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LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Arrival of General Buller’s Rear Guard at ,
Korti—French Losses in Tonquin—Nom
inations by the President—St notorial
Proceedings—A Mallory Steamer j
Wrecked—General News Items. (
Korti, March 9.—The rearguaid of Gen.
Sir Redvers Buller’s army reached here to
day and presented a sorry sight. Ihe men
were completely fagged out and looked
much distressed from the suffering they had
endured on their retreat from Gakdul.
They, like the detachments that had pre
ceded them, rep >rt that the march was most
toilsome and perilous, they being constantly
harrassed. Many of them were picked ofi
or wounded by the enemy’s sharpshooters,
while the terrible heat prostrated scores and
made life almost unbearable.
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
This Morning’s Proceedings.
Washington, March 9.—The galleries of
the Senate to-d.y were well filled by eleven
o’clock, and when the Vice President called
the Senate to order at 12 o’clock,every State
was filled. The chair laid before the Senate
communications from Messrs. Lamar, and
Garland, informing the Vice President
that they had accepted the port
folios of the Department of the Interior
and the Department of J ustice, respectively.
He also laid before the Senate the Govern
or’s credentials of H. W. Blair as United
States Senator from the State ot New
Hampshire. Mr. Edmunds demanded that
they be read. Mr. Vest, after reading,
moved that the credentials be re
ferred to the Committee on Privileges and
elections. Mr. Hoar hoped that such
reference would not be made, as the Com
mittee on Privileges and Election had not
been appointed. Mr. Saulsbury contrasted
the present case with that of tlje appoint
ment by the Governor of Mr. DGI. °f New
Hampshise. He did not think it in the
power of the Governor to appoint for the
beginning of a term. Messrs. Hoar and
Dawes thought the Senator should be sworn
in If there should be any contest it could ta
settled afterwards. After further debate
the whole question was by unanimous con
sent laid over until to-morr w
At the request of Mr. Van Wyck the
chair laid before the Senate a reso- ,
lution offered by him on Fri
day last, calling upon the Secretary
of the Interior for information
respecting the issuance cf laid | a tents to
the New Orleans, Baton Riuge & Vicks
burg (Backbone) Railroad, and inquiring
whether unusual means had been used to
hasten such patent'. Mr. Van Wyck, after
the resolution was read, proceeded to
address the Senate, reviewing the couise
of the procedure by railroads to secure the
lands. He dwelt at length upon what he
termed the fraudulent acts of the Gould-
Hamilton crowd. “It had been announced,”
said the Senator, “that a special meeting of
the Cabinet was held to legalize this fraud.
Why such haste?” inquired the
Senator. “Why should a clerical force be
compelled to work at nights and on Sundays
to get these patents through before the
4th of March. Was it supposed that the
Republic would die with March 4th ?
After further remarks the Senator gave
notice that the legality of the patents
would be protested. Senator Teller was sur
prised at the resolution offered by the Sena
tor from Nebraska. It was not his first ap
pearance before the public. He wished to be
known as the special champion of the labor
class. A number of similar resolutions
had reached the executive administration
which has just retired, from the same
source as this one. He would not to permit
similar resolutions to annoy the present
administration without his earnest protest.
“Why, Mr. President,” said the Senator,
“from the reading of this resolution
you would suppose that in
issuing the land patents, some
thing had been done which had
never been done before, but as a matter
of fact, every Secretary of the Interior for
the last eight years had done exactly what
was done in this case by the retiring S-?c- j
retary.”
A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Habersham Comity Officials Implicated in ■
a Burglary.
Gainesville, Ga., March 9 —The mud
dle growing out of mismanagement of funds
of Habersham county, in this State, has been
brought to a crisis by the confession of Ben
C. Martin to the grand jury, acknowledging
the burgliry of the county safe, and im
plicating seven of the most prominent citi
zens of the county, among them the Tax
Collector and Ordinary.
A MALLORY STEAMER WRECKED.
The Steamship Alamo Ashore at Tortugas.
New York, March 9.—A dispatch from
Key West, Fla., states that the Malbry
Line steamship A Limo is ashore at Tortugas. ,
Her cargo is being discharged bv wreckers.
The passengers and crew are safe. It is i
feared that the vessel will prove a total
wreck- The steamer is one of the latest ad
ditions to the line, having been built only a
few years ago.
A Costly Fire.
Auburn, N. Y., March. 9.—Hadyrn & 1
Boyce’s horse plate and saddlery hardware
works at the prison were burned yesterday.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The
contractors employed 600 men, and had six ;
months longer’to run. Loss to the firm from i
$50,000 to $60,000. Half of this loss is cov
ered by insurance. The loss to the State on
the buil ling is $15,000. These works were
burned in 1879. 1
CLEVELAND IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Miss Cleveland’sSooial Abilities—TheNiw
President’s Early Breakfast.
A special dispatch from Washington says :
The social aspects of the new administration
are discussed in the newspapers here in an
interesting fashion. The Star believes there
is a growing impression that the social in
terests of the White House will not be
neglected under the new administration and
that while there may not be so much digni
ty as heretofore, White House guests will un
doubtedly enjoy themselves as much, if not
more.lt is said that Miss Cleveland, who will
be the social head of the Whitt Ho nefor the
next four years, has the faculty of making
herself agreeable to a great many people at
once. Word comes from Albany that her
memory of faces and names is remarkable.
In five days just previous to her departure
from Albany she attended fourteen differ
ent social entertainments, including break
fasts, luncheons, dinner parties and recep
tions, and remembered everybody she met.
A number of private letters from prominent
i Albany people received recently in this city
| predict that Miss Cleveland will be a great
1 favorite in Washington s'iciety.
| It is announced that while there will be
no formal receptions at the Executive Man
sion for the present, Miss Cleveland will be
at home Saturday afternoons this month to
receive such friends as may choose to call.
Mrs. Hendricks, being still at, Willard’s, will
not find it convenient to hold receptions al
present, and it is not unlikely that she will
defer her formal reception until next season,
although she will be at home informally to
all friends who call.
Mr. Manning and Mr. Endicott, with their
wives, also occupy apartments at hotels, and
they, too, will be compelled, for the present
at least, to take a very informal part in so
ciety.
Mr. Bayard occupies his own residence on
Highland place, but Mrs. Bayard’s ill
health will prevent her taking an active
part in society. Miss Bayard, however, will
represent her mother and do the honors of
the household of the new Secretary of State.
The daughters of Mr. Lamar and Mr. Gar
land will likewise preside at their father’s
residences here, and Mrs. Whitney will be
at home informally to her friends at her
new home on Connecticut avenue.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Sweeping Changes That Secreta v
Manning Will Make.
Washington, March 9. —Treasury offi
cials generally look for a number cf changes
of the higher officials during the next two
weeks. There are twenty bureaus in the
department, and, with the exception of
two or three, all may be considered as
having political heads. It will occa
sion no surprise if at least fifteen of these
bureau officers are supplanted within the
next month. It is not probable that the
General Superintendent of the Life Saving
Service, Mr. S. I. Kimball, will be dis
turbed. He is >egarded as the father of
this service, and has brought it up to a very
high degree of efficiency, and any move
ment to change him would create a row.
It is not expected that the head of the
Light House Board or of the Coast Survey
will be subject to decapitation. The re
maining bureau officers will probably have
to go.
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 6 —At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 17%
Missouri Pacific 91%
Western Uuiou Telegraph Co 59%
Pacific Mail 61%
Lake Shore 64%
Louisville and Nashville 32
Texas Pacific 13
Denver and Rio Grande 3
Michigan Central r 62%
Delaware, Lackawanna <S West’n 103%
Northwestern 94%
St. Paul 73%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 121%
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 43%
Rock Island 114%
Jersey Central 39%
Memphis and Charleston 43
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 26
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pld) 7%
Philadelphia and Reading 17‘,
Omaha (com) 25
Omaha (pfd) 85%
New York Central 88%
Kansas and Texas 13
Erie 13%
Erie (pfd> 29%
New York Produce Market.
i New York, March 9.—Flour dull and
i unchanged. Wheat, No. 2 red winter, 881
If. r Mureh. Corn, No 2 mixed, March, 51 J.
It.) t , No. 2 mixed, March, 38. Pors
dull; mess, $13’50. Lard, $7 2017 25
for March. Sugar dull; refined,
cut loaf, 6ja6j;c; granulated, 6Jc. Turpen
tine dull. Rosiu quiet; strained to good,
$1 20al 23. Molasses dull, ranging from 40
to 42c. Rice dull. Coffee nominal; fair
cargoes, B|c.
Mr. Bissell to Practice Law.
Albany, N. Y„ March 9 Wilson S.
Bissell, the President’s law partner, whose
nrme has been mentioned in connection
with various o fices, says he will not accept
a Government position, but will continue the
practice of law in Buffalo.
Railroad Collision.
Chattanooga, Tenn, March 9 —Two
passenger trains on the Alabama and Great
Southern Railroad came into collision yes
terday at Reecesville, Ala. No one was
seriously injured.
Probabilities.
Washington, March 9. —For the South
Atlantic States, fair weather, northerly
winds becoming variable, slight changes in
temperature by slightly warmer weather.
Rising followed by falling barometer.
Strike on the Missouri Pacific.
Atchison, Ks., March 9- —There is a
general strike on the Missouri Pacific Rail
railroad and no trains are running.
Kelly Getting Bet’er.
New York, Mirch 9.—John Kelly is
steadily gaining in health.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1885.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
A CANADIAN PHYSICIAN MADE
WAY WITH. ,
His Death Brought About by Rtvengc,
and to Prevent His Testifying in a (
Criminal Case—D< coyed from His
Wife’s Side, and Murdered in
the Woods of Canada.
Toronto, March 9.—A terrible mysiery i
surrounds the disappearance of Dr Samuel <
Moore, of Dorchester Station, Ontario. The ,
missing man was a prominent physician and i
much respected in the community. A few
months since, during a row at a hotel in '
Nilestown, James Wilton, one of the parly ,
was fatally beaten. After his death, which
speedily ensued, his assailants were tried, '
and one of them was convicted, and is now I ■
serving a term in the penitentiary for the ] 1
offense. The conviction was mainly due to
the testimony of Dr. Moore, who by ■
this means incurred the enmity
of the friends of the prisoners. Shortly 1
after the trial the doctor received a
letter threatening his life, and a few
weeks since, as he was boarding a night I
train at Dorchester Station, an unknown !
man assaulted him ami attempted to throw
him under the wheels of the train as it
moved out of the station. The doctor cried ,
tor help and the man escaped. One night
last week he was pursued by four men in a I
sleigh as he was driving home from London. I
By running his horse he escaaed. On |
Thursday night Dr. Moore and his wife at- I
tended an entertainment at the village hall.
About 10 o’clock a stranger called at the I
hail and said that the doctor was wanted at
the hou-e of Mr. Wrightmau, a patient liv- j
ing some distance away. The doctor im
meniately went out, taking his case of it.-|
. strumenis, hitched up his horse and drove
. off with the stranger in the db ection of Mr
Wriglitman’s house. Next morning the |
• doctor’s horse and cutter were found
on the roadside about three miles from j
’ Nilestown. The buflilo robes and cutter
; were spattered with b ood. The front and '
. sides of the vehicle were badly broken and j
the robe ws tern. Search along the road ;
failed to reveal the where bouts of Dr. i
Moore, and upon the facts being known two |
hundred villagers turned and scoured the |
neighborhood without success. A farmer
living near Nilestown recollects seeing two I
men drive past his house at a very fast rate |
early in the morning, and it is supposed the
murderers were driving towards the city ol
• London. The motive for the removal ol j
. the missing man is twofold —first reveagi
for having testified against the convict
' before referred to, and second to prevent his
1 appearing in a few days to give evidence
’ against an accomplice of the convict in that
, crime.
Fast Time on an Iceboat.
Philadelphia Times.
The iceboat Hope, of Burlington, N. J,
carrying its owner, J. W. Fennimore, and
Rufus G. Wilkins, of this city, made the ex-
• cellent time of half a mile in twenty-nine
seconds on Thursday, and is said to have
done even better on a former occasion.
“It was bewildering,” said Mr. Wilkins
yesterday. “It takes a steady hand and
qiicreyeto handle one of the machines
when it blows hard, especially on a wind
and over rough ice. One moment she is up
on the leeward runner and the next she
cants to windward, and then makes a fear
ful leap in the air, and does not retch the [
■ ice again in a hundred feet. Sailing on the
ice may be called the ‘poetry of motion,’
but there is a scared-todeath sort of
’ ecstacy thrown in.
1 “Eighty miles an hour is clai ned for a
’ recent improve 1 model—in fact, there is no
’ limit to speed when approaching the wind,
if the ice is suitable. The movements are
. peculiar, with conflicting sensations that
i hardly admit of explanation. The desire
< that some people have to leap from a giddy
■ height is doubtless the same. The Hope
’ sailed from Burlington to Camden in sixty
i minutes, the first and only time an iceboat
1 has been over the course.”
Three Vacant Garters.
i London World.
1 There are new vacant thtee Garters, one
‘ of which has been on hand for nine months,
an unprecedented period to keep such a dis-
■ tinction dangling. The death of a royal
“companion” does not make a vacancy, as
I all sovereigns or P. inces are extra knights.
There were only five < f this class when the
Queen came to the throne, but now there
' are 28. Tnete is a strong feeling in certain
i high quarters that the Garter has been dis
’ tributtid too freely r f late years, and that it ;
' has become “too common ’ It is whispered
that two more “extras” are to he created
’ shortly, the Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont i
. (the father in law of the late Duke of Al
bany) and, oo hi- marriage. Prince Henry
of Battenber.. The insignia of a deceased
knight is returned by his representative to |
the Queen, who usually grants a special i
audience for the purpose. The imposing i
’ and costly state robes go to the Dean of i
1 Windsor, who gets them as his perquisites,
. he being Registrar of the Order, which is a
i lucrative post if the knights happen to die
off fast. The Duke of Abercorn is now the
senior Garter.
About Contagious Diseases.
Electic Magazine.
Prof. Tyndall thus endeavors to explain
the immunity obtained against a second at
tack of a contagious disease : “One of the i
most extraordinary and unaccountable ex- i
periences in medicine was the immunity
secured by a single attack of a communica- .
ble disease against future attacks of the
same malady. Small pox, typhoid or scar
latina, for example, was found as a general
rule to occur only once in a lifetime of the (
individual, the successful passage through
the disorder apparently rendeii ig the body I
invulnerable. Reasoning trim ana'ogy, I 1
have ventured to express the opinion that
the rarity of second attacks of communica- ;
ble disease was due to the removal from the 1
system by the first parasitic crop, of some
ingredient nece siry t”tb r growth and pro
pagation of the parasite. t
THE PRINCE OF WALES’ BOYS.
Their Account of a Kangaroo Hunt in the
Wilde of Australia. .
[Extract from Princes Edward and George’s
Diary.
June 21.—Break last at 7:30 a. m, and
started immediately afterwards,some riding
and others driving, for the kangaroo hunt.
In the first drive Eddy shot two kangaroo, a
right and left shot. George shot three; they
are in such large numbers here that, al
though their skins make capital fur, it is
customary to cut off only their thick tails,
which make excellent soup, and leave their ’
carcasses on the ground. There were i
lots of dulachies, which are smaller than a
brown kangaroo, and are grey-haired and
red-headed; these do not strike the tail on 1
the ground in running as the kangaroo ap- i
near to do. There are pits in the corners of
this one paddock (which alone consists of
800 acres) into which the kangaroo are
driven on all sides by 200 blacks and
many whites mounted; as they come bound
ing and leaning along they seem to
have great difficulty in turning, and never
attempt to avoid any person or obstacle that
may be in their way, but go straight for it,
whatever it may be, even if it ends in their
being capsized. A great many, of course,
did not fall into t' e pit, the majority break
ing back through the line of beaters. There
were two pits, however, into which a good
.many jumped, and out of these one Joey
was taken, and a little baby kangaroo out of
its mother’s pouch. The kangaroo are very
I destructive to the sheep runs by eating the
ttras-', and multiply at a great rate; faster
than they can be kept down. Ou this estate,
which consists of 50,000 acres, there were
4,000 kangaroo killed last year ; each tail,
which is worth about sixpence, is given to
tbe keepers. There were lots of wild tur
key about, for it is a rough country all
round, though it makes an excellent sheep
ran.
We had lunch in the bush —English park
arid wooded with gum trees and shee-oaks,
tu undergrowth, only rough grass—making
i a fire and cooking our own meat. Mr. Bow
man showed us how to make bushman’s tea,
boiling the water first in the billy, putting
the tea on the top and then the sugar, scar
ring it up with a stick. After lunch we ,
, rode after more kangaroo on h’ rseback.
| You can ride a kangaroo down after about
i two miles in the oper; we got 12 in this
way. Using kangaroo hounds about 50. or
60 were taken, the dulachies and wallabies
leap and bound with their tails off the
I ground, the kangaroo seems to
I use his as a lever. No
! kangaroo unless by accident, in uneven
; ground when going fast, touches the
ground with the tail. The tail balances the
animal. When standing or moving "lowly
in the act of feeding, the animal has lhe tail
always touching the ground. The Austral
ian horses are very quick to turn, and when
the bridle is merely pressed against one side
of the neck or when the slightest hint is
1 given by the pressure of the knees they are
I round in a second, and it is the same in [
driving. It is quite astonishing to watch
the ways in which Mr. Bowman handled his
pair and whisked the wagonette in and out
and round about the stumps and fallen trees
and ail over the scrub and c ruing home
kept up abreast of the galloping horsemen.
Through the grass of the open there are
broad clearings cut for roads, which re ,
minded one of the “ridings” in the woods at ,
home; this is done to check bush fires.
The sound of a lamb's bleat reminded one
also of England, where to-day is the longest (
day, though here it is t'je shortest in the
year The sky is leaden, and though there
is no frost, there is a feel about the clear ,
air like a black winter. After dinner, which
was at 6 p. m., we went to see a kerrobboree,
where the black fellows were encamped at a
short distance from the house. There were
two tribes of these, and about 200 of them
in all. They were painted with white and '
black streaks across the face and chest, and
got up in correct style, with skins and
spears and boomerangs, and by the
light of the fires which were kindled
in a circle around they looked sufficiently
hideous. The tribes danced alternately,
and the watchwords of their songs appeared
to be half English, half native. A great
deal of the action of the dance consisted in
striking the ground at the same moment, so
as to cause an echoing thud with their feet.
One of the repeated actions was to cause
the muscles of the leg and thigh to quiver
simultaneously from toe to stomach in a
most extraordinary manner. At the end of
each figure they brought themselves up
sharp with a strange, deep-toned
sound, half hurrah, half grunt,
“Wir r—r —wuh !’’ They would then
Wheel right across the enclosed space in
line, and chattering as fast as they could,
upon the women who were sitting on the
ground, and also singing a sort of chorus of
a few notes; the line would then wheel
back, break up into twos and threes, bran
dishing their short sticks and clubs over
their heads, each man vociferating quickly
to his mate, and then all of a sudden these
incoherent sounds would all cotlesce to
gether into a chorus, and the band, again
united, would cause the ground once more
to vibrate to the reiterated cadence of their
stamp.
French Losses in Tonquin.
Paris, March 9.—Further advices from
Tonquin states that the losses of the be
leagured French garrison at Thuyenquan,
were fifty killed and thirty-three wounded,
before the arrival of succor.
Nominations by the President.
Washington, March 9.—The President
sent to the Senate to-day the following
nominations : Chas. S. Fairchild, of New
York, to be Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury; Jno. C. Black, of Illinois, to be
Commissioner cf Pensions.
Anxious to See the Sights.
Visitor (at the New Orleans Exposition:) ■
“Can you tell me where the Liberty bell is
placed ? I have read a great deal about it |
recently and am anxious to see it.”
Citizen (after he has furnished the de
sired iufi rmation) : “Are you a stranger
in the city ?”
Visitor : “Yes, I’m from Philadelphia.”
A discount of 20 per cent, will be allowed on
all goods at L. Field’s for the next 30clays.
WESTERN PRODUCE.
A WEEK OF VIOLENT AND RAPID
FLUCTUATIONS.
War Reports Send Up I lie Wheat Market
and Their Denial Brings It Down—A
Large Visible Supply on Hand-
Corn Firm, With Upward Ten
dency—Provisions and
Pork Steady.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Chicago, March 7. —The past week on
’Change has been one of violent and rapid
fluctuation. The wheat pit continues the
centre of interest, and trading there is at
tended with no little excitement Outside
orders have come in liberally and local
busintss has been large. War news has been
the feature, and the course of tbe market
showed a series of sharp bulges, when sen
sational disp itches told of fiechtintr prepara
tions and bad bre-ks when the teports were
denied. Prices, however, seem to “bull”
more easily than before and the week’s
close shows a substantial gain as a result of
the eagerness with which “shorts” stampede
when frightened.
Os course opinion in regard to the future
cannot be considered as of very much value,
inasmuch as the receipt of news, of which
nothing now is known, is <piite likely to up
set all calculations upon which a forecast is
based. Should there be war, actual war
values will undoubtedly receive an impetus
which will be all the more marked from the
fact that prices rre now 13cal4c below what
they were a year ago. But on the other
hand, as it is evident exciting outside stim
ulus is constantly required to force an ad
vance or even to sustain the present range,
the general belief is that if this is with
drawn, and the differences between England
and Ri s-ia quiet down, a speedy drop will
be in older to a point at which the grain
will move freely towards the consumer,
whatever that point may be. Many regard
the larger and continued buying here and at
the seaboard by foreign houses as evidence
that tridets abroad believe complications
there trre likely to amount to something
more than talk, hut this view is off el by the
steady or only slightly higher tone of Lon
don and Liverpool advices. Many bottom
facts regarding the home situation, too, are
now lost eight of in the flood of sensational
rumors. Nothing can change the fact that
here at the end of the first week of March
the visible supply is at about the highest
point of the year, a state of things without
precedent. Never in the history of the
trade either has the visible supply al this
date anywhere near equaled lhe 43,000,000
bushels of the present time, the nearest ap
proach to it being that of last year, which
was 31,000,000 bushels and which in turn
was some 6,000,000 bushels larger than any
year which had preceded it. This must be
felt sooner or later —prcbably about the
time summer storage commences. In Chi
cago alone over 15,000,000 bushels cf wheat
! must be sold before anybody can be “short.”
“There is always plenty of grain for sale
on hard spots,” remarked a trader to-night.
“Holders have bought relying on accidents
to help them out, and they are not slow to
take advantage of their chances.”
“Who are the heavy longs?’
“Well, Walker & Co. undoubtedly own a
good deal and Fleming & Boyden have ap
parently been large buyers.”
“How about Kent?”
“He was ‘long’ through Crittenden, Orr
& Come’, but is pretty well evened up now
I look for a feverish market’”
Corn has been firm with an upward ten
dency, but speculation in it, although on the
increase, is still small and hence the move
ment is slow. The shipping demand fully
keeps pace with receipts, low grades being
taken at a good advance. For the past six
years the visible supply at this date has
been considerably more than double the
present figures. Now the breaking up of
the roads and scarcity of corn in cribs is
likely to prevent much of an increase.
Provisions show no material change, hav
ing sympathized but little with either the
up or down turns in wheat. Pork stands
at just about the same figures that it was
selling at a jear ago. The feeling too, as
at that time is bearish and the “short” in
terest, although scattered, is large. On de
livery day Armour paid for about every
thing handed over and a repetition of last
year’s squeeze is by no means unlikely.
A Railroad Official Who Couldn't Even
Pass the Salt.
Merchant Traveler.
Il’s a well-known fact that the Pennsyl
vania Railroad has shut down on giving out
passes, and this fact was strikingly illus
trated by one of its passenger agents the
other day. Mr. C. was dining at a restaur
ant, and at the same table sat a stranger,
who, not noticing that Mr. C. was thinking
more of business than of his dinner, politely
said:
“Beg your pardon; will you please pass
the salt?”
“Can’t do it, sir,” replied Mr. Cobb, start
ing from his reverie. “Very sorry, sir, but
I can’t do it. We pass no—oh, ah, excuse
me,” and he grabbed the salt and handed it
over with a blush on his face like a red
flannel petticoat on a whitewashed fence.
William McKntw,
124 Fayette St., Baltimore, Md., says: “I
believe ‘Favorite Remedy’ is a good medi
cine. It is doing me more good than any
thing 1 ever tried, and I have tried almost
everything, for lam sufferer from dyspep
sia.” While “Favorite Remedy” is a specific
in Stomach and Bladder diseases, itisequal
ly valuable in cases of billious disorders,
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S6OO A YEAR
MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Body of the Missing Sailor Win*
Mitchell Found in the Hirer.
It will be remembered that about four
weeks ayo the Times reported the myste
rious disappearance of a young sailor
named Wm. Mitchell,| from the schooner
Maid of Ain, then in port and taking on a
cargo for Liverpool. He and a companion
named Joe, had come on board late at
night, the former being quite intoxicated.
He however, sought his berth and Joe sup
posed him secure for the night. A
noise was heard during the night, but
at the time no attention was paid to it.
Later, when Mitchell was missed, it was
conjectured that he made the noise when
he fell overboard. As the body could not
be found floating on the water, some on
boatd the boat thought lie might have been
dealt foully with, as several persons knew
he had about £100 saved up from a long
voyage, but had that been the object of foul
play it had fallen short, since he did not
have the money on his pterson. He also
' left a kit full of good clothes on board the
ship.
Yesterday the mystery was solved by the
finding of the body of a young man opposite
Fort Oglethorpe by several parties, who
tied it up and latei- brought it to the city.
> Coroner Dixon was notified and empanneled
; a jury. Among witnesses present was a
womtn, Minnie Harris, living on the corner
s of Arnold and Broughton street, who threw
• more light on the subject than any one else,
: since the vessel and crew had sailed for
Liverpool just one week previous. She
. identified lhe body as that of young
Mitchell, and stated that he was at her
, house on Sunday, February 9th, with his
. friend, whom he called Joe. This was late
I at night. He was very drunk, and she
, asked his friend to take him home. When
i he left he took off a handkerchief belonging
to her. It was found in his pocket. Her
testimony, which was corroborated by
others, went plain ly to show that the body
i was that of yonng Mitchell. After the in
; quest Coroner Dixon took charge of the
body and had it interred.
Young Mitchell was 19 years of age. and
I had been on a three years’ voyage. He had
| a father and several sisters in Manchester,
| England, and spoke with feelings of pleas
| ure f his approaching return to them. The
captain took his money and clothing home
to his parents when the vessel sailed on the
Ist of March.
SUNDAY SCHOOL FESTIVAL.
Celebration of the Eighth Anniversary of
New Houston Street Church School.
The eighth anniversary of the New
Houston Street Methodist Church Sun
day School was celebrated yesterday
under the most favorable auspices
The Sunday School room was festooned and
garlanded in a becoming manner, and long
before the services began the seats had all
been filled, standing room could not be had,
and many had left because they could not
hear or see.
The exercises were commenced with the
song “Footsteps of Jesus,” by the entire
school. The Creed was then repeated, after
which Rev. H. P. Myers offered a beautiful
prayer. The reading of a Scripture lesson
was next accomplished, after which the
voices of the school joined together in waft
ing “Tidings of Joy” homeward. Ihe reci
tation, “Falling of the Apple,” by Miss
Anna Smallwood, was most charmingly
given, and reflected much credit upon that
young lady. The “Watch Song,” beginning—
When the cry shall be made at the midnight,
' ‘Go ye out, for the Bridegroom is near
Will you rise with your lamps trimmed and.
burning?
W ill you Joyfully bid him draw near ?
was next sung in a spirited manner by the
school and followed by a dialogue written
for the occasion entitled “Love and Hate.”
Misses Letitia Waters, Fannie Greenlaw
i and Anna Smallwood were the participants
in this dialogue, which was charmingly pro
i duced, and proved to the audience that hate
was ever baleful and repugnant, while love
1 was the embodiment of all the better and
■ kindlier feelings.
“Lights Along the Shore” was next mng,
and was followed by an interesting address
by Mr. W. H. H. Young, who>elected ‘The
i Mission of lhe Sunday School” as his theme
of discourse. The reading of lhe officers’
reports was next accomplished, after which
. Miss Lizzie Shaffer recited “Through the
. Darkness” very creditably. “Life’s Lot,” a
’ gem of a «ong, was then sung by the school.
' Rev. H. P. Myers, the pastor, delivered a
I brief and pointed address, bris.ling with
facts pertinent to the occasion, after which
Miss Irene Miscally gave the recitation,
“Security,” in a charming manntr.
“Angelic Songs” next floated to_ the
breeze, and was followed by the recitation of
“Now I Lay Me,” by Miss Berth i Buice.
After this the doxology was sung and bene
diction pronounced, and the large concourse
of people dispersed homeward, having en
joyed thejoccasion no little.
Arrival of Judge Speer.
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge of the United
States District Court for the Southern Dis
trict of Georgia, arrived in the city yrster
dayjmo: ning, and registered at the Screven
. House, where he will remain during his
stayjhere, probably lasting two weeks. He
* left Atlanta Saturday night and came di
; rectly'hrough, not stopping at Macrn, as
had been intended, to preside ovir his first
case there. Judge Speer is not yet fully de
f cided as to whether he will reside here or in
. Macon, as both places present quite a num
ber of attractions, and he has many friends
in both cities. He, however, wishes to be
> considered a resident of the distiict even
1 now, though he will probably return to At
lanta and remain there until the April term
i of court convenes here, when he will take up
t his resi ence in Savannah and remain the
balance of the season. Judge S| e<<, “in the
golden long ago,” was a member ot society in
this city, having lived here in 1860, while
> his father was a pastor of Trinity Church,
j There is reason to believe that Judge Speer
will select this place as his kerne, in pref
erence to any other city.