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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

The assumption that Mr.. Garfield will
indorse and support the Pendleton civil
service reform plan is rash. With Mr..
Blaine in the State Department, and a
representative of Mr.. Conkling in the
Treasury, to say nothing Of other equal
ly bitter, though less prominent, anti
reform men in his Cabinet, Mr.. Garfield
will be powerless in the matter, and,
despite his reform speeches of two or
three years since, it may reasonably be
doubted whether he viii favor any
actual reform. His letter of accept
ance, last year, clearly announced his
adhesion to the plan of giving the sew
eral Congressman the control of the
Federal patronage in their respective
States, a policy which has been de-
nounced by all civil service reformers as
the ''spoils" system.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Mexico Anxious FOR AMERICAN Co
LoNIsFs. "A special dispatch to the New
York World, from the City of Mexico,
February 10, says: President Gonzales
has made grant OF fifteen hundred
square leagues of land in Sonora to
Samuel Brannan, formerly of California.
on which to colonize one thousand fami
lies, many of which are ready to move
into the country from Eastern and West
ern States and Territories. Gen. Manuel
Castro, who commanded the native Cali
fornia forces in the battles fought with
Commodore Stockton and Generals
Kearney and Fremont in 1916 in Califor-
mia, has been recently reappointed
to the Mexican army, and will probably
command the department comprising
Sonora. He is known to be interested
in the scheme Of colonization"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Mr.. Conkling, it is now said, is to
name the next Secretary of the Treasury,
that having been the price Of the support
of Mr. Garfield by the Grant faction last
year. If this is true, remarks the Bridge
port Farmer, it changes the entire situa-
ton as regards the contest for the next
Republican Presidential nomination.
With Blaine in the State Department,
and Allison, Blaine man, in the Trea-
sury, the Federal machine" would be
run in the Maine Senator's interest. But
with Mr.. Conkling or one Of his tools in
the Treasury Department, Mr.. Blaine's
chances Of manipulation will be confined
to the State Department, which is COM
paratively weak in political power. In
brief, if Conkling controls the Treasury
Department, Blaine may be counted out
of the contest for the Presidential nomi-
nation in 1884, and the Grant faction
thus early takes a commanding lead in
the race.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
MASONIC TEMPLE.
THE CHILDRENsS
MARDI GRAS CARNIVAL!

THE LADIE , CHURCH AID SOCIETY will
hold Fair and Children's Mardi Gras
Carnival at the Masonic Hall on MONDAY, the
2Sth February. ANA TUESDAY, the LIST of
March next, in behalf of st Matthew's Epis-
copal Free Church Mission. Fancy articles OF
taste and excellence will be offered for sale,
and choice refreshments served at moderate
rates. The Fair will be opened in the after
moons of these days at o'clock
On Monday Evening there will be Concert
from until O'Clock, given by well-kBown
ladies and gentlemen OF the highest order Of
musical cultivation in the city. After the con-
cert the floor will be cleared for dancing.
On Tuesday Afternoon the children are re-
quested to come at 5 o'clock in mask and cos
tune TO take part In the Mardi Gras Carnival
Prof Sherwood will form the procession at
O'Clock aud after the Grand March, the
Revel, there will be music by the band.
at all times during the Fair and Carnival
tempting visnds, Ices, Coffee. Tea, ETC., will be
served to those who desire them at unusually
reasonable charges. ALI persons interested in
free church work and home missions, or who
delight in giving pleasure to children, are
cordially invited to attend and join in the Fes-
tiVal.
Prices for admission only 1rc for children or
nurses, and Csc. for adults. Tickets can be had
at the stores of DR.. o. Butler, Mr.. s.. p Hamil.
ton and Dr.. L. G. Strong, on Bull street.
feb23-td
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

The Western Republicans are on the
alert and intend that the President elect
shall not suffer for want of advice or
suggestions as to how he shall make up
his Cabinet. The Chicago Tribune says
the manner in which the Treasury was
used under Boutwell, and Richardson to
promote speculation and stock jobbing,
should be sufficient warning against the
delusive notion that Eastern financiers
have monopoly Of all the wisdom and
virtue pertaining to the subject. This
is tantamount to notice that the Trea-
sury must be placed under the control of
Western man if the cordial approval
of the Western Republicans is to be re-
tanned by the administration.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Bradlaugh, the English Radical, has
been closely examining the English pen
sion list and making some extraordinary
discoveries there. The latest curious
pension he has unearthed is that paid to
the heirs Of one General Schomberg, who
was killed by an accidental shot from his
own side at the battle of the Boyne. On
account of this accident the British peo-
pie have been paying annuities to the
Schombergs ever since, AID have paid
out in all to them $500. 900; pretty
expensive price for an accidental shot
fred nearly two centuries ago.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Senator Beck received a petition from
some Ohio people the other day with
the request that he should present it in
the Senate, praying for the passage Of
Blair's prohibitory liquor law. Mr.
Beck got up and said: at seems to be
officially signed; but, es / do not believe
in meddling with what people eat or
drink, and do not think Congress has
anything to do with it, and, as 1 do not
propose to NEEDLE with what the people
of Ohio want, take the liberty of turn
ing the petition over to the senior SEN
ator from Ohio (Mr. Thurman"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
WHAT SENATOR EATON SAYS.

Mr.. Eaton, Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, says
that the committee has received no COM
munication in any form from the State
Department relative to a protocol or ne
gotiation with Colombia. He under
stands that negotiations have been under
taken, but he is slow to think they have
gone to the extent of making protocol;
for whether necessary or not, the pres
ent Secretary of State, like his predeces-
sor, has not often shown the courage to
conclude definite arrangement binding
the country with any foreign power
without the Intervention of Congress.
Senator Eaton thinks that, if he chose,
Secretary Evarts might perfect the treaty
without asking the concurrence or assist
ance of Congress.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Two French Swans have for the last
twelve months been keeping nine pigs
in state of habitual drunkenness, with
view to testing the effects of different
kinds of alcohol, and the Project of the
Seine last year kindly put some styes
and yard in the municipal slaughter
houses at the disposal of the Swans, in
order that they might conduct their in
teresting experiment at the smallest cost
to themselves. The pig who takes
absinthe is first gay, then excitable, irrit
able, combatiye and finally drowsy; the
pig who has brandy mixed with his food
is cheerful all through till he falls to
sleep; the rum swilling pig becomes sad
and somnolent almost at once, while the
pig who takes gin conducts himself in
eccentric ways, granting. squealing, tilt
ing his head against the stye door, and
rising on his hind legs as if to sniff the
wind. DR.. Decaisne, writing on this
intoxicated swine in the France, remarks
that they are none of them the worse for
their years tipping.
To make the test complete the Swans
should have had one on " whisky
straight"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
A Fearful Situation.


The Cincinnati Commercial has this
from St. Paul: Major B. A. Bracket,
Deputy U. S Marshal, and Colonel J. ID.
Quincy, who have returned to this city
after being snowbound fourteen days at
Appleton, and in the vicinity of BgStone
county, report the situation in that sec
ton as fearful. They visited as many
farmers as they could reach, and de-
scribed their condition as almost de-
plorable. Many of the houses were
shanties erected to fill the requirements
of the homestead laws. These were COM
pletely covered with snow, and egress
and entrance were made by tunnels.
Most of the families were entirely out of
wood; they had consumed all their hay
for fuel, and were now burning wheat
for cooking purposes. Owing to the
fact of their houses being partially or
completely buried in the snow,
there was in those he visited no
real suffering from cold, but should
another real cold spell visit them
before the opportunity is given them to
Teplenish their fuel supply, there must
be terrible suffering and great loss of
life. SO far as is known when Major
Bracket left Appleton, there had been
only one death from freezing, a Mrs.
Chapman, living some thirty miles be-
Yond, in Lac qui Parle county. Apple
ton has population of between 400 and
500, and it was estimated that there was
not more than half cord of wood and
two or three tons of coal in the whole
town. The hotel had but three sticks of
wood. All. however, are economizing
on fuel, and arrangements have been
made to secure a fresh supply from
poplar grove few miles distant, and, if
the worst comes, there are the railroad
buildings, warehouses, etc., the destruc-
ton of which for fuel Is already being
canvassed. But the scattered settlers on
the prairies have no such modes of re-
lief as this, and their possible fate is fear
full TO contemplate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

A new invention is reported from
Turin 1t consists in the application of
lightgiving materials to printing ink, by
which print becomes luminous In the
dark, so that in future it viii be possible
to read at night, in bed or during jour-
ney. without the assistance Of candle or
lamp. A new daily paper in which this
luminous material will be used is, it is
said. about to be published at Turin.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

The Raleigh On. C.) NesOs- Observer esti-
mates that 200, 900 petitioners for a pro-
hibitory law have been represented be
fore the Legislature of that State. 1t
thinks one-haIf of the people who are
capable of writing have petitioned. If
this estimate be not excessive it shows
that the movement is widespread.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
VERY IMPORTANT.

Await our grand display of
Spring Goods, which we shall
open in few days. Our MIR.
JACOB COHEN is at present
in the Northern market maxi
ing his purchases, and is deter
mined to Outriyal anything yet
produced in this city in the
line of Dry Goods, ParasOls,
Novelties, etc.s which will be
offered at surprisingly low
prices.
Look out for our next adver-
tisement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

A special from Washington to the New
York Tribune says tina. it is not thought
at the capital that Hayes win veto the
funding bill. and that Secretary Sherman
does not think disastrous results win
follow the measure becoming law.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

When the twelve million acres of the
Florida Everglades are drained and put
into sugar plantations, it is to be hoped.
says the Philadelphia Record, that glu-
cose will take back seat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

The Spanish treasury exhibits deficit
Of $500. 900, 600, the government is over
whelmed with debt, and the revenue is
on the decline
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Monday morning train for Montgomery ONk
at 6:25 A. N.
Wednesdays additional train will leave city
10:25 A. NJ. Returning leave Montgomery is
P. M, Isle of Hope $40.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
fertilizers.
Newspaper Material For Sale

TNHE REGISTER AND STANDARD has the
a. material. in good shape and condition,
used In the publication Of the TALBOTTON
STANDARD. which viii be sold at a bargain.
The press Is q No. Washington hand. COM
perafively new. The office contains enough
material 10 publish handsome eight column
paper. Also q good Rotary Job Press and
office. Apply 20
o. d. GORMAN.
Register and Standard office, Talb0tton.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
@ltstelIaneous.

JOSEPH jerks, JR, Wolverhamptoo Enc
~ land, manufacturer of COTTON TIESfP
the American market. Correspondence Solicit
ed. Highest references given. Address Until
10th February, No. 80 Chambers street, New
York city. jau2i-lm
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME STOCK OF LACES!

no the largest
single retail
energy determined
hereb
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
a2pst

OST, yesterday afternoon (elstl, on the I'M,
IL of the Barnard Street Railroad, betvsss
South Broad street and Battery Park. or nI5s
latter place, a Gold Bracelet, with the iutis,
BILE reward win be paid for its recovery. Al
ply at this Office. feb2aS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
80afdtMg

BOARD IN A REFINED FAMILY A ~
- select boarders can be accommodated
No. II Jefferson street. feb23-W8Sa
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23

Sundays this is the last outward train
EDW. J. THOMAS,
Reb12-tf Superintendent
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-23
pemIrrOiaeries aud gafes.
SPECIAL NOTICE!

HEREWITH BEG TO INFORM LADIES THAT HAVE IMPORTED
OVER 5000 PIECES OF
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Street 8atItoaas.
SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY.


MONDAYS. TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
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SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
SAVANNAH. tsAvA,JNAH ISLE OF HOPE soSToEt
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LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE LEAVE
SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH. ISLE OF HOPE MoNTsERH
----t
$40 P. N. 1898 A. n. $40 A. r. 7:6AE
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9nr SaIe.

LNOR SALE or rent on long lease. Int. =,
II Anderson street, 60x1O5 each fr ,oTs "
south, between Drayton and Abercorn str'a,.
Apply 10 Broughton street. JOHN RYSSS
trustee. jans.t
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-27

A NOBLE OFFsR.-I guess IS
have to hire a clerk said q GaS
weston merchant, by the name ol
Merit, to his friend Cbrysler.
|. i am glad to see that the bgsIj
ness boom has struck you, &C;
sponded Chrysler.
1t isn't that replied the mer1
chant, 'but you see lam very pop
ular, and I am asked BY n5
friends to step across the stseeS
and take q drink almost everS
minute in the day, and as q
haven't anybody to lesve in 4 4
store l have TO decline. Ten d !
lars a day won't cover what 4
have lost by not hsviug a clerk.
'I'll tell YOU what I'll do. said
Chrysler, Frightening ap htre
me as your clerk, and send me
across the street to drink With
your friends, and wont charga
you a cent for my clerical ser:
vices
The application Of Chrys!er v
put on file, along With those Q.
uumber of other leading citize
who had applied already.
[GaIveston Meas. s
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-27
Grows EITHER Wet Oh Dry

GROWS EITHER Wet Oh Dry
Chief Justice Mansfield, pro5ablya
with a view to proiong his owH
days, was always anxious, uhen
old witnesses were in coura, TO-
know their customary habits Of
life. 1t go happened thas twoS
very Old men BY the name o@'
Elm were one day the objects osI
his inquiry.
You are very old man, sad
his Lordship, to the elder brother.
4 suppose you have lived a very
temperate life?'
Never drank anything but VS.
ter, my Lord said Elm. S
Nor you either, l supposo
said the Judge, addressing hims
self to the younger.
when I could get nothing else.
my Lord was the reply. 4 all
ways took my glass with my
friends
swell, then,' replied his Lord
| ship, 'all that we can say is, IAN
elm will flourish vet or dry"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-27
postrn.
THE MODERN FARMER.

THE MODERN FARMER.
The pipe of the quail in the Stubble field;
The scent of the new mown hay;
And all the day long the shout and the song
Of the reapers so far away.
The restless racket amid the grain,
The noise of the reaping machine;
And ever again the howl Of pain
Comes over the meadow green.
Oh. Sweet is the field where the meadow
lark fits
And sings as it scars and dives;
Where the granger sits and roars as he gets
His fingers among the knives.
No longer we hear on the hillside serene,
The scythe-stone's clinkety-clink;
Blu: the reaping machine cuts his leg off, l
ween,
Before ever the man can think.
With forebodiugs and tears the good wife
hears
The man of the house say goodbye"
To return, in sooth. with horse-rake tooth
Sticking four inches out Of his eye.
When the theeshers cone in with halloo and
din,
How burdened with sorrow the hour,
When they pause to scan what is left Of the
man
Chawed up by an eight-horse power.
Obi 1.-the and listen! From over the hills,
What voice for the doctor begs!
Twas the stoker who fell, and awful to
tell,
The steam hsrrow ran over his legs.
Thus all day long, with mirth and song,
They laugh at the dread alarms;
Though the waving field shall its harvest
yield
Of fingers and legs and arms.
Then pity the sorrows of poor old granger,
Whose mangled limbs have borne him TO
fence;
Who braYed with reckless courage untold
danger,
And run his farm with modern imple-
ments.
Burlington Hawkeye.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-27
SSsleetsb gtorp.
THE LAST LOVE.

Wilhelm Ecsburger was a great
muscular fellow of the village Of
A--in Prussia, and an accom-
plished dancer and swordsman.
He had, however, accommodated
himself to the comparatively
sleepy valley in which he lived,
and needed q waking up. His
father, with an old crony and
partner, Hans Hoferdahl, had
made and mended watches in the
old, dingy shop, where their IA
ther had filed and hammered be-
fore them. Their life was about
as unvaryiug as the fat-faced
timepiece behind the cobwebs in
the show window.
1t chanced that various ripples
were beginning to come into the
valley to disturb the course of
nature. 1t was rumored that the
king was preparing for war, and
such young men as Wilhelm
would be needed for the army.
Besides this, old Hans had caught
the emigration fever to America,
aud had sold whatever be had
to sell, except his big pipe,
his flute, and his daughter Chris
tine. He sold bis share in his
shop to Wilhelm's father. Chris
tine wept at the departure, for
the old village had been very
dear to her, and her mother Is
grave was there. The effect on
Wilhelm was such that he rubbed
his great black eyes, and could
scarcely realize that the whole
thing was else than a dream
Pretty soon, however, Wilhelm's
eyes took note OF a gloomy differ
ence in the ways Of his father
The old man came 10 neglect biz
pipe, his beer and his work. anc
the neighoors said that Han:
Hoferdahl had broken his ole
friends heart by going away
The poor old man soon died.
To Wilhelm, after bis father
death, the shop and everything ir
it became distasteful. He tried tt
work, but the very ticking of th'
watches was insuferably oppres
sive. and the absence of the tw'
old meu rendered confinement t.
the place iusupportable. Viii
helm himself made sale of bot
house and shop, and when tn
sales were all completed, and tn
transfers duly made, he stood il
the moonlight one evening, an
gazing at the home no longer biz
soliloquized thus:
4 think | could almost brea
my heart, for I did love tha
house. But l couldn't stay sher
with the empty places. Ther
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-27
Miscellaneous. g
AN AUDIENCE OF ONE.

Emmett, the actor, tells the
following story of how he once
played to an audience of one in
theater at Columbus, Ohio:
After two or three performances
the posters announced a matinee
| went to the theater at 2 o'clock
that afternoon and found my CON-
pany skylarking behind the cur
tain, in their everyday suits. l
looked out in the auditorium.
There was just one man in the
theater. He sat clear back 10 the
parquet. 1t was as much as l
could do to outline him in the
darkness. l went out to the box
Office. Did that man pay for his
ticket p l asked. Yes, fifty CENTS
the treasurer replied. The man
ager told me to return him his
money and close the tbeater.' NO,
you WON'T I said. i have never
disappointed an audience when
I'm sober, and l don't propose to
do so now. Well play for him.
I wentinto the parquet, introduced
myself to the man, and thanked
him for his attendance, I told him
that as be had thought enough OF
me to come and see me and pay
fifty cents for the privilege, he
should have as good a perfor'
nance as though the house was
packed. l then went behind the
curtain and requested the com
pany to dress. Great Caesar
Joe,' one Of them said, you ain''
going to play to that one man
are you?' Yes, I am l replied
Hes paid his money, aud be shall
have his moneys worth. oh, the
deuce broke in another member
OF the company, I'll pay his fifty
cents and you let him CO. l toIe
them that the performance mus
90 on as usual, and 1 warned eaef
one that any attempt to guy th'
audience or any failure to play
part in full would be the sigma
for a discharge.
Well, the orchestra played al
overture and the curtain arose
Ill walked down to the foothghtf
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-27
JOB PRINTING
TERMS CASH.
CIRCUMVENTED.

A Quincy druggist was sitting
beside the base burner in his store
staring sleepily at the rows ol
bottles on the shelves, and wen
dering why people don't take
more medicine, when the door
softly opened and an eight,yeaF
old urchin lodged in. Walking
mp to the compounder of prescriN!
tions, he said IA
Mister, amt there some kind II
stuff that you kin rub on that Il
make d fellows skin as tough II
an elephantsT 81
The druggist looked the Z h
over, and replied:
yes, the oil of tannin will hara
en- the skin if that's what yoSl
mean p
That's the trick I'm playin' fii
exactly. Gimme tenscents' worths
While putting it up the drug
gist asked: 81
what do you want 10 hard
~. -
your hands for. Going to tS
country to husk corn?
sHusk nothin' an my han's
as tuff as rawhide now. Pm jasa
a workin' up a little scheme to cfa
cumvent the old woman's slipper
l tried a layer O. sole leather, bn,
she tumbled to my little game al
the first interview an whenI seH
back on q folded newspaper shs
heard it crack iE' 'afore she, gos
me over her knee, but if this BIZ
stuff does it's duty, I think w
got the bulge on be-, right from
the word so. How long does Z
take such lie as this to put .oh
pad to knock the FIRE out of d
average spankin9' Z;
When the desired informaties
was given him, be trotted q
down the street singing: I q
first you don't succeed, try, tt,
again !'-Argo!