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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
Love in the Depot.

y woman arrived here yesterday fore
noon from the East with seven children in
! tow, and at almost the same hour man
reached the same depot from the North
with five offspring of various ages and
sizes. She was widow and he a widow
er, and the children had not been spanked
more than once around before there was
a sort of mutual sympathy that begOt adj
miratiOn and then friendship. One of the
widows boys offered one of the widOwer's
girls bite of his fried cake, which was
| accepted in the spirit rendered, and a 10
year-Old girl belonging to the man made
up to the 2-year-0ld belonging to the
woman, and soon secured the privilege of
wiping its nose and cOmbing it's hair
Presently the widOwer made bold to in
quire:
MADAM, am | wrong in believing that
you are widow"
81 have been a widow fourteen months
to-day" she answered.
''Great Scots. but it's Just fourteen
months to-day since my Hammer died!
Which way be you gOing?'
''To Illanoy.''
''Thats just where | am going, too.
Did you promise your husband never to
marry again."
s'NO"
''And didn't promise my wife, either.
Fact is, believe | shall unite as soon as
! ma some good woman"
''And my children need a fathers care"
she sighed as she pulled little John Henry
off the windOw-sill and bumped him into
seat
The man got up and walked around the
waiting-ro0m and took closer look at the
children. Then he returned and said:
81 suppose you've got a few hundred
dollars, belong to some church, can wash
and bake and mend, and are of a mild and
forgiving dispositions
''Yes, that's me.''
"Well, Pm kinder religious. eYen-tem-
pered, and am worth about s., 900. Pm
sort o. struck on you. There's something
about your eyes that reminds me of Han
ner."
And you look like Alonzo around the
mouth she sighed.
Then he bent over and whispered some
thing about Chicago and getting married.
and she nodded her head. He gathered
his children under his wing, took them
into corner, and sOemnly and impress
sively observed:
"Children, Pm going to git married to
that woman over there and give YOU
new mother, If any OF you are going
to kick and bOO-hOO about it, begin now,
so that | can tune We down before the train
goes. Henry, you are the oldest. Are YOU
going 20 declare you'll run away or COM
mt suicide? Let me know right now, for
this is a good cool place to prance We
around with shingle,"
Henry said he guessed it would be all
right, and the rest of the crowd seemed to
agree, and ten minutes later the widower
and widow sat holding hands and trying
to eat peanuts, and the twelve children
were biting, and pulling hair, and kicking
to see who should have a seat on the
steam heater.
"This is kinder the work OF heavenw
chuckled the widOwer as he hitched a lit
tie nearer.
"HOu bet, lOvev she replied, as she
shucked another peanut with her teeth.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
Electric Lighting of steamers.


The largest contract for electric ,ignt-
ing up to the present tirQe has been con-
cluded in Glasgow between the owners
of the New Zealand Shipping COmpany's
fleet, and the Edison Company,s branch
in Scotland, under the management of Mr..
Charles T. Grant. Three fine steamers, two
of which are sister ships to the fine steam
ship TongarirO. launched on Thursday at
Messrs. John Elder Il Co.'s yard. &Ig to
be lighted throughout with the incan-
descent light, ANA fitted with duplicate
set of Edis0n's marine dynamos and en-
gines, one set being for reserve in case Of
emergency. These steamers. when fin
ished, will be the finest electrically
equipped vessels ahoGt. 1he TonEarir0
and the t,7C sister ships now in course of
construction are built of steel through
out, and have cutwater stems with figure
heads, which give them very graceful
appearance. They are to be bark-rigged,
having masts and yards of steel, with a
large spread of canvas, which will be of
great service in the trade winds. Each
vessel is divided into eigas Water-tight
compartments, Give divisions are carried
W kesWeen main and upper decks and
lifted with water-tight, flre-pToof doors,
giving access from one part OF the ship to
the other. BY this arrangement the dam
ger of tre spreading, should II break out
in any part of the ship, is checked and
greater safety insured by being able to
iGolate any one compartment in case of
damage to the hull and the compartment
being Hooded. The vessels ARG also built
under special surVeY "a she requirements
for LloYd,a aighest class for hull and ma
ehinery. The principal dimensions of
these vessels are as follows: Length be-
tween perpendiculars, $50 feet; length
over all, 4lO feet; breadth, 46 feet: depth,
- feet 4 inches, with a gross tonnage of
about 1920,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
Cowboy Horsemanship.


1t was early i'm the mOr,,ino, that tho
| pilgrims were favored with an exbibition
Ol horsemanshIp which il rarely seen. Al
one oI Une statlona at which the train
stopped there appeared among the small
knOU OF natives YeTitabIe cowhov
mounted and fully equipped. He wore y
hrOad-DrImmed felt hat over an honest
PIe55saht lace, deeply tanned by the sun
oi anu atmosphere, WOOllen shirt and a
| over MS legs, from his hips to his knees
extended wide piece of leather. the
obIect OF which is supposed to be to pro-
Iect MN from rain and brush. He Iyae.
asked II he owned the herd of sheen
grazing near, and Indignantly responder
that ne dld not, that he was a cowboy.
Let us see you lassO that cOw.''
skin my head" "i''
Then let us seeyou catch the trajn.u
without word the little pony was
urged 70 Ehe other side of the track. ana
as tAe traln started, horse and rider made
q dasb, gong ahead of the train. Gradual
~ as the train got under way if gained
upon lts opponent until it and tbe horse
STOOD meek and neck.'' ~Fhen. as il 10
tempt the rider to his fate, cigars were
heIu 10 MN from the car windows. With
out moments hesitation the little nonv
was headed for the roadbed. which i
reached by plunge from the higher
ground. The train increased in speed.
ana the cowboy, being intent on the prize
offered him, gave the rein to the ponV and
ms attention to taking cigars from the
hands OF those inside the cars. over
Washouts and uneven ground. through
cuts, and over elevations the animal
dashed, and so close to the train that fhf.
rlder's feet came in contact with il. The
aAllAal was left entirely to itself. ana one
mIsstep or stumble would have thrown
both horse and rider beneath the wheels
For FULLY three-quarters Of q mile the race.
was Kept up, and at the end of it the dar.
ihg Tlder was greeted with shouts, which
he acknowledged bv a wave of his baT ae
the horse mounted the embankment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
FOLGER's BANKING BOND.
Further Speculation Concerning the
Coming Necessity.

Further Speculation Concerning the
Coming Necessity.
WASHINGTON, Oct. As stated some
time ago in the News correspondence the
principal financial question before the
next Congress will be the provision of
some bond for national banking purposes.
This matter, since the publication in the
News, has attracted great deal of atten-
ton. Secretary Folger, as stated in the
first dispatch, will dwell upon this sub
ject in his annual report. He told the
News correspondent to-day that, while
he was considering the mat ter, he had
not simmered it down to exactly what his
recommendation would be in regard
to the proposition to allow national banks
to deposit securities to secure their circu-
latiOn. He did not think it advisable. He
said that where State bonds were good
enough to be taken as national bank
collateral, they We're about as high in
price as government is and 41@s, and there
was another objection to this proposition.
There was not enough good State bonds
to supply the collateral necessary for the
large and constantly growing num-
Der of national banks. The
Secretary said also that
he did not think the long low rate bond in
llSclI 10 De lue beSI ICIIl6Oy 10 Dc duOpieu
He said of all the suggestions made he
was in favor of issuing low rate long
bond with which to take up the As and
AS, accomplishing the exchange by the
payment of a sufficient premium to make
the exchange desirable to the holders of
the latter. AS to exactly what rate of in
terest this bond should bear he has not
vet made up his mind. He thinks that
Congress will doubtless see the necessity
of doing something this winter to secure
the permanency of national banks. He
said that he knew tina. the national bank
ing system had epemes. but he thought
its friends We're in a large majority.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
QUIET DAYS IN FERNANDEZ.
Peaceful News in Plenty, but Nothing
OF Sensational Nature.

Correspondence OFT Mornfa0 Aeqes.
FERNANDINA, FLA, Oct. Our Island
City is unusually dull. We are lust be-
tween the seasons. The Strathmore on
the beach has closed, and the Egmont will
not open for some weeks vet. Those who
are competent judges pronounce our beach
unequaled along the entire Atlantic
coast. There has been talk of a railroad.
but as yet, in keeping with the want of
public spirit here, it is only tQlk. A road
could be built and equipped at very
moderate cost, and would be the means of
attracting many to this point. besides
aifording the citizens a cheap and expe-
dtiOus transit to the seaside.
Let it be hoped that by another season
we shall have road. Another thing that
ought to be done is, the Inauguration sOn
the Transit Railroad of fast Saturday
train from Ocala and intermediate points.
This would enable many gentlemen to
keep their families at the StrathmOre the
entire season. They could spend every
sunday with them and return to their
business early on Monday.
What, however, is still more to be de-
sired is to have the Beach Hotel well kept.
There has been many complaint for the
last two seasons, and not without cause.
Many who came to remain a month re-
manned a week, and those who came TO
stay week remained a day. and were
glad to get away from the hotel. 1t is a
question whether they will ever return.
The first of the destructive fires we had
here this summer will in the end prove to
be benefit, as it removed a number of
unsightly framed buildings, which were
a source of continual uneasinesS, and
which will have to be replaced with
brick.
Mode Brothers have purchased Que of
the vacant lots and will soon erect an ele-
CANT brick stOre-roOm. Our enterprising
citizen, Mr.. G. Stark, has already begun
to rebuild.
Fernandina has not been able to boast
of its healthfulness for the last two months.
There has been an unusual degree of
sickness: mostly, however, of mild type,
attended with very few deaths. Last
summer the dengue prevailed; the NJ. DIS
say 1t is not dengue now, but the uninitiaL
ted would think so from comparing the
symptoms of the prevailing fever with the
symptoms of that of last summer. Let
me say, parenthetically, that dengue is
pronounced deng-gGJ-nOt deR-gu.
Speaking of sickness, reminds me of
that which is a disgrace to our city. The
city itself has no cemetery worthy of the
name. There is small private one in the
heart of the town, but the city has no con-
troll over it. An intramural burial place
has been decided to be a fruitful source of
disease, and it is surprising that any COM
munity in this age will permit such a
thing.
The city cemetery lies about mile dis
tant. 1t could be made at little expense
beautiful and attractive place: but. at
present, it is unenclOsed, and cattle have
free range through it.
No place of the size of this town could
be found where so little respect is shown
to the dead. ANON.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05

tiOklDA.
The Orlando Opera House opens in about a
fortnight.
Callahan has 2IO voters and one wine and
beer saloon.
Five thousand dollars daily is paid out for
Z cotton IN Gainesville.
VenisOn is selling ut Altoona at 12I. cents
per pound and guavas at 40 cents peck.
Two negro women at Live Oak have been
fined SO and costs each for stealing cotton.
II has recently been discovered that West
Gadsien abounds in valuable Ghalybeate
springs.
The slethodists at Callahan are erecting a
new church. lhe ediiice has front OF 80 feet
and depth of 81 feet
All the southwark bound traps I'm Florida
are daily crowded by seekers after Florida
lands and orange groves.
e. = AbLe. Postmaster at Sarasota. has
made a colec tion Of tropical trees and plants
20 exhibit AT the Northern state fairs.
\ new school building is contemplated at
Callahan. Ii will be twO-stOry structure,
with rooms for the Masonic lodge in the sec
ond story
There Is at Port OraGSe child born with
eight teeth and weighing twelve pounds. Its
parents are coOred. and their names are
| George and Emma Freeman.
/ Last Tuesday ti,e state board Of the Baptist
I church met in Gainesville in attendance from
abroad We're EeyS. Mr.. Chadoin. y. \. Bailey.
Z ''. W tau ana John harrington.
Ialatha Is 10 have an iron fOundery. The
: tleflAa southern Railway Company has nut
up the hC4.Eng>. and an the arrangements
necessary Tor TIE '11'lngs viii soon be com
I pleted.
Mayor Dancv. OF Jacksonville, has -iven
notice that ne intends strictly To enforce the
Oriirance requiring drummers-railroad
I hotel. sizes hCat or Otherwlse-to nav the
usual license lie - IT, make no exceptions.
The completed assessment ioG puval county
shows the total valuation of pr0pettt 70 be
! S5,89g 40 of which amount Sl.400,g20 is per
sOnal. Ti..s Yields revenue to be collected
under the prcseat assessment Of SCI PIG 40.
I.C. Cotton last seasGn zCid from one acre
of ground on his place on the Nit44lac0Ochee
river. west Of Sumpterville. a stock Of cabbage
whies. uefted Sl20. Some of the vegetables
weighed fFcE IS TO % pounds. The ground
was not fertllIzeG.
Large quantities OF sfS{.e- are being shipped
20 Tallahassee. The stone g aUarried IN
Jackson county. where ineXhaustib;6 sup
ply Is found. 1t Is sawed into blocks about a
foot square. and is said 10 be most excellent
building material.
K. +. Herman, Esq, Is Negotiating with the
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad tGr fifteen
I or twenty thousand acres Of land in jackson
eodhly- 1+e cOutemplates opening large
saw mlu upoh a., which he viii probably
loSate netween COttondaie and Chipiey.
] ,oShLoo bufkhlm. representing NcE Ork
I olOtIIihs mouse, arrived at Tallahassee last
fa MSSA. @ ny leit ms sample trunks at the depot,
| WlleIe one OF them was l,y0kpu omen and
/ robbed OF three suits Of clothing bv q ealored
/ youth known as Richard SmItb he was
/ arrested with the clothing in his nossession
erraigned before Justice NJ F. Ponv On Eyi ;
oay, and falling to give bond in the sum Of
/ $500 to appear et the December term of the
/ Circuit Court he was sent 70 jail.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
Naming "A Lake.

Years ago, it was discovered thar GER
tain lake which had long been considered
the head Of the Mississippi, had no claim
tC 5hat nonOr. The explorers found a new
and smaller lake from which the great
river took its rise. A discussion arose as
TO Whas Rame would be appropriate for
~. Fhe story is that it was decided in
this way:
let's make new name by coini1g a
word" said an old vOyager. Some Of
you larned ones tell me what rs the Latir
for true"
'Neritas, answered "A scholar.
v.Weli, now, what is Latin for headS'
''Caput."
Now write the two words toge4f er By
syllables.n
The scholar wrote on strip 0. birch
bark, ''veTitas caput''
''Read it,"
The five syllables were reaG.
Now drop the first and last syllables
and you'll have good nan, 2 for this lake. y
And ''Itascap it was.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
FOrger's Flight, the NOrtheaste1
Case and Other News Notes

Case and Other News Notes.
ATLANTA. Oct. 4.-Lee Latta, the young
forger, gave bond for his Atlanta case
and left for Carolina with his brother
yesterday. After his departure telegrams
from Jacksonville, Fla, revealed the fact
that this was not his first crime. and
Chief Connolly under authority of Gov
ernor Mcdaniel, telegraphed up the Air
Line Railroad and secured his arrest on
the train at TOccOa. An officer with the
necessary papers went up after him and
it is probable that the requisitiOn of Gov
ernOr BlOXham will be recognized and
Latta carried back to Jacksonville. If
not, he will be tried here for forgery.
Wallace Rhodes. formerly prominent
post office official in this city, but of late
in the dry goods trade, has been forced
into bankruptcy by his New York credi-
tors.
Governor Mcdaniel vetoed the bill
changing the present law regulating legal
advertisements, because he considered
the amendment of doubtful propriety and
not required.
The new Capitol Commissioners met to-
day, gave the desired bond and were
sworn in by Chief Justice jackson. Gov
ernOr Mcdaniel is Chairman, and a tenn
pOrary clerk notes the proceedings, which
for the present are not vOluminOus
nor important. The night session will
probably fix upon some arrangement for
getting the plans of the proposed new
building. Architect Meyers, of Detroit,
Mich, who has built several capitols, is
here, with several fine plans. The law,
however, requires sixty days notice in
the newspapers for plans, the whole
United States having the right to COM
pete.
II. l.. Moss and X. X. Reeves, of Athens,
trustees of the first mortgage bonds in
dOrsed by the State of the Northeastern
Railroad, met here this evening in con-
SultatiOn with the Governor and At
tOrney General Anderson. A. l.. Erwin
represented them as attorney. while Pope
Barrow and Julius l.. Brown appeared
for the second mortgage bOndhOlders.
Matters We're talked over, and prepara-
tiOn made for any emergency in which
the States interested may become in
yOlyed. That emergency must be "A de-
fault in the interest on the bonds due
November l, otherwise the State stands
aside, and the unprotected creditors fight
their battle in their own way.
In pursuance Of the resolution of the
General Assembly, the Governor has ap-
pointed an additional night watchman to
protect the capitol from fire or burglars.
A ire-prOof vault is to be prepared for
valuable records not now in use.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
PEABoDY's PHILANTHROPY.
A Report Showing Where the Fduca.
tiOnal Fund was Spent Last Year.

Report Showing Where the Educa-
tiOnal Fund was Spent Last Year.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-The reporto of Rev.
DIR. Curry, General Agent of the Peabody
fund, gives a statement of the condition
of the educational progress in the States
among which the fund is divided. In
West Virginia, the Legislature made
liberal appropriations. The Peabody in
stitutes for white teachers, five in all,
were very successful, as was also one for
eolOred teachers, and the work in general
is progressing faYOrably. In Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina, Geor-
gla, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Arkansas. Louisiana and Texas,
the Peabody institutes have all been we'll
attended, and their influence for good
is clearly marked. The following
are the amounts distributed in
the several States in the past year for pub
lie schools. normal schools and colleges
and teachers institutes, Nashville scholar
shin, etc: Alabama $5,775, Arkansas
$405S. Florida $2,925, Georgia $1,000,
Louisiana. $2I25, Mississippi 4,400,
North Carolina $3.50, South Carolina
1925, Tennessee $12,600, Texas $13,600,
Virginia S4, ,125, West Virginia So, 100. The
report was received and adopted. The
trustees met to-day at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. r. c. Winthrop presided,
and the only trustee not present
at the meeting was Hamilton Fish. EX-
Governor James d. Porter, OF Tennessee,
was chosen to succeed the late General
Barnes. The Executive Committee cleo
ted consisted of William Aiken, VIM. NJ.
Evarts, A. II. II. Stuart. IL. r. Jackson and
James d. Porter. The Finance Commit
tee consists of VIM. NJ. Eyarts, Hamilton
Fish, Theodore Lyman, A. j. DreXel and
Judge NJ. r. Waite. The meeting ad-
jOurned to the first Wednesday in October,
1881 in this city.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
THE IRISH INFORMERs.
Joseph Smith Suddenly Disappears on
Arriving at MarseilIeS.

Joseph Smith Suddenly Disappears on
Arriving at MarseilIes.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE steamer Mel
bourne, which arrived at Marseilles yes
terday from New Caledonia with the
mails, had on board Joseph Smith, one of
the informers in the Phoenix Park murder
trials, who was not permitted to land at
Melbourne on the 9th of August. Smith
was recognized upon the arrival of the
steamer at Marseilles, when he suddenly
left the vessel, and is believed to have
taken passage for China. later report
is to the effect that Joseph Smith and his
companions, Joseph HanlOn and Michael
Kavannagh, Will 90 to India, where James
Carey had decided to 90 till he was dis
suaded therefrOm by his wife. 1t is reported
that Carey was offered a clerkship IN the
now harracks at kurraChee.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
FOLGER,s RETRENCHEENT.
Clerk Butler Preparing a statement on
the CustOms Offices


WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 4.-Appoint-
ment Clerk Butler,-Of the Treasury De-
partment, by order of Secretary Folger, is
preparing a statement which the Secre-
tary will submit to Congress, specifying
in detail the number and class of officers
and employees of every grade and nature,
with the rate OF compensation to each
that may in his judgment be necessary to
properly conduct the business of collect
ing the customs duties at each port of
entry in the United States, together with
an estimate of the amount re-
Quired for contingent expenses
at each port, and for
such additional expenses of the service as
cannot otherwise be specifically provided
fQr. This statement will be used in con-
necti0n with Secretary Folgers recon-
mendatiOn TO Congress that a number of
useless and expensive customs districts
and offices be abolished.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
MARYLAND POLITICS.

Mayor Latrobe Nominated the Fourth
Time and Republican Gaps Filled.
BsITIMoRE, Oct. 4.-The Democrats to-
day renominated Nayor Latrobe for a
fourth term.
The Executive COmmitteeof the Repub-
lican State Central Committee met to-day
and nominated Frank II. StOckett, of An
napolis, for Attorney General, in place Of
K. Stoekett Mathews, declined. During
the session of the Executive Committee it
was made known that DR.. Washington
smith, of dorchester. the Republican
nominee for state Comptroller. had also
declined, and Col. James {. Mullekin. of
Talbot county, was nominated in his
Mace
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
Morality ON ,Change.

New YORK, Oct. 4.-The Chamber OF
Commerce met to-day ana appointed a
committee to prepare and submit to If
such amendments to the existing laws
which regulate assignments in bank
ruptcy. as well as prohibit any and all
preferences, and which will ~blace all
creditors upon the same basis in the dis
tribution of the assets Of any bankrupt.
A resolution was adopted setting forth
that the Court Of Appeals had said that
there was no existing law TO prevent
stock watering operations like those per-
petrated by the telegraph companies, and
directing the special committee on rail-
ways of the Chamber to report at a subse-
quent meeting what amendments of eX-
istlng laws were necessary to check this
growing evil.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-05
southern Newspaper Men in Boston,

BOsToH, oct. "A delegation of the
North Carolina Press Association, num-
berIng twenty-five, arrived here tonight
on the steamer ID. II. Miller, from Nor
folk. The principal object of the trip is
to visit the New England Manufacturers
and Mechanics Exposition tomorrow.
and Saturday a banquet will he given
them by the prOprietOrs of the CONNER
ctdl. Bulletin.