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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-16
A straightforward, Honest Letter.


PITTsBURe, Pa. Feb. 15.-Hon. John Sher-
man passed through this city tonight, on his
way to Washington. In answer to the query
what he thought of Mr.. Blane's letter, he said:
1T is a'good and generous letter, frank and open
as Mr. Blaine always is. It is straightforward
and honest Mr.. Blaine certainly meant every
word Of it."
fare you thinking Of writing letter of de-
clination, Senator"
ANo. no. at all am not worrying about the
nomination, though / don't care a continental
if don't receive it am not overly ANXIOUS
and if am not the man chosen, I am sure will
not be disgruntled or mad. / am willing and
satisfied to take the world and its affairs they
come"
.sWIll the Blaine letter weaken the party"
After thinking for q moment. he replied 81
should not be surprised il it did. Mr. Blaine
has a great many friends and admirers. and
they are disappointed. The Republican party,
however, is sure to win in the coming contest.
I cannot say who will be the next President.
No 1t would not be fair for me to say anything
about Mr.. Conking or any other man. I do
not want the opinions of other people ascribed to
me- / can't say, either, who will be nominated
for Vice president"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-16
THE FIRE RECORD.

Providence. r. l., Business Houses De-
stroyed, Involving Loss of &5OO,OOO.
PROVIDENCE, r. L, Feb. 16.-A big fire is rag
ing several blocks situated across the street
to the west of the Union Depot, and involving
number. of brick buildings partially occupied by
manufacturers and jewelers. several hotels in
Guiding the A1drich House, and stable and car
riage houses. The alarm WAS sounded at Has.
and the whole fire department. was
strong northwest wind is blow
ing and carries the sparks across
the most important business part of the city,
Westminster and Broad streets. and number
of fires have been started and alarms sounded,
but SO far have been quickly extinguished with
out damage. The big FIRE is blazing up to the
buildings opposite the City Hall, but the wind
tends to carry it away from the hail. and it is
not in immediate danger. So far, the flames have
been having their own way without check
It is impossible at this hour to
estimate the losses even name the heavy
losers but IL the flames not stopped where
they are now 1t will probably be the costliest
fire this city has known. The four story
brick block, where the fire started, is the Robin
son house, owned by VIM. Robinson's widow,
and 1t was filed with carriage stock. sashes and
blinds. ana other infamEable material The
"
and Washington streets, will be entirely cleared
out.
"a M.-The fire is practically under control.
The Aldrich House is blazing like big bonfire,
but no other buildings will now catch The AL
drich House is valued at SO. 000 and insured for
$4,000. Il is almost impossible to obtain other
individual losses but the total loss will be
siderably over half million dollars. The fire
spread so quickly that little property within the
hotels and manufactures, or personal effects,
could be saved.
Extensive Paper Factory Burned.
NORTH WILBRAHAM, Mass. Feb. 15.-The ex-
tensive works of the Collins Paper Manufactur-
ing Company caught fire this morning. The
FIRE was discovered at 3 A. M, in the fifth story,
where the storage department is located. The
flames soon spread to the elevator shaft and
then made rapid progress The village is with
out adequate fire protection, and aid from
Springfield asked. About 430, steamara
No. q of Springfield, arrived by special train
By this time, however. the flames had become
factory doomed. All that could be done
was to use every precauton to save the adjacent
structures, which were the homes of large
number of operatives, who will be thrown out of
employment The large factory was equipped
with automatic sprinklers in the fifth story, but
The main building 200 feet long
by sixty wide and five stories high,
with large extensions. 1t was built
of brick, and contained many thousand dollars
worth of machinery. The structure contained a
large stock of finished paper ready for shipment.
This was entirely consumed. Tho controlling
interest in tho firm is owned by Congressman
William Whiting. of Hoiyoke The loss is
estimate at $3.50. 900; insured in New England
mutual companies for about $500, 600.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
ABOUT FOLKS YOU KNOW.
Savannahians and Other People Who
Come and Go.

Come and Go.
John Browne of Doboy is in the city
E. Barlow of Glenalter is at the Screven.
j. Rawls of Race Pond is at the Screven
B. E. Kemp of Fleming is at the Mar
shall
J. S. Bean of Augusta is registered at the
Screven.
r. 7. Hall of Tattnall county is at the
Harnett.
NJ. W. Kennedy of Atlanta is at the
Harnett.
Miss Ida Chapman of st. Augustine is at
the Marshall
J. E. Shippard of Hinesville is registered
at the Harnett.
August Hedstrom of Darien is registered
at the Marshall.
w. w. Beach of Baxley is stopping at
the Screven house.
G. B. Parker, prominent citizen of Long
View, is in the city.
w. r. Minis and child of Screven county
are at the Marshall.
E. D. Hines of Box Springs is registered
at the Marshall house.
r. E. Cobb left yesterday for Boston via
the Atlantic Coast Line.
Eugene Aberdorfen of Atlanta is regis
tered at the Screven house.
M. L. Jones, prominent merchant Of
Dublin, was in the city yesterday.
A. D. Nisbet, agent of the Central rail
road, is stopping at the Screven house.
j. Monroe Ogden, one of Macon's promi
nent insurance men, is registered at the
Screven.
Miss Lula White, who has been visiting
relatives in Ogeechee and Egypt, has re-
turned home.
Z. T. b. Glenn, claim auditing clerk OF
the Central railroad, who has been very i'll
at his home in Guyton, is now slowly con-
valescing.
T. H. Moore, agent of the Peoples Line
of steamers running on the Chattahoochee
river, is in the city, registered at the
ScreYen house
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. NJ.
will hold special meeting tonight.
The board of county road commissioners
will hold its annual meeting at the court
house Saturday morning.
Prof. Icons orchestra will give musical
recital at St Johns parish hall, Friday
afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock, for the benefit
of the Episcopal Free church.
Ben Fields (colored) was arrested last
night at the Ocean Steamship wharf and
lodged in the barracks jail for assaulting
another colored man. Fields beat his victim
over the head with a club.
John Garry, a white boy, was engaged
throwing fire balls on West Broad and
BRYAN streets last night, and refused to
desst when he was told TO do so by officer
He was arrested and lodged in the barracks
Jail
Officer Cronan arrested three colored
boys in the market last night for gambling
William H enry, one of the number, refused
to be arrested and fought the officer saw
agey, biting him on the hand, and trying
to tear the officers clothing.
Minnie Taylor, the young white woman
charged with robbing a man while under
the influence of liquor Saturday night, was
turned over to Magistrate Molina yesterday
on a warrant. The woman gave bond
pending a hearing which will be had some
time during the week.
Messrs. Wilder & Co. cleared yesterday
the British steamship Moruca, for Liver
pool, with 4,047 bales of upland cotton,
weighing 1893, l1S pounds, valued at $685.
54S, and 80 bags of sea island cotton, weigh
ing 10, SOB pounds, valued at 1900. Total
valuation Of cargo, 5000, 14S.
The experiment of COMPRISING four bales
of sea island cotton was made at the lower
press yesterday by large and well-known
exporting house, and the result pleased the
exporters so much that they Immediately
ordered 200 bags compressed for foreign
shipment. 1t will be saving of one-half
in the cost of freight.
Policeman Hartigan found John Dono-
van, a sailor, near Coopershop lane Sunday
night with his throat cut. Donovan said he
and another sailor were engaged in fracas
and the other stabbed him and ran off. The
officer carried Donovan, who was intoxi-
Gated, to the barracks, but being unable to
give any information or the name of the
party that did the cutting, the officer on
duty ordered him taken to his boarding
place. A physician was sent for and the
wound was dressed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
ON RAIL AND CROSsTIH.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Ctrclea

A German syndicate has been formed for
the purpose Of building railroads in Vene-
zuela.
Electricity as a motor continues to make
rapid progress. There are now in operation
10 miles Of electric street railways, with
80 cars, and over $50 miles, which will
employ 247 cars more, are noted as pro-
jecUed.
c. II. Bell, for the past four years traffic
clerk in the Western Union Telegraph
office, will leave the Western Unions EN-
ploy to-day, to go to position with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
way Company.
The report of the state railroad commits
sioners of Kentucky shows total mileage
of 2,37l13 miles, an increase for the year of
of nearly 400 miles. The total valuation of
the roads is $50 S63, 2Sj, an increase ever
last year of 81, 29l ,654
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
contracted for As. 900 tons of steel for the
coming year at $28 per ton at the mills.
Supposlng the weight to average 70 pounds
to the yard, this would be equivalent to
about 40 miles of main line.
Beginning to-day the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway will run the fastest
freight schedule TO the west, northwest and
east that has ever been given to the orange
shippers In Florida. The time from Jack
sonville 10 Chicago will be seventy five
hours, from Callahan to Chicago seventy
three hours, from Gainesville to Chicago
seventy-seven hours.
In order to show what a good cooper"
even the shrewdest many times millionaire
may be, the Wall Street Ne,Us saws, it is
only necessary to state that Jay Gould paid
2JH, exclusive of commission, for 5000
shares of Richmond and West Point Ter
minal. He has this stock locked away,
with many thousand shares Of other chro-
mos which he has picked up at equally
ridiculous high prices, when he was out
bargain hunting
r. W. Hunt, the popular travelling pas
senger agent of the South Carolina division
of the Central railroad, with headquarters
at Augusta. was in the city yesterday in
the interest of the road. He reports bust
ness over the country in a fourishng con-
dltion, and predicts an enormous amount of
traffic during the winter season. Mr..
Hunt says that the Augusta exposition is in
every way grand success so far, and the
Augustans are bound to keep 1t so during
the whole time that it is open. The crowds
continue to flock there, and the incoming
trains are burdened with passengers from
all parts of the state and country.
There is big demand just now for loco
motives and first-class passenger cars from
English railroad contractors in Brazil and
the Argentine republic. Two banks are
now loading locomotives at Philadelphia
for Ensenada and Rio Janeiro. The cargoes
are consigned to the Rio Grande and Bago,
the Porto Allegro and Uraguayana and the
Porto Allegro and Novo Hamburg railroads,
oil owned and built by English capitalists,
and equipped with Baldwin mogul locomo-
tives. The frst-claSs cars used on these
roads, says the Record, are manufactured
in Wilmington, Del, while the second-class
cars are made on the American plan in
Europe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
FROST HAILED WITH JOY.
THE QUARANTINE CAMPS TO BE
CLOSED THIS WEEK.

Eavannah's First Freeze Little Late,
But Jacksonville Day or Two Ahead
of Time-Supt. Fleming's Reports of
the Freeze in Florida-Killing Frosts
as Far South as Fort Ogden-The
Freeze in the Country.
Savannah had its first killing frost of the
season yesterday morning. Although the
signal service reported minimum Temporal
ture degree higher than that of Sunday
morning, the conditions were more favorable
for frost
Reports from Florida show that there
was heavy frost as far south as Fort
Ogden. Superintendent Fleming of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
received reports from all important points
on the Plant system in! Florida. Jackson
vile reported thin ice and everybody
happy"
LIVE OAKS FREEZE
Live Oak had a killing frost, and ice
formed there. Supt. Dillon of the Western
Union Telegraph Company in Florida tele-
graphed that frost had been reported as far
south as Enterprise Ocala. Sanford Pa
latka, Barlow. Callahan and Port Tampa all
reported heavy frosts.
Surgeon Hutton telegraphe1 last night
that orders have been received to close the
quarantine camp on Saturday, and TO dis
pense with the government train. DR.. Hut
ton has written the surgeon general recon-
mending the discontinuance of the quaran-
tine stations at the 99-mile post, three
miles south of Waycross, and at Live Oak
on the same day, as he considers their use
fulness at an end.
TO OPEN COMMUNICATION AT ONCE.
The government train will be sent to
WaYcross Saturday morning, and regular
communication will at once be established
between Jacksonville and points north.
The frost has been late in coming here,
bat it is a little ahead of time at jackson
vile according to q recent signal bu
reau chart giving the average dates
on which the first killing frost
occurs generally over the country.
The frost line which passes through Savan-
nah is marked Nov. Is and that which
passes through jacksonville is Dec. l. The
Cedar Keys line is Dec. Is. The frost yes
terday was general throughout South and
Southeast Georgia and Eastern and South
ern Florida. Passengers on the incoming
trains on all roads report heavy frosts In
the country. Up the Central, toward
Millen, it looked as if a light snow had
fallen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
AT THE THEATER.

Armstrong; Minstrels Open Thanks
giving Week-A Matinee To-Day.
Armstrong; minstrels did not have
crowded house last night. The company
was not billed until Sunday, and the sale of
seats did not egin until yesterday morning.
This had a good deal TO do with the audience
last night. The company is a
good one. Among the members are
Kelley and Watson, New York favorites;
Blocksom and Burnes, aristocratic cranks;
Kenny and Eldon, the grotesque acrobats;
Leopold and Fortune, musical stars and
the Victorellis. Henry and Eden were
very clever. Leopold and Fortune in their
musical specialties were feature of the
performance. Blacksom and Burnes in their
song and dance specialties captured the
house, and they were applauded again and
again. The burlesque boxing match
made the gallery gods" fairly howl Kelly
and Walton in their original sketches were
good. The performance did not conclude
with a farce, as is usually the case, but by
the "Victorellis" in their shadowgraphs.
Altogether the performance was good
one. A special matinee performance will
be given this afternoon and the concluding
performance tonight.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
IN FAVOR OF WAITING.
The Fourth District Democratic Club
and the Mayoralty

and the Mayoralty.
The Fourth District Independent Demo-
cratic Club met last night at the Bay View
house to consider the advisability of post
p1ning the nomination of a municipal
ticket until after the county election.
The communication from the committee
appointed by the Young Mems Democratic
Club was read, and the following commit
tee was appointed to meet the conference
committee on Friday night at Metropolitan
hall: NJ. NJ. Sullivan, C. White, G. Blake, c.
Carroll, j. T. Fitzhenery, James Lane, c..
Hanneman, J. Rourke, w. Pollard, j. John
ston.
The sentiment of the club is in favor of
deferring nomination until January.
The situation was pretty thoroughly
discussed, but no action was taken looking
10 the Endorsement of any candidates.
Twenty-eight new members were elected
The meeting adjourned until Thursday
night.
Mr.. Adams announcement that he Is not
a candidate for mayor, Mr.. Charlton
friends think, is boom for their candidate.
They say that he has strong following in
the clubs and that he is going to be
the next mayor. Maj. Schwarz's and
Alderman Thomas friends do not look at
it that way. The action of the conference
committee on Friday night will determine
in a measure whether mass meeting will
he called or whether the race will be free
for all
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
SHOW WINDOWS ROBBED.
Bold Thieves Raid Congress Street
Tailor Shop,

Tailor Shop.
Cooper & Walton, colored tailors at No
1877 Congress street, were robbed of about
S75 worth of clothing a night or two ago
The goods stolen were in a show window
fronting the street. The thieves watched
their chance, and when Walton, who was the
only person in the store, went in the back
part to close the doors and fasten the win
dows, they raised the front window and
grabbed what goods they could carry, and
escaped. Walton heard the window
fall, and running to the front Of
the store he discovered that it
had been stripped of several bolts of fine
goods. He ran into the street, but people
who were passing had not seen the thieves.
He found a small piece of silk, used for
lining, across the street, and he thinks the
thieves ran to the opposite side of the
street, when they made the grab Walton
reported the matter to Officer McDermott,
and yesterday he succeeded in recovering
most of the stolen goods. There are between
$50 and $25 worth yet missing. Officer Nc
Dermott had not arrested the parties late
last night, but he said he would arrest them
to-day. He suspects them of being the
same parties who have been robbing the
stores under the bluff
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
Farmer Smiths Heroic Remedy for
Runaway Negro Tenants.

FARMER Smiths Heroic Remedy for
Runaway Negro Tenants.
From the EIberton (Ga.) Star.
They tell on Col. Smith that once negro
preacher left him before the year was out,
and considerably in debt. After long
time he was found and brought back. The
offender was carried up into the oil mill,
where the proprietor was experimenting
some work. Col. Smith sent out runners,
and soon had a number of his leading hands
collected, when he addressed them as fol-
lows:
1.-THE brother here has seen fit to violate
a solemn contract that he has made with
me, and left like thief in the night, owing
me for both goods and provisions. He has
been made to return by force. In view of
these facts, have called you worthy col
ored men to assist me in extending the err
ing p odigal fitting reception back home.
You will now join hands and march
around the brother singing that good old
song,
''T once was lost,
But now I'm foundr"
The hands obeyed with alacrity.
When the singing was over Col. Smith
resumed:
Now let me recite to the brother a little
discourse: Twenty-Five years ago there was
an old crank up north named Abraham
Lincoln, who took notion one day that he
would free the negroes. Well, since that
time they have been voting and holding
office and playing Jack generally. But it
has done no good, for here at this late day
an old southern rebel, way down in Dixie,
is still beating Yankee Doodle with paddle
on a nigger's back"
And forthwith Col. Smith jerked the run
away over his knee, and for about ten min
utes the air was laden with visions of a two
inch board, flying heels and bits of cloth,
and musical with yells of the chastised
darby.
After time Col Smith let up and told
the darkies to strike up another tune, which
they did, at the same time joining hands
and marching again around the chastised
negro.
1.-THE brother don't seem as yet entirely
reclaimed from the error of his ways" ex-
planned Col Smith, as he noticed the sullen
looks of his prisoner, land this time l must
play a livelier tune on his anatomy, to see
if we can't raise his spirits somewhat"
He forthwith proceeded to repeat the dose
with the paddle, which exercise he con-
tinued until the negro was thoroughly
conquered, when he turned him loose with
the remark:
"The good brother is now thoroughly
reclaimed, and you will all now advance
and extend him the right hand of fellow
ship"
This was done, and since that time Col.
Smith has not a better or more trust
worthy hand on his place than this same
runaway.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
CITY COURT CASES.
The Chain-Geng Gets a Fresh Lot of
Recruits.

Recruits.
The city court had light criminal docket
yesterday. Six cases were tried, and the
county was given six convicts to take care
of. There was but one acquittal In the
absence of Solicitor General Fraser, T. D.
Rockwell, Esq, was solicitor general pro
tenn.
James Gadsden was convicted of cheating
and swindling, and was sent up for six
months GadSden was the first victim
Of the Rrocers' combination against
the swindling longshoremen who
sell their thine checks" and defraud
the grocers by false statements of the
amount due on them. The swindle was
written up in the MORNING NEWS last
week. Gadsden sold his check to George
Ehlers, at Farm and Mill streets, for So so,
representing himself as Ben Grant, and that
there was IS due on the check. He bor-
rowed the check back the same night to
go to work on, aud failed to take it
back to Ehlers. 1t was learned afterward
that there was only so cents due on it,
Gadsden was arrested and jailed for trial
His conviction, the grocers think, will be
likely to put stop to the swindling for a
while.
Peter Riley (colored), for obstructing a
legal process was fined SIS or two mouths
on the chain gang in lieu of payment. Riley
ls ONeTseer HU buS ClCy anu OuUuTDdH car
stables, and attempted to stop an officer
from arresting his son who was wanted for
stealing sugar cane.
John W. Owens was fined S25 for carry
ing concealed weapons. In default of pay
ment his penalty was three months on the
gang"
Julius Tabert was let off easy for steal
ing an AK handle at the Ocean Steamship
wharves. He was sentenced to six months
at light work about the Jail.
James johnson was sent up for three
months for vagrancy.
Charles Simmons was acquitted Of assault
and battery and was discharged
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
From Year to Year

The ingenuity of man is taxed to devise
new and easy methods of generating heat
for domestic purposes. The invention of
the Grand" Oil Stoves is one of the sue
ceSSfut results. 1t is convenient, economi-
cal, effective, and easily managed, and is
just the thing for offices or small apart
ments. Fire can be lit or extinguished In
moment, and the heat can be controlled to
the desired temperature. No smoke, no
dust, no odor. still have the Little Flor
ence Oil Stoves, which have proven so salts
factory for bath rooms, but the "Grand" is
something new and more powerful. Have
also a large assortment of Oil Cooking
Stoves. Call and see them at Crockery
House of Jas. S. Silva, 140 Broughton
street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-27
She Killed Him.

From the AmericuS tGa) Recorder.
One day last week a certain lady in
Americas went into the closet, at her home,
where the provisions are kept. Looking
over into an empty -four barrel, she thought
she saw piece of meat in the barrel which
had been hanging up. She reached down
to get it, when the object moved. Looking
more closely, she thought it was a rattle
snake. The lady went out and called
in the hired man to kill it. He looked into
the barrel AID saw that it was not a
piece of meat nor q rattlesnake, but beau
tiful, playful, and muchly perfumed pole
cat. Then they set to work devising some
means by which to destroy the unwelcome
visitor. A crocus sack was tied over tine
open head of the barrel, a large kettle of
water was heated to boiling and poured in
on him. The cat was killed, but the imme-
date neighborhood thought that gas main
had bursted. The back yard has since been
plowed, but the aroma remains.