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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
TOUCHING UP PASSING ITEMS


The "Disciples' or SsChristian Churcb,, has
so many names that the Census Bureau is
confounded. In Atlanta it is the sChurch of
Snrlst, but in Augusta they call it the
The Florida General Assembly has a colored
member who wears rings in his ears The
same is true of one OF the colOred members of
the Georgia legislature They have the real
African ring about them, that is all.
1t Is evident that ''Mark Twain, was pIav-
ing the "InnOcents at Home" when he claimed
that his nom de plume was trade mark, and
therefore protected his funny writings from
falling into the hands of book pirates. / would
much prefer losing the copyright to exhibit
ing such ignorance of the law
Kate tleld's co-Operrtive store NAV not
have been based upon strict co-oDeratiye
principles, yet l claim that its failure was
only a aquestiOn Of time. For twenty wears [
have studied all kinds of cooperative stores
newspapers, shops, factories, etc, and not one
IN ten ever secures permanent foundation
Here in Atlanta they ''wither in an hour as
1t were. Too many bosses and proprietors
The long telegram from Washington about
"a "a queer conPncatlo1, in regard to Rhode
Is all nonsense. The men were mustered in
Tor three months, and when that time expired
they left the field, field, went home and were mus
their pay. 1t don't make any difference if
they do not receive their "discharge papers,
until Ben. Butler is elected President.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Rev. W. j. Scott, of Marietta, contributes
very interesting sketch of General Clement
a. Evans, pastor of the First Methodist
Church OF Atlanta, to the Philadelphia Weekly
It1ieS OF TINS week. He errs, however, in the
rank of General Evans, who was simply a
Brlgadier General commanding division.
Our city authorities have finally walked up
in regard to the spread of smallpox and the
inadequate and uncomfortable quarters pro-
yided for patients. The sum of fve thousand
dollars was last night set apart for the better
care OF the victims, and more vigorous and
ehectual effort to check the progress of the
foul disease.
The Supreme Court unexpectedly finished
the Brunswick circuit and commenced on case
number one of the Eastern circuit this morn
ing. In the Superior Court to-day noon the
jury in the "Broad will case" brought in a
verdict that the will probated is a forgery,
which reverses the decision of Ordinary' Cal ;
houn, and will probably cOnsign the parties
implicated to the penitentiary. Col. Hoge
and Capt. Conley have fought this matter to
the bitter end, and have finally succeeded in
unmasking one of the most barefaced and
outrageous frauds of modern times
CHATHAM
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
HELD FOR RANSOM.
st. Louis Excited over the Abduction of
aiXoung Lady-The ScOundrels Become
Frightened and Release Her.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.-St. Louis is excited
over the abduction and recovery of a
young lady named Zerelda Garrison, of a
good family and pupil of the Convent of
the Sacred Heart. She left home last
Saturday to go to the convent and cid not
return. Her friends suppOsing her at the
convent were not uneasy until Thursday.
The sisters at the convent, supposing her
to be at home, were equally uncOncerned.
On Thursday the family received letter
stating that the girl was held for a ransom.
A hue and cry was raised, and last even
ing the girl came to police station in the
outskirts Of the city near the convent. She
was i'll, but seems to have suffered no
bodily harm. She is a handsome girl of
seventeen, well dressed, and appears to
have attracted the attention of a gang of
hOOdlums who infest Carondelet. She saws
she was accosted by strange man between
the car station and the convent, from
whom she ran, but who caught her. She
then lost consciousness, and when she re-
covered herself was in a house where she
was confined under charge of woman
until yesterday. Her captors sought to
eXtOrt money from her friends, but Wig
OrOus search alarmed her abductors and
she was released unharmed. The place
of her confinement was within block of
the DOlice station
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
A $9O,OOO,OOO ASH HEAP.
The Great Destruction of Property by
Fire During 1882

Fire During 1882.
ga $90,00O.000 Ash Heap is the strik-
ing heading of the Commercial Bulletin
summary of the fires of 1882. Even more
striking are the figures for the whole
world as presented by correspondent
in the columns of the London Times for a
year not specified, but presumably 1890.
According to him the losses by fire in
this country surpass those anywhere else,
He puts them at $4,000, 900, some five
millions more than in Russia, which
comes next, The English losses are es-
timated at $45, 900, 900, the German at $780,
the French at $15,OOO,OOO. The
is grossly excessive. 1t is twenty
millions above the figures of the
careful Bulletin, which includes the Ca.
madam losses, while Canada is down In
the tables of the correspondent for twenty
millions more. The total for the United
States, according to the review of the wear
recently published in the Times, was SF0.-
100000. In Europe the loss per inhabitant
was greatest in England, but in proper
ton to Yealth it was greatest in Russia.
In the first particular the United States far
surpassed England. More confidence NAV
be felt in the figures of premiums, which
are less open to errors of estimates y
fifty-eight millions, it appears, We're paid
IN premiums in one year in the United
States. England ranks next by the paw
ment of $34, 100000, and Germany comes
third with total of $32, 500, 600. The total
premium payments of the world for this
one year were S16O, ,00O, 900, or, taking the
world over, nearly equal to the wages of
million men for an equal length of time.
If the aggregate of losses is amazing. SO
also Is the total of premiums. The one
should be construed by the ether before
wasting any pity on the companies, who
certainly conduct business solely Ia
cause they find it profitable Ia one
sense the insurers ought to welcome fires.
for the more fires the more business Is n
trulsm. And II ls equally true that the
sense q security consequent upon insur-
ance ior q good round sum is responsible
for the growing frequency of free II msS,
not cause the increase. but If narto;''i33, tt,s3
permits what weGid otherwise be prevenf-
ea DY Detter fire departments and hetfer
constructiQa. in London this increase is
surprising, Tar surprising the growth of
population. Thus in the decade OF IS5f-Aa
the fires averaged yearly 9T7, or 3Sa nor
million Inhabitants. Ia the next decade
the hres were 1,430, and the proportion
4la to million, In l611-SO the total was
l, 40, and the proportion 4G5. And the
companies received 40 per cent. more than
the city paid for the support of II 900
police. Yet, at the present moment,
Wood street and the Alhambra are aIreafly
forgotten, and Captain Shaw, in his ap-
peals for more men and money, is met
with an indifference amounting to fatal
opposition. Substantially the same facts
are true o. New York. Their fire DEPART
ment may be better and more liberally
supported Captain Shaw to the contrary
! but our construction Is
certainly frequently calculated to defeat
the nremen, and often to invite the flames.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
NORTH CAROLINA.

A Suicide-Sale of a Tobacco Interest
The Legislature and National Aid to
Education.
RALEIGH, Jan. 13.-DOn r. Wilson, a
prominent citizen of Marion, who came
here in November for the treatment of
neuralgic affection, blew out his brains
to-day while under mental alteration,
caused by intense suffering.
w. L. Blackwell has sold his interest in
the firm of Blackwell & Co., manufacture
ers of Durham smoking tobacco, to his
partner, Julian S. Carr, for $25O,000, but
reserves the royalty on the ''Bull" brand.
The North Carolina House of Repre-
sentatives adopted resolutions to-day in
structing the States COngre ssmen to vote
for Federal aid to State edu cational pur-
poses. The vote stood 80 to 8.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Beheaded by His own Act.


A sbooli,,o suicide occurred on the Bal
timore division Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in this city on the 1lth. An unknown
isap deliberately placed his neck across q
rail before the wheels of a passing coai
train and mad his head almost. severed
from his body. he vas dressed IN work
inpmen's clothes. was about "a years OF
ace. and is believed 20 have beeH a Ter
man. perarty was doubtless the cause Ot
the act. He 1ast night accosted seVerai
workmen who were returning from @ W0rk
and aSl-ed them for any cold food that
tbev MIGHT have remaining in their din-
ner kettles. No attention was paid to
him. and he wandered the streets all
night. occasionally seeking the shelter OF
q doorway until ordered away by the po,,
lice, When be. approached the railroad
track he appeared to be almost exhausted
The remains were removed to the morgpe'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Politics in Snain.

MADRID, Jan. 14.-Marshal SerranO and
Seniors Rios, Marters and MOret have de-
cfded to contradict the rumOrs of disOr-
ganization of the Dynastic Left. They
are determined to adhere to the pro-
gramme of the party as explained some
time ago to the Senate. They have re-
solved, however, TO observe a concila-
tory attitude toward the government as in
inducement to it to carry into effect the
liberal measures it has promised. The
fact of Senator Giron, Democrat, hav-
ing been appointed member of the Cab
met, is regarded as indicating such an
intnntinn ON the part of the government.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
POLK AT NASHVILLE.
The Grand jury Present Two Indict-
ments Against Him.

me Ufand jury Present Two Ind1ct-
ments Against Him.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 13.-EX-Treas-
urer Polk arrived this morning in charge
of officers, and is now I'm custody. Until
he shall be admitted to bail he refuses
to be interviewed. The grand jury of
Davidson county at noon presented
an indictment against Polk in two counts
for embezzlement and larceny of $3.50, 900.
The Judge of the Criminal Court is
charged with the duty of fixing the charge
of conspiracy upon certain parties in OBJ
tanning funds from Polk, knowing it to be
the funds of the State.
Counsel of eX-Treasurer Polk will, on
Monday, make application before Judge
Quarles, of the Criminal Court, for the re-
lease of the prisoner on bail. Meantime
the prisoner is held at the county Jail, but
occupies comfortable quarters in the Jail
er's office.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 14.-Near relatives
of eX-President James X. Polk, residing
in this city, are authority for the state
ment that NJ. L. Polk, the defaulting State
Treasurer of Tennessee was an adopted
son of ex-President Polk, and his name
was Childress. EX-President Polk had no
children.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15

Jersey CitY,s Broken Bank.

JERsEY CITY, Jan. I3.-Edward E.
Shaw, cashier of the broken City Bank,
was arraigned to-day before Justice Stel-
sing. In addition to the charge of en-
bezzlement already preferred against him,
the charge of perjury for rendering false
accounts was this morning entered. Shaw
pleaded not guilty and asked to be admitted
IN bail, which was fixed at $4,000 on
each of the two complaints. President
Boice was admitted in$10, 900 to await the
action of the grand iurV
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
A NeR Snnthern nrarnatic Star.

SELMA, ALA, Jan. 13.-The new
dramatic star, Alice Margarritt King,
grand niece of the late VIM. r. King, of
this State, who was elected Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States in 1852, appear
ed here last night in "Mary Stuart" and
made great success. Her object is to
raise funds for the erection of monu-
ment to her uncle's memory. She gives
evidence of long and careful study, and
possesses Enthusiastically strong dramatic
power along with a strong expressive face
and fine stage presence. She goes on an
extended Southern tour.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
England and Egypt.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Jan. 13.-The scheme
for administrative, judicial, financial and
military reforms in Egypt, which the
British Charge dAfaires handed to the
Porte yesterday, also deals with the pro-
posed regulations in reference to the Suez
canal and the arrangement for withdraw
ing British troops from Egypt, when the
objects aimed at are secured. The effect
of the scheme upon the Porte has already
been to dispel the idea that England con-
templated the annexation of Egypt.
PARIS, Jan. 13.-IempS says England
has pronounced the deposition of France
in Egypt, 1t is possible that Gladstone's
Egyptian enterprise may lead to re-
opening of the Eastern question.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
A WRECKING CREW.

Rescued from a PeriIOus Position.
NORFOLK, Jan. 13.-On Thursday last,
Albert Cobb, of CObb's Island, with a
wrecking crew in surf boat, boarded a
schooner ashore off the island, and while
on board their boat broke adrift and they
were compelled to take to the rigging to
save their lives. They were rescued by
the crew of the life saving station, but
since that time three of the men have died
from the effects of the exposure. Capt.
Cobb is not expected to live.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Indian Outrapes in NTexioo

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-The EUening Post
prints the following:
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS Jan. 13.-Mexi-
can reports assert that serious Indian
troubles prevail in Chihuahua. At
Puerto del Racalate they attacked and
killed a herder and also attacked six sol
diers, who were guarding four prisoners.
Two guards and all the prisoners were
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Schooner Vyaterlogr4d-

NEW YORK, Jan, 13.-Schooner w, H.
Boardman, which arrived from jackson
vile yesterday, reports December 31st,,
sixty.hye miles southeast of Hatteras,
fell in with the schooner Edna HarYood,
from Charleston for New York, half full
of water and in a disabled condition, The
Boardman took off the Captain and crew,
six in all, and brought them to New
York,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
A BLAZE IN MARYLAND.
small-Pox Hospital Burned.

CRIsFIELD, Jan. 13.-The sailors small
pox hospital, situated about one miie from
this place, was destroyed by fire early
this morning. One of the patients while
deliriOus knocked lamp off the table and
then plunged into the river. The nurse
followed and rescued him, but the man
died soon after. The fire could not be ex-
tinguished but nearly everything in the
house was saved. There was a corpse in
the house at the time. 1t was burned.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Journalistic,

MEMPHIS, Jan. 13.-The advertised sale
of the Memphis Ddily AUaldnche did not
take place to-day. 1t was made unneces-
sary by the purchase of Captain w. l..
Trask's forty-five shares by Mr.. F. T
Nichols, who with others owned the other
one hundred and fifteen shares of the pa
per. AS the paper remains in the hands
of the present officers, no change either in
its editorial corps or in its politics is Ii
ohio m oaa11r
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
The Gigantic Pension swindIe.

Cincinnati Neaos' Washington Special.
1t is rumored that Commissioner of PEN
sions Dudley will soon be made to walk
back to the banks of the Wabash with his
check to date for valuable services rem
dered in his pocket. The Board of Man.
ayers of the National Home, that met
here on the 9th, are understood to be op-
posed to the further continuance in office
of man who is not bold enough
to say in his report what every
body knows to be the truth, that the pen
sion list no longer represents those who
were disabled in the service, but is made
the basis upon which electioneering funds
are raised to carry doubtful States. The
fact that the pension roll grows larger as
we leave the period of war behind us is
the cause of just alarm, and the determi-
nation of the board seems to be to ask
Congress to protect the soldiers
against the rapacity of the claim
agent. 1t is urged against further
appropriation for pensions, bills for
which are now pending, that there is a
ring of pension agents whose business it
is to create One-armed and One-legged SOL
diers sufficient to defend the country
against invasion if they had two arms
and two legs. The vision of the average
citizen is beginning to perceive that the
Pension Bureau is a gigantic swindle,
and has been used in the past, by
cOllusiOn between commissioners and
pension agents, as an instrument to
elect fayorites to Congress upon the sub
sides given under false 0aths to men who
never snuffed the battle, even from afar.
1t is larger steal than the star route
plumber, but is protected by laws that en-
able the false pensioner, as well as the
false Pension Commissioner and pension
agents, to shield crime against the people
under the cloak of official duty.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Abandoned at Sea.

CHARLESTON, s. c., Jan. 1.-THE bark
entine Hattie n. Bangs, from Bull River,
S. c., December %, with eight hundred
tons of phosphate rock, for Boston, was
found on the Sth instant, near Cape Hat
Boston for Beaufort, S. c, The Bangs was
entirely abandoned, and a prize crew
from the June Bright was placed on
board, who succeeded, after a weeks hard
work, in getting her to this port.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
FRAUDULENT CONCERNS.

Their Correspondence Excluded from the
Mails.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The POstmas-
ter General has declared the following
named concerns to be fraudulent and has
excluded their correspondence from the
mails: W. j. Carlile Il Co., of Brooklyn,
n. Y; Chase e. Co., New Haven, Conn.,,
H. L. Williams Il Co., Boston and New
town, Mass, alias Magnetic Watch Com
pany, of NewtOwn, and the College
Library, Ashland, Mass.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15

SOFIA, Jan. 1.-THE reports of prepara-
tiobs for an early rising Of Musselmans in
the mountain districts of Eastern Roume-
liza are confirmed. The authorities have
seized several cases of Martini rifles, sent
by the ''Young Turkey" Commission at
Constantinople to a commission in Phil
ippopOlis. Turkish troops have been clan
destinely massed on the Eastern Roume-
liam frontier
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Arrest of Overdank svmnatbisers

ROME, Jan. 13.-The police last evening
made domiciliary visits to 1876 houses and
arrested 125 persons. They also made 81
seizures of newspapers containing revo-
lutionary accounts of Overdank's life and
so-called martyrdOm. 1t is believed that
the arrests will lead to the discovery Of
important information. A trial for high
treason rs impending y
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
The Trouble in Indian TERRITORY.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13.-A dispatch from
Indian Territory says CherOtee, chief of
the Creek Indians, again called out the
militia to protect the capital against an
apprehended uprising on the part Of Spi-
Ochee's men. United States Agent Tufts
has gone to Ockmulgee, and he will insist
on Cherotee disbanding his troops. Uni
ted States soldiers have been ordered
from Fort Gibson to preserve order.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
FIte FLAMES in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. IA disastrous
fire broke out at Neenah, Wis, to-day,
aEd before it could be checked destroyed
the National Bank of Neenah, the post
office. the Russell House and eight or ten
StoroS T0ss 500 900.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.

A Dull Day in the Senate-NO Session
in the Assembly.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Jan. 13.-This was
dull day in the Legislature. There was
no session of the Assembly, that body hav-
ing adjourned to visit the Lunatic Asy-
lum. In the Senate nothing of much inn
pOrtance was done, beyond the passage
of few bills-one forbidding the sale or
distribution of Intoxicating liquors within
two miles of an election precinct on the
day Of State, county or municipal cleo
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15

To worry about any Liver, Kidney or
Urinary Trouble, especially Bright's Dis
ease or Diabetes, as Hop Bitters never
fails Of cure where a cure is possible.
We know this.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Jan. 13.-A silver
spike was driven yesterday on the Mexi-
can Pacific Railway, the extension con-
Meeting it with the Southern Pacific and
giving direct line from San Francisco to
New Orleans.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Found Drowned.

ALA, Jan. 14,-The dead
bodyof middle-aged man was found i'm
the river here to-day. He was a stranger,
and nothing was in'his pockets except a
ticket from Atlanta, Ga, to Houston,
Texas
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
steamer steamer Ashore. ,6o e

NORFOLK, VA, Jan. 13.-A wrecking
steamer sent early this morning to the re:
lief of the british steamer Egypt, which is
report says the steamer Is lying easy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Observation-Disclosures.

OFFICE CHIEF eIGNkL OBSERVER,
WAsHTNGToN, Jan. 14.-Indications for
Monday:
In the South Atlantic states, colder, fair
weather, northeasterly winds, and higher
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
q GAAREIHLR B0NFIRK sTILI BURNING.

a GARFIELR BONFIRE STILL BURNING.
ElAe bonfire that boys built ON the side
OF hill near the Stanton steamer house
on the night ofthe Presidential election. Of.
1850 IS still burning. The subterranean
coke bed to which it spread has slowly
Ied the fire ever since, Recently the clay
taken from the excavation for the Whod-
side Sunday school building was thrown
upon the burning deposit, but the clay
has been baked through and the smoke
and heat have again come 70 the surface
The future course Of the ffre can only he
conjectureds but it is thought it win not
enaanger. any more buildings Ty0g
Times.
Pixies ToorHAoHE DROPS oure in one
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The Milwaukee Horror.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 19.-Search among
the ruins of the Newhall House this fore
noon resulted in the finding of three
bodies, all burned beyond Identification.
This makes eight bodies found in the
ruins so far, and thirty vic
Tins. 1t is supposed that the
bodies of most of those burned
will be found near the area at the back of
the office. AT a meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce at noon to-day, call was
issued tor volunteers. 1t is expected that
five hundred men will respond. The gold
watches of Howie ane Martelle have been
identified, leaving no doubt that their
owners have perished. Another gold
hunting case watch has been found. On
one side of it is a schooner and on the
other side fish. The movement is mark
ed ''R. Il G. Beasly, Liverpool, Eng"
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Jan. flight
more bodies, charred beyond the possibil-
ity of Identification, were taken from the
ruins of the Newhall House yesterday,
making sixteen eXhumed in all, besides
twenty-three previously identified. There
are supposed to be fOrty-three bodies still
in the ruins
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15

In 1870 the assessed valuation Of the
real estate of New York city was ST42. I03.-
075; this year it is 1,0s0, SIS, ,403, an in.
crease in 1s years of S33s, n, 1928, ar. over
40 per cent. Since 1879 the increase has
been rapid. The valuations for 1880
showed an increase of $24, 500, 900, those for
1881 Of S34, 600, 600, In 1882 the Increase
was s5ss5OO, 900, and this year it is "a, ,5OO,-
600,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
Frozen to death I'm the streets.

Moscow. Jan. 13.-Persons frozen 70
death are found in the streets here daily
There have been four deaths from Geld at
HharkOff recently.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-15
r.~ttnuelre Sboclxs I'M Spain.

MADRID. Jan. 13.-ShOcks Of earth
onake have been felt to-day in Fortuna,
n RicOte and other towns in the prov
;nna 1 hula' ot Nfprcia. No damage has been
done.