davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
How He Got His Name

FRAN the ESbsrt0r (Gd.) Gdsette.
just after the war certain man in this
county rented a piece of land near town
which had a considerable amount OF Ber-
muda grass on it. At that time our people
knew but little about this grass and, the
renter being hard up for something to live
on, conceived plan by which to secure
meat for his family. There was cOnsid-
cradle number OF hogs in town and, going
TO see the owners Of the swine, he told
them that be would take their hogs down
TO his place and fatten them on Bermuda
grass one-half for the other. This ar
rangement was made with several parties
and quite a number of hogs were secured
TO be fattened on halves. When he came
TO town he always reported that the hogs
were getting along finely, until late In the
fall he killed his half of them, and when
the original owners Of the hogs called for
a division he reported that something had
got the matter with the hogs and their
half had all died, and nary hog did one OF
them get. Ever since that time he has
passed by the name Of "Moody."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
FLORIDA.

st. Augustine is to have a street rail-
way.
The Ponce de Leon Hotel Company, OF
st. Augustine, now have nearly 800 men
who draw wages.
DR.. Williams, OF Cincinnati, is making
preparations to build a $4,000 residence,
near Mr.. Blanchard's house, at Eustis.
| The Parodi property on Whitehead
| street at Key West was sold at public
auction last week by Messrs. Coleman 81
Son. e. o. Locke purchased it for So, 800.
The Bradford estate, located near Slog-
gett's saw mill, at st. Augustine, was
I sold at auction on Monday, and was pur-
chased by MIR. John Z. Dismukes for
| $?ll 80.
| Workmen are now engaged in con-
structing the railroad on Anastasia Island
/ which is to connect with ferry from st.
Augustine. The road will be built TO
! Anastasia City as soon as possible.
/ Capt. Paul Canova, of st. Augustine,
| lately deceased, was for many years iden-
! titied with the steamboat business on the
st. Johns river. In 1916 he commanded
the first steamb boat that ran weekly be-
tween jacksonville and Lake Monroe.
DR.. j. NJ. Fairlie, Secretary of the Jack
sonville Board of Trade, received the fol-
lowing letter few days since: "TRIN-
ITY, Ten, july 81, 1SS6.-Dr. }. M. Fair
lie, Jacksonville, Fla: Dear Sir-l am a
widower, have comfortable home of sew
enteen acres and good improvements
! thereon: and house and drug store in
town, and have no one but myself, and
seek Scotch woman to keep house for
| me. | want one from IS to 80 years of
age-One that knows all about housekeep-
! ing, and one that will take as deep an in.
| terest in my welfare as | do. In other
words one that can marry, and that will
! look after me and mine with jealousy
that will manifest her interest in my ne.
| half. Send her on without delay to my
address. DR.. KENNETH THOMSON"
| The impression which has been created
| that the steamboat business on the St.
| Johns river has been ruined or greatly in
| jured by the completion of the Jackson
| vile. Tampa and Kew West railroad is en-
tirely erroneous. The Peoples Line are
running as many steamers as ever before
at this season Of the year and with as
much success, and Maj. FenwicK, of the
DeBary- Baya Line, said Monday: eve
are doing a splendid business now. We
run regularly the same number of steam.
| ers now that we did at the same time last
year, except the small lower river mail
boats, and are handling as much freight
| Our boats run regularly and go out full
| every trip, and il is our purpose In the
| fall to bring back both the steamers
DeBarY and Sylvan Glen and possibly the
Baya. The reports to the contrary, which
are circulated for sensational motives
are simply false and injurious. At this
season last year neither toe boats of the
| Post Line, or what was known as the
| Independent Line, were running. The
fact is that, with the exception of two
small mail boats, there are now as many
boats on the river as there was last
August, and they are making as much
money.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
A Dinner With a Chorus.
From Harper's for August !.


The many instances and anecdotes OF
the late war with which the papers TEEN
remind the writer of the following, heard
during a recent visit to Virginia:
Very soon after peace had been declared
two gentlemen high in authority in
the North had occasion to go to Richmond.
They brought with them letters of intro
ductiOn from Jefferson Davis to Gen.
A, one of the most prominent citizens
of the place, asking that particular atten-
ton and courtesy be shown the Northern
visitors, as they bad been very kind to
him at time when kindness was special
ly Appreciated; in other words, during
his imprisonment. General A i'm
mediately made preparations for a large
dinner party the following evening, to
show all pos sible respect TO the request OF
the late Confederate President, and every
attention to those who had treated him
with sympathy and consideration, and
also to maintain ViTginia's reputation for
hospitality, of which Gen. A. was very
proud. His invitation was accepted, and
IN due time his guests arrived. Dinner
was soon announced and proceeded with
all form and ceremony, while many remi-
niscences OF the war were INDUCED in,
and guests and host We'd with each other
in telling stories illustrating the bravery
and magnanimity OF their late opponents.
Inueed, III seemed VerltaDie love feast.
Finally. as the wine went round, and good
feeling flowed with it, Gen. A, lifting
his glass OF old Madeira, a remnant OF
former prosperity, proposed a toast:
"a speedy cessation to all i'll feeling
union Of hearts as well as of States"
At the supreme moment, and mingled
with the clink of the glasses, a childish
treble came from an adjoining pantry:
81 am a good old rebel and that's what I am
And for the Yankee nation l do not care a
dam -
His father. being very deaf, did not hear
a word OF il, bowed low, and drank the
toast, while wondering in what he could
have Offended that the cordial manner of
his guests suddenly changed. However,
he but redOubpd his courteous attentions,
not knowing that every few moments the
above refrain hDated into toe room IN de-
cided contrast 10 his expressions OF Kind
~ leellng, 5eoaa r. NHl zNIf HTf
The hostess cast despairiDg plauces at
the servants, who in expressive panto-
mime declared that they could do nothing,
though doubtless, in point of fact, they
were encouraging the young rascal, and
greatly enjoying the consternation in the
dining room ~ ., ,'~ ....t
Many years passed before IT was thought
eXpedient to explain the sudden stilen-
ing OF the company on that memorable &C
caslon, for Gen, Arr held dlscOurtGsy TO
guest as the blaekest OF social sins.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rurNEWS DiIrlIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

,,. scent of Colo.ue Laads to the Ar
,.t of az Augusta Negress-A white
Man Stabbed by Negro sat Gritfia--
1;..I,ed Men on a Raid at COhutta.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
"oUR SISTER REPUBLIC"
Don HidagIo de Biowhardo and His
Fellow Citizens of Mexico.
From t4e 7snas .Siftings.

From the Ts1ds .Siftings. O
Don Hidalgo de BlowhardO, our Mexican
neighbor, is going to get himself into "a
difficulty" as Kit Carson used to call it.
He is bold, arrogant man, but he will
not be so very long, unless he ceases to
annoy Americans in Mexico
There Is a story told of how sudden
thunder storm had the effect OF changing
a skating rink, temporarily at least, in TO
a church. Something OF the same kind is in
store for the festive hldalgos. There is a
thunder storm brewing in Texas that Will
scare the MeXicans into FITS when it
breaks loose.
There is an immense stOrehouse of ami
mostly TO Mexico on the Texas side of the
Rio Grsnde. There is i'll Texas more
hostility TO Mexico to the square inch
than the MexIcans dream OF, and 1t is all
wool and a yard wide. This persistent
and continued proddlng of the American
eagle will result III the Mexican grave
wards becoming 50 densely populated
that the gate posts Of the cemeteries Will
be adorned with the legend, standing
room only"
Riding bicycle or treadIng on a
banana peel are peaceful pastimes and
calculated TO promote health and
longevity when compared with pull
ing the American tdRie Tall. PROVIDED
the party doing the pulling does not
amount to more thao does our sister re-
public.
From military standpoint Mexico is
not as big as the little boy who was so
very small that he had to use a step
ladder TO pick up potatoes from the
ground.
senior Don HidaIgo do Blowhardo
should behave like white man or
get his life insured for more than 1t is
worth.
The promptness and fierceness with
which Mexico is called 10 account as con-
trasted with the slOwness OF Secretary
Bayard in tackling the British lion is
truly phenomena.
Yes, the American eagle Is not like that
mule in Georgia. A man rs dying from
the effects OF its bite. In other words. the
mule was dangerous al both ends. On the
other hand, the American eagle is only
dangerous ut one end, the Texas end. At
the Can ada end ne is remarkably tame and
peaceful.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
Strange Freaks of a Snake


On last Saturday night a young gentle
man who lives in the Sixth district of this
county went home about IL O'Clock. He
unhItched his horse from the buggy
and while pulling the buggy under the
the shed, which is under the fodder loft,
he heard a strange noise above his head
which sounded as though it came from
the fodder loft. At first it crowed like a
very young rooster. then 1t cackled and
clucked like a hen, then made noise like
young chicken and twittered like a
wren. The gentleman was excited and,
his curiosity being aroused, he went to
the dwelling house and procured light.
w hen he got back to the lot with toe
light he heard the strange sounds again
several times. Finally, having gotten the
light in place where he could see the
object, he was greatly surprised to dis
cover lying upon the plate of the building
one OF the largest snakes be ever saw be-
fore in his life. Leaving some one to keep
his snakeship company he went back to
the house and got his rifle he was afraid
to shoot with his shotgun on account Of
settin. fire to the fodder and went back
to dispatch the huge monster. He took
good aim and fired, put the snake crawled
oil and disappeared in the fodder. He is
certain he nit the snake, but fearing he
did not kill him is watching for him to
show himself again.
The author of the above is young nan
who is well known all over the county,
having been reared here. He says that 1t
is true and he is willing to take an oath
to that effect before any officer in the
county.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
LUCY COBB INSTITUTE,
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE,
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND,

Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies' and
Preparatory school for Little Girls, EMBLA
Quoted by the Sisters OF NOtre Dame. Send
for catalogue.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11

whom she was employed detected the
perfume and suspected her. She imme-
diately searched for large bottle OF
cologne she had just purchased, which
was found to be missing, besides the jew
elry and other articles. A policeman WAS
Immediately sent for and the girl was
taken TO headquarters, where she &C
knowledged having stolen the articles,
arrest,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
Ring that Chestnut Gong.
tAe Chicd0o Meas


zone day about two weeks ago." said
Mr.. John 4. Sullivan, 81 was on ferry
boat crossing over from Detroit. We
had Just cast of the ropes when an Irish
man rushed through the gate, threw
down his money, and waved his hat.
"Howld on ! how'd on y be shouted.
Jump! jump we shouted.
"The boat was barely three feet from
the dock, and he could have stepped across
the chasm. He stepped back, took run,
and made an awkward leap. He made IL,
but he landed ON a banana peel which lay
On the deck. and before no stopped rolling
When be got up and brushed OF his
clothes the boat was fifty feet from the
shore. Looking at the stretch Of water
he slapped his thigh and exclaimed
proudly:
"'Besorra! what lepr"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11

Guibolard takes promenade In the
Salon, in company with Young painter
who has picture on exhibition, which
has been commended by the committee.
"show me :" said the former, ''your picture
that has secured honorable mention"
"There il is," said the artist-"portrait OF
tIon-V said Guiboliard "but how the devil
AID Won come to choose such an ugly
modeiY, 'Indeed, sir, this is my mother"
replied the artist, coloring quickly. "Your
motherw exclaimed Guibollard with con-
fusion, s'Pardon, monsieur, am stupid.
/ ought 10 have perceived 1t at q glance.
You are as alike as two peasV-Frchch
FIN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
HlRDfrQl.
HEADACHE.
SICK H1EADIGtJEsgzI1 /.
DEAR BRO. MI;tk.. - 20 a. +, la. a. wa
Editor Cen ,TII Atotbedistu .tssi a

DEAR BRO. NI;fSr oi s. r 40 Of ynia7.
Editor Cepyaa Mptbedistu .sjssl sn,1
- ~ anlsg.Dlet tsbu re.ahy, .daut
81 see iR,tBe f9st Central thAEy0u M
want q gsyqE1g lOr Sics He idaehe. Hnus
you VIII use remedy that You adyer- sao
Use In your paper every week, am ~
surc1 ybEnisNni be gre-ty benctiied -
thereby ap1 a0belieye 4t'ur,d. I hnYeh !
been u suH6sieT from slrk lieadas he, \ ~
csneiy almdstlffLm INF nc and have (,
tried evaaig KJinedy could get and %
nevcr fAdlnt Antthipg 10 90 Tne any sn
goodTtDtil I1JsbdSinnl6hs LAYER Regu-nHl p
latonlo itohas Aeeh,1ieafly TN o. years = p
since | frat used Il and have not had lho'
sick Hfad9cAe sinceJand I rover used 81
but two ,Abg ohp-hAf packages OF The .ae
ReguIa TOAD sent my sister who had rii
from fne ~ y att.teks OF Sick Heai-i "a
ache evcKy,JyNOI,) ono7half or pHck- so
age. apd ssbe has mol had II since. | rgl
feel fot Anyone. who sIfferS with that
terrible disease, and hope you Will
give II trial.
''C.S. MORRIS, brownsville, VIVA"
Demand the Trade Marx W In red
on front OF wrapper. Beat guarantee
for the buyer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
3itrDtcal.
TIA nTnO TIFF oUEE ruKE
LAUlhO ENTHUSIASTICALLY

Indispensable. safe. always reliable. For
SEALED particulars, sample. etc.. enclose
i've 2-cent stamps. Address in sacred conf
donoe, naming this paper. The French Specific
Co. 50. siban's Place Philadelphia, Pa. Re-
.llRhlc lady aaeats wanted
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11

Once upon a midnightdreary,
was tossing weak and weary
For ! had fit OF ague,
And my bones were very sore.
Suddenly read n label,
or medicine on my table.
But TO reach't I scarce was able:
was 80 Internal aorei
Took Just one dose, twas BILE BEANS;
soundly slept ! and did snOre.
Had the ague Devcrmorc!
2jc. .per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-11
EREEHOLD INSTITUTE,

FREEHOLD, N. j., ADD YEAR,
DREPARES Boys and Young Man for any
L college, or for business. Backward Boys
privately taught. Place healthful. grounds
ample, base ball. foot ball, military drill,
bowling alley, gymnasium.
REV. A. g. CHAMBERS, Principal.
Evening star., 1886-11-22
CITY AND DISTRICT.
A Little Romance.
THE WASHINGTON WEDDING OF A PHILADEk-

"A AkGtle Romance.
THE WASHINGTON WEDDING OF PHILADEk-
PHIA GIRL LAST WEEK.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The wedding of Miss Sophie Carr, Of Phila-
delphia, which occurred in Washington on
thursday, was the result of a long and roman
tic courtship,fo only Miss Carr's great devotion
10 her late father whose nurse she was after he
was paralyzed until his death last winter in
fhliadelphia, prevented her from marrying
MT. Johnston six years ago, instead of last
anon anm,siuay. 81 Everything was ready more than
ouce IN the past ,and the wedding dress bought,
put as She could not make up her mind to
leaVe ner stricken father while he needed her
attehtion, she Cancelled her engagement six
years ago. She had then been engaged to Mr..
johnston three years. For nearly six years af-
tefWarus she never saw him, but last summer,
Whl!e AT Mount Desert visiting a couple of her
aunLs @ from Philadelphia, she was alone in their
cottage one evening, when Mr.. Johnston, who
was not aware OF her presence there, chanced
10 come in. That meeting sufficed to renew
me VOWS first made nine years before, and
the wedding on the 18th was the natural con-
sequence. Mr.. James Johnston is a native of
washington and met Miss Carr when she Wis
lted her sister. Mrs. Edwin l.. Stanton, widow
OF the late eX-Secretary Stantons son. Mr..
johnston belongs to one of the most highly
esteemed families of the District of Columbia.
his lather was q well-SnOwn physician here,
ana ms brother has the same profession. He is
himself lawyer. The wedding took place from
the residence OF the brides sister, Mrs Stanton
where, after the ceremony in st. Jonn's church
at noon on Thursday There was a wedding break
fast served. Many ot the brides friends and
relatives from Philadelphia We're in Washing
ton TO attend the wedding. The groOms best
man was DIR. George Johnston and the ushers
were Messrs. w. ii. Phillips, Blair Lee, j. S.
Carr and Arthur I. Brice. There Were no brides
maids, as the bride is in mourning tor her
father, and very few persons were hidden to the
wedding. The couple have gone to Detroit and
other western towns, as neither Of them has
ever been west,
Evening star., 1886-11-22
Three Tragedies i'm Kentucky.
TWO OF THEM GROWING OUT OF FEUDs-HOF
RIBLE TREATMENT OF A CLERGYMAN Fo

TWO OF THEM GROWING OUT OF FEUDS-HOR-
RIBLE TREATMENT OF A CLERGYMAN FOR
VOTING THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
A telegram from Louisville, November 20,
says: 1t is considered duh day in Kentucky
newspaper offices when the telegraph does not
bring reports of two or three tragedies. Yester-
day was no exception The first telegram comes
from Rowan county. While Howard NJ. Logan
was walking along the road near Morehead he
was fired upon by some unknown party in am
bush. The first shot missed him, but the second
struck him in the leg just below the knee. break
ing the bone and making painful and DAN
gerous wound. Logan has been a prominent
non-combatant on the Martin side in the notOri-
Gus Martin-Tolliver feud. During the past sum-
mer Logans son was killed by persons belong
ing to the socalled Tolliver faction. AT the
time of his sons death Logan, it is said, was
bitter in his denunciatiOns of the murderers,
and it is thought that he was shot by parties
whose aim was not to kiii e 6us TO scare him out out
feud will break out tagafn with its former deadly
effects.
The second tragedy was enacted on Flat
Rock creek. in Memtre county A few days
after the election it became known that the
Rev. Louis Hughes, an aged and highly re-
Spected citizen, had voted the republican, ticket,
which was the first vote he had ever cast with
that party. On the strength OF this a crowd OF
men under the guise of regulators went to his
house, and although he Was in bed sick at the
time, tied him SO that he could not offer any
resistance, and beat him with hickory withes
till life seemed extinct. Before going away
one of the party went into the house and beat
the victim with handspike, breaking his jaw
bone and fracturing his skull. The family had
been driven from the house when the crowd
entered Sam Poffet, one of the regulators has
been arrested.
The third tragedy is reported from Perry
county, where the feud reported by the Sun
correspondent some days ago is still in prog
ress, between the EversOle and French fac
tions nearly every man in the county being in
sympathy with one or the other side. Two of
the combatants met at Hazard on Wednesday,
and a difficulty followed, in which a great deal
of promiscuous shooting was done. A man
named Simmonds was shot through the bowels
reported wounded. A truce was held between
the factions after the murder, which is said to
have resulted in both parties signing an agree
tiOn committee, whose decision should be
final, pending which all concerned should
cease hOStilitieS.
Evening star., 1886-11-22
Col. Bob InxersOll Having Trouble
With His Friends.

A telegram TO the Philadelphia Times from
New York says: The disruption OF the Ameri-
can Secular union over Robert G. Ingersoll is
complete because he has promised to go into
New Jersey court to defend c. B. Reynolds but
refuses to go to Illinois to try to save the anar.
chists. Reynolds lately inaugurated open hos
tilities against the law and the Christian relig-
ion by attacking the Bible i'm New Jersey. There
is a difference Of opinion In the union, Of which
Reynolds is a member concerning the wisdom
of knocking chips off the shoulder of Jersey
justice. Some applaud the rash man and look
upon him as a martyr to his unbelief II he
could only be tied to post in the middle OF q
square and made the nucleus OF a bonfire, like
the heretics of old and the Quakers OF not SO
long ago, they would regard him as u hero and
put his picture in a new book of martyrs. But
Reynolds has no. expressed any desire to be set
aire. The prospect of a year in prison. as the
jersey penalty for blasphemy, satisfies his
thirst for fame. Other members of the union
regard his performance as piece Of useless and
gratuitous tOmfOolery.
Ingersoll's enemies say that the defense OF
Reynolds is just i'm his line and will advertise
him we'll, because Reynolds has merely Out-In-
gersOlled the colonel In ridfculing the Bible,
but has not aroused the hostility OF the whole
But the Chicago communists, they
think, are In more need OF eIOQuence. Parsons
and Spies are in danger OF being hanged for
speaking their opinions, and IL ever a cham
pion of the liberty OF man, woman and child
were needed in this world he Is needed to main
right OF free speech. So argue secularistS who
disclaim any sympathy with the aims
methods of communism. II was confidently
expected that Ingersoll would argue the case
for the Chicago convicts, but he positively de-
nies this. and says Inc will not have anything to
do with the case. He does not give reasons,
but the friends OF the communists say he Is
afraid IL would injure his lecturing business TO
take up such an unpopular cause.
h. A. stevens, one Of the lecturers of the Secu-
lar union, was In Chicago during the trial, and
he rendered such assistance to Col. Black and
showed much sympathy for the prisoners
that his name is before the grand jury. Mr..
Stevens says: Il do not know what they pro-
pose TO indict me for, but Grinnell is bound to
charge something against every body who stood
by those men, aud suppose l must take my
with the rest. l was I'm Detroit when
the Haymarket riot occurred, and when got
back 10 ChicagoI found that everybody seemed
to be afraid to breathe word for the prisoners.
The police had terrOrized the city. / was not
on friendly terms with the communists, and
did not believe in their theories. Parsons and
Spies had frequently pitched into me, but
they were to be tried tor what they had said
felt it my 0uty to help them all could"
stevens declares that Col Ingersoll at one
time meant to take up the anarchists case, and
he went SO far as to prepare law points for APP
peal to the Supreme Court