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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Yesterdays HEAVY RAIN.
Savannah the Wettest Place in tn,
South Just Now

Savannah the Wettest Place in the
South Just Now.
Yesterday was a wet day People who
were out during the rain found it next to
impossible to keep drv The driving wind
blew the rain up under the umbrellas and
buggy tops, so that both might as well have
been abandoned for the protection they
afforded Nobody kept dry except those
who stayed indoors.
The mean temperature for the day was
CO.. Tho amount Of rainfall was 214
inches. Savannah had a greater rainfall
than any other place in the state. Light
showers occurred throughout the southern
states, with the exception perhaps of North
and South Carolina. At New Orleans the
rainfall was 80 inches, and at Nashville 92
of an inch. The heaviest rainfall was at
those stations along the Gulf coast.
All of yesterday there was a stiff north
easter off Hatteras and there
appears to be disturbance in
Southwest Texas Observer benson said
last night that the conditions of the other
portions of the surrounding section seem to
indicate that a storm is likely to develop
there. Telegraphic communication is cut
off by the wires being down.
Throughout the southern states the tenn
perature was nearly normal, except in
Georgia, where it was slightly below the
normal. The average minimum temper
AZURE yesterday in the Savannah district
was 65'. The heaviest rainfall in the Sa-
vannah district, outside of Savannah, was
at Eastman, aud was ]. OF inches. At Mil
len 80 of an inch of rainfall jacksonville
reported rainfall of . inches within the
last forty-eight hours.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
A BOOMER FROM TEX AS.
The Way the Rangers Sound the
Praises of Their State

The Way the Rangers Sound the
Praises of Their State.
No one doubts the vast area Of the state
of Texas and the fertility of its soil, but
they are not such as to justify the extrava-
CANT praises of the Lone Star state that a
Texan sounded in Hart s. Bros. store one
day last week.
The ranger was an enthusiastic advertiser
OF his section. Texas, he said, is as large as
all the rest of the United States, and there
is no industry in the country in which Texas
cannot lay over any other state Its climate
he said, Is as varied as that of the United
States, and he added that Texas is as rich
in coal and iron ores as Alabama or Penn
sylvania, and in agriculture it will rival
Dakota in wheat, Kansas in corn, and
Georgia in cotton. Corn, he saws, can be
had in Texas for 10 cents per bushei, and as
for cotton, the crop is so large that planters
will not be able TO gather it in the next CEN
fury. This sort of talk must be taken with
some grain of allowance, but all the re-
ports from Texas show that they have had a
large crop year, aud that it will show that
the credit of the vast state will not be dis
puted when its figures for 1889 are compared
with the reports of the present year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
DEATHS GETTING FEWER.
THE AUGUST MORTALITY SHOWS
A BIG FALLING OFF.

The Death Rate Among the White
Population Ten Less Than for
August a Year Ago-A Comparison
Between Last Month and August
for the Last Five Years What the
Low Mortality Shows.
The low death rate for August, Health
Officer Drummer said last night, eclipses
anything for the month of August for
many years. There were but II deaths, p
white and 40 colored, showing. with an in
creasing population, decrease in the NOR
tuary statistics for the month, which is
gratifying to the sanitary officers, and
especially 30 to the health officers. OF the
deaths last month, the ratio per
1000 among whites was but S25, and
among colored but 23.J2., a heavy falling
of in the deaths among colored, but not
reaching the proportional decrease of deaths
among whites, upon basis of increased
population.
OF the II deaths during last month some
three or four died outside of the city. but
the city gets the credit of it as the cases
were brought here for treatment or were
residents Of the city. OF the deaths 10
whites and q colored were under the age Of
10 years.
Health Officer Drummer said that the low
mortuary record for August was
remarkable, significant of the healthful
condition Of the city, and so good a show
ing will not be made, he thinks, by any
other city Of the sizs of Savannah in the
country.
AS indicating the gradual decrease of the
deaths in Savannah for August, a compari-
son for the month has been compiled by the
health officer, which is deemed reliable aud
is as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
AFTER THE POLICE.
The Mayor Going to See that Discip-
line Is Main tanned.

line Is Maintained.
In alluding to the manner in which he has
recently dealt with the police against
whom charges have been preferred, Mayor
Schwarz said yesterday that the press has
been complaining of lack of discipline,
and he proposes henceforth TO be a strict
dlsciplinarian.
The mayor said that he fined one of the
mounted patrol $50 for dismounting and
putting the bride reins of his horse over his
arm and going to sleep. in which condition
he was found by the sergeant on street duty.
As TO Officer Mikelps removal from the
force, the mayor said that the officer had
repeatedly abSented himself from his post,
and of the five charges brought against him,
he admitted that three of them we're true
The offense of Officer Neidinger, he said,
was not only using improper language to a
brother officer, but doing so in the presence
of other members of the force at police
headquarters and on Sunday.
The mayor added that he does not think
I since his strict dealings with offenders, that
there will be any more vacancies in the
police force very soon, as 1t has had a sau-
ia y effect upon the men. This is evidently
the view of the men on the force, for one of
them said to a MORNING NEWS reporter
last night, Come around the corner and
will talk TO you a moment. | tell you we
have TO be careful now, for the way things
are going none of us feel very safe if the
slightest charge is lodged against us. The
old man has got his Ratchet sharp and will
use it,"
The mayor said that all he asks of the
men is that they shall aid him in preserving
the peace and order Of the city, and in pro
tecting the lives and property of the
citizens, and if they are not willing to do
that they will have to walk the plank
| Especially, he saws, he cannot overlook any
| dereliction of duty upon the part of the
mounted men, whose places are much more
responsible than the foot patrol as owing to
the inadequate number of meu the mounted
men have large territory to guard, and
should be vigilant and alert. He was not
inclined 20 express an opinion as to the re
suit of Neidlinger's appeal to the board OF
! aldermen next WEDNESDAY night
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

For the first eight months Of 1889. IA
licenses were issued to white and 3l2 to
colored persons, a total Of 44G, or an aver
ageof $50 per month. If this average is
maintained there will be a considerable in
crease over the number Of licenses issued
last hear, but the average will be increased.
But one dull month, the present one, re-
mains, and during the fall and winter
months Clerk Kelback SAYS the
number is almost sure TO be materially
increased, and in some of the remaining
months he expects TO issue rs high as
seventy-fiye licenses. The proportion of
licenses issued to co!ored people thus far for
the year is about 2 5-l6 70 I white, which
goes to show that matrimony is popular
with the colored people, but the marital yoke
is not worn patiently by them, as a rule,
and separations are common after q brief
experience Of connubial infelic1ty.
The magistrates courts furnish daily evil
dence of the inability Of the coIored people
to stand up to the bargain of better or
worse. Many colored men and women
shift from one state to another, and from
one county to another, and once a married
couple are separated aud away from the
county where they were married, they do
not attach much Importance to the require
ments of the law of divorce, but finding a
new flame apply for a license in the court
of ordinary, and as no one knows
the circumstances and the usual
legal questions having been satisfactorily
answered, the license Is issued in due form
and marriage follows, of course. This
accounts in a large measure for the greater
proportion of licenses issued to colored
people, by comparison with the census of
the two races.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
I'VE average annual ratlO ii II

Inc average annual ratio vi .ne ,,14v..s
per 1000 among whites during the month
OF August for the five preceding years was
1898, and the death rate last month among
whites being but S.25, shows a decrease be-
low the average Of over 40 per cent.
In two of the deaths among whites last
month which appear in the mortuary re-
port against the city, one was sailor who
walked all the way from Alabama to Sa-
vannah, and having arrived here he was so
far Frustrated from fatigue and exposure
that he died after being only three days in
the hospital. The other case was that of an
employe on the government works up the
Savannah river, who came to the city for
treatment after too long delay and died
shortly after in one of the hospitals.
The decrease in the death rate among the
colored people is not so large proportion
atelv, but it is marked. The average death
rate per 1000 among the colored population
for the month Of August for the five years
preceding this year was 35. %, against %. SO
for last month, showing n decrease for
August of this year of about 331E per cent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

President Price of the board of trustees
of the North Georgia Agricultural College
at Dahlonega has sent out a circular az
nouncing that each senator and representa-
tive of the general assembly q Georgia is
entitled TO appoint one pupil, male or
female, to the college who shall be received
without the payment of any fees whatever.
The appointment is good SO long as the
student continues iu the college. Repre-
sentative Gordon writes to the MoRNIyC4
News that any one in Chatham county de.
string to enter the school may make appli-
cation for the appointment. Maj W. S.
Basinger is president of the college faculty..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
WELL PAST A CENTURY.
A Colored Aunty who Has Celebrated
Her 10th Birthday.

A Colored Aunty who Has Celebrated
Her 10th Birthday.
DR.. Sheftall is treating the oldest colored
woman in Savannah. She lives at letter r
on Farm street. Her name is Susan Waters
She is 10 years old and has lived in Savan-
nah all her life. For the last eighteen years
she has been totally blind and gets about
on crutches. Sac refuses to take anything
except a cup of sweet milk at each meal.
DR.. Sheftall said that the old woman has
subsisted on this diet for several months.
and perhaps years. She is pleasant old
soul and loves to talk about her
past life. She was a slave and delights
to tell about her life in bondage.
Although her memory is indistinct on Incl
dents which have taken place since she
became so old, it is vivid upon things
that took place during "slavery-time."
Her voice trembles as she talks about
''havin' one foot in de grave" and she hides
her head covered with white in her palsled
hands
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Funeral of A. B. solomons

The remains of A. B. Solomons were
buried yesterday in Laurel Grove ceme-
terry by the Knights of Pythias and the
B'Nai Birth. Myrtle Lodge No. 6, Knights
of Pythas. turned out in strong numbers
with the other lodges, and the BODY was
escorted from the residence Of S. Cohen to
the cemetery, where the burial rites were
performed. A delegation of the Southern
Travellers Association also attended the
funeral "AO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
To Have More Lights.

Talking of the need of more city lights.
Mayor Schwarz said last night that the CITY
ought to have at least 100 more lights at the
price it is paying for the inadequate num-
Der now in USE An advertisement is being
prepared to receive bids for lighting the
city, and the mayor says he hopes to get
fifty additional lights by Oct. l. He thinks
there should be at least two more tower
lights in the southern part of the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.

The Italian bark Washington, arrived
here yesterday..from Girgenti,wth cargo of
sulphur. She made the passage from the
Rock of Gibralter in 80 DAYS. Captain
Caflero reports that on the western edge of
the sGulf stream he encountered a very
strong current running west south west to
east north east. 1t was running at the rate
OF miles an hour and the bark was in this
current for three days. On Aug. 2S. in
latitude rs longitude 80. IL he passed spar
standing perpendicularly in the water and
several feet projected above the water.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
A BIG YEAR FOR MARRYING.

Four Hundred and Forty-Six Licenses
Issued Since the Beginning 1889.
The indications are that the number of
marriage licenses issued for 1889 by the
court Of ordinary will be considerably in
excess of last year, although the number is
sued for the mouth Of August this year is the
same as that for August, 1855, being fl.
OF the licenses issued during the month
eleven were TO whites aud thirty 10 colored
applicants.
Deputy Clerk Keilbach has compiled the
licenses issued for the past six years, which
make the following sh owing:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Notlce to Oontractors and Rnildern

have been appointed sole agent for the sale
of the celebrated Chewacla Lime. This lime has
been sold in this market for the last t,ventv
years, and is conceded to have given better sat
isfaction than any other lime. am also agent
Tor Holman Rosendale Cement, English and
Plsstering Hair. etc, which can furnish in anv
quantity and ON short notice. keep on hand the
largest stock in the south of White Pine Doors
SASH Blinds, Builders Hardware Paints. oils
Glass, Lubricating Oils, Packings of ali Kinds a
complete assortment of steamboat and mill
supplies. Get my prices before purchasing
elsewhere. Estimates cheerfuly furnished.
ANDREW HANLEY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Game of Calling An other a Liar

William Xix (colored) applied at the
Office of DR.. B. F. Sheftau yesterday to
have a dangerous wound on his head
treated 1t was almost a fracture. The
cash extended nearly across his head, and
was deep. Xix said that he and another
colored boy were joking, and he called the
other fellow liar, when he was struck
over the head with a large stick. The
stick, he said, was loaded As soon as his
ran off
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Gut with an ADJ.

Paul Graham (colored), at work on the
Central railroad shed, became involved in a
fracas with another of the workmen night
before last, and he received terrible cash
in the leg. His combatant cut him with a
large adj, inflicting a fearful wound and
nearly breaking the leg Graham was
taken to the Georgia Infirmary. The man
who cut him has not been arrested.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
The River Street Railroad.

The heavy rains Of yesterday buried
the Central railroad extension track on
River street at the foot of West Broad
street under several inches Of sand. The
track has been completed to the foot of
Bull street, with the exception of the bump
ers, which have not yet been put in. It is
not believed that the right of way will be
granted for farther extension of the road
eastward, except, possibly, with the under
standing that light engine is to be used in
operating the extension
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
The Last Tybee Rxc,1rsior

The last excursion train of the season
went to Tybee yesterday. The Central
railroad ran an excursion train from Au-
gusta to Savannah and Tybee, and it
brought over 500 people. It was the largest
crowd OF the season. The day was not an
enjoyable one, however at the beach. and
many OF the excursion party renamed in
Savannah. The Central will take off irs
excursion schedule to-day and the Tybee
railroad will reduce its schedule.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Mr.. Tvnan's Good Barge,,

1t is said the Standard Oil Company has
bought the oil reservoir of the Hughes
crematory from the purchaser of the latter
paying SITS more for the tank than the
entire crematory cost the lucky bidder at
last weeks oonstable's sale.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
They Want an Armory.

UIO"E V'te aUYI8tI VtTu.l CHRONICLE.
The Georgia HusSars, of Savannah, an
nounce in an eloquent circular letter their
intention Of holding a bazar in December
next next TO raise funds to build an armory.
Certainly no command in Georgia more
richly deserves ample and commodious
quarters that these gallant cavalrymen of
Savannah, and friends all over the
state VIII feel an active interest in their un-
dertaking.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Funeral Of 2. M. BOZ

The funeral of P. NJ. Box took place from
his late residence yesterday afternoon and
was attended by the Savannah Volunteer
Guards battalion, which paid the last trib-
ute OF respect to its deceased member,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
LESS MEDICINE EVERY YEAR.
A Big Falling off in the Number of Free
Prescriptions

Prescriptions.
The number of prescriptions put up at
the city dispensary last month was but 1906,
a falling off of 404 from August of last
year, when l,6l0 prescriptions were put up.
and this last was falling off from August
1887, of S95, SO that the increased healthful-
ness among the poorer classes this year
over 1887 may be seen at a glance, as there
were ,299 less prescriptions put up for the
month ending last Saturday night than for
the corresponding month two years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Must Be Quieter About II.

Complaints have been coming in to the
mayor OF the disorderly conduct in the
neighborhood of the hall occupied by the
Colquitt Blues, a colored military company
at Montgomery and Bolton streets, which
is rented out for balls and other meetings
two or three times week, and is kept opeD
until 2 o'clock in the morning to the dis
turbance of ''the peace and order
OF the neighborhood,n and TODAY
Mayor Schwarz will have the officers Of
the company before him with a view to
giving relief TO the people living in the
n1elgnoorhood OF the hall. The mayor says
that order must be preserved and more
reasonable hours kept or he will take steps
70 prevent such gatherings in the future.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
LUDDEN q BATES .. NJ

have ali heard and beIi.,.
that the instruments ~, ~
represent have no s1nerio w.
in the world; and thai , o,s
twenty years experienos
and reputation are The bss'
guarantees Of fair trss IA.
ment. WAY
as they may with otbs,
houses, they ALWAYS an5
our prices as low, or loTs NO..
than those of the nam
facturer, and our ter1.,
easy enough to meet eyerT
wish. 0'''!
due respect to the otbs,
genial gentlemen enea9si
in selling Pianos ana o..
gans In the south, we mus,
insist that we can offer cer.
tain privileges to buyers
which no other houses can AN
equal. ''-
in short, can, and don
offer inducements in tbs
way of prices, terms, etc
to meet the ideas Of every
possible buyer, and wbileis
neUer belittles or misreDre.
sents the instruments n
other houses or manufao.
turers, it does insist that
Chickering, Mathushek
Mason & Hamlin, Sterling
and Bent Pianos and or.
gans having stood the test
of years in This particular
climate are the safest and
best instruments to buy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

A A. Hodge, d. D., Ii. D., Princeton semi
nary says Of the American Supplement to the
EScYcLoPEDIA BRITAENIoA:-''I have been
specially delighted withits religious articles"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
A MAN was running down Bates street toward

MAN was running down Bates street toward
the river the other afternoon when policeman
confronted him and asked for an explanation.
"Whog"
THE Doctors
What do the doctors want of you!''
- !hey want TO experiment on me with the
elixir OF life. Please don't let EN-; don't sir''
i should think you'd be perfectly willing TO
be experlmented on. 1t might set you back ten
years invigor"
That's just the rub, sir. I'm satisfied IL
would, and ten years ago every time was ar
rested for vagrancy l looked so strong and
healthy that his honor sent me up,'-Detroit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

Kindly remember that
we still have afeW Of those
thoroughly renovated Sec
Ond-hand Pianos and Or
ganS, upon which we are
offering uneQualed bar
gains. Also that our
tuning, repairing and NOV
ing facilities are the best
of their kind.
LUDDEN & BATES S NJ 4.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Back to Cur Old Stand.

The finishing touches are being put on our
new building, and we will be back at the old
stand this morning, open and ready to
receive our customers. The new building has
been specially arranged for our business, and
will be one of the handsomest Jewelry estab-
hshments In the south. We are opening our
new goods and beautiful line we have, and
will be pleased to receive calls from our many
customers every day this week, and know we
can please them both as to goods and prices.
DO not fail to investigate our goods before pur-
chasing. NJ SrERNBEPc
157 Broughton street
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
DRY GOODS.
W1E have received during the past week the
w following lines of seasonable goods
SATINES.

50 pieces French finished Satines, beautiful
styles and coiors, at 15c yard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02
Chambrays and Ginghan1s

100 pieces Chambrays, in plains stripeds, solid
colors and new side bands. at 121hc. yard
so pieces fine Plaid and Striped Ginghams, all
new Units and styles, at loo. yard