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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
EIsH,s FIsHY TALES.
Cen. Grant Referred 10 as Partner
Long Refore He Beoame One.

Cen, Grant Referred TO as Fartner
LenE Before He became One.
NEW YORK, April s.-The trial Of j..
d. Fish, formerly President Of the Marine
Bank, was continued to-day. Mr.. Fish
was again on the stand and narrated a
conyers ton he had with Gen. Grant IN
the latte part of 1888, Mir. Fish said;
] called at the ONCE OF Grant & Ward one
morning 10 see Mr Ward ] met Gen. Grant
outside ne ofhce, and a~krd him how the
business Of the concern as He told re oal
IL was Z ~ r. te, anu sa ina .e tEonght that
tLcy had ma G more money durh g the year
than any Other house in W all street, rerha. s.
ga NcW F1ri. city. Pc said that he tho ght
o. at " AID was the aJlest Young usinrss man
he had ever seen. ! aGkcd ham also II ne ever
lo0Ee ed a. the books, and be told me 10 lie
Ooked o. eT his monthly statement, winch vas
saCsfactory TO hi4l.
MI Flsh's counsel asked the witness
who WIS the friend and partne Mr.. Fish
REFER 81 in the lester sent Ward on
Sept. .. 1880, and wGoB4 ne ST o. he wished
TO help along. The witness replied that
il was Gen, 1ant Late. the witness
currcC4ed himself on being told that Gen.
Grant Lidn't become "a mClher OF the
frm until TWO months later, and said that
it was Gen. Grant Z II was meanc. The
letter sent by Fish from 81. LOUIS to
Waru on MarcN II, 1882, Was read by the
L.strict Attorney . show that. sh want
,d8to st. are h own oscar from the Bel
mOnt Coal Company speculation, while
he was careful to keep from the GEL. -al
~ knowlou-e Of the rotennfss of the
conc ern. The stress explained hat the
Belmont property came TO the firm
through Cen. Gran
Exc :. John T. Hoffman 'esL.ded that
up to last May FigH had reputation for
h0uesty ara integrity. According 10
Tish's testimony the Belmont coal-mInina
property, which he was DESTROYS TO get
clear Of, was purchased by Gen. Grant
from Gen. J. b. Gordon. Of Georgia, tor
$lJ5, 900, and transferred to Grant 81 Ward
tv (1an Grant
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
Trimming Down Swnllen Fnnrn.

WABASH, IND, April S-Some months
AGO william surber, mechanic. noticed
that the tongue of his son was becoming
abnormally large, but did not report the
case TO physician until a day or So ago.
when the tongue had increased TO double
its natural size, protruled from the lips.
and rendered it Impossible for the boy 10
take nutriment save in liquid form. The
swollen tongue also interlered with respl-
ration, and the physicians. as last re-
sort, determined to trim the organ down
TO It's proper proportions, though the Oper-
alton II attended with the greatest dan
ger. The reduction will be effected In a
few days.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
TWO KILLED by A LUNATIC.

The Murderer Only 30 Years of Age.
and His Weapon a Floor Mop.
NASHVILLE, April S.-Early this morn
ing l.. X. Eldrdge, patient in the insane
asylum, from Oyerton county. suddenly
seized floor mop and struck Everett b.
Buchanan, the attendant Of the ward in
which Eldridge roomed, crushing in his
skull and fatally iniuring him. The M
luriated lunatic next attacked Thomas G..
Layton, feeble epileptic patient. aged Is
wears. crushing his skull lie then at
tackled another patient, When an attend
ant from AN adjoining ward rushed i'm and
secured him. Both Buchanan and Law
ton died IN few hours. Eldridge S only
20 Years OF age.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
BurthoIdIs NIasternieoe.

PARIS. April She French frigate
Iscre viii leave Rouen for New York
about the end of April with Barth0ldfs
statue of Liberty Eulightening the
World. United States Minister Morton
and John w. Mackay have headed the
subscription 20 the fund 90 be raised by
Americans for the purchase Of the cast
Of the model Of the statue, % be erected
near the United States embassy in Paris.
The cost Will be- 100000
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09

NEW YORK. Aurit S.-Judge Van Bruut.
IN the Court of oyer and Torminer to-day.
granted motion made ON behalf OF Lu.
cille lseult Dudley, who shot O'Dunoyan
Russa, for commission TO be- sent 20 Eng
land to examine witnesses there regard.
ing Mrs Dudley's sanity. The commits
sion is to be sent TO A. Oakley Hall. who
is pracuciug law IN London. The pro-
s4sTgstng s!iess -le at.yad go t'e mc4nt,iac
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
FIRES FURY.
The Principal Business Block of Mar
tins Ferry Totally Destroyed.

The Principal Business Block of Mar
tins Ferry Totally Destroyed.
WHEELING, W. VA, April Sat 5
O'Clock this morning. fire broke out in
Swartz's hat store, IN the Commercial
Block, at Martins Ferry, o., and, owing
10 the lack Of any means of combating
the flames, the entire block and one brick
and two frame houses adjoining We're
burned. The Con mercial Block was
owned by Gray n Smith, and was the
principal business block in the town.
The Commercial Bank and several mer-
camille firms were burned out. The loss
is about $4,000. The insurance is one
half Of This amount. The funds and books
Of the Commercial Bank are believed TO
be sale in the vauIt.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09

Goose. Postmaster at Uuouville, was
arrested to-day 0y Post ONCE Inspector
Bassett, and BROUGHT before United states
Commissioner Marvin, ina this city,
charged with emb,zz'iug funds FROM the
money ORD. deparu. cent Of his Office. His
accounts show a deficiency of over 5000.
In dcCWlt ~ $4,000 bail be was com.
mltted y jail % await a hearing. ne is
about ~ years old, and has heretofore
borne Agond character.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
SUSPICIOUS OF MURDER.

John Custer, of virginia, Mysteriously
Disappears with COnsiderabl.
Money
LYNCHBURG, VA, April S.--A number
OF mysterious disappearance Of well
known citizens have recently occurred in
the western part OF this state. The latest
is that Of Capt. John Custer. 80 Salem.
who was last seen on March no.. Ho bad
lust drawn $1,000 for disabled Federal
soldiers Of the late war and a consider.
able amount for salary as all agent.
He lett salem 20 20 over the mountains
prospecting for iron ore he claimed 10
have found. Ills friends think that he
has been murdered for bis mnneY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
springneId's Legislative Farce.

sP"INJFIELD, LII, April Sin the
joint asremhlt this morning % Senators
and 81 Republicans answered 10 the roll
call. Only one yJre was cast and the
convention aaJorFEcd
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
A Horse Falling Over the Footlights,

BosruN, April 6.-An exciting incident
occurred 20 the performance OF Michael
STogud' by the H&yerly company at the
Howard AtheuWIm tonight. At the close
of the irst act Charles A. Hasswin, who
p rs"hated Michael Strogon," came upon
tue stage mounted upon horse.
The animal was nervous and edged 10.
ward tie 'front.' Of the stage, and the drop
curtain WAS lowered. shutting him i'm be-
tween the curtain and the t0otights. This
further excited the animal. and IN his
prancings he fell over the i0otlights into
tle orchestra with his rider.
TIE house was Immediately in an up
roar and the attaches rushed 10 the scene
as quickly as possible. Planks were laid
10 the stasp, and an attempt made 90 get
the animal out. He sprang upon the plank,
Out again fell, this time catching the rail.
my about the tO1tlights with his fore feet.
lie then by "A powerful effort drew him.
sell upon The stage, unhurt 80 one was
inquired, the only damage done being the
demolition Of bass drum Quiet was re.
stored ~ the audience aud the play pro.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09

A NALfTlCAL CHEMIST Laboratory
~ Beaufort, S. G. Analyses OF All Kind.
performed with dispatch. Fertilizer snalvecs
AapeAisity. savannah c0iaa. loo Ray alriiet
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09

Many miioiors, but no equal, has DR..
Sage'e C9t0rrh Rpmaag.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
unrtraife.
uoiirrO.

q
CTATE OF GEORGIA. CHATHAM COpNt !,
- Notice 10 hereby given TO az PuIDl
having demands against JACOB 1900
DLETON. late Of Chatham county 49, IN
20 present them to me. properly haUN a. 4
within the time prescribed by law, s,i N
show their character and amount a rs
persons indebted to SAID deceAseu NV
CURED 10 make payment 70 me,,euAAf
WILLIAM N. HABEttc, - ~, a,
Administrator Estate Of j. NJ Mluule'O"'
deascd.
MARCH II, 1885.
q EORGIA, CHATHAM COuNrY.-Not.'i',yei
" hereby given TO all persons, n
demands against DR. JAMES 6. TUE
deceased, viii present them 70 N ~ "A IA
b * X, and an persons indebted V shy I'M
ceased viii make immediate payment
BAKER.
MARCH 4, 1856. ..,,..
MaFGaRHy " TH0NA.A
A5--tsra4saAFiE e.ss...- ~ 2. TboinAis' wv
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
1atlh
2Ieirrlnarn summon.

TNO OWNERS OF srOCK.-I have located
4 my lnhrmary on Farm ana Margaret
81 rc0is' Tor ihe treatment OF Sizes and Lame
Horses and Mules, where can bee found day
or night. VIII give my per-oual attention
10 al 81 lcs sent t0 me. Satisfaction guaran-
ICED. II. Y. TERRELL, Agent, Veterinary
SURGEON.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-09
Naeirln Sfore.

BUDAPEST VARIETY STORE. - Good
y sold ut b.. and luc.. worth three times th
money. We have just received 100 Glass
Fltthcrs, winch we OGer at 35c. We guar
90 zee lhlt they cNnnOt BE bought for less than
zoe NATHAN BROS, 1856 Congress street.
near jefferson,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12
MR.. LINCOLN.
An Incident Illustrative of His Kindness OF
Heart.

An incident Illustrative OF His Kindness OF
Heart.
"Speaking of Mr.. Lincoln's kindness
of heart said an old Massachusetts
man recently to q representative of the
Chicago Inter Ocean, 81 will never for
get the only time that | exchanged
words with him. This was in the sum-
mer of 1864, and our regiment was
stationed temporarily near Washing
ton. One day l strolled into the
ground between the White House and
the river, and threw myself fiat on my
back under the trees. | was in Il dis
consulate frame of mind. as the weight
of the war at that time was very heavy
upon me. | lay there for some time,
absorbed in my own thoughts and
looking mp at the fragments of blue
sky seen through the leaves of the
trees. | heard some persons approach,
heard them sit down on one of the
benches near, aud l turned my head
careleSsly to see who the intruders
were. saw at a glance that my visi-
tors were President Lincoln and his
wife. | sprang to my feet, gave a
military salute and started away. The
President returned the salute with an
awkward sweep Of his long. ungainly
arm, and said: Don't %. What is
your regiment?' When | had told him
that | belonged to the Fifteenth Mas
sachusetts, and had answered some
other questions as to what service |
had seen, he asked: Are you going
to re-enlist?' said, No. not immed-
lately: | want to go home in time to
vote for your reelection He smiled,
turned to Mrs. Lincoln and said in old
fashioned kindness: There, mother,
you see. that's the way all my boys
feel. Then he turned to me and said
with tender seriousness: L am very
glad to know that the soldiers who
have done such hard work in the field
feel that way. We all are bearing our
burdens in this war, and | only hope
that | may bear mine as patiently and
hopefully as do the boys who carry
the rifles Then he shook my hand
and said 'Good-by,' and after l had
stepped away some eight or ten feet
raised again his long arm and gave
another military salute, with a smile
on his face that will stay with me
all my life. 1t was q little
but do you know that a thous-
and times, asleep and awake, that
smile has come to me, and whenever it
does come / feel myself a better and a
stronger man"
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12
RATS N MINERS,
Rodents on the Lower Levels of the Sic FRA
Range.

Rodents on the Lower Levels of the Sic. IRA
Range.
Old miners have great respect for
the rats Of the lower levels. They
neither kill the rats nor suffer them to
be killed by green hands. In the first
place, were there no other reason, A
dead rat left under ground would scent
up a whole level. and in the second
place, the living rats deyuur any bones.
scraps of meat or fragments of other
food left in the mines, which would,
by their decay, vitiate the air, genpr-
ally hot and unpleasant ut best. Rats
also give a warning when a cave is
about to occur. They feel the pressure
of the settling ground even before the
cracking of the timbers is heard. and
come forth upon the floor and scamper
uneaSily about by scores. For these
and other reasons the miners have a
friendly feeling toward the rats, feed
ing and protecting them. In nearly
every mine the men have one or more
of the little animals as pets, and these
are quite tame, coming out of their
holes to feed at lunch time.
When rats come into a new drift or
crOsscut it is considered a GOOD sigh
it is thought to meal that the mine will
strike ore. The other day when the
men were at work on the face of a new
croSscut on the two thousand. seven
hundred level of the Sierra Nevada
mine, a rat come in TO them, travelling
along the line of the compressed air
pipe. When the little rodent was seen
some of the new hands wanted to kill
it, but the old miners would not allow
it to be hurt. They said it would
bring luck to the crosscut. SO they
fixed up in the roof of the drift a box
as Il house for the rat, and placed food
near at hand, in order that it might
find its new quarters profitable as well
as comfortable. There is much talk
among tho miners about the coming of
this rat. and the men in the new cross
cut are veryproud of it. and have high
hopes on account of its presence.
Woe unto the man who shall Intention
ally kill that Sierra Nevada rat.-Jw-
gina (NGU.) Enterprise.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12

less, relentless human bloodhound
trailed me. l tried in a dozen WAYS to
shake him of, but he was my shadow.
Once ] determined to turn on him and
insult him and brighten him off. but a
quarrel would have drawn attention
and perhaps strengthened his case.
Soon after sunset the brigade swung
into position along the line selected by
the engineers as the battle line OF the
morrow. As we were filing past a
group Of officers consulting maps
spread out under the trees. while
the ground around was strewn
with headquarter baggage, the
wicked Captain suddenly seized
me by the right arm, while a Ser
geant grasped my left, and l was
conducted into the presence of General
Sheridan. My captors said not word
in defense of their action; l was too
upset to protest.
As we walked into the little circle of
officers Sheridan looked up and seemed
to size me up at a glance.
"What is it, Captain?' he said.
"Rebel spy" was the brief answer.
Search hint"
In five minutes they had thoroughly
searched my clothing, but they found
no compromising documents.
who are you?" asked the General.
Lieutenant Charles Stevens, Com
pany B, Fifth Illinois.
The wicked Captain handed the Gen.
eral Il paper. 1t was the roster of
the regiment. 1t convicted me in a
moment.
Have him shot within ten min
utcs!' said Sheridan, turning to his
maps.
l expected just such an order, and
had been nerving myself. My captors
had let 60 of my arms, and | was free
for a rush. The General had hardly
ceased speaking, when l made a break.
In the twilight, with everything con-
fusion, 1t was a scheme Offering many
chances of success. There was a wild
rush after me, and the alarm spread
through a whole division, but before
ten o'clock l was inside the Confeder-
ate lines.-An ''Er-Rebel," IN Detroit
Free Press.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12

The Vivacity Which Lies in an American
Girls Elbow.

me flNaclty Nhlch Lies in an American
Girls Elbow.
Many of the guests at Beatrice's
wedding were Americans. | always
know them by the jerkiness of their
movements and their eager rcstlessness
Of expression. When the fair Ameri-
a acquires repoSe (and she some
times does) she is charming. But as a
rule she is so impetuously impul-
sive that n is always kept on the qui
vive, expecting her to 90 oil like a
champagne cork, but without the least
warning.
Such nodding of little plumed and
lowered bonnets there was! Such
rakish little hats. with brims curlcd and
bent, and alternately tlattened! One
little specimen was precisely the shape
of the small trees in the children's
Noah's little arks. You can fancy the
lower branches of one of these very
stiT little lower branches of one side,
can you not? Well. then, in your i'm
%agination You can trim it with 4 gar
land of pink flowers. and put it on a
pretty little head hat keeps bobbing
up and down like a cork in a swift river
current.
Have you ever observed how much
vivacity there is, too. in American cl-
bowsP They are full of expression, I
can assure you, and the American
nudge" when received in thorough
earnest, is something to be remem-
bered. | have an American friend
whom l love and admire, but | have
had to entreat her rather to knock me
down than to nudge me. as she calls
the violent exercise whcrowith she has
been wont to attract my attention. The
verb is a feeble and futile expression of
the thing itself. Were she to bestow
one of her nudges, in mistake, upon a
stranger. that astonished individual
would certainly give her in charge for
assault and battery ,-London Letter.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12
A FEARFUL
How Mr.. Smith Was Disturbed by the A.
vent Of q Life Insurance Agent.

How Mr.. Smith Was Disturbed by the Ad-
vent Of n Life Insurance Agent.
"Mr. Smith, l called TO see if l
could take your life. You see,
Pm"
''Wh-wh-what d. you say?" ex-
claimed Smith, in some alarm.
II say that I've come around to take
your life. My name is Gum. As soon
as l heard you were unprotected. that
you had nothing on your life, Thought
/ would just run in and settle the mat
ter for you at once"
Then Smith got up and went to the
other side Of the table. and said to him
self: ''It'g q lunatie who hna broken
out of the asylum. He'll kill me if
halloo or run. must humor him."
Then Gum, fumbling in his pockets
after his mortality tables, followed
Smith around the DON and said to
him: ''You can choose your own plan,
YOU know. It's immaterial to me.
Some like one way and some like an
other; it's a matter of taste. Which
one do you prefer?:"
I'D rather not die at ALL said
Smith, in despair.
But you've got to die, of course"
said Gum; chats a thing there's no
choice about. Ali | can do is to make
death easy for you-to make you feel
happy as you go. Now, which plan
will you take.
"Couldn't you postpone it until to-
morrow, SO as to give me time to
think?n
NO; l prefer to take YOU on the
spot. | might as well do it now as at
any other time. You have a wife and
childreny'
Eyes, and l think you ought to have
some consideration for them and let
me Off"
well, that's a curious kind of an
argument said Gum. when | take
you your family will be perfectly pro-
tected, of course, and not otherwise"
But why do you want to murder
me9'
Murder you!-murdcr you. Who
in thunder's talking about numbering
you?'
"Why, didn't you say"
81 called to get you to take out a life
insurance policy in our company, and
-
ooh, you did, did you?' said Smith,
suddenly becoming fierce. ''Well, |
amt a goin' to do it, and | want you
to skip out of this, or I'll brain you
with a poker-come now. Skp.'
Then Mr.. Gum withdrew without
selling a policy, and Smith is still un-
insured. Cor. Chicago Lctger.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12
THE mi MIGRANT.
Money he redominating Topic OF Inter
est tn His Notions.

ebt " He Notiohss
The one predominating topic OF in
terest in the immigrant mind is money
how to make it and how to save it.
Suspicious of everyone who can not
talk their particular language, though
easily bamboozled by those who do,
they come into the Garden looking
upon every stranger as a robber and
an enemy. Their money, which NAV
be a greater sum and may be a less. Is
sewed away in the lining of their
clothes, or fastened in their coats. or
secreted in their stockings, or chained
to their waists by hrazen money belts
and various other apparatus of torture.
and to get it out is much worse han
pulling teeth or c~oaxing pigs to market.
Ohly a lew days ago AT old Swede
brought his wife and one thousand four
hundred dollars in money over with
him. and it was an hour before he could
be persuaded to get it changed into
American money, and then not until
he had been taken inside of the ex-
change bureau and the whole thing ex-
planned to him about nine separate
times. Put the same suspicious man
in the hands of a shrewd rascal outside
conversant with Swedish and that
money would change ownership in
very short order. 1t is 4 common say
ing at the Garden that an immigrant
knows more when he arrives there
than he ever does afterward. You can
not teach him anything. If he is in
the tolls Of a swindler and you try to
warn him in time to save himself, he
will refuse to believe you. The most
successful swindlers who operate
among the immigrants lay the founda-
ton for their work with letters and cir
culars sent across the ocean.
What are the immigrants first i'm.
prcSslons of this country? Most of
them are very matter-of-fact. The
pleasing fiction that they come here ex-
pectlng to pick up money in the streets
is a wild romance. They do expect to
make money, and they have a linger-
ing hope that it will come without
much work. They walk out and view
the butt end of the city and 90 back
much disappointed. 1t isn't half 50
fine as they thought it would be. they
say, and they compare it unfavorably
with London, or Paris. or Berlin. or
whatever city they are familiar with
InterUleW in n. Y. Sun.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-09-12
A Singular Ceremony.

A curious ceremony was performed
recently at Travancore, India. The
Maharajah was weighed against a mass
Of pure gold, which was then dispensed
in charity. This custom, called "Tul-
abhara," is of great antiquity. 1t is
not unknown in other parts of India;
though of course gold is only used in
the ease of wealthy persons. the hum
bier sort being content to weigh them
selves against spices or grain. On the
present occasion the Maharajah
weighed a little over nine stone. The
Brahmins, it is said. wished to defer
the ceremony, in tho hope that the
Maharajah might o nearly approach
the weight of his father, who did not
undergo the rite until forty-seven
years old, when he weighed fourteen
and three-quarters stone.-M Y Even-
ina Post.