Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-20
LOUISVILLE IN A LETTER.
Easter-Better Gaslight-South Carroll
mas Monument to Calhoun-Music, Art
and the encouragement for
the Savannah Flower Mission.

Easter-Better GasIight-south Carroll
mas Monument to Calhoun-Music, Art
and the encouragement for
the Savannah Flower Mission.
Correspondence Of the Morning Eeus.
LOUISVILLE; Anril 14,-This E. ,or has
neen noteworthy esssodm the fact that it has
5een celebrated by all sects and denOmi-
nations. Heretofore the Catholic and
Episcopal Churches were almost the only
observers Of the festival; this year all
churches, indiscriminately, bore evidence
in the decorations and in the morning
sermon Of the recurring Eastertide The
Presbyterians, especially, seem to have
taken the observance of outward signs
and symbols quite out of the hands of the
regular celebrants. ANY one. stepping
into Warren Memorial Church yester-
day morning would have wondered
within himself if this was a temple of or
thOdox severity and simplicity, or was it
given over to broader creed ministering
to the visible and beautiful forms of I'M
seen things? The special arrangement of
splendid music, the shrubs and palms that
crowded the aisles and vacant spaces, the
beautiful offerings at the altar which filled
the temple with incense like a wave of
odors from Araby, and DR.. Willett's East
er sermon would have convinced a
stranger that lie was Worshiping at a
shrine far removed from plain Presby-
terrain practices. 1t was a true April
day. ttfully fair and clOuded by turns,
but the church-g going public rallied forth
in regiments and every place Of worship
was crowded to overlooking.
The patient and long suffering Louis
vile people, who have been implOring for
TruA NHsrfak Il
about to have their prayers answered
There is to be a new gas company, of
which Mr.. Frank Galley is President.
There is a divinity that doth hedge a gas
company, and for these many months and
years our messy old institution has waXed
fat and saucy on the vile subterfuge they
thrust upon a fTenZied and helpless pub
lie as light and made them pay for it at
figures that were enough to break mans
heart, to say nothing OF his bank account.
Ii householder shut up doors and fled
from his home, behold he was confronted
with gas bin that made him pawn his
spectacles to settle it on his return. Lately
the supply has been of such description
that every burner in house must be
lighted to give a feeble and sepulchral
halo, and this must be supplemented with
lamps sprinkled over the premises. The
street lamps make faint little stars in the
ohoNf anu tAlC dUOul do CuEtludl Ill us
polling darkness as so many fire-fies on a
summer night; if gloom can be cast over
an entire community this is a case where
| the gloom fits exactly. Added to other
ills the VillainOus fluid has been discover
ed by chemical analysis to be prepared in
the retorts with certain poisonous COM
| pounds that were cheaper than pure
| agents, and, therefore, the gas we burned
was killing us off in heaps; the burners
became clogged with a black, sticky
substance that rendered a daily cleaning
and polishing necessary. These were
wrongs and impOsitiOns that were
surely preparing for themselVe 5
day OF retributiOn. 1t had been
secretly determined to blow up the COM
| pany with dynamite. but this cOnfederacy
of crime could not be collected en- masse
neither could the individual members be
fired, because it is asserted they are under
the protection of the Prince Of Darkness
and are tire-prOOf In this distracted and
| threatening crisis the news that a new
company was organized fell like oil upon
the waters. Mr.. Carley has purchased a
tract of land in the southern part Of the
city, near the Louisville and Nashville
depot, to locate the works and active
operations viii begin at once. The new
organization sets its foot down and pro-
tests there will be no selling out. The
older institution blinks wisely and eX-
asperatingly, but never says a word. 1t
has seen more than one such corporation
rise, flourish and fade before the potency
Of the almighty dollar.
NJ. MULDOON L CO., THE MARBLE FIRM,
of this city, are engaged upon South
Cardinals monument to John G. Calhoun,
and expect to complete it at an early day.
They were awarded the contract over
several prominent Eastern firms. The
design is a Grecian sarcophagus in gray
granite, with polished panels on its four
sides and massive polished columns at the
corners. The front panel bears the in
scriptiOn: