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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
TO TRY FOR A NEW SITE.
ANOTHER 100000 FOR THE PUB
Lie BUILDING WANTED.

An Effort to Secure an Increased
Appropriation and to Change the
Location of the Building TO the
Guards Arsenal Property-The Gov
eminent Asked to Suspend Wor K
Until the Matter Can be Brought
Before Congress
An effort viii be made to secure an in
creased appropriation for the new govern
ment building, and to change the site from
that upon which work has already begun
to that Of the Guards arsenal, fronting
Court House square.
Congressman Lester wrote to Secretary
Window yesterday urging the Importance
of larger building than that contemplated
under the present appropriation, and re-
questing that the work which has begun be
suspended pending the effort to secure an
additional appropriation, and a change in
the location of the building.
Mr.. Lester will introduce bill at the
assembling of congress to change the site,
and will move an additional appropriation
if the request for a suspension Of work Is
granted.
Petitions asking for a new appropriation
and for a change in the location of the
building to the Guards arsenal property
were started last night and will be circulated
to-day for signatures.
The kpresent appropriation is 5000, 900.
The site cost S35, 600, leaving $l65, 900 for
the building An effort will be made to
increase the appropriation to S400 GOETHE
amount appropriated for the new postoffics
in Charleston. The Guards arsenal prop
erby, 1t is understood, can be secured at a
reasonable figure, and a bill is now in the
state legislature authorizing the battalion
TO sell the property should it so desire.
The movement to change the location of
the building was started some time ago.
Col. William Garrard enlisted Col. A. E.
Buck in the matter and Col Buck presented
a request for the suspension of work, to the
supervising architect who replied that that
portion of the act of congress authorizing
the selection of site and the erection of a
public building in Savannah, had been
fully complied with, and the department
was without authority to select another
site for the building, and that no change in
the site could be made without an enabling
act of congress.
Col. Buck, in letter to Col. Garrard this
week, said that he thinks the Secretary will
order the supervisors of the work to await
further action of congress if the Secretary
is backed by an earnest appeal of the mem
Der Of congress from this district, strongly
putting the case in the interest of the peo-
pie and the public service, and giving some
assurance of an earnest effort TO move con-
gresS In the matter Col. Buck added that
he believes the movement will succeed.
Congressman Lester in his letter TO Sec
rotary Window urged the Importance of a
more adequate building and more eligible
location than that which the government
has selected
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
FIRE BUGS STILL AT IT.
Attempt to Burn John o. Smiths ROY
of Houses

Attempt to Burn John o. Smiths Row
of Houses.
A telephone alarm was sent in to fire.
mems headquarters from the Office of the
Standard Oil Company at 8 o'clock last
night which called the entire equipment of
the No. SIS to the row of buildings owned
by John O. Smith. on the Thunderbolt road,
where fire was discovered in the closet of
one of the houses.
The fire had burned through the stairway,
and communicating to the floor above had
burned through the ceiling, and the rafters
We're taking fire when the firemen reached
the burning building. The flames were ex-
tinguished with buckets of water.
Before the firemen left the burning build
ing fire was discovered under another of the
houses in the row and was extiuguished by
the use of buckets without any damage to
the building, but the first house was
damaged to the extent of $50
The fires were clearly of incendiary
origin. The buildings were unoccupied,
having been vacated so they could be re-
moved farther back from theroad, as noted
in the MORNING NEWS two or three days
ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
AFTER THE BLIND TIGRRs.@
An Emanuel County Keeper Brought
In bY the Off1cara

In by the Officers
George Gay of Emanuel county was ar
rested night before last by Deputy United
States Marshal John G. Harris, on the
charge of running a ''blind tiger" near
Swainsboro, on the He rrington place. Har-
ris brought his prisoner to Savannah bare
foot. This makes the fourth time that GAY
has been arrested, twice for assisting to run
an illicit still on Vineland plantation, and
once for obstructing legal process in the
Harrington cases, two indictments having
been found against him by the United
States grand jury. Commissioner Frank
Lamar committed the prisoner to Jail until
the witnesses for the government reach here
to-day, when Gay will be given prelimi-
nary examination.
Gay has been brought to the United States
courts ten times and has never yet had trial.
The first case he got out of under the de-
cision that no one could be tried for an Of
Tense carrying with it imprisonment in the
penitentiary, without indictment by grand
jury, and Gay having been bound over
with the Herringtons all the parties were
discharged. Indictments followed, and as
at the last term of court Rowan Herring
ton was acquitted, all the other cases,
among which was Gays, went over to the
November term.
In the present case Ebert Roundtree has
made an affidavit that he bought pint of
whisky from Gay in April, paying 90 cents
for it, and that John Chance and John
Coleman also bought pint each, paying
the same price. AS has been explained in
the MORNING NEWS, a blind tiger" is the
name given place where the patron enters
the premises, deposits the price of his liquor
on the counter and goes out, returning
shortly after to find that the "moonshine"
liquid is ready for him and that the money
has disappeared and no optical evidence
any liquor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
TESTING THE WATER SUPPLY.
The Water Works Authorities Trying
to Find Out Where the Water Goes.

The Water Works Authorities Trying
to Find Out Where the Water Goes.
The water works authorities are trying to
find out what becomes of the S,O0O,O 900 gal
Ions of water that is pumped into the city
mains every twenty-four hours.
People who use water at night have
been surprised several times recently
to find that there was no water in
the pipes. They supposed. of course, that
the supply had been cut off owing to some
accident at the water works. The shutting
off OF the supply is due, however, to another
cause A series of experiments is being
made under the direction of tue water COM
mlttee OF the city council to locate, if pos
sible, the leakage or waste of water that is
believed to be going on somewhere.
1t was first thought that there was some
thing wrong with the wells, or that the
pumps did not have the capacity attributed
to them, but an investigation proved that
there was no trouble with the engines or
the wells. The conclusion arrived at was
that there is great waste of water some
where. Whether the waste is between the
water works and the city, or whether 1t is
in the city is what the committee
is trying to find out. To do this
the water has on several occasions been
shut off from the city mains and turned
into the reservoir in Franklin square. The
time required to fill the reservoir was noted.
The result was then compared with the
number of strokes of the pumps, proving
the capacity of the engines to pump a
certain volume of water in stated time.
The signals for cutting off the
water from the city and turning it on again
were communicated to the engineer at the
water works by one tap of the fire alarm
There is no doubt an immense leakage or
waste of water somewhere and the water
works authorities are determined to find
ont where it is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
TWAS a LIVELY PICNIC.
Pistols and Knives Freely Used at Bat
terry Park.

The colored people of Brownsville had
picnic at Battery Park yesterday afternoonS
1t was disorderly gathering, pistols,
knives aud brassknucks being the lawless
ornaments OF the occasion In the row,
which was one of the features of the occa-
sion, man inflicted several wounds upon a
woman with a knife. One man knocked
another man down with pair of brass
knucks, and when the assaulted party re-
gained his feet he drew his revolver, but
the assailant was separated from him in the
throng, aud no shots were fired.
The Waterman at the park says that Con-
stable Staley was present with his badge of
office conspic lously displayed, and wit
messed the drawing Of three deadly
weapons, revolver, knife and brass knucks,
and made no arrests. He started toward
the city with the negro who cut the woman,
saying he would arrest him, but after go
ing down the road a short distance he let
the man go. Evidently this was only ruse
to appease the excited crowd. vino wanted
the woman's assailant put under arrest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
Y. M. @. AS Concert.

An interesting concert and entertainment
was given at Turner's hall last night under
the auspices of the Young Mems Christian
Association Entertainment Committee. The
programme consisted of vocal and instru-
mental music aud readings. Messrs. Lage
and Kellback gave flute solo with piano
ACCOMPANIMENT. Mr., Pinkard sang 1.-THE
Soldiers Drum" Mr. F. W. Gerber played
a cornet solo and was followed by Miss
Florence Colding who sang The Night
Birds Cooling" Mr.. F. E. Keilback gave a
piano solo. Mr.. S. NJ. Gibson sang Call
Me Back. and Mr.. C. H. King gave
select reading The entertainment closed
with section by the musical quartette,
Messrs. F. W. Gerber, o. ]. Morris, George
Anger and George Gerber.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
TO OPEN THE SEASON.
Agnes Herndon in LA Belle Marie "
at the Theater Friday Night

Agnes Herndon in La Belle Marie {"
at the Theater Friday Night.
The theatrical season will be opened
Friday night by Agnes Herndon in her
new play, LA Belle Marie" Miss Herndon
plays a.dual role, and critics unstintingly
praise the skill and ability with which she
performs her parts. In addition to the act
ing of the star, she is supported by a COM
pany which is pronounced above the general
average. The piece treats of the misery of
a wronged country girl at the hands of a
society villain.
The sale of reserved seats will begin this
morning at the new box office at Buffers,
at Congress and Bull streets. A
special counter has beea reserved
on the Bull street side of the store
for the diagrams, and neat office will be
fitted up. The location is convenient, and
promises to be equally as popular as Davis
Bros, where the reserve scat diagrams have
been for the last three or four years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
Firemen Dropping Out,

John Corners, for several years call man
of the No. fire company, and for the last
month and half permanent man of the
No. 3, resigned yesterday to go at cotton
stevedoring, finding the pay Of fireman
inaneq uate. Lee Platshek, a call man of
the No. 2 company was advanced to the
vacancy occasioned by Corners resignation
This is the second fireman who has omit
the department this month on account of
what they consider the inadequate com
pensation of a paid fireman, Thomas
Griffin having resigned Sept. to engage in
cotton steYedoriug
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
Notice to Contractors and Builders

have been appointed sole agent for the sale
of the celebrated Chewacla Lime. This lime has
peen sold in this market for the last twenty
years. and is conceded TO have given better sat
lstaction than any other lime. | am also agent
for Hoffman Rosendale Cement, English and
German Portland Cements, Calcned Plaster,
Plastering Hair, etc, which can furnish in any
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 all kinds, a
complete assortment OF steamboat and mill
supplies. Get my prices before purchasing
elsewhere Estimates cheerfuIly furnished.
ANDREW HANLEY
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
The Duck Season.

Ward Allen came down the river last
night from Colemau's swamp with twenty
three pair of summer and teal ducks, which
he readily disposed of at Is cents per pair.
He says he encountered big black bear in
the swamp yesterday, and hit it with a ball
from a 45-caliber rife, but not in a vital
spot. and although he spent an hour trying
to come up with the beast again, he had to
give up the chase
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
Got 81 SO for His Mule.

Justice Naughtin decided the damage
suit OF John H. jackson against the South
ern Express Company yesterday, giving
the plaintiff judgme at for 81 50 and costs.
The case vas one where jackson sought to
recover 500 damages for the loss Of his
morse and damage to his wagon by a COLI
slor with one of the delivery wagons of the
southern Express Company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18

In dispute over game of skin" in the
fields across the Ogeecnee canal, day before
yesterday, between some colored men, one
of them, whose name was not learned, fired
a revolver at Andrew Patterson, the ball
lodging in the hip. The man who dld the
shooting made his escape The police fol-
lowed him as far out as the brick yards.
The shooting has been kept comparatively
n4,fat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
RIVER AND HARBOR NOTES.

The Spanish bark Anibal arrived yester=
day at quarantine from Havana, but
there had been some sickness on board of
the vessel previous to her leaving Havana,
and she was ordered to Sapelo.
Messrs. A. R. Salas G. Co. cleared yester-
day the German bark Schiller for Buenos
Ayres with 26, 1903 pieces pitch pine lumber.
measuring 352947 feet, valued at "a, 1861
and 300 barrels Of rosin weighing 13S, 200
pounds, valued at $3.50. Total valuation of
cargo $5,5l5,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
when YOU feel yourself praduallv brooL

When you feel yourself gradually break
ing down don't wait until you have taken
to your bed. While you are still able to be
up and about fight the grim monster dis
ease by the use of proper restoratives. The
best remedy for malaria, indigestion, weak
kidneys, constant fatigue, fits Of dizziness,
short breath and other complications of a
disordered system is Browns Iron Bitters
It's magic influence in conquering diseases
Of an exhaustive nature is most Astonishing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
A Letter From Rev. x. Lowe.

A letter from Rev. E. K. Love was read at
last nights meeting of the First African Bap-
fist congregation stating that the delegates
to the Indianapolis convention who were
the victims of the Baxley assault are i'm
proving. Rev. Love and Deacon Brown
viii be absent couple of weeks longer.
They win probably not return to Savannah
before the first Sunday in October.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
CITY BREVITIES.

The Harmonic Club will hold a special
meeting tonight.
Golden Rule Lodge No. IL, l. o. o. F.,
meets this evening.
Five cases of disorderly conduct were re-
ported at the police barracks at Q o'clock
this morning.
A musical and literary entertainment and
prize drawing will be given at Yonge's hall
tonight for the benefit of the orphans.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
Pythian Memorial services.

The Knights of Pythias will hold a mem
orial service in honor of the late Adolph
Brandt at the Lutheran church tonight at
o'clock. The DuGuesclin and Teutonia
uniform divisions will escort the lodges
from Castle hall to the church.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18
THE ODD FELLOWS BUILDING.
The Corner stone about Ready to be
Laid.


In about two weeks time the Odd Fellows
will be ready to lay the corner stone of their
new baildlng at Barnard and State streets.
letter was written Grand Master Russell
OF Athens to know whan he will be- able 60
come down. No reply has yet been re-
ceived, but it is understood that he will be
able to come about Oct. l. His duties as
solicitor general of the Athens circuit rem
ders it inconvenient for him to come now.
1t is understood that ali of the
officers and of the grand lodge represeta-
tlges from every lodge in the state will be
invited. The building will pr badly be
ready for tine corner stone to be laid in a
few days, but until an answer is received
from the grand master appointing a time
when he can come, the work will be sus-
pended
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18

Indigestion radically cured by the use of
Angostura Bitters. Sole manufacturers,
Or. ]. g. B. Siegert s. Sons. Procured of
all druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-18

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.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-07-12
The American Farmer.

"Uncle Jerry" Rusk continues to re-
mind his colleagues in the cabinet that
there is such a person as the American
farmer. For several months past he has
received appeals from farmers to assist
them in reducing the price of fertilizers,
and he has finally written letter to Sec
retsry Window requesting that imported
crude potash and sulphate Of potash be
passed by the customs officers 1uty free
In reply to this modest request Secretary
Windom said be had carefully consider
ed the subject, and, while he is disposed
to do anything reasonable to benefit the
farmers Of this country, he had failed 10
reach conclusion harmonizing with that
of "Uncle Jerry" Secretary Window says
in an official letter on the subject that,
while it is true some importations of
sulphate of and crude potash are used il
manufacturing fertilizers, the fact of such
occasional use as material for manufsc-
turing purposes canaot operate so as to
authorize the Secretury of the Treasury
to disregard the special provisions in the
tariff act of March 8, 1888, which i'm
poses duty of twenty per cent. ad val
orem on both crude and sulphate of pot
ash. Should he do so in the case of these
articles, then there is no reason why 9TH
er articles and substances specified by
name in the tariff act should not also be
passed free of duty because they may or
can be used in the manufacture of fertil-
iZers."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-07-12
The Rains And The Hay And Vheal
Crops.

There was never perhaps season in
Maryland when the hay crop promised so
bountiful yield as this, and we regret to
say that there was never season when the
loss of the crop threatens to be so heavy.
All through the early months of the spring
the grass grew luXuriously, fostered and
helped in its growth 10y cool weather and
frequent rains. But when it came to har-
vest time and the usual bright weather of
June was expected the hopes of the hay
farmers were dashed by a continuous sue
cession of rains that compelled them to
leave ripened grass outsta aiding to the
latest possible day, and finally forced
them to begin the work of harvesting
whenever temporary lit in the down
pour led them to think that they might
house or stack their hay in fair condition
during the brief intervals between the
raias. In this they have been d d;sappoint-
ed. Nearly every day or night has brought
its showers, and the close, sultry weather,
with the air constantly saturated with
moisture, has prevented, even under the
most favorable circumstances, the hay
from drying. Some of it, however, was
stacked and some put under shelter, but
the rains have continued. Much of the
hay under shelter has heated, that in the
stacks has both heated and partially rot
ted, especially when clover is mixed with
it, while that sill in cocks in the field
and there is a great amount of il in this
condition-is soaked through and through
and has become blackened How great
the loss of the hay farmers of Baltiu ore
and Hartford counties must be, and also of
other parts OF the State, although we
speak from knowledge of the two coun-
ties We have mentioned, it is impossible
to forecast, but it must be very heavy in
deed. There is also an immence quantity
of wheat that has been standing out in
shocks during all these latter rains and it
is to be feared that the grain will be found
badly injured, for the shocks have not in
many Instances had the projection of caps.
The continuous rains have been general
over the Middle States, and many sections
report a loss of at least 20 per cent. on
the wheat crop compared with lis condi-
tion on the 1st of June. There is 50
general damage to the grass crop in these
States, whilst the growing corn crop is
far from promising. 1t was planted late
because of the frequent and heavy spring
rains. and the wet weather of the past
month has reude-ed its proper cultiva-
tion impossible. AS a consequence a
large corn crop cannot be counted on. II
is not often that American farmers suffer
| from iucessint rains during harves' time
They look SO confidently for bright
weather in harvest, and The absence OF j..
taking one season with another, is 81 rare
that they are quite uupsepared to meet =
season of continuous rains. \ farmers
life is a hard one at the best, but to meet
with such reverses when his crops reach
! the point Of fruiiion is Of all others The
most serious blow 10 withstand.-Saa.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-07-12
Maryland Retro grading
WE WILL PR BADLY LOSE \ CoNGRrsSaNN
by TIE CENSUS.

Tue Baltimore american, in reviewing
the census prospect, says: \ review oi
Maryisnd's position isu', very encourag-
ing. The Constitution gave her six rep
resentatives. The first census (l790) rails
ed the representation 10 eight, her repre-
sentative population being then 3i9,72s.
She then stood sixth among the the thir-
teen States in rank of population The
next census again her reprt s"n'afion in
creased, this time by one. and So until
1920 Mary and had no less than nine
members in tha House. But in the Ten
years from 1920 to 1880. Marylsnd's pop
ulati only increased the almost increli,
bly, small number of $4,000 from Al ,0i0
to 410 0l9); and so in 1890, when alnosr
every other State was increased in the
House. Maryland fell off I" eight. Ten
years later she Tell off two more. and the
census of 1860 actual y cut her down to
FIVE members. The next census restored
her to six, and the last census again gave
hee six. Maryland has done well to dis
card her motto, Increase and Multiply"
She hardly incressts The talk OF mul-
tiplying is cruel scorn While the aver
age increase of the States during the de
cade 1870 so was thirty per cent, Mary
lands was only nineteen per cent OA
that rate Of increase. Maryland's represen.
tative population in 1890 will he about
1,112,2l2, which, on the 100000 appor-
tionment, will rob her of one member
Her remainder of over a hundred thou
sand will badly avail to allot her an sd-
ditional congressman, for the total mem
bership will be Obtained on the even di-
vision-that is. II the present mem Der.
ship of 325 or $50 is retained.
In that case the State will have to be
redivided into FIVE congressioal distric S
Cecil will probably be taken from the
Second district and added to the First
the Eastern Shore thus becoming one dis
trict. Baltimore city instead of contain
lug two entire districts and portion o
another, will probably become part of the
Second aud Fourth and all of the Third
The present Third and Fourth districts
now wholly in the city, will be cut up SC
that part of the present Third will help
out the Second to make up for the loss OF
Cecil and to help to make up the even
distribution OF voters. The remainder
of the Third and most of the presen,
Fourth will make the new Third district
the rest of the present Fourth and part ot
the present Fifth will form the new
Fourth district, and the rest of the old
Fifth will join with the psesent Sixth to
make the new Fifth.