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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21


Mention has already been made OF the
fact that Plsute and Fame, scientists, of
France, had measurably succeeded in
their efforts to store electricity. 1t Is
now telegrsphed that Mr.. Chas. Brush,
of Cleveland, Ohio, inventor Of the
Brush electric light, has just announced
that he has solved the problem, and can
store electricity so that it can be carried
from place to place and delivered like
coal-oil, gasoline, etc, or can he placed
on wagons, street cars, ETC., and used to
propel them. For some purposes his
method is cheaper. and in others dearer
than the present methods of using cleo
tricity. Details of the invention have
not been made public yet, but it is
known as composed Of metal plates ar
ranged so as to contain large quantities
Of electricity.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
Lacking After the Little Ones.

Fifty young physicians, under the di-
rection of the New York Board of
Health, have divided the tenement house
districts of that city among themselves,
and through the heated term they will
go about ministering to the sick little
ones and telling mothers how TO care for
their children. The persistent ignorance
of the laws of health shown by the mass
of the people would seem to justify even
exceptional measures. The New York
Times says: Experience proves that the
reason of the human mother is not
always a safe guide in infant
management. There will naturally
be high rate of infant mortali
ty so long as women give babies
of few months lager beer to sip, or
watermelon, unripe or half rotten fruit,
candy, meat and vegetables to eat, and
impure milk to drink. The young ply
sicians who are going about among the
tenements will find these and other equal
ly glaring dietetic errors not uncommon.
Indeed, such crimes against common
sense may be heard of in weather. quar-
tiers. This, in part, accounts for the
melancholy fact that of 1855 deaths
occurring in New York city during the
first six months of the current year,
Extraordinarily more than. one-thiTd
were of children under five years Of
age There is urgent need of wholesome
instruction in the duties of motherhood
among the tenement house population,
and an equal necessity for provision for
free prescriptions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
THE GovERNoR OF TEXAS AND THE

THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS AND THE
PROPOSED DAY OF THANKSGIVING
Gov. o. NJ. Roberts, of Texas, is the
last to respond to the request of Gov.
Foster to have day of thanksgiving and
jubilee for the recovery of the President.
He sends the following:
"My failure to answer you favorably
is not on account of any want of sym
pathy for the President, but because |
do not deem it consistent with my posi-.
ton as Governor to issue a proclamation
directing religious services where church
and State are aud ought to be kept
separate in their functions. l doubt not
the people of Texas have as strongly
wished and will as devoutly pray for the
recovery of the President as any people
in the United States"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The Irish World shows that London,
the largest. and said to be the richest,
city in the world. with its 1000, 900 of
inhabitants, has debt of less than $780,
OOO. 900, whilst Brooklyn, perhaps one of
the poorest cities in the world, of 600. 900
inhabitants, has debt overlapping forty
millions And Illinois State-thanks to
its constitutional limits free from
debt. whilst her local debts may be esti-
mattel by the debt Of Chicago, which is
about 100000 in round numbers.
Six cities in England, with population
of 5000, 900. have debt of $1O2. 600. 900.
Six American cities of like population
have a debt of $500, 600, 900.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

AN EAST TENNESSEE LADY CHASED
BY A BEAR Mrs Tice Lockner, who
lives near the mouth of Bumpass Cove,
had a rather unpleasant experience while
out notwithstanding last Saturday. She
was accompanied only by her dog, and
in the course of the day discovered the
dangerous proximity of a large bear.
She Immediately began hasty retreat,
with bruin closely pursuing her, and the
race would doubtless have had a tragic
ending if the faithful dog had not from
time to time engaged the bears atten-
ton, and thereby given Mrs. LOckner
time to get ahead. As it was she reach
ed home safe, but terribly exhausted. =
.T0neSb0rO Journal, 14h.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
The Standard Gauge.

All the railroads are coming, slowly
but surely, to one gauge, that of 4 feet
s. inches, known as the standard
gauge" The Southern roads had adopt
ed either 6 or feet generally, but after
clinging to this for years they were com
PEELED to yield by the freight blockade
of last spring, when the inconvenience
of breaking bulk in consequence of diff
ferent gauges became conspicuously APP
parent A large number of Southern
roads have already made the neces-
sary change, and other important
lines like the Chicago, St.
Louis and New Orleans and
Memphis and Mississippi will make
the change this month. That the stand
ard gauge is the best is shown by the
fact that even the English roads are
adopting it. The Great Western Rail
road of England, which has hitherto
been broad gauge, feet, will, in few
weeks, cut this down to feet 81 inches.
The Canadian roads are preparing to do
the same, and it is probable that in few
years all railroads will have the same
gauge. The tendency towards narrow
ing gauges has been very conspicuous in
the last few years. Starting at feet
the general railway gauge has been re-
duced successfully to feet. 81, and
4 feet 81 inches, and now not a few are
coming down to feet 6 inches.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The New York BOsrd of Health re-
ports that after strenuous efforts to drive
out contagious diseases from that city
they have succeeded in getting rid OF
smallpox aud typhus fever, but that
scarlet fever aud diphtheria defy all their
efforts. In the meanwhile, however, the
warm weather has developed number
of summer complaints that are proving
much more fatal than the diseases cpl
demic throughout the winter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The New York Times continues to peg
away at the star route postal frauds; and
gives as the latest a psge devoted to the
Barlow Brown combination in Colorado
and Nevada, showing how two fat con-
tracts were presented to the ring with
big pay for little service. Editorlally
the Times says: THE contracts are of
the same general character as the facts
which We have heretofore published, but
they cover entirely different ground.
They involve the same methods on the
part of the faithless government officers,
the same favoritism, the same arbitrary
exercise of power, the same curious ne
glect of responsibility.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
The Mails.

The Coffee County Gazette, Pearson,
Ga, says: Wonder what has become of
the Savannah MORNING News during
the past few days? The Gazette. as well
as the subscribers here to that valuable
paper, get it very irregular.
This is only one of numerous com
plants which have been made since the
establishment of the "fast mail" SEIZED
ule. These irregularities have been
again and again reported to the railroad
and post Office authorities, but, it ap-
pears, with very little effect. We trust
that time, which is said to correct all
mishaps, will eventually make the mails
more regular.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The thermometer shows some fantas
tic freaks. Just now the warm weather
of the country seems to have settled up
in the North, while the South is COM
parafively cool. That latitude has very
little TO do with temperature is evidenc-
ed by some recent meteorological reports
OF the Dominion Of Canada These
show that at Fort Mcleod, up in the
northwestern territory, nearly within
the Arctic regions, the thermometer last
summer reached 100 in the shade, and
that at York Factory, on the ice-bound
shores Of Hudson bay, it was 80 for six
weeks in succession, and for ten days
above 100. It takes the Arctic circle 10
produce genuine warm weather
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The comet is creating CONSERVATION
among the colored people Of the Eastern
Shore. Md. The Princess Anne Mary
lander says that in Hungry Neck, SOM
erset county, they are fearfully demon
allied, and believe the world is coming
to an end presently. Whole families are
getting religion, and all the colored
people are eating their spring chickens
in view of such a general disruption
that even the tenderest rooster will be OF
no avail here below.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The electric light was tried on the
Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, Thursday.
proving a great success. almost too much
of a success indeed. as the light was de-
clared to be too brilliant to be stared at.
On the other hand, fogy old England
seems still to entertain some prejudice
against the new invention, and the other
night, after trial of the electric light in
the Parliament House for several even
ings, the honorable NJ. P. IS set up shout
of joy when the gas was again lit. and it
was announced that they would return to
the old illuminator.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

T. = a humiliatiDg commentary on
the misgovernment of Ireland that the
nendinq land bill should appropriate a
million of dollars to promote the emigra-
ton of the Irish. There could hardly be
q more significant confession of inability
to solve the problem which ages Of neg
Iect snd greed have made so complex as
to stagger the best British craftsmanship,
hut rrhich must nevertheless be met.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

We sometimes see tender, fan, flower
of q girl in the midst of a group Of loud
voiced, loud-mannered sisters. Neither
understands the other, and, like the
ugly duckling of the fairy tales, she be-
comes the star that eclipses all the rest,
much to their amazement. The eXplana-
ton is simple; Somewhere back in her
ancestry was gentleman who mingled
the patrician with the plebeian current
and it breaks out in her and makes her
as another being-a very lily among
hollyhocks. - TIrgiRSct1s
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

Miss Proudfut is one of the loveliest
girls in Southern Kansas, and year ago
was the recipient of much admiring at
tention from the opposite sex; but now
there is disposition on the part of-the
young men to stay away from her. The
change is the fact that three of her suit
ors have received gunshot wounds while
in her company. 1t is not known who
the assassin is, but he is supposed to be
somebody who, being unable 10 secure
the prize himself, is determined that no.
body else shall do SO.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

According TO therepOrts received at the
Agricultural Bureau at Washington the
acreage Of tobacco is largely in excess of
last year, particularly in Maryland, Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, but in view of the
large decrease in 1880 in these States,
owing to scarcity Of plants. the area will
not be greater this year than it was in
1879, the year in which the area was
given for the census of 1880. The
condition Of the crop is reported higher
than last year in the same time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

Secretary Window denies the report
that in a recent speech at Chicago he
predicted financial crash. He says;
III have made no such prediction, nor
do see any indications of such an
event" The report doubtless came from
persons connected with the progressing
attempt to start panic in stock values.
The clique thus engaged is an influential
one and evidently exercises consider
able discretion over the news columns of
many journals. Many of the recent
false reports of disasters, crop failures,
etc, are accredited to this ring Of stock
jobbers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The tariff question is working itself
into clear light in Ohio, and the Demo
Gratis have gone into their State cam
paign there with an explicit and perfect
" Ineligible statement Of the Demo
cratic policy on the protection question.
Democracy means protection to the
American wOrkingmsn, but war on op-
pressiye monOpOlies. Republicanism, on
the other hand, means protection to
monOpOlies and oppression to working
men. That is q distinction with 10 small
degree Of difference.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

A suburb of Baltimore has had mover
sensation in the postponement OF
funeral because the corpse failed to Keep
the appointment. The remains were
supposed to be in casket at the re-
ceiving vault of Baltimore Cemetery
but. when the rnourners had assembled,
it was ascertaiued that both corpse and
coffin were missing, and the affair has
very naturally created much excitement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
JULY DRAWING.

l.86O Prizes. ~
Whole tickets, 81; Half Tickets, 81; q Tickets,
$50; s. Tickets, 800.
Remit Money or Bank Draft in Letter, or
send by Express. DON'T SEND BY REGIS
TERED LETTER OR POST OFFICE ORDER.
Orders of IS and upward, by Express. can be
sent at our expense Address all order to r. NJ
BOARDMAN, Courier Journal Building, LOUIS
vile, KY, or 7. j. COMMERFORD, 800 Broad
way, New York.
JNO. B. FERNANDEZ, Agent
Cor Bull and Broughton sts.. Savannah, Ga
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

Information has come to the Treasury
Department that the standard silver dol
lar is being taken with great avidity IN
South America, and bids fair to become
the favorite coin there. The only thing
apparently that prevents lis general use
at once is the fact that there is little di-
rect trade between the United States and
South America, and the European gov
eruments through whom the commerce
passes discourage the employment of the
coin in business transactions.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

A circular has been issued by the
various New York companies and dealers
under the control Of the Knickerbocker
Ice Company increasing the price Of ice
70 families 25 per cent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

The immigrant arrivals at New ORE
during last week foot up 1923, making
a total for the month thus faI Oh l'''fO'
and from January /. 261 49, against
1877 AS corresponding period last year
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
Iutjee gfte(lMle.

WILL run the following schedule, com
w mencing MONDAY, July IS, from wharf
foot of Abercorn street:
Sundays-From Tybee, 7:30 A. n, u Y, P. N.
Sundays-From city, 10 a. N. and 2:30 P. n.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays-From
Tybee, 7:30 A. n; from city, 8 P. n. Another
steamer may be substituted on the p. m.
Monday trips.
Tuesdays and Safurdays-From Tybee, $50
A. NJ and 6 P NJ; from city, 10 A n. 4 P. NJ
and s P II.
Thursdays-From Island 7:30 A. and P.
n from city 10 a. N and P. T.
Family excursions Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
The cars viii always rect steamer a. wharf.
Tramwey tickets must be bought at this
office. All freight prepaid on wharf
n B-No freight received after IS minutes
to time Of steamers departure.
JNO. F. ROBERTSON, Agent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
3irer Begalator.
Malarial Poison

TNHE principal cause OF nearly all sickness at
Il thistime of the year has its origin in a
disordered Liver, which, If not regulated in
will ensue. A gentleman, writing from South
America says: II have used your Simmons
Liver Regulator with good effect, both as a
prevention and cure for Malarial Fevers on
the Isthmus OF Panama"
If you feel drowsY. debilitated, have fire.
quent headache. mouth tastes badly, poor APP
petite and tongue coated, you are suffering
win cure you so speedily and permanently as
to take
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
InttRrIFs.
-: 34th -
Commonwealth Distribution Co.
AT MACAULEY'S THEATRE,
In the City of Louisville. on
SATURDAY. lilly 3Oth. 1881.

These drawings occur monthly Sundays
excepted under provisions Of an Act of the
General Assembly of Kentucky, Incorporating
the Newport Printing and Newspaper Co., ep-
proved April 9, 1873.
eE-TH1S is A SPECIAL ACT, AND HAS
NEVER BEEN REPEALED.
The United States Circuit Court on March 81
rendered the following decisions:
1sT-THAT THE COMMONWEALTH DIS
rRIBUTION COMPANY is LEGAL
2D-ITS DRAWINGS ARE FAIR.
N. B.-This company has now on hand
large reserve fund. Read carefully the lisU Of
prizes for the
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

Rev. Mr.. Inskip has returned from his
Journey around the world, aud is now
repcrted at Ocean Grove.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

E'Ok SALE, the following stereotype appa
Il ratus: Steam Drying Press Hoes M. 81
Flaten lSx2i; l Iron Beating Table BIKE:
Iron Casting Mould Hoes No. g., to cast 2fxs9.
Ihey are almost new and in good condition.
Address j. II. ES TILL, Savannah.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

TOR SALE, steamboat boiler and engine
lO16 inch bore and y inch stroke. stamped
all In good order Also, one engine l4x16. ali
complete JOHN +. ROBERTSON, Agent,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

ENOR SALE, a double dwelling house and fuu
Il Trust lot; fee simple; fronting on / Liberty
square, and bounded by President and state
streets. Terms, one fourth cash. balance at 2
per cent. on any length Of time to suit pur-
CHASER Fl. HAYM
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21

Tor SALE, Lot No. i2 FORSYTH ward adj
I Joining Hodgson's Memorial BuiIding
For terms, apply to R. B. REPPARO.
No 70 Rav straat
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
FIR Benz.
for saIt.

TOR SALE. WATERMELONs, at wholesale
or retail, by GEORGE McGRATH, 81 Drayton
street, corner State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-21
3afants' .fund.
llIMiTlAN INSEcI POWDER.

NOR FIeas, Flies and Mosquitoes Also de-
IL stroys Cabbage and Cotton Worms ard
Vegetable Parasites Of all kinds. Get the
best. For sale by
q. WI. HEIDT & CO.. Druggisfs,
Savannah, gGa'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-12
Tried 10 SviudIe n Couduc.or

While the train on the Chicago, r. /. and
u. X. +. was approaching the city a few days
ago, and the conductor was busy collecting
up-lickets, he heard voice behind him cX-
claim:
"Jim, hide under the buffalo till the con-
ductor has gone Oul y
Looking around be saw a large buflio
robe near the stove, thrown over what ap.
peared from the smalI part exposed to be a
burlap bag Of clOthe, or backWoOdsman's
traps.
$50, ho." thought he to himself, "Jm'>
concluded to remain secreted in the bag, has
he, till the conductors gone out. We'll, the
conductor hasn't gone out yet, and wont
TIL SOMEBODY has paid for Jim'> fare"
80 saying, he slowly walked up TO the
stove and threw himself careleSSly down on
the robe, from under which there arose a
mingled cry Of pain and 'suflocatiOn, heart
rendng enough to startlc all OF the passcn-
gers.
Somewhat proud Of his success in detect
| ing the cheat, and yet rather mortified AZ
hurting the concealed urchin, The conduc-
tor exclaimed
"Who owns this buffalo robe 2"
Il do quickly replied an Iowa City
merchant.
/ ~ " ub oN Us tiii> DJE
81 do" gruflly exclaimed an honeSt-lOok-
ing old farmer.
"What does il contain Z"
81 don't know as It's any Of your busi.
ncss,' said the farmer.
"Let me out, or I'll smother." came a
! faint voice from the bag.
"Ah, ha!" exclaimed the conductor,
"aDd so YOU expected to swindle the rail-
road company out OF your sons fare, did
! you, by crowding him into this old burlap !.
| That's conduct for a pectd5ie-ooking
farmer a. you are, amt il? i man stands a
poor chance that undertakes 10 play the
swiudler with me -
"If YOU repeat again that I'm Sw!ndler,
Mr.. Conductor" exclaimed the now iniuli-
ated farmer, "I'll knock YOU clean through
that Sheet-i!on stove"
"Let me out or shall smother" screamed
in choked accent, the boy in the bag.
Gentlemen" exclaimed the conductor
TO the excited passengers, " | have detected
a ,nan in little game OF ecOn0my-not 10
draw too fine point on the thing-whch
can't be played successfully on this road.
TO save half fare on little boy twelve or
fourteen years OF age, he has crowded him
into this old bag, and"
Its lie! IT'S a lie!" shouted the
farmer.
"Let me out let me OUT" screamed the
boy.
With one cut and slash Of his iackknife
the conductor severed the end OF the bag,
and out rolled peek Of turnips. calf's
head, and an old pair of boots-and the bag
was empty.
For moment superstitious awe per-
vaded the crowd. ana the conductor began
TO pinch himself to see whether he was
dreaming or bewtched, when Billy Iiar-
rlngton whispered in his ear, lis only Il
Joke OF Zera the ventriloquist.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-12

Brief Hems.-The following pupils were
on the roll Of honor at the coiored High
school this week: Thomas Brown, Thomas
Johnson, David Moon, james Powell, Jessie
C.. Bioga, Julia Bundy, Francis Baker,
Engie E2ps, Ellen Giles, Caroline Graves,
Lizzie Johnson, Amanda johnson, Lille
Moon, Lettle Scipworth, and Martha Wool.
bridge.
The MiltOnian TableauX" " at the court.
house last night drew large audience, and
the entertainment was a very pleasant one.
1t was for the benefit OF the Manchester
Amateur Band, and will be repeated to.
night at O'Clock.
The engiDc-hOusc OF The Alert Fire Com
pany bas been draped in mourning in re.
sDect to the memory OF the late Lorenzo
WhitYolth, who was member OF the De.
partment.
Rev. B. +. Woodward, Of the Methodist
church, has gone to Petersburg TO spend a
few days. Mr.. Woodward has greatly inn
proved in health during the pas; few days.
Thursday evening Joseph BrOwn, who
resides at Granite, in Chesterfield county,
was badly injured by being thrown from A
horse on upper Hull street. \ physician
was sent for 10 attend him.
The dwelling.house on Ninth and stock
ton streets owned by Mr. u. =. Wake
caught fire Thursday night. The fllmes
were cNtingaished before any serious dam
age was done, and without a general alarm
being turned il. The fire originated from
sparks from the chimney.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-12
LOCAL MATTERS.

a RELIC OF THE WAR.-A silver dollar
coined In 1860 Is IN the possession OF one OF
our Br0ad-street merchants, which, from
the marks upon II, could II speak, would
unfold an interesting chapter In the history
OF the late war. On the eagle Side Is cut in
plain and artistic characters "Libby Pri-
SON.; and on The reverse, Richmond.
Va, 1864. T. Fry. s4." II is supposed
by some that this coin was owned by Cap
tain Fry, who escaped with number OF
prisoners from Libby Prison in 1864 by
tunuelling under the building, and that he
sold this coin for 81. The inscription seems
TO bear out this conjecture, since the char.
acters "s4' are rather more clumslly cut
upon the coin than the foregoing part OF the
Inscription, and seems to have been the
work OF other hands than the original owner
and carver.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-12

THE TEMPERANCE CAUsE-MIss Will
LARD's PLANs.-At the close OF Miss VIII
lard's Temperance lecture at Broad-Street
Methodist church on Thursday evening no.
tice was given that meeting would be held
at Friends meeiing-house at IL o'clock yes
terday for the purpose Of organizing an
auxiliary TO the National Union. At the
hour named small number met Miss VIII
lard at the appointed place, and she unfolded
TO them the objects, purposes. and mode OF
work in these local societies. 1t was deemed
best not TO orgauize permanently at present,
bu' to delay it for few weeks until Miss
WilIard's return from the South, whittier
she has gone In furiherancc OF her work.
She has already organized societies in
Loudoup, A'eXlndria. and other points in
the state, and expects soon to be able to
fOrm a state society.