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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
The Damaging Rains.

The reports from various parts of the
cotton belt, relative to the cotton crop, are
not encouraging. The rain is doing a great
deal of damage. The unfavorable weather
is not confined to a small area It exists
over an immense section of country. Thus
far the greatest damage has been done in
the southwest. In Louisiana, Arkansas and
Texas a very considerable percentage of the
cotton crop has been ruined, if the reports
from those states are reliable.
In this state the damage yet done il not
so great as in some other states, but if the
rains continue much longer it will be quite
heavy Much or the cotton now coming
into market is so much injured by the bad
wsathcr that the best prices cannot be OBJ
tanned for it,
The hope is entertained that we shall soon
have clear, settled weather, but in view of
the facS that there was very light rainfall
In til , carly part of the summer, rather
wat fall may be expected. If the rainy
weather continues much longer, however,
tho Drop will be greatly shortened, and the
grade OF the cotton will be lowered con-
sidsrably. Those who have heretofore
made it point to buy only the very finest
grades will have a pretty hard time to get
what they want unless they consent to take
Just what the market affords
Tho rice planters cannot be in very
pleasant humor This is their harvesting
season, aud the constant showers make it
almost impossible for them to get their rice
out Of the fields in good condition. Both
rice and cotton planters would like nothing
better than a few weeks of clear, dry
weather.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
BRIGHT BITS.

WHEN a grocer retires from business he
weighs less than he did before.-PfGcticGI
Farmer.
ONE curious thing about the sea serpent is
that il is always some other man that sees it.
HdrDerS Bdz0r.
TALK about infant INDUSTRIES" said Mr..
8arkns. eating seems to be the leading in
dustry of my infant. '-Hayper'S Bazaar.
PROFESSOR is rapidly getting to be a title
which implies that the professions of knowledge
on the part of the man who applies it to himself
are not to be belaVed.-JOurndt Of Education.
/ THERE is a strange partially sho'in in giving
| the elephant, which has f1y-proof hide, a
tail at both ends while the thin-skined horse
has fly brush at only one end.-Norwich
Bulletin.
THERE is always somebody who fails to enjoy
even the most delightful of festivities. The
gladstone clam bake, for instance is usually
anything but pleasant to the clams.-JourlGdt
Of EducdtLon
HAVING got the organ out Of the church at
Winfield, agitation will begin to remove the
stove next winter and thus return to Puritan
simplicity and galloping consumption.-TOpet G
(kGH.) Journal
OLD GENTLEMAN-Str l don't see a
grave of a person as old as | am.
His Danghter-Why, of course not, father !;
yo1I must remember this is a comparatively new
graveyard.-L1e.
C1TIzEN-Why do you write Col" before
Uncle Rastus-No, sab; de "Col" STAINS TO
''cuud. Time.
AND how do you stand on the tariff Mr..
Corpbrakeg" asked the schoolmaster; ARE you
| protectionist?"
81" replied the chiropodist, mo; I'm feet
raider" Dies.4- Burdette.
SOME of the foreign noblemen who made con
quests OF ne sea shore this IN have already
| returned to their barber chairs, and pre-
pared to shave customers with promptneSs and
| dispatch.--LncalR Journal
| WE should neEer judge a man by his clothes.
| A lavender derby may sonnet mes cover brains
| and warm heard often beats beneath the
naughty exterior of an Old gold vest with pink
| polka dotS.-Hd7,per'S Bdzdr.
4 WESTERN MINISTER on recent Sunday
asked those in his congregation who did not
| want to go to heaven when they died TO stand
up. He was gratilied to find no one standing
| but himsef.-YOnkers Statesman.
| II WAS paired five times last session" said the
| Good gracions!" exclaimed Miss Fairan.
| thirty, and haven't been paired once yet.
! What is the fare to WashingtonY''-B ardette.
| WEINsTE1N- Sandlneyer, vas in luck.
| Saudmeyer-How vas uOt, key?
| WeusteIu-l hOf bin accepted by Guggen-
| heimer's widow! Nose Glggenneiner vos yust
| my size, und you know vot "a wardrobe dot Teller
had, Yakey.-Tin,e
"WHo is that fellow Mrs. Lghtfoot is dancing
with"
| 'Oh, that's young Shutemoff the meter man
| for the Stygian Light and Fuel Company"
| y see; that's the reason she turned me off
| she's struck a gas swell. "-BUrdette.
| Coon FOR F1IEs.-Old lady Ito grocer's boy
Your store, boy, seems to be very full of
| flies"
Boy m; guess it's that lot of fiy-paper
| the boss jest bought that draws EN- in here. Do
| Won want some of itI'-Ih8 Epoch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

characterization Assembly No. 49, n
SG.F: Confederate Veterans Association OF
Savannah: the German-American Mutual Loap
and Building Association; Savannah Louso NJ
1,153 X of II.
SPECIAL. NorIcEs.-FaIl Hats at Collat Bros
as to Crew of Spanish Steamship Ponca.
LEGAL SALEs.-Chatham Sheritf's Sale; Loula
G. Hammond. as Executrix of P. +. Hammond,
Plaintiff Against NJ c. Hammond, ct. AL de-
PENDANTS.
BAKING PowDER.-Dr. Prices Cream Baking
Powder.
CzpAp Column ADVERTISEMENTS Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent.
AUCTION SALEs.-Central Railroad Stock
Household Furniture, etc, by c. II. Dorsett !;
Suburban Lots, by l. D. LaRoche Son; Al
sninistrator Sale; Horses, Buggies, etc, by La
Roche & Mclaughlin.
RussIA.-M Frauenstein Moscow.
DAv1s'f PIANO CLUB DRAwING.-Mrs A Nj.
Charlton Draws the Piano.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
Putting Geese to Work.
From the 81. Louis Globe Democra

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
gentleman who has just returned from the
central part of Alabama tells the following won
derful story, which gives new departure for
farmers in the south. and which, if it is found
to be succe 'sful, will be as novel as it will be
profitable and labor saving. He says:
When wss in Alabama, between Porters
Gap and Millerville, came to country place
where man was driving ten or twelve geese
from q branch TO Il cotton patch.
''Por heavens sake, y said |, what is il Won
have on the uecrs of those geesef''
Those are gourds full of water. drive the
geese into that cotton patch and keep them
there all day wedding out the cotton. There is
no water IN the cotton patch, and have to give
them water in this way to keep them there
Those geese will weed out more cotton in a day
than two people would. They will eat the grass
and weeds, but they won't touch the cotton"
But how do they get the water out Of the
gourds under their neckS?"
''They drink out of each others gourd Each
gourd has an opening on the side. 50 that an-
other goose can put lis bill into the sourd and
drink. II you will stay here long enough you
will see il for yourself.
waited there half day to see that perform.
ance, and finally saw it. The geese did Just as
the man said they would When a goose got
thirsty be walked up 70 his neighbor and coolly
drank out of the gourd on his neck.
When asked II he had yet made crop with
the help of the geese, no replied that he made a
small crop asst year, but only had limited
number of geese, as he was only experimenting
This year he has over 100 geese in harness aud
out so far. He has 100 acres under cultivation
and says that he will make the best crop he has
ever made.
Wher asked how he came to think Of using
the geese Us farm hands, he replied that two
years ago he and small patch OF cotton near
his house. In this patch the geese raised about
his yard were allowed TO run. He noticed that
the cotton had little or no grass and no weeds
AT oil. aud began TO watch the geese. lie found
that they literally ate every weed and every
blade of grass, but they did not touch the cot
con tpli inc hn ynI mo- For . lfa
purpose, he resolved 10 try them on a larger
scale. and is delighted with his experiment
His neighbors have paid close attention TO this
matter. and next year they will each of them
start large number OF geese in harness in
their cotton crops. II the farmers experiment.
is as successful as hethinks II will be- IL is only
a question of a few years until the whole cotton
crop Of Alabama will be weeded out by the
ordinary farm goose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

This government has not received official
notification of the rejection by China OF thei
Chinese treaty. but there seems to be no
doubt TINT the treaty has been rejected, and
il Is tie generally accepted opinion that its
rejection was due to the amendments tackled
ON TO it by the republican Senate. These
amendments were unnecessary They did
not strengthen the treaty, and tho only
effect they hsd was TO arouse China's oppo-
sition. They were made for a partisan pur-
pose, just as the fisheries treaty was rejected
by the same power for a partisan purpose.
No doubt the fact win DO made very clear
that but for republican tampering, tho
treaty wculd have been ratified. The Re
publican party has put another small-szed
nalllsione about its neck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Vote OIL: tho Court House Question.
The question whether bonds shall be
issued by mo o~onty with which to build
new court hoasa is 10 DO decided to-day at
the poll. e bic decision is against issuing
bonds, u viii be bsc1dsS of the failure OF
| the psop.s - vote. There is no doubt that
! public sentir:ene IS wholly in favor OF build
ing q rsw court house Neither is there
any doubt that tho question that is to be
voted upon to-day is fully understood. 1t
ha. boon discussed for years. The judges
have discussed it from the bench, and sew
eral grand iuries have given it attention in
their reports. The MORNING News has
brought it before the people many times,
and it is quite safe to say that every intelli-
gent man in Chatham county knows all
about it.
II Is admitted that the present court house
is rot equal to the demands upon it. 1t
hasn't room enough to accommodate the
courts aud county officers, and it is entirely
unsuited for the purposes for which it is
used Assuming, therefore, that it is agreed
thatIthe proposed new court house is needed,
the only question to be determined is this:
VIII the voters authorize the building
of it by providing the county
commissioners with the means for doing 500
While there may be a very general
willingness that the bonds shall be issued.
there may be some who do not fccl sufficient
interest in the matter to go to the polls.
Every citizen, however, ought to feel an in
terest in it, because he is directly concerned
He will not only have to help pay the taxes
required to meet the interest on the bonds,
and to settle the principal of them, but he
will also receive portion of the benefits
which will accrue to the county from the
new building
Every citizen, therefore, should make it a
point to visit the polls some time to-day,
and cast his ballot. He should even make
sacrifices to do so. He may think he cannot
spare the necessary time from his business,
but he ought to spare it. Indeed, if he is as
good citizen as he wishes to be thought to
be, he must spare it. The county has gone
to the expense of holding an election, and
citizens of the county, If they neglect to
vote, will neglect very important duty
Those who have made up their minds to
vote, should make it point to see that their
friends vote. If the proposition to issue
bonds is defeated, it may be years before
there will be another opportunity to erect
the much-needed court house.
A grand hotel and handsome public
building will be erected within the next
year, and a new court house should be
among the structures which will add to the
Importance of Savannah. Indeed, there is
promising prospect of great many i'm
provements in this city in the very near
future The proposed hotel at Tybee,
although it cannot be classed among Saw
annals improvements, will add greatly to
Savannah's prosperity.
Let us then have the new court house,
and thus make the coming year a notable
one ia Savannah for the number and
splendor of the buildings erected within her
limits. Let every voter go to the polls to-
day and vote for court house bonds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

1t appears that millionaires may be
arrested on the complaint of gatekcepers
in Now York. Mr.. Joseph L. Hoffman, a
millionaire tobacco merchant of that city,
was in a hurry to catch the train from
Long Beach to Now York the other day !;
so he took n short cut from the hotel. pass
ing through a side gate into the carshed.
This being against the rules, the gate
keeper objected and. he charges, was
promptly knocked down by Mr.. Hoffman,
who was afterward arrested If millicnaires
are determined &c break established rules
after this fashion, they will show wisdom
by knocking gatekeepers down with a
handful Of coin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

A dispatch from Columbus, o., says that
Mr.. Thurman will be accompanied TO New
York by Gov Gray, of Indiana. whom he
defeated for the democratic vice presiden-
tial nomination. Coy. Gray will doubtless
lift up his voice for the old Roman, and the
effect will be felt in Indiana, as well as in
New York. Fifty thousand depocrats are
expected to attend the big reception in New
York, and Mr. Roswell Z. Flower will pre-
side. On his return trip TO Ohio, Mr.. Thur
man will be accompanied by Chairman
Brice, who will be his guest in Columbus,
and who will make an address to the sur
vivors Of his old regiment at the national
encampmont next week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
The Mistake of an Organ.

Gen. A1rrison, it seems, is in favor OF
| reducing the tariff In his speech at the
Put-in-Bay reception he admitted that
reduction of the revenue was necessary.
The New York Press, the organ of the
high protection monopolists, commenting
on this speech says: The Republican
party is willing and ANXIOUS to prevent the
raising of revenues beyond the needs OF tho
government, but it objects to the silly re-
| duction of duties projected in the Mills Dill
There is something about Benjamin Har-
rison that attracts the confidence OF the
people. Every speech he makes shows his
ability, sincerity and earnestness, and the
solid way in which he stands by the repub-
lican platform is convincing evidence that
under him the country will have an econo-
mically sound administration.
Nowhere outside the pages of l cent
organ could more nonsense be found in 50
few lines as in the above extract. The Re
publican party is anxious to prevent the
raising of revenues beyond the needs of the
government, is it, Well, is anybody trying
to raise themi They are now SO much
above the needs of t g government that the
10 Sbuhcu WIFI IIlOIe ItIih pltosOOOi7
900 Of surplus, and yet this | cent organ
talks about the anxiety of the Republican
party to prevent them from being raised.
When Gen. Harrison declared himself in
favor of reducing the revenues, the Press,
of course, was forced to say something,
and what 1t said must have caused the en-
tire Republican party to smile.
But not satisfied with making itself
ridiculous by talking of the anxiety OF the
Republican party to prevent the rails
ing of revenues beyond the needs
of the government, it calls atten-
ton to the solid way in which
Benjamin Harrison stands by the republican
platform. What does tho platform say
on the tariff question: Does it not say
that the Republican party favors free
whisky before surrendering any part of the
protective systems If Benjamin Harrison,
as the Press calls him, thinks the tariff
ought to be reduced, rather than that
whisky should be made free, can it be said
that he is standing solidly by the republican
platform? The Press makes q great mis-
take in thinking the people are simpletons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

1t is only the partisan republican manu-
facturers who pretend to believe that the
Mills bill will bring disaster upon the coan-
try. Business men in New York, which Is
the pivotal state, don't seem to share that
alarm. This is shown by the fact that
manufacturing concerns are springing up
constantly there. One Of the latest ventures
in this line is house for the manufacture
of wooden and worsted goods, backed by a
capital of $4,000. People would quit in
vesting in this business il they thought the
effect OF the Mills bill would be to ruin
them financially.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Petroskey is summer resort in Michigan,
and during tho season the Daitv Reporter is
published there. The publisher of the Re
porter has failed TO rake money this year,
put he has experienced lots of fun The
5iay his publication suspended for tho sea-
son be printed with flaming headlines the
statement that :he Gar of Russia had been
assascinated, aud in few hours he issued
an extra, giving full account of tho assas-
siuation. OF course the crowds became OK
cited, aud the bulletin board was eagerly
watched for developments. BY the time
tho people learned that they had been dupe
the publisher had taken 10 the woods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

The democrats of Hon. w. L. SCOTS dis
trict in Pennsylvania are very much averse
togiving him up and are urging him to ac-
cept denomination. The convention meets
tomorrow, and in the event Mr.. Scott ad-
heres to his decision to retire. it is thought
that Mayor Brady, of Erie, will DO nomi-
mated. 1t is hardly probable that Mr.. Scott
will consent to serve again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Mr.. Blaine is still engaged in revising the
speeches he makes in Maine, and the New
York Herald charges that his remarks are
doctored to such an extent that they are
not recognized by people who heard them
Did Mr.. Blaine go into this revising bust
ness in order that he might be correctly re-
ported, or i'll order to keep people from
knowing what be really says to those Maine
fOlkSf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
Elaine MuzZled.

Chairman Quay thinks that Mr.. Blaine
has been indiscreet, does he, and so will no.
lot him make speeches in any states except
Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia and Con-
necticut9 Well, Mr.. Quay is about right.
Mr.. Blaine has been indiscreet, and he is
likely to be indiscreet again. He appears
10 have lost his grip, as it were, and since
his return from Europe has done his party
great deal more harm than good. II it
were not that he had accepted invitations
to make speeches in the states named, and
fulfill these engagements, the probabilities
are that the campaign committee wouldn't
let him make any speeches outside of Maine.
The democrats will regret the course the
republican campaign committee has taken
with regard to Mr. Blaine. They could
desire nothing better than to have him go
to Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and some of
the other western states and defend trusts
The farmers there would mob him and then
vote the democratic ticket to man. II
there is any one thing that they are bitter
against more than another it is a trust and
if Blaine were to tell them that trust
is a ''private affair with which
neither the President nor the government
has anything to do" the republican, among
them would seek the democratic camp in q
way that would make Chairman Quay wish
he had never been born. There is ground
for saying that the republican managers
sincerely wish Mr.. Blaine had remained in
Europe until after the election.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
Made Matters Worse.

From the Ne1o YOrI; World (Dem)
Ny. Blaine made bad matter worse by his
carefully written deverance on trusts ut Fox
croft He declared that trusts have no place
in a national canvass but are state issues"
But he does not repudiatc his former utterance
that they are largely private affairs with
which neither the federal power nor private
citizens" have amy particular right to inter
tere," If they private affairs" what right
has state to interfere? And what effect would
separate state interference have upon trusts
whose deviLfish tentac es reach over half the
union, strangling competition and forcing up
prices?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Some of the newspapers of London, it is
stated in a special cable, are gravely max
ing the statement that Gen. Harrison has
Withdrawn from the race, and Mr.. Blaine
has been put up in his stead. 1t is not very
astonishing that such an impression should
be created. Mr.. Blaine is certainly the
most prominent figure in the republican
campaign.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04
The G. L. S. and the g. l.. L.

Between the Portland speech of the greatest
living statesman, VINO declares that trusts
are largely private affairs" ard that President
Cleveland mustn't interfere with them. for it is
nope of his business and the Saratoga
speech Of the greatest living iufdel that free
Manager Quay is put to his wits end to recon
Gle the Chicago platform, which is against
trusts and the Saratoga convention, which is
for high license
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Chairman Barnum is said to have become
SO enthusiastic over democratic prospects
that he would not be surprised to see Yer
mont, Senator Edmunds state, wheel into
the democratic line. At the same time, he
will keep at work just as if the chances were
not SO good Will Edmunds' relent, and
make a speech in Vermont!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

San Francisco letter states that it is
believed that William T. Coleman ~ Co. OF
that city, who failed some time ago, will
resume business in short time. A repre-
sentative of numerous eastern creditors is
now in San Francisco, looking into the
affairs of the firm, and if matters are as
Mr.. Coleman represents them, the creditors
will accept the terms offered, and tho firm
will do business again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

General Master Workman Powderly, of
ths Knights of Labor, does not approve Of
ex-Secretary Litchman's course in trying to
use his official position for political pur-
poses. He says there is no Knights OF Labor
party, and he advises knights to hear both
sides and vote as their consciences dictate.
Mr. Powderly has shown frequently that be
is level-headed man and wise leader.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Tho New York newspapers state that Mr..
Robert CARROTS condition is worse than It
has been represented, and that he is insane
and violent at times. As no reporters arc
allowed to visit the house in which he is
confined, these statements may not be
strictly correct.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

The room of the chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee at headquarters
in New York is adorned with a fine picture
of Mrs. Cleveland Doubtless Mr.. Barnum
is inspired to even greater effort when he
remembers that the beautiful original of
that picture is candidate for another
farm
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Gov. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, who was at
the republican national headquarters the
other day, was able to state his candid
opinion that Pennsylvania will go republi-
can. Chairman Quay is certainly making
a great effort to save that state, and the
chances are that he Svill succeed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-04

Fred Douglass is not backed by the col
ored people of Washington in his fight
against the nomination of Langston for
congress in a Virginia district In fact, he
is opposed by them. They met the other
night and denounced him for taking sides
with Gen. Malone Unfortunately for Lang
ston, however, they will have no repre-
santatiOn in the convention.