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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-30
LEAD WATER PIPES.
Hheir Use Said to BE Always Attended
with Danger to Health.

Lead pipes are extensively used for con.
Quoting drinking water into dwellings
from the main in cities, and also from dis
tant springs in rural districts. The use of
lead is always attended with danger to
health, for the metal unites with mineral
acids contained in the water and forms
lead salts, most of which are deadly poison,
which are introduced into the system of
those who drink the water.
Not all water is equally liable to become
impregnated with lead salts. That which
holds lime in solution is generally safe,
since the lime is deposited as an incrusta-
ton within the pipe, and protects the wa
| ter from contact with the lead. But, even
in this case, if sewage finds its way into
the water, acids are generated which dis
solve the coating of lime.
Lead poison is cumulative in its action.
As it is not readily eliminated from the
system, it remains, and the quantity il.
creases until the point of danger is reached
A small quantity taken daily for years
may prove fatal. Of one hundred cases,
which resulted from a change in the wa.
ter supply in Dessau, Germany, not child
was attacked, partly, no doubt, because
small children drink little water, and
partly because the system has greater
eliminating ACTIVITY IN cnlidnoOd-
The symptoms of severe lead poisoning
are anemia, a dull hue of the skin, digest
i've arrangement, bad breath shrinkage
of the gums from the teeth, blush line
in the gums, collie, constipation, neuralgia
pains in the muscles and joints, and mus
cular paralysis. The last symptom give
rise to what is called "drup-wrist.' -
Severe as are the symptoms, the tendency
is to recovery, with removal of the cause
and proper treatment. Where death re-
suits, post mortem examination reveals
led in almost every organ and tissue
most in the bones; and next after these in
the kidneys, liver, brain and spinal cord.
1t should be an unvarying rule to let eli
the water which has stood in the service
pipe over night. As for pipes of lead in
the country conducting the water from
distant springs to the house, they should
be wholly discarded What is callee
"pure spring water" almost always con
tains acid gases, which have a strona
chemical affinity for lead, and which form
poison. Really pure water, that is, dis
tiled water, has no action on lead, -Yout.s
Companion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
RELAXING THEIR VIGILANCE.
The Hackless Bacon Trail Too Cold to
Follow and ia Abandoned

me haCKteSS Bacon Iral TOO Cold to
Follow and ia Abandoned.
If the stranger detectives have detected
anything new in the railroad robberies, they
have taken the secret out of town with
them, for it is said they have left the city
Their search seemed to be more to discover
the stolen goods than to run down Hackless
Bacon. Hackless seems to have saved his
bacon by going into a hole and pulling the
hole in after him.
The chief of the three visiting detectives
disguised himself as a tramp, aud was 4
lifelike picture as he sat on beer key on
West Broad street night or two ago. He
sat there patiently for an hour watching the
Yamacrawians going and coming from
Coopershop lane, and if a policeman
had happened along he would have been
told to move on, or have been arrested
under the vagrant act. Nothing sensa-
tioual resulted from his watch, and an hour
later neatly dressed gentleman with a
springy step walked into Congress street
shooting gallery and sat down as noncha-
lantly as if he was at home in Savannah
and didn't want anyone to suspect him Of
being n stranger. You had better move
away from there, my friend" said the pro-
prietor. ut is not safe A stray ball may
bound back here, and don't want anything
to happen here in my house"
"Where is Hackless BaconN is a conun-
drum. He had his detectives ont as well as
other detectives. He learned SATURDAY.
after Henry and Frierson's arrest that the
officers would like to get statement from
him. With the shrewdness which charac-
terized him when the officers were after
him for robberies along the line of the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western, he disap-
peared, and has not been heard from since.
He is said to be familiar with every foot of
ground in this and five or six counties outly-
ing Chatham, with friends in all whom he has
made by lavish gifts. and in addition he
has money and is well armed, part of bis
booty being gun and a pair Of revolvers
stolen from car. He is cool, calculating,
and, If found, may be dangerous, but those
who know him say that he will have to be
betrayed If captured, and there does not
seem now to be any effort to hunt him
down. Mary Bacon is still out of town.
and the trail has become decidedly cold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
ON RAIL AND OROssTIR.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circlea.

Traffic Manager A. C. Knapp, of the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, is in
the city.
j. A. McDuffie. general freight and pas
| senger agent of the Brunswick and Western
railroad. was in the city yesterday.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Atlantic, Atlanta and Great Western rail
road will be held at Eatonton Nov. 8,
The fast mail on the Central railroad was
late fifty minutes last night. The train
was detained at Toomsboro by freight
trains blocking the track.
w. H. McClintock, superintendent Of the
Columbus and Western railroad, w. w.
Starr, superintendent of the Southwestern
railroad, and D. D. Curan, superintendent
of the Port Royal and Western Carolina
railroad, are i'll the city.
The contract between the Alabama Mid
land Railway Company of Alabama and
Georgia and the Plant Investment Company
of Connecticut was ratified by the Midland
stockhol .ers at Montgomery on Monday
The contract specifies that the investment
company shall take large amount of the
bonds OF the road The life of the contract
is twenty years, and it also embraces
traffic contract with the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway Company for the
same length of time.
Gen. Horace Porter, in Scribners Mara
zine, writing of primitive railroading, says:
when we picture the surroundings of the
traveller upon railways during the first ten
OF fifteen years of their existence, we find
his journey was not to be envied. He was
jammed into his narrow seat with a stiff
back, the deck of the car was low and fiat,
and ventilation in winter was impossible.
The springs of the car were hard, the jolt
ing intOlerable, the windows ratified like
those of the modern omnibus, and con-
versation was luxury that could be
INDUCED in only by those of recognized
superiority in lung power. The brakes
were clumsy and of little service. The ends
of the fiat bar rails were cut diagonally, SO
that when laid down they would lap and
form a smoother joint. Occasionally they
became sprung; the spikes would not hold,
and the end of the rail with its sharp point
rose high enough for the wheel to run under
it, rip it loose and send the pointed end
through the floor Of the car. This was
called a snakes head and the unlucky
being sitting over it was likely to be i'm
paled against the roof. So that the trav-
eler of that day. in addition to his other
miSeries, was in momentary apprehension
of being spitted like Christmas turkey"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
The DUCK SEASON OPEN.
Savannah Nimrods Counting on a Bis
Winter.

Savannah Nimrods Counting on q Big
Winter.
The season for hardhead ducks has opened
and the sportsmen are bagging large num-
bers of them. The hardheads are a great
delicacy on the Savannah market, and they
often sell as high as 81 pair. The season
opened few days ago and will continue
until April l. The hunters are counting on
a big season. The overhows of the rio
plantations have made the lagoons rich and
thousands of ducks will be bagged
All of Savannah's sportsmen who supply
the market are out on the river and will
soon be bringing in ducks in large numbers.
Ward Allen, one of the cracks of the
local Nimrods, 1t is understood, will be
challenged shortly to shoot duck for thu
championship Of the state. The match will
be shot on Back river, and will probably cor
tinue two or three hours a day for week
The man that bags the greater number of
ducks during that time will win the cham
pionship. Allen has won the champion
ship for several years, and his friends say
that there is no hunter in the south that
can kill more duck in the same length of
time. Mr.. Pharr, a sportsman from the
lower part Of the state, was in the CITY
yesterday for the purpose of getting
some one to handle venison for him. He
said that he expects to be able to ship q
good many deer to Savannah this season.
Deer, he said, were never III better condi-
ton and they are plentiful lie did not
think the black-tongue, which is prevalent
among deer in South Carolina, viii reach
Georgia. He said that black-tongue am 9ng
deer generally kills them all out They
never live through the disease. During the
prevalence of the black-tongue the deer are
found dead all over the country where they
roam.
"What causes the diseased"
81 don't know. Nobody has ever been
able to find o 1T just what is the origin of
the disease Some think it some poison that
the deer eat, but | don't think so.n
"How does it affect themm
Their tongues swell up and choke them
to death. In some cases their tongues rot
out of their mouths before they die"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
LIvERYMEN WANT A NEW LAW.

A Bill Regulating the Collection OF
Stock Board Bills.
A petition is in circulation among the
liverymen of Savannah, and has been gen.
orally signed, asking the passage of bill
by the next legislature to regulate the col
lection Of stock board bills. The proposed
bill provides for a lien upon the stock
boarded for the amount due. The
lien may be recorded in the
same manner that mortgages are recorded
and can be enforced by foreclosure and sale.
This procedure Will not require the reten-
ton of the stock by the hveryman, as I'M
der the present law. The proposed change
is made advisable by the fact that at the
present, the retention Of the stock for board
due is often embarrassing and inconvenient
both TO the liveryman and the owner.
The hverymen say that nobody will be
hurt by the passage Of the bill, since the lien
being recorded the public will be put on no.
tice, and the owner of the property, who is
unable to pay, can use his stock without the
liveryman's running the risk Of losing his
bill. Under the present law the liveryman
has the right 70 hold the stock for the amount
OF the bill, but he cannot allow 1t out of his
possession, and IL can only be sold upon
order of the court, which some times cannot
be obtained under three or four months.
Representative Patterson Of Bib county
will introduce the bill. The petition for its
passage has been generally signed by the
llverymen Of Macon, Atlanta, Augusta and
Savannah
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
POLICEMAN HARRINGTON DEAD.
The Police Force Loses One of Its
Bravest and Most Efficient Men.

The Police Force Loses One of Its
Bravest and Most Efficient Men.
Policeman John Harrington died at $50
O'Clock yesterday morning at st. Joseph's
infirmary~of pneumonia He had been sick
three weeks He was taken to St. Joseph's
infirmary very i'll week ago, and notwith-
standing everything that was possible was
done for him. he gradually grew worse until
he died. The deceased was 80 years old
and was native of Kenmare, county
Kerry, Ireland. He came to Savannah
fifteen years ago, and three years later he
was appointed on the police force, where he
served efficiently until his fatal sickness.
He was liked by the entire force, and Sa-
vannah loses one of its best officers in the
death of Mr.. Harrington. He was unmar-
ried, but leaves a brother and two sisters.
neither of whom live In Savannah. His
funeral will take place from the residence
of Mrs. Joseph Sullivan, at the corner of
Price and Bryan streets, at 80 o'clock this
afternoon, and will be attended by the Work
ingmen's Benevolent Association, of which
he was a member. The interment will be
in the Cathedral cemetery and detach-
ment of police will escort the remains to
the grave.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
A Display to Tempt Burglars.

A visit to NJ. Sternberg's attractive jew
elry WareroomS at 157 Broughton street,
would almost create burglarious tendency
in the most honest mind, particularly if
said mind had an impecunious owner. Such
Diamond Necklaces, such Diamonds in all
shapes and settings, such Jewels, Watches,
Chains, Charms and objects for personal
adornment too numerous to recapitulate.
Again, on every hand impressive Bronze
Statuary ard Ornaments, Music Boxes of
artistic finish uttering such sweet harmony,
lovely Vases and Decorative Brc-a-B rac,
shelves laden with Sterling and Plated
SiIverware, costly imported specimens of
genius in quaint wares, and rank upon rank
Of beautiful articles everywhere, that sug-
geSt fairyland or deep sea caves of treasure
crove In short, the largest and finest stock
N the state. Wedding Presents in greatest
variety. Prices very low, and visits of in
'pection requested. M. STERNBERG,
1877 Broughton street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK

Dasnes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief Paragraphs-Picking at
Police Headquarters.
Zerubbabel Lodge No. Is, F. and A. NJ,
meets this evening.
Joseph A. Roberts was appointed a COM
mercial notary yesterday by Judge Adams.
For breaking a glass in the theater and
general disorderly conduct James Ballentlne
vas lodged in the barracks last night.
III the mayors court yesterday morning
one of the defendants had not sufficiently
recovered his equilibrium TO be arraigned.
Three disorderies were dealt with, two of
them getting IS or five days each, and the
third S. or ten days.
II c city court viii convene next Monday
week, provided Judge Harden returns from
the north by that tine. Quite number of
cases have accumulated on the docket, Of
which tifty-two are civil cases ana about
twenty-five criminal cases.
julius Toch was arrested yesterday on the
complaint of Jacob Toch, his father, who
charged Julius with stealing S25 and soma
iewelry. The young man was lodged in the
barracks jacob loch is well known as i'll
the citys employ, and cleans the sewer
traps or "cesspools,"
A sailor on one Of the British vessels in
port fell from the ships ladder yesterday
and was badly bruised, besides having a
sprained wrist. His suffering was alleviated
at the city dispensary, and he was sent to
the British vice consul for advice as to where
he could get surgical aid.
Yesterday was rather warm day in the
cotton region. But little rainfall was re-
ported. A half inch is reported in the Au-
gusta district. The maximum temperature
at Savannah was so, and the mean tenn
perature was z higher than the average for
fifteen years. The indications for to-day
are: Fair, followed by local rains, with
stationary temperature and easterly winds.
Jesse Barnwell, lad living at West
Broad and Williamson streets, fell last
night and fractured his arm at the elbow.
Dr. W. W. Owens was called and rendered
surgical aid. The boy received a fall a year
ago, resulting in a broken collar-bone and
three ribs, aud with the remembrance of
this his mother was very much brighten ed
until the doctor assured her that last nights
accident is not serious one.
Willie johnson (colored) walked into the
drug store of DR.. s. c. Parsons, at the cor
ner of Liberty and Montgomery streets.
last night, holding tightly his left arm,
which bled profusely. He said that his arm
Parsons removed the bandage from John
sons arm and found cash three inches
long, which he dressed. johnson left,
swearing vengeance on the man who stabbed
him. He said that Simon Tate, an employe
at the new brick yard, was the man He
and Tate quarreled over a set of harness,
which each claimed. Tate stabbed him in
the arm and tried to cut him several times
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
PREFACE.

e. Forgive the wrong,
If with grave truth light fiction combine
And sometimes grace M page with other flow
ers than mine.
THE world. thou know'st on tip-toe ever flies
Where warbling most Parnassus fountain winds
And that Truth, robed in songs benign dis
guise.
Has won the coyest. soothed the sternest minds
SO, the fond mother her sick infant blinds,
Sprinkling the edges of the cup she gives
With sweets delighted with the balm it finds
Round the smooth brim, the medicine it receives
Drinks the delusive draught and, thus deuded
lives. TAsso
This fabric is a wool of some fiction on
a warp of many facts The warp is strong
hemp strong-to the sufferers; the wool
must be judged by the reader. 1t was
woven in the hours that / could snatch dur
Ing long and busy session Of congress.
The work was undertaken with the inten-
ton and aim to do something to point oul
certain political wrongs, mercantile evils
and social follies and vices that are growing
at rapid and dangerous speed i'll our re-
public.
As in the "View of Society,"" chapter
33) Mr.. Woolhat and others, when they
turned and looked back, could not see the
churches, because the decline had been so
sharp, so we, as people, have made such
descent, that certain NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
equality and justice-estabished and rever-
enced at the beginning of our march as a
republic, are now lost TO sight II the ef-
feet Of this work shall be to arrest, in any
degree, that descent, l shall rejoice that my
labor has not been in vain. A people, Ire
a man, stotO to anger, is terrible when
aroused. T. NJ. NORWOOD.
OCTOBER, 1888.
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tanning All pages of tifty-one chapters, Just
received and for sale at 81 50 per volume, at
DAVIS Bros,
40, a and as Bull street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
JUDGE ADAMS BACK HOME.
He is Warmly Welcomed by His
Friends-To Open the Courts.

He is Warmly Welcomed by His
Friends-Io Open the Courts.
Judge A. p. Adams, of the superior
court, returned yesterday morning and was
warmly greeted by friends during the day.
He dropped in at the court house and APP
pointed notary public in chambers and
chatted pleasantly with the court house
officials and friends who dropped in.
To a MORNING NEWS reporter Judge
Adams said that he had had an ENJOYABLE
trip and might have extended his vacation.
but that doing nothing had become irksome
to him, hence his early return. Referring
to the judicial amendment in connection
with his candidacy for seat on the supreme
court bench, he said that personally he did
not care, but he regretted the defeat of the
judicial amendment because he thinks il
would have conserved the public interest if
it had prevailed, as three judges have not
been able to keep up with the volume of
business going up from all the counties OF
the state.
Judge Adams will open court in Bryan
county on Nov. 5, in bingham Nov. IL,
Liberty Nov. 10 and Mcintosh Nov. 20. The
December term of the superior court of
Chatham county will begin Monday, Dec. 3.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
AT THE THEATER.
The "Ivy Leaf" enthusiastically Re-
ceived-The Play Success.

The ivy Leaf" enthusiastically Re-
ceived-The Play Success
The Ivy Leaf" was played before an en-
thusiastic audience last night and was en-
Enthusiastically received. 1t was the first
production Of the play here, and nearly
everybody who attended was disappointed,
but agreeably so. The play is a domestic
drama; there is no sorrowful picture of
Ireland's woes and her misfortunes; there is
nothing about oppression and landlordism
it is a picture of the sunny side of Irish
life. 1t is an Irish drama, but not of the
regulation stamp There is no poverty or
distress; there is no agent or process-server:
there is not an allusion to either Ireland or
England, and yet it is pervaded with a
spirit of Irish sentiment which is unmistak-
able. The author has written play which is
bound to be success, and it is as we'll acted
as it is written. The company is good
one throughout. from little "Nell' to the
leading man. The special features were
excellent. The dancing and singing were
good and the audience was in accord with
everything. The play will be repeated to-
night.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
1900 Reward.

Learning that false statements have been
made to the effect that the Mathushek
Piano which we are now selling under our
limited Special Sale at s325-S5 cash and
81 weekly, sis not the same in style, size,
finish and quality, as when heretofore sold
at S395-s25 cash, $40 monthly"-that it is
cheaply and hurriedly constructed of IN
terlor materials, especially for said sale,
etc, etc, 1ce brand such statements as
bose tdbricatiOnS, and offer a reward of
$1,000 to anyone lOhO lCiU prOue to the con-
trGry:
Some time since a statement was made to
the effect that the Mathushek Pianos had
ceiluloid keys. We ut once offered $500 in
gold to anyone tUho lUouId produce q
MdthuShek Piano sold by as Nth other
than genuine iUOry keys No one has called
for the $500 as yet. Whyi The offer still
holds good. Next: 1t is evident that ig-
norance, or all intent to injure possibly
both, has prompted some one to utter such
falsifications. Be this as it may, the author
is to be pitied. The Special Sale continues
an unbounded success. Might as well at
tempt to turn back the rising tide with
broom as to try and stop people from be-
lieving in, and purchasing, the grand old
reliable Mathushek-S325, So cash, 50
weekly. The only sale of Pianos euer in
dugurcted with Instruments sold before
they d1T'iUe. Orders ahead Call and in
vestigate-2,00O names of satisfied purchas-
ers as reference. Place your order now and
save $40 Note offer contained in our ad-
vertisement on pageS s.
LUDDEN & BATES S. NJ II.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
GONE TO NEW YORK.

Gen. Alexander to Confer with the
Terminal Directory
President f. p. Alexander, of the Central
left for New York at noon yesterday. He
had not expected to go so early. 1t is I'M
dorstood that he made up his mind suddenly,
and, contrary to expectation, went at once.
Like Messrs Inman and Calhoun, Gen.
Alexander was not present when the final
deal was contaminated Now that the mat
ter is settled he has gone on to aid in the
details of the transfer and TO confer with
the board of directors Of the Terminal com
pany. 1t is not thought that Gen. Alexan-
der will remain in New York long, and it is
believed in railroad circles that on his re-
turn immediate steps will be taken to build
the Americas and Eden extension.