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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
The Suspender Girl.


Men who never wore suspenders are
buying them at the Southern Exposition.
And they tell their friends about it, and
they buy another pair, and it's all on ac-
count OF the way they are sold. Here
they are, sir" she said, with a sisterly
some other fellows sister, welcome in
her pretty face, ''any and all kinds of
suspenders. OF course you'll take pair.
They'll fit you snugly, and if you've been
out o. nights they'll brace you up. Wear
them three years, and if they rip, tear or
stretch. come back-and buy another
pair. Hard study is making you
these suspenders daily, and you'll
walk the waters like thing Of life. Sup
pose YOU persDire-but you're too nice TO
think of such dreadful thing-this sus-
pender Will not be affected by it. There
Is a general wall for these gold plated silk
ones. You wont buy suspendersy Then
II must be garters you want. Closed, so
the garter stops circulation, induces
lameness, shOrtenS your days and makes
the undertaken blossom as the rose. But
with this patent encircler the step quick
ems, the eye brightens and a general Joy
takes possession of the community. And
this patent, but pardon me a moment"
And you are back again. she beamed
on an old gentleman from out of town,
show many pretty things you've bought.
Let me tie them up for you. There, now,
yOu have them"
ssThank YOU. miss" smiled the old gen
tleman. ''I'm coming back on the 27th
10 the agricultural show, and I'll call to
see you, sure" and he shook her hand
warmly.
She literally rained good humor and elo-
Quence on the visitors.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
AMMAN SUES FOR PEACE.
THE EMPEROR. MAKES COM
PLETE SUBMISSION.

All the War Expenses to be Borne bv
the YanquiShed-France to Retain the
Hue Forts-The War Almost Sure of "A
Speedy Settlement-More Reinforce
ments for Tonqum.
PARIS, August IA dispatch to La
FiGdrO from Sargon says that NJ. Har-
mond, the French Civil Commissioner,
has gone to Hue at the special request of
the Emperor of AMMAN, who is desirous
of placing himself and the capitol under
French protection, as his position is most
insecure. He nearly lost his life on the
rstday OF the bombardment by the French
of the forts and batteries at the mouth
of the river Hue. NJ Hammond is proyid-
ed with the most complete powers to ne
gotiate with the Emperor, and is instruct
ed to obtain from him a strict definition
of the protectorate over AMMAN, conferred
on France by the existing treaties. He is
also instructed to odemand that Annamite
bands encamped on the Tonquin be i'm
mediately recalled.
The IeslpS has telegram from Cochin
China, stating that the Emperor of An
nam received NJ. Harmond on the 23d inst
The Emperor showed complete submis-
sion.
AMMAN is compelled by the treaty to
pay the costs of the war, the French to
retain the forts on the
Hue river pending the payment. The
Annimite troops in TOnquin are to be
placed mt the disposal of Gen. Bovet, the
French commander. a prompt settle
ment of the question at issue is expected.
Reinforcements to the number Of 1900
will embark for Tonquin in about a fort
night.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
An Alaskan Ghost story.

Corresl)oRdenee 50. Louis Globe De ,,oo,,o,
The castle, the church, the Sid oovarn-
ment barracks and the custom house CON
stitute the public buildings and sigbt-
seeing places of Sitla, and row of
hoWiIHers at lhe loot of the castle stems
anu e .l.I oeIoIe tle barracks give certain air
OF Importance to what presumablv stands
LOT the Reart Of the city, The castle
Where the Romanoffs, Maugells. Kunria,
souS, Aakstuoffs and other stately Rms
SLAMS held sway. is now untenanted. save
by the signal officer, who keeps his whirli-
gigs and instruments in the tower and
ilVes In one Of the lower rooms. The castle
- 10 netlt ol heaVy cedar logs and planks
III d way 10 ht 1t for a fortress and with
care and occupancy would last for CEN
turies' NO banner hangs from its outer
walls or streams from the roof. and the
empty rooms, with their deep windows.
tall porcelain stoves and quaint brass
chandeliers and latches, are Just the habi-
tatlOns Tor historical and aristocratic
ghosts occasionally the officers of the
hleh-ol-War get up entertainments in the
eXtemporized theatre on the upper floor
ana the old drawing room Of the Cover
ernors' wives is the scene of all the balls
and revels that the high
society of Sitka INDUCES in, Other
wise the ghosts and the rats
ana the signal officer have it to them-
SOifSS' anu luefe IS Jne gnOSt OF a DeauJ-
ful Russian Princess who still haunts this
deserted castle. Like a well-behAyed
ghost, the Princess comes out at the mid
night hour. She wears long, trailing robes
OF black, and her forehead, her neck and
wrists are flashing with diamonds. She
wrings her beautiful white hands and
wanders, with sOrrowful mien, from room
TO room, and leaves faint perfume as OF
wild roses where she passes. Innumera-
Die young officers from the men-of-war have
nerVed up their spirits and gone 10 spend a
solitary night in the castle, but none have
yet held authentic converse with the
beautiful spirit and learned the true story
OF her unressting sorrow. By tradition
the lady in black was the daughter of one
OF the old Governors. On her wedding
night she disappeared from the ball room
in the midst of the festivities, and after a
long search was found dead in one of the
small drawing rooms. Being forced to
marry against her will, one belief was
that she voluntarily took poison. while
another version ascribes the deed to Am
unhappy lover; while. altogether. the tale
OF IBIS Lucia of the Northwest isles gives
Just the touch of sentimental interest to
the castle OF the old Russian Governors
Pixies ToOthaoha nroyo o,,ro Ia -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
COLONIAL ARISTOCRACY.
How the Magnates Lived Before the
Revolution.

4nOHtftCIs
Let US consider, by way of illustration,
the way of living on the Nara ganseff
| shore OF Rhode Island, and see how close
ly it resembles that of Virginia.
The late venerable Isaac Peace Hazard
OF Newport, r. l., told me that his
great-grandfather, Robert Hazard, of
Narragannsett, used In later life. when
ne had given away many of his farms TO
ms children, to congratulate himself on
the small limits to which he had reduced
his household, having only seventy
in parlor and kitchen. Sic occupied At
one time nearly $4,000 acres of land. and
kept some 1000 sheep, from whose fleece
his large household was almost wholly
clothed. lie had in his dairy twelve negro
women, all slaves, and each having a
young glrl TO assist her; each dairy maid
mad the care of twelve COWS, and tbey
were expected TO make from one to two
dozen cheeses every day. This was the
agricultural and domestic side; the social
lie consisted of one long series of CAV en-
tertaInments, visiting from house to ho,lse
tOX-huntlng and horse-racing with the
then famous breed of NaFragansett nae
ers. Mr.. Isaac Hazard had known old
men VINO IN their youth had gone to Vir
glnla TO ride their own horses at races
ana Kept open house for the Virginia rid.
ers IN return. To illustrate how thor
oughly the habits of slavery were infused
into the daily life, he told me that annther
OI lheSe Narragansett magnates. his
great-uncle, Rowland Robinson. said i'm
pulslYely, one day, II have not servants
enoughi go fetch me some from Guinea
upon this the master of small
packet of twenty tons, belonging "a Mr.
Robinson, fitted her out at once. set sail
10r Guinea, and br0Aghs home eighteen
slaves, one Of whom was Kings son.
itls emplayer burst into tears on their ar
rival, his order not having been seriously
gwen. But all this was not in MARYLAND
or Virginia; it was in Rhode Island. and
on a part OfRhOde Island SO much q place
OF resort for the leading Boston families
that portion Of it is called Boston Neck
to this day.
These descriptions could be paralleled
though not quite fully, in all the Northern
colonies. The description of the SchuvIer
family and their way of living at AIbSnv
as gwen TO Mrs. Grant, OF Laggan. abonf
100, is quite on a mar With tbese
early scenes at Narragansett. In Con-
HeStIeut " IS recorded of John Peters.
Iatner oi the early and malicious histo- |
ian el that name, that he ''aped the |
style OF British nobleman, built his !
mouse In a forest, kept his coach, and |
looked with some degree Of sc0rn upon /
Republicans" The stone house of the /
Lee family at Marblehead cost 10000: !
the house Of godfrey MalbOne at Newport |
cost $4,000; the Wentworth house at |
Portsmouth had fifty-twO rooms. ThYou0h /
all the colonies these evidenced of a state
~ way OF lFing We're TO be found
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
A California Frnp.


Many accounts have from time TO time
been published of the finding of frogs or
toads IN dry earth or rock, deep down be-
low the surface of the earth. Such ac-
counts nave always been received with
suspicion, if not with absolute disbelief
In fact, scientists have asserted that il is
impossible for a frog or toad to remain
alive Tor any considerable length of time
II lmDedded in earth or rock. But vet.
at what is known as the Gravel
Pit, IN this city, a live frog was
on Friday last dug from a solid
bank of gravel eight feet below the sur
face OF the earth. City Teamster Gates
and Ottlcer Cunningham, with two MEM
bers OF the chain-gang. were at work in
the pit when the frog was found. There
dad been no digging in that particular
spot Tor year previous. After several
hours OF continuous work on the face of
the bank, during which it had been dug
away Tor about two feet from its surface.
blow from pick opened a small cavity
In which the frog was found. The cavity
was Just about the size of the frog. which
was OF about the usual size. The frog
was seen to move, and was pulled from
the hole. After it had been examined by
the four men, who greatly wondered over
1t, the frog was placed in the water
IN the pit. 1t Immediately diVed and dis
carefully examined the cavity whence the
frog was taken, and that there was no
crack or Granny communicating with the
cavity by which the frog could have
gained an entrance. 1t was a perfectly
close cavity, dry and apparently air.
tight. As has been said above, the cavity
was eight feet from the surface of the
earth, and, everything the stratum of gravel
from which the frog was taken, was a
stratum of hard-pan four feet in thick
ness. The surface of the water in the
pit was two feet below the cavity. Mr..
Cunningham believes that the frog
must have been imbedded when the
gravel was deposited. If so, the creature
must have been there for centuries. per
maps ages. In the same gravel
deposit Mr.. Cunninham some years AGO
found bone resembling the thigh bonn
OF man. The bone was found Is feet
below the surface of the bank. The hone
was exhibited in the town at tho time.
and passed from hand to hand until Ali
traces of it has been lost. All who know
Mr.. Cunningham place implicit reliance
on his statements, and his account of
the finding of the frog is fully cor-
roborated by the testimony of those
who were with him at the time. He never.
INDUCES in practical jokes, and is of a se-
rlous, thoughtful mind. The matter is
one of considerable scientific interest
and the statement here given has beap
written with the sole object of putting the
actual facts on record
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
NO FEVER AT PENSACOLA.

Surgeon Owens Ailment Pneumonia
and the Other Patients Recovering.
PENSACOLA, August 27.-TO-day is the
fifth since the cases supposed to beyellow
fever were sent to quarantine, and the
eleventh day since they were placed under
medical treatment. The city remains
unusually healthy. No sickness of any
kind is reported. The great burden
now falls on the business men.
The panic carried away their best
customers at an hours notice, diminishing
the daily sales and absolutely suspending
collections. The quarantine has, in
addition, cut off the country trade. Rev.
Mr.. Chappell, who was reported i'll with
yellow fever and dying Thursday, was up
Saturday. Mrs. Owen, Paymaster Brown
ard Lieutenant Whipple are reported as
doing quite as well. Surgeon Owen is
now reported as having died of pneumo-
mia.
Naval Surgeon Guiteras, who volun-
teered Tor service at the navy yard, has
arrived here. The citizens are anXiousIy
awaiting his opinion. Evidence is accu-
mulating that the fever has been eX-
aggerated and is not yellow fever. There
is no sickness of any kind here. There
have been no new cases or deaths at the
navy yard since Friday.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
An Engineers Long Run.
Rqj1lrGU A0e.

Probably the longest run by engineers
on any railroad leading out of Des
MOines, or, in fact, in the State of Iowa.
is that of the Wabash Railway engineers
from Des Moines to MOberly, Mo-. a dis
tance of 1877 miles. The extent of this
run may be realized when it is stated that
the usual distance on all we'll operated
roads is as nearly as possible to 100 miles,
more or less.
The Rock Island road across Iowa, SOC
miles, has that distance divided into three
divisions for its engineers-DavenpOr ia
Brooklyn, BrOO6lyh to Stuart. and from
Stuart to Council Bluffs. The Keokuk
branch, 100 odd miles. is the exception,
there being no division on that run. The
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy, as strict
iy as possible, divides at the regulation
limit of 100 miles; ditto the Chicago and
Northwestern, but the latter has a run OF
$50 miles from Boone to Council Bluffs for
passengers only.
1t will therefore be seen that the w abash
run from Des MOines to MOberly is nearly
double that of ordinary distances covered
by engineers, and from forty to fifty miles
greater than any other run in Iowa. Not
only that, but the passenger engineers
double this run three times week, or
three trips each in six days. There is,
of course. an incentive for this eXtraOr-
dinary labor of 304 miles a day by the
engineers. They are paid by the mile,
and therefore earn from S1S5 to 5000 per
month, while the usual engineers wages
is less than $50 a month. This is the
reason that these engineers are patient
and capable of this long run, and in that
they are very humane.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
His First Day at saratooo

Saratoga was new idea to him. 1t
was so jolly to 90 from spring to spring
and take drink of the water of each.
No two of the springs tasted alike. There
are about forty springs at Saratoga. At
ter tasting nearly half of these.> he began
to have queer feeling inside hin. After
spending most of the day in this way. he
went to bed. 1t seemed as if all the water
works of the lower regions were raising a
riot within him. Alter several hOurs Of
agony, he thought of Perry Davis Pain
Killer. 1t gave him relief and comfort.
and charmed him to sleep.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
CONLEY'S DISMISSAL.
Six Thousand short in His Account
But the Amount to be Made Good.

=
But the Amount to be Made Good.
WASHINGTON, August 27.-The reasons
given at the Post Office Department for
the removal of Postmaster ConIev. of At
lanta, are that the office was grossly
mismanaged, and that Il deficit of s.. 600
or $4,000 in the accounts was made appa-
rent by an inspection. The Assistant
Postmaster, however, declared that he
was responsible for the deficiency. and
voluntarily undertook to make it good.
Post Office Inspector Camp has been
designated to assume charge Of the office
temporarily.
ATLANTA, August 27.-Postmaster Con-
ley knows of 10 good cause for his re-
moYal, which was a great surprise. He
Will go to Washington about the matter.
backed by petition from leading citi-
zens. Inspector Camp had charge of the
otflce to-day, and is taking account of the
cash, etc. H. has put in several new
clerks, some Of whom are very inefficient
on the start, but may possibly improve.
RumOr says that Dr. FELTON, stands a
chance to be appointed successor to Mr..
Conley. The only complaint heard against
Mr.. Conley is that he was not
strict enough, and allowed his Kindness
OF heart to overlook defects in subordi-
mates. The rush of business at noon will
render it hard for any new Postmaster TO
give satisfaction in all things The work
ing force is too small.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
HANGED AFTER MANY DELAYS.
The Execution Changed From "A Public
to a Private One.

RALEIGH, n. c., August 27.-This
morning Henry Jones was hanged in the
yard of the Jail in this city in the
presence of 100 persons. Early last year
he shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Alvis
II. Blake, while under arrest. After a
long pursuit he was captured, tried and
sentenced to be hanged last year. He ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court, which this
spring confirmed the decision of the
lower court. He was sentenced to be
hanged on August s, and the hanging was
ordered to be public. This met
with marked disapprobatiOn, and
in order that the Commissioners might
reconsider their action, the Governor re-
spited Jones until to-day, and the eXecu-
tiOn was then made private. Jones had
made a profession of religion. He was
remarkably self-possessed before the exc
cutIon and on the gallOws. He was hanged
at 6:45 O'Clock this morning after speak
ing and praying. His death ensued in
twenty minutes from strangulatiOn. His
age was 23 years. He leaves a wife and
an infant. About 1000 persons were out
side the jail with a strong force of police
and special constables, and order was
perfectly preserved.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
Hair a Million in Ashes.

w WILLIAMsPoRT, PA, August PA
fire which started this evening in the saw
mill of Finley, Young & Co., quickly de-
stroyed it, and the flames spread north
ward, destroying the offices of that firm
and Merriman & Sons. They then en-
tered the lumber yards and burned over a
square of ground, destroying large
quantity of lumber and piles. At twelve
O'Clock the fire was still burning, but with
prospects of soon being subdued. Several
dwellings and barns were also burned. 1t
is estimated that from %, 600, 600 to 100000
600 feet of lumber was burned. The total
loss is expected to reach half a million
dollars
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
LIDDELLs STORY A CLINCHER
The Opinion that Frank James will Es.
cape Fast Losing Ground.

cape Fast Losing Ground.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, August PA
special dispatch from Gallatin, dated yes
terday, says: ''The day here has been a
quiet one and marked only by discussion
on the status of the Frank james case.
The impression is general and growing
that Dick LiddelPs testimony will prove
'clincher' if cOrrobOrated in the ma
Jorlty of its details, and this the prOsecu-
ton claims it is prepared to do.
LlddelPs story has been confirmed
as to the events in Tennessee by witnesses
from that State, but the defense will make
strenuous efforts to break down his testi-
mony James received a good many
callers in Jail to-day. The belief is gen
eral here that Frank James really in
tended giving up train robbing and was
earnest in seeking an honest livelihood
near Nashville. The capture of Bill RYAN.
however, alarmed the entire gang, and
Jesse James Undoubtedly persuaded
Frank to go back to his old business.
Hard luck at farming, possibly, also in
tluenced him in this direction"
ST. LOUIS, August PA special from
Gallatin, Mo-, to the Post Dispatch saws
that the james trial was resumed this
morning. Mrs. Samuels, the mother Of
Frank James, was sworn for the defense,
after which Dick Liddell was cross-exam-
ined. His direct testimony was not
shaken. 1t has leaked out that the de-
Tense will endeavOr to prove an dLibi, Gen.
Joe Shelby being their principal witness:
and further that the Winston gang con-
sisted Of five men, but that Bill Cummings
was the fifth man, and not Frank James.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
CONCENTRATING THE NEGROES
An old scheme in New Dress and tn
Civil Service Reform Farce.


WASHINGTON, August 27.-One John
W. Niles, cOlored, claiming residence at
Moriayia. Arkansas, is in the CITY on
mission which he states is 20 solicit the
aid and help of the cOlOred and also the
white citizens Of this district in a move
ment that is going on in the South. He
mas letter Of Introduction to Fred.
Douglass, Professor Greener and other
prominent cOlOred men from p W, Win
field, Chairman, and r. H. NewsOm. Sec
retary of the COlOred National indemnify
Association of Arkansas He saws
the object of this association
Is TO get territory and be sena-
rated from the whites in the South.
and to the end that this may be effected
there are secret organizations all over the
south. He complained in general terms
about the oppression of the cOlOred people
IN the South. He particularly com
planned of the irregularity of the delivery
OF mails in that section. He stated that
because he is connected with this move
ment ms letters are intercepted. He also
sad that he had been to see the Assistant
Postmaster General and made a state
ment to him and he promised to have the
matter investigated.
THE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM FARCE.
The shrewd heads who preside over the
Executive Department in this city have
after all clrcumvented the Civil Service
Commission. This by construction of
the law that promotion from the lower to
the higher grades can be made without
examination. This simplifies the duties
OF the civil Service Commission. and con-
hrns the same to an examination of those
only who seek places in the lower or 5000
grades. Deman Beaton, the Major Domo
OF the concern. tried To bpIittla tho uoOi-
ton the heads of the departments as
sumed to-day. He said that it could
not be expected that the civil service ma
chinery could run without a hitch from
the start but that they had foreseen that a
great many difficulties would arise with
out knowing in what shape, but that
when they did arise they would be cared
for. The manner in which it is expected
they Will be cared for is in some supple
mental bill which the useless Commits
sioners will endeavor to have passed at
the forthcoming session OF Congress,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
OIL STILLS IN FLAMES.
Brooklyn Visited by Fire which De
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BrOOkIyn NlsIted by a Fire WHICH De-
strOyed Much Valuable Property.
NEW YORK, August 27.-This afternoon
a large still, containing several thousand
gallons of oil, exploded in the South
Brooklyn Oil Works, at the foot of Hunt
ingtOn street, Brooklyn. The burning oil
ran in every direction, and the workmen
fled in terror. Three men were severely
burned. Before the firemen arrived an
other still exploded, setting fire to the en-
tire works, and the flames continued to
spread until the buildings were in ruins.
The loss on buildings, machinery and
stock is about 100000. Sparks from the
oil works had ignited the sulphur works
of Daniel GRAY, at Ninth street and Co.
wanus canal, before the flames were eX-
tinguished. The damage is estimated at
S0S OOO
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28
A Collision ON the RaiIS

WHEELING, ". VA, August PA Sc
rious collision took place near MingC
junction, on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and st. Louis Railway, this morning be.
tween a Cincinnati express going west
and the second section of an east-bound
freight train. The passenger coaches and
sleeping-cars kept the track, and the pas
sengers escaped with slight bruises, but
the mail and express cars and both en-.
gines were totally wrecked and one of the
engineers and four postal clerks seriously
iniIrpd