Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-03


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The MORNING NEWS will begin the
publication tomorrow Of a bright and
fascinating story by Wolcott Balestier'
one of the cleyerest and most graceful
writer's Of fiction in this country The
title of the story is "A Victorious Defeat
1t viii appear simultaneously in several
Of the leading journals of the country. IL
is one Of BIr. BaIestier's best works, and
is certain TO meet with a fiattering re-
eeption. Mr.. BaIestier is spoken Of by
the New York press as writer who mas
q brilliant future.
one OF the deacons Of Mr.. Beecher's
church says that it cannot stand. Is 1t
then to be understood that the church Is
not founded on "a Plymouth Rock:
A life insurance actuary calculates thar
IN the year 1888 there Will be living only
l.233 survivors Of the late war between
the States. He has probably forgotten 10
calculate the great influence pensions nave
on the mOrtuary tables
1t has been noticed that tie Republican
papers have quit speaking Of the better
element" i'm the grand old party. Since
the accommodation Of the muswumps
there is no Better element in the party.
The Republicans now are all bad ana
worse.
The Chicago Times very apply says:
ssMr. RandaIrs safe and triumphant tour
through the solid South Will be a complete
refutatiou Of the foolish notion that Re
publican doctrines cannot be expressed
IN that section Of the country with
safety"
1t was a great joke Ezekiel Young, of
Pascoag, X. l., played on his creditors
the other morning. lie invited them to
come 20 the depot at s o'c-ock and get
their pay, and when they got there they
found his body with a bullet hole through
the head.
Sergt. Bates, like the great Ulysses, has
received the reward for his heroic SER
vices to mis- country at last. A rich old
crank out West has just died and left him
the snug LITTLE legacy of $4,000. It's SAID
to be doubtful. however, if the distin-
guished tramp viii live long to enjoy the
money.
Capt. Howgate Is getting a reputation
for being ubiquitous. Hereafter. how
ever. the detectives VIII be careful not TO
be Overzealous in trying 10 catch him.
some of them have concluded that he has
gone to the Arctic regions to replace his
name on the capes and things from which
it was removed.
1t is reported that Representative Con-
verse, Of Ohio, has purchased a house in
Washington. He pledged his constituents
during the last campaign that he would
return 10 Washington and remain there
until he secured the restoration of the
duty on wool. Ii will now be in order for
him to secure a cemetery lot at the capt.
tai.
The friends Of Congressman Money, of
Mississippi, are pushing his claims for
Attorney General, and are said to be
making fight on Senator Garland, who
they consider a rival OF their favOrite.
money" it has been alleged, ''makes the
mare gOD but the Cabinet may be able to
gel sl2ng withOu; any of this kind of cur
rency-(
There does not seem to be any great
rush of gold-seeker to the reported newly
discovered fields of the precious metal in
the Straits OF Magellan. Ii the reports
continue to be favorable, however, some
American dredges may be expected to
start out before long. The gold is said to
be quite abundant IN the beds Of rivers,
and is found in the shape of nuggets.
The Republicans hope to defeat tariff
reform by practically abOlishing the duty
on sugar. and their some time Democratic
co-workers hope to defeat it by abolishinS
the tax on whisky. 1t is cheering to note
that neither class of wreckers appears
likely to go over to the other, at least not
for some time to come. Fusel oil and
sweetened water do not mix very readily
A Florida correspondent Of the Hart
ford TInleS says that oranges can be pro
dtably grown in few years at s. per
1000 on the tree. At this price they
would be as cheap as apples are at the
North, and it is thought that the con-
sumption would be immensely increased.
Within the next ten years, however, the
orange crop of Florida VIII doubtless be
more than ten times as great as it is now
Those who receive invitations to the in
auguration ball Will do well 10 remember
that the customary admission fee of -
will be exacted, and that there Will be no
room whatever for deadheads. Carriages
TO and from the ball viii cost s., and sup
per can be had at liberal prices on the
European plan. About $50 bill will be
the proper thing to slip in your vest pocket
when YOU leave your hotel for the ball
room.
BrsdstreerS report OF the failures for
the year Just closed shows that during the
wear there were II, 965 failures, with liabilI-
tiesof S234. So. 49,. The number of failures
was larger than in 1873, and the amount
of liabilities was about the same as in
that year. The most important of the
failures OF 1854, however, occurred during
the panic in May last. There is reason tn
think that the present year will show
a steady improvement in business and
financial affairs.
A few years ago the Albany, Ga, NelrS
kent standing at the head Of its editorial
eoIrmps the motto, ''Here shall the press
the peoples rights maintain, unawed by
,,ower and unbribed by gain" Now,
however, the legend appears between the
lines all over the paper. The Meas is
staunch. fearless advocate of the rights
Of the people, and does not "bend the
pregnant hinges of the knee to mOnOpC-
ists or any other earthly power.
The Bishop Of Melbourne, who recently
rofnsed TO order the clergy to pray for
90 ~, tho grOun1 thaf IL