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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
A Bridge at Jack sonville.

The impression is growing that the time
is not distant when there must be a bridge
across the st. Johns river at Jacksonville
to accommodate the demands of traffic TO
and from Florida. st. Augustine is grow
ing with marvellous rapidity, and all that
section of country between the st. Johns
river and the Atlantic ocean will soon be
occupied by thriving population. With
the increase in population and business the
demand for bridge at jacksonville will
steadily become more and more imperative.
The building of bridge at that point
would not be very great nor very costly
undertaking. Experts who have examined
the matter express the opinion that bridge,
such as is needed, can be built quickly and
easily. and for a comparatively small sum-
With little reduction of the present
schedule time between New York and Jack
sonvilie, and a bridge across the st. Johns,
trains leaving New York at midnight could
reach St Augustine early in the morning of
the second day.
1t is probable that within two years
the schedule time between New York
and st. Augustine will be twenty-four
hours OF course, in order TO run a train
between these two cities in that time it will
be necessary to have bridge across the St.
Johns at Jacksonville.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
A Georgia Gil Bias.


FROM UtS NNeU OTh " Oftf
One would hardly suppose that the placid,
youthful-looking man strolling up and down
the corridor of the Aston House who registered
himself as Ben Davenport, of Chicago was a
verltable Gil Bias Mr.. Davenport was born
and reared in Georgia. After the war impov-
erished like all members of the old families of
the South. he readily accepted the situation,
though only mere boy, and by hard labor
during the day and burning the midnight oil he
acquired a knowledge of the legal profession
Becoming mixed up in a row over some lady
who and why was never known, and settling
the difficulty after the ante bellum style-ten
PAGES, pistols, etc--he was forced to leave the
South and went West, settling in st. Louis
He Immediately sprang into prominence as a
lawyer. an advocate and a politician of the
ultra Democratic stamp. He coined money at
his profession, being attorney for corporations
and made fortune out of the Turkish and
Russian war by buying grain and then promptly
went TO Europe and spent it. Returning he was
mixed up in the political imbroglio of the Crit
tenden- Butler Mcintyre gang of st. Louis pol
itlcians, which ran the public affairs of Mis-
souri, for four years. He got on the right side
Of the gain market again and made half n mil
lion dollars out of speculation on the Board of
Trade. Becoming incensed at the notorious
Moses Farley during session of the board he
proceeded to chastise aud denlolish him, and
was expelled therefor from the 81. Lous board.
Within thirty days thereafter he lost all his
money and was on his way to Colorado where
for eighteen months he labored as a miner
Getting hold of q good piece Of property,
WHICH lie soiu lpi q ltit St SUM- he returned once
more to civilization, settling in Chicago.
Promptly losing his fortune again.
he connected himself with bro
kerage and stock house Of that city Again
the tickle jade Fortune in her caprice smiling
upon him, he secured goodly sum, and as If
She intended TO make amends for her past
coquetry, in addition she induced him to invent
an improvement on corset steels. which is so
simple and so marked that il Is being generally
adopted in this country and Europe, and should
again place him on the crest of the wave with
an income of many thousand dollars a year
Thus It was lett to this lawyer, Spectator.
miner, broker, etc. I'D intijltttBl, to prove a
henefactor to the fair sex. which has struggled
for a hundred years with the old fashioned
clasps, which are source of much vexation,
damaged finger nails and no end of bad temper
Like Con Cregan the Irish GIL Bias, Mr. Daven-
ports adventures, mishaps and fortunate hits
would fill a volume. Having hosts of friends
and a corresponding number of enemies all
over the country he is known from Maine TO
Texas. Yet, to look at him, one would say that
no adverse breeze had ever rufiied the calm of
his life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Buying Ancestors.
From the Boston Advertiser

fTOHt He boston Auc6fLlSef.
A lover of the picturesque and curious in art
bric-a-brac was looking over some things in a
Boston auction room not long ago, and CHANGED
to notice an old time portrait, that of man
bearing one of the Oldest Boston mercantile
names. why, how happens it that a family
still so moneyed and socially strong let's one of
its name go begging like thisf'' was asked
"Oh, well, you see" said the man. with that
air of easy familiarity with such subjects that
comes from handling them, this isn't a re-
markable piece of painting, and the estates to
be settled things like this with the rest. When.
ever its painting by one of the big names of a
hundred years or so ago all the family is sure
to be on hand and bid over each other for it,
but when its only some commonplace thing
showing the man who sat couldn't afford the
best, they don't seem to care much. "
But does anyone else want another mans
ancestors, especially when they are not well
painted ~
well, now, didn't you ever see that opera of
Gilbert and Sullivan's, where a man buys an
other mans estate, dead ancestors and all !
Well, now, tell we, theirs a lot O. human ma
ture in that, and we see it happen here every
day. Folks will have ancestors on canvas any
how, and when they haven't them of their own
they'll buy the refuse of other folks rather than
go without them"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
An Eventful Month.

Few will regret that March goes out
with to-day. The month has been rather
remarkable one. There have been deaths of
men in high office; storms and cyclones
have swept the country; railroad accidents
have occurred, aud the chapter ends with a
freshet
Among the distinguished dead of the
month are the Emperor William and Chief
Justice Waite. Both were especially hon
ored and respected. One was a great ruler
and the other an incorruptible Judge.
The great storm which swept over some
of the Eastern States on March II is per-
haps unparalleled in the history of that sec
ton. 1t was followed by blizzard in the
Northwest, and on March 81 portion of
the South was the scene of a cyclone that
caused loss of life and destruction of prop
erty
March II will be known in this section
as the day of the fatal railroad acct dent
near Blackshear The floods in parts of
Georgia and Alabama during the last few
days closes the months record of disasters.
These events are fresh in the memories of
the people, to many of whom they have
brought personal sorrow. 1t is not proba-
BILE that the next month will be such an
eventful one. Many more such as that now
going out would make 1888 a year of ca
lamities
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Clearly a Fabrication.

Senator Brown, of Georgia, is perhaps one of
the best and most painstaking politicians in the
Senate. am told that in order to make sure
of his friends" he hit upon a somewhat novel
plan. Approaching the value of having man
correctly reported and properly understood,
Senator Brown conceived the idea of employing
a driver who should also be stenographer. The
Senator's carriage is always driven by two Jet
black horses, and in Atlanta the turnout is
known as the BLACK Maria" Now, whenever
the Senator wants friend" of his to commit
himself, he invites him to take a drive. The
critical moment arrives when the carriage
comes to a halt and the Senator's guest is about
todepart 1t is then that the willy Senator engages
him in earnest conversation. aud gradually leads
up to important questions, to which committing
answers are frequently returned. These the
enographer-coachman takes down on little
pads of white paper. The Senator pays the
young driver handsome salary and looks upon
him as one of the most value persons in his EN-
ploy. The boy was taught stenography in the
office of the General Passenger Agent of the
Senator's railroad, the Western and Atlantic
1t is said that Senator Brown has in this way
succeeded in committing every man in Georgia
J who can be of the least use to him. OF course |
give this story, as Frenchmen say, with all re-
serve" 1t was told to me by Georgian.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Thirty Years Up a Tree.

Paris Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph.
Visitors to Fontainebleau may have CHANGED
upon an ancient worthy who went by the name
OF Nazareth and was sJlrnamed THE Man of
the Woods" When the empire was in its zenith
this strange character, retiring, hermit like.
from the busy hauntS of men, made for himself
habitation in the thIckest part of the renowned
forest. He dwelt among the branches of four
trees, which he had linked together with clamps
of iron, and the primitive dwelling which he had
thus constructed in mid-air was only to be
reached by ladder reserved jealousy for his
sole use and behoof So. for nearly thirty
years, did old Nazareth lead tranquil and
contemplative existence, varied only by the
visitS of strangers curious to gaze upon an in
dividual who had become a yeritable institution
Habited in the simplest and most primitive at
tire, his long white locks streaming in the wind
The Man of the Woods" looked like another
Robinson Crusoe. A short time ago his health
broke down. and he removed to a village where
he has just ended his days, tended affectionately
by woodcutter, who had shared with him his
humble home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

Two Policies.

The statement in our dispatches yester-
day, that the Surplus of the revenue is
steadily increasing. and that TO prevent the
| currency from being collected into the
| Treasury to an extent that would be dan
gerous to business interests, either the
revenues must be reduced or expenditures
increased, is calculated to attract general
attention. If the policy of increased ex-
penditures is adopted, all sorts of e1trava-
CANT plans for getting rid of the surplus
will be proposed Congressman win engage
IN struggle to secure appropriations TO be
expended in ways and places which will
advance their political fortunes. There
viii be Lttle care whether the government
gets any benefit for the money expended or
not. There are schemes now pending be-
fore Congress which, if adopted, would take
much more money out OF the Treasury than
the surplus amounts to, and much more
than 1t is likely to amount TO if no reduc-
ton whatever is made in the revenues.
The only safe policy is to administer the
government economically, appropriating
the revenues for such things as are actually
needed for the good of the whole people,
and to reduce the revenues to a point where
they will just meet the expenditures Ifany
other policy is pursued the government will
be loaded with burdens that it would be i'm
possible to get rid of if there should come
period of depression and consequent
decrease in the revenues. 1t would b.
necessary then to resort to increased taxa
ton, which would be followed by dissatis-
faction on the part of the people
The Republicans are insisting upon spend
ing the surplus, and are constantly advo-
eating all sorts Of extravagant schemes.
The Democrats, on the other hand, are try
ing to reduce expenditures and also to re-
duce taxation. That their course is the
right one no fair-minded man can doubt,
and if they adhere to the policy by which
they are guided at present they will have
an issue in the approaching Presidential
campaign which will insure the retention of
the Democratic party in power Democrats
in all parts of the country should urge
their representatives to support the Mills
bill, which will reduce the revenues very
nearly to the extent of the annual surplus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Chandler was Satisfied.
From the Ne,o York Press.

WASHINGTON, March 24-When Senator
Chandler was appointed Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury during the johnson administration
lie went into the place. as all men do, with the
purpose of giving bis personal attention to the
details of the work. About clock on the after
noon of the first day huge pile of letters were
Chandler commenced the work of mechanically
putting his signatures to the letters, every now
and then laying one ont about which he thought,
ro thought he thought, he wanted some informa-
ton. After getting through with the general
pile he picked up one of those he mad laid aside
and said TO the clerk with the inquiring voice of
authority: well, how about this?" With a
look of pity the old clerk gazed at the new Sec
rotary, and running his finger along the bottom
Of the sheet, he said: We'll, sir, there's where
you sign" After that Chandler leaned back in
his chair and acted as though he had been born
for the place; and, it is said, he never again de-
layed the signing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

Postmaster General Dickinson is correct
/ ing some abuses in his department in
/ Washington, and says that he is
lnaugurating reforms in the mail ser
vice OF other parts of the country.
/ Through his efforts 10000 mail bags, winch
! cost on an average 81 apiece, have been dis
covered in the cellar of the shop in Wash
ington where mail bags are repaired. Some
/ of them are new, and nearly all of them
/ are so little damaged that they can be re-
/ paired at a trifiing cost. The Postmaster
/ General removed the Superintendent of the
/ shop, who had held his position for twenty
seven years There is a suspicion that the
Superintendent was acting in the interest
of the firm which has the contract for fur
nishing mail bags An investigation
will be made in order to determine whether
or not this suspicion is well founded.
This evidence Of the activity Of the Post
master General in the interest of economy
will be received with very general satisfac-
ton, but while he is looking out for the
leaks he should see to it that the mail SER
vice is efficient in all parts of the country.
There are good many complaints that the
mails are not handled promptly and intelli-
gently. Delays and irregularities continue
to be reported, and in some localities the
people are becoming tired of complaining.
The Postmaster General might as well
make up his mind that the people are not
going to submit to a bad mail service in
any part of the country. They know that
it is possible to have a good service. and
they insist upon having it. Congress APP
propriates all the money needed for first
class service, and it is the business of the
Postmaster General to see that the money
is spent so that it will produce the desired
results
In this part of the South the mail service
for long time has been such as to make
even patient people lose their tempers. They
have made complaint after complaint and
still they have seen no evidence of an i'm
provement. What are they to do. Quietly
submit to a service that causes them loss
and annoyance. They don't propose to do
anything of the kind They intend that
the Postmaster General shall hear from
them. They think they can wake him up
TO a realization of their wrongs after awhile
If they fail to get what they are entitled to
it will not be because of a want of effort on
their part
Are there intficient men in the service?
There doesn't appear to be any lack of evil
dence to show that there are What is the
Postmaster Generals duty with regard to
them! Why, cut off their official heads
without any ceremony. The people should
not be annoyed. bothered and subjected to
losses in order that politician or Congress
man may have his friends taken care of by
the government. Let his friends have the
preference il they can do the work required
of them, but if they can't discharge them and
fill their places with competent men. There
are plenty Of Democrats who are competent
to fill any place for which they are wanted.
1t is the business of the Postmaster General
to find them. If he fails to do so, he con-
fesses that he is unfit for his high office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

SPECIAL NoTIcEs-As to Crews of German
Bark Hedwig Siebe and Norwegian Bark Alette
Spring Lamb, Etc; Central Market; Dissolu
tion J. D. LaRoche's Sons; Copartnership No
tice, LaRoche & Mclaughlin; Clam Chowder at
C. F. Graham's; Grand Opening Tonight
Schwarz Bros; Rattle for Yacht Jennie S.
RANGES AND STovEs-Cornwell & Chapman.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE Ocean Steamship Co
THE Rich ODDS PUzzLE-Appel & Schaul.
AUCTION SALEs-Valuable Lot, by l. d. La
Roche's Sons.
VIOLA CREAM-G. c. Bittner & Co., Toledo, o.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEAENTs- Employ
ment Wanted; Fort Rent; For Sale; Boarding;
Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

Senator Sherman will doubtless go to the
Chicago convention strongly backed by the
Ohio delegation. There may be some oppo-
amount to much. The newspapers that are
trying to make it appear that Ohio is not
for Sherman will have to admit after a
while that they are mistaken. But ecause
the Senator will control his State delega-
ton it does not follow that he will be
nominated. The candidate who is unable
to carry his own State is indeed a weak
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Fair Questions.

Lady with the shining hair.
Holding all the charms and graces,
Stately, kind and passing fair,
Could you wash the children's faces?
When the rosy morning bright
Paints with gold each roof and spire,
Banishing the shades of night,
Could you start the kitchen fire?
Ger the fields with thee / wander,
Summers glory overhead
Charmed, all thy virtues ponder
But could-ah could you make good bread?
Eyes so deeply, truly tender,
Clear as water in pool
Answer my hearts importuning-
Have you been to cooking school?
HELEN NJ. WINsLow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

Joshua Jones, who died at the New York
Hotel last week, was three times million
aire, and he professed 10 have found his
wealth great bore. AT the time of his
brothers death few years ago, he was
worth 81 10000 His brother left him an
other million. THAT'S too bad" said
Joshua. at wasn't enough that | should
watch my own million, but i must also
look after my brothers" Mr.. Jones seems
to have kept his eye on the money, however,
for he added yet another million TO it, AS
nobody has ever heard of his establishing a
public charity, the sincerity of his expressed
antpathy to increased wealth may be
doubted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

1t was to be expected that Mr.. Blaine's
friends would deny the latest report from
Italy about that gentleman's health. There
have been numerous reports that Mr.. Blaine
was in bad health, but each one has been
met with prompt denial from Lieutenants
Whitelaw Reid and Joseph Manley, who
are continually searching for reports Of this
nature. in order that they may nail them.
The public finds some difficulty in deciding
whether opin its faith to these tireless lieu
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Equal to the Occasion.
trom ne Chicnao Times.

One rainy day last week goodlookng young
man stepped of a Lake street car at Fifth ave
nue. just as buxom. apple-cheeked, jolly shop
dark and the girl did not see the young man I'M
til she ran right into him. Then a mischevous
look came into his eyes, and he threw his arms
around her, gave her good hug and hurried on.
The girl was so antonished for a moment that
she stood still in the middle of tue street. Then
she walked over to the other sidewalk and
stopped beside lamp-pos and looked after the
young man and laughed like the jolly, whole
souled girl that she was. And three or four
people who had seen the funny act laughed too,
and the audacious youth trotted down the street
whistling as merrily as though there were no
rain
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, wants public building,
and asks only $4,000 of Congress for its
erection. Mt. Vernon is the town that was
lately swept away by a cyclone. One rea-
son she wants public building is because
laborers would find employment in its cree
ton. The laborers ought TO find employ
ment for some time in rebuilding the houses
that were blown down. The S25, 900 can
be used to better purpose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

The dates for the meeting of the conven-
ton TO choose delegates to the national CON
vention and for the meeting of convention
to nominate State officers sent out from
Atlanta Immediately after the meeting of
the State Committee were incorrect. The
convention for the choosing of delegates
will meet the Grst Tuesday in May, and that
Tuesday in July.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

The Nashville Democrat advises the pub
lie 70 keep cool" There is no difficulty in
following the advice just now. The trouble
will come later on, when the thermometer
registers in the neighborhood of 1907.
The Democrat would do we'll to keep its
advice on ice until that time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Sherman's Modesty.

From the Chicago Ne,os I1d.)
Whatever other fate may be awaiting Hon.
John Sherman, it is fairly certain that he will
never be hanged for his modesty. The Senator
Is remarkably adept at finding numerous points
The results of his research in this direction he
has embodied in a small handbook, uniform
With his other works, The Epic of the Bloody
Shirt, 10 the Poor Negro!" etc, containing
brief but glowing sketch of his own life
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Congressman Knute Nelson, of Mime
sofa, who gave the House some chunks of
truth with regard to the tariff Thursday, is
Republican This is his second term in
Congress. He was reelected mt the last
election by something over AZ, 600 majority,
and his constituents doubtless knew he
favored tariff reform. In fact, that proba-
bly, accounts for his unusually large
majority.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

The evidence accumulates that tariff re-
form is demanded in the West, by Republi-
cans as well as by Democrats. Out of 9, 00C
Illinois Republicans who were lately asked
their opinions on the tariff 30 per cent. were
in favor of a change, chiefly in conformity
TO the Presidents suggestions. The signifi
canoe of this demand cannot be mistaken
or ignored
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31

There is going to be a double wedding in
the Garfield family after all. but Mrs Gar
field will not be one of the contracting par
ties. Miss Mollie Garfield is to marry J.
Stanley Brown. and Harry Garfield is to
marry Mis- Belle Mason.