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Newspaper Page TextTHE PEOPLE’S PAPER. Published every afternoon. The Bent ADVERTISING Medinin In the city. READ BY ALL CLASSES. TNo. 18-itt. Masonic. Masonic Temple, N. W. corner Liberty and Whitaker streets. Solomon’s Lodge No. 1, meets Ist and 3d Thursdays in each month at Bp. m. J. IL Estill, \V. M.; H. J. Fear, Secretary pro tern. Zerubbabel Lodge No. 15, meets 2d and 4th Thursdays in each month at Bp. m. Joseph Phillips, W. M.; John F. LaFar, Secretary. Clinton Lodge No. 54, meets 3d Monday in each month at 8 p. m. A. D. Thompson, W. M.; Levi E. Byck, Secretary. Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 231, meets 2d Tuesday in each month at Bp. m. Wm. Garrard, W. M.; John S. Haines, Secretary. Georgia Chapter No. 3, meets Ist Tuesday in each month at Bp. m. Thomas Ballan tyne, H. P.; W. S. Rockwell, Recorder. Georgia Council No. 2, meets 3d Tuesday in each month at Bp. m. Thomas Ballantyne, Th. 111. Master; H. T. Botts, Recorder. Palestine Commandery No. 7, meets 2d and 4th Fridays in each month at Bp. in. T. S. Wayne, E. C.; John F. LaFar, Recorder. I. O. O. F. Hall, N. E. corner Bull and Broughton Sts. Oglethorpe Lodge No. 1, meets ever)’ Tues day at Bp. m. David Porter, N. G.; Charles Gross, Secretary. Live Oak Lodge No. 3, meets every Friday at 8 p. in. G. IL Broughton, N. G.; J. P. < 'ollins, Secretary. DeKalb Lodge No. 9, meets every Monday at Bp. m. John Riley, N. G.; John W. Ra bun, Secretary. Golden Ride Lodge No. 12, meets every 2d and Ith Wednesdays in each month at 8 p.m. John G. Robertson, N. G. John W. Fret well, Secretary. Haupt Lodge No. 58, meets every Thursday al 8 p. m. G. P. Lanier, N. G.; George C. Lewis, Secretary. Magnolia Encampment No. 1, meets Ist and 3d Wednesdays in each month at 8 p. m. Charles 1). Russell, C. P.; John F. Herb, Secretary. Knights of Pythias. Pythian Hall, N. E. corner Bull and Brough ton Streets. Forest City Lodge No. 1, meets Ist and 3d Mondays in each month at Bp. in. W. T. Leopold, C. C.; S. C. Roberts, K. of R. and S. Myrtle Lodge No. 9, meets Ist and 3d Fri days in each month at 8 p. m. O. Pierre Havens, C. C.; E. K. McCoy, K. of R. and S. Teutonia Lodge No. 7, meets every Wednes day evening at 8 p. m. A. Heller, C. C.; Charles Salzer, K. of R. and S. Excelsior Lodge No. 8, meets Ist and 3d Tuesdays in each month at 8 p. m. Thomas F. Thompson, C. C.; George E. Bevans, K. of R. and S. Royal Arcanum. Hall, corner Broughton and Whitaker Sts. Lyons’ Block. Pulaski Council No. 153, meets Ist and 3d Fridays. W. H. Connerat, Regent; C. S. t omieriit, Secretary. Home Circle. Hall, corner Broughton and Whitaker Sts. Lyons’ Block. Jasper Council No. 10, meets Ist and 3d Fridays in each month. B. H. Richardson, L.; C. S. Comierat, Secretary. Knights of Honor. Hall, corner Broughton ami Whitaker Sts. Lyons’ Block. Alliance Lodge No. 586, meets 2d and 4th Fridays in each month at 8 p. in. W. A. Walker, Dictator; E. F. Bryan, Reporter. Savannah Lodge No. 1183, meets Ist and 3d Tuesdays in each month at 8 p. m. J. R. Lason, Dictator; L. W. Landershine, Reporter. Knights of the Golden Rule. Hall, corner Broughton and Whitaker Sts. Lyons’ Block. Castle Troup No. 29, meets 2d and 4th Mondays in each month at 8 p. in. T. H. Laird, Commander; E. F. Bryan, Recording Secretary. A. O. U. W. Shepard Lodge No. 17, meets 2d and 4th Mondays in each month at 8 p. m., at hall corner Bull and Broughton Streets. Levi J. Gazan, M. W.; A. S. Millius, Recorder. Isondiga Lodge No. 18, meets 2d and 4th Wednesdays at 6 o’clock p. in., at the office of Wilcox, Gibbs <fc Co. I). A. Spring, M. W.; E. F. Bryan, Recorder. O. K. S. B. Georgia Lodge No. 151, meets 2d and 4th Sundays in each month, at Masonic Temple. 1. G. Sehwarzbaum, Secretary. Empire State Lodge No. 193, meets 2d and k 4th Sundays in each month, at Masonic Tem f pie. L. M. Worstman, Secretary. L l. O. G. T. K Hall, corner Broughton and Whitaker Sts., H Lyons’ Block. ■ savannah Lodge No. 500, meets every ■hnrsday at Bp. in. D. L. Jackson, W. C. T. ■ r m. Kerr, R. S. K I. O, B. B. Lodge No. 76, meets Ist and 3d Sun- month, 8 p. in., at Masonic Tem ■■ro. Gardner, Secretary. Wavannah. Lodge No. 217, meets 2d and 4th SunMnys in,each month, 8 p. m., at Harmonic Club Hall. J. Weischelbaum, Secretary. “SAVANNAH TIMES” STEAM-POWER PRINTING HOUSE —AND— Blank Book Manufactory, 5 DRAYTON STREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, Is prepared to execute every description of PRINTING AND BINDING. BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDERS GIVE US A TRIAL. Oomnmlj Latest News. From Washington, D. C. lii the pending suit for divorce Mrs. Lillie Christiancy testified in support of the facts as to cruel treat ment, which she had some time ago set out anti sworn to in her cross bill. She testified that in March, 1877, at Lansing, Mich., her husband while in anger struck her so violently as to knock her down, and that during December, 1878, in this city, he took all her bed-clothing from her, struck her, and when she retreated to the next room he refused to allow her to take any clothing with her, so that she suffered very much from cold. She then detailed again the circum stances attending Mr. Christiancy’s alleged maltreatment of her in Peru; that he assaulted her several times there. Once his son protected her; another time she was protected by another gentleman from her hus band’s violence, and finally his treat ment became unbearable and she was forced to leave him in Peru ami come to her home in Washington. From Wilmington, Del. Francis E. Anderson, a stranger from Norwich, Conn., with suicidal intent, took a dose of laudanum, after which he repented, and calling upon a doctor was told to apply a mustard plaster and go to bed. He did so and death folliftved. The physician, who is roundly centured, says he was under the impression that Anderson was intoxicated. The deceased was not in want, and no reason is assigned for the act. An unknown man was killed Sun day morning at Newark station, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. He had been ejected from the Baltimore ami Ohio south-bound express for not having a ticket, and being intoxicated laid on the track and was struck by a north bound train. There were no clues of identification about him. He was about forty years old, had dark hair and dark brown whiskers, and was neatly clad in a dark brown suit. In his cheek straw hat were the initials “F. B. X.” In his pockets were three dollars in money. In conversa tion with station agent before the ac cident he said his home was in Balti more, but did not give his name. From New York. M. Gambetta has returned to Paris from Dresden, where he went incog nito on family business. From Proindcnce, 11. I. Senator Aldrich’s acceptance of Gen. Burnside’s seat will leave a va cancy in the congressional representa tion from Rhode Island in the first district. The municipal election will occur in Providence, the important part of the district, on November 22, and the Providence Journal suggests that the Governor save extra expense by designating that day as the time for holding the special congressional election, as Congress will not meet until December 5. Ex-Governor Van Zandt, Lieutenant Governor Fay and Senator Bourn, of Bristol, are named as candidates for the place to be vacated by Mr. Aldrich. From Chicago, 111. In the Rock River (Illinois) Con ference Monday night the jury in the heresy case against Rev. Dr. Thomas found him guilty and decided to ex pel him from the ministry and from membership in the Methodist Church. Unless Dr. Thomas should change his mind he will take an appeal to the Judicial Conference. From Philadelphia, Pa. The county commissioners of Franklin county have offered a re ward for the arrest of a youth named John Hester, who is charged with having brutally murdered Jacob Swank. Mr. John Lang, of Harrisburg, sleeps with a revolver under his pil low. His wife, while making up the bed one day last week, picked up the pistol and thoughtlessly pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through her left hand and imbedded itself in the frame of the door on the opposite side of the room. From Baltimore, Md. One hundred and fifty thousand strangers visited this city and wit nessed the Oriole pageant. From San Francisco, Col. A San Francisco court has given judgement in favor of Dr. Frederick Zeile against the estate of (he late James Lick'for professional services. The claim was for $53,000, but the Doctor confessed there was a valid offset for $2,000 against his claim. SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11, Gcßirgia News. Hon. David Meyer, of Atlanta, is seriously ill. Clinch county has a man who is 107 years old. Mr. Isiah Purse, an old citizen of Atlanta, is dead. There are 98 men and 9 women in Fulton county jail. Tom Betts will be hung in Fulton county next Friday. There are five vacancies in the po lice force at Augusta. Augusta will have two handsome theatres next season. Many Northern people daily visit the public schools of Atlanta. Mr. Charles G. Goodrich, has been elected Cashier of the Georgia Rail road. A Cincinnati delegation will visit the Atlanta Exposition in force on the 19th. The monthly pay roll of teachers in the Atlanta public schools amounts to $4,178 50. Major George T. Jackson has been elected President of the Augusta Cot ton Exchange. There are two hundred and seven teen young ladies in the girls’ high school at Atlanta. The public schools of Augusta are crowded, and applicants for admission have to be refused. Miss Sarah A. Overstreet, of Scriv en county, died at the residence of Dr. W. L. Mathews, near Sylvania, last Friday. Claud, the eldest son of Mr. J. C. Overstreet, of Scriven county, had his left arm terribly mangled a few days ago in a cotton gin. Miss Ida Sikes, representing Car gill’s dry goods house, in Columbus, is meeting with great success as a “commercial tourist.” 'fhe administrators of the estate of J no. L. Villalonga, deceased, adver tise real estate for sale on the first of next month in Scriven county. Messrs. L. M. Crone, Andrew Stone and W. I. Lansford, of Pickens coun ty, have been lodged in Fulton coun ty jail, charged with violation of in ternal revenue law. Dr. D. C. Jones, of Walton county, while attempting to mount his horse a few days ago, fractured his left arm near the shoulder joint. The fracture was adjusted by Drs. Westmoreland, Roy and Rains, of Atlanta. Mrs. Bowe, of Augusta, and Mrs. Wright, of Columbia, S. C., were thrown from a buggy in the latter mentioned city a few days ago. The buggy was demolished and both ladies were seriously, but not dangerously, injured. Mr. J ames E. Harvey, of Carroll ton, has been adjudged guilty of the murder of Arthur McMullen. The crime was committed on the 2d of last July, and as the jury did not re commend the prisoner to the mercy of the court, it is likely he will suffer death. Mr. W. J. Hicks, a planter in Troup county, formerly ran a 25-horse farm. He now plows with two horses and makes a bale of cotton to every acre planted in that staple. The expe rience of Messrs. Henry Brazell and W. W. Covin is similar to that of Major J. F. Jones, elsewhere referred to in this column. Mrs. F. Z., wife of Captain Wm. C. Yancy, Ordinary at LaGrange, died a few days ago. She was formerly a Miss Randle, a step daughter of Pres ident Milton E. Bacon, of Aberdeen, Miss., and was a very amiable, devo ted and intelligent person. At one time she was commended by the grand jury of the county for having kept up the records of the Court of Ordinary in a correct and admirable style dur ing the protracted indisposition of her husband, who survives her. Major J. F. Jones, of Troup coun ty, is making an exhibit of Georgia honey, chufas, ground-nuts, sugar cane 16 feet high, wheat, oats, rye, corn 181 feet high, cotton in the seed, as lint and in the bale. Major Jones remarks that the secret of success in Georgia farming is to cultivate less land and cultivate it better. He formerly ran a 25-horse farm and lost money. He now runs a 3-horse farm, has paid a debt of $7,000, and has a handsome surplus. Many Georgia farmers may learn something from the experience of Major Jones. A Remarkable Case. The Athens Banner observes : “Our readers remember the report of the shooting of Mrs. Stephenson in Gwin nett county about six weeks ago by her step-nephew, also named Stephen son, and the excitement that pre vailed on account of it. It has been a remarkable case in some respects, and has served as the principal topic of interest since in all the section around where it occurred. The most remark able thing connected with it is that the woman has not died, though there has not been a day when it was not said there was no hope of her re covery. It was thought that she must die in less than a week, but she has lingered six weeks. The same report is now made that she cannot get well. The testimony before the committing court showed that the gun used was an old army musket. It was loaded with balls which the prisoner moulded himself. The gun moulds and one or two of the balls have been found. Since the shooting the Superior Court has been in session, and an applica tion was made to Judge Erwin to fix the bail for the prisoner’s release. He said he would do so, and named $15,000 as the amount, which was a virtual denial, as there was no hope of Stephenson giving it. The judge did not intend that he should get out merely to run away and escape justice as he certainly would do. The trial was not held because no one could tell the result of the wounds, and if she dies, as it is believed she must, it would not do to try him for a less offense than murder. In the wounds the woman received, and the fact that she has survived so long, there is some similarity to the case of the dead President. It has seemed impossible that she could live a week longer at any stage of her case, and yet she is still alive. Instead of one wound as the President received, she has three, all of them in the back near the kid neys. One of the balls is larged in her spine and it is dangerous to attempt to extract it for fear of her immediate death. Altogether the case is de deciedly interesting, and we will keep our readers posted about it as it pro gresses.’ ’ Some Familiar Sayings. Shakespeare gives us more pithy sayings than any other author. From him we cull: “Count their chickens ere they are hatched,” “Make assu rance doublv sure,” “Look before you leap,” “Christmas conies but once a year.” Washington Irvin gives the “Al mighty Dollar.” Thomas Norton querried long ago, “What will Mrs. Grundy say?” while Goldsmith answers, “Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies.” Thomas Tusser, a writer of the six teenth century, gives us “it is an ill wind that turns no good,” “Better later than never,” “Look before you leap,” and “The stone that is rolling will gather no moss.” “All cry and wool,” is found in Butler’s “Hudibras.” Dryden says : “None but the brave deserve the fair,” “Men are but chil dren of the larger growth,” “Through thick and thin.” “Os two evils I have chosen the least,” and “The end must justify the means,” are from Matthew' Prior. We are indebted to Colley Cibbler for the agreeable intelligence that “Richard is himself again.” Cowper tells us that “Variety is the spice of life.’* To Milton we owe “The Paradise of Fools.” From Lord Bacon comes “Know ledge is power,” and Thomas Southern reminds us that “Pity’s akin to love.” Dean Swift thought that “Bread is staff of life.” Cambell found that “Coming events cast their shadows before,” and “ ’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view.” “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,” is from Keats. Franklin says “God helps those who help themseves,” and Lawrence Sterne comforts us with the thought that “God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.” An Interview with Col. Cole. Col. Cole, President of the Vir ginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line, in the course of an interview at Chattanooga Saturday, said Henry Fink was now in the service as general manager of the entire system. Col. Cole states that by January he will run cars from Memphis, Atlanta, Chattanooga and Brunswick through to> New York without change. His system now embraces 2,203 miles. The Repugnance to Overwork in Eng land and Scotland. However it may be on the conti nent, the British people certainly do not overwork themselves. Walking through Glasgow, for instance, at 9:30 in the forenoon, we see scarcely half the stores open, and when 1 was there most of them contained notices in the windows that they would be closed altogether on the following Thursday, because, forsooth, the Queen was go ing to visit Edinburgh on that day. I went into a barber shop at Edin burgh after 4 o’clock one Saturday afternoon, and was coolly told I would have to come on Monday, as they did no work after four. At Bristol a case came to my notice where a dressma ker was summoned to appear before a magistrate and fined for simply per mitting one of her assistants, who did it of her own free will, to work after 4 p. m. on Saturday, the law being peremptory that work people must not be kept later than that hour. I very believe that, despite the low wages of the British workman, they are fully as well paid in proportion to the work they accomplish as our own, though, irrespective of the amount of work accomplished, our American wages sound fabulously high to them. — Late Letter. Rights of Aliens to Hold Property in Connecticut. A case which has come up in the probate court in Enfield, Conn., brings out some facts concerning the law governing the rights of aliens to hold real estate, and shows that the law must have grown out of the feel ing existing in the State during the Revolutionary war. Under the law, so far as foreigners are concerned, on ly resident aliens in the United States and Frenchmen can hold, inherit, and transmit real estate in Connecticut. A woman died at Enfield, leaving real estate. She had one brother living in the United States, and another living in Great Britain. A question was raised about the prop erty ami the law was looked up, and the fact was ascertained that the brother in this country is entitled to all the property. If the other broth er had been a Frenchman he could have claimed an equal share. It is thus shown that under existing laws in that State a Frenchman has more privileges than an Englishman, and this, probably, on account of the aid given by the French in our struggle for independence. This is probably the first time that any such ease has come up since this law was passed. Ostend Described. In a letter to the Cincinnati Com mercial Moncure D. Conway, de scribes Ostend, the famous French bathing resort, as magnificent. Along the sea front is built a dyke about fifteen feet above highwater, nearly a mile long, about ninety feet wide and finely paved. Along the entire extent of this embankment are the chief hotels, clubs, villas and the Kursaal, their fronts overlooking the sea. These are all of finest but va ried architecture, and being contigu ous, they present the aspect of an in terminable protean palace. Color succeeds color, towers follow balconies Greek alternates with Byzantine and this with Roman style, the effect be ing an architectural display almost kaleidoscopic, and unequalled in Eu rope. There are forty grand hotels in Ostend, and even this number is hardly sufficient to accommodate the multitude of guests in the height of the season. In two days there were 11,000 arrivals and during July and August 75,000 persons bathed on the beach. The season lasts far into Sep tember. ♦ ♦ The Pocket Pistol. A Detroit exchange says : The pis tol is a machine designed for the pur pose of killing, and is the most efficient weapon at short range for that pur pose known to man. It is of no use for any other purpose. It is too dan gerous for a plaything, unless for hunting, and of too short range for war. It is useful only for murder, and he who carries one has what Tyndall would call the “power and potency” of murder in his breeches pocket if not in his heart. The laws of this State unfortunately do not provide adequate means of punishment for carrying deadly weapons concealed. This is something which the Legisla ture should provide for. But when the pistol-carrier takes his weapon out of his pocket and makes the threatening demonstrations with it, except when in “danger of great bodily harm,” and in self-defense, the courts should regard it as a threat against life, and should deal with it as such. AN INDEPENDENT DAILY The news of the day Foil TEN CENTS PER WEEK. By mail 50 cents per month. IO Cents p<T Week. Wrangell Land. A San Francisco special description of the annexation of Wrangell Land says there are evidences that gold exists there. Os Herald Island, Prof. John Muir says: “The midnight hour 1 spent alone on the highest summit, was one of the most impressive hours of my life. The deepest silence seem ed to press down on all the vast, im measurable, virgin landscape. The sun near the horizon reddened the edges of belted cloud bars near the base of the sky, and the jagged ice bowlders crowded together over the vast frozen ocean stretching indefi nitely to the northward, while more than a hundred miles of that myste rious Wrangell land was seen blue in the northwest—a wavering line of hill and dale over the white and blue ice prairie and pale gray mountains be yond, well calculated to fix the eye of the mountaineer; but it was to the far north that I ever found myself turn ing, where the ice met the sky. I would fain have watched here all the strange night, but was compelled to remember the charge given me by the Captain to make haste and return to the ship as soon as I should find it possible, as there was ten miles of shifting, drifting ice between us and the open sea.” BREVITIES. Bangle bracelets are again popular. Drouth has shortened the rice crop. New wall paper imitates Gobelin tapestry. Turtles an shrimps are new hat or naments. Half the boys at Steubenville, 0., carry pistols. New York masons are refusing less than $4 a day. All wool satine is revived for ser viceable dresses. Handsome wraps are edged with beaded plush bands. There are 1,000 local farmers’ alli ances in this country. Twenty Cincinnati couples are get ting married per day. Hog cholera is breaking out in spots through Virginia. Makers of hand organs have got hold of “Empty Cradle.” Nilsson has been in Sweden to as sist at the royal marriage. The tobacco markets of Europe have a two years’ supply in stock. There is a dearth of lumber at Yorktown for building purposes. A Grand Rapids policeman was dismissed for not cutting off his beard. Wrestling in Cornish style is the chief sport in the Michigan mining re gion. Canada is sending nearly two thousand cattle a week to the mother country. The sleigh bell makers at East Hampton, Conn., can’t fill all their orders. A Garfield monument on the crest of his favorite Lawnfield hill is pro posed. Kelley Island only raised half a crop of Catawba grapes, owing to the drouth. The Nebraska farmers mean to make the railroads treat all custom ers alike. The Wisconsin farmers are com bining to control State legislation if they can. Vineland farmers are digging sweet potatoes rapidly lest another frost comes. Scarcity of water in New York city is seriously felt. In the annexed dis tricts water is sold for half a dollar a barrel. A plot concocted by several Ar kansas officers to divide the money taken from two train robbers and re lease the prisoners after the reward had been paid and conviction secured has been exposed. The Syracuse Standard says that Aunt Dinah, a squaw on the Onon dago reservation, 108 years old, sent in an Indian with 25 cents as her contribution to the Garfield monu ment fund. “Bill Nye” has been writing about the humpbacked old patriarchs of the Mormon Church, and he says that there isn’t a gravel train on the Union Pacific Railroad that does not contain a greater amount of intellect than the Church at Salt Lake City.