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VOL. 6.—NO. IOS.
THE WAR SITUATION
SUMMED EP BY THE LONDON TEL-
EGRAPH'S CORRESPONDENT.
The Question of War or Peace to l>e Ke
elded in a Few Days—AH Depends on
Russia's Answer to Gnat Britain— _
Approaching Marriage of Stone
wall Jachsou’6 Daughter-
Miscellaneous News
Items.
London, May 1. —The situation way
perhaps be summed up this morning by
quoting the usually conservative Bet bn
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. I
gave you yesterday to understand,” he says,
‘ that the question of peace or war would be
decided within a week. I can now add that
definite information on this all important
subject will be forthcoming on Monday or
Tuesday next at the least. It is indeed
possible that all suspense will be at an end
this week. Everything depends on the
answer now awaited from Russia
to some demands recently put
forward bv the government. I cannot with |
the data at my disposal hold out much hope .
that Russia’s reply will be of a satisfactory i
character. To go no further, the account I
just published by the Russian offi
cial gazette shows that the Czars
government maintains its ground
with regard to Komaroff’s conduct. The
Moscow Gazette actually has the face to
accuse the British officers attached to the
frontier commission of untruthtuloess. The
inte I'gence of this renewed advance (flhe
Russian troops tends to confirm the im
pression that the afiair has now passed be
yond diplomatic action, and into a purely
military question to be solved by arms-
This recalls Bismark’s famous saying,
‘War is not likely to break out until both
disputing parties begin to issue documents.
THE GARNET AND THE STRYLOK.
The British Ship Watching the Russian
Corvette.
Fort Monroe, Va., May I—ln an in- ■
terview last evening with Capt. Hand, of |
the Garnet, a telegram announcing j
the arrival of-the Strylok in New
York was shown'* him. He was asked
what course he intended to pursue but upon
this subject he was as dumb as an oyster.
At 3 o’clock this morning the Garnet
quietly flipped out of the roads and put to
sea. Her destination, is certainly New
York.
killed at church.
A Shocking Sou h Carolina Tragedy.
Yorkville, S. C.,May I.—While servict s
were in progress in the Baptist Church,
near here, a few nights ago, Mathew Reid
and John Workmen called out Aaron
Brigant, with whom they had previously
quarrelled, and shot him . dead
his body falling across the church steps.
Reid escaped, but Workman is in jali.
THE MANCHESTER CONSULSHIP.
Given to Mr. C. J. Hale of North Carolina
Washington, D. C., May 1 —The Pres
ident appointed C. J. Hale of North Caro
lina, U. S. Consul at Manchester, England,
the ’position to which Mr. E P. Howell
of the Atlanta Constitution was first named.
New York Produce Market.
New York, May I.—Flour dull and
lower; city mill extra, $5 10 to 5 75; super
fine $3 90 to 4 10; common to fair extra
Ohio, $3 95 to 4 30. Wheat—No. 2
red, winter, $1 03J far May, $1 04J June,
Corn No 2 mixed 58j; June 58J. OdlsNo.
2 mixed 42J for May, 42g for June. Pork
dull, mess sl2 75a13 00. Lard $7 10*7 12 for
May; $7 20 j7 21 June. Rice steady and ur
chan’ipd. Sugar dull; refined cut loaf, 6|;
granulated, 6j. Coffee quiet; fair carg es,
B|.
Chicago Change.
Chicago, 111, May I.—The market
opened generally lower; wheat a cent off,
corn and oats J cent off, pork 171 cents lower,
lard and ribs five cents higher. Wheat, for
June, 921. Co n, for May,4B|; for June, 48j.
Oats, for June, 36J. Pork tor May, sll 40;
for June, $1155. Lard, for June, $6 97J. ■
Ribs, for June, SO.
Stonewall Jackson’s Daughter to be Mar
ried.
Richmond, Va., May I.—Miss Julia
Jackson, the only child of Stonewall Jack
soi), will be married on June 3d, to Wm. E.
Christain, a grain merchant of this city. The
lady is twenty-three years old.
Laborers Strike.
' Chicago,May I. —The pitmen,or unskilled
laborers at the North Chicago rolling mills
‘■(truck yesterday upon being refused an ad
vance of 25c. per
ProbsbilitJen.
Washington, May I.—For the South
Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather and
occasional rainsjsouthwest to northwest winds;
slight changes in temperature.
Northern Vegetable Market.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
New York, May I.—Peas $1 75 per
crate. Beans $3 00 to $4 00. Cabbage $4 00
to $5 00 per barrel, demand very good.
Coleridge’s Bust.
London, May I.—United States Minis
ter Lowell will unveil the bust of Samuel
Taylor Coleridge in the poet’s corner, on
May 7th.
SE ARCHING FOR TREASURE.
A Company That Proposes to Raise Mil -
lons From the Bottom of ths Sea.
Philadelphia, Mar I.—Jonn J. Boyle,
general manager of the Vigo Bay Treasure
Company, sailed yesterday for Liverpool on
board the steamship Lord Gough. From
Liverpool, he says, he will go direct to Vigo
Bay and resume active operations to raise
the sunken treasure which has lain buried
beneath the waters of the bay sin-e 1702.
Vigo Bay is a deep indention of the Spanish
coast, where in 1702 fourteen galleons,
loaded with doubloons, were sunk to avoid
capture by the combined attack of the
Dutch-English fleet. Millions of wealth
are supposed to remain in the holds ol these
sunken vessels.
Repeated attempts have been made to re
cover this treasure, but all have signally
failed. The Vigo Bay Company has a con
tract with the Spanish Government to at
tempt to recover it, one-fourth of the pro
ceeds to belong to the government. Mr.
Boyle visited the locality last year and re
turned with such cheering accounts of the'
chances for raising the galleons that money
has been raised to make this new attempt.
The office of the Vigo Bay Treasure
I Company is on the third floor of _ No. 144
j South Fourth street. The appointments
j and furniture of this office are severely
democratic in appearance. No carpet
I covers the board floor. Common pine
tables aad chairs are provided for the
directors. The walls are decorated with
charts giving the location of, and books lie
on the tables describing this beautiful
Spanish bay. The directors meet occa
sionally in this office and gaze at the chart
and con over again the ancient book which
contains the account of the sanguinary fight
which concluded in the scuttling of the
galleons. Thev are patient men and they
will wait until Boyle returns with a ship
load of this Spanish gold. To-day they will
meet and exchange congratulations over
the prospect before them;
DISCOURAGING TO PLANTERS.
Thousands of Acres of Cotton Destroyed
by Flood.
Little Rock, Ark, April 30 —Planters
coming in from the Arkansas Valley, state
that the destruction to the cotton crop by
! the overflow in the river bottoms can hard -
ly be approximated The devastation ex
pends over many plantations, and hundreds
! of acres already planted in cotion are either
I inundated or destroyed by water and drift
wood. The cotton seed planted will be ruin
ed by rot. Many growers have not the seed
to rejlint, and it would take a long time
to referee and restore planta'ionsfor replant
iug. In consequence, one-half the cotton
crop in the Arkansas Valley is destroyed.
New York Stock Market.
New York, May 1 —At 1:30 [p. m. to
day quotations were:
Union Pacific ..... 49%
Missouri Pacific
Western Union Telegraph Co 59%
Pacific Mail 56
Lake Shore 58%
Louisville and Nashville 31
Texas Pacific 10%
Denver and Rio Grande 5%
Michigan Central 52%
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n 106%
Northwestern 95%
st. Paul 70%
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy .T 21
Oregon Transcontinental 14%
Northern Pacific W%
Rock Island 112%
Jersey Central 3‘>%
Memphis and Charleston 37
East Tennessee, Va. & Ga (com) 21%
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 5%
Pulladelphiaand Reading - ... 1614
Omaha (com) .. 20%
Omaha (pfd) - 74
New York Central 89%
Kansas and Texas - - 18%
Erie ...'. 12
Augustas vs. Nashvilles.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Augusta, April 30.—The game between
the Nashvilles and Augustas was only
played up to half of the third inning, when
rain stopped further pliy. The score stood
Augustas 3, Nashvilles 0, with Nashville at
bat. Augusta goes to Savannah to-night
and the Nashville play in Atlanta to-mor,
row This is the last league game here
until June.
Looking Through a Telescope.
Large crowds were observed list week
gathered around a Telescope man at the
comer of Eighth and Market stree's. Our
reporter stpped to ascer ain the cause if
so much excitement, paid his five cents f< r
a look and discovered across the face of
the moon at which the “scope” was
printed, Best thing for a Cold—Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup.” He just concluded that Dr.
Bull was a nigh cl I advertiser, and that
Bull’s Cough Syrup was the best thing out.
Some one had stuck a strip with those
words across the end of the glass.—Phila
dtlphia, Pa, Traveler.
Look at Our Goods.
It does not annoy us, for lookers politely
treated often become steadfast customers
Haven’t you noticed how hard it is for some
salesmen’to show goods unless they feel sure
you will buy then and there? Our invaria
ble rule Is, “courtesy to all, whether wish
ing to buy or not” There is a large number
of young men in this city who regularly de
peiid on us to fit each season in the
most approved manner, for our manner of
doing business is One Price to all, and that
the lowest for cash. “The Famous” know
of no reason why any one man’s money is
better to them than another’s, but we do
know many reasons why One Price to all is
the only way Jo deal. Some young men
dislike to put on a new suik of clothes.
Well, it is annoying to have every one you
tneet ask if it has been wet. The clothes
old by “The Famous” will stand any
imonnt of wetting—that is in the rain. If
rou doubt it, purchase a Suit from the well
known Famous New York Clothing House,
140 Congress street.
Resignation Requested.
Washington, May I—lt is stated to day
that Attorney General Garland has request
ed the resignation of Judge Axtell, of the
Supreme Court of New JMexico, under pen
alty of removal.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FIUI>AY, MAY 1, 1885.
THE SOCIAL SEASON
NEARLY AT AN END IN WASHING
TON.
Last Week of Mr. Cleveland's Receptions—
The President Soon to Move to the
Solilie's’ Home—A Busy Rush Be
fore the Close—Numerous Ope
ratic and O her Social
Pleasures.
Washington, April 29—This is one of
the busiest weeks society will have before
the opening of the season of 1886. In a
few days the President and his sister will
remove to the Soldiers’ Home, and the daily
receptions which Miss Cleveland has been
holding in the early part of the week will
end. Not that she expects to live the life
of a'recluse at the Home, but her conveni
ences for leceiving large numbers of people
will not be such as she enjoys at
the White House, and, besides, she will be
rather glad to take ali tie rest. The result
is that she is unusually busy this week. Mon
d y, Tuesday, Wednes lay and Thursday are
given in part to this duty, and the large
number of people who avail themselves of
the privilege of these “informal” calls is
quite surprising. Then, too, there is a feel
ing that the end of all things social, so far
as Washington is concerned, is at hand. The
Supreme Court is to adjourn pretty soon, and
the receptions of the ladies, which always
start oft'the week in a very delightful way,
will, therefore, soon be no more until their
return in the autumn. The Cabinet ladies
are, however, settling down for a summer of
it. They see that there is little hope for
their husbands to get away from their duties
very much this season, for their work is very
confining, causing them long hours of over
work, and while their families will, ’of
course, leave the city when the
weather becomes unendurably warm, there
is a disposition on their part to stay as long
las they can. Sa every day is a busy one
I with the social world this week. On Mon-
I day there were informal receptions by the
I wives of the Supreme Court justices, and
Miss (.leveland’s informal reception between
112 and 1 o’clock. It having been announced
I that this would be her last week to receive
j in this informal way, the attendance was
very 1 irge. Monday was a day of regrets,
j too, for the friends of Colom 1 and Madame
; Jer.me Bonaparte, for on that day the C< 1
onel and his family sailed for France, to re
main until September, when they will re
turn to this country and spend the remain
der of the season at Newport. Their house
on K street will be closed, as’ the family will
take abroad with them the entire retinue of
servants whom they brought over with them
on their last trip to France. To-day the
cabinet ladies are holding their regular re
| ceptions, and their parlors are well filled
i with people who are anxious to pay respect
to the powers that be. To-morrow the social
event of the week comes in the presentation
at Ford’s Opera House of the opera of “The
Kettledrum;” or “The Debutante,” to be
given for the benefit of the Central Dispen
sary and Emergency Hospital. The leader
has been drilling the cast and chorus until
they are nearly perfect in their parts, and
there can be no hesitation in saying that for
originality, fun and good music this perform
ance is quite sure to be a model. The opera
of “Patience,” so successfully rendered by
amateurs last Saturday, is to be repeated on
Tuesday next.
Why He Didn’t Remove the Grip-Sack.
Texas Siftings.
“Will you be kind enough to take that
grip sack off that seat,” said a countryman
who got on a train at Luling.
“No, sir; I don’t propose to do anything
of the sort,’’ replied the drummer, who was
sitting on the other side of the sea.
“Do you say that you are going to let tnat
grip-sack stay right there ?’’
“Yes, sir; 1 do.”
“In case you don’t remove that grip
sack I shall be under the painful necessity
of calling the conductor.”
“You can call in the conductor, the engi
neer and the brakeman if you want to. Per
haps you had better e’oo at the next station
and send a special to old Jay Gould him
self about'ifc”
“The conductor will put yon off the train.”
“I don’t care if he does. I am not going
to take that grip sack from that place where
it is.”
The indignant passenger went through the
train and soon returned with the conductor.
“So you refuse to remove that giip sack, do
you?” asked the conductor.
’■l do.”
Great sensation.
“Why do you persist in refusing to remove
that grip sack?”;
“Because it’s not mine.”
“Why didn’t you say so at once?”
“Because nobody asked me.”
United States Court.
Hon. Enory Bpeer, Judge presiding.
Court convened this morning at 10
o’clock, when the following proceedings were
had :
James Trtrott vs. Chew & Keely. Assump
sit. By consent of parties and order of court
the above cause was withdrawn from the
jury and referred to an auditor, ’.on account
of the complicated reports involved.
John Brown vs J. A. Eskell. Action on
contract.' Removed case from Mclntosh
Superior Court, where damages were claim
ed for towing a vessel to sea. Case now on
trial. Messrs. Lester & Ravenel for plain
tiff, and George A. Mercer, Esq., for de
fendant.
Otl'[l'or Macon.
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge; Marion Erwin,
Esq., c erk; Col. E. C. Wade, Marshal; Col
S. A. Darnell, District Attorney; S. F. B.
Gillespie, Esq., clerk in District Attorney’s
office, and Deputy Marshal court officers of
the United States Circuit Court, will leave on
Sunday for Macon, where the spring term
will be convened on Monday. There are
fifty cases on the docket, prominent among
which are the following: One each for rob
bing the mail, counterfeiting, perjury, pen
sion frauds, conspiracy, extortion under cover
of office, and peonage or involuntary servi
tude. There are three cases of obstructing
process, while the balance are for retailing
liquor or tobacco.
MACON MATTERS.
The Chamber of Commerce Indignant
With Allan a Lawyers—A Would-Be
Bigamist—Base Ball.
Special Correspondence Daily Times.
Macon, April 30—At 11 o’clock this
morning a meeting of the Macon Chamber
of Commerce was held at the office of the
President, W. H. Ross, for the purpose of
taking some action relative to the “state of
affairs” in the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia R alroad tnud.lle. The citizens of
Macon generally deprecate the troubles that
surround that popular corporation, and
ti.any believe the suit brought by a few At
lanta lawyers only a scheme to wreck the
road and thereby enal le scht mere, sharks
and speculators to buy it in at a sacri
fice. A set of resolutions
were offered which reflected very
severely on the lawyers and in a manner
sought to dictate to His Honor, Judge Ham
mond, of Atlanta, the course that he should
pursue. “The hot heads” in the meeting
failed to get them through and on sugges
tion of the more conservative and cool head
ed gentlemen present a committee was ap
pointed to draw up resolutions for a meeting
to be held to-morrow morning. The general
opinion is that by a set of dignified and res
pectful resolutions the will of our people in
this matter will be considered and noticed by
the courts of justice and deter the brazen
faced lawyers, speculators and wreckers in
their devilish work.
A lady in Brunswick, (name withheld by
request,) writes to friends here th it Mr.
El. Hollingsworth of this city, has propos
ed marriage to her niece and she is opposed
to the match and besides has reason to be
lieve that Hi llingsworth was married. On
an investigation to day it was found that
the lady’s surmise were true and that Hol
lingsworth was married several years ago
by Judge Matt Freeman and that his wife
is iti 1 living.
Mac ’n won another game with the brag
Memphis nine this afternoon, by a score of
17 to 9, eight innings, rain prevented the
last inning from being played.
Harold.
“The baby is sleeping”—at last, yes! But
she would not have slept, nor would her
mother, had not that fond parent been in
duced to try Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. It
cures the croupy cough that sounds so like
nails being driven into the child’s coffin.
VARIOUS ITEMS
Os More or Legs Interest.
One-third of all the banking done in the
world is done in England.
The inhabitants of St. Petersburg consider
themselves fortun ite in having had an av
erage winter death rate of only thirty-live
per 1,000 population. In London, where the
rate has been recently 19.5, this would be
thought epidemic. The usual rate for the
Russian capital is forty to forty-fi • e.
It is not generally known that nutmegs
are poisonous, but Dr. Palmer writes to the
American Journal of Pharmacy detailing
the case of a lady who nearly died from eat
ing a nutmeg and a half, and he points out
the fact that the toxic effects of the drug are
described in both the National and United
States Dispensatories.
The Mississippi steamboat men have a
general superstiiion against all boats whesa
name begins with the letter M. Oae Ctptain
says : “I have never known a boat on the
Western waters that commenced with the
letter M that has not either burned up, sunk
or been lloan up, or been a financial dis
aster to her owners.”
The Bulletin Scientifique reports 4,609
deaths from lightning stroke in France be
tween the years 1835 and 1864. About
twice the number were seriously wounded
and five times as many were struck. The
hot years were the most fatal. Since 1864
there has been no death from lightning in
the department of the Seine.
At Harpwell, Me., those engaged in dig
ging clams the past winter have received
$7 per barrel for them. It takes eight or
ten bushels of the shell fish to fill a barrel
wben the shells are removed, that is, at full
moon. But according to the Bath Inde
pendent, it takes twelve bushels if the clams
are dug when the moon is in its first quar
ter.
A writer in the St. Louis Medical Jour
nal advises young practitioners never to
make fun of an old woman’s remedy. They
will not only give offense, but will miss a
valuable aid in practice. The writer adds:
“In 1830, while practicing in Madison
county, 18., I was induced by the represen
tations of an old woman to make the trial,
in dysentery and diarrhoea, of tablespoonful
doses of pure cider vinegar with the addi
tion of sufficient salt to be noticeable, and it
acted so charmingly that I have never used
anything else.”
The Fugeans are th? lowest human beings
in the scale of existence. Their language
contains no word for any number above
three; they are unable to distinguish one
color from another; they have no religion
and no funeral rites, and they possess neither
chiefs nor slaves. Their only weapons are
bone-pointed spears, and, as they grow
neither fruits nor vegetables and their
country is naturally barren, they are oblige!
to live entirely on animal food. Even
these savages possess, however, some social
virtues. They are not cannibals; they ill
treat neither women nor the old, and they
are monogamous.
From Fillar to Post.
“My pa is one of the pillars of the church
ain’t he ?” asked Bobby cf the minister
who was dining with the family.
"Yes, my boy,” replied the good man
fervently, “I am pleased to say he is.”
“An’ is he one of the posts of the church
too ?’’
“Posts?” queried the minister.
“Yes,” went on Babby regardless of a
frantic pantomime on the part of his father,
“when he got in late las’ night, ma told
him .that he must have come home from
pillar to post.”
“ROUGH ON CORNS'.”
Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” 15c
Quick complete cure. Hard ,or soft corn
warts, bunions.
YESTERDAY S TILT.
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR THE GAL
LANT HUsSAKS.
Large Attendance and Pleasurable Ex
citement— Excellent Biding and Good
Tilting by all the Teams—The Lib
erty Troop a Close Second—Pre
sentation of Prizes—A Bril
liant Ball at Masonic
Temple.
In yesterday’s Times we gave a full ac
count of the military pageant, with which
the grand inter-state tournament of the
Georgia Hussars, was inaugurated, but were
unable to give the scores of the several
teams engaged in the tournament at the
Ten Broeck Course as the contest was not
comj leted at the hour we were compelled to
go to press.
The attendance was the largest that has
been witnessed on the fair grounds in years,
and the most pleasurable excitement pre
vailed. The riding generally was good, and
the Independent Liberty Troop distin
guished themselves, and were greeted with
great applause. They came very near
proving the victors. The other teams also
did well, and some excellent individual
scores were made. The official score is as
follows:
LIBERTY INDEPENDENTS.
First Second Third
Tilt, Tilt Tilt. Total
Lieut. Way 15% 14% 15 44%
Sergt. Clarke 16% 16% 12% 45%
Seigt. Waite 16% 14% 15% 45%
Private Martin 18% 15% 12 46%
Private Norman 19% 19% 19% 59%
Total 241%
BEAUFOBT TROOP.
First Second Third
Tilt. Tilt. Tilt. Total
Capt. Heyward 18% 18% 11% 48%
Private Pritchard 12% 18% 14% 46%
Private Verdier 13 16 17 4*l
Private Raymond 11% 14 17 42%
Private Boyd 19% 16 20 55%
Total 239%
GEORGIA HUSSARS-SECOND TEAM.
First Second Third
Tilt. Tilt. 'Tilt. Total.
Corpl. Minis 11% 15% 19% 47%
Private Walt hour 14% 15 14% 44
Private J. W. Keller 15% 19% l'% 51%
Private Zipperer 9% 20 ” 18% 4b%
Private McAlpin 0 20 14 43
Total 283%
EDGFIELD BANGERS.
First Second Third
Tilt. Tilt. Till. Total.
Lieut. Adams 11% 13 14% 39%
Sergt. Patterson 11% 0 7 18%
Sergt. Mathis 11% 8 11% 31%
Private Atkinson 7% 12 11 30fe
Capt. Butler 11% 12 16 39%
Total z. 158%
EDGDFIELD HUSSARS.
First Second Third
Tilt. Tilt. Tilt. Total
Lieut. Mays 15% 15% 13 44%
Lieut. Dobey 12% 17 16% 46%
Lieut. Holland 12 12 8 32
Sergt. Adkins 14 15% 10 39%
Private Glover 19 17 15% 51%
Total 214%
RICHMOND HUSSARS.
First Second Third
Tilt. Tilt. Tilt. Total
Capt. Clark 15% 16 15 41%
Private T. C. Thomas. 10% 15% 12 38%
Peivaie McDade 8% 11% )2 32%
Private Jeff Thomas.l2 11 8% 31%
Private J.A.Thomas.lo 15% 15% 41%
Tota' 190%
M’INTOSH DRAGOONS.
First Second Third
lilt. Tilt. Tilt. Total
Sergt. Wylly 20 20 13 53
Corpl. Sinclair 16 19 13 48
torpl. Kenan 10% 16 12 38%
Corpl. O'Brien 11% 15% 13 39%
Private Durant 10% 11% 10 31%
Total 210%
GEORGIA HUSSARS—FIRST TEAM.
First Second Third
Tilt. lilt. Tilt. Total
Private Fleming 19% 20 20 59%
Private G. A. Ke11er..16% 20 16% 53%
Private J. B.N ewton.ls 14 14% 43%
Private Tilton 19 16% 13 48%
Private D.C.Newton.l7 17 20 54
Total 259%
EFFINGHAM HUSSARS.
First Second Third
Tilt. Tilt. Tilt. Total
L'eut. Berry 8% 17 16 4%
Sergt. Morgan 12% 16 19 47%
Private Green 13 19 16 48
Private Exley 8% 11% 11% 31%
Private Mingledorf... 9 15% 11% . 36%
T0ta1204%
The highest individual scores were made
by Private Fleming, of the first team,
Georgia Hussars, and Private Norman,
of the Independent Liberty Troop, out
of a possible 60.
AT NIGHT.
The occasion was brought to a happy
termination last night by a brilliant ball
at Masonic Temple, which was very taste
filly and handsomely decorated. The
stage particularly presenting an attractive
appearance. The spacious ball was filled
with the gay cavaliersand their fair partners
and a scene of unusual brilliancy was pre
sented. The local military and the vis
itors were all in uniform, and a more suc
cessful military ball has rarely been seen.
"luring the evening some diversion
waa created by the gas suddenly going out,
on .vceount of the metre wanting a drink.
In a second matches were struck, tapers
procured and a weird light thrown over the
scene, until the metre could be attended to.
Dancing was then resumed, and the dark
eance was soon forgotten.
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.
Shortly after 11 o’clock the bugle sounded
and the cavalry quickly assembled, forming
a hollow square in the center of the hall,
when Major W. A Wilkins, of Waynes
boro, was introduced by Capt. Gordon, and
in a happy speech presented the prizes as
follows:
First prize ($250), Georgia Hussars,
first team; second prize ($100), Liberty
Independents. First prize for individual
making highest score ($75), Private Flem
ming; individual making second highest
score ($25), Private Norman, of the Liberty
Independents; prize for the individual
making third best score, (gold pen and
pencil), to Private Boyd, of the Beauforts.
When the prize was presented to Private
Fleming the Hussars gave vent to tbeir en
thusiasm in loud cheers.
After the presentation, dancing was re-
S6OO A YE AR
sumed, and at 12 o’clock the supper room
was sought, where a magnificent banquet
was spread. On leaving the festive board
the inspiring strains of music were again
heard, and the floor was quickly filled with
dancers, the Terpsichorean pleasures being
kept up until a late hour. The affair in
all resjiects was a memorable one, and re
flects credit upon the Hussars.
AUGUSTAS VS. SAVANNAHS.
The Game This Evening—Both Nines i«
Good Trim and Ready to do
Effective Work.
To-day the Augustas will play with he
Savannahs at the new Base Ball Park. Both
nines are in good trim, both are anxious to
play and neither is apprehensive of being
defeated. The Savannahs can play, they
know how to play ball and will do it. The
Augustas are equally confident that they
know something of the national pastime
Nichols and Gillan will be the battery to
day on the part of the Savannahs and their
friends in Savannah will have an oppor
tunity of witnessing their prowess. They
are good players, they work well together
and they are free from the unpardonable
sin of playing to the grand stand and work
ing for effect. Gillan, like the old sexton,
takes everything that comes along, and
Nichols sends the sphere in with a velocity
that is seldom ever witnessed in this sec
tim
The nine throughout are working well
together. There is not a kicker in it, not a
dissatisfied one, and not a growler. They
are going to play ball to-day for all it is
worth. To-mcrrow Smith, the.phenomenal
one, will occupy the pitcher’s box. He is
one of the best pitchers in the country, and
has accomplished wonders almost in the
base ball line. He has a wonderful faculty
of retiring the best batters on strikes. He
is a thorough worker and a fine ball player.
His friends expect a good record from him
to morrow. Graves will catch for him and
he, too, cannot be excelled. He is a manly
catcher and a fine batter. Murray and
Burke, the youngest and smallest of the
nine, are among the best players. They are
heavy hitters and contribute to a great
degree to the success of the Savannahs. The
former is conceded to be one of the best in
fielders in the country. All the men are
good players, and without making any
iuvidious discrimination there is not much
difference between them. They work well
together, are harmonious and in perfect
accord with one another. The game to-day
will be called promptly at 4 o’clock. The
grand stand is now arranged so that ladies
can enjoy the game. All the seats have
backs to them and the entrance is so ad
justed that the sun cannot strike in their
faces. There will be no smoking allowed
on the grand stand, and everything will be
lot kid after thatcan conduce to the comfort
of the guests.
The Augustas arrived in the city this
morning and quartered at the Marshall
House. They will play in the following
batting order this afternoon: Hofford and
Sixsmith will be the battery to-day on the
part of the visitors. Donahoe, r. f.; Leary,
31 b.; Luff, c. f.; Hofford, p.; Harbridge, Ist
b.; Sixsmitb, c; Heard, 2d b.; Easterday, ss.;
Murphy, 1. f.
The Savannahs will go to the bat in the
following order: Fisher, 2d b.; Murray. 3d
b ; Butler, 1. f, Nichols, p.; Glaves r. f.; In
ara ham, Ist b.; Gillan, c; Burke, c. f.;
Kruso, ss.
To-morrow the same nine will play with
the exception that Smith and Graves will
be the batteries for the Savannahs. The
Augustas may possibly put Murphey and
Donohue in the box. Interesting games
on both days may be expected. A consid
erable sum of money has been put up on
the games, both on to-day and to-morrow,
first on the general result and then on
scores made.
New Buildii gI.
Major John R. Hamlet, tbe contractor, is
erecting for Mayor Lester a handsome brick
building on Hall and Habersham streets.
It will cost SIO,OOO and will have all mod
ern improvements.
Mr. A. M. Barbee is building for Philip
M. Russell, Esq., a neat and comfortable
cottage at Thunderbolt. It is being erected
on a lot 50 by 118 feet. In the front will be
a flower garden and in the rear a vegetable
and fruit garden. The house will be com
pleted next week.
Mr. Blackwell is erecting for Mr. Charles
H. Dorsett on Bolton street west of Barnard
a handsome house. It will be a credit to
the neighborhood.
A Prominent Contractor.
Capt. James B. Eads, the originator and
builder of the Mississippi, passed through
Savannah yesterday, and went to Charleston
This great contractor is building a ship
railway across the Isthmus and Theuan
tepi c in Mexico, where he has been actively
engaged the past eighteen months. The
railway will be 134 miles in length, and is
intended to lessen tbe distance berween
American and Asiatic ports some thousand
miles. The Mexican Government with
which he has some dealing in the matter,
has been liberal, and is encouraging the
work.
The Tampa Excursion.
The excursion from Charleston and Savan
nxh to Tampa, Fla., which will take place
on Tuesday next promises to be an exceed
ingly entertaining and enjoyable trip. The
party will be met at Jacksonville by Capt.
J. W. Fitzgerald, Superintendent of the Peo
ples Line of Steamers, who will accompany
them to Tampa and return with the party to
Jacksonville. Every one .knows Captain
J im, and under his guidance can count on
an enjoyable trip.
Off for Augusta.
Du Guesclin Division Uniform Knights
cf Pythias will leave Savannah for Augusta
on Monday the 18th inst. They will take
up twenty-eight men and will give an ex
hibit ion;drill there. A meeting will be held
on next Thursday evening when ell the ar
rangements necessary to the successful
conduct of tbe excursion will be ffikde.
—Mrs. M. A. Lester, widow of the late
James Lester, died this morning at her
residence on Barnard near Gaston street,
from consumption-