: n the English them
selves, I beg leave to enclose you an extract
from an editorial on the shooting of Rossa,
taken from the Morning News of to-day.
While the telegraphic reports put her d wn
as an English woman, animated by Eualish
feeling iu the act she committed, yet this is
the way the News writes it:
“The woman was coot and self-possessed
throughout, and appeared well qualified to
look out for her own interests. Tne natural
conclusion is that the shooting of Rossa had
something to do with Irish troubles, but ex
actly what will be puzzling until an explana
tion is offered. The attack on Phelan, fol
lowed by the attack on Rossa, would seem to
indicate that all is not harmonious among
those of the Irish leaders in this country who
seek to help Ireland by violent, rather than
by peaceful means.”
Never does this American editor use the
word English in connection with this
woman, but, on the contrary, says that “the
attack on Rossa would seem to indicate that
all is not harmonious among those of the
Irish leaders in this country, who look to
help Ireland by violent rather than by
peaceful means.”
What object can the editor of the News
have in try i:.g to make it appear that the
Irish leaders are responsible for this Eng
lish woman’s action, while the British con
sul himself deplores the act as being un
fortunate that Rossa was shot by an English
woman? Now, while we all may condemn
the criminal use of dynamite, equally much
we condemn the persistent efforts of a cer
tain class of men who persistently make it
appear that the Irish are always in fault,
and that the English exercise a great deal of
, consideration in dealing so leniently with
them, and who lose sight cf the fact that if
I there are dynamiters amongst the Irish
j they have been made so by the brutal op
pression of the English government, who,
through her ill begotten laws, has banished
the Irish to the four quarters of the globe,
and starved to death millions that were not
fortunate enough to get clear of her blighting
breath. Do you think it might be possible
that while England has made the dyna
miter, that God in hitj justice may have
permitted the discovery oi dynamite? For
“ye sow the wQffi ye shall reap the
whirlwind,” Respectfully,
C. Ledlie.
A New Anwsthetic Used in Savannah.
In the Medical Record of October 11th
last, Dr. Noyes, under date of Heidleberg,
September 19th, had an interesting article
concerning the new anesthetic discovered
by Koller, of Vienna, which was first made
known at the Opthalmotologic Congress at
Heidleberg, and occasioned considerable
interest among the medical fraternity.
This anesthetic is muriate of cocaine, and
has been in use by the physicians of Savan
nah since November 10th last, about a
month after its discovery was announced.
We learn from some cf our physicians that
its effects are wonderful in the removal of
foreign bodies from the eye, enencleation o.
the eye-ball and the extraction of cataract
It is also used by the medical staff oi ’ e
Savannah Hospital in the Oxtfiction of a
i ball from the arm or for sensitive urethra.
> All these operations are performed without
i causing pain to the patient. It is in reality
t a boon to suffering humanity.
. —Milton Nobles will be greeted by a good
s house on his appearance here Wednesday
1 evening. He is a great favorite in Savan
r nah, aud his new play, “Love and Law,” is
| highly praised.