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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
BRIGHT BITS.

DR.. MARY WALKER Is writing a book about
her sex: The title of the work win probably
be IT.
MRS. CARLISLE has already returned $50
calls, and yet the crOakers keep on bowling
that this Congress hasn't done anything
Boston Post.
Mr.. ARNOLD says since he got home that
there Is great deal OF erudeness in America.
Somebody must have induced him to go "long"
on oil.-PAilGdeLDhiG Can.
GENTLEMEN find but one use for the nose.
They use 1t to hang their spectacles on. But
the ladies use it as a sort of hitching post
when they tie on their hats with piece Of
veiling.-BOstOn Transcript.
A FIRE broke right out in a Louisville
church during services last sunday. 1t was
with great difficulty that several OF the con-
gregation were awakened in time to save
their lives.-Neao York Graphic.
CELESTIAL
Says IngersOll, the dOubter:
/ wonder if the Colonel means
Spotless, as star reuter-? -Philuna.
IL the hope of smoking out the Republicans.
the Rhode Island Democrats have nominated
Mr.. Segar for GOvernor--BrOOkIyn Chronicle.
Perhaps they want to draw on him; or he
may be an old sOldier.-BOstOn Commercial
Bulletin.
PROFESSOR, TO class in surgery: 1.-The right
leg of the patient, as you see, is shorter than
the left. in consequence of which he limps.
Now, what would you do in case of this
kind:o Bright student: Limp, too. "-Ger-
man Joke.
THE reduction of letter postage to , cents
has greatly diminished the number of postal
cards used, and people who so to the post Office
for their neighbors' mali are so Disguised
about 1t that they are going to ask Congress
to put letter postage up to about Is cents.-Ee
THE most egOtistical of the United States
"Me.'-LoeceU Courier. The most religious
"Mass." THE Hatchet. The poorest in health
iii. "-Pretsel's Weekly. The father OF
States-"Pa. "-BoSton COmmerciaJ Bulletin.
PA" ought to call in "Md." for "II."-N. Y
E0eniR0 Post.
A BOsTON firm advertises a book of dialect
poems, written on the rail-" Dialect poets
have accumulated so rapidly within a few
years that we are not surprised to hear that
one of them has been ridden on a rail. He
may consider himself lucky that he escaped
the tar and feathers.
AN eccentric Western miner, who was at
tracted to Victoria in early days, on his way tC
CaribOo, British Columbia, saw the old Hud-
son Bay COmpany's building with its sign
II. b. Co. in large letters, whereupOn he eX-
claimed: Here before Christi Well,
swoW! / alters hern tell Victoria WIZ an old
town. but | be gOl darned eff that amt a
stickprl'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
Clothing.
YES. IT is A FACT

YES, IT IS A FACT, IF YOU WANT TO
GET A GOOD SUIT OF CLOTHES, ONE THAT
Is MADE UP IN THE BEST MANNER AND
FITS AS THOUGH A CUSTOM TAILOR HAD
MADE IT, AND AT THE SAME TIME AT THE
LOWEST PRICES IN THE CITY, GO TO
CHAs. LOGAN co. THE ABOVE is WHAT
OUR CUSTOMERS SAY IN REGARD TO OUR
STORE, AND OUR AIM IN BUSINESS LIFE
Is TO MERIT THEIR APPRECIATION. OUR
STOCK OF CLOTHING FOR MEN, YOUTHS,
BOYS AND CHILDREN IS NOW ABOUT
COMPLETE, BUT WE ARE RECEIVING AID
DTTIONS TO OUR ALREADY LARGE STOCK
ON EACH STEAMER. WE ARE OFFERING
OUR SPRING STOCK AT PRICES WHICH WE
WILL GUARANTEE TO BE THE LOWEST IN
THE CITY. OUR CLOTHING Is MADE UP
IN THE LATEST STYLE AND IN THE BEST
MANNER AND FITS. WE HAVE A JOB LOT
OF CASHMERE COATS AND COATS AND
VESTS WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT PRICES
MUCH LESS THAN GOODS OF THE SAME
QUALITY HAVE EVER BEEN SOLD AT
BEFORE.
HATS IN ALL THE LATEST STYLES AND
AT THE LOWEST PRICES. UNDERWEAR,
NECKWEAR, EARL & WILSON AND OTHER
COLLARS AND CUFFS, THE "KING OF
SHIRTS" ETC.
WE GIVE A BASE BALL WITH EACH
Boys SUIT. WE RESPECTFULLY INVITE
YOU TO CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK,
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO BUY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
A just Rule.

A lew days ago, in the city Of New
York, George 5. Walsh, man Of edaea-
ton and respectable social position,
sought and obtained admission to the
house of Mrs. Thorpe, woman who has
wealth and beauty, but not much reputa-
ton. What took place after Walsh enter
ed the house is not very clearly stated. 1t
is certain, however, that Walsh shot the
woman. The chances are she will die.
Walsh claims that he had been on a pro-
lOnged spree, and that he has no recOllec-
ton of having entered the house of Mrs.
Thorpe, or OF having shot her. Walsh
hopes doubtless that his fOrgetfulness will
shield him from the consequences of his
crime. He will find that he Is mistaken.
In New York the rule is we'll settled "that
voluntary intoxicatiOn Of one who, with
out provOcation, commits a homicide, al
though amounting TO a frenzy, does not
exempt him from the same construction
of his conduct and the same legal infer
ences upon the question of intent as af-
fecting the grade of his crime which
are applicable to a person perfectly So
herr This is a correct rule. A drunken
man who commits murder ought to be
held to the same responsibility as If he
committed the crime when sober. There
is altogether too much sympathy for muir
derers and too much leniency shown them.
If the punishment of murderers was
swift and certain there would be a great
deal less human blood Hlegally~spilt. As
Io,,rr oc n ,,,urdarnE has fourteen chances
TO one of escaping the gallows, however,
the pistol and the knife will continue
to do bloody work.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04

Georgia and the Cotton Centennial.
The management Of the New Orleans
Cotton Centennial Exposition are show
ing remarkable activity. They have sue
ceeded in arousing a deep interest in it in
FOREIGN countries as well as in this coun-
FRY. In this State very little has been
done vet towards preparing an exhibit.
The State Commissioner, Hon. d. c. Ba-
con. however. is moving in the matter,
and, as he is very much in earnest and IN
derstands his duties, Georgia, doubtless,
will fully meet the expectation of her
citizens. But it must be apparent
to every one that the Commissioner
must have help. Unless the towns and
counties cooperate with him he can do
very little. There is no State appropria-
ton to aid in this work. Private enter
prise must do whatever is to be DONE
Leading citizens in every county, there
fore. ought to lend a helping hand and
contribute to the extent of their ability In
making the position Of Georgia at the
Exposition one to be proud of. The state
has the material to make superb eX-
bfbit. She cannot easily be surpassed.
In the northern counties there is great
variety of minerals. In that locality. also,
all the cereals and fruits of a temperate
climate are produced. In the middle
counties, besides grain and fruit, cotton
is grown. In the Southern counties fruits,
vegetables. sea island and Florida cot
ton, lumber, rice and naval stores
are produced. Georgia is rich
in the variety, quality and quantity
of her productions. All that
is necessary to secure an excellent eX-
hibit is enterprise. The Commissioner
will appoint assistants in each county,
and on them viii depend, to large eX-
tent, the position of Georgia in the Expo
sitiOn.
Savannah ought to do a great deal to
help along this work. Indeed she ought,
| as the seaport of the State. oc-
cupy a separate place in the exhi-
bition. Her trade and agricultural
organizations have unsurpassed advan-
| tages for making a collection of the
| productions of the State. They ought to
appoint committees at once to undertake
| this work. Let the Cotton Exchange col
lect specimens of Georgia cOttOns, and OF
the products Of cotton seed. Let the
| Board of Trade look after rice, naval
stores, woods and the products of facto-
ries, and let the agricultural organizations
make collections of grains, fruits, flowers
and vegetables. There is no use for these
trade bodies to wait to be urged to take
an active part in this matter. They ought
to feel interest enough in their State and
city to act without urging.
Florida, of course, will be seen al
| New Orleans in all her glory
She was prominent at Philadelphia
Atlanta and Louisville, and the
money her people spent at those exposf
tiOns has been returned to them a hun
bred times over. Florida has made NJ
appropriation for the Cotton Centennial
but it is safe to say that she will be sur
PASSED by no State there. Her people are
already making preparations, and The
best she has will be exhibited.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
IT WAS APRIL
And Yet Ohio Patriots Went Fifty Miles
to Meet Mr. TiIden in Cleveland


to Meet MIR. Tilden in Cleveland.
The Leader, says a Cleveland special of
the 1st, published over a column to the
effect that Samuel J. Tilden had arrived
IN the city late Monday night, in COM
pany with Barnum Of Connecticut, Whit
ney of New York, Henry Watterson of
the COurier-JOaTRdJ, and other promi-
nent Democrats. The article said that a
consultation would be held in the afternoon
with SenatOr-elect Payne, and also that
Mr.. Tilden would hold public reception
at the Kennard House between 10 and II
o'clock,
In the morning hundreds of prominent
citizens, including city officials, ex-Mayor
Herrick, leading Democrats and Republi-
cans, called at the hotel to pay their re-
spects to the sage of GramercY Park.
Several prominent Democrats from differ
ent parts of the State, among them jeff
Post, came in on trains.
1t is needless to say these people were
the victims of an April fool joke. Mr..
Tilden and party were not in the city at
all. One man who came fifty miles to see
Tilden gathered 100 men about him i'm the
kennard House barroOm and set up the
drinks.
The Leader, to make the story more
plausible, also published in the article al
legged interviews with both Mr.. Tilden
and Henry Watterson. 1t was the most
complete April fool joke ever played on
the Cleveland public.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
rHoSrAsvTLLE,s GRowrH.
The Mitchell House to be Rebuilt-A
Number of Fine Residences in Course
of Construction.

The Mitchell House to be Rebuilt-A
Number of Fine Residences in Course
OF Construction.
Correspondence Of the Morning Eeaos.
TOWNSVILLE, GA, April 2.-Thomas-
vile and Thomas county take off their
hats thismorning to Mr.. Thos. c. Mitch
ell, South Georgia's best friend and
Thomasville's most philosophical citi-
zen. He has determined to rebuild the
Mitchell House on a larger plan than the
old house. The plans were prepared By
Mr.. ]. A. Wood, of 240 Broadway, n. Y,
and the contract has been let to Mr.. n. 5.
Eaves, of Gainesville, Ga. Work will
commence next week and the house will
be ready by January. 1t will be
a magnificent structure, four stories
high, will front Broad street 22O
feet, and front the Mitchell House
park 30 feet. Townsville, through the
public spirit of Mr.. Mitchell, more than
RECEIVERS her loss by the burning of the
Mitchell last August, and in its rebuild
ing takes a long stride forward. With
the new Mitchell House, the Piney Woods
Hotel, the Waverly, West End and Gulf,
we will have abundant and unsurpassed
hotel facilities. ThOmasville grows in
W. Paxton, a prominent citizen of Wheel
Ing, w. Va, is building a handsome resi-
dence on Remington avenue. Mr.. Lapham,
aChlcagO merchant, and Mr.. Hackett have
purchased lots on Dawson street, and
Will build at once. Mr.. McRae, of Wis
consin, already identified with us by lib
eral investments, will probably build here
this summer. Mr.. A. j. Dam, proprietor
of the AstOr House and other New York
hotels, and DR.. G.. Q. Cotton, the discov-
erer of laughing gas. have purchased res
idence lots, and will build winter homes
here. Let those who doubt the growth of
brownsville come and see for themselves.
The writer was in Tallahassee a few
days since, and was gratifed to find
the same buoyancy of spirit nerving
the arms and Frightening the hopes of
our neighbors, that has done so much
for the prosperity of Thomasville. While
there we met young Georgian, strong in
energy, pluck and capacity, for whom the
future has bright laurels in store. This
was Hon. Frank HARRISON, of Atlanta.
He had gone there to defend Peter Earnest
for murder. Earnest had been once con-
Yicted and sentenced to hang. This trial
was the third, but the first in which Mr..
HARRISON had appeared. After a hard
fight he obtained a verdict of not guilty.
Earnest had lain in Jail for sixteen
months and his several trials had cost
Leon county some $1,000. This was a
brilliant victory for Mr.. HARRISON, and adj
ded lustre to his fast growing reputation
as strong and successful lawyer. He
has won a number of celebrated cases,
but he never won harder earned or
greater triumph than in bringing about
the acquittal of Earnest. KENT.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
a NEIGHBORLY TALK.
The Dissipated Oyster Gives the Mod
est Strawberry Some Advice.
II

teeoO"fJft LetegFuDH.
A dissipated oyster that had Just COM
pleted a winters round of orgies at
church fairs and Sunday school suppers
met young and unsOphisticated straw.
berry ON its first trip from home.
''I've an eye on YOU" said the oyster.
leerIng at the strawberry in a way that
made it blush. "Come up to tend the
spring festivals, supposeY'
Il thought of so doing. SIR" modestly
replied the strawberry.
"Going to take in Chautauqua Lake,
Ocean Grove and so on, mebbe?''
"Yes, SIR"
you're the short-eake Teller that goes
around with his face tied up in sugar and
cream, amt your'
Greatly, sir, have seen but little of the
world as yet, but"
"That's all right. Now just you take
the advice of an old rounder. I'Ve been
through this festival racket. 1t don't
pay. 1t gets people down on you and
ruins your reputation. Short-cakes are
frauds. You keep away from them.
Don't you go near cream. It's the worst
thing you can get mixed up with in warm
weather. just you wait until you see a
Teller with big diamond on his shirt and
tombstone on his little finger shaking
up some sherry and sugar in a glass.
Keep your vest ON until you see him put
on top of the sherry a slice of pineapple,
piece of lemon, chip of orange and a
sprig of mint, and then you get right in
among them and pass the summer in good
society. You hear me twitterW
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
Mr.. Norcross' Party.

The movement inaugurated by Mr.. j.
NorcrOss, General LOngstreet and others,
looking to the organization of a white
Republican party in this State, under the
name of the old Wing party, will hardly
amount to anything. An organization
may be effected at the meeting in Atlanta
on the Sth, but if it acquires sufficient
popularity and strength to attract more
than passing notice its OriginatOrs will
probably be surprised. They claim that
there are 10000 white voters in the State
whose sympathies are with the Repub-
Iican party. 1t is doubtful if this claim
can be shown to be well founded. There
may be 10000 voters who could be infu-
enced to support Mr.. NOrcrOss' proposed
new party provided it represented some
new principle in which they believed. Mr..
NorcrOss' new party, however, pretends
to nothing more than that the negroes
shall be sent to the rear. About all the
white voters of the State now belong to a
party that does not believe in encourag-
ing ignorant negroes to seek office. 1t
will be hard to convince them that they
ought to leave a strong party to join
weak one when nothing IS to be accom-
plished. Mr.. NorcrOss says in the adj
dress which he and his party friends have
sent out, that sixteen years experience
shows that negroes as party leaders are
inefficient and incompetent. That is very
true, but it is not possible to convince the
negroes of~that fact, and if they cannot
be convinced how does Mr.. NOrcrOss pro-
pose to utilize them as voters without
recognizing them as leaders? By simply
telling them that they are too ignorant to
lead or to enjoy the spOils of office,
they cannot be kept in the ranks.
If Mr.. NorcrOss could gather the entire
10000 white voters which he claims into
his new organization, the negroes would
still have majority of $4,000 votes by his
own showing. Does Mr.. NOrcrOss think
that the $1,000 would permit the 10000 to
mOnOpolize all the honors and all the
spOils if the new party were successful?
If Mr.. NorcrOss thinks so he has very
erroneous idea of the shrewdness of negro
politicians. The negro cannot be kept in
the background as long as there is any
power which he can use to push himself
cOuntrv's good is what we are after, and
our object is to start youRg men on the
right track" This sounds well and
smacks of patriotism and high purposes,
but if what we have said Is correct Mr..
Norcross' scheme will not benefit the cOun-
try and viii not put young men on the
right track. Even if his new party should
succeed in getting the support of 10000
white voters it would amount to nothing
unless supported by the negro vote, audit
would still be the black mans party and
would have to submit to black leaders.
Perhaps Mr.. NOrcrOss thinks his scheme
will fairly divide the white voters. He
claims 10000 white Republicans, but why
should Democrats flock to his standard?
Have they not already a white mans
party: He offers Democrats no induce
ments. Without Democratic converts
how can his scheme be a success? 1t
will probably be a good while before Mr.,
NorcrOss' party will benefit the country
or put young men on the right track.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
GRIEF OF A FAITHFUL DOG.
Refusing to Eat After His Mistress Was
Buried.

A singular exhibition of fidelity on the
part of a house dog was shown in Staple
ton, Staten Island, during the past week.
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Walter
Odell, wife of tinware dealer in that vii
lage, died. A Scotch terrier, named Fido,
had been pet of Mrs. Odell for the past
twelve years. During the two months
that Mrs. Odell was sick Fido remained
continually by her bed. After her death
the dog persisted in lying beside the cOf
fin, and he followed il to the hearse. try
ing to jump inside. When the funeral
procession reached the grave Fido was
there, and he watched the interment.
Then he returned home and took UP his
former position beside the bed lately Oc-
cupied by Mrs. Odell. The dog from that
time refused to eat, and he grew angry at
any efforts to disturb or feed him. At
times he mOaned in a low tone.
On Sunday FidO came across a pair of
shoes that formerly belonged to Mrs.
Odell, and had been thrown out doors.
These he took up in his mouth and car
ried to his self-assigned post, near the
bed, and placing them on the floor laid
his forepaws and head across them, in
which position he remained several hours.
During Monday night Edo reused the
household by his means, and Mr.. Odell.
who was very much attached to the ami
NAL, went to the room where he was.
FidO looked up and wagged his tail, and
then dropped his nose on his mistress
shoes-dead.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04

The New York Journal Of Commerce.,
commenting on the Cincinnati riot, says
chat the excuses Of the Cincinnati mob
are liable to be repeated any day in any
other city of the Union. The larger the
city the more it is exposed to the fury OF
such sudden uprisings. The most de-
structive riots in the history Of the United
States have occurred in New York. Pitts
burg in 1877 and Cincinnati in 1884 are
other refutatiOns of the false theory that
the people of the Southern and extreme
Western States are more addicted
to outbursts of lawlessness than
those of other sections. Human
passions are alike everywhere, and,
wherever the predisposng causes exist,
these volcanic elections Of fire and blood
may be occasionally expected. There Is
no landscape so seeming fair that it does
not cover a molten interior" The Journal
Of Commerce is not the only Northern
journal that has been fair enough in COM
menting on the Cincinnati affair to deny
that there is more lawlessness in the
South than in the North. Many of the
extreme Republican papers have been so
persistent in picturing the South as law
less section that many weil-meaning peO-
pie have come to believe that there is law
lessness nowhere in the country except in
the South. 1t is time they were unde-
ceiYed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
Patti on California and New York Au
dfancaa
81 FraNcisco ChronicLe.

Gun n fuftctoCO CNFOftbC6e.
81 do not eXaggerate," said Nine. Patti,
''when | tell you that my reception here
is the loveliest l have received in the
United States. Indeed, it surpasses any
thing ever saw, except In Russia. There
the people are just as cordial and sympa-
thetic. Here the audiences are more
sensitive, more appreciative than any
where else, but they are not as great
judges of music as some OF the best au-
diences in Europe, They are very fond Of
melody. But / am surprised at the criti-
cal taste they showed in other respects,
in the superb toilets and beauty of the
ladies; the audiences here are much su.
periOr to those in New York.
''Indeed, you may truthfully say that
they excel even Paris and London, nor is
that saying a great deal; many people
will call it exaggeration, but it is really
true,
81 was never once interrupted by ap-
plause till | had finished. Many audiences
break in upon the singing before it is
ended. That is always done unless the
audience is familiar with the music. But
here the silence was perfect till the end.o
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04

The papers continue to publish JAY
Gould's prophecies about the future of the
South. Jay sailed along in sight of the
Georgia and Florida coast, and now he
pretends to know more about the present
condition and future prospects of this
section than those who have lived here all
their lives.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
DEVILS Tool of the BIackfeet.
Portland OregOnian

Old Indian John brought to town re-
gently and presented to DR.. Raffety a
curious Indian relic, being a neat and
simple contriyance for punching out a
PERSONS eyes, formerly used, as he says,
upon Indian doctors who repeatedly
failed to cure their patients. 1t is of
stone, about foot long, half inch thick
and varying in width from one inch at
the ends to three inches at the centre,
the width of the latter being caused by a
double-pointed projection on one side,
the points so arranged as to strike each
eye In the centre, while the groove be-
tween protects the nose from injury, The
ends were evidently used as handles, by
which the instrument of torture was held
IN position while the "unsightly" deed
was accomplished by blow in the cen
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
A Mormon Engagement

husband, 81 should think that you would
be ashamed of yourself flirting with that
Miss B, as you did in church to-day"
''Flirting with her?" he replied in aston
ishment, ''why, we have been engaged for
more than three months. It's all over
town."
"Oh, beg your pardon, ~said his wife,
indifferently. eff you are engaged to her
/ suppose it is all right. When does the
happy event occur!'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
FRIDAY. APRIL 4, 1884.

Registered at the Post office IN Savannah as
cOHd Glass Mail Matter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04

A special telegram from Eufaula gives
a detailed account of the burning of the
steamer Rebecca Eyeringham on yester-
day morning On the ChattahOOchee river,
accompanied with the loss of several lives
and a valuable cargo. 1t was a terrible
calamity and throws a gloom over large
part of the State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
A Pertinent and Impertinent Question

Mr. Blaine has twenty out of twenty-siX
counties which. have appointed delegates to
the State Republican Convention in Pennsyl-
vania He will have an overwhelming ma
iOrity in the State The plumed knight is out
of sight ahead OF any other aspirant for Presi-
dental favors in his party. What do those
Republican organs which have denounced him
as dishonest and unfit for the chef magistra-
cv think of the course of events?