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' ’ ' ' ’— 7--- ■ ... , - „ ■ I I !»■ .II I ■■ Drib iim 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. Dk. J. Bradfield: Dear Sir— We have for the past fifteen years handled your Remedies, both at wholesale and retail, and in no in stance, so far as our knowledge extends, have they failed to give satisfaction. We have sold more of your Regulator than of all the other similar remedies combined. We regard Pry or's Pile Ointment one of the best; and Mother’s Friend we know to be true to its dis tinctive title: “The Mother’s Best Friend.” Yours truly, LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR, Wholesale Druggists, Atlanta, and Macon, Ga Treatise on the Health and Happiness of tfoman mailed free. Bradfield Regulator Co., Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. For latest style fancy percale g Pecoan ihlrts L. Fried’s Is the place. 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. s< » - 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.