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VOL. 6.—NO. TOO.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATEST EVENTS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
Present Status of the Anglo-Russian
Troubles—General Grant’s Condition
His Doctors Admit that he has Never
had Cancer—The Northwestern
Rebellion-Validity of the
President’s Indian Procla
mation to be Tested.
New York, April 21.—The Herald’s
Brussels correspondent telegraphs as follows:
“I was shown a cipher dispatch this evening
from St. Petersburg, announcing a fresh ad
vance of the Russian forces, and the rumor
of fresh disturbances among the Northern
Hindostans against the British.”
THE NORTHWEST TROUBLES.
Another Garrison Believed to Have Been
Massacred.
Clarke’s Crossing, N. W. T., April
21. —A dispatch just received from Battle
ford says that a messenger has just returned
from Fort Pitt, and reports that the fort has
fallen into the hands of the Cree Indians,
who have been besieging it ever since the
Frog Lake massacre. Two policemen are
known to have been killed, and it is feared
the whole garrison has been m ssacred. An
Indian told the messenger that the Crees
had gone down the river, but this is not
credited. The commander at Fort Pitt was
Police Inspector Francis Jeffrey Dickens,
third son of Charles Dickens, the novelist.
INDIAN SETTLERS
To Test the Validity of the President’s
Proclamation,
Pierre, D. D., April 21—A large and
enthusiastic meeting of settlers on the Win
nebago and Crow Creek reservations was
held last night. An organizition was per
fected with power to organize the associa
tions throughout the reservations and raise
funds to bring the matter into the courts
and test the validity of the President’s
proclamation closing the reservation.
GENERAL GRANT.
His Doctors Admit that He has Never
Had Cancer.
New York, April 21, —The Sun editori
ally declares that General Gram’s hemor
rhages were caused by a sore which has now
disappeared, that he has not had cancer,
and that his doctors now admit it. Doug
lass and Shrady have got a good deal free
advertising, and are sharp fellows.
(New York Produce Market.
New York, April 21.—Flour du)], but
firm; city mill, extra, $5 00; for West Indies
superfine $3 50a$4 00; extra Minn., $3 60a
$4 00. Wheat No. 2, red winter, May, $1 00.
Corn No. 2, mixed, May, 54}. Oats No. 2,
mixed, May, 40. Pork quiet; spot mess,
sl3 00a$13 25. Lard $7 25 May. Mo
lasses 50; test Cuba, 17}. Tur
pentine firm, 31|a32 Rosin quiet,
strained to good $1 08al 11. Cheese dull,
Western flat 6alOJ. Rice quiet and un
changed. Sugar dull, refined cut loaf 6}a
6,7-16; granulated 515 16. Coffee dull, fair
cargoes 8 3-4.
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Chicago ’Change.
Chicago, April 21.—The markets ail
opened higher on war rumors, wheat and
oats a half cent above previous day’s closing.
Corn } higher for May. Corn is now about
} premium on June, and some talk of ma
nipulation. Provisio- s steady and all mar
kets tending lower tor the morning sessioo.
Wheat, Mav 89}, June 911, July 94 Corn,
May 48}, June 47|, July 48}. Oats, May
38}, June 36 Pork, June sl2, July $12.10.
Lard, June $7.10 Ribs, July $6 20.
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Dinner to the Cabinet.
New York, April 21.—The Manhattan
Club will give a dinner on Thursday even
ing to the members of President Cleveland’s
Cabinet and recently appointed Ministers to
foreign countries. The preparations have
been making very quietly.
Probabllitle.
Washington, April 21 —For the South
Atlantic States fair weather, east to south
winds, lower barometer, slightly warmer in
northern and central portion, nearly station
ary temperature in southern portion.
A Destructive Cyclone.
Waco, Tex, April 21. —A cyclone of
great violence passed down the Bosque Vai
ley Sunday night, crossing the Brazos River
| six miles north of this city, doing consider
| able damage to farm property.
i A Giant. Baby.
L Jonesboro, 111, April 21—Mrs.O’Brien,
If Vie giantess, whose marriage to Giant Pat
J; O’Brien was chronicled about a year ago,
j presented her husband with a 15 pound in-
I fant last night.
Appointment by the President.
[ Washington, April 21.—The President
to-day appointed Edmund F. Booker to be
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Dis
trict of Alabama.
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1885.
JENKINS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
A Study in the Worst Style of Some of Our
Esteemed Contemporaries.
N. Y. Times.
There has been a comparatively dull day
at the White House. The President rose at
7:3l—just one-half minute late. He dressed
himself, and at 8 precisely sat down with the
members of the White House family to
breakfast. His appetite being uncommonly
good, he was helped twice to fishballs. He
takes a very little mustard with fishballs, en
enjoying the pungency which it imparts. It
may be as well to state that the President
does not sit in his shirt sleeves at the open
windowsjof the White House before break
fast to see the workingmen go by at 7 in the
morning. President Arthur forgot to tell
him that it had long been a custom for
Presidents to pay this homage to the horny
handed sons of toil, and he has not yet learn
ed that the tradition is still supposed by
some of the newspapers to be kept up.
At four minutes before nine, standard
time, Col. Lamont walked across LaFayette
Park from the Arlington Hotel in some
haste. He brushed two crumbs of toast
from his moustache as he entered the White
House. The usher at the door, who is a
very truthful man until after 6 o’clock in
evening, told the C l me] that it was a very
■good day. Finding a fresh bouquet upon
the table of the private secretary he in
stantly ordered its removal and called for
the bouquet of the day before, after which
he sorted the mail on bis desk. At present
he uses both hands in performing this task,
but hopes to be able to do it by and by with
his feet, so as to be free to use his hands for
the dispatch of more urgent business.
Having disposed of the mail in two min
utes, he reported at 9 o’clock to the President
in the library. The President gave him a
bulletin of answers to questions to be put by
interviewing newspaper men who might ap
pear during the day. All inquirers were to
be told that the Cabinet did notjintend to
resign; that the President did not intend to
go to New Orleans, or Alaska, or Florida, or
the Yellowstone Park, or Cincinnati, in May;
that he did not propose to recall all the
Foreign Ministers appointed and confirmed,
and that he had not made any bargain with
Ben Butler which required him to send
the People’s candidate as Minister to Pata
gonia.
At noon the President received a number
of callers in the Erst Room. To each one
he offered his hand. To those who had ex
pected him to offer his toot this was a gen
uine surprise. A visitor arrived at the Ex
ecutive Mansion at 12:15, with baggage. It
was contained in two trunks and a valise.
The trunks were medium in size, bore the
owner’s initi. Is, and were secured with
straps of the ordinary kind. They were not
left on the front stoop, but were for conven
ience taken into the house.
At 1:30 the President took lunch. Your
correspondent was unable to learn the bill
of fare. Contrary to general belief, the Pres
ide n sat at lunch, and conven ed affably
with the members of his fam 1/ at tall”.
A number of ladies and gen [emeu called
upon the White Hon e Edies during the
afternoon. They entered by the front door
and were allowed to go out by the same
way. The statemeu. that the President
has four new wrinkles in the back of his
coat has been investigated a id m«y be pro
nounced without foundation in truth.
The President and Col. L imont were out
driving at 4 o’clock. Tney met many
friends and acquaintances aud astonished
them by raising their hats. The Washing
ton people are gradually becoming accur
tomed to these courtesies, which are now
observed by most people who desire to be
considered well bred and polite. The drive
was by the roads, the President preferring
them to the open country. On his return
he required Col. Lamont to prepare a bul
letin of the route traveled, to be furnished
to the press.
After dinner the [President received sev
eral members of his Cabinet, who came in
disguise, and before midnight considered
and agreed upon a new foreign policy; de
cided to make ex-Alderman Kirk reform
Collector at New York; to put John R.
McLean in Mr. Manning’s place at the
head of the Treasury Department; make
Gen. Rosecrans the successor of Gen. Sheri
dan; ordered his new team of horses, with
one tail banged and the other long, to suit
the ‘‘factions” of the Democratic party, and
gave some attention to his correspondence.
The President will have a new mosquito
bar for his ted He is said to prefer white
netting to a pink one. Full particulars will
be given when the bar arrives.
New York .StockJJMark t.
New York, April 21.—At 1:30 p. m. to
day quotations were:
Union Pacific 48%
Missouri Pacific
Western Union Telegraph Co 58%
Pacific Mall 55%
Lak< .Shore 59%
Louisville and Nashville 31%
Texas Pacific 10%
Denver and Rio Grande 0%
Michigan Central 55
Delaware. Lackawanna & West’n 104%
Northwestern 95%
St. Paul 70%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 121%
Oregon Transcontinental 11%
Northern Pacific 39*\
Rock Island
Jersey Central 35!
Mem phis and Charleston 40 I
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 2
East Tennessee, Va. & Oa. (pfdj
Philadelphia and Reading .u%
Omaha (com) "0
Omaha (pfd) 4®
New York Central —■ -79%
Kansas and Texas ...... 90%
Erie 18%
— - i2k
For boys and Girls.
We shall give away several t
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Tool Chests, Telescopes, ? Music Boxes,
intelligent boy or giil cm -everything an
If you want the mod desire.
youth of the 19;h cent magazine for the
three months trial s ut% send 25 cents for
presents. A handsor Ascription and list of
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The Great Cortfaal.
teething, d Southern Remedy for children
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THE MOBILE DRILL.
INTEREST IN THE CONTEST YET
UNABATED.
Company Sponsors Chosen—What Consti
tutes a Sponsor, and What Her Duties
Are—A Pretty Compliment to Pretty
Ladies—Miss Angela Forsyth of
Mobile “Sponsor” for the
Savannah Cadets.
The Mobile Register of Sunday contains
an excellent article in reference to the
Grand Competitive Inter-S'ate Drill which
commences on the 4:h of May next. We
clip therefrom the following extract which
will be read wilh interest here in view of
the fact that our gallant Savannah Cadets
will be one of the competitors in the great
contest. Says the Register:
“In circulars to a'l Captains of companie ,
one question has somewhat puzzled a few;
and explanation has been sought as to what
are ‘Sponsors’ and the ‘colors’ they wear.
“The latter means simply a knot of rib
bon, or a badge, with the chosen color of
the company or a combination of the colors
shown in its uniform, or its flag, or even its
State colors, as suits it best. These colors
are not arbitrary, and may include all or be
restricted to one. For instance, the Wash
ington Artillery, of New Orleans, have
always had as their colors white and red;
the Mobile Rifles green and gold.
“The Sponsor is tome lady whom the
company desires to compliment by such
choice. She may be a resident of the city
or State whence the competing team comes;
or of the city in which an inter-State drill is
held.
“The duties of Sponsor are no more oner
ous than the weight of a knot < f ribbon and
the bearing of a pretty cm, liment. Each
lady so designated bolls—and frequently
exercises liberally —the right to select her
color stafl; a bevy of fair ones who wear the
colors also, and who sit with her on the day
of their company’s drill. The custom is no
new one. It had birth in the days of
chivalry, when true knight wore his mis
tress’ c lored ‘sleeve’ upon his helm in
combat; while she sat in the gallery of the
list and bore the blazon of nis shield in
broidery and silk.
“Such, in brief, is the Sponsor, tho’ hap
pily to-day no ‘Lily Maid’ who wears the
‘colors’ need fear to meet her Launcelot, or
go upward with the flood’ from far Astolat,
nor yet from Camp Drum.”
It has been already noted here that Miss
Mary Jones, of Montgomery, will stand as
Sponsor for the Greys; and tile correspond
ence of the True Blues with Miss Mary Da
vis has been given.
Since then Miss Butler, of Mobile, has
been chosen by the Richland Volunteer
Rifles, of Columbia, S. C., as their Sponsor;
a choice peculiarly fit in many regards, and
especially in that her father, General Thos.
J. Butler, was on that company’s roll over a
half century ago. Miss Angela Forsyth has
been tendered the Sponsorship of the Sa
vannah Cadets, in a handsome letter from
Captain 11. M. Branch; another test of pe
culiar fitness of person and of family. The
Forsyth name is historic in Georgia; and the
early rolls of her soldiers bear tiie name of
Captain John Forsyth, uncle of the fair
Sponsor and long editor of this paper.
Miss Daisy Irwin was tendered me same
compliment’by the Mobile Rifle Company,
who accepted it in the following hadsome
manner:
“If sincere gratification at the beautiful
compliment paid me in your choice ot
Sponsor be happy presage, I shall have the
honor of bearing the green and gold for the
grand old company, as symbol oi’ victory
once more.”
Miss Laura Thornton, a PensiCuli lady,
almost equally well-known to Mobile so
ciety as to her own, has been selected by
the Escambia Rifles to wear their colors a‘
the Mobile drill. The Pensacola boys are
across the way, and their Captain
is an old Mobilien, so many a warm friend
will send greeting to the ribbon Miss
Thornton wears, for victory, or •
Superior Co ,
Court convened this mo jning at 10 o’clock, |.
Hon. A. Pratt Adam- Judge, presiding, | [
when the following pr ceilings were had :■'
In re. Applicatior , Catherine Robinson, '
wife of Patrick Robi’ Jt< , n f or homestead vs. |
Henry Suiter. Mot' on f or new trial. Motion
refused.
Haslam & Haw vs. J. C. Thompson.
Order granting amendment to motion for
new trial.
Charles S. I a subject of the Re-
public of Fi v was admitted to citizen
ship.
W. W. £\- aser was appointed and com
misioned A >< ( , tal .y Public. .
1 brand Ju’rv rendered the following
true bi'
c ta ' xws. Daniel Harrington. Burglary,
a' xte vs. Peter Austin. Simple larceny.
“■ .suite vs. Lucinda Gathers. Simple lar-
State vs. James B. Sims. Misdemeanor.
The Grand Jury after making their gener
al presentments were discharged for the term
with the thanks of the Court.
Court then adjourned until 10 o clock to
morrow morning.
Marriage of a Savantahian in Florida.
We clip the following from the Jackson
ville Herald of the 20th :
At the residence of Mrt. Rawls, list night,
Mr. R D. McDuneil, nephew of Col. 1 A.
McDonell, of this city, was married to Miss
Gertrude R Dawson, of Fernandina. Miss
D-*w°on was one ot the most popular of
Fernandina’s belles, and her winsome face
will be sadly missed among the society
gatherings in that charming town. Mr.
McDonell is a rising young merchant of
Savannah, and his numerous friends will be
elid to hear of his good fortune. Fernan
dina is a loser and Savannan a gainer by
this happy transaction.
For colds, feversand inflammatory at
tacks, as well as for cholera morbus, diar
rhoei, dysentery or bloody flux, colic or
cramps in stomach, use Dr. Pierce's Extract
of Smart-Weed, composed of best Grane
Brandy, Smart-Meed or Water Pepper, Ja
maica Ginger and Camphor 'A ater.
THE TRUNK MYSTERY. 4 s
A Gentleman Recalls the Visit to Phila
delphia of Charles A. Preller,
Philadelphia Bulletin.
A stock broker who has an office on Third
street, above Chestnut, to day gave some in
teresting facts relative to the unfortunate
Charles Arthur Preller, whose dead body
was found in a trunk in the Southern Hotel,
St. Louis, on Tuesday. This gentleman says
that he was well acquainted with the young
Englishman, having first met him abroad.
The broker was one of the gentlemen who
went from this city with the Philadelphia
cricket team lasLspring, and at a match at
Lord’s Ground during the summer he made
Preller’s acquaintance, “He had his pocket
picked,” said the gentleman, “and he was ab
solutely penniless. He told me that he was
entirely alone at the grounds and had no
friends from whom he could borrow. I loaned
him a sovereign. The next day he returned
it to me with a little note of thanks, in which
he also invited me, should I be in the neigh
borhood or care to run down to Bradford,
where he had lodgings, to be sure and call
upon him. I replied, acknowledging the re
ceipt of the money and his invitation, and in
return gave him my address, and told him
that should he ever visit Philadelphia I
would be glad to see him. From that time
until Wednesday afternoon, March 25, oft his
year I never heard from him. On that day
I was taking lunch at a restaurant when my
attention was attracted to the man at my
side by his peculiarly English accent in
making a request for a chop. Imagine my
surprise upon looking around to discover
that it was the person whom I had befriended
at the cricket match. The recognition was
mutual. He was then on his way to see me,
he said, having arrived in Philadelphia
that morning on business. He was traveling,
he said, for a Bradford house, but had not
been able to do much business with Phila
delphia concerns. We had a chat on general
topics, which was continued after we left the
restaurant. He expected to return to New
York the next day, but would be in Phila
; delphia again on Saturday. He told me
I that he was going West and expected to
visit in St. Louis an old friend, who would
travel with him from that point, his desti
nation being the Sandwich Islands. He did
not mention the friend’s name, but said that
he had met him in New York and that he
i appeared to be a very intelligent and ami .-
; ble sort of a fellow, and that he th: ught
he would make a pleasant traveling com
panion. I suppose he referred to Maxwell
After promising to dine with me at the
Btllevue in the evening, he left
me to .look up another acquaintance
he had' here. We dined together
as arranged and afterwards went to Ha V“
erly’s Theatre to see Apajune. After the
performance we dropped in at the Lafayette
case and had a lunch. I noticed that he was
well supplied with money and was liberal
in his use of it. When we separated he
said he did not think he would be able to
see me the next day as he would be very
busy, but that he would try to see me on
Saturday. I parted from him at the corner
of Bro-.d and Che tnut streets alo t mid
night and that was the last I saw him. I
called on Vice Consul Crump on Wednes
day for the purpose of giving him this in
formation, but d>d not see him. I suspect
I am the mysterious visitor referred to in a
morning paper of yesterday.”
A Gala Week in Charleston.
The Times acknowledges the receipt of
an invitation from the committee to attend
the grand inter-State picnic of the Mutual
Aid Association at the Schuetzen; latz, on
the 13th ofMay. The festivities wil 1 , how
ever, commence on the 11th, and will be
continued to the 16th. From the accounts
given it would seem that th? people of
Charleston propose to make this a red-hot
week in the pleasure line, and extend a
cordial invitation to their friends to
visit the city on this occasion. At
the picnic of 'the Mutual Aid
Association one of the most powerfil
benevolent organizations in the country,
I Capt. F, W* Dawson, editor of the Charles
] ton News and Courier, and a member of the
i Association, will deliver the address of wel-
come.
Governor Thompson, Lieutenant- Gover
nor Sheppard, Senators Hampton and
Bitler, and other distinguished gentlemen,
and the editors of every paper in this State
and leading cities from adjacent States have
been invited and are expected to attend. A
magnificent prize consisting of a silver
pitcher and waiter, to be contested for by
visiting journalists, has been procured.
The Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., of the State
of South Carolina, meets the same week on
May 13, 14 and 15 The Charleston Driving
Park Association, of which Capt. F. W.
Wagener is President, propose to have on
their splendid course two days of fine
racing. . . ,
The railroads will furnish excursion rates
at the lowest possible figure. Let all go
who can and have a good time. Our friends
in Chaileston bid us a whole-souled wel
come.
A Charming Entertainment.
The initial entertainment of Prof. Bolton’s
Art Scenes, at the Savannah Theatre, last
night was a brilliant success. The house
was filled to its capacity by an intelligent
and cultured audience. The subject of the
first lecture was “The British Isles of To-day,’
illustrated by magnificent pictures. A des
cription would ill convey an idea of the genu
ine enjoyment afforded by this realistic lec
ture. Prof. Bolton is an excellent talker,
and his descriptions and naratives
were exceedingly pleasing, entertaining,
are interesting. Every one was delighted,
and we venture the prediction that nearly
the same audience will be seen at each of the
succeeding lectures. To-night will be given
“Beautiful Par’s and the Alps.” We can
say to thosa who were not present last night,
that they will miss an entertainment that is
seldom offered if th :y fail to secure their
tickets and atten 1 the evening lecture.
A famous Washington gambler, it is said,
will s >on go to preaching. He would have
begun it ten years ago, but he has only just
now found a cure for his cough. It is Dr.
Bud’s Cough Syrup.
Dr. Biggers.
What tree represents a person that will be
in debt? Willow (will owe). You will owe
much to Dr. Biggers’ Huckelberry Cordial for
curing the child teething or you of cr«mp,
colic or dysentery.
INTERESTING CASES
i
AGAINST THE STREET RAILWAYS
AND THE BASE BALLPARK.
The Companies Arraigned lor not Water
ing their Tracks—Prerident Johnston
Conducts the Case for the Roads— s
The Matter to be Arranged—The ,
Case of Jacob S. Collins vs. [
the Savannah Base Ball
Club. a
c
There were two very interesting docket t
cases heard in the Mayor’s Court this morn- c
ing by Hon. Rufus E. Lester. One was 1
brought by two citizens against the City (
and Suburban Railway Company for not I
watering the tracks over which the care ‘
passed. Captain J. H. Johnston, the Pres- 1
ident of the road, appeared for the Company. '
He conducted the examination of witnesses (
and showed that he had watered the streets 1
through which his lines were laid up to the ’
20lh day of March, when he was prohibited 1
from continuing by an order from Mr. Jos. 1
C. Cornell, the Inspector of Water s
vVorks, who informed him that 1
if his employes used the city hydrants
any more they would be arrested or put on •
the information docket. Capt. Johnston !
argued that he had complied with the 1
regulations of the city in reference to the 1
payment of water rates, and that the only '
way to obtain water for street sprinkling
purposes was from the hydrants as indicated 1
in the ordinance passed by Council to meet '
such cases as his. Some time last fall a
resolution was passed by Council, at the -
recommendation of the Committee on Water
Works, prohibiting the company from using '
the hydrants, as the exhaust of water might
interfere with the city’s need in case of fire, !
and the further fact that the em- :
ployes of the road injured the hy
drants. A notice to this effect was ]
served on Capt. Johnston, and also 1
a settlement that valves, such as the Com- i
mittee on Water Works recommended ’
could be placed in use for the sum of $25 I
each. Captain Johnston was ready, as he >
stated, to place in hydrants, but as they cost
about SSO each, the expense would be too
great, and he did not particularly care for
j placirg in valves as would be required to ;
keep them in order and repair. He con- '
tinued as a point of law that the ordinance j'
imposing a tax on the street railroads was i 1
unconstitutional inasmuch as they were
taxed as common carriers and had paid and
were willing to pay the tax, bit that he was
opposed to special legislation or being taxed
for watering streets while livery stable
keepers and draymen are exempt.
He stated that at great expense and with
a desire to accommodate the pub
| lie he is having a well sunk
on the premises of the company and
has purchased a force pump, with a capacity
of forcing three thousand gallons of water an
hour, but that he is yet unable to secure
water for street sprinkling purposes. He
defended his position quite forcibly, aud
with considerable ability bv reference to con
stitutional enactments, ordinances and reso
lutions. He claimed that the only proper
way for the case to be called up was by man
damus, but that lie recognized in the Mayor
a just and equitable jurist, who would do jus-
I tice. His Honor asked the President of the
City and Suburban Line and Alderm n
David Wells, Chairman of the Committee on
Water Works to make some arrangements by
which the question could be settled.
The next case called was that
of Mr. Jacob S. Collins against
the President, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Savannah Base Bsll Club for blocking
up pnllic thoroughfares with a fence and
grand stand. The gentlemen named ad
mitted the allegations but denied that in
asmuch as Mr. Pendergast the owner of the
land embraced in the endosure on Ander
son, Lincoln and Second streets, has never
been paid by the city when the land was taken
' and had never dedicated it for public street
1 purposes the contemplated action of Mr.
Collins could not be taken. The ordinance
' was passed by the city June 1884 extending
’ the limits Southward from Anderson street
3 in which the base ball park
lies and through which Abercorn
and Lincoln streets are contemplated to be
extended. Mr. Heyward, of Messrs. Rrch
ards & Heyward, one of the complainant s
attorneys, said that Collins Jived on Seal’d
street, and that the officers of the Base Ball
Club erected a fence by which Abercorn
and Lincoln streets were blocked up; that
he had several thousand dollars worth of
property on Second street which would be i
considerably depreciated in value by this
enclosure and that by reason thereof and for
other causes be was subjected to con
siderable inconvenience and trouble
He said he made this as a test case
and wanted to see how the law would- be ap
plied. Mr. Co’lins testified as to what step
he hal taken to comply with the require
1 meats about the streets and building his
’ house, etc., and how far he had to
* obey ordinances in relation to street
lines. Solicitor General Dußignon
claimed that the property m question be
longed to Mr. Prendergast, but that it was
leased from him by the club, and that it
belonged to the owner until the
city paid for, it and what
was needed for the extension of Aber
corn and Lincoln streets, and that any inter
ference with it by the city until it was dedi
cated for street purposes, was unconstitutional.
The Mayor, at the conclusion of the case,
referred the question to the Corporation At
torney for his written opinion. Messrs.
Richards and Haywood intend, if the Cor
poration Attorney decides that the ordinance
is unconttitutional, to have an injunction
issued at the earliest day possible, so that
there may be a fight about the Base Ball
Park.
United States Court.
Hon. Etnory Speer, Judge presiding.
Court convened this morning at 10 o’clock,
when the following proceedings were had:
W. J. Lawton vs. W. Homer. Blitch.
Action on contract. Demurrer sustained.
Messrs. Garrard & Meldrim for defendant
Richard Wynn vs. Steamtug Republic.
Libel. Messrs. Lawton & Cunningham for
libelant, and Messrs. Jackson & W hatley for
contra.
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NEWSPAPER GRUMBLERS.
Their Peculiar Characteristics— How
They Would Whoop up Things
C hronic grumblers are, of course, as varied
in characteristics as other members of
society, representing not one but all of
mankind s epitome. Nevertheless there are
typical grumblers whom one recognizes as
such as soon as one sets eyes on
on them. Especially is this the case with
the newspaper grumblers. There is an un
definable something about them which is
unmistakable. Sometimes it is in the droop
of the shoulders, and the nervous, quick
glance bespeaking constant demand on the
overstrained attention, the dog
matic assertion of the little trueism, as he
would say, “I am Sir Oracte, and when I
ope my mouth let no dog bark,” but most
frequently it resides in a love of argument
with newspaper men on the proper conduct
of a paper. Among the least satisfactory
type of this class is the man who always
startles you with “I wish I had your paper
for a month, I would whoop up things”;
“Why don’t you pitch into the City
Council about the paving of the
streets?” “Why don’t you go for the Board
of Aidermen about the suburbs of the city,
for having such poor sidewalks, scarcity of
water, etc. ?” “Why don’t you push on the
Mayor about the street hawkers and street
drummers ?” “Why don’t you write about
the summer season at Tybee, and have a
railroad to that point ?” Why don’t you
appeal to the government fora more cen
trally located postoffice?” Why don’t you
stir up the projectors of the proposed new
hotel?” “n hy don’t you declare against
base bail and horse races?” “Why don’t
you advocate taxing church property?”
“Why don’t you fight the city for taking
private property for public roads ?” “Why
don’t you attack the present chain gang
system?” “Why don’t you advocate having
telegraph and telephone wires placed under
ground ?” etc., ad infinitum and ad
nauseam.
This type in question does not mere
ly own a grievanbe which he drags about
him like a deg at his heels, but
takes interest in those of others. He
objects to the courts for their wisdom, the
; Council for their prudence and the National
G .vernment for its power. He objects to
having schools and churches, exempt from
taxation, because apparently he has not an
intimate acquaintance with either. He
objects to the weather, the elements, the
laws of hygiene, the press, etc. He is a
constitute nal kicker, and his usual refrain
is, “I wish I vwued a paper for a month, I
woull run a paper that would be read. I
would be an educator, a teacher, a leader.”
Savannah has several such people, and the
Times man always gives them a wide berth,
except when the superior strength of the
grumbler and the firm hand on his button
hole, prevents speedy escape.
A No . able Lady.
Mrs. Eliz ibeth P. Belt, the C'.ia; liinant
in the bill which was argued yesterday in
the United States Circuit Ccurt, in the mat
ter of the estate of her deceased husband, is
a notable lidy and a patriotic one. She was
formerly a resident of Bulloch county, and
when war was inevitable she fitted out a
company at her own expense, thoroughly
equipped and maintained it during
the entire war. She had a son who was but
14 years of age, anel him, with Spartan
heroism, she sent to the front. He acted
so bravely and was so infused with the
patriotism of his me ther, that in a year he
was appointee! Lieutenant. This lady made
many willing personal sacrifices and exposed
herself to many dangers for the cause. When
Sherman’s army was on the march from At
i lanta to the sea, she was apprised of it
while the victorious marauders were nearing
. her home. Across the Ogeechee was a train
! loaded with freight, and fearing that it
: would be captured the patriotic lady sum-
moned to her a negro servant and made him
swim across the river with a note of warning
to the engineer and conductor. The train
got away and when her participation in the
act became known she was arrested and de
tained as a prisoner for some days. During
the time that Georgia was under military
rule she labored perseveringly for the State
and has now in her possession letters from
prominent parties who acknowledge
in glowinn terms her efforts for the restora
tion of Georgia to her p< litical and civil
rights When her husband died ex Gover
nor Charles J. Jenkins had the management
of the estate, and as some trouble had aiisen
between them, owing to misconceptions and
misunderstandings, she brought suit in the
United States Courts, the disposi
tion cf which was made known
in the Times of Monday. Mrs.
Belt is a resident of (New York now,
but is at present a guest of the Pulaski
House. The above facts in reference to her
patriotism were gleaned from one of her
■ counsel in a conversation yesterday.
The Greene Monument
The Greene Monument which stands alone
in the grandeur of its solitude in Johnson
square, is much admired by strangers who
do not kno however, that it was General
Nathaniel Greene, whose memory and
valro it is intended to commemorate. A
committee was appointed by and from the
Georgia Historical Society about eighteen
months ago to draft proper inscriptions
and have them carved on the shaft. This
committee was a good one, eminently fit
for the duty, but as yet the work has not
been done. Strangers frequently ask about
the history of the monument, and it is a
fact greatly to be deplored that some of
those to whom they apr ly for information
do not know anything about the monument
except that it is called “Greene Monument.
A Handsome Savannah Yacht.
The steamship Tallahassee, which arrived
from New York this morning brought out a
beautiful yacht, built expressly for Messrs.
Wylly by the celebrated yaeht builder,
McGhehan. The yacht is a beauty, and will
be a formidable competitor in the approach
ing races. She is named Naomi and is 2b
feet long. We will note her appearance
hereafter.