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VOL. 6.—NO. 61.
THE CABINET.
ALL THE NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED
A Democratic Commissioner of Pensions—
Grant’s Commission as a General of the
Army Signed—A Youthful Murder
ess iu Virginia—Murder of a Dt p
uty Sheriff in Texas—Death of
Aguero, the Cuban Revo
lutionist—Latest Mar-
ket Quotations.
Washington, D. C., March 6 —The
Senate, in Executive Session, to-dy con
firmed all the of Cabinet officers, and im
mediately adjourned until Monday.
THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST OFFICIAL
ACT.
He Signs Grant’s Commission as a Retired
General.
Special Dispatch Daily/fimes.
Washington, March 6. —President
Cleveland to-day signed the erm mission of
General Grant as a General on the retired
Isst of the army. This was his first official
act, after signing the Cabinet nominations.
BRILLIANT EVENT
In Mexican S cial Circles.
Laredo, Mexico, March 6. —Gen. ' F 're
vino, commander of the army in northern
Mexico, air.ved in Laredo from Monterey
yesterday. The object of the General’s visit
is to consummate arrangements for his
forthcoming marriage with Miss Guada
loupe daughter of Senor
Zambrano, partner of ex-Gox. Madro,
and one of the wealthiest merchants
of Northern Mexico. Miss Zambrano is
one the most beautiful and accomplished
daughters of Muevo Leon. In consequence
of the wealth and social standing of the con
tracting parties the nuptial ceremony will
be one of the most brilliant events that has
ever taken place in Northern Mexico.
A CHILD MURDERESS
Strikes and Kills Her Couisiu With a
Shovel.
Scottsville, Va., March <3.—Meiville
Barnett, aged seven, was found dead in fin
outhouse a few days ago, and as he had been
practicing circus acts, it was thought he had
been killed by a fall. Yesterday, however,
his cousin, eight years old, a child of David
Cooper, confessed that she had struck and
killed Me ville with a shovel. It had been
her habit to whip and abuse him when he
displeased her, and ne was afraid to resist.
AGUERO THE REVOLUTIONIST
Hacked to Death by Machettes.
Key west, Fla, March 6 —Havana news
papers describe the death of the revolution
ist Aguero, as having occurred on the eve
nig of March 2d. at Prendez pastures, in
an encounter of his band with a Spanish
force, commanded by Lieut. Lono and Sergt.
Zamora, aided by the civil guard®. Aquero
was hacked to pieces with macbettes.
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 6.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat, No. 2, red winter, for
March, 89|; for April, 90g; for May, 92
Corn, No. 2, mixed, for March, 51|; for
April, 50| bid. Oat®, No. 2, mixed, for
March, 38; for April, 37,J. Rye and barley,
nominal. Pork dull, sl3 50»13 75. Lard
$7 18a7 19 for March; $7 24a'' 25 for April.
Molasses steady; New Orleans grade,s4o (52.
Turpentine steady at 32. Rosin dul';
strained to good, $120a1.25. Petroleum
dull; refined, in cases. 9JaIOJ. Butte-,
Western imitation creamery, choice, 241
26. Sugar dull; refiaed cut loaf, 6f;
granulated, 6ja6 3 16. Cheese dull; Ob.o
flat; prime tto choice lOjrll. Eggs
firmer; State, 26|a26. Rice nominal.
Tallow steady; prime city, 6 3-16. Freights
dull; grain to Liverpool, by ateamer, 21.
Coffee dull; fair cargoes.
Mediation Wanted In Illinois.
Washington, D. 0, March 6.-Wm R.
Morrison, of IPinoi®, is here for the pur
pose, it is said, of consulting with prominent
Democrats as to wh< ther some plan cannot
be devised by which the President can har
monize the warring members of the 11l nfs
Legislature.
Deputy Sheriff Shot.
Marquette, Mich, March 6.—John
Kehe, Deputy Sheriff, was fatally shot in
Negaunee, last evening. He was trying to
arrest Pa'ftck Benan, whin the latter re
sist'd.
Probabilities.
Washington. March 6. —For the South
Atlantic States, fair weather; northeastieriy,
shifting to warmer westerly winds.
The Mudir of Kassala.
The Mudir of Kassala is a sort-ly tiiel
man. He has been besieged by the Mahdi’s
forces for nearly nine mouths, and, as if this
were not enough, he has had a number of
wild beasls in captivity thrown upon li is
hands by the death of their owner. The
trade in animals for menageries and
zoological gardens has developed greatly
<f late years, the Soudan and Nubia being
the main hunting grounds. One of the
principal providers of wild animals for show
was a Jew of Vienna named Kohn, who has
brought to Europe at various times from
Nubia a large number of lions, giraffes, ante
lopes and ostriches. He had collected a
number of these shortly before Kassala was
invested, and had them in the town at the
time of the attack by the rebels. After a
short time he died, at the age of 72, and
history has not yet recorded what became of
the beasts.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
A Domestic Sensation—Lecture by Captain
Harry Jackson—Georgia Day at
the Exposition.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Atlanta, March 6. —A few months ago,
Edward C. Purtell and his wife, Mrs. Sarah
J. Purtell, filed suits against each other in
the Superior Court here. Mrs. Purtell sued
for a divorce, and Purtell sued for ab' ut
$15,000 worth of property, which was in his
wife’s name, but which he said had been
purchased with his money. Purtell is a
worthless fellow, while his wife is a very
pushing proprietor of an elegant boarding
house. Pending the litigation, Purtell left
the State, and several days ago, while in
Alabama, signed an affidavit to the effect
that the allegations in his bill were false,and
ordering the suit against his wife dismissed.
Things passed on quietly untill night before
last, when Purtell turned up at his wife’s
house, drunk, cussed out the boarders, and
raised Cain generally. His app a - ance in
the house created a sensation, and his wifi
will probably put him in the jug, if he turns
up again and repeats his exploits.,
Last night Captain Harry Jackson de
livered at the Chamber of Comrner ea
brilliant and interesting memorial ad. res.®
on the life of Major B. E. Crane, late Presi
dent of the Chamber. A large company of
the friends of M> jor Crane assembled to
hear the address. The Chamber will begin
receiving dispatches to-morrow, and will be
regular o; etied at 11 o’clock.
Three of the professional base ballists have
arrived, and the grounds are being put in
shape for a game at an early day.
Mr. Bacon is doing all he can to work up
interest in Georgia day, the 24th, at New
Orleans.
THE EX-PRESIDENT
To Practice Law in New York.
New York, March 6.-Ex President
Arthur will return to this city and practice
law, and a letter addressed to him at tbe
Mutual Insurance Building,on Nassau street,
will not go far astray. Magnificent law
offices in that building for his use and that
of his firm are now nearly completed. Presi
dent Winston, of the Mutual Company, is a
warm friend of Mr. Arthur, and he has been
holding that office for hia use for nearly a
year, refusing all offers for it, though the
lease of it does not begin till May 1.
It is understood that it is the retired
President’s intention to settle down to the
quiet practice of his profession, not appear
ing personally in a court room, as it is not
considered in good taste to do so, but to act
as counsellor and assume general charge of
the office business of the firm. He was for
merly a member of the firm of Arthur,
Knevals & Ransom. On taking the oath
of office he severed his connection with th
firm.
It is presumed that he will now return to
the old alliance, though Mr, Knevals said
that this had not been fully decided upon.
At the Mutual Building it is fully under
stood that Mr. Arthur will occupy the
roc ms leased to this firm. The offices are
on the fourth floor and on the Liberty
street corner. They adjo.n the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce on the one side
and Benjamin Fowler on the other. The
offices are fitted up magnificently in mahog
any and cherry, and will be lighted by
electricity. Besides a general rocm there
will be three private offices.
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 6—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 48%
MissouriJPaclflc 91%
Western Union Telegraph Co ""
Pacific Mail 61%
Lake Shore fit
Louisville and Nashville 32%
Texas Pacific 13%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central !62%
Delaware. Lackawanna & West n 105%
Northwestern 93%
St. Paul 74%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 120%
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 43%
Rock Island 113%
Jersey Central 38%
.Memphis and Charleston 12
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 24%
East Tennessee, Va. <St Ga. (pfd) 7%
Philadelphia and Reading 17
Ugnaha(com) 25%
Ohiaba (pfd) 85%
New York < ’entral 89%
Kansas and Texas 18%
Drie 13%
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 6. —Opening: Wheat
-:tv:dy and a trifle higher; May, 82J. Cora
firm and higher; Apri l , 38|; May, 42J.
Orts ste dy and unchanged; May, 31J.
Pori: higher and excited; May, sl2 .'2J.
Lard higher and firm; May, $7 20; June,
$7 10. Ribs beiter; inquiry at a slight
advance; May, $6 37|.
Iron Manufacture.
New York Tribune.
There are indications of a much better
feeling, and increased orders have enabled
many concerns to start work which have
te n idle for a time. It is repoited at
Philadelphia that many puddling and heat
ing furnaces will also start this week, and
there are reports that the blowing in of
several furnaces will soon increase the make
of pig iron. An advance in nails has been
effected, based upon the conclusion that no
large stocks exist any where, and there will
be extensive building in the spring. It is
admitted,even by the least sanguine, that
the winter consumption has been so
much larger than usual as to indi
cate an unusual amount of building for the
season. In sheet-iron, also, more employ
ment is reported than for any previous
week this year and prices are more steady.
Steel-rail makers do not yet find buyers of
large lots ready to meet their views, but
signs of improvement in other branches of
the iron business would soon induce pur
chasers to offer better terms. It is to be no
ticed that the improvement is more general
in the establishments of the Eastern States
near the coast, though marked increase of
orders and work is also reported in North
ern Ohio.
Hoarseness, Pore Throat and Croup cured
by gargling the Throat with Holmes’ Wash
Dentifr.ee.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1885.
A COWHIDING AFFAIR
WHICH AGITATED WASHINGTON
SOCIETY TO ITS DEPTHS.
Oue of the Closing Scenes of the Old
Administration—An Affront Offered
to a Lady in a Theatre—A Chal
lenge Declined, but a Horse
whip Substituted for Pistols —
The Offender Receives a
Well-Merited Thrash
ing.
Washington, March 6. —A few days ago
Washington society was agitated over a
scandal of unusually interesting and ani
mated developments, beginning with a dis
graceful scene at a leading theatre, develop
ing into negotiations for a duel, and culmi
nating in a horsewhipping of a very serious
character, by daylight, in oue of the most |
fashionable portions of the city. The j
participants in the affair are Albert D
Gihon, son of Medical Director Gihon, of
the navy, and William A. L. Gresham, a
War Dep.irt.ment c erk and a distant
relative of ex Secretary Gresham. The
parties more remotely interested are Messrs.
Hub. T. Smith, of the War Departmen’,
and William Kufl, of a city bank, as friend
of Gresham ; Mr. Remus Foster, if the
Land Office as a friend of Gihon, and two
well known and dktim-ble ladies, who
accompanied Mr. Gresham to the opera on
last Tuesday, when the trouble arose.
Between the acts of the opera, Gihon
went to where Gresham and the ladies were
seated and asked permission to introduce a I
friend. One of the ladies objected to a
introduction in so public a place, and finally I
asked Gihon, who, according to oue version i
of the story, was acting offensively, to return :
to his seat. Gihon complied; but when
the party were leaving the theatre he was i
standing where they must pass, and as they !
■ did so, turned to his friend and said, “She is i
evidently no lady.” Gresham interpreted I
the remark as reflecting upon one of his
' companions, and was about to resent it, I
1 when Gihon’s friend, Mr. Foster, offered an |
1 apology for his companion s actiou, and i
denied that the remark was applied to the
' lady. Subsequently Gresham, referring to
the affair, said that Gihon had apologized.
When the latter heard this he retorted in a
■ note that he never had and never would
apologize, and that no one was authorize!
to apologize for him.
Grisham then sent word to Gihon that he
proposed to chastise him on sight or at any
place that he would designate. Gihon re
plied that he would meet Gresham with
pistols. Gresham responded that he pro
posed to thrash Gihon, and not to meet him
in a duel. At this stage of the proceeding
a local paper published the story re
fleeting upon the character of one of the
ladies involved, and quoting Gihon as say
ing that Gresham was afraid to fight a d'.el
The printed statement hastened toe climax,
and Grisham, with his friends, Smith
and Ruff, took a carriage and drove out
to the vicinity of Gihon’s residence. Over
taking the latter near his home, Greshao
alighted from the vehicle, and with a raw
hide administered a terrible chastisement to
Gihon, lacerating his face and neck, and
drawing the blood by cut after cut as Gihon
retreated homeward. An immense crowd
gathered. Young Gihon’s sister appeared
ai d added to the excitement by her horror
and fear, anc Gresham and his friends made j
their departure in the carriage, but subsi- ;
quently went to a station house and left
collateral for their apperance.
MACON MATTERS.
Death of a Prominent Citizen—Matrimo
nial—Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar—
i General Mention.
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' Special Corespondence to the Daily Timer.
; Macon, Ga , March 5, 1885. —Hor.
Newt. T. J< hnson, a prominent citizen of
this city, died this morning of consumption.
' He had been very feeble for about two
years, and on the Ist of January, 1885, he
i voluntarily retired from business. For
’ about fifteen years he was a member of the
: wholesale grocery house of Jaques & John
son, and frem 1882 ft' 1885 was a prominent
and influential member of the City Council.
Mr, Jack Jon®, son of Col. H. H. Jones,
formerly of the Telegraph and Me- senger
editorial staff, was married this afternoon
to Miss Ida Rogers, at the residence cf her
father, Capt. C. H. R gers, in Vineville.
All Macon is proud that President Cleve
land hass-lecfed me of her old citizens,
Hon. L. Q. ?. Lamar, as -i member of his
Cabinet, lie read law in this city, and is
highly esteemed by all our people. He has
many relatives here.
Passenger train No. 51 on the Central
from Savannah came in three hours and a
half late’to-night on account of a disabled
engine. When at Midville, Ga., this
■ afternoon, one of the flues < f the boiler
suddenly gave way and allowed all the
water therein to escape. Conductor Young
promptly telegraphed for another engine,
which was sent from Wadley.
Macon will soon he very beautiful. The
city council are having trees put out on
many cf the residence streets and a larger
park is tc be laid out in front of Mount De
Sales Academy, which crowns one of the
prettiest elevations in the city.
Harold.
AD< mocratic Commissioner ot Pensions
Titusville, Pa, March 6 —From private
information received here, it is believed
that Congressman A. J. Warner, of Ohio,
will be made Commissioner of Pensions, i £
an atonement for his exclusion from t ’ne
■ Cabinet. Mr. Warner has been Chairman
of i he House Committee on Pensions.
KIN DISEASES—SWAYNE’S OIN.TMENT
“Swayne’s Ointment” cures Tetter, Balt
Rheum, Ringworms, Sores, Pim-ji e s Eezem
no matter how obstinate or lor g standing.
WOMEN AS DRUMMERS.
R asons Why They Cannot go on the Roml
and Compete With Men.
New York Mall and Express.
“lhe women are beginning to follow
nearly all the occupations pursued by men,”
said the proprietor of an employment agency
uptown. “I have women registered for em
ployment to canvass for books, to solicit for
alvertis ments and to canvass for life insu
rance companies, but, strange to say, i o
one has expressed a willingness to go on the
road as a general drummer for a large mer
cantile house. I expect it to come, though
very soon. The indications point that way,
now. Nearly 30,000 women are idle in New
York to-day. Some of them have talent
and energy enough to make successful
drummers, I feel sure.”
“They have women drummers in Eng
land, wuy not in America?” asked a re
port! r.
I “Well, the reason is plain. So many
1 avenues to make a living in the United
States are open to women they naturally
shrink from an occupation that would keep
them traveling alone constantly and meet
ing men of all kinds and dealing with them.
A woman with energy and talent enough to
become a successful drummer, would prefer
'to lecture or become a book agent. A mer
chant, as a general rule, is marritd and set
tled. A woman, then, cannot call her
charms in to aid ter much in getting mer
cbatits o buy. As a book canvasser, she
cm tackle the blushing young bache
lor and the susc ptible young man,
and get a subscriber on her beauty
or winning ways. No single man
would dare to refuse a pretty or charming
woman. Not so the married merchant.
He has to buy and sell again, and purchase
every seaion. His bills amount to thou
' sands, too, and he watches for close competi
i tion to get bargains, for it means many
| hundreds perhaps saved to him. With a
I woman he would not like to speak cf cheap
offers made by other traveling drummers,
I and ask for rebates and reductions. To save
this trouble he merely says he does not
: wish to buy. That settles Mrs. Woman
Drummer right there. Could or would a
I woman drummer, you think, adopt the
! methods of the typical drummer now on the
road ? Let us see his programme. He
j arrives at the town, puts up at the
i best hotel, and kindly consents to
drink with the landloid and tell
him how glad he was to leave Smith’s
hash-house at the next town in order to get
to his hotel. Makes arrangemems with him
to play a little draw p ker after the mer
chants have been visit d. He goes to see a
merchant; a®ks him to ci me around and see
his samples on exhibition at the hotel.
Merchant refuses. He asks tbe merchant to
drink; they do; they smoke cigars; the
drummer swears he can discount the figures
of the other drummer the merchant has
been buying from. A dispute ari.-es and
several hours are consumed in drinking,
talking and smoking; the result is merchant
bnvs a bill to te> the discount pr mi-ed.
Would a wiman do that? Not mu :i, I
think. Now, it is plain why women ate
drummers.
“In England a few are traveling for com
mercial houses, but they simply go to places
where a trade has already been estai> .slud
and take orders. They do not work up any
new business. Here in the United States
drummers must not only see to old custom
ers every lime, but work up new ones
Their success depends on it. The old cus
tomer is liable to be persuaded to buy from
the discount drummer, who talks and drinks
i for hours. Commercial houses know these
I facts too well, and that is why women are
| not employed in that capacity.
“A line must be drawn somewhere, and
the very n-iture of the business debars them
at once. There are plenty of womtn in
New York to-day plucky enough to go on
the road, but they are wise enough, also, to
foresee the result. A large life insurance
company employs a woman to canvass for
policit s among women only. They inform
me that thus far the trial has given
eminent proofs cf the fitness of one
good talking woman to get others of her
sex to insure their lives. The company
will shortly put seven or eight on the road
in ditierent States. If there should ever be
an American woman drummer with the re
quisite qualities and the irrepressible per
tinacity and lordly assumption of the aver
age male drummer, then I will say the time
has come to let women vote and enter the
prize ring as sluggers.”
Romance and Reality.
The real estate of the late Owen O'Con
nor, in New York, estimated at $1,900,000
in value, was advertised to be sold yesterday
in order for a division of proceeds among
the heirs. Mr. O’Connor was a native of
Ireland. Oue day, when he had acquired
money enough to reach America, he kissed
his children g< od-by and sailed for Halifax,
Nova Scotia. Arriving there about 1830, he
had a small fortune—s 37 10 in our money.
He wanted to reach the United States, which
to him was far away. While hesitating
whither to go or where to turn, the thought
occurred to him that Providence would opt n
away for him to reach the United States.
Then he went down to the water
front. With the sum named his first
speculation was to purchase a cargo of
Scrap-iron, and, with money advanced by a
skipper, he went to Boston as supercargo.
There the iron was sold at a big profit. A
year or two later he arrived in New York,
speculated and labored at various callings
and lived frugally. After accumulating
some money he made ventures in real
estate, investing first in tenement-house
property, nearly all of which he subse
quently sold and. with the proceeds pur
chased hotel i/ropertv to be improved. In
his habits erf life Mr. O’Connor was ex
tremely eccentric, and often he was seen on
Breadway and other crowded streets in his
shirt-sleeves, with a lighted “duhdeen” in
b.is mouth, as happy as any other million
aire. Mr. O’Conuor lived to be united
with his children left in Ireland.
CATARRH OF TBE BLADDER.
Stinging, irritation, inflamation, all Kid
ney and Urinary Complaints, cured by
u hu-Paiba.” sl.
If you want a good fitting shirt, elite
White or fancy L. Fried.
WESTERN PRODUCE.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATD N AL
READY MAKING ITSELF FELT.
Bulls and Bears About Equally Divided-
Wheat Active and Excited—The Beers
Have Logic ou Their side, but ihe
Market Advances Never<hel ss—
Corn Strong—T.ade . n Pjovl
s oas Also Improving.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Chicago, March 6.—The wheat marke
on ’Change is active and excited The
bulls and bears are about equally divided
Mose Fraley, George Eldredge and Nat
Jones are the most conspicuous seller®, and
Field, Lindley and Charlie Hancock the
most prominent buyers. Roach is also a
large bujer, and on every sag doubles up
A. 11. Bliss talks very bullish, but does not
purchase much grain. The small-room
traders generally follow the bear side, and
the outlook for higher prices is not consid
ered very encouraging. Even the bulls
acknowledge that their hopes are based
mainly on accidents. Entire lack of out
side orders shows that the numerous coun
trymen who have been margining up on a
few thousand bushels are pretty well frozen
out and taking time to recuperate. The
stuff continues to pile up. and it will not be
long now before holders must consider how
they will get clear of their loads before
the new crop covers them up. Wheat also I
received a severe blow in the news that |
arrangements are in progress for shipj ing
the iu'.k of the surplus of the Paciuc
Slope to Europe via the Southern route to
New Orleans. If these be perfected, it is
thought there will be a sharper competition
next summer than ever before, and that
there will be a larger stock of old wheat at
the beginning of the succeeding harvest than
ever before. Yet these very arguments have
caused “short” lines to be put out sufficien’
to make the feeling very nervous, whi e the
fact that English consols have reached a |
lower point than for years, and that tbe
winter wheat acreage has been reduced one i
fifth to oue quarter, induces “longs” to cling I
on in hi,pts of get ing out even at last
Many, too, while looking for lower prices
ultimately, expect to see a rally first.
“Everybody, of course, knows that wheat
is going down to 70 cents, and perhaps,
kwer,” said Lindblow to-night. “I never
knew everybody to be right-on the market,
and I have to remain in the ranks of the
foolish minority, whose long experierce has j
unfitted them for selling wheat below 80 I
cents. Still, I don’t see anything to buy it j
on. It’s a mystery who owns it all now—the
country does not.”
D. W. Irwin also says: “There are many i
arguments in favor of very low prices, but it [
may prove that speculation has already j
discounted the facts in driving our marke:s !
down very near to the bottom touched last I
December, which was only reached under
fear that the country was going to ‘eternal ;
smash.’ ”
Corn rules strong under the influence of a |
good shipping demand, and the expectation I .
that receipts will decrease in the next few
days. Present receipts, too, are disappoint
ing to many who had calculated on several I
days averaging about a thousand cars after | 1
the snow blockade was over. The last j j
1 crop was good enough in quality to hold ; ;
over into next season, and huw much is held 1
back by the grower will depend on the !
price. At present he has not committed I'
himself, the selling of futures so far having I
been done mostly by speculators.
Trade iu provisions is considerably larger
than recently. Packers are selling and the
crowd buying. Jones seems to bs about the
only bear of importance, other large traders
being afraid to sell short.
Vanderbilt Retiring From Wall Street.
New York World.
Wm. H. Vanderbilt is living quietly.
He is now leading a thoroughly retired
life, whether he keeps it up or not. He
does not go once a month to the Grand
Central Depot, where the offices of most of
the railroads called “the Vanderbilts” are
located. When he does go it is not to in
vestigate anything, “but to look around the
old place” and have little talks with some
of the officers for want of something better
to do. His son Cornelius has stepped into
his shoes and manages affairs fl r him so
that he does not nowadays have a care or
task of any kind to disturb lhe even tenor
of his way. Cornelius gives all his time to
his duties, and is a very hard
worker. In the management of the
New York Central and Hudson River Rail
road William H. Vanderbilt is now merely
a director. He does not serve on any of
the committees even, and tbe aflairs of the ]
corporation are managed entirely without (
his help. Os coutse, it any important step ;
is to be taken, he is consulted, and Cor- '
nelius speaks for him when the time comes.
Vanderbilt is out driving or walking every (
afternoon when the weather will admit < f
it. He goes ont to dinner often, and even- (
ings, when he is at home, he spends the
time talking with friends who drop in. He
does not expect to wield the great influence
in the stock market that he once did. A
friend said to him a day or two ago :
“Mr. Vanderbilt, you are not credited
with doing anythirg in the market nowa
days. Is that true ?”
“Yes,” replied Mr. Vandeibilt, the boys
are not going to speculate any more, and I
have no intention of setting them a bad ex
ample.”
“What, are you always going to let your
money lie just where it is now?”
“I have concluded to c< ntent myself with
collecting my interest and reinvesting it in
the ordinary way. I shall put the money I
derive from dividends, etc , into the securi
ties of the properties going by my name to
show my faith in them, but I have no inten
tion of trying to manipulate the market.”
The president’s coat pocket protruded so
much at the recent Florida fishing that some
one asked the reason why. “Its only a bot
tle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup,” the hand
some gentleman explained; “I never travel
a mile without it.”
For the latest Btyleand low prices In gent’s
tnrnishing goeds, L. Fried’s la the place.
S6OO A YEAR
A MODEL CHICKEN FARM
Being D veloped by Mr. W. F. Moss
White Bluff.
At the invitation of Mr. W. F. Moss, a
repreteata ive of the Times accompanied
him yesterday evening to his hospitable
home un the \\ bite Bluff road, about a
mile from the Bluff. A delightful drive of
about an hour brought us to our place of
destination, and after receiving a cordial
welcome from M s. Moss, we proceeded on
a tour of inspection of the farm.
Mr. Moss has engaged in an industry
which ought to prove exceedingly profit
able—that of raising chickens lor the mar
ket—and he has under way a model
“chicken farm.” His attention is directed
entirely to raising Plymouth Rocks, a
breed of fowls which mature rapidly, thus
rendering them fit, at an early age, for tha
table, and which are good layers besides.
He has a farm of about 160 acres, and a
portion of this is entirely devoted to his
chickens. Comfortable hi uses, arranged so
as to give the fowls ample room and air,
and so keep them from disease, have been
built, and on all sides may be seen
ample and commodious “runs,” laid off with
due care and regard to the health of the
feathered proprietors of the soil. He allows
a space of fifteen feet wide by 210 feet deep
to each set of chickens, a “set” consisting of
a rooster and ten hens. These are regularly
fed, and taken as good care of as if they were
the most delicate children. It is very in
teresting to watch them as they move about
their peculiar domain, each lord of the flock
looking as if he were monarch of all he
surveyed, acd was ready to contest his rights
to the death against all corner’. The hens
must be furnished with nests in which they
can lay, and tbe eggs are carefully collected
and either sent to market or put away to be
placed under “sitting” hens to be hatched.
The latter are usually of common breed, as
it is more profitable to kiep the Plymouth
Rocks laying than to allow them to lose time
in hatchi- g.
I It will tnus be seen that a chickm farm
j requires a great deal of care and attention,
i but it is a .are and attention which pays
I well. The eggs of the Plymouth Rocks are
worth, for hatching purposes, about $2 a
} dozen, and it may be seen how valuable a
property they may become, as a chicken,
like a bale of cot on, always commands a
ready cash price in market.
Mr. Mose has now about 200 chickeoe,
and in a year from now anticipates having
at least 1,000 laying hets. Each hen will
furnish at least one dollar’s worth of eggs a
year, and this itself would provide a very
fair living.
This thicken industry is one yet In
its infancy, but it could be made a
very valuable one in this coun
ty. It is a woncer that more at
tention has not already been paid to it, and
Mr. Moss has taken a step in tie right
direction, and set an example which we
hope will be extensively followed.
THE SILVER KING.
A Delightful Performance Last Evening.
The Silver King was played to a large
audience last night, an audience which
probably could not be got together in
Savannah during the Lemen season but
for the fact that Mr. Lawrence Hanley,
cf this city, was to appear in one cf
:he best roles of the play. There was nit
a seat untaken down stairs, even the win
d >ws being filled with three and four peo
ple, and manv standing at the entrance.
Hanley played “Geoffrey Ware,” and when
he appeared for the first time he was not
applauded at all—he was howled at
with a prolonged and hearty howl. The
well filled galleries seemed to want to take
the roof off with their voices, while the
down stairs people were somewhat lees
noisy in their outbursts of hearty welcome
to the handsome and talented young actor
of whom Savannah is so proud, and whom
she wishes to see rise higher and higher
still as he advances in his profession. Mr.
Hanley was splendid in his make up,
finished in his actions, free from any awk
wardness and acted his part in a wonder
fully clever manner throughout. When he
fell pierced by the bullet of “The Spider”
the house was hushed for a moment, and then
broke out iu wild applause. The acting
could not have been done better by any one.
Mr. Bangs, as “Wilfred Denver,” was
greeted with shouts of applause from his
first entrance, and to the close of the play
he possessed the entire sympathies of the
audience. His depiction cf the ruined gam
bler was never bettet; his horror at having
committed a terrible murder, his heartrend
ing separation frem his wife, whom he never
ceased to love, even in his degraded condi
tion, were only a few cf the many finegoints
of acting displayed by him during the even
ing. He had his audience under perfect
control throughout. Miss Charlotte Beh
rens, as “Nellie Denver,” could scarce be
surpassed in the acting of this part. She
was splendidly made up, her action on the
stage was graceful and easy, while her facial
expression could not have been more auapteil
to the role. She played the loving, de oted,
big hearted, faithful wife, to the min she
loved, be bis faults what they might, with a
warmth which completely won her aed.ence.
Capt. Herbert Skinner, by
Mr. Harrv Colton, was as cool and heartless
as one cou'd wish to seel He immediately
filled one with an interne hatred and tear.
His every movement was studied, graceful
and correct. Daniel Jaikes, the old family
servant of the Denvers, who had seen five
generations cf them, by Mr. Samuel Verney,
was excellently sustained and did infinite
credit to tbe actor. E.ijah Coombs, “blither
Christmas,” the navil steres dealer, as de
lineated by Mr. Jcnes Vincent, was a clever
piece of act ng snd aroused the audiepie to
little during the action of the play. AU
the other characters were fully up to their
parts and the play may be raid, in a werd, to
be one of tbe finest on the road and a eli
1 worth seeing. The scenery is wonderfully
well arranged, and, being specially prepared
prepared for this play, fils like a charm.
Three more performances, to-night, to-mor
row night and matinee will be given before
tl e company leave and every one shou.d
take advantage of the opportunity to see
' Savannah’s young actor before he departs.