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VOL. 6.—NO. S7.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST EVENTS OF CURRENT
INTEREST.
Growing Better— Grant's Condition Con
tinues to Improve.
New York, April 6 —Gen. Grant has
had an undisturbed ard refreshing sleep of
seven and a half hours. His pulse is 80
and fu'l, temperature normal- Hehashau
no rain during the night and has coughed
very little. He is inclined to be cheerful.
[Signed] Geo. F. Shrady.
General Grant passed another comfortable
night. There was no indication that any
cne was stirring until about half-past five
this morning, when Mrs. Sartoris, attired in
a pale blue wrapper, appeared at the library
window and hoisted the shades No sound
disturbed the silence in tne street during
the early morning hours save the rattle of
milk carts and the rumble of bakers’ wagons:
jr the tread of vigilant reporters on the cold
and cheerless sidewalk opposite. Dr.
Shrady, locking fresh and cheerful after his
long vigil, appeared at the window. The
outlook was hopeful, and many persons
whose duty or inclination led them to the
neighborhood, were impressed that the old
sollier would live for a week to come.
STILL .BETTER
The f< Lowing bulletin was issued at 12:45
p. m : “General Grant has had a quiet
morning in his easy chair, napping and
chatting by turns. His pulse is 78 and of
good volume. He has had no p>in for sev
eral hours
[Signed.] Geo. Shrady, M. D.
A FRAUDULENT FIRE.
A Peculiar Find—lnsurance Companies
Refuse to Pay.
Charleston, W. Va-, April 6.—Oa Feb
rusry 27th the clothing store of M. Kauf
man was burned and a large portion of his
stock destroyed. The companies in which
he was insured sent special agents to settle
the insurance. Some occurence led them
to suspect sharp practice of some kind, and
they returned to investigate matters and on
Friday they found that $2,000 worth of
clothing had been hidden in stores of Kauf
man’s friends. The companies in which he
was insured refused to settle any portion of
the insurance and Kaufman will bring suit.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
A Young Girl Killed While Studying.
Charlotte, N. C., April 6—At the
residence of Wm. McGinn his son Willie,
aged 12, started to load a pistol to kill a mad
dog. The pistol accidentally discharged,
and the bull’t entered the head of Bettie
Caldwell, aged 13, killing her instantly.
Bettie was going to school in the neighbor
hood and boarded with the McGinn’s At
the time she was shot she was sitting at
the table studying history lesson. Her
slayer is now delirious with fever, and it is
believed he cannot recover.
AN IMMENSE FORTUNE.
Heirs for #60,000,000 Discovered.
New Orleans, April 6.—Messrs. Kernan
& Leary, attorneys of this city, announce
that they have found heirs for the Levi or
Weil fortune, who have been advertised for
in New York papers for some time past.
The fortune amounts to $60,000,000.
New York Produce Market.
New York, April I.—Flour quiet but
firm, super 2 60a3 15, good to choice, ex
western, 3 8505 20, common to fair ex-Ohio
3 OOao 40. Wheat No. 2 red winter, April
90]. Corn No. 2, mixed April 49], Oats
No. 2, mixed 37 J April. Pork dull mess
mets sl3 00. Lard $7 08 April, $7 13a
$7 14 May. Molasses steady,
at 18 for fifty test. Turpentine dull at 31]
Rosin quiet; good strained sllß. Rice
steady. Sugar dul’; refined cut liaf 6 7 16:
granulated 5 15 16; confectioners’ A s}a
513 16. Coffee quiet at 8] for fair cargoes.
Another Resignation.
Washington, April 6.—Judgi Calvin B.
Walker, of Indiana, Deputy Commissioner
of Pensions, will lender his resignation to
day for the purpose of engaging in private
business in this city.
Chicago Change.
Chicago, April 6.—Gpening markets.
Wheat —May 801. Corn—May 41], Oats
—May 31], Pork—May $11.77]. Lard—
May $6.80.
• Probabilities.
Washington, April 6—For the South
AtlaUic States, fair weather, variable and
preceded in the northern portion by south
westerly winds; slight rise in temperature.
Death of Horace Greeley’s Niece.
New York, April 6.—Margaret Cleve
land a niece of Horace Greely, died at the
Coleman House yesterday.
Growing Better.
New York, April 6.—ExSecretary
Frelinghuysen is better.
ROUGH ON PAIN.
Cures colic, cramps, diarrhoea; externally
for aches, pains, sprains, headache, neural
gia, rheumatism, For man or beast. 20
andsoc.
Gentlemen need not wear gloves at dinner
parties, that is, if they do not have clean
ones; but under all circumstances they must
Dr- Bull’s Cough Syrup when they get a
cold or sore throat.
THE MURDER OF MISS MADISON.
The Grand Jury Examining the Witnesses
Richmond, Va, April 6—The grand
jury is now in session and the swarm of
w tnesses in the case of T. J. Cluverius,
c larged with the murder of Fannie Lilian
Madison, have been s-vorn by the clerk of
the Hustings Court, and are being sent in
to the jury room one at a time, for the
purpose of testifying. It will be lite to
night before the grand jury finds a true Li l.
Counsel of each express a desire to go on
with the case at this term of court, but as
several important witnesses are absent, it
is thought thecasewi 1 not be cdled at this
session of the court, aud w T go over to the
next.
The Fastest Train in the World.
Philadelphia, April 6. —Yesterday the
entire train service of the Pennsylvania
Railroad east and west bound between New
York, Phil idelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis was
rearranged. Old trains were quickened
and new ones added, and the time of all
through trains reduced to the lowest possi
ble limit. Under the new arrangement the
New York and Chicago 1 mited leaves
New York at 10 a. m., Washington 10:50
a. m., Baltimore 11:15 a. m., arriving at
Chicago at 10 a. m. the next morning
Considering the distance covered, 'his is the
fastest train in the world. Its time from
New York to Cincinnati is twenty-one hours,
and to St. Louis twentyeight hours, with a
corresponding reduction to other points.
In addition to the limited new fast train,
the Chicago aud Cincinnati expres’-,
erves New York at 6 p. m., Washington
7:05 p. m , Baltimore 8 25 p. m , making its
run to Chicago in twenty-six hours and
thirty minutes, only two hours and a half
more than the time of the New York and
Chicago limited The fast line formerly
leaving New York at 8 am., will leave all
points one hour later and will perform its
service in much quicker time. The Wes
tern express will also leave an hour later,
but is so quickened as to gain a considera
ble amount of time in arriving at Western
points.
New York Stock Market.
New York, April 6.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were:
Union Pacific 42%
Missouri Pacific HIM
Western Union Telegraph Co 57',
Pacific Mail 50%
Lake Shore
Louisville and Nashville 31%
Texas.Paeific 10%
Denver and Rio Grande 7%
Michigan Central 56
Delaware, Lackawanna A West n 103%
Northwestern 05
st. Paul 71%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 123
O egon Transcontinental 11%
Northern Pacific 3>%
Rock Island 113
Jersey Central 32%
Memphis aud Charleston 37
East Tennessee, Va. AGu(com) 22%
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga. (pfd) «
Philadelphia and Reading 11%
Omaha (com) 24%
Omaha, (pfd) - »•%
New York Central - 89%
Kansas and Texas Is
Erie - 12%
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Foreign News.
Suakin, April 6. —The Guards and Aus
tralian contingent left here at daybreak this
morning for Hondoub. Their purpose is to
clear the road to enable the pushing forward
of work on the railroad now being built to
Berber.
London, April 6.—Sixty-five English offi
cers connected with the Indian service, who
have received orders to rejoin their regi
ments, will sail from Brindisi to-day en route
for India.
At Montgomery on the Salts.
Although yesterday was the not the day
set for the grand opening of the Bellevue
Hotel and Summer Garden at Montgomery,
there was quite a number of visitors to that
charming and popular resort. Mr, Lutz,
the clever proprietor of the hotel, has every
thing in first class style and will run it en
tirely on a popular plan. To-day is the
grand opening. Refreshments of all kind
will be free, and dancing will be kept up
during the whole day. A first class band
engaged for the season, and programmes for
music will be issued every Sunday to the
visitors.
This will be one of the finest summer re
sorts now in Georgia, and will be one of the
most popular places, as Mr. Luiz has taken
a great deal of pains ami spent considerable
money to have it compete with any in the
South.
The grounds are now the finest around
Savannah for picnics, aud rare inducements
a;e ' tiered to all picnic parties by Mr. Lutz.
A special schedule has been arranged by
Capt. J. H. Johnston, superintendent of City
and Surberb railroad, so as to allow visitors
to go and come almost at any hour. A large
number went down this morning, and many
more will go this afternoon.
Man Wants But Little Here Below,
But he wants that little good, strong and of
the best. And that’s the reason he rushes to
the well-stocked emporium of A. Falk &
Son, corner Whitaker and St. Julian streets.
For he knows that they carry the very best
and largest stock of mens' youth’s and chil
dren’s clothing of the most fashionable style;
good, substantial and cheap. A trial is all you
need to convince you that A. Falk & Son is
the place to go.
THE HOPE OF THE NATION.
Children slow in development, unyp
•crawny and delicate use “Wells’ Health
Renewer.”
Solid silver watch, Waltham movement, for
812, at Untie Joe’s.
“ROUGH ON COUGHS.”
Ask for “Rough on Coughs.” for Cough
olds, Sore Throat, Hoareness. Troches
sc. Liquid, 25c
Notice.
For the next thirty days L. Fried will sell
Percale and -Penang Shirts for 81 with sep
urate cufls and collars, quality the best an
fit gnarranteed. Call early for first choic
(brner Broughton and Barnard streets.
Mayer’s Magic Soap Is the most economica
n the market. Saves time and money. Man
ufactured by William Hone A Co.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1885.
THE GATE CITY.
UNSCRUPULOUS AND VILLAINOUS
JEHUS.
Skowhegan Bryant Turned Temperance
Lecturer—Capt. Howell’s Declination
of the President’s Appointment
—Pleasant Gossip.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, April 6. — While George W.
Cable, Henrv Grady and Dr. Haygood are
discussing the negro question and solving
the problem that is silving itself, there is a
live issue on the subject here in town. At
the Union passenger depot every passenger
has to pass out and in through one door.
About this door is a semi-circle of about
fifty or seventy-five negroes w'"o always con
gregate there, and as the weary traveler aj -
nears he is beset by the entire mob, »ome
porters, some hackmen aud some loafers, all
of whom set up a yell that in: lines even the
j stoutest hearted stranger to turn and fly.
I Most of these negro porters represent chinch
| dives in out of the way pl ices, and it is wue
| to the man who don’t know enough to go to
I the good hotels. A night or two ago a
Western man was taken to one < f these dens
bz a negro. The man's wi'e Was sick, and
although they dislike.! the appearance of
things th; lily exbaused ami sleepy lay
down content with any lodging place. The
next morning the man saw the character of
the place he was in and was so disgusted
that he refuse* 1 , to eat breakfast and paid tor
the lodging and lift. The proprietors had
the man arrested and extorted from him
pay for the breakfast that he would not eat.
Such occurrences tend to disgrace Atlanta.
political points.
Collector Johnson will make Columbus
his future home. It is expected that Mr.
Crenshaw will take charge in a few days.
Mr. Johnson will have to stay here several
months, however, to wind up his affairs. He
does not know what he will do in the way of
business. He has a very high opinion of Mr.
Crenshaw. Mr. Johnson was not asked to re
sign. He notified the authorities that when
ever a new man was agreed on he was ready
to go. It was not expected that he would
have a successor until December, but the
complicated fight for the Marshalship made
it necessary for a berth to lie provided, and
as Mr. Johnson was perfectly willing to turn
loose, Mr. Crenshaw was given the place.
John E. Bryant has turned temperance
missionary. Wherever the temperance hoo
doo is, there Johnnie is gathered together.
He thinks Prohibition is the coming card
and he wants to be on that side early.
Captain Evan P. Howell's refusal to take
the position to which he was appointed, viz :
Consul to Manchester, must strike the
world at large and the Republicans in par
ticular as a very unlooked for proceeding,
that a newspaper man, and a Southerner at
that, should refuse office, and such a good
one as that, is odd. But this is the Demo
cratic millinium, you know.
JOURNALISTIC JOTTINGS.
Charley Logan’s Sunday Telegram came
out yesterday. It is a nice paper and ought
to be a success. Chari sy is a lively citizen,
anywhere you put him.
Smith Clayton's diamond pointed pen is
brightening up the Evening Jcurnal won
derfully. The Journal needed a dusting,
and Smith is the man to do that work. He
makes the fur fly when he hits.
Sam Small was confirmed yesterday at
St. Phil'p’s Episcopal Church. I don’t know
whether be is going into the ministry or
not. It is said he will.
Ed. Bruff'ey is known as the Stonewall
Jackson of the reportorial kingdom.
The Weekly Constitution is crawling close
up to 40,000 circulation.
Wales Wynton is still in the wild, wild
West wondering if Macon would let him
keep his scalp if he should come back this
wav.
Fred. Brown is in Cincinnati laughing at
the idea of the Macon people ever getting
him.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
Pen-Pictur s of the Women Who Receive
Distinguished Visitors at the White
House and in the Homes of the
Cabinet Ministers.
Correspondence New York World.
Miss Cleveland is slightly above medium
height. She has a most graceful figure. She
is as pronounced a blonde as her brother.
She wears her hair short. It curls in close
ringlets about her head Her complexion is
very fair. Her eyes are a bluish gray. Iler
features are quite regular. Her face is full of
character and lights up with an intellectual
glow when she is engaged in conversation.
She has more earnestness in her face than is
generally upon the faces of ladies seen in
Washington society. She looks as if she lias
more of an object in life than to shine as a
mere social figure. Yet she carefully ob
serves all of the requirements of the society
where she is now the acknowledged leader.
I She patronizes the very best of New York
j dress-makers, and while she is never con
spicuously dressed, she always looks stylish
and has the air of a lady of decided position.
She is very fond of books and will doubtless
give a literary character to the lesser gather
ings at the White I louse.
Airs. Hoyt, another of the President’s
sisters, is a slight lidy of medium height
and very quiet, retiring manners. She has
a good face, which lights easily with a most
kindly expression Her eyes are blue, while
her complexion is that of a brunette. Her
dark hair is just beginning to turn to gray.
She is very easy in her manners and is quite
fond of society. She kept house for her
brother at Albany.
Mrs. Bayard, the wife of the Secretary of
State, although too much of an invalid to
go out in society, is usually able to see her
friends upon her reception day. Mrs Bay
ard is tall, with a slight, elegant figure. She
usually wears dark, heavy silks, male quite
plain, in a style particularly becoming to
her. Her face h an oval in shape, and in
complexion she is a brunette. Her hair is
just beginning to turn gray. Her eyes are
dark and fall. Her nose is a small Roman.
Mrs. Bayard, from the fact that sheis able
to get out so little herself, particularly en
joys having her triends call upon her.
Mrs. Manning, the wife of the Secretary
of the Treasury, is quite tall, and so slight
in figure that she looks nearly as tall as
Mrs Carlisle, who boasts of her 5 feet
and 9 inches. Mrs. Manning’s figure is
very graceful, and one w tich cirries rich
draperies with much grace Her smal
head is thickly covered with soft, light
brown hair, which she dresses high, with
a soft, curling fringe across the forehead.
Her eyes are a dark gray, not large but
expressive. Mrs. Manning is easy and cor
dial in her manners, and always seems to
have a pleasant word for each of her callers
when rereiving, for strangers as well as
for her personal friends She quite won
the heart of Pay-Director Cunningham of
' j the Navy when he called upon her the other
' i day by saving when he was presented :
j ‘Why, I used to know you in California
several years ago” Mr. Cunningham felt
I greatly flattered that she shoul 1 be a’ le to
I recall a casual acquaintance so quickly,
\ There has been very little opportunity as
yet for the ladies of the Cabinet todispliy
very large wardrobes. The reception at the
White House is the only full dress enter
tainment that h>s been given since the in
auguration. The afternoon receptions that
j have been given by the Cabinet ladies have
been rather informal, to that elaborate
dres«ing up' n these occasions would have
hard y been in good taste. Airs. Manning
therefore has only appeared in dark recep
tion dresses, except on the. occasion of the
White House reception, when she were her
wedding dress of white sitinwith seed pearl
embroidery.
Mrs. Endicott, the wife of the Secretary
lof War, is also tall, though not as tall as
! Mrs. Manning. Her figure is also slight.
Her hair is almost snow white. She dresses
]it plainly on coils high on her head. She
I has dark eyes and her features might be
j thought to'be plain until one sees her pleas
. ' ant smile. She is a thorough woman of the
' world, quiet and dignified in her manner,
and yet at the same time giving everyone a
i feeling of perfect ease in her company. The
' I armv people, both ladies and gentlemen, are
■| delighted with her. Bhe dresses very
j plainly, usually in black silk, with almost
’I no jewelry. Her favorite ornament is a
1 beautiful brooch, round in shape, the centre
. I being a large and very pure pearl surrounded
j with diamonds. Secretaries Manning and
Endicott, wi h their families, live at the
. I Arlington Hotel for the present.
Mrs. Whitney is a lidy of medium height
1 : and with a compact, well rounded figure,
l She has a very fair complexion, regular sea
, tures, clear, grav eyes, a br< ad forehead and
' brownish hair just beginning to be tinged
with gray. She dresses generally in dark
j colors. She is a very highly educated wo
man and takes a great interest in pc lilies.
She has been in Washington before and
. came here with the knowledge of previous
experience in Washington society. She is
very fond of entertaining, al.hough she is
devoted to her children. She intends to re
’ j turn to New York the last of this week and
I | miy not return here until next fall to re
j main here permanently. When she comes
I here next season the Whitneys will take a
much larger house than they have now and
will be 1 waders among those who entertain
liberal v.
Miss Lamar, the daughter of the Secretary
of the Interior, has never been in Washing
ton to go in Society. She is only about 17
years of age, and is now in mourning for
her mother. On this account it is very
doubtful if Secretary Lamar will take a
house for a year or two. Miss Lamar has
been visiting friends at one of the hotels in
the city recently, but she has been ill most
’ of the time, so that she is not even been
able to go out for a walk or drive. Secretary
Lamar has apartments in the Metropolitan
Club Fl’ts.
Mis. Vilas, the wife of the Postmaster
i General, is the smallest lady in the Cabi
net, and by some called the beauty of the
I < abinet. But she will be obliged to divide
‘ the honors there with Mrs. Manning, al-
> though they are entirely different types.
Mrs. Vilas has a round, full figure, in com-
■ plexion she is inclined to be dark, though
; by no means what could be called a bru
nette; her hair is a dark brown and her
eyes are brown. Her features are very
small and regular. Her hair she dresses
high, the front being waved, parted and
, brushed loosely back from her face. She
seems quite timid in her manner, and is
apparently not quite certain that she likes
all the ceremony to which she is now being
introduced. She has held only one recep
tion since she cure to Washington, as on
last Wednesday she was making prepara
-1 tions to return to Wisconsin to close her
i house there. Mr. and Mrs Vilas live at
the Ebbitt House at present, and will prob
ably remain there during the summer at
least.
Mrs. Hubbard, the mother of Attorney
• General Garland, does the honors at his
f house on Massichusetts avenue. Mrs.
| Hubbard has reached an age when she does
not have much interest in society gayeties.
, She is very fond, however, of having ladies
, call upon her. She is always at home on
. Wednesdays, the reception dayoftheCab
, inet ladies. She receives iu a very infor
. mal manner and likes to have her guests
- seat thomsi Ives and stay for a little chat.
| Mr. Garland has no (laughter old enough
■ito go into society. His little daughter, who
' is about 14 years of age, is usually at home
i on Wednesdays to assist her grandmether.
Mrs. Hubbard is trill and dark. Her hair
, is quite white. Her son resembles her, and
. is siid to inherit his strong character frem
her.
> Huffman’s Comedy Company.
t This company will appear at the Savan
i nah Theatre to-night under the management
t of Mr. Harry Zeigler, of this city. The
i merits of the company are fully discussed in
’ the programme, while the management as-
• sures the public that nothing in the enter
! tainment will displease the most fastidious.
■ The flowers for the opening will be furnished
by Mr. Noble; while Lindsay’s best furniture
’ will be used. The jokes and music are said
> to be of the latest kind. The music is of the
' latest purchase from Messrs. Ludden & Bates.
■ Among the features will be the songs, “Send
i Me a Leaf,” “Rock Me Susie, Rock Me,”
i “Baby and I,” “Climbing up the Golden
i Stairs,” “Tender Eyes of Blue.” “The follow
ing are the songs and dances: “Little Rosy
i Cheeks,” “Down Where the Honey Suckles
i Bloom',” “Shivering and Shaking,” double
. song and dance, “Meet Me Darling Kate,”
i “Big Fat Nance,” and others.
WESTERN MARKETS.
SPECULATION NERVOUS AND EX
CITED.
The **-hort” Interest Scattered and the
“ong” Concentrating—Corn Neglec
ted and Provisions Active.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Ch’CAGO, April 6. Oa ’change during
the past week the speculative markets have
ruled nervous and excited but except to
ward the close when a few big operators
took a band, the trade hrs been essentially
a scalper’s deal. Prices were on a see-saw
and the number of times the market has
traveled over the ground from 79c to 82c is
so large that the path has become hard
and well troden and the feet of specu-
I itors slip back and forth very easily. The
rise and ft.ll of const Is is still watched very
closely, but the general situation may now
be said to be n* t materially different from
wha> it was b fore war talk suddenly took
possess!', nos the minds of traders, except
that the time when the true condition of
the next crop cf winter wheat will be known
i is so much nearer. The peril d for “scare”
I stories has passed and those who are basing
| their trades on this feature are determined
| to keep in position until the tacts come out.
j So far, reports from the districts where
damage is most feared have not been at a l
reassurmg to “shorts,” and should the injury
decrease the yield about one-half, as some
advices now claim it will, a stampede and
sharp bulge will doubtless result. Others
wise the more conseivative traders seem in
clined to favor the bear side. It is true
there was a decrease in the visible supply
this week, but it was so small in compari
son with the depletion that rnnst take [ lace
if stocks are reduced to any ordinary limits
before n*xt harvest, that it bad little effect
on values. It is supposed to be the enter
ing wedge, but that is about all. Still, while
the ciowd are generally sellers and the
heavy “short” interest is much scattered, it
is to be noted that the buying lately has
been in g >od sized blocks, and the “long”
grain seems becoming concentrated in the
hands of a few of the strongest men here,
such as Sid Ken’, “Old Hutch,” Phil Ar
mour, Leopold Bloom and J. H. Kammerer,
These men, when they place their money,
n ually stay 'for a good profit, and
whenever May has gone below 80c the bro
kers have taken everything offered for that
delivery as well as for June. This may
later attract an outside trade, and should a
good speculative fever once take
po sets on of the pit, large sticks would
be lost sight of in no time. This would be
especially favored at present by the fact
that the export demand seems develiping
into something more substantial than a
shadow, and the opening of navigation is at
hand, when the larger quantities of grain
st >red in vessels must be moved. Again
the most vigorous bears are not talking of
anything below 75c for May, while the bull
element think wheat at 90c would be cheap.
Corn has be'n badly neglected, business
n many days being scarcely sufficient to
stablisb quotations. Receipts as yet show
no material increase, while every day brings
i he time near when farmers and teams must
be otherwise employed. The abundance of
Ihe grain, too, and the severe win
er has induced a free use of
it as feed and fuel so that
many shop’ men do not believe there is as
much in the country now as traders are
figuring on. [The consumptive demand con
tinues brisk at steady rates, but the proba
bility is that the speculative market will
lowly drag along on about an even keel
until the excitement in wheat has died out
somewhat and a few prominent men quietly
get into corn on one side or the other and
wake np the trade. Cables quote steady
markets abroad, with a brisk demand and
few lots offering.
Provisions have been more active, but
packers as yet do not seem at all averse to
lower prices, and a dumpy market en
courages the boys to s ell. Many shrewd
heads, however, predict that the day of
settlement is not far off. Stocks of product
are considered large, but when it is remem
bered how much greater number of hogs
were packed this year than last, it must be
confessed that the stuff has gone off remark
ably well. Pork is, of course, the favorite
article, but lard is receiving a good deal of
attention lately, and business in it is about
as large as at any time since the famous
McGrosh deal paralized the trade.
EARLY VEGETABLES.
Latest Reports From the Northern
Markets.
Mr. G. S. Palmer, wholesale commission
merchant, in New York, under date of the
4th inst, furnishes the Daily Times the
following prices current :
There are but few changes to record in
our market since our last quotations, ex
cept that the demand for Southern green
stuff ie more active and piices for choice
stock extreme. New cabbage is in brisk
demand and prices higher than last week.
Radishes and lettuce are also sought after
by the fancy grocers, but must be cf good
quality and condition to realise quotations.
There has been some few an ivals of aspar
agus from Charleston, and sells readily at
$1 00 per bunch Charleston lettuce has been
coming in somewhat irregular condition
and sells at s3as3 50 per bbl. The re
ceipts for oranges have fallen off some
during the past week, but as there is no
active out-ls-town demand, prices are a
shade easier than last quotations. Florida
green peas, crate $3 50a$-5 00; Florida
string beans, round crate $5 00a6 00; Florida
beans, flat, crate $4 50a5 00; Bermuda
onions, crate $3 50; Florida beets $2 00a
2 50; Florida tomatoes $1 50a3 00; Florida
cucumbers $3 00a5 00; Florida egg plants,
per barrel $6 00a8 40; Florida cabbage, bar
rel $4 OOao 00; Savannah and Charleston
lettuce, barrel $3 00a4 00; Savannah and
Charleston raddishes, per 100 bunches, $l5O
a3 00.
Philadelphia Markets. Special by wire
on the 6th, give sales on
their market to-day as fol
lows : Lettuce per barrel $6 00; cabbage,
barrel, $3 50a4 (TO; peas $2 25a3 50; toma
toes $1 00a2 00, crate; strawberries 40t 60
cents quart; egg plant $2 00a3 00 crate’
cukes $3 50a5 00 a crate.
S6OO A YE\R
SAVANNAH’S RIFLEMEN.
Anniversary of the Rifle Association—
Ske dies of the Several Clubs.
The Savannah Rifle Association will have
its usual anniversary dinner at Schutzea
Park on the 16th inst., the full arrang-e
--ments for which were made I ist Saturday,
In addition to the festivities incident to the
iianquet rifle shooting will be indulged io
and the usual sports enjoyed.
There are over one hundred members irr.
this Association, which is composed of much
of the best material in the city, and these
annual dinners are always looked forward to
and partaken of with the greatest enjoy
ment. Gen. R. H. Anderson is President*
J. W. McAlpin Vice-President and John
M. Bryan Secretary and Treasurer.
The Association it keeping up its princi
ples better than any other organization in
the State and is constantly growing in
strength, number and usefulness. It was
organized in 1873 and rifle practice is more
liberally indulged in and better markmen
ship displayed each succeeding year. Laar
yia l -the score sheets manifested a better
general average than in any other year
since the organization of the club.
The Chatham gun club with Mr. W. G,
Cooper, Pres., and Mr W. C. Pead, Sec’y.,
is on a similar basis of organization to that
of the S ivannah Rifle Assceiatsin. It has
many members and is gaining accessions?
each year.
The Forts’. City Gun Club, Mr. Henry
Kuck president and Diidrich Helmken sec
retary, is the most recently organized. It
has a lirge membership, whose efficiency
and usefu ness are daily extending. In this
connection, with the several rifle and gun
associations in the city, a word about im
provements now going on in the city with
rifles may not be amiss. Several years age f
when the International Military R’fls Match
at England was being arranged, great diffi
culty was experienced in obtaining military
rifles for accurate long range shooting. The
Brown and the Remington riflss seemed to
be the fivorites for the match on the part erf
the Americans, who, by the way, were de
feated. The principal causes alleged tor
ihe defeat were rainy weather and imper
fect sights for that species of
rifle shooting. Now the Savannah Rifle
Association, whose members have
been using the army military Springfield and
Sharpe’s rifles, are contemplating making
other arrangements and the principal shots
are looking after more perfect guns for rifle
practice and matches. They are, therefore,,
getting new barrels of the most approved
rifling, and the material placed in the old
Sharpe’s frames, and the scores made by these
guns have been proved in last year’s shoot
ing to be superior to any heretofore made.
Dr. John D. Martin and Capt. J P. White
have these improved rifles which were made
recently, and one is now being made for Mr..
J. AV. McAlpin. The bands are made of cast
steel, and when in the gun are the standard
length, equal to the United States Army
Springfield. The principle upon which they
are rifled increases the twist one turn to
eight feet at the breach, and one turn to fif
teen inches] at the muzzle, thereby avakf
ing the difficulty heretofore ex
isting by shooting with naked balls,,
as tbe Inter in passing through the barrel,,
by its friction against the angle of the twist
carries away portions of the lead, which
allows the escapeof gas, thereby causing th®
gun to foul and making inaccurate shooting,.
By the new rifling precess the ball, as it
enters the breech and passes forward, has its
wear taken up by tbe decrease of thegroove,.
which prevents the escape of gas, fifty shots
being recently fired wiihout wiping and
having the last shot equally as accurate a»
the first. In this shooting one hundred con
secutive shots were tired by a number of the
Rifle Association. No three were made, but
435 points were scored, the best ever made
here at 200 yards distance. Capt. J. P-
White has the rifling machine for doing
this work in hisshop, and kindly explained
its principles to-day to a Times reporter. Ik
is the only one of its kind in the State-
City Court.
City Court met at 10 o’clock this
morning, Hon. Wm. D. Harden, Judge
presiding, when the following proceedings
were had:
Andrew Hanley vs. Florence C. Star ley.
Account. Continued.
State vs. C. G. Falligant. Assault and
battery. Continued for the term.
A. Smith vs. James H. Johnson. Gar
nishment. Garnishment suit dismissed.
John C. Rowland vs. J. K. Garmany.
Garnishment. Same proceedings.
State vs. Harrison Carr. Malicious mis
chief. Continued for the term.
The monthly criminal session was thee
held, with following result:
State vs. .James McGee. Larceny
Charged with stealing fifty cents April -vl’
from Edward Hicks. Found guilty and
sentenced to six months on the chain gang
State vs. J. Ferrabee. Larceny. He was
charged with stealirg forty-seven eggs
valued at $1 from Adam Kensell, and being
found guilty was sent*need to six months on
the chain gang.
State vs Annie Beatley. Larceny. She
was accused cf stealing six yards of calico
valued at 50 cents from Teua Smalls, and
being found guilty was given three months
in jail without labor.
State vs. Thornton Williams. Larceny
Guilty and sentenced to three months with,
labor.
State vs. Charles Edwards. Larieny. He
was arraigned for stealing a gold pen valued
at $5 from Hub Williams. The charge was
sustained and he was sentenced to six months
on the chain gang.
State vs. Jessie Eenier. Larceny. He
was arrested for stealing a clock valued at
$2, from Beaty Campbell, and when found
guilty was sentenced to six months on the
chain gang.
The cases of the State vs James Harvey*;,
vagrancy, and State vs. Wm. Kimball,,
assault and battery, were dismsssed.
State vs. Daniel Myer. Stabbing. Con
tinued for the term.
The jury were then discharged forth i
term.
A man attacked with Bright’s Disease, or
any kidney disease, don’t want line words—
but its conquerer Hunt’s [Kidney and Llvexi
Remedy.