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VOL. 6.—NO. 53.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST HAPPENINGS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
Singular Death hi a Skating Kink—Two
Hnmilita ed Chinamen Commit Sui
cide—A Proposition to Annex Cer
tain West Virginia Counties to
Pennsylvania—Congressional
Proceedings and General
News Items.
Wheeling, W. VA.,Feb. 25. —A motion
was made in the City Council last evening!
* that every possible effort should be made
to obtain the separation of the
counties of Hancock, Brooke, Ohio
and Marshall, from the State
of West Virginia, and have them attached
permanently to the State of Pennsylvania,
which they physically and naturally belong
to. Had it not been for the active opposi
tion of Attorney General-elect Caldwell, the
motion would have gone though.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Various Items from the State Capital.
Special Corespondence to the Dally Times.
Atlanta, Feb. 24.—C01. Ben Lockett
consummated the treaty yesterday evening
by which he disposed of his interests in the
lease of convicts from the State. He sold
to his partners and others. He will devote
himself to his South Georgia plantation. It
is said that he does not quit the business a
rich man, although he is by no means a
poor one.
Yesterday Mr. Green T. Dood, one of the
most prominent men in Atlanta, was mar
ried to Miss Hennie Chapman, of Dooly
county.
To-day Thomas Collier, a salonnist, was
closed up under a mortgage by Frank M.
Potts, a wholesale liquor dealer.
Yesterday a pretty girl named Lula
Jahncke, 14 years old, was tried on a writ
of lunacy and adjudged insane. She lost her
mind from brain fever.
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Work of Both Houses This Morning.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 25.—1 n the
House to day, Mr. Geddis, of Ohio, from
the Committee on War claims, reported a
bill to pay accounts found due by the Quar
termaster’s office, known as the 4th of July
claims. Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Burns, of Missouri, (this being the
first of the last six days of the session when
motions to suspend the rules are in order,)
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
deficiency appropriation bill.
DOMETTIS DIFFICULTIES.
Lead to a Fatal Affray.
Bonham, Tx., Feb. 25. —About noon yes
terday, J. R. McDonald of Cisco, was shot in
the Tax Collectors office in the court house
here by Tom Paco, his son-in-law. The
ball entered his abdomen, and he cannot
live. A previous difficulty between the
men about a domestic matter caused the
affray.
SINGULAR DEATH.
Man Killed by a Machine Oil can.
Finley, 0., Feb. 25.—Yesterday while
Samuel Gaston, marshal of Forest, south of
this city, was skating in a roller rink in
that town, he fell running the point of a
machine oil can, which he had placed in
his hip pocket, deeply into his heart. He
was taken home and died in a short time
MORTIFIED CHINAMEN.
Having Lost their Cues, Kill Themselves
Bloomington, lLL.,Feb.2s—Two Chinese
laundrymen committed suicide here night
before last by taking a paste of opium and
vinegar. They had cut off their cues while
on a drunken spree, and on recovering their
senses felt so horrified that they killed
themselves.
♦
Officials Impeached.
New Orleans, Feb 25—The Committee
on Public Order submitted last night a
resolution impeaching Recorder Thomas J
Ford for misdemeanor in office, and also
submitted rules for the organization of the
Court of Impeachment.
New York Produce Market.
New York, Feb. 25.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat, No. 2, red winter for
March, 89; do for April 90 38; do for Ma;-
92. Corn No 2, Mixed, for February
52J; do March 50; do April 49}. Oats No.
2 mixed 38§ for February, 36J for March
Pork dull, mess sl4 25. Lard $7 21a7 28.
April 9olasies dull, choice 52. Turpentim
firm at 32. Rusin dull; strained to good.
$1 20al 25. Rice dull; Carolina and Louisi
ana common to fair, 4fas}.
A Conspiracy to Turn the Savannah River
From Its Course.
A syndicate has, we learn, been formed,
whose object it is to force the Savannah
river to run in an opposite direction to that
which it now pursues. The matter is at
tracting very little attention in Savannah,
as the people are <oo busy looking over and
buying our bargains in Gents’, Youth’s and
Boy’s fine Clothing, Overcoats and Furn j
ishing Goods. To prepare for our regu
lar spring opening, to avoid “carrying
over,” we are selling out the remainder of
our Winter Stock of fine Dress and Business
Suits at nominal pricess. Call and satsfy
yourself that we state facts. Such bargains
•re not often offered.
B. H. Levy & Bro.,
189, 191 and 193 Congress street.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1885.
A WAR OF DXNAMITE.
The Fenian Congress in Paris Deciding to
Start a Reign of Terror.
London, Feb. 25—A Paris dispatch to
Reuter’s News Agency gives an account of
the congress of Fenian dynamiters recently
held in that city. An eye witness to the pro
ceedings of the meeting says:;A round a table
were seated eleven delegates to the long
talked-of convention. Two of these repre
sented the Irish Revolutionary party in
Great Britain; three extremists, reported
from the United States of America, two
from Ireland, two from the continent
and two others represented the Irish Invin
cibles. Thirteen Fenians sat behind the
tables against the wall. These were pro
hibited from taking part in the debates. A
Russian Nihilist stood in one corner of the
room, in company with a manufacturer of
dynamite, who was present for the purpose
of arranging a sale of his explosive wares.
Every person present was armed with a re
volver and in readiness to shoot any detec
tives who might interfere with the proceed
ings of the convention.
The meeting was called to order by a man
who was called Kin), but whose real name
is John Morrissey, a native of County Car
low, Ireland. He referred to the past work
and future achievements of dynamite and
invited the delegates present to discuss
means which would lead to the end of
England's evil government of Ireland. The
remarks of the chairman were greeted with
cries of “Down with England !” "‘Long live
dynamite I”
Patrick Corcoran made a speech, in which
he detailed at length what he described as
the crimes and tyrannies of England. He
proposed a resolution to the effect that this
congress, considering that England has
thrown down the glove, accepts the challenge
and defies her, and, taking all the entailed
risks, resolves to punish England. The
resolution advises action by pursuing the
dynamite war on an extended scale and
more vigorous means, and to cause explo
sions not only in London but in all the
towns and villages in England.
Corcoran warmly supported this resolu
tion. Several delegates pleaded in favor of
innocent women and children, declaring
that by making a general war of the de
scription recounted in the resolution the
dynamiters would lose the sympathy ol
mtnkind.
The point taken by some of the speakers
w<s : “We are not warring against the Eng
lish people, but against the British Gov
ernment. Therefore it is the better policy
tn attack only the vessels cf the British
navy, the barracks and arsenals.” These
modified counsels did not prevail, and it
was then proposed to effect a fusion of the
dynamiters and the Invincibles, but this
was frustrated by a telegram received from
“Number One.”
James McDermott, the informer, was
again condemned to death by a solemn reso
lution of the congress. It was also decided
to dispatch two members of the dynamite
factions who are acquainted with military
tactics to the camp of El Mahdi, who it is
proposed to instruct in the use of the new
dynamite connon invention, the manufac
turer of which was present and who is ex
pecting heavy orders from the Mahdi.
EDMUNDS’ MORMON LAW.
Ex-Delegate Cannon Delares it Worse
Than a Failure.
Chicago, Feb. 24.—Hon. George Q
Cannon, of Salt Lake City, ex-Delegate to
Congress, arrived from the West Saturday.
He says the state of things existing in
Utah under the operation of the Edmunds
law have never before existel in the United
States.
He warmly condemned the system of
espionage which he said was followed by
the government, a system, under which, he
understood, rewards were privately offered
for the conviction of Mormons. Mr. Can
non denied the truth of the rumor that the
Mormon ß intended to abandon Ulah. From
the new administration the Mormons ex
pect nothing. Cleveland tjiey do not know,
and his policy toward them they cannot
foreshadow.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Feb. 25.—At 1:30 p. m to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific -IS 1 ,
Missouri Pacific
Western Union Telegraph Co 59%
Pacific Mail 55%
Lake Shore 67
Louisville and Nashville 29%
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande; 9
Michigan Central 63
Delaware, Lackawanna, & West’n 103%
Northwestern 95'
St. Paul 73%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 121%
Oregon Transcontinental 14
Northern Pacific 42%
Rock Island 113%
Jersey Central 39%
Memphis and Charleston 36
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 3%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) 6%
Phil idelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (com) ~ 28%
Omaha (pfd) 89%
New York Central
Kansas and Texas 16%
Erie ;i3%
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, Feb. 25.—Wheat dull, heavy
and lower at 82$ for May. Corn firm but
lower at 87} for March; 44J for May. Oats
firm and unchanged at 40| for May. Pork
lower, sl2 70 for May. Lard firm at $7 02}
for May, Bulk meats unchanged.
Probabilities.
Washington, Feb. 25.—For the South
Atlantic States, local rains followed by
clearing weather, with winds generally from
Southwest to Northwest, slight fall in tem
perature on the coast and nearly stationary
temperature in the interior, generally higher
barometer.
Illness of an Ex-Congressman.
New York, Feb 25.—Ex Congressman
S. B. Chittenden is very ill of pneumonia
at his residence in Brooklyn. His recovery
is doubtful.
THE INAUGURATION.
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR
THE EVENT.
Washington Presenting a Holiday Ap
pearance-Streets Crowded and Milita
ry Ari ay on all Sides—Enormous
Rents For Windows From Which
to See th • Show—The Largest
Crowd Ever Seen in the
Capital City Expected.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 23.—For three
days past Washington has borne a striking
resemblance to New Orleans during Carnival
week. The streets have been crowded to
suffocation, everywhere the gleam of mili
tary array catches the eye, and hardly a mo
ment has passed without hearing the sound
of trumpets and of drums. The parade
yesterday was very handsome. Penn
sylvania avenue is peculiarly adapted
to such displays, being slightly broader lhan
Canal streei, without a neutral ground to
break its expanse. To-night Willard’s
Hotel is thronged with brilliant uniforms,
and in the grand ante-room to the refectory
the band of the Salem (Mass.) Cadets is
giving a concert pour prendre conge. All
doors are thrown open, so that the loungers
in the rotunda and the billiard room, as
well as the guests themselves, can hear the
music. During the evening the band play
ed Dixie, and were uproariously cheered
By to-morrow night the military visitors
will all nave cleared out and the city be
quiet again, gathering itself for the still
greater tumult of the 4th of March.
Preparations for the inauguration are pro
gressing briskly. The roof of the Pension
building is complete and satisfactory. The
floor is nearly finished and the decoration
begins to-morrow. The heating and light
ing ..pparatuses are thorough. Promenade
music will be furnished by the Marine
Bind and dancing music by the Germania
O chestra, from Philadelphia, 100 strong.
! Some idea of the interest and expectation
I entertained by the public may be gathered
I from the character of the inquiry for win
dows along the avenue from which to see
[ the procession One front room at the cor-
I ner of Tenth street brought $l5O. Asm ill
I projecting balcony on the second floor,
I capable of accommodating six persons,
brought SSO, and so on all along. Consider
i ing that the avenue is one mile long from
the Capitol to the Treasury, and that every
window above the ground floor will be
rented, the amount derived from that
source would be a handsome fortune for
I even an extravagant man.
It is now assured that inauguration day
will assemble here the largest crowd ever
seen in Washington.
BURNED TO DEATH.
An Old Lady’s Terrible Accident Alone
in Her Room.
Baltimore, Feb. 24—A day or two since
a' 6 o’clock Mr. Timothy Collins, residing at
20 East Monument street, as is his daily cus
tom, entered the room of his aged aunt,
| Mrs. Anna Boulden, in the second
I story to call her. He was horrified at the
| sight of the old lady’s form half recum
| bent cn the side of the bed, wi h
| the feet nearly touching the floor. A slight
odor of smoke greeted him, and, on advan
cing to the bed, he discovered a hole burned
in the floor and a charred stick of wood
under the bed. One glance showed that
the old lady was dead the lower part of
her her thro it and her face being
burned.
Coroner Hill was promptly notified and a
jury summoned. The jury after viewin g
the remains held an inquest.
The evidence elicited at the inquest was
substantially as follows : Mrs. Boulden, who
was eighty-six years of age, and in very
feeble health, occupied the second-story
back room in which she kept a large cooking
stove, on which she prepared her meals.
Hir nephews, Timothy and John Collins,
occupied the house. At eleven o’clock at
night Timothy looked in his aunt’s room
and found her apparently in her usual
health. Bidding her good night, he re
tired. This morning previous to going to
work, he discovered his aunt dead as already
stated. He perceived a faint odor of smoke
during the night, but did not pay any atten
tion to it, as the old lady was in the habit of
making tea at night. The jury, on hearing
the above testimony and similar
evidence from other inmates, rendered
a verdict that ihe deceased accidently burn
ed herself to death. It is supposed that
during the night she starred to build a fire
and accidentally ignited her clothes. Her
very feeble condition pr bably prevented
her from making any ouicry, and the flames,
burnit g and stiff .-eating her speed'ly, caused
her death
A New Idea in Theatrical Performances.
The Charlotte Observer thus speaks of
Dickson’s Sketch Club that fills an engage
ment here on Friday night at the Savannah
Theatre:
“We do not believe we miss the. mark
when we say that a better entertainment
was never given in our opera house than that
presented last night by Dickson’s Sketch
Club. It presents a new idea in
theatrical performances and an eminent
ly successful one. The first part
is devoted to the presentation of a
touching little drama called ‘Editha’s
Burglar,’ one of the prettiest plays we have
seen. Following this comes a two-act
comedy, full of bright, witty dialogues,
comical situations and opera burlesque.
Mr, Gus Thomas, in his various ‘poses,’ was
ex-ellent. Frank David Is a splendid
comedian. Edgar Smith is also a fine one.
Miss Nellie Page, Miss Sidney Haven and
Miss Della Fox, the female members of the
troupe, are all artists of high merit. There
was not a poor character in the play. It
was a great success, and we most cordially
Indorse it as such.” ‘
“ROUGH ON COUGHS.”
Ask for “Rough on Coughs.” for Coughs
colds, Sore Throat, Hoareness. Troches
15c. Liquid, 25c
MISS MACKAY’S TROUSSEAU.
A Rich But Simple Wedding Dress—Some
of the Presents.
Galigani’s Messenger (of Paris), in its is
sue of Feb. 5, has the following: The
trousseau of Miss Mackay has ;been shown
io very few persons, but for beauty of mate
rial, elegance of design and perfect fitness
and appropriateness to its future wearer has
seldom been approached in the annals of
Parisian toilets. To begin with the cloaks
and wraps of various kinds, we signalize
first a long cloak in sealskin lined through
out with the white silky fleece of the As
trakhan sheep. Another in the same style
is in dark stamped velvet, figured with col
ored roses and lined throughout with chau
dron silk. A third is in seal-brown p lush>
lined with satin of the same hue, out ao
lighter shade. But we speedily desert the
cioaks ams wraps in favor of the toilets,
which are as lovely as they are numerous.
The wedding dress itself is noticeable for its
simplicity no less than for its richness. It
is in heavy ivory-white satin, embroidered
pure white silk, with bands of orange blos
soms. The skirt is made with a draped
front and a long train, ihe latter bordered
with embroidery, and the skirt front is fin
ished with a fringe of orange blossoms and
buds, and is caught np at one side with a
spray of the same flowers, a cluster
of which closes the corsage at
ihe throat. The corsage itself is finished
down the front with an embroidered
band of orange blossoms. A small diadem
wreath will confine the veil of tulle. No
jewels nor lace will mar the simple rich
ness of the toilet. One of the court dresses is
also in white satin. It is entirely covered
with the finest point a I’aiguille, the under
skirt and train being formed of ample dra
peries of this excellent lace confined with
white satin ribbons. The corsage has a vest
composed of folds of the same lace. Another
court dress is in white faille, the skirt front
being embroidered with marguerites in
white silk, with centres of silver beads. The
train is bordered with a band of the same ,
embroidery. A court dress in pale blue faille I
has the skirt front also embroidered in
daisies, but in pale blue chenille, I
the corsage being bordered with I
daisies, and a collar of the same blossoms i
being arranged to wear around the throat. I
The daisy being the name of the flower i
of Queen Marguerite, of Italy, it is consid- i
ered as a special c mpliment to her to in- I
troduce this blossom info the trimmings
and decorations ot the toilets to be worn at
her court. For the civil marriage there
has been proposed « costume in electric
gray ottomane, with skirt front and vest in
a passementerie of the same hue, enriched
with beads Another very tasteful walking
costume is in seal brown ottomane, with a
velvet vest and skirt front of a slightly
darker shade, embroidered with a pattern
of filberts, with stemi and foliage, in seal
brown silk. This design is at once novel
aid artistic.
Tne evening dresses are nearly all in sos t
graceful material, such as crepe de Chine
and Sicilienne, white and crevette pink be
ing the colors most favored. A dress in
white Sicilienne has the overskirt dotted
all over with pearl beads, 'The und ■ skirt
is cut in deep scallops, finished esch with
rows of pearl beads. The white crepe de
Chine has a short full-draped overskirt, the
underskirt being covered with narrow
flounces of superb Valenciennes lace. An
exquisite dinner dress in pink and white
striped silk, brocaded with tiny flowers in
their natural hues, is made in the Watteau
style,and is trimmed with pink ribbons and
with ruffles of Valenciennes lace. Another
dinner dress is in coquelicot velvet, the
skirt plaited in wide flat-box plaits from
waist to hem, and having a detachable
train lined with satin. The low-necked j
corsage is bordered around the top with !
superb Venetian point, and the high-necked ,
corsage is trimmed with equally ruperb
antique po’nt d’Alecon. Some of the walk
ing dresses in dark green, seal brown, or
black faille or ottomane, have vests of
antique embroidary, in gold and colors, on
a cream white ground. The morning dresses
are extremely beautiful and tasteful. One
is in chaudron plush, lined throughout with
satin of the same hue; another in Pedin silk, •
in stripes of pearl satin and tea-rose faille,
trimmed with white lace and pale pink
satin ribbons, and another is steel gray
cashmere, with vest of scarlet surah. One
in cream white cashmere is embroidered in
colors in the mediaeval style; it is made
with a matinee, and is elaborately trimmed I
with lace and ribbons. The lingerie is of '
the finest cambric, adorned with hand em
broidery and with Valenciennes lace.
The parure of diamonds presented to the
future Princess Colonna by her parents in
cludes a long spray, or rather garland, for
the hair, of fern leaves, which can aleo be
worn on the corsage; solitaire earrings,
porte-bonheur bracelets, a comb surmounted
with a row of diamond leaves, and a neck
lace of great beauty and elegance of design.
This last named ornament is comprised of a
band formed of two rows of diamonds to
encircle the throat, and from which |fall the
three rows of diamond leaves. With this
set is a pair of earrings, each formed of a
large and perfect ruby set in diamonds. Mrs.
Mackay has also presented her daughter
with a superb parure of pearls. The neck
lace and bracelets are of five strings each,
the pearls at regular intervals, with dia
mond bars. The earrings are very large
and beautiful single pearls set in diamonds.
The dressing case for traveling is in
Russian leather, the fittings in cut crystal,
with tops of dead silver, bearing the bride’s
monogram in gold, the brushes, etc., being
in ivory, with a corresponding monogram.
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Wholesale Druggists, Atlanta, and Macon, Ga
Treatise on the Health and Happiness of
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MACON MATTERS.
The City Stirred Up to Fever Heat—let.
dignant Citizens With Hands on Their
Pistol Pockets, Looking for One
Brown.
Special Corespondence to the Dtily Times.
Macon, Feb. 24.—1 f there ever was a
place s'irred up to fever heat it certainlv is
Macon to-day. The cause of the commo
tion has been an article t£)at made its ap
pearance in the Cincinnati Enquirer, under
the signature of “Sherwood,” in which pro
minent gentlemen of the place were mali
ciously scandalized, with not a single vestige
of truth in it. The article is simply hor
rible. Citizens have been scouring the
city all day with hands in their pistol
pockets, looking for the wretch that fur
nished the information. In the afternoon
the excitement had worked to intensity, one
thousand of the papers had been sent to
Macon for sale, and went like wildfire.
The parties interested in the article are
I offering large rewards for the author of it.
I His name is Fred W. Brown, and he has
■ sure’-y done Macon up to a crisp. Where
|he secured his facts has been a mystery.
The informant is supposed to be a young
man of the city, who was seen with him on
the streets. The young man has been
handed around pretty lively, and has been
called on by more than one of the irate
parties interested, who have demanded his
knowledge of the matter. To-night the
sensation is the theme of conversation, it
being discussed in the church, at the the
atre, skating rink, council chamber
and fireside. Telegrams have been
flying thick and fast, and if
money will bring him back, he will be apt
to come. One gentleman said he would
spend five hundred dollars or secure him.
To- norrow the city papers will contain
strong editorials condemning the article.
In the meantime, the people are laying in
wait for the man that wrote the article.
Wynton
GQ SIP ABOUT THE WAR.
Items of Interest Concerning the Opera- |
lions in the Soudan.
The Army and Navy Gazette says that
a march through the desert with the kamsin
b lowing will insure to the English forces the
fate of the army of Cambyses. Under in
structions from Lord Wolseley the Admi
ralty has given orlers for the construction
of a large nun her of steam launches and
cutters, designed to be taken to pieces
and conveyed with General Graham’s ex
pedition from Suakim to Berber. Their
armaments will include rifled mortars, guns
and rockets. They are to be manned by
the Naval Brigade and are to be used in
operations on the Nile against Berber and
i Khartoum. Several similar boats will be
| sent by camel transportation over the Ka-
I rosko Desert to General Brackenbury. It
I is estimated that a broad gauge railroad
from Suakim to Berber will cost about
£3,000,000 and require nine months for its
construction.
It is feared that General Buller’s retreat
upon Gakdul will be attended with heavy
losses. Water is scarce, the camels are
dying from exhaustion and the amount of
ammunition is limited. If the Mahdi’s
advance should be accelerated the fate of
General Buller’s entire force will be im
periled
General Sir Thomas Steele, commander
of the forces in Ireland, reports to the gov
ernment against any reduction in the num
ber of troops in that country and protests
that it will be necessary to increase rather
than diminish them. English militia will
replace the troops that have gone to Egypt-
Mr. Pearce, the correspondent of the
London Daily News with General Buller, is
missing. Lord Wolsely, at the request of
several newspapers, has appointed officers to
act as correspondents. The cost of special
correspondence is increasing. It is now
necessary to keep special correspondents at
Korti and Gakdul, with General Bracker.-
bury’s column, and at Suakim.
Russia and France are backing the Sultan
of Turkey against Italy. The Porte’s prep
arations to mobilize the fleet for the purpose
of sending an expedition to Massowah have
been checked. This is reported to be due
to a warning from England that the Turkish
fleet would not be permitted to enter the
Suez Canal. Owing to the attitude of Tur
key the Italian Government holds in readi
• ness for embarkation a full corps d’armee.
A Narrow Escape From the Legislature.
Newnan Independent.
Jim Murphy, a member of the Legisla
ture, boarded a Wabash train headed for
Springfield Monday. Just as he was taking
his seat he saw Pat Donnigan, one of his
old chums, sitting in a seat with Deputy-
Sheriff Brown.
“Hello, Pat!” said. Murphy, “are you going
to Springfield to attend the Legislature?”
“Not this toime, Jem.”
“Why not?”
“My constituents concluded Oi was too
honist to go to the Legislature, so Oi got an
appointment.”
“Got an appointment? I don’t under
stand.”
“Well, as Oi was sayin’, twelve av moi
constituents debated the matther, an’ some
av thim wuz in favor of sindin’ me to the
Legislature, but when they found that Oi
had only stolen a pig they commuted moi
sintince to wanyare in the pinitinshary. Oi
wuz afeared Oi would hev to go upwid yez,
Jem!”
Locating Her.
First Philadelphian—“That was a re
markably beautiful girl you were dancing
with last night. Know her?”
Second Philadelphian—“No; she’s a
stranger here. 1 was introduced by the mas
ter of ceremonies. I should like to know
something about her.”
First P.—“ Couldn’t you find out where
she belongs ?”
Second P.—“No; I tried to ascertain that
but she was extremely reserved, evaded
social subjects, seemed inclined to discuss
science and art and said something about
the protoplasm of the—■”
First P.—“ Protoplasm 1 That settles it.
She’s from Boston.”
S6OO AYE 1R
ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN GONE.
Death ot Mr. Calvin L. Gilbert Thia mornS
ing.
This morning aoout 9 o’clock the report
of the death of one of the oldest citizens of
Savannah was confirmed by the closing of
the store of C. L. Gilbert & Co., with the?
announcement of the death of the senior
member of the firm, Mr. Calvin L. Gilbert.
Mr. Gilbert’s death took place this morn
ing 8 o’clock, at his residence, on the
corner of Hall and Howard streets, near
Whitaker. He came in and laid down ob
bis bed a few moments before 8 o’clock, and
in a little while had passed away quietly,
and without a struggle.
Mr. Gilbert had been in a
State of declining health for the past three
or four years, and had taken no active part
in the management of his business house.
On account of the absence of his nephew,
Mr. C. M Gilbert, who left for New York
last night, but who will probibly return to
night, the arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been perfected, though it will prob
ably take place to-morrow afternoon.
Mr. Gilbert was 67 years of age, and was
born at Ludlow, Vt. He came to Savannah in
1840, and began business here as a clerk
in the establishment of Mr. H. J. Gilbert.
In 1855 he went into business for himself,
the firm being Gilbert & Tilden, grocers,
and their place of business being on Market
square. In 1859 the firm was dissolved and
he carried on the business successfully until
1868, when it removed to the present loca
tion on the bay, the firm name becoming C.
L. Gilbert & Co., since when it has
not changed. Mr. Gilbert has lived
in Savannah almost half a century,
and although quiet and unassuming
in both public and private life he was al
ways known as a man of fine qualities and
the highest sense of honor. He was a mem
ber, and prompt and regular attendant, of
the Independent Presbyterian church for
many years. He leaves a wife, two sons
and a daughter, besides many warm friends
to mourn his less.
THE ICE QUESTION.
Letter from Henry Bayer & Son on the
Subject.
Charleston, S. C-, Feb. 24, 1885.
Editor Savannah Daily Times:—We
have noted the interview had by your re
porter with a number of your merchants,
as published in your issue of the 23d inst.,
upon the ice supply, and beg to say in
answer to the objections raised to your re—
porterjby tome of the interviewed, that we
do not seek to gain a foothold in your city
with a view of “combining” to raise prices,
but, on the contrary, we propose to take
contracts for the season at the fixed price
advertised by us, and under no circum
stances to exceed them. As to the objec
tion that the “local companies would im
mediately cut prices also,” we have only to ,
remark that if we shall be the means of
compelling a reduction of local prices, we
ought in reason to be encouraged for so
doing, and not repudiated. But is
it not very certain that the local
reduction will only last while we
are in the field, and that if
we are not supported by the people,in whoso
behalf we are moving, the exorbitant local
prices will at once be re-established. The
question really is whether the people of
'avannah desire to be secured in their
supply of ice during the entire season at
prices nearly 100 per cent cheaper than
they nave been paying for the same, or
whether they will choose to profit by the
very temporary forced reduction which
may be adopted by the opposition for the
purpose of crushing us out of the field.
Very Respectfully,
Henry Bayer & Son,
, Proprietors Eureka Ice House.
Ihe Mahdi’s Biithplace.
New York Times.
The town of Dongola, on the upper Nile?
lately made memorable by the long and
still unexplained delay of General Wol
seley’s army in its advance upon Khartoum,
has another and stronger claim to renown
as the birthplace of the Mahdi himself.
Situated on a low, flat peninsula jutting
out into the river, it is decidedly
picturesque at a distance, with its
tall, white, spear pointed minarets
standing up against the deep blue sky and
its feathery palms overshadowing the flat
roofed, narrow windowed, fortresslike
houses, which overlook the swift, smooth,
coffee brown stream of the Nile. But on
entering the city the filth and disorder
characteristic of all Arab towns become
glaringly apparent, while the high, blank
walls that surround the numerous gardens
give to the whole place a sombre, pri
sonlike aspect. Many of the clumsy
Arab boats and rafts used on tbe river
Nile are built here, and among the na
tive carpenters thus employed, the self
styled Mohammedan Messiah formerly
worked under his own name of Mahmoud
Ahmed, although it would seem that he too,
like O’Donovan Rosea and company, has
since found the pretense of “a great public
mission” more profitable than honest every
day labor. Immediately to the north of
Dongola lies the long, narrow, wedge-shaped
island of Argo, several miles in length, ven
erated by the natives as the scene of one of
those terms of prophetic seclusion which the
Mahdi has copied from his name-sake and
prototype, Mohammed.
THE HOPE OF THE NATION.
Children slow in development, unyp
scrawny and delicate use “Wells’ Health
i Benewer.”
Hoarseness, Sore Throat and Croup cured
by gargling the Throat with Holmes’ Wasa
Dentifrice.
To be convinced call around and see L.
i Fried’s before making your purchases eIM
; where, as the price and quality ot goods eel. s
1 itself.
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t Ulcerated Sore Throat cured by using
Holmes’ Mouth Wash and Dentnilce. Gar
gle or mop the throat two or three times
• daily until cured. If too strong, dilute with
water to suit.