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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
BASE BALL PROSPECTS.
Augusta Not Likely to be in the League
Gossip of the Game.

1t looks as If Augusta is to drop base
bail this season. The outlook for the
game there is, according TO reports, ex-
tremely gloomy. The Augusta directors
lack money. One Of them is quoted
as saying that he did not believe
there would be any base ball played there
this year. A meeting is to be called to
definitely determine what will be done.
1t Is proposed 10 run the club If possible
and If not, TO sell out to Columbus or
Knoxville, or anybody who will buy. The
result Is waited for with good deal OF
interest in Savannah.
Riley, Augusta's new catcher, is man.
aging billiard-room in Wiiliamsport.
Mcdonald, OF the Atlantas, put in the
winter teaching school In the PennsylVa-
MIA coal regions.
The Nets will not take an early South
ern trip. Manager Clifford prefers gym
nasium practice.
Manager Purcell, of the Atlanta club,
has an application from player who has
helding average of 300.
Manager Bryan, ofthe Charleston team,
went North last week in quest OF talent.
Mat kilroy, the Baltimore pitcher, has
brother who is also quite a twirler-
namely Pete Kilroy, late Of the Newarks.
lie IS wintering in Newark and is still
uu5lkuSu.
A movement is on foot to organize q
Gulf league in the South. This will in
clude Birmingham, Mobile and Montgom-
cry, Ala; Jackson and Vicksburg, Miss,
and New Orleans. La.
Manager Morton, of the Savannahs, has
ordered his uniforms from the Pittsburg
Fire Arms Company. They will be blue
caps, shirts and pants, with old gold
stockings, belt and trimmings.
Among the latest contracts approved
are John Ware and George W McVey
with Nashville, Barney Graham, Cleve-
land and Arundel with Chattanooga, and
Tom Lynch and John shafer with At
lanta.
Macon has signed three new men: Co
coran, third base, Horter. catcher, and
Walsh, shortstop. Secretary Brown
says that the five others required to make
the team are secured, but the contracts
have not been signed as yet, bat will be
next week.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
Tha Menneat Man.

Burrows was an inveterate tobacco
chewer. but as his wife detested the prac-
tice he always chewed when away during
the day, and declared that he had stopped
permanently. But one evening, drawing
out his handkerchief, he accidentally
pulled out his paper Of tobacco, and, with
out noticing 1t, left it lying on the floor.
When Burrows sat down to tea, his wife
walked in with the tobacco in her hand,
and looking Burrows firmly in the eve,
said: 500 you know who that belongs TO g'
With great presence Of mind Burrows
turned scOwling 10 his Oldest boy and
said, with a severe voice, "ImmOrtal
Marsi Is itpOssible that you have begun
10 chew tobacco, you young reprOOate?
Come here TO me. or III tear the jacket
OF OF YOU" Then Burrows threw the
tobacco over the fence, where he went out
and got il in the morning. and enjoyed it
during the day. "Mercitul Mosesl" he
exclaimed, when he told us about it,
"what should | have done IL my children
had been all girls?
MORAL: J. b. Fernandez will sell you
Spencer's Calhoun at 81 80 per pound,
and neither your wife nor sweetheart will
object to its use.-A6U.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

Peoples Mutual Live Stock Insurance
Association has established an agency in
Savannah for the purpose Of supplying
want long felt to be necessary, viz: the
Insurance of live stock. So many expert
ments have been started, and for want of
proper judgment and good management
have failed, that we deem it necessary to
state to You briefly our plan OF doing busi-
ness, which has met with great success
both in this State and in adjoining ones.
The officers of this association realized
from the beginning that the principal
thing to be guarded against was specula-
ton, and have adopted the following dis
tinct principles OF doing business:
"Our company cannot be used for the
purpose of speculation upon old, broken
down or diseased animals.
I'VE are determined 10 do q legitimate
business, thereby avoiding excessive cost
to the insured, and giving protection to
honest policy holders who insure their
stock against actual loss. Every policy
holder in this company is Interested IN Its
success, as il is the insured who must pay
its losses, and il the company allows over
valuation which IS speculation }, the hon.
est pOlicyh0lders are taxed TO pay for anil
mails not worth the amount OF insurance
carried upon them"
The rock upon which all live stock in
surance companies have foundered has
been generalization, or in other words
speculation, and hence we assert that no
live stock insurance company can be sue
cessfully conducted when the entire risk
is carried by the company; the owner
must have a mOnied interest in the AMI
NAL insured to make 1t safe business.
Therefore we propose to insure animals
for three-fourths their actual value.
The result of our labOrs has been the is
suing of over $4,000 policies in this State,
aud the payment 10 the owners 0fdeceased
animals of over 5000, 900, and at cost of
less than half the rates charged by Eng
lish stock companies.
The following are few OF the patrons
of the company in Savannah:
Dixon & Murphy, coal dealers.
Nell & Harris, machine agents.
Joyce & Hunt, machine agents.
q. ). McAlpin, grain dealer.
Charles Seller, beer bottling.
George w. Haupt, lumber merchant.
j. g. Toshach, beer bOttling.
W.P. Pennington, merchant.
b. G. Wright, drRyman, Bay street.
ID. &. Heidi. drayman.
II. Parsons q Co., steam laundry.
J.F. Wheaton, insurance.
&. Dieter, butcher, etc.
K. A. Fulton, wood dealer.
r. FOgarty, drayman.
A. B. Hull, grain dealer.
S. G. Stewart, wood dealer.
Puder g. Downs, wood dealers.
3. b. Henderson, wood dealer.
e.. Eberwein, soda water, 232 Bay
street.
Ray & Quinan, soda water.
McDonOugh g. Co., lumber, Bryan street.
w. +. Chaplin, cotton.
r. +. Harmon, cotton sampler.
Gorrie Ice Company, S. NJ. Whitesides.
A. W. Harmon, liyeryman.
John Jeffrey, drsyman.
John McGrath, drayman.
DR.. r. y. Chisholm.
William w. Gnann.
y. Schaffer, wood. etc, ETC., etc.
w. Il. EDWARD g. Co, Special Agents.
100 Bay street, Savannah, Ga.-Adv.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
WANT no BE TEAoHERs.
Eight Candidates for the Gramma
school Princlpalship.

Eight Candidates for the Grammar
school Princlpalship.
superintendent William IL. Baker, of
the public schools, held an examination
yesterday for principal for the grammar
school OF Chatham Academy. Eight can
didates were present-M essrs. J. b. Bond,
W. w. Scales, S. B. Spencer, II. S. Jones,
j. b. Whatley, Hugo Platen, G. $. Palmer
and @. W. Lee.
The examination began at 10 a. M, and
az 3 D. M. only three had finished. The
applicants were examined in geography,
English grammar, arithmetic, reading
and spelling. They were requested 10
state where they received their education
and what experience, If any, they have
had In teaching.
The following are specimen questions
picked from the examination paper:
Name the zones and give the width Of
each in miles.
What places on the earth have no lati-
tude and longitudef
Name and locate the capitals Of Eng
land, Germany, France, Austria, and
spain.
What is the difference between the
grammatical and logical subject in a SEN
tencef
Parse the words italicized in the follow
ing stanza;
Now cams still evening on, and twilight gray
Bad Ia her sober livery all things clad;
silence accompauied. y0f beast and bird.
They 10 their grassy couch, these 10 their nests,
Were skunk. an but the wakeful nightingale;
she. AZ night iong, her amorous descaHt sung.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
WORK OF TIE UoURTs.
The Crowd that Waited for the Supe
riOr Court to Convene.

The Crowd that Waited for the Supe-
riOr Court to Convene.
The Superior Court officers were afford
ed some amusement yesterday morning
by a score or more Of persons who do not
read the morning paper. When the hour
for opening court arrived there was pres
ent a respectfully audience. The
gallery had almost a quorum. All waited
patiently for Sheriff Roman to call the
court to order. Helping the joke along,
the Sheriff stationed bailiff at the door
of the jury room, and the spectators con-
cluded that the jury in the Hearn case
was still out. After waiting about an
hour some one made inquiry OF the bailIff
about the delay in opening court, aud was
informed that court adjourned the night
before until this morning. When the
crowd fully caught on they slipped away
looking very tired.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
The JskyI Purchase Abandoned.

The Jekyl Island Club has abandoned
the idea Of buying the island. The price
asked for the property is said to have been
$4,000. The New Workers thought this
was too much money to invest for a few
months sport. 1t is believed that the
club has abandoned the idea of buying
any property in the South. There are
many other magnificent sites on the
Islands and mainland along the coast
from Cape Fear to Florida that could be
secured as winter resorts where parties
may be able to agree upon prices.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
COLD WAVE ON HAND.
Mercury Takes a Plunge Downward
The Plumbers TickIed.

Mercury Takes a Plunge Downward
The Plumbers Tickled.
A cold wave travelling 20 miles an hour
struck Savannah early last night, and the
plumbers saw in their dreams delicious
visions Of burst water pipes.
All over the country the skies were
clear at midnight, and the signal service
man said that he never saw the barOme-
trlc readings average so high. The high
est temperature was reported at Key
West, where the mercury stood at 81.
Davenport, Ia, had it deg. below zero,
the coolest spot reported. Around the
lakes from Buffalo to Duluth the mercury
stood about zero, and varied only one or
two degrees above or below.
At DeadwOod, Oak, il was AZ. just 10
deg. warmer than Savannah, That indi-
Gated that a warm wave was following
close behind the cold one, but if it does
not move more than 20 miles an hour, il
will not get here much before spring.
The highest temperature here yesterday
was 60 deg, and drop OF - deg. before
midnight was a sudden change, that felt
even greater than it was.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

In order to establish beyond question
the fact that the charges made against
our house by the MNsicdJ Courier had no
foundation whatever in fact, we requested
three representative business gentlemen
of our city to investigate our business
methods and report for publication what
ever they might find for or against us. AS
result we present the following cOrre-
spondence. L. & b. S. NJ. II.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
rnnthar rndicntions.

For the South Atlantic States TODAY:
Fair weather, winds generally northerly,
stationary followed by slowly rising tenn
perature except at Jacksonville, slightly
colder, followed by slowly rising TEN.
perature.
The height OF the river at Augusta at
1888 O'Clock p. m. yesterday Augusta
tlmel was 1915 feet-a rise Of 0.5 feet dur
ing the preceding "A hours.
Comparative statement OF temperature
AT Savannah Feb. 4. 1885 and 1856:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

The steadily increasing demand for our
guaranteed SO Shoes compels US to repeat
that we still continue % warrant them TO
be as good as any So shoe in the market.
They are made of best tannery calf, best
Okla sole leather, and by a class OF well
skilled workmen. BY none that are not
stamped "Collat Bros SO Shoe, warrant
ed .v-Adr.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

Travellers for all points in Florida, south
of Jacksonville. will find the Jacksonville,
est, best, and most desirable route in all
respects. Trains leave from Savannah,
Florida and Western railway station In
Jacksonville, avoiding ali transfer there,
by.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

We have lot Of broken sizes In Hand
Sewed Caters, which we desire TO clean
outs their regular price was 50. we offer
them TO close at 81. CoLLAT BROS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
Sam Jones.

The sermons Of the celebrated revival
list are published in the Cincinnati Com
nlerciQt- Gazette. Price 8 cents. For sale
at Estilrs News Depot ado.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

Collat Bros. are sole agents for Knox's
world renowned Hats, unequalled for
style, Quality and wear They also carry
a full aSsOrtmentof Stetson's Hats, and ia
fact anything In the line Of Hats you may
call fOf.-Adu.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

The sale ofsilyerware, statuary, bronzes
and clocks attracted large crowd at 1l6
Broughton street last night. The auc-
tioneer was IN good humor and gave the
crowd good bargains. and large lot OF
goods were sold. Mr.. Dorsett invites the
ladies 10 examine these beautiful goods
during the day, ana the gentlemen TO at
tend the sale to.night.-hdU.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
no. ths owners Of Lave stook.

Indicates below zero.
SC. EMERY. Sergt. Signal Corps. q. S. A.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

Observations taken at the same moment
OF time at all stations.
SAVANNAH, Feb. 1. ] :ss P NJ. City time.
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
A Challenge Declined.

Captain Halls grave on the north
crnmOst verge of Greenland was a
challenge to English explorers to re
gain their -eininence in Arctic dis
coycry. The expedition of 1S75l76
was organized for the purpose of max
ing q closer approach to the North Pole
than had been recorded in the log Ct
the American ship Polarjs In this
respect it was entirely successful. The
-4iert went beyond Captain HALLS fur
thest point and her sledging parties
penetrated to the highest latitude that
had been reached by man. For six
years the prestige of this magnificent
feat placed England in the van of Arc.
tic discovery; and then the honor ot
making the furthest North was re.
claimed 10y two American soldiers
Lockwood and Brainerd. In following
the coast of Greenland several hun
dred miles beyond Halls lonely grave
they renewed the challenge TO Eng.
lish explorers to beat the American
record
The British Association, through its
geographical section, deprecates the i'm.
mediate acceptance of the challenge
Instead of favOring a renewal of Arctic
operations by English expeditions, il
has thrown the weight of its influence
on the side of Antartic explorations
At Aberdeen year ago, and recently
at Birmingham, it has sought to divert
the attention of explorers from the
| North to the South Pole. An influen-
tial committee has been formed for the
purpose of encouraging Antarctic re
search and defining the scientific OBJ
jects to be accomplished in the South.
ern frozen ocean.
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
A Diagnosis by Five Doctors.

As an illustration of the old saving
that doctors will differ" the follow
lowing is related by physician of un-
questioned veracity:
In the course of a lecture which he
was delivering before a number of
physicians, among whom were several
old practitioners, he had brought in, by
the mother, a child six months old,
which he stated was suffering from a
very peculiar affection, one seldom
seen in this country, and he requested
five of the physicians present each sep
erately to diagnose the case.
The first gave it as his medical be-
lief that the child was suffering from
incipiept pneumonia; the second, after
examination pronounced it incipient
diptheria; the third staked his reputa-
tion upon its being peritonitis, the
fourth called it marasmus, while the
fifth fell back on the medical godsend
malaria"
When they had each made careful
examination, the lecturer said: "Wen,
gentlemen, have you anything further
to say in regard to the case ?" 'Noth-
ing more than has already been said, I"
was the reply from each. "Well, ,"
said he, taking the little one and hold
ing it up before them, this is a child
that has never had a days sickness
since its birth. 1t is the most perfectly
healthy child that l have ever seem -
Comment is useless.
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
Bitter Bread.

Complaint is frequently made by
those who use baking powders that
they leave in bread, biscuit, or cake
raised by them a disagreeable, bitter
taste. This taste follows the use of all
impure baking powders, and is caused
either by their containing alum Intro
duced TO make a cheap article), by the
impure and adulterated character Of
other ingredients used, or from the ig-
norance of their manufacturers of the
proper methods of combining them.
Taese baking powders leave in the
bread residuum formed Of lime, earth,
alum, or other deleteriOus matters, not
always, though frequently, tastable in
the food, and by all physicians classed
as injurious to health. The Royal
Baking Powder is free from this serious
defect, In its use no residuum is left,
and the loaf raised by it Is always
sweet, light and wholesome, and no
ticeably free from the peculiar taste
complained of. The reason of this is
because it is composed of nothing but
| absolutely pure materials, scientifically
combined in exactly the proper pro-
portions of acid and alkali to act upon
and destroy each other, while produc-
ing the largest amount of rising powder.
We are justified in this assertion from
the unqualified statements made by the
Government chemists, who after thor
Ough and exhaustive tests recommend
ed the Royal" for Government use,
because of its superiority over all others
in purity, strength and wholesomeness.
There is no danger of bitter bread or
biscuit whe it alone is used.
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
WHOLE NO. l,62S.
Fancies for Fall.

Very elegant garments of velvet are
to be stylish the coming Autumn.
They are embroidered or jetted and
are usually in the visite shape.
Very effective wraps are made from
ladies' cloth of a fine texture, on
which are embossed designs in Jet.
Those seen here are importations from
England.
Black costumes for the Autumn will
have generous decoration of lets: fig
ures in solid jets are transformed into
the skirt and corsage and give the ef-
feet OF bead passementerie.
Scaweed is the name of n very at-
tractive mixture which will be worn the
coming season. The fabric is of wool
and silk, with q rough surface. The
colors are red, brown and green.
The variety in new silk stufTs is an
palling, so bewildering is it. The
smOOth-surface silks will be generally
Worn the coming season, the gros grain
being seen chiefly in black silks.
Fine French sateen's are combined
with velvet to make some very efec-
tive costumes for early Fall to be worn
III the evening. The fowered patterns
are most used in which there is variety
of coloring.
The new tufted stripes in wooden, fab
RIGS are in the brightest tints. These
striped goods are to be used in combi-
nation with brighter colors than last
season and form the petticoats of some
very pretty costumes.
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
State Reform.

Notwithstanding the great need of
reform, in many State questions not
syllable in favor of reform has the
Democratic party uttered in its State
platform in favor of it. I'VE refer to
the past record of the Democratic party
as pledge for its future course" is
eli the promise of anything that
can be found in the State Democratic
platform. But how much better has
the Democratic County Convention
done than the State Convention? In
New Castle County, the popular vote
of possibly some four thousand legiti-
mate Democratic votes and the same
number of votes Of ballOt-box suffers,
decides who the candidates are to be
without a County Convention, and
hence there is no expression whatever
on any reform topic Kent County
held her Convention two weeks ago,
but not IL word written or spoken has
been left upon record in favor of reform.
Sussex county held her Convention on
Tuesday last, and from it arises the
prOverbial cloud not bigger than a
mans hanln IN favor OF reform. But
this Is only one county out of three.
The Sussex Democrats say that Con-
stitutiOnal Convention should be called,
bat what questions or abuses are to be
reformed by that Convention it does
not state. A certain Vagueness in its
declarations would lead us to infer
that it would favor District represen-
tation, but bhat is all, and even the
practice of this principle may be so in
geniOusly hedged around that it may
mean no reform mt all. Consequently,
then, we cannot expect any reform
from the Democratic party. That par
ty has been in power thirty years in
this State, and the fact that nothing
has been done by it except to pass a
law which resulted in disfranching an
opposing political party is not a very
promising omen for future reforms.
But there is q political party in our
State that is promising reform in many
respects, and it may be set down for a
certainty that if this party is successful,
reform will have more than q name in
Delaware. The reform party, which is
placing tickets in the field for State,
County and Hundred officers, has de-
clared in favor of az Constitutional
Convention in favor OF District repre-
sentati0n in the Legislature and the
Levy Courts in favor Of a registry law
that will guarantee a fair election and
a fair count; in favor of leaving the IL
quor question with all interests to a
vote Of the people; in favor of electing
officers from u Governor down to "a CON
stable in favor ofjudiciary reform; in
favor Of protection to the farmers, the
mechanics and laborers, and in short
in favor Of putting the State on a level
in every respect with the reforms that
have elevated tno States by which
Delaware is surrendered. Such plat
form Of principles stands out in bold
relief with the say nothing DO nothing
platform of the Democratic party
Wilmington Republican.
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
An Eastern Shore Fair.

The very great success of the Talbot
County Fair this year has prompted
the President and directors to develop
1t into an Eastern Shore Fair, if the
proposition is acceptable to the other
counties, and they will take stock in it.
1t IS proposed to issue $4,000 more
stock and to offer it to the other Eas-
tern Shore counties, and to use the
money in enlarging and improving the
grounds. Here are grounds and build
ings paid for and here is the prestige
Of a fair of four days the money re-
ceipts of which were between nine and
ten thousand dollars. 1t is evident
that fair annually in each Eastern
cuonty could not be made a success on a
large scale. 1t is very certain that no
other county will even attempt now to
establish fair grounds and conduct fairs
on the scale Talbot has adopted. Eas-
ton is centrally located on the map of
the Eastern Shore; it is easy of access
TO the other counties, to Baltimore and
the Western Shore and to other States.
The fair grounds can be enlarged to
any necessary extent. Eastern Shore
Fair Association with fair grounds To-
Gated at EastOn and annual fairs of
great magnitude would seem to be per-
tectly feasible. The managers of the
Talbot Association are perfectly will
ing to take the other counties in-Eas-
ton JedOer
Smyrna times., 1886-10-06
The Texas Drought.

50 absorbed has the public mind be-
come with the Charleston earthquakes
and the su1erings of the people of that
city, that the sufferings of the people of
Texas on account of a long-continued
drought and failure of the crops are al
most forgotten. 1t is reported on
trustworthy authority that half mil
lion of people in that State are in a
state of abject want and near the point
of starvation. Not only have the crops
failed entirely but in many instances
people have been compelled to haul
water a distance of thirty miles for do
mestic use. 1t is said that railroads
having land to sell in that section have
done everything in their power to sup
press these facts in order that immigra-
tiOn may not be interfered with, and
thus the amount of suffering has been
greatly increased. Only think of fami-
lies of women and children being de-
pendent on water brought a distance
of thirty miles! The crops of the pres
ent year in all other sections of the
country have been very abundant, and
and there is enough to spare to relieve
the present necessities of the people
of Texas by sending them not only
food but seed to sow for next years
crop.