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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-04-13
Tn. Call of the State Democratic E.ecu,i

The Call Of the State Democratic Executive
Committee for Congressional District
Conventions to Select Delegates to
Represent the State ia the De-
mocratic National Conven-
ton, to be Held at St.
Louis, Mo-, on the
5th Of June, 1888.
The State Democratic Executive Committee
of West Virginia. at meeting held at Par
kersburg on March goth, 1888, decided and
ordered that Democratic Conventions be held
in each OF the Congressional Districts of the
State o. tue time ald place hereinafter nam
ed, 10 select three delegates each ,one of whom
in each of said Distri lets shall DO delegate at
large, and also to select one alternate for
each of said delegates. to represent the State
in the Democratic National Convention to be
held at st. Louis, MOI on June 9Th, 1888.
and when they shall have been 80 selected
they shall b. duly accredited as delegates 10
represent this State ia said National Convene
ton. AID at said District Conventions each
Of the counties composing the several Con
gresslonal Districts shall be entitled to one
vote therein for every one hundred votes, or
fractional part thereof over fifty cast for the
Democratic candidate for Governor OF this
State at the election held In 1884. snd the
various County Executive Committees are re-
quested to take such action 40 may be neces :
sary to have their County represented in said
District Conventions. The Conventions will
be held on Tuesday, Nay sth, 1888, and al
the following places In the First Congress
sional District at Wheeling; 10 the Second
Congressional District at Grafton in the
Third Congr esslonal District at Charleston ;
and 10 tbs Fourth Congressional Distric, a,
Ravenswood.
The call for the State Con vention will be
issued later. T. 8 RILEY. Chairman.
ID. o. GALLAuEH, Secretary.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-04-13

TIE Dcmoc- ATTIC leaders in the
House have resolved TO hold q caucus
On tie Mills bill. THIS will settle
any Democratic o; position there may
be and Ensures it's passage by the
House as q Democratic party meas.
ure. The Republican Senate may
then do with the DILL what it chooses.
The consequences Of defeat Of AK
reduction will then rest with those
Republican leaders.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-04-13
How THE DEADLOCK CAM. ABOUT.

80" ahe obADLoth thb4 II.
The votes OF hessrs. Reed, Cannon and
Randall. OF the Committee on Rules Of the
House Of RepreeentAtives-Mr. Uarlisls yot.
log 10 the negative and Mr., Mills being ab.
sent-have made possible the present dead.
lock in the lower House OF Congress. Mr..
Randall voted with the two Republican mem.
oers TO make the direct tar bill a special or.
der Tor Wednesday OF last week, although
every Congressman knew that fierce resis.
lance would be made 70 the measure. The
nhonsteripg that has been resorted TO 10 or
Ger 10 prevent vote upon this bill has sub.
tracted a considerable portion OF time from
The two weeks preceding April Is, during
Whlch period the revenue reformsrs had hop.
Cd to clear the legislative deck for action on
The question Of tariff revision. This hope
must now be abandoned. Because of NJ
kAndalFs rresencs on the Committee on RuIes
the House has been led away from importan
end most pressing issues and plunged into 4
fachous hght over a matter which In wolves.
even in iis least Objectionable aspect, only I
question OF dissipating the surplus 10 ths
Federal treasury,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
A DAY OF SADNESS.
Good Friday and It's Solemn Observ-
ance in the Churches.


Yesterday was Good Friday, the most
solemn and sad of all days in the church
calendar, the day on which the church COM
memorates the Passion of Christ. I'll the one
day of the year upon which there is no Gel
ebration of the Holy Communion. In the
Episcopal Church the litany is said, and in
some cases, the service of the Three
Hours Agony" from noon until o'clock,
is employed.
The ceremonies of the Roman Catholic
Church are varied. The altar is bare OF its
ornaments, the crucifixes are yelled, the
tabernacle is empty and the door open, the
sanctuary floor bare, and the sacerdotal
vestmeuts black. The Passion according
to St John is chanted; the crucifx is I'M
Yelled the priest singing the verses "kcce
LiqH1tm C7'Ucis," and the ceremony of the
alteration of the cross is performed by
clergy and the congregation, the choir
singing the "ReprOaches. The coHSecrat-
ed host is then sOlemnly borne from the
Repository, and is consumed the service
being called the Mass of the Presanctfied.
This was the programme in she churches
in the city yesterday. The interior of the
Cathedral was l mourning, and crowds of
people visited the building all dav. Last
night the TenabrR was again chante1 by
Bishop Becker and Fathers William and
Hennessy. Father Shalwell preached a
sermon on the last words of Christ. At
Christ Church, and at st. Stephens, (col
ored), the solemn three hours service from
noon until o'clock was observed. At
Christ and St. Johns there we're services in
the morning
Good Friday is not holiday in the bust
ness world, but custom has made it very
much of dies non. The exchanges were
closed and very little business was done
To-day is Holy Saturday or Easter even,
and is the last day of Holy week. 1t has it's
peculiar ceremonies in the church. The
opening event Of the day in the Roman
Catholic churches is the blessing of the New
Fire, which is caught from the sparks of a
flint, blessed, and used to light the lamps
and candles of the church. Next,
the BILE sing of the Pascal Candle
is performed by deacon.
The five grains of incense inserted in the
candle in the form of a cross represent the
five principal wounds of the Lord, and the
whole ceremony is said to typify Jesus
Christ, who died, but rose again, and now
lives forever, the light of the world" The
lessons or prophesies are then read, and the
clergy go in procession to the font, where
the baptsmal water and the Easter or holy
water are blessed. The Litany of the Saints
is sung, the affairs decked and the Joyous
Mass is celebrated, when the bells and
and organ are again heard and the cover
ings, etc, removed from crucitixes and pic
lures. A short Vesper service concludes
the ceremonies of the day and of Holy
Week.
In the Episcopal churches it is the day for
baptisms, and at the afternoon services
there will be baptism at nearly all of the
mis- nhtr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
Local Personal.

r. A. Hanewacker, OF Tison, is at the
Marshall
NJ. C. Carroway, of Atlanta, is a guest OF
the Screven
J. R. Saunders, of Alexanderville, is at
the Marshall House.
II. Stene, of Tallahassee, is stopping at
| the Screven House.
u. j. SILVER Of Jacksonville is registered
at the Harnett House.
| D. L. Buttolph, of Marietta, is registered
at the Screven House.
j. r. Darden, of Waycross, is stopping
at the Harnett House.
| H. S. Horner, of New Brandford, Fla, is
registered at the Marshall.
i. B. Wilcox, Of Hawkinsville, is regis
tered at the Marshall House.
W. H. Bitch, a prominent citizen of
| Bitch, Ga, is at the Marshall.
Capt r. L. Hicks, of Doctortown, was at
the Screven House yesterday.
Messrs. j. A. Crofut and w H. Chap
man of Beaufort, S. c., are registered at
the Marshall.
Messrs. B. B. Gray and James A. Nc
Duffie, of Brunswick, are registered at the
Screven House.
Mrs. H. E. Hexter and daughter, of New
| York, are visiting Mrs. Hexter's sister, Mrs.
Joseph Il. Oppenheim at No. 1872 Gwinnett
street.
DR.. D. H. Beckwith, prominent physi-
clan of Cleveland, O., and member of the
Ohio State Board Of Health, spent yester-
day in the city
Messrs. Walter T. Macarthur and John
A. Phillips, two prominent business men of
Lumber City, are in the city. They are
stopping at the Marshall House.
r. L. Singleton, a prominent citizen of
| Sylvania and Clerk of the Superior Court
of Screven county, is stopping az the Har-
nett. He is accompanied by his daughter.
Rev. A. J. Diaz, of Cuba is expected to
assist in the services at the Baptist Church
tomorrow morning and evening. Mr.
| Diaz has delivered intensely interesting ad-
dresses in other cities Of the South, and his
account of his work in Cuba has always
awakened the deepest interest wherever
! Christian workers have assembled to hear
him.
Since he was made Presiding Elder of
the Savannah District of the South Georgia
Methodist Conference, Rev. T. Christian
| has visited every section of the district. To
do this he has Travelled b V buggy, boat and
railroad l 100 miles 1t takes in the coun-
ties of Burke, jefferson, Screven, Etfing-
ham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty and McIn-
tosh. In this territory there are eighteen
| pasloIal cuaIBes SIX sIdulOHS anu IWelNe
circuits, with eighteen pastors and 1000
members
A short while ago Special Examiner Nit
ingale of the Department of Justice at
Washington, made thorough inspection of
the Office and workings of United States
Mar hal L. NJ. Lamar and this is what he
said in his report to the Attorney General:
Hon. Lucius NJ. Lamar, commissioned
Oct. %, 1886, during recess of Congress.
qualified on Nov. 8, 1856. 1t is with pleas
ure that report the improvements in the
system of bookkeeping, and of conducting
the office since my last examination. | can
testify that he is an honest and careful
| officer, and that he endeavors to carry out
the requirements of the department, and
faithfully follows the statutes lii conducting
his office. | am satisfied that proper care
has been taken in the selection of his depu-
| ties, fifty-five in number"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
A FOND MOTHERS REVENGE.
She Gives Her Wouldn't-be Son-in-
Law Taste of Cowhide.

She Gives Her Wouldnt-be Son-in-
Law Taste of Cowhide.
Market square was the scene of a lively
cowhiding about o'clock yesterday morn
ing. The facts came out in Justice Warning
Russell's court.
Peter Bracewell keeps an intelligence
office at the corner of Drayton street and
Liberty street lane. The defendant is Leah
Rhett. She keeps a restaurant in the Mar
ket basement. Leah has a daughter, to
whom Peter has been playing the devoted.
The wedding day was set in June. Peter
was a FREQUENT visitor to the restau-
rant, where he met the daughter,
ana when he failed to come
Saturday night last, as he was accustomed
to, it created some uneasiness in the Rhett
family On Sunday morning he also failed
TO turn up This greatly distressed the
Rhetts and they began to inquire about
Peter Later in the day the news reached
their ears that he had married a Liberty
street girl the day before. Peters ailianced
was 10th to believe the rumor until the Or
binary told her that Peter was a married
man. This was very Notifying to Leah,
but her NOR iticatiOn soon gave place to
anger, and she swore vengeance against her
wouldn't-be son-in-law. Yesterday Peter
CHANGED to pass the market He was talk
ing with friend when Leah saw him.
Selling a cowhide she smilingly approached
and proceeded to give Peter Hail Column
bia." Peter stood and took it, but the next
thing he did was to swear out warrant for
Leah, and she was bound over in the sum
of 500 to keep the peace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
He is REFUSED A NEW TRIAL.

The Supreme Court Confirms the
Superior Court in the Burns Case.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the iudg-
ment of the Superior Court of Chatham
county, in the case of the State VS. James
Burns, convicted of aggravated assault and
battery upon colored dray driver for F.
NJ Hull.
Burns, who was Savannah, Florida and
Western policeman, ordered the drayman
to move off the wharf, and not being
obeyed, ordered him away a second time
and still being refused, unnecessarily used
the mace upon him. The drayman claimed
that other vehicles impeded his dray, and
that he could not drive off, and was there
properly. Burns was convicted but not
sentenced.
The attorneys for Burns took the case to
the Supreme Court where it has been lost,
a new trial being refused 1t is rumored
that Burns disappeared yesterday to avoid
the punishment which must follow the re-
fusal of the higher court to reopen the case.
but the rumor had not been confirmed last
night,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
FIFTY PER CENT. CALLED IN.

The First Installment of Hotel Sub
scriptions Due.
Under the resolution adopted by the sub
scribers TO the stock of the new hotel at the
meeting on March 20, an inStallment Of 90
per cent. was called in, payable within ten
days. and Mr.. II. NJ. Conner was appointed
Treasurer to receive the money Mr.. Conner.
to whose energy the success of the present
hotel enterprise is largely due, is anxious to
have the necessary amount in hand so as to
be- ready % pay for the barracks property
without ely, and it is hoped that sub
scrlbe,s wtil Sc ID him their checks for the
installmen,, or respond promptly 10 his col
lector when he calls.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
AN HISTORIC BUILDING.

John ]. Sullivan Purchases the Old
Historical Society Building
The Hibernian Society yesterday dis
posed, at private sale, to John J. Sullivan,
Of its building on Bryan street, known as
the old Georgia Historical Society building.
It is now occupied by Mr.. Sullivan as a bar
room with billiard room on second floor.
MIR. Su .llvan contempt ties further improve
ments % the property.
The building occupies the site of the old
United States custom House and post office,
which was burned some time in the Dos
The Georgia Historical Society erected the
present building and occupied the upper
story for years as a library and reading
room The lower story was occupied ante
lior 70 and until the close of the war 10y the
old Farmers and Mechanics Bank and
afterward by the Freedman's Bank.
Many hard-earned collar was
paid into that institution 10y the
negroes Of this city who were destined
never to get it back On the failure Of that
concern the building as used as private
banking house by several firms, and Just
before Mr.. Sullivan rented it it was the
Office Of the Mutual Gaslight Company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
WHERE WE WORSHIP.
Programme of Services in the Cit
Churches Sunday.

Programme of Services in the City
Churches Sunday.
Wesley Monumental Church, corner Aber-
corn and Gordon streets, Rev. A. NJ. Wynn,
pastor-Social service at $50 a. m. Preach
ing at 1920 and 1880 by the pastor. Short
Easter sermon and communion in the morn
ing. Sunday school at $3.50 p. M, S. B.
Adams, Superintendent. General prayer
meeting Wednesday night at Z 80. Strangers
and citizens cordially Invited
New Houston Street Methodist Church,
Rev ]. w. Simmons, pastor.-Preaching
and communion 1880 a. m. Preaching at
p. M. Sunday school $3.50 p. m. Prayer
service Tuesday 1880 p. IN. All warmly in
vited to attend
First Baptist Church, Chippewa square,
Rev j. E. L. Holmes, d. d., pastor. Hours
of worship: l0:30 a. m. and 1880 p. IN.
Preaching in the morning by Rev. j. T.
ing the pulpit will be occupied by the Rev.
A. j. Diaz, of Cuba. Young mems meeting
at 9:45 a. m. Sunday school at $3.50 p m.
PRAYER meeting and lecture Wednesday
evening at 7:3O o'clock.
Anderson Street Presbyterian Church,
Rev R. Q. Way, pastor. -Preaching by the
pastor on Sunday at l0:30 a. IN. and 1870 p.
IN. Sunday school at $50 a. IN. Prayer
meeting Wednesday at 1880 p. m. All are
invited.
Independent Presbyterian Church. -
Usual services at IL a. m. and 7:3O p. m. =,
conducted by Rev. A. b. Curry, of Florida.
Sunday school at 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon prayer meeting at o'clock
First Presbyterian Church, Monterey
square, Bull and Taylor streets, Rev. j. w.
Rogan pastor-Preaching at 1890 a. m.
and 7:30 p. NJ Chistian Culture Society at
6p. IN. Sabbath school at 4. The public
cordially invited to all the services of this
church.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
Ascension, w. S. Bowman, d. D., pastor.
Divine service to morrow at 1920 a. m.
Baptism, confirmation and holy com
muujon, sermon by Rev Prof J. B. Fox,
of Newberry College, South Carolina. An
niversary and Easter Festival of Sabbath
school at 80 p. IN. All are invited.
Young Mems Christian Association. -
Young mems meeting at ; O'clock, Rev.
+. II. McGehee will address the meeting.
Bible study on Friday evening at :
o'clock, conducted by Mr. George O. Hus-
sey. Subject New Testament Charac-
ters." All young men are cordially in.
vited.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The State Teachers Association t
Meet at Macon May LIST.

The State Teachers Association to
Meet at Macon May 1st
The Georgia Teachers Association will
meet in Macon on May l and continue
three days. The secretary has provided a
programme which will be entertaining and
profitable to all classes of teachers. Theo-
ries have been discarded and practical
school work will be discussed.
The object of the association is to inquire
and decide as far as possible how education
may be improved in quality and increased
in quantity, and to generate a professional
Retrospect which will become an impetus
to self-improvement and cause the profess
sion to be honored and dignifed. This is a
time in which results are reached through
organization. Men of other professions or
ganize for more effective work, and if
teachers expect to make themselves felt they
must take advantage of such opportunities
as are offered by this assembling of persons
of like calling
The railroads will give reduced rates
Mr. w. K. Thigpen, of this city, is Secre-
tary of the association, and will give all in
formation in regard to rates, programme,
etc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters = Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
st. Joseph's Infirmary received four
patients yesterday.
Telephone No. 80 has been placed at the
Empire Steam Laundry, Mather q Batten,
proprietors.
The City and Suburban railway has be-
gun the work Of paving between its tracks
in the squares.
THE MORNING NEWS has received an in
vitation to social hop to be given at
Pooler No. /, Central railroad, on Monday
evening.
There was but one case in the Mayors
Court yesterday morning and it was CON
tinued. Thomas Green (colored) was ar
raigned for the larceny Of a one-horse badge
from j. Mendal
The Turn Verein folks put the finishing
touches to their stage yesterday preparatory
TO their first dramatic entertainment in the
German tongue, which is set down for next
Monday evening.
Isaac Belle (colored), of Belmont, was in
Justice Russells Court yesterday afternoon
to answer the charge of wife beating. He
was required to give bond for $3.50 for his
appearance in City Court.
The City Council Committee on Water
has decided to run water mains through
several streets south Of Anderson street
and east of Bull. The new street railroad
company offers to contribute $500 toward
the Habersham street main. 50 as to get
water out to its stables
The steamer Tarheel, which was sunk in
the Altamaha river about Doctortown last
week is reported total loss The cargo
consisted of l, 100 sacks Of guano and mer-
chandise, and was valued at $4,000. The
steamer was owned by a. Y. Beaton, of
Abbeville. The sinking is charged to the
incompet ency Of the pilot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
TO TEST BY WEIGHT.
The London Test of Asphalt to be Used
in Savannah.

in Savannah.
The City Council has not been idle in the
matter of asphalt paving, but in lieu of the
doubts raised in regard to the durability OF
asphalt the city has been giving the subject
a careful investigation. 1t has learned
that the test applied to such paving in Lon
don is by weight A square yard of the
paving is weighed when it is first laid, and
every six months a like amount is taken up
and weighed BY that test the exact wear
and tear on the pavement for given time is
arrived at. Ii IS proposed to apply such a
test to the asphalt in this city.
1t has been decided to complete the
paving of Broughtoh street with asphalt,
if the work can be completed by the time
the summer sanitary regulations go into
effect. The contractors say that they can
do the entire work in fourteen days if they
have the crushed stone, aud the city pro-
poses to supply the stone if the asphalt
company will crack it. The question of
the paving, therefore, appears to depend
upon how long it will take the paving com
pany to get out its crock crusher"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
THE NEW QUARANTINE.
The Long Island Site Recommended
for the Ballast Wharves

The tug Cambria, with acting Mayor
Schwarz, Aldermen McDonough and Wells,
and Assistant City Surveyor Hops, repre-
senting the city, Mr. F. NJ. Jones, wharf
builder, and Messrs. J. H. Estill, D. G.
Purse, Henry Blum, j. c. Rowland, and
s. T. Hamilton, the committee from
the Savannah and Tybee Railroad
company, left the Drayton street
dock at II o'clock yesterday morning TO
visit the proposed site of the ballast wharves
on McQueen's Island and also to see what
other suitable location could be obtained.
The steamer went first to McQueen's
Island and took soundings along the south
channel, where an ample depth of water was
found from Potato Point" to the Two
Sisters" On the return trip soundings were
made along Long Island, in the north chan
mel, where good depth of water was also
found.
The committee expressed the opinion that
Long Island offers the best site, as it is
more accessible to shipping The only
objection to it is its reputed I'M
healthiness and the possibility of
the government owning the point selected,
which is near one of the beacon lights. A
special meeting of Council will probably be
held to-day TO receive the report of the com
mittee, and if it is decided to use either of
the sites the work Of building the wharves
will be commenced without delay.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-31
AN OBSTINATE ITALIAN SAILOR
a. Artusi Has a Grievance and Will
Not be Pacified.

4NOb 10 L e1CAAONs
A. Artusi is lodger in the county Jail,
the result of his own obstinacy. Artusi is
an Italian sailor, one Of the crew of the
Austrian bark Melchior Vidulich, wrecked
off Port Royal bar some weeks ago. 1t ap-
pears that Artusi, who was entitled to claim
his seaman's right to be returned from a
foreign port to his own home did not want
60 avail himself of that right but wanted
Capt >. NJ. Nidulch, master of the ill-fated
vessel to send him TO New Orleans where
Artusi's brother resides This Capt. Vidu-
Itch declined TO do, and referred him to the
Vice Consul
The refusal enraged Artusi, and he took
up his station on the wharves, and threat
ened the life of Capt. Nidulich, who was
fearful to come ashore. A message was sent
TO Justice Molina. who dispatched Officer
Endres to arrest the oLstreperous seaman
on a peace warrant.
Capt. Nidulich was 10th to prosecute his
sailor, and when all the parties reached the
Justices office, the Captain and Mr.. Cosu-
urged Artusi to take his grievance before
the Consul in proper form, and withdraw
his threats against the captain. ArtusI
however, imagined that Capt Nidulch
was an enemy of his and had wronged him,
and doggedly refused TO listen to reason, or
10 say that he would not assault the Cap
tain. He would not agree to keep the peace,
and the Captain regretfully had to consent
to his commitment to Jail to await the ac-
ton of the City Court