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The daily gazette., 1881-11-29
NEW ADVERrlsEMENI,s.


NOTICE TO REAL ESTATE OWN Ek6.
In Those who sell 4 transfer real estate
and do not wish TO pay the taxes Of 1884,
will eblige the undersigned by leaving
notice thereof at our office, that we may
assess 1t to the proper ewners.
EDMUND PROVOST,
DENNIS KANE,
Receiver OF City Taxes.
Office. No. 10 E. Sixth street, between
Market and King. Hours, q. m. 10 II
m and to 8 and to s p. m. noY2S-2W
KTOTICE.-ALL PERSONS DESIRING
In topay their county taxes Will md
the collectors at their office, No. 602X
Market street every day, between the
hours of 7.80 and O'Clock In the forenoon
from until o in the afternoon and from
! until o'clock in the evening. Now Ii
the time for payment Of taxes and the
collectors will be pleased to walt upon
all who call.
WILLIAM KYNE,
CHARLES II. D. BEDFORD,
nov29-6t Collectors.
The daily gazette., 1881-11-29

MIR. Blake thought it would be well
for the city to furnish the scow.
Mr. Bailey said Mr.. Febigsr, chair
man of the bridge committee, told MIN
that everything that could be done
n %n,,,d he. and that as soon as the piers
were up q footing would be laid across.
Mr., Barnhill said work was still going
on very slowly, and the prospects are
that the bridge will not be finished until
M Mr. moore said that Mr.. Mahatiy, of
the bridge committee, had always peeh
in favor OF having temporary ioee-
bridge, but Mr.. Febiger opposed ~ Mr.
Moore suggested making bridge ron
the foct of Greeley street TO the Pc. o'
the railroad bridge, to connect WIZ : :
footway alongside Of the draw, Win .
footbridge from the second draw pier "
the other side of the creek.
The report was adopted and copie'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
A Portable Electric Lamn.

LONDON spectator, 1Oth.
On Monday, while the mechanical
section of the British Association were
discussing the means of using the elec.
trio light in coal mines, Mr.. Swan, in
ventor of the "Swan lamp" made
remarkable statement. He produced an
electric lamp of two candle power, quite
detached from any wire and portable,
which could be kept lighted for six
hours by a two-cell Faure secondary bat
terry. The weight of the battery would
not exceed ten pounds, and to charge it
afresh it would only be necessary ito
place it for a time, in connection with
the wires of dynamo, near the pits
mouth" The battery and lamp need
never leave the pit. Sir J. Hawkshaw
greatly approved this lamp, and well
handy electric lamp, unconnected with
any wire, and fed at intervals only as an
oil lamp is, must lie in that rude speci-
men shown. A portable electric lamp
with a strong light would be one of the
greatest inventions Of our day, and make
hundred enterprises possible which are
now avoided. 1t would materially alter,
to begin with, al the conditions of
mining, tunnel making, and work in
sewers or under water while it would,
if reasonably chear, be the greatest of
modern contributions 10 domestic COM
fort. What is wanted is portable light
which will burn week and can then be
recharged at a distance, so that private
house need not be connected with any
system, and filters need not be sum-
mOned
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29

hin. pulled the trigger and emptied the load
In the roof Of his mouth, the shot Passln 3
through his tongue and lodging In tne upper
part Of his head. The physicians SduSo 20 AZ
tend him picked out all the shot Inat mao % hot
been buried too deep, and he is yet ahVe, but
on Tuesday he was worse and not expected to
live"
OoIethOrpe Echo: "a number of cattle are
being carried from this county to Augusta, but
the nrices Maid there make il losing business
~ me droTers. We heard Of one man who lost
$40 on q lot Of cattle he carried there"
Atlanta Post-Appedl: Last night about :
O'Clock Mary Deerman, young white woman
living in an alley opposite Gholstin's Touring
mill, attempted TO take her life by swallowing
dracm OF oil OF tansy. The inmates OF the
house knew nothing OF her purpose until she
fell on the hoor in convulsions, when they sent
for Drs. PARKS and Lidel, who administered
antidotes, and after two or three more convul-
slons the woman was relieved Of the agony OF
poison She is en- ciente, and it is supposed
she took the drug for the purpose Of produc-
ing abortion or death. She is still in critical
cOnd ton"
ThomasviIle Enterprise: "About one or
Mr.. P. w. Leek, who lives four miles
east OF Boston, discovered his cotton
house on fire. The building and con.
tents. about three bales Of cotton in the seed
and about sixty bushels cotton seed, were de-
stroyed. Mr.. Leek is certain 1t was the work
Of an incendiary. On Tuesday night previous
he discovered soIce one at his stables, who re-
fused to halt. He supposed the party to be
trying to steal his mules, and when the fellow
ran of he fired at him 1t is probable that the
same party fired the cotton house"
For the information Of candidates in his dis
trict Hon. II. G. Turner, member OF Congress
for the Secondidistrict, publishes the following:
Applicants for the West Point cadetship are
required to be between II and p years Of age
at least five feet high, free from any immoral
or infectious disease or any deformity that
The applicant must be well verSed in reading
and writing, including orthOgraphy, arithmetic
the elements Of English grammar, descriptive
geography, particularly of this country, and
the history Of the United States.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
King Kalakaua Wants a Lot Of
New Subjects.

1t is not uncommon for subjects to
lose their King or to get rid of him; but
a monarch still upon the throne and yet
in danger of losing his subjects is some
thing of novelty This seems to be the
position of King Kalakaua, of the Ha-
waiian Islands, who arrived in New
York on Friday. In the course of
an inte resting conversation with
reporter Of the New York Eoen
ing Post, his Attorney General, Mr..
William Armstrong, said that ''the
native element" of the islands
cannot survive long, having been de-
slroyed by such civilization as came to
them on the whaling ships of New Eng
land;" that nothing can save the peo-
ple;" that 'few children are born, and
still fewer live to grow up" One
object of the Kings travels is to find
some other people to take their place.
We often hear of infusing fresh blood
into nation, and the beneficial effect of
immigration is beyond doubt; but repeo-
pling a country outright is different
experiment. Naturally enough no more
New England whalers are wanted, and
it is questioned by Attorney General
Armstrong whether Englishmen or
Americans are fitted by their constitu.
ton and habits for the life of tropical
climate. Of all the men who have been
examined as to their qualifications the
Portuguese settlers in the Azores seem
TO be the most satisfactory. Fifteen
hundred of these have been secured and
a thousand more have been ordered, and
it is to be hoped that before long the
islands will be comfortably full. The
further and official denial of the report
that the Hawaiian King was looking up
market for his kingdom was scarcely
necessary. As Attorney General Arm
strong says, it would be as reasonable to
talk Of Mayor Grace's selling the city of
New York.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
The Boy Train Notwithstanding
About Their Victims

A Little Rock dispatch gives some
further particulars of the late train rob-
berry on the Iron Mountain Railroad. It
says: "Among the passengers on the
train were II. B. Stuart and r. d. Head,
Judge and prosecuting attorney of the
circuit in which the train was robbed,
and both of whom were feeced. Stuart
is brave man, but was unarmed; he
endeavored by all means in his power TO
make the passengers fight, and tried to
borrow revolver. A number of passen-
gers besought him on their knees not to
make disturbance and have them all
killed. DR.. Isaacs, of Illinois, an old
man who was robbed of seventy dollars,
cried to the boys that he was ashamed Of
them, young men entering on such a
career of crime. He told them if he had
a walking stick he would chastise them.
The boys laughed at him, took all he
bad, and told him to go and starve.
Several invalids en- route to Hot Springs
were also robbed, one old fellow losing
all he had saved il years with which he
had hoped to be cured of disease. His
grief is terrible. A johnson county
merchant, EN- route to Little Rock to buy
goods, lost three hundred dollars, and
turned back at Prescott, and went home.
That three boys could rob train,
passengers and officials, still causes
establishment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
Rig RIaZe in DaRVfIIe.

DANvILLE, VA, September 2S.-This
moraing st daYbreak 9 fire broke out in s.
II. Hollands brick blilding on Union
street, which was entirely consumed, build
ing and contents. The lower part Of the
building was used as stores, the upper part
as tobacco factory aud for tobacco storage.
The fire originated in the store of Grief
Bsnister (colored). The loss is estimated at
S63, 900. Insurance $50, ,OOO s. q. Hollands
insurance on the building was $l2, 900. which
does not quite cover his loss. Holland
& Hickey's insurance on their
stock of tobacco in factory, esti-
mated to have been worth $4,000,
is ouly 5000. Paul G. Vcnabls's stock of
tobacco stored is insured for $24 900, which,
it is estimated, will cover his loss. A. NJ.
Bruce 81 Co.'s loss on their stock of goods,
insured for "a 900, is estimated at $500
A. NJ. McCoy's (cOlored) loss on goods, Gov
cred by insurance, 50 500. Grief Banuister,
colored. on stock of goods In store insured
for S., 900, which is estimated to cover his
loss. Hollands tobacco warehouse, ad-
joining the burnt building, was damaged to
the amount Of about 81, 900 on building and
stock; fully insured.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
The Wreck on the Pacific Coast.

SAN Francisco, September 2S.-The
name OF the ship reported lost last night
was not the Halensburg, but the Alice Buck,
from New York. a dispatch from Spanish
Town, twenty-five miles from here, says
sue struck on HOyesn's Rocks, two
miles below, at ten minutes past
twelve o'clock yesterday mcrning, and
is q total wreck. Ten out of the
twenty-four men on board were
drowned. The ship had been leaking for
two days, and her Captain signsled for q
tug, evidently intending TO put into San
francisco for repairs. On Monday be
spoke the steamer Oceanics, and got his
course to San Francisco, but by some mis-
calculation steered northeast and shortly
after midnight struck with an awful crash
on the rock, not over fifteen hundred feet
from a high bluff The two mates and part
of the crew we're instantly panic stricken,
aad jumped from the ship into the sea, and
were not seen sgain. The Captain and the
rest OF the crew, with He-preservers
on, left the ship, which was fast breaking
up. Some reached the shore, assisted by
the people on the bluff. The rest were
picked up by the steamer Salina. Captain
Hermingsin was picked up, after being in
the water nine hours, supported by two
life preserVers
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
Entertainment of Visitors at York.

WASHINGTON, September 28.-Rumors
having arisen regarding the inability of the
managers OF the Yorktown celebration to
provide subsistence for the vast crowd ex-
pected to attend, the Commissioners desire
TO state that so far as the invited guests of
the Commissioners, visiting military and
Masonic bodies are concerned, the arrange
ments have already been perfected, by
which they will be comfortably accommo-
dated at yorktown. These alone are ex-
pected to number %, 600. In addition to
this four hotels of good size are
being erected on the grounds OF a capa-
city 10 feed from 10000 to 5000 guests.
The smaller restaurants in the town will
accommodate fully one-half as many more.
They will probably be able to lodge ten
thousand persona. The Commissioners say
besides this an hourly ferry service has been
arranged between Yorktown and Fortress
Monroe, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond,
West Point and Williamsburg, all of which
points are within a few hours sail. The
Commissioners are confident that there will
be no difficulty In procuring lodging and
subsistence for all who desire to attend the
celebration.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
BEN BUTLER's AFFLICTION.
How the News of His SONS Death
Was Conveyed 20 Him and How
It was Received.
correspondence st. Louis Republican

Correspondence st. Louis Republican
General Butler has received severe blow
in the death of his son Benjamin, and those
who have met him since his bereavement
say that his tense and rugged nature has
been relaxed and his robust temper much
mellowed. He had expected to introduce
his boy into practice at the Boston bar this
fall, and to have shaped his future so that
he could in time come into the large and
lucrative law business which his father has
built up. The General expected that his
son would keep alive the name of Ben But
Ter and would keep In existence the place
of that name In the legal profession. These
hopes have all been dashed to earth. After
an illness Of ten days, in which the kidney
disease which seized Lieutenant Butler
made curiously swift progress, the young
man died at Bay View, his fathers country
seat. General Butler was absent In bis
yacht, America, and he came sailing up 10
the wharf at the edge of his grounds the
day Of his boys death. The yacht, which
had been refitted, had behaved splendidly at
sea, and as she came into harbor Ia a spank
ing breeze with dash and spirit her owner
was as proud as a new husband. He stood
out upon deck as she was moored, and cast
his queer eyes toward the wharf, where he
saw his former partner, Mr.. Mcdonald, his
chief clerk, Mr.. Fox, and several others
oeahNAbSs h6 C8u6Q OUT TO b0GQ
that he supposed that they had come down
to steal a ride to Boston in his yacht, and said
he would be glad to have their company
IL they behaved themselves. Then
looking up he saw the flag over his house at
halfmast. What" he said, In astonish-
ment, ''the President is dead" He observed
that his friends did not answer, and as he
locked from one to another, he saw by their
solemn faces that something had happened.
He seemed puzzled, for he had left his son
in good health. though delicate, but as If
by premOnitiOn he quickly asked, CLOVIS
Benz" No one dared to tell him that his
favorite son was a corpse. Mr.. McDavitt
took his arm aud said, "Don't be alarmed,
General" The shock seemed to shake the
old man like blow from a strong battery.
He did not say another word, but walked
into the house and took a seat by his dead
boy, and sat for some time holding his
nfeless hand. He seemed to find no ex-
preston for his grief in tears, and bore his
pain In silence. The sight of the old Gen
eral standing side by side with his son Paul,
who is dwarfed In stature, when the body was
lowered into the grave was one that moved
many to pity and some to tears. The Gen
erals wife, who was until the hour of her
death the pride and Joy of his life, died in
his presence under a surgical operation in
the Massachusetts Hospital. His only chill
dren now are his daughter Mrs. Adelbert
Ames, wife of the Ex-Governor OF Miss!s-
sipPi, aud Paul. The General is worth over
$2,OOO,O0O now, and is, through his close
attention to his practice, rapidly adding to
his fortune.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
COLES LATEST MOVE.
Formation of the Virginia. Tennes-
see and Georgia Air Line.

NEW YORK, September 2S.-A contract
was signed to-day between E. w.
Cole, President Of the East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
road Company (the two seneY-Cole
roads, /, 400 miles,, ]. Il. Tiler, President of
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany, and F. ]. Kimbsl. President of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, en-
bracing in all 2, 1873 miles. This unites per-
manently these properties under the name
of the Virginia, Tennessee aad Georgia
Air Line. Presidents E. w. Cole
and f. ]. KimbAll, constituting an active
committee for these lines, have appointed
Henry Fink General Manager Of the united
lines. They penetrate seven States, to wit:
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia,
Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia,
with all rail routes to the East via the Vir-
ginia Midland and from Norfolk to Mem
phis; Norfolk to Meridian, Miss; Norfolk
via Rome, Atlanta and Macon to Bruins
wick, GA, on the Atlantic aud Florida;
Louisville and Cincinnati via the Knoxville
aud Ohio division OF the East Tennessee,
Virginia aad Georgia Railroad, and into
North Carolina bv another division of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
road.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
LouisvIIIe Jockey Club.

LOUISVILLE, September 2S-The first
race, three-quarters of a mile, was won by
Lost Cause, Saunterer second, Mlstrial
third. Time 1:20.
The second race, one mile anu half, was
won by Annie g., Edison second, Guy third.
Time 2:47.
The third race, one mile, Bell of the High
lands was first, Pope Leo second, Elixir
third. Time LAG
The fourth race, one and quarter miles,
was won by Juanita, MatagOrda second,
Fatinitza third. Time 2:16.
In consequence of rain, the track was
very heavy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
The New YORK stock market,

New YORK, September 2S-The stock
market opened irregular, but in the main
weak and lower. In the esrly dealings there
was an advance Of Is to rs per cent, the
latter in Manhattan Elevated, but at the
first board the entire list became weak, and
q decline Of IS to 4 per cent. was recorded,
in which Alton and Terre Haute common,
st. Paul, Central Pacific, Union Pacific,
Hannibal and St. Joseph preferred, East
Tennessee, and Louisville and Nashville
were most prominent. This was followed
by q rally of IS to Is per cent. aud at noon
by further decline of 4 to ~ per cent,
Lake Erie and Western and Michigan Cen
tral leading therein.
During the afternoon speculation was fe-
verish, and unsettled on slight f1uctuation,
but in the late dealings there was a general
Improvement in prices, ranging from u 10
X per cent, Elevated railroad stock being
most conspicuous In the advance. In the
final sales some shares reacted fraction,
but the market closed fairly firm. Sales ag
gregated 276 361 shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29

WASHINGTON, September 2S.-The Rev.
W. W. Hicks, who is as familiar as church
spire to the readers of the News, has turn
ed up again. he has been preaching here
for some time in small congregation, which
broke eff from the regular branch of
church in South Washington. He devoted
his memorial sermon to the late President
the other day principally to a denunclation
of Hayes for abandoning the Southern Re-
publicans.
Ga the heels Of this sermon there follows
a boom for Hicks for place in the Cabinet
Of Preside mt Arthur. God save the mark
OF course, there is no probability whatever
of Hicks being elevsted to that extent.
There is more probability that he will be
bounced by his congregation as soon as
they find out the kind of man he Is. Col.
Jack Brown, Of Georgia, and few others
have the Hicks Cabinet boom under their
nursing. They have called upon Presi-
dent Arthur ard urged that Hicks
be appointed Postmaster General. This
aspiration is certainly the subnmity of
CuCCh 4uCEc WAO bAlhA lndb
Hicks is only working for notoriety's sake,
but the facts are that he is working with q
real hope that he will become Postmaster
General.
President Arthur received King Kalakaua
this morning. The President was engaged
all the morning with his correspondence up
to noon, when a constant stream Of visitors
set in, including several members of the
Cabinet.
General P NJ. B. Young, Of
Georgia, is among the candidates for Sec
retary OF the Senate under the approach
ing Democratic organic alton of that body, to
succeed Colonel Burch, deceased.
A government emploYe by the name of
BaYly, in search Of notoTiety and a charm
by which to hang on to his position, went
to police headquarters yesterday and told
of scheme to assassinate President Ar
thur, which he overheard two men discus
ing in front Of his lodgings the other nj ght.
He made an affidavit to this effect, aud
filed it with the police authorities. The
latter threw 1t IN the official waste basket.
Bayly has communicated his great dis
covery to the local ne wspapers, and a SEN
satiOl is attempted to be made OF It. 1t
cannot be true. Bavly does not mention
any names nor does he give any informa-
tion of an at all definite character. The
police have sat down upon his story and
pronounce. after an investigation, that
there is no plot TO assassinate the new
President, nor any substance of anything
substantial or trustworthy IN Bayiy's state
meDt.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
The GARFIELD Fund.

NEW YORK, September % The protector
OF the fund for Mrs. Garfield, IA a card re-
ferring to the suggestion that some of the
money be given the dead Presidents
mother, states that under the terms of the
subscription papers sent out, not cent of
the sum subscribed can be diverted to any
other uses than those specified In the sub
scription papers. That is, for the Presidents
wife and children. He has this afternoon
received two checks, one for $500 and one
for $3.50 for Gen. Gsrfield's mother, which
he will forward with any other sums
received for her or invest as she may prefer.
The fund for Mrs. Garfield now reaches
1854 675 R7
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
OFFENDING TIE CID FLAG"
BY WILL CARLETON

In the silent gloom Of a garret room,
With cobWebs round Il creeping,
From day to day the OLD flag lay
A veteran worn and sleeping
Dinghy Old. each Wrinkied fold
By the dust Of years was shaded
Wounds Of the storm was upon ltS form;
The crimson stripes were faded.
Twas a mOurnful sight in the day -cwilight,
This thing Of humble seeming,
That once so proud DER the cheering crowd,
Had carried It's cOlOrs cleaning:
Stained with mould where the braids OF gold,
That had flashed in the sun-ray' S kissing;
OF faded hue was its field Of blue.
And some of the stars were missing.
Three Nor. .hern maids and three from gla6es
Where dreams the Southland weather,
With gIances kind and their arms entw1ned.
Came up the stair together:
They e-azed awhile with a thoughtful smile
At the crOuching form before them;
With clinging holds they gTas. ed its folds,
And out Of the darkness bOre them.
They healed its scars,and found its stars,
And brought them all together
Three Northern mai1s and three from glades
Where smiles the Southland weather.;
They meuded away through the summer day,
Made glad by an inspiration
To fling il high at the smiling sky
On the birthday Of our nation.
In the brilliant glare Of the summer air,
With a brisk breeze round il creeping.
Newly bright through the glistening light,
The Il < went grandly sweeping;
Cleaning en- bold we're its braids OF gold,
And flashed IN the suu-ray 5 kissing;
Red. white and blue were OF deepest hue,
And none Of the stars we're missing.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
Jerome Park Races.

JEROME PARK, September 2S.-The first
race, one and one eighth miles, Sly Dance
won, Checkmate second, Ferida third.
Time 1:59%.
The second race, for maidens, three
fourths of a mile, Regicide won, Itasks
second, ClarAnce third. Time 1:lS1{.
The third race, a free handicap sweep
stakes, mile and half, Thora won, Fair
Count second, Monitor third. Time 2:391S
The fourth race, welter handicap sweep
stakes, gentlemen riders, three quarters of
a mile, Spark won, Pilgrimage second, Sir
Walter third. Time 1:20.
The fifth race, selling free handicap,
Marathon won, Clarence second, Duke OF
Montrose third. Time 1:45%.
The sixth race, handicap hurdle, mile
and three-quarters, over seven hurdles,
Day Star won, Ingomar second, Frank Short
third. Time 3:29.