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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
The Pavement of the Future.

The question, What is the best mate
rial for street paving? continues to be
agitated in the leading cities of Europe
and this country, and there seems to be
no likelihood that it will be definitely set
tied in the near future. There are so
many interests affected outside the merits
Of the different materials, that experience
and economy do not appear TO have as
much weight as they ought to have.
In st. Louis there has been the greatest
diversity of opinion on this subject Tor
several years. Asphalt, granite and
wood have been extensively experimental
with. and yet the question is practically
no nearer solution than it was ten years
ago. 1t appears from a report which APP
peared in the Republican of Saturday last,
that wood is decidedly the favorite with
the property holders. The Commissioner
of Street improvements, however. does
not seem to agree with item, and has re-
commended the use of asphalt on several
streets which are to be repaved, while for
other streets granite has been recon-
mended.
A large majority Of the property hold
ers on the streets designated have filed
earnest protests against the use of either
stone or asphalt, and beg that wood laid
in the most approved manner be adopted
in all instances. This appears to be very
strong evidence in favor of wood, as it
probably costs more to put down properly
and maintain than either granite or
asphalt, and the property owners are re-
quired to pay these costs. The value of
these views is also enhanced when it is
remembered how the wooden pavements
laid in st. Louis some ten years ago ut
terly failed to give satisfaction. This
sentiment in favor of wood pavements
has grown steadily since the recent sue
eessfuI experiments with that material in
the face of great popular prejudice, and
the active opposition of influential citi-
zens and corporations interested in one
way or another in the adoption of some
other material than wood for paving the
streets. Will wood be the pavement of
the futurel
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
PERSONAL.

DIR. JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, of Philadelphia,
recently was elected a fellow of the London
Medical Society,
PROF. JOHN \. BRAsHEAR, the astronomer,
fell from a ladder in his Pittsburg office on
Tuesday and broke two ribs.
WILLIAM t. ABBOTT, aged 81, died at Rock
port, Mass, on Tuesday. lie was the Oldest
inhabitant, a veteran of the war of 1872 and
one of the unfortunate DartmOor prisoners.
ABOUT 10000 signatures have been attached
to petitions for the pardon of Col. William
Spence, of Nashville, Tenn, CONVICTED of the
killing of Col. E. S. Wheat and sentenced to
be hanged March -.
Hon. FRANK JONES, of Portsmouth, N. II g,
now one of the wealthiest meL in New Eng
land, began life as a peddler. His cart was
gorgeOusly painted and bore on one side the
words, Good weight, marm.
CAPT. COUcH, the leader of the Oklahoma
cOIOnists, owns a good farm in Butler county,
Kansas, and is one of the well O-do citizens
of that section. He is a native Of North Caro-
lima and only 81 years of age.
GOV. MARTIN, of Kansas, has received a
letter giving positive inform alton that the
famous Bender family of murderers are liv
ing in Germany, and enjoying life on the
money stolen from their victims in Kansas.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., is the
youngest Judge that ever has sat on the Su-
preme Bench of Massachusetts,, and as he
looks much younger than he is, old lawyers
kindergarten Court.
MAJ. MUTT, the midget, has just been mar
ried in England. The bride was Miss Clara
COrieid, of East Boston, a very pretty bru-
nette Is years old, and Is inches taller than
the Major. Maj. Mutt is A years old, and first
met his wife at museum IN New York two
years ago.
JAY GOULD goes off on his Southern trip on
Feb Is. He has sent his yacht Atalanta TO
Charleston, where he proposes boarding her,
to continue his journey to New Orleans. He
is said to have quite recovered from his re-
cent severe cold, still he is little apprehen
sye of the approaching March winds, and ID
anxious to reach more genial climate before
they set in.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, now so years old,
says: my recipe for self preservation is eX-
ercise. | am a firm believer in exercise. l
walk every day from my house to my office,
a distance of about three miles and a half,
and 1 feel as well to-day as l ever did in my
life. l have taken care of myself, and as
have a good constitution / suppose that is the
reason I am so WE'LL"
MRS. CRAIG WADswORTH. the well-known
New York beauty, is suffering from an incur
able disease. She was at one time expected
to share the hOnOrs of the White House with
Arthur. It is believed that he offered him
self to her, but she, with remarkable self-sac-
rfice, refused MIN. Since that affair all talk
about his being married has been dismissed
by his friends as the veriest kind of twaddle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
N.--DreSS Goods.

sweekw will
Goods satisfied realize %
some Ii n DIES, CLOlHS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
JOHN w. GARRETTs MILLIONS.
A Man Who Fought the World and Piled
Up Great Riches.

Up Great Riches.
A man of business having strong rela-
lions with Baltimore said to me yester-
day, says a New York special correspond
ent: at would be an interesting matter
for YOU to 90 into the will of John w.
Garrett"
"How much did he leave?"
s'The estate amounts to $4,000, O00,"
said my friend. "Nobody had the least
idea of it.. 1t is the largest estate ever
accumulated in Maryland-very much
more than that Of Johns Hopkins, and
is three times greater than many people
considered it would be-"
"What is it invested IMP asked.
"Chiefy in the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and in its extensions and
branches, and some Of 1t is in real es-
tate"
"What do you desire to call my atten-
ton to in Mr.. CARROTS lifeT
s'To it's singular methods. He had
hardly friend in the world but his wife.
He was at war with everybody and every
thing. The moment he stepped outside of
his door he seemed to enter the domain of
hostility. He was in conflict with the
politicians, with the city of Baltimore,
with the Maryland Legislature, with the
authorities at Washington, with the city
government at Washington, with his con-
temporarles of all kinds, and with nearly
all the parallel railroads. After he had
lost his wife there seemed to be hardly
spot for him to look for shade and rest. Yet
he turns out to have been true to his
purpose of riches. He saved himself
enormous commissions by keeping up
banking house of his own, which his sons
controlled. Robert Garrett he designed
to take executive charge of his estate,
and his other son, Henry, who was man
of cultivation, too, he kept at the head of
the clearinghouse. In that banking
house all the transactions of Mr.. Garrett
were concealed. If he had operated
through any other house his secrets
would have leaked out. He has left Henry
Garrett, the head OF the house, worth $10,-
600. OOC. His daughter Mary is the rich
est single woman in America, worth $12,-
OOO. 600 it is believed. Robert Garrett is
worth So. OO0, 900 or MORE"
sHoW old is Miss GarrettW
ssShe is still young woman, not more
than 26 or %, / should think, or there
about. She has never married, and did a
good deal of her fathers correspondence
and particular work. She is woman of
cultivation, and a rumor in Baltimore
has said that she is going to marry ply
stefan there"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A MASS Of fish eggs, weighing eight pounds,
was fished out of the ocean near Westport,
Mendocno county, Cal, recently.
THE pernicious habit of opium smoking is
increasing in purtanical Rutland, VT, and
the habit is taking firm hold Of some of both
sexes. Parties send TO Boston for small pei
lets or mOr5els of the drug"
THE Campagna regeneration works have
begun. Five hundred laborers have pitched
their tents in the ravine of the Almo who are
employed in drainage. At night their huge
disinfectant bonlires present highly pictur-
esque effect.
1T is said that S7,5OO,OOO worth of teas are
at the present time stored in warehouse in
New ork on which the importers cannot OBJ
tain cash advances on warehouse certificates
through the want Of a system of grading and
transferring. AT the average of 30 cents a
pound this represents 25,000,000 pounds of tea.
IN vermont, while only $ of a laboring
mans wages are exempt from process, a
farmer may hold tens of thousands of dollars
worth of property and never pay a cent OF his
debts. In recent case a. farmer paid two
cents on the dollar, and the courts allowed
him to keep ten sheep exempt from attach
ment which were worth $4,000, while in an
other case calf worth $500 was held to be
exempt.
VIENNA telephone people have practical
way of putting up their wires, using neither
poles nor housetops, and yet not placing them
underground. There are affixed to the walls
Of the houses on either side of the street small
and very neat iron frames. holding from
eight TO sixteen porcelain insulatoTs. The
wires are then strung along the fronts OF the
buildings on these insulatOrs, between the
second and third story windows.
BEVERLY TUCKER has a novel scheme on
hand. He says he hates a crowd, and wants
TO avoid the Inauguration hubbub. 1--WE
decided" he says, "tO take the train for New
York on March 3. l shall have car all to
myself-travel like q prince at the ordinary
fare-because everybody will be gong the
other way I'll spend the 4th IA New York.
and have a decent dinner with my friend
Cranston at the New York Hotel, which is
more than anybody win get in Washington;
Thea I'll take the train back on the 9TH, and
have car all to myself again."
IL the reports from convict prisons IN Eng
land, which have just been issued, there is
confirmation of the fact, stated by all released
conviets, that hunger is the worst evil suf-
fered by the inmates. The 1862 prisoners re-
leased FROM Portland during the year ended
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Our statement yesterday in an article
entitled "Gen. LawtOn and the Cabinet"
that Gen. LawtOn had pleasant con-
versation with Mr.. Cleveland soon after
the latter's election, was not strictly cor
rect. The conversation, to which we re-
ferred took place soon after Mr.. Cleveland's
nomination, and not after his election.
Gen. LawtOn has not been outside of the
State of Georgia since the election.
Speaking of Gen. LawtOn for Cabinet
position the Atlanta Constitution says;
"There is no man from the South who
would more gracefully fill a position of
such honor and trust than would Gen.
Lawton. There is no one in Georgia who
has won y Nre securely the profound re-
spect and : ood will of the people than he,
nor none whom they would be more graft
fed to see so honored. He has proved
faithful to every trust imposed in him, as
citizen, a soldier, or in bis professional
capacity. He is a gentleman whom So
ciety delights to honor, he is citizen in
whom his fellow men repose trust, es-
teen, and confidence, and he is GeOr-
giau in whom all Georgia would take
pride in seeing as its representative in
any position of official trust or govern
mental authority"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
Not 4 Political Murder.


1t would have been rather remarkable
if none of the Republican newspapers OF
the North had attempted TO give the
Sarasota assassination organization OF
Florida a political character. The New
York Tribune, it seems, has undertaken
this work and tries to make its readers
believe that the organization is composed
of Democrats, and that it's purpose is to
murder Republicans, and particularly
Republican officials. The injustice OF
irving to make Democrats of Florida re-
sponsibie for the horrible deeds and pur-
poses of a band of assassins is apparent
to all who know anything about the Sara
sofa organization. The facts about this
organization have been published III
leading Northern and Southern newspa-
pers, and they can hardly have failed to
attract the attention of the Tribune. 1t
is fair to assume, therefore, that the
Tribune placed the responsibility for the
murder of Charles E.Abbe, Postmaster and
United States Land Commissioner at
Sarasota. on Mr.. Atbe's Democratic
neighbors, with the full knowledge that
IL was doing Mr.. Abbe's Democratic
neighbOrs grave wrong. In the course
of an editorial article the Tribune says:
Postmaster Able was removed by
his Democratic neighbors. His success
sOr will probably be appointed by DEM
ocratic President.
There is no evidence in anything that
| has yet been published that the murderers
! Of Mr.. Able are Democrats, or that the
/ organization to which it is said they be-
| long is composed of Democrats. The ac-
! counts of the organization that have been
/ published show that its leader was a
! Kansas desperate who has been in Fl0rl-
| da very short time. Others of the or
ganization are from other Northern
! States. Some doubtless are Southern
men, but since there is no reason to think
/ that the organization is political in its
| character the question whether its men,
| bers are Northern or Southern men Is Of
no Importance.
According to the accounts from Saraso-
| ia Mr.. Able was not the only man who
was murdered by the organization. Others
| were murdered or whipped, and it has
never been asserted that they were Re-
| publicans.
lH6 pIOAupb anu flSOlOuS "SIlOH VI OHC
best citizens of Manatee county in arrest
ing the members of the organization as
soon as they became known, and the diff
/ Guilty that was experienced in preventing
the accused parties from being lynched,
/ shows that the murderers of Mr.. Able
| had no sympathy whatever IN the COM
munity in which the crime was commit
ted. The organization, since its exist
ence became known, has been denounced
| in the most vigorous manner 10y the
newspapers of Florida.
The attempt of the New York Tribune
| to assassinate the character of Florida
Democrats ought to meet with con-
domination from fair-minded men in all
parts of the. country. The Able murder
was not political murder.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Hon. FRANK JONES, of Portsmouth, N. II g,
now one of the wealthiest meL in New Eng
land, began life as a peddler. His cart was
gorgeously painted and bore on one side the
MOrds, Wood WcIght, marm.N
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Prof. Duncan G. Ross, the wrestler, de-
MES that he ever contemplated wrestling
with a theological course in a Canadian
college. He is to have cavalry sword
contest with Sergt. Davis, at San Fran
cisco, on Feb. %, and will have a match
with Clarence Whistler on March 1. He
wanted to enter collegein order to perfect
his education, but concluded that he
would not have a fair struggle with the
Greek verb, as the tuition and board bills
would be sure to trip him. He says if he
can throw Whistler, whom he thinks the
best wrestler in America, he will retire
for good
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
V.-Our Black and COlOred Silks.
Notwithstanding Goods.

And many Wooden articles have been reduced to
money if buyers neglect to call first We are sure
money.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Senator Sherman unfurled a very badly
tattered bloody shirt in the Senate
Wednesday. ItpurpOrted TO be petition
charging that in South Carolina, Ala
bama. Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee,
and some other States, many citizens had
been for a series Of years, and during the
late election, kept away from the polls by
threats Of violence and blOOdshed. There
fore the Senate is urged to examine these
charges, and, if found true, to throw out
the votes Of those States for President
and Vice President. The paper was badly
written, was without date or post Office,
and was signed by some 80 miserable
thscrawIs. 1t was referred to the Commit
itxee on Privileges and Elections. 1t win
y IN probably not see the light again,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
BRIGHT BIS.

IT makes many stalwart man stagger to
lose his balance when the bank breaks.
ANY difference between a milkmaid and a
swallow? Yes, one Skins the milk and the
other the water.-Chtcdgo Sum
HARK! it's coming-the Presidents Iuau-
duration March, 800, 600 strong! Forte. fOrtis-
simo, marcatO, animate, impetuoso, furiOso,
tremendi, do. dunn, do, flszzt, BOOM Thirty
five cents apiece; One-third of to teachers
Boston Globe
MISTRESS JANE, read in the newspapers
that very much of the candy now made Is
decidedly bad FIR the health. You must be
very careful that dear little hId0 does not get
hold Of any of the chlldren's candy.-Phftd-
detphiG Progress.
'YOU did not dare to speak to me in that
manner before / married you, sir" she In
dignantly exclaimed. mo. nor you didn't
dare come cavOrtng around me in curl pa
pers and rag carpet slippers before married
you, MANI" he retOrted. Then she cried
Free Press.
IT SEEMS that there are Carnegie Socialists
1t is surmised that Carnegie Socialist is
real, re-enOugh Socialist with his enacting
clause stricken out. lis your father Chris
tian, Johnny" asked the new minister. 80,
yes, sir" said Johnny, ''but he doesn't work
at 1t much. '-BU9dlo EgDres8.
"IsAY, DAD" said Hopeful Jinks at the tea
table, Gen. Stewards had another fight"
''That so: l thought the Oklahoma boomers
This was an English General, pa" chimed
IN Angela.
"Oh, the dynamitcurs have licked him again.
Well, served HIM right"
you re awfully mixed. dad" rejoined
Hopeful. "Thls was down in Egypt"
"Why, of course. Those Egyptians are at
it again. I'd send down a few children of
Israel and clean 'em out, as of old, if was in
BIsm arck's place" -Hdrtf0rd Post.
"WELL, my dear, you may 60 down town to-
morrow and pick out a new silk dress and
spring bonnet and hire two more servants,
and"
"Why, hubby, what has happenedf'
Nothing, but III be rich as CrGsus within
two weeks"
"What have you dOne?"
"Hircd 500 carpenters"
Dear me, What for?"
''Mhy, to make stills. Don't you see the snow
has begun to melt? In less than two days
will have the market full of stills and every
man, woman and child in Chicago will have
to have pain. ''-ChicGgO Ne1os.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

The Radical politicians and eX-sutlers
lose no chance to try to make cheap
capital by abusing the South at long
range, twenty years after the war is over.
The real Union veterans very generally
show a disposition to kick the enthu-
siasm out Of them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Postmaster General HattOn says that
over 1000 POstmasters have sold out their
offices and rendered their designations
with the request that he assist them in
delivering the goods, but that he will not
be a party TO any transaction Of the kind.
There is nothing that awakens the Re-
publican conscience like a great Demo-
cratic victory.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Gen. H. W. SlOcum, the New York Con-
gresham, has displayed good deal Of
sound common sense by accepting the
position Of Grand Marshal OF the inaugu-
ration ceremonies after it had been de-
elined for satisfactory reasons by Gems.
Hancock and Mcclellan. Gen. SlOcum
does not belong 10 the class Of inflated
cranks who take it as an insult to be any
thing but first choice.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

The Long Island Revenge Association
made a great mistake in beginning its
work by killing plumber. The members
ought to know that the death of a plumber
only adds TO the power OF the surviving
followers of his vocation, and causes a cor
responding increase in the bills of
their patrons. What the country needs
is more plumbers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

The undertakers Of Albany, y. Y, are
bOycOtting a grocer for having member
of his family buried by person who was
not member Of their protective assOcia-
ti0n. The grocer. however, appears to be
getting a good deal Of free advertising,
and the tactics of the undertakers Will,
doubtless, injure only themselves.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

CAPT. Couch, the leader of the Oklahoma
cOlOnists, owns good farm in Butler county,
Kansas, and is one of the well do citizens
of that section. He is a native of North Caro-
lima and only 81 years of age.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

Baltimore is a curious place. A Barge
room of water colOrs and brOnzes was
opened there Wednesday, and a Barge
lion was unveiled. 1t is but just to add
that the above relates to high art and has
no connection with the drawing of beer
or the watering of other liquors.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

one of the best prize fights of the sea-
son took place between an English and a
Scotch IabOrer at Port Deposit, Nd, the
other day. After five close rounds the
Scotchman knocked the Englishman to
his knees and then struck him again be-
fore he had time to get up. Although the
Englishman was badly worsted the fight
and the purse of $50 was awarded him
because Of the foul blow.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
@1F0irtuaI.
RHEUMATISM.

Although a practitioner of near twenty
years, my mother influenced me to procure B.
B. B. for her. She had been confined to her
bed several months with Rheumatism, which
had stubbornly resisted all the usual remedies
Within twenty -four hours after commencing
B. B. B. ] observed marked relief. She has
just commenced her third bottle and is nearly
as active as ever, and has been in the front
yard with ''rake in hand" cleaning up. HeI
truly a0onderfu1and immense
ly gratifying.
c. II. MONTGOMERY, NJ. d.
Jacksonville, Ala, June 6, 1884.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

1t is stated that the action Of the mana
gers of the Union Square Theatre in re-
ducing the prices Of best seats tOsSl is
not approved in New York theatrical cir
cIes. The managers will try to struggle
along. however, as long as the dollars con-
tinue to roll in in great wads.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

The Republicans in the Connecticut
Legislature got a chance to howl a little
Wednesday, over the proposition to APP
prOpriate S12j for the purpose Of repair
ing the Confederate battle flag, which the
body agreed should be returned TO the
Fourth Mississippi Regiment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

The following days have been set apart
for special celebrations at the New Or
leans Exposition: Feb. ., Freemason's
Day; Feb. IA, Florida Day; Feb. 10, South
Carolina Day, and Feb. -, Georgia Day.
Quite a number OF other days have been
designated for the special reception OF
various States. societies, etc.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
Must Retire Republican Policy.

washington IOSt NDe"t'l
With the retirement of the Republican
party must also be retired its policy of eN-
clusivcness and Capitalization. With the adj
vent of the Democratic party there may
reasonably be expected a restoration of our
commercial marine, and that freedom OF trade
by which alone can the industrial and agTi
cultural capacity of the county be fully
measured and advantageously utilized.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07

The Philadelphia Record comes up to
the defense of Nero, and says he did not
fiddle while Rome was burning. for the
reason that fiddles were not invented
until long after NerO's time. The Record
man is evidently not a fiddler, or he would
own at least one instrument dating away
hack yOnder in the b. C.'s.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-07
Iowa Record in Blood.

A terrible story of mob law and lynching
comes from the Republican State Of Iowa this
morning. Four murderers were hanged and
shot to Geath at Audubon because Judge
had granted a change Of venue in view OF
local prejudice. The details are quite har-
rowing. Nothing has occurred in the South
since the affair at YazoO City to equal this in
lican press will point the moral in due form.