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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31


The parade which Gen. Grants friends
are making Of his financial troubles must
cause him great annoyance and even
humiliation, if he is at all sensitive. Be
fore he was elected President he was the
recipient Of many gifts, and even While
he was President the salary of the Presi-
Dental Office was doubled, with the idea
of enabling him to retire at the end OF his
public career with a competency. He
saved very little, however, and ne mad
not been a private citizen long before 1t
became necessary for his friends to help
him. He does not seem to have the
faculty Of taxing care of money. NO
body seems to know very clearly what
has become Of the $3.50, 900 which was con-
tributed for his support few years ago
by the rich men of New York. Different
stories have been told about it. 1t has
been stated that it is invested in bonds
which have become practically
worthless, and it has also been stated that
it is invested in excellent securities, and
Yields a good income. Those who know
the truth appear disposed to remain
silent.
1t is certain that Mr.. Vanderbilt now
has a Judgment which covers all Gen.
Grants visible property, even the pre-
sents which he received from foreign gov
ernments during his trip around the
world.
There appears to be some doubt about
what Mr.. Vanderbilt intends to do with
his judgment. He has taken an in
ventOry Of Gen. Grants real estate and
personal effects. and it may be his pur-
pose to order them sold under an execu-
ton. Perhaps he wants Gen. GRANTS
curious and very valuable collection Of
gifts to adorn his Fifth avenue mansion.
Although he is the richest man in the
country, he is just as much entitled to
have the money that Gen. Grant owes him
as if he were a poor man. He will be
subjected to a great deal of criticism, Of
course, if he strips Gen. Grant of his
property, but, as he claims to be in
different to public opinion, he will not
care, probably, what may be said of his
action.
In the meantime Gen. Grants friends
are stirring around to see what can be
done to help him in his trouble. One sug-
gestiOn is that the gifts shall be bought by
the nation and placed in the Smithsonian
Institution as curIOsities. Nothing could
| be done that would more surely make
Gen. Grant prominent in the minds of fu-
ture generations as the great gift taker.
Harsh as the suggestion seems the best
| thing, probably, that Gen. Grants friends
can do, if they succeed in raising another
fund for him, is to appoint some one to
/ look after his financial affairs.
While it is true, probably, that he knew
nothing of the rascally way in which the
business of the firm of Grant q Ward
was conducted, it is equally true that a
man with the least bit of common sense
would have known that the business was
not legitimate.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

THERE is an ancient etion that no woman
shall look upon the British House Of Commons
while 1t is in session, and 1t Is reported that
many a titled wife has peered down through
the lattice work surrounding the sustaining
rod Of the chandeliers, remaining IN this un-
comfortable place for hours when some special
scene was expected among the CommonerS.
Al the present time women are not allowed
in the galleries Of the House, but Sir G.. Barry,
the architect of the new Palace OF Westmln-
ster, had largely his own way in designing
the chamber, and, being gallant by both Dtrtn
and education, he ingenlOusly got around the
old fiction by placing a carved WOOD screen IN
front of the ladies' gallery, through which the
fair ones are technically supposed not TO see,
but Of course they can all the same. How
ever the space for the ladies is in the rear OF
the reporters gallery, right next to the cell
ing, where the air is most impure and shut
off by partition from view of the Speaker
and great part of the government benches.
GOLDEN WEDDINGS are events of rare oc
currenee, but diamond weddings, as they are
called in Germany, which are celebrated
after sixty years of married life, excite a
national interest even in a country where an
Emperor at 81 is able to sit for three hours in
the saddle, and where Minister In his 10Th
year delights in keeping the whole diplomatic
world on tenter hooks from one end OF the
year to the other. The German papers give
an account of the diamond wedding OF Gen.
StOckmar (DO relation of Baron Stockmar),
which recently took place at Dessau. stock
mar Is in his 9lst year, and both he and his
wife are said to be in the enjoyment OF perfect
| health. He is one of the Oldest friends OF the
| German Emperor. They met for the first time
as mere boys at the battle of jena, in 1906.
At one of their more recent meeting, when
| the General expressed a hope that His Majesty
might bring his shares up to par, the Emperor
replied in his own humorous way; ION,
StOckmar, you are not courter; II you were
= true cOurtier you would have said, 'Oh, your
| Majesty, at least to 20 per cent. above par J"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
Mr.. Reecher and the South.

There are very few who had any idea
until last Sunday that one of the reasons
that led Henry Ward Beecher to support
Gov. Cleveland for President was his
dissatisfaction with the way the Republi-
can party treated the South. Until the
last campaign Mr.. Beecher was regarded
by Southern people as inimical to the
South. Last Sunday, as stated in our
dispatches, Mr.. Beecher took occasion,
after the services in Plymouth Church, to
give his reasons for supporting Gov.
Cleveland and to apologize for two or
three things that he had said in the heat
of the canvass, and which he was not
disposed to stand by when he thought
them over in cooler moments. The Occa-
sion of his explanation was the Tumor
that a large number of prominent pew
holders had determined to give up their
pews in his church because he had
opposed Blaine.
In the course Of his explanation Mr..
Beecher said:
My hope was that God would give the
Republican party the last blossom of
honor. and as il had politically and finan-
eially reunited the land, so it would have
wisdom ministered to it to bring in a SEN
timent of unity and of love, which was the
very last thing to be done. This l hoped
would have been done, and l was disap-
pointed bitterly when it was not thought
of, when an entirely different sort of in
fluence had control; and l felt that it had
again come to pass. as it was, IN the days
of Israel, when that man who had led
them out OF Egypt, and through the will
deruess and had come in sight of the
Promised Land, was not allowed to gain
it, and only looked on that Land of Prom
Use. God is my witness that l would
have shed tears of Joy, would have given
my Iife-if only the Republican party
could have had in its platform such well
come TO the South and such sanction of
cOrdiality as to have made one Of its great
candidates a Southern man. To complete
the whole unity l could have laid dow
my life iOyfully. But they planted, wa
tered and nourished, aud then were not
wise enough to pluck the fruit. From
conviction as deep as any l ever had in
my life, after long consideration and some
uncertainty, | went into the canvass.
1t seems from the above that the main
reason that led Mr.. Beecher to enroll him.
self among the supporters of Gov. Cleve-
land was the determ' nation of the Repub-
Iican party to continue to wave the bloody
shirt. Mr.. Beecher acted wisely and did
excellent work.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
BRIGHT BITS.

The coal hole cover now has its victims no
less numerous than the banana peel.
THE man who ''smiles" too much on New
Years day will laugh the other side OF his face
the next morning..
DON'T fret if you cannot get into society.
The oyster is often present at supper when
he would perhaps prefer to be at home in his
bed.-BOstOn Courier.
A DESIRABLE feature in a newspaper man
is the ability to write with the left hand. 1t
happens almost daily that 1t is necessary TO
give some one left-handed compliment.
spa. how funny this looks in this paper.
The printer has got the words all mixed up,
so there is no sense to it," mo. no, my child.
That Is a new poem by Tennyson. "-Aard-
tbOl independent.
A FRENCH missionary priest had returned
home on furlOugh and his friends were
making many inquiries. "Ihose savages,
now that you live amoDg,n asked one, ''are
they really cannibalsY 'They! why, they
even eat men on Friday"
"sEE here, Mr.. Scales" said Mrs. Jarphly,
impatiently, ''if you don't give me that pound
of butter, Pm going home" Hold on, Mrs.
Jarphly,'' demonstrated the grocer; ''the boy
is busy getting it. Don't go: you'll only have
a short weight. "-PfttsbuT0 IeIegrdph'
JoNEs-"why, my boy, what's the matter2
parted last night2" "NOthing, except half
dozen raw" Il thought SO. Remember
hereafter that it's the last raw that breaks
the camel's back. -PhiLddelDhiG Call.
HE had just had his hair cut and returned
home. 'HumP' he says, after examining
himself in the glass critically, II guess
shall have to go back to the BARRIERS shop
again. This'll never dop' whats the mat
terri" says his wife: "has he cut your hair too
long?" ''No; contound him; he's gone and
cut it too short. I'll make him cut 1t over
again"
THE mills of the gods-"And what is the
man whom YOU are to bless with your hand
and heart, my dear7" "Oh, his name is Ar
''Oh, he's Just the lovelest of men-a heaven
sent prize. He's trifle slow, though" ION,
well, never mind that. You know the mills
Of the gods grind slowly. ''-Boston Times.
THE day of diaries draws near,
The ever welcome glad new year!
The day when many chaps VINO fear
The dire effect of whisky
viii bid farewell to rum and beer
And all seductive cups that cheer,
But make them feel too risky.
-B1chans9e.
DIR. BLISTER is one of those physicians who
do not take any nonsense from their patients.
One day last week he presented his Dill TO
Nose Schaumburg. "One hundred and fifty
tOllars!" exclaimed Nose. "Vy, mine Colt,
two funerals in dot family would not hat cost
me so much as dot" ''It's not too late to have
funeral in the house yet" replied Or.
Blister, drawing an army size revolver. The
physician heels himself whenever paJlent
feels indlsposed to settle.-Icds Strings.
THE BORE-SUMHER.-
AS he passed along the street
When the heat,
Like a flame,
Filled the atmosphere with hazes-
slot as blazesp'
He'd eXclaim.
THE B0RE-WINTER.--
He accosts us when the breeZCs
Almost freeze us
Arctic days
And, with GOODNESS that amaZes,
s'Cold as bazesW
Now he says.
-BostOn SATURDAY E0enin9 Gazette.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Gentlemen's White Hemmed- stitched HAND
KERCHIEFS-from low grade to the
finest.
GentIemen's Colored Bordered Hemmed-
stitched HANDKERCHIEFS-w and
narrow hens.
Gentlemen's Plain White Hemmed- stitched
HANDKERCHIEFS-wi and narrow
hens.
Gentlemen's Plain Hemmed HANDKER=
CHIEFS Colored and White.
Ladies' Hemmed-stitched ColOred Bordered
Linen HANDKERCHIEFS.
Ladies' Hemmed-stitched Clear Lawn Linen
ERCHlEFS-COlored and " hlte.
Ladies' White Embroidered Linen HAND
KERCHIEFS.
Ladies' Clear Lawn Embroidered Linen
HANDKERCHIEFS.
LADIES' Lace HANDKERCHIEFS.
Children's Colored Bordered HANDKER-
CHIEFS-Hemmed-s stitched and Plain.
Very ich Brocaded Silk HANDKERCHIEFS
Gentlemen's China Silk Hemmed-stltched
HANDKERCHIEFS.
Gentlemen's White Canton Grape HAND
KERCHlEFS.
Gentlemen's French Castor GLOVES.
Gentlemen,s Fur-top Lined Dog Skin
Gentlemen's Fine Jersey Cashmere GLOVES.
Children's COlored Cashmere Jersey GLOVES.
Ladies' Black and Colored Jersey Cashmere
Velvet EscurIal LACES.
Silk curial LACES.
Beaded LACES-White and Black.
All over Beaded LACES-White and Black.
Beaded Dress FRONTS.
Black and White Spanish LACES.
Black Guipon LACES.
Black and White Spanish LACE FICHUS.
Fedoras-Lace and Linen COLLARS.
Beaded LACE COLLARS.
Ladies' Fine French and English HOSIERY
COlOred and Black.
Children's Fine French and English HOSI-
ERY-COlored and Black.
Gentlemen's Solid Color HALF HOSE
French and English.
Gentlemen's Linen COLLARS and CUFFS.
Gentlemen's Fine Laundried Dress SHIRTS.
Gentlemen's Silk and Satin NECKTIES in
new designs.
Handsome COlored Dress SILKS and VEL
VETS.
Rich Black SILKS and SATINs-Lynn's fab
RIGS.
Handsome Combination SUITS.
Irish Double Damask Table LINENS.
Irish Double Damask Table NAPKINS.
Elegant DRESS GOODS.
Ladies' and Children's CLOAKS--and many
other Useful and Suitable Goods for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
The Drnmmers, Tax.

The city revenue ordinance for the CON-
ing year will probably reduce the
tax on drummers to $40 a week, with 10
per cent. off for prompt payment. This
will be slight improvement. Under the
ordinance for 1888 about $4,000 was col
lected from drummers; this year, under a
more liberal ordinance, the city's income
from the drummers' tax was $500.
The proposed tax probably will pre-
vent dTummers from visiting the city as
often as they would If the tax were lower.
Many of them only stay a day
and 50 10 is very often a con-
siderable amount to take out OF
a days profits on sales. Why not try
a tax Of S. a week? That amount would
not discourage drummers from visiting
the city: they would pay that sum readi-
", and the number of them who would
visit the city would be so much greater
that she total amount received from them
during the year would be larger than if
double that tax were imposed. Drum
mers help trade. They keep business
stirred up, prevent mOnopolies, and give
the dealers and consequently the con-
sumers) lower prices, and make living
cheaper.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
PERSONAL.

LADY FLORENCE DIXIE, whose eccentrici-
ties have given her wide notoriety, Is out
with an appeal for fair play for foxes.
Gov. CLEVELAND once received a fee of
81, 900 for answering one question on point of
law in a Syracuse court. 1t was the year
prior to his election as Mayor of Buffalo.
Ex-GOv. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, Vice
President elect, has consented to deliver the
annual address before the Yale alumni and
graduating classes at the commencement,
June %, 1885,
SOPHIE MEUTER, who divides with Clara
Schumann the honor of being the first female
pianist, has received from the recently de-
ceased Russian, NJ. Steiglitz, fortune Of
nearly S5,0OO,OOO.
MISS CARRIE KEATING, daughter of Col. j.
NJ Keating, Of the Memphis appeal, was re-
Gently ten0ered an enthusiastic rec option by
Memphis society. Miss Heating is an excel
LEM pianist, a former pupil of Mills, Josefy
and Theresa Caren0.
THOMAS r. MONAHAN, an American citizen,
lies in a Mexican jail charged with wrecklng
a train through carelessness, but unable to
secure trial, as it has not yet been found con-
yenient for the authorities there to hear the
case. The State Department at, Washington,
although notified some time since, has done
nothing.
WILLIAM TERRIss having publicly an
nounced that he is in no way connected with
the Miss Florence Terriss, now performing at
the Court Theatre, Miss Florence cruelty re-
torts that Terrlss, at least, is her own name,
while williams true name is levin, and that
he has lately belonged to a company managed
by a man named BrOdrIp, who calls himself
Irving.
SHERMAN DAY, a son of the late President
jeremiah Day, of Yale College, died recently
in San Francisco. His mother was daugh-
ter of Roger Sherman, one of the committee
who reported and signed the Declaration Of
independence. Mr.. Day surveyed the first
railroad between San Jose and Sacramento,
and made one of the first graded wagon roads
over the Sierras.
A SENSATION has been made in Washington
society by the announcement made upon the
authority of Mrs. Jerome BOnaparte that her
daughter, Miss Constance Edgar, will take
the veil about Easter time. Miss Edgar
graduated last June at the Georgetown
Academy of Visitation. She then announced
her intention of taking the veil. Her mother
desired that she would not decide the matter
before first going into society. She accom-
panied her mother to Newport last summer,
and will probably go out to a moderate extent
this winter. A two years trip to Europe had
also been planned for her, but Miss Edgar is
so determined to take the veil that THIS trip
has been given up.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
Webster,s Political Suicide.

Cohesion Net0S (Denn.l.
Daniel Webster, whom the Boston Globe
calls Americas greatest statesman, was
free trader, but when protection became for
the interests of his State he turned prOtec
zionist. From that time his influence and power
began to wane. An every man-fOr- himself
and the-devil- take the-hindmOst policy may
temporarily help a state or nation, but it will
be at somebody else's expense. Civilization
will be retarded, and that means universal
injury and ultimate retributiOn for the guilty
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
GRANT and Els Friend VanderbiIt.

ItttIU6tpNttt I tWteo I4IttV'Js
The legendary Belisarius, who was reduced
from his hour of triumph when a medal was
struck in his honor, declaring him 1.-THE glory
of the Roman Empire" to the humiliation OF
being led about asking the passer-by to give
an obOlus to Belisarius," Is not more pathetic
than this view of the American Belisarius in
the claws of a rapacious harpy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

1t is now regarded as pretty certain that
the alleged flibusteTs who were reported
TO have sailed for Cuba last week were
only a squad OF marOOners who are now
fishing and hunting on the Gulf coast OF
Florida. No doubt they will run into
some port in order to replenish their little
brown jug in a day or two.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Whatever Of legislative protection the
Adirondack forests of New York may
need, there appears to be no scarcity oil
Senatorial timber among the Republican
politicians Of that state. IL is quite natu-
raj that a good many of them should be
Wnnden heads.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

The st. Louis Republican says: "The
benefactOr TO whom the Southern cotton
States VIII owe more than to any other
claimant on their gratitude will be the
man who shall persuade them to substi-
tute farming with all that it means for
planting with all that it means" Very
true; but the people Of the Southern
states have heard something OF the kind
before. There are about 100000 benefae-
tors Of that kind now claiming the
gratitude Of the people.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Some shrewd people in North StOning-
ton, Conn.,, have been mailing consider
able money by raising foxes to supply the
demand which was created by the offer Of
s. bounty for each fox scalp by the au-
thorities of the township. A large num-
Der Of scalps were recently imported
from neighbOring townships. 1t seems
like the bounty is encouraging the pro-
duetion instead of the determination of
foxes, and steps VIII be taken at once to
remedy the matter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
"REMINISCENCES Bic bounty.

The fact that Pennsylvania keeps her fur
naces going by the So 30 per ton bounty fur
nished her by Uncle Sam, is working like
leaven in the popular mind. It will soon be
numbered with things of the past and Ten
nessee can then sell her coal and iron ore
lands
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Scientific efforts are 10 be made in Lon-
don to ascertain where the celebrated iolJ
come from. The fOggy people OF Lond$A
come from the ten thousand gin mills that
line its myriads of streets.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

It's said that the country Will soon be
agitated again over the momentous ques-
tion as to the leading. lady OF the land.
Can't the cOnstitutiOnSliiI amended SO as
IN settle this matter for all time!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Let the devil have his due. 1t ls as
serted that while John Roach reduceu
the wages Of his men 10 per cent. he also
reduced the rent Of the houses occupied
lv- fnoT1-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Two preeoeiOus young rascals collected
some six hundred dollars among the
brokers Of New York on Christmas day
in the name Of the Western Union Tel
egraph messenger boys, In whose uni
forms they were dressed. Aftey they had
victimized a large number Of people they
were finally captured by detectives and
relieved Of their nl-gotten gains. The
brokers' viii not open their hearts to the
messengers next Christmas unless they
Dreseut their credentials.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

1t is stated again that Hon. Frank Hurd
has actually made up his mind to contest
Romeis' right to seat in Congress.
While there is a question as to whether
the latter is a citizen of the United States
or not, the contest viii be on the ground
Of fraud. and the probabilities are that
Hurd has sufficient proof to make out his
.nan
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

An anxious country has not yet been
informed whether or not Hon. Tom 0chil-
tree has been invited to be present at the
unwilling Of the I.asker monument on
Jan. 5. It is feared that Tom was not as
intimate a friend of the great German
statesman as he thought he was.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Mr. Hendricks has assured the negroes
that they shall have justice under Demo-
cratic rule. Mr.. Hendricks appears to
have overlooked the Fact that justice Is
what the negro politicians do not want.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

A sinking fund IS much better In our
uoliticaI economy than floating debt 4
good large sinking fund VIII noal
states credit, while a very large noating
debt will often sink it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

Will Blaine have important business IN
Augusta about the 4th Of March, or VIII
he stay in Washington to be dragged
around as an attachment to Cleveland 8
triumphal car:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

There is almost as much amusement 10
outsiders in New York politics as there iS
i'm a frst-class minstrel snow.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31
HAPPY NEW YEAR. ="
AND MANY OF THEM TO ALL.

LET Us ADD TO YOUR ENJOYMENT OF
THE DAY. TO BE WELL-DRESSED is
NECESSARY TO BE HAPPY, AND AS WE
SELL EVERYTHING, MEN OR BOYS
WEAR EXCEPT SHOES AND OF AS GOOD
QUALITY AND AT AS LOW AND WE THINK
LOwER) PRICES THAN YOU CAN GET IN
SAVANNAH OR IN THE STATE. IN GIVING
PRESENTS, WHY NOT GIVE THOSE THAT
ARE USEFUL AS WELL AS ORNAMENTAL?
WHAT is MORE ORNAMENTAL THAN TO
SEE MAN OR BOY NEATLY AND FASHION
ABLY DRESSED, AND THEN THE FACT
OF GETTING YOUR GOODS AT THE VERY
LOWEST PRICES, so AS TO HAVE SOME
LEFT TO GET PRESENTS FOR OTHERS
THAT YOU HAD MADE UP YOUR MIND
WOULD HAVE TO BE LEFT OUT ON AC-
COUNT OF THE SIZE OF THE POCKET
BOOK, WILL NOT ONLY ADD TO YOUR
ENJOYMENT AS WELL AS MAKE OTHERS
HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME?
REMEMBER, OUR GOODS ARE THE BEST
AND OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST, AND
CONSTANTLY MAKING REDUCTIONS. WE
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD BY ANYONE.
Clothing. Hats and Furnishing Goods.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-31

An incident occurred in Sullivan coun-
", n. Y, the other day which may or may
not throw some light on the Jonah ques-
ton. A fisherman caught large pickerel,
having used "a live minnOw for bait.
Thirtv-six hours afterwards the pickerel
was opened and the minnOw was fOundin
ats stomach alive. and it quickly swan on
when placed in water.