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VOL I—No. 112.
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Heiress of Two Millions.
The Good Fortune that Has Befallen A
Poor Grocery Woman.
Mra Alice Swift, who keeps a snug
little grocery at No. 592 Second ave¬
nue, is just now the cynosure of every
eye in her immediate neighborhood. under
Mrs. Swift is the sole devise, a
will which bequeaths her an estate in
old England valued at $2,000,000.
Last week Mrs. Swift offered for pro¬
bate in the Surrogate’s Office this will,
which is made by Catharine Ann Whe¬
lan.
The case is full of romance, and con¬
nects the grocery on Second avenue
with Hazel Court Castle in Hartford
sbire. The will is datfed October*4th,
1878, and bequeaths absolutely and for¬
ever all the testatrix’s real Alice, and personal the
property to her aunt after
payment of her debts and funeral ex¬
penses. It that Catharine Ann Whe¬
appears “Katie,” she familiarly
lan, or as was lived with
called at the grocery store,
the Swifts for years. She grew up a
delicate young woman, but was able to
attend store and nJtke herself useful
in the house. She was a plain, unpre¬
tending sort of a persoa, very interest¬
ing but retiring, and a great favorite
with all the customers. Katie was a
member of the St. Stephen’s Roman
Catholic Church.
The fact of her being heiress to the
estate in question was known to her,
as also to her relatives, but by the
terms of the will by which she was to
inherit the erty, she could not
touch it r itil she became 21 years of age
Katie attained that age in March,1878,
and died early in December of the same
year. About two months before she
died the will, wlrch is now offered for
probate, was made.
The romantic story, which thus
place* one of the finest English people estates
in the hands of these poor on
Second avenue, is full of interest. It
is the old story of interrupted love and
defiance to parental authority, the
stern father giving in when it was too
late.
The Rev. Mr. Hill, an had Episcopal half cler¬
gyman of Hazel Court, a cen¬
tury ago a lovely daughter, the grand¬
mother of Kate ^Whelan. She was the
belle of the county, but. like a willful
girl she fell in love with named a prepossessing Whelan,
“butler or waiter,” em¬
ployed at the Castle, and the intimacy
resulted in an elopement. The young
couple got married, and the old man
was pacified for the time. But Mr. and
Mrs. Whelan went to Limerick, aud
there Mrs. Whelan became a Catholic.
The father became furious, and swore
the usual oath that ho would cut the
fugitive* off without a penny. He died
about twenty-five years ago, and at his
death Caroline received $2,000 in gold,
but the estate was left by will to the
issue of the eldest child of the runaway
Caroline.
The butler and his wife came to
America in 1855, and are both dead
now. The only child of Caroline was
James Whelan, who, according to all
accounts, was a dissipated but intelli¬
gent fellow, who never did any good
lor himself. Under his grandfather’s
will he had a daughter, the Katie of
the story, who has recently died, at
the modest grocery store on Second
Avenue .—New York Star.
ary Ward Beecher says that if
ere U> spend $20,000,000 a year
rry civilization around the globe,
are thousands of papers that
d split their throats with scream
Murgationa aiism of at such wanton senti
the charity; globe to send $20,000,
iver to civilize it would
t the sensibilities of multitudes of
; but Europe alone pays $1,500,
}00 a year, earned by the hands
iffil iho sweat of the brow of men that
>oor and needy, for the purpose of
ii ’ lizing destruction.
A Swell Mohammedan Wedding.
The Marriage of the Fifth Son of the Khe¬
dive of Egypt.
[FTom the London Times.
The fifth son of the Khedive of
Egypt, was married last week to a
daughter of Edhaimi Pasha, a son of
Abbas Pasha, son of Mehemet Ali, and
viceroy of Egypt from 1848 to 1854.
Prince Tewflk, the heir apparent to the
throne, is married to a sister of the
bride, and prince Ibrahim, now at
Woolwich, is betrothed to another sis¬
ter. Certainly the viceregal family are
obedient to the behests of their region,
which declare Mahmoud, marriage a had positive been duty.
Prince who be¬
trothed for some time, was married on
a Thursday—the lucky day of the week.
All the old ceremonies were gone
through, and Cairo took a deep There interest
in all the proceedings. is no
religious rite, and the principal parties
do not meet until all preliminaries are
over. The ZefFeh, or procession of the
bride, was performed by her in due
form through the streets of Cairo, which
she promenaded in gorgeous attire,
earefully veiled and shut up in a
brougham. Infantry and cavalry, with
martial bands, preceded her, and she
was followed by crowds of female
friends and harem slaves, by whom she
was finally conducted to her husband’s
palace in the Ismailieh quarter.
The bridegroom, meanwhile, after
dining with his father at Abdin palace,
was escorted by his male friends to the
adjoining mosque, where a solemn pray¬
er was performed. From the mosque,
as the sun went down, he and his party
marched on foot in procession through
the whole city. All the princess, Nubar
Pasha, Abdel Kader Pasha, Shahin
Pasha, and crowds of other pashas and
beys were of the party, and many of
these stout dignitaries were exhausted
by the fatigue of such a formidable pe¬
destrian trip. Soldiers escorted the
procession, attendants carried numbers
of lanterns and the streets were dense¬
ly crowded by natives eager to see the
sight.
The crowd of friends parted with the
bridegroom at the foot of the staircase
of his palace, when his brother Hassan
gave him the customary blow on the
back which signifies farewell to bache¬
lor life, and he was then left alone to
rescue his wife from her female atten*
dants and see her face for the first time
in his life.
Possessed by Devils.
Thirty Young Italian Women Crowing Like
Cooks and Mewing Like Cats.
[From the Pall Mall Gazette.
Rome, January 3.—A little village
away up in the province of Udine, on
the borders of Italia Irredenta, there is
a great alarm and commotion ; for the
young girls of the place, one after an¬
other, are showing outward and visible
signs of being possessed by a devil.
According to all accounts there are now
about thirty young women in this un¬
happy condition. Why the evil one
should have selected so obscure a vil¬
lage for his operations does not seem
quite clear. Indeed, the blame is not
laid on him, but on the priests. Inqui¬
ries made by the authorities have elici¬
ted the fact in Lent last year a series of
discourses were delivered by a priest,
in which he described at great length
and with much detail the pains of hell,
thereby terrifying weak young women
that they were already lost, and that
the devil had entered into them. The
priests, who at first were rather pleased
with the impression their brother made,
have since found that, though he had
raised the spirit, they had no power to
lay it again. Holy water produced no
effect, the most searching exorcisms
failed, and even such practical measures
as been beating found the useless. persons affected have
While the fit of madness is on, the
“possessed” crow like cocks, or mew
like cats, or bark and howl like dogs
and wolves. What is worse, they shock
their neighbors by blasphemous and
obscene language, being especially vio¬
lent against the priests, cursing them
for their inability to relieve their suf
faring by casting out the devil. The
prefect of the province has sent a
commission to Yerzeguis, the name of
the village, to see what can de done to
atop the progress of this madness;
by force of example and terror,
threatens to spread. The people of
district cannot be persuaded but that
the devil is really at large among them,
A Modern Miracle.— Miss
Lombard, aged 19 years, daughter of
R. F. Lombard, of Wilmington,
became totally blind two years ago
after a severe attack of typhoid fever,
Early‘last Wednesday morning she
awoke, complaining of a
Her mother, as usual, applied warm
water, when she fell asleep again. On
waking the and second time her sight re
turned, by the next day her eyes
had obtained their natural
The night previous special prayer had
been offered for her in St. Raul’s Epis
copal Church. The young lady has
relatives in Jersey City.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1879.
BY TELEGRAPH.
DEFINITIVE TREATY SIGNED.
Imrovement of Savannah Har¬
bor.
SALE OF MACHINERY HALL.
SUSPENSION OF
PRINT WORKS.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR GEORGIA AND
FLORIDA.
Washington, February 9. The
House Committee on Commerce ex¬
pects to report the river and harbor
bill on Tuesday. It will include the
following items, if no change is made
at the meeting of the committee to¬
morrow morning, when the whole bill
will be reviewed :
For improving the Savannah harbor,
$50,000 ; foi improving the inside pas¬
sage between Fernandina and the St.
John’s, $5,000; for improving the
Cedar Keys harbor, $15,000; for im¬
proving the Alabama river, $15,000 ;
Florida, for improving the Apalachicola river,
$6,000; for improving the
Farrier and Tombigbee rivers, $25,000.
SALE OF MACHINERY HALL.
Philadelphia, Feb. 8.—Machinery
Hall, on the Centennial grounds, which
originally cost $800,000, was sold at
auction to-day for $24,000.
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THE AMERI¬
CAN PRINT WORKS.
Fall River, Mass., February 9.—
The American Print Works, one of the
largest in the United States, has been
compelled to The ask for an extension of
its notes. capital stock is $1,000,
000 ; liabilities, $130,000. The last
return of assets made placed the figure
at $2,000,000. Its notes have not been
protested, but outside banks and credi¬
tors have recently called in their loans,
and Thomas J. Borden, the Treasurer,
received notes yesterday that loans
that mature next week would not be
renewed, which action caused the tem¬
porary suspension of payments.
PROVISIONS OF THE DEFINITIVE TREATY.
Constantinople, February 9.—The
definitive treaty between Russia and
Turkey provides that all which the San
Stephano modified stipulations, were shall
by the treaty of Berlin,
remain as modified. The remaining
stipulations are abandoned by which in favor the of
the present treaty, war
indemnity is fixed at three hundred
million paper roubles, and settlement
is deferred. The payment for the
maintenance of the Turkish prisoners
will be by twenty -one installments, but
is not to begin immediately. The ex¬
amination of the accounts is expected
to last two or three years. The Russian
evacuation of Turkish territory will be
completed forty days after the ratifica¬
tion of the treaty.
A Woman’s Horrible Dentin.
The Wife of a ’Longshoreman Fatally Burned
While Her Drunken Husband Slept.
[From the New Wrk Times.]
Ellen O'Neil, an Irish woman 55
years of age, was burned to death last
night by her cloth*s taking fire from a
stove in her apartments, on the second
floor of the tenement house No. 409
East Twelfth street. The woman was
the wife of Michael O’Neil, a ’long
*horeman. They were both in the
habit of drinking to excess, and fre¬
fluence quently quarrelled when under the in
their of liquor. Last evening when
h*r daughter, a girl of 16 years, went
out, father was lying on the bed
hopelessly drunk, and her mother, who
was also under the influence of liquor,
was attending to her household duties.
Shortly before 9 o’clock the neighbors
were startled by screams of help coming
from the apartments of O’Neil. A man
named Reilly, living on the second
floor, rushed in to see what was the
mailer. Wiieu he entered the room
he saw Mrs. O'Neil running about the
j apartment with her clothes on fire,
j screaming iu the loudly for help. The stove
| room was upset, and a kerosene
lamp was lying on the floor, broken to
Reilly got a pail of water and
it over the burning woman,
rendered extinguishing the fire. The
j woman rushed by him desperate with pain,
into the hallway, where
one about of her the and tenants wrapped* flames a which quilt
put out the
were Meanwhile consuming her flesh.
an alarm had been given,
and patrolman Leonard of the 17th
precinct entered entered the house, and
assisted by the neighbors, put out the
fire, which had communicated to the
floor and the furniture in the room.
Mrs. O'Neil was taken into her apart
ments and laid on the bed beside her
drunken husband. She was found to
be terribly burned on the head, face
and body.' Her clothing was scorched entirely
consumed, aud her flesh ambulance was
and blackened. An was
sent for, but when it arrived she was
dead. All this time O’Neil was lying
on the bed, apparently unconscious of
what was going .on about him. The
officer roused fiim from his drunken
stupor and took him to the station
house, where he was locked up for in¬
toxication. He was too drunk to
realize what had happened. of the Some opinion of
the neighbors were quarreling with his
that O’Neil while
wife had thrown her on the stove, and
thus ignited her clothing, but there
was no evidence obtainable last night
to support this theory. According to
the statements of Reilly, the first man
who entered the room in response to
the cries for help', it would appear
that Mrs. O’Neil, while sweeping and the
room, accidentally upset the stove,
in this way set her clothes on fire.
While rushing about the room in her
frantic attempts to extinguish the
flames it is probable she also upset the
kerosene lamp, which stood on the
table near the stove. Coroner Wolt
man will make an investigation to day.
Yellow Fever Report.
We are under obligations to Dr.
Louis A. Falligant for the “Conclusions
of the Board of Experts, authorized by
Congress to investigate the Yellow
Fever Epidemic of 1878.”
The report is a reply to questions of
committees of the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Congress of the
United States upon the Subject of
Epidemic Diseases.
It is a very interesting report, and
the questions and answers or conclu¬
sions, are full of facts and instruction.
In the conclusion of the report we find
the following from Dr. Falligant. He
says:
“Whilst endorsing fully the necessity
of a well regulated of this quarantine to pro¬
tect the people country against
exposure to the importation of infec¬
tious diseases from abroad, and against
the spread of similar diseases in our
own midst, I hold the view that yellow
fever may be developed by indigenous
as well as by imported poison the ; nor can
I express too strongly conclusions
to which this view leads me, namely :
that local quarantine hygiene is of equal import¬
ance with in checking the
spread of the imported fever, and of
absolute necessity to the prevention of
that of domestic origin. I cannot over¬
look the fact that whilst fire will ex¬
plode powder, the fire may be produced
in one locality by electricity, in another
by the collision of flint and steel, and
in still another by striking a match.”
The following special accrued estimate the of
the losses that have to
great commercial city of New Orleans,
includes some items not considered by
figures in the first class, such as loss on
capital and depreciation of property ;
the total losses having been variously
estimated by others at from twelve to
one hundred millions of dollars :
Cost of sickness of 27,000
persons, including siek, attend¬ $1,200,000
ance, nursing the etc.
Cost of four thousand six
hundred funerals at $25.. 115,000
Four thousand six hundred
victims represent a capi¬ 3,220,000
tal value of..................
Loss of time of half the in¬
dustrial population, days say $1
20,000, for 90 at
per day..................... 1 , 800,000
Loss of profits oi? the ex¬
penditures abroad of
about 20,000 refugees, at 1,000,000
$50 each..................• and of in¬
Losses in rents
terest on the capital rep¬
resented by the deprecia¬ 4,000,000
tion of real estate.........
*Local commercial losses by
interruption of business
and diversion of trade,
etc 5,000,000
Total $15,000,000
*This last item has been estimated by
competent authority as high as $10,
000 , 000 .
The latest developments in regard to
I the financial affairs of Archbishop Pur- the
c dl give an alarming 920depositors aspect to had
case. The claims of
been audited by the Trustees recently
appointed to make a settlement,
These claims, it is frankly admitted,
amount to over $1,000,000. To be
added low to this estimate, amount, which claims is proba-j winch
;bly a are
have not yet been presented donbttul and it $ the 1, ;
litem of interest. It is -
250,000 will pay all the obligations of
the Archbishop. The property con- :
veyed to the Trustees to secure these
claims has a market va.ue c-f about
$900,000.
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How good a .eilow ieets when, after u
rushing through stand, a side street, down upsetting
a peanut knocking two ;
small beys, stepping on a dog puddle s tan I
and splashing himself over m a
[he flads that the car he wa« heading off
istt t the one he wants.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Side whiskers—Mules’ tails in fly
time.
A paper that is always full of
points—a paper of needles.
Alfred Ballard, a negro, was con¬
verted to Methodism in Jackson, Tenn.
He conceived that his mission was to
reform gamblers, and he became insane
on that subject. Dashing into a faro
room, he shouted, “Death to all gamb¬
lers !” and shot the dealer dead.
A Justice of the Peace at New
Hartford married couple recently,
and the groom asked him his terms
after the knot was tied, Well, said
the Justice, “the law allows me two
dollars.” Then said the young man,
“here’s a dollar; that will make you
three.”
Two souls with but a single thought,
is a rapturous enough sentiment in love,
but it takes on an element of misery to
one soul, at least when the girl is
wrapped up in visions of a beautiful
present and the young man is engrossed
in perplexing speculations how to raise
the money to purchase it.
A German named Wm. Henry, liv¬
ing in Washington, commenced to
commit suicide in the presence of his
wife, by hanging himself with a leath¬
er strap. She let him hang when until he
became black in the face, she
called for help. William was cut down
a sadder and wiser man.
A country damsel, describing her
first kiss, told her female friend that
she never knew how it happened, but
the last thing she remembered was a
sensation of fighting for her breath in
a hot house full of violets, with ven¬
tilation checked by blushing roses and
tulips.
A Norristown young lady, who en¬
tered Vassar college only a week ago,
writes home to a friend that she is
making wonderful progress in her
studies, being already able to chew
gum in four languages, and slide down
the banisters in calclus and conic sec¬
tions.
An ingenious blacksmith has invent¬
ed a new front-door lock which, by
clock-work arrangement, becomes deaf
to the entreaties of a latch-key after
twelve o’clock at night. Whenever
you pass a house at two a. m. aud see
a know man his sleeping on the fence, you may
wife Has purchased one on
the sly.
A wedding party in Irwin county
recently concluded the festivities of the
occasion by indulging in a dance.
During the night some mischievous
persons were busy in shaving the
horses’ manes and tails, and the next
morning, about five o’clock, when the
fact became known, there was no one
brave enough to acknowledge the work.
Miss Josie Baker, daughter of Prof.
O. H. Baker, of Indianola, Iud., has
recently been appointed Simpson a tutor College. of th*
Greek language at
She is only 16 years old, but reads and
writes Greek fluently. When but 8
years old she had read three books of
Homer, as well as the other works iu
Greek which usually precede that
author, and at the age of 14 years she
had made a complete lexicon of a trag¬
edy of Sophocles. She and is also equally less
proficient in Latin, more or
familiar with French and German.
The returns are all in now from the
hanging of Benjamin Hunter, the Cam¬
den murderer, whom four men carried
in their arms to the gallows and then
held up by a rope till he died. The
performance all through cost $33,000.
The family of Hunter spent about $17,
000 in his defense and the State put
out $16,000 to hang him. The jury
cost $800; the diagram of the scene of
the murder cost $500; a witness ran off
and it cost $100 to hire a friend to be¬
tray him; eight detectives at $5 a day
soaked up a liberal amount of cash;
and so on.
Miss Rosa Solomons, a beautiful
Jewess o’f Hopkinsville, Ken., while on
a visit to some friends in Nashville com¬
mitted suicide by taking strychnine.
She was impelled to this fatal step by
before disappointment received in love. letter The from evening the
she a
young man to whom she had long been
engaged,saying that he could not mar¬
ry her. She immediately left the house
went to the drug store and purchased
20 grains of strychnine, and at nine
o’clock that night Medical was found in a dy¬
ing condition. aid was sum¬
moned, but failed to do any good.
1 he Baptist tear Book for 1879,
reports the total memoership of Bap
t i s t churches in the United states at
2,102,0o4, an increase of 77,810.^ The
number oi associations is 1,075 in
crease, -7; of churches, 24,499 in
crease, oJl ; of ordained minis,ei.^
14,9o4—increase, The -i iduions
were 10 l ,736; by letter,
40,046 ; by experience, 8, Jb9, and by
restoration, 13 ,log The diminutions
were 18,Boo by death, by letter
by exclusion and 0,8-3 by
erasure Georgia is still the banner
of the denomination, reporting
21b,-Ow members.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Wanted
ANTED—By furnished a professional man, ifpos- TWO
rooms, on the first floor
sible with fire-place or stove, with privilege
of Cook Store. Address 136 HULL ST.
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Business Cards*
VAL. BASLE It’S
WINES. LIQUORS, SEGARS and TOBACCO
The best Lager Beer in the city. The well
known TEN PIN ALLEY reopened. Lunch
Square every day House, from 171 11 to BRYAN 1 o’clock. ST. Savannah, At the Market Us.
F. BINGEL,
WINES, LIQUORS AND SEGARS.
Milwaukee and Cincinnati Lager Beer on
draught. hand. Free Lunch, Fresh Oysters alway*
on 21 Jefferson st., corner Con tigress
street lane. mchlO-ly
Dr. A. H. BEST,
DENTIST
Cor. Congress and Whitaker streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
T EETH guaranteed. extracted without pain, Ail work
I respectfully beg to refer to any of my
patrons._ octl-bnao
O IGAR rer Snuff, of FACTORY.—F. Cigars, and dealer KOLB, in manufactu¬ Cigars, To¬
Street. bacco, Pipes, &c. Call at 121 Broughton £
gy
C. A. CORTJ.NO,
Bair Cattine, Bair Brew, Mast aid
SHAVING SALOON.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
168Bryan street, opposite Spanish, the Market, un¬
der Planters’ Hotel. Italian, Gor¬
man. and English spokon. seld-tf
GEORGE FEY,
WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, TOBACCO, <fc«.
The celebrated Joseph Schlitz’ MILWAU¬
KEE LAGER BEER, a speciality. No. 22
Whitaker Street, Lyons’ Block, Savannah.
Ga. FREE LUNCH every day from 11 to 1.
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HAIR store:
JOS. E. L0ISEAU & CO.,
11S BROUGHTON ST., Bet. Bull & Drayton
K EEP on hand a large assortment of Hair
f lair Switches, combings Curls, worked Puffs, in the and Fancy Goods
latest style.
Fancy Costumes, Wigs and Beards for Rent
JOS. H. BAKER.
BUTCHER, STALL No. 66, Savann Market.
Dealer in Beef, Mutton, Pork nd
All other Meats iu their Seasons.
Particular attention paid to supplying Ship
and Boarding Houses. augl’i
Theodor Gronwald,
TAILOR.
3XTo. 30 1-2 Wliitnlxor »t.
.Suits made to order in the latest styles.
will Clothing cleaned and repaired. AU order*
meet with prompt attention. jaul 3 -lm
W. B. FERRELL’S Agt.
RESTAURANT,
No. 11 New Market Basement,
(Opposite Lippman’s Drug Store,)
ianistr HA VANNAH, GA.
Coal and Wood*
COAL
OF ALL KINDS,
Sold aud delivered promptly by
D. R. THOMAS,
OFFICE: 111 BAY ST.,
dec22-s2m Yard foot of West Broad St,
GRANTHA M T AGGART,
Best Family Coal!
I deal cite and only Bituminous in the best Coal. qualities of Anthra¬
LOW PRICES,
EXTRA PREPARATION,
PROMPT DELIVERY.
Main Office: 124 Bay Street.
Public Special prices to Manufacturers, Dealers and
Institutions. nov3-tu,th,su-tf
Carriages*
A. K. WILSON’S
CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY,
Corner Bay and West Broad sts.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY ;
Cor. Bay and Montgomery streets.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
The largest establishment in the city.
I keep a full line of Carriages, Rock a ways.
and Buggies, alling Spring and Farm Wagons, Canopy
P Top Baby Carriages, also a full
engaged line of Carriage in and Wagon Material. I have
chanics. Any my factory orders the raost skillful me¬
for new work, and re
.pairing, and at will bo executed to give satisfaction:
short notice. may!2-ly
Candies*
ESTABLISHED 1850^
M. FITZGERALD
—Manufacturer of—
PURE, PLAIN AND FINE
CANDIES.
i Factory and Store, 176 BRYAN STREET
f Branch Store, No. 122 BROUGHTON ST.
One door east of Bull street, ’
SAVANNAH, GAj
