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D A. I L Y <* EVENING Savannah [ n H Pvfoi*™ n L/J a Snf[n| i -■' i: i.‘ l; 171 VOL I—No. 112. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER, R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING , (Saturday Excepted,) -**-t 161 BAY QTHE13T« By J. ST Eft N. The Recorder is served to subscribers, in every part ot the city by careful carriers. Communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Remittance by Check or Post Office orders must be made payable to the order of the pub¬ lisher. We will not undertake to preserve or return rejected communications. Correspondence on Local and general mat¬ ters of interest solicited. On Advertisements running three, six, and twelve months a liberal reduction from our regular rates will be made. All correspondence should be addressed, Re¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take the pjace of the Saturday evening edition, which will make six full issues for the week. *®-We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. 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. -— ^ ^ 7 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. febl 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. r-z31-j v 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