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VOL. 6.—NO. BS.
NEARING TH- END.
GEN. GRANT GRADUALLY FAILING.
He has a Severe Hemorrhage-Not Ex
pected to Live Throughout the Day.
New York, April 7—At 4:15 a. m. al
the Ights in Gen. Grant’s house were turned
on and the family were hastily summoned
The doctors and friends were all sent for
and great confnsioi prevailed. Drs. Doug
lass and Shrady say that at 4:30 the Gen
eral had a bad coughing spell which caused
a hemmorrhage, but it was checked and n< t
expected to recur. The General is now
quiet and dozing under the influence of
morphine.
6:40 a. m.—Ex-Senator Chaffee says the
injection of morphine which was given
caused the General to fall asleep.
New York, April 7. 9:30 a. m.—Gen.
Grant has just awakened. His pulse is
the same. J• H. Douglass.
Geo. F. Shrady.
Mr. Chaffee thinks there is no danger f>r
at least four hours. 'lie says the General lost
a tea cup full of blood. He was perfectly
composed in spite of pain and danger, and
directed how the vessel should be held so as
not to spill the blood. The doctors have not
yet been able to locate exactly the seat ot the
hemorrhage. At 8:30 General Grant was
quietly sleeping, the hemorrhage was arrest
ed, and it has made a marked impression on
the pulse. J. H. Douglass,
Geo. F. Shrady.
10:1-5 A. M. —Ex-Senator Chaflee has just
left the house. He said General Grant was
no worse. Hejmight live through the day
or his end might be much nearer. The im
pression is that Gen. Grant cannot, in his
present condition, afford to lose any more
blood.
10:45.—Dr. Newman, who has just left the
General’s mansion, states that another
hemorrhage is liable to occur at any moment
but as to the result the doctors decline to
prognosticate. It is believed the General
cannot live through the day.
12 M. —General Grant’s condition remains
unchanged. He has taken his food without
pain.
GEN. LOGAN VERY ANGRY.
He Denounces Carter Harrison as a Liar
and a Poltroon.
Chicago, April 7.—The political excite
ment attending the municipal election this
morning has been intensified to fever heat
lythe attack made upon Mayor Carter]
Harrison by Gen. John A. Dogan. A
few nights ago at a lar s e D« m cratic
meeting the Mayor openly cha-ged tha
some time prior to the trial of Mackin and
Gallagher for election funds, certain
persons connected with the prosecution
had offered to provide a loophole for
the escape of the defendants upon condi
tion that Mackinsbouldsecuretheex-coper
at'on of a sufficent number of Democratic
num >ers of the Legislature to _ enable the
Republiraes to secure a maj >rity on joint
ballot. United States Di trict Attorney
Tuthill and Gen. Logan were mentioned as
being privy to the alleged scheme. Last
night Gen.’Logan spoke to an immense con
course of Republicans at Battery D Armory.
His address was a merciless arraignment of
Harrison’s administration,and when he came
to the Mayor’s speech ho became greatly ex
cited. Suddenly he paused tor a moment and
then raising his voice he shouted; "1 de
nounce Mayor Harrison as uttering an in
famous, villainous falsehood. He is a vile,
infamous liar, a ■ poltroon, and a
coward.” For a moment the audience sat
speechless, Then there was a murmur of
surprise, followed by round after round of
applause, When quiet had been restored
General Logan again advanced to the trout
of the pla’form, and said in stentorian tones:
“I again prom unce Harrison a vile, infamous
slanderer, a poltroon, and a coward. Ire
peat this remark that the press may get it
correctly, and that I may not be misunder
stood.” He then took his seat. In what
manner, if any. Mayor Harrison will re
spond to this attack is not yet known, out
there is an unconfirmed report that he big
addressed a letter to General Logan demai.d
inganapol gv and retraction. The matter
creates a great sensatson, especially at pol t
ical headquarters. It is an interesting fret
that whili General Logan was speaking
Mayor Harrison was repeating his charges
at the North Side meeting and reading an
affidavit from a member of the Legislature
in corrobatian.
the scoundrel cooper captured
After Great Difficulties He is Landed in
Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md, Appril 7 —Howard
Cooper, the negro who ravished Miss K ite
Gray, on Thursday last, and for whom hun
dreds of irate citizens have been searching
was captured at 11 o’clock last night, near
Rock! md, by two col ired men ami a white
man. They delivered him to the Sheriff
who carried him to Towsantown j ul. lhe
news of the capture soon became known
and a crowd quickly gathered around the
jail. Sheriff Knight deemed it necessary to
remove Cooper from the jail to a place of
safety and he and one of his deputies started
for Biltimore with Cooper about midnight,
and lodged him in the Central Police Sta
tion 2 am.
Business Suspended in Chicago.
Chicago, April 7.—To-day being election
day, no business will be transacted at the
Board of Trade.
CATARRH OF THE BLADDER.
Stingim, irritation, inflamation, all Kid
ney and Urinary Complaints, cured by
Bichu-Pai ba.” fl.
ATLANTA FLASHES.
Reductions on Rates for Melons-A Re
ceiver for the Georgia Manufattar
ing Company—A Singular
C'ae>e in Comt.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, April 7.—ln an interview pub
lished this morning, Mr. J. A. Sams, of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, states
that a reduction of 20 per cent has been made
in rates on melons to points north of the
Ohio river, making the rate eight mills per
ton per mile. The rate to all points south of
the Ohio is fixed at the old rate, namely, one
cent per ton per mile. This is the rate estab
lished by the melon committee composed of
the freight agents interested in the melon
traffic.
An application has been made for a re
ceiver for the Georgia Machinery Company,
manufacturers of wood working machinery.
The company has thirty-five thousand dollars
of assets, and owes nineteen thousand dollars,
but is in a stress on account of the tightness
of the money market.
Yesterday, in the Superior Court, crimi
nal business was taken up, and the first case
tried was the noted Decatur-street rape case,
where it is alleged, that about midnight one
night last fall, Augustus Benninger entered
the home of Mrs. Kates while her husband
was away, and raped Miss Mary Jackson, who
was spending the night with Mrs. Kates. It
is charged that he terrorized the ladies by
keeping a pistol drawn and threatening to
kill the first one who gave an alarm. Ben
ninger had been a boarder in the house.
This morning the jury brought in a verdict
of ‘guilty. In the trial of the case Mr.
C. D. Hill made his first appearance as So
licitor General in the Superior Court of this
county. His speech was a very brilliant and
eloquent one. Benninger said he used no
threats, no intimidation and no force.
HISTORIC FLAGS.
The Appomattox Flags of Truce.
Monroe, Mich , April 7.—Mrs. Gen.
Custer sent yesterdiy to the manager of the
Soldiers Home Carnival at B >ston, the first
flags of truce used at Appomattox during
the negotiations which led to the surrender
of Lee. The flag sent in by Lee was an
ordinary crash towel, while the one return
ed bv our forces was a lined handkerchief
marked ‘ Znell.” Thay have been a part
of the Custer relics for years.
New York Stock Market.
New York, April 7.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were:
Union Pacific 41%
Missouri Pacific 91
Western Union Telegraph Co 66%
Pacific Mail - 49%
Lake Shore 59%
Louisville and Nashville 3'1%
Texas Pacific 10
Denver and Rio Grande 7
Michigan Central 56
I Delaware. Lackawanna A West n 104%
Northwestern 94-..
St. Paul 7 60*4
Chicago, Burnngiou an I Quincy 121%
Oegon transcontinental 11%
Northern Pacific 38%
Rock Island 11%
Jersey Central 32%
Memphis and Charleston 37
East Tennessee, Va. Ga (com} 22%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 6
Philadelphia and Reading 14%
Omaha (com) 24%
Omaha (ptd) §5%
Kansas and Texas 17%
Erie 12%
New York Produce Market.
New York, April 7.—Flour steady and ]
without material change. Wheat No. 2 red i
winter. May 93j Corn, No - 2 mtxed April I
50. Oats No. 2 mixed May 37 j. Dork dull;;
mess sl3. Lard s'.ll April. Molasses
nominal. Rosin dull; strained to
good $1.15:1.17£ Turpentine quiet.]
2|c. Petroleum dull; refined, in cases]
9|e, Rice nominal. Sugar dull; refined |
cut 1 '&f Ole: granulated,s 15 16a6c, Coffee
dull; fair cargoes, 8;-c.
Municipal Elections in Obi”.
Cincinnati, 0., April 7. —With 30 pre- I
cincts yet to hear from, it appears that thf i
whole Republican ticket is elected.
Cleveland, 0., April 7.—The municipal 1
election in this city passed oft very quietly
yesterday. The vote Was not as Urge as
that cast list November. The Republicans !
elect their city ticket with two exceptions
European Steamer Disabled in a Storm
Queenstown, April 7—The White Star
steamer Germania, Captain Kennedy,which ;
sail d from this port for New York on Fri
day, theolinst., returned this morning in
a baaly disabled condition, having encoun
tered a terrible storm, which made the ves
sel spriuk a leak.
How She Exposed Herself
Boston Courier.
First Boston Girl—“ Going to vocal prac
tice this morning, Minerva?”
Second Boston Girl—“No, my dear Calli
ope, I have a bad col 1 and am quite hoarse.”
First Boston Girl—“Ah! been exposing
yourself to the weather?”
Second Boston Girl -“Yes, I went out
yesterday and forgot to put on my specta
cles.”
The General’s Narrow Escape.
San Francisco Chronicle.
“I do so like the General,” said a sweet
voice behind me at the opera.
“He’s a dear man, isn’t he?”
“Yes; you know I am sort of related to
him.”
“Indeed; I never knew that. How?”
“He came very near being my father. He
was the first man my mother was engaged to.”
Texas claims to have a goose sixty-five
years oil. Now we are not goose enough to
bel eve that, but we do know that Texas has
10 000 people who have been cured by the
use of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, a sure cure
for Coughs and colds.
"ROUGH ON RATS.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies, ant
oed-bugs, skunks, ‘.chipmunks, gophers, gl
Druggists.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1885
THE CENTRAL CITY.
An Alleged Victim of Gamblers—Curious
Runaway—Notes.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Macon, April 6—On March 20th ultimo
Mr W. E Jacks 'D, of Bryan, Houston
county, came to Macon to borrow $2,000 of
>f a ban association. He got the loan and
gave $1,500 of the money to his son to
carry home, the other SSOO being held for
reasons that still have not been explained.
At any rate, Jackson was found the m rn
ing afjer down tbe steps leading to the old
shooting gaFery, under the National Hotel
and it was chimed by some, particularly the
gamblers and sports in that locality, and
they are as thick as bees in the honeysuckle
regions, that Jacksou was robbed of his SSOO
and shoved down the steps to hide the
leed. Now a different aspect of the case is
presented, and it seems to be the true one.
It has been discovered that the ol 1 man was
In one of those notorious gambling dens and
hat he was drunk, and that he went in
there with a pocketful of money, but came
out with a pocket or pockets emptied of
gold, silver, greenbacks, luck pieces, rabbit’s
root, etc, etc.; in fact he had nothing lift
out the pockets. His son, F. H. Jackson,
Orings suit now against Leo Swatts, J. H
Beasley, and J. H. Moran, notorious sports
:n this city, to tecover the money now
daimed to have been lost in gambling. The
•ase was set for this morning, but Jackson’s
attorney, Col. W. H Wylly, m t beingq lite
eady it was postponed to the 25th.
A cericus runaway happened yesterday
on Cotton avenue. Mr. James L. Martin, of
Savannah, and a friend were out riding, and
i hack came up ve r y hurriedly behind and
tried to pass the buggy. This frightened the
-pi riled animal, and in less time than it has
taken to write it Mr. Martin and companion
vere dashed against Prof. B. M. Z-ttler’.-
ience with a force sufficient to be heard ail
over the bl ick. Mr. Martin is hurt very
badljj, and the friend escaped with a good
scare. The horse was hurt worse than the
occupants of the buggy.
Easter Sunday was very general'y ob
served here yesterday—every church was
jammed. The music and services at the
Episcopal Churches were unusually tine.
A new city directory is out, published by
Mr. E. A. Richards.
Col Thomas Hardeman will deliver the
address for the Ladies’ Memorial Society of
Miliedgevill •. Harold.
“I AM DYING, EGYPT, DYING.”
How the Author of "The Death of Antony”
Died.
St. Louis Republican.
“Talk about strikes and mobs and muti
neers,” said General Warren P. Edgarton
yesterday when the stiikers were being dis
cussed, “the man to deal with a mob was
Napoleon Bonaparte. His order was to load
with canister and fire low. William H.
Lytle, the author of the poem, ‘The Death
of Antony,’ that begins, ‘I am dying, Egypt,
dying,’ was the man for mutineers. At one
time during the war I was sent under his
command with several pieces of light
artillery, among them two or
three howitzers, in a brigade that
went out on a raid some place near Shelby
ville, in Tennessee. When we started out
the wagons were used to carry the s fldiers
knapsacks, etc, and when we had gathered
together what forage we wanted the wagons
had to ba used to carry it. Os cour-e tie
soldiers they had to carry their baggage,’
and when the order was given to do this,one '
regiment refused to obey, and said i hey;
would not touch their knapsacks. Colonel ]
Lyile marched the men over to whpre the I
knapsacks were and again.ordered h i-.ten
to take them up. Again they refused. I
was stationed on a little eminence a short j
distance away, and presently there came
Colonel Lytle galloping over to me with his |
■abre out and his eyes 11 ishing.
“Captain li .g-irton,” said he, will you j
let me have these howi zws ?”
“ ‘Certainly,’ I answered, and gave _ the
order for the gut s omove. Come over righti
in front of the mutineers, Colonel Lytle gave ■
the order, ‘Attention!’ ‘Load with canister,
'Take aim’—and then in an undertone, bid
ding the gunnels await in readiness the
word fire, spoke to the mutineers saying,
■You U P
your knapsacks or by God I’ll wipe you off
the face of the earth.’ Not a man in the
regiment move I, and Lytle waited fully a
minute. ‘Now d-u you,’ said Lytle, ‘l’ll
give you one min ite to pick up those knap
sicks. Sliwly, firs*, one and then
and then a third picked up his knapsack,
and before the minute was up there was not
a piece of baggage on the ground.
“Lytle was a charming fellow, brave as a
lion and tender-hearted as a woman. He was
unlucky in the matter of being wounded
seldom leaving an engagement without a
wound, more or less serious. At Carnefar
Ferry, in Virginia, he was shot in the leg.
At Perryville a spent bullet struck him just
in front of the ear, and ranging downward,
lodged in his cheek. He was unconscious as
soon as struck, and seeing the blood coming
from his temple his men supposed he was
dead and left him on the field, together
with most of his command. He was taken
prisioner there and the next day sent
through the lines on parole. When he
learned how many of his men had been
killed he cried like a chil I and bewailed
the fate that he had not been among the
killed. That same day he was exchanged
and went to fighting again. His ill _ luck
followed him and he was killed at Chicka
mauga.
A Touching Appeal in the Wife’s Interest.
Stockton (Cal.) Union.
In a murder case in Stockton the attorney
for the defendant made the following touch
ing appeal to the jury:
“If I wished to work upon your sympa
thies, gentlemen, I could place before you
the picture of a lovely woman—the defend
ant’s wife—who now waits anxiously the re
sult of this trial, hoping and praying
through the long hours of the day and the
weary hours of night that you will at least
give the defendant a few years in State
S risen so as to give her a chance to get a
ivorce.”
THE WORLD’S FAIR.
TRULY A WONDERFUL EXHI
BITION.
All the World Going to New Orleans at
Once—The .Trials and Tribulations of
the Trip—The Writer Well Repaid
However—Sunday in the Crescent
Ci’y—Th s Georgia Exhibit—
The I xi.ositlon as an Ed
ucator aid developer of
the Mind.
New Orleans, April 5.
Dear Times : After tri L and tribula
tions without number, we (Captain T. A
Hooper and your corresponent), arrived in
the Crescent City abiut one o’clock on Fri
day, delayed only about six hours. From
Savannah to Macon and thence to Mont
gomery the trip was pleasa -t enough,
though the crowds which boarded the
train at each station, thereby steadily aug
menting the original number of starters for
the Exposition from Macon, gave very sub
stantial tokens of this fact that troul I • was
ahead at Montgomery where the train from
Louisville was to be met- The signs prov
ed true. Such a crush and j ini was never
exceeded in the pt 1 uiest days of the
Louisvil e and Nashvtl e RiiL-oads The
tine weather of the few preceediui’ days
bad inspired everybody who had not pre
vi tusly visited the Exposition with a de
sire to come all at once, and Louisville,
Cincinnati, St. Louisville,even Chicago, sent
del gations to swell ti e crowd from Georgia,
to indefinite proportions.
You may imagine the consequence
Sleepers were out of the question. It a mau
cou'd have gotten a single seat he ■ tight to
have crossed himself reverently for the
Id Being. Your correspondent had to stand
from Pensacola junction (where a 1 idy with
a small baby got on board :n I coul 1 get no
seat) all the way to Mobile. Imagine
what condition he was in to walk through
the extensive bull lings, and “do” the Ex
position the next day.
THE EXPOSITION.
But of course he did not attempt it. The
pleasure was deferred until Saturday, when
we took an early start, determined to de
vote the day to the Great World’s Fair. We
did it; but who could expect to see that
grand sight in a single day? It would take
a month going every day to have impressed
upon the mind the f-intest idea of a just
conception of its magnitude- As I write, I
recall a great mass of sights. Like Cassio,
I remember everything, but nothing where
fore, and so I will not attempt to discribe it
in detail, especially as already you have had
published a number of 1 -tters doing so quite
fully. Suffice it to say, that it is a grand
success in every respect, as far as American
industries and products are conceme 1. The
foreign exhibits are very good, though not
so extensive as at the Philadelphia Cen
tennial They are, however, sufficiently
full to give the visitor a very correct idea of
the industries and resourcts of the world
With this exception, and that of the Art
Gallery—which, while good, is not what it
might have been—this fair exceeds that.
Never before have been, and perhaps never
again will be, such a complete displ -y of the
industrial resources of America. It makes
a man feel patriotic in spite of himself, and,
no matter how unreconstructive he may be
in his heart, he must take off his hat to the
stars and stripes as the national emblem of
the greatest country God has, so far in His
wisdom and power, ever made.
SUNDAY IN NEW ORLEANS,
The next day was Sunday, but Sunday in
New Orleans is not like Sunday anywhere
else in this Republic. Stores are open: thea
tres are open; excursions and picnics are the
rule, and a general air of pleasure pervades
the dtiv. io far from being a day of rest it is
the hardest working day in the week. Busi
ness is even more rushing, among a certain
class, than during the rest of the week, and
as to sanctity—unless a man preserves it in
his own home, there is none. I was amused,
on visiting the French market Sunday morn
ing, to get a cup of Creole black coffee, to
see there a number of pious Georgians from
the interior of the State, who, athome, would
hold up their hands in horror at the bare
idea of paying a debt on the Christian Sab
bath, mingling freely with the crowd, and
occasionally patronizing the curiosity man
and the cheap-John man, who paraded his
wares with all the animation of which he was
master, just as freely as did the unregenerate
natives.
But it is not my purpose to write you a
homily, nor pious Georgians a lecture. We
were all at Rome, and all Were doing as
Romans do. I did go to church, however,
twice. Once in the morning to the old St.
Louis Cathedral, and later on to Christ
Church (Episcopal). The Easter decora
tions were grand and beautiful, and the idea
was inevitably conveyed to the mind that
New Orleans is a city by itself, and sui
generis, on American soil. Such a mixture
of worldliness and piety on Sunday can be
presented nowhere else in the world.
THE GEORGIA EXHIBIT.
I was greatly and most agreeably disap
pointed at our Georgia exhibit, which is
really very creditable indeed. The old
guns of the Chathams, of Savannah, are the
observed of all observers, and have added
immensely to the attractions from our State
heretofore presented. I feel proud of hail
ing from Savannah, for outside of the very
interesting mineral display from upper
Georgia and the cotton display of the Eagle
and Phoenix factory, of Columbus, Chatham
county and Savannah have made up the
display from the State. Major Bacon has
cause to be well satisfied with the result of
his efforts, for, in spite of the almost super
human obstacles he had to encounter, he
succeeded in arousing sufficient interest to
have a display equal to many others, even
where the State came to the rescue and
everything was not dependent upon private
subscriptions, as was the case in Georgia.
I noticed that one very important exhibit
from Georgia was not in the State display,
and that was the exhibit of cotton bed
spreads and plaids made by the Swift Man
ufacturing Company of Columbus. This
was in the main building all by itself, and
it was exceedingly interesting. Beautiful
bed spreads, made of ordinary cotton, looked
like cashmere, and my eyes were opened to
a very important Georgia industry of the
existence of which I was in profound ignor
ance. The Swift company have made a
mistake, 1 think, in not securing space for
their display in that portion of the building
set apart specially for Georgia.
A HURR'ED LETTER.
I have written, as your readers may see,
a very hurried letter for two reasons First
because the wonders of the great Wo 1 i’s
Fair have been already fully describe 1 in
your columns, and I will not trespass on the
premises of your regular c irrespondent here
by attempting it again in detail. Second—l
could but begin to do thesubject justice in one
letter It is a sight that every man, woman
and child in the whole country should sei,
and wonderfully demonstrates the immense
recuperative power of the South. As a
teacher and developer of the mind it could
be m ide to accomplish incalcuable good.
I leave this afternoon for Beauu dr and
from there you will hear from me again.
w.
A Worthy Society and Its Proposed Con
cert.
Editor Daily Times : Will you please
be so kind as to allow a little gill space
enough in your valuable columns to make
in appeal to the generous people of Savan
nah in behalf of the poor and suffering
little chil Iren ?
There are many societies among the
grown people for charitable purposes, who
dispense generous aid to the poor of this
city, alleviating their sorrowsand suffering,
and by that means assisting in their salva
tion.
Imitating their example, the little girls
between 8 and 12 of age, of the Cathedral
Parish, on January 21st of this year, (the
least day of St. Agnes) organized a society
under the patronage of thatsaint. Our pur
pose is to feed, clothe and assist in the edu
cation of the poor little children of the city
of any religion. We have now about seventy
fi e ueml e s.
since we organized we have made many
poor children happy, but our means are too
mail to permit us to extend aid to the in
creasing number who apply and whom we
find in distress; therefore in order to aid us
we will on next Thursday evening at 8
o’clock, give a concert at the Catholic Li
brary Hull The leading singers of this city
have kindly volunteered their services, and
we can assure everyone who attends a musi
cal treat.
Tickets only 25 and 10 cents, to be had at
the book stores or from the members. We
know that the charitable people will assist
us and that the Infant Jesus wi 1 bless them
for it.
Thank you, Mr. Editor, for your kind in
dulgence. A Little Member.
Savannah, April 7, 1885.
Court House Sales.
To-day being legal salesday, the following
property was sold by Geo. W. Lamar, Esq.:
East half of lot No. 18, and whole of lot
No. 19, Lafayette ward, corner of Charlton
and Abercom streets, for the sum of $12,700;
block lots on corner of Hall and East Broad
streets, for $1,175; Cotton Vale Plantation for
$830; also three lots on Huntington and
Whitaker|streets, for $1,175, $1,025 and sl,-
000, respectively. He also sold the Giles
1 louse on Whitaker and Liberty streets for
SB,OOO.
By Messrs. Kennedy & Blun northern half
of lot No. 19, Currytown ward, with im
provements on southeast corner of Stone and
Montgomery streets, for $3,200, lot No. 3
being subdivision of the Kingwilly tract
conditionally for $1 200, part of lot No. 14
Holland warl, with unfinished building for
$425; s.Lo pew No. 64. St Johns Church, }
belonging to the estate of H. Roberts, for I
$305.
Messr . I. D. La Roche’s Sons sold tw > i
small houses on Hardee street, south of I
Liberty, for $1,200; also lot letter “K” and ]
part of lot letter “L” Gue ward on Duffy |
street near Jefferson street, for $815; al-o
a tract of land 2.1 miles from city, on the i
Ogecchee road, for SBS.
Charles H. Dorsett, E q , sold fourteen ]
acres of land on the Middle Ground for $100; |
lot No. 4, Liberty ward, for $4,575; tfie two- i
story wooden dwelling on Broughton street, i
between Lincoln and Abercorn streets, for j
$2,425, and the three-story house, known as i
No. 155 Gordon street, for $2,575.
Messrs J. McLaughlin &Son sold a num- |
her of horses, buggies and wagons.
All the auctioneers withdrew some real
estate.
An Instance of Cause and Effect.
Rev. Dr. Ritchie, of Edinburg, though a
very clever man, once met his match. When
examining a student as to the classes he
attended, he said:
“I understand you attend the moral
philisophy class ?”
“Yes.”
“Well, you doubtless heard lectures on
various subjects. Did you ever hear one on
cause and effect?”
“Yes.”
“Does an effect ever go before a cause ?”
“Yes.”
“Give me an instance.”
“A barrow wheeled by a man.”
The doctor hastily sat down and proposed
no more questions.
Pretty Near Time for Cleveland to Take
a Back Seat.
Chicago Herald.
“For my part,” remarked a handsomely,
even sportively, dressed young man in the
smoking car,” “I think this man Grover
Cleveland is getting altogether too much
attention. He monopolizes the newspapers.
One would think Cleveland was the only
man in the United States. But I predict
that in two months he will take a back seat,
as it were. He will discover that there are
some other big men in this country besides
himself. This ain’t no one-man country.
We mean to have our rights.”
“And who are you?”
“Oh, I’m a professional base ball pitcher.’
A Compliment that Flattered Her.
Pretzels Weekly.
“I wish a dozen cabinet pictures,” said a
lady to a German photographic artist “But
I wish to say that if they are not perfect I
will not take them.”
“Dot’s all right.”
“Very well; then I will take a sitting.”
“Pooty goot, neider; anyhow, I docks your
pigture mqre pooty as der original.”
She was fluttered.
S6OO A YEIR
A GREAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE.
Work on the Iron Bridges of jthe Central
Railroad Commenced.
Several months ago, the City Council pur
chased for eight thousand five hundred ded—
lars, the riparian rights along and the right
across the Ogeechee canal at the foot of old
Joachim street, now Bay street extended—
The Council then gave the Central Railroad
the right to erect a bridge across the canal,
and in order to accelerate the work and
make the approaches to the proposed bridge
accessible and convenient, the road contribu
ted thirteen thousand five hundred dollausz
or thereabouts. Work on the bridge was
commenced some time ago, and on Saturday
last the pile driver was withdrawn, having
sunk several hundred posts as a basis for the
support of the bridge. Yesterday and to-day
workmen were engaged in sheathing the
piling so that the entrance of water,.,
mud and quick sands, may be
avoided as much as possible,
and preserve the statoLty of the foundation.
The bridge will be of iron, 60 feet wide
and seven feet and a half above the water,
so as to allow the easy passage of barges
and flats. This passage will be 40 feet, am
ply sufficient for the purposes of the canal
company The contract for building the
abutments was awarded to Mr. B. R. Arm
strong, the well-knowd contractor, who will
use in the works about six hundred thous
and bricks. The iron part of the bridge
will be made by some Northern foundry,,
so a Times reporter was informed, shipped
here an t placed in position by mechanics
of the Central Railroad. The work is being
p shed foiw rd as expeditiously at,
consistent with the nature of the plans. It
is being done under the supervision of Mr.,
B. J. Ct.b elge, forwariing agent of the
road, assisted by Mr. H. C. Morgan, clerk
at the wharf of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany. The bridge, when completed, will
be of incalcuable benefit to the road and to
those having business at the warehouse and
wharves west of the canal. It will also be
public and will prove of an advantageous
nature to anyone who wants to avoid the
crowded condition of the present bridge and
approaches thereto. In River street the Cen
tral Railroad and (leean Steamship Com
pany will also erect a new iron bridge on
the site of the old one on River street,
when the one now being built on Bay
street shall have been completed. Over
this bridge steam cars will run over the
proposed track to Montgomery street and
points farther east. This too will be a vast
undertaking, but the company are capable
of accomplishing this, or any thing they
undertake.
The Park and Cemetery.
Forsyth Park and Laurel Grove Ceme
tery, like Wolsey, have now touched the
highest point of ail their greatness Spring
has breathed upon the trees and desolate
branches and shrubs have grown into
miracles of waving emeralds and floral bow
ers. The fountain and brook are again
plashing and musical Spring has trod the
curved paths in and out and her footprints
twinkle with flowers. She has made bright
the skies and soft the breeze, and many
homes far and near cast their people out to
praise her and enjoy the feast. To attempt
to decide whether Forsyth Park or Laurel
Grove Cemetery be fairer, would bring out
the everlasting wrath of Keeper Theo
Meves and Superintendent A F. Torlay, the
venerable gentleman respectively in charge,
and that would never do. The rivalry be
] tween these two gent’emen in the matter of
I keeping their respective places attractive
ii> pardonable. Each thinks his own do
| main the more glorious, good and wonder
| fill
i When Keever Meves points out . his
I Sphynx, his Mercury, his floral walks, -rare
j trees, tropical plantsand his fountain, while
1 Superintendent Torlay, with equal pride,
j points touchingly to the s. Idlers’ lot, the
imposing and stately monaments to the
Ute John Kelly, Henry Brigham, Geo. B.
I Cummings and the Habersham, Styles and
Cuyler families and grows enthusiastic over,
| the architecturrl beauty of the sculptor’s art
las displayed. He al-o points to the well
| kept walks, graves and beautiful flowers.
The park is the resort of the florist,, the
botanist, the painter, the artist. It is also
the resort of the untamable boy, the cadav
erous youth, with spindle legs and vile cig>-
arette, the sentimental young hdy, the col
-1 ored nurse and the tramp. Over all the
] trees wave, and around them the sparrows
fight and flutter. The fountain flings its
misty radiance upward like plumes. The
wind’s breathe warmly through the trees.
The cemetery is different. It breathes of'
peace, quiet and holy calm. It is cooler,
baoader, and more undisturbed.
Here sentiment gives way to grief and •
folly to religion. Here a solemn grandeuir
is over all, an eloquent silence prevails, and!
birds sing, flowers emit fragrance, and trees
sigh in rhythmic numbers. One is gaiety/
the other sadness. One is pleasurable, ths
other sombre One is of the earth, the
other sacred. Both are beautiful, and espe
cially at this season when nature and na
ture’s God are doing so much to beautify
and ornament them.
The Comedy of the “Two Johns.”
Another wave of fun is coming down on
Savannah with the “Two Johns” Comedy
Company. The Cincinnati Commercial,
who never laughs when it can help it, en»
joyed the play and spoke of it as foil ws :
“At both the afternoon and evening per
formances of the ‘Two Johns’ the house was
crowded. The ‘Two Johns’ is not only ths>
title of the comedy, but the names of two of
the jolliest comedians on the boards, Messrs.
Hart and Stewart. These gentlemen assume
the principal parts in the comedy, and keep
the audience in a continuous roar of laughter
throughout the evening. The appearance
alone of John C. Stewart and John Hart is
sufficient to provoke no end of laughter,
their combined weight being in the ne jgh'
borhood of seven hundred pounds. The
specialties introduced in the second act are
all good and were well received. ’
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