Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
DIscONsOLATE BOSTON.
The Defeat OF John l.. sullivan
Taken very much TO Heart.


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Sporting society in Boston has not
yet recovered from the shock which il
received on Monday night when the
news was telegraphed from New York
that MIR. John L. Sullivan, of Boston. had
failed to knock out" Mr.. Tug Wilson
OF England, in The Madison Square Gar.
den, and the famous sporting resorts
where handsome photographs of Mr..
sullivan were displayed are in mourn
ing. 1t is believed now that the move
ment on foot.a short time ago to change
the name OF Boston to Sullivan City will
make no further strides, and the lnhabi-
tants of Beacon Hill have dried their
tears and are happy. The small BOYS
who sell sunfiowers and lilies in the
street cars and Herdic cabs are disconso-
late over the fact that triumphal arches
of those flowers will not be erected in
the streets to signalize the entry of Mr..
Sullivan into Boston. The voung
ladies' in cambria dresses and eyeglasses
who frequent the Common and who
linger there under the impression that it
is the most lovely spot in the universe,
are sad because the eyes of their escorts
have lost their brilliancy and become
tishy through loss of sleep and general
dismay over Mr.. Sullivan's defeat. The
startling signs at the beginning of many
streets, This is private way danger
GUS passing" have no longer any terrors
for vendors of fish and vegetables, and
these gentlemen with powerful lungs
seem not to care what their fate may be
SO long as their idol is cast down. The
sulphur match manufacturers (no other
match is used in Boston, are in ecstacies,
believing that if the atmosphere con.
tinues to be filled with EXPLANATIONS such
as have been heard throughout the city
since Monday night they will soon get
their sulphur for nothing. In the midst
of the general gloom three New
Workers stood at the corner of Court and
fremont streets and wagered large sums
of money that they might stand there
for four hours without seeing one beau
tiful girl in the throng of femininity
which would pass during that time. At
the end of four hours. it is said, the
money wagered against the New Workers
was paid over to them, and they now
contemplate the purchase of JAY Goulds
interests in railroads, mines and news
papers This freak of the New Workers
referred to has added to the general feel.
ing of discomfort among the would.be
frolicsome Bostonians. One of the New
Workers wagered sufficient money to put
the grand old Common" in as good con
dition as Tompkins Square in New York
may be found on an off day, that there is
not saloon in the city where lager beer
is drawn directly from the key, and after
a thorough investigation won the bet.
"Where is Mr.. Sullivan, and WHY does
he not return to Boston1" was frequently
asked by the New Workers, and it was al
length discovered that he is in seclusion
in suburb of Providence. 1t was said
that he is so much cast down that he
cannot face his old admirers in the city.
He had hoped that a statue would bt
erected in his honor in one of the public
parks, and he now has every reason to
believe that no such statue will ever find
pedestal in any part of Boston. A
rumOr spread this evening that Mr.. Tug
Wilson had arrived here, and that he
was loudly proclsiming his ability tc
whip any man in Boston. 1t was re-
ported that he said, Hi ave made your
Boston johnny take hin is signs; let me
ave four rot nds with h'any more of your
fighters and hi will wipe h'out your
hin abitants." All efforts to find Mr..
Wilson are in vain In Attwoods saloon,
IN fremont street, opposite the Boston
Museum, large number of the shining
lights of sporting society assembled this
evening to devOur their midnight lunch
of baked beans and boiled CLANS, and
awaited tidings of Mr.. Wilson's where
abOuts. Mr.. Richard F. Hamilton, other
wise known as "Tody" Hamilton, and
MIR. Herman Rookie, manager of the first
American Silk Exhibition, both of New
York, were aroused from their slumbers
IN their room in the Parker House and
were appealed to for information.
why do you imagine that we know
anything or care anything about Mr..
Wilson's movements" shouted both of
those gentlemen in chorus, and the in
quirers insisted that each new arrival in
New York must be questioned concern
ing Mr.. Wilson. 1t was suggested that
reference to the Boston newspapers
might give them the desired information,
and the Investigating Committee replied
in pitiful way, "Our newspapers don't
get the news from New York until the
New York papers reach here" When it
was finally learned that Mr.. Wilson was
the guest of Mr. Arthur Chambers, in
Philadelphia. peace and order once more
reigned in Boston. Contemplated i'm
provements in the shape of fresh paint
and panes of glass, TO replace cracked
ones in the various stores and saloons in
Boston, will not be made in consequence
of the losses sustained by the proprietors
who wagered their money that Mr.. Sulli-
van would knock out Mr. Wilson"