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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
The New OrIeans Races.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 21.-At to-day's
races the weather was cold, drizzling
rain was falling, the track was heavy,
and the attendance light.
The first race, three-eig hths of a mile,
Valley Forge won, Ellen second, John
Sullivan third. Time :0615.
The second race, selling allowances,
six furlOngs, Nat Trimble won, Galaxy
second, Twilight third. Time 1:21%.
The third race, mile handicap; Oil
vette won, Lord Edward second, Malvolio
third. Time :5215.
The fourth race, handicap sweepstakes,
IL miles, ManltOu won, Monticello sec.
ond. Keno third. Time 2:23.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

SINCE 1856 there have been sold to private
persons 4O2 OF the islands along the coast OF
Maine. They range in size from 1000 to 5000
acres. There are eight islands comprising
from 1880 10 1000 acres; and forty-two COM
prislng ftom 100 to 900 acres, \ large number
of these islands are settled, having fine farms
upon them; others are wooded, and still
others are barren,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
The Alleged Commissioner Frauds.

MACON, GA. Feb. 21.-The matter of
the alleged frauds in the Commissioners
offices Of the Southern district has been
the theme of conversation to-day. Com
missioner Haskins lays the charges at the
door of Commissioner l.. NJ. Erwin. En-
win will print card tomorrow denOunc-
inc Haskins
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Died from Concussion of the Brain

WASHINGTON, GA, Feb. 2l.-Henry
Ahorn, of this place, died this morning
at O'Clock from conclusion of the brain i.
His death was OccasiOned by a bale of
hay falling and crushing his head upon
a barrel. He was about 20 years old and
leaves a host of friends.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Failures in New Or1eans

NEW YORK, Feb. PIE. NJ. Hogan Il
Co., cotton factors. of New Orleans, have
suspended payment. The firm CON-
menced business with about 5000
capital.
Samuel NJ. Todd, OF New Orleans,
dealer in oils and paints, has suspended
No statement as to the assets and liabili.
tias is made
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
a Guaranty of Peace

-L7tITsT
1t Is good thing no doubt that this cOun-
try mas no navy. II il had one the rulers
would be taking Ofiense at Germany's an
neXatlon OF samoa, as England would be glad
to see the United states do. There are plenty
OF opportunities for war as soon as the
means are provided for a spirited foreign
nOlicr-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

4 young statesman in the Tennessee
Leg stature Is being laughed at for intro
dicing a resolution pledging the State to
su7rNrt the administration of Cleveland
and Hendricks. ard the House Of Repre-
seL;ativ5s is being prOdded because il
ADOPTED the resolution without even re-
ferling it TO the committee or the state of
the Eenublic.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
THE BRITISH CoNsUL's MAIL.
No Investigation to be Held on This
side Over the RifIed Bags.

n
side Over the Rified Bags.
NEW YORK, Feb. M.-The telegram
from London announcing that the mail
bags containing dispatches from the
British Consul had been cut open and
rI1ed on board the steamer Celtic was
shown to Postmaster Pearson to-day.
Mr.. Pearson said the ConsuPs mails did
not go through the post office, but were
sent on board direct from the COnsuPs
office, and the post Office authorities here
had no control over them. AS the alleged
Offense had been committed on a British
vessel, that government would alone
have power to make an investi-
cation. None would be commenced
on this side. as intimateG.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
CURRENT COMMENT.
VIII Hardly Succeed

Should the Republicans carry out their pro-
gramme TO force an extra session it Is very
doubtful If they will succeed. Ii he govern
ment can get along without one it-Tiil not be
called, and the Republican senate viii bear
the blame without gaining any OF the sup
posed political advantages
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. 21.-Hal Cos
ling, United States Marshal for the Wes-
tern District of Texas, and his deputy,
Manning, were killed this evening by
mail robbers at New Braunfels, where
they We're attempting their arrest.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

Tee proposition to make our dollars a
lIttle heavier than the dollar OF our dad
dies ~ providing that they shall each
contain one ounce OF silver is looked upon
bv a great many as better than to stop the
coinage Of silver altogether. They seem
to thlnk an ounce of prevention is worth
pound Of cure.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

AIemphis is beginning TO feel happy
over the prospect that she will have a
bridge across the Mississippi before many
years. The Little Rock editors are pre-
narlne to call 1t a bridge Of size.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

big oil and mining company is being
organized in Bradley, Polk and James
counties, Tenn, and the impression is out
that an immense amount of watered stock
VIII soon be placed on the market.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

4 Dakota editor has received 100000
Tor fourth interest in a tin mine which
he recently discovered. He can now af-
ford TO write the editorial "we" with
cqDital Wv. -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The undiluted capital of the Hudson
River Valley Aqueduct Company IS to be
$50. 600 600. 1t costs something for the
people Of Gotham to get a suficiency Of
fresh water
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

When the Socialists hiss and boot at
Bismarck he can have no better revenge
than 70 call them a drove of dirty and I'M
wholesome hogs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

Il me unOceupied Indian lands are
bought by the government in order that
they nav be opened to white settlers, it
would be well TO provide that the Payne
and Crouch crowd be kept out when the
apQ5rtionment of the lands takes places.
They not only deserve punishment, but
thew are a turbulent set who would not
be very agreeable neigbbors TO those not
neu oers Of their land-grabbing ring.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

There is no doubt about Tom Ochiltree
seing a genius. He can devise a new
Eay OF making himself ridiculous every
week in the year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Both Wills Dismissed.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21.-In the case of
the succession of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines,
Judge Houston to-day rendered a decision
dismissing both wills.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

SoEe Of the Republican organs are be-
gicning to allude to the Senatorial squat
bic in Illinois as san agonizing night
mare" There is no question about the
fact That it occasions a great deal of agony
in anlnn nIIarfnrS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

4 negro was arrested in New York the
other day for palming off on Patrick
O-Conner a tve-dollar note Of the Irish
re7Lblic issued in 1861. Patrick has not
vet oeen arraigned by the dgnamiters for
rem dating their currency.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The blue hens favorite chicken is not
afraid to take charge of the American
eagle, and. when necessary, fiaunt it in
tie face of fOreign powers.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

4 aecro rObber was convicted in Jack
soD. gcnn.. Thursday on the evidence of
mis- dog. After the negro was arrested
the Gog went to the spot where his master
ha- & desperate struggle with peddler,
in which the latter was horribly beaten,
an -emained there bowling for several
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The ladies Of Kansas wear bright col
O-ed beetles for earrings. 1t doesn't fright
en- a Kansas maiden to put a bug in her
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

-Pne long and intense cold wave in Chi
caro- appears 20 have so frozen the bloody
SHIRT Of Uncle Joseph Medill that he is
afraid to flourish it on the outer wall. He
VIII hcya Il thawed ont by March !.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

Mrs. Lucille Yseult Dudley's enemies
continue to pursue her relentlessly. They
now accuse her of having been an ana
teur actress in her younger days.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
Eunt.
Bnar0lna.
W1Gupn foEOan,

MONEY To LOAN.-Liberal Loans maze
NJ on Diamonds, Gold and Silver Watches
JewelrY, Silverware, Furniture, Carpee
Household Goods, Wearing Apparel seWlls
Machines, ClOcks, Merchandise, Tools, ana Cd
almost anything which is Of any value az
Licensed PawDbroker House, Isl Congress
street. +. MUHLBERG, Manager
n. B.-Highest prices paid Tor old COD aug
Silver
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The people of Chattanooga and the SUI
pe..l.endent of the National Cemetery at
that place are waiting for the Hon. JO-
SER Mulhatton to come through the city
a-a5r. They think ne is the author of
the story about the interment Of horse
am -ovv bones BIZ contractors.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

When ex-CongressmaG Springer, OF
Delaware, grasped Mr.. Cieveland's hand
in New York he says he felt something
Ike an electric shock go up his ARM IL
Is 1ot believed, however, that any Cabl-
net lightning has struck eX-CongIessman
s.. N rnr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

In nearly every city the mortality
among the negroes is very much greater
in proportion to population than among
the whites. In the country the negroes
are remarkably healthy and lOng-lived.
In the cities they occupy the most I'M
wholesome localities, and their habits OF
life are irregular in the extreme. 1t IS a
notorious fact that a very large part Of
them when stricken with disease suffer
for the want of proper medical attention.
They have great faith in their old women
doctors and conjurers, and the negro
quacEs flourish wherever there is large
collection of negroes. The negro popula-
ton of the cities, however, rarely de-
creases. City life has a charm for the
ignorant blacks, and they are constantly
thronging in from the country, while it is
a very rare occurrence for negro to
| move from IA CITY into the country.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

1t is probable that Philadelphia will
soon have a system for the inspection Of
food products offered for sale in that city.
1t is alleged that the necessity for such
inspection is imperative. Not only is a
very large proportion of the milk sold
there adulterated, but it is charged that
tons of diseased and decayed meats,
poultry and vegetables are put on the
market daily. The system proposed di-
vides the articles to be inspected into six
classes. The investigation will have for
its object the discovery of original defects,
the conditions Of decay, deficiency in
strength, the accidental or int ntional
addition of inert or substitutive bodies,
the presence of poisonous substances,
and the detection of partial or entire sub
stitutiOn Of imitation articles. The eX-
aminatiOns are to be made by chemical
or microscopical methods, and samples
are to be procured by purchases made in
the open market by responsible persons.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The Chinese are anxious to procure
white wives. They are especially fond of
red-headed girls. y washerman in Buff
falo. \. y, recently married a buXOm
Irish girl from Detroit, and for time
was delighted with her winning ways,
while she was delighted with spending his
money. She was regular attendant at
the skating rink, and when he remon-
strated the other night, she drew razor
from one stocking and revolver from the
other and turned him out at the door. He
now begins to find out what it is to be
"AlIee samee likee Mclean man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

The National Temperance Society has
decided to call Centennial Temperance
Conference for three days, commencing
on Sept 90, 1885, and quite an extensive
programme has already been arranged,
but the place remains to be selected. The
society has completed arrangements for
the temperance mass meetings in New
Orleans on March y and Is. The mass
meetings will be held in the exposition
building in the day time and in the vari-
GUS churches OF the city at night,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

= Chattanooga special Of Feb. - says:
zone hundred Mormon converts lett to-
might for Salt Lake. This is the first
marty of this season, and will be followed
bv another party OF equal zumber in the
next TWO months. The converts were
fror. different counties in Georgia, North
Carolina. North Alabama and East Ten
nessee. They were illiterate and from the
lowest order of society. They became
converts chiefly to obtain transportation,
and rot through any religious motive"
The Massachusetts, Legislature is again
wrestling with the milk question. At Its
las session it passed law to the effect
that skim milk cans should be marked
..skim milk in letters Of prescribed
length. The dealers cOnformed to the
law strictly, but the letters. while long
enough. were SO narrow, and were so
formed of hair lines that no one could see
mem without microscope. 1t is now
nrorosed to amend the law So that the
IerteYs shall be plain and easily recog-
Rizsd, even BY children
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

LNOR RENT, two nicely furnished roor
IL permanent or transient; also. shan 1 no,S
Abercorn street. '0P 9'o
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

TOR Rent, two nice front rooms, furp.7-.
Il or UNFINISHED, single or en- .nita \.
Perry street, near Whitaker. ''''' If
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
ADVERTISING.

TaE WEEKLY NEWS. one year ..-.... ? 90
rHR MORNING NEWS is served in the city by
news dealers at 3 cents per week. Single
ps,r7ez Z cent?
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22
For Rrnt.

TOR RENT, house No. Is So,-.l ,-.-
street, between Abercoru any, BNi
This valuable residence Of II foor r,1'' iLaco,
basement has just been put in ms mo ABOVE @,
order from top TO bottom, and has hat ,' Iefiet
o %aisr aha ga for rG s27s0 a Conform
sion given at once. Apply 10 4 y n POSES.
FERRO, AZ West Broad street ~ IALiA.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23

-Aboh Rdils-Since steel rails were
introduced, the railroad companies
have continued increasing the size and
weight of their rolling stock. and the
speed of trains has also been materially
accelerated, till the rails which carried
trains safely ten years ago are not Sufli-
cient to endure without danger the
blows from the cars or locomotives now
in use at the speed the blow is struck.
Although trains in Britain maintain a
higher average speed than those run on
American roads, accidents from broken
rails are almost unknown there, the
cause of this exemption from breakage
being due to the great weight of rails
employed. While our leading railroads
are using rails weighing from 30 to 60
pounds to the yard, British roads doing
similar work have rails weighing from
Go to So pounds to the yard. American
engineers assumed that steel rails could
not be overloaded by ordinary railroad
locomotives or cars, and they introduc-
ed rails that were too light in the first
place, and the breaksges due 10 inher-
ent weakness are now manireStIng the
mistakes made. There are many thou
sands of miles of railroad track laid
with steel under sixty pounds weight to
the yard. Every train that rolls over
this track takes part of the steel away,
so that the rails are getting smaller and
weaker evey year. As this weakness
grows the increase of accidents from
breakage will go on. The interests of
safety already demand that the steel
rails on many roads should be renewed
with heavier patterns, or that the
weight on locomotive drivers and cars
should be reduced.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23
The Funny Man.

The other day a young man got into
the smoking car at Waterville, with a
basket of eggs and placed it carefully
on the floor. At the same station the
Henry Chanfrau, ArkanSaw Travel
ler'' troupe got aboard. In that troupe
was a young man who considered him
self the funny man of the occasion.
The funny man happened to get into the
same seat with the egg basket. As he
saw them a little happy thought seized
him; what d splendid joke it would be
on the sedate Young man across the way
to slip an egg in his pocket, The idea
tickled him so much that he burst three
buttons from his waiStcoat, laughing
over it: mo sooner said than done. y
He tripped across the aisle and dropped
the egg into his victims pocket. John
Smith, the Lewiston plumber, hap
pened to think of another good joke,
which was to slip another egg into the
funny mans tail pocket, which was
done in good style. The funny man
then retired to his seat and gave him
self UP entirely to the ludicrOuSneSs of
the situation. He laughed and laughed
and would not be comfOrted. Mean
while word was passed round how the
thing stood, the sedate man found his
egg and returned it to the basket un-
broken, the funny man got funnier and
thought he saw more fun IT making
Others duck their heads, as he made a
motion to throw an egg at them. This
was funny until he squeezed one too
hard and let most of its rich yellow
contents down his shirt sleeves, over his
cuffs and on his shirt BOSOM. That
wasn't quite so funny, but still he
laughed.
The next station being Lewiston
the giddy plumber said: "This man is
going to get off here-eggs are worth
20 cents a dozen you know, and he
wants that egg in your tail pocket"
The funny man turned pale, ran his
right hand into his coat tail and brought
out mixture of handkerchief, carda-
mon seeds, broken egg shells and the
Inferior of the egg itself, which he
dropped with a duh thud to the floor
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23

We can family picture, says Irofes-
sor Langley, how it would seem il we
were placed at a station iii space near
the lunar orbit, and could see the moon,
a moving world, rush by us with 4 We
.ocity greater than that of cannon
ball in its swifteSt flight, This feeling
may be almost realized in fact, by wit
Messing from some high mountain tie
shadow of the moon as it passes swiftly
py during an eclipse. On such an Oc-
casion, its shadow actually travels
along the earth with the same speed OF
its tight in space. The observer upon
some lofty p pint, from which his vision
reaches many miles to the west, can
easily discern and follow the approach
ing shadow, and witness the actual
velocity of a heavenly body, as it were,
brought down to him. Such Il sight
was once witnessed by some one from
an elevated point on the Sierras. Tie
reader VINO has ever assembled to the
Superga, at Turin, will recall the mag
nificent view, and be able to under
stand. the good fortune of an observer
lForbes) who once had the opportunity
10 WlLIeSo lilSuCC lAllo puCuOAuCliOll. stull
under a nearly clOudless sky. Il per-
ceived," he says, ''in the southwest a
black shadow, like that of a storm about
to break, which obscured the Alps. 1t
was the lunar shadow coming toward
us. confess 1t was the most terrify-
ing sight | ever saw. As always hap
pens in cases of sudden, silent, unex-
pected movements, the spectator con-
POUNDS the real and relative motions.
[ felt almost giddy for moment, as
though the massive building under me
bowed on the side of the coming
eclipse.' Another witness, who had
been looking at some bright clouds Just
before, says: "The bright cloud | saw
distinctly put out like a candle. The
rapidity of the shadow and the intensity
produced a feeling that something
material was sweeping over the earth
at speed perfectly frightful. l inyolun-
tarily listened for the rushing noise OF
mighty wind"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23

Professor Il. Togel observes that the
hemlock plant which yields conune in
Bavaria contains none IN Scotland, and
he concludes that sunlight plays an i'm
portant part in the generation of aka
loids in plants. This view is confirmed
by the circumstance that the tropical
Cinchonas, if cultivated in feebly light
ed Northern hot-h buses, yield no qui-
nine. The formation of tannin seems
to be influenced by exposure of the
growing bark to the light, the proper
tion Of tannin in the bark of the beech
or of the larch having been found to
Increase from the less illuminated to
the more illuminated parts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23
TEN YEARS WITH THE INDIANS.
Experience of 4 New Yorker Among
the Savage Sioux.

Sebastian Beck, who spent the last
ten years OF his life among the Indians
who composed Sitting Bulls band of
Sioux. was in Buffalo on his way home TO
New York. The government paid his
transportation as far as Buffalo, and
from here he will be sent on by the state
poor authorities. He says that at the
beginning of 1875. he, his family and
twenty-four Others who lived in Chat
ham and Greenwich streets, New York
decided to go to the Black Hills. They
helped to build Deadwood and engaged
in the mining business on the cooper
ative plan. In the first three months
their net earnings amounted to SO. .S95
in gold. On July 18th, 1875, the little
camp was attacked by Sitting Bull and
his braves, who captured all hands, con-
fiscating the gold. provisions, horses,
wagons and other effects of the New
Workers. In Sitting Bulls camp Beck
became separated from his family and
has been unable TO find out what be-
came of them. The Indians put war
paint on him and gave him Squaw to
marry. He scalped thirty-iive of Sit
lDAA4l eAiG'A W do 1llctAt
On-ga-don-ga rs reward for his bray
cry. Beck's escape, as he calls it, WAS
made with the aid of Maj. Walsh, of
the Northwest Mounted police. He
was glad TO get away. because he is 81
years old and cannot stand the expo
sure. He added:
'.The food, too, is bad. We had to
eat raw or half-cooked buffalo meat.
fried rattlesnake, grasshopper soup and
such things. Sage tea was the princi-
pal drink besides water. Many times
have gone two or three days without
eating"
He said that the Indian agents were
frauds and that the redskins had been
imposed upon so often that they dis
trusted all white men and would tell
them ''BOkateSche - meaning TO ''stay
away" He said
II don't blame the Indians for burn
ing ranches, after having been swindled
by villains who were government
agents. If the officials treated them
that way, what would they naturally
expect of the other white people 2"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23
HOUSEHOLD.
SUFFOLK RusKs.-Put two pounds

SUFFOLK RUsKs.-Put two pounds
of -four that has been well warmed
through into large basin. Melt four
ounces Of fresh butter in pint and a
half of new milk, beat three eggs well,
and add them TO the milk, with two
large spoonfuls of good brewers yeast.
Work it well in, and set the dough 10
rise fora couple Of hours; when quite
light stir it from the sides, turn it ont
Oh to pastry-board and knead it well.
Roll out with a rolliDg-pin and cut iuto
small round cakes about an inch thick
and rather larger than a crown piece.
SGT them on a Toured baking sheet
above the stove to rise for half an hour.
Then bake in quick oven light yell
low color. When baked split them open
eaying as rough a surface as possible.
Lay them with the inside upwards on
baking sheets ard dry them in the oven
until they are quite crisp and a light
golden color all over. These rusks are
eaten cold, with butter, at tea or break
last, or with cheese and butter after
Inner.