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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-06-13
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-06-13

A white squall caught party of tour
lists moving across lake in Scotland, and
threatened to capsize the boat. When it
seemed that the crisis was really come, tho
largest and physically strongest Of the
party, in state of intense fear, said,
Let us pray" ono, no, my man."
shouted the bluff old bOatman; "lct that
little man pray; Won take an oar"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ROME celebrated the 2,637th anniversary OF
its foundation by Romulus on the 27th ult.
\ PORTLAND (ME.) JURY had to be provided
with dozen copies of David Copperheld''
recently, in order to estimate in a libel suit
the amount OF damages the plaintiff had sus-
tanned in being compared to Uriah Heep.
REV. Mr.. DELO, Of the Lutheran Church OF
Centre Brunswick, \. Y, persists in remain
ing in the pastorate, despite the protests of a
large part OF the congregation. Il shall be
preaching the Gospel" nc remarked in his
sermon last Sunday, "when majority of this
congregation is in hell"
THE removal of l,4OO bodies from one part
of Mechanics Cemetery, Philadelphia, to
other places of interment in the same ceme-
terry has been successfully accomplished, the
work having been necessltated by the opening
of Twenty-secOnd street. Ninety days were
consumed in the transfer.
HENRY LABOUCHERE, who is not only
editor of an influential London journal, but a
member Of Parliament as well. has been going
into uncomfortable mathematics by showing
that the cost of the royal family, about fl,0O0,
900 annually, would give meal to 100000
children on 800 days in the year.
Two HUNDRED THOUSAND herring were
landed at one haul on the MOI theast river, Va,
on Wednesday last. On the following day the
seine came in so full of fish that it could not
be landed, and a portion of the catch had to
be liberated to secure the remainder. Over
100000 herring and several hundred shad were
landed, and perhaps as many got away.
CAPT. WHITE Of the steamship Hector, one
of the sealing fleet which arrived st. Johns,
n. F., on Sunday, reports that on April q, in
latitude 81 degrees Is minutes north, longitude
50 degrees % minutes west, he saw an iceberg
about three miles in length and about seventy
feet in height, with number of harbOrs and
creeks in its side. Had he not been aware of
the position of his ship he should have taken
il for an island.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
BRIGHT BITS.

IL the social circles of the chicken yard the
lines are very distinctly drawn. for each hen
has her own set.-Kerchdnt TrG0e5ler.
GREENBURG tPA.) MEN shot tramp for
stealing potatoes from their fields. Such con-
duct is tuber- rOotal for anything Pittsburg
Telegraph.
"WHAT is wanted in this country" said the
bride as she examined the wedding presents,
lis silver service reform; that set is plated"
-S0mer5iLLe journal.
THE Journal Of Health says that a cold may
be cured if the patient will eat nothing for a
day or two. This may account for the scarcity
Of colds among newspaper men.-BOstoB Post.
THE Florida Strawberries only grow,On low,
ordinary vines. By the time they get North
they are so high we supposed they grew on
church spires and weather yanes.-HdUbeye.
THE poet wrote the line. "Oh, my sad eyed
sail0r;' but the intelligent compositor made
it appear. "Owe my mad-eyed tailor" An
other case of "bullded better than he knew
N. Y Journal.
SOMEHOW Gen. sherman does not think it
the greatest event OF his life to be at the head
of thes st. Louis militia. If Chicago would
offer HIM place on the police force he might
accept.-Nelo Orleans PicGVUne.
IT was supposed that highway robbery,
arson and murder were about as heinOus Of
lenses as a cowboy could be guilty of, but we
have lately seen some verses in our exchanges
signed 1.-THE Cowboy Poet. "-NOrrist0l0n Her
aid.
THIS is the happy time of year when man
getteth up a step-ladder to hang picture,
and the step-ladder kicketh up behind and
standeth him upon his ear, and falleth over
upon him, and fileth him with much ave-
MiddletOloR transcript.
PROF. MERRIMAN declares that in 10000
years the ocean VIII roll 300 feet deep over
New York city," This should not alarm the
New Workers, however. By that time apart
ment houses in New York, at the present rate
of altitude, will be built 500 feet high.-NoTris-
torn Herald.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10

The CITY Surveyor, Mr.. Howard, in his
survey for the purpose Of plotting the new
extension south Of Anderson street, made
that street his base line. His survey gave
to the extension Of all streets running
north and south quite an inclination 10
the west Of a straight line running due
south from anderson street. This inci-
nation would have rectifed the course Of
those streets which gradually have been
DETECTED from their true alignment. The
committee Of the City Council having
charge of the work Of plotting the new
extension have rejected the survey Of
Mr. Howard because it would have
involved considerable expense and, per-
haps, litigation. The committee adopted
another survey. which makes the White
Bluff shell road the base line, and which
utilities that road for the extension Of Bull
street. such streets as have been opened
by private parties are, as far as practical
bic, to be incorporated in the city's plan.
The committee also decided to continue
the system of lanes which is so marked
feature in the old part Of the city. There
is very little to be said il favor Of lanes
in cities and good deal against them. If
we are not mistaken, public sentiment in
this city is against them, and the COM
mittee would have acted wisely and for
the public good by making no provision
for them in the extension. AS a rule,
they are lined by small dwellings,
and are used as thoroughfares. They in
crease the taxes by adding to the eX-
pense of keeping the city clean. The adj
YOcates Of lanes claim that they are nee
essary as receptacles for garbage. There
ought not to be any place where garbage
can accumulate. II the garbage is
placed in barrels in front of residences il
/ is certain to be removed early every morn.
! ing. Ifput in the lanes there is no Ger.
/ tainty when it will be removed. Another
/ objection to lanes is that they and the lit
/ tie dwellings which are built on them
lessen very materially the yard space Of
/ the residences. Every square foot un
/ necessarily devoted to streets and lanes is
/ the occasion of an unnecessary and never
/ ending expense. 1t costs under the pres
/ ent administration Of affairs $50, 900 year
TO keep the streets and lanes in a toler
/ ably fair condition and about $4,000 to
| keep them clean.
/ These are large items for a compare.
lively small city. The cause of this ex-
traordinary expenditure is the immense
number OF thOrOughfares. The plan of the
older part of the city does well enough
for little town but it makes a large city
very expensive. Drop the lanes out Of
the plan, and let us have only streets
/ The chances are that they will be kept in
much better condition without lanes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
GEN. BEAUREGARD.
A Brief Account of His Marriage an
His Family

A Brief Account of His Marriage and
His Family.
A clipping published in the MORNING
NEWS a day or two ago contained a
rumor to the effect that Gen. Beauregard
was about to marry Mrs. Commodore
Vanderbilt. The following is correct
account of his first marriage, written by
A. Meynier, Jr., editor of the Confederate
KndpSdck:
Gen. Beauregard was married in Sep.
| TENDER, 1871, to Miss Laurie Where, daugh.
ter of Jules Villere, a sugar planter
of Plaquemine parish, and grand.
| daughter of Gov. Where; second Gov.
ernOr Of the State of Louisiana. This
lady died in 1850, leaving behind
regard, Aide-de-Cam of Gov. McEnery
and District Attorney of Plaquemine and
St. Bernard parishes, residing in the lat.
ter; Henry T. Beauregard, sugar and
| rice planter on the former family planta.
ton Of Jules Villere, in Plaquemine par.
ish; and Miss Laurie Beauregard, who
afterwards became the wife of Mr.
Charles a. clarendon, commission mer-
chant of New Orleans.
In 1860, just prior to the commencement
OF the late war, the General married his
second wife, Miss Caroline Deslonde,
daughter of Andre DeslOnde, a sugar
planter of st. James parish. She was a
sister of Mrs. Slidell, whose husband, at
that time, was Senator in the Congress
of the United States. Her death took
place in the spring Of 1864, after linger-
ing illness of two years, and while the
General was absent in the service of the
COnfederacy.
Gen. Beauregard is now advancing in
years, and feeling the natural desire for
repose from the agitation of this busy
duces, he has, to a certain extent, retired
from active lite, and is now residing at
the beautiful cottage of his married
daughter, Mrs. clarendon, No. 355 st.
Charles avenue, enjoying that luxurious
ease so BETTING one whose life has been
unselfishly devoted to the best interests
and advancement of his country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
parIrr'0 Gnntr.
WHAT STRUCK AN OLD SOLDIER
at VIII soon be twenty years since the wal

at VIII soon be twenty years since the war
closed"
Under the hot sun of August, 1882, the VII
lage of Dover, n. j., lay still as the sphinx IN
Egypt, while Elijah Sharp, of that place,
slowly and softly spoke of the past. Yes"
he said, Il was in the army and saw many Of
the sights of those fearful years. / was finally
discharged from disability, resulting from
and spirits; so enfeebled that | took cold on
the slightest exposure. Life seemed worth
less to me; / lived only in memory"
THAT was sad enough" l said, dividing my
last two cigars.
THAT'S So" responded Mr.. Sharp; "but 1
got over it. Outgrew it? Not exactly. When
IN that condition l began taking PARKER's
Tonic, and my health commenced to improve
right away. l was astOnished at it. and so
was my wife. piled on the flesh and could
eat anything. My ambition blazed up. could
attend to business, and housekeeping that
have to take care about exposing myself to the
hot sum am as well as | was the day / en-
listed. What differences there are in things
guns and bayonets kali; ,PARKER's TONIC
saves"
This preparation, which has been known as
PARKER's GINGER Tonic, will hereafter be
called simply PARKER's TONIC. A S unprinci-
pied dealers are constantly deceiving their
customers by substituting inferior articles
under the name of ginger, and as ginger is
really an unimportant Ingredient, we drop
the misleading word
There is no change. hOaCeUer, in the Drepdra-
ton ttsef, and all bottles remaining in the
hands of dealers, wrapped under the name of
PARKER's GINGER TONIC, contain the genuine
medicine if the fac-simile signature Of HIS
cox & Co. is at the bottom of the outside
wrapper,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
The Recent Failures.

There have been a good many notable
failures lately in the chief centres Of
speculation. That Of the stock gambler
Keene in Wall street did not create much
surprise because it was in a measure an
ticipated, but the failures Of the Marine
Bank and Of the firm of Grant & Ward
excited a great deal of comment. Both
the bank and the firm, outside Of very
small circle, were thought to be strong.
The question is beginning to be asked
whether other important failures are soon
to be expected. OF course those who al
ways take a gloomy view Of affairs feel
confident that the late failures are only
the beginning Of a series of financial dis
asters. The only reason for this feeling is
that there has been and still is great deal
Of reckless speculation, and that many
banking firms and mOneyed institutions
are financially rotten. In the haste to get
rich men have taken greater risks than
sound business principles would sanction,
and in some Instances have violated the
confidence repOsed in them by using the
funds entrusted to them. They are not
able, therefore, to meet unusual demands
upon them. 1t is SAID that the affairs OF
the firm of Grant & Ward, and even of
the Marine Bank, show that speculation
was at the bottom of their
troubles. But, because reckless stock
and grain gamblers 90 to the wall
it doesn't follow that there
Will be financial panic. These gamblers
may pun down with them a few of those
whose business is strictly legitimate, but
it is hardly probable that their ruin can
bring about widespread disaster. The
country is in a very prosperous condition,
and everywhere confidence in continued
prosperity is very strong. Here in the
South the outlook is promising. The cot
ton crop has been marketed and the
money for it received, and the smaller
/ crops command ready cash. AS long as
the failures are confined TO the stock and
grain gamblers the country has no great
I cause for alarm.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
Tn,rarranted Claims.

The most remarkable thing in cOnnec-
ton with the defeat of the Morrison bill
is the cool etfrontery with which the pro-
lection organs of Democratic leanings
charge that Carlisle, Morrison and other
tariff reform leaders are responsible for
introducing discOrd and conflict into the
Democratic ranks. For doing what they
We're elected to do and what nearly four
fifths of the party says ought to be done
they are censured, while Mr.. Randall and
his squad Of forty are praised for playing
into the hands Of the Republicans and
defeating the avowed policy of the
party. 1t is a good thing that
the people are not deceived by such I'M
warranted assumptions of virtue and in
fallibility. II Mr.. RandalFs vote alone
had been sufficient to defeat tariff reduc-
ton these same organs of protection
doubtless would have condemned the
tariff reform leaders for causing divisions
in the party because they did not follow
Mr.. Randall's lead. In their eyes Mr..
Randall is the party, and all who disagree
with him with respect to the tariff are To-
mentors of discOrd. 1t is probable that the
National Convention will speak in tones
so distinct that even Mr.. Randall and his
followers will understand that so far from
being the sayiors of the party they are
regarded as the disturbers Of its peace
and the Obstructers of its success. They
will be made to understand that in the
Democratic party the majority rules. 1t
is certainly time that an understanding of
that kind was reached.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10

HIPS Hair and Whisker Dye, black or
brown. h0c
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
Good Effects of the CuyIer Swamp
Canal.

Canal.
The Cuyler swamp canal is now CON-
pleted beyond the new Isle OF Hope road,
and the rapidity with which the work is
progressing encourages the hope that the
canal will be completed to its terminal
point, near the Catholic Cemetery,
within a year. When the canal
is completed and lateral drains made,
there will be thousands of acres Of rich
swamp land made available for truck
farming. The high lands being freed from
the malarial influences of the adjacent
swamps, will be as healthy as the city,
and Will afford eligible residence sites.
The success of the Cuyler swamp canal
shows that the entire swamp lands Of the
county can be drained and Chatham made
the most productive agricultural county
in the State.
There is another work that should go
hand in hand with the drainage. 1t is the
improvement OF the present public roads
and the opening Of others, so that there
will be communication between all
parts Of the county and Savannah. Good
highways are as necessary to the pros
perity of the county as railroads are. We
have lands within easy reach Of the city
which are capable of supporting a million
Of people. Make them healthy and accessi-
bic, and they will soon be occupied and
cultivated.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
PERSONAL.

FRANCIS MURPHY, the blue-ribbon crusader,
has begun a temperance revival in Chicago.
CHARLES O'CoNOR, the eminent lawyer,
who has been i'll at Nantucket, is conYalescing.
Mr.. BOoKwALrEB, the Ohio Democratic
politician, owns 900 acres of land in Nevada,
where herds of sheep are reared and kept.
PREMIER GLADSTONE in the Commons has
the care of the whole House, but his wife has
made more modest appearance as the writer
OF little book in which she confines herself
to "IIealthy Bedrooms and Nurseries"
SARA BERNHARDT was Kissed vigorously one
night recently at the Porte Saint Martin. be-
cause she kept her audience waiting half an
hour. 1t was thought at one time that she
would have 10 give up for the evening. as the
audience would not, at first, listen to her.
MRS. Lucy II. HOOPER is in raptures over
Mile. Nevada's Amina in the "Sonnambula,"
says her singing was fairly delicious, her
dressing wonderfully fine, and that she Great
Ell a decided sensation IN Paris as a marvel,
Ions vocalist and an actress OF singular force
and pathos.
WILHELM GERICHE, who is coming from
Germany to succeed Mr.. Hensell as conductor
of the Boston symphony Society, is promised
a salary Of $500 annually for five years, and
means to save $500 year out Of it 10 carry
back home as a fortune. He has heard that
clothing is costly in Boston, and says he Will
bring five years supply with him.
Mrs. HARRIET LANE JOHNSTON, the niece
White House and a worthy object of admra-
ton the land over. again suffers in the death
OF her husband. II. Z. Johnston. the Balti-
more banker. Mr.. Johnston died in New York
OF pneumonia. Mrs. Johnston's two young
sons died two years ago, one in Baltimore and
the other, not six weeks later, in Paris. The
parents recently endowed two hospitals in
Baltimore in memory of the children. One is
the Harriet Lane Johnston Hospital for Girls
and the other is for training nurses.
JOHN f. SLATER, whose death occurred at
Norwich, Conn. Wednesday, was known
chiefly on account Of his Thunidcence toward
the freedmen. In 1882 he gave $1,000, 900 as a
fund for their education, and the money is be-
ing distributed by a board of trustees to de-
serving schools in the South. The Skaters Of
Connecticut have been noted cotton manufac-
turers since 1883, when Samuel Slater, who in
England had been partner OF Arkwright,
the machinist, came over and began to spin
cotton. Samuel's brother John, the father of
the John f. Just gone, established the village
Of Slatersville, ami there and at Providence
and Norwich the machinery of the Skaters has
made music for the better part of a century.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10

A good deal has been said of late about
hero worship, and it is little refreshing
to find a man who goes so far back into
antiquity for his hero that even the voice
Of calumny has been almost silenced by
the march of time. A man by the name
of johnson, in Philadelphia, has created
something of a sensation by circulating a
large number Of printed handbills calling
for a mass meeting to change the name of
Spruce street to Hemlock street, in men,
DRY Of the death of Socrates, which was
said to have been caused by his drinking
of decoction Of hemlock. johnson says
that Wednesday last was the 2,283d ami
yersary of the death of the philosopher.
AS the Philadelphia people had not finish
ed discussing the white elephant question
they did not respond to the call, and the
memory Of Socrates goes unhonored in
Philadelphia.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10

WANTED, good livers and pleasure par
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Special Dry. They surpass in quality many
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being made from grapes. For information.
apply to HENRY SOLOMON s. SON, Whole
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
GRANDDUKE LOUIS MARRIAGE

The Latest Gossip About the Morgan
attic Marriage and the COurtship of
Beatrice.
There is still a great deal of mystery,
says a London cable special of the It'll
inst. to the Philadelphia Times, about the
reported mOrganatic marriage of the
Grand Dake Louis ". Of Hesse to Nine.
| de Kalamire. One fact has been an
nOunced to-day which leads to the belief
that the marriage, which certainly was
| projected, was not performed, and most
assuredly not last Wednesday, when
| Prince Louis and the Dukes daughter,
| Princess Victoria, were married at Darn
| stadt. The fact is that the Grand Duke
has suddenly made his appearance
| in England without a bride and is
this evening guest of Queen Victoria at
| Windsor Castle, whittier he escorted Her
| Majesty from London yesterday. This is
received as.evidence that the negotiations
| for the marriage of the Grand Duke with
| the Princess Beatrice have been resumed.
The advent of the Duke in London was
| hailed by the passage by the House of
Commons of the bill legalizing the mar
riages of widowers with their deceased
wives sisters, and every effort is being
made to have the bill succeed in the
L
understood to be the most active lobbyist
for the bill among the peers.
Society is much concerned at the appar-
| ent anxiety of the Queen TO secure as a
husband for Beatrice the rather aged
widower of Beatrice's sister, the Princess
i Alice; and the majority of the English
people, among whom the young Beatrice
is dearly loved for her domestic virtues
and accomplishments, are indignant over
the Grand Dukes ungallant behavior in
| proposing to enter into a mOrganatic al
| lance with Madame De Kalamire pend
ing the removal of the present legal i'm
| pediment to his marriage with Beatrice to
whom he is believed to have long been be-
| trothed. The Queen is severely censured
for not abruptly breaking off relations
with the Grand Duke, instead of attempt
ing to wean him from the Russian widow
| by bringing him to Windsor and placing
him under the influence Of Beatrice. The
| Queen bias just settled the handsome sum
Of 100000 on the bride of the young Prince
| Louis of Battenburg, and the gossips in
| London say tonight that this unwOnted
| liberality on the part of Her Majesty to-
wards the Grand Dukes daughter is pour
| apoor1ro eror laC aufrac
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
Her Of Day.

OeETOtt EFeo LTcbos
Yesterday forenoon a cOlored man call
ed at a house on Sibley street and rang the
bell, and as it was answered he asked:
HAS you aculPd lady dOin' yer washin'
dis mawnin'"
'No, sir,'' was the reply, 81 don't en-
ploy colored ladies to wash for me-"
He went away in puzzle and returned
in few minutes and said:
Il reckon l made a bit of a mistake.
Has you an ole black woman washin' fur
youv'
"Yes, sir"
"Named Indy TibbitsT"
eyes, that's her name."
Den I'd like to spoke to her. l dun
forgot dat she's a washwoman on Mon.
days an cul'd lady de odder six days
in the week, am OATS whar de mistake
come in. Please, kin L spoke wild yer ole
black wOmanY'
He was permitted to "spoke."