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Baita Simes,
VOL. 6.—NO. 69.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST ADVICES BY CABLE AND
WIRE.
Condition of the Winter Wheat Crop—Nom
ination for CointuiHsiontr of Internal
Revenue—A Murderess and Her
Brother Hunts by Lynchers—A
Railway Train Goes T hrough
a Bridge—Miscellaneous
Mention.
Milwaukee, March 16—S. AV. Talmage
is in receipt of late information in relation
to the area, condition and present outlook of
the winter wheat crop. The report shows
the acreage to be largely decreased as com
pared with last year.
SPEEDY RETRIBUTION.
A Suspected Murderess and Her Brother
Hung by Lynchers.
Fairfield, Neb., March 16 —Last month
a boy named Taylor was arrested for mur
dering a man named. Roberts his mother
and her brother, Tom Jones, being suspected
of complicity in the crime, were notified by
the vigilance committee to leave town with
in thirty days Just after midnight on Sit
uidry fifty citizens surrounded the house of
Mrs. Taylor and her brother, took them to a
bridge over Little Blue River and hanged
them. Tneir bodies were cut down by the
coroner yesterday.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A Train Falls Through a Bridge.
Arlington, Texas, March 16.—While
an east bound train on the Texas Pacific
Railroad was crossing Village Creek, near
here, yesterday morning, a bridge gave way
and the engine, mail and baggage cars were
plunged into the creek. J. G. Hobr.ck,
fireman, jumped from the tender and was
killed- Engineer Roach was badly injured.
Baggage Master Woodruff and Mail Agent
Stewart were slightly hurt. The strikers
visited the scene in the afternoon, and went
to work cl aring the wreck.
• New Journalistic Deal.
Cleveland, 0., March 16. —Under the
new newspaper deal the Leader will be
changed to the Cleveland Leader and Morn
ing Herald, and its evening edition will le
called the Evening News and Herald. It
is rumored that Col. O: H Payne is one of
the strongest financial backeis of the new
Morning Plaindealer, and that its policy
will be to stand at President Clevrl ind’s
back in all things. It will, however, advo
cate a high tariff.
Munitions of War for the Ameer of Af
ghanistan.
London, March 16.—A battery of heavy
artillery, and a battery of mountain guns,
5,000 Saider rifles and 1,250,000 cartridges
are to be shipped to the Ameer of Afghan
istan at once. These supplies are ostensibly
a gift to the Ameer.
Killed in a Barroom Quarrel.
Omaha, Neb., March 16. —Last evening
Tom Bullard, runner for the St. James Ho
tel, shot and killed Henry Vorpoten, bar
keeper for the same house in a barroom
quarrel.
New York Stock Market.
New York, March 16.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were :
Union Pacific 47
Missouri Pacific 90%
Western Union Telegraph Co 55%
Pacific Mail 61%
Lake Shore 64%
Louisville and Nashville 31%
Texas Pacific 13
Denver aud Rio Grar de 8%
Michigan Central 61%
Delaware, Lackawanna* West’n 104%
Northwestern 195%
St. Paul 73%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 123%
Oregon Transcontinental 13%
Northern Pacific 43%
Rock Island 116%
Jersey Central 39%
Memphis and Charleston 42%
East Tennessee, Va. * Ga (com) 21%
East Tennessee, Va. * Ga. (pld) 7%
Philadelphia and Reading 17%
Omaha (com)
Omaha (pfd) ■% %
New York Central s '%
Kansas and Texas
Erie 1
New York Produce Market.
New York, March 16. —Four dull and
unchanged Wheat, No. 2 red winter Match
88 bid, April 93J, May 9iM bid. Corn, No.
2 mixed, 50i50J for March, 50j for April,
30; for May. Oats, No 2 mixed, 37j for
March, 37 f- r April. Rye quiet and stead',
Canada 74 Barley nominal. Pork dull,
mess sl3 50 $13.75 Lard $7 19 $722 i r
March, $7 24)57.26 for April. Molasse
steadv; fa r to choice 30a52 Turpentine
firm at 31 Rosin dull; strained to good
strained $1 20a 124. Petroleum quiei; re
fined in cases 9}<loJ. Butter dull; Wes ern
imitation creamery choiee 23a24. those
dull; Ohio flat mime to choice lOlall Egg
dull; Western 22J-23,.State 23. Sugar dull;
refined cut loal 6|. granulated 6a6J. Tallow
steady; prime city 6J. Freights dull; grain
to London 4.1 d. C» flee dull but fair, cargoes
8t-
Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, March 16 —Opening, 9:30 a. m.:
Wheat opened stronger at fc advance over
Saturday’s closing; 80J for May; June, 82J
asked. Cora steady but firm; May, 42 J;
June, 42 J. Oats |c higher and firm- April,
28j; May, 31|. Pork a trifle better; May,
sl2 75; J une, sl2 85. Lard steady and
unchanged; May, $7 02| bid. Ribs stronger
and a slight advance; May, $6 424.
Mr. Morrison Confident.
Chicago, March 16. —Hon. R. W. Mor
rison said last night that his chances of be
ing elected Senator, are as good as ever,
and that he has always be’ieved, and still
entertains the belief that he will be elected.
GRANT’S CALIFORNIA FRIENDS.
Tin Ir Plan to Provide Him With a Mag
nificent Vineyard
)
San Francisco Call March 4.
The malady that afflicts Gen. Grant has
deprived a number of philanthropic gentle
men of this city of the privilege of doing a
noble work of regard. The plan was pro
posed by a wine merchant in this city, w o
served under Grant in the civil war.
It was cordially approved by a num
ber of the General’s friends and
e the necessary money to ca t out was
a pledged. It was decided that anything that
,f should be offered to General Grant should
be tendered in such away that he could ac
-8 cept it without loss of dignity and without
‘ being made the subject ot criticism. It was
also desired that the preparations fir his
prosperity should be made equal to his mil
itary record and his place in history. A
novel plan to accomplish both these ends
was devised. It was proposed to purchase
for the General one of the most magnificent
vineyards in the State, large enough to be
regarded as an estate and profitable enough
1 to provide for all of his and his family’s |
- wants.
r A number of the finest vineyards in the
I State have been inspected with this purpose
; in mind, and it is said that two of th- larg- :
’ est were offered for s le- There are numer- .
ous other things besides land planlei in
- vines that are needed to m«ke a successful |
\i:.eyard. Rare mana;euent and gnat skill
. are needed to produce an annual vintage
that wi 1 prove remunerative. The genii
men who had the matter in hand are prac
deal men, who 1 > ked ahead a few years
and provided against ano'her disaster in
the Genersl’s financial life. They had
secured one of the most skillful mana
gers in the State to take charge of this
vineyard,while Gen. Grant might select from
■ among those submitted tohis choiee They
, had gone further, and arrangtd to take his
annual vintage at the market price. In
r this way the gentlemen supposed tiny had
' arranged a delightful occupation for the de
j dining years of the hero of Vicksburg and
the James, that would at once give him a
’ handsome income, present him with a de
lightful home, and enable him to leave to
j his family a family estate. The gentlemen
, Were so confident that a well cultivated
t vineyard would soon pay for itself that they
proposed to buy it for the General, and 1 1 low
him to repay them with interest.
As was anticipated, this plan proved most
; acceptable to Gen. Grant; much more ac
' ceptable than any offer of a pure gift. In
} talking of it Gen. Grant said that he liked
■ California and since the days when he was
» a young Lieutenant in the regular army
stationed on this coast he desired to make
, his home in this State. The plan, with all
, its details, was submitted to him, and he
’ had signified his desire to accept i f . The
j Central Pacific Railroad had offered to
’ bring the General and his family with their
househ) Id goods, to California in a special
car. Preparations have been made for the
. General to come to the State in the spring
and select the vineyard he most preferred.
A long telegram was sent to Mrs. Grant
on Saturday asking General Grant whether
’ he could not be moved to California at
> once. A reply was received yesterday from
him, in which he said that his physician
' forbade his leaving New York. Thus for
the present this effort to aid General Grant
has failed.
; I STRANGE PHENOMENON AT SEA.
The Bark Innerwick Surrounded by a
Wave of Fire.
The bark Innerwick, during a voyage
from Yokohama to Victoria, B. C, had a
terrible experience on February 24, the re
port of which excited much discussion in
i shipping circles. On that day about five
- o’clock in the morning, when the vessel was
< in latitude 37, longitude 70 50, the sky sud
denly changed to a fiery red. All at ouce
-a large mass of fire appeared over the ves
‘ sei It seemed to waver a moment in space
and then fell into the sea, ab mt 50 yards
< to the leeward. It struck the water with a
• great hissing sound, the shock causing the
, bark to quiver from s’em to stern. The
i mas s creaked ominously and the ship lurch
' ed. A towering mass of white
, foam was then seen rapdily
i approaching the vess-1 The
' bark was struck flat aback, ami before there
’ was time to touch a brace the sails tilled
again, and the roaring white mass could be
seen passing away ahead. Another sheet ot
• flame then ran down the mizzenmast. From
| the rigging of the mast myriads of sparks
I poured forth, and the strange redness of the
sky lasted for 20 minutes. During all the
time the sailors were appalled. There was
not a speck of white or blue or black in the
sky. All was fiery red. When it faded the
atmosphere took on a yellow tinge. Then
it changed to blue, and finally faded away in
a mist. Suddenly the sun came up and in
an hour was dancing on the waters. The
Captain could give no explanation of the
phenomenon. The mass of fire seemed to be
40 feet long and 20 wide.
An old sea captain, referring to the phe
nomenon. s'id yesterday : “I had a similar
experiei.ee some years ago while off the
coast of Norway. It was in the fall of the
vear. and a more beautiful or calm sea one
I could not wish for.* Our sails were flapping .
listlessly, and all on board shared in the gen
eral laziness which seemed to pervade the
atmosphere. For some time me sea had
been iridescent with phosphorus, floating
and snorkling with the quiet ripples.
Slowly the mass collected together, extend
ing for half a mile around the ship, looking
exactly like a sea of tire. Then the tire •
worked its way up our anchor chain to the
bow of the boat, thence to the bowsprit, up
the rigging to the foremast in a straight
column to the sky. It was a sublime sight.
The sky was red for half an hour. I think .
the experience of those on the Innerwick
was the same as mine, the strange sight be
ing the result of phosphorus on the sea.” '
Probabilities.
Washington, March 16 —For the South
Atlantic States, fair weather, slightly colder,
followed by rising temperature and north
erly wind), elsewhere becoming variable.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1885.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
INDICATIONS THAT IT WILL BE
VERY BRIEF.
1 The Treaties Withdrawn to be More Thor-
oughly Examined Into —The President’#
Business Methods—Society Shocked
at Early Breakfasts at the White
House—Contrast Betw* en the
Days ol Arthur and
the Present.
Washington, March 16 —lt now looks
as though the session of the Senate would
be very b ief. The State Department de
cided to withdraw the treaties that were
sent in by President Arthur, with the idea
of examining them thoroughly before the
regular session of Congress in December
begins. If they meet the approval < f the
Executive and the State Department they
will probaoly be sent in again. If they do
not it is probable that steps will be taken
during the summer to ob aiu such modifi’a
-1 lions of them as miy be desired. 11 is quite
I probable, indeed, that the latter course will
I obtain. The new administration will scarcely
I be willing to simply renew the recommenda-
I tions of h- old without some changes, and
it will be ea y t > etiggi s sufficient changes
Ito viva the treiiie a a “new” look.
, Now that they are withdrawn, there will
be nothing left for the Senate to do except to
act oi the nominations of the President,
and as he is evidently inclined to make these
as few as possible and to get rid of the crowd
of office seekers as soon as possible, it seems i
likely that he will indicate to the Senate I
pretty soon that he has no more use for it.
The President shows by his every movement I
that he expects to make his administration a '
business affair. Both society and those who I
have been accustomed to business habits here, |
are. shocked by the fact the President insists I
on being at his desk ami at work by 8 o’clock '
in the morning.
A story was current yesterday that an in- ■
imate friend o'the President had asked |
him if he intended to keep up at his pres- .
ent rate all the time.
‘•Certainly,” replied the President; “that I
is what 1 was hired for.”
The same friend asked the President if
he intended to mix much in society.
Mr. Cleveland patted the bald spot on the
top of his head, and replied: “Society be
blowed.”
There is some curious gossip concerning
the social probabilities of the present ad
ministration.
A well known steely gentleman said yes
terday, “I could name several families that
are terribly shocked at a President who his
the plebeian habit of breakfasting at 8
o’clobk- Mrs. Arthur’s reign was a con
tinual delight to society people. With his
courtly manners, his esthetic tastes and his
bevy of charming ladies in the parlors, the
White House grew to be a sort of Windsor
Castle to which all society people felt hon
ored iu being admitted. They are disposed
to look upon Mr Cleveland as a crusty ole
bachelor with severe ideas of business, and &
I real contempt for society. Therefore society
feels a little rebellious, and some high-fliers
have already resolved to keep away from
the White House.”
THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.
Mine. Novikoft’ Relates an Interview AVi h i
an Eminent Russian.
St. Petersburg (Feb. 7) Letter From Mme. I
N ovikoff to the Pall Mall Gazette. |
I have just had a nr st interes ing con ;
ver ation with one who is one of the highest I
authority on all matters relating to the for |
eign policy of our empire. He was very I
pleased with the fairness and justticeof|
your brief note on Mr. Goschen’s reference j
to the negotiations about the northwest i
frontier of Afghanistan, and I asked him to j
tell me quite frankly the verite vraie about
our alleged advance on Herat
“The question,” he replied, “i« as simple
as posible. We do not want Herat, and
we cannot get it. If we seized it it would
bring us immediately into co.ilict not only
wi'h the Afghans but also with Persia, not
to speak of England.” “But,” I rejoined, I
“have we not already made a forward move j
ment which we thought unnecessary?’
“Yes,” he answered, “but do you not know
how that came to pass? Unfortunately, Sir '
Peter Lumsden Ir.s 'aken with him two or
three young fe lows iae Mr. Stephen, who
speak R issian a d imagine that they
serve their can e, or ‘he cruse of England,
bv inciting Hie Afghans to occupy positions
far in advance of tneirown frontier. The
Afghans, acting tin ler the instigation of
these young Englishmen, occupied a posi
tion at Penj ieh, in r tei ritory which had
never been under Afghan rule, either in the
time of Shere Ali or >4' Dost Mohamed, and
which all the travelers, and they are very
few, who have visited that region, from
the Englishman Abbott downward, described
as belonging to the Khanate of Khiva. Our
military people, hearing and seeing every
where evidences of English intrigues, imme
diately responded to the Afghan advance by
a further advance on their own account, and
lhey went further than was either prudent
or useful. Thus a mistake has been made
on both sides; but the initiative has been
taken by the English, or by those among
them who pushed the Afghans forward to go
where no Afghans had ever been before —
into the midst of a purely Turcoman popu
lation, within the dominions formerly belong
ing to the Khan of Khiva.”
“There the English were wrong,” he
continued. “But nearly everybody here
tn idea mistake in fancying that lhey were
also wrong iu sending so great an escort with !
Sir Peter Lumsden. People fancy that he
brought it with it with the sole desire to
outrival the Russian Commissioner, and so
to gain more prestige among the Afghans
It is a positive mistake. The English were
obliged to bring in escort in sheer self de
fense. Unless they were well protected the
Afghans would attack them. Gen Z le
noy,” concluded my visitor, “is sure to go
to Central Asia and to be ready for the
rendezvous, but unless England accepts the
zone pointed out as the natural frontier by
I the economical conditions of the region in
1 I question, the meeting of the Commis idbers
j will come to no result. Very few peopb
I know anything about these regions,
j and there is no perfectly correct map
to guide us. M. Lessar is the only authori
ty on the question, and we may fairly
hope that bis sojourn in Engl.nd may
be useful, as he is very anxious to come to
ai understanding wbh England.” That
was the p-incipal subject upon which we
spoke. After that the conversation turned
as usual upon Gordon, who is greatly de
plored by every one io Russia. Every one
is speaking of his heroism, of his genius and
of his simplicity, and we especially remem
ber how fearlessly he spoke in defense of
the oppressed Cnristians of the Balkan. He
is quite a Christian champion with us, and
his death, it is feared, may have serious
consequences among our Mohammedan pop
ulation. The Moscow Gazette has recently
been publishing a translation of a long series
of Gordon’s letters to his sister, which have
met with great sympathy and have awak
ened enthusiastic admiration.
THE PROBLEM SOLVED.
Interesting Test of an Important Invention
at the Exposition.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The importance of a mechanical contriv
ance for the detortication of the many fi
brous trees and plants indigenous to Mexico,
Central and South America, and which can
easily be cultivated in the South, has long
been a subject of study among those who saw
in such a machine, not only a fortune for the
I inventor, but the revolutionizing of an in
| dustry which up to the present time, has
j been almost wholly confined to native labor
, and hand processes. With such a tie d, ripe
l for inventive genius it is not a matter <f
surprise that numerous applicants for de
j corticating superiority have suecs
| sively appeared, each and every one
I having some especial attribute, on
I which to base the claim of being the best.
| Intricate machinery has, however, charac-1
I lerized these inventions, and gener. 1 results I
1 did not warrant universal adoption. The |
want lay in a machine wherein simplicity
! combined with perfect decortication would
i be the prime factors—a machine which
could be as eis ly operated by unskill d
labor as by the inventor. Thus it is that in
the bi lief that the fibre and juice extracting
millenium had c>me, a company was organ
izsd in June, 18S3, in New York city, and
at once began the introduction and use of a
machine which, yesterday, in the machinery
annex of the Main Building of the Exposi
tion, was put to the lest of its capabilities.
Representing the company, Major John
W. Anderson, President, was present and
skillfully handled the machine, while among
the numerous spectators were Mr. Duncan F.
Kenner, of Louisiana; Mr. James Sligh, of
Arizona; Mr. Robert Sligh, of Augusta, Ga.;
Mr. G. F. McCandless, of New York; ('apt.
Gillman. Mr. J. AV. Tevis, of California, and
Gen. G. T. Beauregard.
Auxiliary to the machine proper, exami
nation was first made of a machine with four
corrugated rollers, operated by a peculiar
oscillating, progressive motion, through which
the specimens of dried ramie stock were first
run, partly disintegrating the wood from the
bark.
Tne fibrous substance was then carried to
| the International Decorticator proper.
I This piece of machinery is a marvel of sim
I licity and indestructibility, consisting sim
| ply of a corrugated cylinder 30 inches in
diameter by 4 feet in length, set within a
i subordinate semi-cylinder similarly corru-
■ gated. The main cylinder has two depres-
■ sions, opposite to each other, forming cams,
i which run about a quarter of the distance
around the circumference. When these
! depressions come opposite the feed table,
the plant is fed in and the rolling motion re
-5 ceived by contact with the corrugations of
j the encasing cylinder rolls the plant, re
i moving every particle of foreign substance,
j The test yesterday was eminently satis-
I factory, and notwithstanding the fact that
I the ramie was in an advanced stage of dry
decay, every particle of the plant fed to the
cylinder was disintegrated without the
slightest injury or loss of fibre, which came
out in its entirety, a perfect fibrous whole,
solving the problem of the decortication of
ramie, and thereby relieving the ramie
planter of the great drawback which has
I Hitherto confined his libors —that “what
j availeth him to grow ramie when there was
j no machine to give it its true marketable
| value?” The lest yesterday demonstrated
I that the International machine has severed
the Gordian knot, and now it only remains
to furnish the ramie to meet this
machine’s demands for decorticating I
fifteen pounds of ramie per hour. I
As a further test of the operations of the
machine flax wa’ run through it with equal
success. A special feature of this machine
is the arrangement of the boxes to the main
shaft, which are pivoted back so that it can
rise or fall to accommodate the machine
according to the quantity of plant fed. At
the conclusion of the trial the experls pres
ent said it was the most remarkable ma
chine of its kind they had yet seen, coming
up to all of the requirements Mr. Anderson
claims for the machine, Gen. Beauregard
remarking that the South would look in
future to ramie. The machine will be ex
hibited daily until further notice, and to all
parties interested in flax special invitation
is extended by Major Anderson to call to
day between 1 and 2 p. m.
Dem-cratic Commissioner of Internal
Revenue.
Washington, D. C., March 16.—The
President today sent to the Senate the
nomination of Joseph S. Miller, of West
Virginia, to be Commissioner of Internal
Revenue.
Grand Opening of Spring Millinery at Alt
mayer’s.
Messrs. A. R. Altmayer & Co. will have
their grand spring millinery opening on the
23d and 24th inst. They will have a splendid
and extensive assortment of beautiful and
fashionable millinery, suitable for spring and
summer. This opening will, it is believed,
eclipse all former grand and successful af
fairs of this sort by this enterprising firm.
Their announcement will be read with in
terest. ....
THE KAILROAD STRIKE
OS THE E. T., V. ft 0. BAILKOAII.
Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, Declares the Strike
Unwarranted—The Railroad Au
thorities Refuse to Take the
Men Back—New Employes to
bs Pul on in Their Places.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Macon, March 16.—Chief P. M. Arthur,
of Cleveland, Ohio arrived this morning,and
has been in consultation for four hours with
the striking engineers and members of the
Brotherhood. It has leaked out that he
has decided tquarely against the
strikers, saying that Chairman Port
ner had no authority to order
the strike and the men should not have
recognized him in the matter. The rail
road authorities refuse to take the men hick
but will put new men in their places- There
is a foil force of new men on hand from
Virginia, South Carrlina and other points.
Warner’s Safe Cure.
There is a wide-spread and serious pre
valence cf disorders of the kidney’s; and of
various diseases caused by the imperfect
operation of the kidneys and liver. Ac
cording to Rx berts, Thomps n, and other
recognized authorities, kiduey disorders are
very common, but the obscurity of their
positive symptoms is so marked that many
people, i 1 and out of sorts generally, are
really victims of kiduey complaint, and
they and their physician do not realize it.
Rheumatic pains,irregularappetite, frequent
headache, chillsand fever, “olues,” hot and
dry skin, s'tir stomach, dyspepsia, irregular
action of the .bowe's, nervous irritability,
sorentss, cramps, languor, impairment of
memory, loss of viriliiy, are among the pre
! liminary evidences of coming kidney and
liver derangements. As the disease devel
ops then fi How l ime back, swelling ankles,
pale face, scalding sensations, the water
sometimes being very light and abundant,
at others scarce, dark-colored and frothy,
and abounding in s diment, and, under the
-uicroscope, tn al >umen and tube casts. If
the derange! kidneys are notprcmptlv a’- 1
tended to there is danger of the terrille
Bright’s disease—hitherto considered incu
ral le, which is a consumption or destruction
of the kidneys—the near approach ot which
alarming disorder should awaken the live
lie st concern for it soon hurries one into
the grave unless promptly checked.
Disordered kidneys have the unfortunate
effect also of weakening the liver, as indi
cated if one has, besides the above symp
toms, yellow spotted skin, fat covered eye
balls, frontal h-aiache after eating, burning '
and itching skin, cold extremities, hot head,
bad circulation of blood, sick headache,
nausea, light colored evacuations, constipa
tion, pihs, variable appetite and feelings,
dizziness, blurred eyesight,liver cough, ague, :
chills, feverk, wakefulness at night, drowsi
ness by day, etc.
These are some of the commoner symp
toms as laid down by leading medical au
thorities, and with them in view one ought 1
not to have much trouble in ascertaining if
he is suffering from disorders of these great
organs.
These observations have been called forth
by a double-co'umn article which appears in
another place in this paper. Skeptical of
some of the statements made therein, and
at other times by the same persons, we have
been ltd to make a little study of the mat
ter ourselves, with the above result. These
diseases prevail amongst young and old
everywhere, resulting in terrible and un
timely deaths; they take off more people
than epidemics; physicians report death as
occurring from such diseases as apoplexy,
paralysis, convulsions, heart disease, pneu
monia, fevers, etc, when in reality these
disorders are often secondary to Bright’s 1
disease and would seldom occur were the
kidneys in healthy working condition. 1
Hence, from personal knowledge, or
from the trustworthy experience of
other competent judges, we believe 1
there is no preparation equal to
the remedy that is so prominently I
mentioned elsewhere in this issue, for pre- '
venting and curing the dangerous disorders •
of which we have written. It has had an i i
extraordinary sale, is everywhere cotn-
I mended, the record of its work seems in- 1
disputable, its manufacturers are reputed to I
be men of the highest standing. AVe held, t
therefore, that not to use it, if needed, would <
' be a crime against one’s eupremest interests,
| especially at this time when, threatened by
a fearful epidemic, it is of the highest im- ’
portance, according to Dr. Koch, the cele- ’
brated German specialist, that we keep the
kidneys,liver and digestive organs in healthy 1
action, if the scourge would be escaped.
United States District and Circuit Courts
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge, presiding.
Court met yesterday at 10 a. m., when the
following proceedings were had :
United States vs. James Whitehurst.
Violating the revenue law by selling tobac
co without a license. Verdict of not
guilty rendered.
Court adjourned to 10 a. m. to-morrow.
City Court.
City Court met at 10 o’clock this
morning, Hon. Wm. D. Harden, Judge
presiding, when the following proceeding
were had:
D. H. Houghtoling vs. Henry Miller.
Action on account. Judgment rendered
against the defendant in the sum of $539 28
principal, interest from January 19, 1885,
and costs of suit.
State vs. Wm. J. Shuman. Assault and
battery Jury selected and case continued
to 4 a’clock this afternoon, to which time
court took a recess.
Just Arrived—The Very Best.
Just arrived and for sale, a fresh supply of
Boston and Baltimore Fish, Beef and Saus
age; Boneless Corned Beef and Pickled Tripe.
Logan & Calder,
Wholesale and Retail Butchers,
Stalls 67 and 68 Market.
S6OO A YE AR
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
What Comes of Playing with a Pistol.
Aesterday afternoon, about 4 o’clock,
Emma Garret, a colored woman, living on
the corner of Jones and Lumber streets,
became the victim ol an accident caused by
two careless peoplj pliying with a 1 >a led
pistol. It seems lhat Susie Young, Emma
Garrett, Joe Jenkins, a 13-year ol 1 boy, and
a neuro man named Solomon were laughing
and joking each other, when the boy Joe
went to the front room of the houss and
commenced snapping a small revolver.
Susie Young and Emma Garrett ran to him
aud attempted to take the pistol from the
boy who threw his hands behind his back,
Susie caught him around the waist, and in
attempting to take the weapon from him
ir. a playful way, it was discharged, the
ball taking effect in the chest of Emma
Garrett. It could not be told
how the pistol was discharged
but the boy Joe held it in his hands at the
time. As soon as he saw what was done he
rushed off and got Dr Sheftall, who called
and m de an examination and did all he
could to make tne wounded woman com-
I sortable. Joe gave himself up to the police
I and was placed in the barracks, where he
still remains. The shooting was purely
accidental, and is even acknow led to be so
by the victim. At first it was thought she
was fatally wounded, but the chances are
all in favor of her recovering at present.
AN OLD OFFENDER]
Arrested for an Old Offence.
Richard Baker, colored, was yesterday
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hall, colored, for
a crime which he committed on August 6,
1884. Baker hau been hired by an old man
living near Keisling’s nursery, on the AA’hite
Bluff road, named J. P. Reigel. Mr. Reigel
was ill, aud being rll needed some one to
wait ou him. While Baker was thus em
ployed he stela $23 from the old
gentleman, all that he had. When
Jr. Reigel learned this he accused Biker
of it aud said he was going to hive him ar
rested. Baker however, got a gun and under
threats of shooting, or violence, kept the
sick man shut np in his house for three
days, fearing he would be hurt if he came
out. Finally Mr. Reigel got to the city and
had a warrant issued charging
the negro with larceny and
assault and battery, but when the officer
from Justice Russell’s court went to get
him, he got wind of the intended arrest
and left, thereby evading the law until yes
terday when be was picked up in the same
locality where he committed the crime
nearly a year ago. He had lately returned
and was in the habit of stealing from the
little truck garden of Mr. Reigel until
caught. He is said to have a bad name, and
has been in jail before for similar ofleuses.
THE GAS WAR.
No Prospects of a Compromise—The Ru
mor a Canard.
A Times reporter with a view to ascer
taining if jthere was any truth in the ru
mor of a contemplated compromise and con
solidation of the Savannah Gaslight Com
pany and the Mutual Gaslight Company,
called on all the prominent officers of both
companies this morning and was most em
phatically informed that not a par
ticle of truth existed as a basis
for the rumor, no overture
having been made by either toward the
other. Said Mr. Augustus R. Guerard,
Superintendent of the Savannah Gas Light
Company : “We know of no such move.
We have made no such move. We are sell
ing gas at 50 per 1,000, and are looking to
the interests of our company. AVe do not
know what the other company are doing,
and do not concern ourselves about them.
No such information emanated from our
office.”
Said Mr. N. F. Thompson, Superintend
ent of the Mutual Company : “No meet
ing has been h-l i with the other company,
or even contemplated. The rumor may
have begun from the fact that Mr. AV VV.
Gibbs, general manager of the United
Gas Improvement Company is
in the city. No compromise
has been attempted snd we will not
be the first to seek such. We will sell
gas to our customers at a cost of not more
than 1 80 per 1,000 feet under any cir
cumstances.”
Captain Henry Blun, President of the
Mutual Company, was also asked regarding
the matter, but was equally ignorant. He
states that a survey is being made of the
works, with a view to increasing their capa
city, which is called for by the additional
number of consumers. But, so far, the fight
remains in statu quo.
The Eclipse To-Day.
An annular eclipse of the sun will take
place to-day, and will be visible in the United
States and British America. The eclipse will
begin at Richmond at 12;03 p. m., at Raleigh,
N. C., at noon, at Columbia, S. C., at 11:55 a.
m., Eastern time, and at Atlanta, Ga., at
10:35 a. m., central time. The Science
Weekly Almanac predicts that the eclipse
will begin at Charleston at 11:57 a. m., and
end at 3:24 p. m., by railroad standard time,
which will be about the same for Savannah.
Handsome Palmettos for Shade Trees.
This morning workmen were engaged in
placing in position on the southern and
western sides of the residence of Mrs. L. A.
Porter, at the corner of State aud Bull
streets, three splendid Palmetto trees.
These trees are very large, beirg each
about thirty to thirty-five feet high, and
are healthy and vigorous looking. They
were dug up at Isle of Hope and brought to
the city. Palmettoes have been trans
planted with success heretofore, and there
is no doubt they will grow and add to the
attractiveness ot our principal promenade
streets.
Save your grease. Vt e will give you a barof
soap for a pound of grease delivered at facto,
ry, fOvt of Pine street, on canal.