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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
A LIVELY MONDAY DOCKET.

Thirty-one Prisoners Disposed of In
the Mayors Court.
There were thirty-one prisoners in the
mayors court yesterday morning. Charles
Williams and Dan Moore, both colored, were
turned over to the city court as suspicious
characters, having money asd a watch in
their possession supposed to have been
stolen. Frank Smith and George Washing
ton, arrested in their company, had their
cases continued for a further inquiry into
the matter.
Six colored lads were each fined SIS or
thirty days for being found sleeping under
sheds and stoops.
Two boys charged with firing off fire.
crackers north of Liberty street were dis
missed after correction by their parents.
The charge against Jonn Warren
(colored) of sellit & Liquor without city
license was dismissed.
The other prisoners were convicted
some for fighting. some for disorderly con-
duct, and the remainder for various stages
of intoxication-the penalties aggregating
1892, or 446 days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
NOT BUYING ROADS NOW.
The Central Has Not Purchased the
Dublin and Tennille.

The Central Has Not Purchased the
Dublin and TennilIe.
There is rumor in Tallahassee, Fla.
that the Central Railroad Company has
purchased the line Of road from Tennille
to Dublin, and will extend it at once to
Townsville, and from that point will build
either to 'Carrabelle or join with the Au-
gusta, Tallahassee and Gulf, now under
construction from Carrabelle to Tallahassee.
and having a charter to the Georgia line.
/ ne rumor runs that the main object of the
Central in seeking a terminus on the gulf
cast is to compete with the Plant system
in working up pan-American trade.
In the absence from the city of Gen. Al
exander, president of the Central, a MORN
ING NEWS reporter saw Mr.. T. NJ. Gun
ming am. q director of the Central, yester-
day, and asked HIM if there is any founda-
ton for the rumor.
Mr.. Cunningham replied that as far as
he knows there is not word of truth in it.
He says the Central is largely interested in
the road from Tennille to Dublin, and
helped it, furnishing it with iron for its
track, but the Central has not purchased
the road as far as he is aware, and he is in
position to be well informed on the sub
iacf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
ORANGES KEEP UP.

The Yellow Fruit a Favorite in the
Holiday Season
"Oranges 50 and 50. 50a boxn is the posted
bill in all the fruit dealers stores. The
same oranges sold a week ago for 81. rs and
SO box. The holiday demand has run the
price up, and the sale of oranges for the next
ten days will be enormous. The out-of-
town trade is on now for fruit, but it will
practically close with to-day. Then will
ceuie the city trade. 1t will continue heavy
until after the holidays. After that time it
will drop off, and the price of fruit will
drop.
The supply Of oranges on the market now
is not too large, but just large enough to
keep the demand sharp all the time. Moth
ing bat Florida f,uiU is being sold now.
There is plenty of it on the market to sat-
isfy the demand for the next ten DAYS. so il
is not likely that the receipts will be large
enough to cause the price to drop until the
holiday trade is over.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
THE NEw-cHURoH LEGACY.
Mrs Elizabeth Church Bequeaths til
Society Over $4,000

Mrs. Elizabeth Church Bequeaths the
Society Over $4,000.
The will of the late Elizabeth Church.
with DR.. Richard J. Num- as executor, has
been admitted to probate in the court of
ordinary. The testatrix makes the First
New-Church Society her legatee, and her
Oequest amounts to about $1O,2l0 so at the
market value Of the stocks she beQueatbs.
which are as follows: Fifty shares Of Cen
trail railroad stock, eleven shares of South
western railroad stock, and twenty-six
Central railroad debeutures at 300 each.
The testatrix on May 8, 1888, made her
will bequeathIng the above-men toned
stocks to the trustees of the New Church
Society to build house OF worship at
Huntingdon and Draytol streets, but since
that time the society having erected the
church, on the 18th instant the testatrix
added a codicil giving the legacy to the
society, as she worded Ito be used for the
benefit of the church and for the further
ancs Of the purposes Of said society"
The New-Church Society is what is de-
nominationally known as the Swedenborgian
church, Of which the deceased was deYout
IA ember.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24

Travelling Passenger Agent J. c. Shaw Of
/ the Cent. al went up TO Macon last night g
spend CnristmaS-
The number Of pig iron furnaces in oper-
alton in the Uni ed Stats has increased
I from 264 on the first day Of January last 70
313 o nthe first Of November, and the weekly
capacity Of these from 142, 4j2 tons % l65, 22j
| tons
The depots were thronged yesterday
with people who have bought their Christ
mas articles and are getting back home TO
spend Christmas. They have been in the
city all the week. and they have about
made their purchases, and will lust have
time 70 get back home to enjoy the holidays
General Manager Gabbett of the Central
railroad denied the statement made by one
Of the Macon papers, that the Central rail-
road Is charging or preparing to enlarge
Us facilities for the manufacture of cars
there Mr.. Ga5bett said that the Central
does not propose to do anything more in
Macon than it is doing now.
When Gen Alexander was in Griffin
some time ago to attend the directors an
nusl meeting Of the Savannah. Griffin and
North Alabama railroad, he pro -nisei toe
people Of Griffin a new depot. U Jon bis
return 70 Savannah he advised with Mr..
Gabbett, and the general manager said YES
~@--~S S-----A SCI q AAS
The Central railroad has asked the Beau
fort, 5. C., authorities 10 grant it the priv
ilege of laying a track down the shell road
leading from the Port Royal and Augusta
railroad track to Beaufort. 1t is a mile
from the Celtral's track down TO Beaufort.
and If the Central is permitted to lay
track down to the town, q depot will be
erected there for the accommodation of the
passengers.
DR.. Peters, superintendent of the Theirs
Detective Agency of st. Louis, has been in
the city for several days, presumably on
business for the Central railroad. That
agency had the CentraFs business last year.
through Detective Gibson, when the Ocean
steamship robbery was uncovered. Peter
Griffin, the last of the thieves, was tried and
convicted in the superior court few DAYS
ago. DR.. Peters had a conference with
General Manager Gabbett yesterday.
]. r. McMullen of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad arrived yesterday 20 take
the place of Dispatcher d. F. Kirkland who
resigned few days ago to accept a position
with the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad. Dispatcher McMullen began WORK
yesterday. He is an old railroad man,
having served his time with number of
western roads. Dispatcher Kirkland put IN
his first day at Macon Sunday night, and
had to handle the wreck which occurred
just below Macon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
GONE A PLACE HIGHER.
Conductor Storey the Central Given
q Deserved Promotion.

Conductor Storey of the Central Given
Deserved Promotion.
Conductor James II. Storey, of the Cen
trail railroad fast mail train service, has
received a deserved promotion. He has
been taken of the road aud placed in
charge Of Supt. Hege's business at this end
Of the main stem. Mr.. Storey will have an
office Of his own IN the depot building. and
he will have charge Of the discipline Of the
men at this end of the line, and also the
handling OF cars here. He will also
have a record Of the cars, and he will Tir-
tually represent the superintendent and
trainmaster Of the Centraps main stem in
Savannah.
Mr.. Storey has worked his way up
from very low place. He began
as messenger at the age of 13, and
carried messages at the Central rail-
road offices until he was made clerk
in the yard masters Office. He remained
there some tiane until he was promoted
TO clerk in the trainmasters office, and
later to assistant trainmaster. He was sent
out as conductor on the first Shoe Fly train
that ever ran out Of Savannah. When the
trainmaster's department changed its head.
Mr.. Storey went on the road as cond uctor
on the fast mail, where he has been ever
since. He has never had an accident.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
AT THE COURTS.

Gossip Picked Up Here and There In
the Court Rooms.
In the city court yesterday there were
three cases dismissed for want of prosecu.
ton.
Walkin Isaac was given six months
sentence to the chain-gang for the larceny
of articles from the house of Sarah West.
and among the things stolen was Bible.
Caesar Gregory was fined 500 or six
months for an assault upon Samuel White.
Tenah Mack, for the larceny of 81 from
the house OF Mary Smith, was sent to the
chain-gang for six months
Lucien Harrison, minor, for the larceny
of cake of chocolate from NJ. d. Hirscb.
having been corrected, was ordered dis,
charged upon the payment of costs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
HETAxPAYEEs coNFERENcE
Yesterdays Talk ofthe Citizens Con
miteee With the Council


The citizens conference COMMITTEES net
the city council yesterday, to discuss the
new tax ordinance. Tns committee coz
sisted Of Capt Joan Fisnnsry, aud Mss=rz
D. P Thomas, 2 @. Erwin. Il. C. Cunning
ham, z. A. Well. s. Guckenheiuer. ". ".
Gordon, J. P. Young, and George A. Asr-
or.
The conference was held with closed
doors, b1t il vas learned that nothing ca &c
OF ir. Ihs committee seconded rEs suz-
gsstiou Of the citizens meeting last week,
and tLe views OF the members, while freely
given, lacked the rounding up Of q plan
that viii make the Hzy clear 70 council 70
enact tax ordinance which viii make the
rate OF pegsonal property less than that On
real estate.
To i1dge from the views Of aldermen
after the conference ad journsd, they are no
nearer a soiutloa Of the tax question than
they were e the outset, and IL looks now
a. L the tax ordinance vii be framed %
comply with the decision in the Verdery
case. This means that the rate OF taxation
viii be u per cent. on all classes Of prop
ertF, as tnst rate has bean about ss:tle1
upon.
A member q the couucl said Yesterday
that il the committee would pledge the
money 70 run the city govsrnmeIt, and
give bond 20 pay all damages ar sing from
tie passage Of tax ordinance that would
ease up on personal property, the council
might be in q position 70 consider it, but
nothing % that kind has bean proposed.
he tax ordnance will come up before
the council az It's meeting Thursday night
for its second reading. Tomorrow night is
the regular meeting time, but as it viii fall
on Christmas night, the council viii meet
aud adjOura until Thursday. night 1t is
the impression OF members Of the bard Of
ald-T-nen that no further conferences will
be held.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
SUNSHINE FOR CHRISTMAS.

The Present Holiday Weather the
Most Remarkable on Record.
For d ecember and Christmas the present
weather is very remarkable. Signal OBJ
server Whitney said last night that he saw
nothi ng in the reports to indicate that the
weatl Ter will be broken up, at least for the
next thirty-six hours 1t is most likely. he
said, that Christmas will pass without a
break In the sunshine. Yesterday, of all
days, was probably the most remarkable
A reg lar ''chinook" wind swept e coun-
try, melting snow and ice wherever it
went. and causing the temperature to run
up al Dove the fifties
In the Missouri and Kansas region the
temp 'erature reached 62'. 1t was 74' here
yesterday. The temperature all over the
country was higher than it has been in
seversI days, and pleasanter day is seldom
expera snced at this season. II seems as IL
spring and not winter is ushering in.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
Sirocco Tea,

We beg to call especial attention
to the fact that we are
Indian tea planters and propri-
etors of the tea gardens on which Sirocco
Tea is grown. Others selling Indian teas in
packets or IN bulk must first buy from us or
from our fellow planters.
The flavor of our tea is celebrated all
over the world. 1t is the pure flavor of the
carefully selected and prepared Indian.
Ceylon and Assam tea leaf, gathered in
July last and sent direct, via Belfast, with
out entering the port of London. We are
tho only Indian planters who bring the
produce Of their own gardens into the
states. American headquarters, 1.436
Broadway, New York, Davidson & Co. tea
growers and importers. Savannah agents.
Lapman Rgos.a I4QnaaA block.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
CITY BREVITIES.

oglethorpe Lodge, No. 1. I. o. o. F.,
meets this evening.
Ben Jones was lodged in the barracks
last night, charged with the larceny of a
saw, hammer and chisel from John Har-
rison.
York street, on both sides of Barnard, is
being improved by putting down lime and
rock The street force was busy at work
on the street yesterday.
Willie Moon (colored) was arrested and
lodged in the barracks last nignr for firing
pistol at John Graham on Poplar street
Graham escaped with whole skin.
Up to o'clock there were nine disorder
lies" in the city lookup and the way
things are going there will be many Christ
mas dinners eaten at the convict camps.
The new chemical engine for the fire de-
partment arrived yesterday on the New
York steamship, and will be brought up to
headquarters to-day, where it Will prob a.
bly, DO tested.
A young tramp with one arm in a sling
stood on Brougnton aud Bull streets yesuer.
day and begged from everybody that
passed, but he found it the poorest business
he ever engaged in, and he took his arm out
of the sling aud went out in town to cut
wood for nls supper.
Hey, haldara, hardum yape soir," or
something to that effect, yelled a burlv
Turk yesterday, 10 gorgeously dressed
moAkey that performed all manner of cute
tricks in Market square The animal
kne" his business as well as his master. and
his manner Of attending to it furnished
anu cement for big crowd which gathered
about and tossed peanuts to the little ami
mai A crowd followed the master and his
monkey all over town ana had good deal
OF amusement out of them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
TURKEYS PRETTY SCARCE.

Christmas Feasters Paying Good
Prices for Them This Year.
Christmas turkeys are retailing from So
to IS pair now. Although 5000 of them
were on the market yesterday, the number
was not in excess Of the number OF con-
snmers
The turkey is scarce article now, a
dealer said yesterday, and people are will
ing to pay good prices for them.
Can't they be got"
Not in quantities large enough TO food
the market. The mild weather has in a
measure prevented the shipping Of dressed
turkeys to Savannah, and tle short supply
is attributable TO this
'How did the price run last Christnasr %
Fully % per cent. less. Tha weather
was more favorable FOR shipping DIRE ,sed
fowls which, together with the supply re-
ceived in gross, filled the Market
The turkeys in the market now range
in weight from twelve pounds to thirty-t@o
pounds. The chicken market is down. The
price is low. About 5000 chickens we're on
the market YESTERDAY They sell all the
way from IS cents to 81 90 per pair retail.
The duck and geese market was also full
yesterday. AS many as could be handled
safely were put up for sale, and the pur-
shasers bought literally.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
Ar Law ovsR The FUNDS.
The Sons aud Daughters Of Jerusalem
in q General SQusbble.

Z =
in q General Squabble-
'Ihs Sons and Daughters OF Jerusalem, .
beneficiary society, with a 500 bank
account and lot aad hall Of their own at
WOOdTille, are il 8 factional turmoil which
was settled, as far Is TIE courts can settle
1t, in the superior court yesterday.
Abram Willis and minority number OF
t1e socIety brought suit 70 eni ia Isaac
Charlton and MS wife, who is the treasurer,
70 prevent them from disposing Of the
funds or property q the society until al
accounting can b rad, the prayer Of the
petitioners being Tor a division Of the
funds. % which DEFENDANTS demurred, and
the demurrer was sustained.
Willis next b. lave amended the peti-
| ton, and asked t1at an order be issued 70
Cha lion ct al % make them apply for q
charter for the s-ciety. and yesterday the
court dismissed t1e amended petition and
the re training order.
The trouble grew out Of an election held
May 6, last, az watch Willis crowd claimed
TO lave been successful in electing their
ticket, bat it seems the Charlton crowd,
who were the ms changed the constitution,
reelected the old set Of officers, and when
the minutes cans 20 be read on Nay IS.
there was no rec rd Of the victory OF the
Willis faction, and in the wrangle, it, think
ing discretion tls better part of valor,
left the hall 70 avoid a general
pitched battle. TIE members gained courage
month later, AID on the night Of June q
attended the meeting to install their off
eers-elect, bug the Charlton parties were
there IN force, ana again the attitude of the
N faction was 50 tlreateningthat the Willis
crowd were inspired with the belief that il
they attempted 10 seat their men they
would have farei badly, and so, for the
second time, theT abandoned the field and
took their departure hurriedly, bringing
the matter into the courts.
The society is one of the oldest of its
kind, having organized IN May, 1876. The
litigants, who ers all members, have paid
In That time at tie rate Of So per annutn.
and 1t was thai amount which they sought
To reoovar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
CAPT. DOYLE CONFIDENT.
Re Thinks the Signs Are for Ills APP
pointment 20 the Custom House.

/
pointment 20 the Custom House.
That thsre Is 70 be an early change in tie
customs coIlectorship in this city seems %
be the feeling in the customs ofce. and it is
believed there that tie present collector has
/ been asked 70 resign. One Of the attaches
Of the ofHce said yesterday tust he IS wiling
/ 70 wager that there viii Be change inside Of
sixty days, and as he il thoroughly indie
I pendent, snd expects % Be dropped from
the rolls 40 matter whether Nr. Johnson or
Capt. Doyle Is appointed, ne Is also willing
to wager that Capt Doyle is TO b. the lucky
man.
There vas q ruz4or on the streets ysster-
dsY that Capt. Doyle mad already been ap-
pointed, but il proved 70 be uufounded,
although his friends APPEAR confident that
bis appointment viii Be made in nsiiarely
after congress eonyenes; after the holiday
recess
4 gentleman from Macon informed quite
. number q merchants o. the Bay yester-
day that Col. Buck had shown a letter from
Secretary WINDOW il which it was stated
that Capt. Doyle will rscsiTs the appoint
msnt.
A MORNING NEWS reporter saw Capt.
Doyle last night, and asked him y nat adj
VICES Ne had with reference 70 the COLLECTOR
ship. He replied that be has bad no recsnt
a. Us u lie s4Ol-cl- Beyond Lle ming OF
bis Applicant n, aud the supplementary let
ters since placsd on file, be says that be has
had no correspondence with le department.,
and he added that be has not even thought
II necessary - ask any one az Washington
to notify him When the appointment is
made.
Capt. Doyle said that his northern friends
have been reasonably confident that he
would be appointed. while | have had no
direct information to that effect. there are
quite a number OF circumstanti Il, or
might say indirect inciden-s brought 20 my
notice which seem 70 point that way, but
that II will be, or when il viii be you know
as much about il as do.n
Mr. johnson Is out Of the city, and could
not be seen last night. Congressman Lester
said day before yesterday that he thought
that Mr.. johnson will be appointed, as Col.
Buck seems 70 have the disposal Of the
Offices IN Georgia and as he has recon-
mended his appointment. The Brunswick
delegation, headed by Mr.. GOODYEAR,
which had Endorsed Mr. johnson, it IS un-
derstood, Is now working for Captain Doyle,
it is claimed because Nc Johnson would not
pledge himself to make Col Deveaux deputy
collector Of Savannah 10 event be was APP
pointed TO the coDectorship.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
LOCAL PERSONAL.

H. M. King of Marietta is in the city.
j. w. Holmes Of Barnwell, s. G. is in the
city.
Mrs. Robert Erwin has gone to Macon to
spend the winter.
H. W. Reed and wife, of Waycross, are
que is of the Pulaski.
Dempsey Griffen, Esq, left last night for
Chenille, Ga, where he will spend Christ
mas holidays.
Gen. E. z. Alexander is rusticating at his
country home on North Island, where he
will eat his Christmas turkey, the trophy of
the hunt. He Is expected to be back at his
desk on Friday.
W. Hampton Wade, Esq, of Birming-
ham, Ala, is in the city to spend the hoii-
days. Mr.. Wade left Savannah three years
ago, and is now one of the leading Young
lawyers of Alabama's metropolis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-24
TRAVELLING MEN KICK.
THEY OBJECT TO The IRREGULAR
RUNNING OF TRAINS.

Too Many Delays and Lsy-Ofs on the
Plant System % Suit Them-Trsins
Blocked Up a. Way Stations and Pas
ssnRers and Nails Uncertain When
They VIII Get Anywhere-FOZs &C
cidents. and Heavy Business the
Alleged Causes Of tbs Delays.
Abiding % the recent delays 70 trains on
the Savannah. Florida and Western raj
way, Nose Lilisathal, traveller for a. Elm
STEMS Sons, said yesterday that the senti-
meat Of the commercial mea IS % coma
hons and stay until they can make better
time on the road
III We you been delayed muchr
''Well / should say. The company don't
give copper for local business. It's the
through business, the hauling Of the north
ern tourist south, that Il Is after. Tho
Albany express Is derisively called the
gopher train and the 'huckle5erry rain
You can get OF and pick huckieberriss or
dig for gophers and ovsrtake the train It
has been behind nearly every day for q
week or more, and several hours behind
whats the cause Of the del 4ysT
CAUSES OF TIE DELAYS.
Wrecks and collisions. The men ara
worked day and night There IS an i'm
msnse business, and the company wants 0
run too many trains Ia too short a time.
one train following another IN quick sue
csssiOn. When an accident occurs there q
2 block. Ten passenger trains we're blocked
up at WaycrOss last Friday. There was q
wreck at the sixty-eIght mile post, two
freight trains coliiding. and the fast mail
going south was seven hours late On the
same day, on tue Brunswick and Western,
toe local passenger train and three
coaches turned over At the
ninety-eight mile post, and 20 add to the
number OF accidents the through train
from Jacksonville 10 Cincinna via Albany
went through the trestle over Sleeping
Gully. near Enigma, the engine alone not
making the plunge, but crossing safely.
sIDE-TRACKED WITH sCASTY FARE.
"The fast New York train for the north.
due here Saturday night at 7:4j O'clock, got
here three hours late, and Gig Of Us we~e
delayed more than four hours. They side
tracked US and left US for hours with moth
ing but cheese and crackers to eat, and We
could got no information as to what caused
tie delay"
What have the fogs had t. do with itl7
There have been some very heavy fogs,
that Is true, and I have been on a train
when We ran ngnt into the fusee, which
ought ordinarily 70 Dc seen nearly q mile
away. That has had tendency to cause
delays.
AFRAID TO Run IN FOGs
Zone Of the oldest engineers on the road
told me be wouldn't attempt to risk life
and property by schedule running when he
couldn't see where bis train was going, but
Il isn't the fogs alone 1t is a lack Of men.
The men are over sorke1, and, as said.
there are too many trains for single
track road. There are fifty or ffty-one
trains daily coming into Waycross over the
y Z. and W. railway, and eighteen on e
Brunswick and Western. This ia too much
Tor any single TRACK road, where the trains
follow each other in quick succession, and
men who work day and night are over
worked, and unfit to be charged with the
conduct of trains.